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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Some Democrats say they fear their party 's method of picking a nominee might turn undemocratic as neither presidential candidate is likely to gather the delegates needed for the nomination . The Democrats ' superdelegate system is supposed to avoid turmoil at the party 's conventions . Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are running neck and neck toward the party 's August convention in Denver , Colorado . Most projections show neither getting the necessary 2,025 delegates in the remaining nominating contests before then . Party rules call for the votes of superdelegates -- 800 or so party officers , elected officials and activists -- to tip the balance . The party instituted the system to avoid the turmoil that a deadlocked race would create at a convention . But even some superdelegates are questioning the system , as the party heads toward the conclusion of a race in which they might determine the outcome . `` It 's not the most democratic way of doing things , '' said Maine superdelegate Sam Spencer . Watch the scenario for a `` civil war '' in the Democratic Party '' At least two organizations have launched petition drives to reflect how the vote went in primaries and caucuses . MoveOn.org , which has endorsed Obama , is trying to get 200,000 signatures this week and plans to run an ad with its petition in USA Today . And Democracy for America , headed by Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean 's brother Jim , said it will deliver signed petitions to all the superdelegates . While pledged delegates are allocated with the understanding they 'll vote the way their state went in its primary or caucus , superdelegates are free to vote however they want . And even if they pledge their support to a candidate , they 're free to change at any time . Clinton already has 234 superdelegates and Obama has 157 . But Obama has a sizable lead in pledged delegates , 1,096 to 977 , and is on a roll , having won all eight nominating contests since Super Tuesday . See which states pledged delegates come from '' If the superdelegates were to tip the balance against the popular vote , the turmoil would last long beyond the convention , longtime Democratic Party strategist Tad Devine said . `` If a perception develops that somehow this decision has been made not by voters participating in primaries or caucuses , but by politicians in some mythical backroom , I think that the public could react strongly against that , '' Devine said . `` The problem is -LSB- if -RSB- people perceive that voters have not made the decision -- instead , insiders have made the decision -- then all of these new people who are being attracted to the process , particularly the young people who are voting for the first time , will feel disenfranchised or in some way alienated , '' he said . Superdelegates were established in 1982 to bring more moderate Democrats back to conventions , where their attendance had been dropping since the 1950s , and to relect the party 's mainstream more accurately . '' -LSB- Superdelegates -RSB- are the keepers of the faith , '' said former San Francisco , California , Mayor Willie Brown . `` You have superdelegates because this is the Democratic Party . You do n't want the bleed-over from the Green Party , the independents and others in deciding who your nominee will be . '' Devine was part of the first campaign to benefit from the roles of superdelegates -- that of former Vice President Walter Mondale in 1984 . Mondale 's 1984 campaign went into the party convention with too few delegates to secure the nomination against the campaigns of former Sen. Gary Hart and Jesse Jackson . Mondale had received more votes , but Hart had won more states . Mondale was able to line up the superdelegates going into the convention and avoid a fight on the convention floor . Each campaign actively is trying to encourage the unpledged delegates to pledge to their side . Jason Rae , a 21-year-old Wisconsin superdelegate , said he 's gotten calls from former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright from Hillary Clinton 's camp , and Obama 's wife , Michelle , visited with him during a campaign stop Tuesday in Wisconsin . Rae said he has n't yet decided how he 'll vote in Wisconsin 's primary on Tuesday . Crystal Strait , a party activist from California , said she 's received calls from Clinton herself and daughter Chelsea but she remains uncommitted . Massachusetts superdelegate John Walsh said he 'll stay loyal to Obama despite the fact that the senator lost the primary in Walsh 's state . So will fellow Massachusetts superdelegates Sens. Edward Kennedy and John Kerry . Among Clinton 's committed superdelegates are Harold Ickes Jr. , her husband 's former deputy chief of staff ; Terry McAuliffe , who led her husband 's 1996 re-election campaign and is chairman of her campaign ; and her husband . Whether those superdelegates stay committed to their candidates , even if it means tipping the outcome of the race against the pledged delegate lead or the popular vote , could split the party . `` It 's in a total contradiction of the way the Democrats have set up their primary process , with all this proportional representation , '' said CNN political analyst Amy Holmes . `` The whole point of it was that no one could walk away with the elites . And if this is decided by superdelegates , I think the Democratic Party morally is going to be looking at each other and say , ` What did we just do ? ' '' Devine said it could hurt the party in the general election . `` I think it will hurt us particularly because so many of the policies that we 're saying we will pursue in government as Democrats are based on fairness , whether it 's the tax policies that we advocate or the social programs we want to advance , there 's a fairness component in all of that , '' he said . `` People need to believe , I think , that our process is fair as well , if they want to believe that our policies will be fair . '' E-mail to a friend CNN 's Campbell Brown , John Helton and Ed Hornick contributed to this report .

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DENVER , Colorado -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It was classic Clinton . It was Sen. Hillary Clinton 's big night but before her speech even began , former President Bill Clinton reached out in his box and firmly embraced a young African-American man . Clinton gripped the young man tightly ; to millions watching on television , it was clear he could feel Mervyn Jones Jr. 's pain . As he sat down for his wife 's headlining address , Bill Clinton 's silent embrace of the 25-year-old son of recently deceased Ohio Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones resonated loudly . Rep. Tubbs Jones , of course , was a solid and loyal Clinton supporter , standing by the Clintons even when many other black leaders were shifting their support to Barack Obama . Then , in her speech , Sen. Clinton herself took a moment to mention Tubbs Jones and her son . `` Steadfast in her beliefs , a fighter of uncommon grace , she was an inspiration to me and to us all , '' Clinton said . `` Our heart goes out to Stephanie 's son , Mervyn Jr. '' The public moment of recognition was the result of years of friendship . '' I remember the first time President Clinton ran for office -LSB- in 1992 -RSB- , '' Jones Jr. told CNN . `` He came to Cleveland . I must have been 8 years old . `` My mother got the chance to meet him . ... They have been best of friends ever since , '' he said . And , perhaps , it was also a reminder that if you stand by the Clintons , the Clintons will stand by you . Tubbs Jones endorsed Hillary Clinton for president in April 2007 but with Sen. Barack Obama 's success during the primaries , many African-American superdelegates came under pressure to back Obama instead . Tubbs Jones , however , held steadfast even as others in her position switched their allegiance . `` I 'm going to be with her until she says , ` Stephanie , I 'm no longer in this fight . You 're free to do something else , ' '' Tubbs Jones told CNN 's Wolf Blitzer in March . `` In politics , all you have is your word , '' she added . She passed that same sense of commitment on to her son . `` If you give somebody your word , you 're going to go ahead and do it , '' Jones Jr. said the day after Hillary Clinton 's address to the Democratic National Convention . `` Otherwise , it 's not worth anything . '' `` The same goes in politics , '' he added . `` If you do n't have your word , you do n't really have anything to stand on in politics . So , that 's one thing I did learn -LSB- from my mother -RSB- at a very early age . '' When Sen. Clinton asked Jones Jr. to sit with her husband during what was perhaps her most important speech to date , he agreed . `` She always said that if you do n't stick by somebody in the bad times , you never know how good the good times are going to be , '' Jones Jr. said , explaining his mother 's view of loyalty . Tubbs Jones , 58 , died suddenly a week ago of a brain aneurysm . She was in her fifth term in the House of Representatives and was the first African-American woman to represent Ohio in the House . What would Tubbs Jones have thought of Sen. Clinton 's call Tuesday for Democrats to unify behind Obama ? `` She would 've been standing up , hooting and hollering saying , ` Wow . That 's exactly what we needed . Way to be a team player , ' '' Jones Jr. said . In what some political analysts were calling the first speech of her second campaign for president , Hillary Clinton did her part on stage . And , in the box , her husband held on tightly to the son of an old friend and sent a message of his own that may resonate as an important moment in the long-term resurrection of the Clinton brand in American politics .

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LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- There are some circuits that are cornerstones of the Formula 1 calendar : the Monacos and Silverstones whose every twist and turn are known intimately by the drivers and engineers . Then there are the newer circuits -- Malaysia and Bahrain , for instance -- but even these have become familiar to the drivers and their backroom boffins . Fuji Speedway employees pose behind a scale model of the new circuit and in front of an overhead view . Next week they have something completely new to contend with : a track that has yet to see a single F1 team put in a single lap . The Japan Grand Prix is to return to the Fuji Speedway , a circuit that has n't seen an F1 race since 1977 -LRB- though now with a substantially different track layout -RRB- . The Fuji circuit will be familiar to fans of classic arcade games . The old Fuji Speedway was the setting for the 1982 arcade game Pole Position -LRB- released by Namco in Japan and Atari in the rest of the world -RRB- . The most notable aspect of the circuit is the vision of Mount Fuji , Japan 's tallest mountain , looming in the distance . Though the move to this picturesque location is not without its controversies . The Suzuka track -- which had held Japanese Grands Prix between 1987 and 2006 -- had been popular with drivers and fans alike , but for this year and the next the Japanese Grand Prix will be held at Fuji . However an announcement by Formula One Management -LRB- FOM -RRB- this month revealed that Suzuka will return to the calendar for 2009 -- on the condition that the circuit makes some approved modifications -- with the location of the Japanese Grand Prix alternating yearly between Fuji and Suzuka after that . Behind the scenes is a political battleground -- both circuits are owned by car manufacturers with F1 connections -- Honda owns Suzuka , Toyota owns Fuji . Toyota is a relative newcomer to F1 but , having this year surpassed General Motors as the world 's number one automobile manufacturer , and reputedly having the best funded team in the paddock -LRB- a position that has n't been reflected in sporting success -RRB- , it is not without clout . The redesign of the Fuji track was carried out by Hermann Tilke in 2003 . Tilke , a German architect redesigned a number of F1 circuits in the 1990s and has since designed many new grand prix tracks including Malaysia , Istanbul , Bahrain and Shanghai , and the tracks for 2008 's debut grands prix in Singapore and Valencia . So how do F1 teams prepare for a new circuit such as Fuji without data from previous races to fall back on ? The answer lies with computer simulation . Computer-aided design -LRB- CAD -RRB- is as much a part of the design of a circuit these days as it is a part of the design of the high-tech cars . Every bend , every straight and every camber is fastidiously analyzed on screen before an ounce of dirt is shifted on the ground itself . Despite never having raced on the circuit , the teams have been testing their cars on a virtual Fuji Speedway for some time . BMW Sauber 's simulation experts received CAD data from the Japanese race organizers late last year . And when their cars arrive at Fuji for testing next week , their race set-up should be close to optimum . The circuit was analyzed and broken up into between 500 and 800 segments . The radius of each individual segment was measured , allowing the engineers to exactly calculate the optimum racing line -LRB- the route around the circuit that covers the shortest possible distance -RRB- . Then the effects of factors such as gradients and inclines were calculated . The slightest change in angle of a gradient can have significant effects on the downforce and aerodynamic profile of a car . `` In order to avoid losing precious time during the race weekend , we need to have as accurate as possible a picture of downforce levels , gearbox ratios and brake specification in advance , '' says Willy Rampf , Technical Director of the BMW Sauber F1 Team . Dieter Glass , Chief Race and Test Engineer with Toyota F1 explains : `` You start to determine what downforce level gives the best lap time on the new circuit . Once you know that , you look into which gear ratios suit the track with the given level of downforce , before you get into more detailed simulations of different set-up solutions . `` Getting a bit closer to the weekend , you start running race simulations in order to predict the optimum race strategy . This prediction takes into account estimates of relevant characteristics of the new track , like the degradation of the two Bridgestone tire compounds and the effect the fuel has on lap time . If you have more fuel in the car , this affects your lap time , but we can accurately predict how much time is lost with every extra kilogram of fuel carried . '' One peculiarity of the Fuji circuit is the exceptionally long main straight , which at 1.475 km -LRB- 0.916 miles -RRB- will allow for higher-than average-straight line speeds but , after the straight the track is relatively twisty . The teams have to find a balance between getting the most speed into the straight , and the best grip decelerating into the bends . `` You have some very slow corners which require good mechanical grip , '' says Glass , `` and as always you want good grip in general , but you have to balance that with the long straight , where you need low enough downforce to get a level of drag which allows you to have a good top speed . '' The testing may be virtual , but the teams hope that these virtual figures are a hair 's breadth away from real world eventualities : `` Our aim is to ensure that the lap times and top speed calculated using the simulation software do not vary by more than one percent from the actual values , '' says Rampf . Not that everything can be predicted : `` I think we are quite accurate but the ultimate response to that is very difficult to say for sure because it very much depends on what happens in the race , '' continues Glass . `` Many incidents can happen , which then have a positive or an adverse affect on strategy . '' E-mail to a friend

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Searchers have recovered the bodies of three people who were aboard a Yemenia Airways jet that crashed off the coast of Comoros in the Indian Ocean , a spokesman for Yemen 's Civil Aviation department said Tuesday . A man hugs a relative of one of the victims at an airport in Marseille in southern France . Capt. Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Qadir also told reporters that a child who was reported found alive was a 5-year-old boy . He did not give further details of the child 's condition . `` The French said that -LRB- Wednesday -RRB- they will send more French units to the accident location in order to retrieve the bodies and possibly that they may be able to locate people who are still alive , '' he said . The Airbus 310 went down early Tuesday , carrying 142 passengers and 11 crew members on a flight that originated in Yemen 's capital , Sanaa . Qadir said the jet took off from Sanaa shortly before 10 p.m. Monday and vanished from radar when it was about 16 miles from Comoros ' capital , Moroni . Searchers have not located the plane 's data recorders , Qadir said , and investigators were not speculating on the cause of the crash . `` The weather conditions were indeed very troubling and the winds were very strong , reaching 61 kilometers per hour -LRB- 38 mph -RRB- , '' he said . `` That 's one thing . The other thing was that the sea was very rough when the plane approached landing at Moroni airport . '' But French Transport Minister Dominique Bussereau noted that several years ago France banned the plane , a A310-300 , because of safety concerns . `` People are talking about poor weather conditions , but for the moment , we are unsure , '' Bussereau said . `` It seems the plane may have attempted an approach , put on the gas , and attempted another approach , which then failed . For the moment , we must be careful because none of this information is verified . '' Qadir said it was too early to blame the aircraft for the crash . `` This plane is just like any other plane , '' he said . `` It can have a malfunction , but we do n't know what really happened before the investigation is over . And then we can determine if there is a technical issue , bad weather or anything else that may have led to the crash . '' It was the second crash involving an Airbus jet in a month . On June 1 , an Air France Airbus A330 crashed off Brazil while en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris , France . All 228 aboard are presumed dead . The cause remains under investigation . Recent plane crashes '' Former pilot and aviation analyst John Cox said there were no similarities between the two incidents . `` These are two dramatically different airplanes flown by two different airlines , '' Cox told CNN 's `` American Morning . '' `` The accidents happened at two different regimes of flight . And Airbus has hundreds of millions of hours flying safely . I do n't believe that ... we can draw any conclusions because the manufacturer was the same in these two very different types of accidents . '' At first , Comoros officials said there were no signs of survivors among the dead bodies floating in the choppy waters . But then rescuers found the child . Watch as airline describes child 's rescue '' Cox said it reminded him of the 1987 crash of Northwest Flight 255 in Detroit , Michigan , in which only a 4-year-old girl survived while 156 others died . `` This has come up before , and it 's where the toddler was seated -LRB- during the impact -RRB- that allowed them to survive , '' he said . `` It 's a miracle and I 'm glad ... the toddler is safe . I 'm just saddened for the loss of everybody else , '' he added . The Yemeni crash occurred as the plane approached the Hahaya airport in Moroni . The plane tried to land , then U-turned before it crashed , Comoros Vice President Idi Nadhoim said . Officials did not know why the plane could not land , he said . Flight 626 was expected to be a four-and-a-half-hour flight . The airline has three regular flights a week to Moroni , off the east coast of Africa , about 2,900 km -LRB- 1,800 miles -RRB- south of Yemen . The crash occurred about 1:30 a.m. , Nadhoim said . There was no indication of foul play behind the crash , the official in Yemen said . Yemenia Air had used the jet since 1999 on about 17,300 flights , Airbus officials said . The company said it would assist in investigating the crash . `` The concerns and sympathy of the Airbus employees go to the families , friends and loved ones affected by the accident , '' the company said in a statement . In the wake of the Air France crash on June 1 , United States accident investigators have been probing two recent failures of airspeed and altitude indications aboard Airbus A330s . One flight was between the United States and Brazil in May , and the other between Hong Kong and Japan in June . The planes landed safely and there were no injuries or damage , according to the National Transportation Safety Board . CNN 's Saad Abedine and Ayesha Durgahee contributed to this report

Which country is sending a team ?

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LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- All 18 people aboard a helicopter that crashed off the coast of Scotland have been recovered alive , a Royal Air Force officer told CNN . A Super Puma helicopter , similar to the one in this file photo , went down about 120 miles east of Aberdeen . The Super Puma ditched about 120 miles east of Aberdeen while approaching an offshore platform . `` Everyone has been recovered from the water , '' said James Lyon , assistant controller of the RAF 's aeronautical rescue coordination center at RAF Kinloss , Scotland . `` We do n't know their condition , but we believe there are no major injuries . '' Five helicopters were scrambled when the Super Puma helicopter ditched . `` Some were recovered by helicopter and some by boat from the platform , '' Lyon told CNN . The RAF was providing helicopter assistance to the Aberdeen Coast Guard in the rescue . Lyon said earlier that rescuers had been picking up emergency signal beacons from the lifejackets of the 18 people . He did not know if the pilot transmitted a mayday before the aircraft ditched . View a map of the crash site  '' `` We believe it was quite close to the platform it was supposed to be landing on , '' he added . The area is home to a number of offshore oil rigs . Lyon said he did not know which one the helicopter was heading to or where it was coming from . The RAF received its first report of the crash at 6:43 p.m. -LRB- 1:43 p.m. Eastern time -RRB- . Lyon said the Super Puma is regularly used to transport people to and from oil platforms in the North Sea and as far as he was aware it has a good safety record . Weather at the crash site is relatively good , though slight fog is hampering visibility , he said . A spokesman for BP told the UK 's Press Association : `` The 16 passengers and two crew who were on board have been accounted for and have been rescued . Three people are on the ETAP Platform and a further 15 are on the Caledonian Victory rescue vessel . `` The priority of the company is the safety of all personnel involved in this incident and we have implemented our full emergency response procedures . ''

What happened to the civilian helicopter ?

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Islamabad , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Pakistan 's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani made a U-turn Saturday -- first declaring that the military offensive against Islamic militants in South Waziristan had ended , then saying there is no timeframe for its completion . The Pakistani army is conducting an intense operation to rout militants from their haven along the country 's border with Afghanistan . The militants , in turn , have launched a series of deadly attacks in retaliation . Answering a question from a reporter who asked whether the government will engage in dialogue with the Taliban in South Waziristan , Gilani said the operation was over . `` There was talk of dialogue even during the Malakand Operation . But now , the operation in South Waziristan is over . In fact , at the moment , there is talk of an operation in Orakzai Agency , '' he said . Malakand is another operation that the military is conducting in another region . Orakzai is one of seven districts that make up the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan . Like South Waziristan , it is also considered rife with militants . Gilani 's comments , made in the eastern city of Lahore , were aired on national television . But hours later , he backtracked . `` It could have been in a different context , '' he told reporters in Karachi . These remarks were also aired on television . Gilani also declined to say when the offensive might end . '' We will take military action wherever we get information about the presence of militants , '' he said . When reached for clarification , the prime minister 's office pointed CNN to the second statement . The army did not comment on Gilani 's remarks . A release it sends out daily made no mention of an end to the offensive on Saturday . Instead , Saturday 's release provided the usual breakdown of operations in various parts of the country , including South Waziristan . CNN 's Samson Desta and journalist Nasir Habib contributed to this report .

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Police have identified the man whose shooting of another man outside a store in Naples , Italy , was captured by a surveillance camera , the Italian news agency ANSA reported Saturday . The announcement came two days after police released the video of the brazen daylight shooting in hopes it would lead someone to come forward . Police did not release the man 's name . The video , shot May 11 , shows a man wearing jeans , a dark jersey and a baseball cap , walking into the store and looking around , turning and walking back out . Passersby appear unfazed . One woman tries to lift up the victim 's head in an apparent attempt to see if she knew him ; a man steps over the body . Police said they had been without any clues before the release of the video . A source who was not identified publicly said the killer was a man in his 30s from Naples ' northern Sanita district who had recently left the city . A third man seen in the video was thought to have been an accomplice , but he told Il Mattino newspaper that he had nothing to do with the killing . `` I am the man of the film , but I have never been a lookout , and now I am afraid , '' the 39-year-old man said . `` I was taking a breath of air , waiting for my daughter to go shopping . '' The man said he had been living `` in terror '' since acquaintances called him from Germany to tell him they had seen him on the video . Police said they knew of no motive for the killing , which took place in the poor neighborhood of Rione Sanita , where Camorra , the name for organized crime in Naples , is strong . The victim was a bank robber , the spokesman said . A police spokesman said Camorra has been blamed for about 60 killings this year in Naples and its surrounding county .

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- We have a tendency , when things in the news get bad , to tell ourselves that it 's never been quite this dismal before . We are tempted , when disputes become particularly acrimonious , to believe that the current bitterness is unprecedented . So it 's beneficial , once in a while , to look at our current problems in light of what has gone before . And to remember just how much the United States has endured . The newspaper USA Today reported last week that there has been a sharp increase in the unemployment rate for male veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars . The paper said that such unemployment has tripled since the recession began , having reached 15 percent last month . More than 250,000 of the male veterans were said to be unemployed last month , with another 400,000 having left the workforce for various reasons : to raise children , or attend college , or because they have just stopped trying to find work . Joe Davis , a spokesman for the Veterans of Foreign Wars , said : `` It makes you almost want to go out and rip off all the ` Support Your Troops ' bumper stickers . If you want to support your troops , give them a job . '' Ca n't argue with that . After what American soldiers , sailors , airmen and Marines are asked to sacrifice , there is something melancholy about the thought of them coming home and having trouble finding a way to support their families . The nation is likely to work on a solution to this honorably and in good faith . There was a time , during parallel circumstances , when that was n't the case . It was one of the darkest moments in American history , and few people speak about it anymore . The shorthand for it was `` the Bonus Army . '' In the spring and summer of 1932 , with the Great Depression gripping the country , tens of thousands of World War I veterans and their families gathered in Washington to demand what they felt they had been promised . They set up shantytowns , and vowed to stay put until their entreaties were met . The federal government had , in 1924 , issued service certificates -- redeemable for bonuses -- to the soldiers who had returned from World War I . The certificates were intended to reward the veterans for the time they had spent fighting for their country . They were like long-term bonds -- they could not be redeemed until 1945 . But something happened between 1924 and 1932 : The economy collapsed . Poverty and joblessness were everywhere . The veterans , many of them hungry and destitute , came to Washington asking Congress to allow them to collect their bonuses early . It did n't happen . The U.S. Senate voted down the bill . So there were the military veterans , amassed in the nation 's capital . Out of money , out of luck , almost out of hope , they refused to leave . The government ordered their evacuation . Many of the veterans resisted ; the police shot and killed two of them . With that , the president of the United States , Herbert Hoover , fearing that radicals had infiltrated the veterans , ordered the Army to take over the involuntary evacuation . And this country was confronted with the news that the Army was moving against the old soldiers . At the highest level of the Army assigned to the task were men who would later become extraordinarily famous . Gen. Douglas MacArthur was in command ; Maj. Dwight D. Eisenhower was the go-between with the local police force ; Maj. George Patton was in charge of the cavalry . Bayonets were drawn ; tanks and soldiers on horseback advanced into the crowds ; acrid gas was unleashed on the protesting veterans ; the makeshift camps were torn down . Even though President Hoover did n't want it to happen , MacArthur sent his troops across a bridge to the site of the veterans ' main living quarters . A fire broke out ; it was never determined with certainty who set it , but there it was : the American veterans ' cobbled-together homes in flames , as the Army drove them out . There was no television back then ; it is almost impossible to fathom what would have happened if the country had been able to see , live , the military moving relentlessly against former members of the military who were asking for the means to survive . As rugged as the economy is now -- and as difficult a time as some veterans are having as they look for work in a dismal hiring environment -- no one foresees a day when soldiers will again be ordered to roust former soldiers and their families . Later in their lives , MacArthur , Eisenhower and Patton all lamented , with varying degrees of emotion , having had to play a role in driving the Bonus Army out of Washington . Their commander in chief had decreed that it must be done , so they carried out his orders . We 've come a long way since then ; no president with an eye toward his legacy would order the Army to do such a thing , and it 's hard to believe that military officials would not , behind closed doors , try everything in their power to avoid having to use American troops that way . But as much as things have changed , certain truths have n't . We ask our soldiers , in times of war , to cross the oceans and fight in our name . When they come home -- those who do come home alive -- we tell them , in bad economic times , that the jobs for them are just not there . If our soldiers want to work , we owe it to them to make it easier for that to happen . There may never again , we should hope , be a Bonus Army camped in the streets of Washington , pleading for help . The best way to prevent such a sight is to provide the help before the despair of the unemployed veterans reaches that breaking point . You might call it our patriotic duty . The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Bob Greene .

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WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice defended the Bush administration 's policies on the interrogation of terrorism suspects Sunday , saying former President George W. Bush would not have authorized anything illegal . Condoleeza Rice says George W. Bush was clear that interrogations during his presidency should break no law . `` He was also very clear that we would do nothing -- nothing -- that was against the law or against our obligations internationally , '' Rice said during an appearance at a Washington school . A Senate Intelligence Committee report released in April showed Rice was among top Bush advisers who approved the CIA 's use of waterboarding -- a technique considered a form of torture for centuries -- on terrorism suspects in its custody . Recently released Bush administration memos showed Justice Department officials argued that waterboarding , sleep deprivation and other coercive practices did not violate U.S. laws against torture . The disclosures have led to calls for investigations of former Bush administration officials . But Rice said Bush `` was only willing to authorize policies that were legal in order to protect the country '' after al Qaeda 's September 11 , 2001 , attacks on New York and Washington . `` I hope people understand that it was a struggle , it was a difficult time , '' she said . `` We were all terrified of another attack on this country because September 11 was the worst day of my life in government -- watching 3,000 Americans die because these people attacked us . '' But she added , `` Even under those most difficult circumstances , the president was not prepared to do something illegal . '' President Obama has banned the use of techniques such as waterboarding , which he called torture . His administration released the Justice Department memos in response to a lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union , and he called the legal reasoning behind the memos `` a mistake . '' Unlike former Vice President Dick Cheney , who criticized the release of the documents , Rice did not criticize the Obama administration 's decision . iReport.com : Share your take on interrogation techniques `` I have said many times that the Obama administration is now in power , and he 's my president , too , '' she said . `` And , I owe him my loyalty . I will not agree with everything that they do . I will not agree with everything that they say . ''

What did not violate U.S. laws ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Rescuers have found the body of a man who was one of six people aboard a small airplane that crashed Sunday evening near the northern shore of Puerto Rico , the U.S. Coast Guard said . The Cessna 206 single-engine aircraft went down about a half mile off the coast of Quebradillas . The man 's body was found Monday less than 150 feet from shore , Coast Guard spokesman Ricardo Castrodad said . The Coast Guard launched two more search missions Tuesday morning for four men and one woman still missing . Authorities have not released their identities , nor the name of the man found Monday . `` The Coast Guard will continue to search as long as there is the possibility of finding any survivors , '' Castrodad said . Eighteen divers will conduct searches Tuesday in the area where the body was found , the Coast Guard spokesman said . Volunteer divers from Arecibo found the body Monday , said Jose Daniel Echeverria , spokesman for the Puerto Rico Emergency Management Agency , which also is involved in the search . As of Tuesday , the Coast Guard will have conducted 12 search operations , eight done by four HH-65 Dolphin helicopters from Air Station Borinquen and four by the Cutter Matinicus , Castrodad said . The search is complicated , he said , by the roughness of the area . `` It 's like a cliff , '' he said . `` The surf is very rough . It 's hard to get in that area . '' Smaller boats from the emergency management agency and the Puerto Rico Police Joint Forces for Rapid Action are being used because they can reach areas that the Coast Guard cutter can not , Castrodad said . The private plane , chartered by Tropical Aviation Corp. , took off from the Dominican Republic and was on its way to an airport in Puerto Rico when it went down Sunday evening , officials said . The four males and one female onboard were returning to Puerto Rico after spending the weekend in the Dominican Republic , said Noemi Corporan , service manager for Tropical Aviation . The passengers were San Juan residents and had flown to the Dominican Republic on Friday , she said . The airplane took off from Casa de Campo International Airport in the Dominican Republic and was supposed to land at the Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport in Carolina to clear U.S. customs before going on to the Isla Grande Airport in San Juan , the Coast Guard said . A 911 emergency operator notified the Coast Guard at 6:51 p.m. Sunday that an aircraft had crashed into the waters off Quebradillas . Searchers found a debris field in the area late Sunday . In the Dominican Republic , meanwhile , a man who said he spent the weekend with the missing passengers said he urged them not to leave Sunday night because of severe weather . Retired businessman Manuel `` Manolin '' Lecaroz , 64 , told El Nuevo Dia newspaper that the group left because one of them had business to conduct Monday morning . He did not have a premonition , Lecaroz said . `` It 's just that you ca n't fly when the weather is bad . '' The winds and heavy rains that were still being felt in Puerto Rico on Monday had ruined the group 's chances to spend the weekend fishing and playing golf in the Dominican Republic , which is 79 miles -LRB- 127 kilometers -RRB- away . `` It rained every day , '' Lecaroz told the Puerto Rican newspaper . `` The wind was blowing very hard , so much that we could n't go out in the boat any day . '' As they left Sunday night , group members hugged Lecaroz and talked about returning later this month to fish and golf , he said .

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JOHANNESBURG , South Africa -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- White students at a South African university tricked black residence hall workers into eating stew containing urine , prompting a march Wednesday in which five people were arrested , university officials said . Students protest against a racist video on the campus of Free State University in Bloemfontein , South Africa . The white students made a video of the incident , which they staged in reaction to the university 's efforts to integrate its residences , according to a statement from the University of the Free State . The protesters on Wednesday included black and white students who later marched to the residence where the video was made and demanded that it be shut down , witnesses said . The video surfaced on Tuesday but was made in September , the university said . In the video , white male students at Reitz Residence are seen encouraging at least three black female housekeepers to participate in what the students call the `` Reitz Fear Factor , '' an apparent reference to the television show in which contestants eat live worms or compete in other feats . Watch excerpts of video that sparked outrage '' In one scene from the video , a student mixes what looks like a beef stew in a plastic bowl and adds garlic and other items . Then he tells the camera he will add the `` special ingredient . '' The student then urinates into the mixture , which he later stirs up and puts in a microwave . Other students can be heard laughing on the tape . The next scene shows a different student urging at least three housekeepers to drink cups full of the stew , saying , `` This is our dorm 's ` Fear Factor . ' We want to see who has the best ` Fear Factor . ' '' On the video , the student does not tell the women that there is urine in the mixture . The women , on their knees , spit the stew into buckets after tasting it . Some appeared to vomit , but the women also laughed during the incident as the student urged them on . Next , the women struggle to run in what appears to be a race . The video is put in slow-motion as the theme from `` Chariots of Fire '' plays . Finally , one of the students awards a large bottle of whiskey to one of the women , telling her she has won the `` Fear Factor . '' At the end of the video , a message appears on the screen in Afrikaans saying , `` That , at the end of the day , is what we think of integration . '' University officials and human rights groups in South Africa denounced the video . `` The executive management of the -LSB- university -RSB- condemns this video in the strongest possible terms as a gross violation of the human dignity of the workers involved , '' said UFS Rector Frederick Fourie in a statement posted on the university 's Web site . `` We have immediately started with a most urgent investigation into this matter , '' he added . Later Wednesday , Fourie met with the employees seen in the video and apologized to them , a statement from the university said . Counseling is being provided for the workers , it added . The students involved in the video have been identified and will be suspended , Fourie said , and charges against the men will be filed with the South African Police Service . Two of the students in the video are still enrolled at the university but had been barred from the campus in Bloemfontein , according to the university . Two others completed their studies last year . The students seen in the video have not made any public comment since the video surfaced . `` I am deeply saddened that students apparently see nothing wrong in producing such an offensive and degrading video . I have publicly said several times that the UFS is not a place for racism , '' the rector 's statement said . `` The fact that it is openly linked to the integration process in UFS residences is also most disturbing , '' Fourie said . A spokeswoman in Free State province for the Democratic Alliance -- an opposition party which says it puts equal rights for all South Africans at the center of its policies -- called the video `` shocking and inhumane . '' `` It looked like they were willing -LSB- participants -RSB- but they did n't know what purpose the video served . ... It was quite humiliating at the end to see the quite senior ladies on their knees eating the meat , '' said spokeswoman Liana Van Wyk , the South African Press Association reported . Helen Zille , the Democratic Alliance 's leader , Wednesday asked the South African Human Rights Commission to conduct an investigation into racial tensions at the university . `` The abhorrent footage of students abusing university workers is a fundamental infringement on the victims ' constitutional right to have their dignity respected and protected , '' Zille said in a statement posted on the group 's Web site . `` This incident is symptomatic of racial tensions that have been simmering at the campus for some time over the issue of hostel -LSB- residence -RSB- integration , '' she said . Fourie acknowledged in his statement that `` the university is going through a difficult time with its efforts to racially integrate its residences and to create a new residence culture based on diversity , respect , human dignity and human rights . '' He added , `` These kinds of actions make it all the more important that we succeed with establishing such a new institutional culture on the campus . I appeal to all staff and students to remain calm and to act in the best interests of the university . '' The university , a research center , is one of South Africa 's oldest ; founded in 1904 . It has more than 25,000 students , according to its Web site , and uses a parallel-medium instruction in English and Afrikaans for its full range of undergraduate and graduate programs . E-mail to a friend CNN 's Kim Norgaard contributed to this report .

what made protest residence hall integration ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Comedian George Carlin , known for pushing the envelope with his use of profanity and for pointing out the silliness and hypocrisy of human life , died of heart failure Sunday . He was 71 . iReporter Kevin Eckhoff met George Carlin at a show in St. Louis , Missouri , in 2004 . iReporter Chris Sargent says , `` He could play with words and phrases in ways that would put the most highly regarded English professors and linguists to shame . '' CNN.com invited readers to share tales of meeting Carlin , and the impact he had on their lives . Below is a selection of their responses , some of which have been edited for length and clarity . Melanie Phillips of Salem , Oregon : I met George Carlin in the early '70s at a performance he gave at Los Angeles Valley College . The large auditorium was filled to capacity so they closed the doors leaving about 40 people outside . When Carlin came up on stage he asked , `` Who are all those people staring in the windows ? '' The host told him the fire marshal had locked them out . Carlin thought for a moment then asked , `` How many people are allowed to be on stage ? '' The legal limit was 50 . The comedian turned to the audience and said , `` Forty of you people in the first few rows come up on stage and give those people outside your seats . '' My friend and I ran up on stage and we all gathered in a circle around him , like at a campfire . For the next 90 minutes , Carlin did his entire act by taking our requests , `` Hippy Dippy Weatherman , '' `` Seven Words ... '' After the show was over , he passed through our little circle , shaking hands -LRB- including mine -RRB- as he quickly made his way off stage to avoid being swamped by fans . It was one of my most memorable experiences and a grand gesture for the 40 fans who had been locked out . Alexis Karlin of Boston , Massachusetts : When I was little my dad had this box car and one day he put a George Carlin tape in it and it got stuck . So for a year until the car died we listened to this George Carlin tape over and over and over again . ... I wo n't miss that car but I will miss George Carlin . Chris Sargent of Laurel , Maryland : Last night , the world 's greatest comedian and champion of the First Amendment , George Carlin , died at the age of 71 from heart failure . He was one of the few things my father and I had in common , as I have fond memories of sitting in the living room with him , watching George on HBO , and laughing our a *** s off . His gift was to make us think about everything . He could play with words and phrases in ways that would put the most highly regarded English professors and linguists to shame . Kevin Eckhoff of Jacksonville , Illinois : George was in classic form as he arrived for a show in late 2004 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center in St. Louis . This was my second time meeting George . He signed the photo from our first meeting , took this new photo , and then proceeded to begin signing my friend 's albums . Before he started , he paused , fanned out the records , looked at each , and in his own special way said , `` You know , I go from city to city and you guys -LRB- autograph collectors -RRB- always have my records in such great shape . Just where the **** do you get these records in such pristine condition ? '' We all busted out laughing . We 'll miss you George ! Thanks for a great memory .

What did Carlin once invite fans to do ?

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INDIO , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Parents danced with their young children to the infectious hip-hop beat of Lupe Fiasco on the main stage . The Yeah Yeah Yeahs ' Karen O is immersed in the music at Coachella . Twentysomethings wearing feathers in their hair jumped up and down to Somali emcee K'naan in the Gobi tent . In the portable toilets , an impromptu discussion broke out about the `` awesomeness '' of Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer Karen O . The mercury may have hovered close to 100 degrees , and somewhere outside the desert oasis of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival there was a global recession , but you 'd never know it from the carefree crowd on Day 3 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio , California . Although exact figures have yet to be released , about 50,000 revelers turned out for the final day of the 2009 festival for an eclectic lineup that included former Jam front man Paul Weller , rap pioneers Public Enemy , a reunion of Irish indie darlings My Bloody Valentine and a nearly three-hour set from The Cure . Promoters say the turnout exceeded expectations , and this year 's attendance figure might be the third largest in the festival 's 10-year history . The three-day ticket price may have been steep -- roughly $ 300 , including service charges -- but when divided among the 131 acts on the bill , that breaks down to less than $ 2.50 per act . This was also the first year concert promoter Goldenvoice offered layaway , which is how 18 percent chose to pay . The strong showing is good news for Bonnaroo , All Points West , Lollapalooza and other festivals taking place this spring and summer . Coachella was also moved up one weekend , which allowed for more kids on spring break to attend . Although Coachella is one of several music festivals in the United States , it still carries a certain cachet that 's hard to match . Perhaps it 's the scenery -- listening to music on a grassy polo field surrounded by swaying palm trees and craggy desert mountains . Or maybe it 's the thrill of discovering new artists and rediscovering old ones standing shoulder-to-shoulder with friends , strangers and the random Hollywood celebrity . Or maybe it 's the wacky moments that seem to happen only under the blistering desert sun . Where else could you get Morrissey -- a well-known vegetarian -- complaining in the middle of his Friday set that the smell of burning animals was making him sick , and that he only hoped it was human ? The Moz was referring to meat grilling in a food booth across the polo field . And when troubled British neo-soul singer Amy Winehouse dropped out of her Saturday performance because she could n't get a visa , M.I.A. stepped into her slot on the main stage -- but she apparently was n't happy about the upgrade . Despite a massive , adoring crowd and a highly charged set , the new mom exclaimed , `` This is the main stage ? Next time , I 'm back in a tent ! I prefer the sweat ! '' This was after her tongue-in-cheek nod to Winehouse , where she sang , `` They tried to make me do the Oscars , I said , ` No , no , no . ' '' Then , there were the memorable music moments . Friday headliner Sir Paul McCartney did n't end his playful , hit-filled set until about 54 minutes past the midnight curfew -- for a potential fine of $ 54,000 . -LRB- According to Benjamin Guitron , media relations officer for the Indio Police Department , the promoter agrees to pay $ 1,000 for every minute past 12 a.m. -RRB- On Saturday , Seattle , Washington , indie pop band Fleet Foxes drew an overflowing crowd to the Outdoor Theatre , charming the audience with its delicate , baroque harmonies . Sunday headliners The Cure played 31 songs from the group 's vast catalog -- concentrating heavily on early material , and for the most part , staying away from the biggest radio hits . They , too , played well past curfew -- continuing with their third encore even after the sound from the main PA system was cut off . My Bloody Valentine -- whose four members reunited last year after a decade apart -- was also a crowd pleaser , although an interlude where they played a single chord at maximum decibels for a mind-numbing 15 minutes left fans scratching their heads . Perry Farrell is the only artist who 's performed at all 10 Coachella festivals -- in Jane 's Addiction , Porno for Pyros , Satellite Party , as his alter ego DJ Peretz and in other incarnations . This year , he dueted with Thievery Corporation on the main stage , then headed over to the dance tent , where he joined his wife , Etty , for an electronic set . `` I would probably silently be very depressed if they would n't invite me , to tell you the truth . My mental health depends on them , '' he said with a laugh . Despite a time of belt-tightening , festivalgoers are finding a way to let it all hang out . According to The Desert Sun , the local newspaper , even two former first daughters could n't resist the draw of the desert . It said Barbara Bush and Jenna Bush Hager dropped into Coachella on Saturday -- complete with Secret Service . Guitron could n't confirm the report , but he did say , `` I would n't be surprised if they did show up . Dignitaries just kind of show up like everybody else . ''

Which vegetarian is mentioned ?

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JOHANNESBURG , South Africa -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Hugh Masekela is the legendary South African musician whose songs were an inspiration in the fight to end apartheid . He tells CNN about growing up under apartheid , why he left South Africa and what is was like to move back to Johannesburg after 30 years away . Hugh Masekela : `` The people of South Africa deserve entertainment , recreation and freedom . '' CNN : How did the suffering of the apartheid influence your art ? Hugh Masekela : I do n't think what I do is influenced by suffering . I come from a talented people who are prolific in music and dance . We have wonderful singers and we have a diversity of music here that is just amazing . But in spite of being oppressed these people were very resilient and they were mostly resilient through song . I think we are the only society where music played such a major part in our resistance . We grew up in rallies and in the street . We did n't have televisions so we played in the streets and made up songs about what was happening . Watch Hugh Masekela take CNN on a tour of Johannesburg '' . CNN : What 's your earliest memory of Johannesburg ? HM : I came to Jo ' burg from Springs -LSB- a town near Johannesburg -RSB- . My family moved to Alexandra township and the first time I went to town alone I must have been 10 or 11 . Jo ' burg used to be scrubbed every night with fire hoses and those hard brooms and the granite on the sidewalks would always sparkle . I remember that because I came from Alexander township where there were no lights , no sewage and no cafes . The most vivid memory I have -- we used to stop and look through restaurant windows at the white people eating fancy food , and we 'd say `` what do you think that is ? '' and `` there are so many types of food ! '' CNN : How did it feel to leave South Africa ? HM : When I left South Africa in 1960 I was 20 years old . I wanted to try to get an education and music education was not available for me in South Africa . I wanted to learn from the same kind of teachers that taught Miles Davis and Clifford Brown and Chad Baker and they were not in South Africa . I hoped that one day I could go and learn some of those things and then come back and teach . It was a rough time , when the apartheid government first started showing that if you do n't behave , they 'll shoot you -- women and children too . You saw police with guns , with machine guns , and for the first time you saw tanks . We had a group called the Jazz Epistles and we were about to take off on a national tour . We were the first African group to play on an LP , but gatherings of more than 10 people were banned so we could n't do our tour . But four years later , when I was ready to come back to South Africa , I could n't . The place was impenetrable . By then Mandela had been sentenced to life imprisonment . So I stayed 26 years longer than I planned to . See Hugh Masekela 's Johannesburg '' CNN : Tell us about coming home . HM : It was great , but it was also a tense time coming back to South Africa and we were not naive about it . It was a time of real turmoil . There were no-go places in the townships , there was sniping , there were major clashes and it was a time when civil war was threatening . When I left South Africa there were 10 million people -- when I came back there were more than 40 million . I had to learn how to get to the highways because when I left where there were no highways . And I had to adjust my language because people would say `` we do n't ' talk like that anymore ! '' I was like a sponge trying to learn to do the right things . Not many people came back from exile compared with those who left . About a million left -- 50,000 came back , and of those about 25,000 did a U-turn because it was n't easy . It was n't easy but it 's been a great experience . CNN : How would you define the culture of Jo ' burg ? HM : There 's no one culture -- it 's a cosmopolitan city . It 's so diverse , like South Africa itself has so many diverse cultures . But again , we are still living in the culture of ethnic grouping . If we could beat that and have a major festival of tolerance , it would be the shining path . CNN : Where do you like to go out in Jo ' burg ? HM : I go to Newtown , I go to the Market Theater a lot , and also to the Dance Forum , because we have very brilliant dance choreographers . Old Jo ' burg was vibrant , there were things going on all the time -- concerts , festivals , clubs -- but in the last 10 years or so it has become a very quiet city at night . CNN : What is life like in the city ? HM : It 's not very easy to enjoy the city because the safety and security is not such that you can just go anywhere any time . There 's a sadness about this city that everybody talks about . People in South Africa have become inward ; they spend most of the time in their homes . When it gets dark , everyone wants to go home as quickly as they can . That is not only Jo ' burg 's problem , it is a national problem . What we 're talking about does n't make me very popular with the people who run this country , but it 's nothing new -- you see it in the newspapers every day . It has to be fixed , because the people of South Africa deserve entertainment , recreation and freedom to enjoy the beauty of their country and to show guests around and say `` this is my country . ''

He could n't return because of what ?

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Sara , 29 , has lived in Miami for five years , where she works as freelance writer and film maker . Her blog , All Purpose Dark , keeps tabs on the city 's nightlife and restaurants , and she is also the editor of the Miami edition of UrbanDaddy.com . Sara has lived in Miami for five years and says the city has a vibrant arts scene . CNN : What made you start blogging the city ? Sara : When I moved down here I realized there was so much more to the city than just the beach and the hotels . There were lots of extravagant condo-building parties at the time -- the type where you 'd go to the construction site , because the building was still in the planning stages , and they 'd throw this lavish catered party with open bar and feather dancers in an effort to get people to buy units . We were going to at least three of these events a week and I felt the need to document it . So my blog started out as kind of a nightlife , event-driven blog and eventually became a chronicle of my adventures in the city , focused now mostly on my eating adventures . CNN : What makes Miami so special to you ? Sara : I think Miami is a place of unbridled optimism . It 's also a place of great opportunity . There 's lots of room here for entrepreneurial spirit and it 's very much encouraged and appreciated . Just look at how much the city has changed in five years , in terms of the revival of Downtown and the Design District , and the thriving art scene . It 's a place that is still evolving identity-wise and I 'm excited to be a part of it . CNN : Is there anything you dislike about the city ? Sara : The seasonal aspect of the city can be frustrating -- the way it shuts down in the summer and then revs up in the winter . Also , the crowding in the winter , when all the seasonal residents come back and suddenly there are no parking spaces , the lines at the grocery store are horrendous and you realize you 're trying to live in a tourist Mecca and get your errands done when everyone around you is vacationing . Oh and the drivers -- possibly the worst driving etiquette in the country . CNN : Is Miami just about the sun and sand , or is there more to it ? Sara : There 's definitely more to this city than the tropical getaway . There 's a vibrant art scene , where each month the gallery district is alive with opening receptions and throngs of people interested in getting out and seeing the scene . There 's also the internationally renowned Art Basel art fair that comes to town every year putting Miami on the cultural map . Also , food-wise there 's lots of exciting things going on , from an incredibly diverse selection of Latin cuisine . Everything from Argentinean to Venezuelan food , to Haitian , to Caribbean -- there 's a ton of great ethnic food here . There 's also a growing high-end dining scene , where a lot of the national trends , like organic , locally sourced cooking , are happening on a very high level . CNN : Could you describe a typical Miamian 's weekend ? Sara : A typical weekend would probably entail going to dinner in the Design District on Friday night , going for a walk or a bike ride along the beach on Saturday morning , then lunch on Lincoln Road . Saturday night there are usually some great DJs in town , so it 's worth checking out the Downtown club scene , or if it 's Art Walk , the galleries in Wynwood . Sunday is spent perusing farmers markets , which are popping up in most neighborhoods , and lazily reading the paper over brunch . Sunday night is always bingo at the Standard hotel , a hipster hangout . CNN : Where do you shop ? Sara : I usually head to the Aventura Mall if I 'm looking to hit a bunch of stores in one fix . There 's Bloomingdales , Urban Outfitters and your typical mall stores , like Banana Republic , etc. . Collins Avenue in South Beach between 10th and 6th is good for Barney 's Co-op -LRB- where there 's always a sale -RRB- , Intermix and the Webster . CNN : If Miami was a person , what would she or he be like ? Sara : Attractive , laid back and stylish . Loves the beach and the sun but is also involved in a personal creative pursuit -- business , fashion , art or nightlife . ... . Do you agree with Sara ? Send us your comments in the `` Sound Off '' box below and we 'll print the best

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The man arrested for the videotaped rape of a toddler in Las Vegas , Nevada , will make his initial appearance in court Friday , a Clark County , Nevada , court official told CNN Tuesday . Authorities have not yet decided if Chester Arthur Stiles will appear in person or via video link . The judge will set a date for the arraignment at that hearing . Stiles , 37 , was taken into custody Monday night after a Henderson , Nevada , police officer pulled over the white Buick Century he was driving . A former girlfriend of Stiles ' said that , before the arrest , she lived in fear after going to police to identify the suspect after seeing enhanced photos from the videotape on the local news . `` I 've had my share of nightmares , '' Elaine Thomas told CNN 's Nancy Grace . Thomas said she screamed when she recognized the photos on television and had no choice but to contact police about the man she had thought was a `` weapons enthusiast '' with only a minor criminal record . Watch Thomas say how she felt when she saw the photos '' `` How could I not tell them who that man was ? That little girl suffered unimaginable things , and I knew for a fact it was him , '' Thomas said . The judge in the case will hold an administrative hearing Wednesday , but Stiles will not be present , Clark County court spokesman Michael Sommermeyer said . Stiles was already being sought on an unrelated 2004 charge of felony lewdness with a child under 14 , Sommermeyer said , adding that authorities amended that earlier filing on October 4 to include 20 counts related to the videotaped rape , including sexual assault and attempted sexual assault . Jerry T. Donohue , the attorney for the girl 's mother , told CNN that the child on the videotape was younger than 3 when the abuse occurred . Henderson Police Officer Mike Dye said he pulled over Stiles ' car Monday night because it did not have a license plate and became suspicious when the driver gave him an expired California driver 's license with a photo that did not look like him . Dye said he and another officer , Mike Gower , questioned Stiles until he admitted his identity . `` He finally told us , ` Hey , I 'm Chester Stiles . I 'm the guy you 're looking for , ' '' Dye said . `` At that time , he said , ` I 'm sick of running . ' '' Dye said Stiles was calm and cooperative . Stiles , a resident of Pahrump , Nevada , was turned over to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police and booked into the jail in Clark County , where he had been sought in connection with the videotape , which shows a girl being sexually assaulted . The girl , who is now 7 , was found last month after a nationwide search . The tape was given to authorities by Darren Tuck , who told police he had found it in the desert five months before handing it over . Because of the delay , during which Tuck allegedly showed the tape to others , he faces charges of exhibiting pornography and possession of child pornography . He turned himself in to authorities in Nye County , Nevada , earlier this month . Professionals have evaluated the girl in the videotape since she was found , and she appears to be `` healthy and fine and happy , '' her mother 's attorney said this month . The mother had not known her daughter had ever been victimized and was apparently oblivious to efforts to find her until late last month , Donohue said . `` A family friend called her and said , ` My God , you need to turn on the TV . I believe that is your daughter , ' '' Donohue said . Donohue said the mother recognized Stiles , a former animal trainer . The alleged abuse most likely occurred while the mother -- a single woman working six days a week -- was at work , Donohue said . Another former girlfriend of Stiles ' , Tina Allen , said this month she thinks she is the reason Stiles came in contact with the girl and is `` mortified '' by the allegations against him . `` He said he 'd been in the Navy and , you know , I was looking for a strong guy to represent to my sons what I thought they needed to be , '' Allen said . Allen said she took Stiles to a crowded apartment where her son and daughter lived . Also living in the apartment were a family friend and her daughter , the alleged assault victim . Todd Allen , Tina Allen 's son , said he recognized his old apartment from scenes in the video . E-mail to a friend CNN 's Ed Payne contributed to this report .

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A British-owned cargo ship on Monday became the latest vessel to be seized by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden . International naval patrols have been stepped up in the Gulf of Aden following increased pirate attacks . The 32,000-tonne Malaspina Castle was taken early on Monday and was believed to be heading towards Somalia 's pirate-infested coast , the European Union 's Horn of Africa maritime security center said . `` Few details are known at this stage , but the mixed-nationality crew is believed to be safe , '' a statement on the London-based organization 's Web site said . The vessel , which is operated by an Italian company , carried a crew of 24 , from Bulgaria , Ukraine , Russia and the Philippines , Britain 's Telegraph newspaper reported . `` There have not yet been communications from the Malaspina Castle that we are aware of , so information is limited , '' said Andrew Mwangura of the Seafarers ' Assistance Program in quotes carried by the Telegraph . He added : `` It is likely to be taken towards the Somali coast and negotiations will begin soon . '' Meanwhile , the BBC reported that a Taiwanese fishing boat , with a crew of 29 , was also hijacked Monday approximately 260km -LRB- 160 miles -RRB- from the Seychelles . The latest attacks follow a string of incidents in the pirate-plagued waterway off Somalia at the weekend , with a French yacht , a Yemeni tugboat and a German ship also reported to have been seized . Last year , pirates attacked nearly 100 vessels and hijacked as many as 40 off Somalia , according to the International Maritime Bureau . In response , a number of countries have deployed warships from their navies to the region , including the United States , China and Japan . Monday 's seizure of the Malaspina Castle was immediately condemned by the UK ship masters ' union Nautilus , which has long urged governments to take stronger action to deter piracy . Nautilus assistant general secretary Mark Dickinson told the British Press Association : `` Over the last 10 years , most governments have not really done very much about this . `` More recently they have been motivated to act and there is an EU naval coordination force patrolling off the Gulf of Aden . '' He added : `` I 'm not sure that this is going to be a long-term thing and I 'm also worried that the pirates will start seizing ships well away from the areas being patrolled . `` In Somalia , piracy is like a big , successful industry and the authorities there need to act . The pirates are treated like local heroes . People look up to them and girls want to marry them . They are seen by some locals as good people but they are ruthless . ''

what was taken on monday ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Neda Agha-Soltan : The night before she was killed on the streets of Tehran , the woman the world would come to know simply as Neda had a dream . `` There was a war going on , '' she told her mother , Hajar Rostami , the next morning , `` and I was in the front . '' Neda 's mother had joined her in the street protests that erupted after Iran 's disputed June 12 presidential election . But on that fateful morning , she told her daughter she could n't go with her . As Neda prepared to leave , the mother told CNN last November , she was filled with anxiety . `` I told her to be very careful , and she said she would . '' On June 20 , Neda , 26 , headed to Tehran 's Nilofar Square , where thousands of protesters gathered . Tear gas was lobbed at the crowd . Her eyes burning , Neda headed to a medical clinic to get them washed . Neda later walked toward her car , parked on a side street not far from the heated protests . A single bullet struck her chest , and Neda was dead . On Monday , Long Island University announced it was awarding a 2009 George Polk Award , one of journalism 's highest honors , to the unknown videographer who captured Neda 's final moments -- her collapse on the street and her death . The New York Times reports that this is the first time in the 61-year history of the prestigious awards that judges have given the honor to work done anonymously . `` This video footage was seen by millions and became an iconic image of the Iranian resistance , '' John Darnton , curator of the Polk Awards , told the newspaper . `` We do n't know who took it or who uploaded it , but we do know it has news value . This award celebrates the fact that , in today 's world , a brave bystander with a cellphone camera can use video-sharing and social networking sites to deliver news . '' The New York Times : Polk award winners include anonymous video uploader George Polk Awards in Journalism : 2009 winners CNN : Neda was ` like an angel , ' mother says William Ward Warren : When President Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy arrived at Dallas Love Field on November 22 , 1963 , there were as many as 100 photographers there , mostly shooting black and white film . On Monday , the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in Dallas released never-before-seen , 8 mm amateur color film taken by Warren . According to a release by museum curator Gary Mack , Warren was 15 at the time of the assassination , and because students were given the day off for the president 's visit , he took his camera to Love Field to watch the arrival of Air Force One . `` My dad operated a furniture store adjacent to the airport , and so that morning on his way to work , he dropped me off at the airport to see -LSB- President Kennedy -RSB- come in , '' Warren said , according to the museum release . `` It was cool and yet the sun was shining bright , and there was lots of excitement . '' Kennedy was killed less than an hour after Warren captured the start of his visit to Texas . The owner of a freight brokerage business , Warren , now 61 , lives in north Texas with his wife and children . CNN : Watch the footage from the Sixth Floor Museum CNN : Film released of JFK arrival in Dallas Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Dafna Michaelson : The former director of volunteer services at a Denver , Colorado , hospital -- and a single mother of two children -- left her job and spent all 52 weeks of 2009 traveling to all 50 states and Washington . She funded her `` 50 in 52 Journey '' by draining her 401k -- the entire $ 31,000 -- and then asking others for donations . Her goal was to collect the stories of ordinary Americans who were making a difference in their local communities and to share those stories on her Web site . She ultimately interviewed more than 500 people , blogged regularly and posted 370 videos . In January , she launched the Journey Institute , telling CNN on Monday , `` One main thing I heard while traveling was , if they did n't have someone to push them or mentor them or train them , they would n't have been able to put their idea into action . '' So after her journey , Michaelson decided to help people get their ideas off the couch and put them into action . Her plan is to bring people from every state facing similar challenges to Denver and give them training on how to solve those problems . Michaelson said , `` No matter where I went , I met people who were the same as the pioneers who built this country . They not only had to build their barns and plant their fields , they had to help their neighbors do the same . The people I met had the same values as those pioneers . '' 50 in 52 Journey Web site The Denver Post : Woman travels nation , documents people making life better Kim Jong Il : Tuesday is the `` Dear Leader 's '' birthday , but where , do you ask , was he born in 1942 ? His official biography declares it was at the foothills of Mount Baekdu , North Korea 's sacred mountain , amid bright lights and double rainbows . But historians are pretty sure he was born at a guerrilla base under Soviet protection in the Soviet Union . The discrepancy should not surprise . When Time magazine 's Frances Romero wrote about the supreme leader of the Democratic People 's Republic of Korea , the profile began , `` An easy way of summing up Kim 's life in one sentence would be to throw in the words reportedly , allegedly and the occasional is said to . '' His father , Kim Il Sung , founded North Korea , and his son ran the country more or less for 20 years as his father aged , taking power officially in 1997 , a few years after his father 's death . `` Here 's a guy who is very concerned about his physical stature , among other things , '' said Dr. Jerrold Post , a former CIA psychologist who heads the political psychology program at George Washington University . `` He 's 5-foot-2 and wears 4-inch lifts in his shoes . '' Post , in his book `` Leaders and Their Followers in a Dangerous World , '' writes that Kim also loved to drink a certain Hennessy cognac that sold for $ 630 a bottle in Korea . Hennessy , the maker of Paradis cognac , confirmed that Kim was the biggest buyer of the cognac , and between 1988 and 1998 , maintained an estimated annual account of $ 650,000 to $ 800,000 . Post wrote the ruler `` annually spent 770 times the income of the average North Korean citizen -LRB- $ 1,038 -RRB- on cognac alone ! '' Post told CNN that Kim Jong Il once kidnapped the most prominent South Korean movie star and kept her under house arrest with her husband for eight years . And he has a collection of some 20,000 videotapes , including the complete James Bond movie collection . In August 2008 , Kim had a stroke and was out of view for some time , and now seems to have recovered . Post said he believes that some of his toughness on North Korean nuclear policy now may be the indication of a power struggle at the end of his rule . CNN : North Korea marks Kim Jong Il 's birthday CNN : Mystery has surrounded Kim Jong Il Time : Two-minute bio : Kim Jong Il Bode Miller : NBC Winter Games anchor Bob Costas said this weekend that the word `` redemption '' may be the most overused cliché in all of Olympics coverage , but it pretty much describes Bode Miller 's downhill race Monday . Sports Illustrated and the U.S. Ski Team Web site report that Miller , winner of 32 World Cup races , won two silver medals in Salt Lake City , Utah , but none during any of his five races at the Turin Olympics in in Italy in 2006 . Then in May 2007 , Miller announced he was leaving the U.S. Ski Team to race independently , only to rejoin the team in 2009 . Monday in Vancouver , British Columbia , Miller won a bronze medal in the men 's Olympic downhill , finishing behind Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway , who took silver , and gold medal winner Didier Defago of Switzerland . Miller missed the gold by nine one-hundredths of a second , but he now holds the U.S. record for most medals in Alpine skiing . According to his official biography , Miller was born in New Hampshire in 1977 , was home-schooled until fourth grade and started skiing at 3 . U.S. Ski Team : Bode Miller bio SI : Bode Miller career highlights CNN : Winter Olympics coverage What makes a person intriguing ? There are people who enter the news cycle every day because their actions or decisions are new , important or different . Others are in the news because they are the ones those decisions affect . And there are a number of people who are so famous or controversial that anything they say or do becomes news . Some of these people do what we expect of them : They run for office , pass legislation , start a business , get hired or fired , commit a crime , make an arrest , get in accidents , hit a home run , overthrow a government , fight wars , sue an opponent , put out fires , prepare for hurricanes and cavort with people other than their spouses . They do make news , but the action is usually more important than who is involved in the story . But every day , there are a number of people who become fascinating to us -- by virtue of their character , how they reached their decision , how they behaved under pressure or because of the remarkable circumstances surrounding the event they are involved in . They arouse our curiosity . We hear about them and want to know more . What they have done or said stimulates conversations across the country . At times , there is even a mystery about them . What they have done may be unique , heroic , cowardly or ghastly , but they capture our imaginations . We want to know what makes them tick , why they believe what they do , and why they did what they did . They intrigue us .

What does award winning video show ?

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BAGHDAD , Iraq -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Twelve-year-old Mohammed Rasoul , his right leg severed below the knee , maneuvers on crutches over the dirt and loose stones through the Falluja graveyard . Mohammed Rasoul sitting with his mother , Jinan Khalifa , eagerly awaits his trip to the United States . Row after row of headstones stand as the deadly reminder of the tragedy the city went through as insurgents battled for control of the city . Mohammed stops at his cousin 's grave . `` I feel an ache when I think of her . Every time I remember her , I cry , '' he told CNN at a visit to the grave a few months ago . As he spoke , he poured water on a tree he planted next to it . The headstone reads : `` Martyr 643 , the child Hajer Ismael Khalil , 13 October 2006 . '' Clutching her photograph , Mohammed says , `` My cousin died on the scene . I still remember her screams . '' The same explosion cost him his leg and his childhood . `` A car came out of nowhere . My cousin was playing with her friend , '' he says . `` I remember -LSB- the car -RSB- was green . It detonated . '' Watch Mohammed tell his story '' His mother , Jinan Khalifa , remembers that day all too well . She was in the kitchen when she heard a deafening explosion . `` There was shattered glass from the windows falling all over us . I went outside and saw my son covered in blood from head to toe , '' she says . Her son endured 11 operations before doctors amputated his leg below the knee . Khalifa says her son put forward a tough face , but when he finally went back home the shock hit him . `` That 's where his personality started to change . He stopped laughing , '' she says . `` It was tearing me up , '' Mohammed says `` It was hard for me to watch others play . And I could n't , I could n't walk , it agitated me . '' CNN first broadcast his story in May where it caught the attention of an American charity , the Global Medical Relief Fund , which offered to help . `` I can not put my feelings into words , '' Khalifa says . `` An entire book would not be enough . They gave my son his hope back . The America we knew was one that came , bombed , harmed . But when this organization came forward , we saw another face of America . '' The Global Medical Relief Fund , a small charity based in New York that helps children of war and natural disasters , has arranged for surgery and treatment at the Shriners Children Hospital in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . Elissa Montanti , the founder and director of the organization , says she was inspired to act when she first heard of Mohammed 's tragic story . `` I said , ` Oh , please , let me help this boy . ' '' Mohammed will arrive in the United States on Thursday afternoon . He will be fitted for a prosthetic leg in coming weeks and examined to see if he needs additional surgery . Montanti said her organization has a list of other young Iraqi children in need of help . `` The word needs to get out . '' Asked how it makes her feel to help Mohammed , she says , `` It makes me cry with joy . '' Mohammed , too , is ecstatic . `` I did n't think this act of human kindness would be presented to me , '' he says . `` I did n't have hope in Iraq -- hope that I would ever get my hope back . I did n't have a future . '' He adds , `` I want to go to America and meet this person that gave me my future back . '' When he comes back home , he wants to help rebuild Falluja , starting with his school , which was bombed during the 2004 Falluja offensive . `` I will never leave school and , God willing , I will continue my education and become an architect and build all the schools , '' he says , standing on his crutches . But first , he says , he wants to walk to water the tree he planted next to his cousin 's grave . E-mail to a friend CNN 's Wayne Drash contributed to this report from Atlanta .

charity director says helping the boy makes her what

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The widow of an Internal Revenue Service employee killed when a disgruntled taxpayer flew his plane into a seven-story building in Austin , Texas , last week is suing the pilot 's wife , according to court documents . Valerie Hunter , the wife of Vernon Hunter , is accusing Sheryl Stack , wife of Andrew Joseph `` Joe '' Stack III , of negligence , alleging she knew or should have known that her husband was a threat to others and , thus , could have prevented the attack , according to the lawsuit filed Monday in Travis County District Court . `` Stack was threatened enough by Joseph Stack that she took her daughter and stayed at a hotel the night before the plane crash . -LSB- She -RSB- owed a duty to exercise reasonable care to avoid a foreseeable risk of injury to others including -LSB- Vernon Hunter -RSB- , '' the suit says . The lawsuit also seeks to bar the release of Vernon Hunter 's autopsy report , saying that , if made public , it would cause Hunter 's family to suffer `` severe and irreparable emotional distress . '' Hunter was killed February 18 when , authorities say , Stack flew his Piper Cherokee PA-28 into a northwest Austin building that housed nearly 200 IRS employees . Authorities say Stack set fire to his $ 230,000 home in Austin before embarking on his fatal flight . Police have said Sheryl Stack spent the previous night in an Austin-area hotel but did not say why . Police said they had received no calls of domestic violence from the house . The only calls to police were made a couple of years ago and concerned barking dogs , officials said said . A 3,000-word message on a Web site registered to Stack railed against the government , particularly the IRS . `` I saw it written once that the definition of insanity is repeating the same process over and over and expecting the outcome to suddenly be different , '' the online message said . `` I am finally ready to stop this insanity . Well , Mr. Big Brother IRS man , let 's try something different ; take my pound of flesh and sleep well . '' Sheryl Stack issued a statement after the attack expressing `` sincere sympathy to the victims and their families . ''

what does the lawsit says about Sheryl ?

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NEW DELHI , India -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- About 13,000 employees at state-run Air India walked off the job for two hours Friday after the airline failed to pay their monthly wage . A man walks past the Air India building in Mumbai . Staff staged a strike to protest against unpaid wages . The strike was the last resort for some employees who say management failed to keep a promise to pay them Friday , said J.B. Kadian , the general secretary of the Air Corporation Employees Union . There have been strained talks between management and three unions -- that includes everyone from the cabin crew to sweepers -- after Air India told the bulk of its employees their pay would be delayed by two weeks . The unions said 13,000 employees participated in the strike but Air India did not provide a number . The walkout comes after management did not follow through on its latest verbal agreement to pay the lowest paid employees by July 3 , employees say . Employees normally get paid on the last day of the month . The lowest paid unionized employees make less than $ 100 a week . Employees said they were angered that their pay was delayed at a time when the airline has continued to buy new planes . Air India 's spokesperson J. Bhargava told CNN : `` We will not tolerate any strike . Striking employees will be subject to loss of wages and productive incentives . '' Air India is in deep financial trouble . It lost about a billion dollars last year alone . It says it is in a fight for survival due to lower volumes of passengers , the high cost of employing about 31,000 employees as well as the current world financial downturn . Analyst Kapil Kaul from the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation said Air India 's problems may stem from bad business decisions rather than the global financial downturn . `` We have seen Air India continue to get planes when they have no money to pay salaries , '' Kaul said . `` At the present time the airline does not have a well structure and realistic business case . '' Air India has asked the government to bail it out . It also said it has avoided layoffs unlike other struggling airlines around the world .

When would they be paid by ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- U.S. President George W. Bush on Tuesday will designate nine sites in three areas of the central Pacific as marine national monuments , White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said Monday . The new designated areas make up the largest area of ocean set aside for marine conservation in the world . The new areas make up the largest area of ocean set aside for marine conservation in the world -- 195,280 square miles -- and , coupled with a 138,000-square mile designation in Hawaii two years go , mean that Bush will have protected more of the ocean than any other president . `` The president 's actions will prevent the destruction and extraction of natural resources from these beautiful and biologically diverse areas without conflicting with our military 's activities and freedom of navigation , which are vital to our national security , '' Perino said . `` And the public and future generations will benefit from the science and knowledge gained from these areas . '' Bush is using the 1906 Antiquities Act -- first used by President Theodore Roosevelt to set aside public lands such as the Grand Canyon as national monuments -- for the designation . Many of those lands later became national parks . Bill Chandler , vice president for government affairs for the non-profit Marine Conservation Biology Institute -LRB- MCBI -RRB- , said Bush is `` to be commended '' for his action . `` From a conservation history perspective , the message here is that Teddy Roosevelt laid the groundwork for our national park system when he withdrew a lot of public lands and called them national monuments , '' said Chandler . `` We see the president laying the foundation for a system of national marine preserves and parks , '' he said . `` We had lacked such a system for a long time . '' MCBI and the Environmental Defense Fund -LRB- EDF -RRB- partnered to identify eight of the nine sites the president will set aside on Tuesday . All but one of those eight remote areas already have Fish and Wildlife Service refuge areas at their cores . `` You have a core conservation mission already , '' Chandler said . `` This is just basically going to expand them . '' The MCBI/EDF-identified sites are Rose Atoll , Wake Island , Johnston Island , Palmyra Island , Kingman Reef , Baker Island , Howland Island and Jarvis Island . Rose Atoll , part of American Samoa , is the smallest atoll in the world , but more than 500 fish species swim in the waters around it , and it supports 97 percent of America Samoa 's seabird population . It is also the nesting ground for several threatened turtle species . The Pew Environmental Fund identified the ninth site -- the waters around the northern Marianas and the deepest ocean canyon in the world , the Mariana Trench , 11,033 meters -LRB- 36,201 feet -RRB- at its deepest . The new designations will expand protection to a 50 nautical mile area off the islands , where commercial fishing will be prohibited . Other uses of the area -- research or recreational fishing -- will be allowed but will require a permit . Bush has not gotten rave reviews for his conservation efforts on land -- according to the Audubon Society , he 's signed wilderness legislation covering a little more than 2 million acres , fewer than any other president except Richard Nixon . But Chandler said that Bush `` has really embraced ocean conservation as his own . '' `` Ocean protection ... is lagging 50 to 100 years behind land conservation , he said . `` This is precisely the kind of leadership that we need to get the message across that there are places in the ocean that are rich with diversity . '' `` Scientists already know this , '' he said . `` They have been calling for this for 10 or 15 years . '' The president can cut through the bureaucracy that makes protecting resources such a lengthy process , and the Antiquities Act is a strong tool for those efforts . With the Act , the president can make a designation by executive order , essentially `` writing the prescription for conservation '' for an area , Chandler said .

The new areas cover how many square miles ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A lawyer who left a videotape saying Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom would be responsible if anything happened to him masterminded his own death last year , a special United Nations commission said Tuesday after an eight-month investigation . Colom had nothing to do with the killing , said Carlos Castresana , head of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala . `` Rodrigo Rosenberg , for some reason , decided to put an end to his life , '' Castresana said at a televised news conference . Rosenberg was shot from behind in a brazen daylight attack while riding his bicycle in Guatemala City , the nation 's capital . He was shot three times in the head , once in the neck and once in the back , Castresana said . Prominent Guatemalan brothers Francisco Jose Valdez Paiz and Jose Estuardo Valdez Paiz hired hit men at the behest of Rosenberg , who told them he was being threatened by someone , Castresana said . The two brothers , who own a pharmaceutical company , had been cousins of Rosenberg through a previous marriage and did not know that he was the target of the assassination , Castresana said . Rosenberg fed information to the hit squad leader that led to his own death , giving descriptions of what the target looked like and where he would be . `` It was the two brothers and no one else , '' Castresana said . `` Not a politician . Not a -LSB- government -RSB- minister . Not a police chief . No one . Just these two brothers . '' About 300 investigators from 11 nations reached their conclusion after an exhaustive examination of 100,000 telephone calls , 9,500 documents , surveillance videotapes , and 135 interviews with 11 suspects and others , Castresana said . Colom had maintained since the May 10 slaying that he was innocent despite Rosenberg 's explosive videotape , which was made public the day after his death . Guatemalan authorities have arrested 11 men on suspicion that they carried out the killing , but the Valdez Paiz brothers remain at large . Their lawyer , Alexis Calderon , denied last week that his clients were involved . `` This is a story being made up to implicate people who did n't have anything to do with it , '' Calderon said . He also said that he did not know where the brothers were but that they would surrender after Tuesday 's conference . Calderon did not answer calls seeking comment Tuesday . Arrest warrants for the brothers were issued December 10 , Castresana said , noting that the suspects were already out of the country by then . Rosenberg recorded the tape blaming Colom three days before his death . He said Colom wanted him dead because the lawyer had been blaming the president and some of his top associates for the slaying of a prominent businessman and his daughter the previous month . Businessman Khalid Musa and his daughter , Marjorie , were killed , Rosenberg said , because they had refused to participate in acts of corruption as the president wanted . Rosenberg was Musa 's attorney . Castresana indicated Rosenberg staged his own killing to get back at Colom and high-level members of his government , whom he could not prove were responsible for the Musa killings . `` He wanted to open a box of lightning and thunder , '' said Castresana , a Spanish judge . Castresana pointed to several indicators of Rosenberg 's state of mind : His mother had died ; he was going through a second divorce , and his wife had taken their young children to Mexico ; he was bereft at the slaying of Marjorie Musa , with whom he had a close relationship ; and he felt a sense of powerlessness because he could not prosecute the people he believed were responsible for the Musa slayings . May 10 , the date of his killing , was Mother 's Day . In two April 21 e-mails , seven days after the Musa killings , Rosenberg wrote , `` I ca n't stop crying '' and `` I feel like I 'm disintegrating , '' Castresana said . Rosenberg made out his last will and testament on April 24 and started going public with his accusations against Colom regarding the Musa slayings on May 3 . On May 4 , he called a meeting at his law office and said he would be leaving the firm , in which he was a partner . The next day , Castresana said , Rosenberg asked a friend to buy two cell phones anonymously . Those cell phones , the lead investigator said , were crucial to cracking the case . Rosenberg used one of the phones to call threats to his personal cell phone and had the other delivered to the Valdez Paiz brothers , who gave it to the hit squad leader . Rosenberg then used the new cell phone he kept to give instructions to the hit squad leader through the second phone , Castresana said . Castresana detailed how the slaying apparently was meant to be paid through a $ 40,000 check . According to the investigator , Rosenberg told his secretary before his death that she would be receiving a check from Panama that should be delivered to the Valdez Paiz brothers . The check had been made out by Luis Alejos , a Rosenberg friend and business associate who at the time was Guatemala 's minister of communication , Castresana said . Alejos resigned from office in June , a few weeks after the slaying . After receiving the check , Francisco Jose Valdez Paiz destroyed it , Castresana said . The businessman paid the 300,000 quetzales -LRB- $ 35,900 -RRB- for the assassination out of his own pocket , Castresana said . The investigator said Rosenberg sent Alejos the money to pay for the killing . Alejos is the brother of Roberto Alejos , the president of the Guatemalan Congress , and a cousin of Gustavo Alejos , who is President Colom 's private secretary . In his videotape , Rosenberg said Gustavo Alejos would be among those responsible for the lawyer 's death if it happened . `` If you are reading this message , it means that I , Rodrigo Rosenberg Marzano , was murdered by the president 's private secretary , Gustavo Alejos , and his associate Gregorio Valdez , with the approval of Mr. Alvaro Colom and -LSB- first lady -RSB- Sandra de Colom , '' Rosenberg said . After the tape surfaced , Colom went on national TV with a vehement denial that he or anyone mentioned in the video was involved . He expressed his sense of vindication in a televised speech Tuesday afternoon . `` I do n't have any rancor in my heart , '' Colom said . `` Just immense gratitude for those who waited patiently with us . '' The United Nations established the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala in 2006 to investigate corruption and political violence . More than 200,000 people have been killed in the nation since 1970 , mostly as a result of organized crime , drug-trade violence and a 36-year civil war that ended in 1996 . There were 6,451 slayings in Guatemala last year , of which only 230 verdicts were achieved , Castresana said . That means , he said , that more than 96 percent of the killings in 2009 were not solved .

UN commission included how many investigators ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Hundreds of U.S. and Afghan soldiers have embarked on a major operation against militants in the eastern Afghan region of Tora Bora , near the border with Pakistan , officials have told CNN . File photo of the remote mountain Tora Bora region on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan . Air and ground strikes under way in the remote mountain region are aimed at large numbers of militant fighters . The troops are targeting '' hundreds of hardened al Qaeda and Taliban in dug-in positions , '' said officials familiar with the intelligence . The operation started two days ago in the region , where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was once thought to be hiding . The Bush administration has been criticized for not sending enough ground forces to Tora Bora in December 2001 to capture the militant after the invasion that toppled the Taliban . `` U.S. and Afghan forces engaged al Qaeda and other violent extremist fighters in eastern Afghanistan during a combined arms assault using precision munitions . There have been no substantiated reports of civilian casualties in this engagement , '' said Capt. Vanessa R. Bowman , a U.S. Army spokeswoman . `` The targets were carefully chosen to pinpoint enemy positions and eliminate the likelihood of harming innocent civilians , '' she said . `` This region has provided an ideal environment to conceal enemy support bases and training sites , as well as plan and launch attacks aimed at terrorizing innocent civilians , both inside and outside the region . '' Also Wednesday , a manager at a private British security firm in Afghanistan was shot and killed in the capital Kabul , a spokesman for the company said . `` We did lose a manager today in Kabul to unknown assailants , '' Christopher Beese , spokesman for ArmorGroup International , said Wednesday . He said next of kin have been notified and an inquiry into the incident has begun . The name of the man , a British national , was not released . `` It 's bad news . He was a very well-respected man , '' Beese said , noting that the victim had experience in Afghanistan going back to the early 1980s . Beese -- who said the man 's role was to run the administration of the 1,200-person-strong security presence in the country -- described the man as a `` logistics manager '' and `` all things to all people . '' The firm , which has been operating in Afghanistan since 2002 , mostly provides diplomatic protection and has contracts with the British and American governments . The man recruited and trained Afghan guards and was the most senior administrator at the company 's Kabul base , Camp Anjuman , the company said . E-mail to a friend CNN 's Joe Sterling contributed to this report .

What group is being targeted ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Perhaps it really WAS destiny . `` Slumdog Millionaire , '' the little film that overcame tremendous odds simply to earn an American release , won eight Oscars Sunday night at the 81st annual Academy Awards , including best picture . `` Most of all we had passion and we had belief , and our film shows if you have those two things , you have everything , '' said producer Christian Colson , surrounded by many members of the film 's huge cast and crew . It was a supremely unlikely success story . `` Millionaire , '' which combines elements of Bollywood melodrama and documentary grit , features no stars . It 's set largely among the poverty-stricken districts of Mumbai , India , and one-third of the film is in Hindi . Its initially reluctant director , Danny Boyle , is better known for brash British films such as `` Trainspotting '' and `` 28 Days Later . '' And the film almost went straight to DVD in America , thanks to the folding of initial studio Warner Independent Pictures -LRB- like CNN , it 's a unit of Time Warner -RRB- . But the film 's orphaned , poverty-raised hero , played by Dev Patel , overcomes his challenges to earn a spot on the game show `` Who Wants to Be a Millionaire '' -- not necessarily to win money , but to connect with his lost love . On the show , he 's told that perhaps he is a figure of destiny . `` It is written , '' the show 's smarmy host tells him , somewhat mockingly , after Patel 's character aces several questions . List of winners , nominees `` Slumdog 's '' filmmakers were jubilant at the wins , which also included Oscars for best director -LRB- Boyle -RRB- , best adapted screenplay -LRB- Simon Beaufoy -RRB- , score -LRB- A.R. Rahman -RRB- , cinematography -LRB- Anthony Dod Mantle -RRB- , song , sound mixing and film editing . Boyle jumped up and down as he accepted his award , saying he 'd told his children that if he ever won , he 'd bounce like Tigger from `` Winnie-the-Pooh . '' Rahman was equally appreciative . `` All my life I 've had a choice between hate and love , and I chose love , and now I 'm here , '' he said . Gallery : See what the stars are wearing '' `` Slumdog 's '' main competition , `` The Curious Case of Benjamin Button , '' won just three Oscars , all in minor categories . The film had led the pack with 13 nominations . The rest of the Oscar broadcast alternated between host Hugh Jackman 's smooth song-and-dance numbers , some comic moments from Steve Martin , Tina Fey and Ben Stiller , and politics , generally focused on gay rights and California 's anti-gay marriage Proposition 8 . Sean Penn won best actor for playing Harvey Milk in `` Milk , '' the story of the first openly gay man elected to major public office . Penn earned laughs and applause for his speech . iReport.com : What do you think of the winners ? `` You commie homo-loving sons of guns , '' the sometimes truculent actor began , to laughter . `` I did not expect this , and I wanted to be very clear that I do know how hard I make it to appreciate me , often . But I am touched by the appreciation . '' After a series of thank-you 's , he turned serious in talking about gay marriage . `` For those who saw the signs of hatred as our cars drove in tonight , I think it 's a good time for those who voted for the ban against gay marriage to sit and reflect on their great shame and their shame in their grandchildren 's eyes if they continue that support , '' Penn said . `` We 've got to have equal rights for everyone . '' Dustin Lance Black , who won original screenplay for `` Milk , '' also gave an impassioned speech in favor of gay rights . `` I think -LSB- Milk -RSB- would want me to say to all the gay and lesbian kids out there tonight ... that you are beautiful , wonderful creatures of value , and that no matter what anyone tells you , God does love you and that very soon , I promise you , you will have equal rights , federally , across this great nation of ours . '' Heath Ledger won best supporting actor for his performance as the Joker in `` The Dark Knight . '' His parents and sister accepted the award for the actor , who died in January 2008 . `` This award tonight would have humbly validated Heath 's quiet determination to be truly accepted by you all here -- his peers -- within an industry he truly loved , '' said Ledger 's father , Kim . Ledger is only the second actor to win a posthumous actor . Peter Finch won best actor for 1976 's `` Network '' two months after he died in early 1977 . Other winners included Kate Winslet , who won best actress for her performance in `` The Reader '' ; Penelope Cruz , who won best supporting actress honor for `` Vicky Cristina Barcelona '' ; and `` WALL-E , '' which won best animated feature . Most of the winners , if not foreordained , were expected . The evening 's sole shock came with best foreign-language film , which went to the Japanese film `` Departures . '' Among the films it beat were France 's `` The Class '' and Israel 's `` Dances With Bashir , '' two of the best-reviewed films of the year . The Oscars moved at a steady pace , largely thanks to Jackman 's brisk , jokey work . Only the introductions to the four acting categories , in which previous winners read tributes to current nominees as if they were about to appear on `` This Is Your Life , '' considerably slowed the show , which ran close to three and a half hours . At various points , Jackman cracked wise about downsizing -- `` Next year , '' said the `` Australia '' star , `` I 'll be starring in a movie called ` New Zealand ' '' -- performed songs about each best picture nominee in various musical styles , and paid tribute to various celebrities as if pointing out VIPs in a nightclub . He even physically carried Anne Hathaway on stage to play Richard Nixon in a `` Frost/Nixon '' send-up . Blog : Behind the scenes But it was `` Slumdog Millionaire '' that carried the evening . At one point , Resul Pookutty , who won for sound mixing , seemed overwhelmed as he accepted his Oscar . `` I dedicate this award to my country , '' he said . `` Thank you , Academy , this is not just a sound award , this is history being handed over to me . '' Given the import of East meeting West , the movie business can say the same thing .

Who is Heath Ledger ?

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Islamabad , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The three security guards and the driver of an American development expert who was abducted in Pakistan on Saturday have been detained for questioning , a police official said Monday . The four men are not considered suspects at this point , said the official , who asked not to be named because he is not authorized to speak to the media . Under Pakistani law , police can detain someone for up to 72 hours without charging them with a crime . Investigators have no leads in the case and are not any closer to finding out what happened to the American , whom the U.S. Embassy identified as Warren Weinstein . Weinstein was abducted early Saturday when gunmen , posing as neighbors offering food , pistol-whipped him and his driver and tied up his guards , U.S. Embassy and Pakistani officials said . Weinstein works for J.E. Austin Associates Inc. , a U.S. consulting firm based in Arlington , Virginia , a Pakistani official said . He 's is a world-renowned development expert , with 25 years of experience , according to his company 's website . The site says he was heading what the company described as the `` Pakistan Initiative for Strategic Development and Competitiveness . '' As Weinstein 's security guards prepared for the meal before the Ramadan fast early Saturday , three men knocked at the front gate and offered food for the meal -- a traditional practice among Muslims during the Ramadan holy month , according to senior Lahore police official Tajamal Hussain . Once the gate was opened , the three men forced their way in while five other suspects entered the house from the back , Hussain said . The men tied up the three security guards and duct-taped their mouths , he said . They pistol-whipped the driver and forced him to take them to Weinstein 's room , where the men hit Weinstein in the head with a pistol , and forced him out of the house and into a waiting car , Hussain said . He said Weinstein is in his 60s . There has been no claim of responsibility nor any demands by any groups , according to senior police official Awais Ahmed . Weinstein has lived in the residence in an upscale Lahore neighborhood for several years , Ahmed said . Weinstein is a Fulbright Scholar in Belgium and is proficient in six languages , with a doctorate in international law and economics , according to his company website . U.S. Embassy officials are working with Pakistani authorities on the case , Embassy spokesman Alberto Rodriguez said Saturday . The U.S. State Department updated a travel advisory for Americans traveling and working in Pakistan this week , warning that extremist groups operating in the country were continuing to target U.S. and other Western citizens and interests . It cited part of the reason for the advisory as `` reported '' abductions of U.S. citizens `` for ransom or personal reasons , '' including the kidnapping of a U.S. citizen in Lahore in June . No further details about that incident were released . Abductions are not unusual in Pakistan , though those targeted are typically Pakistani rather than American or Western . In early July , a Swiss couple was grabbed at gunpoint while traveling in the town of Loralai in the volatile southwestern Balochistan province , provincial officials said at the time . Three weeks after their abduction , Pakistani authorities said they believed the couple was still alive . Weinstein 's abduction follows another high-profile incident involving an American in Lahore . Raymond Davis , a CIA contractor , was charged with killing two men in January but was released in March after compensation was paid to their families . Journalists Nasir Habib and Shaan Khan and CNN 's Salma Abdelaziz contributed to this report .

Who did gunmen abduct ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Pakistan 's former president said his country is being treated `` unequally '' to other countries , despite being a staunch ally of the United States in its war on terror . Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf says anti-American sentiment in Pakistan is high . `` Pakistan is being treated so unequally while we are the ones who are in the lead role fighting the global war on terror , '' said Pervez Musharraf , interviewed by CNN 's Wolf Blitzer for `` The Situation Room . '' `` This is what hurts Pakistan . It hurts the leadership . Indeed , it hurts the government . It hurts the people of Pakistan , '' said Musharraf , speaking from Dallas , Texas , during a book tour in the United States . The interview took place amid reports Friday of U.S. drones striking militant targets in Pakistan just days after the start of the Obama administration -- which has made combating al Qaeda and Taliban militants in the Pakistan tribal region near Afghanistan its most immediate national security priority . Musharraf was asked whether he is comfortable with the continuation of the attacks , even with a new U.S. president in place . `` Nobody in Pakistan is comfortable with the strikes across the border . There is no doubt in that . Public opinion is very much against it , '' he said . `` But as far as this issue of the new president -- President Obama having taken over and this continuing -- but I have always been saying that policies do n't change with personalities ; policies have national interest , and policies depend on an environment . `` So the environment and national interest of the United States being the same , I thought policies will remain constant , '' he said . Watch Musharraf address the reported U.S. air strike '' Musharraf also addressed a statement he made about the $ 10 billion in assistance from the United States that Pakistan has received , calling it a `` pittance for a country which is in the lead role to fight terrorism . '' He emphasized his gratitude to the United States for the funding , but said the amount is low compared to billions spent in Afghanistan and `` maybe over a trillion dollars '' in Iraq . `` Please do n't think that this $ 10 billion was such a great amount that we ought to be eternally grateful while we know that we deserve much more and we should have got much more and we must get much more if we are to fight the global war on terror , '' he said . Musharraf stressed that Pakistan was `` in the lead role fighting a war for you for 10 years , between '79 and ' 89 , '' a reference to Pakistan 's alliance with the United States and the Afghan mujahedeen rebels during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan . Musharraf emphasized that for 42 years , up until 1989 , Pakistan had been a `` strategic partner '' of the United States . But many Pakistanis felt abandoned by the United States after the Russians pulled out of Afghanistan . Musharraf said the 1989 `` peace dividend '' went to Europe -- East Europe . Pakistan was `` left alone '' from 1989 to 2001 , and during that period , the militant Taliban movement took control of Afghanistan . `` What did Pakistan get out of fighting for 10 years with you ? Nothing , sir , '' he said , explaining why public opinion in Pakistan has been `` so much against the United States . '' Musharraf said public opinion in his country is strongly against strikes by U.S. drones against militants in the Pakistani tribal region . While al Qaeda and the Taliban must be confronted , he said , `` public opinion is certainly against the methodology being adopted . '' Watch Musharraf says Pakistan is not sponsoring terrorism '' Musharraf , once Pakistan 's army chief , resigned under intense political pressure in August as the ruling coalition began taking steps to impeach him . He swept to power in 1999 in a bloodless coup . Asked why al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden , who is thought to be somewhere in the border region , has n't been found , he replied : `` I would like to ask the United States why he has n't been found . They have their intelligence . There are -- you have more intelligence capability . I would like to ask the United States , why Mullah Omar has not been found , who is the leader of all of the Taliban in Afghanistan ? ''

What kind of aid do they receive ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Tareq Salahi is `` greatly hurt and disturbed '' by wife 's `` adulterous affair '' with a rock musician and he wants a divorce , according to court documents . `` Real Housewives of D.C. '' star Michaele Salahi left her husband last week to join Journey guitarist Neal Schon on tour , which Tareq Salahi said `` caused me to suffer great harm , humiliation , and embarrassment . '' She `` was engaged in an adulterous relationship with one Neal Schon , her paramour , '' the divorce petition said . `` I also understand that his rock band Journey paid for her travel , accommodations and other expenses . '' The Salahis ' split became public last Wednesday when Tareq Salahi told reporters that he thought his wife had been kidnapped when she disappeared on Tuesday . She told a sheriff 's deputy that she was `` with a good friend and was where she wanted to be , '' Warren County , Virginia , Sheriff Danny McEathron said in a statement to CNN Wednesday afternoon . The reality show personality traveled last Tuesday to Memphis , Tennessee , where Journey was performing , to be with Schon , a representative with Scoop Marketing confirmed to CNN Wednesday . Scoop Marketing represents Schon . `` She stated that she was not returning home and had thus abandoned the marriage and marital home , '' his divorce petition said . But what really hurts about his wife 's `` adulterous friendship '' is that she `` has flaunted the same throughout the community , the nation and indeed the world , and thus caused me to suffer great harm , humiliation , and embarrassment , '' his court filing said . An e-mail Salahi said was sent to him from Schon 's e-mail address was included in the filing . It contained a photo of an unidentified penis , he said . `` At no time whatsoever have I condoned or acquiesced to the adulterous affair , '' Tareq Salahi said . `` There is no hope or possibility of reconciliation , '' he said . The couple , married for nearly eight years , has no children . They gained notoriety when they were photographed with President Barack Obama at a White House state dinner , to which they were not invited , in November 2009 . The `` Real Housewives of D.C. '' TV series was canceled by Bravo earlier this year . CNN 's Rachel Wells contributed to this report .

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EL PASO , Texas -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Sitting in high school , math and history lessons never captured Danny Santos ' imagination . The drug-fueled streets of the Texas-Mexico border provided his education , and he was an excellent student . Danny Santos , 21 , works two part-time jobs and still does n't make as much as he did as a drug mule . Santos says he became one of the thousands of American and Mexican teenagers recruited into the dangerous world of drug smuggling . `` I did n't care . I had no conscience , '' Santos said at a boxing gym in El Paso , Texas . `` You 're young , and you 're naïve , and you think it 's easy . '' Santos ' journey into the underworld of teenage drug smuggling offers a glimpse into how drug cartels lure teenagers into doing their dirty work . US . Customs and Border Protection officials in El Paso and San Diego report that in recent months , they 've seen a rise in the number of juvenile drug smugglers getting busted at border checkpoints . They 're often called mules . These teenagers are usually hired only to smuggle drug loads across the border . It 's a short drive or walk that offers quick cash but can carry serious consequences . Watch how teens get drugs across the border '' Drug cartels `` just need someone who can legitimately cross the border , '' said Bill Molaski , the El Paso Port Director for U.S. Customs and Border Protection . As an American , Santos could freely cross the El Paso-Juarez border and not raise suspicion . At age 15 , Santos says , he met `` a guy '' at a party who introduced him to drug kingpins in Ciudad Juarez , Mexico . `` You start off as a driver , '' Santos said . `` People feel like they can trust you , then you move up to something bigger . '' Two weeks later , he got a $ 4,000 job offer to drive his first load of marijuana across a bridge into El Paso . It was the beginning of a four-year smuggling career . `` I ca n't say I was n't nervous , '' Santos said . `` You kind of project yourself into another time of happiness or joy . ... You just have to forget you have something illegal in the car . '' In all , Santos says , he earned $ 50,000 making about 20 mule runs , driving right through heavily guarded border checkpoints . Santos , who is now 21 , says he was arrested once but spent only a few days in jail . He said charges were dropped . Because he was younger than 18 when he was arrested , and juvenile cases are sealed , CNN could not confirm his story through court records . Young smugglers do n't fit a stereotype . Several sources said that both American and Mexican teens are lured into the work . Teenage boys and girls alike are involved . Many smugglers come from middle-class families . `` There 's a lot of money in the trade , a lot of inducement for a lot of young people to get involved , '' El Paso County Attorney Jose Rodriguez said . His office is responsible for prosecuting juvenile smugglers . Federal and state authorities say drug cartels recruit young smugglers from schools . Depending on the size of the drug load that 's being smuggled , a kid can be paid a couple hundred dollars up to $ 5,000 . Mexican officials say cartels have placed classified advertisements in Mexican newspapers with cryptic messages offering young people a job with good salary and benefits . A phone number is included in the ad . The officials say a cartel member sets up a meeting to determine whether the kid is up to the job . But Rodriguez offers a chilling reason why teenagers should avoid the lure of easy money . `` We had a kid here who lost a load and had some of his toes chopped off , '' Rodriguez said . Santos says he got out of the smuggling business two years ago . Now he spends every day training at a boxing gym in El Paso . Boxing and smuggling can both be vicious worlds , but at least boxing is legal . However , it 's a slow climb to the top of the boxing world . He 's chasing the golden dreams of boxing championships and hoping to make more money boxing than he did smuggling . Santos is working two part-time jobs , and he says it takes him two months to earn the money that he used to make in one day of drug smuggling . He spent almost all the money he made smuggling . But he has no regrets . `` The peace of mind is good , '' Santos said after a bruising workout . `` I sleep good , eat good . I feel better now . ''

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NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Pfizer is near a deal to buy rival drugmaker Wyeth for $ 68 billion , according to news reports late Sunday citing people familiar with the deal . Pfizer 's world headquarters is in New York . A deal was imminent and likely to be announced Monday , The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times reported . '' It is our policy not to comment on rumor or speculation , '' said Michael Lampe , a Wyeth representative . Pfizer was not immediately available for comment . Pfizer , the world 's leading drugmaker in terms of sales , has been in talks to buy Wyeth . Pfizer 's stock slipped 1 percent on the news Friday , while Wyeth gained about 8 percent . On January 13 Pfizer said it was cutting up to 8 percent of its R&D staff , about 800 jobs . Spokesman Raymond Kerins said that was to `` raise productivity . '' But analysts say Pfizer is clearly trying to beef up its drug pipeline through an acquisition , adding that the company seems to have given up on its own R&D staff coming up with a blockbuster to replace Lipitor . This cholesterol-cutting drug peaked in 2006 with nearly $ 13 billion in annual sales but will lose its patent protection in 2011 , when generic versions will become available . Les Funtleyder , pharma analyst for Miller Tabak , said Pfizer is `` not feeling that they 're getting the efficiency out of their R&D unit . '' He said Pfizer would probably rather do a deal with Wyeth over other competitors , because there is less overlap in the companies ' pipelines . Funtleyder said Pfizer already has a diabetes franchise , which would overlap with Eli Lilly & Co. and Bristol-Myers Squibb , both of which also focus on diabetes treatments . Pfizer probably has its eyes on Wyeth 's Alzheimer 's drug pipeline , he said . But he cautions that a merger wo n't be a success unless Wyeth 's pipeline is successful , which remains to be seen , he said . `` If Wyeth comes out with an Alzheimer 's drug that works , then the deal works , '' he said . Pfizer is probably also focused on Wyeth 's blockbuster children 's vaccine Prevnar , as well as its experimental biotech drugs , said Michael Krensavage of Krensavage Asset Management . Sales of Prevnar , which combats meningitis and blood infections , jumped 12 percent in the first nine months of 2008 compared with the same period the prior year , to $ 2.1 billion . If a deal does go through , Funtleyder warns , Wyeth staffers should brace for layoffs . `` I can say with pretty good confidence that this is going to lead to some head count reduction , '' he said .

What did the rep say ?

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NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Consumer advocates Wednesday hailed the settlement of a class-action lawsuit over Sears stoves in which the retailer agreed to install safety brackets for free to prevent the appliances from tipping over or provide other reimbursements . Stoves in danger of tipping over can be fixed for free under terms of a settlement announced Wednesday . According to the court-approved agreement , Sears will notify nearly 4 million customers who may have bought stoves between July 2000 and September 2007 that they either can get anti-tip safety brackets installed for free or receive gift cards or reimbursements of up to $ 100 to qualifying customers . The brackets keep the appliances bolted to the floor or wall to prevent them from tipping over . Such accidents have caused more than 100 deaths or injuries , mostly from scalding and burns , according to the nonprofit consumer group Public Citizen . The value of the settlement depends on how many customers respond to Sears ' offer , but Public Citizen said it could end up costing the retailer more than $ 545 million . Watch to see if your stove is in danger of tipping  '' In addition to paying $ 17 million in legal fees , Sears will install brackets on all new stoves for free for the next three years . `` This agreement by Sears and the lawyers for the consumer is a real deal , '' said Joan Claybrook , president of Public Citizen . `` This is a fantastic deal for a lawsuit to make this headway and get the protection for the consumer . '' Sears Holdings Corp. spokesman Chris Brathwaite said the plaintiffs ' counsel is overestimating the settlement 's monetary value . `` The parties dispute many aspects of the case , including the value on this settlement -- which Sears estimates to be a small fraction of what plaintiffs ' counsel estimates , '' Brathwaite said in a statement . Claybrook and other consumer advocates said they would like the Consumer Product Safety Commission to require anti-tip brackets for all stove installations . Installing brackets is now voluntary . Claybrook said the agreement `` sets a model for what the Consumer Product Safety Commission should do and should have done . They 've known about it for 25 years and done nothing . '' She said an amendment requiring anti-tip stove devices should be added to Senate legislation intended to beef up the safety commission . Commission spokeswoman Patty Davis disagreed , saying , `` The statistics and risk do not support mandatory rule-making at this time . We believe the voluntary standards are working . '' Brathwaite said customers can visit the Web site http://www.searsrangesettlement.com/ for information . E-mail to a friend

Sears agrees to install what for free ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Retired Adm. William Fallon resigned in March as leader of the U.S. military 's Central Command after reportedly clashing with President Bush . Retired Adm. William Fallon told CNN he resigned to maintain confidence in the military chain of command . During an interview Tuesday on CNN 's American Morning , '' Fallon denied a magazine article 's assertion that he had been forced to resign over his opposition to a possible war with Iran . CNN 's Kyra Phillips asked Fallon about his resignation and about U.S. policy regarding Iraq and Iran . Kyra Phillips : How were you informed that this was it ? Who called you ? Fallon : The story is -- the facts are that the situation was one that was very uncomfortable for me and , I 'm sure , for the president . One of the most important things in the military is confidence in the chain of command . And the situation that developed was one of uncertainty and a feeling that maybe that I was disloyal to the president and that I might be trying to countermand his orders , the policies of the country . ... The fact that people might be concerned that I was not appropriately doing what I was supposed to do and following orders bothered me , and my sense was that the right thing to do was to offer my resignation . Watch Fallon break his silence '' Phillips : Do you feel you were pushed out ? Fallon : What was important was not me . It was n't some discussion about where I was with issues . It was the fact that we have a war in progress . We had a couple of hundred thousand people whose lives were at stake out in Iraq and Afghanistan and we needed to be focused on that and not a discussion on me or what I might have said or thought or someone perceived I said . That 's the motivation . Phillips : -LSB- Esquire magazine writer -RSB- Tom Barnett made it appear that you were the only man standing between the president and a war with Iran . Is that true ? Fallon : I do n't believe for a second President Bush wants a war with Iran . The situation with Iran is very complex . People sometimes portray it or try to portray it in very simplistic terms -- we 're against Iran , we want to go to war with Iran , we want to be close to them . ... The reality is in international politics that -LSB- there are -RSB- many aspects to many of these situations , and I believe in our relationship with Iran we need to be strong and firm and convey the principles on which this country stands and upon which our policies are based . At the same time demonstrate a willingness and openness to engage in dialogue because there are certainly things we can find in common . Phillips : Would have you negotiated with Iran ? Fallon : It 's not my position to negotiate with Iran . I was the military commander in the Middle East . I had responsibility for our people and their safety and well-being . It 's the role of the diplomats to do the negotiation . Phillips : So when talk of the third war came out , a war with Iran , the president did n't say to you , `` This is what I want to do , '' and did you stand up and say , `` No , sir . Bad move '' ? Fallon : It 's probably not appropriate to try to characterize it in that way . Again , do n't believe for a second that the president really wants to go to war with Iran . We have a lot of things going on , and there are many other ways to solve problems . I was very open and candid in my advice . I 'm not shy . I will tell people , the leaders , what I think and offer my opinions on Iran and other things , and continue to do that . Phillips : Do you think that cost you your job ? Fallon : No , I do n't believe so at all . It 's a confidence issue of do people really believe the chain of command is working for them or do we have doubts , and if the doubts focus attention away from what the priority issues ought to be , then we 've got to make a change . Phillips : We talk about your no-nonsense talk and the fact that you had no problems standing up to the president . Your critics say that Admiral Fallon is a difficult man to get along with . Are you ? Fallon : You probably could ask my wife about that . She would have a few things to say . I think that what 's really important here is that when I was asked to take this job about a year and a half ago , I believe it was because we were facing some very difficult days in Iraq and Afghanistan and in the region . I had some experience in dealing with international problems . I certainly had a lot of combat experience , and I was brought in in an attempt to make things better . That 's what I went about doing . Again , there are things that are important and other things in life that are less so . A lot of the issues that became points of discussion to me were not really important items . The important items were the people , what they 're doing , how to get this job done , how to get the war ended and get our people home . Phillips : Hillary Clinton -LSB- and -RSB- Barack Obama talk about pulling troops out by next year . John McCain says , no , we 've got to stay the course . What is the best course for Iraq right now ? Watch what the candidates say about war policy '' Fallon : I believe the best course is to retain the high confidence we have in General Dave Petraeus and his team out there . Dave has done a magnificent job in leading our people in that country . Again , this situation is quite complex -- many angles . There 's a very , very important military role here in providing stability and security in this country , but that 's not going to be successful , as we know , without lots of other people playing a hand . The political side of things in Iraq has got to move forward . That appears to be improving . People have to have confidence in their futures . They want to have stability . They would like to be able to raise their families in peace . They would like to have a job . They would like to look to tomorrow as better than today . It takes more than the military , but the military is essential to provide stability and security . The idea we would walk away from Iraq strikes me as not appropriate . We all want to bring our troops home . We want to have the majority of our people back and we want the war ended . Given where we are today , the progress that they 've made particularly in the last couple months , I think it 's very , very heartening to see what 's really happened here . The right course of action is to continue to work with the Iraqis and let them take over the majority of the tasks for ensuring security for the country and have our people come out on a timetable that 's appropriate to conditions on the ground .

What is the best course in Iraq ?

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WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Accused terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay complained of abuse that they said led them to tell their CIA interrogators lies , according to sections of U.S. government transcripts made public on Monday . A detainee walks at Camp 4 detention facility at Guantanamo Bay , Cuba , in May . Suspected al Qaeda figure Abu Zubaydah told a military tribunal in 2007 that he was physically and mentally tortured for months . `` They did not care about my injuries , '' said Zubaydah , according to the newly released transcripts , adding , `` doctors told me that I nearly died four times . '' When Zubaydah was captured in Pakistan and badly wounded during a shootout in March 2002 , U.S. intelligence officials considered him a major player in al Qaeda . He was treated for his injuries , then later subjected to waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques after CIA interrogators said he stopped cooperating with them . According to a Justice Department memo released in April 2009 by the Obama administration , Zubaydah was waterboarded at least 83 times by CIA interrogators in August 2002 . See timeline of events '' In the newly released section , Zubaydah said his interrogators discovered `` that I am not number three in al Qaeda . '' The transcripts were released in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union . The Obama administration reviewed the highly redacted portions of the transcripts that were released shortly after the Combatant Status Review Tribunals were held at Guantanamo Bay in the spring of 2007 . The sections made public on Monday still remain heavily blacked out . See key players in interrogation policy '' Khalid Sheik Mohammad , the self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks , told the military panel he made up stories when tortured . In broken English , Mohammad told of being questioned about the location of Osama bin Laden . `` Where is he ? I do n't know , '' said Mohammad . `` Then he tortures me . Then I said yes , he is in this area ... '' Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri , accused of plotting the attack on the USS Cole that killed 17 Americans in 2000 , said his interrogators `` drown me in water , '' apparently in reference to the times he was subjected to waterboarding . According to the transcripts , he claimed he was able to run 10 kilometers -LRB- 6.2 miles -RRB- before he was detained , `` now , I can not walk more than 10 minutes . '' ACLU Attorney Ben Wizner said in a statement that the documents `` provide further evidence of brutal torture and abuse in the CIA 's interrogation program and demonstrate beyond doubt that this information has been suppressed solely to avoid embarrassment and growing demands for accountability . '' Wizner said the ACLU will go back to court to seek the full release of all of the documents . CNN 's Carol Cratty , Mike Ahlers and Larry Shaughnessy contributed to this report .

Who is seeking full disclosue ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- World-record signing Cristiano Ronaldo scored on his debut as Real Madrid kicked off the Spanish football season with a shaky 3-2 victory at home to Deportivo La Coruna on Saturday night . Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after paying off a small chunk of his record transfer fee with a goal on his Real debut . Real 's new generation of `` Galacticos '' were preceded onto the pitch by the world 's fastest man Usain Bolt , with the Jamaican sprint star dribbling a ball to the delight of a packed Bernabeu crowd . Coach Manuel Pellegrini fielded seven new signings against a team who stunned Real 2-1 on the opening day last season to foreshadow a season of massive upheaval for the underachieving capital club . The first goal took just 26 minutes in coming as $ 92 million signing Kaka fed the ball to $ 50 million capture Karim Benzema , whose shot rebounded off the post and fell welcomingly to Real captain Raul to score . Ronaldo , who cost $ 130 million when he left Manchester United , then rose highest to meet a free-kick from $ 50 million midfielder Xavi Alonso but headed over the bar . Deportivo stunned the home crowd in the 30th minute when former Real striker Riki was allowed a free header to equalize in the type of defensive lapse that typified Madrid 's performances last season . But while Pellegrini has obvious problems to sort out at the back , where he fielded debutants Ezequiel Garay and Raul Albiol in the absence of the suspended Pepe , he has volumes of attacking resources at the other end of the pitch . His team took the lead again in the 34th minute through Ronaldo , who coolly slotted home from the penalty spot after Raul went down under goalkeeper Daniel Aranzubia 's challenge following a clever pass from midfielder Lassana Diarra . However , Real could not hold onto the lead , with veteran Juan Carlos Valeron firing a leveler from the edge of the area just 43 seconds into the second half following a cross by Andres Guardado . Valeron should have made it 3-2 with an even easier chance 12 minutes later , but he sidefooted another pass from Guardado wide of the Real goal . Real continued to pile forward in numbers , peppering the Deportivo goal , but it was the unexpected figure of Diarra who netted the eventual winner in the 60th minute with a low drive from outside the box . Benzema should have doubled the lead soon after following a mistake by Aranzubia , but saw his chip over the keeper rebound off the bar . The Frenchman made way for last season 's top scorer Higuain in the 72nd minute , with the Argentine lucky to avoid being booked for a blatant dive in the penalty area . Real 's rivals Barcelona start the defense of their title on Monday at home to Sporting Gijon , having already won a trophy this season by beating Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 in the European Super Cup on Friday .

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th president of the United States , the wish list that has been building abroad may have grown longer than he or anyone else can deliver . The world 's newspapers marked Barack Obama 's election win . Now , world governments want him to act . There are the apparently eternal conflicts of the Middle East and Kashmir , between India and Pakistan , that have already reared their ugly heads almost as a warning even before Obama took office . Between them , they engulf most of the grievances and violence that shape the Islamic world and its relations with the United States . Intense U.S. involvement will be needed to help resolve both of the conflicts . This will require imagination , creative out-of-the-box diplomacy , and the courage to see it through both from the United States and leaders on the ground . Going back even to the status-quo ante will no longer be sufficient . The 30-year-old rupture in relations between the United States and Iran is also expected to be addressed as a key priority by the new administration . Both the president-elect and his secretary of state-designate have said they want to abandon the silent treatment and isolation of previous administrations and try engaging Iran , as a way of resolving difficult issues such as its nuclear program and its influence in Iraq and Afghanistan . Watch Amanpour talk about world views of Obama '' The United States remains bogged down in hot wars in both of those countries . While the Obama administration plans to increase troops and nation-building in Afghanistan , it is also signaling it will not give President Hamid Karzai 's government the `` free ride '' he is thought to have received from the Bush administration . Karzai will be expected to root out corruption and better address the needs of the Afghan people . The new administration will also try to revive nuclear arms agreements that have been abandoned over the last eight years and try to forge a more constructive relationship with Russia , while persuading that country to meet its international obligations too . While many allies -- and adversaries -- welcome the new U.S. administration 's declaration to use diplomacy and soft power , the question remains : Will Washington 's allies also pull their weight in helping set their common agenda ? Many nations and governments say they welcome America 's vital global leadership , and the question at the start of the Obama administration is : Will they rise robustly to the occasion , and not just carp from the sidelines ? While much is expected from Obama , much , too , will be expected from his allies .

What will need creative diplomacy and courage ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Dubai could lose its place on the Women 's Tennis Association Tour calendar after Israeli Shahar Peer was denied entry to compete at this week 's event , the WTA supremo warned Monday . Shahar Peer told CNN she learned of her visa ban Saturday , just before her scheduled flight to Dubai . Peer was scheduled to fly into the United Arab Emirates on Sunday , but was informed Saturday night by telephone that she would not be granted a visa . WTA Chairman and CEO Larry Scott said the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour `` will review appropriate future actions with regard to the future of the Dubai tournament . '' Scott added : `` The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour believes very strongly , and has a clear rule and policy , that no host country should deny a player the right to compete at a tournament for which she has qualified by ranking . '' Peer , who had just finished playing in the Pattaya Open in Thailand , where she reached the semifinal , said she is `` very , very disappointed '' to have been denied the opportunity to play in Dubai . `` They really stopped my momentum because now I 'm not going to play for two weeks and because they waited for the last minute I could n't go to another tournament either , '' Peer said from Tel Aviv . `` So it 's very disappointing , and I think it 's not fair . '' Watch Peer describe her disappointment '' Scott , meanwhile , confirmed : `` Following various consultations , the Tour has decided to allow the tournament to continue to be played this week , pending further review by the Tour 's Board of Directors . `` Ms. Peer and her family are obviously extremely upset and disappointed by the decision of the UAE and its impact on her personally and professionally , and the Tour is reviewing appropriate remedies for Ms. Peer . '' Scott said Peer 's visa refusal has precedence : Last year an Israeli men 's doubles team was denied entry to Dubai . He said the Emirate cited security reasons following recent unrest in the region . `` At that time I was in Dubai . I made it clear to the authorities , the representatives of the government , that next year when our top players wanted to play this very prestigious tournament all of them had to be allowed to play , '' Scott said . `` They had a year to work on it and solve it . We 've spent time through the year discussing it . We were given assurances that it had gone to the highest levels of government , '' Scott said . `` I was optimistic they would solve it . And we 've made crystal clear to the government , to the tournament organizers that there could be grave repercussions not just for tennis in the UAE but sports beyond that . '' Watch CNN 's interview with Larry Scott '' The Dubai government issued a short statement through the state-owned news agency , saying that Peer was informed while in Thailand that she would not receive a visa . The agency quoted an official source in the organizing committee saying , `` The tournament is sponsored by several national organizations and they all care to be part of a successful tournament , considering the developments that the region had been through . '' Earlier an official source who did not want to be named , said , `` We should check what happened in New Zealand , when Peer was playing there with all the demonstrations against Israel during the attacks on Gaza . We have to consider securing the players and the tournament . '' In January , a small group of about 20 protestors waved placards and shouted anti-Israel slogans outside the main entrance to the ASB Classic tournament in Auckland . They were moved on before Peer played her match . The Israeli player said she 's received phone calls of support from her fellow players . '' ` All the players support Shahar , '' world No. 6 Venus Williams told The New York Times , adding , `` We are all athletes , and we stand for tennis . '' Peer is uncertain of her next move . She said the last-minute decision had left her at a loose end . She said she was concerned about her points and ranking and may go to the U.S. this week to try to take part in another tournament . `` I do n't think it should happen , '' she said . `` I think sport and politics needs to stay on the side and not be involved . I really hope it 's not going to happen again , not only to me but to any other athlete . '' CNN Dubai bureau chief Caroline Faraj contributed to this report

What did Scott say ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Researchers have produced aerial photos of jungle dwellers who they say are among the few remaining peoples on Earth who have had no contact with the outside world . Indigenous Brazilians are photographed during an overflight in May , reacting to the sights over their camp . Taken from a small airplane , the photos show men outside thatched communal huts , necks craned upward , pointing bows toward the air in a remote corner of the Amazonian rainforest . The National Indian Foundation , a government agency in Brazil , published the photos Thursday on its Web site . It tracks `` uncontacted tribes '' -- indigenous groups that are thought to have had no contact with outsiders -- and seeks to protect them from encroachment . More than 100 uncontacted tribes remain worldwide , and about half live in the remote reaches of the Amazonian rainforest in Peru or Brazil , near the recently photographed tribe , according to Survival International , a nonprofit group that advocates for the rights of indigenous people . `` All are in grave danger of being forced off their land , killed or decimated by new diseases , '' the organization said Thursday . Illegal logging in Peru is threatening several uncontacted groups , pushing them over the border with Brazil and toward potential conflicts with about 500 uncontacted Indians living on the Brazilian side , Survival International said . Its director , Stephen Cory , said the new photographs highlight the need to protect uncontacted people from intrusion by the outside world . `` These pictures are further evidence that uncontacted tribes really do exist , '' Cory said in a statement . `` The world needs to wake up to this , and ensure that their territory is protected in accordance with international law . Otherwise , they will soon be made extinct . '' The photos released Thursday show men who look strong and healthy , the Brazilian government said . They and their relatives apparently live in six communal shelters known as malocas , according to the government , which has tracked at least four uncontacted groups in the region for the past 20 years . Watch a report on the tribe '' The photos were taken during 20 hours of flights conducted between April 28 and May 2 .

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Baltimore , Maryland -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- President Obama and House GOP leaders promised greater efforts to step back from the partisan brink Friday , acknowledging that Washington 's toxic political climate has made it increasingly tough to tackle major problems . The pledge was immediately called into question , however , as the two parties repeatedly expressed sharply differing viewpoints during a rare meeting at a House Republican retreat in Baltimore . Obama accepted an invitation from House GOP leaders to address their caucus . His speech Friday was followed by an often pointed question-and-answer session . `` House Republican leaders are grateful for -LSB- Obama 's -RSB- willingness to come ... and have a frank and honest conversation , '' said Rep. Mike Pence , R-Indiana . `` We welcome the dialogue with the president . '' The president accused Republicans of frequently mischaracterizing his policy proposals , particularly in the health care debate . Republicans , in turn , complained the White House and congressional Democrats had ignored their ideas , locked them out of the policy-making process and unfairly labeled them as obstructionists . '' Both sides can take some blame for a sour climate on Capitol Hill , '' Obama said , adding that Democrats and Republicans need to be careful in choosing their rhetoric . `` A ton of civility instead of slash and burn would be helpful . '' The president highlighted what he said was problematic GOP rhetoric on his health care proposals . Republicans , he said , had characterized the proposed program as some `` kind of Bolshevik plot . '' In fact , he said that much of his plan was similar to what Republicans had proposed during the failed Clinton-era push to overhaul health care . Both sides need to `` close the gap a little bit between rhetoric and reality , '' the president argued . Calling his health care plan `` some wild-eyed plot to impose big government in every aspect of our lives '' leaves little room for bipartisan negotiation , Obama said . The president questioned how Republicans could negotiate in good faith after using such rhetoric without exposing themselves to conservative primary challengers . House Minority Leader John Boehner , R-Ohio , said he tried to be honest about differences over administration proposals . `` I truly believe a government takeover of health care ... is the essence of their bill , '' Boehner said . Obama conceded there 's been a failure on his part to `` try to foster better communications even if there 's disagreement . '' He has promised regular meetings with GOP leaders in the future . Boehner welcomed the gesture but said it is equally important for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to give Republicans a greater role in the legislative process . Bipartisanship `` is n't about taking one little Republican idea and throwing it in a 2,000-page bill , '' he said after Obama argued that Democratic leaders had taken GOP proposals into account in the health care debate . `` If you 're really serious about building a bipartisan product ... you need to do it from the beginning . '' Republicans criticized the president for failing to fulfill a promise to televise all the health care negotiations on C-SPAN . Obama called the criticism `` legitimate '' but noted the overwhelming majority of committee hearings on the legislation had been conducted in front of TV cameras . After the bills had cleared the committees , however , it became a `` messy process , '' he conceded . `` I take responsibility for not having structured it in a way where it was all taking place in one place that could be filmed , '' he said . Obama and Republicans strongly criticized each other on a range of issues tied to taxes and spending . GOP leaders said Obama 's $ 862 billion stimulus plan had been ineffective and repeatedly urged the president to consider an across-the-board tax cut . Obama said it would be wrong to slash taxes for the richest Americans or the banking sector in a weak economy . He also argued that the stimulus program had saved key jobs in GOP districts across the country . `` There is not a single person in here who , had it not been for what was in the stimulus package , would n't be going home to more teachers laid off , more firefighters laid off , more cops laid off , '' he said . `` The component parts of the Recovery Act are consistent '' with what many Republicans say are important , he said . The stimulus helped in terms of `` rebuilding our infrastructure , tax cuts for families and businesses , and making sure that we were providing states and individuals some support when the roof was caving in . '' The president said he agrees with the GOP emphasis on fiscal responsibility but hinted that Republicans could do more to help control spending , including curtailing legislative earmark requests for their own districts . He also said he is willing to work with Republicans on the enactment of a line-item veto . `` There 's not a president out there that would n't like that , '' he said . Despite their disagreements , both sides agreed the day 's dialogue was a step in the right direction . `` I hope that the conversation we begin here does n't end here , that we can continue our dialogue in the days ahead , '' Obama said . The day `` went very well , '' Boehner replied later . `` There are issues we do agree on '' and Republicans will work to find `` common ground . '' We should `` set aside perhaps the things that the president believes in that we philosophically do n't , but if there is some common ground we ought to go ahead forward with those , '' said Rep. Eric Cantor , R-Virginia . Friday 's meeting , he said , was `` the kind of discussion , frankly , that we need to have more of . ''

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FARGO , North Dakota -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- More than 1,000 volunteers rushed to fill sandbags early Wednesday as many in North Dakota tried to protect themselves from a historic floods that are expected to swamp the area . A Fargo resident surveys the sandbags outside his home , located about 15 feet from the Red River , on Tuesday . Even at 3:30 a.m. , hundreds of volunteers packed into individual sandbagging centers , an organizer said . `` There have been so many volunteers that we had to turn people away , '' said Ryan McEwan , a supervisor at one volunteer coordinating center . `` It is very busy . They are filling sandbags as fast as they can . '' Fargo city officials estimated that as many as 10,000 volunteers have come forward since Sunday to aid in a sandbagging effort that 's taken over North Dakota State University 's central arena , the Fargodome , and to help build levees along the now closely watched Red River . See map of affected area '' That river posed the greatest risk of about eight rivers in the state that were at flood levels , emergency officials said . The fear is that the Red River could overtake all previous records . As of Wednesday morning , the Red River ran at about 33 feet -- 15 feet above flood stage . A record level of 41.1 feet was set in 1897 . The record level of the river set in the April 1897 flood could be surpassed Friday , Cecily Fong of the North Dakota Department of Emergency Services said Tuesday . More than 1,000 people were evacuated from an area near the city of Bismarck on Tuesday night as the Missouri River flooded , Rick Robinson of the North Dakota Department of Emergency Services said Wednesday . Recent rain and blizzard conditions have swollen the rivers . Gov. John Hoeven received word late Tuesday that North Dakota had received a presidential disaster declaration . `` We 've had a severe winter and are experiencing significant flooding across the state , so we are grateful to receive this federal assistance as we continue the flood fight and recovery effort , '' Hoeven said . Under the declaration , the federal government will cover 75 percent of the costs . `` We 're concerned about the rise of the river and how fast it 's coming up , so our concern is that we 're going to hit 41 feet , '' Fargo Deputy Mayor Tim Mahoney said Tuesday , adding that the way the levees are currently set up , they would protect against overflow only up to 38 feet . Officials are guessing the Red River , which runs through the eastern parts of North and South Dakota , and western Minnesota , could crest in Fargo -- North Dakota 's largest city , with about 99,200 residents -- anytime Friday or Saturday and that the water may linger at its crest height . The city has canceled all trials scheduled in Fargo Municipal Court through April 2 because of the expected flooding , to allow all police officers to be available for possible emergencies , according to the city 's Web site . As of late Tuesday , Fargo residents and out-of-town volunteers had filled more than 1 million sandbags out of the needed 2 million . Mahoney said he hoped that , with the 24-hour sandbagging effort at the Fargodome , that goal will be met by Thursday . iReport.com : Are you there ? Share photos , video Another factor threatening efforts is the possibility of freezing temperatures , because sandbags freeze together and then are n't individually stackable . Despite the stress , volunteers have been working around the clock . `` You got old people , young people -- all helping out , '' Mahoney said . `` It 's heartwarming to see how many people are here . '' CNN 's Robyn Sidersky contributed to this story .

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LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The killer of `` Harry Potter '' actor Rob Knox has been given four life sentences and told he will be behind bars for at least 20 years . The parents of Robert Knox read a statement outside the Old Bailey after Karl Bishop was found guilty of his murder . A judge at the Old Bailey court in central London sentenced 22-year-old Karl Bishop on Thursday , the day after he was convicted of the attack on Rob Knox and four of his friends in southeast London last May . Bishop stabbed them 10 times in less than two minutes , the court heard . Knox , 18 , had rushed out of the bar after he heard that Bishop had threatened his younger brother Jamie but he ended up being stabbed five times , once in a main artery . He died in hospital later that night . The judge , Mr Justice Bean , told Bishop : `` You are at present a highly dangerous man , '' the Press Association reported . `` There is plainly a very significant risk to the public of serious harm caused by your committing further offences of violence . `` Because you had threatened his younger brother , Rob Knox was among those who tried to disarm you . He paid for his bravery with his life . `` The truth is that you simply could not care less whether you killed him or not . When you learned that you had killed Rob your only response was to say ` Yeah , sweet . ' '' Days before the attack , the actor had finished filming on `` Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince , '' due for international release in July , in which he played the role of Marcus Belby . He was set to reprise the part in future `` Harry Potter '' films . Knox 's father Colin told mourners at his funeral , including co-star Rupert Grint , that his son had been `` living the dream , '' PA said . The Knox family left the court without commenting , but earlier Rob 's mother Sally said of Bishop : `` Once he 's got his sentence and he 's gone , I will not waste my time thinking about him . `` I just think maybe somebody like him may have some kind of disturbed mind , which may not be due to the life he 's had , it just may be something in him . '' Knife crime in Britain is a political hot topic due to a spate of recent killings of mainly young people in major cities . UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has urged tougher sentences for those caught carrying knives . He told the Daily Telegraph last month : `` By carrying a knife you are not only endangering the lives of others , but you are more likely to be killed , or end up in jail . `` We need to change the way young people think about knives , we need families and communities working together ... to get this message across and help stamp out knife crime and get weapons off our streets . ''

What was the name of the harry potter actor ?

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NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- One summer night in 2004 , 3-year-old Riley Fox lay asleep on a couch not far from her 6-year-old brother on a chair in the living room . Their father was sleeping in a nearby bedroom . The FBI joined the search for the killer of 3-year-old Riley Fox last month . Just before 8 a.m. , Kevin Fox was awakened by his son . The boy told his father that Riley was missing from the sofa . Fox searched for his daughter for 40 minutes inside and outside their Wilmington , Illinois , home and then called police , according to authorities . His wife , Melissa , was in Chicago participating in a charity walk , and when she found out , she rushed home . Nearly 500 volunteers , along with police and family , searched for the little girl . Her body was found later that day in a river in Forked Creek , Illinois , just 4 miles from the family 's home . She 'd been bound and gagged with duct tape , raped and drowned , according to the Will County Sheriff 's Office and the coroner 's report . It was June 6 , 2004 , the start of a horrific ordeal for the family . Fox was arrested and charged with the killing , only to be exonerated by DNA evidence . More than five years later , authorities have yet to capture Riley 's killer . Kathleen Zellner , Fox 's attorney , said that the crime scene was brutal and that the theory is that Riley was snatched from her home , sexually assaulted and then thrown from the bridge overlooking the river where she drowned . Because her hands were bound and her mouth covered with duct tape , she was unable to swim or save herself , Zellner said . According to Zellner , Fox says that the night his daughter disappeared , he had gone to a street fair while the children 's grandparents looked after them . On his way home , about midnight , Fox picked up his two sleepy children from their grandparents and put them to bed in the living room of the 500-square-foot cement box family home . Riley often fell asleep on the sofa and her 6-year-old brother on the chair near her while watching TV , Zellner said . Fox has said the front door was wide open when he awoke , Zellner said , as was the back door . He has said he locked the front door before he 'd gone to bed . The back door 's lock had been broken weeks ago ; they typically propped a stack of laundry baskets against it to keep it shut . According to the family , those baskets had been removed and placed on top of the laundry machine by someone other than family members . `` From the beginning , we believed that someone was already inside the house waiting when Kevin got home with the kids that night , '' Melissa Fox said . `` But it was clear that police were looking at Kevin suspiciously . '' Indeed , five months later , Will County sheriff 's officers arrested and charged Kevin Fox with the sexual assault and murder of his daughter . Zellner says the arrest came after authorities coerced a confession from him after 14 hours of relentless questioning . Fox spent eight months in jail , but DNA evidence from the rape kit conducted on Riley 's body finally exonerated him . There was no semen found during the autopsy , Zellner says , but saliva of an unidentified male was found on the duct tape covering Riley 's mouth and elsewhere on her body . In late 2007 , the family won a $ 15.5 million wrongful-arrest suit against the sheriff 's detectives . The Foxes believe that the perpetrator was someone in the community who had been watching and targeting their daughter for some time . `` For weeks before her disappearance , I could n't shake a feeling of uneasiness , strange noises at night outside our house , as if someone were lurking and watching us , '' Melissa Fox said . Zellner believes that another big clue was a red car similar to a Chevrolet Cavalier parked outside the Fox home that night , before Kevin Fox and his children returned home . `` It 's only been in the last few weeks that investigators have actively begun pursuing this case again , '' Zellner said , `` even though Kevin was cleared nearly four years ago . '' Last month , the FBI joined the investigation at the request of Will County State Attorney James Glasgow . FBI agents combed Riley 's neighborhood and talked with neighbors and other potential witnesses . `` The FBI is bringing unprecedented resources and expertise to this investigation , '' Glasgow said in a statement . `` We can not allow this horrific crime against an innocent child to remain unsolved . '' The family is offering a $ 100,000 reward , and the FBI is offering $ 10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for Riley Fox 's death . Anyone with more information is urged to call the FBI 's Chicago office at 312-421-6700 .

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BEIRUT , Lebanon -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A car bomb struck a U.S. Embassy vehicle Tuesday as it traveled along a coastal highway north of Beirut , killing at least three Lebanese civilian bystanders , according to American and Lebanese officials . Lebanese soldiers and Red Cross workers stand near charred cars at the site of the explosion in Beirut . The driver of the embassy vehicle suffered minor injuries , and the sole passenger walked away unscathed , U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said . Both were Lebanese nationals , he said . An American citizen who happened to be in the area suffered non-life-threatening injuries , the spokesman said . Lebanese internal security forces said three Lebanese civilian bystanders were killed in the explosion in Beirut 's Dora area , contradicting earlier reports of four . Twenty-one others -- including the American bystander -- were wounded in the explosion , which was caused by a 15-kilogram -LRB- 33-pound -RRB- bomb placed in a car before the explosion , the security forces said . The United States is outraged by the terrorist attack , said Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice , who is traveling with President Bush in Saudi Arabia . `` I want on behalf of our country to say to those who were wounded , and certainly to the families of those who were killed , that our condolences are with them , '' she added . It was not clear whether the blast was caused by a suicide attack or by a remotely detonated car bomb . A communique issued by the U.S. Embassy in Beirut said the embassy vehicle was apparently the intended target of the attack , and identified the driver and passenger as Lebanese security personnel for the embassy . But McCormack cautioned against jumping to any conclusions on the intended target . `` We do n't yet have a full picture of exactly what happened , who is responsible , who is exactly being targeted , '' he told reporters during the State Department 's daily briefing . `` We will see over the next day or two ... where the facts lead us . '' Citing security concerns , McCormack would also not address unconfirmed reports that the vehicle was part of a convoy for departing U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Jeffrey Feltman . A U.S. Embassy statement said Feltman canceled a farewell ceremony that he was to host Tuesday night `` out of respect to the victims of today 's terrorist explosion . '' In addition to the American , an Iraqi and at least three Lebanese were among those wounded in the blast , according to a Western diplomatic source . Video of the scene showed several damaged cars , including at least one that was left a pile of twisted metal . A nearby high-rise building also sustained damage . Mohammed Chatah , senior adviser to Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora , pointed out that the attack happened during `` a major political crisis '' in Lebanon , which has been without a president for nearly eight weeks amid a bitter political feud . `` This explosion just exacerbates a difficult situation , '' Chatah told CNN . Tuesday 's blast appears to be the latest in a series of attacks against pro-Western , anti-Syrian targets in the Lebanese capital . Most recently , an explosion in Beirut 's Christian suburb of Baabda killed Brig. Gen. Francois Al-Hajj , the head of operations for the Lebanese army , and his bodyguard on December 12 . Al-Hajj was believed to be a top candidate to take over as army commander in the event current commander Gen. Michel Suleiman was elected to replace Emile Lahoud as president . Lebanon has been in the midst of a political crisis as pro- and anti-Syrian lawmakers in parliament are locked in a battle to elect a new president . The nation has been without a president since November 23 , when the pro-Syrian Lahoud stepped down at the end of his term . In February 2005 , the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in Beirut sparked widespread protests that led to the ouster of Syrian forces from Lebanon . E-mail to a friend CNN 's Anthony Mills in Beirut and Elise Labott in Washington contributed to this report

What struck the US embassy vehicle ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Chris Helmbrecht is a 37-year-old German who lived in New York and Spain before moving to Moscow nearly six years ago . He runs an advertising agency and also writes Moscow Blog , a lifestyle blog about the city . Chris Helmbrecht : `` Not many places have as much energy as Moscow . '' CNN : You 've traveled around a lot -- what makes Moscow unique ? Chris Helmbrecht : Not many places have so much energy and so many things going on . It can be very nerve wracking and exhausting , but on the other hand it 's very exciting . New York is one of those places , Tokyo too , but there are only a handful of cities in the world that have that kind of energy . CNN : You used to be a DJ -- what 's your opinion of Moscow 's nightlife ? CH : For some people the nightlife is the best in the world , but for me it 's very commercial and posh . You can sum it up in one sentence , which is a general thing about Moscow : people here live `` Sex and the City . '' They just want to go out and spend money and pretend they 're rich and successful and live this dream . I recently had a conversation with the club editor of Timeout Moscow and I asked her if she thought the clubs were suffering right now with the economy . She said that in the modern `` New Russian '' culture people would rather sell their Mercedes than not go out and spend anywhere between $ 4,000 and $ 6,000 on a table in a club and admit that they 're not rich anymore . Moscow is dominated by posh parties , but it 's no different at a subculture place like a techno club -- you 're always judged by the labels you wear , the car you drive and the music you identify yourself with . CNN : Where do you like to go in the city ? CH : Novodevichy Monastery is a really beautiful old monastery . Stalin demolished a lot of churches and monasteries but this one was spared . There 's a pond below it that you can walk around , and all the Russian Orthodox popes are buried in he cemetery . It 's a very nice place . Another place is would be Vorobyovy Gory -LRB- Sparrow Hills -RRB- , where you can look out over Moscow . It 's pretty industrial looking but it has good views . I also enjoy the center of Moscow . I like hanging out on the roof bar of a hotel , having a drink , looking out over Red Square . It makes you feel like you 're away from the noise of the city . What makes Moscow special to you ? Let us know . CNN : What do Muscovites do at the weekend ? CH : It depends on the time of year , but in the summer they take every opportunity to get out of the city . Everyone has a little weekend house called a `` dacha '' and every Friday night after work people leave the city . From 4pm in the afternoon to 10pm at night you have long traffic jams on all the roads out of the city . People will spend three or four hours in traffic jams just to travel 60km -- and on the way back on Sunday and Monday mornings it 's the same . Some `` dachas '' are really basic wooden houses and some are palaces but every family has one , or even two or three . People go out to the woods or lakes and they have barbeques , they drink and they do some gardening . They value this `` dacha '' life so much that they 're willing to spend 6 hours in traffic to spend 1 1/2 days in the woods . CNN : So is Moscow is deserted in the summertime ? CH : Moscow is very quiet in the summertime -- it 's my favorite time . You can already notice that there are less people in the clubs and less people in the streets at the weekend . Towards the end of June , Moscow is really empty . You really notice it from the middle of July until September , when it 's school vacations . CNN : Has Moscow change a lot since you moved there ? CH : Yes -- you can see it renewing itself . I know how it went with Berlin -- in 10 years you wo n't recognize Moscow anymore . Streets have changed so much in the last five years , in a good way and a bad way . A lot of cool-looking brick buildings were torn down to create business centers , but on the other hand you have great new modern buildings and hotels -- the Ritz Carlton for example . There are lots of new museums popping up , art centers , alternative art , new shops and cafes . It 's so different to when I came here five years ago and to be honest , I never would have expected it . CNN : What do you miss about Moscow when you 're away ? CH : I miss the excitement . There 's something going on all the time . There 's so much choice in terms of theater , classical ballet , the nightlife , the galleries . You have that in Berlin but it 's harder to find and not as exciting , and New York has lost a lot of its flavor , glamour and energy at the moment . CNN : If Moscow were a person , what would he or she be like ? CH : An ugly princess who wears a lot of makeup and tries to be pretty ! She would probably seem pretty rude , but inside she 's a good person .

What is his age ?

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KABUL , Afghanistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Marine was killed in action and several others wounded Thursday in a major U.S.-led offensive in southern Afghanistan , the Marines said . U.S. Marines prepare for Operation Khanjar at Forward Operating Base Dwyer , Afghanistan , on Thursday . The push , called Operation Khanjar , is targeting militants in Helmand province , a Taliban stronghold and poppy-growing region . The forces are attempting to gain and hold ground in the perilous region ahead of national elections in August . Almost 4,000 Marines and sailors , along with several hundred Afghan security forces and British troops , worked to clear Taliban militants from population centers in the Helmand River valley . They have been operating in the districts of Nawa and Garmsir in central Helmand province and `` as far south as the vicinity of Khan Neshin , the capital of Rig district in the region of the Helmand River valley known as ` The Fishhook . ' '' The Marines stressed the mission `` is to provide security for population centers '' and `` connect local citizens with their legitimate government while establishing stable and secure conditions for national elections . '' Helmand 's governor , Gulab Mangal , said he believes the operation will work and has assured the populace that it will provide security for them . His spokesman also confirmed that resistance had been minimal . The Marines said about 80 percent of the American troops are in direct combat , with the rest working in support . Taliban resistance has been light and sporadic , consisting of intermittent small arms fire , the Marines said on Thursday . The troops have encountered only relatively small groups of militants . `` Indications are the militants break away shortly after they make contact , '' Marine spokesman 1st Lt. Abe Sipe said , referring to what is regarded as the Taliban 's habit of running and hiding after troops confront them . A Taliban spokesman said the group 's fighters had killed 33 soldiers and destroyed several vehicles . CNN could not independently verify the Taliban claims because of safety and access issues . There has been an outcry in Afghanistan over civilian deaths in the Afghan war 's crossfire , with much ire directed toward coalition air operations . But the Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan emphasized in a news release that the Marines have not `` received any confirmed reports of civilian casualties or damage to property . '' They said they have not utilized `` artillery or other indirect fire weapons , and no bombs have been dropped from aircraft . '' The brigade operates under NATO 's International Security Assistance Force . The assault has prompted Pakistani authorities to redeploy troops along the Afghan border to stop Taliban from escaping the push in Helmand . More than 30 U.S. , British and Danish troops have been killed there since January , with the latest being the Marine on Thursday and a pair of British soldiers slain in Helmand on Wednesday . The push is the largest since the Pentagon began moving additional troops into the conflict this year , and it comes after a British-led operation launched last week in the same region , the Marines said . When President Obama announced his strategy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan , he said American soldiers and Marines `` will take the fight to the Taliban in the south and the east , and give us a greater capacity to partner with Afghan security forces and to go after insurgents along the border . '' He also said the bolstered deployment `` will also help provide security '' ahead of August presidential elections in Afghanistan . The Obama administration has moved about 21,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan , the original front in the war launched after the September 11 attacks . It is also the first big move since U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal took over as the allied commander in Afghanistan in mid-June . In Washington , a senior defense official said the size and scope of the new operation are `` very significant . '' `` It 's not common for forces to operate at the brigade level , '' the official said . `` In fact , they often only conduct missions at the platoon level . And they 're going into the most troubled area of Afghanistan . '' The defense official said the operation is a `` tangible indication '' of the new approach that McChrystal -- a former chief of the Pentagon 's special operations command -- is bringing to the nearly eight-year war . `` They 're not just doing an offensive push to get bad guys ; they 're going in to hold the area and stay there , '' the official said . `` This approach is indicative of McChrystal 's philosophy : measuring success by the number of Afghans protected , not bad guys killed . '' During his confirmation hearing in June , McChrystal told senators that the conflict requires a new focus on counterinsurgency to reduce violence and build support for the U.S.-led NATO alliance among Afghans . `` Although I expect stiff fighting ahead , the measure of success will not be enemy killed . It will be shielding the Afghan population from violence , '' he said . The Islamic fundamentalist Taliban ruled most of Afghanistan before its allies in al Qaeda attacked New York and Washington on September 11 , 2001 . Though quickly toppled after the attacks , its leaders escaped , and the movement regrouped in the Afghan countryside and across the border in Pakistan . Helmand was once known as the breadbasket of Afghanistan , but the fertile land is now used for growing poppies . Afghanistan produces more than 90 percent of the world 's opium , with most of that coming from the poppies in Helmand . The drug trade is an import source of income for the Taliban and major supply routes run through the province . CNN 's Atia Abawi in Afghanistan , Nic Robertson in Pakistan and Chris Lawrence and Barbara Starr at the Pentagon contributed to this report .

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WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Ready for your Super Bowl party ? Sure , you have drinks , hot wings , maybe even a favorite jersey . But do you have an M-16 , a Kevlar helmet and body armor ? Pittsburgh Steelers fan Sheresa Coleman will watch the Super Bowl from the USS Mahan in the Gulf of Aden . Not everybody is watching the game from the comfort of the family den . Hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops will be deployed in remote war zones , on lonely oceans and at overseas bases -- all far away from an NBC affiliate . So the military is going out of its way to make sure that many soldiers , Marines , airmen and sailors can watch Super Bowl XLIII live . `` Super Bowl day has really become a holiday , military-wise , over the last couple years , '' said Petty Officer 1st Class Grant Shannon . Shannon is from a town about an hour north of Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , but is on board the USS Mahan , a destroyer deployed to stop pirates working off the coast of Somalia . When they finish their duties , sailors like Shannon can head to the ship 's mess to watch the Pittsburgh Steelers take on the Arizona Cardinals . The same is true for soldiers , Marines and airmen in combat zones . `` We can broadcast to every forward operating base in Iraq and Afghanistan , '' said Andreas Friedrich , the deputy director of Armed Forces Radio and Television Services , which has been sending the Super Bowl to troops overseas since the first Super Bowl , broadcasting it live since 1981 . Watch how troops will be able to watch big game '' All told , about 1 million American military personnel and civilians overseas will be able to watch the big game . Some of those watching will be benefiting from the same technology that makes Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle missions possible . A global broadcast system will beam the game to ships and submarines far out in the Pacific Ocean . GBS is how pilots in the United States can watch and fly an unmanned vehicle over a battlefield halfway around the world , and then feed what they see to the battlefield commanders on the ground below . Raytheon , the company that runs the system , will use one of its video channels to feed the game to several U.S. Navy submarines and ships in the Pacific . Tens of thousands of sailors will be able to see the game via GBS , which first broadcast a Super Bowl in 2003 , according to Guy DuBois of Raytheon . `` It 's a pretty amazing feeling , when you get to do that , to watch it on the ship and knowing that everybody else is back home having a good time , just like we will be , '' said Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Wright , a Cardinals fan from Arizona . Wright is on board the USS San Antonio , an amphibious transport dock that is part of the anti-piracy task force . A Steelers fan on board the USS Mahan agrees . `` It would be nice to be home and watch the game in my hometown , '' said Seaman Sheresa Coleman of Pittsburgh . `` But it 's a great honor to support and defend the Constitution of the United States . '' One thing Wright and the other overseas Super Bowl viewers will miss is the legendary Super Bowl commercials . Friedrich said the Armed Forces Radio and Television Services would have had to pay high fees for the rights to broadcast the Super Bowl commercials to an international audience . Instead , the multimillion-dollar ads that some people consider the best part of the game will be pre-empted in favor of Department of Defense-produced ads and public service messages . Still , even without seeing football-playing Clydesdales or movie-shilling monsters , those in uniform appreciate being part of America 's unofficial midwinter holiday . `` We have lots of sailors and Marines on board who have followed the season , '' said Cmdr. Eric Cash , the commander of the USS San Antonio . `` Any time we can enjoy some traditional American sports like the Super Bowl , it 's always a great time for us , a good mental break and also a good time for people to get together and socialize . '' Just like home . But you have to wonder -- does the ship 's galley have nachos or pigs in a blanket ?

Who said that watching a game was a good mental break ?

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SAN FRANCISCO , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A wildfire threatened to decimate historic Angel Island , the largest in the San Francisco Bay , and a Marin County fire official warned it could take up to four days contain the blaze . At 9:15 p.m. Sunday the fire was burning only on the southeast side of the island . The fire , which began about 9 p.m. Sunday , had consumed about 250 acres of vegetation near the top of Mount Livermore 's 788-foot peak , Battalion Chief Mike Giannini said Monday . iReporter Bob Austrian , 45 , of Tiburon , said he could see the blaze from his home about 4 or 5 miles from the island . He noticed the blaze at 9:15 p.m. Sunday . It `` started as a little red glow '' on the southeast side of the island and worked its way over the top and around the side of Mount Livermore , he said early Monday morning . Watch the island burn '' `` It 's still ripping right now , '' Austrian said at 5 a.m. , noting that the blaze posed `` quite a spectacle '' with the town of Belvedere in the foreground and the Bay Bridge that connects Oakland and San Francisco serving as a backdrop . Fire crews and equipment were being ferried to the island to battle the blaze , Giannini said . About 200 firefighters were already involved in the effort or en route , he said . None of the blaze is contained , and Giannini said he expects the firefighting effort to last for three to four more days . Austrian , who has visited the island at least a dozen times , said he 's concerned that firefighters wo n't be able to douse the blaze . The island is mostly vegetation with a few historic buildings , foot trails and access roads . iReport.com : See , share images of the blaze Even with the necessary manpower and firefighting resources , he said , it will be difficult to reach the actual blaze . `` It 's just the saddest thing because there 's no way to stop it , '' Austrian said . Fire officials said earlier that all of the park workers and campers on the island were safe . Angel Island -- a hilly grass - and forest-covered island -- is the largest in San Francisco Bay . The island was used as a quarantine station for immigrants suspected of carrying diseases starting in the late 19th century . It 's now a place for hiking , biking , camping and boating .

Who is safe according to fire officials ?

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LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For Miley Cyrus , star of Disney 's popular television series `` Hannah Montana '' and its big-screen adaptation `` Hannah Montana : The Movie , '' art is not far from real life . Miley Cyrus , here in `` Hannah Montana : The Movie , '' says filming in Tennessee was relaxing . The 16-year-old actress and singer reconnected with her Southern roots for the filming of `` Hannah Montana : The Movie . '' Traveling to Tennessee to shoot the movie , Cyrus said , helped keep her grounded . `` It actually gave me time to relax , and it was when my career was just starting to take off ... when I was just starting to travel , '' Cyrus said . `` It was at a time when I needed to go back home and it could n't have been more of a perfect time . '' In the film , opening in theaters Friday , Cyrus plays Miley Stewart , a typical teenage girl who lives a double life as a famous pop star named Hannah Montana . Eventually , Hannah begins taking over Miley 's life , leading Miley to take a soul-searching journey back home to decide what she really wants : notoriety or normality . Miley shares the screen with her father , country musician Billy Ray Cyrus , who felt that a trip home would be beneficial to his daughter . Watch Miley and Billy Ray discuss the film '' `` This is definitely an example of art imitating life imitating art . ... It 's so important to be aware of where you 're at and be focused on where you 're going but , more importantly , never forget where you came from , '' the elder Cyrus said . `` You ca n't fake going home . That was her home . '' Both on-screen and off , Miley said , she and her father share a close friendship , calling herself a `` daddy 's girl 100 percent . '' Between the endless tabloid headlines and the paparazzi 's persistence , keeping friends and family near at hand , Miley said , helps remind her of who she really is : `` I think just have good friends , good family and a good team . That 's what people miss the most , just having a good team . '' Co-star Lucas Till , who plays Miley 's love interest in the film , remarked on Miley 's down-to-earth personality . `` She 's really nice and really -LSB- endearing -RSB- , and she really cares about people , '' he said . `` She 's a good friend , very loyal . '' The two shared an on-screen kiss that , Till said , `` could have been more meaningful . '' Watch Till talk about kissing Cyrus '' `` There was a lot more there to that kiss than you see , '' he said . Asked whether Till was a good kisser , Miley replied , `` Meh , he 's OK . No , I 'm just kidding . I do n't know . I think I was too busy thinking about my next line to think about it . '' During her film 's opening weekend , Miley is planning on surprising select audiences at undisclosed theater locations across the country . Moviegoers who see `` Hannah Montana : The Movie '' this weekend could also be treated to surprise appearances by stars of the film , live performances and more . Miley said she was excited to give back to her fans . `` I have the best fans in the world , '' she said . After playing `` Hannah '' for three years , Miley said , she 's not ready to quit anytime soon . `` I ca n't be Hannah until I 'm 30 , but I want to keep doing it as long as possible , '' she said . CNN 's JD Cargill and CNN.com 's Elham Khatami contributed to this article .

What version of `` Hannah Montana '' does Miley Cyrus star ?

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KABUL , Afghanistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Five people connected to an Afghan presidential candidate have been released after being kidnapped the day before , an official with the candidate said . Five of Dr Abdullah Abdullah 's campaign workers were kidnapped and later released . The group of five , who worked for Dr. Abdullah Abdullah , were in a two-car caravan in northwestern Afghanistan on Wednesday when they were abducted , said Sayed Ahmad Samey , the security chief of Badghis province . Elders negotiated for their release , Samey said . The workers have now been freed and are in a good condition , according to Sami Panah of Abdullah 's campaign office . Abdullah is a former Foreign Minister who is seeking to unseat incumbent President Hamid Karzai in the August 20 election . This is not the first time that Abdullah 's supporters have been targeted . One of the presidential hopeful 's campaign workers was wounded by an unknown gunman in late July . A month earlier , gunmen in the province of Kapisa killed another of Abdullah 's campaign managers in a midnight attack . Hundreds of U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers have headed to southern Afghanistan to secure polling stations and protect citizens during the elections . It will be the nation 's second presidential election since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001 .

How long did the kidnapping last ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Farrah Fawcett , whose public battle with anal cancer has brought new attention to a rarely discussed disease , has not been given a timetable from her doctor about how much time she has left , according to her friend Alana Stewart . Farrah Fawcett , seen here in 2006 , has waged a very public battle with anal cancer . `` No one has said to her you have two months to live , '' Stewart said Monday . `` So I 'm looking at that as a really good sign . '' Stewart talked with Lara Spencer , host of `` The Insider , '' who discussed her interview with Fawcett 's close friend on CNN 's `` Larry King Live '' Monday night . Spencer said Fawcett , her family and friends are clinging to hope for a recovery . `` She -LSB- Alana Stewart -RSB- does n't want to throw out a number . And neither does Farrah . ... They 're still hoping for that miracle , '' Spencer said . `` Farrah 's Story , '' a documentary-style program that has followed the course of her illness and showed her grueling treatment in graphic detail , aired on NBC Friday and was viewed by almost 9 million people . Fawcett and partner Ryan O'Neal watched the show together , Spencer confirmed . `` Alana said it was the ultimate in bittersweet , '' Spencer said . `` You know , they 're reliving two years of hell that they 've endured together . '' King asked Spencer whether Fawcett , who made her name a household word on the hit '70s TV series `` Charlie 's Angels , '' and O'Neal might marry . `` He said you never know . He was cagey about it , '' Spencer said . `` And , you know , I think he would in a second . He 's so madly in love with her . '' King also had a panel of medical experts on his show to discuss Fawcett 's cancer . Dr. Thomas Vogl , who at one time treated the actress in Germany , called her medical condition `` very , very serious . '' Dr. Allyson Ocean , a medical oncologist in New York , said only about 5,000 cases of anal cancer are diagnosed in the United States yearly . Unlike Fawcett 's case , it usually does n't spread , and only about 10 to 15 percent of cases are advanced , Ocean said . Fawcett 's cancer , however , is in Stage 4 and has spread to her liver . Ocean said there are various causes of anal cancer . `` One of the causes is a virus called the human papilloma virus , which is a sexually transmitted virus . It seems to be more common in women , in general , outside of any viral infections . Smoking is actually a risk factor , '' she said . King asked Dr. Paul Song , a radiation oncologist , if he had seen Stage 4 cancer cured . `` Not with anal cancer . I have seen it with other GI malignancies such as rectal cancer , '' Song said . `` But anal cancer is a little bit more difficult to treat . '' Despite the bleak outlook , Song had praise for Fawcett and her documentary . `` I think one of the most powerful things that Miss Fawcett did in this documentary was give patients a sense of hope and to just show how she 's handled this with such courage and dignity , '' Song said . CNN 's Dr. Sanjay Gupta told King that doctors have to strike a delicate balance when they are caring for patients such as Fawcett . `` You have to be absolutely honest with patients , but , you know , you do n't want to strip away their hope and optimism , either . There are people , Larry , as you know , who beat the odds , '' Gupta said . Vogl told King he developed a close relationship with Fawcett during the time he treated her in Germany and expressed admiration for his one-time patient . `` From a lot of treatments and contact and communication , I think she is extremely special , an extremely brave person , '' he said .

In what way did she handle it ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A former `` Manson family '' member who stabbed actress Sharon Tate to death more than 40 years ago and is now terminally ill faces her 13th parole hearing on Wednesday . Susan Atkins , shown here after her indictment in the Manson murders , has a parole hearing Wednesday . Susan Atkins , 61 , has terminal brain cancer . As of earlier this year , she was paralyzed over 85 percent of her body and could not sit up in bed or be moved into a wheelchair , according to a Web site maintained by her husband and attorney , James Whitehouse . However , despite her declining health and an impressive prison record , Whitehouse wrote , `` there is still a very real chance the Parole Board will nonetheless insist her release would be a danger to society . '' The hearing will be held at the Central California Women 's Facility at Chowchilla , California , said Terry Thornton , spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation . Atkins was moved to the Chowchilla facility from the California Institution for Women at Frontera last year because of her illness . Watch Linda Kasabian describe the murders '' `` Last we heard , she is expected to attend , '' Thornton said Tuesday of Atkins . The proceeding is scheduled to be held in a hearing room , but depending on Atkins ' condition , it could be held at her bedside , Thornton said . The panel is expected to render its decision following the hearing after deliberating behind closed doors , she said . Atkins -- California 's longest-serving female inmate -- has been denied parole 12 times previously , Thornton said . She was 21 when she and other followers of Charles Manson participated in a two-night rampage that left seven people dead and terrorized the city of Los Angeles in August 1969 . She and the others -- Manson , Leslie Van Houten , Patricia Krenwinkel and Charles `` Tex '' Watson -- were initially sentenced to death in the slayings of five people , including Tate , and two additional deaths the following night . Their sentences were automatically commuted to life in prison when the Supreme Court struck down the nation 's death penalty laws in 1972 . By her own admission , Atkins held Tate down as she pleaded for mercy , and stabbed the actress , who was eight months pregnant , 16 times . In a 1993 parole board hearing , Atkins said Tate `` asked me to let her baby live . ... I told her I did n't have any mercy on her . '' After killing Tate , according to historical accounts of the murders , Atkins scrawled the word `` pig '' in blood on the door of the home Tate shared with her husband , director Roman Polanski . Polanski was not home at the time , but three of Tate 's houseguests were also slain by the killers , as was a teenager who was visiting the home 's caretaker in his nearby cottage . If the panel decides to grant Atkins parole -- called a `` tentative suitability finding '' -- the decision is subject to a 120-day review process by the California Board of Parole Hearings , Thornton said . If it still stands , the matter then goes to the governor 's office . The governor 's options include allowing the decision to stand , actively approving it , modifying it or reversing it , according to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation 's Web site . However , Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has previously opposed Atkins ' request for compassionate release -- a request made by terminally ill patients wishing to be released before death . The Board of Parole Hearings unanimously denied that request in July 2008 . It was also opposed by Debra Tate , Sharon Tate 's sister . If parole is not granted , another hearing will be set in three , five , seven , 10 or 15 years , at the discretion of the panel , Thornton said . Atkins has been described as a model prisoner who has accepted responsibility for her role in the slayings and now shuns Manson . But Debra Tate told CNN in an e-mail in March she does not believe any Manson family member convicted of murder should ever be set free , saying the slayings were `` so vicious , so inhumane , so depraved , that there is no turning back . '' `` The ` Manson Family ' murderers are sociopaths , and from that , they can never be rehabilitated , '' Debra Tate said . `` They should all stay right where they are -- in prison -- until they die . There will never be true justice for my sister Sharon and the other victims of the ` Manson Family . ' Keeping the murderers in prison is the least we , as a society who values justice , can do . '' In a manuscript posted on her Web site , Atkins , who was known within the Manson family as Sadie Mae Glutz , wrote that `` this is the past I have to live with , and I have to live with it every day . '' `` Unlike the reader , or the people who seem to think Charles Manson was cool , I ca n't think about it for an hour or so and then go on with my life . Just like the families and friends of the victims , this is with me every day . I have to wake up every day with this and no matter what I do for the rest of my life and no matter how much I give back to the community I will never be able to replace what my crime took away . And that 's not ` neat , ' and that 's not ` cool . ' '' Atkins ' brain cancer was diagnosed in March 2008 , Whitehouse wrote on his Web site . On May 15 , doctors predicted she would live less than six months . But she passed that deadline , he wrote , and celebrated her 21st wedding anniversary on December 7 .

Has she been given parole ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Liverpool are waiting to learn the extent of the injury which prevented captain Steven Gerrard playing in the club 's 2-0 win at West Bromwich Albion on Saturday , manager Kenny Dalglish has said . England international Gerrard , 31 , missed the match after picking up an infection in his right ankle , having only recently recovered from a groin injury which has restricted the midfielder to just four English Premier League appearances this season . Dalglish also faced questions on the fitness of former England defender Jamie Carragher , who was ruled out of the match at the Hawthorns with a calf strain . `` Carragher has a calf strain . Steven Gerrard has an infection in his ankle , '' Dalglish , 60 , told a press conference . `` Steven was in my mind for the game today but it just flared up . `` We are off tomorrow , so we 'll have a more accurate idea on Monday or Tuesday when we return to training . We will be more accurate next week than what we can be now . '' Dalglish , who also managed the Anfield club between 1985 and 1991 , praised the injured duo , while also expressing his delight at seeing his charges pick up three points without two of the team 's most influential players . `` We are certainly much better with them in the squad than out of it , '' he said . `` They have done magnificently for this football club and they will continue to do magnificently for us too . `` They will continue to make a contribution , even now . I suppose it is a reflection on the strength of the squad when the two talisman figures are not playing and you still come and put on such a top performance . '' Gerrard and Carragher are products of the Liverpool youth academy , with both players part of the team which earned a penalty shoot-out victory over Italian side AC Milan in the 2005 European Champions League final . Dalglish will hope to have the duo available for the home match against Swansea City on Saturday .

Who was without a defender at the Hawthorn ?

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LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- With every click of his camera , Japanese photographer and activist Shuuichi Endou hopes to draw attention to the plight of Tuvalu , a remote nation of people whose home is slowly disappearing . Tuvalu is the world 's fourth smallest country behind Vatican City , Monaco and Pacific Ocean neighbor Nauru . He 's taking 10,000 photos , one of each person who lives there , to show the world the human face of climate change . `` Tuvaluans do not ask much , neither goods nor money , '' he says . `` In Japan , people sacrifice their time and life to get more goods and money . I hope the viewers see the contrast by looking at the photos . We 're sacrificing peaceful Tuvalu . '' At first glance , Tuvalu is an island paradise , 26 square kilometers of white sand and lush foliage in the Pacific Ocean , north of Fiji . But the sea level is rising , so much so that the nation 's water has become too salty to drink and to grow vegetables , especially taro , a vegetable that was once the island 's staple food . `` As they do n't have water and food , they began to import food from overseas , says Endou , who set up the NGO Tuvalu Overview to highlight their cause . `` As they began to import , their consumption has been increasing . As a result , more and more products began to be imported . This changed Tuvaluans ' diet and increased the amount of waste . '' A global appeal Tuvalu 's government considers the situation so urgent it has allocated some of the nation 's meager budget to pay for its own permanent ambassador to the United Nations in New York . Afelee Pita took up the job in December 2006 and within months had given perhaps the most important speech ever made by a Tuvaluan : an address to a Special Session of the United Nations Security Council on Energy , Climate and Security . `` That was my very first statement that I issued and it was also a challenging one because it had never been done before , particularly at that level at the Security Council , '' Pita says . He told the assembled dignitaries : `` The world has moved from a global threat once called the Cold War , to what now should be considered the ` Warming War ' . Our conflict is not with guns and missiles but with weapons from everyday lives -- chimney stacks and exhaust pipes . '' click here for the full speech New York is a long way from home for the native Tuvaluan . Back on the island he 'd be more likely to go for an early morning canoe ride than negotiate thousands of commuters on the subway . `` Living in New York is totally different compared to where we come from . Life is not that easy of course . You have so many strangers . At home , you know everybody -LSB- and -RSB- whatever you do everybody knows , '' he laughs . Securing a future While he 'd much rather be at home -- `` Definitely there 's nothing like home '' -- Pita feels that his time in New York is vital in helping to secure the future of the islands . `` My ultimate objective is to contribute as much as I can in terms of trying to establish relations with as many member states in the UN as possible , and more importantly to secure some sort of commitment from the international community in terms of development projects and any kind of assistance they can provide to us . '' The Tuvalu nation wants to invest in renewable energy projects , to reduce the island 's own reliance on fossil fuels for energy . `` Sometimes you have to clean your own house first before you look outside , '' Pita says . In English , Tuvalu means `` eight standing together '' . On the issue of climate change , Tuvalu hopes the world will stand together with them . `` To me it 's not an easy issue to solve , particularly in terms of trying to get the commitment of rich countries , '' Pita says . `` I can , of course , understand their reasoning and how they look at the issue but I think what we need to do is to continue raising our concerns and hopefully one day the community will listen and try to commit something . ''

what Tuvalu feeling the effects of climate change ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The first person ever convicted in Idaho of knowingly spreading the HIV virus is facing new charges for the same offense , authorities said Thursday . An Ada County , Idaho , grand jury on Tuesday returned an indictment charging Kerry Thomas , 45 , with seven counts of knowingly transferring the HIV virus , Jean Fisher , Ada County deputy prosecutor , told CNN . In 1990 , Thomas was charged with four counts of HIV transmission and two counts of statutory rape , Fisher said . As part of a plea agreement , he pleaded guilty only to the rape charges . According to Fisher , Thomas received a 12-year sentence and had to serve three years before being eligible for parole . He was later granted early release . In 1996 , however , Thomas was again charged with one count of HIV transmission , and a jury convicted him , Fisher said . He received a 15-year sentence with a seven-year minimum . Now out on parole , Thomas faces possible life in prison on the new charges because prosecutors are seeking his designation as a `` persistent violator . '' It was not immediately known whether Thomas was in custody Thursday . He was not listed online among the inmates in the Ada County Jail . Asked why Thomas would continue to spread the virus , which causes AIDS , Fisher said , `` That 's the $ 64,000 question , for a person who has been to prison twice . ''

What was Kerry Thomas charged with ?

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Cancun , Mexico -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The storm known as Rina fizzled Friday as it moved over the Yucatan Channel , the strait between Mexico and Cuba , the National Hurricane Center said . No coastal watches or warnings were in effect after Rina lost much of its punch . The storm had diminished in strength from a Category 2 hurricane that raised fears in and around some of the most popular resort communities in Mexico . It was classified as a remnant low Friday afternoon , with maximum sustained winds of 30 miles an hour , the hurricane center said . Rina 's eye was about 75 miles west of the western tip of Cuba and 110 miles north-northeast of Cozumel , moving east-northeast at 5 mph . `` A turn toward the southeast is expected on Saturday , with a turn toward the south expected on Sunday , '' the hurricane center said in what was its last public advisory on the system . Continued weakening is forecast for the next two days . Rina had been expected to drop between 3 to 6 inches of rain over the eastern part of the Yucatan Peninsula and Cozumel through Friday , with isolated amounts of up to 10 inches , according to the Miami-based weather agency . A storm surge of as much as 1 to 2 feet above normal tide levels along the coast was also expected , `` accompanied by large and dangerous waves , '' forecasters had said . Authorities took precautionary measures ahead of the storm , while numerous businesses in Cancun and elsewhere shut down . `` First we 're thinking , we 're stranded in Cancun ; there could be worse things , '' said Amelie Jarvis , a tourist from Canada . `` But then we noticed that everything is closed . I do n't know what we 're going to do . '' CNN 's Ed Payne contributed to this report .

The storm has sustained winds of what speed ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Doctors chose a woman who survived a shotgun wound to her face as the first recipient of a face transplant after treating her for nearly four years . This image projects what Connie Culp , 46 , may look like two years after the face transplant . Connie Culp knew of the Cleveland Clinic 's interest in face transplants and approached the medical staff , doctors said at a news conference Tuesday . Dr. Maria Siemionow , the Cleveland , Ohio , hospital 's director of plastic surgery research and head of microsurgery training , had more than 20 years of experience in complex transplants . By 2004 , Siemionow was looking for the right candidate for a face transplant who was n't doing it for vanity . `` They are not looking to go out on the street and be beautiful , '' Siemionow told CNN in a 2006 interview . `` Some of these patients , when they were interviewed just said ' I want to walk on the street and just make sure I am not sticking out . ' They just want to have a normal face . '' The doctors examined the patient 's history , motivation and ability to understand the risks of the transplant . And they found Culp to be an ideal candidate . Five years after a gun blast shattered her nose , cheeks and upper lip , she had a band of scar tissue extending across her face . `` The most devastating of all was the fact that society had rejected her and children were afraid of her , '' said Siemionow , who led the December 10 transplant operation . See before and after photos of Culp '' Culp , a mother of two and a grandmother , told her doctors she could understand that some adults would shun her . `` But what really bothered her the most were children -- the children that shied away from her , '' said Dr. Frank Papay , the chairman of Institute of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic . `` That sense of innocence , and her not being able to see that innocence really , really affected her . '' The shooting In September 2004 , Culp 's estranged husband shot her in the face in an attempted murder-suicide outside a restaurant in Hopedale , Ohio , according to CNN affiliate WTOV in Steubenville , Ohio . Culp was 8 feet away from her husband , Thomas Culp , when he pulled the shotgun 's trigger . He then turned the weapon on himself , according to local news reports . They both survived . Thomas Culp was sent to prison . Despite her wounds , she told WTOV in 2008 , `` I 'll always love him . He was my first love . '' At the same time , Culp said , she felt angry . `` I would n't be human if I did n't . I forgive him , but I have to go on , you know ? '' After the shooting , Culp recuperated in a hospital and in a personal care home for two years . Culp told WTOV she had vision problems and was learning Braille . Her approach to life was to `` keep motivated . Do n't sleep your life away -- that could have happened . I could be depressed . I 'm not . '' As she spoke , her breaths emitted a small whistle from her tracheotomy tube , which protruded from a surgical opening in her neck . `` I can not smell . I will never be able to smell , '' she said in the interview . Culp was wrong . How doctors transplanted a face The doctors at the Cleveland Clinic analyzed Culp 's injuries using CAT scans and developed plastic models of her skull . They practiced face transplant operation on cadavers several times . Culp met with the hospital 's surgeons , ethical committee members and psychiatry and psychology specialists who determined that she was an ideal candidate for the surgery . Then , the wait for the right donor began in 2008 . `` We thought we were going to wait a long time because we had to find a Caucasian female in her mid 40s to match Connie , so we expected a year before we were able to find a donor , '' said Papay , who is also head of craniofacial surgery . `` Well , three to four months later , I got a call at around midnight from Dr. Siemionow saying ' I think we have a donor . ' '' The family of a brain dead woman granted permission to use her face . He likened the preparation for the December transplant to a rocket launch , saying , `` Everything was prepared beforehand very , very , very carefully . '' Surgeons sheared out the donor 's mid-facial area including the lower eyelids , cheekbones , the nose , some of the sinus and the whole upper jaw , with the blood vessels . Watch CNN 's Dr. Sanjay Gupta discuss the face transplant '' When it came time to move the donor 's parts to Culp , they had to see that the donor and recipient parts aligned . `` One of the ways you can tell that is how your upper teeth fit to the lower teeth , '' Papay said . `` We knew it was like a hand in a glove , exactly where we needed to be . '' They secured the bones into Culp 's face using titanium plates and screws . Then the microvascular surgeons attached the vessels . They tucked the scars around Culp 's ears or underneath her eyelid , where they would not be visible . How the doctors operated '' Doctors added more skin than needed in case of tissue rejection . After monitoring Culp 's progress , doctors say they will remove the excess tissue and tighten her jawline in future surgeries . Contrary to science fiction and movies , the surgery did not make Culp look like the donor . `` If you just took the skin and transplanted it to the other patient , the bony structure is different , '' Papay said . `` If you took the bony structure and transplanted it on the other side , it ends up being a composite . So , it does n't look like the donor . It does n't look like the recipient . It ends up looking like someone new . '' Recovery At this point , all the transplanted parts of Culp 's face are functioning except for her facial nerves , which are growing about an inch a month . Doctors anticipate Culp will be able to have full facial function -- and more expression -- by this winter . In physical therapy , she learns to train her nerves , make facial expressions , smile and purse her lips , doctors said . `` If you cry or you laugh or you smile , it 's not like you think about it . You just emotionally do it . So that 's a wait and see for us , '' Papay said . `` As far as the emotional one , that 's really the key issue . A far as when she laughs , cries and grimaces and gets angry at you ... what 's her face going to look like ? That 's the exciting part about it . '' Five months after the first face transplant in the United States , Culp lives at home . She has checkups with the medical staff once or twice a month and will do so for the next year , her doctors said . Initially , Culp used immunosuppressants that transplanted kidney , liver or heart patients would normally take . Transplant patients must take immune-suppressing drugs throughout their lifetime to prevent tissue rejection . But she showed improvements that enabled the doctors to reduce her regimen to one medication , doctors said . `` She 's taking her medications , '' Siemionow said . `` We know she is compliant . She cares about how she looks . She has her hair done in a new color ... She is full of life . She does her push-ups . She 's on the treadmill . What else can I say ? ''

In 2008 she told who in an interview that she had forgiven her husband ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The flu has forced an early end to Billy Bob Thornton 's musical tour of Canada , his publicist said Saturday . Thornton 's publicist says Boxmasters band member , crew , have flu ; will rejoin tour on Tuesday . The news was reportedly greeted with loud applause at a Friday night show in Montreal after Thornton called Canadian concert-goers `` mashed potatoes with no gravy '' in a radio interview Wednesday . The Boxmasters ' final Canadian dates -- in Montreal and London , Ontario -- were canceled because `` one of the band members and several of the crew have the flu , '' said Thornton publicist Arnold Robinson . Thornton 's electric hillbilly band will rejoin Willie Nelson 's tour when it returns to the United States for a show in Stamford , Connecticut , on Tuesday , after they have `` a few days off to recuperate , '' Robinson said . The trio was the opening act for Nelson until they were loudly booed in Toronto , a day after the actor-musician 's bizarre interview with a CBC radio host . Ironically , the comments that offended Canadians included Thornton 's assessment that they were `` very reserved '' and `` it does n't matter what you say to them . '' `` It 's mashed potatoes with no gravy , '' Thornton told CBC host Jian Ghomeshi . `` We tend to play places where people throw things at each other and here they just sort of sit there , '' he said . Watch Thornton 's interview '' The audience at Thursday night 's show in Toronto loudly booed the Boxmasters , with some shouts of `` Here comes the gravy ! '' The Toronto Star newspaper reported . Thornton 's remarks about Canadians came near the end of his controversial interview with on the CBC 's `` Q '' program , which began with the host 's brief mention that , in addition to being the Boxmaster 's lead singer and drummer , Thornton was an `` Oscar-winning screenwriter-actor-director . '' Thornton , apparently upset with any reference to his movie career , was unresponsive to Ghomeshi 's questions until the men finally declared a truce to talk about music . Watch more about the controversy '' He `` simply elected not to engage with the interviewer because of the direction of the interview from the outset , '' Robinson told CNN . Video of the interview , which has been viewed by millions online , may leave the audience wondering whether this was a controlled performance by Thornton or a public breakdown that revealed true anger over a perceived insult of his music . Thornton promotes a mythology that his `` cosmic cowboy '' music came together years ago after a fight over coleslaw at a Los Angeles chicken restaurant . His long and successful career as an actor , director and screenwriter does not fit with his struggling musician story he tells in interviews about the Boxmasters .

who will rejoin tour ?

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LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- French scientists have unveiled a working prototype of a fully artificial heart which is based on the technology of satellites and airplanes . The artificial heart based on satellite and airplane technology was presented in Paris . The device could save millions of lives and beats almost exactly like the real thing using electronic sensors to regulate heart rate and blood flow . Developers Carmat , funded by the European space and defense group EADS , presented the device at a press conference in Paris on Monday . Carmat 's chief operating officer Patrick Coulombier told The Associated Press : `` it 's the same principle in the airplane as in the body . '' Coulombier explained that the same tiny sensors that measure air pressure and altitude in an airplane or satellite are also in the artificial heart . This should allow the device to respond immediately if the patient needs more or less blood . The French design has so far only been tested in animals , and now needs approval from its authorities before pushing ahead with clinical trials . Previous artificial hearts have been unable to automatically vary their pumping speed and must be tweaked externally . The French heart is also the most lifelike , with two pumps to send the blood into the lungs and the rest of the body , just like a real heart . Past artificial hearts have only had one pump . The French model is made from natural materials including polymer and pig tissue , which have already been used in heart valves implanted into people . The artificial heart would initially be for patients who had suffered a massive heart attack or who had heart failure , but might eventually be used in patients who are not that sick . Heart disease is the world 's top killer , claiming some 17 million lives a year . According to the American Heart Association , about 2,200 heart transplants were performed in the U.S. in 2006 . Thousands more patients would benefit if more donor hearts were available . The artificial heart is expected to cost about 150,000 euros or $ 192,140 .

What country do the scientists originate from ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The head of JetBlue is apologizing for a `` confluence of events '' that left a plane filled with passengers stranded on the tarmac at Bradley International Airport near Hartford , Connecticut , over the weekend . Chief Operating Officer Rob Maruster said in a video posted on the company 's blog and its YouTube Channel that the airline had six flights divert to Hartford during the freak weekend snowstorm `` due to various runway , congestion and other operational issues at Newark and JFK Airports '' and that the airline `` did not deplane those aircraft in our target time allotted . '' One of those flights , JetBlue 504 from Fort Lauderdale spent nearly eight hours stranded on the tarmac before passengers were allowed to deplane . `` At no point in this weekend was safety ever compromised , '' Maruster said , stressing that safety was the airline 's number one concern . `` But let 's face it , you count on us at JetBlue for a lot more -- and we promise a lot more -- and we know we let some of you down over the course of this weekend and for that we are truly sorry . '' Maruster said the airline intends to `` fully participate with the Department of Transportation and cooperating with their investigation into events over the weekend , and we 're also going to conduct an internal evaluation so that we can learn from this event because at the end of the day , you deserve better -- and we expect better from our crewmembers and our operation . '' `` We can only earn your loyalty and trust one flight at a time and we ask you to give us a second chance . '' JetBlue Flight 504 departed Fort Lauderdale at 10:07 a.m. ET Saturday -- 32 minutes late . The flight made it to Newark -- just not to the runway , thanks to the weather before it was diverted to Hartford . It landed at 1:07 p.m. . What came next was an eight-hour ordeal for passengers -- and crew -- as the plane sat stuck on the tarmac with little food or water . `` I got a problem here on the airplane . I 'm going to need to have the cops onboard , '' a flight crew member told the tower in a conversation posted on LiveATC.net , a website that monitors air traffic control conversations . `` I need some air stairs brought over here and the cops brought onboard the airplane . '' Passenger Roseann Kozma explained the situation in a phone interview with CNN affiliate WTIC-TV from the plane . `` A couple passengers are fighting and there 's a baby on here that 's been crying the whole time , '' she said . `` We can not go to the bathrooms anymore . There 's no running water , '' said Todd Bailey , another passenger . `` They tell us that we 're going to be going in soon , going in soon , going in soon -- and it just never happens . '' Adding to the frustration and tension were passengers with medical conditions . `` I have a paraplegic that needs to come off , '' the pilot said . `` I have a diabetic here that 's got an issue ... I 've just got to get some help . '' But the plane was still not at a gate , further frustrating the pilot . `` Look , you know , we ca n't seem to get any help from our own company , '' the pilot told the tower . `` I apologize for this , but if there is any way you can get a tug and a tow bar out here to us and get us towed somewhere to a gate or something . I do n't care , take us anywhere . '' The pilot , though frustrated , offered thanks to Bradley International officials . `` Listen , I just want to put in my two cents worth in for whatever it worth . Thank you very much , '' he said . `` It 's Capt. Thompson over here on -LRB- Flight -RRB- 504 ... I think we 've got more help from you guys than our own people . '' The passengers broke into applause when the door finally opened , saying `` Let us out ! Let us out ! Let us out ! '' Passengers deplaned around 9 p.m. , according to JetBlue .

Whats the name of the companys head ?

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Editor 's note : Journalist Karl Penhaul spent several weeks tracking the gangs of the Mexican underworld , the corrupt officials who support them and the cops trying to halt the violence . This is the last of three exclusive reports . The first focused on the violent rules gangs live by and the second looked at how gangsters are honored in death . Forensic investigators and federal police dig bodies out of mass graves in the desert near Juarez . JUAREZ , Mexico -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Heat waves shimmer over the desert . A team of forensic experts clad in white overalls excavate three shallow graves . The sand gives up nine bodies -- seven men and two women . At least one of the victims ' hands were cuffed behind their back . Others had been trussed up with duct tape . The stale stench reveals that the corpses had been dumped there several days earlier and were decomposing fast . That grisly find in mid-March came a week after thousands more soldiers had been deployed to Juarez , across the border from El Paso , Texas . The arrival of the soldiers and more federal police agents had coincided with a short lull in the killings . Snapping photos of the scene from behind the police line was Lucio Soria , photographer for Juarez 's main newspaper , El Diario de Juarez , and its sister paper , PM . PM is a perfect example of Mexico 's so-called `` red press , '' newspapers that specialize in covering violence . Soria seems like a perfect ambassador . `` I 've gone for a week and a half without taking pictures of dead people . I was thinking ` Hell , what am I going to do ? ' At this rate I 'll end up taking pictures for the social pages , '' he said . Soria realizes snapping pictures of blood and gore may seem heartless . But he stays cheerful , cracking dark jokes with colleagues , all while listening to police communications on a radio scanner and searching for clues about where to find the next drug war victim . `` It might seem ugly , but that 's our job , '' Soria said . He and fellow photographers have been busy in recent months . Last year , Juarez became the poster city for Mexico 's narco-violence , with more than 1,600 gang killings . Watch musicians play `` narco-ballads '' honoring hitmen '' This year , Mayor Jose Reyes is trying to turn a page on the killings and make Juarez a showcase for solutions . Military and federal police convoys patrol the streets around the clock . Cops armed with AR-15 assault rifles , identities obscured by ski masks , hang off pickup trucks that speed around in twos and threes . Watch cops round up gang suspects '' Soldiers strike a warlike pose behind heavy machine guns mounted on American-made Humvees . Whether it 's working depends on whom you ask and how hard you read between the lines . `` I think this is very effective because it closes transport routes for the movement of -LSB- cartel -RSB- personnel and weapons , '' said a state officer , assigned to guide us , at a federal police checkpoint . The officer , known only by his call sign Trojan One , seemed confident . The agent in command of the checkpoint was less convinced . `` Of course organized crime is trying to avoid us . I 'm not sure what methods they use to operate . We do n't know how they work , '' said the officer , identifying himself only as Aztec One . On another day we ran into a three-truck federal police operation staking out a house in a middle-class Juarez neighborhood . See photos of police , gang life in Mexico '' The commander said his men believed they had made what he termed a `` major '' cocaine bust . When I met him they had already been waiting almost 24 hours for a judge to issue a search warrant . When they gained access they discovered some 500 half-gram bags of cocaine . In Juarez those bags sell for around $ 8 . Now do the math , 500 half-gram bags at possibly 60 percent purity means around 150 grams of pure cocaine -- hardly a major strike in the drug war . Reyes ' solution has been to hand the military all civilian police functions , even down to traffic control . Mexico 's military has little experience in urban warfare , little experience in policing and has been unable to shake a decades-old reputation for human rights abuses . When I bump into Reyes at a transfer-of-command ceremony at city hall I ask him what he 's doing about alleged corruption and complicity among politicians and businessmen , who permit the cartels to move their shipments and help launder the proceeds . `` My opinion in Juarez is that that kind of political corruption does not exist , '' he said adamantly . Two weeks later , in Monterrey , I caught up with outspoken lawyer Raquenel Villanueva . She knows a thing or two about politicians colluding with Mexico 's mafia . Watch how drug lords pay tribute to a highway bandit , looking for luck '' Mexican media have dubbed her the `` devil 's advocate '' for her role in defending a string of senior cartel figures and their hitmen . Last year , she was detained for 90 days , accused her of being a member of the Gulf Cartel . She was freed without charge . Throughout her career , she 's survived four assassination attempts and taken 10 bullets , two of them in the head . Her office is crammed with religious iconography : crosses , paintings of the Virgin of Guadalupe and a four-foot-high wooden statue of Saint Jude Thaddeus . Two bullets are encrusted in the effigy after the last attempt on her life in 2000 . `` I know about official corruption and exactly who is doing what because my clients tell me , '' she said . `` To win the drug war you have to tell the Americans to take better care of their young people , tell them to stop being so cold and materialistic , '' Villanueva lectured . `` Then you have to end corruption and that means changing the government cabinets of half the countries in the world . ''

What is says Lawyer ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A drunk passenger tried to hijack a Turkish Airlines flight to Russia on Wednesday before he was brought under control , the head of Turkey 's civil aviation authority said . The Turkish Airlines passenger jet was en route from Turkey to Russia when the incident took place . The plane landed safely and on time Wednesday afternoon in St. Petersburg . Russian authorities promptly arrested a `` slightly intoxicated '' passenger from Uzbekistan , Russia 's Interfax News Agency reported , citing a national police spokesman . The suspect , in his early 50s , was arrested on suspicion of trying to hijack the plane , Interfax reported . Turkish media initially reported that the plane had been hijacked . When asked about those reports , a Turkish Airlines spokesman said the flight experienced an `` urgent situation '' as it headed to St. Petersburg , without offering further details . Interfax said the flight was carrying 164 Russian nationals . There have been several attempts to hijack Turkish airlines in recent years . In August 2007 , two men hijacked an Istanbul-bound Atlasjet Airlines flight with 136 passengers and crew on board from Cyprus , claiming to have a bomb on board the flight . They forced the crew to make an emergency landing in Antalya . Both hijackers eventually surrendered to Turkish authorities . In April 2007 , Turkish authorities detained a man they believed tried to hijack a Turkish airliner , possibly to Iran . The suspect , Mehmed Goksin Gol , was not armed and all 178 passengers and crew aboard the Pegasus Airlines flight were unharmed . The flight was heading from southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir to Istanbul , but landed at Ankara 's airport , where the suspect was detained . In October 2006 , a Turkish man hijacked a Turkish jetliner with 113 people aboard en route from the Albanian capital Tirana for Istanbul . He forced it to fly to a military airfield in Brindisi , Italy , where the passengers and crew were released unharmed . CNN 's Maxim Tkachenko in Moscow and Nicky Robertson in Atlanta contributed to this report

Where did the flight arrive ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A federal appeals court in Argentina has ruled that a grandmother must stand trial for growing two marijuana plants in her backyard . Argentina allows personal consumption of marijuana , and a federal judge had issued a stay against prosecuting the unnamed woman , who swore she used the marijuana solely for herself , the government 's Judicial Information Center said last week . But the public prosecutor 's office appealed the ruling , and a federal appeals court overturned the previous decision because the woman lives with her two sons and a grandchild . She could not prove the marijuana was solely for personal consumption , the three-page appeals court ruling said . Argentina 's Supreme Court ruled in August it is unconstitutional to punish an adult for private use of marijuana -- as long as the use does n't harm anyone else . The unanimous ruling made Argentina the second Latin American country within a one-week span last year to allow personal use of a formerly illegal drug . Mexico also enacted a law in August that decriminalized possession of small quantities of most drugs , including marijuana , heroin , cocaine and LSD . Earlier last year , a Brazilian appeals court ruled possession of drugs for personal use is not illegal .

Appeals court says the woman could n't prove the marijuana was what ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Union workers armed with an estimated 1.5 million signatures converged on Washington on Wednesday , demanding that Congress pass their highest-priority legislation . Union chief Andy Stern wants workers to have another way to organize besides relying on a secret ballot . They are lobbying for the Employee Free Choice Act . The legislation would allow a company 's employees to openly sign a card demanding a union and then , if a majority sign , the company involved would have 90 days to negotiate . The act would also stiffen federal laws that bar employers from intimidating or firing workers who try to bring in a union . But while the battle is just beginning on Capitol Hill , business owners like Dave Bego have been in the center of the fight for some time . Bego , of Indianapolis , Indiana , is the owner of EMS , a company that provides janitors to businesses around the country . The family-owned company has been under fire by one of the nation 's most powerful labor organizations , the Service Employees International Union . The 1.8 million-member SEIU argues that EMS intimidates , harasses and violates the rights of workers wanting to unionize . It has made the company a target of repeated protests for about three years . But Bego said the claims are unfounded , and it 's the union that has harassed him . Watch how company , union are at odds '' He said the union has sent his clients threatening letters for using his company , staged noisy protests , confronted employees , blocked building entrances and released balloons in a client 's building to disrupt business . He said his workers do n't want a union , because they make more in pay and benefits without having to pay SEIU 's labor dues . `` We have several hundred people working for us in Indianapolis -LSB- alone -RSB- , '' Bego said . `` They 've been after us for almost three years , and they 've got only about 10 or 12 people interested in what they said . If our people really needed protecting , do n't you think they 'd be out in mass droves in the street with the union protesting EMS ? Do you think we 'd still be in business ? I do n't think so . '' But union workers CNN talked to said EMS employees are afraid to speak publicly because they might get fired , as Shaneka Brown said she was . She said EMS fired her after she complained about what she said were unsafe conditions . `` We 're not the only ones , '' Brown said . `` There are millions of other janitors and millions and millions of other companies that are going through same similarities or different similarities , but they 're going through things that are not right and not safe . '' That 's why she supports the Employee Free Choice Act , she said . `` When polls show that 60 percent of the workers in America want to organize , yet only 7 percent belong to unions , you know something 's broken , '' one of the bill 's sponsors , Iowa Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin , told Wednesday 's union rally in Washington . The option to vote by secret ballot would still be available . But critics say the measure -- dubbed the `` card check '' bill by its opponents -- would effectively eliminate union elections , removing a fundamental hard-earned right of workers and forcing some workers into unions they do n't want to join . `` Card check is real simple , '' Bego said . `` They want to eliminate the secret ballot election . And that is kind of like saying , ` We 're going to elect the president of our country by signing cards . We 're going to go door to door and you 're going to sign a card for who you want to be president . ' '' Bego said if his employees want a union , they should be able to secretly vote for one . He offered to hold union elections at his company , but only if they were monitored by the National Labor Relations Board and involved secret ballots . He said the union did not respond , but continued the protests . He took out an ad in the Indianapolis Star , challenging SEIU to `` fish or cut bait . '' Andy Stern , president of the SEIU and a major supporter of President Barack Obama , said the legislation provides employees who have been intimidated by their employers an opportunity to freely and openly support a union . `` This is n't necessarily an election , '' Stern said . `` This is people wanting to start an organization . '' `` This is workers ' choice , '' Stern said . `` They can have a secret ballot , or they can legally affirm by a majority of them signing cards . '' Stern would appear to have the muscle to push the legislation through Congress . The SEIU was the largest contributor to Democratic campaigns this election , pumping $ 85 million into campaigns and get-out-the-vote drives . The union said 2,000 members temporarily gave up their jobs to work for Obama 's election , and Stern said politicians who made the unions promises during the campaign now need to keep them . `` We can lobby , we can petition , we can use the same things we use in the electoral process to un-elect people , '' he said . Asked if elected officials should be afraid of him , Stern replied , `` Everyone should be scared '' of not living up to promises . CNN 's Marcus Hooper contributed to this report .

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Seoul , South Korea -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Just like any other first family in the world , North Korea 's secretive Kim dynasty is often the focus of gossip and rumors , especially in neighboring South Korea . There was a lot of speculation after a recent report that Kim Jong Il 's grandson , identified as 16-year-old Kim Han-sol , was scheduled to enter an international school in Bosnia . Less than a week after the report , YouTube screen shots and pictures -- reportedly of the grandson -- have been plastered on the news in South Korea . South Korea 's Yonhap News Agency reported that it had tracked down photos of the grandson from the Bosnian school 's Facebook page and published the pictures . The young man appears in photos wearing a suit and black horn-rimmed glasses posing with a woman at what appears to be a party . In another photo , the young man sports a blonde hairdo and is wearing a black T-shirt on the streets . The news agency reported Kim 's nationality on the school website was set as North Korean . The school , the United World College in Mostar , confirmed its acceptance of a 16-year-old North Korean student named Kim Han-sol through a press release but stopped short of confirming the identity of the individual . `` The entry of a student from North Korea , furthermore from a very well-known family , has understandably generated surprise and comment , some of it critical , '' it said in a statement . According to Yonhap News Agency , Kim Han-sol is the son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il 's oldest son , Kim Jong-nam . Kim Jong-nam is the family 's most outspoken member and has been seen at airports and other venues outside of North Korea . He is viewed by many as the outcast of the Kim family . It is believed the oldest Kim fell out of favor when he was stopped in Japan trying to enter on a forged passport on his way to Disneyland in 2001 . The South Korean media has also focused on YouTube postings that Yonhap News Agency says feature Kim Han-sol . Yonhap released shots in which the YouTube user claims to be a North Korean studying in Macau . The person also claims to be `` related -LRB- to the Kim family -RRB- . '' CNN could not independently confirm the identity of the YouTube user or the person shown in the pictures in the South Korean media . There are no known public photographs of Kim Han-sol and there 's been no comment from the Kim family . The reclusive nature of the family leaves media outlets to leap at whatever opportunity they can to gain more insight into the lives of the Kim Jong Il family . Experts have commonly used photos released by the North Korean state-run news agency to speculate on the health of Kim Jong Il , examining facial color , posture , and even the style of shoes the leader is wearing . But the lack of access to verify most of what is circulated in the news has also led to blunders in the past . A photograph once released as an exclusive shot of one of the leader 's sons later turned out to be an average South Korean man . The incident was only corrected after the man in the photo spoke out saying he was shocked to see he had turned into a Kim dynasty member overnight . As the latest round of speculation continues , the YouTube account reportedly linked to the grandson is no longer accessible and has been closed .

who will reportedly attend a Bosnian international school ?

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ATLANTA , Georgia -- Going back to work after my wife had our first child was an emotional roller coaster . The author says that being `` Mr. Mom '' is appealing , but putting the idea into practice is harder than it looks . I forced myself out of bed , shaved my beard and got dressed on the morning of my return . I performed these work week rituals while cursing the fact that I matched only one number on my last lottery ticket , so I had to show up that day . After being out of the office for a little more than two weeks on paternity leave , I knew the transition back to work would be tough . I coped with this fact , like any rational new parent would , by increasing the number of lottery tickets that I purchased . Saying goodbye took a while . I made several trips up and down the stairs to get one more glimpse of my daughter before succumbing to the inevitable : my commute , fighting traffic and reintegrating to cubicle culture . I arrived at the office still thinking of my family at home without me . I found myself misty-eyed at the water cooler while I waited for Outlook to load several hundred unread e-mails . At that moment , I wanted nothing more than to be at home with my daughter . The idea of being a stay-at-home dad , like Michael Keaton in `` Mr. Mom , '' always appealed to me . For the uninitiated , the 1983 comedy is about an out-of-work father faced with domestic challenges while his wife gets a job . A memorable scene has the title character , Jack Butler , trying to sound like he knows what he 's talking about to his wife 's new boss . He tells him that he plans to wire a new wing of his house in `` 220 , 221 , whatever it takes . '' I identify with the latter part of his character 's claim . It 's not like me to pretend to know anything about home improvement , but when it comes to caring for my family while balancing my responsibilities at work , I plan on doing whatever it takes . In 2007 , 37 percent of working dads admitted that they would leave their jobs if their family could afford it , according to CareerBuilder.com . The `` if '' in that statistic is a big one . Unlike the characters in `` Mr. Mom , '' my wife and I both need to work . A good sequel to this film may have explored the hijinks that ensued from an overwhelmed parent caring for a newborn while working from home . Nowadays , there 's support for all of the Jack Butlers out there . Web sites such as AtHomeDad.org and Rebeldad.com have established online communities dedicated to providing tips and resources for fatherhood . These forums represent a growing fellowship where those with experience can help new dads . Personally , I have n't utilized them much yet because of that old Groucho Marx joke about not wanting to be a member of a club that would have a person like me as a member . Available resources and social acceptance for stay-at-home dads have come a long way since `` Mr. Mom 's '' portrayal of them . In fact , Salary.com calculated that a stay-at-home dad was worth $ 125,340 a year for the dad portion of his work in 2006 . This analysis took into account tasks that range from cooking and cleaning to teaching and serving as a child psychologist . Since I ca n't convince anyone to pay me my estimated worth as an at-home dad -- and living on one salary is n't an option for my family -- I 've considered working from home a couple of hours a week when necessary . Flexible work schedules make sense because they benefit a company by allowing employees to be more productive on their terms . Nevertheless , working from home may not be for everyone . I work for a news Web site , facilitating advertisement opportunities . A lot of my job 's communication occurs via e-mail , which is something I can do at home . I 'd worked from home before , but not with a newborn in the house . My first test was only for a couple of hours when the baby was about 3 weeks old . My wife had an early appointment , and I was going to watch the baby sleep , hopefully , and then go into the office after she got home . I had e-mail to check and two conference calls scheduled back-to-back during that time . I did n't expect this to be too difficult . I caught up on the e-mail much earlier than if I had gone into the office that morning . Unfettered from the restriction of the morning rituals , my productivity was already soaring and I was ahead of schedule . Then disaster struck . As I called into my first meeting , the baby started to stir , squirm and make her signature sounds -LRB- a primal series of grunts , snorts and whimpers -RRB- . She was telling me that her diaper needed to be changed and that she was probably hungry , too . So I did what any multi-tasker would do : I put the phone under my ear , stuck her bottle under the tap , muted the phone , ran up the stairs with her in a tucked football position , unmuted the phone , answered a question , muted again , changed her diaper and ran down the stairs to get the bottle . My wife called while I was juggling the baby , diaper , bottle and meeting to let me know that she was running late . I screamed to myself , `` I need help NOW ! '' Allowing the nervous breakdown to run its course , I continued to pace across my living room floor -- regretting that I had n't chosen decaf that morning . A few minutes later , I jumped out of the first meeting to call into the second . I said , `` Hello , this is Josh , I 'm here on mute , OK , thanks . '' As I listened in on mute , I shushed my baby to calm her -- to no avail . Her cries became increasingly louder . My boss asked , `` Josh , are you there ? '' I unmuted my phone and right on cue , my daughter screamed at the top of her little lungs . The conference room on the other end of the phone erupted with laughter , and I told them that I 'd have to get back to them . My wife arrived home shortly after the conference-call debacle . I told her that I did n't think it would be a good idea for me to work from home anymore . I realize that the ability to work and be a nanny simultaneously is a skill requiring practice . One trial run as a telecommuter with a newborn has caused me to question the feasibility of being able to do it on a regular basis . Perhaps it 's time for me to forget about that old Groucho Marx joke and accept some help . Wait , the baby 's crying , sorry , got ta go .

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-LRB- CNN Student News -RRB- -- October 27 , 2009 Downloadable Maps Download PDF maps related to today 's show : • Afghanistan & Pakistan • Los Angeles & San Diego • Ft. Jackson , South Carolina Transcript THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT . THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED . NATISHA LANCE , CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR : A member of the military is making history . We 'll explain how in today 's edition of CNN Student News . Hi , everyone . Carl Azuz is off this week . I 'm Natisha Lance . First Up : Afghan Crashes LANCE : First up , Pakistan and Afghanistan . The countries share a border , and they also share a common problem : threats from militant groups and terrorists like the Taliban and al Qaeda . It 's an issue facing both nations ' governments , and one that the U.S. government is concerned about as well . That 's why President Obama has been holding a series of meetings with some of his advisers . They 're reviewing the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan . Samantha Hayes has the latest on those meetings and on the violence in the region . -LRB- BEGIN VIDEO -RRB- SAMANTHA HAYES , CNN CORRESPONDENT , WASHINGTON , D.C. : Two helicopter crashes make it the deadliest day in four years for Americans in Afghanistan . While a NATO security force spokesman says enemy fire is not to blame , the loss of 14 Americans comes while President Barack Obama is considering a request to send thousands more troops to the region to fight al Qaeda . The president addressed service men and women in Jacksonville , Florida Monday , after a White House meeting with his national security team . U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA : Fourteen Americans gave their lives , and our prayers are with these service members , their civilian colleagues and the families who loved them . HAYES : The deadliest of the two crashes happened following a raid on suspected drug traffickers , and three DEA agents were among those killed . Also among the dead , three U.S. civilians , members of the embassy community . The State Department says the efforts of civilians and other nonmilitary personnel are essential to the overall mission . JACOB LEW , DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE : Improving Afghan governance , providing security , justice , jobs and services , and giving the Afghan people a meaningful alternative , as much as possible , to the Taliban 's recruiting . HAYES : Democratic Senator John Kerry , off of a recent trip to the region , addressed those efforts and the U.S. relationship with the Afghan government in a Washington speech . SEN. JOHN KERRY , -LRB- D -RRB- MASSACHUSETTS : The fact that the Afghan government has not prosecuted a single high level drug trafficker damages all of our efforts because it goes to the fundamental question of credibility . HAYES : President Obama 's White House meeting was the sixth in a series of high-level discussions about what to do in Afghanistan , as the administration awaits results from that country 's November 7th presidential runoff . For CNN Student News , I 'm Samantha Hayes . -LRB- END VIDEO -RRB- I.D. Me CNN STUDENT NEWS : See if you can I.D. Me ! I was born in 1939 in Searchlight , Nevada . I was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986 , and I 'm currently the Senate Majority Leader , which means I 'm the highest ranking member of the Senate 's majority party . I 'm Harry Reid , a Democrat who is the senior senator from Nevada . Public Option LANCE : And in that role as majority leader , it 's Sen. Reid 's job to help combine health care bills from different committees into a single bill that can be presented to the entire Senate . Yesterday , Sen. Reid announced that the combined bill will include a government-run health care program ; what 's been called the public option . During his announcement , Reid also said that the bill will let individual states choose not to take part in the public option . They would have until the year 2014 to make that decision . This has been one of the most controversial issues in the debate over health care reform . Critics argue that if companies use the public option , then some people might lose the health care coverage that they currently have and are happy with . But Sen. Reid believes it 's an important part of the reform . SEN. HARRY REID , -LRB- D-NV -RRB- SENATE MAJORITY LEADER : I believe that the public option can achieve a goal of bringing meaningful reform to our broken system . It will protect consumers , keep insurers honest , ensure competition , and that 's why we intend to include it in the bill that we submitted , that will be submitted to the Senate . Tea Party Protests LANCE : Meanwhile , the Tea Party Express is back on the road , protesting issues like government involvement in health care . The Express , which is named for both the organization and its bus , launched a new tour Sunday in California with rallies in San Diego and Los Angeles , where some people actually showed up to protest the Tea Party protesters . The Express plans to hold demonstrations in dozens of cities over the next several weeks . One of the group 's main goals is the push for less government involvement , and these rallies also aim to give people who feel that way an opportunity to express their views . CHRIS KEAYS , TEA PARTY PROTESTER : We need to get back to the days when we were responsible and we assumed the responsibility of ourselves and our families , and the government is not a part of my daily life . I really resent the government taking up so much of my time that I 'm down here having to protest right now . New Jobs Outlook LANCE : And some potentially good news for the U.S. economy : A new survey indicates that companies are planning to hire more employees in the very near future . The report from the National Association of Business Economics says for the first time since the recession started nearly two years ago , the number of employers planning to hire workers over the next six months is higher than the number of jobs that are expected to be cut during that same time . The country 's current unemployment rate is 9.8 percent . That 's the highest the statistic has been in more than a quarter century . Shoutout TOMEKA JONES , CNN STUDENT NEWS : Time for the Shoutout ! What base is home to the U.S. Army 's Drill Sergeant School ? If you think you know it , shout it out ! Is it : A -RRB- Fort Bragg , B -RRB- Fort Hood , C -RRB- Fort Jackson or D -RRB- Fort Knox ? You 've got three seconds -- GO ! You 'll find the Army 's Drill Sergeant School at Fort Jackson , South Carolina . That 's your answer and that 's your Shoutout ! Top Drill Sergeant LANCE : Drill sergeants are responsible for training tens of thousands of soldiers every year . And the head of the Drill Sergeant School , its commandant , is responsible for training them . The current commandant broke new ground when she took over the position last month because she 's the first she to head up the school . Jason Carroll introduces us to this trailblazing soldier . -LRB- BEGIN VIDEO -RRB- JASON CARROLL , CNN CORRESPONDENT : Historically , this is the image of the military drill sergeant : a tough guy . That was then ; this is now . At 48 , Command Sergeant Major Teresa King is the first woman to lead the Army 's Drill Sergeant Training School . What are you looking for ? I mean , because it all pretty much looks like everybody 's exercising to me . CMD . SGT. MAJOR TERESA KING : I 'm looking for attention to detail , conformance . CARROLL : Before sunrise at Ft. Jackson , South Carolina , King readies her drill instructor candidates for a rigorous run . What 's wrong with that ? KING : That 's too big , Top . You need to break it up . UNIDENTIFIED MALE : Fall out ! CARROLL : She leads by example . King runs the five-mile course from the front of the pack , outperforming men half her age . STAFF SGT. LERON DELANEY , U.S. ARMY : She 's older than me , so if I fall out and she 's still running , I feel bad . CARROLL : Extinguishing those who think a woman ca n't be commandant . SGT. 1ST CLASS MICHAEL CHILDS , U.S. ARMY : We 've got to stay on top of our game even more than we used to with her , because she 's that sharp . CARROLL : King says she wakes up some mornings still shocked she is commandant . KING : I had never considered it , although I 've been in training for about seven years . But I never considered it , the Drill Sergeant School . CARROLL : King 's first Army job some 30 years ago was postal clerk , but her hero , General George Patton , inspired her . KING : I saw that he had the respect of his men . And I saw he was resolute . CARROLL : King eventually rose through the ranks , excelling at training infantry men and paratroopers alike . KING : I 'm doing what I 've always done . It 's just now , people are paying attention to it . CARROLL : And to her opinions . The military prohibits women from serving in front line combat roles . King trains men for combat and thinks it 's time to train qualified women . KING : I think if they can do it , they should be allowed to do it . CARROLL : The reality : Women make up 14 percent of active soldiers in the Army . Some women question how many others will follow in King 's footsteps . OPERATIONS SGT. ANGELA ANDREWS , U.S. ARMY : I would n't say it opens the door , but it may crack it somewhat . CARROLL : King says she will continue to lead by example . KING : I have vision . And I believe I can cause people to do some things that they thought they never could do . -LRB- END VIDEO -RRB- Before We Go AZUZ : Before we go , some science projects can balloon out of control . Which was the whole point of this experiment in Indiana . College students filled this high altitude balloon with helium and then let it fly away . The thing actually climbed 90,000 feet before ... awww . Looks like their bubble burst . Actually , they knew it would . The cameras and sensors inside the balloon gently parachuted back to the ground . So in the end , the experiment was a total success . Goodbye AZUZ : Just do n't tell that to the students . We would n't want them to get an inflated ego . That 's all the time we have for today . For CNN Student News , I 'm Natisha Lance .

What will the Daily Discussion do ?

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LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Michael Jackson 's memorial service will take place Tuesday morning in the Staples Center , the 20,000-seat coliseum in downtown Los Angeles where Jackson rehearsed his show the night before he died , according to a person who has been briefed by a representative of the family . Michael Jackson was rehearsing at Los Angeles ' Staples Center . His memorial will now be there . No other details about the service , set to begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday , have been revealed . Thursday , CNN learned the family trust created by Jackson to receive all of his assets includes his mother , his children and a list of charities , according to a person with direct knowledge to the contents of the trust . Katherine Jackson 's 40 percent share would go to Michael Jackson 's three children after her death , the source said . The children -- ages 7 , 11 and 12 -- will also share 40 percent of the estate 's assets and the remaining 20 percent will benefits charities designated by the executors of the will , the source said . Jackson 's will did not specify where he wished to be buried . Many of his fans had hoped they 'd get a chance to pay last respects at Neverland Ranch , which Jackson purchased in 1987 , filled with animals and amusement rides , and named after the fictional world in J.M. Barrie 's `` Peter Pan . '' Planning had been under way for a motorcade to carry Jackson 's body from Los Angeles to the ranch in Santa Barbara County , California , which state and local officials suggested would be difficult and costly . A public viewing at the ranch on Friday also had been under consideration , law enforcement sources said . Gregory Son , a 31-year-old musician , was among many fans who had planned to ride to the ranch to say goodbye to Jackson . `` I think he was a modern-day prophet , '' Son said outside Grauman 's Chinese Theater in Hollywood . `` We kind of lost our father . '' DEA joins investigation On Wednesday night , a federal law enforcement official said Wednesday night that the Drug Enforcement Administration had joined Jackson 's death investigation , once again fanning speculation that drugs may have been involved in the pop icon 's passing . Two law enforcement officials separately confirmed the DEA probe , saying agents would look at various doctors involved with Jackson , their practices and their possible sources of medicine supply . Neither official wanted to be identified because they could not comment publicly on the matter . Officially , a DEA spokeswoman referred questions to the Los Angeles , California , police department -- which would not confirm the involvement . `` We routinely offer assistance to any agency regarding the Federal Controlled Substance Act , '' said Sarah Pullen of the DEA . `` However , at this time , we have nothing further to comment about the death of Michael Jackson . '' Speculation about the role of drugs has been swirling since Jackson died on June 25 at his rented estate in Holmby Hills . The cause of his death , at age 50 , was pending toxicology results . On Wednesday , police released a car belonging to Jackson 's cardiologist , Dr. Conrad Murray . They had impounded the vehicle Friday , saying it might contain evidence -- possibly prescription medications . Police did not say whether they found anything . Murray 's lawyers issued a statement , asking the public to reserve judgment about the cause of death until the coroner 's tests are complete . `` Based on our agreement with Los Angeles investigators , we are waiting on real information to come from viable sources like the Los Angeles medical examiner 's office about the death of Michael Jackson , '' the statement said . `` We will not be responding to rumors and innuendo . '' The comments were in reaction to a claim by a nutritionist who said Jackson suffered from severe bouts of insomnia and pleaded for the powerful sedative , Propofol , despite knowing its harmful effects . `` I told him this medication is not safe , '' said Cherilyn Lee , a registered nurse . `` He said , ' I just want to get some sleep . You do n't understand . I just want to be able to be knocked out and go to sleep . ' '' Will nominates Jackson 's mother as kids ' guardian Meanwhile , details of Jackson 's will -- written on July 7 , 2002 -- showed that the singer estimated his estate to be worth at least $ 500 million . In it , he nominated his mother , Katherine Jackson , as the guardian of his three children . If his 79-year-old mother is not living , `` I nominate Diana Ross as guardian , '' Jackson stated . Singer Ross , 65 , is a lifelong friend of Jackson 's . The will said Jackson `` intentionally omitted '' his former wife and the mother of his two oldest children , Debbie Rowe . It will be up to a court to decide who gets custody of the children , ages 7 , 11 and 12 . Rowe has not publicly indicated whether she will challenge the Jacksons for custody . The two men whom the will named as executors immediately filed a request to take control of the estate . One is John Branca , who represented Jackson from 1980 until 2006 and was hired again before the singer 's death . He helped acquire Jackson 's music catalog , which is worth millions . The other is music industry executive John McClain , a longtime Jackson friend who has worked with him and his sister Janet . The men said in their filing in Los Angeles Superior Court that control of the estate would allow them to tend to Jackson 's numerous outstanding debts , legal cases and business obligations . Judge Mitchell Beckloff held an emergency hearing Wednesday morning and decided there was no urgency to replace Katherine Jackson -- whom he appointed temporary administrator earlier this week . Another hearing has been set for Monday . -- CNN 's Drew Griffin , Kathleen Johnston , Michael Carey , Paul Vercammen , Carol Cratty and Kara Finnstrom contributed to this report .

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BREMEN , Germany -- Carlos Alberto , who scored in FC Porto 's Champions League final victory against Monaco in 2004 , has joined Bundesliga club Werder Bremen for a club record fee of 7.8 million euros -LRB- $ 10.7 million -RRB- . Carlos Alberto enjoyed success at FC Porto under Jose Mourinho . `` I 'm here to win titles with Werder , '' the 22-year-old said after his first training session with his new club . `` I like Bremen and would only have wanted to come here . '' Carlos Alberto started his career with Fluminense , and helped them to lift the Campeonato Carioca in 2002 . In January 2004 he moved on to FC Porto , who were coached by José Mourinho , and the club won the Portuguese title as well as the Champions League . Early in 2005 , he moved to Corinthians , where he impressed as they won the Brasileirão , but in 2006 Corinthians had a poor season and Carlos Alberto found himself at odds with manager , Emerson Leão . Their poor relationship came to a climax at a Copa Sul-Americana game against Club Atlético Lanús , and Carlos Alberto declared that he would not play for Corinthians again while Leão remained as manager . Since January this year he has been on loan with his first club Fluminense . Bundesliga champions VfB Stuttgart said on Sunday that they would sign a loan agreement with Real Zaragoza on Monday for Ewerthon , the third top Brazilian player to join the German league in three days . A VfB spokesman said Ewerthon , who played in the Bundesliga for Borussia Dortmund from 2001 to 2005 , was expected to join the club for their pre-season training in Austria on Monday . On Friday , Ailton returned to Germany where he was the league 's top scorer in 2004 , signing a one-year deal with Duisburg on a transfer from Red Star Belgrade . E-mail to a friend

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QUANTICO , Virginia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Motorcycle accidents have killed more Marines in the past 12 months than enemy fire in Iraq , a rate that 's so alarming , it has prompted top brass to call a meeting to address the issue , officials say . Despite crashes , Gunnery Sgt. Art Tucker rides a sport motorcycle . `` I enjoy it . ... It relaxes me , '' he says . Twenty-five Marines have died in motorcycle crashes since November -- all but one of them involving sport bikes that can reach speeds of well over 100 mph , according to Marine officials . In that same period , 20 Marines have been killed in action in Iraq . The 25 deaths are the highest motorcycle death toll ever for the Marine Corps . Gen. James Amos , the assistant commandant of the Marine Corps , told CNN that commanders are trying to drill down on what `` we need to do to help our Marines survive on these sport bikes . '' `` The Marines are very serious about it , '' he said . Watch these are n't your father 's Harleys '' Marine Gunnery Sgt. Art Tucker knows all too well about the dangers of sport bikes . An owner of a Kawasaki Ninja , Tucker has had two crashes , and the second one nearly killed him . `` I sustained a broken collar bone ; I tore the shoulder out of the socket ; I tore three ligaments in the shoulder , the rotator cuff ; I broke three vertebrae , '' said Tucker , a drill instructor for new officers . `` The worst was a head injury I received : a bruised brain . And it caused hemorrhaging , and from that I had partial paralysis of the left leg , full paralysis of the left foot and toes , and that was for approximately six months . '' Amos said he and other top Marine officials will spend half the day Monday `` focusing on nothing but motorcycle issues . '' The commandant of the Marine Corps , Gen. James Conway , and other senior leadership will attend the meeting at the Quantico , Virginia , Marine base , he said . About 18,000 of the nearly 200,000 Marines are believed to own motorcycles , Amos said . The Marines have taken some measures . The Marine Corps has had a long-standing policy for all Marines who ride motorcycles to take a mandatory basic riding course . More recently , it added a second training course specifically designed to train Marines who ride sport bikes . Any Marine caught riding , even on leave , without going through the training courses faces Marine Corps punishment , officials say . On a recent day at the Quantico training track , Marines whizzed by on their bikes . `` I think the basic rider course has been great , '' said Cpl. Austin Oakley . `` Here , they put you in situations you want to be wary of out in that open road . '' Oakley said he recently returned to the United States from Japan , and he immediately jumped at the chance to buy a sport bike . He said it 's not uncommon for Marines to have motorcycle clubs within their units . `` We 'll go out on rides together . Fridays for lunchtime , we 'll all meet up and go to lunch , '' Oakley said . `` When I get on my motorcycle , it 's me and the motorcycle . I do n't need to go fast . I do n't need to do anything like that . It 's just being free . '' The rise in motorcycle deaths is n't confined to Marines . The Navy says it 's had 33 deaths on motorcycles over the past 12 months , a 65 percent jump from the previous time period . And authorities say motorcycle deaths have been a problem in the civilian world , too . Military officials say they 're not sure why the deaths are on the rise . They initially believed that the accidents might involve mostly young Marines and sailors about 18 or 19 years old . But Navy statistics show that five of the victims were 25 , the most prevalent of any age involved in the crashes . And two 40-year-old sailors were killed in motorcycle crashes . Amos said the Marines have seen a similar trend . But he says the new training seems to be working : Of the 300 young men and women who have gone through the sport-bike course , only three have had accidents . The safety course instructors said some Marines who go through the training decide the sport bike is not for them . But even some Marines who 've survived past crashes still want to ride again , even after they get the new training . `` I enjoy it , '' said Tucker . `` I can actually get on my motorcycle and ride , and it 's just like if I were to do bowling or rock climbing or scuba diving . It 's something for me . It relaxes me . ''

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Tehran , Iran -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Iran 's Bushehr nuclear power plant is just weeks from operating at full capacity , the country 's top nuclear official said Saturday . Feireidoun Abbasi , the head of Iran 's Atomic Energy Organization , also said Tehran has shown its new Iranian-made centrifuges to a representative of the International Atomic Energy Agency -LRB- IAEA -RRB- . The Bushehr plant , located along the Persian Gulf coast , will reach its full capacity of 1,000 megawatts by February 1 , Abbasi said , according to the country 's official news agency , IRNA . The plant was connected to the country 's electric grid in September with a capacity of 60 megawatts . At 1,000 megawatts , Bushehr will be able to provide 2.5 % of Iran 's current electricity consumption , the IAEA said . Abbasi made the announcement about Bushehr while attending a meeting on Iran 's nuclear achievements held in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas . He told the meeting that Tehran had shown the new generation of its homemade centrifuge machines to the IAEA `` in a bid to demonstrate the ability of Iranian scientists , '' he said . Abbasi said the centrifuges , which are used to enrich uranium , were shown to the deputy of IAEA , Director-General Yukiya Amano , but he did not say when . It was not immediately clear whether an IAEA representative had in fact been to Iran and seen the centrifuges . The new centrifuges will enable Iran to enrich uranium over the current purity level of 5 % , according to experts cited by the news agency . Uranium enriched to between 3 % and 5 % is necessary to make fuel for reactors . Uranium enriched to 93.5 % is considered weapons-grade . The construction of Bushehr -- a civilian , not military , plant -- started in 1975 when Germany signed a contract with Iran . Germany , however , pulled out of the project following the 1979 revolution that created the current Islamic republic . Iran then signed a deal with Russia in 1995 , under which the plant was originally scheduled to be completed in 1999 , but the project was delayed repeatedly . Bushehr finally opened in August 2010 . The United States and other Western nations have expressed concerns that Iran 's development of missile and nuclear fuel technology mean it is developing a nuclear program for military purposes . The IAEA said in a November report that it has `` serious concerns regarding possible military dimensions '' to Iran 's nuclear program . The agency said it has information indicating Iran has carried out `` activities relevant to the development of a nuclear explosive device . '' Iran has denied such allegations , saying the Bushehr plant will be used only to generate electricity and operates under IAEA supervision . U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said the concern is not the Bushehr plant , but other nuclear facilities like Natanz , in the middle of the country ; a facility at Qom , south of Tehran ; `` and other places where we believe they are conducting their weapons program . ''

When will the plant reach full capacity ?

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ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For Olympic swimmer Eric Shanteau , the last two months have been a whirlwind . `` Full of the best moments and the scariest moments of my life , '' says the 24-year-old Olympic swimmer . Eric Shanteau said he felt angry when he found out he had testicular cancer . `` Getting to the Olympics was , has always been , my swimming dream since I was 8 or 9 years old . You know , right after I started swimming it was , ' I want to make an Olympic team . That 's where I want to be ' . '' In June , a week before the qualifying round of the Olympics he was told he had testicular cancer . `` My initial reaction was probably anger more than anything else , '' he says . `` I 'm used to being in control of everything . I 'm in control of how I train , how I race and then to all of a sudden have that control ripped away from me was tough . '' After weeks of tests to determine the `` stage '' or spread of the cancer , Shanteau 's team of doctors cleared him to compete in the Beijing Olympics , which meant carefully monitoring his tumor but delaying treatment . Though putting off the surgery was controversial to some , Eric says it was an educated choice based on numerous doctor evaluations . `` I hope people understand that if I was in a different position with my test results , then I would n't have put off having surgery . '' Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports from Eric Shanteau 's surgery '' He swam a personal best in the 200 meter breaststroke . He did not qualify for the finals . Cancer was a motivator , he says , because he knew it meant he could be facing his last competition . He put everything he had into that heat . `` Leave it all in the pool , and I do n't look back and regret anything as far as how I raced . '' Once back from Beijing , Shanteau invited CNN to spend time with him the night before his surgery in Atlanta , Georgia . Though admittedly a little scared , he spent the evening relaxing with his family , cooking dinner , walking the dog . A source of inspiration , he says , were fans who shared their stories of beating cancer . `` They send me their story and it helps me to learn that people are going through the same thing I am all over the world , '' says Shanteau . `` They all affect me in a different way and it 's been really encouraging to share in this experience with other people . '' Testicular cancer is diagnosed in about 1 in 300 men in their lifetime . It is the most common form of cancer for 15 - to 34-year-olds . It is also one of the most curable if discovered early . Nearly 140,000 men in the United States are testicular cancer survivors . Shanteau says he experienced no symptoms of cancer and came across the tumor by chance . `` I 've been in a Speedo half my life , '' he says . `` So I am really comfortable with my body . One day I just felt something that was n't suppose to be there . I decided to go and get it checked out . '' He adds that although he had the `` greatest excuse in the world '' -- an Olympic dream -- to ignore the lump , he understood the importance of early detection . Shanteau 's father Rick , is battling lung cancer and responding well to treatment . `` A lot of guys , if they hear a rattle in their car , they 're at the mechanic the next day , '' he says . `` But if they feel something -LSB- physically -RSB- that they do n't think should be there , it takes them a year to get to their doctor and that just is not smart . There 's really no excuse , because it can save your life . '' Fast forward to Shanteau 's recent operation at Emory University Hospital . CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta was with Shanteau during the surgery and spoke with the lead surgeon , Dr. Jeff Carney , moments afterward . `` I think the operation went very well , '' Carney said . `` Eric 's a very healthy young man , very thin , in excellent shape . That makes my job easy . '' Later that week , Shanteau 's pathology results revealed that the operation removed the most of the cancer . `` The majority of it is gone . '' he tells CNN . `` There is a small chance it could come back but I should n't need chemotherapy at this point , so I am really optimistic . '' His treatment plan is to keep a close eye on his health for the next year with regular medical tests . `` Obviously , it would have been nice if the doctor said , ` You 're completely in the clear , ' but my results are exactly what the doctors expected . '' Eric says the cancer diagnosis gave him a different perspective on life . `` I appreciate life much more now , '' he says . `` I do n't let myself get upset about the little nitpicky things anymore . Food even seems to taste better . It is really great . '' As for Shanteau 's swimming career , he plans to compete in the 2009 World Swimming Championship in Rome , Italy . `` 2012 -LSB- the next Olympics -RSB- is a push for me . Right now I 'm just kind of taking it year by year and we 'll see what happens . ''

When did the Olympic swimmer find out about his cancer ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It 's a trip that would make Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher blush . On Friday , the Carnival cruise ship Elation , sponsored by the world 's largest nonprofit singles travel group , will make history by hosting the world 's first International Cougar Cruise , and we do n't mean the animal . Defined by the Urban Dictionary , a cougar is `` an older woman who frequents clubs in order to score with a much younger man . '' It can be anyone from `` an overly surgically altered wind tunnel victim , to an absolute sad and bloated old horn-meister . '' `` A cougar is generally known as a woman over 40 who likes to date younger men , but theoretically any woman who dates younger men is a cougar , '' said Rich Gosse , who came up with the cougar cruise idea . The ship , which sets sail from San Diego , California , to Ensenada , Mexico , for three nights , is booked for 300 guests and even has a waiting list . The ship has three swimming pools , a seven-deck-high atrium , bar and grill , a Moroccan-inspired Casablanca Casino and a lounge that features stage shows , according to Ann Thomas , owner of the Singles Travel Company and organizer of the Cougar Cruise . After making port in Ensenada , the cruise offers extracurricular activities like horseback riding , ATVing and other outdoor excursions . `` There 's at least four or five options a day for people to get together on the cruise . We 're doing lots of activities ; dancing , dining , Jacuzzi parties , karaoke for two hours . And starting at $ 125 a ticket , it 's a great price , '' Thomas said . `` I 've had to hire two more people part-time just to pick up the phones , '' she said . `` I 've never seen a response quite like this . '' Thomas admits that she was hesitant to sign on to the idea but is glad she did . `` We have people flying in from Italy and Denmark . My associates have been booking from France , Canada . It 's fascinating , '' Thomas said . Gosse , who has been hosting singles events for more than 30 years , said he got the idea after hosting a cougar convention in Palo Alto , California . `` We had to turn away hundreds of people , '' Gosse said . `` Then we did one in Beverly Hills and had a massive crowd down there , so I thought , maybe we should do a cougar cruise . I did n't think anyone would want to go . Needless to say , the phone is ringing off the hook . '' These cougars may as well be an endangered species compared with those hunting them on this cruise . `` The basic problem is , we have is too many cubs , '' Gosse said . `` We usually have too many women and not enough guys , but there 's been a paradigm shift in recent years , so now the cubs are more excited about it than the cougars . '' A `` cub '' is someone in their 20s or early 30s who likes to date older women , according to Gosse . For years , he says , it 's been socially acceptable for older men to date younger women . But in recent years , a phenomenon sparked by celebrities like Kutcher , baseball player Alex Rodriguez -LRB- who is said to have dated pop star Madonna -RRB- and others has led a new generation of younger men on the prowl for more experienced partners . There is even an ABC sitcom called `` Cougar Town '' that glamorizes the sexual escapades of a 40-something divorcee on a search for self-discovery by dating younger men . `` Tim Robbins -LSB- and -RSB- Susan Sarandon was the first high-profile cougar-cub relationship , '' Gosse said of the actors , who have been together since the late 1980s . `` Now we 're seeing a paradigm shift where these younger guys are actively looking for older women . '' `` If you look at the demographics , the only logical way for people to get their needs met is for younger men to date older women , '' he said . According to the U.S. Census Bureau , for every 100 single women in their 20s in America , there are 118 single men in their 20s . The reason , Gosse said , is that young women are dating older guys . `` When you 're single , you always wish the person meets someone they want to be with . If this is something they want , then I wish them well , '' Thomas said .

when will the cruise for women sets sail ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Americans are spending less time stuck in traffic and wasting less gas , according to a new report . Americans spend a little less time in traffic , a study shows , but drivers on I-110 in Los Angeles might not notice . Rising joblessness and stinging gas prices have put the brakes on worsening trends in traffic congestion , according to a study issued Wednesday by the Texas Transportation Institute , the nation 's largest university-based transportation research facility . `` It 's temporary , but real , '' said institute spokesman Bernie Fette about the declines . `` As goes the American economy , so goes traffic . There 's fewer people going to work . '' The institute attributed the changes to the recession , but the U.S. economy did not begin to slow significantly until the end of 2007 . The organization began tracking traffic trends in 1982 , and by `` every measure , congestion has increased substantially '' in those 25 years , the latest Urban Mobility Report said . Not in 2007 . Researchers surveyed 439 urban centers in the United States and found that travelers spent one hour less stuck in traffic in 2007 than they did in 2006 and wasted 1 gallon less of gasoline . Congestion delay per traveler in 1982 was 13.8 hours . In 2005 , that number had almost tripled to 37.4 hours . But it was down to 36.1 hours in 2007 , representing a `` rare break in near-constant growth , '' the report said . Because the changes were nominal , most people may not have noticed any change in their commutes . The average person still needs 25 percent more time to travel during rush hour than during other parts of the day , Fette said . `` Things were so congested and bad , it was kind of hard to notice , '' Fette said . Among the report 's other findings : • American travelers still wasted 4.2 billion hours stuck in rush-hour traffic jams . That amounts to nearly one full work -LRB- or vacation -RRB- week for every traveler . • The overall cost , based on wasted fuel and lost productivity , reached $ 87.3 billion in 2007 , the report said . That 's more than $ 750 per person . • The amount of wasted fuel , from sitting idle with the motor running , topped 2.8 billion gallons , or three weeks ' worth of gas , for every traveler . Congestion has slowed but , said the report 's authors , that means only that things are getting worse slower , `` hardly a positive goal statement . '' The Urban Mobility Report database includes a few similar periods from regional recessions in the past -- northeastern states in the early 1980s , Texas in the mid-1980s , California in the early 1990s . In every case , when the economy rebounded , so did the congestion problem , the report said . That means congestion trends are likely to swing upward once the economy starts picking up . Americans might then have fatter pocketbooks , but they 'll go back to staring through their windshields a bit longer . CNN 's Moni Basu contributed to this report .

Once economy gets better , long waits in traffic will get what ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- New sprint sensation Christophe Lemaitre became the first Frenchman to win three gold medals at a major athletics event on Sunday as his country finished second in the table behind Russia at the European Championships . Lemaitre , the first white man to break the 10-second barrier over 100 meters last month , helped his 4x100m relay team to triumph in Barcelona and add to the 20-year-old 's double in the individual sprints . Martial Mbandjock , who had earlier won two bronzes behind his teammate , snatched victory on the final leg as Italy were beaten back into second with Germany third . France 's women 's 4x100m team finished second behind shock winners Ukraine , who set the fastest time this year of 42.29 seconds . Poland denied the favored Russians a medal , but their larger neighbors won both the men 's and women 's 4x400m relay events as they finished with a total of 10 golds and 24 podium placings -- six more than France . Distance double for Britain 's Farah Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad and Bouabdallah Tahri gave France a 1-2 in the men 's 3000m steeplechase as Spain 's Jose Luis Blanco took bronze . The hosts ended the competition in sixth place with two golds and eight medals overall after Nuria Fernandez and Natalia Rodriguez finished first and second in the women 's 1,500 m ahead of third-placed French runner Hind Dehiba , while Russian favorite Anna Alminova was back in sixth . Alemitu Bekele denied Turkey teammate Elvan Abeylegesse a 5,000m-10 ,000 m double after passing the tiring former world record-holder on the home straight in the shorter distance , with Portugal 's Sara Moreira third . Sprint double for Lemaitre In the women 's high jump , Croatia 's two-time world champion Blanka Vlasic won with a late leap of 2.03 m to head off Sweden 's Emma Green and Germany 's Ariane Friedrich . Germany 's Christian Reif won the men 's long jump with this year 's leading mark of 8.47 m to comfortably beat France 's Kafetien Gomis and Britain 's Chris Tomlinson . The British team finished third overall with six golds and 19 medals in total , a record for the team , after also taking silver in the men 's 4x400m and bronze in the women 's event . Lemaitre claims 100m gold in Barcelona Poland 's Piotr Malachowski won the men 's discus from Germany 's Robert Harting and Robert Fazekas of Hungary , while Switzerland finally won a medal after Victor Rothlin won the men 's marathon in a time of two hours and 15.31 minutes to comfortably head off Spain 's Chema Martinez and Russia 's Dmitriy Safronov . This is the last time that the event will be held every four years , with the next staging in Finland to start a biennial cycle -- ending just 26 days before the start of the 2012 Olympics in London .

How many gold medals did Christophe Lemaitre win ?

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WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As he walks past the tiny , dingy waiting area into an equally cramped garage , Nui Srisook says business at his car repair shop is thriving . Drivers are choosing to keep their old cars longer , and they 're turning to repair shops to make it so , observers say . Sales are up 20 percent this month and Srisook spends most nights working late , helping his customers to get extra mileage out of their old cars . `` Most of the customers right now we see , they do n't really have much extra money to ... buy a new car . So that 's why they just do repair , '' Srisook said . `` And now , people are willing to spend more money on maintaining the car , deciding what is broke , anything that needs to be maintained on the car . '' As more cash-strapped Americans turn to do-it-yourself projects and bargain shopping , car repair shops like Srisook 's are feeling the boon . Drivers are choosing to keep their old cars longer , and often they 're willing to put in the money to do so , observers say . The Automotive Service Association reports their members ' sales were up 16 percent over last year . Watch Kate Bolduan 's report on the thriving auto repair industry '' `` That indicated that people were coming in and putting the vehicle in the repair facilities ' hands and saying , ` Look , I am going to be keeping this car . I want to be sure it runs well . I want to be sure that if there are any safety issues or any maintenance issues that I have overlooked , let 's get those taken care of , ' '' said ASA President Ron Pyle . Pyle said that 's a change from the past , when drivers would scrimp on the cost of maintenance and repair . `` That was surprising news . We did n't expect that in the midst of the beginnings of the economic woes , '' Pyle said . `` But they are looking at the cost of trying to purchase a new vehicle ... so I think that in relative terms that $ 1,000 repair to keep a $ 2,500 car running may be an attractive alternative . '' The economic slump has cut automakers deeply . Last month , sales of new cars were down more than 40 percent compared with the same time last year , according to sales tracker Autodata . The trend seems to have translated into increased traffic at auto parts stores . `` We 're doing way more business . The phones are ringing , you know , customers are walking in , '' said Darryl Wright , owner of D.C. Brake & Bearings Co. `` Basically , if it 's broke , they fix it . '' In the past , only savvy auto mechanics knew to shop at Wright 's nondescript discount store . Now , he sees more car owners who are looking for a cheaper deal on parts . '' -LSB- Customers will -RSB- find a guy on the street , you know -- Joe Shady Mechanics is what we call them -- to fix it at a deeper discount rate , labor-wise , and they 'll send the customer in here to buy the parts on their own , '' Wright said . `` So people are saving money that way too . '' Srisook said he keeps service prices low to appeal to those bargain shoppers , such as Esther White , a loyal customer . She brought in her daughter 's 1996 Oldsmobile for new rotors and brakes , and said her daughter would be driving the car `` until it drops dead . '' `` Believe it or not , we were raised to fix things , and to hold on to things as long as we could , '' White said . `` But it goes back to today 's economy , and making the right financial decisions . ''

Who grew sales ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- German billionaire Adolf Merckle , one of the richest men in the world , committed suicide Monday after his business empire got into trouble in the wake of the international financial crisis , Merckle 's family said Tuesday in a statement . Merckle , 74 , was hit by a train in the southwestern town of Ulm , police said . His family said the economic crisis had `` broken '' Merckle . He was number 94 on the Forbes list of the world 's richest people . He had fallen from number 44 on the Forbes 2007 rich list as his fortune declined from $ 12.8 billion to $ 9.2 billion in 2008 . Merckle 's business empire included interests as diverse as cement-maker HeidelbergCement and generic drug-maker Ratiopharm . But he lost hundreds of millions of dollars , including company capital , betting against Volkswagen stock last year . The state government of Baden-Wuerttemberg rejected his petition for financial assistance , and he entered bailout talks with several German banks . '' The financial troubles of his companies , induced by the international financial crisis and the uncertainty and powerlessness to act independently which the financial problems brought about , broke the passionate family business man , and he took his own life , '' his family wrote in the news release . An employee of Germany 's railroad company found the body on the tracks at about 7 p.m. Monday and notified authorities . Merckle 's family had already reported him missing earlier in the day after he walked out of the house and did not return . Authorities are currently conducting DNA tests to confirm his identity . CNN 's Frederik Pleitgen in Germany and Alysen Miller in London , England , contributed to this report .

What woes were there ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Gennaro Gattuso has ended speculation over his future by signing a new AC Milan contract , the Serie A club have announced . Gattuso has been linked with moves to the English Premier League in recent weeks as he was said to be unhappy with his first-team opportunities after battling injury . But the club have confirmed he will be remaining in Milan for the next three years . `` Milan announce that Rino Gattuso has extended his contract with the club until 30 June 2012 , '' said a statement on the club 's official Web site . Gattuso , who turns 32 next month , has spent the last decade with Milan after spells with Perugia , Glasgow giants Rangers and Salernitana early in his career . He also has 70 caps for Italy and was a member of the World Cup-winning squad in 2006 .

Who signed a new contract with AC Milan ?

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L'AQUILA , Italy -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Leaders of both industrialized powers and emerging economies have agreed to work together on setting a goal to limit global warming to levels recommended by scientists , U.S. President Barack Obama said at the G-8 summit . G-8 leaders wait for an aide to remove toe markers as they pose for a family photo in L'Aquila , Italy , on July 8 . The G-8 countries -- comprising the United States , Britain , France , Germany , Italy , Japan , Canada and Russia -- agreed to a target of reducing their carbon dioxide emissions by 80 percent by the year 2050 to try to prevent the Earth 's atmosphere from warming by more than 2 degrees Celsius -LRB- 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit -RRB- , Obama said . Thursday 's meeting with emerging economies including China also secured a commitment from the developing countries to work for limiting global warming to the 2 degree Celsius threshold , Obama said . `` Developing countries among us will promptly undertake actions whose projected effects on emissions represent a meaningful deviation from business as usual in the midterm , in the context of sustainable development , supported by financing , technology , and capacity-building , '' said the declaration from Thursday 's Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate . The declaration stopped short of setting targets for the developing nations . Obama said the emerging economies agreed to work toward setting specific targets . Watch report from CNN 's Ed Henry '' He called the commitment of the emerging economies `` an important stride forward '' in minimizing climate change , but acknowledged that the issue he called one of the most challenging of our times would be difficult to confront . Environment groups gave the announcement a cautious welcome . Joanne Green , head of policy at Cafod , told the Press Association : `` Agreeing that average global temperatures should not rise by more than two degrees is forward movement but it is woefully inadequate compared to what was needed . '' And Oxfam spokesman Antonio Hill said : `` Today 17 countries , responsible for more than 80 percent of the world 's emissions , agreed for the first time that it 'd be nice to take the road which stops the planet heating up by more than 2 degrees . `` While G-8 countries continue to speed in the opposite direction , towards a cooked planet and climate catastrophe , poor people want to know whether rich coutries will now actually turn around before it 's too late . '' The vast majority of climate change scientists warn that warming above the 2 degree Celsius threshold would mean potentially catastrophic impacts on Earth . U.N.-led negotiations on a new global climate change treaty are aiming to conclude with an agreement among 192 nations in Copenhagen , Denmark , in December . Obama said the G-8 targets and work with developing countries are intended to support the international climate change treaty that will succeed the Kyoto Protocol in 2012 . In the United States , Congress is debating a new energy policy that could codify the G-8 target for emissions reductions in law . A House bill that recently passed has the same target of an 80 percent reduction by 2050 , but Senate passage of a measure remains uncertain . Watch as leaders tour quake zone '' Republican opponents contend the United States would put itself at a competitive disadvantage by setting firm targets when China and other emerging economies would be free to pollute without limits . Some Democratic senators also fear harmful effects on fossil fuel industries in their states . The Major Economies Forum led by Obama included the G-8 countries along with Brazil , China , India , Mexico , Australia , South Africa and others . The Forum nations account for 80 percent of the world 's greenhouse gas emissions . Its declaration Thursday outlined a range of actions including funding mechanisms for both reducing greenhouse gas emissions and helping nations and ecosystems adapt to global warming , along with more money to pursue alternative energy sources . The declaration said the world 's emissions should peak as soon as possible and then start going down . It acknowledged that industrial powers have emitted most of the pollution causing climate change and therefore have a greater responsibility in responding . Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced the creation of an institute to study and advance so-called clean coal technology intended to reduce the harmful pollution from coal-fired energy . In addition , the declaration recognized `` that the timeframe for peaking will be longer in developing countries , bearing in mind that social and economic development and poverty eradication are the first and overriding priorities in developing countries and that low-carbon development is indispensable to sustainable development . '' Watch what 's on agenda at G-8 summit '' Todd Stern , Obama 's special envoy for climate change , noted that China and other emerging economies had never previously acknowledged the 2-degree Celsius threshold or committed to reducing emissions from current levels . He called those steps `` significant , '' but conceded they fell short of binding commitments to meet specific reductions goals . However , Stern said the 2-degree threshold was the `` underpinning '' of the global goal for an overall 50 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 , including the 80 percent cuts targeted by the G-8 countries . Obama acknowledged the United States has previously failed to meet its responsibilities regarding climate change , and he pledged a renewed commitment and leadership . In his remarks , Rudd made a point of welcoming the new leadership role by Obama and the United States . Obama will meet Friday with Pope Benedict XVI , who launched a verbal assault on global capitalism ahead of the G-8 meeting , lambasting `` grave deviations and failures '' and calling for a `` profoundly new way of understanding business enterprise . '' The pope challenged bankers to turn away from the practices blamed for bringing about the global economic crisis and instead use their power to help the world create wealth and economic development . `` Above all , the intention to do good must not be considered incompatible with the effective capacity to produce goods , '' Benedict said Wednesday . After his meeting with the pope , the first U.S. African-American president will make his first trip as chief executive to Africa , traveling to Accra , Ghana . Obama 's father was a native of Kenya . CNN 's Paula Newton in L'Aquila , Italy , contributed to this report .

Where will the meeting take place ?

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WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Democrats ' top investigator in Congress reacted angrily Friday to a report that the former Blackwater USA employee accused of killing an Iraqi vice presidential guard was hired by another U.S. contractor weeks later . Rep. Henry Waxman says the State Department is covering up '' an epidemic of corruption '' in Iraq . The report comes alongside Rep. Henry Waxman 's warning of a `` confrontation '' with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice over how much Americans should be able to learn about corruption in Iraq . In a sharply worded letter , Waxman demanded Rice turn over a long list of documents related to the contractor , Andrew Moonen . `` Serious questions now exist about whether the State Department may have withheld from the U.S. Defense Department facts about this Blackwater contractor 's shooting of the Iraqi guard that should have prevented his hiring to work on another contract in support of the Iraq War , '' wrote Waxman , chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform . Moonen is accused of fatally shooting an Iraqi guard and fleeing the scene , according to a Congressional memo describing the investigation report . He was fined , fired and flown home from Iraq , and the company later paid $ 20,000 in compensation to the victim 's family . Moonen returned to the United States within a few days of the incident , his attorney said , but in February he returned to Kuwait working for Combat Support Associates -LRB- CSA -RRB- , a company spokesman said . CNN reported Thursday night that CSA said it was unaware of the December incident when it hired Moonen , because the State Department and Blackwater kept the incident quiet and out of Moonen 's personnel records . Waxman wrote it is `` hard to reconcile this development '' with previous assertions State Department officials have made in recent days . Waxman earlier accused Rice and the State Department of a cover-up of what he called `` an epidemic of corruption '' in Iraq in general . He branded the State Department 's anti-corruption efforts `` dysfunctional , under-funded and a low priority . '' Waxman further blasted the department for trying to keep secret details of corruption in Iraq , especially relating to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki . `` Corruption is increasing in Iraq , and the State Department ca n't keep us from knowing that -- ca n't censor that -- just because it might embarrass or hurt our relationship with -LSB- al - -RSB- Maliki , '' Waxman said at the House committee hearing . Watch Waxman ask why negative comments must be said behind closed doors  '' Deputy Secretary of State Larry Butler repeatedly refused to answer questions from Waxman about Iraqi corruption but offered full disclosure if his testimony would be kept secret . Asked if he believes the Iraqi government has the political will or the capability to root out corruption , Butler responded , `` Mr. Chairman , questions which go to the broad nature of our bilateral relationship with Iraq are best answered in a classified setting . '' But he was more forthcoming when talking about efforts that al-Maliki has taken to improve matters , commending the prime minister for dispatching Iraqi forces to surround a refinery to ensure oil did not end up on the black market . But Waxman appeared unmoved . `` Why can you talk about the positive things and not the negative things ? '' he asked . `` Should n't we have the whole picture ? '' `` I 'd be very pleased to answer those questions in an appropriate setting , '' Butler replied . Waxman laughed and asked , `` An appropriate setting for positive things is a congressional hearing , but for negative things , it must be behind closed doors ? '' `` As you know , this goes to the very heart of diplomatic relations and national security , '' Butler said . `` It goes to the very heart of propaganda , '' Waxman said , putting funding for anti-corruption activities through June 15 , 2006 , at $ 65 million , `` or less than 0.003 percent of the total '' spent by the Iraqi Relief and Reconstruction Fund . The State Department said details of anti-corruption efforts must be secret to protect investigators and Iraqi allies . In a letter to Rice last week , Waxman called the department 's position `` ludicrous . '' Fellow Democratic Rep. John Yarmuth of Kentucky agreed . `` It 's pretty clear that the administration just wants to muzzle any comments that reflect negatively on the -LSB- al - -RSB- Maliki government , '' he said . Earlier , the former head of the Iraqi Commission on Public Integrity , Judge Radhi Hamza al-Radhi , told the hearing that al-Maliki had protected family members from corruption investigations , citing Salam al-Maliki , Iraq 's former transportation minister and the prime minister 's cousin . Al-Radhi resigned last month and fled Iraq after he and his family were attacked and 31 of his anti-corruption employees were killed . He said corruption has affected `` virtually every agency and ministry , including some of the most powerful officials in Iraq . '' `` Corruption has stopped possible advances by the government on the political level , on economic reconstruction , on basic services , amenities and infrastructure and on the rule of law , '' he told the committee , estimating the total lost to corruption at $ 18 billion . In Baghdad , Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh acknowledged his country is plagued with a `` high level '' of corruption , but he said officials are trying to rein in the problem . U.S. Comptroller General David Walker , head of the Government Accountability Office , said there appeared to be no U.S. plan for countering the corruption . He urged Congress to consider conditioning future appropriations on such a plan `` so we can achieve some results rather than have just more efforts . '' Waxman questioned whether Iraq 's government was `` too corrupt to succeed . '' If so , he added , `` We need to ask if we could , in good conscience , continue to ... prop up his regime . '' E-mail to a friend CNN 's Bob Constantini contributed to this report .

What did Henry Waxman accuse the State Department of covering up ?

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EVERETT , Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Meet Abraham Lincoln . Abraham Lincoln with his parents , Dean and Kryssia Lincoln , at their home in Everett , Washington . Abraham , 23 , may not look like America 's 16th president , but he is a distant relative -- and he uses `` mrprez16 '' in his e-mail address . `` I 've always joked -LSB- that -RSB- Dean , my father , looks like President Abraham Lincoln . It 's through his bloodline that we 're related . '' Dean claims to be a third cousin five times removed . `` There were three brothers that came to America from England in 1635 , '' he says . `` We 're related to Samuel Lincoln , the same one Abraham Lincoln is related to . '' `` I 'm tall and fairly thin , '' Dean adds . `` He did n't have a moustache . If I shaved and grew a beard like him , I 'd probably look a lot like him . '' Dean 's son , Abraham , looks more like his mother . `` I got the color of my skin from my mother , the Hispanic side , '' Abraham says . `` I have the height from my dad , similar to Abraham Lincoln 's height -- though not quite there , three inches shorter . '' Watch Abraham Lincoln speak of his iconic namesake '' Kryssia , Abraham 's mother , is from El Salvador . `` I loved the name Abraham , '' she says . `` I always did . I think it sounds so elegant and in Spanish , it 's ` Aab-ra-haam ' . In the Bible , Abraham is the ` father of our faith . ' '' `` I never knew I was going to marry a man with the last name ` Lincoln , ' never dreamed about it . So when I got married -LRB- in 1982 -RRB- to my husband , Dean Lincoln , and we had our second child , and it was a boy , '' she says , snapping her fingers , `` sure enough , I wanted to name him Abraham . `` We did n't have to argue very much because of course the heritage that he has ... and his great-grandfather 's name was Abraham . '' See photos of the Lincolns '' At the Lincolns ' home in Everett , Washington , the dining room table is full of genealogy lists , old family photos and letters , some dating back to the Civil War . Dean carefully unfolds one of the letters . It 's from William Lincoln , a Union soldier and Dean 's great-great-great-grandfather . `` The ` Rebs ' are getting just where ol' Sherman wants them , '' William Lincoln wrote home to his wife . `` He will rout them soon and drive them back to their holes . '' `` We ai n't heard from the election to any certainty yet . But the soldiers think , if Lincoln is elected , we have hopes of the war playing out . '' Of his famous name , Abraham says , `` At first , people do n't believe me . I usually have to pull out my driver 's license . They 'll usually crack a few jokes ... sort of breaks the ice . '' `` Once in school , a teacher came to my name in roll call . He decided to stop the class and told me to ` make sure I never drive a Ford car . ' ` Do n't ever let my wife convince me to go to a theater . ' `` He asked if I knew John Wilkes Booth . Those are the most common ones . I think he was waiting to get a reaction outta me , but I told him that I 'd heard them before . '' Word spread quickly through his high school that this freshman wanted to be called `` Mr. Prez . '' The nickname stuck . And because of his Hispanic roots , some of his classmates even called him `` El Presidente . '' `` I think I 've heard every one in the book . I still get a chuckle every time someone thinks they 've come up with a new one , '' Abraham says . Abraham grew up in Everett , where , coincidentally , the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln is based . When he was 16 , the local newspaper asked if he would write a letter to crew members returning from a mission to Iraq . Abraham 's letter read , in part : `` Dear Lincoln crew , `` My name is Abraham Lincoln . I want to thank you for making me proud to know that the men and women on board the Abraham Lincoln , a ship with the same name as me , are out there fighting as true American heroes . '' At first , Abraham had no desire to walk in the shadow of such a great leader . Then , at the University of Washington , he took a political science class . `` There was something about politics that drew me , '' he says . `` I loved the history behind it . That 's when I made up my own mind : That was the path I wanted to go . '' Abraham spent a semester in Washington , D.C. , as an intern for former Oklahoma Rep. J.C. Watts . On his list of places to visit ? The Lincoln Memorial and Ford 's Theatre . `` The whole atmosphere of that city , knowing someone I was related to , a descendant of mine , had such a huge impact and changed the world as we know it ... And to have a huge memorial dedicated to such a great president . '' This past summer , Abraham married Jenae , whom he met as a church youth leader . He says she likes the history behind the name and the attention they receive . Abe is working as a paralegal . He wants to attend law school and -- you guessed it -- pursue a career in public service or politics . `` If anything , President Abraham Lincoln is a great model to follow after . So if you have the name , might as well go down the same path . '' Of the similarities between Presidents Lincoln and Obama , Abraham says , `` Lincoln came into office with a nation divided in the Civil War , and Obama is the first African-American president , hoping to transcend party lines dividing America . '' Since Abraham 's birthday comes eight days after his famous namesake 's , the Lincoln family will celebrate President Abraham Lincoln 's 200th birthday together with their own son 's birthday . Meanwhile , Dean is growing a beard again . Kryssia wants him to shave the mustache and don a suit to honor President Lincoln 's birthday She says of her son : `` No , I do n't think he looks like Abraham Lincoln , the president . But he has the name and he serves well the name ... And I think there 's a future for my son . `` I just know in my heart he will keep honoring that name . It 's very special . ''

What does Abraham Lincoln hope for in the future ?

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Dhaka , Bangladesh -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged global leaders Monday to launch a multibillion-dollar climate fund agreed to last year in Cancun , Mexico . The U.N. chief made the call as he attended a conference of climate vulnerable countries held here in the Bangladesh capital . Representatives from 20 countries attended the ministerial level meeting inaugurated by Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina . Ban said , `` We are in the middle of a serious economic crisis . But even in these difficult times , we can not afford delay . We can not ask the poorest and the most vulnerable to bear the costs . '' `` The Green Climate Fund needs to be launched in Durban . An empty shell is not sufficient , '' he said . `` Governments must lead the way to catalyze the $ 100 billion dollars per annum from public and private sources that was pledged to 2020 , '' he said . He urged the governments to find a compromise on the Kyoto Protocol on climate change at a Durban climate conference and to make a broader comprehensive climate agreement possible in the future . `` Durban must complete what was agreed last year in Cancun , '' he said at the Climate Vulnerable Forum-2011 . The two-day CVF conference began Sunday , aiming to reach consensus on various climate issues and an agreement to work together at the 17th Conference of the Parties -LRB- COP-17 -RRB- to be held in Durban , South Africa , beginning November 28 . Ban said adaptation must be a priority for all countries , but especially the most vulnerable . `` They need help with resources and technology , '' he said . The conference of the alliance of the 26 most vulnerable countries to climate change , ended with the adoption of a 14-point Dhaka Ministerial Declaration . Bangladesh Prime Minister Hasina expressed her frustration over a slow and inadequate progress of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change -LRB- UNFCCC -RRB- process to confront the daunting challenges of climate change , and she called for setting criteria to prioritize vulnerable countries based on their risks and lack of coping capacities . `` We see no evidence of direct and easy access to funds and technology , and conditions and criteria seem to favor countries that have greater capacities ... most vulnerable countries are failing to access whatever support that are being realized , '' she said . The CVF members expressed their determination to stand indivisible to face causes , consequences and collateral effects of climate change in their declaration . They reiterated firm resolve to work collectively with the other Parties to the UNFCCC towards limiting foreseeable global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels , peaking global green house gas emissions by 2015 . Briefing reporters after the conference , the Bangladesh state minister for environment and forests , Dr. Hasan Mahmud , said , `` We have decided to raise our voice together on various contentious issues in Durban '' . The declaration said climate change induced displacement of people has become a major concern , and the relocation and rehabilitation of those people is putting enormous pressure on infrastructures and service facilities , as well as causing tremendous social stresses . It said migration is a viable adaptation strategy to manage risks during displacement and relocation and affected populations should be offered enhanced options leading to a dignified and diversified livelihood . The Climate Vulnerable Forum was founded at the initiative of the Maldives in 2009 and 26 countries , mostly from the group called the Least Developed Countries , have joined the forum so far . The CVF members include Antigua , Barbuda , Bangladesh , Barbados , Bhutan , Costa Rica , Ethiopia , Ghana , Grenada , Guyana , Kenya , Kiribati , Liberia , Maldives , Marshall Islands , Micronesia , Nepal , Philippines , Rwanda , Saint Lucia , Samoa , Solomon Islands , Tanzania , Timor-Leste , Tuvalu , Vanuatu and Vietnam .

Where is the important meeting to be held ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Iran 's supreme leader on Sunday blasted U.S. plans to overhaul the setup for a missile defense shield in Europe , calling the Obama administration 's intentions `` anti-Iranian , '' state-run media reported . Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says the U.S. president is following `` anti-Islamic and anti-Iranian '' policies . Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also called Western concerns about Iran 's nuclear ambitions -- which Tehran says are only for energy purposes -- `` purely a fabrication by the United States , '' according to the Islamic Republic News Agency . `` This is something that is in the doctrine of anti-Iranianism , since the policy and the 30-year-old history of the Islamic Republic has proven that Iran wants to live in peace and under the spirit of equality and fraternity , with its Muslim neighbors and the rest of the world , '' Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said . On Thursday , President Obama said the United States is significantly overhauling Bush-era plans for a missile defense shield in Europe , based partly on the latest analysis of Iran 's offensive capabilities . The `` new missile defense architecture in Europe '' will be ready faster , work with existing technology and provide better missile defense than the program proposed by former President George W. Bush , Obama said . Obama said the change of gears was based on an `` updated intelligence assessment '' about Iran 's ability to hit Europe with missiles . The Islamic republic 's `` short - and medium-range '' missiles pose the most current threat , he said , and `` this new ballistic missile defense will best address '' that threat . Khamenei , speaking on the first day of Eid al-Fitr , a festive end to the Muslim holy month of Ramadan , countered by comparing Obama to his predecessor . `` America , under its former president , spared no efforts against the Muslim world as well as against Iran , '' Khamenei said . `` Even the current administration -- with the apparently friendly words and messages -- follows that same anti-Islamic and anti-Iranian policy of the past . '' The Bush-era proposal called for the United States to set up a radar site in the Czech Republic and 10 missile interceptors in Poland to counter the threat of Iran launching long-range missiles at America 's allies in Europe . The new system will have `` hundreds '' of missile interceptors instead , a Pentagon official said last week . It also will have mobile radars , including some in space , `` that can move to wherever the threat actually emanates and wherever we feel we need to defend ourselves , '' said Gen. James Cartwright , vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff .

What did Obama say change is based on ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Clouds of black smoke from burning plastic hang over the sites of Nigeria 's vast dumps , as tiny figures pick their way through slicks of oily water , past cracked PC monitors and television screens . Toxins from dumped electronics in developing countries has been seen as a growing problem . But it is n't just a cut from broken glass these mainly young scavengers are risking . Much of the discarded electronic kit contains tiny -- but valuable -- quantities of aluminum , copper , cadmium and other minerals , all of which can be sold on , if they can be recovered . However they also contain highly toxic materials , which have been linked to reproductive problems and cancers . `` People living and working on and around the dump sites , many of whom are children , are exposed to a cocktail of dangerous chemicals that can cause severe damage to health , including cancer , damage to the nervous system and to brain development in children , '' Kim Schoppink , Toxics Campaigner at Greenpeace , told CNN . `` The open burning creates even more hazardous chemicals among which are cancerous dioxins . '' No studies have been done on the extent of the chemical pollution of such sites in Nigeria , but in 2008 a Greenpeace report on similar dumps in nearby Ghana confirmed that high levels of lead , phthalates and dioxins were present in soils and the water of a nearby lagoon . A Chinese academic report published in `` Environmental Health Perspectives '' in 2007 confirmed that children living in the same area had higher levels of toxic metals in their blood than other children living nearby . There is increasing evidence that this new health and environment problem is arriving in shipping containers from Western countries . Nigeria is one of the principal global destinations for `` e-waste '' -- the catch-all term for discarded consumer electronics . Some of this may have been legitimately handed in to be recycled in an EU or U.S. city , but lax enforcement , vague legislation and a lack of political will has meant that it instead passes through a network of traders keen to profit from developing countries ' hunger for hi-tech and a burgeoning second hand market . According to the United Nations Environment Program around 20 to 50 million tons of e-waste are generated worldwide each year . In 2008 a Greenpeace study , `` Not in My Backyard '' , found that in Europe only 25 percent of the e-waste was recycled safely . In the U.S. it is only 20 percent and in developing countries it is less than one percent . Extrapolating out from these figures the report concluded that a massive 80 percent of e-waste generated worldwide is not properly recycled . Some is burnt in Western incinerators or buried in landfill sites . But much is exported to developing countries including India , China , Pakistan , Nigeria and Ghana . When it arrives , a further percentage may be repaired and sold on to populations desperate for affordable technology . But anything beyond the skills of local traders will end up dumped . It 's a profitable business , and is already attracting the attention of organized crime . A report issued by the United Nations in July said that the criminal gangs behind much of the drug trade in West Africa were becoming involved with e-waste trading . The volume of material on the move is staggering . In 2005 , more than 500 containers full of e-waste entered Nigerian ports every month , according to the Basel Action Network , a U.S. NGO campaigning on issues surrounding toxic waste . Each one contains 10 to 15 tons of e-waste , totaling 60,000 to 90,000 tons per year . These figures are likely to have increased in recent years . There seems little doubt that much of this waste is finding its way to Africa from Western countries . The Basel Action Network and Dutch NGO Danwatch have traced equipment from Europe to Nigerian dumps and earlier this year Greenpeace placed a radio tracking device in a broken TV handed in for safe recycling in the UK , but followed it to a Nigerian market . `` Greenpeace is disappointed especially by U.S. and EU authorities , '' said Schoppink . `` It is toxic waste from the U.S. and EU countries that is causing serious environmental and health problems in Nigeria , a country without the means to deal with this problem . `` The U.S. and EU must play the biggest role in stopping the spread of e-waste ; they are most responsible for the problem and have the resources to tackle it . The export of e-waste from the EU is illegal under the Basel Convention and the Waste Shipment Directive , but the laws are not being sufficiently implemented . In the U.S. , there is no such law banning this practice . `` In Nigeria the government is talking about stopping imports , but there has been no progress on this to date . '' Signs of progress There are calls from environmental groups likes Greenpeace for electronics producers to do more to phase out their use of hazardous substances , and there are some signs of progress . Several electronics companies already make products using fewer hazardous substances , and others , including Nokia , Philips and Samsung are setting up voluntary collection and recycling systems in countries where they are not legally obliged to . Apple claims its products are now almost entirely free of the worst toxic chemicals . `` If producers continue to use hazardous chemicals in their electronics and to fail to take responsibility for the safe disposal of their products , e-waste will continue to be dumped in developing countries , '' said Schoppink . `` The pollution and related health problems in countries where e-waste is dumped will increase massively as the amount of electronics used worldwide is growing exponentially and the number of countries used as dump sites will grow . '' But while the developing world needs the U.S. and EU to take responsibility for their waste , it also needs their discarded computers to train and build a 21st century workforce . `` Nobody is arguing that Africa should be denied access to computers , '' said Tony Roberts , Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Computer Aid International , a charity licensed by the UK Environment Agency , which provides recycled computers to developing countries to improve education and healthcare . `` Technical colleges and universities are always short of resources . It is , of course , essential to developing economies escaping poverty to have access to affordable modern technology . '' Computer Aid works to close the digital divide between the north and southern hemispheres and offers corporations , including Coca Cola , as well as individuals , a positive way of disposing of electronics . They also believe learning about responsibility for that technology is a crucial part of the exchange . `` Computer Aid argues that , in addition to the PCs , it is essential to also build the skills , knowledge and operating capacity in every country to manage responsible re-use programs and environmentally sound end-of-life recycling . '' In the end , this is about everyone involved -- particularly the developed nations -- taking responsibility for their waste . `` It is clear that companies have a moral obligation to treat Africa in exactly the same way that they do , say , Germany , '' said Roberts . Until then , toxic black smoke will continue to cast a shadow over lives across the developing world .

What was involved in e-waste trading according to UN report in July ?

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LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Burberry , the 150-year-old British luxury brand most famous for its distinctive check pattern , has recently experienced a resurgence . Christopher Bailey , Burberry 's creative director , has been credited with the brand 's resurgence . The brand credits much of its new a la mode image to creative director Christopher Bailey . The unassuming 37-year-old British designer has successfully reconnected Burberry with a trendy young audience -- using the likes of British super model Agyness Deyn , whom he has propelled to international stardom -- in ad campaigns . But times are hard for luxury brands , with a recession that has turned many high-end consumers toward cheaper alternatives . So how is Bailey handling the current economic climate ? With stylish new headquarters in the heart of London and the recent opening of a Burberry Children 's wear store in the capital , it seems the brand has kept its wheels rolling . Watch Burberry 's creative director speak to CNN '' Bailey believes the new headquarters were an important extension of Burberry 's image , telling CNN `` the building is the brand beacon . '' `` It 's so important that everyone lives and breathes the aesthetic of what Burberry is . We have to do what feels right for the company , '' Bailey added . But that does not mean that Burberry is ignoring the recession . `` It 's all about the balance between functionality and emotion . You have to be instinctive about what 's going on , '' said Bailey . `` We think about the world recession , but it helps us focus and make sure that the brand purity and integrity is there in everything we do . `` We 've just opened our first -LSB- children 's wear -RSB- store in London and the first signs are pretty wonderful . '' But Bailey agrees that `` there has been incredible excess in the last five to 10 years , so it 's a good moment to re-balance . '' So how will that translate to the catwalk ? `` The -LSB- clothes -RSB- will be investment pieces for the long-term . It 's not just about fashion for a season . ''

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Spongy red balls wait in a queue , separating two teams wired to smack their opponent . Within seconds , the players dip and dive like dolphins until one player stands alone , relishing in victory . An adult plays in a dodge ball league organized by the City of Sparks Parks and Recreation in Nevada . It 's the classic game of dodge ball , but these are n't fifth-graders during PE class in Sparks , Nevada . The childhood sport of dodge ball made a comeback four years ago in this bedroom community among adults in their 20s and 30s -- and even a few players who reached retirement . Now , hundreds of working professionals , doctors , lawyers and teachers congregate at the local recreation center for a dose of dodge ball on Sunday nights . `` I think a lot of it goes back to trying to stay young , '' said Tony Pehle , recreation supervisor in Sparks , who started the dodge ball program after being inspired by the 2004 Ben Stiller movie `` Dodgeball : A True Underdog Story . '' `` They might be adults , but they still like to play and have fun . '' Has Peter Pan syndrome come to stay ? From playing dodge ball to jumping double Dutch and competing in rock-paper-scissors , adult men and women , from urban nests to rural towns , are reveling in games and activities once thought to be child 's play . The 2009 World Yo-Yo Contest in Orlando , Florida , this weekend -LRB- August 13 -RRB- is all grown up , attracting more than 150 adult competitors , who can showcase dizzying tricks with the flick of a finger . Later in the month , hundreds of adults outfitted in pirate and animal costumes will race their homebuilt vehicles for Oregon 's annual Portland Adult Soapbox Derby , a crafty activity that began for youths in the 1930s . `` Once a year , I get to build something for the kid in me , '' says Jason Hogue , a 41-year-old carpenter , who has participated in the race for eight years . Last year , he constructed a car shaped like a hammerhead shark . `` We get to use our creativity and get excited with our friends . '' Whether they 're done to seek refuge from the daily grind or to provide nostalgia for youthful days -- or they 're a product of what some experts say is a generation that ca n't grow up -- these juvenile pastimes are getting more popular . For example , adult viewership of the Nickelodeon show `` SpongeBob SquarePants '' swelled by 51 percent from 1999 to 2009 , officials say . The World Adult Kickball Association , one of the largest kickball organizations , has spread its tentacles to 33 states as well a soldier division in Iraq . WAKA Kickball began as a casual game between a few young single friends in their 20s in Washington , D.C. Now , the games appeal to tens of thousands of adults , many of them yuppies wanting a quick escape from the stresses of their first 401 -LRB- k -RRB- , mortgage and job . `` I played soccer growing up , and I like competition , '' says avid kickball player Marlon LeWinter , 28 , of New York City . LeWinter , a public relations executive , usually plays the position of center with a bunch of producers , writers and analysts in their late 20s . They named their team Chipwich Nation after they scarfed down the cookies-and-ice cream treat at a bar after a game one night . `` Sometimes when it 's -LSB- the score -RSB- two to one in a kickball came , I get the jitters , '' he says . The economic bind also creates a favorable environment for adults to latch onto simple children 's games and sports . With players who are trapped in a world of layoffs and job freezes , these adult leagues , contests and tournaments are the equivalent of sandbox time for children . They can make new friends and go for a beer after the game . These activities are also budget-friendly , costing less than $ 100 to join for several months of play -- much less than a golf club membership . Since the recession , Duncan Toys , one of the biggest yo-yo manufacturers in the United States , has seen sales spike . A company official noticed many of the adults who purchased yo-yos tried to get the same models they owned as kids . `` Nowadays , everything is taken so seriously that people revert to something like playing with a yo-yo , '' says Mike McBride , a 34-year-old multimedia designer who picked up the activity shortly after college . McBride , who will compete in the Orlando World Yo-Yo contest , says the activity helps him relieve stress . `` There 's no pressure . '' In 2006 , Christopher Noxon , in his book `` Rejuvenile , '' explored why adults fancy childhood pursuits like kickball , cartoons and cupcakes . Beginning with Generation X adults in the 1990s , the group began to shift from the norms of the hierarchal corporate ladder , and the age of marriage began to steadily climb . Soon , juvenile activities that had been regarded as silly became hip . Quirky became cool , and more organized teams , groups and competitions for playground sports and childlike hobbies emerged . `` Our whole idea of adulthood has changed , '' says Noxon . `` We value flexibility and creativity , and these are things kids are good at . It 's brought us back to what we had as children . '' But it is n't just the younger generations that clutch leftovers from their youth or become interested in child-like activities . Grandparents in their 70s and 80s still collect roomfuls of model train sets , romanticizing the days when the only way to travel was by choo-choo . Women in their 40s acquire American Girl dolls that stir fond memories of reading the novels during childhood . Psychology experts say it should n't be a surprise that the affinity for childhood hobbies and activities extends across generations . After all , Americans have long had an obsession with youth . To be young is associated with being fun , vibrant and active . In the Internet age , finding one 's inner child has never been easier , with the proliferation of social networks such as Facebook or Web sites like Meetup.com , where users can create groups and meeting times for activities . On the site , groups of adults organize scavenger hunts in Atlanta , Georgia , and action figure discussions in New York City . `` This is a generation of people who are far less homogenous and more niche-oriented , '' says Judith Sills , a clinical psychologist who works with young adults . `` They can bond around their quirky differences . Ten years ago , you could n't have easily found another kickball player , even if you wanted to play . ''

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MEXICO CITY , Mexico -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In response to a spate of attacks allegedly by a drug cartel , Mexico more than tripled the number of federal police officers patrolling the state of Michoacan , a government spokeswoman said . Drug violence is up in Michoacan state , shown by recent attacks on police in at least a half-dozen cities . The government on Thursday dispatched 1,000 federal police officers to Michoacan state in southwest Mexico , increasing its presence to 1,300 total , Public Safety spokeswoman Veronica Penunuri told CNN . At least 18 federal agents and two soldiers have been killed since the weekend in Michoacan , the home state of President Felipe Calderon . The sudden spike in violence followed the arrest Saturday of Arnoldo Rueda Medina , whom authorities described as a high-ranking member of the drug cartel known as La Familia Michoacana . Cartel members first attacked the federal police station in Morelia to try to gain freedom for Rueda , authorities said . When that failed , drug gangs attacked federal police installations in at least a half-dozen Michoacan cities , according to authorities . The Michoacan cartel also is accused in the slaying of 12 federal police officers whose bodies were found Tuesday on a remote highway . Video from the scene showed three signs , known as narcomensajes , left by the killers . They all stated the same thing : `` So that you come for another . We will be waiting for you here . '' Since Calderon went after the drug cartels shortly after coming into office in 2006 , more than 10,000 people have died across Mexico , about 1,000 of them police . The state of Michoacan , on Mexico 's southwest Pacific coast , is not alone in the wave of violence sweeping the country . The border city of Ciudad Juarez set a record this weekend when its toll of drug-related deaths for the year topped 1,000 , a distinction the Mexican city did not reach last year until September .

How many federal police officers were slayed ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- President Obama said in an interview aired Sunday that the hardest decision he 's made since taking office was to send more troops to Afghanistan . In a `` 60 Minutes '' interview , President Obama said , `` I fundamentally disagree with Dick Cheney . '' Also in the interview on CBS ' `` 60 Minutes , '' Obama defended his decision to shut down the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay , Cuba , and he countered criticism from former vice president Dick Cheney . `` I fundamentally disagree with Dick Cheney -- not surprisingly , '' Obama said . `` I think that Vice President Cheney has been at the head of a movement whose notion is somehow that we ca n't reconcile our core values , our Constitution , our belief that we do n't torture , with our national security interests . I think he 's drawing the wrong lesson from history . '' Obama was responding to comments Cheney made to CNN 's `` State of the Union '' on March 15 , when he said the president is making the nation less safe by closing the Guantanamo prison and ending interrogation practices that Bush administration critics consider torture for terror suspects . Just a month into office , Obama ordered 17,000 troops to Afghanistan , the original front in the `` war on terrorism '' sparked by the September 2001 attacks on New York and Washington . `` I think it 's the right thing to do . But it 's a weighty decision because we actually had to make the decision prior to the completion of the strategic review that we were conducting , '' Obama said . Coming off a tumultuous week over the millions in bonuses paid out to employees of AIG , Obama said Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner 's job is secure despite critics calling for his resignation . Obama joked that even if Geithner were to tender his resignation , the president would tell him , `` Sorry buddy , you 've still got the job . '' Geithner has come under fire over the $ 165 million in bonuses AIG paid its top executives after the insurance giant received more than $ 170 billion in federal bailout money . A loophole in the recently approved economic stimulus bill , included at the behest of the Treasury , allowed AIG to pay the bonuses . `` It 's going to take a little bit more time than we would like to make sure that we get this plan just right , '' Obama said . The president also stressed that his administration wo n't endorse a House bill that would levy a 90 percent tax on bonuses paid out by companies that receive bailout money . `` As a general proposition , you do n't want to be passing laws that are just targeting a handful of individuals , '' Obama said . `` You want to pass laws that have some broad applicability ... you certainly do n't want to use the tax code to punish people . ''

Whose resignation would he not accept ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- We are losing in Afghanistan , on two fronts . The most important center of gravity of the conflict -- as the Taliban well recognizes -- is the American public . And now , most Americans are opposed to the war . For years , Afghanistan was `` the forgotten war , '' and when Americans started paying attention again -- roughly around the time of President Obama 's inauguration -- what they saw was not a pretty sight : a corrupt Afghan government , a world-class drug trade , a resurgent Taliban and steadily rising U.S. casualties . Many surely thought : Did n't we win this war eight years ago ? Americans , of course , hate seeing the deaths of fellow citizens in combat , but even more they hate to see those deaths in the service of a war they believe they are either not winning or maybe even losing , which is one of the reasons why they largely turned against the Iraq war in 2006 . Within a couple of years , Iraq came back from the brink and started to turn around , after which the war there became largely a nonissue for most Americans . Similarly , the American public would be more likely to tolerate the losses of blood and treasure in Afghanistan if they saw real progress being made there . And right now , they do n't . The second front we 're losing is the Afghans themselves , who are the United States ' center of gravity in the Afghan war . Eight years into this conflict , America and its NATO allies -- who are still looked on favorably by a majority of Afghans -- are not providing large swaths of the Afghan population with the most basic public good , which is security . It 's time to table fancy counterinsurgency doctrines about `` connecting the Afghan people to the government '' -- Afghans have never had , and do n't expect much , in the way of services from their government , and it 's time now to focus on something much more basic : security . The last government to provide Afghans with real security was ... the Taliban . When they ruled the country before 9/11 , security came at a tremendous price : a brutal , theocratic regime that bankrupted the country and was a pariah on the world stage . But in the context of Afghan history , the Taliban bringing security was decisively important , since what had immediately preceded their iron rule was a nightmarish civil war during which you could be robbed or killed at will by gangs of roving ethnic and tribal militias . It is has been a staple of Western political theory since the mid-17th century , when Hobbes wrote `` Leviathan , '' that if the state does not provide security to its people , life will be `` nasty , brutish and short . '' Hobbes wrote `` Leviathan '' in the shadow of the English Civil War , deriving from that bloody conflict the idea that the most important political good the state can deliver is security . The United States relearned this lesson in Iraq with some success starting in 2007 . But the U.S. seems to have developed instant amnesia about this issue in Afghanistan , where around 40 percent of the country was controlled by the Taliban or was at high risk for attacks by insurgents , according to a private assessment prepared by the Afghan military in April , which was obtained by CNN . A glaring symbol of the collapse of security in the country is the 300-mile Kabul-to-Kandahar highway , economically and politically the most important road in the country , which is now too dangerous to drive on . Who will then provide security ? The Afghan army is relatively small and generally ineffective . The police are worse . The plans to ramp up the size and efficacy of those forces are , of course , a key part of the American exit strategy from the country . But that training mission is going to take years . Nor are NATO allies going to add significantly more troops . Indeed , a number of NATO countries are already heading to the exits . That means that it now falls to the United States to do the heavy lifting in Afghanistan , and if Obama is serious about securing the country and rolling back the Taliban , he really does n't have much choice but to put significant numbers of more troops on the ground . That way , he can start winning the war : win back the American public , roll back the Taliban -- who have melded ideologically and tactically with al Qaeda -- and provide real security to the Afghan people . Such a ramp-up will have an additional benefit . In the larger war on al Qaeda and its allies , the center of gravity is the Pakistani public , military and government because it is in Pakistan where al Qaeda and its Taliban allies are headquartered . And in one of the most important strategic shifts since 9/11 , the Pakistani military and government are now getting serious about wiping out large elements of the Taliban and allied groups on their territory and , most importantly , are doing it with the support of their population . No longer are Pakistani military operations against militants in Swat and Waziristan seen by Pakistanis as `` America 's war '' : they are now seen as being in the vital interests of the Pakistani state because the Pakistani Taliban and other jihadist groups have made major strategic errors since early 2009 , including marching close to Islamabad , attacking Pakistan 's equivalent of the Pentagon and killing hundreds of Pakistani soldiers and policemen . This new development is vitally important . Over the years , U.S. military commanders have often talked about hammer and anvil operations in eastern Afghanistan and western Pakistan that would bring an American hammer down on the militants based along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border , who would then in turn be caught on a Pakistani anvil . In reality , the American hammer was never large and the Pakistani anvil was never strong . But the ongoing Pakistani military incursion into Waziristan , which was preceded by months of `` softening up '' operations with air strikes and artillery as well as a ramped-up American drone program aimed at al Qaeda and Taliban leaders there , is today setting the conditions for a real anvil . The hammer must now be applied . Armed groups do n't sue for peace when they believe they might have the upper hand , and right now , the Taliban feel that they are winning the war -- or at least not losing it , which for most insurgencies amounts to the same thing . If there is to be some kind of political reconciliation with elements of the Taliban , that will only come once they truly believe they have no prospect of military success . At the same time , key roads , cities and towns in Afghanistan must also be secured . Without providing that security , as Hobbes wrote three and half centuries ago , governments of any kind will fail at their most basic task . The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Peter Bergen .

What does Obama have to do , according to Bergen ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Cannes Film Festival entrusted its opening to a Pixar film , and the animation studio did not disappoint . An adventurous boy and a cranky man travel by unusual means in the new Pixar film '' Up . '' Pixar , which has produced such gems as `` Toy Story , '' `` The Incredibles '' and `` WALL-E , '' introduced its latest feature , `` Up , '' on Wednesday night at the French movie celebration . By critics ' reckonings , Pixar has never released a bad film , and those who saw `` Up , '' its 10th feature , say the studio 's perfect record is still intact . The film is a `` captivating odd-couple adventure that becomes funnier and more exciting as it flies along , '' wrote Variety 's Todd McCarthy . `` The two leading men are 78 and 8 years old , and the age range of those who will appreciate the picture is even a bit wider than that . '' Gallery : Pixar in pictures '' `` It 's a terrific family adventure , '' wrote Peter Bradshaw of Britain 's The Guardian . `` The 3-D presentation gives it a real boost , but this film is airborne because of the traditional strengths : story , characterization and inventive animation with the old-fashioned values of clarity and simplicity . '' See the excitement of Cannes ' opening '' `` Up '' concerns Carl Fredericksen , a balloon seller voiced by Ed Asner . Faced with eviction after his wife dies , Fredericksen decides to uproot himself -- literally -- by attaching hundreds of balloons to his house and flying it to South America . However , it turns out he 's not alone . A stowaway -- a Junior Wilderness Explorer named Russell -LRB- voiced by Jordan Nagai -RRB- -- is in the house as well , and the two of them become mutually dependent after landing a continent away . The film opens May 29 in the United States . Cannes audiences are notoriously vocal . They 'll whistle if they 're unhappy -- a French version of a boo -- and a movie that does n't meet the audience 's high standards will be treated to the repeated `` whop '' sounds of theater seats banging shut as patrons leave . `` Up , '' on the other hand , received little but cheers . CNN 's Natasha Curry , who 's at the festival , reports a morning screening concluded with applause . It 's an unlikely film to be opening Cannes . Not only is it animated , it 's animated by computer -- and , in some theaters , it will be shown in 3-D . Those are all firsts for a Cannes curtain raiser . But the Los Angeles Times ' Kenneth Turan told CNN that `` Up '' fits in with Cannes ' aspirations . `` Cannes likes to be seen as innovative , likes to be seen as embracing something new , '' Turan observed . `` But really the reason ` Up ' is opening the festival is not because it 's animated , not because it 's 3-D , it 's ... because it 's a wonderful film . -LSB- Festival organizers -RSB- saw that , and I 'm sure they liked the fact that they could do something avant-garde in terms of technique , but really it 's a wonderful story , it 's a terrific film and that 's why it 's opening . '' Turan said he sees Pixar 's work , and its recognition by Cannes , as another sign that animated features are among the best films being produced right now . `` The Pixar films , the Hayao Miyazaki films from Japan , the Wallace and Gromit films from Britain -- we 're really living in the golden age of animation , one of the great ages of animation in the whole history of film , '' he said . `` And Cannes is happy to be part of that . Cannes is happy to recognize that . '' CNN 's Matthew Carey contributed to this report .

what is the new pixar 's movie ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Former Philippine President Corazon Aquino , whose `` People Power '' movement pushed out longtime strongman Ferdinand Marcos less than three years after her husband 's assassination , has died at age 76 , her family announced Saturday . `` She was the agent of change in Philippine democracy , '' said Ray Donato , the nation 's consul-general in Atlanta . Aquino , the first woman to lead the Philippines , had been battling colon cancer since March 2008 and died of cardio-respiratory arrest at 3:18 a.m. Saturday -LRB- 3:18 p.m. Friday ET -RRB- , said Mai Mislang , a spokeswoman for her son , Philippine Sen. Benigno Aquino III . Funeral arrangements were being set up , Mislang said . Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has also announced a 10-day mourning period for the former president , said Ray Donato , the country 's consul-general in Atlanta . `` She was the agent of change in Philippine democracy , and almost all the Filipinos I know revered her during her presidency , '' Donato said . Aquino had been born into a wealthy family and was educated in the United States . She had not been involved in politics before her husband , opposition leader Benigno `` Ninoy '' Aquino Jr. , was gunned down at Manila 's airport in August 1983 as he returned from exile . The political novice took over the leadership of her husband 's movement after his death and challenged Marcos in a 1986 election , making a yellow dress her trademark and bolstered by the support of the country 's Roman Catholic churches . Marcos had been backed by the United States , the former colonial power in the Philippines , for two decades as a stalwart anti-communist . He and his wife Imelda were friends of then-President Ronald Reagan and his wife , Nancy . But widespread allegations of electoral fraud and a mutiny by the country 's military led the Reagan administration to withdraw its support , and Marcos went into exile in Hawaii . Aquino took office in a country with a $ 28 billion debt , widespread poverty and a persistent Marxist insurgency . She put in place a U.S.-style constitution that limited presidents to a single six-year term and survived seven coup attempts -- including one that was supressed with American help . She also oversaw the closure of the major U.S. military bases in the country before leaving office in 1992 . The bases had been a bulwark of American power in the Pacific since the early 1900s and employed nearly 80,000 Filipinos , but Aquino 's opponents argued the country was too dependent on the United States . Aquino announced in 1990 that it was time to begin negotiating the `` orderly withdrawal '' of U.S. forces .

How long is the mourning period ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The entire population of Taloga , Oklahoma , was evacuated Thursday because of a raging fire that has burned tens of thousands of acres , officials said Friday . Wildfire threatens a house in Edmond , Oklahoma , on Friday . All of the residents , about 400 , left the Dewey County town , but have been allowed back in , said Bill Challis with the fire department in Clinton , Oklahoma , south of Taloga . Clinton is among dozens of fire departments helping battle the blaze . Wildfires have been burning in northwest and central Oklahoma since Thursday , according to the state Department of Emergency Management . A large wildfire also came within inches of homes north of Edmond late Friday morning and was still burning during the noon hour , CNN affiliate KOCO reported . Oklahoma Department of Public Safey officials also report that one to two city blocks of Weleetka , in Okfuskee County , were on fire , according to KOCO . The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved the state 's request for federal assistance for fighting the wildfire in Dewey County , where Taloga is located . The original call about the Taloga fire came in Thursday at about 12:30 p.m. -LRB- 1:30 p.m. ET -RRB- , Challis said . Officials do n't know how the fire started . Brett Russell , also with the Clinton Fire Department , said about 60,000 acres have burned . There are no reports of anyone injured . As of about 11 a.m. Friday -LRB- 12 p.m. ET -RRB- , the Taloga fire was about 50 to 60 percent contained . About 80 fire departments helping battle the blaze , Russell told CNN . An Oklahoma Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter was helping with aerial fire suppression , according to the state .

What is the population of Taloga ?

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WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Capitol Police arrested a man Friday after an officer spotted a rifle in his car when he stopped the officer to ask for directions two blocks from the Capitol building . Police inspect the suspect 's vehicle in Washington on Friday . Christopher Shelton Timmons , 27 , has been charged with carrying a deadly weapon , having an unregistered firearm and having unregistered ammunition , Capitol Police spokeswoman Sgt. Kimberly Schneider said . In addition to the rifle -- an AK-47 -- police found a grenade , a pistol , ammunition , loaded magazines `` and several other items of concern to the police '' in the Jeep Cherokee he was driving . Authorities said Timmons was convicted of carrying a concealed weapon in March in Albemarle County , Virginia , and served a month in jail . In that incident , Timmons had two grenades in his car , said Albemarle Police Chief John Miller . The pins had been removed and the grenades were filled with powder , authorities said . They had an adhesive on top to close them and a firecracker for a fuse . Law enforcement sources said the grenades were similar to an item found in Timmons vehicle Friday . That device has been taken to the FBI facility in Quantico , Virginia . Members of the joint terrorism task force are involved in the investigation , sources said , but so far no one is suggesting Timmons was planning an attack of some kind . CNN Justice Correspondent Kelli Arena contributed to this report .

Who was convicted on weapons charges ?

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Los Angeles -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The defense anesthesiology expert in the trial of Michael Jackson 's doctor was found in contempt of court Wednesday for referring to his private talks with Dr. Conrad Murray during his testimony . Dr. Murray did not testify in his own defense in his involuntary manslaughter trial and the judge refused to allow Dr. Paul White to base any of his testimony on anything other than what Murray told police . Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor gave Dr. White 30 days to pay a $ 250 fine , but he also dropped a second contempt citation for derogatory comments he allegedly made about a rival witness . Wednesday 's contempt hearing was part of the aftermath of Dr. Murray 's involuntary manslaughter that ended with a guilty verdict last week . Another contempt hearing is set for November 29 , the day Murray is set to be sentenced , for one of the defense lawyers who allegedly violated the judge 's gag order by speaking to NBC 's `` Today Show '' during the trial . Murray defense lawyer Michael Flanagan , who was in court to defend Dr. White Wednesday , said after the hearing that he believed Murray should be eligible for early release if he is given prison time . A California law that took effect last month provides for non-violent state inmates to be assigned to county jails to relieve state prison overcrowding . The Los Angeles County jail has a court-ordered early release program to relieve overcrowding , which allows non-violent offenders to serve much of their sentences at home with electronic monitoring . Flanagan said Murray is not a safety threat to the public and should be included in the early release program . Dr. White told reporters after the hearing that he still believed Jackson gave himself the overdose of the surgical anesthetic propofol and a sedative the coroner ruled killed the pop icon . `` I was aware that Michael Jackson had self-administered drugs in the past , propofol specifically , and so what 's to say that he would n't do it again , '' White said . `` He was desperate . Murray was withholding from him the drug that he desperately desired . '' White , while under cross-examination by Deputy District Attorney David Walgren , referred several times to his private discussions with Dr. Murray about what happened the day Jackson died . Judge Pastor repeatedly warned him not to do so . Finally , the judge cited White for contempt and set Wednesday 's hearing to decide if he would be fined . `` There was n't any intentional deception here or violation of the court order , '' defense lawyer Michael Flanagan told Pastor Wednesday . `` He was explaining to Mr. Walgren ` Hey , I ca n't answer that . ' '' Prosecutor Walgren , who has grown a beard since the televised trial ended , told the judge that this was one of `` multiple instances '' where Dr. White was `` trying to sabotage the trial . '' `` It was intentional and deliberate , '' Walgren said . `` It was an attempt to deny the people a fair trial . '' White told the judge he `` did my best as I was admonished by you to answer question truthfully and as completely as I could . '' `` I apologize profusely if I disrespected you , '' White said . `` I learned a lot from this experience . '' Pastor ruled that White was guilty of violating his order by giving `` a non-responsive answer '' that dealt with `` no-go territory . '' While he could have fined him $ 1,000 , he only imposed a $ 250 fine . Judge Pastor also dropped the other contempt charge which stemmed from an online report that quoted White allegedly calling prosecution anesthesiology expert Dr. Steven Shafer `` a scumbag . ''

What did the defence lawyer say ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Olafur Ragnar Grimsson is currently enjoying a third term as President of the Republic of Iceland . Since first being elected in 1996 , Grimsson has been a passionate advocate of international cooperation in combating climate change . Olafur Ragnar Grimsson Whilst Iceland still imports oil for its transport , electricity is generated from hydroelectric power . And heating is provided by geothermal power -- an abundant source in energy due to Iceland 's geographical position sitting above two continental plates . Iceland is also pioneering the use of hydrogen power with several projects testing the viability of this renewable energy . In his youth , Grimsson studied Economics and Political Science at Manchester University , gaining a B.A. and a Ph.D before returning to Iceland to take up a post as a professor of Political Science at the University of Iceland . He entered Althingi , the Icelandic parliament in 1978 , served as minister of finance between 1988 and 1991 and was leader of the Peoples ' Alliance from 1987 to 1995 . Grimsson promotes the intelligent use of renewable energy resources and is providing world leaders with an invaluable insight into how their own economies might make the switch to more renewable sources of energy .

Who is president of Iceland ?

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NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As Britain 's Prince Harry neared the end of his second and final day in New York City on Saturday , he described his experiences as `` fantastic . '' Prince Harry smiles whilte touring the Harlem Children 's Zone on Saturday during a 36-hour visit to New York . The 24-year-old visited the Harlem Children 's Zone , a nonprofit organization that offers free programs and classes in a low-income area , then went to Governors Island in New York Harbor to play in the Veuve Clicquot Manhattan Polo Classic . Profits from the match will benefit Sentebale , a charity for orphans in Lesotho , Africa , a cause Harry 's mother , Princess Diana , had promoted . The prince was accompanied by Prince Seeiso of Lesotho , who also lost his mother when he was young . The men toured the Children 's Zone with founder Geoffrey Canada , and spent time in a classroom where some students were studying for a math test . A 10-year-old girl sitting at a desk covered with drawing paper and colored markers gave Harry a picture . `` Is this for me ? '' Harry asked as he accepted it . Pointing to the desk and pens , he then asked , `` You find yourself very lucky to have all this ? '' When she nodded , he replied `` Good . '' A young boy gave Harry a bowl containing a dish he had prepared , and the prince ate it while the child sounded off the ingredients . Throughout the classroom visit , the prince smiled and chatted easily with students . Watch Soledad O'Brien 's report on the Children 's Zone '' Cheering people lined the street as Harry entered the building . As he left , reporters shouted questions . Asked how he liked his first official visit overseas and meeting the children , the prince responded , `` It 's been fantastic -- really , really worthwhile . '' `` It 's my first visit to New York . I 'm hopeful I 'll come back to visit again . '' He also was asked whether he thought his appearances would change any image the public might have of him , apparently referring to some of his wild exploits ways when he was younger . Those incidents included a one-day stint in drug rehab in 2002 and accusations of racism in January . `` I do n't know what the image is of me . There is always the image that 's been given to me , but people have their own opinions , it 's the media that likes to stamp on the image which is n't really me . '' On Friday , the youngest son of Princess Diana offered his condolences to September 11 victims at the former site of the World Trade Center . The prince met New York Gov. David Paterson and briefly spoke with family members of 9/11 victims . The prince then laid a wreath at the site and bowed his head in a moment of silence . Watch Prince Harry 's visit to Ground Zero '' He left a handwritten note tacked to the wreath , citing an `` the courage shown by the people '' of New York on September 11 , 2001 . Harry later paid tribute to his fellow citizens at Lower Manhattan 's British Garden at Hanover Square , where he honored the 67 British victims of the September 11 attacks , officials said . The third in line for the British crown , Harry is active in the British Army . He received a promotion to lieutenant in April 2008 and is currently training for an Army Air Corps pilot position , according to the prince 's Web site .

Where does Prince Harry visit ?

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London , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A number of Latin American countries have rushed to offer their support to Argentina in its long-running territorial dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands . This week Britain began drilling for oil in the waters off the archipelago , despite opposition from Buenos Aires which claims sovereignty over the islands it calls Las Malvinas . The project has reignited tensions between the two countries , who fought a brief war over the islands in 1982 , with Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner accusing London of ignoring international law . Argentina says the natural resources around the islands , which lie in the South Atlantic Ocean off the Argentinean coast , should be protected , and Britain must accept international resolutions labeling the Falklands a disputed area . Mexico 's President Felipe Calderon weighed into the dispute late Monday when he said a number of countries in the region had drafted a document in support of their South American neighbor . Speaking at a summit of Latin American leaders in the Mexican resort of Playa Del Carmen , Calderon claimed Ecuador , Chile , Guatemala , Bolivia and Venezuela had all backed Argentina 's opposition to the drilling . `` We have approved a declaration in which leaders of countries and governments present here reaffirm their support for the Republic of Argentina 's legitimate rights in its sovereignty dispute with the United Kingdom , '' he said in a statement issued by Argentine officials . Ecuador 's President Rafael Correa offered his country 's `` unconditional support '' to Argentina , while his Chilean counterpart Michelle Bachelet said , `` We not only support our sister republic 's claims to the Malvinas islands but every year we present its case to the United Nations ' Special Committee on Decolonization . '' Venezuela 's outspoken leader Hugo Chavez also reiterated his support for Argentina . `` We support unconditionally the Argentine government and the Argentine people in their complaints , '' Chavez told reporters Tuesday , according to Reuters.com . `` That sea and that land belongs to Argentina and to Latin America . '' A day earlier , Chavez had used his weekly televised address to make a direct appeal to Britain 's Queen Elizabeth II . `` Look , England , how long are you going to be in Las Malvinas ? Queen of England , I 'm talking to you , '' he said . `` The time for empires are over , have n't you noticed ? Return the Malvinas to the Argentine people . '' On Monday , British oil and gas exploration company Desire Petroleum announced that its Ocean Guardian rig had started drilling an exploration well in the North Falkland Basin , some 100 kilometers -LRB- 60 miles -RRB- north of the islands . Desire estimates that the North Falkland Basin could contain 3.5 billion barrels of oil as well as having `` significant gas potential . '' The exploratory drilling is expected to last around 30 days , a spokesman for the company told CNN . But the prospect of Britain making a highly lucrative discovery in region has infuriated Buenos Aires . This has to do with the defense of the interests of Argentineans , not just about sovereignty , '' Argentine Cabinet Chief Anibal Fernandez said last week , adding that Argentina lays claim not just to the islands , but to any resources that could be found there . In a statement last week , the Falkland Islands government , which represents its 2,500 residents , said it had `` every right to develop a hydrocarbons industry within our waters . '' `` The British government has clearly stated that they support our right to develop legitimate business , '' it said . `` The British government have also reiterated their stance on our British sovereignty . ''

Which President says that a number of Countries support Argentina 's position ?

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Khartoum , Sudan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- South Sudan 's government has gained control of a remote town that had been under attack by fighters from a rival tribe , the nation 's information minister said Monday . Some of the thousands who fled into the bush have begun to return to Pibor , said Barnaba Benjamin , South Sudan 's minister of information and broadcasting . Earlier Monday , a military official said that roughly 4,000 army and police reinforcements were on the way to Pibor after weekend attacks . The United Nations also said it sent a battalion of peacekeepers to Pibor last week amid reports that members of the Lou Nuer tribe were marching toward the town , home to the Murle tribe , after attacking the village of Lukangol . Ethnic tensions in the South Sudan state of Jonglei have flared as tribes fight over grazing lands and water rights , disagreements that have dissolved into cattle raids and abduction of women and children . Fighters first struck Pibor on Saturday , attacking a portion that was out of the reach of U.N. peacekeepers , said Col. Philip Auger of the South Sudan army . Benjamin said there were no casualties and no direct confrontation between the two tribes there , because most of the Murle had fled when they heard the Lou Nuer were approaching . The nonprofit group Medecins sans Frontieres , also known as Doctors Without Borders , was still trying Monday to reach 117 of its 130 aid workers who fled into the bush along with the populations of Pibor and Lukangol before the attack , said Sarathy Rajendran , head of the group 's South Sudan mission . Rajendran said the organization was afraid for its workers ' safety and `` very concerned '' for the people of Pibor and Lukangol . `` We believe tens of thousands are currently displaced without access to water , food and health care , '' he said . `` The situation is tense . We do n't know what is happening on the ground , so we are monitoring the situation . '' The nonprofit 's clinic in Lukangol was `` burned and looted , '' spokeswoman Emily Linendoll said , adding that its Pibor clinic `` has been targeted . '' The attack on Pibor follows reports last week that Lou Nuer fighters raided Lukangol , burning it to the ground and forcing thousands to flee toward Pibor . At least 50,000 people have fled the violence in the state that began last year , said Quade Hermann , chief of radio at Radio Miraya , a U.N.-backed radio station in South Sudan . She similarly said that the town of Pibor is secure now , though the situation there remains fluid . The people who fled remain scattered , and the United Nations is working on a plan for how to distribute humanitarian aid , Hermann said . U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon last week urged the groups to work with the government of South Sudan to find solutions . South Sudan 's vice president , Riek Machar , is leading an initiative to bridge the differences between the Lou Nuer and Murle tribes , including encouraging the armed groups to disband and go home , the United Nations has said . The violence in Jonglei state is the latest to rock South Sudan , which officially gained its statehood in July after separating from the north .

Some have started to return to where ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Fans of the character Easy Rawlins do n't want to hear it , but author Walter Mosley says he has officially moved on . Author Walter Mosley found fame with his Easy Rawlins mysteries and has debuted a new series . The prolific writer seemingly wrapped up his beloved series -- which spawned the 1995 film `` Devil in a Blue Dress '' starring Denzel Washington -- in 2007 with the 10th Easy Rawlins mystery , `` Blonde Faith . '' The ending saddened die-hard fans who had faithfully followed the adventures of the Los Angeles , California-based everyman-turned-private investigator whose stories played out in an era from the Jim Crow 1940s to the politically charged 1960s . Now Mosley , who has found success writing everything from erotica to science fiction , has launched a new mystery series with the release of his book '' The Long Fall '' -LRB- Riverhead -RRB- . The book features an ex-boxer named Leonid Trotter McGill , the latest colorfully named Mosley character . Three of his previous books involved ex-convict Socrates Fortlow , and another trio concerned bookseller Paris Minton . But the new novel takes Mosley to a different place and time . Instead of mid-20th century Los Angeles , `` The Long Fall '' is set in modern-day New York , where McGill is finding it hard to leave his less-than-stellar past behind . That past includes a childhood as a red-diaper baby abandoned by his union organizer father and left to fend for himself at an early age , a loveless marriage to an unfaithful woman named Katrina and a son who 's a burgeoning criminal mastermind . Moreover , he 's at work on a case where you just know people are going to die . Such page turners are nothing new for Mosley , who is known for his strong , black male characters and his passionate musings on race , politics and the writing life . McGill 's creator recently spoke with CNN about the new mystery novel , why he does n't miss Easy , and how the changes in the United States are mirrored in his writing . The following is an edited version of the interview . CNN : Why leave Los Angeles for a setting in modern-day New York ? Walter Mosley : I have been a resident of both cities . The new series being contemporary and about a character who in some murky ways reflects where America is right now , New York seemed the right place for that . CNN : How so ? Where do you think America is right now ? Mosley : I think that America has made a decision , after about 20 years of going in one direction , to go in another direction : to leave rampant and amoral kind of deregulation and also rampant and immoral wars and say , `` Maybe we should be doing the right thing instead of the wrong thing , '' or redefining what the right thing is , at any rate . Those kinds of decisions , there are only two places -LSB- the setting -RSB- can be , and that 's either in Washington , D.C. , which I feel is very limiting because it 's a one-business town , or New York , where everything from economics to government is centered . So I decided on New York . CNN : McGill is trying to leave behind his shady past . Do you feel like America is trying to do the same ? Mosley : Yes , I think that 's exactly what 's happening . I think America is trying to seek redemption after having done many things wrong in the eyes of the world in general . Leonid McGill is trying to seek redemption after a long criminal history . His history is somewhat forgivable , but still it 's criminal . CNN : Did you approach this book differently than you did when you were writing the Easy Rawlins mysteries ? Mosley : Yes and no . All books are different , so each of the Easy Rawlins books I wrote I approached differently . -LSB- Leonid -RSB- is a new character and he has a unique life that I had to begin to learn . I knew Easy very well , but Leonid I had to learn who he was . CNN : In your new book , I love that McGill 's wife 's name is `` Katrina '' and she leaves lots of destruction in her wake . Mosley : -LSB- chuckling -RSB- It 's true , but the first story I wrote about Leonid -LSB- a story called `` Karma '' published in the anthology `` Dangerous Women '' -RSB- was before the hurricane and that was a long time ago . It 's funny that it worked out like that . CNN : What do you like about McGill ? Mosley : This is the first time in my experiments in crime fiction that I 've written a hard-boiled detective character . This is going all the way back to the beginning of the genre in the '30s , where you have a guy who gets thumped upside the head a lot and he 's just as bad as the people he 's after . In the old style , you never knew what was going on inside the hard-boiled character 's head , but in these stories I am actually discovering the underlying character of the hard-boiled detective , and for me that 's been a great deal of fun . CNN : You 've written so many various genres . What is it about the genre of crime fiction that appeals to you ? Mosley : Originally I got into it because you can talk about worlds that people would n't read about ordinarily unless they had a particular interest in it . Everybody reads crime fiction and they read it to find out about different worlds . I like writing in different genres . There 's all this stuff that I really enjoy doing because I think they all serve different purposes . And listen , I 'm known as a crime writer , people like it and I enjoy it . CNN : For your fans , a lot of them miss Easy Rawlins . Do you miss him at all ? Mosley : No , he 's right there on the shelf . All I have to do is reach up and pull him down . I 'm finished with that . I 'm moving on .

What is the name of his new book ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Scotland 's Susan Boyle gives new meaning to the term `` overnight sensation . '' The `` Britain 's Got Talent '' contestant was expected to be something of a joke when she first sauntered on stage , but she absolutely wowed the audience , the judges -- and then the world via the Internet -- with her stunning rendition of `` I Dreamed a Dream . '' Along with Simon Cowell and Piers Morgan , Amanda Holden is a judge on `` Britain 's Got Talent . '' But like others who stumble upon sudden fame , she found the pressure and scrutiny to be overwhelming . `` Talent '' judge Amanda Holden and Dr. Drew Pinsky of VH1 's `` Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew '' joined CNN 's Larry King Tuesday night to discuss Boyle 's hospitalization for stress and the toll the spotlight and media criticism might have taken on her mental health . They also discussed whether Boyle will develop the emotional stamina for a high-pressure singing career . The following interview has been edited for brevity and clarity : Larry King : What do we know right now ? Amanda Holden : Basically , we 've spoken to Susan 's brother . He , in fact , spoke on -LSB- CBS ' `` The Early Show '' -RSB- this morning to say that his sister was very keen to come home as soon as she possibly could and that she was resting up in a clinic in London and that she was very much looking forward to coming out and seeing what was available to her when she felt better . King : Is the show , Amanda , paying for the hospital bills and are they taking care of her ? Holden : I have no idea if they 're paying the hospital bills . I would imagine that they are . We 're a very loyal show . We love Susan very much . In fact , all the contestants that appear on our show are extraordinarily well looked after . King : Your fellow judge , Piers Morgan , has said that there was talk of taking her off the show because of all the pressures on her . Were you involved ? Were there any discussions like that ? Holden : I was n't involved in any discussions like that . And I think Piers has a slightly closer relationship with her . ... The only thing I 'm worried about with Susan Boyle is that she seems to have a crush on Piers Morgan . ... I think that Piers kind of reassured her during the final that she was doing well and that she must n't pay any kind of attention to the press and all the other stuff that was going King : Despite all the tumult , there 's no disputing that Susan sang her heart out during the finale of the competition . I know the dance troupe -LSB- Diversity -RSB- was terrific . But , frankly , why did n't she win ? Holden : Honestly , I ca n't criticize the decision because it was the British public that voted in the end . I have no real idea , to be honest . I wonder whether it could be that Diversity was utterly fantastic on the show that night . They decimated the show . They really , really were amazing . And I just wonder whether maybe younger people voted and were quicker on the texts than the kind of people that were voting for Susan . But as I keep saying , if Susan is a loser , then surely she is the biggest and best loser that we have in the world . And coming second is no bad thing . Watch Amanda Holden discuss Susan Boyle '' King : She came in , though , -LSB- as -RSB- a small-town amateur singer , -LSB- with -RSB- learning disabilities due to suffering oxygen deprivation at birth . Some say the program exploited her and her vulnerabilities . Do you agree ? Holden : I could n't disagree more . You know , she 's a grown woman who applied to come on a talent show . She enjoyed every second of every moment that I met her or saw her behind the scenes . She was very excited . She was very proud to be taking part in the show . I think the downturn in press in our country -LSB- Britain -RSB- , I think , maybe stressed her out a little bit . And I think she was just quite upset about all the exaggerated stories and the kind of falsehoods that were being written about her . I think that everybody gets upset about bad press when you 're in this business . And she 's somebody that 's gone from anonymity to -LSB- an -RSB- absolute worldwide phenomenon . King : Yes . Holden : So how is she expected to handle that ? Nobody can handle that with the best will in the world . I 've been in the business 15 years , and I 'm still not media savvy . -LSB- Dr. Drew Pinsky joins the show -RSB- King : What do you make of this Susan Boyle thing ? Pinsky : The problem here is that here 's a woman that 's suddenly under the scrutiny of the spotlight who maybe has some developmental issues , who is under tremendous stress and -LSB- now -RSB- is in a psychiatric hospital . The question is , did the show harm her ? King : Did it ? Pinsky : It 's hard to say . This is the first time these kind of experiences have really been undertaken by people . People that come out of nowhere all of a sudden are international superstars . King : Should we be , Amanda , concerned about that ? Holden : First of all , I just want to say that Susan 's brother said on British television this morning that , yes , Susan has experienced learning difficulties . But in actual fact , when she was at school , she did as well as any of her other siblings . But throughout her childhood , always before an exam or anything else , she always got quite anxious . -LSB- Before the show -RSB- , she was feeling nervous . But she went out there and she nailed it . You know , she did the best performance that we 've seen . And let 's not forget , this is actually only the second or third time we 've heard her sing . ... She is in a place where celebrities go when they are burnt out . Now , I am obviously not a doctor . I have no factual information to give to you . I can only say to you her brother ... has said she wants to come home within a matter of days , rather than weeks . Pinsky : That 's excellent . King : Would you guess , Dr. Drew , that she still has a career in front of her ? Would n't you bet she does ? Pinsky : Oh , I bet she does , absolutely . And she will learn to become accustomed to this kind of stress , I am sure . But let 's make sure she has the care she needs . And let 's be sure that ... everybody that goes on shows like this has access to things that help them deal with the stress of these kinds of environments .

What does Holden beleive ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It 's all tied up in Texas . Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are running a tight race in Texas . A new CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll suggests the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination between Sens. Hillary Clinton of New York and Barack Obama of Illinois is a statistical dead heat in Texas , which holds primaries March 4 . In the survey , out Monday , 50 percent of likely Democratic primary voters support Clinton as their choice for the party 's nominee , with 48 percent backing Obama . But taking into account the poll 's sampling error of plus or minus 4 1/2 percentage points for Democratic respondents , the race is a virtual tie . Watch Democrats target Texas . '' Two recent polls by other organizations also show the race statistically even . Map : National and state polling `` One reason the race appears to be tight is that Texas Democrats are having a hard time choosing between two attractive options , '' says CNN polling director Keating Holland . `` Likely Democratic primary voters would be equally happy if either candidate won the nomination , and they do n't see a lot of difference between them on several top issues . `` Roughly a quarter of likely voters say they could change their minds in the next two weeks -- and not surprisingly , those people are splitting roughly equally between Clinton and Obama . '' Many political strategists and analysts consider Texas and Ohio -- which also holds a March 4 primary -- must-win states for Clinton . Obama has won the past eight contests and is now ahead in the overall battle for delegates , 193 of which are at stake in Texas . The new survey indicates Arizona Sen. John McCain is the clear favorite for the Republican presidential nomination . Among Republicans , 55 percent of likely Texas GOP primary voters support McCain as their choice for nominee . Thirty-two percent back former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and 11 percent support home-state congressman and former Libertarian standard-bearer Ron Paul . The poll 's sampling error for Republican respondents is 4 percentage points . The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll was conducted by telephone from Friday through Sunday . Pollsters talked to 1,506 adults in Texas , including 553 likely Republican primary voters and 529 likely Democratic primary voters . McCain is the overwhelming front-runner in the fight for the Republican presidential nomination and party leaders have rallied around the candidate in an attempt for party unity . The poll was released on the same day the only living former Republican president -- George Herbert Walker Bush , the current president 's father -- endorsed McCain at an event in Houston . Watch McCain get a big boost '' But McCain has had trouble winning conservative voters . Just last week , McCain lost the conservative vote to Huckabee in the Virginia primary , according to exit polls . The new survey , though , suggests McCain may have better luck in Texas . `` It looks like McCain has made some inroads with conservative Republicans , '' Holland said . `` McCain is picking up a bare majority among conservative likely voters in the GOP primary . The McCain campaign probably wishes that number were higher , but it does mean that a McCain victory in Texas would not be based on the votes of moderates and independents , as has happened in several states in the past few weeks . '' Texas Democrats and Republicans may not see eye to eye on the issues , but the poll suggests they do agree on what 's the most important issue . Thirty-five percent of Democrats and an equal number of Republicans said the economy was the most important issue in their choice for president . The second most important issue for Democrats was health care , at 23 percent , followed by the war in Iraq at 22 percent , illegal immigration at 10 percent and terrorism at 7 percent . Nineteen percent of Republicans said illegal immigration was their most important issue , putting it in second place , followed by the war in Iraq and terrorism at 17 percent and health care at 8 percent . Sixty percent of Republicans say they 'll definitely support the candidate they are now backing . That number climbs to 76 percent for Democrats . Likely Democratic primary voters view Clinton and Obama on roughly equal terms . Seventy-nine percent say they would be satisfied if Clinton were the nominee ; an equal number feel the same way about Obama . Seventy-nine percent say it 's likely Clinton can win the nomination ; 82 percent say the same about Obama . The two candidates are essentially tied on immigration , Iraq and the economy , but Clinton has an advantage on health care and abortion . E-mail to a friend

Who is the clear front-runner on the Republican side ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Bayern Munich have agreed a deal to sign Croatian international striker Ivica Olic from Bundesliga rivals Hamburg , the German champions have revealed on their official Web site fcbayern.de . Olic will join Bayern Munich at the end of the season after proving a success in his time at Hamburg . `` We 've struck an agreement to sign Olic at the end of the season . All we need now are the signatures under the contract , '' said Bayern general manager Uli Hoeness following the team 's arrival at a winter training camp in Dubai . Olic will complete his move on a free transfer on July 1 and will sign a three-year contract binding him to the club until 2012 . `` I 'll do everything I can to mark my departure from Hamburg with a trophy , '' the 29-year-old Olic vowed on Friday , as he and his team-mates prepared for a winter training camp almost exactly parallel to Bayern 's in Dubai . The two teams will meet on January 30 in Hamburg in a match marking the official start of the second half of the Bundesliga season . Olic joined Hamburg from CSKA Moscow in January 2007 having won three league titles and the UEFA Cup in Russia . He has already scored 12 goals this season and has netted 11 times in 61 internationals for Croatia . `` We 're certain Ivica will be a perfect compliment to our strikers Luca Toni and Miroslav Klose . One pleasing aspect is that he is out of contract at the end of the season , '' said Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge last month .

What did the 29 year-old agree to do ?

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