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editor 's note : in our behind the scenes series , cnn correspondents share their experiences in covering news and analyze the stories behind the events . here , soledad o'brien takes users inside a jail where many of the inmates are mentally ill . an inmate housed on the `` forgotten floor , '' where many mentally ill inmates are housed in miami before trial . miami , florida -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the ninth floor of the miami-dade pretrial detention facility is dubbed the `` forgotten floor . '' here , inmates with the most severe mental illnesses are incarcerated until they 're ready to appear in court . most often , they face drug charges or charges of assaulting an officer -- charges that judge steven leifman says are usually `` avoidable felonies . '' he says the arrests often result from confrontations with police . mentally ill people often wo n't do what they 're told when police arrive on the scene -- confrontation seems to exacerbate their illness and they become more paranoid , delusional , and less likely to follow directions , according to leifman . so , they end up on the ninth floor severely mentally disturbed , but not getting any real help because they 're in jail . we toured the jail with leifman . he is well known in miami as an advocate for justice and the mentally ill . even though we were not exactly welcomed with open arms by the guards , we were given permission to shoot videotape and tour the floor . go inside the ` forgotten floor ' '' at first , it 's hard to determine where the people are . the prisoners are wearing sleeveless robes . imagine cutting holes for arms and feet in a heavy wool sleeping bag -- that 's kind of what they look like . they 're designed to keep the mentally ill patients from injuring themselves . that 's also why they have no shoes , laces or mattresses . leifman says about one-third of all people in miami-dade county jails are mentally ill . so , he says , the sheer volume is overwhelming the system , and the result is what we see on the ninth floor . of course , it is a jail , so it 's not supposed to be warm and comforting , but the lights glare , the cells are tiny and it 's loud . we see two , sometimes three men -- sometimes in the robes , sometimes naked , lying or sitting in their cells . `` i am the son of the president . you need to get me out of here ! '' one man shouts at me .<doc-sep>he is absolutely serious , convinced that help is on the way -- if only he could reach the white house . leifman tells me that these prisoner-patients will often circulate through the system , occasionally stabilizing in a mental hospital , only to return to jail to face their charges . it 's brutally unjust , in his mind , and he has become a strong advocate for changing things in miami . over a meal later , we talk about how things got this way for mental patients . leifman says 200 years ago people were considered `` lunatics '' and they were locked up in jails even if they had no charges against them . they were just considered unfit to be in society . over the years , he says , there was some public outcry , and the mentally ill were moved out of jails and into hospitals . but leifman says many of these mental hospitals were so horrible they were shut down . where did the patients go ? nowhere . the streets . they became , in many cases , the homeless , he says . they never got treatment . leifman says in 1955 there were more than half a million people in state mental hospitals , and today that number has been reduced 90 percent , and 40,000 to 50,000 people are in mental hospitals . the judge says he 's working to change this . starting in 2008 , many inmates who would otherwise have been brought to the `` forgotten floor '' will instead be sent to a new mental health facility -- the first step on a journey toward long-term treatment , not just punishment . leifman says it 's not the complete answer , but it 's a start . leifman says the best part is that it 's a win-win solution . the patients win , the families are relieved , and the state saves money by simply not cycling these prisoners through again and again . and , for leifman , justice is served . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>even if the dangerous mentally ill can be identified , the facilities to protect society have been reduced to desperate inadequacy . in 1959 , state mental hospitals housed about 559,000 patients . a generation later , the mental hospital population had dwindled to 70,000 people . this trend is called `` deinstitutionalization , '' but that 's an inapt term . the mentally ill do often end up inside institutions : prisons . almost 1.3 million mentally ill people are held in prisons and jails . few of these people are adequately treated , and they often emerge more troubled and dangerous . even if authorities can identify a potentially dangerous mentally ill person and do revoke that person 's gun license , the sheer superabundance of guns in the united states puts weapons in easy reach of anyone who wants them . the guns that adam lanza used at sandy hook were bought by his mother , who could have passed any background check . a society with a lot of guns is going to have a lot of shootings , no matter what else it does for the mentally ill -- especially since the most common form of gun violence is not homicide but suicide . the self-slaughter of a chronically depressed person is a mental health failure , too . a stronger mental health system is not an alternative to gun safety laws . it must operate in tandem with them . that lesson was written in blood at newtown , yet it remains unlearned to this day . the opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of david frum .<doc-sep>two teenagers who forced a mentally ill woman to drink urine and smoke a cannabis joint filled with curry power while filming it on their mobile phones have been jailed . jamie rhys campin , 19 , was given ten years behind bars after he was also convicted of sexually assaulting the 43-year-old victim , who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia . his accomplice , 19-year-old connor james , was jailed for two years after he was also found guilty of helping to steal a ring and laptop worth # 400 from the home in hillingdon , greater london . jamie rhys campin , 19 -lrb- left -rrb- , jailed for ten years he sexually assaulted a mentally ill woman , and forced her to drink urine and smoke cannabis . connor james , also 19 , was jailed for two years -lrb- right -rrb- . isleworth crown court heard that the victim was alone in her house one day between the july 5 and july 14 when campin and james approached her front door . the victim , who was suffering a psychotic episode , said she could n't remember the exact date , and told the jury that she let the pair in because she convinced herself that she knew them . she said : ' i was not one hundred per cent well at that time because i have a mental health problem and i did not have any control of the situation . they just walked in and i did n't want any trouble .<doc-sep>by . mark duell . updated : . 02:56 est , 3 december 2011 . a father has been jailed for beating his mentally ill wife to death with a flashlight after she strangled their son and tried to kill their daughter . christopher smeltzer , 39 , of new hampshire , was jailed for up to 30 years after pleading guilty to killing mara pappalardo in november 2010 . she was paranoid , obsessed with death and convinced her husband and mother-in-law were plotting to take her children away , a court heard . sentenced : christopher smeltzer , 39 , has been jailed for beating his mentally ill wife mara pappalardo to death after she killed mason and tried to kill mercey . pappalardo was hospitalised for mental illness before she strangled their four-year-old son with a ribbon and tried to kill their seven-year-old girl . smeltzer 's charge was changed from second-degree manslaughter to manslaughter by provocation because of a horrific scene he encountered . he found his son strangled , his daughter dangling off a bed with a scarf around her neck and his wife trying to commit suicide , prosecutors said . ` as soon as i saw my son i knew something was very wrong , ' smeltzer said . ` i knew he was dead and i lost all control . enraged , i struck my wife . ` i did something that was not going to bring my son back , ' adding that he wished he had a ` rewind button ' to go back and change what he did . smeltzer believed his daughter was dead as well and toxicology tests confirmed he took a large quantity of pills in an effort to take his own life . deaths : smeltzer 's charge was changed from second-degree manslaughter to manslaughter by provocation because of a horrific scene he encountered . his daughter mercey awakened him the next morning and asked if her mother and brother were still breathing , prosecutors said .<doc-sep>editor 's note : in our behind the scenes series , cnn correspondents share their experiences in covering news and analyze the stories behind the events . here , soledad o'brien takes users inside a jail where many of the inmates are mentally ill . an inmate housed on the `` forgotten floor , '' where many mentally ill inmates are housed in miami before trial . miami , florida -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the ninth floor of the miami-dade pretrial detention facility is dubbed the `` forgotten floor . '' here , inmates with the most severe mental illnesses are incarcerated until they 're ready to appear in court . most often , they face drug charges or charges of assaulting an officer -- charges that judge steven leifman says are usually `` avoidable felonies . '' he says the arrests often result from confrontations with police . mentally ill people often wo n't do what they 're told when police arrive on the scene -- confrontation seems to exacerbate their illness and they become more paranoid , delusional , and less likely to follow directions , according to leifman . so , they end up on the ninth floor severely mentally disturbed , but not getting any real help because they 're in jail . we toured the jail with leifman . he is well known in miami as an advocate for justice and the mentally ill . even though we were not exactly welcomed with open arms by the guards , we were given permission to shoot videotape and tour the floor . go inside the ` forgotten floor ' '' at first , it 's hard to determine where the people are . the prisoners are wearing sleeveless robes . imagine cutting holes for arms and feet in a heavy wool sleeping bag -- that 's kind of what they look like . they 're designed to keep the mentally ill patients from injuring themselves . that 's also why they have no shoes , laces or mattresses .

<t> mentally ill inmates in miami are housed on the `` forgotten floor '' </t> <t> judge steven leifman says most are there as a result of `` avoidable felonies '' </t> <t> while cnn tours facility , patient shouts : `` i am the son of the president '' </t> <t> leifman says the system is unjust and he 's fighting for change . </t>

the mentally ill -- jailed and desperate for help<T>

london , england -lrb- reuters -rrb- -- harry potter star daniel radcliffe gains access to a reported # 20 million -lrb- $ 41.1 million -rrb- fortune as he turns 18 on monday , but he insists the money wo n't cast a spell on him . daniel radcliffe as harry potter in `` harry potter and the order of the phoenix '' to the disappointment of gossip columnists around the world , the young actor says he has no plans to fritter his cash away on fast cars , drink and celebrity parties . `` i do n't plan to be one of those people who , as soon as they turn 18 , suddenly buy themselves a massive sports car collection or something similar , '' he told an australian interviewer earlier this month . `` i do n't think i 'll be particularly extravagant . `` the things i like buying are things that cost about 10 pounds -- books and cds and dvds . '' at 18 , radcliffe will be able to gamble in a casino , buy a drink in a pub or see the horror film `` hostel : part ii , '' currently six places below his number one movie on the uk box office chart .<doc-sep>details of how he 'll mark his landmark birthday are under wraps . his agent and publicist had no comment on his plans . `` i 'll definitely have some sort of party , '' he said in an interview . `` hopefully none of you will be reading about it . '' radcliffe 's earnings from the first five potter films have been held in a trust fund which he has not been able to touch . despite his growing fame and riches , the actor says he is keeping his feet firmly on the ground . `` people are always looking to say ` kid star goes off the rails , ' '' he told reporters last month . `` but i try very hard not to go that way because it would be too easy for them . '' his latest outing as the boy wizard in `` harry potter and the order of the phoenix '' is breaking records on both sides of the atlantic and he will reprise the role in the last two films . watch i-reporter give her review of potter 's latest ''<doc-sep>there is life beyond potter , however . the londoner has filmed a tv movie called `` my boy jack , '' about author rudyard kipling and his son , due for release later this year . he will also appear in `` december boys , '' an australian film about four boys who escape an orphanage . earlier this year , he made his stage debut playing a tortured teenager in peter shaffer 's `` equus . '' meanwhile , he is braced for even closer media scrutiny now that he 's legally an adult : `` i just think i 'm going to be more sort of fair game , '' he told reuters . e-mail to a friend . copyright 2007 reuters . all rights reserved.this material may not be published , broadcast , rewritten , or redistributed .<doc-sep>teetotal daniel radcliffe a no-show after the premiere screening . she started her night in a floor-length tiered oscar de la renta gown but emma watson ended it with a bang in a shorter elie saab frock at the harry potter premiere afterparty . it was a night of celebration and emotion as harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2 afterparty kicked off at old billingsgate market in london , but despite shedding a few tears at the premiere , emma watson held her head high as the night continued . the actress , who plays hermione granger , appeared to have a glittering theme for the night and changed outfits for the afterparty . and she sparkled like a diamond in both of her stunning couture dresses with a real rock to match , wearing a boodles round diamond ` chakra ' platinum ring worth a cool # 95,000 . the magic little number : emma watson sparkled in the short elie saab frock at the harry potter premiere afterparty at old billingsgate market in london . tearful : emma seen earlier in the evening in a floor-length tiered oscar de la renta gown with her potter co-stars rupert grint , left who plays ron weasley , and daniel radcliffe , who plays the lead role . the 21-year-old accessorised her elie number with chopard earrings and peep-toe heels , to add that little extra bit of magic to her ensemble . she then changed into a third and final outfit for the night , consisting of a little black dress , to head back to her hotel . also letting their hair down at the . afterparty were her fellow co-stars rupert grint , tom felton and engaged . couple bonnie wright and jamie campbell bower . but harry potter 's star daniel radcliffe was a no-show at the event , which saw chloe green and sam branson turn up for a celebratory drink . perhaps his lack of party spirit was due to the fact that the actor has given up alcohol , after recently admitting that the pressures on fame had made him dependent on drinking . round three ! emma watson then changed into a third and final outfit at the end of the night , which consisted of a little black dress , trench coat and ballet flats .<doc-sep>exhilarating for some , but frustrating for others , this particular scene from the franchise 's sixth installment is a cinematic creation , as it never occurs in the j.k. rowling novel . watch the excitement of `` potter 's '' scene '' that aside , it includes pyrotechnic explosions , blazing fires , a massive chase sequence and the use of dark arts -- the harry potter version of black magic . in this week 's `` the scene , '' actors daniel radcliffe , who plays harry potter ; bonnie wright , who stars as ginny weasley ; and director david yates comment on the action .<doc-sep>by . sara malm . published : . 12:48 est , 25 december 2013 . | . updated : . 13:13 est , 25 december 2013 . all smiles : actor daniel radcliffe , pictured earlier this month , has made # 6million this year . daniel radcliffe has cause to celebrate this christmas as it is revealed he made a # 6million profit this year . the company that manages his assets , including all potter-related earnings , is now worth a spell-binding # 54,079,238 . the accounts for 24-year-old actor 's firm gilmore jacobs proves that the harry potter star holds firm his spot as britain 's top earning young actor . last year , gilmore jacobs , which also . manages radcliffe 's stateside properties , was worth # 47.9 min 2012 , an . increase of nearly # 17m on the previous year . as the accounts are for a small business , they do not disclose how much the hollywood star paid himself personally in dividends . gilmore . jacobs was set up in 2000 by radcliffe 's father alan , a literary agent , . and his mother marcia , to safeguard his earnings from the hit films . assets . include two subsidiary property companies in new york and los angeles . which are together worth nearly # 8m . the subsidiaries are thought to own . radcliffe 's property in the united states . gilmore . jacobs has no shortage of ready cash with # 9.3 m in the bank - an . increase of more than # 5m on the previous year - which the actor can . access at any time . radcliffe , born in fulham , south west london , made his acting debut in bbc1 drama david copperfield in 1999 . he . beat 40,000 other young hopefuls to be chosen as the hero of the jk . rowling books , first appearing in harry potter and the philosopher 's . stone in 2001 , aged just 12 . since then , he has starred in another seven harry potter films including the final harry potter and the deathly hallows part two released in 2011 . where the magic began : daniel aged 12 , as harry potter in the first film in the series , harry potter and the philosopher 's stone , in 2001 . wand-erful : daniel , with emma watson and rupert grint , ten years later in the final installation - harry potter and the deathly hallows : part 2 - which made them all multi-millionaires . radcliffe turned to the stage in 2007 , famously appearing nude in a london and new york production of equus before trying his hand at musical theatre in a 2011 revival on broadway of the aptly-named musical how to succeed in business without really trying . this year he was praised for his portrayal of beat poet allen ginsberg in independent film kill your darlings . last year , radcliffe admitted in an interview that he felt embarrassed by the amount of money he has made through acting . ` i got paid so well for doing the harry potter films , it 's ridiculous . if somebody asked me , `` did you think you deserve that money ? '' no , of course i did n't , ' he told parade magazine . ` but would you have taken it anyway ? ' of course . i happened to have found this industry where people get paid stupid amounts of money . ` that 's the reality . i feel almost guilty for having done so well out of potter . ' new projects : radcliffe and jon hamm from the 2013 television series a young doctor 's notebook .<doc-sep>by . hugo gye . published : . 10:18 est , 9 april 2013 . | . updated : . 12:48 est , 9 april 2013 . harry potter star daniel radcliffe wept today as beloved actor richard griffiths was laid to rest at a church where shakespeare was buried . the hollywood actor was one of 300 mourners paying their respects to the 65-year-old , best known for his roles in withnail and i , pie in the sky and the history boys . mr radcliffe led tributes to his friend during the funeral service at holy trinity church in stratford-upon-avon , saying he made any room ` twice as funny ' . laid to rest : pallbearers carrying the coffin of actor richard griffiths at his funeral in stratford-upon-avon . mourners : the actor 's harry potter co-star daniel radcliffe was part of the crowd paying their respects . friends : downton abbey creator lord fellowes , left , and actor nigel havers , right , attended the service today . beloved : the 65-year-old actor is known for his roles in withnail and i , harry potter and the history boys . success : veteran star mr griffiths pictured picking up his tony award in new york in 2006 . the actor died last week aged 65 . one mourner said : ` daniel was clearly . very fond of richard , as anyone who ever met him was , and was crying . quite openly in church . ` it was a beautiful service and richard would have been touched by how many people turned up to say goodbye . ` richard was a tremendous character .

<t> harry potter star daniel radcliffe gets # 20m fortune as he turns 18 monday . </t> <t> young actor says he has no plans to fritter his cash away . </t> <t> radcliffe 's earnings from first five potter films have been held in trust fund . </t>

life 's magic as daniel radcliffe turns 18<T>

minneapolis , minnesota -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- drivers who were on the minneapolis bridge when it collapsed told harrowing tales of survival . `` the whole bridge from one side of the mississippi to the other just completely gave way , fell all the way down , '' survivor gary babineau told cnn . `` i probably had a 30 - , 35-foot free fall . and there 's cars in the water , there 's cars on fire . the whole bridge is down . '' he said his back was injured but he determined he could move around . `` i realized there was a school bus right next to me , and me and a couple of other guys went over and started lifting the kids off the bridge . they were yelling , screaming , bleeding . i think there were some broken bones . '' watch a driver describe his narrow escape '' at home when he heard about the disaster , dr. john hink , an emergency room physician , jumped into his car and rushed to the scene in 15 minutes . he arrived at the south side of the bridge , stood on the riverbank and saw dozens of people lying dazed on an expansive deck . they were in the middle of the mississippi river , which was churning fast , and he had no way of getting to them . he went to the north side , where there was easier access to people . ambulances were also having a hard time driving down to the river to get closer to the scene .<doc-sep>working feverishly , volunteers , emts and other officials managed to get 55 people into ambulances in less than two hours . occasionally , a pickup truck with a medic inside would drive to get an injured person and bring him back up even ground , hink told cnn . the rescue effort was controlled and organized , he said ; the opposite of the lightning-quick collapse . `` i could see the whole bridge as it was going down , as it was falling , '' babineau said . `` it just gave a rumble real quick , and it all just gave way , and it just fell completely , all the way to the ground . and there was dust everywhere and it was just like everyone has been saying : it was just like out of the movies . '' babineau said the rear of his pickup truck was dangling over the edge of a broken-off section of the bridge . he said several vehicles slid past him into the water . `` i stayed in my car for one or two seconds . i saw a couple cars fall , '' he said . `` so i stayed in my car until the cars quit falling for a second , then i got out real quick , ran in front of my truck -- because behind my truck was just a hole -- and i helped a woman off of the bridge with me .<doc-sep>`` i just wanted off the bridge , and then i ran over to the school bus . i started grabbing kids and handing them down . it was just complete chaos . '' he said most of the children were crying or screaming . he and other rescuers set them on the ground and told them to run to the river bank , but a few needed to be carried because of their injuries . see rescuers clamber over rubble '' babineau said he had no rescue training . `` i just knew what i had to do at the moment . '' melissa hughes , 32 , of minneapolis , told the associated press that she was driving home when the western edge of the bridge collapsed under her . `` you know that free-fall feeling ? i felt that twice , '' hughes said . a pickup landed on top of her car , but she was not hurt .<doc-sep>`` i had no idea there was a vehicle on my car , '' she told ap . `` it 's really very surreal . '' babineau told the minneapolis star-tribune : `` on the way down , i thought i was dead . i literally thought i was dead . `` my truck was completely face down , pointed toward the ground , and my truck got ripped in half . it was folded in half , and i ca n't believe i 'm alive . '' see and hear eyewitness accounts '' bernie toivonen told cnn 's `` american morning '' that his vehicle was on a part of the bridge that ended up tilted at a 45-degree angle . `` i knew the deck was going down , there was no question about it , and i thought i was going to die , '' he said . after the bridge settled and his car remained upright , `` i just put in park , turned the key off and said , ` oh , i 'm alive , ' '' he said . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>rosenker would not offer any theories on what caused the collapse , saying that would come after the 19 investigators have completed their analysis . see which states have most troubled bridges '' the 1,907-foot bridge came down wednesday in a cloud of dust and river water during the evening rush hour . divers searched the river throughout friday , locating 12 submerged or partially submerged vehicles , hennepin county sheriff rich stanek said . while no bodies were found , two of the vehicles were so badly crushed that divers could not check inside . five people were confirmed to have died in the collapse . view photos from the disaster '' `` i 'm hopeful that the death toll will remain low , but i ca n't be absolutely certain , '' stanek said . `` i can only pray . '' the hennepin county medical examiner 's office friday identified a fifth victim as paul eickstadt , 51 , of mounds view , minnesota , who was the driver of the tractor-trailer that was ablaze in the immediate aftermath of the collapse . the other four victims were previously identified . e-mail to a friend . cnn 's susan roesgen contributed to this report .<doc-sep>`` goodbye my sweety ... im going to miss yo , '' another said . `` honey wanted to tell you how much i love you , '' one sender wrote . `` i was a little worried . i do n't want to lose you now that i got you back . you mean everything to me . you have my whole heart and life . i love you so much . '' some texts brought relief . `` my dad survived ! i got a call from stepmom 's coworker saying my dad is alive , although that is all the info i have . i do not know if he is injured or unscathed . '' `` abroer 's father is alive , '' one text proclaims . `` survived wtc collapse . i am trying to contact family members to find out more . '' `` urgent . it 's tim . i 'm okay . call me at home ... i was outside the building when it exploded , but i 'm fine . '' others have to wait and worry . numerous messages simply read : `` are you okay ? '' `` where are you ? '' or `` call me now ! '' `` pete is ok . he ca n't find his brother who works in the world financial center next to the trade center ... '' one message read . the messages also give insight to the federal government 's scramble to evacuate buildings , bases and high-level officials . `` jim : deploy to mt. weather now ! tom '' reads one message , referring to mount weather , the underground bunker where high-level officials are taken in a national emergency and a command facility for the federal emergency management agency . a message at 10:24 a.m. appears to show authorities working to secure the first family . `` twinkle and turq are accounted for and safe , '' the message says . twinkle and turquoise were the code names used for then-president george w. bush 's twin daughters jenna and barbara .<doc-sep>sergeant paulo cezar da silva said : ` because she is a very strong woman , it is possible she acted alone in hitting him and digging the grave . but we are awaiting the results of the investigation . ' another policeman , gilberto oliveira , said the situation was highly unusual . ' i know of other cases where people have filed a complaint with police and we have found they have an outstanding arrest warrant , ' he said . ` but i 've never seen someone buried alive by a woman before . ' pereira 's mother conceigco maria romano de jesus pereira said the couple often fought , adding : ' i ca n't believe such a thing happened . ` i 'm just so glad he got his face out and managed to breathe . thank god he survived the blows and then survived when he was buried alive . '<doc-sep>rio 's civil defence secretary , coronel sergio simoes , said he did not believe anyone had survived the tragedy . he said : ` we hope there might be an air pocket and that we might find . some survivor , but this possibility is lamentably very small . ' rio 's mayor eduardo paes said : ` there were people inside , yet , but we ca n't confirm how many . ' witnesses said there was a strong smell of gas in the moments before the explosion . but mr paes said : ` the possibility of a gas leak is very small . we do n't know the cause , but it must have been structural damage and not an explosion . as we get more information we 'll pass it on . ' injured : rescue workers carry a victim of the building collapse . debris : cars in the surrounding area were covered in dust after the collapse of the buildings . systems analyse fernando amaro , who was working inside the building until moments before it collapsed , told terra website that people worked in offices there until 9pm . he said six of his colleagues who had stayed behind for training in a room in the fourth floor were still missing . he said : ` it all happened very quickly . i saw the doorman run out screaming and the building began to crumble . he was lucky to get out alive . ' police have cordoned off the area and electricity to the street has been cut off for safety reasons .

<t> new : `` i thought i was going to die , '' driver says . </t> <t> man says pickup truck was folded in half ; he just has cut on face . </t> <t> driver : `` i probably had a 30 - , 35-foot free fall '' </t> <t> minnesota bridge collapsed during rush hour wednesday . </t>

driver who survived bridge collapse : ` i ca n't believe i 'm alive '<T>

baghdad , iraq -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- dressed in a superman shirt , 5-year-old youssif held his sister 's hand friday , seemingly unaware that millions of people across the world have been touched by his story . nearby , his parents talked about the new future and hope they have for their boy -- and the potential for recovery from his severe burns . youssif holds his sister 's hand friday . he 's wearing a facial mask often used to help burn victims . it 's the best birthday present the iraqi family could ever have imagined for their boy : youssif turns 6 next friday . `` i was so happy i did n't know what to do with myself , '' his mother , zainab , told cnn , a broad smile across her face . `` i did n't think the reaction would be this big . '' his father said he was on the roof of his house when cnn called him with the news about the outpouring of support for his son . `` we just want to thank everyone who has come forward , '' he said . `` we knew there was kindness out there . '' like his wife , he could n't stop smiling . he talked about how he tried in vain to get help for his son in baghdad , leaving `` no stone unturned '' on a mission to help his boy . there were many trips to the ministry of health . he says he even put in a request to iraq 's parliament for help . the family eventually told cnn their story -- that youssif was grabbed by masked men outside their home on january 15 , doused in gasoline and set on fire . simply by coming forward , his parents put themselves in incredible danger . no one has been arrested or held accountable in youssif 's case . watch cnn 's arwa damon describe ` truly phenomenal ' outpouring '' shortly after youssif 's story aired wednesday , the children 's burn foundation -- a nonprofit organization based in sherman oaks , california , that provides support for burn victims locally , nationally and internationally -- agreed to pay for the transportation for youssif and his family to come to the united states and to set up a fund for donations . you can make a donation at the foundation 's site by clicking here . there 's a drop-down menu under the `` general donation '' area that is marked `` youssif 's fund . '' the foundation says it will cover all medical costs -- from surgeries for youssif to housing costs to any social rehabilitation that might be needed for him . surgeries will be performed by dr. peter grossman , a plastic surgeon with the affiliated grossman burn center who is donating his services for youssif 's cause .<doc-sep>officials are still trying to get the appropriate visas for the family 's travels . `` we are prepared to have them come here , set them up in a housing situation , provide support for them and begin treatment , '' said barbara friedman , executive director of the children 's burn foundation . `` we expect that the treatment will be from between six months to a year with many surgeries . '' she added , `` he will be getting the absolute best care that 's available . '' youssif 's parents said they know it 's going to be a lengthy and difficult process and that adjusting to their stay in america may not be easy . but none of that matters -- getting help for their boy is first and foremost . `` i will do anything for youssif , '' his father said , pulling his son closer to him . `` our child is everything . '' his mother tried to coax youssif to talk to us on this day . but he did n't want to ; his mother says he 's shy outside of their home . the biggest obstacle now is getting the visas to leave , and the serious security risks they face every day and hour they remain in iraq . but this family -- which saw the very worst in humanity on that january day -- has new hope in the world . that is partly due to the tens of thousands of cnn.com users who were so moved by the story and wanted to act . cnn iraqi staff central to bringing this story together were also overwhelmed with the generosity coming from people outside of their border . in a nation that largely feels abandoned by the rest of the world , it was a refreshing realization . e-mail to a friend . cnn.com senior producer wayne drash contributed to this report in atlanta .<doc-sep>youssif 's dad : i think he 's a smart boy . he knows what 's going on . sometimes he comes and asks questions like a big man , not a little boy . so i think he knows what 's going on . burned iraqi boy 's road to recovery . cnn : do you worry about that -- when he goes to a new school he 's going to get teased ? youssif 's dad : yes . cnn : does a father prepare his son for that ? youssif 's dad : we have to be strong , and then we have to make him strong , too . i let him know that if anyone is going to come to you and tease you , you have to be smart and think before you do anything wrong . cnn : do you worry new wounds will be opened up emotionally ? youssif 's dad : i do n't know about the new kids , how they 're going to act towards him . he 'll be fine with the friends he has now , but with the new kids , i think it is going to be hard . cnn : do you tell people what happened to youssif ?<doc-sep>editor 's note : cnn agreed not to use the full names of the family members in this article due to concern for their safety . youssif and his surgeon , dr. peter grossman , shake hands at the end of their wednesday visit . sherman oaks , california -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- youssif nervously scanned the doctor 's examining room , his dark brown eyes darting around , from the floor to the wall to the ceiling . his mother stroked his hair and then his forehead to put him at ease before the doctor walked in to the room . a day earlier , the badly burned 5-year-old iraqi boy had boarded a plane in amman , jordan , with his family , their first trip on an airplane . now , more than 7,500 miles later , his mom , dad and 14-month-old sister were with him at the grossman burn center in the heart of sunny southern california . dr. peter grossman strode into the room , a warm smile across his face . he held youssif 's hand . the boy turned shyly around and buried his face into his father 's leg . `` this is not unusual , '' said grossman , a plastic surgeon with more than 12 years of experience , including helping one young girl whose face had melted to her shoulder after a horrific accident . watch youssif show his scars to grossman for the first time '' a father of two children , grossman spoke softly and reassured youssif that they would soon be friends . `` we 're going to do everything we can to make him better , '' he told youssif 's parents . perhaps haunted by the pain he suffered in baghdad 's hospitals , youssif hiccupped back sobs as his father lifted him onto the examination table . but the boy put on a brave face after his father told him to let the doctor do his job .<doc-sep>editor 's note : cnn agreed not to use the full names of the family members in this article due to concern for their safety . youssif , now in an apartment in los angeles , will need months of treatment . los angeles , california -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- youssif , the 5-year-old iraqi boy who was savagely burned by masked men , arrived in the united states late tuesday with his family -- the first step toward his lengthy rehabilitation . for a family whose lives were tortured by the random and brutal violence of iraq , the sheer magnitude of stepping onto american soil was surreal . his parents were rendered speechless . quite simply they grinned from ear to ear . they did n't need to speak . the joy on their faces was palpable . they had traveled more than 7,500 miles to get help for their son , from war-torn central baghdad to coastal los angeles . it marked the first time the family had ever left their homeland , let alone flown on a plane . `` oh my god , it 's so green . am i in heaven ? '' youssif 's mother , zainab , said after arriving in chicago before the family flew on to los angeles where youssif will be treated . `` i feel like i 'm in a dream , '' said his father , whom cnn has agreed not to name . `` someone needs to pinch me . '' watch youssif 's doctor 's prognosis for the burned boy '' the family left amman , jordan , early tuesday en route to the united states . the night before they departed , youssif did n't sleep a wink . he woke the family up extra early , shouting , `` let 's go ! let 's go ! '' youssif , his parents and his infant sister , ayaa , finished their 24-hour journey in los angeles around 11 p.m. pt tuesday . they were greeted by members of the children 's burn foundation , the nonprofit organization that paid for the family 's travel and is covering all of youssif 's medical bills .<doc-sep>editor 's note : since 2007 , cnn and cnn.com have followed the story of youssif , an iraqi boy disfigured when he was burned by attackers . today , cnn 's arwa damon catches up with the boy and his family , now living in california where youssif is undergoing treatment . today youssif goes to school in california and continues to have treatment to help his scars . los angeles , california -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- youssif stands on stage beaming as he belts out `` jingle bell rock , '' his tiny burned hands waving in sync with his classmates at hamlin street school . his mother , zaineb , stands at the back , cradling his little sister , aya , tears rolling down her face . `` i am so proud of him , '' she says . `` it reminds me of what he was like in iraq when he used to sing in kindergarten . i felt for a moment that none of this had happened . my son was back , without fear , strong . '' youssif spots us , and waves wildly . little appears to remain of the sullen and withdrawn dark-eyed boy we first met in baghdad more than a year ago . it has been almost two years since masked men in baghdad doused youssif , then just 4 years old , in gasoline and set him on fire . his mother still does n't sleep at night . `` i still blame myself . i should have protected him . sometimes i say to myself that i wish it had happened to me , just not to him . '' zaineb says , her voice starting to quiver . `` if only i had n't let him go out to play that day . '' today youssif plays freely , without fear . `` let 's race '' he shouts to his friend brandon as the two boys dash across the schoolyard . a couple of minutes later the two are playfully jostling over a rubber ball . youssif shrieks and bursts into laughter as the two play catch . `` it 's like this weight has been lifted off of me , off of him , '' his father , wissam , says . `` it 's like we 've left this dark , depressing state where we were consumed by youssif and the attack that had happened . you know , it 's so hard to see a child , my child , go through something like this . when i see him like this , i feel like he 's coming back . '' watch more on youssif 's recovery ''

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washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- doctors removed five small polyps from president bush 's colon on saturday , and `` none appeared worrisome , '' a white house spokesman said . the polyps were removed and sent to the national naval medical center in bethesda , maryland , for routine microscopic examination , spokesman scott stanzel said . results are expected in two to three days . all were small , less than a centimeter -lsb- half an inch -rsb- in diameter , he said . bush is in good humor , stanzel said , and will resume his activities at camp david . during the procedure vice president dick cheney assumed presidential power . bush reclaimed presidential power at 9:21 a.m. after about two hours .<doc-sep>doctors used `` monitored anesthesia care , '' stanzel said , so the president was asleep , but not as deeply unconscious as with a true general anesthetic . he spoke to first lady laura bush -- who is in midland , texas , celebrating her mother 's birthday -- before and after the procedure , stanzel said . afterward , the president played with his scottish terriers , barney and miss beazley , stanzel said . he planned to have lunch at camp david and have briefings with national security adviser stephen hadley and white house chief of staff josh bolten , and planned to take a bicycle ride saturday afternoon . cheney , meanwhile , spent the morning at his home on maryland 's eastern shore , reading and playing with his dogs , stanzel said . nothing occurred that required him to take official action as president before bush reclaimed presidential power .<doc-sep>the procedure was supervised by dr. richard tubb , bush 's physician , and conducted by a multidisciplinary team from the national naval medical center in bethesda , maryland , the white house said . bush 's last colonoscopy was in june 2002 , and no abnormalities were found , white house spokesman tony snow said . the president 's doctor had recommended a repeat procedure in about five years . a colonoscopy is the most sensitive test for colon cancer , rectal cancer and polyps , small clumps of cells that can become cancerous , according to the mayo clinic . small polyps may be removed during the procedure .<doc-sep>snow said on friday that bush had polyps removed during colonoscopies before becoming president . snow himself is undergoing chemotherapy for cancer that began in his colon and spread to his liver . watch snow talk about bush 's procedure and his own colon cancer '' `` the president wants to encourage everybody to use surveillance , '' snow said . the american cancer society recommends that people without high risk factors or symptoms begin getting screened for signs of colorectal cancer at age 50 . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- vice president dick cheney will serve as acting president briefly saturday while president bush is anesthetized for a routine colonoscopy , white house spokesman tony snow said friday . bush is scheduled to have the medical procedure , expected to take about 2 1/2 hours , at the presidential retreat at camp david , maryland , snow said . bush 's last colonoscopy was in june 2002 , and no abnormalities were found , snow said . the president 's doctor had recommended a repeat procedure in about five years . the procedure will be supervised by dr. richard tubb and conducted by a multidisciplinary team from the national naval medical center in bethesda , maryland , snow said . a colonoscopy is the most sensitive test for colon cancer , rectal cancer and polyps , small clumps of cells that can become cancerous , according to the mayo clinic . small polyps may be removed during the procedure .<doc-sep>by the time i arrived at the knott family endoscopy center the next morning , i was nervous and praying the worst was over . it was . i do n't remember anything past the point where i was sedated . an iv solution sent me into a `` twilight sleep . '' it also made me forget the procedure , which no doubt was for the best . when i woke up , i was groggy but i also felt incredibly well rested . i had only a small amount of discomfort , including abdominal cramping that doctors say is normal . i do n't remember getting dressed or leaving the hospital . but in my daze , i asked my father to swing by starbucks to pick up a cup of coffee and a sandwich . when i got home , i dozed for a few hours and that was that . yoon called the next day with my results : he 'd found and removed a 1.5 centimeter villous adenoma polyp from my sigmoid colon . after examining the polyp , yoon estimated that there was a more than a 50 % chance of that polyp becoming malignant . yoon removed the polyp before that had a chance of happening . of all the polyps , villous adenomas are associated with the highest mortality and morbidity rate . i consider myself extremely lucky i had a symptom . if i had n't , i would n't have had a colonoscopy until i was at least 50 -- and who knows how long i would have put it off after that . `` colon cancer is one of the few cancers that can actually be prevented , mainly because it goes through this polyp stage before it turns into colon cancer , '' yoon says . given what he 'd found , yoon suggested that my younger brother also have a colonoscopy . craig had his colonoscopy when he was 36 ; the doctors did n't find anything . two important people in my life , my husband 's stepfather and my trainer , have had colon cancer . for both of them , the cancer was detected during routine colonoscopies . i thank god they were proactive about their health . polyps are slow-growing and asymptomatic , yoon says . the cancer can also be slow-growing and asymptomatic -- until it starts spreading . `` usually once you start developing symptoms from colon cancer , things are way too late , '' he said . eating a high-fat diet , consuming red meat and smoking will increase your risk of developing colorectal cancer , as is a familial history of the disease . doctors recommend exercising and eating a diet rich in vegetables , fruit and fiber . at hopkins , researchers are looking into the role that curcumin - a spice commonly used in india - may play in reducing the risk of colon cancer . preclinical and laboratory tests show it may be useful , kalloo said . i 've always loved curry , and i 'm thinking about ways to incorporate this spice into our meals . but even if you play by the rules of healthy living , it 's important to get screened . `` we have to do better , '' kalloo says . `` family care physicians and everyone who sees patients should ask someone over 50 , ` have you had a colonoscopy ? ' it 's just not a convenient test . even physicians tend to procrastinate . '' after yoon called me with the results , i sent a thank you note to my family doctor , telling him how much i appreciated him referring me for a colonoscopy . yoon 's office called me recently to set up another appointment . i 'm not looking forward to it , but there 's no question i will do it again . considering the alternative , i 'd be crazy not to .<doc-sep>`` you just do n't expect a man in his young 40s , who was perfectly healthy in every other way , to get this kind of diagnosis , '' says hayes ' manager , mike robertson . `` there was a part of me that was going , ` surely this ca n't be happening . ' '' colorectal cancer -- often referred to as colon cancer -- is the third leading cause of cancer death in both men and women , according to the american cancer society . it 's also the most preventable . colorectal cancer usually develops slowly , over the course of 10 to 15 years , from noncancerous polyps . approximately 90 % of new cases occur in people over the age of 50 . the american cancer society recommends colonoscopies every 10 years for people beginning at that age , unless they have high risk factors such as a family history of colorectal cancer or another gastrointestinal disease . colonoscopies can spot and remove polyps before they become malignant . coming clean about my first colonoscopy . `` oftentimes , -lsb- colorectal cancer -rsb- has no symptoms , '' says dr. paul limburg , a gastrointestinal cancer prevention specialist at the mayo clinic who has not treated hayes . `` the most important message is that people really should understand that screening should be done regularly . it could make a substantial difference in the number of lives saved . '' hayes had no family history of gastrointestinal disease , which is one of the reasons he ignored his symptoms for so long . in fact , when he walked into the hospital in november , he was in better shape than everyone in the waiting room , robertson remembers . since then , hayes has lost 50 pounds and is struggling to regain a sense of normalcy through multiple rounds of chemotherapy . he 's fighting an uphill battle -- a 2004 study published in the journal of the national cancer institute estimated the five-year survival rate for stage iv colon cancer to be 8.1 % , and an institute study of cancer data put the survival rate at 6 % . `` it hurts like hell , '' hayes says of his recovery . `` i always thought of myself as a man 's man , but i just discovered what a wuss i am . ''<doc-sep>colorectal cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related death , but also one of the most curable if caught early . the tests that the national cancer institute recommends for both men and women over the age of 50 to screen for colorectal cancer and polyps include a flexible sigmoidoscopy , a colonoscopy , a double-contrast barium enema and a virtual colonoscopy . however the acs says only the colonoscopy can see the complete colon and is best for screening . the u.s. preventive service task force agrees , giving colorectal screenings an `` a '' grade . during a colonoscopy , a thin tube is inserted through the rectum and into the colon . the tube has a light and camera-like apparatus for viewing any polyps or unusual pieces of tissue . complications from colonoscopy are rare , but can include tears in the lining of the colon . cervical cancer . the number of cases of cervical cancer has decreased significantly in the united states over the past 40 years thanks to regular screenings , according to the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention . in 2007 , 4,021 women died from the disease . acs recommends yearly pap tests for all women beginning at age 21 , or three years after they begin having intercourse . at age 30 women may choose to reduce screenings to once every two or three years until they are 70 years old . the u.s. preventive services task force agrees . do not confuse a pap test with a pelvic exam , the acs warns . a pap test will include a gentle scraping of your cervix with a spatula-looking instrument ; the cells collected will be sent to a lab for analysis . this is usually done at the start of a pelvic exam , after the doctor has inserted a speculum into the vagina .

<t> five small polyps found during procedure ; `` none worrisome , '' spokesman says . </t> <t> president reclaims powers transferred to vice president . </t> <t> bush undergoes routine colonoscopy at camp david . </t>

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-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the national football league has indefinitely suspended atlanta falcons quarterback michael vick without pay , officials with the league said friday . nfl star michael vick is set to appear in court monday . a judge will have the final say on a plea deal . earlier , vick admitted to participating in a dogfighting ring as part of a plea agreement with federal prosecutors in virginia . `` your admitted conduct was not only illegal , but also cruel and reprehensible . your team , the nfl , and nfl fans have all been hurt by your actions , '' nfl commissioner roger goodell said in a letter to vick . goodell said he would review the status of the suspension after the legal proceedings are over . in papers filed friday with a federal court in virginia , vick also admitted that he and two co-conspirators killed dogs that did not fight well . falcons owner arthur blank said vick 's admissions describe actions that are `` incomprehensible and unacceptable . '' the suspension makes `` a strong statement that conduct which tarnishes the good reputation of the nfl will not be tolerated , '' he said in a statement . watch what led to vick 's suspension '' goodell said the falcons could `` assert any claims or remedies '' to recover $ 22 million of vick 's signing bonus from the 10-year , $ 130 million contract he signed in 2004 , according to the associated press .<doc-sep>vick said he would plead guilty to one count of `` conspiracy to travel in interstate commerce in aid of unlawful activities and to sponsor a dog in an animal fighting venture '' in a plea agreement filed at u.s. district court in richmond , virginia . the charge is punishable by up to five years in prison , a $ 250,000 fine , `` full restitution , a special assessment and 3 years of supervised release , '' the plea deal said . federal prosecutors agreed to ask for the low end of the sentencing guidelines . `` the defendant will plead guilty because the defendant is in fact guilty of the charged offense , '' the plea agreement said . in an additional summary of facts , signed by vick and filed with the agreement , vick admitted buying pit bulls and the property used for training and fighting the dogs , but the statement said he did not bet on the fights or receive any of the money won . `` most of the ` bad newz kennels ' operations and gambling monies were provided by vick , '' the official summary of facts said . gambling wins were generally split among co-conspirators tony taylor , quanis phillips and sometimes purnell peace , it continued . `` vick did not gamble by placing side bets on any of the fights . vick did not receive any of the proceeds from the purses that were won by ` bad newz kennels . ' '' vick also agreed that `` collective efforts '' by him and two others caused the deaths of at least six dogs . around april , vick , peace and phillips tested some dogs in fighting sessions at vick 's property in virginia , the statement said . `` peace , phillips and vick agreed to the killing of approximately 6-8 dogs that did not perform well in ` testing ' sessions at 1915 moonlight road and all of those dogs were killed by various methods , including hanging and drowning .<doc-sep>`` vick agrees and stipulates that these dogs all died as a result of the collective efforts of peace , phillips and vick , '' the summary said . peace , 35 , of virginia beach , virginia ; phillips , 28 , of atlanta , georgia ; and taylor , 34 , of hampton , virginia , already have accepted agreements to plead guilty in exchange for reduced sentences . vick , 27 , is scheduled to appear monday in court , where he is expected to plead guilty before a judge . see a timeline of the case against vick '' the judge in the case will have the final say over the plea agreement . the federal case against vick focused on the interstate conspiracy , but vick 's admission that he was involved in the killing of dogs could lead to local charges , according to cnn legal analyst jeffrey toobin . `` it sometimes happens -- not often -- that the state will follow a federal prosecution by charging its own crimes for exactly the same behavior , '' toobin said friday . `` the risk for vick is , if he makes admissions in his federal guilty plea , the state of virginia could say , ` hey , look , you admitted violating virginia state law as well . we 're going to introduce that against you and charge you in our court . ' '' in the plea deal , vick agreed to cooperate with investigators and provide all information he may have on any criminal activity and to testify if necessary . vick also agreed to turn over any documents he has and to submit to polygraph tests .<doc-sep>vick agreed to `` make restitution for the full amount of the costs associated '' with the dogs that are being held by the government . `` such costs may include , but are not limited to , all costs associated with the care of the dogs involved in that case , including if necessary , the long-term care and/or the humane euthanasia of some or all of those animals . '' prosecutors , with the support of animal rights activists , have asked for permission to euthanize the dogs . but the dogs could serve as important evidence in the cases against vick and his admitted co-conspirators . judge henry e. hudson issued an order thursday telling the u.s. marshals service to `` arrest and seize the defendant property , and use discretion and whatever means appropriate to protect and maintain said defendant property . '' both the judge 's order and vick 's filing refer to `` approximately '' 53 pit bull dogs . after vick 's indictment last month , goodell ordered the quarterback not to report to the falcons training camp , and the league is reviewing the case . blank told the nfl network on monday he could not speculate on vick 's future as a falcon , at least not until he had seen `` a statement of facts '' in the case . e-mail to a friend . cnn 's mike phelan contributed to this report .<doc-sep>vick went from a star quarterback with the atlanta falcons to a prison inmate after he was arrested for dogfighting . the nfl indefinitely suspended vick in august 2007 after he pleaded guilty to a federal charge of bankrolling a dogfighting operation in virginia . vick left a kansas prison in may 2009 to serve the last two months of his 23-month sentence in home confinement .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the philadelphia eagles welcomed michael vick back into the national football league on friday after the quarterback spent almost two years in federal prison on a felony dogfighting conviction . michael vick speaks at a philadelphia eagles news conference on friday . vick , formerly with the atlanta falcons , has signed a two-year deal with the eagles . `` i think everybody deserves a second chance , '' vick said at a news conference in philadelphia , pennsylvania , on friday . `` now i want to be part of the solution and not the problem . '' the league suspended vick indefinitely in august 2007 after he pleaded guilty to a federal charge of bankrolling a dogfighting operation at a home he owned in virginia . vick , 29 , was freed from federal prison at leavenworth , kansas , on may 20 and returned to his virginia home to serve the last two months of his 23-month sentence in home confinement . ireport.com : is this a good move ? `` everything that happened at that point in my life was wrong , '' vick said of his involvement with the dogfighting ring . watch bloggers discuss vick 's return to the nfl '' `` i had to reach a turning point . prison definitely did it for me , '' he said . flanked by eagles coach andy reid and former nfl coach tony dungy , who acted as a mentor to vick after he was imprisoned , the newest eagle vowed `` to do all the right things . '' `` i want to be an ambassador to the nfl and the community , '' he said . `` i 'm glad i got ... a second chance . i wo n't disappoint . '' dungy said that he thinks vick can revive his career and turn his life around in philadelphia but that the quarterback will be tested by fickle eagles fans .<doc-sep>the former atlanta falcons player is a free agent and has not been signed by any team . goodell said he was not involved in any negotiations between vick and a team . dungy has agreed to continue working with vick as an adviser and mentor , the nfl statement said . goodell said vick underwent tests after requests from animal rights groups , including a psychiatric evaluation . `` we worked with animal rights activist groups , and we are clear , '' he said . `` we worked with their medical professionals about the aspects of our evaluations . michael fully cooperated with all of those tests . those tests did not indicate there was any reason he could n't make a transition forward . '' in a letter to vick , goodell wrote that his decision regarding full reinstatement `` will be based on reports from outside professionals , your probation officer and others charged with supervising your activities , the quality of your work outside football '' as well as factors such as the absence of any further law enforcement issues . ireport.com : should vick get a second chance ? `` this step-by-step approach is not meant to be a further punishment and should not be viewed as such , '' goodell wrote , according to the nfl . `` instead , it is intended to maximize the prospect that you can successfully resume your career and your life . i believe that a transitional approach with a strong network of support will give you the best opportunity to manage effectively the various issues and pressures that you will inevitably face in the coming weeks and months and earn your full reinstatement . '' watch goodell talk about his decision '' the league suspended vick indefinitely in august 2007 after his guilty plea . although he was released from federal custody july 20 , he must serve three years of probation , the league said . in reviewing vick 's status , goodell considered court records , submissions from vick and others , reports from outside professionals and conversations with current and former players , among other items . at a hearing july 22 , goodell spoke to vick along with his representatives and others , including nfl players ' association officials .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- michael vick turned himself in to authorities on monday to get a head start on serving his sentence for running a dogfighting ring , the u.s. marshals service said . michael vick leaves court in richmond , virginia , in august after pleading guilty to dogfighting charges . the atlanta falcons quarterback is scheduled to be sentenced on december 10 on a federal conspiracy charge of bankrolling the dogfighting operation . vick , 27 , voluntarily turned himself in around noon , said kevin trevillan of the marshals service , and is being held at northern neck regional jail in warsaw , virginia , until the sentencing hearing . the quarterback , who has been suspended indefinitely by nfl commissioner roger goodell , faces 12 to 18 months in prison on the charge . vick pleaded guilty in august after three associates admitted their own roles in the operation and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors . `` from the beginning , mr. vick has accepted responsibility for his actions and his self-surrender further demonstrates that acceptance , '' vick 's attorney , billy martin , said in a statement .

<t> new : nfl chief , atlanta falcons owner critical of michael vick 's conduct . </t> <t> nfl suspends falcons quarterback indefinitely without pay . </t> <t> vick admits funding dogfighting operation but says he did not gamble . </t> <t> vick due in federal court monday ; future in nfl remains uncertain . </t>

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baghdad , iraq -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the women are too afraid and ashamed to show their faces or have their real names used . they have been driven to sell their bodies to put food on the table for their children -- for as little as $ 8 a day . suha , 37 , is a mother of three . she says her husband thinks she is cleaning houses when she leaves home . `` people should n't criticize women , or talk badly about them , '' says 37-year-old suha as she adjusts the light colored scarf she wears these days to avoid extremists who insist women cover themselves . `` they all say we have lost our way , but they never ask why we had to take this path . '' a mother of three , she wears light makeup , a gold pendant of iraq around her neck , and an unexpected air of elegance about her . `` i do n't have money to take my kid to the doctor . i have to do anything that i can to preserve my child , because i am a mother , '' she says , explaining why she prostitutes herself . anger and frustration rise in her voice as she speaks . `` no matter what else i may be , no matter how off the path i may be , i am a mother ! '' watch a woman describe turning to prostitution to `` save my child '' '' her clasped hands clench and unclench nervously . suha 's husband thinks that she is cleaning houses when she goes away . so does karima 's family . `` at the start i was cleaning homes , but i was n't making much . no matter how hard i worked it just was n't enough , '' she says . karima , clad in all black , adds , `` my husband died of lung cancer nine months ago and left me with nothing . '' she has five children , ages 8 to 17 . her eldest son could work , but she 's too afraid for his life to let him go into the streets , preferring to sacrifice herself than risk her child . she was solicited the first time when she was cleaning an office . `` they took advantage of me , '' she says softly . `` at first i rejected it , but then i realized i have to do it . '' both suha and karima have clients that call them a couple times a week . other women resort to trips to the market to find potential clients . or they flag down vehicles . prostitution is a choice more and more iraqi women are making just to survive .<doc-sep>`` it 's increasing , '' suha says . `` i found this ` thing ' through my friend , and i have another friend in the same predicament as mine . because of the circumstance , she is forced to do such things . '' violence , increased cost of living , and lack of any sort of government aid leave women like these with few other options , according to humanitarian workers . `` at this point there is a population of women who have to sell their bodies in order to keep their children alive , '' says yanar mohammed , head and founder of the organization for women 's freedom in iraq . `` it 's a taboo that no one is speaking about . '' she adds , `` there is a huge population of women who were the victims of war who had to sell their bodies , their souls and they lost it all . it crushes us to see them , but we have to work on it and that 's why we started our team of women activists . '' her team pounds the streets of baghdad looking for these victims often too humiliated to come forward . `` most of the women that we find at hospitals -lsb- who -rsb- have tried to commit suicide '' have been involved in prostitution , said basma rahim , a member of mohammed 's team . the team 's aim is to compile information on specific cases and present it to iraq 's political parties -- to have them , as mohammed puts it , `` come tell us what -lsb- they -rsb- are ... going to do about this . '' rahim tells the heartbreaking story of one woman they found who lives in a room with three of her children : `` she has sex while her three children are in the room , but she makes them stand in separate corners . '' according to rahim and mohammed , most of the women they encounter say they are driven to prostitution by a desperate desire for survival in the dangerously violent and unforgiving circumstances in iraq . `` they took this path but they are not pleased , '' rahim says . karima says when she sees her children with food on the table , she is able to convince herself that it 's worth it . `` everything is for the children . they are the beauty in life and , without them , we can not live . '' but she says , `` i would never allow my daughter to do this . i would rather marry her off at 13 than have her go through this . '' karima 's last happy memory is of her late husband , when they were a family and able to shoulder the hardships of life in today 's iraq together . suha says as a young girl she dreamed of being a doctor , with her mom boasting about her potential in that career . life could n't have taken her further from that dream . `` it 's not like we were born into this , nor was it ever in my blood , '' she says . what she does for her family to survive now eats away at her . `` i lay on my pillow and my brain is spinning , and it all comes back to me as if i am watching a movie . '' e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the u.n. high commissioner for refugees announced an inter-agency appeal wednesday for $ 280 million to support iraqi refugees . the regional response plan for iraqi refugees includes the plans of 40 international organizations and non-governmental organizations supporting iraqi refugees in 12 countries , including syria , jordan , lebanon , egypt , turkey , iran and the six gulf states , according to a statement from antonio guterres ' office . `` i appeal to donor governments to recognize the critical needs of iraqi refugees , particularly those who are becoming more vulnerable by the day , '' the high commissioner said in the statement . the u.n. refugee agency said more than 190,000 iraqi refugees are registered in the region , with the majority living in syria and jordan . many have struggled to find employment , and some iraqi refugee children have dropped out of school to find casual work to help feed their families , the agency said . the high commissioner 's office also noted thousands of refugees suffer from critical health conditions . `` the burden on host communities and host governments in the region is enormous , '' guterres said . `` it is essential that the international community support humanitarian efforts to help the most vulnerable refugees . ''<doc-sep>schoolchildren are prostituting themselves in one in seven italian high schools , a new survey has found . students as young as 14 are selling their bodies to classmates on a regular basis at nine per cent of schools in italy . meanwhile , isolated incidents of child prostitution have occurred at a further five-and-a-half per cent of institutions . shocking : schoolchildren are prostituting themselves in one in seven italian high schools -lrb- posed by models -rrb- . the shocking statistics were revealed in an online poll by student website skuola.net . about 3,000 italian schoolchildren took part in the survey - with students in a staggering 14 per cent of schools admitting to prostituting themselves .<doc-sep>she said silence from tribal leaders on the matter is a `` disgrace . '' `` we will not stay quiet and will defend ourselves if our men ca n't defend us , '' nasser said . `` tribes must understand they will not be respected by yemeni women if they stay quiet while their women are being attacked by the saleh regime . tribes who ignore our calls are cowards and have no dignity . '' `` saleh is killing women and children and this is against tribal culture , '' she said . `` where are their voices when we need them ? it 's a disgrace if they stay quiet . '' the women 's protests came after the yemeni government announced a cease-fire tuesday . but that did not appear to be holding .<doc-sep>five suspected insurgents dressed in iraqi army uniforms attacked the home of a human rights worker in diyala on tuesday , killing the resident of the home and an iraqi soldier who lived in the neighborhood , according to the u.s. military . two iraqi civilians also were injured in the small-arms attack . `` attacking civilians in their homes is both criminal and barbaric , '' said major peggy kageleiry , spokeswoman for the military 's multi-national division - north . insurgents have been attempting to exploit the harsh conditions , which have curtailed flights coming into baghdad international airport . sandstorms make it easier for militants to screen their activities and harder for u.s. air power to be deployed effectively . a u.s. military spokesman said fighting began around 9:30 a.m. when militants fired at a u.s. patrol and wounded an american soldier . when the soldier was being evacuated , a u.s. vehicle was struck by two roadside bombs and peppered with small-arms fire and rocket propelled grenades . that left two more soldiers injured . three more soldiers were wounded in the fighting . soldiers used a `` combination of weapon systems available , including a guided multiple launch rocket -lrb- gmlr -rrb- system '' to fight the insurgents and killed at least 28 militants in a four-hour long battle , the military said . lt. col. steven stover , spokesman for multi-national division-baghdad , said three gmlrs were launched , at 11:23 a.m. , 1:03 p.m. and 1:37 p.m. officials with iraq 's interior and health ministry told cnn 16 people were killed and 45 people were wounded when u.s. rockets hit at least three houses in a residential area in sadr city around 1:15 p.m. two children and a woman were among the dead and four children and five women were among the wounded , they said . asked if he was aware of reports of civilian casualties from the strikes , stover said , `` if there were civilian casualties , i sincerely regret them . `` the rockets struck militants firing from buildings , alleyways and rooftops . it was these militants who initiated the engagement by attacking u.s. soldiers . our soldiers have a right to defend ourselves . '' two u.s. soldiers were killed tuesday in separate incidents in northwest baghdad , the military said . the first soldier died from wounds suffered from insurgent small-arms fire at about 8:50 p.m. local time in northwest baghdad , according to a u.s. military public affairs office . the second soldier died at about 10:15 p.m. when the vehicle he was riding in was struck by an improvised explosive device . the names of both soldiers were being withheld until their families could be notified . e-mail to a friend . cnn 's jomana karadsheh , christine theodorou , mohammed tawfeeq and ingrid formanek contributed to this report .

<t> aid workers : violence , increased cost of living drive women to prostitution . </t> <t> group is working to raise awareness of the problem with iraq 's political leaders . </t> <t> two iraqi mothers tell cnn they turned to prostitution to help feed their children . </t> <t> `` everything is for the children , '' one woman says . </t>

iraqi women : prostituting ourselves to feed our children<T>

washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- white house press secretary tony snow , who is undergoing treatment for cancer , will step down from his post september 14 and be replaced by deputy press secretary dana perino , the white house announced friday . white house press secretary tony snow will step down from his post on september 14 . president bush told reporters friday that he will `` sadly accept '' snow 's resignation . flanked by snow and perino in the white house press room , the president spoke warmly of his departing press secretary . `` it 's been a joy to watch him spar with you , '' bush told reporters . watch the announcement about snow leaving '' bush said he was certain of two things in regard to snow . `` he 'll battle cancer and win , '' bush said , `` and he 'll be a solid contributor to society . '' turning to snow , the president then said : `` i love you , and i wish you all the best . '' snow , speaking after bush at the start of the daily white house news conference , said he was leaving to earn more money . he took a big pay cut , he said , when he left his previous jobs as anchor and political analyst for fox news . according to the washington post , snow makes $ 168,000 as the white house spokesman . his family took out a loan when he started the job , `` and that loan is now gone . '' `` this job has really been a dream for me , a blast . i 've had an enormous amount of fun and satisfaction , '' snow said .<doc-sep>he said he would continue to speak out on issues , and would do `` some radio , some tv , but i do n't anticipate full-time anchor duties . '' snow said he 's received great satisfaction from talking to people about his illness . snow 's cancer was diagnosed for the first time in february 2005 . his colon was removed , and after six months of treatment , doctors said the cancer was in remission . perino announced march 27 that snow 's cancer had recurred , and that doctors had removed a growth from his abdomen the day before . sources told cnn two weeks ago that snow was planning to leave his job , possibly as early as september . bush tapped snow to replace scott mcclellan in april 2006 . snow had been an anchor for `` fox news sunday '' and a political analyst for the fox news channel , which he joined in 1996 . he also hosted `` the tony snow show '' on fox news radio . on thursday , snow told cnn his health is improving , citing two medical tests this month that found the cancer has not spread . `` the tumors are stable -- they are not growing , '' snow said of the results from an mri and a cat scan . `` and there are no new growths . the health is good . '' the press secretary , whose hair has turned gray during chemotherapy treatment , said his black hair is expected to grow back in about a month . `` i 'm also putting on weight again , '' he said after returning from a 10-day vacation . `` i actually feel very good about '' the health situation . snow said on friday he was to see his oncologist , and they will decide on some minor forms of chemotherapy to start as maintenance treatment . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- former white house press secretary tony snow -- who once told reporters `` i 'm a very lucky guy '' -- died at the age of 53 early saturday after a second battle with cancer . snow , who had been undergoing chemotherapy treatments for a recurrence of the disease , left his white house job september 14 , 2007 , and joined cnn in april as a conservative commentator . president bush said saturday that he and first lady laura bush were `` deeply saddened '' by snow 's death . `` the snow family has lost a beloved husband and father . and america has lost a devoted public servant and a man of character , '' the president said in a statement . `` it was a joy to watch tony at the podium each day . '' snow also worked for the first president bush , who commented saturday : . `` in this case it is n't a press secretary . it is n't a speech writer . it was a dear , valued friend that went on to heaven . ... he won the respect of even those who violently disagree with the president 's proposals and policies . for that i think he 'll be remembered . he brought a certain civility to this very contentious job . '' snow 's successor , white house press secretary dana perino , said , `` the white house is so deeply saddened by this loss . he was a great friend and colleague and a fantastic press secretary . and his dear family is in our thoughts and prayers . '' see images from tony snow 's white house days '' republican rep. john boehner called snow `` a proud son of cincinnati , '' the ohio city that boehner represents in congress and where snow grew up . `` churchill said , ' i like a man who grins when he fights , ' and that was tony snow , '' boehner said . `` for 35 years , as a writer , broadcaster , and spokesman , he fought fiercely for what he believed in , and he did it with a smile on his face and a twinkle in his eye . his loss is a loss for our country . '' gallery : journalists and elected officials respond to snow 's death '' in 2007 , chief of staff josh bolten had told senior white house staffers that unless they could commit to staying until bush leaves office in january 2009 , they should leave by labor day 2007 , so snow resigned . in parting comments to reporters at his final white house news conference , snow said , `` i feel great . '' he also called the job `` the most fun i 've ever had . '' snow said he was leaving the white house position to make more money for his family . his white house salary was $ 168,000 , and he said he had taken out a loan so he could take the job . snow said he was leaving because the loan money ran out . watch the white house staff 's warm send-off '' snow is survived by his wife , jill walker , and three children -- kendall , robbie and kristi . snow was first diagnosed with colon cancer in february 2005 . his colon was removed , and after six months of treatment , doctors said the cancer was in remission . a recurrence of the illness was diagnosed 11 months after he began the white house media job . at that time , doctors also discovered that the colon cancer had spread to his liver . he underwent five weeks of treatment before resuming his daily briefings to the press corps . he was greeted with applause upon his return . `` not everybody will survive cancer , '' snow told the reporters , `` but on the other hand , you have got to realize you 've got the gift of life , so make the most of it . that is my view , and i 'm going to make the most of my time with you . '' perino announced march 27 , 2007 , that snow 's cancer had recurred , and said doctors had removed a growth from his abdomen the day before . watch how snow fought through the illness '' bush tapped snow to replace scott mcclellan in april 2006 . snow had been an anchor for `` fox news sunday '' and a political analyst for fox news channel , which he joined in 1996 . he also hosted `` the tony snow show '' on fox news radio . during the 1990s , he was a regular guest host for rush limbaugh 's radio program . during that decade he was a writer , correspondent and host of a pbs news special , `` the new militant center , '' a regular commentator for national public radio and a frequent guest on television news programs . snow was known for his candor . in a november 11 , 2005 , column , snow wrote that bush 's `` wavering conservatism has become an active concern among republicans , who wish he would stop cowering under the bed and start fighting back against the likes of harry reid , nancy pelosi and joe wilson . '' `` the newly passive george bush has become something of an embarrassment , '' snow 's column said . `` i asked him about those comments , '' the president joked at the time of snow 's appointment . `` and he said , ` you should have heard what i said about the other guy . ' '' ireport.com : share your memories of snow . bush said snow 's long career as a journalist helped him understand `` the importance of the relationship between government and those whose job it is to cover the government . '' robert anthony snow was born june 1 , 1955 , in berea , kentucky , and was raised in cincinnati . when he was 17 , his mother died of colon cancer at age 38 . after receiving a bachelor 's degree in philosophy from davidson college near charlotte , north carolina , in 1977 , snow pursued graduate work in philosophy and economics at the university of chicago . he worked as an editorial writer and editor at several newspapers , including the washington times and the detroit news . he wrote a column in detroit , and later wrote a syndicated column . snow joined the administration of bush 's father , george h.w. bush , in 1991 , first as chief speech writer and later as deputy assistant to the president for media affairs . snow became a television personality when he launched his news shows on fox in 1993 . when he returned to work at the white house on april 30 , 2007 , after the second cancer diagnosis , a usually articulate and loquacious snow stumbled to find words . `` you never anticipate this stuff , '' he said . `` it just happens . '' `` i want to thank you all . it really meant the world to me . anybody who does not not believe that thoughts and prayers make a difference , they 're just wrong . '' he then prefaced a discussion of his health by saying , `` i 'm a very lucky guy . '' outside of work , snow played the guitar , saxophone and flute , and was in a band called beats workin ' with other washington professionals .<doc-sep>the procedure was supervised by dr. richard tubb , bush 's physician , and conducted by a multidisciplinary team from the national naval medical center in bethesda , maryland , the white house said . bush 's last colonoscopy was in june 2002 , and no abnormalities were found , white house spokesman tony snow said . the president 's doctor had recommended a repeat procedure in about five years . a colonoscopy is the most sensitive test for colon cancer , rectal cancer and polyps , small clumps of cells that can become cancerous , according to the mayo clinic . small polyps may be removed during the procedure .<doc-sep>wet house : tourists look at the front of the white house before severe weather and snow hit the washington region today as federal workers were given a snow day . ` we have numerous challenges facing the country and republicans have offered the president serious solutions to shrink washington spending and grow the economy , ' mcconnell said . ` and we will have an opportunity to discuss them with the president at the lunch . ' house speaker boehner 's office said wednesday that the president had also requested the meeting next week with house republicans . the white house and boehner 's office were working to schedule that meeting , the speaker 's office said . among those who received calls from the president were oklahoma sen.tom coburn and south carolina 's graham . snowquester : the dinner could be cancelled as a winter storm passes through washington ; capitol hill can be seen looking from from pennsylvania avenue today . ` this is how you solve hard problems , ' graham told the associated press . ` we 're talking about following up on that , how we can get more people in the mix , so what i see from the president is incredibly encouraging . ' white house aides say the president 's calls with republicans focus in part on jumpstarting broader budget talks , but also on obama 's proposals for overhauling the nation 's immigration laws and enacting stricter gun control measures . ` he is reaching out and talking to members about a variety of issues - not just our fiscal challenges , but certainly the fiscal issues are among the issues he is talking about with lawmakers , ' white house spokesman jay carney said .<doc-sep>washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- vice president dick cheney will serve as acting president briefly saturday while president bush is anesthetized for a routine colonoscopy , white house spokesman tony snow said friday . bush is scheduled to have the medical procedure , expected to take about 2 1/2 hours , at the presidential retreat at camp david , maryland , snow said . bush 's last colonoscopy was in june 2002 , and no abnormalities were found , snow said . the president 's doctor had recommended a repeat procedure in about five years . the procedure will be supervised by dr. richard tubb and conducted by a multidisciplinary team from the national naval medical center in bethesda , maryland , snow said . a colonoscopy is the most sensitive test for colon cancer , rectal cancer and polyps , small clumps of cells that can become cancerous , according to the mayo clinic . small polyps may be removed during the procedure .

<t> president bush says tony snow `` will battle cancer and win '' job of press secretary `` has been a dream for me , '' snow says snow leaving on september 14 , will be succeeded by dana perino . </t>

white house spokesman snow stepping down<T>

washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- as he awaits a crucial progress report on iraq , president bush will try to put a twist on comparisons of the war to vietnam by invoking the historical lessons of that conflict to argue against pulling out . president bush pauses tuesday during a news conference at the north american leaders summit in canada . on wednesday in kansas city , missouri , bush will tell members of the veterans of foreign wars that `` then , as now , people argued that the real problem was america 's presence and that if we would just withdraw , the killing would end , '' according to speech excerpts released tuesday by the white house . `` three decades later , there is a legitimate debate about how we got into the vietnam war and how we left , '' bush will say . `` whatever your position in that debate , one unmistakable legacy of vietnam is that the price of america 's withdrawal was paid by millions of innocent citizens , whose agonies would add to our vocabulary new terms like ` boat people , ' 're - education camps ' and ` killing fields , ' '' the president will say .<doc-sep>the president will also make the argument that withdrawing from vietnam emboldened today 's terrorists by compromising u.s. credibility , citing a quote from al qaeda leader osama bin laden that the american people would rise against the iraq war the same way they rose against the war in vietnam , according to the excerpts . `` here at home , some can argue our withdrawal from vietnam carried no price to american credibility , but the terrorists see things differently , '' bush will say . on tuesday , democratic senate majority leader harry reid said , `` president bush 's attempt to compare the war in iraq to past military conflicts in east asia ignores the fundamental difference between the two . our nation was misled by the bush administration in an effort to gain support for the invasion of iraq under false pretenses , leading to one of the worst foreign policy blunders in our history . `` while the president continues to stay-the-course with his failed strategy in iraq , paid for by the taxpayers , american lives are being lost and there is still no political solution within the iraqi government . it is time to change direction in iraq , and congress will again work to do so in the fall . '' the white house is billing the speech , along with another address next week to the american legion , as an effort to `` provide broader context '' for the debate over the upcoming iraq progress report by gen. david petraeus , the top u.s. military commander , and ryan crocker , the u.s. ambassador in baghdad .<doc-sep>president bush has frequently asked lawmakers -- and the american people -- to withhold judgment on his troop `` surge '' in iraq until the report comes out in september . watch bush criticize the iraqi government '' it is being closely watched on capitol hill , particularly by republicans nervous about the political fallout from an increasingly unpopular war . earlier this month , defense secretary robert gates said he would wait for the report before deciding when a drawdown of the 160,000 u.s. troops in iraq might begin . bush 's speeches wednesday and next week are the latest in a series of attempts by the white house to try to reframe the debate over iraq , as public support for the war continues to sag . a recent cnn/opinion research corporation poll found that almost two-thirds of americans -- 64 percent -- now oppose the iraq war , and 72 percent say that even if petraeus reports progress , it wo n't change their opinion .<doc-sep>the poll also found a great deal of skepticism about the report ; 53 percent said they do not trust petraeus to give an accurate assessment of the situation in iraq . in addition to his analogy to vietnam , bush in wednesday 's speech will invoke other historical comparisons from asia , including the u.s. defeat and occupation of japan after world war ii and the korean war in the 1950s , according to the excerpts . `` in the aftermath of japan 's surrender , many thought it naive to help the japanese transform themselves into a democracy . then , as now , the critics argued that some people were simply not fit for freedom , '' bush will say . `` today , in defiance of the critics , japan ... stands as one of the world 's great free societies . '' speaking about the korean war , bush will note that at the time `` critics argued that the war was futile , that we never should have sent our troops in , or that america 's intervention was divisive here at home . '' `` while it is true that the korean war had its share of challenges , america never broke its word , '' bush will say . `` without america 's intervention during the war , and our willingness to stick with the south koreans after the war , millions of south koreans would now be living under a brutal and repressive regime . '' e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>`` here at home , some can argue our withdrawal from vietnam carried no price to american credibility , but the terrorists see things differently , '' bush said . president bush has frequently asked lawmakers -- and the american people -- to withhold judgment on his troop `` surge '' in iraq until the report comes out in september . it is being closely watched on capitol hill , particularly by republicans nervous about the political fallout from an increasingly unpopular war . earlier this month , defense secretary robert gates said he would wait for the report before deciding when a drawdown of the 160,000 u.s. troops in iraq might begin . bush 's speeches wednesday and next week are the latest attempts by the white house to try to reframe the debate over iraq , as public support for the war continues to sag . a recent cnn/opinion research corporation poll found that almost two-thirds of americans -- 64 percent -- now oppose the iraq war , and 72 percent say the petraeus report will have no effect on their opinion . the poll also found a great deal of skepticism about the report ; 53 percent said they do not trust petraeus to give an accurate assessment of the situation in iraq . in addition to his analogy to vietnam , bush referred to previous conflicts in asia in talking about the war against terror in iraq . `` there are many differences between the wars we fought in the far east and the war on terror we are fighting today , '' bush said . `` but one important similarity is that at their core , they are all ideological struggles . `` the militarists of japan and the communists in korea and vietnam were driven by a merciless vision for the proper ordering of humanity . they killed americans because we stood in the way of their attempt to force this ideology on others . '' bush said history proved skeptics wrong about japan 's ability to become a free society and will prove those who want to withdraw from iraq wrong . `` in the aftermath of japan 's surrender , many thought it naive to help the japanese transform themselves into a democracy . then , as now , the critics argued that some people were simply not fit for freedom , '' bush said . `` today , in defiance of the critics , japan ... stands as one of the world 's great free societies . '' e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>`` there 's no trust within the iraqi government ; no trust of the government by the iraqi people ; no capacity of that government to deliver security or services ; and no prospect that it will build that trust or capacity any time soon , '' biden 's statement said . but house republican leader john boehner of ohio said more democrats are `` bucking their party leaders '' in acknowledging progress in iraq . `` many rank-and-file democrats have seen this progress firsthand and are now acknowledging the successes of a strategy they 've repeatedly opposed , '' boehner said in a statement . `` but democratic leaders , deeply invested in losing the war , would rather move the goalposts and claim that a precipitous withdrawal is the right approach despite the overwhelming evidence of significant progress . '' former presidential adviser david gergen said bush ran the risk of doing as much harm as good for his case . `` by invoking vietnam he raised the question , ` if you learned so much from history , how did you ever get us involved in another quagmire ? ' '' gergen said . gergen said he did agree with bush in one respect , though : `` he 's right , initially when we pulled back in vietnam there were massive killings . '' on tuesday , bush had expressed frustration with the pace of progress toward political reconciliation in iraq , saying if the iraqi government does n't `` respond to the demands of the people , they will replace the government . '' iraqi prime minister nuri al-maliki on wednesday shot back at criticism of his government , including pointed remarks from a u.s. senator who called his administration `` nonfunctioning '' and urged iraq 's parliament to turn it out of office . speaking at a press conference in the syrian capital of damascus , al-maliki characterized such comments as `` irresponsible '' and said they `` overstep the bounds of diplomatic and political courtesy . '' government spokesman ali dabbagh told cnn that al-maliki was referring to comments made monday by sen. carl levin , the michigan democrat who chairs the senate armed services committee , who called on iraq 's parliament to turn al-maliki 's `` nonfunctioning '' government out of office when it returns in two weeks . levin said al-maliki 's government was `` too beholden to religious and sectarian leaders '' to reach a political settlement that would end the country 's sectarian and insurgent violence . in his speech , bush said withdrawing from vietnam emboldened today 's terrorists by compromising u.s. credibility , citing a quote from al qaeda leader osama bin laden that the american people would rise against the iraq war the same way they rose against the war in vietnam .<doc-sep>kansas city , missouri -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- president bush drew parallels between the aftermath of the vietnam war and the potential costs of pulling out of iraq in a speech wednesday . president bush draws parallels wednesday between the cost of pulling out of iraq and `` the tragedy of vietnam . '' `` three decades later , there is a legitimate debate about how we got into the vietnam war and how we left , '' bush told members of the veterans of foreign wars , at their convention in kansas city , missouri . `` whatever your position in that debate , one unmistakable legacy of vietnam is that the price of america 's withdrawal was paid by millions of innocent citizens , whose agonies would add to our vocabulary new terms like ` boat people , ' 're - education camps ' and ` killing fields , ' '' the president said . the white house billed the speech , as it did next week 's address to the american legion , as an effort to `` provide broader context '' for the debate over the upcoming iraq progress report by gen. david petraeus , the top u.s. military commander , and ryan crocker , the u.s. ambassador in baghdad . bush also sought to shore up the perception of his support for iraqi prime minister nuri al-maliki , after voicing some frustration with him on tuesday . `` prime minister maliki 's a good guy -- good man with a difficult job and i support him , '' bush said . `` and it 's not up to the politicians in washington , d.c. , to say whether he will remain in his position . watch bush reiterate his support for al-maliki '' sen. edward kennedy , d-massachusetts , said bush had drawn the wrong lesson from history : . `` america lost the war in vietnam because our troops were trapped in a distant country we did not understand supporting a government that lacked sufficient legitimacy with its people , '' kennedy said in a statement . sen. joe biden , democratic chairman of the senate foreign relations committee , invoked his own vietnam analogy in a statement released after the speech : . `` it 's the president 's policies that are pushing us toward another saigon moment -- with helicopters fleeing the roof of our embassy -- which he says he wants to avoid . '' biden said bush continues to cling to the premise that iraqis will rally behind a strong central government , but he believes that will not happen .<doc-sep>davenport , iowa -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- house speaker john boehner is trashing president obama 's foreign policy on the campaign trail by talking up someone republicans have spent years running from : george w. bush . `` does anybody think that vladimir putin would have gone into crimea had george w. bush been president of the united states ? no ! '' boehner asked , and answered , before a group of republican volunteers here . `` even putin is smart enough to know that bush would have punched him in the nose in about 10 seconds ! '' boehner said to an applauding crowd . boehner often uses colorful language to slam the president for his leadership , especially on national security . but to invoke bush is unusual , especially since his foreign policy decisions -- namely the iraq war -- led to a clean democratic sweep in 2006 . democrats took control of both the house and senate in bush 's sixth year in office . boehner is also engaging in revisionist history of sorts , since putin did in fact invade another former member of the soviet union and key u.s. ally , the republic of georgia , in 2008 when bush was president . bush did not punch either putin or then-russian prime minister dimitri medvedev in the nose . in fact , bush was criticized at the time by some for not reacting more forcefully against russia . as for boehner -- he reacted in a bipartisan way back then -- releasing a joint statement with then-house speaker nancy pelosi and other leaders in both parties `` condemning -- in the strongest possible terms -- the recent invasion of the sovereign state of georgia . ''

<t> president bush to address the veterans of foreign wars on wednesday . </t> <t> bush to say that withdrawing from vietnam emboldened today 's terrorists . </t> <t> speech will be latest white house attempt to try to reframe the debate over iraq . </t>

bush to invoke vietnam in arguing against iraq pullout<T>

washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- there is `` no remaining hope '' of finding six men trapped for almost a month in a utah coal mine alive , a federal official said saturday . isaac arellano holds a candle and sings during a fundraiser for miners tuesday in price , utah . `` over the past 25 days , the mine safety and health administration has exhausted all known options in our attempt to reach the six miners , '' richard stickler , head of the agency , said in a statement . `` the thoughts and prayers of the dedicated professionals at msha are with the families . '' sympathy for the failed efforts also came saturday from the white house . `` last night , a difficult decision was made to end the search , '' president bush said in a statement . `` laura and i are deeply saddened by this tragedy and continue to pray for the families of these men . '' labor secretary elaine chao called the ordeal `` heartbreaking . '' `` the grueling around-the-clock rescue operation that claimed three lives and injured six others has also taken a tremendous toll on the many brave rescuers and the local community , and our thoughts and prayers are with them all , '' chao said in a statement . after drilling seven holes into mine tunnels from the mountaintop above , there has been no sign of the miners -- and microphones have picked up no sound from the men . see a timeline of rescue efforts '' tests showed underground oxygen levels were too low to sustain human life . `` we basically told the families that at this point in time we 've run out of options , '' stickler said at a news conference late friday . `` we 've consulted with the people that we have here , we 've consulted with the technical support in pittsburgh and we 've consulted with private consultants in terms of where we can go , '' he said . `` and basically , through all the information we 've gleaned over the past nearly four weeks in terms of the conditions we found , in terms of the air readings we found down there and ... everything else , we just do n't know where else we can put a hole to get any other information . '' see photos of the rescue mission '' there were no public statements saturday from bob murray , president and ceo of murray mining , co-owner of the crandall canyon mine , who was the outspoken face of the rescue operation for the first three weeks , then largely disappeared from public view . federal officials became the spokesmen . no one from murray mining was present at friday 's news conference .<doc-sep>`` they are done . it 's finished , '' the attorney for the families said , according to the saturday edition of the salt lake tribune . `` it 's a hard and bitter pill for our families , and there were quite a few tears shed , '' the newspaper quotes colin king as saying . the men were trapped during a collapse on august 6 , and it is not known whether they survived the cave-in . efforts to reach them were suspended 10 days later when two rescuers and a federal mining official were killed , and six people were injured in a second collapse as they tried to tunnel horizontally toward the area where the men had been working . murray said last week that the search effort would stop if no signs of life were found at the sixth hole . under pressure from the families , however , he agreed to try one more time . families wanted officials to drill a hole large enough to send down a rescue capsule . the effort to lower the robotic device down a seventh hole had been called `` a long shot '' by an official . msha 's stickler said that hole was drilled into the crandall canyon mine on thursday , but there were problems with a robotic camera that teams were trying to lower into it . work resumed friday , this time at the fourth hole , but the camera could only descend about 7 feet , he said . `` basically , what it saw was really not that much . there was quite a bit of mud in there , water coming down the hole . it really could n't go any farther than seven feet , '' he said of the latest try . in addition , the roof was sagging . `` the families asked many , many questions and we answered them all the best we could , basically coming to the conclusion that we had run out of options . '' murray said last saturday he has already filed paperwork with federal regulators to permanently close and seal the crandall canyon mine . `` i will never come back to that evil mountain , '' he said . friends and family have identified the six missing miners as luis hernandez , manuel sanchez , kerry allred , carlos payan , brandon phillips and don erickson . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>huntington , utah -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- rescuers trying to find six miners will begin boring a sixth hole down into utah 's crandall canyon mine friday , and the search will stop if no signs of life are found , the coal mine 's co-owner said . bob murray , ceo of murray energy corp. , says he is hurt by criticism he did not do enough to find the miners . `` this is the last hole , '' bob murray , ceo of murray energy , said wednesday evening . `` if we do n't find anybody alive in that hole , there 's nowhere else that anyone ... would know where to drill . '' murray said work on the sixth hole , which will go down into the area where the miners were known to be working when the mine collapsed august 6 , should be completed by saturday . however , he expressed little optimism that the effort would be successful , saying it was `` totally unlikely '' any signs of the miners will be found .<doc-sep>* march 15 , 1981 -- 15 miners are killed by an explosion at dutch creek no. 1 , mid-continent resources , inc. in redstone , colorado . * december 19 , 1984 -- 27 miners are killed in a fire at the wilberg mine in emery county , utah . * september 23 , 2001 -- 13 miners are killed by an explosion at the no. 5 mine , jim walter resources , inc in brookwood , alabama . * july 24 , 2002 -- nine coal miners from quecreek mining inc. in somerset county , pennsylvania , are trapped in a four-foot-high chamber 240 feet below the surface after breaching a wall separating their mine from an older , flooded shaft . all survive and are rescued on july 28 . * january 2 , 2006 -- an explosion occurs at around 6:30 a.m. at the sago mine in tallmansville , west virginia , trapping 13 miners . twelve of the men die from carbon monoxide poisoning by the time rescuers reach them around midnight january 3 - 4 . randal mccloy , 27 , is the only survivor . * may 20 , 2006 -- five miners are killed in an explosion at the darby mine no. 1 in harlan county , kentucky . one miner , paul ledford , survives . * august 6 , 2007 -- six miners are trapped at the crandall canyon mine in huntington , utah , when areas of the mine collapse . * august 16 , 2007 -- three rescue workers are killed and six are injured when part of the mine collapses on them . * august 31 , 2007 -- the search for the six trapped miners is officially called off and declared too dangerous for continued rescue efforts . * may 8 , 2008 -- rep. george miller releases a report from the house education and labor committee about the panel 's investigation of the crandall canyon mine disaster . he recommends that a criminal investigation be conducted .<doc-sep>on august 16 , three other people , including an msha inspector , died as they attempted to reach the trapped miners , whose bodies have never been recovered . a call to the department of labor was not immediately returned . also joining the suit is the utah media coalition , representing utah newspapers , television stations and journalism groups . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the u.s. government thursday announced its highest penalty for coal mine safety violations , $ 1.85 million , for a collapse that killed six miners in utah last year . supervisory mining engineer joe zelanko on thursday describes the earth movements at crandall canyon mine . insufficient pillar support and activity in areas that should not have been mined caused the august crandall canyon mine collapse , federal investigators found . the government fined the mine operator , genwal resources , $ 1.34 million `` for violations that directly contributed to the deaths of six miners last year , '' plus nearly $ 300,000 for other violations . the government also levied a $ 220,000 fine against a mining consultant , agapito associates , `` for faulty analysis of the mine 's design . ''

<t> new : president bush says he and first lady are deeply saddened by the tragedy . </t> <t> mine safety and health administration chief : we 've run out of options . </t> <t> the six men have been trapped underground since august 6 . </t> <t> seven bore holes drilled into the mountain have found no signs of life . </t>

search ends for buried utah miners<T>

bogota , colombia -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a key rebel commander and fugitive from a u.s. drug trafficking indictment was killed over the weekend in an air attack on a guerrilla encampment , the colombian military said monday . alleged cocaine trafficker and farc rebel tomas medina caracas in an interpol photo . tomas medina caracas , known popularly as `` el negro acacio , '' was a member of the high command of the fuerzas armadas revolucionarias de colombia and , according to colombian and u.s. officials , helped manage the group 's extensive cocaine trafficking network . he had been in the cross-hairs of the u.s. justice department since 2002 . he was charged with conspiracy to import cocaine into the united states and manufacturing and distributing cocaine within colombia to fund the farc 's 42-year insurgency against the government . u.s. officials alleged medina caracas managed the rebel group 's sales of cocaine to international drug traffickers , who in turn smuggled it into the united states . he was also indicted in the united states along with two other farc commanders in november 2002 on charges of conspiring to kidnap two u.s. oil workers from neighboring venezuela in 1997 and holding one of them for nine months until a $ 1 million ransom was paid .<doc-sep>officials said the army 's rapid response force , backed by elements of the colombian air force , tracked medina caracas down at a farc camp in the jungle in the south of the country . `` after a bombardment , the troops occupied the camp , and they 've found 14 dead rebels so far , along with rifles , pistols , communications equipment and ... four gps systems , '' defense minister juan manuel santos said at a news conference . `` the death of ` el negro acacio ' was confirmed by various sources , including members of farc itself . '' medina caracas commanded farc 's 16th front in the southern departments of vichada and guainia . established in 1964 as the military wing of the colombian communist party , farc is colombia 's oldest , largest , most capable and best-equipped marxist rebel group , according to the u.s. department of state . e-mail to a friend . journalist fernando ramos contributed to this report .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the colombian military killed a rebel leader who was a liaison with mexican drug cartels , colombian president juan manuel santos said . the military operation near colombia 's border with ecuador , in the department of putumayo , happened on tuesday , the president said . the rebel leader known as `` oliver solarte '' worked directly for the secretariat of the revolutionary armed forces of colombia , or farc . `` he was a very important person inside the farc , '' the president said tuesday . `` he managed all the drug trafficking and arms trafficking for the southern bloc of the farc . '' solarte also was the farc 's contact with mexican cartels to traffic drugs and accept financing , he said .<doc-sep>bogota , colombia -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- colombian police have killed a drug trafficker who the government says is one of the most sought-after fugitive outside the country 's rebel leaders . victor manuel mejia munera was a drug lord with ties to paramilitary groups , the colombian government says . victor manuel mejia munera and two bodyguards were killed tuesday when police tracked them down on a farm in the northwestern province of antioquia , according to a statement on the colombian presidency web site . three people also were arrested , according to the statement . mejia munera was wearing an american-style , desert-camouflage uniform when he was killed , said colombian defense minister juan manuel santos . mejia munera also had short - and long-range weapons with ammunition , the presidential statement said . `` this is a great strike of the public force against the criminal structures of the country , '' santos said , warning that drug traffickers who do not turn themselves over to the government will `` end up in the jail or in a tomb . '' in terms of the country 's most-wanted list , mejia munera was one of colombia 's most sought-after criminals and ranked just below the leaders of revolutionary armed forces of colombia , the statement said . the leftist guerilla group , which goes by its spanish acronym farc , holds about 750 hostages in the jungles of colombia and has justified hostage-taking as a legitimate military tactic in a long-running civil war involving government forces , drug traffickers and right-wing paramilitaries . mejia munera is not alleged to have ties to farc , but he had been involved with a right-wing paramilitary group known as united self-defense forces of colombia , according to the u.s. state department . mejia munera and his brother , miguel angel mejia munera , known as `` los mellizos , '' or `` the twins , '' have been accused of running major drug rings in colombia . the brothers also have faced narcotics-trafficking charges in the united states . santos initially told reporters that police had killed miguel angel mejia munera . the colombian presidency later said the slain drug lord was actually victor manuel mejia munera . fingerprints confirmed that the dead man was victor mejia munera , colombian-based caracol radio reported . the brothers sometimes exchanged identities , the radio station said , and identity documents belonging to miguel mejia munera were found near victor mejia munera . in 2004 , the u.s. district court for the district of columbia indicted the twins on narcotics-trafficking charges . the u.s. justice department at one point offered a $ 5 million reward for `` true and effective information '' on the whereabouts of a dozen suspects it wanted extradited to the united states . one of the 12 men wanted was miguel mejia munera . the state department said wednesday there was no reward for victor mejia munera . the u.s. treasury department 's office of foreign assets control reported that the brothers have been involved in narcotics trafficking since the early 1990s , when they were guarding ships carrying cocaine from western colombia to mexico . `` over time , '' ofac said in a news release last year , the brothers `` rose through the ranks to lead their own narcotics trafficking organization . '' `` recent reports indicate that los mellizos may be funding their own illegal armed groups to facilitate their narcotics trafficking activities , '' the release said . the colombian prosecutor general 's office had indicted victor mejia munera for his role in a 2004 paramilitary massacre of 11 farmers in tame in the eastern colombian province of arauca , according to the state department . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>by . phil vinter . published : . 06:02 est , 2 november 2012 . | . updated : . 08:15 est , 2 november 2012 . a colombian dubbed the ` most dangerous and wanted drugs trafficker in the world ' has been arrested at a restaurant in buenos aires after police placed satellite tracking devices in his fleet of supercars . carrying false passports from five countries and posing as a venezuelan businessman , henry de jesus lopez , nicknamed ` mi sangre , ' or ` my blood , ' was led away from the fettuccine mario restaurant in the pilar area of the city by armed police on tuesday evening . the multi-millionaire former foot soldier of notorious drugs baron pablo escobar is accused of shipping tons of cocaine to the united states through central america . notorious drug trafficker henry de jesus lopez was led away from the fettuccine mario restaurant by armed police on tuesday . he resorted to plastic surgery in a desperate attempt to try and evade capture but was still made to wear a bullet proof vest as he was escorted from his favourite restaurant in order to protect him from assassins . lopez fled his native city of medellin in colombia two years ago after his accountant was arrested . police said the key to tracking the father of two down was a colombian . informant who reported his location and movements . the informant , whose . identity is being protected , will be paid a reward worth $ 660,000 . lopez and a bodyguard were captured without a shot fired said police . speaking in the colombian capital of bogota national police director general jose roberto leon said 41-year-old lopez ran the ` urabenos ' gang based in northern colombia after rising through the ranks of right-wing paramilitary groups that doubled as drug trafficking operations .<doc-sep>during the raid , a sergeant , two soldiers and a national police officer were killed , the ministry of national defense said ; six others were injured . the colombian government is expected to hold a hearing on the april 28 operation . colombian defense minister juan carlos pinzon , along with the commandant of the colombian army gen. alejandro navas are expected to take part . . kidnapping government forces and civilians has been a key strategy of the rebel group . dramatic rescues , escapes and hostage handovers have revealed harsh conditions in jungle camps , including stories of prisoners chained to trees , grueling marches between hideouts , torrential rain and blistering sun . while severely weakened in recent years , the rebels have continued to carry out kidnappings and attack security forces . the 10 hostages released last month were members of the military and police that farc said were its last government hostages . in february , farc also said it would stop kidnapping civilians for money . the rebels did not address the fate of its civilian captives then , nor did it renounce kidnapping for political purposes .

<t> tomas medina caracas was a fugitive from a u.s. drug trafficking indictment . </t> <t> `` el negro acacio '' allegedly helped manage extensive cocaine network . </t> <t> u.s. justice department indicted him in 2002 . </t> <t> colombian military : he was killed in an attack on a guerrilla encampment . </t>

colombian military : key rebel and drug trafficker killed<T>

-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- police and fbi agents are investigating the discovery of an empty rocket launcher tube on the front lawn of a jersey city , new jersey , home , fbi spokesman sean quinn said . niranjan desai discovered the 20-year-old at4 anti-tank rocket launcher tube , a one-time-use device , lying on her lawn friday morning , police said . the launcher has been turned over to u.s. army officials at the 754th ordnance company , an explosive ordnance disposal unit , at fort monmouth , new jersey , army officials said . the launcher `` is no longer operable and not considered to be a hazard to public safety , '' police said , adding there was no indication the launcher had been fired recently .<doc-sep>army officials said they could not determine if the launcher had been fired , but indicated they should know once they find out where it came from . the nearest military base , fort dix , is more than 70 miles from jersey city . the joint terrorism task force division of the fbi and jersey city police are investigating the origin of the rocket launcher and the circumstance that led to its appearance on residential property .<doc-sep>`` al qaeda does n't leave a rocket launcher on the lawn of middle-aged ladies , '' said paul cruickshank of new york university law school 's center on law and security . a neighbor , joe quinn , said the object lying on desai 's lawn looked military , was brown , had a handle and strap , and `` both ends were open , like you could shoot something with it . '' quinn also said the device had a picture of a soldier on it and was 3 to 4 feet long .<doc-sep>an army official said the device is basically a shoulder-fired , direct-fire weapon used against ground targets -- a modern-day bazooka -- and it is not wire-guided . according to the web site globalsecurity.org , a loaded m136 at4 anti-tank weapon has a 40-inch-long fiberglass-wrapped tube and weighs just 4 pounds . its 84 millimeter shaped-charge missile can penetrate 14 inches of armor from a maximum of 985 feet . it is used once and discarded . e-mail to a friend . cnn 's carol cratty , dugald mcconnell , and mike mount contributed to this report .<doc-sep>by . daily mail reporter and associated press reporter . published : . 18:28 est , 3 february 2013 . | . updated : . 18:39 est , 3 february 2013 . two rocket launchers were found among roughly 2,500 weapons exchanged for cash and tickets in tampa bay , florida , on saturday adding to the growing number of rocket launchers found at gun buyback programs in recent weeks . the two massive firearms were discovered less a week after another rocket launcher was collected at a gun buyback event in new jersey and a missile launcher was collected at a gun buyback event in seattle . two rocket launchers were collected at a gun buyback event in los angeles a month prior .<doc-sep>a rocket launcher and warhead have been discovered by police investigating dissident republicans . officers made the dramatic find while searching a house on hawthorn street , west belfast , and the police service of northern ireland said that the launcher and warhead were intended to kill . a police spokesman said : ` these weapon systems are clearly intended to kill and we should be in no doubt that the recovery of these items has saved lives . ' ` to kill ' : officers found the weapons while searching a house on hawthorn street -lrb- file picture -rrb- in west belfast . location : the items found on hawthorn street in west belfast have been taken away for forensic examination . dissidents have been linked to a series of attempts to kill members of the security forces , including soldiers , police and a prison officer . the police spokesman said : ` detectives from psni serious crime branch have this evening recovered a rocket launcher and warhead from a house .<doc-sep>lethal : this rocket launcher capable of blowing up a tank was found under the bed of ex-soldier mark chalcroft . police visited chalcroft 's one-bedroom flat in northampton after smelling cannabis during an investigation of an unrelated incident in the building . they discovered a marijuana factory with 28 cannabis plants - and were stunned to come across a 3ft rocket launcher hidden under the military enthusiast 's bed . the l1a3b1 weapon was still capable of firing destructive missiles , even though it had a stamp certifying that it was deactivated . chalcroft , 46 , was arrested and charged with cannabis cultivation and possession of a rocket launcher . last week he pleaded guilty to both charges and was sentenced to two years in prison . sentence : chalcroft was handed a two-year jail sentence by a judge at northampton crown court . judge john bray told him : ` this is a serious weapon , which could have very serious consequences if it fell into the wrong hands . ' i accept your basis of plea , that you purchased the weapon as a kind of souvenir and never intended to use it . ` it has a deactivation stamp on it , which suggests it could not be fired .<doc-sep>previous discovery : a rocket launcher was collected at a weapons exchange in new jersey on january 29 . in photos from the program taken at . an evidence warehouse , the enormous weapon stood out among various . handguns , rifles and sawed off shotguns . in a similar event in seattle just days before , a missile launcher turned up and authorities were unsure if it was legally acquired or possibly stolen from the military . a man standing outside the event on saturday , identified by reuters as mason vranish , bought the military weapon for $ 100 from another person waiting in line , according to a local police detective . in late december , los angeles police said two rocket launchers were handed in by the city 's residents . the hefty weapons were among nearly 2,000 guns given up to police in exchange for $ 100 and $ 200 grocery store gift cards . inspection : bomb technicians inspected the rocket launchers found in tampa bay to make sure they were n't loaded .

<t> empty anti-tank weapon turns up in front of new jersey home . </t> <t> device handed over to army ordnance disposal unit . </t> <t> weapon not capable of being reloaded , experts say . </t>

rocket launcher tube found on lawn<T>

london , england -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a chronology of bombings and attempted bomb attacks in the mainland uk since the 1970s : . police close off streets around haymarket , in london 's busy theater district . june 29 , 2007 : police defuse a bomb consisting of 200 liters of fuel , gas cylinders and nails found in an abandoned car in haymarket , central london . a second car packed with gas and nails was later found to have been parked just a few hundred yards from the first , before it was towed away by traffic wardens in the early hours of friday for violating parking restrictions . police say two vehicles clearly linked . july 21 , 2005 : two weeks after the deadly 7/7 bombings , four men are alleged to have attempted to carry out a second wave of attacks against london 's transport network at three london underground stations and aboard a bus . but their alleged rucksack bombs fail to explode . july 7 , 2005 : four suicide bombers detonate themselves aboard three underground trains and a bus in a morning rush hour attack against london 's transport network , killing 52 people and injuring around 700 more . al qaeda claims responsibility in a video statement . august 2004 : anti-terrorist police disrupt a plot by islamic militants to blow up targets including the ministry of sound nightclub and the bluewater shopping center in southeast england using explosives packed into limousines and large vehicles . seven men are convicted in may 2007 and sentenced to up to 26 years in prison .<doc-sep>march 2001 : a car bomb explodes outside the bbc 's london headquarters , wounding one man . police blame the real ira , a republican splinter group opposed to the ira 's cease fire . april 1999 : three people die when a nail bomb explodes in the admiral duncan pub in london 's gay district -- the third in a spate of series of nail bomb attacks also targeting immigrant areas of the city that left dozens injured . a 23-year-old self-declared `` nazi '' , david copeland , is sentenced to six life terms . june 1996 : a massive ira bomb explodes in a shopping center in central manchester , injuring more than 200 people . february 1996 : two people die as ira terrorists detonate a bomb in london 's docklands area , causing damage estimated at around $ 170m and ending the group 's 17-month cease fire . april 1993 : an ira truck bomb devastates part of london 's financial district , killing one and wounding 44 .<doc-sep>march 1993 : two boys aged three and 12 are killed and dozens are injured by two bombs left in litter bins in warrington , northern england . the ira admits planting the bombs . april 1992 : a huge ira car bomb in london 's financial district kills three people and wounds 91 . february 1991 : ira terrorists launch a mortar attack at prime minister john major 's downing street offices . no-one is injured . september 1989 : eleven people die and 22 are wounded when an ira bomb explodes at a royal marine music school in deal , southern england . december 1988 : a pan am airliner explodes over the scottish town of lockerbie , killing 259 aboard and 11 people on the ground . libyan agent abdel basset al-megrahi , convicted of the attack in 2001 , was this week granted the right to mount a fresh appeal . -lrb- read about lockerbie bomber -rrb- .<doc-sep>october 1984 : five people die in an ira bomb attack on a hotel in brighton , southern england , where prime minister margaret thatcher and her cabinet are staying for the conservative party 's annual conference . december 1983 : an ira bomb at london 's harrods department store kills six people . july 1982 : two ira bomb attacks on soldiers in london 's parks kill 11 people and wound 50 . october-november 1974 : a wave of ira bombs in british pubs in birmingham and guildford kill 28 people and wound more than 200 . february 1974 : a coach carrying soldiers and families in northern england is bombed by the ira , killing 12 and wounding 14 . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>london , england -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a chronology of bombings and attempted bomb attacks in the mainland uk since the 1970s : . police close off streets around haymarket , in london 's busy theater district . june 29 , 2007 : police defuse a bomb consisting of 200 liters of fuel , gas cylinders and nails found in an abandoned car in haymarket , central london . a second car packed with gas and nails was later found to have been parked just a few hundred yards from the first , before it was towed away by traffic wardens in the early hours of friday for violating parking restrictions . police say two vehicles clearly linked . july 21 , 2005 : two weeks after the deadly 7/7 bombings , four men are alleged to have attempted to carry out a second wave of attacks against london 's transport network at three london underground stations and aboard a bus . but their alleged rucksack bombs fail to explode . july 7 , 2005 : four suicide bombers detonate themselves aboard three underground trains and a bus in a morning rush hour attack against london 's transport network , killing 52 people and injuring around 700 more . al qaeda claims responsibility in a video statement . august 2004 : anti-terrorist police disrupt a plot by islamic militants to blow up targets including the ministry of sound nightclub and the bluewater shopping center in southeast england using explosives packed into limousines and large vehicles . seven men are convicted in may 2007 and sentenced to up to 26 years in prison .<doc-sep>by . rosie taylor . published : . 10:36 est , 5 august 2013 . | . updated : . 10:36 est , 5 august 2013 . a playwright who created a play about suicide bombers caused a major security scare when he threw a prop bomb away in a bin . ethan fisbane had chucked out the fake bomb as he cleared out his flat in manhattan ahead of moving home - but it was found by the building 's caretaker who called the police . a huge number of nypd police officers descended on the area , including members of the bomb squad and emergency service unit , while the joint terrorism task force was put on notice . scroll down for video . scare : playwright ethan fishbane caused a major security scare when he threw out an old prop bomb from his play about suicide bombers . the 23-year-old from new jersey told the new york post that he ` did n't think ' when he threw the bomb away .<doc-sep>twitter user miguel ausina . photographed people leaving westfield and wrote : ` westfield stratford . being evacuated due to possible bomb scare . ' restricted area : a police officer lifts a cordon and directs a shopper , laden with bags , to a waiting area . over there : a police offer directs a shopper to a waiting area , while standing behind a cordon . waiting : thousands of shoppers were pictured outside the centre in east london following the evacuation .<doc-sep>cairns had arranged to leave the parcel containing the key impressions in the left luggage locker at paddington station to be picked up by a contact who could make copies . moors muderers : ian brady and myra hindley killed and tortured children in the 1960s . hunt : police search for bodies of those killed by brady and hindley on saddleworth moor . but when she arrived police told them . luggage was not being accepted because of an ira bomb scare , so she . posted them to the contact at a garage in ilford , east london , with a . set of instructions . but the plot was exposed after the . contact was suspicious of the parcel when it arrived and , fearing it . might be a bomb , asked an off duty police officer who was at the garage . to open it . when officers later searched cairns ' flat they found hindley 's false driving licence and 20 pictures of the . killer posing in her cell . cairns later pleaded guilty to the escape . plan and was jailed for six years . the prison records were originally . intended to be sealed for 100 years but were released into the national . archives after hindley 's death . dr tom clark , a lecturer at sheffield . university who has studied the records , said the plan was the closest . hindley ever got to going free . he said : ` it was only because of an ira bomb scare and a suspicious policeman that the plot failed . ` she then turned to more conventional . routes to secure her release , but never really came close to having her . case heard by the parole board . '

<t> two cars loaded with gasoline and nails found abandoned in london friday . </t> <t> 52 people killed on july 7 , 2005 after bombs exploded on london bus , trains . </t> <t> british capital wracked by violence by the ira for years . </t>

london bomb scare : a chronology of attacks<T>

san francisco , california -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a magnitude 4.2 earthquake shook the san francisco area friday at 4:42 a.m. pt -lrb- 7:42 a.m. et -rrb- , the u.s. geological survey reported . the quake left about 2,000 customers without power , said david eisenhower , a spokesman for pacific gas and light .<doc-sep>under the usgs classification , a magnitude 4.2 earthquake is considered `` light , '' which it says usually causes minimal damage . `` we had quite a spike in calls , mostly calls of inquiry , none of any injury , none of any damage that was reported , '' said capt. al casciato of the san francisco police . `` it was fairly mild . '' watch police describe concerned calls immediately after the quake ''<doc-sep>the quake was centered about two miles east-northeast of oakland , at a depth of 3.6 miles , the usgs said . oakland is just east of san francisco , across san francisco bay . an oakland police dispatcher told cnn the quake set off alarms at people 's homes . the shaking lasted about 50 seconds , said cnn meteorologist chad myers .<doc-sep>according to the usgs , magnitude 4.2 quakes are felt indoors and may break dishes and windows and overturn unstable objects . pendulum clocks may stop . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>newsom is former mayor of san francisco , a city that sits near the hayward fault and the san andreas fault , `` the one that fear is most instilled in us . '' but the san francisco bay area is less likely to see a massive earthquake soon , as only about a century has passed since the great 1906 earthquake . yet `` moderate-sized , potentially damaging earthquakes could occur in this area at any time , '' the geological survey warmed . in 1989 , a 6.9-magnitude quake struck the bay area during baseball 's world series . the loma prieta earthquake caused 63 deaths , 3,757 injuries and an estimated $ 6 billion in property damage , according to the geological survey . what about the 1994 northridge quake ? that mammoth tremor was n't on the san andreas fault ; it actually occurred on a fault that no one knew about . that 6.7-magnitude southern california quake killed 57 people and caused $ 42 billion in total damage . but even the northridge quake could pale in comparison to the devastation that the `` big one '' on the san andreas could bring . `` it would be like having a northridge here and northridge here and northridge here , '' caltech seismologist kate hutton said this year , indicating swaths of a california map . `` it covers such a wide area that it would be ... a major disaster for the nation . '' six things we 've learned since 1994 northridge earthquake . why is the san andreas fault so notorious ? the san andreas is considered `` the ` master ' fault of an intricate fault network , '' the geological survey said . it 's the fault responsible for the 1906 san francisco earthquake , which killed about 700 people . the 800-mile-long fault is the boundary between the pacific plate and north american plate . and because the pacific plate shifts about 2 inches a year , the geological survey said , los angeles and san francisco will become next-door neighbors -lrb- though not for about 15 million years -rrb- . so while it 's impossible for the san andreas to sweep california out into the ocean , the geological survey said , southwestern california is slowly -- very slowly -- sliding past the rest of the state toward alaska . cnn 's michael martinez , kyung lah and ashley fantz contributed to this report .<doc-sep>amtrak was running a shuttle between the san francisco and martinez stations for coast starlight and california zephyr passengers . the pieces that fell -- a cross beam and tie rods -- came from the same section that was repaired in september over labor day weekend , when crews worked almost around the clock to fix a crack in the span . a 50-foot section of the bridge collapsed in 1989 during the loma prieta earthquake , killing one person and prompting efforts to make it quake-tolerant . the whole bay bridge is slated to be replaced in 2013 , said patrick siegman , a transportation planner at nelson nygaard consulting associates , a national transportation planning firm based in san francisco . the bridge is `` really showing its age , '' he said . `` it 's kind of a race against time to finish the new bridge before the next quake hits . ''<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- costa rican officials surveyed damage wednesday after a major earthquake rattled the country 's northwest coast . the 7.6-magnitude quake was `` one of the strongest earthquakes '' ever to hit the central american nation , president laura chinchilla said . the president praised residents ' response , saying there were no reports of major physical damage from the quake . `` costa ricans knew how to react , '' she said . the quake struck costa rica 's nicoya peninsula wednesday morning , on the pacific coast about 87 miles west of the capital , san jose . it was centered more than 28 miles deep . schools in the hardest hit areas will be closed thursday and friday while engineers inspect buildings for damage , chinchilla said . officials gave conflicting reports about whether anyone had been killed . late wednesday chinchilla said there were `` no human losses , '' but earlier emergency officials said at least one person had died from a heart attack suffered during the quake . `` it started out pretty mild , but then it really got going , '' said bill root , owner of a hotel in samara , also near the epicenter . `` it was a very strong earthquake . everything was falling off the shelves and the ground was rolling . '' costa rica 's national emergency commission reported debris on roads , electrical outages and some structural damage in homes , especially on the nicoya peninsula , about 14 kilometers -lrb- 8 miles -rrb- from the epicenter . red cross ambulances evacuated patients from two damaged hospitals , said enrique guevara , a spokesman for the red cross in the americas . hours after the quake , authorities canceled all tsunami warnings and watches . cnn affiliate teletica showed people streaming out of buildings when the earthquake hit . telephone service was knocked out in cities near the epicenter , teletica reported . the station showed photos submitted by viewers of a partially collapsed bridge over the rio sucio and a landslide on a highway . other photos showed floors littered with merchandise inside stores and homes with minor damages . `` it 's unnerving when solid concrete beneath you is shaking from side to side . it was pretty scary , '' said david boddinger , editor of the english-language tico times in san jose . seismologists have been predicting a strong quake in that area for years now , and costa ricans were wondering if this was the big one , he said . cnn 's catherine e. shoichet , antoinette campbell and christine theodorou contributed to this report .<doc-sep>stop instantly whenever the system flashes a hazard warning for the are , . allen said . lucy . jones , senior adviser for risk reduction for the u.s. geological survey . -lrb- usgs -rrb- , one of the monitoring network partners , said a lot of the . technology needed for the system is already in place . ` if we were building it from scratch , it would cost $ 650 million , ' she said . california state sen. alex padilla , d-los angeles , reaches to point at a graphic describing how an earthquake warning system might work , as dr. douglas given of the u.s. geological survey watches . the california area 's probability of suffering an earthquake . it would take from one to three years to fully launch the new system , jones said . the system is based on a highly . sophisticated algorithm that can send out a signal from any one of the . 2,000 quake-detecting instruments now in place up and down the state . an alert would go out whenever the . system senses a temblor 's first pulse of short shock waves - known as p . waves - that speed through the ground just as a seismic fault starts to . rupture . california has suffered a number of . major earthquakes , with a 1906 quake reducing much of the centre of san . francisco to rubble in what is . considered the worst natural disaster in u.s. history . the . subsequent fire that engulfed the city left more than 3,000 dead and . thousands more injured . the great earthquake measured 7.9 on the richter scale as was felt as far away as orgeon , los angeles and nevada . this photo provided by the museum of modern art shows a stereo image of san francisco city hall made after the 1906 earthquake and fire that devastated the city . around 227,000 and 300,000 people were left homeless out of a population of about 410,000 and lead to refugee camps set up along the coast , which were still operational two years after the quake . the cost of the damage from the earthquake was estimated at the time to be around $ 400million , which is around $ 9.5 billion in today 's money . aerial view of los angeles freeway damaged by earthquake on january 17 , 1994 . los angeles has also been hit in recent years . on january 17 , 1994 , the northridge . earthquake hit reseda , a neighborhood in los angeles , california , . lasting for about 10 -- 20 seconds , causing major damage to building , and . freeways to collapse , with strong ground motion felt as far away as las . vegas , nevada , about 220 miles -lrb- 360 km -rrb- from the epicenter . earthquake damage in san francisco on 18 oct 1989 , the day after the loma prieta earthquake . researchers hope the new system could minise the loss of life from major california earthquakes in the future .

<t> 2,000 customers without electricity , power company says . </t> <t> magnitude 4.2 quake set off home alarms , says oakland police dispatcher . </t> <t> `` it was fairly mild , '' police say , no immediate reports of injuries , damage . </t> <t> it was centered two miles east-northeast of oakland , about 3.6 miles deep . </t>

` mild ' quake shakes san francisco<T>

-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- at least 14 people were killed and 60 others wounded thursday when a bomb ripped through a crowd waiting to see algeria 's president in batna , east of the capital of algiers , the algerie presse service reported . a wounded person gets first aid shortly after thursday 's attack in batna , algeria . the explosion occurred at 5 p.m. about 20 meters -lrb- 65 feet -rrb- from a mosque in batna , a town about 450 kilometers -lrb- 280 miles -rrb- east of algiers , security officials in batna told the state-run news agency . the bomb went off 15 minutes before the expected arrival of president abdel-aziz bouteflika .<doc-sep>it was n't clear if the bomb was caused by a suicide bomber or if it was planted , the officials said . later thursday , algeria 's interior minister noureddine yazid zerhouni said `` a suspect person who was among the crowd attempted to go beyond the security cordon , '' but the person escaped `` immediately after the bomb exploded , '' the press service reported . bouteflika made his visit to batna as planned , adding a stop at a hospital to visit the wounded before he returned to the capital . there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing .<doc-sep>algeria faces a continuing islamic insurgency , according to the cia . in july , 33 people were killed in apparent suicide bombings in algiers that were claimed by an al qaeda-affiliated group . bouteflika said terrorist acts have nothing in common with the noble values of islam , the press service reported . e-mail to a friend . cnn 's mohammed tawfeeq contributed to this report .<doc-sep>at least 14 people were killed and 23 injured in the pakistani city of quetta on saturday , after a bomb exploded on a bus in a university campus and militants released a second bomb as they stormed the hospital where victims were being treated . the first blast ripped through a bus standing on the campus of sardar bahadur khan women 's university at brewery road while the students and faculty members were waiting to go home . many women sustained severe burn injuries as the explosion triggered a fire . tv footage showed flames and black smoke emerging from the bus , which was reduced to a blackened heap of metal . attack : a bomb blast tore through a bus carrying female university students in southwestern pakistan killing several people . militants blew up a historic building in ziarat in violence-plagued in southwest pakistan after shooting dead a guard in a predawn attack . police officials said 14 female students were killed . about an hour later , another blast occurred inside the bolan medical complex where the 23 injured , mostly students , were being taken in . the historic building that was blown up by militants in ziarat had been the residence of mohammad ali jinnah , the founder of pakistan .<doc-sep>at least 14 people have been killed and more than 200 wounded after a powerful car bomb ripped through a southern suburb of the capital of lebanon . dozens of others were trapped in burning cars and buildings following the blast in beirut . the violence is being linked to the conflict in neighbouring syria , officials have said . the blast was the second such explosion in just over a month in southern beirut , which is an overwhelmingly shia area controlled by hezbollah . lebanese emergency workers attempt to tackle the flames at the site of a car bomb in southern beirut . at least 14 have been killed and more than 200 injured in the explosion . dozens of ambulances rushed to the scene of the explosion and firefighters were seen using ladders trying to evacuate residents from burning buildings . it is the deadliest attack in decades against the neighbourhoods which are considered bastions of support for hezbollah .<doc-sep>the dead lie stacked up on trays , while the survivors fight for their lives in hospital . these are the young victims of a suicide bomber triggered an explosion while football fans were watching the world cup in nigeria . at least 14 people were killed in the blast which went off in damaturu , the capital of yobe state , soon after the brazil vs mexico game on tuesday night . an eleven-year-old boy who survived a bomb explosion targetting football fans in a viewing centre by suspected boko haram islamists lies on a bed receiving treatment in a government hospital in damaturu , northern nigeria . some of the dead football fans killed by a bomb explosion lie in the morgue in a government hospital in damaturu , northern nigeria . the explosion at an illegal world cup viewing site in damaturu northeast nigeria killed at least 14 people . witnesses said a tricycle taxi was driven into the outdoor area before the bomb went off . police . said the death toll was 14 , with 26 people wounded . one hospital worker . told the bbc however that he had counted 21 bodies .<doc-sep>baghdad -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- sectarian violence flared anew in iraq friday as bombers struck several shiite mosques , killing at least 18 worshipers and wounding scores more , police said . five of the attacks -- all of them car bombs -- targeted five mosques in baghdad , killing at least 14 people and wounding 30 . according to baghdad police : . -- one of the blasts struck worshipers leaving the al-mustafa mosque in the al-jihad neighborhood of southwestern baghdad , killing at least three people and wounding eight . -- in the zafaraniya neighborhood of southeastern baghdad , five people were killed and seven wounded when a car bomb exploded outside the al-sadreen shiite mosque . -- in the al-binook neighborhood , also in southeastern baghdad , four people were killed and five were wounded when a car bomb exploded outside a shiite mosque as worshipers were departing . -- in the al-qahira neighborhood of northeastern baghdad , two people were killed and five wounded when a car bomb detonated outside the ahal al-bayt shiite mosque . -- and a car bomb exploded outside a shiite mosque in eastern baghdad 's talabiya neighborhood , wounding 10 people . about 240 kilometers -lrb- 150 miles -rrb- north of baghdad , in southern kirkuk , police said four people were killed and 60 wounded by a car bomb followed by a suicide blast that targeted a shiite mosque . most of the casualties were shiite worshipers , police told cnn . after the blast at the al-mustafa mosque , people rushed from the neighborhood to the place of worship to check on their relatives ' welfare .

<t> bomb victims waiting for presidential visit . </t> <t> blast went off 15 minutes before president 's arrival . </t> <t> algeria faces islamic insurgency . </t> <t> al qaeda-affiliated group claimed july attacks . </t>

14 killed in algeria bomb blast<T>

-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a virus found in healthy australian honey bees may be playing a role in the collapse of honey bee colonies across the united states , researchers reported thursday . honey bees walk on a moveable comb hive at the bee research laboratory , in beltsville , maryland . colony collapse disorder has killed millions of bees -- up to 90 percent of colonies in some u.s. beekeeping operations -- imperiling the crops largely dependent upon bees for pollination , such as oranges , blueberries , apples and almonds . the u.s. department of agriculture says honey bees are responsible for pollinating $ 15 billion worth of crops each year in the united states . more than 90 fruits and vegetables worldwide depend on them for pollination . signs of colony collapse disorder were first reported in the united states in 2004 , the same year american beekeepers started importing bees from australia . the disorder is marked by hives left with a queen , a few newly hatched adults and plenty of food , but the worker bees responsible for pollination gone .<doc-sep>the virus identified in the healthy australian bees is israeli acute paralysis virus -lrb- iapv -rrb- -- named that because it was discovered by hebrew university researchers . although worker bees in colony collapse disorder vanish , bees infected with iapv die close to the hive , after developing shivering wings and paralysis . for some reason , the australian bees seem to be resistant to iapv and do not come down with symptoms . scientists used genetic analyses of bees collected over the past three years and found that iapv was present in bees that had come from colony collapse disorder hives 96 percent of the time . but the study released thursday on the science express web site , operated by the journal science , cautioned that collapse disorder is likely caused by several factors . `` this research give us a very good lead to follow , but we do not believe iapv is acting alone , '' said jeffery s. pettis of the u.s. department of agriculture 's bee research laboratory and a co-author of the study . `` other stressors on the colony are likely involved . ''<doc-sep>this could explain why bees in australia may be resistant to colony collapse . `` there are no cases ... in australia at all , '' entomologist dave britton of the australian museum told the sydney morning herald last month . `` it is a northern hemisphere phenomenon . '' bee ecology expert and university of florida professor jamie ellis said earlier this year that genetic weakness bred into bees over time , pathogens spread by parasites and the effects of pesticides and pollutants might be other factors . researchers also say varroa mites affect all hives on the u.s. mainland but are not found in australia . university of georgia bee researcher keith s. delaplane said thursday the study offers a warning -- and hope .<doc-sep>`` one nagging problem has been a general inability to treat or vaccinate bees against viruses of any kind , '' said delaplane , who has been trying to breed bees resistant to the varroa mite . `` but in the case of iapv , there is evidence that some bees carry genetic resistance to the disorder . this is yet one more argument for beekeepers to use honey bee stocks that are genetically disease - and pest-resistant . '' bee researchers will now look for stresses that may combine to kill bees . `` the next step is to ascertain whether iapv , alone or in concert with other factors , can induce ccd -lsb- colony collapse disorder -rsb- in healthy bees , '' said ian lipkin , director of the center for infection and immunity at columbia university mailman school of public health . besides the columbia and usda researchers , others involved in the study released thursday include researchers from pennsylvania state university , the pennsylvania department of agriculture , the university of arizona and 454 life sciences . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>` social learning in animals usually involves one individual observing and imitating another , although other kinds of communication can also be involved , ' said ms mirwan . ` they could try for up to 30 minutes , but most gave up before then . ' in a final test , she placed experienced bees in a hive with naïve bees . when the naïve bees were allowed to forage on the artificial flowers , they gained the syrup in three-and-a-half minutes . behavioural scientists usually assume that observation and imitation are at the heart of social learning , but social insects such as bees can also transmit information through touch , vibration and smell . the researchers said the communication method used by the bees is still a mystery . ` we ca n't quite explain how bees that had never even seen an artificial flower were able to become adept so quickly at foraging on them , but clearly some in-hive communication took place , ' said professor kevan . ` it suggests that social learning in bumblebees is even more complex than we first expected . ' earlier this year scientists in croatia unveiled specially-bred colonies of bees that can detect buried landmines from more than three miles away . the bees are trained by being fed an irresistible sugar solution mixed with the smell of explosives .<doc-sep>alarming headlines two years ago about the mysterious disappearance of honeybees prompted filmmakers to follow beekeepers from south carolina , montana , and washington as they traveled with their colonies to pollinate california 's massive almond crop . director jeremy simmons said they wanted to show `` more than what was in the paper '' about the mystery . `` there is a really powerful connection between a human being and a bee because we 've tended bees for thousand of years , '' bailey said . `` it 's such an old tradition and bees are incredibly sophisticated , evolved creatures . '' the cameras rolled as these beekeepers faced `` colony collapse disorder , '' a still unexplained phenomenon which scientists estimate has wiped out almost a third of the domestic honeybee hives in the united states . nomadic beekeepers truck their bee colonies across the country , following the pollination seasons for almonds , apples , cotton and other crops dependent on their insects . nicole ulibarri , who inherited her father 's montana beekeeping business last year , said it 's a roller coaster ride for both the bees and the beekeepers .<doc-sep>by . sarah griffiths . published : . 06:18 est , 14 august 2013 . | . updated : . 06:21 est , 14 august 2013 . urban beekeepers who set up hives in cities could be harming honey bees , scientists claim pictured is a hive on the roof of mitre house in regents street , london . british scientists claim urban beekeepers who set up hives in cities - in a bid to help the ailing honey bee population - could actually be harming the creatures . research has revealed that bees living in city hives can not find enough flowers to feed on locally and can end up sick or starving to death . the scientists suggest people living in cities who want to help the bees should grow bee-friendly flowers instead of setting up hives for the insects . spurred on by widespread coverage of . declining bee numbers , urban beekeeping has never been more popular , . particularly in london . but scientists at the university of sussex have warned the boom could be bad for honey bees and . other flower-visiting insects as it risks overtaxing the available . nectar and pollen supply , and potentially encourages the spread of . diseases . professor francis ratnieks and dr karin alton from the laboratory of apiculture and social insects -lrb- lasi -rrb- at the university , explored the trend and public perception of honey bee decline . they also looked at the various awareness campaigns that have called on the public to get involved and help the bees , in a study published in the biologist . the duo noted that most of the promotion of beekeeping is directed at urban areas , especially london . data from beebase , a register of apiaries maintained by the uk 's national bee unit , showed that in five years - from 2008 to 2013 - the number of beekeepers in greater london tripled from . 464 to 1,237 and the number of hives doubled from 1,677 to more than .<doc-sep>by . pete d'amato . bees are dropping like flies in colorado , with some pollinators seen dying in midflight , scaring some homeowners into getting rid of pesticides on their properties . residents in north boulder , located 30 miles northwest of denver , are growing accustomed to the the sight of honey bee corpses littering their properties . ' i sweep them up in the morning . i sweep them up again if i 'm here midday . and i sweep them again at night , ' resident kit vanwinkle told cbs denver . bee horror : honeybees are dropping dead in boulder , colorado , and residents worry that pesticides used on their lawns are to blame . yellow lawn flags became a mark of death , neighbors say . vanwinkle says she began seeing small flags warning residents that an area is sprayed with pesticide at the same time she noticed bees were dying . throughout the united states , honeybees and other pollinators are dying in large numbers , a phenomenon known as colony collapse . the . cause of the deaths was a mystery for years , but scientists now believe . that a type of pesticide known as ` neonicotinoids ' is the prime . suspect , according to the washington post . residents in one colorado community decided they 'd had enough with toxic lawn care and created the first bee safe neighborhood . around 75 homeowners banded together , pledging not to use pesticides on their properties . toxic lawns : residents noticed more bees dying near areas sprayed with pesticides in the suburban community . one bee-friendly homeowner , david wheeler , knows what is at stake in a world without bees . ` bees are pollinators , ' he explained . ` without them you would n't be eating almonds , oranges , apples , squash , tomatoes , anything that has a flower . ' residents are now calling for the state 's pesticide control board to weigh in on the issue .

<t> colony collapse disorder has killed millions of bees . </t> <t> scientists suspect a virus may combine with other factors to collapse colonies . </t> <t> disorder first cropped up in 2004 , as bees were imported from australia . </t> <t> $ 15 billion in u.s. crops each year dependent on bees for pollination . </t>

scientists find clue in mystery of the vanishing bees<T>

washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- vice president dick cheney will serve as acting president briefly saturday while president bush is anesthetized for a routine colonoscopy , white house spokesman tony snow said friday . bush is scheduled to have the medical procedure , expected to take about 2 1/2 hours , at the presidential retreat at camp david , maryland , snow said . bush 's last colonoscopy was in june 2002 , and no abnormalities were found , snow said . the president 's doctor had recommended a repeat procedure in about five years . the procedure will be supervised by dr. richard tubb and conducted by a multidisciplinary team from the national naval medical center in bethesda , maryland , snow said . a colonoscopy is the most sensitive test for colon cancer , rectal cancer and polyps , small clumps of cells that can become cancerous , according to the mayo clinic . small polyps may be removed during the procedure .<doc-sep>snow said that was the case when bush had colonoscopies before becoming president . snow himself is undergoing chemotherapy for cancer that began in his colon and spread to his liver . snow told reporters he had a chemo session scheduled later friday . watch snow talk about bush 's procedure and his own colon cancer '' `` the president wants to encourage everybody to use surveillance , '' snow said . the american cancer society recommends that people without high-risk factors or symptoms begin getting screened for signs of colorectal cancer at age 50 . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>bush dui . rove cites a particularly touchy subject that emerged during the 2000 presidential campaign : bush 's 1976 arrest for driving while under the influence of alcohol . rove said that while bush told a few people about it , including himself , the governor did n't want it to be made public . the dui disclosure , which came out shortly before election day , was `` suspicious , '' rove says . he points a finger at vice president al gore 's campaign spokesman , chris lehane , as a possible source of the information getting out . '' -lsb- w -rsb- e had our suspicions and they centered on lehane , '' rove writes . `` he had been raised in kennebunk , was one of the democratic party 's best opposition researchers , had run the maine campaign for clinton-gore , worked on the white house rapid-response team handling scandals during the clinton years , played around in maine democratic politics ... '' cheney as a running mate . dick cheney , a defense secretary under president george h.w. bush and former wyoming congressman , was tasked to help then-candidate bush picking a running mate . some of the potential running mates that bush and his campaign considered included former sen. john danforth of missouri , former gov. lamar alexander of tennessee , along with sens. jon kyl of arizona and chuck hagel of nebraska , among others . but it would be cheney 's name that would resonate with bush at the time . rove says the governor was `` starting to feel that cheney was as good as any '' to fill the role . `` bush had become impressed with cheney 's thoroughness as head of the vp search and the intelligence and insights he offered in meetings ... bush liked cheney 's straightforward manner and his ability to question the fundamental premise of an argument , '' rove writes . rove also confronts rumors in the book that cheney picked himself , saying that accusation is `` far-fetched . '' `` i saw the man squirm as bush pressed him to accept , '' he wrote . valerie plame . rove writes that the low point for him personally during the bush presidency was when reporters were camped out at his home and he faced a possible indictment over leaking cia operative valerie plame 's name to the media -- an accusation he denies in the book . upon finding out that prosecutor patrick fitzgerald was not likely to charge him , he says he `` placed the receiver in its cradle and wept . '' john edwards . rove also wrote that he was most worried in the 2004 re-election campaign about then-sen . john edwards , who unsuccessfully sought the democratic presidential nomination that year . `` he was a fresh face , articulate and engaging , and attractive to the point of being almost too pretty , '' rove wrote . `` he was a product of the south , which had helped bill clinton a dozen years before . '' but rove also charged that edwards was unprincipled , flip-flopped on issues and was somewhat vain . `` edwards also seemed inordinately in love with his looks , his voice , with himself , '' rove said . rove 's memoir goes beyond the bush years , his criticism of the media and democrats . he also takes readers back to his childhood and opens up about how he dealt with his mother 's suicide .<doc-sep>the procedure was supervised by dr. richard tubb , bush 's physician , and conducted by a multidisciplinary team from the national naval medical center in bethesda , maryland , the white house said . bush 's last colonoscopy was in june 2002 , and no abnormalities were found , white house spokesman tony snow said . the president 's doctor had recommended a repeat procedure in about five years . a colonoscopy is the most sensitive test for colon cancer , rectal cancer and polyps , small clumps of cells that can become cancerous , according to the mayo clinic . small polyps may be removed during the procedure .<doc-sep>since obama has already released memos detailing the interrogation methods , cheney said , it is important to share the results of those interrogations with the public as well . `` i would not ordinarily be leading the charge to declassify classified information , otherwise they would n't call me darth vader for nothing , '' cheney said . but `` once the -lsb- obama -rsb- administration released the legal memos that gave the opinions that were used to guide the interrogation program , they 'd given away the store . ... i -lsb- therefore -rsb- thought it was important to have the results that were gained from that interrogation program front and center as well . '' on may 14 , the cia rejected the former vice president 's request to declassify the documents . cia spokesman paul gimigliano , in a written statement , said the two documents are the subject of pending lawsuits and therefore can not be declassified . cheney said monday that the memos previously released also were the subject of ongoing lawsuits . he said obama can release the additional documents with `` the stroke of a pen . '' on may 21 , cheney gave a full-throated defense of the bush administration 's enhanced interrogations of al qaeda prisoners during an appearance at the conservative american enterprise institute . he has said that the interrogations saved the lives of `` thousands , perhaps hundreds of thousands . '' he called the techniques the bush administration approved `` legal , essential , justified , successful and the right thing to do . ''since obama has already released memos detailing the interrogation methods , cheney said , it is important to share the results of those interrogations with the public as well . `` i would not ordinarily be leading the charge to declassify classified information , otherwise they would n't call me darth vader for nothing , '' cheney said . but `` once the -lsb- obama -rsb- administration released the legal memos that gave the opinions that were used to guide the interrogation program , they 'd given away the store . ... i -lsb- therefore -rsb- thought it was important to have the results that were gained from that interrogation program front and center as well . '' on may 14 , the cia rejected the former vice president 's request to declassify the documents . cia spokesman paul gimigliano , in a written statement , said the two documents are the subject of pending lawsuits and therefore can not be declassified . cheney said monday that the memos previously released also were the subject of ongoing lawsuits . he said obama can release the additional documents with `` the stroke of a pen . '' on may 21 , cheney gave a full-throated defense of the bush administration 's enhanced interrogations of al qaeda prisoners during an appearance at the conservative american enterprise institute . he has said that the interrogations saved the lives of `` thousands , perhaps hundreds of thousands . '' he called the techniques the bush administration approved `` legal , essential , justified , successful and the right thing to do . ''

<t> president bush will have a routine colonoscopy saturday . </t> <t> while he 's anesthetized , his powers will be transferred to the vice president . </t> <t> bush had last colonoscopy in 2002 , which found no problems . </t>

cheney to be in charge during bush colonoscopy<T>

london , england -- savers at a leading uk mortgage bank lined up for a second day to empty their accounts saturday , a day after the lender was bailed out by the bank of england after heavily slashing profit forecasts . fearful customers line up to withdraw cash from a northern rock branch in southeast london on friday . long lines formed before counters opened at the northern rock building society , one of the uk 's top five lenders , as worried customers ignored reassurances from the bank and the government . customers are believed to have already withdrawn about # 1 billion -lrb- $ 2 billion -rrb- since the bank 's woes were revealed , prompting speculation that the global credit crunch made raising funds through commercial borrowing difficult .<doc-sep>shares in northern rock dropped up to 30 percent in friday trading , with problems spilling over the european banking sector . the british bankers ' association has urged customers to `` calm down , '' according to the uk press association . it said : `` northern rock is a sound and safe bank and there is absolutely no reason for either mortgage customers or savers to worry . ''<doc-sep>meanwhile , finance minister alistair darling said the bank of england had stepped in `` to create a stable banking system '' . he said : `` people can use their accounts in the usual way , they can carry on making their mortgage payments in the usual way . northern rock will be able to carry on its business . '' northern rock chief executive adam applegarth said yesterday that the bank had yet to draw on the emergency cash , which he called `` a backdrop in case we need to use it '' , according to pa. . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>david . buik , a city commentator from broker panmure gordon , said : ` the bank . wants to make sure that any rates movement are not a surprise to . businesses and customers . ` it 's a very good thing for borrowers , but for savers it 's an unmitigated disaster . ' a combination of rate cuts on savings . accounts and high inflation has cost savers more than # 220billion , . according to campaign group save our savers .<doc-sep>loyal savers are receiving the worst interest rates since records began , figures show . rates have plunged to their lowest level in 15 years , with customers now getting an average of just 1.8 per cent on fixed-term savings accounts . despite being among the worst-paying accounts in britain , these have names such as halifax 's ` liquid gold ' -- offering just 0.05 per cent -- and lloyds bank 's ` platinum saver ' which has a 0.1 per cent rate . the elderly have been particularly affected by plummeting savings rates , as many rely on the interest on a nest egg to boost their pension income . the bank of england said the record low applied to accounts where you can not withdraw your savings before a set date . but accounts which allow easier access to cash are also paying near-record lows , at just 0.76 per cent on average . the bank of england 's base rate has been set at 0.5 per cent since march 2009 , which has dragged down savings rates . in addition , the government 's 2012 funding for lending scheme allowed banks to borrow # 80billion cheaply from the bank of england , meaning they no longer needed savers to fund loans . sylvia waycot , of moneyfacts.co.uk , said many pensioners ` have saved all their lives hoping to reap the rewards now , but they are not ' .<doc-sep>three out of four of the uk 's 50 million easy access savings accounts now earn less than the bank of england 's historically low base rate of 0.5 per cent . a report by the financial conduct authority found that more than # 160 billion is languishing in low-interest savings accounts . and five million people with more than # 5,000 in easy access accounts -- from which cash withdrawals can be made -- could have made up to # 650 million more in interest last year if they had switched to accounts with higher rates . three out of four of the uk 's 50 million easy access savings accounts now earn less than the bank of england 's historically low base rate of 0.5 per cent , a report by the financial conduct authority has found . it warned that banks are still making it too hard for customers to see what interest rates they are getting , or to switch to a rival . this has stifled competition and kept interest rates even lower , when savers are already suffering the worst returns on record . in its report , the watchdog found that despite offering lower-than-average interest rates , the biggest four providers -- hsbc , barclays , lloyds and rbs -- continued to attract the most savings , with those who had accounts opened five years ago or more suffering the worst returns . interest rates have plunged to their lowest level in 15 years , according to official figures , with fixed-term accounts attracting an average of just 1.8 per cent -- dropping to a tiny 0.76 per cent for easy access savings . interest rates have plunged to their lowest level in 15 years , according to official figures , with fixed-term accounts attracting an average of just 1.8 per cent -- dropping to a tiny 0.76 per cent for easy access savings . experts say it is a desperate time for savers , as the bank of england 's base rate has been at 0.5 per cent since march 2009 , and it is not expected to raise rates until at least the end of this year . banks are still making it too hard for customers to see what interest rates they are getting , or to switch . in order to ease the misery of savers , the fca said providers should be more transparent about reductions on interest rates and make it easier for customers to shop around . to make this happen , banks have been told they must clearly display the lowest rate of interest customers are receiving in all communications . it also suggested banks should send savers a regular statement which detailed how good -- or bad -- their interest rate was compared to others on the market . but the watchdog stopped short of banning controversial teaser rates , which offer high interest rates for a short time to lure new savers in before dropping them a little while later . a british bankers ' association spokesman said : ` the fca 's report identifies a number of proposed remedies which have the potential to make life even easier for customers and we will consider these carefully . '<doc-sep>prudent savers have been hit by a ` catastrophic ' fall in interest rates over the past year with accounts paying an average of just 0.44 per cent . many homeowners are benefiting from low interest rates , but a bank of england report yesterday laid bare the pain being inflicted on britain 's savers . with a nest egg of # 1,000 , the average account would earn interest of just # 4.40 a year -- which would then be taxed . ` catastrophic ' : savers have been hit with a fall in interest rates , with accounts paying an average of 0.44 per cent . but homeowners are being offered the cheapest loan deals since records began in 1998 . the average two-year fixed-rate deal for a person with a 25 per cent deposit charges 2.56 per cent . last august , homeowners were typically being charged 3.69 per cent , which means they are saving # 89 on the monthly repayments for a # 150,000 loan .

<t> savers at leading uk mortgage bank lined up to empty their accounts . </t> <t> northern rock was bailed out by the bank of england a day earlier . </t> <t> reassurances that banks was safe have gone unheeded by many . </t>

spooked savers empty bank accounts<T>

-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- football superstar , celebrity , fashion icon , multimillion-dollar heartthrob . now , david beckham is headed for the hollywood hills as he takes his game to u.s. major league soccer . cnn looks at how bekham fulfilled his dream of playing for manchester united , and his time playing for england . the world 's famous footballer has begun a five-year contract with the los angeles galaxy team , and on friday beckham will meet the press and reveal his new shirt number .<doc-sep>this week , we take an in depth look at the life and times of beckham , as cnn 's very own `` becks , '' becky anderson , sets out to examine what makes the man tick -- as footballer , fashion icon and global phenomenon . it 's a long way from the streets of east london to the hollywood hills and becky charts beckham 's incredible rise to football stardom , a journey that has seen his skills grace the greatest stages in world soccer . she goes in pursuit of the current hottest property on the sports/celebrity circuit in the u.s. and along the way explores exactly what 's behind the man with the golden boot .<doc-sep>cnn will look back at the life of beckham , the wonderfully talented youngster who fulfilled his dream of playing for manchester united , his marriage to pop star victoria , and the trials and tribulations of playing for england . we 'll look at the highs -lrb- scoring against greece -rrb- , the lows -lrb- being sent off during the world cup -rrb- , the man . u departure for the galacticos of madrid -- and now the home depot stadium in l.a. we 'll ask how beckham and his family will adapt to life in los angeles -- the people , the places to see and be seen and the celebrity endorsement .<doc-sep>beckham is no stranger to exposure . he has teamed with reggie bush in an adidas commercial , is the face of motorola , is the face on a playstation game and does n't need fashion tips as he has his own international clothing line . but what does the star couple need to do to become an accepted part of tinseltown 's glitterati ? the road to major league football in the u.s.a. is a well-worn route for some of the world 's greatest players . we talk to some of the former greats who came before him and examine what impact these overseas stars had on u.s. soccer and look at what is different now . we also get a rare glimpse inside the david beckham academy in l.a , find out what drives the kids and who are their heroes . the perception that in the u.s.a. soccer is a `` game for girls '' after the teenage years is changing . more and more young kids are choosing the european game over the traditional u.s. sports . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>here is the fanzone select eleven of noughties soccer heroes -- let fanzone know what you think by adding your comment at the bottom of the page . 1 . zinedine zidane : the three-time fifa world footballer of the year -lrb- 1998 , 2000 and 2003 -rrb- zidane brilliantly guided his nation france to the european title in 2000 . the most famous of the `` galacticos '' , he also inspired real madrid to domestic honors and the champions league title in 2002 . his career almost had a fairy tale ending , but an infamous sending off in extra time of the 2006 world cup final against italy saw his last game soiled with controversy . 2 . david beckham : the global power of brand beckham showed no sign of losing its luster as the decade came to an end as the former england captain remained the highest paid footballer in the world . super-fit at 34 , beckham continues to keep his place in fabio capello 's england and holds the record 115 caps for an outfield player . the midfielder won two english premier league titles with manchester united , a la liga title with real madrid and the western conference with la galaxy since the turn of the century . 3 . cristiano ronaldo : ronaldo became the most expensive player in football history after his $ 132 million transfer from manchester united to real madrid in 2009 , and his early performances for the spanish giants indicate he is worth every dime . 2008 fifa world player of the year ronaldo also captains the portugal national side and won the european champions league , the club world cup and three premier league titles with united .<doc-sep>real madrid midfielder james rodriguez models the new j10 range for colombian brand bronzini . the colombian star rose to prominence with a succession of excellent displays at the world cup . he follows the likes of david beckham and ronaldo as galacticos who have moved into the world of fashion .<doc-sep>there was a moment when david beckham had just joined la galaxy that he decided to take a wander into town . an amble around your new surroundings , especially those as glitzy as los angeles , would be commonplace for most people . for beckham , it can potentially cause hysteria . at la galaxy they were still unsure , at the time of his arrival , just how big golden balls would be in america . david beckham 's move to la galaxy in 2007 paved the way for premier league stars crossing the atlantic . the reaction was ginormous as hundreds of reporters and photographers turned up to la for him . beckham thought he would gauge the reaction and told a member of club staff he was popping out for a bit . ` do n't you think you should take that off ? ' they asked , wide-eyed with surprise and pointing to his la galaxy training top . beckham smiled . ` yes , this is what i 'm going to get recognised for ... ' the most famous face on the planet jokingly replied . for major league soccer , beckham was just the start . back when he signed , in july 2007 , beckham was surprised by the comparatively low-budget hotels and flights , when he had grown accustomed to exclusive accommodation and private jets . but his move paved the way for thierry henry , robbie keane and tim cahill , amongst many other global names , and change is in the air stateside .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- david beckham is planning showdown talks with l.a. galaxy teammate landon donovan , who questioned the english football star 's commitment to the mls team earlier this month . landon donovan , left , is unhappy with david beckham 's contribution at la galaxy . beckham said the u.s. national captain was `` unprofessional '' for publicly voicing his opinions , which were reported worldwide from the soon-to-be-published book `` the beckham experiment '' by sports illustrated writer grant wahl . `` in every football player 's eyes throughout the world , it would be unprofessional to speak out about a team-mate , especially in the press and not to your face , '' beckham said before watching the galaxy 's 1-0 win over chivas usa on saturday night . what do you think ? was donovan right ? `` in 17 years , i have played with the biggest teams in the world and the biggest players , and not once have i been criticized for my professionalism .

<t> beckham has agreed to a five-year contract with los angeles galaxy . </t> <t> new contract took effect july 1 , 2007 . </t> <t> former english captain to meet press , unveil new shirt number friday . </t> <t> cnn to look at beckham as footballer , fashion icon and global phenomenon . </t>

beckham : galacticos to galaxy<T>

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 .<doc-sep>former bundesliga champions werder bremen are ready to sign world cup top scoring striker miroslav klose if the opportunity arises , the club said on wednesday . the lazio player , who won the world cup with germany last year and is the tournament 's all-time top scorer , played at werder from 2004-7 scoring 53 goals in 89 matches , before joining bayern munich and then moving to italy in 2011 . ` it would be a dream . if everything fits why would we ever say no , that is if klose is still fit and he also has the will to come to bremen , ' werder coach viktor skripnik told reporters in turkey when asked about it .<doc-sep>bayern munich maintained their unbeaten start to the season after hammering werder bremen 6-0 at the allianz arena in the german top flight . with winger franck ribery making his comeback as a substitute on the hour , league leaders bayern were in complete control with philipp lahm and xabi alonso giving them an early two-goal cushion . with werder unable to counter the bavarian attacks , a 43rd-minute penalty from thomas muller and mario gotze 's shot two minutes later killed off the game before half-time . video scroll down to watch bayern munich 6-0 werder bremen : xavi alonso scores from free-kick . franck ribery came on as a substitute for arjen robben as bayern munich crushed werder bremen 6-0 at the allianz arena . bayern munich 's defender philipp lahm celebrates opening the scoring for bayern on an afternoon when he would score twice .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- italian giants juventus have completed the signing of brazil playmaker diego from german bundesliga club werder bremen in a $ 34 million deal . brazil playmaker diego , right , has completed his $ 34 million move to juventus from werder bremen . the 24-year-old , who missed the recent uefa cup final defeat against shakhtar donetsk because of suspension , has penned a five-year contract with the serie a giants . `` i am enthusiastic and delighted to be a part of such a prestigious club , '' said diego , whose contract at werder bremen was due to run until june 2011 . `` i have dreamed of this moment since i was a child . diego joined three seasons ago from porto and his werder farewell will be in the german cup final against bayer leverkusen at the weekend . `` after an experience in portugal and in the bundesliga , i will be able to prove my worth at a high level but difficult competition , '' he added .<doc-sep>the 25-year-old spent last season on loan with sevilla but the germany international could join fiorentina permanently for # 4.2 m if all goes well . chelsea agreed to sign marin from werder bremen in 2012 and he joined up with the squad during the summer , after they won the champions league . european expert : marko marin in action against sparta prague during chelsea 's 2013 europa league campaign .

<t> werder bremen pay a club record $ 10.7 million for carlos alberto . </t> <t> the brazilian midfielder won the champions league with fc porto in 2004 . </t> <t> since january he has been on loan with his first club , fluminense . </t>

werder bremen sign carlos alberto<T>

los angeles , california -lrb- reuters -rrb- -- `` to insure or not to insure ? '' it is n't shakespeare , but it is the dramatic question hollywood filmmakers are asking about lindsay lohan following her legal troubles this week . lindsay lohan may still get work after her legal problems are settled , but the cost will be high . it is an important question , too , because whether companies insure lohan 's future movies may determine whether she will quickly fall off hollywood 's a-list . but lohan fans have little to fear because no actor is uninsurable , say underwriting experts . while some producers may balk at conditions for hiring problematic stars , experts say that unless an actor is serving time in prison , even the most volatile can be covered -- albeit at a high cost . `` for a price , anything can be done , although an insurance carrier can make things so unpalatable that at times the makers of the film just wo n't be interested , '' said ross miller , partner with insurance brokerage d.r. reiff & associates inc. . lohan 's arrest this week in los angeles on suspicion of drunken driving and cocaine possession has left hollywood wondering if the actress , who shot to fame as a child in disney films like `` the parent trap , '' is too risky to cast in a film . timeline : lindsay lohan 's troubles '' it remains to be seen whether her latest relapse and brush with the law will cost her a role in `` poor things , '' a film produced by and starring oscar-winner shirley maclaine . see a gallery of lohan 's films ''<doc-sep>a statement was expected early next week on whether the movie , already delayed this spring due to an earlier rehab stint by lohan , will proceed with or without her . insurance experts say the industry has long dealt with similar situations , although they may seem more frequent with the recent heavy media scrutiny of lohan and fellow troubled party girls paris hilton and britney spears . `` i do n't think it -lrb- a problematic artist -rrb- is any more of an issue , '' said wendy diaz , entertainment underwriting director at fireman 's fund insurance co. , the leading film underwriter . `` it 's pretty standard year to year . '' but diaz did say the terms for covering lohan would likely be `` serious at this point . '' she said fireman 's fund , in such a case , would likely put in higher deductibles , or ask the star to put their salary into escrow to pay for any losses if production was disrupted . last july , a producer on lohan 's last film , `` georgia rule , '' scolded her publicly for repeatedly showing up late on the set , costing the movie 's makers hundreds of thousands of dollars . brian kingman , a managing director with entertainment insurance broker aon/albert g. ruben said covering situations like lohan 's required a lot of calculation and risk management .<doc-sep>insurance rates for errant actors can range anywhere from 1 percent to 3 percent of a movie 's production budget , which can range from $ 5 million to $ 100 million or more , he said . `` filmmakers fall in love with certain actors for certain roles and my job is to find risk-takers to take on the risk , '' kingman said . he said actors were always required to undergo a medical exam before getting insurance . in certain circumstances , drug screening is conducted and actors are required to provide blood and urine samples . in cases of known drug abuse , `` minders '' are sometimes required on set to keep an eye on the actor . kingman said he had even helped craft policies for actors in the event they risked the possibility of incarceration . `` i have been successful in finding and creating incarceration coverage for certain actors on probation which can be revoked if they break certain rules , '' he said , citing the case of robert downey jr. , another high-profile star with a history of legal , drug and alcohol problems . e-mail to a friend . copyright 2007 reuters . all rights reserved.this material may not be published , broadcast , rewritten , or redistributed .<doc-sep>to perhaps coax lindsay into paying . her colossal bill , manager philip pavel even dismissed charges for . rental use of a computer that lindsay had been using . paying the price : the hotel removed a $ 75 daily cost for rental of a laptop as a sign of good faith . long haul : the machete star ran up the huge bill after staying at the hotel from 31 to may to 1 august . during lindsay 's 47-day stay at the chateau marmont some of the things she spent money on included : . ` in regard to your bill , please note that i have adjusted off the daily $ 75 charge for computer rental for use of the hotel 's laptop as a gesture of good faith , with the understanding that you will return the computer upon your departure tomorrow . ' lindsay was staying in the hotel while she filmed liz & dick -- where she plays elizabeth taylor in the biopic of her life . in recent years the troubled star has become more famous for her court appearances than her acting work , with lindsay reportedly hoping that her performance in liz & dick will help save her ailing reputation . no stranger to scandal , lindsay was recently caught up in an alleged jewellery heist after being formally named as a suspect in a burglary -- with reports now suggesting that she will not face prosecution after she claimed that she had been framed . mail online have contacted both the chateau marmont and lindsay lohan 's representatives for comment but have not heard back . the big bills : a total balance of $ 46,350.04 was left unpaid by lindsay as the hotel banned her from their grounds . expensive habit : lindsay was charged for several packets of cigarettes almost on a daily basis . chateau marmont bill to lindsay lohan - page 2 of 16 . chateau marmont bill to lindsay lohan - page 3 of 16 . chateau marmont bill to lindsay lohan - page 4 of 16 . chateau marmont bill to lindsay lohan - page 5 of 16 . chateau marmont bill to lindsay lohan - page 6 of 16 . chateau marmont bill to lindsay lohan - page 7 of 16 . chateau marmont bill to lindsay lohan - page 8 of 16 . chateau marmont bill to lindsay lohan - page 9 of 16 . chateau marmont bill to lindsay lohan - page 10 of 16 . chateau marmont bill to lindsay lohan - page 11 of 16 . chateau marmont bill to lindsay lohan - page 12 of 16 . chateau marmont bill to lindsay lohan - page 13 of 16 . chateau marmont bill to lindsay lohan - page 14 of 16 . chateau marmont bill to lindsay lohan - page 15 of 16 . showbiz roundup ! lindsay in the clear , kyra 's possession & oprah 's still on top .<doc-sep>another twitter user shares her thoughts on lindsay lohan getting involved in brazilian politics . lohan 's tweet , which went out to her 8.5 million followers has since been deleted , as has the facebook post . but not before social media commentators shared their opinions on the actress ' dabble in brazilian politics . one tweeted : ` errrrrrr , brazilians : to have lindsay lohan supporting your candidate is not that great of a marketing move . ' another posted a picture of one of the characters from mean girls who says : ` she does n't even go hear ! ' , to express his views on lohan getting involved in brazilian politics . aecio neves , a business-minded former governor and candidate of the center-right brazilian social democracy party , is currently in a runoff election with president dilma rousseff .<doc-sep>by . hayley coyle and lucy buckland . published : . 18:59 est , 2 december 2012 . | . updated : . 08:38 est , 3 december 2012 . comments -lrb- 127 -rrb- . share . dm.has -lrb- ` sharelink ' , ` sharelinks ' , -lcb- . ` id ' : ' 2242031 ' , . ` title ' : ' \ ` two litres of vodka a day drinker \ ' lindsay lohan insists she doesn \ ' t need rehab ' , . ` url ' : ` http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2242031/lindsay-lohan-insists-i-dont-need-to-rehab.html' , . ` etwitterstatus ' : ` lindsay%20lohan%20insists%20\'i%20don\'t%20need%20to%20go%20to%20rehab\'%20http:\/\/bit.ly\/11cw87y%20via%20@mailonline' -rcb- -rrb- ; . first her dad urged the troubled star to seek help after it emerged she is allegedly sinking two bottles of vodka a day , now her friends are said to have intervened too . after the nasty bar brawl allegedly lindsay got into last week in new york she is reportedly hitting the alcohol hard . it means she has violated her probation again - meaning jail is likely , a possibility that has ` freaked out ' the actress , especially if it means christmas behind bars , . to add insult to injury lindsay 's bank accounts have been frozen by the irs after failing to pay tax from 2009 - 2011 , tmz claims . begging : lindsay lohan 's friends are desperate for the troubled star to check into rehab ahead of appearing in court for violating her probation . the liz & dick star is . apparently refusing to go to rehab ... even though she has been charged with misdemeanor assault after allegedly hitting a woman in a manhattan night club . according to tmz , close friends of lohan 's are urging her to check into a treatment facility before she has appear in court as it could curry favour with the judge . however , lohan has emphatically told them she does not have an alcohol problem and has used the fact she has recently completed three movies as proof , the website also reports .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- after all the arrests , court appearances , trips to jail and rehab stays , lindsay lohan has turned to reality tv . on sunday night , the 27-year-old made her latest comeback attempt in the own network 's `` lindsay , '' a docu-series that came across in its first episode as part `` e! true hollywood story '' and part `` intervention , '' with a dash of `` hoarders . '' -lrb- lohan , apparently , gets rid of nothing . -rrb- . the premise is to follow lohan around as she tries to piece her personal and professional life back together after six years of documented turmoil . and so last summer , less than a week after she completed a 90-day stay at a malibu rehab facility -- a place that actually aired commercials during the show -- lohan sat down with own 's oprah winfrey for an interview and began filming . the trailer indicated that there would be no glossing over lohan 's flaws and missteps , as crew members and own staff openly commented on the ways lohan was making production difficult . but in its first hour , viewers did n't get any of that . instead , the show tracked the former child star as she messily packed up and moved from los angeles to new york , tried to find her own place , saw her younger sister walk in a fashion show and squeezed in an impromptu shopping trip . her jewelery needed to be organized , and then she needed to change hotel rooms . other than a brilliant `` fetch '' t-shirt being flashed at one point , that was about as exciting as it got . yet in the midst of all that minutiae , the core of `` lindsay '' is the star 's focus on sobriety . lohan 's numerous low points are tallied throughout the episode , and she 's frequently accompanied by a sober coach . if nothing else , own 's `` lindsay '' wants to be the portrait of a young artist in recovery . does it succeed ? maybe for fans of lohan 's -lrb- and she does still have them , as `` lindsay '' proved by chatting up strangers on the street about the actress -rrb- or the compassionately voyeuristic . `` i know there r much more important things going on in the world , '' media personality jacque reid tweeted sunday , `` but i am very curious to see if lindsay can save herself . '' in the beginning of the episode , lohan at least seemed to be on her way there , saying during a one-on-one confessional that `` there 's nothing left in having a drink for me . '' `` there 's no situation that i have n't been exposed to , '' she went on . `` so maybe trying the other way for me , which is living with integrity and living in control of my own self , that 's the life i want now . '' but when faced with paparazzi , the stress of moving or a lingerie photo shoot that does n't go as planned , the actress appeared on the brink of breaking down . for the daily beast 's kevin fallon , those moments are what makes `` lindsay '' worth watching . `` what ` lindsay ' succeeds most at is , for the first time in years , convincing us that lindsay lohan is n't a name in an us weekly headline or a joke in a late-night monologue or a character in a drama so wild it ca n't possibly be real life , '' fallon writes . `` she 's a human . she 's a very fragile , volatile , slightly selfish human . but she 's one who 's working really hard to find peace in the eye of the very large , very tumultuous storm that surrounds her and is causing those dangerous traits . '' as for everyone else , there 's little draw outside of the opportunity to sharpen one 's snarky barbs . `` a small part of me died when i found out this is more than a one episode show , '' tweeted the hollywood reporter 's tv critic tim goodman , while entertainment weekly 's erin strecker tried to rustle up a silver lining . `` encouraging sign # 1 , '' strecker said . `` she finally got a driver . '' actress chloe grace moretz , meanwhile , could n't even joke about what she was watching on sunday : `` this is just genuinely sad , '' she posted on twitter . `` i feel bad . '' lohan had to know when she signed up for `` lindsay '' that she was leaving herself wide open to this wide-ranging barrage of reactions , especially to comments like the one she made about a past jail stint . `` the judge at the time that i had kept overruling me getting released even though they were overcrowded , '' lohan recalled of time spent in solitary confinement . `` she kept making me stay there . what they were doing was punishing me instead of trying to help me . '' but , even with the possibility of this docu-series experiment going awry , it seems `` lindsay '' is worth the risk for the former child star . `` i 'm trying to figure out how to be sane and live , '' she said during sunday 's episode . '' -lrb- i was -rrb- in this bubble where everything was done for me , and now , i 'm figuring everything out for myself . '' 7 things from lohan 's sit down with oprah winfrey in august .

<t> because of troubles , lindsay lohan likely difficult to insure . </t> <t> lohan supposed to appear in shirley maclaine film `` poor things '' </t> <t> insurance rates may cost 1 to 3 percent of film 's production budget . </t>

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1 . `` für elise '' bob dylan wrote `` it ai n't me , babe '' for joan baez . written by : ludwig van beethoven . written for : some girl probably not named elise . in fact , as far as most historians can tell , beethoven did n't even know an elise . instead , the song was originally titled `` bagatelle in a minor '' based on some handwritten notation a beethoven researcher claimed to have seen on a now-lost copy of the sheet music . further complicating things , beethoven had hideous handwriting -- to the point that some scholars speculate the song was actually written `` for therese , '' as in therese malfatti , one of several women who turned down a marriage proposal from the notoriously lovesick maestro . 2 . `` philadelphia freedom '' written by : elton john & bernie taupin . written for : billie jean king , as a thank-you for a tracksuit she gave elton . and what a tracksuit it must have been ! the 1975 song remains one of the most popular disco hits ever , leaving thousands of hustle enthusiasts wondering just what billie jean king had to do with philadelphia , anyway . turns out , the song was a reference to king 's pro tennis team , the philadelphia freedoms . prior to 1968 , tennis players were all considered `` amateurs '' and were n't eligible to receive prize money . so , if you did n't have the wealth to support yourself , you could n't play . billie jean king fought against those constraints , ultimately founding professional world team tennis in 1974 and turning tennis into a paid league sport . 3 . `` lola '' written by : the kinks ' ray davies . written for : a transvestite . but the question is , which one ? according to rolling stone , `` lola '' was inspired by candy darling , a member of andy warhol 's entourage , whom ray davies briefly -lrb- and cluelessly -rrb- dated . if that 's the case , then `` lola '' is just another notch on darling 's song belt -- she 's also referred to in lou reed 's `` walk on the wild side . '' -lrb- `` candy came from out on the island / in the backroom she was everybody 's darlin ' . '' -rrb- . but , in the kinks ' official biography , davies tells a different story . he says `` lola '' was written after the band 's manager spent a very drunken night dancing with a woman whose five o'clock shadow was apparently obvious to everyone but him . 4 . `` 867-5309 / jenny '' written by : jim keller -lrb- of tommy tutone -rrb- and alex call .<doc-sep>written for : unknown , as the songwriters apparently make up a different story about its inspiration every time they 're asked . while the woman continues to remain a mystery , however , the phone number is all too real . in fact , it 's been wreaking havoc ever since 1982 and the passage of time has n't quelled of the number of crank calls . in 1999 , brown university freshman roommates nina clemente and jahanaz mirza found that out the hard way , when the school adopted an 867 exchange number for its on-campus phone system . immediately , the girls ' innocuous room no. 5309 became a magnet for every drunk college kid with a 1980s fetish . other unfortunate phone customers have fought back with creative and profitable solutions , like the holder of 212-867-5309 , who put his phone number up for auction on ebay in 2004 . bids approached $ 100,000 before ebay pulled the item at the request of verizon , the number 's actual owner . 5 . `` oh , carol '' written by : neil sedaka . written for : carole king , naturally . sedaka and king actually dated briefly in high school -- a romance sedaka was able to successfully milk with `` oh , carol , '' a then top-10 -lrb- if now somewhat forgettable -rrb- 1959 pop song . however , the real success of `` oh , carol '' came a few months later , when it inspired king to write a rebuttal entitled `` oh , neil . '' at the time , king and her husband , gerry goffin , were fledgling songwriters in need of a hit tune . `` oh , neil '' was n't that , but it did pay off . after sedaka gave a tape of the song to his boss , king and goffin landed jobs at the legendary brill building pop music factory , where the duo went on to write chart-toppers like `` will you still love me tomorrow '' and `` the loco-motion . '' 6 . `` it ai n't me , babe '' written by : bob dylan . written for : joan baez , though it clearly was n't the nicest gift dylan could have given her . the two met in 1961 , when baez was an up-and-coming folk singer and dylan was a nobody from minnesota . desperate to make his break in the music biz , dylan worked like crazy to get baez 's attention . he eventually ended up going on tour with her , which is how he first became famous , and also how the two began dating . for a while , they seemed like the golden couple , but things soon went downhill . during a european concert tour together in early 1965 , they had a huge fight and parted ways . that may , dylan was holed up in a hotel after being hospitalized with a virus , and baez , hoping to remain friends , decided to bring him flowers . sadly , that 's how she found out that her ex was already dating someone else . that someone else was sara lownds , whom dylan married a mere six months later . 7 . `` our house '' written by : graham nash -lrb- of crosby , stills , nash & young -rrb- . written for : joni mitchell . in december 1968 , nash and mitchell moved into a cozy little house in the laurel canyon section of los angeles . though commonly left out of the hippy pantheon , laurel canyon was sort of a commune-home away from commune-home for san francisco society -- not just csn&y , but also jim morrison , the eagles , frank zappa , and more . `` our house '' was directly inspired by a lazy sunday in the nash/mitchell household . the couple went out to brunch , hit an antiques store , and then returned to find the house just a bit chilly , at which point nash literally `` lit a fire , '' while mitchell `` placed the flowers in the vase that she bought that day . '' no , really . the whole tableau seemed so ridiculously domestic to nash that he immediately sat down and spent the rest of the day writing about it . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>by . bianca london . published : . 08:43 est , 4 march 2013 . | . updated : . 11:04 est , 4 march 2013 . she is britain 's richest women with a # 7.4 bn fortune , a # 100m super yacht and the title of former miss uk to her name . but that is n't enough for ambitious kirsty bertarelli . the 41-year-old , who is listed as the uk 's richest woman , is set to launch her own singing career too . the wife of swiss biotech magnate ernesto bertarelli has announced she will be releasing an album titled love is - a collection of songs inspired by her musings of ` real life ' . singing career : kirsty bertarelli , pictured here with husband ernesto , is britain 's richest woman and is now launching her own music career . each song is influenced by her jet-setting lifestyle with ernesto , an america 's cup-winning sailor . bertarelli is no stranger to the music world . she wrote the number one hit black coffee for girl band all saints back in 2000 . she also wrote club track hands high , which was a huge hit , playing endlessly on radio 1 's dance anthems show . talented : she wrote all saints hit black coffee , holds the title of former miss uk and is now hoping to touch fans with her personal music based on real life experiences -lrb- r -rrb- shows kirsty performing at he chapel at the house of st barnabas in soho . she made her uk stage debut in july 2010 when she . supported mick hucknall and simply red at edinburgh castle , where she added some . glamour to the evening wearing a one-shoulder studded mini dress and . matching boots . and now , three years down the line as she . gets set to launch her album , she is extremely confident that her music . will touch fans on a personal level . speaking to the independent , she said : ' i get inspired by life . my songs are all from real experiences and observations .<doc-sep>london , england -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- lady gaga has paid tribute to pop icon cyndi lauper as they join forces to raise hiv and aids awareness among women . gaga and lauper told cnn 's `` connect the world '' women `` need to put their foot down '' in the bedroom . `` cyndi is a lot of my inspiration , '' gaga said , before relating how she and lauper had met playing gay clubs in gay neighborhoods . lauper replied : `` that 's very sweet . you know i get inspired by her . i get inspired to remember myself . '' pop icon gaga , who has enjoyed worldwide success thanks to songs such as `` poker face , '' `` just dance '' and `` telephone '' is known as much for her distinctive fashion sense and extravagant performances as she is for her music . but she told cnn 's becky anderson that she was surprised a viewer had asked her whether she wrote her own songs . `` people are asking that question ? '' queried gaga . `` i have written every single song i have ever sang and also produced a lot of the music . ''<doc-sep>by . katy dartford . published : . 07:31 est , 7 november 2012 . | . updated : . 12:57 est , 7 november 2012 . the chances of kenni wenna 's old demo being discovered were like finding a needle in a haystack . the builder thought he had hit the big time when he was spotted busking in the mid-1990s and offered a life changing contract by cargill bruce , the boss of independent manchester record label global i . but the 57 year old 's singing career stalled when the now-defunct label hit financial problems . his recording deal fell through and the father-of-two was forced back to his day job as a builder . amazingly , 15 years later cargill found kenni 's demo while he was rummaging in his . garage and knew the songs could still be a hit . busker kenni wenna , had lost all hope of hitting the big time , but 15 years later he has been given a record deal after an old demo was found in a garage . kenni was facing eviction from his flat after struggling to find work for two years when just a week later he received a record deal offer worth # 250,000 . stunned reggae star kenni , from walthamstow , london , called cargill and accepted his offer to record an album , which is due to hit the shelves in time for christmas . kenni said : ` it all happened really quickly when i was spotted back in 1997 . ' i went to meet the guy from the label and recorded a demo . ` but then i heard nothing from them and i went back to working as a welder and builder . ' i had been unemployed for about two years and was really struggling to find any work . kenni wenna 's demo languished in a garage for 15 years until record label boss , cargill bruce found it and offered him a record deal worth # 250,000 . the demo was buried amongst files and hidden by bikes and old benches since the mid 1990 's . ' i was facing eviction and had bailiffs on my case as i was struggling to pay my bills . ' i was shocked when i received a letter from them asking me to call and discuss working with them again . ` it is a brilliant opportunity for me - especially at my age . ` you could say the letter from the record company was very good timing . kenni was spotted by a manchester based record label , but it hit hard times and the father-of-two went back to his day job as a builder . ` my children think it is exciting that their dad is a popstar . ` they are over-the-moon for me . it is good for them too . ' kenni 's interest in music began in church with his mother who was a talented church organist and choir singer . his influences include bob marley , james brown , fela kuti , lonnie johnson , curtis may , ray davis , u2 and bob dylan . kenni 's reggae inspired album real lite will be released in time for christmas under the new label the wenna project . the label is run by cargill bruce , who believes his songs will still be a hit today . cargill bruce , 45 , said : ' a friend of mine spotted kenni busking in camden and i loved what he did . he writes great songs and is a really nice guy . ` we ran out of funds so all the demos were in the garage for 15 years before we got ourselves together to start up again . kenni wenna -lrb- right -rrb- with record label boss cargill bruce -lrb- left -rrb- who spotted his talent 15 years ago . ' i was really pleased when kenni responded to our letter . ` we got a new producer in to update kenni 's album , but his songs are timeless and still sound as good 15 years on . ` we were advised by people that kenni was too old at 57 , but we believe everyone deserves a chance in the music industry . ' kenni was sent a letter offering him a record deal worth # 250,000 and his reggae inspired album ` real lite ' will be released in time for christmas . kenni said : `` i have always been a songwriter and when i could not find someone to sing my songs for me i started doing the vocals myself . ` my inspiration comes from a place that is faithful to my spirit , from the many artists of past and present , my mother and life experience . ' i write with a message of hope and love , using conscious lyrics through a mix of styles and genres in an upbeat rhythmical way . '<doc-sep># 7 : `` hey jude '' mccartney 's lyrics for `` hey jude '' were inspired by john and cynthia lennon 's five-year-old son , julian -- but lennon first thought mccartney was singing to him about his relationship with yoko ono . # 6 : `` something '' before it became the second-most-covered beatles song behind `` yesterday , '' lennon said this unexpected harrison track was `` the best track on -lsb- abbey road -rsb- '' and mccartney called it `` the best song -lsb- harrison has -rsb- written . '' # 5 : `` in my life '' `` in my life , '' featuring lennon 's most personal lyrics up to the song 's release , is one of only a handful of lennon-mccartney songs where the two strongly disagreed over who wrote what . # 4 : `` yesterday '' the most covered song in history began as something called `` scrambled eggs . '' it also began as a dream .

<t> several famous songs written by men for a woman . </t> <t> beethoven 's `` für elise '' may have been written `` for therese '' </t> <t> songwriters make up stories about who is behind `` 867-5309 / jenny '' </t>

7 songs inspired by real women<T>

los angeles , california -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- youssif , the 5-year-old burned iraqi boy , rounded the corner at universal studios when suddenly the little boy hero met his favorite superhero . youssif has always been a huge spider-man fan . meeting him was `` my favorite thing , '' he said . spider-man was right smack dab in front of him , riding a four-wheeler amid a convoy of other superheroes . the legendary climber of buildings and fighter of evil dismounted , walked over to youssif and introduced himself . spidey then gave the boy from a far-away land a gentle hug , embracing him in his iconic blue and red tights . he showed youssif a few tricks , like how to shoot a web from his wrist . only this time , no web was spun . `` all right youssif ! '' spider-man said after the boy mimicked his wrist movement . other superheroes crowded around to get a closer look . even the green goblin stopped his villainous ways to tell the boy hi . youssif remained unfazed . he did n't take a liking to spider-man 's nemesis . spidey was just too cool . `` it was my favorite thing , '' the boy said later . `` i want to see him again . '' he then felt compelled to add : `` i know it 's not the real spider-man . ''<doc-sep>this was the day of dreams when the boy 's nightmares were , at least temporarily , forgotten . he met spongebob , lassie and a 3-year-old orangutan named archie . the hairy , brownish-red primate took to the boy , grabbing his hand and holding it . even when youssif pulled away , archie would inch his hand back toward the boy 's and then snatch it . see youssif enjoy being a boy again '' the boy giggled inside a play area where sponge-like balls shot out of toy guns . it was a far different artillery than what he was used to seeing in central baghdad , as recently as a week ago . he squealed with delight and raced around the room collecting as many balls as he could . he rode a tram through the back stages at universal studios . at one point , the car shook . fire and smoke filled the air , debris cascaded down and a big rig skidded toward the vehicle . the boy and his family survived the pretend earthquake unscathed . `` even i was scared , '' the dad said . `` well , i was n't , '' youssif replied . the father and mother grinned from ear to ear throughout the day . youssif pushed his 14-month-old sister , ayaa , in a stroller . `` did you even need to ask us if we were interested in coming here ? '' youssif 's father said in amazement . `` other than my wedding day , this is the happiest day of my life , '' he said . just a day earlier , the mother and father talked about their journey out of iraq and to the united states .<doc-sep>they also discussed that day nine months ago when masked men grabbed their son outside the family home , doused him in gas and set him on fire . his mother heard her boy screaming from inside . the father sought help for his boy across baghdad , but no one listened . he remembers his son 's two months of hospitalization . the doctors did n't use anesthetics . he could hear his boy 's piercing screams from the other side of the hospital . watch youssif meet his doctor and play with his little sister '' the father knew that speaking to cnn would put his family 's lives in jeopardy . the possibility of being killed was better than seeing his son suffer , he said . `` anything for youssif , '' he said . `` we had to do it . '' they described a life of utter chaos in baghdad . neighbors had recently given birth to a baby girl . shortly afterward , the father was kidnapped and killed . then , there was the time when some girls wore tanktops and jeans . they were snatched off the street by gunmen . the stories can be even more gruesome . the couple said they had heard reports that a young girl was kidnapped and beheaded -- and her killers sewed a dog 's head on the corpse and delivered it to her family 's doorstep . `` these are just some of the stories , '' said youssif 's mother , zainab . under saddam hussein , there was more security and stability , they said . there was running water and electricity most of the time . but still life was tough under the dictator , like the time when zainab 's uncle disappeared and was never heard from again after he read a `` religious book , '' she said .<doc-sep>sitting in the parking lot of a target in suburban los angeles , youssif 's father watched as husbands and wives , boyfriends and girlfriends , parents and their children , came and went . some held hands . others smiled and laughed . `` iraq finished , '' he said in what few english words he knows . he elaborated in arabic : his homeland wo n't be enjoying such freedoms anytime soon . it 's just not possible . too much violence . too many killings . his two children have only seen war . but this week , the family has seen a much different side of america -- an outpouring of generosity and a peaceful nation at home . `` it 's been a dream , '' the father said . he used to do a lot of volunteer work back in baghdad . `` maybe that 's why i 'm being helped now , '' the father said . at universal studios , he looked out across the valley below . the sun glistened off treetops and buildings . it was a picturesque sight fit for a hollywood movie . `` good america , good america , '' he said in english . e-mail to a friend . cnn 's arwa damon contributed to this report .<doc-sep>editor 's note : cnn agreed not to use the full names of the family members in this article due to concern for their safety . cnn and cnn.com will continue to follow youssif 's journey in the months ahead as he faces more surgeries . youssif attempts a climbing wall , his helmet carefully strapped around his wounds . los angeles , california -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- burned iraqi boy youssif shows no fear as he stares up at the rock-climbing wall . `` i can do it fast and then i am going to stand on top . '' it 's a declaration of defiance and strength from the 5-year-old who will need plenty of both as he continues his long recovery from horrific burns suffered when masked men set him on fire . in the eight weeks since his last surgery , the doctors ' predictions are coming true and youssif 's face actually looks worse even as it gets better . the skin graft on his nose is still healing and balloons placed under the skin of his right cheek and on his neck are almost fully inflated . extra skin will grow over these tissue expanders and will then be stretched over youssif 's scars . it 's a noticeable change , but one that does n't seem to be bothering youssif as he waves frantically at his parents , a huge climbing helmet perched on his head and held on by straps fitted around his swollen skin . watch a giggling youssif run , roll and ride at sports camp '' his emotional transformation is continuing along with the physical changes and youssif 's parents say he is now a more cheerful child .<doc-sep>editor 's note : cnn agreed not to use the full names of the family in this article due to concern for their safety . youssif is able to smile again , and his scars are healing well . doctors are monitoring the swelling on his right ear . woodland hills , california -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- youssif happily pulls off his plastic face mask and pats his cheeks , which were once covered by horrific burns . `` no hurt , '' the 5-year-old iraqi boy says in english . `` no hurt . '' he then shows off his right hand . it too had been marred by hardened scar tissue after he was attacked by masked men outside his central baghdad home january 15 , 2007 . now , his hand is smooth . youssif flashes a proud grin . a few moments later , he darts off and comes back toting his kindergarten portfolio . in less than a month of schooling , he 's now writing the alphabet in upper - and lowercase . see photos of a transformed youssif '' he reads a book , repeating each word after the narrator . when he gets to the word `` you , '' he gets tickled . he points at the name `` youssif '' and then covers the final four letters . `` you , '' he says . youssif began attending an american school just last month , one year to the day after he was so savagely attacked in baghdad . in a recent letter to those who have helped his son , youssif 's father described the anniversary as a `` very hard day '' to endure but one that also brought joy . `` but this year , it was the day for another miracle , youssif 's first day of kindergarten . it was a very happy day , '' youssif 's father said . youssif begins each day with his father strapping him into a bike trailer . dad then pedals him to school . on one recent outing , his dad 's mobile phone blared arabic music as youssif quietly sat in the back , a helmet securely strapped to his head , the wind whirling past . as soon as they reached the school , youssif 's slow walk away from his father , his head held down , quickly changed into a sprint toward his classroom , and all you could see was the big red `` s '' on his superman backpack flying away . `` harry , '' youssif says in a small , muffled tone , reading the writing on the dry-erase board after receiving a little help from some classmates seated on the rug . watch youssif-inspired music video '' he then receives a congratulatory high-five from one of his kindergarten teachers . youssif is adjusting well to school , able to write out the alphabet and count to 12 without hesitation . he always finishes with an accomplished sigh , wide eyes and a smile so big , it 's as if he is making up for the 10 months he was not able to smile . he is quick to show the pencil box on his desk , pointing to his name written on it and then pointing to himself with the same tiny finger and nodding his head , letting you know that it is his . `` the kids love youssif . they get more excited than he does when he learns a new word in english , and they brag about it for hours , '' the mother of a classmate says . youssif is attending the school thanks to help from the children 's burn foundation , the grossman burn center and hundreds of thousands of dollars donated by you , the cnn.com user , to help bring him and his family to the united states for treatment . youssif has undergone more than half a dozen surgeries . one removed the most massive scarring , which stretched about half a foot , from one of his ears to below his chin . see how doctors removed youssif 's scars '' he could undergo as many as 12 more procedures , his doctors say , mostly to tweak scars . his right ear has swelled , and doctors are monitoring it to figure out the best way to keep it in check . he wears a clear plastic face mask for much of the day to keep his skin tight and to allow it to heal correctly . but the young boy 's transformation -- both in looks and in spirit -- is nothing short of remarkable . back at his apartment , youssif peels a clementine . he uses exaggerated motions as he plops each section in his mouth . at one point , he places his hand on his hip and taps his foot , waiting for an acknowledgment of this feat . when he came to america in september , he could n't eat -- or at least not like this . he smiles again . `` now , youssif eats anything he wants , because he can open and close his mouth , '' his father said in the letter . `` i have begun to see my son 's lively spirit return . the surgeries have removed more than just external scars , they are also beginning to remove his internal scars . `` a few weeks ago we went to the park and youssif rode on the merry-go-round . every time he passed by , he shrieked and laughed and waved wildly to me . i thought my heart would burst with happiness . '' e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>los angeles -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- youssif shows off his `` certificate of citizenship , '' an award given to the iraqi boy by his school in los angeles for being exceptionally nice . `` one kid got hurt , and i helped him , '' youssif says . another boy had gashed his arm , and youssif applied an ice pack and helped stop the bleeding . he smiles and proudly clutches the award . he says he likes to help kids who get hurt because he once was . seeing youssif now , it 's hard to believe he 's the same boy cnn met in baghdad four years ago -- the young boy who was grabbed by masked men , doused in gas and set on fire . gone is the sullen , angry child , the one who withdrew when asked questions about his pain and what happened that day . he was so savagely disfigured it looked as though his face melted and then froze into rivers that cut through swollen hard flesh . since then , he 's undergone dozens of facial reconstructive surgeries in california and been through extensive counseling with his family . he still has scars from the attack , but it 's his upbeat attitude that 's most impressive . he points to a recent photo . he says his looks no longer bother him . `` because , like , none of my other friends make fun of me , '' he says in perfectly american-accented english . his mother beams . `` his personality has changed so much , '' says zaineb . `` the way he interacts with people -- everything . it began as soon as he started school and realized that the children do n't care about his appearance . it allowed him to have a normal life . '' ` the skin melted off ' youssif , now 9 , no longer remembers the details of that horrific day in baghdad . cnn 's arwa damon 's original report . it was january 15 , 2007 , the same day the `` surge '' of american troops began in the iraqi capital to cut down on sectarian violence that plagued baghdad . youssif played outside . his mother was upstairs when she heard her boy screaming . she rushed outside . `` i thought someone was fighting or something , '' zaineb said in 2007 . when the mother first saw her son on fire , she fainted . when she awoke , she barely recognized him . `` his head was so swollen , you could n't see his eyes , and his nose was pushed in . `` the skin was melted off . '' youssif 's mom : why my son ? he spent two months in an iraqi hospital , where he received primitive care . his father , wissam , was determined to get his son help . he pleaded with doctors and government officials -- anyone -- to give his son proper medical care . no one would listen . doctors told the family there was little they could do to help the child . his dad ended up on cnn 's doorstep in baghdad , desperate to tell his son 's story , anything to help get his little boy 's smile back . when cnn first aired youssif 's story , viewers around the world responded to the family 's plea , donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to the children 's burn foundation , a los angeles-based foundation that took on his case . his mental recovery has by far outpaced his physical one . he still needs more surgeries . treating youssif has been challenging , his doctors say , because his skin tends not to heal well . his doctors want to slow down the pace of surgeries for now to determine how his scar tissue and skin will develop and change as he gets older . he loves soccer and plays on a local team . `` i never used to do that in my country , '' he says , `` because it was kind of dangerous there . '' he wants to be a doctor so he can help others when he grows up . immigrant life in the u.s. life in the united states has n't been easy . the family remains grateful for those who 've helped them on their journey , but the realities of an immigrant family have sunk in . the family struggles on their father 's salary of $ 9 an hour as a security guard . to help make ends meet , they receive welfare and food stamps . youssif 's surgeries are covered by california children 's services , as they be would for other children with disabilities who live in the state . the family , which has political asylum , has expanded since arriving in the u.s. -- baby mustafa was born two years ago . youssif and his 5-year-old sister , aya , hope to become american citizens one day , too . youssif 's family arrives in u.s. . the family lives in a cramped one-bedroom apartment . youssif and his sister sleep on the floor . `` i am trying to just help my kids , let them live like a normal life . it 's very hard for them , '' wissam said . on a recent outing at a california beach , youssif raced along the water 's edge . he stopped and scooped up a sand ball . `` you better not get close . this is a muddy one , '' he said . i armed myself with seaweed . he ran shrieking toward the water . `` this is going to be more fun than last time , '' he said . the last time was when the family first arrived in the united states in september 2007 . youssif had never seen the ocean before : he laughed and giggled every time the waves crashed against his feet . the ocean still brings that healing quality . between our sand ball fights , youssif grows reflective . he 's lived nearly half his life in the u.s. . he loves it here , but he 's still desperately homesick . he wishes he could go back to iraq . `` because it 's kind of my country , and i miss everyone i used to know there . '' yet he and his family know a return home will likely not come anytime soon . youssif 's father says family members back in iraq say it remains far too dangerous . `` they tell me it 's still not safe . sometimes when i tell them , ' i wish i could visit you , ' they say , ` no , you can not come . ' '' and with u.s. troops preparing for their final pullout by the end of the year , the family worries they may never be able to go back home .<doc-sep>of the most shocking and recognizable images of the event shows bauman . being wheeled to a medical tent with both legs destroyed by the blast . he still managed to describe one of the bombers to the fbi , despite his horrific injuries . cooper also took time to visit sydney and celeste corcoran , who were both horribly injured in the blast . an account at the go fund me site to raise money for mother and daughter 's medical recovery has raised $ 391,100 . the site recounted cooper 's visit : ` he was so sweet and kind to everyone -- from the nurses and doctors to . each person in the hallway trying to meet him or take his picture . ' meets her hero : sydney gets to reunite with one of the men who saved her life , matt smith . smith rushed to sydney 's aid after shrapnel tore into her legs . a relative said the family ` owes ' the good samaritan ` unspeakable gratitude ' like bauma , syndey is featured in one of the most recognizable images to come from the attacks , captured with her limbs shredded by shrapnel as a stranger comes to her aid . sydney 's femoral artery was ruptured and her mother was so badly hurt that both legs had to be amputated . the man good samaritan who saved her life , matt smith , also visited her and is now considered ` part of the family . ' ` it was so touching to see them hug , talk and hold hands , ' the family noted in a blog post . ` we are so . incredibly grateful to him and he was as gracious in person as you 'd . expect a real-life superhero to be . here are a few photos of their . reunion ' a fundraiser for the women 's medical bills has raised nearly $ 400,000 .

<t> boy on meeting spider-man : `` it was my favorite thing '' </t> <t> youssif also met spongebob , lassie and an orangutan at universal studios . </t> <t> dad : `` other than my wedding day , this is the happiest day of my life '' </t>

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las vegas , nevada -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- former football star o.j. simpson will be held without bail after his arrest on robbery and assault charges , police announced late sunday . police released this mug shot of o.j. simpson after his arrest . simpson is accused of having directed several other men in an alleged armed robbery of sports memorabilia in a room at a las vegas hotel room . las vegas authorities said they have no information leading them to believe simpson was carrying a firearm during the alleged incident at the palace station hotel and casino . police said simpson and other men burst into the room and walked out with the memorabilia , including some that was unrelated to simpson , police said . `` we do n't believe that anyone was roughed up , but there were firearms involved , '' lt. clint nichols told reporters . nichols said the firearms were pointed at the victims . a reporter asked nichols : was `` o.j. was the boss in that room ? ''<doc-sep>nichols responded , `` that is what we believe , yes . '' watch simpson transferred sunday in handcuffs '' the alleged victims were identified as bruce fromong , a sports memorabilia collector who described the incident as `` a home invasion-type robbery , '' and alfred beardsley , who has been quoted by celebrity web site tmz.com as saying that simpson later apologized to him and told him he regretted the incident . acting on a tip , police met over the weekend at mccarran international airport with 46-year-old walter alexander , of mesa , arizona , who told them about the alleged robbery and validated the tipster 's information , capt. james dillon told reporters . alexander was arrested saturday night on two counts of robbery with a deadly weapon , two counts of assault with a deadly weapon , conspiracy to commit robbery and burglary with a deadly weapon . he was released on his own recognizance and returned to mesa either saturday night or early sunday morning , dillon said . in addition , investigators are seeking four other men they believe accompanied simpson into the hotel room , nichols said . nichols said , `` there is a social relationship between the individuals that we identified and o.j. simpson . '' though simpson is not accused of having brandished a gun himself , two firearms that police said were used were recovered early sunday in one of three searches . investigators would would not divulge where the weapons were found .<doc-sep>nichols dismissed an initial report that the men may have been off-duty police . `` there is no truth to that whatsoever , '' he said . `` that came as a result of some language that was used when the individuals burst into the room that led our victims to believe that they may have been police . '' simpson , 60 , has acknowledged taking some items that belonged to him , but he has denied that any weapons were involved . `` whether the property belonged to mr. simpson or not is still in debate , '' nichols said . `` we are still in the process of sorting that out . '' nichols also said that some of the property taken had simpson 's signature . but `` there was some other property taken as well , '' he said . `` i believe there were some joe montana cleats and some signed baseballs and other stuff . '' the latest charges against simpson mean he faces the prospect of another prosecution , more than a decade after the june 1994 stabbing deaths of his ex-wife , nicole brown simpson , and ron goldman . simpson was acquitted of murder the following year . the trial riveted much of the united states . but in 1997 , a jury found him liable for the deaths in a civil case brought by the goldman family . simpson was ordered to pay the families a total of $ 33.5 million for the deaths .<doc-sep>goldman had gone to nicole simpson 's los angeles home to return a pair of glasses the day of the slayings . goldman 's sister , kim goldman , said she was n't surprised by the robbery allegations , since simpson `` thinks he can do no wrong . '' `` he 's capable of stabbing people to death , so i think robbery is nothing surprising , '' she said . `` normal , logical , civil-minded , law-abiding people do n't storm a room with guns demanding stuff back . '' fromong had testified on simpson 's behalf in the civil case , telling the court that prices for simpson memorabilia had dropped substantially since the 1995 verdict . his testimony was part of the defense 's contention that simpson could not afford to pay the goldmans . simpson recently wrote a book originally titled `` if i did it '' and had planned to publish it himself , but a public outcry led to the cancellation of his book deal . a bankruptcy judge subsequently awarded the goldmans the rights to the book in light of their inability to collect the wrongful death award . the goldmans retitled the book , `` if i did it : confessions of the killer . '' that book just hit bookstores . e-mail to a friend . cnn 's ted rowlands contributed to this report .<doc-sep>o.j. simpson 's lawyers submitted a super-sized appeal to the nevada supreme court , seeking the former football star 's release from prison and a new trial in his 2007 las vegas armed-robbery case . the lawyers met a midnight on wednesday deadline to submit a request for them to review simpson 's claim that 2008 trial in las vegas was tainted by his fame and notoriety following his 1995 acquittal in los angeles in the deaths of his ex-wife and her friend . however , the document totaled 19,993 words , court spokesman michael sommermeyer said on thursday . that was some 43 per cent longer than the 14,000-word length limit the court had set . o.j. simpson during an evidentiary hearing at clark county district court in las vegas in january . simpson 's lawyers submitted a supersized appea on wednesday asking the nevada supreme court for a new trial in his 2007 las vegas armed robbery case . it will be up to the seven justices to decide whether to accept it for filing and consideration . until that time , the document was n't made public . the court has n't decided whether to hear oral arguments . simpson , 66 , is serving nine to 33 years in a northern nevada prison after being found guilty of leading a group of armed men in a september 2007 confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers at a las vegas casino hotel . he was convicted of kidnapping , armed robbery and other charges . he 's not eligible for parole until late 2017 . the appeal stems from arguments rejected last year by clark county district court judge linda marie bell that simpson 's trial attorney botched simpson 's trial and first appeal to the state supreme court , the only appeals court in nevada .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the jury that convicted o.j. simpson of robbery and other charges relied mostly on audio and video evidence -- and very little on testimony from prosecution witnesses -- jury members said sunday . o.j. simpson , convicted of robbery and kidnapping last week , could be sentenced to life in prison on december 5 . `` we honestly felt we could not rely on that witness testimony , '' said michelle r. lyons , one of seven jurors who spoke to reporters in las vegas , nevada , on sunday . `` there was not one decision we made that was based only on witness testimony . '' jury foreman paul connelly said some of the prosecution 's witnesses did n't seem trustworthy . at least three former simpson co-defendants who cut deals to testify in the case had criminal records . asked whether the jury trusted the witnesses , connelly answered : `` not entirely , no . '' watch jurors explain their verdict '' prosecutors produced an audiotape of the confrontation in which authorities said simpson and five men burst into a las vegas , nevada , hotel on september 13 , 2007 . the men allegedly made off with pillowcases containing simpson sports memorabilia . several jurors said audiotapes of the incident and conversations between simpson and others that were recorded surreptitiously before , during and after the heist made the prosecution 's case .<doc-sep>las vegas , nevada -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- disgraced football legend o.j. simpson was in a las vegas courtroom monday in a bid to get his robbery , assault and kidnapping convictions thrown out . dressed in a blue prison uniform , the heisman trophy winner and former buffalo bills star halfback appeared to have grayed some during his four years of incarceration . he listened intently through hours of testimony , which concluded monday evening . simpson , who is serving a 33-year prison term , is asking for a new trial . in court papers , he 's arguing that bad legal advice led to his arrest and conviction in a 2007 confrontation with sports memorabilia dealers . simpson accuses his old lawyer , yale galanter , of having a conflict of interest and of failing to mount an effective defense in his trial . he also says galanter told him before that confrontation that he was within his rights to take back property he believed had been stolen from him , `` so long as there would be no trespass and no physical force used against the persons with the property . '' among the witness called on monday was arnelle simpson , one of o.j. simpson 's daughters , who said she and her father had dinner with galanter and his wife the night before the incident took place . simpson , 65 , was convicted of leading a group of associates into a room at the palace station hotel and casino and using threats , guns and force to take back the items from the two dealers . `` simpson also contends that galanter did not advise simpson that carrying out the plan could subject him to criminal charges , regardless of the ownership of the property , '' his new lawyers wrote in seeking a new trial .<doc-sep>by . associated press reporter and daily mail reporter . published : . 17:50 est , 14 may 2013 . | . updated : . 21:51 est , 14 may 2013 . o.j. simpson managed a smile and a . waist-high wave with his shackled hand as he entered a las vegas courtroom tuesday and . found friends and family members in the audience . among them was tom . scotto , whose wedding was the reason for simpson 's ill-fated trip to . las vegas in 2007 , which landed him in prison with a nine-to-33-year sentence for robbery and kidnapping . ` he looks . like a beaten man , ' scotto said outside court after seeing his old . friend clad in a dingy blue prison uniform and orange prison issue . slippers , chains clanking around his feet and waist . scroll down for video . back in court ; o.j. simpson appears during a break in an evidentiary hearing in clark county district court in las vegas , nevada . argument : simpson 's lawyers are claiming that his trial lawyer for the robbery case , yale galanter , gave such bad trial advice and had such conflicted interests that simpson deserves a new trial . smiling : simpson managed a smile and a waist-high wave with his shackled hand as he entered a las vegas courtroom . the . 65-year-old simpson is in prison for leading . five men in the armed robbery-kidnapping of the two sports memorabilia . dealers . since scotto 's . wedding , his marriage has collapsed and he underwent three . emergency surgeries for life-threatening intestinal ailments . ` you do n't think about it , but this has taken a toll on a lot of people , ' scotto said . simpson 's lawyers are claiming that . his trial lawyer for the robbery case , yale galanter , gave such bad trial advice and had such . conflicted interests that simpson deserves a new trial . simpson . claims that galanter told him he did n't need to testify . because prosecutors failed to prove their case , and that he did n't tell . him about a plea offer by prosecutors that would have gotten him a . minimum of two years in prison . his co-counsel said tuesday that simpson became so dependent on galantar during the armed robbery trial that the former football star would have done anything his lawyer advised - including passing up the chance to testify . defense : simpson confers with defense team member dustin marcello . he is currently serving a nine-to-33-year sentence in state prison as a result of his october 2008 conviction for armed robbery and kidnapping charges . yale galanter -lrb- pictured above -rrb- allegedly gave simpson bad legal advice during his trial in 2008 , leading to simpson 's conviction , the former nfl football star claimed in his 94-page petition for a new trial . ' i could advise o.j. all day long , and he was very respectful of me , ' gabriel grasso told the court . ` but if i advised him of something different from what yale said , he would do what yale said . ' it was galanter 's decision not to have simpson testify in the trial , grasso said . the 65-year-old simpson was later convicted and sentenced to 33 years in prison for the crime . simpson takes a drink after the judge allowed him to take one of his handcuffs off . under questioning from prosecutor h. leon simon , grasso acknowledged the trial judge , jackie glass , specifically asked simpson if he wanted to testify . ` o.j. did say he did not want to testify , ' said simon , clark county 's chief deputy district attorney .

<t> no bail for ex-nfl star accused of directing men in alleged armed robbery . </t> <t> simpson faces charges of robbery , assault , burglary and conspiracy . </t> <t> alleged robbery involved sports-related items , police say . </t> <t> simpson arrested sunday in las vegas , but he says items were his . </t>

police : no bail for o.j. simpson in las vegas robbery arrest<T>

-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a marine convicted for his role in the death of an iraqi civilian was sentenced friday to a reduction in rank and will be discharged . cpl. trent d. thomas was found guilty wednesday of kidnapping and conspiracy to commit several offenses -- including murder , larceny , housebreaking , kidnapping , and making false official statements -- for his involvement in the april 2006 death in hamdaniya , iraq . thomas will be demoted to the rank of entry-level private and will receive a bad-conduct discharge . the 25-year-old was among seven marines and a navy medic who were charged in connection with the death of hashim ibrahim awad , 52 . the marines accused in the case were members of kilo company , 3rd battalion , 5th marine regiment . they reported at the time that awad planned to detonate a roadside bomb targeting their patrol . but several residents of hamdaniya , including relatives of the victim , gave a different account , prompting a criminal investigation . prosecutors accuse the group 's squad leader , sgt. lawrence g. hutchins iii , of dragging awad from his home , shooting him in the street and then making it look like he had planned to ambush american troops . hutchins has pleaded not guilty to murder , conspiracy and other charges in the case . he faces a sentence of life in prison if convicted . thomas changed his plea from guilty to not guilty in february , arguing that he had merely followed orders . he told his attorneys that after reviewing the evidence against him , he realized `` that what happened overseas happened as a result of obedience to orders , and he has n't done anything wrong , '' defense attorney victor kelley said . thomas said in january , shortly after entering his guilty plea , that he was `` truly sorry '' for his role in the killing . he could have been sentenced to life in prison under his original plea . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>the allegations are the latest involving marines and civilian deaths in iraq . seven marines and a navy medic were charged with killing an iraqi civilian in hamdaniya in april 2006 . one marine will serve eight years in a plea deal ; another marine withdrew his guilty plea , saying he acted under orders . four marines were charged with murder in the 2005 killings of 24 iraqi civilians in haditha . four officers are accused of failing to investigate and report the deaths properly . haditha was a target of marine operations to root out insurgents . both u.s. military law and international law of armed conflict prohibit the killing of unarmed captured prisoners , whether or not they are combatants . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>`` the prosecution and staff judge advocate play an advisory role , '' he said . `` at the end of the day , it 's the commander 's decision to accept or reject a proposed pretrial agreement . '' about the investigation into the so-called haditha massacre , fidell said : `` it does seem that a set of cases that began with some pretty terrible allegations has basically fizzled . the public ought to have confidence in the administration of justice . '' the plea agreement was `` unjust , '' according to kurdish lawmaker mahmoud othman , as the marines `` committed mass killings in haditha . '' `` we ask the human rights organizations and -lrb- nongovernmental organizations -rrb- in america and all over the world to strongly condemn this verdict . iraqi blood is n't so cheap , '' othman said in a facebook posting tuesday . a marine spokesman said a final adjudication will be made on the case by lt. gen. thomas waldhauser , commander of marine corps forces central command , but while he can reduce the sentence , he can not increase it . facing the judge in a marine base courtroom tuesday , wuterich , a divorced father of three young daughters , expressed no emotion . earlier in the day , he told the judge : `` for six years , i have had to accept that my name will always be associated with a massacre , being a cold-blooded baby killer , an ` out of control ' monster , and a conspiring liar . there 's nothing i can do about whoever believes these things . '' according to previous testimony and court records , wuterich , who was assigned to 3rd battalion , 1st marine regiment , 1st marine division , was the squad leader on november 19 , 2005 , when members of his patrol unit were moving a supply convoy through haditha , an insurgent stronghold where armed resistance fighters hid among the civilian population . an improvised explosive device exploded under a vehicle , killing lance cpl. miguel terrazas , 20 , and injuring two other marines . during the more than two-week trial that ended with the plea deal , prosecutors argued wuterich lost control after seeing the body of his friend blown apart by the bomb and led his men on a angry rampage , ordering his squad to `` shoot first and ask questions later . ''<doc-sep>`` some said that our drawdown would bring about more violence . well , they were wrong , '' biden said at a gathering of the veterans of foreign wars in indianapolis , indiana . iraqi officials , however , have noted a recent campaign of bombings and shootings in baghdad , where gunmen have attacked traffic police and checkpoints , killing iraqi troops . many iraqis have blamed the recent violence on the current political paralysis , in which quarreling parties have failed to form a government nearly six months after parliamentary elections . the iraqi government had been pushing to increase security ahead of the u.s. drawdown . biden stressed that the changing u.s. role in iraq should be not be viewed as american disengagement . he noted that the administration is largely following former president george w. bush 's plan for a `` long-term '' relationship with baghdad . civilian efforts to promote iraqi stability are ramping up , biden said . but obama is planning a speech on the situation in iraq after he returns to washington from vacation on august 29 , a senior administration source said sunday .<doc-sep>iraqis reacted with outrage wednesday to news of a plea deal for a u.s. marine squad leader charged in connection with the deaths of 24 people , in which he received a rank reduction and pay cut but avoided jail time . the november 2005 killings in haditha , iraq , constituted one of the worst attacks on civilians by u.s. troops during the iraq war . the deaths enraged iraqis , put a spotlight on the conduct of the u.s. military and was compared to vietnam 's my lai massacre by one congressman . on tuesday , staff sgt. frank g. wuterich was sentenced to a maximum of 90 days in prison , but avoided any time in the brig because of a plea deal . the military judge was obligated to abide by the arrangement between prosecutors and defense attorneys , which amounts to a reduction in rank -- to private -- and a pay cut . `` this court is unjust and its decision was unfair for iraqi people , '' shaeed fakhri , a lecturer at babel university in hilla , said wednesday as he visited baghdad . `` this soldier should be executed . the verdict is unfair and unjust for the innocent people who were killed in this incident . '' `` this is very sad and very painful , '' said hashim khader , a store owner in baghdad . `` they were just civilian people who did not raise weapons against the occupiers and they were killed this way . this is a heinous crime and the soldiers should get the most severe punishment . '' wuterich , 31 , of meriden , connecticut , originally faced 152 years in prison on nine counts of involuntary manslaughter , two counts of assault with a deadly weapon and three counts of dereliction of duty in the haditha incident . he wound up pleading guilty to one count of negligent dereliction of duty . charges against six other marines charged in the case were dropped , and another was acquitted . wuterich 's sentence was a `` big disappointment , '' taleb al-essawi , political adviser to the governor of iraq 's anbar province , said tuesday . `` i ca n't believe that the court decided to drop all the charges except one charge . ... this is a joke , because according to the iraqi law , all those soldiers should be executed . we demand from the american administration to reconsider the court decision . ''

<t> cpl. trent d. thomas found guilty this week of conspiracy to commit murder . </t> <t> marine gets rank of private , will be discharged for role in death of iraqi civilian . </t> <t> group 's leader awaits trial on murder and conspiracy charges . </t>

marine loses rank for role in killing iraqi civilian<T>

rome . italy -- italy and roma striker francesco totti has threatened to quit the italian players association , in a row over the starting date of the next serie a season . roma striker totti has complained that the italian players are never listened to .<doc-sep>the row began last month , when the italian football league , which is run by the presidents of clubs in the country 's top two divisions , voted to start the season on august 26 . in doing so , they ignored a request by italy coach roberto donadoni to play the first round of matches midway through the month , to give his players time to gain match-fitness ahead of euro 2008 qualifiers against france and ukraine in early september .<doc-sep>`` i 'm ready to leave the italian players association . we are the principal actors , but also the people who are never listened to , '' totti was quoted as saying in italian football magazine dieci . `` this is the moment in which we must make our voice heard . we wanted to start on august 19 , to have an extra week 's rest at christmas and allow the national team to come into the big matches in september better prepared .<doc-sep>`` those who decided -lrb- on august 26 -rrb- did n't care at all about donadoni 's needs . '' serie a is one of the last major european leagues to start next season . the opening round of english premier league matches is scheduled to start on august 11 , while the french ligue 1 will kick off on august 4 . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>`` i showed a bit of character to keep getting on the ball . i still feel i have given liverpool a draw but it was a great game to play in . '' liverpool manager brendan rodgers , who left swansea to take up the reins at anfield in june 2012 , revealed his relief after a hard fought encounter . `` i thought for the first 65 minutes we were very , very good with and without the ball . we had to show character after going behind so early , `` he told sky sports . `` this will be a really big point for us . '' totti . in italy , francesco totti scored his first goal of the season as roma claimed a third consecutive victory to maintain its perfect start to the season . totti , playing in his 22nd season with the club , helped roma come from a goal down to defeat parma 3-1 and join napoli at the top of the table on nine points . parma had taken the lead six minute before the break when jonathan biabany headed home from close range . but the visiting side hit back two minutes after the restart through alessandro florenzi before new signing kevin strootman set up totti to score . and dutch international strootman sealed the points from the penalty spot five minutes from time after summer signing gervinho was sent sprawling .<doc-sep>the italy international , who has scored four goals in eight appearances for the bianconeri this season , could be sidelined until next year . meanwhile , roma captain francesco totti has undergone surgery on his right knee . the 33-year-old missed roma 's last two serie a matches and also their draw with fulham in the europa league last week . the club confirmed totti will start his rehabilitation on tuesday , but it is not yet known when he will be ready to return to action .<doc-sep>roma captain francesco totti all but accused juventus of match-fixing after his side 's 3-2 defeat in turin on sunday night . juventus were awarded two dubious penalties , both converted by carlos tevez , as roma 's 100 per cent start to the serie a season was ended . the ` old lady ' were stripped of two serie a titles and relegated to serie b after the 2006 calciopoli scandal embroiled them in match-fixing . video scroll down to watch juventus fans incredible tifo before roma match . furious roma players argue with referee gianluca rocchi as he awards one of two controversial penalties . roma captain francesco totti argues with juventus midfielder andrea pirlo . and veteran world cup winner totti hinted that he feels something similar is going on at the moment . ` juventus ought to have their own league , as by hook or by crook they always win , ' the 38-year-old told sky italia . ` are we back to the same doubts ? i am not the only one saying this , as these are things everyone in italy should discuss . ` with juventus when there is any doubt whatsoever , it 's always a penalty . i have to stop now , as if i keep talking then i 'll get suspended . ' totti scores from the penalty spot to make it 1-1 just after the half hour mark . the veteran roma captain celebrates in front of the away fans after his equaliser . juventus sporting director giuseppe marotta responded furiously to totti 's allegations . he said : ' i have great respect for totti as a player . it 's understandable that he 's upset about the result but what he said was unacceptable . ` in the past juve have had to bear the brunt for others ' mistakes , but when the team has won it has won legitimately and deservingly from a footballing point of view . ` every year juventus are accused of being favoured in dubious or unclear situations , but i believe that these decisions even themselves out over the course of a season . ` when we won the penalty it reminded me of the juventus v roma match that was played at the olimpico in turin . that year roma got the decision and this year it was our turn to get a penalty . ' juventus were promoted back to serie a in 2007 and won their third successive title this year . rocchi 's performance has sparked a huge controversy in italy , especially in the wake of totti 's comments . sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article .<doc-sep>totti won the last of his 58 international caps in the 2006 world cup final win over france , which ended lippi 's first stint in charge , and made himself unavailable a year after that . totti 's roma strike partner luca toni also faces an anxious wait to see if he will be included in lippi 's squad . german media reported on monday that his parent club bayern munich do not want him back despite having a contract until the end of next season , while italian paper gazzetta dello sport said roma president rosella sensi was unwilling to extend his stay .

<t> francesco totti threatens to quit the italian players ' association . </t> <t> the italy and roma striker is upset over the early start to the new season . </t> <t> he says : we are the principal actors , but ... are never listened to . '' </t>

totti joins row over season start<T>

-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a former government contract employee was indicted on charges of stealing restricted nuclear energy-related materials and putting the united states at risk , the department of justice announced thursday . sources say the classified materials were taken from the east tennessee technology park . roy lynn oakley , 67 , of roane county , tennessee , appeared in federal court in knoxville on thursday . oakley was briefly detained for questioning in the case in january , when authorities first learned of the alleged plot to divulge the materials , government sources told cnn . he voluntarily surrendered thursday at an fbi field office in knoxville , the sources said . oakley is a former employee of bechtel jacobs , the department of energy 's prime environmental management contractor at the east tennessee technology park , prosecutors said . the indictment states that oakley , `` having possession of , access to and having been entrusted with sections of ` barriers ' and associated hardware used for uranium enrichment through the process of gaseous diffusion ... having reason to believe that such data would be utilized to injure the united states and secure an advantage to a foreign nation , did communicate , transmit and disclose such data to another person . '' the transfer took place january 26 , the indictment alleges . oakley is also charged with converting the material and `` restricted data '' to his own use . he began doing so on about october 17 , 2006 , and continued through january , prosecutors said . prosecutors said the materials involved have been examined by scientists and posed no threat to people who may have come into contact with them . oakley 's attorney , herb moncier , said outside court thursday that oakley 's job was to break rods `` into little pieces '' and throw them away . moncier said oakley had a security clearance , but moncier did not believe it was a high-level clearance . the government alleges that in january , oakley attempted to sell the `` pieces of scrap '' to someone he thought was a french agent -- but in reality was an undercover fbi agent , moncier said . he said he questions whether those broken pieces would be considered an `` appliance '' under the law . `` mr. oakley has cooperated fully for the last six months , '' said moncier , who added that he had traveled to washington for work on the case . each count carries a possible sentence upon conviction of up to 10 years in prison and a $ 250,000 fine . `` while none of the stolen equipment was ever transmitted to a foreign government or terrorist organization , the facts of this case demonstrate the importance of safeguarding our nuclear technology and pursuing aggressive prosecution against those who attempt to breach the safeguards and put that technology in the wrong hands , '' kenneth wainstein , assistant attorney general for national security , said in the justice department statement . one government source said the materials involved are not the `` crown jewels , '' but they should not have been taken from the facility . a `` barrier '' is used to filter uranium during the enrichment process , according to nuclear energy officials , but a significant number of barriers are needed to do that job . sources told cnn that federal authorities have been following oakley and investigating the case for at least six months , after he allegedly tried to sell the classified material . oakley , described as a low-level employee , apparently did not make contact with any foreign government and is not a foreign agent of any kind , an official familiar with the case said . a government official with with knowledge of the case said that when authorities learned of oakley 's alleged intentions six months ago , the fbi and department of energy launched a joint investigation . the fbi then developed a sting operation , government officials familiar with the case said , and authorities intervened before there could be any involvement of a foreign country . east tennessee technology park is an area of the doe 's oak ridge reservation `` where we are currently decontaminating and decommissioning buildings that were last used in 1985 , '' gerald boyd , manager of the doe 's oak ridge site office , said thursday . `` when they were in use , now over 20 years ago , some of the buildings at ettp housed facilities used for the enrichment of uranium . '' boyd said the technology park and the reservation `` are protected by multiple layers of security systems and detection programs , both visible and unseen , meant to identify rogue employees attempting to abuse their access and position . '' in this case , a review of security procedures showed that the system worked and `` successfully identified the individual in question , '' he said . e-mail to a friend . cnn 's terry frieden and kelli arena contributed to this report .<doc-sep>the activists had apparently passed through four separate fences and walked for ` over two hours ' before reaching the uranium storage building , on which they hung banners and strung crime-scene tape , abc news reported . ralph hutchinson , coordinator for the oak ridge environmental peace alliance , said the group 's intention was not to demonstrate the lack of security at the plant , but to take a stance against the making of nuclear weapons . ` it was n't so they could show how easy it was to bust into this bomb plant , it was because the production of nuclear weapons violates everything that is moral and good , ' hutchinson said . ` it is a war crime . ' break in : the three allegedly broke into the y-12 national security complex , which contains large amounts of weapons-grade enriched uranium . covert : this abc news virtual view shows a rendering of the three allegedly breaking through one of the complex 's four fences with wire cutters . the writings on the wall : the activists then splashed what they said was blood on the uranium in this abc news rendering . officials said that the storage building itself , which was built after the september 11 , 2001 , al qaeda attacks on new york and washington , was designed with modern security features and that its contents were not compromised . wsi oak ridge , the private firm employed by the u.s. department of energy to provide security at y-12 , is a subsidiary of the giant international security firm g4s . g4s drew criticism for failing to provide the number of security personnel it promised to protect the london olympic games , forcing the british government to deploy extra army troops . a spokeswoman for g4s declined to comment and referred inquiries to government spokespeople . the security failure was an embarrassment both for the security firm and for the national nuclear security administration , or nnsa , the energy department branch that operates u.s. nuclear weapons plants . ` it was obviously a pretty serious incident , ' nnsa spokesman joshua mcconaha told reuters . ` we 're taking this very , very seriously , ' added steve wyatt , a spokesman for the nnsa office in oak ridge , which supervises the activities of y-12 contractors . peaceable : this image shows the three protestors , who are now in federal custody , days before their alleged break-in . the nnsa officials said the activists cut through two chain-link fences surrounding the sprawling facility and a third fence surrounding the ultra-secure enriched uranium stockpile building , known as the ` highly enriched uranium materials facility . ' wyatt said the building served as the u.s. government 's only ` warehouse ' for storing highly enriched uranium used in nuclear weapons . highly enriched uranium is a radioactive material used in the core of bombs to produce a nuclear detonation . the oak ridge plant is one of the most important government installations involved in the maintenance and production of the u.s. nuclear arsenal . although the security breach occurred overnight last friday , officials confirmed that the shutdown - which applies to ` all nuclear operations ' at the y-12 site - did not begin until wednesday . officials said it was expected to continue into next week . in the meantime , personnel at the facility would be given additional security training . peter stockton , a former congressional investigator and security consultant to the energy department , expressed scepticism at government assertions the nuclear material was not at risk . ` it is unbelievable this could happen , ' stockton said . ` the significance is outrageous . if they were terrorists , they could have blown open the door and got inside . ' video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- evidence consistent with human decomposition was found in the trunk of a car belonging to a florida woman charged with killing her 3-year-old daughter , according to a forensic report released friday . caylee anthony , 3 , disappeared in mid-june but was n't reported missing until a month later . `` both odor analysis and libs results appear to be quite consistent with a decompositional event having occurred in the trunk of the vehicle , '' said the report from tennessee 's oak ridge national laboratory , noting that the results were preliminary . testing indicates that the decomposition could be human , the report adds . casey anthony , who drove the car , was arrested this month and charged with first-degree murder and other charges in the disappearance of her daughter , caylee . caylee was last seen in mid-june , but casey anthony waited about a month before telling her family the child was gone . libs is laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy , one of the techniques used in chemical analysis . testing was conducted on air and carpet samples from the vehicle . the tests indicated `` the presence of the five key major compounds associated with human decomposition , '' the report said . the tests also found `` an unusually large concentration of chloroform '' in the trunk , according to the oak ridge report . chloroform can be used to render someone unconscious . however , trace amounts of chloroform were also found on a control carpet sample , the report said . watch nancy grace report on the chloroform discovery ''<doc-sep>by . louise boyle . the parents of a school official who went to the police over individuals who were stealing money from the district to buy methamphetamine have demanded that the fbi open an investigation into his suicide . alex heitman , the school district 's supervisor of business services , reported the thefts to the oak ridge police department in tennessee in april 2011 . three months later in july , mr heitman , 29 , was reported missing by his elementary school teacher wife kristie , who was eight months ' pregnant at the time . alex heitman , a school district business services supervisor , reported to police that people were passing fraudulent checks to buy meth . a few months later he was dead . his death was ruled a suicide . he . was found dead on july 25 from a gunshot wound to the head in a rural . part of cocke county , 70 miles from his home . two of mr heitman 's own . guns were found at the scene . the death of mr heitman , who was also pursuing a doctorate degree , was ruled a suicide . his parents , don and annette heitman , remain extremely dubious that their son took his own life . mr heitman , who is originally from wisconsin rapids , wisconsin , had bachelors and masters degrees from the university of wisconsin , and an accounting certificate from the university of california-berkley . the st louis cardinals fan had worked for the american cancer society and unicef before taking a job with the oak ridge school district . he married kristie kasperski , a teacher , on june 28 , 2008 in waunakee , wisconsin . oak ridge police chief james akagi refused to confirm mr heitman 's original complaints of theft today . mr and mrs heitman told tennessee watchdog that other than an autopsy report they have received no information from cocke country sheriff 's department to support that their son committed suicide - no ballistics report , coroner 's report , medical examiner 's report or undoctored crime scene photos . the heitmans were also initially told by a cocke county sheriff 's detective that their son 's death did not seem consistent with suicide . the heitmans have now formally requested that the fbi investigate their son 's death . an anonymous source in the fbi 's mail room in washington , d.c. told tennessee watchdog on wednesday that a letter had been received from the family requesting an investigation . mailonline was awaiting a request for comment from the fbi field office in knoxville , tennessee . the contents of the letter is also published on the family 's website . oak ridge police department 's chief of police james t. akagi told mailonline today that mr heitman had been reported to his department as a missing person in 2011 . he refused to comment on whether mr heitman had filed reports with the police department , saying he was not familiar with the case . mailonline has requested mr heitman 's police reports in the school district from the county clerk . cocke county sheriff 's department did not respond to a request for comment at the time of publication . no one was available for comment at the district attorney 's office on thursday . seven people were prosecuted . in relation to mr heitman 's reports . five pleaded guilty and were . jailed , another suspect 's charges were waived to the grand jury . the . seventh suspect was not indicted . at the time of his death , oak ridge superintendent tom bailey told oakridger.com that his death was a ` terrible loss ' . mr bailey added that he was ` passionate about his work ... intelligent and committed ' . mr heitman was responsible for business services in oak ridge school district . he suspected that people were stealing from the school district in 2011 .<doc-sep>bui 's husband , chris hartwell , was in the apartment and was arrested on several charges . police went to oak ridge high school , where they took bui into custody . bui has been teaching chemistry at the school since last summer , district officials say . she also teaches at lone star college . her students at oak ridge high say they filed into bui 's chemistry classroom and waited for the teacher to arrived . she never showed up .

<t> new : indictment : man tried to pass nuclear filters to foreign agent . </t> <t> new : roy lynn oakley appears in court in tennessee after surrendering . </t> <t> new : facility 's role is to break down decommissioned equipment . </t> <t> new : lawyer : oakley 's job was to break machine parts into pieces , pitch them . </t>

ex-oak ridge contractor charged with taking restricted materials<T>

lagos , nigeria -lrb- reuters -rrb- -- nigeria 's television survival show has been suspended after a contestant drowned in preparation for the program , said dutch brewer heineken 's local unit which is sponsoring the show . anthony ogadje , 25 , and nine other contestants had gone to shere hills lake in nigeria 's hilly plateau state to prepare for the `` gulder ultimate search , '' which sets a variety of physical challenges for participants . a statement from nigerian breweries on monday said ogadje died suddenly and he was thought to have drowned .<doc-sep>`` all attempts to revive him by the attendant medical team and the lifeguards , including his fellow contestants , failed , '' said nigerian breweries , which is majority-owned by the dutch giant . broadcasting had been due to start on thursday . in the show , the weakest contestants are evicted one by one until a winner emerges . the prize money is a big attraction in a country where most people live in extreme poverty and benefit little from nigeria 's oil wealth . the winner was to get 5 million naira -lrb- about $ 39,000 -rrb- in cash , a four-wheel drive jeep and another 500,000 naira -lrb- about $ 3,900 -rrb- to buy clothes . the winner could also have expected to become an instant celebrity , attracting sponsorship deals .<doc-sep>the ultimate search , which started in 2004 , gets high ratings . e-mail to a friend . copyright 2007 reuters . all rights reserved.this material may not be published , broadcast , rewritten , or redistributed .<doc-sep>by . rosie taylor . published : . 14:26 est , 11 july 2013 . | . updated : . 14:26 est , 11 july 2013 . ` mind boggling ' : the nff has suspended all four teams over the unusual scorelines . four nigerian football teams have been suspended after two of the clubs whose promotion depended on goal difference won 79-0 and 67-0 . the nigeria football federation says . it has suspended all four lower league clubs involved in the ` scandalous scorelines ' . in the matches played at the same time , plateau united feeders . reportedly scored 72 goals in the second half to beat akurba fc . 79-0 . while police machine fc scored 67 goals against babayaro fc , 61 of which were allegedly scored in the . second half . both teams had been level on points before the match and were chasing a place in nationwide league division 3 , nigeria 's lowest professional league . plateau united feeders scored their second-half goals at a rate of about one every 40 seconds for 45 minutes . the nff called it ' a mind-boggling show of shame ' and said players , . match officials and the tournament coordinator all would be investigated . for match-fixing . nigerian football federation vice president mike umeh said : ` it is unacceptable , this is a scandal of huge proportions . ` the four teams involved are suspended immediately and indefinitely . pending further sanctions . we will investigate this matter thoroughly . and get to the bottom of it . ' the nff . director of competitions , mohammed sanusi , said : ` the teams involved , their players and officials , match officials , tournament coordinator and anyone found to have played some role in . this despicable matter will be severely dealt with . '<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- nigeria has until monday to overturn the decision to ban the national soccer team from all competitions for two years , the sport 's governing body fifa said on friday . failure to do so will result in the nigerian football federation being suspended from all fifa-related actitives , fifa 's communications director nicolas maingot told a news conference . `` fifa will today send a letter to the nigerian football federation indicating that the government of nigeria has until monday 6 p.m. -lrb- 1600 gmt -rrb- to cancel its decision to withdraw nigeria 's participation in all fifa and caf organized football competitions , '' maingot told a news briefing on friday . nigeria 's president goodluck jonathan suspended the `` super eagles '' from international competition on wednesday after their first round exit at the world cup in south africa . the team finished bottom of group b after failing to win a single game . jonathan 's government also announced the expulsion of the nigerian football federation , with an interim board put in place .<doc-sep>by . associated press . and chris spargo for mailonline . usc football star josh shaw has been suspended from college play indefinitely after admitting to school officials he fabricated a story about spraining both ankles while saving his nephew from drowning . the newly-appointed captain of the trojans football team said he had seen the seven-year-old struggling in a swimming pool at a family party in palmdale , california on saturday night , so he jumped from a second-story balcony to save him from drowning . the claims gained national attention on monday , but the next day usc coach steve sarkisian announced the school was investigating shaw 's account after it received phone calls contradicting the story . scroll down for video . usc football star josh shaw has admitted he fabricated a story about spraining both his ankles while jumping off a balcony to save his nephew from drowning . now , shaw is acknowledging he fabricated the drowning incident . he will not say how he was injured , but he did issue a brief statement this afternoon , shortly after his suspension was announced , through criminal defense attorney donald etra . ` on saturday , august 23 , 2014 , i injured myself in a fall . i made up a story about this fall that was untrue . i was wrong to not tell the truth . i apologize to usc for this action on my part , ' said the cornerback .<doc-sep>two crew members are in stable condition at a shore-based clinic , where they were airlifted after being wounded . state department spokesman p.j. crowley said the united states is in contact with nigerian officials . `` we -lsb- are -rsb- , of course , concerned about their safety and hope for their immediate release , '' he said . `` we are working with nigerian authorities ... to pursue their prompt release , and there 's an investigation already under way . '' drilling operations in the okoro field have been temporarily suspended , both companies said . in a news release , afren said a `` security breach '' occurred soon after its high island vii jackup rig arrived but before drilling had commenced .

<t> anthony ogadje , 25 , reportedly drowned in shere hills lake . </t> <t> he was preparing for the show , `` gulder ultimate search '' </t> <t> dutch brewer heineken 's local unit sponsors the program . </t>

nigerian tv survival show suspended after drowning<T>

hong kong , china -lrb- reuters -rrb- -- paul lee got his liver from an executed chinese prisoner ; karam in egypt bought a kidney for his sister for $ 5,300 ; in istanbul hakan is holding out for $ 30,700 for one of his kidneys . doctors in pakistan have been arrested for abducting people , drugging them and stealing their kidneys . they are not so unusual : a dire shortage of donated organs in rich countries is sending foreigners with end-stage illnesses to poorer places like china , pakistan , turkey , egypt , colombia and the philippines to buy a new lease of life . lee , a 53-year-old chief subway technician in hong kong , was diagnosed with liver cancer in january 2005 but doctors denied him a transplant because they feared the tumor would spread . a friend told him about a transplant hospital in china 's north eastern tianjin city and he signed up for a place . that april , he paid 260,000 yuan -lrb- $ 34,380 -rrb- for a transplant -- surgery that saved his life . `` the hospital has connections with a lot of prisons , '' lee told reuters . `` mine came from an executed prisoner from heilongjiang . i thank the donor deeply . '' the world health organization estimates that 21,000 liver transplants are carried out annually , but medical experts put annual worldwide demand at at least 90,000 . demand for kidneys also exceeds supply , and that has given rise to organ trafficking and a black market for rich people and `` transplant tourists '' who travel to poor countries to buy body parts from people with few other routes to a better living . a donor in south africa receives $ 700 for a kidney compared with $ 30,000 in the united states . a lack of transparency and little protection for donors has spurred calls by international bodies to crack down on , or at least regulate , the trade . but even where the trade is banned , laws are often muddled or laced with loopholes , which are sometimes defended by vested interests . and the unregulated route is much less complicated for the recipient . any transplant procedure involving a living donor carries risks for the donor -- especially for liver transplants which involve removing part of the donor 's liver . the complications can include bleeding , infection , even death . in the transplant trade , the recipient need not worry about , for example , exposing a living relative to that risk . `` it is cheaper and your next of kin is not taking the risk and you do n't have to care for someone you do n't know . once you pay , it is discarded in a way , it is dispensable , '' said luc noel , a geneva-based coordinator for clinical procedures at the world health organization . china recently banned the sale of human organs and restricted transplants for foreigners , saying it must first meet demand at home for 2 million organs a year . only 20,000 transplants are carried out in china each year . of these , 3,000 are liver transplants and 95 percent of them use livers from dead donors . china defended its use of organs from executed prisoners , saying consent was obtained from convicts or their families . a transplant operation using the liver of a dead donor costs around $ 33,000 in china . `` what is important is the transparency , it has to be open to scrutiny ... if china makes its current system open to scrutiny and very transparent , that would do good , '' said the who 's noel . in asia , a cultural obsession with keeping the body of the deceased intact has stymied public organ donation programs . excluding china , asia has fewer than 200 livers donated by people ahead of their death each year , said lo chung-man , professor of hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery at the university of hong kong . pakistan , where trade in human organs is not illegal , is turning into a `` kidney bazaar '' , said the chief executive of pakistan 's kidney foundation , jaffar naqvi . there are no confirmed figures for the number of foreigners coming to the country for new kidneys but naqvi said there were 13 centers in lahore alone which reported more than 2,000 transplants last year from bought kidneys . patients , mostly from europe , saudi arabia and india , pay about 500,000 rupees -lrb- $ 8,500 -rrb- for a new kidney , he said . donors are paid $ 300 to $ 1,000 and often get no medical care after the surgery . there is no consent in some cases . in may police arrested nine people , four of them doctors , for abducting people , drugging them and stealing their kidneys for transplant operations . in the pipeline is a draft law aimed at banning the trade , but a powerful lobby bent on preserving it is trying to ensure it allows kidney donations for a non-relative , with no payment . such a clause allowing `` altruistic '' organ donations will ensure the trade continues with secret payment to donors , naqvi said . stories of people selling their organs , especially kidneys , are not uncommon in egypt , where more than 30 percent of a population of more than 73 million people live below the poverty line . karam , who asked to be identified only by his first name because organ trading is illegal , said it took him only 15 days to secure a kidney for his sister who was suffering from kidney failure . he said a doctor found him a man willing to sell his kidney for 30,000 egyptian pounds -lrb- $ 5,300 -rrb- . `` the fees of the doctor were 5,000 pounds . both his money and the fees of the hospital were deducted from the money the ` donor ' received , '' said karam . he said doctors usually help in finding people willing to sell their organs from their patients ' lists . abdel-kader hegazy , head of the disciplinary committee at the doctors ' union , said egyptian law lacks clear punishment for those involved in illegal transplants , making it easy for doctors to repeat the offence . `` the law says it is illegal to trade in organs but does not specify the punishment . we at the union suspended many doctors and closed their practices , but they have appealed before courts and won their licenses back , '' he told reuters . `` it is an annoying and a regrettable situation . well-known doctors and professors are doing this . they are rich people but they do it because they have no moral values . '' the union has been pushing for legislation to regulate organ transplants , with a draft bill including heavy fines and a prison sentence for those involved and a ban on transplants between people of different nationalities . but the draft law has been languishing in parliament for several years because of differences between doctors and senior muslim religious leaders on whether islam allows organ transplants in the case of clinical deaths . in turkey , students , unemployed young men and struggling fathers post adverts on the internet selling their kidneys , listing their drinking and smoking habits and blood type . these would-be donors say they have had enquiries from germany , israel and turkey with asking prices going up to 50,000 lira -lrb- $ 38,760 -rrb- . hakan , a 27-year-old security guard in istanbul with two young children who also requested only his first name be published , told reuters he received five or six offers from turkey and germany , offering 10,000-15 ,000 lira -lrb- $ 11,600 -rrb- , but he 's holding out for 40,000 lira . `` of course it 's frightening but there 's nothing else to be done , '' he said , adding he had n't told his wife as he knew she would object . `` i 'm doing it because of my family , if i was alone it would n't matter . i 've got two children ... there 's nothing else i can do for them . '' e-mail to a friend . copyright 2007 reuters . all rights reserved.this material may not be published , broadcast , rewritten , or redistributed .<doc-sep>london -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- britain 's prince william called for global action wednesday to stop the illegal wildlife trade that 's devastating populations of some of the world 's most magnificent wild animals -- including elephants , rhinos and tigers . the prince spoke at a meeting of united for wildlife , a body bringing together his royal foundation and the world 's leading wildlife charities , in london . the conference is part of a week of events aimed at galvanizing efforts to halt the slaughter of endangered animals for their bones , hides or tusks -- much in demand in parts of asia . on thursday , william and his father , prince charles , will be among the high-profile global guests due to attend the london conference on the illegal wildlife trade , hosted by the uk government . prince charles , uk prime minister david cameron and the presidents of botswana and gabon are all expected to speak at the event . william pledged wednesday that united for wildlife , of which he 's president , would use its global leverage to make a difference at a time when the trade takes the lives of 100 elephants a day . `` the forces that are currently destroying some of the world 's endangered species are sophisticated and powerful , '' the duke of cambridge said . `` but this week , we are seeing the creation of an equally powerful alliance , coming together to help fight them . `` the commitments set out today will begin to address the challenges of protection , enforcement and demand reduction . we will use our combined resources to ensure they succeed . '' the organization plans to use `` smart '' technology such as gps trackers and drones to protect animals at risk . it also intends to work with governments and local bodies to send out the message that no one should trade or buy rhino horn , ivory , tiger or pangolin parts and products .<doc-sep>under the convention on international trade in endangered species , in . an attempt to protect elephants from slaughter . but demand for tusks remains high in . some parts of the world , including china and japan , where they are used . for carvings and ornaments . the demand has made the trade . lucrative for criminal gangs , which target elephants in africa and asia . before smuggling the ivory on to the international black market . the united nations reported last week . that around 17,000 elephants had been poached worldwide during 2011 . it . also said the global illegal trade in ivory had more than doubled since . 2007 .<doc-sep>but bodman said he did not believe that they are the cause . since 2003 , he said , global demand for oil has increased because of industry in china , india and the middle east . but from 2005 to 2007 , there was very little increase in supply . nations need an additional supply of energy to market , whether that energy is nuclear , coal , fossil fuels , solar or wind power , bodman said . `` we spent 30 years digging ourselves into this hole , '' he said . `` it wo n't be solved soon . '' on wednesday , president bush asked congress to permit drilling for oil in deep water off the u.s. coast to combat rising oil prices . he also renewed his demand that congress allow oil drilling in alaska 's arctic national wildlife refuge , clear the way for more refineries and encourage efforts to recover oil from shale in areas like the green river basin , which encompasses parts of colorado , utah and wyoming . `` in the short run , the american economy will continue to rely largely on oil , and that means we need to increase supply here at home , '' bush said in a rose garden statement .<doc-sep>they were discovered hidden inside the tyres of a vehicle which was crossing the border from russia . according to the global times , it is believed the paws are from the brown bear , which is a protected species in china . bear parts are in demand in china because people believe they have a medicinal value . experts say smuggling like this has increased in the last two years . as reported by the bbc , in china bear paws are worth 10 times more than in russia . it is estimated the haul was worth # 293,000 . illegal : bear parts are in demand in china because people believe they have a medicinal value . speaking to the global times , zhang xiaohai , from the animals asia foundation , said : ` the . demand is huge because more people can afford them and the country has . the tradition to treat bear paw as a rare ingredient for cuisine or as . an expensive present , ' he said . ` bear farms in china exacerbate the situation as they also sell paws illegally , which stimulates the growing trade . ' officials at the border became suspicious after noticing one of the men driving a van looked nervous and appeared to keep checking his watch on may 22 . officials decided to x-ray the van and they discovered the paws . sorry we are unable to accept comments for legal reasons .

<t> organ shortage in rich states has created a trade from poorer countries . </t> <t> `` transplant tourists '' travel to poor countries to buy organs from the desperate . </t> <t> pakistan , where trade in human organs is legal , is turning into a `` kidney bazaar '' </t> <t> patients pay $ 8,500 for a new kidney , while donors are paid just $ 300 to $ 1,000 . </t>

keen demand fuels global trade in body parts<T>

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 .<doc-sep>`` 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 . ' ''<doc-sep>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 .<doc-sep>blackwater is one of three contractors working under a `` task order '' to provide security services in iraq . the other two are triple canopy and dyncorp . the state department contract must be renewed every year and is up for renewal next month . in effect , blackwater 's contract will roll over for another year , said greg starr , who heads the state department 's diplomatic security service . starr said new rules and an agreement between the state department and u.s. military have improved coordination and the supervision of contractors . blackwater must work under the rules of the iraqi government , he said . the fbi is in charge of the u.s. investigation of the september incident , in which survivors and victims ' family members contend blackwater guards started shooting without provocation . blackwater says its employees were returning fire after coming under attack from armed insurgents , but an iraqi investigation called the killings `` premeditated murder . ''<doc-sep>istanbul -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a kurdistan regional government spokesman expressed hope wednesday that only a temporary `` technical issue '' led the iraqi government to deny permission for turkey 's energy minister to fly to the autonomous kurdish region in northern iraq . energy minister taner yildiz 's plane was forced to turn around in mid-flight tuesday . he was in a private plane flying to irbil , the kurdistan region 's capital , to attend a three-day conference on oil and gas . `` we had applied for flight permits . we were issued one , and the plane was on the move , '' said a turkish foreign ministry official , speaking on condition of anonymity due to government protocol . `` but in the meantime we were notified by the iraqis that they have banned all vip flights to northern iraq . '' but kurdistan regional government spokesman safeen dizayee told cnn on wednesday that officials there hope the denial was only temporary . `` there are new regulations by the central government for private planes to enter iraqi airspace , and apparently energy minister 's plane had not complied with the new regulations '' dizayee said . `` iraqi airspaces are completely controlled by the central government . the cabin crew of the turkish minister 's plane was directly in touch with baghdad to get permission and kurdistan regional government has no control on it '' he added . `` we hope it is only a technical issue and it will be resolved soon , '' he said . opinion : why u.s. should rethink policy over syria 's kurds . iraqi government officials have not commented on the aborted flight . the incident came at a time of heightened tension between ankara and baghdad .<doc-sep>by . julian robinson . the father of an ohio soldier who was kidnapped in iraq ten years ago and later killed has urged an iraqi judge to fully prosecute the man accused of taking his son 's life . keith maupin , 63 , of cincinnati , took part in a video teleconference from the pentagon in the case of a man in iraqi custody , whom u.s. officials say confessed to the killing of sgt. matt maupin . the 20-year-old soldier was kidnapped when insurgents with rocket-propelled grenades and small arms ambushed his fuel convoy near baghdad in 2004 . closure : the pentagon says an iraqi has confessed to killing matt maupin , who was captured in 2004 . answers : keith maupin , who refused to shave while his son was still missing , wants to know why matt was killed . at the time , video of the young maupin was released showing him sitting on the floor surrounded by masked gunmen . the soldier 's family held hope he was still alive , but his remains were later found in a shallow grave near baghdad in 2008 . on tuesday , the initial hearing in the case was closed to reporters .<doc-sep>the pact will replace a u.n. mandate for the u.s. presence in iraq that expires at the end of this year . the agreement , reached after months of negotiations , sets june 30 , 2009 , as the deadline for u.s. combat troops to withdraw from all iraqi cities and towns . the date for all u.s. troops to leave iraq is december 31 , 2011 . bush called the passage of the pact `` a way forward to help the iraqi people realize the blessings of a free society . '' bush said the work `` has n't been easy , but it has been necessary for american security , iraqi hope and world peace . '' bush landed at baghdad international airport on sunday and traveled by helicopter to meet with president jalal talabani and his two vice presidents at talabani 's palace outside the green zone . it marked the first time he has been outside the heavily fortified green zone in baghdad without being on a military base . the visit was bush 's fourth since the u.s.-led invasion of iraq in march 2003 . afterward , talabani praised his u.s. counterpart as a `` great friend for the iraqi people '' and the man `` who helped us to liberate our country and to reach this day , which we have democracy , human rights , and prosperity gradually in our country . '' talabani said he and bush , who is slated to leave office next month , had spoken `` very frankly and friendly '' and expressed the hope that the two would remain friends even `` back in texas . '' for his part , bush said he had come to admire talabani and his vice presidents `` for their courage and for their determination to succeed . ''

<t> boy , 12 , lost leg to car bombing in iraq ; cousin was killed by blast . </t> <t> he is now heading to the united states to get a prosthetic leg . </t> <t> boy : `` i want to ... meet this person that gave me my future back '' </t> <t> charity director says helping the boy makes her `` cry with joy '' </t>

young iraqi amputee heads to u.s. for new hope<T>

phuket , thailand -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- relatives of the 89 people killed in sunday 's plane crash in phuket continued to arrive in the thai resort town on tuesday to try to identify their loved ones ' remains . a buddhist monk blesses the wreckage of one-two-go airline 's md-82 jet at phuket airport on tuesday . most of those killed were foreign nationals , and about 36 of the bodies still have yet to be identified , according to thailand 's state-run thai news agency -lrb- tna -rrb- . all of the unidentified victims were foreign nationals , it reported . the u.s. embassy in bangkok said that five americans were among those killed when the one-two-go jet crashed in bad weather as it landed at phuket 's airport on sunday . u.s. officials had previously confirmed that four americans died in the crash , and one survived .<doc-sep>eight british nationals are believed to have died , according to foreign secretary david miliband . he said three were still in hospital , with one in a critical condition . thailand 's public health minister mongkol na songkhla said that of the 41 survivors who remain hospitalized , 38 were in stable condition and three in critical condition , according to tna . flight 269 was carrying 123 passengers and seven crew members when it left bangkok for phuket on sunday afternoon . nationalities of the survivors include british , american , swedish , iranian , austrian , australian , thai , german , irish , italian , israeli and dutch , authorities said . watch a survivor recall the fiery horror '' one man who arrived in phuket on tuesday from paris described a frustrating process of trying to communicate with thai officials in his effort to locate the remains of his brother . for some families , dna testing may be the only way to positively identify their relatives .<doc-sep>meanwhile , buddhist , christian and muslim leaders gathered outside phuket 's airport on tuesday to remember those killed . the investigation into what caused the crash continues , but the strong winds and rain are a suspected factor . u.s. officials are aiding in the investigation because the aircraft -- a boeing md-82 -- was manufactured in the united states . one air traffic controller at phuket airport said pilots were warned of possible wind shear , which is dramatic changes in wind speed and direction . airport officials said that the wind at the time of the crash was 17 kilometers an hour -lrb- 11 miles an hour -rrb- with stronger gusts , but no planes were delayed or diverted because of the weather conditions . the decision to land was the pilot 's alone , according to phuket 's airport manager .<doc-sep>`` air traffic control would give weather information to pilot and warning information but the final decision is dependent on the pilot , '' pornchai eua-aree said . one-two-go officials would not speculate on what may have happened , saying they will wait for the findings of the investigation . but they did say their aircraft were regularly checked and maintained , and denied some media reports that questioned whether the discount airline employed more inexperienced pilots for lower salaries . one-two-go is one of about 40 low-cost airlines operating in asia , and the industry will be watching closely for the results of the investigation into the crash . e-mail to a friend . cnn 's andrew stevens contributed to this report .<doc-sep>phuket is popular holiday resort for foreign tourists and the tiger bar is described by one online travel guide as `` one of the most popular places to have a drink in all of phuket . '' `` every single night the entire bar area of tiger is packed with bar girls and tourists and it is like this throughout the night , '' according to a review on phuket-fever . com . forensic experts were expected to arrive at the hospital friday afternoon to identify the dead .<doc-sep>israel 's ambassador to thailand , yael rubinstein , said at least two of the 10 israeli citizens who were on board the flight are alive and were only lightly injured . the other eight israelis are missing at this time , the ambassador said . the death toll climbed to 88 monday as diplomats and investigators converged on the scene of sunday 's deadly crash . `` at this time , the death toll is at 88 , and salvaging of the plane is still going on and we expect that this will finish today , '' said thai prime minister surayud chulanont . `` now , the deputy director of the airports of thailand and the minister of transport are trying to find more dead bodies that may still be within the plane 's debris . '' at least four americans were killed in the crash , a spokeswoman for the u.s. embassy in bangkok said . piriya khempon with thai ministry of foreign affairs said there are 40 known survivors , with two people unaccounted for . `` we are trying our best to cope with the situation , '' he said , adding officials from the german , british , french , israeli and australia embassies had arrived on a ministry flight overnight . australian foreign minister alexander downer said canberra was ready to help . `` we are offering the thai government the assistance of an australian federal police disaster victim identification team , '' howard said . `` we have five police victim identification experts ready to go to thailand straight away . '' flights from phuket international airport were canceled following the crash and remained closed on monday . phuket international airport is the second-busiest airport in thailand , according to the airport 's web site . the airport is about 20 miles -lrb- 32 km -rrb- from downtown phuket . one-two-go 's web site says the four-year-old company had 13 aircraft and operated 168 flights per week in thailand . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>phuket , thailand -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- experts investigating the thai plane crash have recovered the plane 's flight data recorders , officials said monday as survivors of the disaster recalled how their holiday jet careered off the runway and was engulfed in fire . rescue workers examine the scene of the one-two-go airlines plane crash monday in phuket . sunday 's crash left 88 people dead and investigators trying to determine just what caused the smash at the airport at phuket in southern thailand . thailand 's deputy transportation minister sansern wongchaum said that results from the recorders would take around a week to come back . `` then we will analyze and then we will ... see what the real reason is of the situation here , '' he said . american crash investigators are likely to aid enquiries . the aircraft that crashed was a u.s.-made mcdonnell douglas md-82 , and the national transportation safety board will assist the thai government in the investigation , according to a statement on the ntsb 's web site . only 40 of the 130 passengers onboard the flight survived as the plane skidded off the rain-soaked , wind-swept runway and smashed into a hillside in flames . as fire spread through the wreckage of the one-two-go jet , those who were able scrambled for the exits . watch a survivor recall the fiery horror '' erik nihlen , a swedish tourist who helped open an emergency exit door , told his mother that he and other passengers had feared the aircraft might crash as strong winds buffeted the plane during its second attempt at landing on sunday . `` when they were up in the air , they thought something was not right , '' maria nihlen said . `` before the second -lrb- landing attempt -rrb- , they knew that they were going to crash and they formed into position for an emergency landing and , well , then it happened . '' she said her son -- who suffered minor bruises -- was stuck in his seat belt as passengers climbed over him to get to the exit door , which was still closed . `` people were falling over him ... and then the shelf fell over him from above , '' she said . `` but he and his friend managed to actually push hard away the people to be able to open the emergency exit door . '' john gerard o'donnell , an irishman who spoke to the reporters from his hospital bed , said he escaped by climbing out an exit door onto the plane 's wing .<doc-sep>by . tara brady . published : . 17:25 est , 13 january 2014 . | . updated : . 17:31 est , 13 january 2014 . a british radio dj has been killed in a motorcycle accident in thailand . paul norris , originally from stirling , in scotland , was riding home when his motorbike collided with a taxi , the phuket gazette reported . the 45-year-old , a presenter on phuket island radio , had lived in the country for more than a decade . killed : paul norris was riding home when his motorbike collided with a taxi . the crash happened at an intersection in the chalong district at about 2am yesterday . a statement on phuket island radio 's facebook page said : ` it is with great sadness that we have to announce that paul norris -lrb- dj doris -rrb- was tragically the victim of a fatal road traffic accident in the early hours of sunday morning . ` phuket island radio extend our deepest sympathy and condolences to his family , loved ones and friends . ' thai police are investigating the circumstances of the crash . was a presenter on phuket island radio and lived in the country for more than a decade . mr norris was a partner and founding . shareholder in the radio station and was a producer of the afternoon . show which was popular with ex-pats , according to the phuket wan tourism . news webpage . a . spokeswoman for the foreign and commonwealth office said : ` we are aware . of the death of a british national , paul norris , on january 12 in . thailand . ` we are providing consular assistance to his family at this difficult time . '

<t> relatives of the 89 people killed in thai air crash are still arriving in phuket . </t> <t> about 36 of the bodies have yet to be identified , according to thai authorities . </t> <t> u.s. embassy in bangkok confirms that five americans were among the dead . </t> <t> the investigation into what caused sunday 's crash is still continuing . </t>

relatives to identify phuket crash dead<T>

london , england -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- prince harry led tributes to diana , princess of wales on the 10th anniversary of her death , describing her as `` the best mother in the world '' in a speech at a memorial service . here is his speech in full : . william and i can separate life into two parts . there were those years when we were blessed with the physical presence beside us of both our mother and father . princes harry and william greet guests at a thanksgiving service in memory of their mother . and then there are the 10 years since our mother 's death . when she was alive , we completely took for granted her unrivaled love of life , laughter , fun and folly . she was our guardian , friend and protector . she never once allowed her unfaltering love for us to go unspoken or undemonstrated . she will always be remembered for her amazing public work . but behind the media glare , to us , just two loving children , she was quite simply the best mother in the world . we would say that , would n't we . but we miss her . she kissed us last thing at night . her beaming smile greeted us from school . she laughed hysterically and uncontrollably when sharing something silly she might have said or done that day . she encouraged us when we were nervous or unsure . she -- like our father -- was determined to provide us with a stable and secure childhood . to lose a parent so suddenly at such a young age , as others have experienced , is indescribably shocking and sad . it was an event which changed our lives forever , as it must have done for everyone who lost someone that night . but what is far more important to us now , and into the future , is that we remember our mother as she would have wished to be remembered as she was : fun-loving , generous , down-to-earth , entirely genuine . we both think of her every day . we speak about her and laugh together at all the memories . put simply , she made us , and so many other people , happy . may this be the way that she is remembered . prince william 's reading from st paul 's letter to the ephesians : . i bow my knees before the father , from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name . i pray that , according to the riches of his glory , he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his spirit , and that christ may dwell in your hearts through faith , as you are being rooted and grounded in love . i pray that you may have the power to comprehend , with all the saints , what is the breadth and length and height and depth , and to know the love of christ that surpasses knowledge , so that you may be filled with all the fullness of god . now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine , to him be glory in the church and in christ jesus to all generations , for ever and ever . amen . thanks be to god . the bishop of london 's speech : . `` who 's cheating ? '' the scene is an old people 's home . two residents are playing beggar my neighbor . enter the princess . the question from the royal visitor is unexpected but everyone laughs . afterwards they comment on her large eyes and what life she brought into the room . one tiny incident , characteristic of countless other occasions in the princess 's public life in which she found the right word or the right gesture to bring cheer and comfort . everyone here will have their own memories . i remember meeting princess diana for the very first time early in 1981 to discuss details of the wedding service in st paul 's . even archbishop 's chaplains have their share of proper diffidence and i was nervous entering the presence . it must have been a bewildering time for the princess as well , but even then , at the age of 20 , her capacity for empathy and her very strong intuitive power ensured that any tension soon evaporated .<doc-sep>prince harry has spoken movingly and justly , as few others have the right to do , about the princess as a mother . i want to dwell for a moment on her public work , its cost and its meaning . after her marriage , the princess joined her natural gifts of beauty , empathy and powerful intuition with that extraordinary charge which association with the royal family generates . led by our queen and other members of the royal family , our constitution has developed in response to the challenges of the past century . there is a properly political sphere in which the monarch may counsel but does n't intrude , but there is another sphere , vital to any sense of national unity and creativity , a sphere in which communities must be celebrated , common values articulated and the transcendent source of those values honored . we tend to be suspicious of public figures who wrap themselves in divinity and claim that their will is god 's will , but if no-one can articulate in an un-ignorable way in the public realm the creative energy of the love that we see in christ , the human face of god , then we shall find ourselves inhabiting a maimed and diminished society . and at a time when people are suspicious of rhetoric , the monarchy communicates by symbol and by simple speech , and the princess brought her own gifts to this work . she was still only 26 in 1987 when she shook the hand of a patient at the opening of the middlesex hospital 's aids ward . it was the first in the uk and it is very hard now to credit the degree of fear and prejudice which surrounded aids in the '80s . those familiar with the field have no doubt that the princess played a significant part in overcoming a harmful and even a cruel taboo in a gesture which was not choreographed but sprung from a deep identification with those who were vulnerable and on the margin . and she had a similar impact in the usa . an editorial in the new york times in 1989 admitted ruefully that it had taken a foreign , and even a royal , dignitary to draw attention to a major public health concern in the us . her work in the very last year of her life for the victims of landmines also caught the popular imagination internationally and certainly accelerated the adoption of the ottawa convention , banning the use of a weapon which disproportionately kills and maims women and children . she proved the eloquence of embrace and of touch which , of course , have been used by royal healers throughout the centuries . and as she said , in her words , `` the biggest disease today is not leprosy or tb but the feeling of being unwanted '' . she sought out places of suffering , because they are so very often places of truth where the masks have been removed , and she was not afraid to be with the dying and to comfort them in an unsentimental way . bill deedes accompanied her on some of her visits . his response to the cynics was typically robust . he said : `` she was one who sought above all to help vulnerable people in society and who did it so well . she was good at this because she herself was vulnerable . she knew the feeling . she did n't set out to be a saint . '' the role brought great power but , like any member of the royal family , she also experienced the weight of expectation and the intensity of the scrutiny . honoring but managing the role and not allowing it to take over one 's personal humanity is a desperately difficult task . as we have heard from prince harry , his mother diana did all that she could to prepare her sons for the work which lies ahead . she confessed to receiving a very great deal from some of those whose lives she touched . she said of john , a young greek suffering from cystic fibrosis : `` he showed no sign of anger , no trace of bitterness but touched us all with an aura of optimism and hope for the future such that i have never before encountered . '' the love of christ described in the lesson read by prince william contains the essence of the spiritual life . princess diana recognized this quality of life in many of those , like john , whose lives she touched . it was a mystery which resonated deeply with her and for which she reached out . and the mystery is this - the more you go beyond yourself , the more you will become your true self ; the more you lose yourself in loving and serving others , the more you will find yourself ; the more you keep company with those who suffer , the more you will be healed . this is the knowledge which passes all understanding . this is certain and has been proved experimentally in the life of all the saints . it 's easy to lose the real person in the image , to insist that all is darkness or all is light . still , 10 years after her tragic death , there are regular reports of `` fury '' at this or that incident , and the princess 's memory is used for scoring points . let it end here . let this service mark the point at which we let her rest in peace and dwell on her memory with thanksgiving and compassion . let us also , echoing the words of prince harry , look to the future and pray , in the words of st paul , for all those who serve our country as members of the royal family and most especially for the sons who were so precious to her : . `` i pray that you being rooted and established in love may have power with all the saints to grasp what is the breadth and length and depth and height of the love of christ and to know this love which surpasses knowledge that you might be filled with the fullness of god . '' amen . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>hundreds of family and friends of robin williams today gathered for a memorial service to pay tribute to the late comedian , it has been reported . comedienne whoopi goldberg , actor billy crystal and actress bonnie hunt were among dozens of stars to attend the two-hour ceremony at san francisco 's curran theatre . they were joined by williams 's third wife susan schneider , 50 , and children zak , 31 , zelda , 25 , and 22-year-old cody , according to reports . it comes six weeks after the 63-year-old good will hunting star , who was battling the early stages of parkinson 's disease , took his own life at his home near paradise cay in california . scroll down for videos . beloved comedian : hundreds of family and friends of robin williams today gathered for a memorial service to pay tribute to the late comedian , it has been reported . above , williams , 63 , took his own life on august 11 . friends : comedienne whoopi goldberg -lrb- right -rrb- and actor billy crystal -lrb- left -rrb- were among dozens of celebrities to attend the ceremony at san francisco 's curran theatre . they also gave emotional speeches at the service . couple : guests were joined by williams 's wife , 50-year-old susan schneider . above , schneider and williams . today , his relatives and friends listened to a series of emotional speeches , before attending a reception at the nearby westin st francis hotel , a source told the new york daily news . crystal , a longtime friend of williams who paid tribute to the mrs doubtfire actor during the emmy awards last month , was reportedly ` in tears ' as he opened the memorial . goldberg , hunt and williams 's three children later gave speeches , before guests heard a musical tribute from stevie wonder with the glide memorial choir , it is said . the venue itself was decorated with posters of williams , while attendees were given ribbon wristbands reading , ` love the stillness of life ' , according to us weekly .<doc-sep>mary 's daughter diana hargis said that after her father thomas died , mary did n't speak of him much , except to ask diana whether she was going to ` find ' a man for her . diana recalls : ` two weeks ago , i said , `` mom , if you 're really good , maybe santa will bring you one for christmas . '' and he did . he took her home to my dad . ' the family said the song ` santa baby ' was playing when mary died . the twins ' funeral service will be held tomorrow , and memorial donations can be made to alzheimer 's disease research .<doc-sep>hundreds of well-wishers gathered tonight to pay tribute to murdered british hostage alan henning and to remember him as ' a local , national and world hero ' . his widow , barbara , and their children children adam , 15 , and lucy , 17 , together with other family members , attended the ceremony at the british muslim heritage centre in whalley range , manchester . the tribute , entitled ` his life and legacy remembered ' , included speeches from friends of the popular 47-year-old taxi driver and also faith and political leaders . barbara henning , wife of alan henning , with their children adam , 15 , and lucy , 17 , at the british muslim heritage centre in manchester before the start of memorial service for the murdered british hostage . grief : alan henning 's wife -lrb- right -rrb- is hugged as she arrives at an interdenominational memorial service in memory ofher husband , who was murdered by isis fanatics in syria . the tribute entitled ` his life and legacy remembered ' included speeches from friends of the popular 47-year-old taxi driver and also faith and political leaders . opening the service , dr usman choudhry said : ` in short we are here to remember a hero . a local hero , a national hero and we will also say a world hero . ' a hero who left the comfort of his own home for no other reason than to help the destitute and needy refugees of syria . ' a hero who put the needs of others before his own and that hero is alan henning . '<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- they were there for michael jackson . crowds rushed into the memorial service before it started and walked slowly out when it ended . they were celebrities . motown founder berry gordy came . so did singer and songwriter smokey robinson . diana ross sent her wishes , as did nelson mandela . they were fans -- two girls from canada who were given their tickets by a complete stranger . a pair of men who wanted to fulfill a mexican tradition by distributing memorial ribbons . a woman who wore a dress laden with jackson buttons . they cheered as his golden casket was wheeled out to a brightly lit spot below center stage . they cried as lionel richie sang `` jesus is love . '' and when gordy called him `` the greatest entertainer who ever lived , '' they rose for a standing ovation . photos : stars honor michael jackson '' the people came to say goodbye to michael jackson . at los angeles ' staples center on tuesday , fans gathered by the thousands for the memorial service . some had received one of the 17,000 `` golden tickets , '' the free passes given away after an online lottery for which 1.6 million people registered . go inside the memorial service ''

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washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- allegations that blackwater usa -- whose operations were suspended after 20 iraqi civilians were shot to death last weekend -- was `` in any way associated or complicit in unlawful arms activities are baseless , '' the company asserted saturday . blackwater employees patrol baghdad by air in a february 2005 photograph . federal prosecutors are investigating allegations that employees of blackwater illegally purchased weapons and sold them in iraq , according to u.s. government sources . a u.s. government official has said the u.s. attorney 's office in raleigh , north carolina , is in the early stages of an investigation that focuses on individual company employees , and not the firm .<doc-sep>blackwater , which is based in moyock , north carolina , is a security firm hired by the state department to guard u.s. staff in iraq . `` the company has no knowledge of any employee improperly exporting weapons , '' the blackwater statement said . `` when it was uncovered internally that two employees were stealing from the company , blackwater immediately fired them and invited the atf to conduct a thorough investigation . '' watch a report on blackwater 's response to the allegations '' the first public hint that an investigation was under way came earlier this week in a statement from state department inspector general howard krongard after he was accused of blocking fraud investigations in afghanistan and iraq . krongard said the state department has been cooperating with the prosecutors in the blackwater probe .<doc-sep>`` in particular , i made one of my best investigators available to help assistant u.s. attorneys in north carolina in their investigation into alleged smuggling of weapons into iraq by a contractor , '' krongard 's statement said . blackwater resumed normal security operations in iraq on friday , the state department said , after a brief hiatus following the lethal incident last sunday . the iraqi government was outraged by the shootings and disputes the u.s. and blackwater 's claim that the guards were responding to an attack . e-mail to a friend . cnn 's elise labott and kelli arena contributed to this report .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- an unprecedented global crime wave threatens the most important natural places on earth and we are failing in our efforts to stop it . look past the drug wars , the counterfeiting industry and human trafficking and you 'll find one of the next biggest criminal enterprises in the world : the trade in illicit wildlife . trafficking in wildlife and its body parts is exploding in popularity among global crime syndicates . unlike other illicit trades , killing and selling parts from rhinos , tigers and elephants holds advantages for criminals : the product is poorly protected at its source , its trade is poorly regulated and wildlife crime is poorly investigated and lightly punished . for a hardcore criminal , illicit wildlife trafficking is a low-risk , high-reward bonanza . news : rhino poaching hits record numbers in south africa . an analysis released tuesday and commissioned by the world wildlife fund -- based on interviews with governments , military and civil society leaders -- underscores that illicit wildlife trafficking is not just an environmental problem , but a transnational crime issue . it compromises the security of countries and destroys natural wealth . interpol and other law enforcement groups agree that the involvement of organized crime syndicates and rebel militias in wildlife crime to fund their activities and purchase weapons has increased . it also highlights that black market wildlife trade hinders sustainable , social and economic development . the violent nature of poaching reduces the effectiveness of governments , erodes the rule of law and affects the growth of local communities .<doc-sep>by . associated press . the us government is hiding evidence of ak-47 shell casings that could suggest blackwater security forces were fired on before returning fire in nisoor square in baghdad , killing 14 , lawyers for the security contractors are claiming . four blackwater guards are on trial for the massacre on september 16 , 2007 , that raised questions about the private security firm 's involvement in the iraq war .<doc-sep>illicit goods such as ivory . last month , more than two tons of ivory hidden in a cargo container at the port was seized in hong kong . last december , some 24 tons of ivory sent from togo was seized in malaysia . mr drori said he suspects n'bouke had clients in the united states . under the current law , n'bouke faces a maximum of one year in prison for his involvement in the ivory trade , mr drori said . but . he added that he would push authorities to prosecute n'bouke for other . crimes such as money laundering that could lead to a longer sentence .<doc-sep>blackwater became the target of widespread iraqi outrage after its contractors were involved in the september 2007 shooting in baghdad 's nisoor square that left 17 civilians dead . that outrage was renewed in december when a u.s. judge dismissed manslaughter charges against five guards involved in the shootings on constitutional grounds . in the fraud suit , brad davis , an ex-marine who worked as a security guard for blackwater , said he `` personally observed '' three instances where personnel `` intentionally used excessive and unjustified deadly force '' and the suit said blackwater refused to fire such `` unqualified people . '' blackwater would continue to retain `` wholly incompetent '' personnel so they could pay their tuition bills to the company 's private training facility , the suit said . in louisiana , where blackwater was contracted to supply security services after katrina , employees there `` submitted a variety of bogus receipts , '' the suit said . `` for example , blackwater employees , when filling up blackwater vehicles at commercial gas stations , would simply pick up the receipts that were left behind by other customers . they would then submit these receipts and be paid in cash by blackwater . '' at the same time , the suit said , blackwater failed to provide the services set down under its contract with louisiana and the federal emergency management agency . it said blackwater did n't monitor the `` deadly weapons '' it provided employees and `` lost track of countless weapons . '' the suit said blackwater overbilled for travel expenses and `` created phone invoices to obscure the fact that blackwater had failed to keep any of the necessary contemporaneous documentation on travel . '' the suit said melan davis attempted `` to blow the whistle on the fraud and abuse occurring in new orleans '' and was told in 2006 she `` needed to back off . '' the suit said she was fired in 2008 when `` she was on leave battling cancer . '' blackwater had about 1,000 contractors working in iraq at the height of its involvement , guarding diplomatic convoys and supply vehicles after the u.s. invasion in 2003 . at least 10 of its employees were killed , including four whose burned and mutilated bodies were dragged through the streets of falluja after an ambush in 2004 .

<t> two employees bought , sold weapons on their own , company says . </t> <t> company fired workers , turned them in to atf , says source . </t> <t> feds investigating claims blackwater employees made illegal arms deals . </t> <t> blackwater in spotlight after shootings last weekend that killed 20 iraqis . </t>

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-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- filmmaker michael moore , whose new documentary `` sicko '' takes on america 's health care system , faced off tuesday with cnn chief medical correspondent and practicing neurosurgeon dr. sanjay gupta . michael moore and cnn 's sanjay gupta argued tuesday about gupta 's report on moore 's film `` sicko '' moore criticized a report gupta did on cnn monday on `` sicko . '' `` he said the facts were fudged , '' moore said , referring to gupta , on cnn 's `` larry king live . '' `` that 's a lie . none of the facts are fudged . '' moore and gupta shouted and argued over data gupta used and data moore used . moore said his staffers backed up the film 's facts to gupta before the report aired and that gupta aired it knowing his facts were wrong . gupta disputed that . watch moore , gupta make their points '' `` we try and look for some of the best sources we can possibly find , '' he said . `` michael has a lot of different numbers . ... you 're sort of cherry-picking data from different reports . '' both agreed , however , on the basic premise of `` sicko '' : problems abound in america 's health-care system and need to be fixed . `` i thought it was a good movie , and i wanted to say that , '' gupta said . `` i think it strikes at the irrefutable fact -- it 's broken . we get it . ''<doc-sep>he praised moore for raising awareness of the issue . however , gupta said he was concerned that the movie -- which notes that other developed nations such as france and canada have universal health care -- suggests that health care in those countries is free . while patients may not pay for services at the doctor 's office , they do pay high taxes to fund such a system , something gupta said he was concerned that `` sicko '' audiences might not realize . moore responded by saying americans pay more in copays , deductibles and insurance premiums . `` we -lsb- america -rsb- have a system built on profit , '' the moviemaker said . he asked gupta if the current system , which requires him to receive approval from an insurance company before performing some procedures , is cumbersome to him . `` it 's a shameful system , especially when i 'm dealing with some of my patients , '' gupta said . but he questioned moore 's apparent solution -- putting health care in the hands of the bush administration , which moore fiercely criticized in the past , particularly in his film `` fahrenheit 9/11 . '' `` the government actually used to do things right , '' moore said in response . `` the problem is who we put in power . '' moore has adamantly opposed the war in iraq and said the government should reprioritize -- a position he took many years before skepticism of the war 's success abounded in washington . `` i am sorry we 've taken so much time trying to correct -lsb- gupta 's -rsb- facts here tonight instead of talking about the real issue '' -- the ailing health care system , moore said . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- michael moore 's `` sicko , '' which opened nationwide friday , is filled with horror stories of people who are deprived of medical service because they ca n't afford it or have n't been able to navigate the murky waters of managed care in the united states . a couple featured in michael moore 's `` sicko '' leave a london hospital with their newborn . it compares american health care with the universal coverage systems in canada , france , the united kingdom and cuba . moore covers a lot of ground . our team investigated some of the claims put forth in his film . we found that his numbers were mostly right , but his arguments could use a little more context . as we dug deep to uncover the numbers , we found surprisingly few inaccuracies in the film . in fact , most pundits or health-care experts we spoke to spent more time on errors of omission rather than disputing the actual claims in the film . whether it 's dollars spent , group coverage or medicaid income cutoffs , health care goes hand in hand with numbers . moore opens his film by giving these statistics , `` fifty million uninsured americans ... 18,000 people die because they are uninsured . '' watch michael moore talk about `` sicko '' with cnn 's larry king . '' for the most part , that 's true . the latest numbers from the centers for disease control and prevention say 43.6 million , or about 15 percent of americans , were uninsured in 2006 . for the past five years , the overall count has fluctuated between 41 million and 44 million people . according to the institute of medicine , 18,000 people do die each year mainly because they are less likely to receive screening and preventive care for chronic diseases . moore says that the u.s. spends more of its gross domestic product on health care than any other country . again , that 's true . the united states spends more than 15 percent of its gdp on health care -- no other nation even comes close to that number . france spends about 11 percent , and canadians spend 10 percent . like moore , we also found that more money does not equal better care . both the french and canadian systems rank in the top 10 of the world 's best health-care systems , according to the world health organization . the united states comes in at no. 37 . the rankings are based on general health of the population , access , patient satisfaction and how the care 's paid for . so , if americans are paying so much and they 're not getting as good or as much care , where is all the money going ? `` overhead for most private health insurance plans range between 10 percent to 30 percent , '' says deloitte health-care analyst paul keckley . overhead includes profit and administrative costs . `` compare that to medicare , which only has an overhead rate of 1 percent . medicare is an extremely efficient health-care delivery system , '' says mark meaney , a health-care ethicist for the national institute for patient rights . moore spends about half his film detailing the wonders and the benefits of the government-funded universal health-care systems in canada , france , cuba and the united kingdom . he shows calm , content people in waiting rooms and people getting care in hospitals hassle free . people laugh and smile as he asks about billing departments and cost of stay . not surprisingly , it 's not that simple . in most other countries , there are quotas and planned waiting times . everyone does have access to basic levels of care . that care plan is formulated by teams of government physicians and officials who determine what 's to be included in the universal basic coverage and how a specific condition is treated . if you want treatment outside of that standard plan , then you have to pay for it yourself . `` in most developed health systems in the world , 15 percent to 20 percent of the population buys medical services outside of the system of care run by the government . they do it through supplemental insurance , or they buy services out of pocket , '' keckley says . the people who pay more tend to be in the upper income or have special , more complicated conditions . moore focuses on the private insurance companies and makes no mention of the u.s. government-funded health-care systems such as medicare , medicaid , the state children 's health insurance program and the veterans affairs health-care systems . about 50 percent of all health-care dollars spent in the united states flows through these government systems . `` sicko '' also ignores a handful of good things about the american system . believe it or not , the united states does rank highest in the patient satisfaction category . americans do have shorter wait times than everyone but germans when it comes to nonemergency elective surgery such as hip replacements , cataract removal or knee repair . that 's no surprise given the number of u.s. specialists . in u.s. medical schools , students training to become primary-care physicians have dwindled to 10 percent . the overwhelming majority choose far more profitable specialties in the medical field . in other countries , more than one out of three aspiring doctors chooses primary care in part because there 's less of an income gap with specialists . in those nations , becoming a specialist means making 30 percent more than a primary-care physician . in the united states , the gap is around 300 percent , according to keckley . as americans continue to spend $ 2 trillion a year on health care , everyone agrees on one point : things need to change , and it will take more than a movie to figure out how to get there . e-mail to a friend . a. chris gajilan is a senior producer with cnn medical news . intern emily breidbart contributed to this report .<doc-sep>the lavish wealth of underdog-defending filmmaker michael moore has been laid bare in his divorce battle with now-ex-wife kathy glynn , and their breakup is the talk of their small michigan community . the couple called it quits after 22 years , with the divorce finalized on tuesday at antrim county circuit court in bellaire . according to celebritynetworth , moore and glynn are worth $ 50 million , much of his success coming from documentaries protesting capitalism . divorce : the lavish wealth of underdog-defending filmmaker michael moore , pictured left , has been laid bare in his divorce battle with now-ex-wife kathy glynn , right , and their breakup is the talk of their small michigan community . the pair own nine properties , with moore splitting his time between detroit and new york . the detroit news reports that moore blamed glynn in legal proceedings for an expensive extension on their 10,000-square-foot mansion on torch lake in michigan , which is valued at $ 2 million . they also own a manhattan condo that once was three apartments . the 60-year-old made it big with his documentaries ` bowling for columbine , ' ` roger & me , ' ` fahrenheit 9/11 , ' and ` capitalism : a love story . ' gary tracy , owner of bellaire bait and tackle told the detroit news : ` he criticizes capitalism , but capitalism made him rich . why he decided to live in this conservative area , i have no idea . ' huge : the detroit news reports that moore blamed glynn in legal proceedings for an expensive extension on their 10,000-square-foot mansion , pictured , on torch lake in michigan , which is valued at $ 2 million . another neighbor said : ` he is not a common man . no way . ' and he seems to be aware of how he 's perceived . in legal proceedings , he listed six media reports from 2011 , which poked fun at the defender-of-the-poor 's lavish life with headlines like ` mansion begs the question : is michael moore a hypocrite ? ' and ` michael moore 's $ 2m hypocrite house : film director lives like the 1 % he condemns . ' the couple met working at a biweekly newspaper moore founded in the mid-70s and married in 1991 after nine years of dating . moore . said that glynn , who co-produced his earlier documentaries , stopped . living in their manhattan condo in 2004 , though no reasons were given . for that . it 's over : after the divorce was finalized , moore posted this to facebook . moore told the court the couple split in 2010 but glynn said the relationship only ended last year , when moore filed for divorce . in legal documents , moore appeared to take issue with how the couple 's cash was being spent , stating that he took over the management of their funds after glynn 's spending led to ` serious financial losses . ' he also questioned whether glynn had ever hired a private investigator . but after all was said and done , moore took to facebook to celebrate the divorce being finalized . after the divorce was finalized he wrote , ` kathleen and michael have mutually and amicably reached a divorce settlement , ' linking to a youtube clip of bruce springsteen 's rosalita -lrb- come out tonight -rrb- from 1984 .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- rock group r.e.m. debuted a song from its upcoming album wednesday on cnn 's `` anderson cooper 360 ° '' program . r.e.m. singer michael stipe says the band was honored to be involved with the `` planet in peril '' project . the song `` until the day is done '' also will appear later this month in `` planet in peril , '' a four-hour cnn documentary that looks at environmental crises around the world . `` with ` planet in peril , ' anderson cooper and his team have done an amazing job capturing global eco-devastation , '' said r.e.m singer michael stipe in a news release . `` the images in the film are beautiful , while at the same time heartbreaking and frightening . we are honored to have our song included in this monumental project . '' this is n't the first time r.e.m. has worked with cooper . the band premiered its video `` bad day '' on the show in 2002 . `` planet in peril '' executive producer charlie moore said the group 's longstanding commitment to environmental causes made them a natural choice for the project . watch a trailer for `` planet in peril '' and hear `` until the day is done '' '' moore said they contacted r.e.m. earlier this year to see if the group would be willing to write a song to go with the documentary , and the band happened to be in the studio working on their upcoming album . `` we were able to hear some of the stuff they were doing and this particular song fits perfectly for the project , '' moore said . he said the group , their management and their record label were eager to be involved . `` it 's sort of serendipitous that we were able to work something out with them , '' moore said . `` all the stars were lined up for this to happen , they were in the studio , they were working on a song that fit with the feeling that the pictures portray and they really match up very well . and we like their music , we like their work and are just thrilled that they wanted to be a part of it . '' `` planet in peril '' features cnn anchor anderson cooper , chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta and `` animal planet '' host and wildlife biologist jeff corwin . the two-part documentary was filmed in 13 countries and focuses on the issues of climate change , deforestation , species loss and overpopulation . cnn will air `` planet in peril '' on october 23 and 24 at 9 p.m. et . it also will be broadcast on cnn international . in a message on the r.e.m. 's web site , the group said it had finished recording songs for the new album , which is scheduled to be released next year . the band also is releasing a live cd/dvd on tuesday with 22-tracks recorded at a 2005 concert in dublin , ireland . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>`` i woke up and my doctor gave me the news , and i fell back down in grief and i started to cry , '' jackson said . `` that 's why the inner pain , the pain in my stomach and in my chest , so i said ' i can not handle this . it 's too much . ' '' promoter grilled about ` smoking gun ' e-mail . jackson 's statement that a doctor was at his bedside when he woke up the day of a scheduled `` history '' show in belgium is not the only evidence he did have a physician on the tour . dr. neil ratner , an anesthesiologist from new york , has acknowledged that he traveled with jackson during part of the tour . he was at munich , germany , in july 1997 when a stage collapsed and jackson suffered a back injury . it was two months before diana 's death . dr. ratner declined to talk about his treatment of jackson when cnn 's dr. sanjay gupta confronted him outside his woodstock , new york , home in july 2009 , although he did confirm that jackson had trouble sleeping . `` it 's really something i do n't want to talk about right now , '' he told dr. gupta . a source who was close to michael jackson told gupta in 2009 that when jackson had trouble sleeping that dr. ratner helped `` take him down '' and `` bring him back up . '' ratner , who was convicted of insurance fraud and stripped of his license to practice medicine for three years in 2002 , is on the witness list for the trial and has been questioned in a deposition by each side . debbie rowe -- jackson 's former wife and the mother of his two oldest children -- will testify that she assisted in administering propofol to jackson in the 1990s when she was a nurse , aeg live 's putnam said on the opening day of the trial .

<t> moore criticized a report gupta did on cnn monday on `` sicko '' </t> <t> gupta 's report questions some of the movie 's numbers and solutions . </t> <t> gupta : `` i thought it was a good movie , and i wanted to say that '' </t>

michael moore , dr. gupta square off over ` sicko '<T>

london , england -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- french foreign minister bernard kouchner 's declaration that france had to prepare for the possibility of war against iran over its nuclear program was not conventional diplomatic behavior . but then kouchner was never expected to be a soft-soaper on the diplomatic scene . french foreign minister bernard kouchner has a reputation for challenging convention and authority . a surprise appointment from the socialist ranks to nicolas sarkozy 's conservative government , the founder of medicins sans frontiers has always challenged convention and authority . the former un secretary general boutros boutros-ghali once called kouchner ` an unguided missile ' and the man himself has been known to declare : `` to change the law you sometimes have to break the law '' . he was in his youth one of the leaders of the students revolt in france in may 1968 . kouchner is a humanitarian as well as a patriot , with a strong commitment to human rights . unusually for a man of the left , he supported the us-led intervention in iraq -lrb- while criticizing the aftermath -rrb- . but he did so on the grounds of saddam hussein 's denial of human rights , not his possible possession of weapons of mass destruction . his and president sarkozy 's concern for human rights lies behind their eagerness to join gordon brown 's britain in a new push for action in darfur . bernard kouchner did not come to his position with any of former president chirac 's instinctive distrust of the united states . washington , which has been critical of some european states for their weakness in confronting teheran , will have been delighted by his ` get serious ' warning to teheran . but the plain-speaking kouchner is unlikely to be deterred by fears of upsetting the white house when he has criticisms to make of us policy . how much should be made of his words on iran remains unclear at this stage . they were scarcely on the same scale as president chirac 's threat when he was still in office to retaliate with nuclear strikes against any state found to be responsible for a large-scale terrorist attack on france . but they are all of a piece with france 's new high-profile style under the presidency of nicolas sarkozy . mr kouchner , for example , became the first french foreign minister to visit iraq since 1988 , insisting that there could only be a political solution to the country 's problems , not a military one , and offering france 's services as a mediator and ` honest broker ' between sunnis , shiites and kurds . on iran he is , in a way , merely echoing the words of his president who declared in a speech last month that a nuclear-armed iran would be ` unacceptable ' and describing the stand-off over its nuclear program as ` undoubtedly the most serious crisis before us today ' . certainly mr kouchner is making clear that france no longer takes the view once expressed by president chirac that a nuclear-armed iran might be inevitable . in continuing to ratchet up the rhetoric over that threat and to underline the west 's resolution on iran 's nuclear enrichment program mr kouchner is supplementing his president 's warnings . neither is saying that military intervention against iran is imminent or inevitable . neither has yet confirmed that france would be part of any such military action . but both are stressing the risks which are piling up as a result of teheran 's brinkmanship . perhaps the strongest lesson though from mr kouchner 's intervention is his underlining that the new administration in france is not a knee-jerk anti-american one -- and that france is in the business of reclaiming a role at the top diplomatic tables . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>france has asked the european union to come up with new approaches to get iran to stop the pending execution . foreign minister bernard kouchner raised the issue last week with eu foreign policy chief catherine ashton , asking that measures be studied to stop iran from violating human rights . `` we need to encourage the union in initiatives to remind iranian authorities that , as well on the nuclear file , their attitude of isolation has a price , which they can liberate as soon as they choose a more responsible behavior and more in line with their international commitments on the subject of human rights , '' kouchner said in a letter to ashton published in the french press .<doc-sep>tehran , iran -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a woman sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery has not been executed , iran 's official news agency reported wednesday , rejecting `` western media '' reports that sakineh mohammadi ashtiani had been executed . `` she is currently enjoying full health and is at the tabriz prison , '' the islamic republic news agency quoted the head of the judiciary in the province as saying . `` her case is being processed by the relevant judicial authorities of the province and is going through the due process , '' hojatoleslam malek azhdar sharif said . her sentence of death by stoning drew worldwide outrage earlier this year . authorities in iran were reported to have given the go-ahead this week to execute ashtiani as soon as wednesday , although the method of killing her was not clear . french foreign minister bernard kouchner said wednesday that he had spoken to his iranian counterpart to urge iran not to execute her . foreign minister manouchehr mottaki assured him `` that a verdict in the case concerning sakineh ashtiani had not been reached by the iranian legal authorities and that the information on her alleged execution did not correspond to reality , '' kouchner said .<doc-sep>paris , france -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- three french hostages kidnapped in nigeria have been released , the french government said wednesday . french foreign minister bernard kouchner announced their release `` with great joy and deep relief , '' saying the nigerian authorities had told him the news . the three french nationals were taken hostage in nigeria september 22 while on a boat belonging to the oil services company bourbon . they all appear to be in good health `` despite difficult conditions while in captivity , '' bourbon said wednesday . they are undergoing medical and psychological tests under the company 's care in nigeria before returning to france , the company said .<doc-sep>on saturday , aid groups delivered food and water to a refugee camp north of goma , traveling through a narrow `` humanitarian corridor '' the rebels established following a cease-fire with government forces that the rebels announced wednesday . british prime minister gordon brown said the international community can not allow congo to become `` another rwanda , '' where 800,000 died during a 1994 genocide . western diplomats shuttled between goma -- the scene of some of the worst fighting -- and kigali , in neighboring rwanda , to meet with leaders in order to get a peace process back on track . watch the diplomatic efforts '' `` the immediate needs are obvious , '' said british foreign secretary david miliband and french foreign minister bernard kouchner in a joint statement sunday . `` we saw them yesterday . the cease-fire last wednesday needs to be bolstered , '' miliband and kouchner said . `` the humanitarian needs for food , shelter , water and health care must be met through universal provision and secure routes for delivery . '' the cease-fire seemed to be holding sunday , but both sides appeared to be massing troops near the cease-fire line . government soldiers flew in from the capital kinshasa and deployed in the jungle , and rebels were out in force on their side of the line .

<t> french fm kouchner has told france to prepare for possibility of war with iran . </t> <t> was a surprise appointment to nicolas sarkozy 's conservative government . </t> <t> also the first french foreign minister to visit iraq since 1988 . </t> <t> founder of medicins sans frontiers , also french student leader in may 1968 . </t>

bernard kouchner : rebel and patriot<T>

london , england -- chelsea are waiting on the fitness of john terry ahead of wednesday 's champions league match with valencia , but frank lampard has been ruled out . john terry tries out his protective mask during training for chelsea on tuesday . center-back terry suffered a broken cheekbone during saturday 's 0-0 draw with fulham , and chelsea manager avram grant will see how he fares during training on tuesday before making a decision on his availability . terry trained at valencia 's mestalla stadium with a face mask on after surgery on sunday . `` john terry wants to play which is very good . now we need to wait for training and then we will speak with the medical department and decide , '' said grant . grant has confirmed that lampard will definitely sit the game out though as the midfielder continues to recover from his thigh injury . midfielder michael essien , who scored a last-minute winner for chelsea to knock valencia out of last season 's champions league , has also been battling a leg injury but he took part in training on tuesday and is expected to play . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>despite constant rumours of a move away from the etihad , toure remains a crucial part of city 's midfield , often driving his team forward and scoring important goals - he already has nine for the season . but with toure 's ivory coast through to the afcon quarter-finals , there 's little chance that the former barcelona man will be back in action for city before mid-february should the elephants continue to progress to the final . pellegrini will be hoping toure and new signing wilfried bony return to england sooner rather than later with his side currently five points adrift of league leaders chelsea . chelsea are sweating on the fitness of star midfielder cesc fabregas ahead of the clash . chelsea will also be without diego costa , who is facing a three-match ban for violent conduct .<doc-sep>big blow ? chelsea are sweating over the fitness of diego costa who 's suffered a minor muscular injury . on the ball : costa -lrb- right -rrb- suffered a minor muscular injury during training on wednesday . fired home : costa -lrb- left -rrb- scored his second goal in two games for chelsea against leicester on saturday . star performer : costa -lrb- right -rrb- has impressed during his two performances for chelsea . the # 32million summer signing from atletico madrid has been in sparkling early season form for the blues ' , netting in both their premier league victories against burnley and leicester . costa 's injury could mean fernando torres ' move away from stamford bridge is halted with jose mourinho only other options upfront being didier drogba . torres is ready to accept a loan move from chelsea to ac milan - with an agreement over the player 's wages needing to be agreed between the two clubs .<doc-sep>by . luke augustus for mailonline . follow @@ luke_augustus29 . chelsea are sweating on the fitness of diego costa after the striker suffered a minor muscular injury during training on wednesday . the spain striker , who has scored to goals in two games already this season , will be monitored by the club over the coming days ahead of the weekend 's match against everton . costa took full part in double training at the club 's cobham base on wednesday and the injury was only discovered after the session had ended . video scroll down to watch the best of costa and worst of torres .<doc-sep>john terry has interrupted his summer holiday for extra fitness training this week . terry , who has signed a new one-year contract at stamford bridge , posted a video clip on the social media app ` fanzai ' . he can be seen sprinting down the touchline wearing his chelsea training gear at the club 's surrey training base . scroll down for video . staying on : john terry signed a new one-year deal to remain at chelsea . making his point : terry is determined to return for the new season in peak condition . for many , the 33-year-old centre-half . should be with england at the world cup in brazil but he retired from . international football in 2012 . he was in splendid form last season and manager jose mourinho claimed his consistency was helped by the fact he was able to rest and recuperate during the international breaks , rather than jet around playing for england . terry is determined to keep his standards up and keep himself in top shape during the summer .

<t> chelsea are still waiting on the fitness of england captain john terry . </t> <t> terry trained in a face mask ahead of the champions league tie in valencia . </t> <t> the central defender underwent surgery on a broken cheekbone on sunday . </t>

chelsea sweating on terry fitness<T>

washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- some democrats appear to be wavering on a highly contentious house resolution labeling turkey 's treatment of armenians in world war i as genocide . a kc-135 tanker lands at incirlik air base in southern turkey in 2003 . turkey , a longtime u.s. ally and nato partner , was incensed by the resolution calling the killing of armenians by ottoman turks genocide and threatened to block access to incirlik air base after the resolution passed a house committee vote . the base , in southern turkey near syria , is a major resupply center for u.s. operations in iraq and elsewhere in the mideast and asia . the pentagon is preparing to set up new supply routes for troops in iraq if turkey cuts off u.s. access to the strategically important incirlik , military officials said tuesday . ankara acknowledges the killings of armenians during world war i but vehemently objects to the `` genocide '' label .<doc-sep>the house foreign affairs committee last week adopted the nonbinding resolution . house speaker nancy pelosi said she would bring the measure to a vote of the full house sometime next month . but the bush administration urged congress to drop the issue , and some leading democrats urged pelosi not to bring it to the floor . majority leader steny hoyer signaled tuesday that the vote might be put off . `` i said i thought we would bring this up prior to us leaving here , '' said hoyer of maryland . `` i have not changed on that , although i would be less than candid to say that there are a number of people who are revisiting their own positions . we will have to determine where everybody is . '' democratic rep. ike skelton , the chairman of the house armed services committee , announced his opposition to the resolution last week . and democratic reps. alcee hastings of florida and john tanner of tennessee , both members of the u.s. house delegation to nato , urged pelosi to reconsider in a letter released tuesday . `` more than half of the cargo flown into iraq and afghanistan comes through incirlik air base , and this base would be a key component of any plans for redeployment of our troops in the future , '' they wrote .<doc-sep>lt. gen. carter ham , the director of operations for the joint chiefs of staff , said pentagon planners are looking at `` a broad range of options '' to keep food , fuel and ammunition flowing to u.s. troops in iraq if turkey blocks incirlik . `` we 're confident that we 'll find ways to do that , '' ham told reporters at the pentagon . `` there 's likely to be some increased cost and some other implications for that , and obviously we 'd prefer to maintain the access that we have . '' defense secretary robert gates echoed lawmakers ' concerns last week . `` about 70 percent of all air cargo going into iraq goes through turkey . ... about a third of the fuel that they consume goes through turkey or comes from turkey , '' gates said . he also said that 95 percent of the mine-resistant ambush-protective vehicles , or mraps , being deployed in iraq are flown through turkey . the vehicles are built to withstand roadside bombs . see incirlik 's key location '' the u.s. military issued a `` warning order '' a few days ago to ensure that alternative air crews , planes , fuel and routes are lined up if turkey stops or restricts u.s. access to incirlik , a source said .<doc-sep>jordan and kuwait are among the alternatives the united states is considering . some fear pursuit of the resolution would also embolden the turks to attack kurdish rebels in northern iraq which could further complicate iraqi stability , u.s. officials said . incirlik offers 10,000 - and 9,000-foot runways and 57 hardened aircraft shelters , according globalsecurity.org , a source of background information about military issues . globalsecurity said incirlik has become a hub for cargo shipments to iraq , taking over for rhein-main air base in germany because it is closer to iraq , reducing the strain on troops and aircraft . e-mail to a friend . cnn 's barbara starr and deirdre walsh contributed to this report .<doc-sep>the house foreign affairs committee last week adopted the nonbinding resolution . house speaker nancy pelosi said she would bring the measure to a vote of the full house sometime next month . but the bush administration urged congress to drop the issue , and some leading democrats urged pelosi not to bring it to the floor . majority leader steny hoyer signaled tuesday that the vote might be put off . `` i said i thought we would bring this up prior to us leaving here , '' said hoyer of maryland . `` i have not changed on that , although i would be less than candid to say that there are a number of people who are revisiting their own positions . we will have to determine where everybody is . '' democratic rep. ike skelton , the chairman of the house armed services committee , announced his opposition to the resolution last week . and democratic reps. alcee hastings of florida and john tanner of tennessee , both members of the u.s. house delegation to nato , urged pelosi to reconsider in a letter released tuesday . `` more than half of the cargo flown into iraq and afghanistan comes through incirlik air base , and this base would be a key component of any plans for redeployment of our troops in the future , '' they wrote .<doc-sep>but house democratic leaders said earlier if the foreign affairs committee passed the resolution , they intended to bring it to the house floor . the resolution 's sponsor , rep. adam schiff , d-california , said the measure already had 226 co-sponsors , more than enough votes to pass `` and the most support an armenian genocide resolution has ever received . '' the resolution calls on the president `` to ensure that the foreign policy of the united states reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to human rights , ethnic cleansing and genocide documented in the united states record relating to the armenian genocide , and for other purposes . '' a similar resolution passed the committee by a 40-7 vote two years ago , but it never reached the full house floor . house republican leader john boehner , noting the critical military and strategic alliance with turkey , said bringing the resolution to the floor would be `` totally irresponsible . '' `` let the historians decide what happened 90 years ago , '' boehner said in a written statement . house speaker nancy pelosi and majority leader steny hoyer met with turkish officials in pelosi 's office wednesday morning . hoyer said he and pelosi informed the officials that they support the resolution . hoyer said he told officials that while he considers turkey a strong ally , `` this was about another government at another time . '' `` i believe that our government 's position is clear -- that genocide was perpetrated against the armenian people approximately 90 years ago and during the course of the first world war . and i believe that remembering that , noting that , is important so that we not paper over or allow the ahmadinejads of the next decade or decades to deny a fact , '' hoyer said . the term genocide is defined in dictionary.com as `` the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national , racial , political , or cultural group . '' but the description is hotly disputed in turkey , the predominantly muslim , but modern and secular , pro-western ally of the united states . turks argue that all peoples -- armenians and turks -- suffered during the warfare . but armenians maintain there was an organized genocide by the ottoman turkish authorities , and have been campaigning across the world for official recognition of the genocide . the resolution arrives at a particularly sensitive juncture in u.s.-turkish relations . the united states has urged turkey not to send its troops over the border into northern iraq to fight kurdish separatist rebels , who have launched some cross-border attacks against turkish targets . observers of u.s.-turkish relations have argued the house resolution could make turkey less inclined to use restraint in dealing with its longstanding problems with the kurdistan workers party . `` the united states has a compelling historical and moral reason to recognize the armenian genocide , which cost a million and a half people their lives , '' schiff said . `` but we also have a powerful contemporary reason as well . how can we take effective action against the genocide in darfur if we lack the will to condemn genocide whenever and wherever it occurs ? '' e-mail to a friend . cnn 's deirdre walsh , elise labott and joe sterling contributed to this report .<doc-sep>in march , turkey temporarily withdrew its ambassador to washington in protest , after the house foreign affairs committee narrowly voted in favor of a nonbinding resolution recognizing the armenian genocide . the resolution was subsequently blocked from reaching a vote on the floor of the house of representatives . american officials worry that turkish anger over the genocide resolution could impact us use of the incirlik airbase in southern . turkey , which is a vital logistical hub for troops moving to and from afghanistan . the turkish government has expressed concern in recent days , over reports that outgoing house speaker nancy pelosi may try to bring an armenian genocide resolution to vote in the final days of the current lame-duck congress .<doc-sep>washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- with tensions rising between the united states and turkey over a resolution that labels the world war i-era massacre of armenians by turkish forces `` genocide , '' many are asking why the house is debating the resolution now . rep. tom lantos says passage of the genocide resolution would help restore america 's moral authority . the house foreign affairs committee voted 27-21 wednesday to approve the nonbinding resolution , which declares that the deportation of nearly 2 million armenians from the ottoman empire between 1915 and 1923 -- resulting in the deaths of 1.5 million -- was `` systematic '' and `` deliberate , '' amounting to `` genocide . '' the democratic leadership has not scheduled a final vote . administration officials have lobbied against the resolution , saying good u.s-turkish relations are vital to u.s. forces in iraq . the pentagon says 70 percent of the military 's cargo heading into iraq either flies into or over turkey .

<t> new : majority leader says a number of dems are `` revisiting their own positions '' </t> <t> turkey is upset about world war i `` genocide '' resolution in congress . </t> <t> house resolution calls killing of armenians `` genocide '' </t> <t> incirlik air base is key point for u.s. military supply of iraq mission . </t>

hoyer : dems ` revisiting positions ' on ` genocide ' resolution<T>

washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a wide-open presidential race and a willingness by candidates , interest groups , unions and corporations to buy tv time will lead to historic spending for political and issue-advocacy advertising in the 2008 election cycle , an analysis shows . former massachusetts gov. mitt romney has spent the most on tv advertising so far among presidential contenders . the cost to try to influence the 2008 election could exceed $ 3 billion , according to tns media intelligence/campaign media analysis group , cnn 's consultant on political television advertising . this is nearly twice as much than what was spent in 2004 when political and issue-advocacy television advertising rang in at $ 1.7 billion . in 2006 , $ 2.3 billion was spent on political and issue-advocacy tv commercials . just about every candidate running for an office from dogcatcher to president is spending the money , said evan tracey , cmag 's chief operating officer . the costs to produce a tv commercial are no longer prohibitive for local and state candidates , who are turning more and more to the airwaves to reach voters . see how spending breaks down for this year '' and interest groups have spent $ 6.2 million on tv ads so far this year for state and local ballot measures . on the national level , the cost of issue-advocacy television ad spending was $ 270 million in the first nine months of this year . subjects ranged from the iraq war to telecommunications reform . television ads on health care alone total $ 60 million . cmag estimates more than $ 3 million of the $ 270 million spent to air issue-advocacy ads this year has gone for commercials in states and districts that are likely to have competitive house and senate races in 2008 . tracey said he thinks this is just the beginning of interest groups `` pivoting from legislative advocacy mode to political mode . '' `` what we expect to see between now and the end of the primaries , and through the general election , is groups will take a more aggressive stance on their advertising and actually target candidates , '' he said .<doc-sep>with 17 democratic and republican candidates running for president , cmag predicts that more than $ 800 million will be spent on tv ads in the battle for the white house . up to now , the political commercials have been largely focused on the early states of iowa , new hampshire and south carolina . voters in some of the 20-plus states holding nominating contests on february 5 will start seeing ads in the coming months . former massachusetts gov. mitt romney leads all candidates in tv spending , having aired his commercials more than 11,000 times this year at a cost of nearly $ 8.6 million . this is a record for the number of airings at this point in a presidential election cycle . watch how romney is way ahead in ad spending '' in contrast , one of romney 's chief rivals for the gop nomination , former new york mayor rudy giuliani , has spent nothing on television ads , but giuliani leads in the national polls and is within striking distance of the lead in several state surveys . giuliani enjoys widespread national name recognition , while romney does not . in the race for the democratic nomination , illinois sen. barack obama has spent more than $ 2.3 million on television commercials , while new york sen. hillary clinton has spent $ 1 million less and leads in both national and early state polls . new mexico gov. bill richardson has probably benefited the most in the democratic contest from the $ 2 million he has invested in his television commercials . richardson 's humorous tv ads effectively stated his experience as a lawmaker , diplomat and executive , and positioned him as a solid second-tier candidate . romney used his $ 8.6 million in television ads to introduce himself as a social and fiscal conservative to republican voters . these voters might otherwise not know much about him other than that he was the governor of the traditionally liberal massachusetts . romney is leading polls in the early voting states of iowa and new hampshire . further evidence of how romney 's television commercials have helped is in south carolina .<doc-sep>an american research group poll of south carolina republicans in august showed romney registering at 9 percent with these influential primary voters . a month later , and with $ 350,000 worth of commercials aired in the two weeks leading up to the next poll , romney was up 17 percentage points . romney 's latest ad began airing friday in iowa , and in it he vows to stop iran from acquiring nuclear weapons , to boost the military by 100,000 people , to strengthen u.s. intelligence capabilities and to monitor calls into the u.s. from al qaeda . all of these issues should play well with conservatives who participate in the iowa caucuses . while only a handful of democratic candidates and romney have used the airwaves until now , tracey said he expects this to change . `` before the end of october , i suspect all the frontrunner candidates will be on the air , '' tracey said . `` as we get closer to primary day , the frontrunners will be joined by all the candidates in the race who are taking their last , best shot . '' in the fight for congress , cmag predicts that as much as $ 639 million could be spent on television advertising . democrats control the house and senate . tracey noted that cmag 's 2008 election cycle forecast does not take into account unforeseen events such as former florida rep. mark foley 's house page scandal or the september 11 terrorist attacks . `` politics is completely beholden to events , '' he said . `` events will ultimately determine how much is spent , where and when . '' what television advertising challenges do candidates and interest groups face in the coming months ? `` chances are , just as what happened in 2006 , voters will be numb after watching hundred and hundreds of ads , '' said stuart rothenberg , editor of the non-partisan rothenberg political report . `` the sheer number of ads probably dilutes their importance . after a while , the ads just become lots of chatter and an ad will have to be really good to cut through the noise . '' e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>now , to really give you an even bigger mind-boggling figure : $ 182 million was spent on television ads for federal , local and state races combined in the past week . this was a 17 percent increase from the prior week . and if that does n't surprise you , check this out : tracey predicts that by year 's end -- the final spending figure for all political and issue tv advertising in the 2010 midterm elections will exceed $ 3 billion . just in time for the start of the 2012 presidential race . remember , the first commercial of the 2008 presidential contest was aired in december 2006 by then-rep . duncan hunter , r-california .<doc-sep>`` all anyone has to do is open a copy of the village voice to get a good sense of how classified advertising and prostitution go hand in hand , particularly in the prostituting of asian women , '' said police commissioner ray kelly , referring to a manhattan newspaper . somad enterprises allegedly put forth print and television advertisements to `` knowingly and systematically promote prostitution . '' from january 2010 to october 2012 , it is accused of shelling out more than $ 3 million in advertising to promote the illicit business , while closely managing everything from the bookers to the drivers . somad could not be immediately reach for comment . new york madam pleads guilt to running prostitution ring .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the flood damage to iowa crops could reach $ 3 billion , according to the state 's agriculture secretary . three pigs stand stranded on the roof of a building friday in oakville , iowa . `` right now , we have about 10 percent of our corn that has either been flooded out or not planted and about 20 percent of our -lsb- soy -rsb- beans , '' bill northey said friday on `` iowa press , '' a public television show . `` we 're seeing some beans go back in the ground , and if we were to lose that , if we were n't able to replant , that would be $ 2.5 billion , $ 3 billion -- a significant amount of damage , '' he said .<doc-sep>the chamber 's television campaign is a multimillion-dollar effort , but reed declined to say how much specifically the chamber is spending on the youtube component . one expert familiar with online advertising says the average cost of a pre-roll ad is roughly 10 to 15 cents per view . over the course of two weeks , potentially thousands of users could view each of the ads in the seven districts . saliterman stressed that the data collected on the ads does not contain any personally identifiable information , but google can pull together some aggregate data on age and gender and interest categories based on who watches the ads on youtube . reed calls the data it will get from the youtube after the two-week run `` survey research . '' `` we 're able to go in and look at how long people are on the ads , if they like the ads and stay until the end of the ad , if they stay on more for a positive ad or a contrast ad , '' reed said , adding , `` this is another tool to help us decide if our ads are penetrating and working and getting to the voters . '' it 's no surprise that youtube is the place to start this type of targeted political outreach . more than 2 billion videos are streamed each day on its website and approximately 100 million unique users in the united states click on the site every month , according to youtube 's own statistics . earlier this year , the democratic congressional campaign committee paid to run an ad on you tube hitting the house republican 's budget proposal and featuring actor martin sheen . it targeted users who typed any search for `` medicare . '' but the chamber 's move to focus resources to reach voters in specific congressional districts could prove to be a more effective use of money . television ads are pricey and candidates are often forced to buy time in markets that broadcast outside their particular district 's borders . with people increasingly turning to mobile devices to get news or view entertainment programming on their own schedules , fewer people are watching television programs when they actually air .

<t> amount almost double what was spent in 2004 election cycle . </t> <t> lower tv production costs help more candidates advertise . </t> <t> mitt romney leads presidential candidates in tv spending . </t> <t> advertisers face challenge of cutting through clutter of ads , analyst says . </t>

political television advertising to reach $ 3 billion<T>

new delhi , india -lrb- reuters -rrb- -- india has elected its first female president , official results show , in what supporters are calling a boost for the rights of millions of downtrodden women , despite a bitter campaign marked by scandal . pratibha patil , 72 , is india 's first elected female president . pratibha patil , the ruling coalition 's 72-year-old nominee for the mainly ceremonial post , easily beat opposition-backed challenger and vice president , bhairon singh shekhawat , in a vote by the national parliament and state politicians . `` this a victory of the people , '' patil told reporters after official results were announced saturday . `` i am grateful to the people of india and the men and women of india and this is a victory for the principles which our indian people uphold . '' patil won about two thirds of the electoral college votes . there had never been any doubt she would win , given support from the ruling coalition .<doc-sep>the governor of the northwestern desert state of rajasthan , she emerged on the national stage when the congress-led coalition and its communist allies failed to agree on a joint candidate . `` this is a very special moment for us women , and men of course , in our country because for the first time we have a woman being elected president of india , '' congress party leader sonia gandhi , india 's most powerful politician , said . supporters hoped patil 's candidacy would help bring issues that plague women in india , like dowry-related violence , into the public spotlight . a woman is murdered , raped or abused every three minutes on average in india . her presidency also reflects the growing power of some women in india , where an increasing number are taking part in the workforce and in schools and hold senior positions in corporations . after the results , patil supporters took to the streets , singing and dancing as others lit fire crackers and beat large brass drums .<doc-sep>india has had a number of female icons in the past -- most famously sonia gandhi 's mother-in-law , indira , who was one of the world 's first female prime ministers in 1966 . but hope patil 's presidency would spark only positive talk about women 's influence in india evaporated when it emerged the bank for women she helped established was closed in 2003 because of bad debts and amid accusations of financial irregularities . the employees ' union has taken patil and others to court , claiming loans meant for poor women were instead given to her brother and other relatives and not returned . she was also accused of trying to shield her brother in a murder inquiry . prime minister manmohan singh , who has dismissed accusations against her as `` mud-slinging '' , said on saturday her victory was `` a vote against the politics of divisiveness '' . `` all the allegations against me are motivated and have already been answered , '' patil said in a statement last week .<doc-sep>her campaign was marked by other mishaps as well . she managed to offend many minority muslims , and anger some historians , by saying indian women first veiled their heads as protection against 16th century muslim invaders . then she dismayed modern india by claiming she had experienced a `` divine premonition '' that she was destined for higher office from a long dead spiritual guru . critics also dug up a comment she was said to have made as maharashtra 's health minister in 1975 , saying people with hereditary diseases should be sterilized . e-mail to a friend . copyright 2007 reuters . all rights reserved.this material may not be published , broadcast , rewritten , or redistributed .<doc-sep>boehrnsen will fill in for koehler until an electoral college , the federal convention , elects a successor . the convention must convene within 30 days -- by june 30 in this case . the president in germany is not elected by the people , but by the federal convention . the secret ballot vote is held without prior debate and requires an absolute majority to elect a president . if none of the candidates wins an absolute majority after two rounds of voting , the person with a simple majority in the third round is selected president . the federal convention is germany 's largest parliamentary body . all of the members of the lower house of parliament , the bundestag , can vote . a corresponding number of representatives from the federal states also are entitled to vote . the convention , which had 1,224 members at the time , last met in may 2009 to re-elect koehler . koehler , a former managing director of the international monetary fund , was first elected president in 2004 .<doc-sep>bush , 43rd u.s. president : last night , the government of north korea proclaimed to the world that it had conducted a nuclear test . such a claim itself constitutes a threat to international peace and security . bush , 43rd u.s. president : our nation grieves with those who have lost loved ones at virginia tech . we hold the victims in our hearts . we lift them up in our prayers , and we ask a loving god to comfort those who are suffering today . sen. john mccain , -lrb- r -rrb- arizona : i have a privilege given few americans ... sen. barack obama , illinois : i accept your nomination ... mccain : for president of the united states . obama : for the presidency of the united states . unknown : america elects its first african-american president . obama : change has come to america . obama : i , barack hussein obama , do solemly swear ... obama : know that america is a friend of each nation and every man , woman and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity , and that we are ready to lead once more . -lrb- end video -rrb- . before we go . azuz : before we go , some of our viewers wanted to get in on this celebration . take it away , y' all ! -lrb- begin video -rrb- . broad creek middle school students : happy 20th anniversary , cnn student news ! broad creek middle school students : from us at broad creek middle school in newport , north carolina to you in atlanta , georgia at cnn student news headquarters , happy 20th birthday ! -lrb- end video -rrb- . goodbye . azuz : awesome ! they and all of you out there are the reason we do this show . so , from all of us at cnn student news , thanks for an incredible 20 years . we 'll keep it going on monday . see you then .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a day after parting ways with president francois hollande , france 's former first lady discreetly left paris for india on sunday to support a nonprofit organization , cnn affiliate bfmtv reported . valerie trierweiler boarded an air france flight to mumbai with an entourage that included her friend actress charlotte valandrey , bfmtv reported from the french capital 's charles de gaulle airport . valandrey told bfmtv that trierweiler `` was very happy to leave for that mission to save children in india . ... she is a strong woman with a heart ... someone who can be counted on and who is engaged in a humanitarian cause . '' while in india , her schedule will include attending a charity gala dinner , action against hunger said on its website . it will be her first public appearance since a media storm over hollande 's alleged affair with an actress erupted this month . french president says it 's over . goodbye message . hollande declared his relationship with trierweiler over on saturday .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- kathryn hire : with one woman and five men aboard , the space shuttle endeavour launched early monday morning and is heading to the international space station . endeavour 's two-week visit is the first of nasa 's five final shuttle missions before the space agency retires its aging space shuttle fleet later this year . it 's also the last major construction project on the 11-year-old space station . nasa says the crew members are cmdr. george zamka , pilot terry virts , and mission specialists nicholas patrick , robert behnken , stephen robinson and kathryn hire . hire 's official nasa biography details that she was born in mobile , alabama , served in the u.s. navy for 7 years , and in 1993 , became the first female in the u. s. military to be assigned to a combat aircrew . she was selected by nasa for astronaut training in december 1994 , and has logged over 381 hours in space . space.com : endeavour soars in predawn launch . nasa : astronaut biography . cnn : endeavour lifts off on two-week mission . mitch landrieu : the last time new orleans , louisiana , had a white mayor was between 1970 and 1978 , when maurice `` moon '' landrieu led the desegregation of the city and appointed many african-americans to top positions in city hall . on saturday , voters elected his son , lt. gov. mitch landrieu , to the office his father once held . wwl-tv reports that landrieu , who had run for the mayor 's office twice before , captured votes across all racial lines this time in the majority-black city . landrieu , a democrat , said , `` we decided that we were going to stick the pole in the ground and strike a blow for unity , strike a blow for a city that decided to be unified rather than divided , a city that understands that where there is equal opportunity , there is equal responsibility . '' in 1996 , the mayor-elect 's sister became the first woman from louisiana to win election to a full term in the u.s. senate . sen. mary landrieu , discussing her brother 's win , said , `` he ran an exceptional race and people could see the sincerity . '' according to mitch landrieu 's official biography , he attended catholic university in washington , where he majored in political science and theatre -- obviously a useful combination . he takes office on may 6 . wwl-tv : landrieu wins in landslide . louisiana.gov : about lt. gov. mitch landrieu . laura chinchilla : costa rica elected its first female president on sunday , as the ruling national liberation party claimed a historic victory . chinchilla replaces her protégé , president oscar arias , a nobel laureate . the new york times reports that chinchilla is center-left when it comes to welfare policy , but is socially conservative and opposes abortion and same-sex marriage . the 50-year-old mother of a teenaged boy , she received a master 's degree in public policy from georgetown university . `` i want to thank the pioneering women who years ago opened the doors of politics in costa rica , '' chinchilla said to flag-waving supporters in the capital , san jose . `` my government will be open to all costa ricans of good faith . '' new york times : ex-vice president claims victory in costa rica . cnn : costa rica elects first woman president .

<t> india elects first female president , official results show saturday . </t> <t> pratibha patil 's supporters are calling victory a boost for women 's rights . </t> <t> bitter election campaign was marked by scandal . </t> <t> 72-year-old patil was the ruling coalition 's nominee for mainly ceremonial post . </t>

india elects first woman president<T>

-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- explorer dennis schmitt found an island nearly two years ago near greenland . fishermen pass by greenland 's ilulissat fjord in this september 2004 picture . such a discovery would usually elicit curiosity , even wonder perhaps , but it evoked mixed feelings for the explorer . the island was once thought to be a peninsula attached to greenland by an ice shelf or a glacier . but such a large amount of ice melted , it revealed the distinct island . `` i very quickly realized two things , '' he told cnn 's anderson cooper during a visit to the island earlier this year . `` one -lsb- was -rsb- that this was going to be significant because it was going to be an example of climate change . '' `` the other thing was that it meant it was really happening . it was n't a joke . it was n't just statistics . it was really happening . '' he calls his discovery warming island . many climatologists and scientists say arctic ice melt and other changes in the earth 's climate are the result of an increase in the world 's temperature , a trend widely called global warming . many global warming experts say the phenomenon , if unchecked , is capable of altering the world 's climate and geography . in the worst-case scenario , experts say oceans could rise to overwhelming and catastrophic levels , flooding cities and altering seashores .<doc-sep>other scientists and observers , a minority compared to those who believe the warming trend is something ominous , say it is simply the latest shift in the cyclical patterns of a planet 's life . most of the scientific community believes that some warming is occurring across the globe and through some layers of the atmosphere . but why it is occurring and what that means for the future is scientifically and politically contentious . the earth 's temperature averages about 60 degrees fahrenheit -lrb- about 16 degrees celsius -rrb- . the average surface temperature has warmed one degree fahrenheit -lrb- 0.6 degrees celsius -rrb- during the last century , according to the national research council . the temperatures were relatively unchanged from 1880 to 1910 , according to the u.s. environmental protection agency . they rose till about 1945 , cooled until about 1975 and have risen steadily to present day . there are several possible reasons for the warming , scientists say . a change in the earth 's orbit or the intensity of the sun 's radiation could change , triggering warming or cooling . the reason most cited -- by scientists and scientific organizations -- for the current warming trend is an increase in the concentrations of greenhouse gases , which are in the atmosphere naturally and help keep the planet 's temperature at a comfortable level . the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere , for instance , has increased by 35 percent since the dawn of the industrial age , according to the united nations ' intergovernmental panel on climate change , commonly referred to as the ipcc .<doc-sep>the presence of methane is now 151 percent above pre-industrial levels , but the rate of increase has slowed in recent decades , according to the epa . meanwhile , nitrous oxide increased by about 18 percent during the past 200 years . many scientists and experts who have studied global warming believe the increase is primarily the result of human activities , like the burning of fossil fuels , emissions from vehicles and the clearing of forests . `` for the last 30 years , there 's no way there 's anything natural that can explain it , '' stephen schneider , a professor of environmental studies at stanford university in california , said . `` a vast bulk of the knowledgeable and honest community ... will say the science is settled and humans are at least a majority of the reason behind the warming , '' he added . many scientific organizations share schneider 's view , ranging from the national academies of the countries that comprise the g8 to the national research council , the american meteorological society and the american geophysical union . but there are those who do not share his view , and among the skeptics is richard lindzen , a professor of atmospheric sciences at the massachusetts institute of technology . `` we 've suddenly taken to reading tea leaves , '' he said . `` when we saw cooling from 1940 to 1970 , we were proclaiming global cooling . since then , there 's been a few tenths of global warming , so we 're proclaiming global warming . '' he believes the current warming trend is the result of natural variability , where a planet goes through phases of warming and cooling and the human contribution to it is minimal . `` the earth is always getting colder and warmer , '' he said . `` it 's always changing . in fact , this is true of any fluid-covered planet . ''<doc-sep>asked about glacial melt , which many observers point to as evidence of global warming , lindzen said the way glaciers change and move are phenomena largely unexplained . `` we do n't know why , but it 's perfectly clear that glaciers change even though the temperature is cooling at the place that they 've occurred , '' he said . `` what we 're doing is cherry picking any event that occurs and then saying that 's occurring due to global warming . '' yet , for schneider , it is a cause for concern and alarm . `` we 're already in serious melt , nobody can explain it . the models do n't predict it , '' he said . `` we do n't know what 's going on up there . all we know is that we could be triggering something really nasty . '' the greatest point of contention is the possible implications for future political and economic policies for the world 's nations . the ipcc in february 2007 projected that if carbon dioxide levels doubled relative to pre-industrial levels , temperatures could rise between 3.6 to 8.1 degrees fahrenheit -lrb- 2 to 4.5 degrees celsius -rrb- by 2100 . the lower end of the range could cause more intense hurricanes , droughts , wildfires and flooding , schneider said . the higher end could lead to the catastrophes commonly associated with the visions of hollywood filmmakers . uncertainties , however , plague such forecasts , which are based on computer simulations and models . the models contemplate factors associated with how the atmosphere , oceans and continents interact , all natural elements that have unpredictability intrinsic to them . `` exactly how much it 's going to warm up , we do n't know , '' schneider said . `` that it 's going to warm up ? i 'd bet anything on that . '' e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>the presence of methane is now 151 percent above pre-industrial levels , but the rate of increase has slowed in recent decades , according to the epa . meanwhile , nitrous oxide increased by about 18 percent during the past 200 years . many scientists and experts who have studied global warming believe the increase is primarily the result of human activities , like the burning of fossil fuels , emissions from vehicles and the clearing of forests . `` for the last 30 years , there 's no way there 's anything natural that can explain it , '' stephen schneider , a professor of environmental studies at stanford university in california , said . `` a vast bulk of the knowledgeable and honest community ... will say the science is settled and humans are at least a majority of the reason behind the warming , '' he added . many scientific organizations share schneider 's view , ranging from the national academies of the countries that comprise the g8 to the national research council , the american meteorological society and the american geophysical union . but there are those who do not share his view , and among the skeptics is richard lindzen , a professor of atmospheric sciences at the massachusetts institute of technology . `` we 've suddenly taken to reading tea leaves , '' he said . `` when we saw cooling from 1940 to 1970 , we were proclaiming global cooling . since then , there 's been a few tenths of global warming , so we 're proclaiming global warming . '' he believes the current warming trend is the result of natural variability , where a planet goes through phases of warming and cooling and the human contribution to it is minimal . `` the earth is always getting colder and warmer , '' he said . `` it 's always changing . in fact , this is true of any fluid-covered planet . '' asked about glacial melt , which many observers point to as evidence of global warming , lindzen said the way glaciers change and move are phenomena largely unexplained . `` we do n't know why , but it 's perfectly clear that glaciers change even though the temperature is cooling at the place that they 've occurred , '' he said . `` what we 're doing is cherry picking any event that occurs and then saying that 's occurring due to global warming . '' yet , for schneider , it is a cause for concern and alarm . `` we 're already in serious melt , nobody can explain it . the models do n't predict it , '' he said . `` we do n't know what 's going on up there . all we know is that we could be triggering something really nasty . '' the greatest point of contention is the possible implications for future political and economic policies for the world 's nations . the ipcc in february 2007 projected that if carbon dioxide levels doubled relative to pre-industrial levels , temperatures could rise between 3.6 to 8.1 degrees fahrenheit -lrb- 2 to 4.5 degrees celsius -rrb- by 2100 . the lower end of the range could cause more intense hurricanes , droughts , wildfires and flooding , schneider said . the higher end could lead to the catastrophes commonly associated with the visions of hollywood filmmakers . uncertainties , however , plague such forecasts , which are based on computer simulations and models . the models contemplate factors associated with how the atmosphere , oceans and continents interact , all natural elements that have unpredictability intrinsic to them . `` exactly how much it 's going to warm up , we do n't know , '' schneider said . `` that it 's going to warm up ? i 'd bet anything on that . '' e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>the weather channel has released an official statement arguing that man-made global warming is real , just days its co-founder said it does not exist . the group claims said the planet is ` indeed warming , ' with temperatures increasing 1 to 1.5 degrees fahrenheit -lrb- 0.6 °c to 0.9 °c -rrb- in the last 100 years . the atlanta-based channel also states humans are helping make the planet warmer as a result of burning of fossil fuels and deforestation . scroll down for video . the weather channel has released an official statement arguing that global warming is real , just days its co-founder john coleman -lrb- pictured -rrb- said it does not exist . in a letter attacking the un , the 80-year-old from san diego , said that what ` little evidence ' there is for global warming points to natural cycles in temperature . ` potential outcomes range from moderate and manageable to extreme and catastrophic , ' it said in its statement . ` impacts can already be seen , especially in the arctic , with melting glaciers , thawing permafrost , and rapid retreat and thinning of sea ice , all of which are affecting human populations as well as animals and vegetation . ` there and elsewhere , rising sea level is increasing coastal vulnerability . ' ` the bottom line is that with the rate of greenhouse gas emissions increasing , a significant warming trend is expected to also continue , ' it added . john coleman -lrb- left -rrb- , is pictured here in 1981 as abc-tv 's good morning america ' meteorologist . he claims ` rfforts to prove the theory that carbon dioxide is a significant greenhouse gas and pollutant causing significant warming or weather effects have failed . there has been no warming over 18 years ' the statement contradicts the views of john coleman , co-founder of the weather channel , who last week said the belief humans are causing climate change is not backed up by science .<doc-sep>the yale project on climate change communication study found the number has risen to 23 percent , up 7 percentage points since april 2013 . the latest survey , taken in november 2013 , finds that the majority of americans -- 63 percent -- do believe in climate change , and 53 percent are ` somewhat ' or ` very ' worried about the consequences . climate change protesters on capitol hill : despite protests , more the number of americans who do not believe in global warming is rising . ` the great majority of climate scientists have concluded that global warming is happening , mostly human caused and , if left unchecked , will have serious consequences for human societies and the natural world , ' the report 's authors said . ` yet , over the years , there has been considerable confusion within the american public about the level of scientific agreement on the subject . ' the study , conducted in november , found about two in three americans -lrb- 63 % -rrb- believe global warming is happening . ` relatively few -- only 23 percent -- believe it is not , ' they said .<doc-sep>` we still find this same pattern , in which fewer than half of americans -lrb- 38 % -rrb- believe they personally will be harmed a ` moderate amount ' or a ` great deal ' by global warming . the report highlights a number of doomsday scenarios , including extreme storms , heat waves , rising sea levels and the melting of greenland . among its findings are that sea levels have risen by 19cm since 1901 and are expected to rise a further 26-82cm by the end of the century . but it concedes that world temperatures have barely risen in the past 15 years , despite growing amounts of greenhouse gases being pumped into the atmosphere . temperature rises have dropped from 0.12 °c per decade since 1951 to just 0.05 °c per decade since 1998 . this slowdown has been seized upon by climate sceptics who claim carbon dioxide is not as damaging as has been suggested . ipcc scientists , however , believe the pause is temporary and a return to ` substantial warming ' is expected in coming decades . perhaps most controversially , the report it says that humans are between 95 per cent and 100 per cent to blame for the warming of the planet since the mid 20th century and this level of certainty among scientists is a boost from the 2007 report , which said that global warming was ` very likely ' to have been caused by humans . ` human influence has been detected in warming of the atmosphere and the ocean , in changes in the global water cycle , in reductions in snow and ice , in global mean sea level rise , and in changes in some climate extremes , ' says the report . co2 concentrations have . increased by 40 per cent since pre-industrial times , primarily from fossil fuel emissions , claims the ipcc . the ocean has absorbed about 30 per cent of the emitted . anthropogenic carbon dioxide , causing ocean acidification . ` this evidence for human influence has grown since ar4 -lrb- the last ipcc report -rrb- . it is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century , ' it adds . an ` atlas ' of global and regional climate projections is included in the final version of the report , which contains a series of maps showing temperature and rainfall estimates for 35 regions of the world . in order to show the way drafts and reviews of the report were put together , the ipcc has also released all of the 54,677 comments by experts that informed the final version . scientists claim that global average sea levels will continue to rise during the 21st century under all temperature scenarios presented in the report . they say it will ` very likely ' exceed that observed during 1971-2010 due to increased ocean warming and loss of mass from glaciers and ice sheets .

<t> earth has warmed one degree in past 100 years . </t> <t> majority of scientists say greenhouse gases are causing temperatures to rise . </t> <t> some critics say planets often in periods of warming or cooling . </t>

global warming : a natural cycle or human result ?<T>

abeche , chad -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- most of the 103 children that a french charity attempted to take to france from chad for adoption are neither sudanese nor orphans , three international aid agencies reported on thursday . hundreds of women protest child trafficking and shout anti-french slogans wednesday in abeche , chad . six members of zoe 's ark were arrested last week as they tried to put the children on a plane to france , where the charity said host families were waiting to take the children in . three french journalists , a seven-member spanish flight crew and one belgian were also arrested . representatives of the journalists and flight crew said they were unaware of problems with zoe 's ark and thought they were on a humanitarian mission . chadian president idriss deby hopes the journalists and the flight crew will be freed , his chief of staff , mahamat hissene , said thursday . the president would legally be able to intervene in the case if it is transferred from a judge in the eastern city of abeche , where the children were taken , to a judge in n'djamena , the capital , hissene said . the transfer will take place monday , according to media reports . the international red cross committee , the u.n. high commissioner for refugees and unicef said most of the children were living with their families before zoe 's ark took them . the charity said the children were sudanese orphans that it was trying to rescue from a war-torn nation .<doc-sep>the agencies said most of the children also probably come from chadian villages along chad 's border with sudan . the children have been living in an orphanage in abeche while authorities and aid agencies try to determine their identities . watch a report on whether the children are orphans '' chadian authorities immediately accused the charity of kidnapping the children and concealing their identities . chad 's interior minister said zoe 's ark dressed the children in bandages and fake intravenous drips to make them look like refugees who needed medical help . the charity workers and journalists have been charged with kidnapping and extortion and could face 20 years of hard labor if convicted . the spaniards and belgian are charged with complicity . the spanish flight crew is innocent and should be released , a company executive said thursday . `` we thought we were doing a humanitarian transport , '' said antoni cajal , sales director of spain 's gir jet charter firm . `` if an ngo -lsb- nongovernmental organization -rsb- has done something wrong , it 's impossible for us to know . '' spain 's foreign ministry has publicly expressed its disagreement with the charges and has dispatched top diplomats to chad to try to win the group 's release . over the weekend , the captain appealed urgently to be rescued , fearing the crew could be harmed or killed , cajal said .<doc-sep>but the four women and three men are in good condition in custody , cajal said , based on his conversations with a spanish consular official who came from cameroon to chad and has been able to visit them . the detention is the first problem of its kind for the company , which hopes government negotiations can resolve the issue , cajal said . on its web site , zoe 's ark describes itself as a nonprofit organization based in paris that sends teams of physicians , nurses , firefighters and other specialists to care for children in war zones and place them with families in france , who then apply for asylum on their behalf . the red cross , unhcr and unicef said the 21 girls and 82 boys range in age from about 1 year to about 10 , and they are healthy . the agencies said they have been interviewing the children individually to determine their backgrounds . `` so far , the interviews carried out with the children -- some of whom could not provide any information due to their young age -- led to the preliminary conclusion that probably 85 come from chadian villages near the cities of adre and tine along the chadian-sudanese border , '' the agencies said . `` ninety-one children said they had been living with their family , consisting of at least one adult they considered to be their parent , '' the agencies said , adding that interviews with the remaining 12 children were ongoing . the agencies called their investigation painstaking and challenging because of the number of children , their youth and the situation in the region . other french charities earlier had questioned whether zoe 's ark could legally arrange adoption of children from darfur , and contacted french authorities , according to french newspapers and the associated press .<doc-sep>french authorities have reacted angrily to the zoe 's ark trip , calling the group 's actions `` illegal and irresponsible . '' the french foreign ministry has said the dispute will not affect france 's participation in a european peacekeeping force due to be deployed along the border between chad and sudan . in response to the dispute in chad , the republic of congo said late wednesday it was suspending all international adoptions , the associated press reported . reporters without borders said it will work for the release of the three journalists arrested in chad . the organization said photographers marc garmirian of the capa news agency and jean-daniel guillou of the synchro x agency were on assignment for their news organizations and were not part of the charity 's efforts . the third journalist , marie-agnes peleran of the tv station france 3 miditerranee , was traveling with the group in a personal capacity , though she carried a camera from her station , reporters without borders said . e-mail to a friend . cnn 's al goodman contributed to this report . copyright 2007 cnn . all rights reserved.this material may not be published , broadcast , rewritten , or redistributed . associated press contributed to this report .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- there 's nothing like images of infants and children in distress to make outsiders yearn to help , which is why the unfolding story of haiti 's orphans -- the most helpless of earthquake victims -- has kept people riveted . but what can be done and what should be the focus of attention and efforts remains a mystery to many americans , who are flooding the phone lines of organizations , seeking to adopt these children -- immediately . the offer to open arms , hearts and homes is no doubt well-intentioned , but several leading aid organizations recently said new adoptions should stop and not be rushed . they want to protect children wrongly identified as orphans from being moved out of the country or falling victim to child traffickers . to help people understand what is and what can be , here are the facts as they stand right now : . understanding the numbers . in 2007 , the united nations children 's fund , or unicef , estimated that there were 380,000 orphans in haiti . but -- emphasis on `` but '' -- that number is rough at best , said christopher de bono , a unicef spokesman . the oversight of children in the system has been lousy in haiti , de bono said , and parents -- burdened by hardships -- have been known to leave their children in orphanages on a temporary basis . so determining who was truly orphaned before the earthquake was next to impossible . despite the large number of orphans , as of last summer , haiti had only about 100 licensed orphanages and 67 crèches -lrb- orphanages licensed to perform adoptions -rrb- , according to the haitian adoption authority , or ibesr . orphanages generally have no more than 150 children , according to adoption officials in the united states . this means most kids described as orphans in haiti have not been housed in licensed establishments . add to this the recent chaos and inevitable loss of documentation , and nailing down an accurate number of orphans becomes even more difficult . since the 7.0 earthquake struck two weeks ago , 497 haitian orphans have been evacuated to the united states , according to tuesday 's figure from a u.s. state department official . these were children confirmed to be orphans and already far along in the adoption process with identified families waiting for them . in total , 500 orphans had been issued travel documents to go to the united states , said kathleen strottman , executive director of the congressional coalition on adoption institute , a washington-based nonprofit organization that works to raise awareness about children worldwide in need of homes . strottman estimates more than 900 orphans -- including more than 400 who do n't yet have travel documents -- were in the process of being adopted from haiti and placed in american homes . the actual match between family and child , she says , happens early in the two - to three-year adoption process , which is why this limbo stage is so painful for families who cling to photos of a child they 've already grown to love . should doors open to more children ?<doc-sep>`` we do n't have any instrument or tools to control our children which are living in adoptive families , '' said astakhov . `` in this situation we have a kind of legal vacuum ... we have to freeze all activity in the adoptive process for the united states of america . '' those are ominous words for thousands of desperate american families who end up waiting years and spending tens of thousands of dollars trying to adopt russian children . according to the u.s. embassy in moscow , more then 50,000 russian children have been adopted by american families in the last 16 years . the u.s. state department offered to send a delegation of diplomats to moscow later this month to address the adoption issue . `` the russian government has now told us informally that that 's acceptable . we 're actually working out the dates , '' said beyrle . `` so i would say to american families that are in the process of adoption not to worry too much . we 're working on this , and we really do n't think that this will have any long-term effect on the ability of american families to adopt here . '' russia has no shortage of orphans . the united nations children fund reported that in 2008 , some 714,000 russian children were living in state institutions . unlike many western societies , the vast majority -- 83 percent of these children -- are `` social orphans '' taken from biological parents who were deemed unfit by russian state agencies , said bertram beinvel , unicef 's representative in moscow .<doc-sep>when i was 13 , i was sold . friends of my father worked for a corrupt adoption agency operating in my homeland of ethiopia -- friends my father trusted . in 2006 they coerced him into believing he was sending my younger sisters and me to america for an educational program during which we would come home every summer and on school breaks . little did my father know that his `` friends '' were being paid to recruit children for an american adoption agency . in fact , he did n't even know what `` adoption '' meant . instead of an educational program , we found ourselves caught up in an international adoption scandal . we were n't the only ones lied to . the family who adopted us , who lived in the southwestern united states , were told that they were taking into their family three aids orphans , the oldest of whom was nine years old . the truth was that our mother had died from complications during childbirth , and our father was alive and well . instead of nine , i was 13 years old ; my sisters were 11 and six . our new `` parents '' changed our names and told us we could no longer speak to each other in our own languages ; we were punished if we disobeyed . eventually , we forgot how to speak our native languages , amarigna and wolaytta . i was so young and naïve . i actually believed that if i ran away , i could walk back to ethiopia . i wanted to escape from the people i felt had kidnapped us from our homeland , our culture , and our family . i was angry , hurt and grieving . after eight months , i was `` re-homed , '' without my sisters , to live with my adoptive mother 's parents in the midwest . i have only seen my sisters a handful of times since . living in the midwest was difficult . i had been taken from my family in ethiopia , and then separated from my sisters . but instead of getting caught up in my depression , i threw myself into finding ways to let the world know the hard truths about corruption in international adoption . my second adoption placement did not work out either , and at 18 , while still in high school , i found myself staying on a friend 's floor . a family in maine , who i met through adoption reform work , offered to take me in . so i moved my few possessions and myself across the country again . supporters of international adoption frequently mention the enormous numbers of orphans in the world -- unicef estimates there are 151 million orphans . what most people do n't realize is that when the united nations determines the figures for orphans , they include children who have lost just one parent -lrb- the u.n. estimates only 18 million have lost both parents -rrb- . i assure you that i did not consider myself an orphan . my sisters and i had a father , a brother and older sisters , plus a large extended family that cared for us and loved us . we were middle class by ethiopian standards , not poor . we , and many other adoptees like us , should never have been placed for adoption . all the lies and deception comes down to money . i have discovered since my adoption , the price paid by adoptive parents is exorbitant and feeds the corruption . had my father 's friends not made money from the placement of my sisters and me for adoption , none of this ever would have happened . they were basically paid to create orphans . depending upon the country , an adoption can cost upwards of $ 50,000 . imagine what that kind of money could do to help struggling families in developing nations keep their children ! adding the horror of being sold for profit , i now know that parents pay far more to adopt a white child than an african-american child . a 2010 study by caltech , the london school of economics , and new york university showed that parents are willing to pay an average of $ 38,000 more for a non-african american baby . let me call that what it is : racism . in spite of everything i have suffered , i am determined to make something good out of my life . i just started college and i am writing a book about my experiences . i am fighting to change the way adoption agencies do business . i am fighting to make sure that families and adoptive families know the truth about the possibilities of fraud and human trafficking in adoption . i am fighting to make sure that no other child will have to endure what i have been through . and i am saving up money so that i can reunite with my family in ethiopia , whom i have n't seen for seven years . and i went to court and got my real name back .<doc-sep>the incident may have been a wake-up call to agencies and those in the adoption community to make sure adoptive families are prepared for challenges and have resources for help lined up in advance , especially if they live in rural parts of the country , said sue gainor , national chair of families for russian and ukrainian adoption , a volunteer-led nonprofit that offers support and community . gainor , who adopted a son from moscow in 2001 , said there are between 600,000 and 800,000 orphans in russia , with an additional 80,000 to 100,000 in hospitals awaiting placement in orphanages . `` when you slow adoptions , you affect a lot of children , '' she said . `` there 's lots of angst in the adoption community . the minute you see the picture of that prospective child , that kid is yours . '' being a parent , child advocates and members of the adoption community add , means helping a child adjust to change and work through challenges . `` this is just so sad because that kid had no chance whatsoever , '' said larisa mason , who directs a pittsburgh , pennsylvania , adoption agency and serves on the board of the national council for adoption . `` a 7-year-old who changed his whole life within six months -- new language , new food , a new mother -- no question he would have issues . even a dog would have issues . '' in addition to hoping adoptions continue uninterrupted , many also want hansen punished for her actions . natasha shaginian-needham is the founder and director of happy families international center in cold spring , new york . the agency , established in 1992 , helps orphans with special needs -lrb- including valera -rrb- , with adoptions being part of its work .

<t> new : chadian president wants journalists , flight crew released . </t> <t> red cross , unicef , unhcr interview children that charity tried to fly out of chad . </t> <t> most are not from sudan and have families , agencies say . </t> <t> six members of zoe 's ark , 11 others under arrest in chad . </t>

agencies : most children in adoption dispute not sudanese orphans<T>

san diego , california -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- more than 100 homes in an upscale san diego community were evacuated after a landslide about 60 yards wide pulled the earth from beneath a three-lane road and some of the multimillion-dollar homes that adorn it . gina yarbrough sent this picture of the road that collapsed in wednesday 's landslide . mayor jerry sanders declared a state of emergency , asking california and the federal government to help the la jolla community recover from the wednesday landslide . as of thursday morning , he had already received offers of aid from legislators , the governor 's office and the white house , he said . officials warned for at least two weeks that the ground was shifting beneath the hillside community along soledad mountain road . holes were drilled into the unsettled hillside to investigate the cause and magnitude of the shift , which earlier ruptured a water line , and according to some media reports , began cracking soledad mountain road in july . on wednesday , a 20-foot-deep chasm opened beneath the road and homes . holli weld told san diego 's kgtv that she was walking her son to preschool when the street collapsed . watch a resident recall how he had to grab his dogs and run '' `` the street was sinking before our eyes , '' she said . authorities told kgtv that most residents were at work and only seven people were in their homes when the landslide occurred . evacuated homeowner russell moore told cnn he remembers hearing the earth `` groan '' in what he called a `` slow avalanche . '' `` the asphalt that should be under my feet was 8 feet in the air , '' moore said . `` we watched the trees snapping and cracking and more boulders come down to our feet and we were witnessing this move . '' see photos of the hole the landslide left in la jolla '' at least 111 homes were evacuated , but sanders said residents would be allowed to return to 75 of those houses by early thursday morning . several homes were damaged and at least one was destroyed , according to media reports . nine homes are `` red tagged , '' meaning no one is allowed to enter them , and 27 more are `` yellow tagged , '' which means residents can return for necessities , but can not stay , sanders said . according to the san diego union-tribune , the landslide downed power lines and caused a minor gas leak . more than 2,400 customers were briefly left without electricity , but most residents had their power restored by thursday , kgtv reported . the red cross opened a shelter at la jolla high school . deputy city engineer robert hawk told the union-tribune that the hillside has slowly been slipping for years because the soil is unstable . landslide incidents in the neighborhood date back to the 1960s , hawk told the newspaper . pat abbott , a retired geological sciences professor at san diego state university , told the union-tribune that mount soledad is made up of weak layers of rock and that the culprit in the landslide is nature . `` gravity pulling on the incline is pulling down masses of earth and those masses of earth have houses on top of them , '' abbott told the paper . `` it 's a geologically bad site and should not have been built on to begin with . '' e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a power outage thursday left more than 1.5 million people in the dark in parts of southern california , arizona and mexico as authorities scrambled to figure out what happened and how to get the lights back on . authorities said the outage occurred after a high-voltage power line between arizona and california was tripped out of service , according to a statement released by san diego gas & electric . it was not known what caused the service to be shut off , though authorities said it was not an act of terrorism . power began to be restored by late evening thursday , though officials warned it would take until friday to completely restore power in portions of san diego and orange counties . `` again , it 's a slow process . it 's going to take a long time to bring the power , '' san diego mayor jerry sanders told reporters . the mayor warned residents in one california 's most populous counties to stay off the road and limit cellular phone service , and school was cancelled friday for thousands of students . san diego gas & electric said all of its 1.4 million customers were without power . the power line break `` caused our line from az and from the north of our region to both trip off , '' the utility posted on its twitter account .<doc-sep>by . jack crone for mailonline . laughed ` psychotically ' : cady -lrb- pictured here in court just after crash -rrb- refused to slow down before causing crash that killed three of his friends . an injured passenger involved in a car crash that killed three people has revealed that his dunk driving friend laughed ` psychotically ' before speeding off the road . trevor rodgers also claims that when william daniel cady was asked to slow down by the five people in the vehicle he responded by saying ` i 'll drive this f *** ing car however the f *** i want ' . the group of six had been to three bars around san diego before piling into the cadillac escalade on the night of january 10 . mr rodgers said cady , 25 , was driving ` pretty fast ' as they exited northbound interstate 805 and took the transition ramp to westbound state route 52 on the way home to clairemont . he said : ` when we came around the turn , i noticed that the whole vehicle kind of lurched , like when you take a turn at unsafe speed . ` at that point we got scared - we asked him to slow down . he was laughing like it was a big joke . we were going really , really fast . ' after cursing at his five passengers , cady soon lost control of the suv , san diego superior court heard .<doc-sep>devastation : an aerial photo from wednesday shows the path of the avalanche as it covers the highway . a map shows where the avalanche hit and created a dam of snow on the valdez road . cut off : huge banks of snow can be seen blocking the only road to valdez . impassable : the mountain highway disappears under a wall of snow . emergency plans : homes were evacuated in the region over fears that the trapped water would surge into the town . blocked : chunks of snow and ice cover the road after two avalanches on friday .<doc-sep>los angeles -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- firefighters in southern california seemed saturday to be winning the fight against the half dozen wildfires still burning . santa ana winds diminished significantly friday , aiding first responders in their progress toward containment of the fires . winds have shifted across much of southern california , bringing cooler temperatures and higher humidity . despite the reduction in winds , most of san diego county continues to experience hot temperatures which , combined with dry conditions , allowed for at least one new wildfire to ignite . according to cal fire , a new 30-acre blaze began burning saturday in sycamore canyon , inland from san diego . firefighters were able to stop it from spreading farther and no structures were threatened . on and around the marine corps ' camp pendleton , six large wildfires remain active , having burned over 25,000 acres total . since january 1 , cal fire has responded to over 1,500 wildfires -- well above the average yearly number of approximately 800 . this week 's rash of wildfires is a reminder of just how dry conditions in california are . the agency is urging all californians to ensure they are prepared by visiting readyforwildfire.org . at least four wildfires were completely contained early saturday . two more were nearly contained , and four others were steadily shrinking . but early saturday , thousands of acres were still in flames that were driving walls of smoke skyward . the fire has scorched more than 31 square miles so far . the blazes in the state so far this year are `` unprecedented , '' cal fire director ken pimlott has said . flames have swallowed up dozens of homes and businesses . and the wildfire season has only just begun . erica bene was running errands at camp pendleton with her two children when she spotted a huge plume of smoke behind a school . a wildfire was coming her way despite progress made by an army of firefighters in san diego county in quelling a spate of blazes this week . bene , the wife of a u.s. marine deployed to afghanistan , headed home to pack up some important items and evacuate . `` i said ` let 's go get the pets , and let 's get out of here , '' she said . on the drive back home , orange flames raged . shortly thereafter , the marine corps put out an evacuation order . the order spooked her 5-year-old son and 7-year-old daughter , but she explained that it did n't mean their house would burn down . the order just gave firefighters room to combat the blaze without having to worry about danger to residents . her children are used to feeling uneasy because of their dad 's dangerous deployment , bene said . she took her children and the pets to a friend 's home in nearby temecula , where they plan to stay the night . by late friday , the evacuation order had been lifted . if it remains lifted , she planned to go home saturday . arson arrests . investigators have filed an arson charge against a man in one small fire in the county . at a news conference , the prosecutor identified him as alberto serrato , who 's accused of adding brush onto an existing fire , district attorney bonnie dumanis said . serrato could face up to seven years in prison if convicted , dumanis said friday . neither serrato nor his attorney were immediately available for comment . meanwhile , the prosecutor is weighing whether to press charges against a 19-year-old man and 17-year-old juvenile , both of escondido , who were arrested thursday in connection with a small fire that was extinguished , dumanis said . thousands on the move . thousands of firefighters used air tankers , specially equipped dc-10s and military helicopters to douse the flames this week . bene was just one of tens of thousands of residents to evacuate . in all , 176,000 notices of evacuation were sent throughout san diego county via cell phone calls , e-mails , text messages and calls to homes and businesses , county supervisor dianne jacob said . when elisha exon saw towers of smoke looming over her san marcos , california , home , she knew it was time to go . the only problem : all the nearby places she 'd normally take her family in an emergency were threatened by fire , too . `` you kind of feel like your only safety would be to hop town , completely , '' she said . ash and smoke filled the air in many places , making breathing difficult . so far , injuries have been few : authorities found a charred body in carlsbad , but it was unknown whether the person died because of the fire . a camp pendleton firefighter suffered heat exhaustion . homes in the crosshairs . thousands of homes across the county are still in jeopardy . `` i 've been doing this for 20 years , '' san diego county supervisor bill horn said . `` this is the worst i 've seen . '' images from the fires were jarring . the night sky glowed orange from towering flames that consumed homes . whirling columns of flame -- dubbed `` firenadoes '' or `` fire whirls '' -- spun across the landscape , in one case nearly devouring a hilltop home . firenadoes can spit out winds as powerful as an ef-2 tornado . in video shot by jeb durgin and byron bowman , a helicopter wheeled over homes , dumping fire retardant just yards from a burning canyon choked with flames . smoke obscured the road the two were driving on . evolution of a disaster . the wave of wildfires started tuesday with the bernardo fire in san diego county . the next day , new blazes popped up -- each one separate from the others , each posing its own dangers . here 's where some of the major california fires stood late friday , according to the agencies responsible for tracking them . the fires are listed by the names they have been given . the list begins with still active fires and ends with contained fires . also included is a list of damage to structures : . lead agency : cal fire . bernardo fire , san diego county : 1,548 acres , 95 % contained -lrb- all evacuations have been lifted -rrb- . cocos fire , san diego county : 2,520 acres , 70 % contained -lrb- evacuations in effect -rrb- . poinsettia fire , san diego county : 600 acres , 90 % contained . lead agency : marine corps camp pendleton . pulgas fire , san diego county : 15,000 acres , 40 % contained . san mateo fire , san diego county : 800 acres , 25 % contained . tomahawk fire , san diego county : 5,400 acres , 79 % contained . contained fires . aurora/lakeside fire : 17 acres , 100 % contained . freeway fire , naval weapons station in fallbrook : 56 acres , 100 % contained . highway fire , deer springs : 380 acres , 100 % contained . miguelito fire , santa barbara county : 632 acres , 100 % contained . river fire , oceanside : 105 acres , 100 % contained . initial damage assessment for san diego county . city of carlsbad has advised of the following damage and losses : . - 8 single family homes were destroyed or incurred substantial damage . - 3 single family homes sustained minor damage . - 1 multifamily 18-unit apartment building was destroyed . - 1 multifamily 18-unit apartment building incurred considerable damage . - 2 commercial buildings destroyed/substantially damaged . - 1 modular building was destroyed . city of san marcos : reported the loss of one single family home . cocos fire : 11 single family homes were destroyed . in addition , 25 structures were destroyed at the harmony grove spiritualist association . bone dry + brutal heat + gusty winds = unseasonably early wildfires . what to know about wildfires . are you there ? if you 're in a safe place , please share your photos and videos . cnn 's chelsea j. carter , ben brumfield , carma hassn and kisa mlela santiago reported from atlanta . michael matinez and artemis moshtaghian reported from los angeles .

<t> san diego mayor declares state of emergency ; white house , governor offer aid . </t> <t> officials were investigating the shifting earth in the area for weeks . </t> <t> residents can return to 75 of the 111 evacuated homes thursday , mayor says . </t> <t> `` we watched the trees snapping and cracking , '' says one evacuated resident . </t>

` slow avalanche ' gobbles road , homes in san diego<T>

quebec , canada -- third seed julia vakulenko will face comeback queen lindsay davenport in her first wta tour final at the bell challenge on sunday . julia vakulenko will seek her first victory on the wta tour at the bell challenge in quebec . the ukrainian battled through with a 6-1 4-6 7-5 victory over american qualifier julie ditty in the semifinals . the 24-year-old , who reached the fourth round of the u.s. open , had previously twice lost at the last-four stage this year in las vegas and berlin . she reached a career high of 33rd in the world rankings back in may , but is now 36th . `` sometimes you play your best and win easy , but sometimes you do n't play your best and really have to fight hard , '' said vakulenko , who squandered points for 5-3 leads in both the second and third sets . `` i 'm just going to try my best -- i 've never played her and i 'm looking forward to it . '' former world no. 1 davenport is seeking her second win in three tournaments since returning from a one-year hiatus to have a baby .<doc-sep>the 31-year-old , who is unseeded after accepting a wild-card to enter the canadian tournament for the first time , also had to battle to beat russian second seed vera zvonareva 6-2 6-7 -lrb- 3-7 -rrb- 6-3 in the semifinals . the three-time grand slam winner has surged back up the rankings from 234th to 126th after winning her comeback tournament in bali and then reaching the last four in beijing . the american has now beaten zvonareva in all six encounters between the two players . `` i played well in the first set and had some chances early in the second set , but i did n't quite capitalize on them . i was able to come back but at 4-4 and 5-5 i just did n't return well enough , '' davenport said . `` i was happy i was able to regroup in the third set . physically i feel good . there are lots of positives i can take from it , especially beating a really good player and now being in the final . `` i want to be the one on the offensive and not the defensive , and that 's what i 'm going to try to do . `` i was trying to watch the first semifinal and see if that helped , but i play so much differently than julie ditty that it was hard to get anything from it . '' e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>by . sam webb . edward davenport , aka ` fast eddie ' , was convicted of conspiracy to defraud and jailed for seven years and eight months . he is expected to pay back # 12m of the estimated # 40m he stole . a self-styled lord who led the life of an international playboy while masterminding a huge loan swindle may have to repay just a fraction of his # 40m criminal empire , a court heard today . lord edward davenport , 47 , has been released from prison after appeal court judges heard he is gravely ill following a kidney transplant . the conman , born edward ormus sharington davenport , had been jailed for seven and a half years in 2011 but the court of appeal recently reduced the term as an ` act of mercy ' . davenport once hosted lavish parties at his # 10m mansion and boasted of befriending guests including supermodel kate moss and princes william and harry . but the socialite , dubbed fast eddie , was exposed as a cynical fraudster who duped victims out of their life savings through bogus start-up loan schemes . he promised millions of pounds which never materialised after he had pocketed the administration fees and advance payments . princess diana 's wedding dress designer elizabeth emanuel was one who fell prey to davenport 's scheme , losing her life savings as a consequence . davenport and his lieutenants , peter riley and borge andersen were jailed in 2011 for the scam , which entrapped entrepreneurs from as far afield as india , canada and dubai . the fraudster was not at southwark crown court today for the start of his confiscation hearing . he may only have to pay back # 12m - despite claims he may have made more than # 40m through the six-year con . alex chalk , prosecuting , said : ` there has been a lot of toing and froing - many , many hours have been spent on both sides seeking to narrow the gap . ` we took the view that it was in the public interest to arrive at the figure of # 12m ' . he said davenport should also be forced to pay a further # 1.9 m in compensation to the 51 victims he swindled between 2003 and 2009 . but andrew campbell-tiech , defending , said any compensation should be taken out of the # 12m sum ahead of the civil action and heavy prosecution costs davenport faces . fraudster : there were at least 51 victims of the scam , including one who paid # 285,000 to arrange a loan of over # 150m , but no funds were ever forthcoming . ` anything davenport has left over after # 12m , anything left would first be the subject of prosecution costs and thereafter , there would be a plethora of disappointed clients of the former davenport empire and civil proceedings . ' a plethora of civil litigation swirls round his head ' . the court heard davenport has since been the subject of litigation from hsbc for his criminal dealings , revealed in bank accounts , property , and profit from his enterprises . he has also auctioned his mansion in plush portland place in central london , which he bought from the sierra leone government for just # 2m . davenport enticed his victims who a website boasting of his champagne and sports-car lifestyle and a # 100m property portfolio in britain , thailand and monaco . he even lent his 110 room west london mansion for an agent provocateur advert featuring kate moss , and for scenes in the oscar-winning movie the king 's speech .<doc-sep>front gunner leslie davenport , from birmingham , was on the way back from a raid with bomber command over berlin on september 7 , 1941 when he was shot down and captured by the nazis . a man who was fascinated with his grandfather 's plane crash behind enemy lines during the second world war has tracked down the wreckage in a forest in germany after years of research . front gunner leslie davenport , from birmingham , was on a raid over berlin on september 7 , 1941 - one of the most dangerous missions for bomber command . returning from the german capital , the short stirling plane he was flying in was badly damaged by flak and then attacked by a night fighter . with the starboard outer engine in flames and the wing badly damaged , pilot alick yardley gave the order to bail out of the stricken plane . leslie , who was 20 at the time but had already flown in 13 missions in raf bombers , and the rest of the crew made a lucky escape , but were soon captured and put in prison camps . leslie 's grandson , ian davenport , has been fascinated with the story since childhood . in 2008 , 20 years after his grandfather 's death , he decided to track down the crash site . the 32-year-old said : ' i had been lucky enough to make contact with alick yardley 's daughter elizabeth on the internet . ` sadly , both of our relations had passed away , so i felt it my duty to locate the spot in germany where the stirling bomber crashed that fateful night . ` that night alick gave the order to bail out into the unknown , and the story goes that my grandfather helped him put on his parachute . ` the crew survived the jump and landed in a forest but local security captured them and they were marched into prison camps for the rest of the war . ' mr davenport 's research suggested recklinghausen , a city in western germany , could be the location of the doomed stirling 's final resting place . he wrote to the local newspaper and contacted the town archive to see if anyone had any information . ' i had numerous replies from eyewitnesses from 1941 , ' he said . ` some of them gave me an exact road name where the bomber came down . this made me delve deeper into the web of information i had unearthed . ' scroll down for video . the front gunner and his four other crew members bailed out of the short stirling bomber behind enemy lines and were captured by the nazis . leslie davenport survived the war and died in 1988 . in 2008 , his grandson ian davenport decided to track down the wreckage of where the plane crashed , finding large chunks of the bomber . leslie davenport and his five crew members bailed out of the short stirling bomber -lrb- file picture -rrb- after it suffered damage from flak and a night fighter . after help from town archivist matthias kordes , mr davenport contacted uwe benkel , the head of a search group for missing second world war airmen , which scours germany and recovers remains for a proper funeral . in the end , the precise location of the crash site was only pinpointed by chance when rene karassek , a member of the search group , spoke to a young boy passing on his bicycle , who just happened to know where the wreckage was . mr davenport said : ' a whole host of wreck parts , from bullet cases , aluminium parts , flexi glass and cockpit fragments , were lying on the floor . ` one of the most notable finds was a pressure gauge from the pilot dash board . all had the raf markings and maker 's stamps on . ' mr davenport flew out to germany this summer with his father , anthony , and elizabeth yardley .<doc-sep>lindsay davenport , who won the australian open , us open and wimbledon during her playing career , has agreed to work with madison keys ahead of next season . navratilova had previously made no secret of her desire to work with a top player . radwasnka reached the final at wimbledon in 2014 and is currently ranked sixth in the world .<doc-sep>` i 've won big , it 's not like i have n't done it before . is fourth round my goal when i come to these tournaments ? no . ' world no 1 serena now faces spain 's exciting garbine muguruza . this was the player who beat her in the second round of the french open last year , one of the three pre-quarter-final defeats in the grand slams through 2014 . serena was delighted that the sister act is back on . ` it feels good , it means a lot . i saw her score and thought , wow , she 's been through so much with illness , if she can do it i 'm perfectly healthy , i 'm fine , i should be able to do it , too . it helped me push through . ' serena also revealed how much of a fan she is of britain 's murray . ` i 'm rooting for andy the whole time , ' she said . ` i like his attitude , always have , i like how he gets every ball back . ' i played him recently in mixed doubles in an exhibition -lsb- at the indian premier tennis league -rsb- and he destroyed me . wimbledon champion petra kvitova suffered a shock exit at the hands of madison keys . ` i have a whole new appreciation for his game , he has great hands . ' wimbledon champion petra kvitova suffered a surprise exit from the tournament when she was beaten 6-4 , 7-5 by 19-year-old american madison keys . at 5-5 in the final set , keys , coached by three-time grand slam champion lindsay davenport , achieved the pivotal break of serve . she held in the next game , screaming with joy when kvitova netted a backhand on match point . keys will now face fellow american madison brengle , guaranteeing at least one us player in the quarter-finals .

<t> julia vakulenko has reached her first final on the wta tour at bell challenge . </t> <t> the ukrainian third seed will face lindsay davenport after beating julie ditty . </t> <t> former world no. 1 davenport defeated russian second seed vera zvonareva . </t>

vakulenko faces davenport in final<T>

islamabad , pakistan -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- hours after declaring a state of emergency saturday , pakistani president pervez musharraf ordered troops to take a television station 's equipment and put a popular opposition leader under house arrest . president pervez musharraf explains his actions in a televised address saturday . musharraf also suspended the constitution and dismissed the pakistan supreme court 's chief justice for the second time . on sunday , police arrested the javed hashmi , the acting president of ex-prime minister nawaz sharif 's opposition party was arrested , along with 10 aides , the associated press reported . hashimi was arrested when he stepped outside his house in the central city of multan , ap reported . the country is at a critical and dangerous juncture -- threatened by rising tensions and spreading terrorism , musharraf said in a televised address to the nation after declaring martial law . as pakistani police patrolled the streets of the capital , islamabad , musharraf said his actions were `` for the good of pakistan . '' watch musharraf 's speech '' there was quick condemnation from within and outside his country . the supreme court declared the state of emergency illegal , claiming musharraf -- who also is pakistan 's military chief -- had no power to suspend the constitution , chief justice iftikhar mohammed chaudhry said . shortly afterward , government troops came to chaudhry 's office and told him the president had dismissed him from his job . justice abdul hameed dogar was quickly appointed to replace him , according to state television . it was the second time chaudhry was removed from his post . his ousting by musharraf in march prompted massive protests , and he was later reinstated . see a timeline of upheaval in pakistan '' musharraf complained in his speech that the media -- which he made independent -- have not been supportive , but have reported `` negative '' news . early sunday , two dozen policemen raided the offices of aaj-tv in islamabad , saying they had orders to take the station 's equipment . the government also issued a directive warning the media that any criticism of the president or prime minister would be punishable by three years in jail and a fine of up to $ 70,000 , said talat hussain , director of news and current affairs for aaj . watch a former pakistani p.m. call the developments in his country ` disturbing ' '' u.s. secretary of state condoleezza rice -- who is in turkey for a conference with iraq and neighboring nations -- said the united states does n't support any extra-constitutional measures taken by musharraf . `` the situation is just unfolding , '' rice said . `` but anything that takes pakistan off the democratic path , off the path of civilian rule is a step backward , and it 's highly regrettable . '' a senior pakistani official said the emergency declaration will be `` short-lived , '' and will be followed by an interim government . martial law is only a way to restore law and order , he said . mahmud ali durrani , pakistan 's ambassador to the united states , agreed . `` i can assure you , he will move on the part of democracy that is promised ... and you will see that happen shortly . '' musharraf was re-elected president in october , but the election is not yet legally official , because the supreme court is hearing constitutional challenges to musharraf 's eligibility filed by the opposition . under the constitution , musharraf could n't run for another term while serving both as president and military leader . the court allowed the election to go ahead , however , saying it would decide the issue later . some speculated that the declaration of emergency is tied to rumors the court was planning to rule against musharraf . musharraf has said repeatedly he will step down as military leader before the next term begins on november 15 and has promised to hold parliamentary elections by january 15 . meanwhile , popular opposition leader imran khan said early sunday that police surrounded his house in lahore , barged in and told him he was under house arrest . musharraf also had khan placed under house arrest during a government crackdown in march 2006 . asked about musharraf 's actions saturday , khan said , `` we are going to oppose this in every way . '' `` none of us accept ... this whole drama about emergency . '' former prime minister benazir bhutto -- who arrived in karachi saturday from dubai , where she had gone to visit her family -- described a `` wave of disappointment '' at musharraf 's actions . watch crowds surround bhutto upon her arrival '' bhutto -- who returned to pakistan last month after several years in exile -- wants to lift her pakistan people 's party to victory in january 's parliamentary election in the hope she can have a third term as prime minister . the nation 's political atmosphere has been tense for months , with pakistani leaders in august considering a state of emergency because of the growing security threats in the country 's lawless tribal regions . but musharraf , influenced in part by rice , held off on the move . watch a report on the volatile situation in pakistan '' musharraf , who led the 1999 coup as pakistan 's army chief , has seen his power erode since the failed effort to oust chaudhry . his administration is also struggling to contain a surge in islamic militancy . e-mail to a friend . copyright 2007 cnn . all rights reserved.this material may not be published , broadcast , rewritten , or redistributed . associated press contributed to this report .<doc-sep>the number of illegal immigrants from pakistan deported or apprehended is not mentioned in the latest report from the department of homeland security/office of immigration statistics . in 2005 , the nation did not make the list of the top 10 sources of illegal immigrants . the previous year , pakistan was the last country listed , but no specific numbers were given . huckabee is the gop front-runner in iowa , according to most polls . a los angeles times/bloomberg poll conducted december 20-23 and 26 has huckabee leading former massachusetts gov. mitt romney 36 percent to 28 percent among likely caucus goers . the poll 's margin of error was plus or minus 7 percentage points . as the campaigns enter the final stretch before the iowa caucuses on january 3 , romney has gone on the attack against huckabee , particularly focusing on his record on illegal immigration issues while he was arkansas governor . huckabee 's friday comments on immigration came after he appeared to make another gaffe thursday , when he seemed to suggest incorrectly that pakistan was under martial law . watch huckabee 's response to bhutto 's assassination '' while commenting on bhutto 's death during an orlando , florida , press conference , huckabee told reporters that the united states ' first priority should be to find the responsible parties . `` but the most urgent thing to do is to offer our sincere sympathies and concerns to the family and to the people of pakistan , and that 's the first thing we would be doing other than , again , trying to ascertain who 's behind it , and what impact does it have on whether or not there 's going to be martial law continued in pakistan , suspension of the constitution , '' huckabee said . `` those are concerns that the united states certainly should have . ''<doc-sep>mccain , who along with giuliani scores best on national security , bluntly challenged giuliani 's foreign policy experience . watch how the gop candidates are reacting '' `` he did a great job post-9 / 11 in handling a post-crisis situation , but i do n't know how that provides one the credentials to address national security issues , '' he said . new mexico gov. bill richardson said he would call on pakistan 's president pervez musharraf to step down . `` what is in u.s. interest is for there to be a stable , democratic pakistan that is fighting terrorists . right now , we have the worst of all worlds , '' he said friday on cnn 's `` american morning . '' but former tennessee sen. fred thompson said calling for musharraf to step down would n't be a good idea . `` i hope that we as candidates out here do n't start lobbying these ideas that get plenty of attention but are not very sound , '' thompson told cnn . former north carolina sen. john edwards said he called musharraf and `` urged him to continue this democratization process . '' democratic hopeful joe biden , chairman of the senate foreign relations committee , said bhutto 's death was a `` genuine tragedy . '' watch how the democrats are responding '' `` ladies and gentleman , the stakes are incredibly high . they are incredibly high . if pakistan falls into complete turmoil , martial law is declared again , you end up with a state that is being run by a dictator ; ladies and gentleman that does not bode well for afghanistan , iran , iraq , india , '' he said . the shift in focus might not play out well for former arkansas gov. mike huckabee , whose foreign policy credentials have been under a microscope since he admitted to journalists that he was unaware of a major report on iran 's nuclear weapons program . he appeared to make another minor gaffe thursday when he seemed to suggest incorrectly that pakistan was currently under martial law . later thursday , huckabee told cnn that `` it was not that i was unaware it was suspended , two weeks ago , lifted . ... the point was , would it be reinstated , would it be placed back in ? all of the aspects of martial law have not been completely lifted even now . there 's still a heavy hand musharraf has used . '' if voters see a high-stakes drama in pakistan , that could resonate at the polls . most of the candidates said they did n't want to turn the assassination into a talking point , but it is just a week before the iowa caucuses , and world events not only change the conversation -- they can change a campaign . e-mail to a friend . cnn 's candy crowley , dana bash and suzanne malveaux contributed to this report .<doc-sep>later thursday , at an event in west des moines , iowa , huckabee told cnn that `` it was not that i was unaware it was suspended , two weeks ago , lifted . ... the point was , would it be reinstated , would it be placed back in ? all of the aspects of martial law have not been completely lifted even now . there 's still a heavy hand musharraf has used . '' conservative critics immediately pointed out that pakistani president pervez musharraf lifted the country 's state of martial law roughly two weeks ago . the slip `` ought to be really bad news for huckabee , '' said the national review 's jim geraghty , writing on the magazine 's web site . `` i 'm not sure how big assassination-related news will play in the first primary states . still , i think those misstatements will exacerbate the huck/not huck divide in gop circles . '' the national review has endorsed romney . but cnn senior political analyst bill schneider said the debate over whether huckabee has command of the nuances of the pakistan crisis would have little impact on his support . `` mike huckabee is a populist . his comments on pakistan reflect a populist understanding of the crisis , which , is to say , not much , '' schneider said . `` sure , the political establishment is snickering , but i doubt that his misstatements bother his supporters much . '' e-mail to a friend . cnn 's dana bash and rebecca sinderbrand contributed to this report .<doc-sep>martial law is only a way to restore law and order , he said . mahmud ali durrani , pakistan 's ambassador to the united states , agreed . `` i can assure you , he will move on the part of democracy that is promised ... and you will see that happen shortly . '' musharraf was re-elected president in october , but the election is not yet legally official , because the supreme court is hearing constitutional challenges to musharraf 's eligibility filed by the opposition . under the constitution , musharraf could n't run for another term while serving both as president and military leader . the court allowed the election to go ahead , however , saying it would decide the issue later . some speculated that the declaration of emergency is tied to rumors the court was planning to rule against musharraf . musharraf has said repeatedly he will step down as military leader before the next term begins on november 15 and has promised to hold parliamentary elections by january 15 . meanwhile , popular opposition leader imran khan said early sunday that police surrounded his house in lahore , barged in and told him he was under house arrest . musharraf also had khan placed under house arrest during a government crackdown in march 2006 . asked about musharraf 's actions saturday , khan said , `` we are going to oppose this in every way . '' `` none of us accept ... this whole drama about emergency . '' former prime minister benazir bhutto -- who arrived in karachi saturday from dubai , where she had gone to visit her family -- described a `` wave of disappointment '' at musharraf 's actions . watch crowds surround bhutto upon her arrival '' bhutto -- who returned to pakistan last month after several years in exile -- wants to lift her pakistan people 's party to victory in january 's parliamentary election in the hope she can have a third term as prime minister . the nation 's political atmosphere has been tense for months , with pakistani leaders in august considering a state of emergency because of the growing security threats in the country 's lawless tribal regions . but musharraf , influenced in part by rice , held off on the move . watch a report on the volatile situation in pakistan '' musharraf , who led the 1999 coup as pakistan 's army chief , has seen his power erode since the failed effort to oust chaudhry . his administration is also struggling to contain a surge in islamic militancy . e-mail to a friend . copyright 2007 cnn . all rights reserved.this material may not be published , broadcast , rewritten , or redistributed . associated press contributed to this report .

<t> new : president musharraf orders troops to take a television station 's equipment . </t> <t> pakistani opposition leader imran khan says he 's under house arrest . </t> <t> president musharraf says his actions are for the good of the country . </t> <t> white house calls musharraf 's emergency declaration `` disappointing '' </t>

pakistan under martial law<T>

-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the chief operating officer of the national children 's museum was arrested tuesday and is charged with distributing child pornography over the internet , authorities said . robert a. singer is accused of sending images depicting child pornography to people he believed to be a 12-year-old girl and her 33-year-old mother , according to a statement issued by u.s. attorney michael garcia of the southern district of new york . in reality he was communicating with an undercover detective for the new york police department . some of the pornographic images were sent from singer 's computer at the museum , according to an affidavit filed in support of the charges by a special agent who investigates child pornography and child exploitation for u.s. immigrations and customs enforcement . the washington museum posted a message on its web site saying officials there are `` horrified '' by news of singer 's arrest . they reported that he has been suspended from his post , effective immediately , and is barred from the property . singer , 49 , was arrested at his home in falls church , virginia , by federal agents , according to the prosecutors ' statement . authorities allege he engaged in several instant messaging `` chats '' and e-mail communications with the undercover detective , posing as the woman and her daughter , from august to september . he is charged with five counts of distributing child pornography in interstate commerce . if convicted on each count , he would face a sentence of up to 140 years in prison -- up to 20 years for the first count and up to 40 years for each additional count , prosecutors said . singer allegedly initiated contact with the undercover detective , posing as the mother , in an america on line chat room called `` cuties . '' the chat room attracts people who `` are known to trade in pornographic images , including child pornography , '' according to an affidavit filed in the case by a special agent who investigates child pornography and child exploitation for u.s. immigration and customs enforcement .<doc-sep>`` on five separate occasions in august 2007 , singer sent several images of child pornography over the internet to the mother and the daughter , including images depicting sexual acts between minors and adults and images depicting known victims of child exploitation , '' prosecutors said . in his communications with the supposed daughter , singer pretended to be a 15-year-old boy , authorities said . in august 2007 , he sent her two images featuring child pornography , according to the affidavit , with the instruction , `` just delete it when you are done . '' a search of singer 's aol account activity showed that from july to september , he sent about 80 images featuring child pornography to people including the detective , authorities said in the statement . also , the search revealed that he had received about 10 images and one video depicting child pornography . singer was expected to appear before a u.s. magistrate judge later tuesday . he is identified in the complaint as a spokesman for the national children 's museum , but a spokeswoman who asked not to be identified said he was promoted to chief operating officer within the past few months . he has been employed by the museum for four years , she said . in a written statement , the museum said it was notified by the department of homeland security and ice of singer 's arrest . `` we are horrified by the charges , '' the statement said . `` this news is deeply upsetting to the national children 's museum family . '' `` as its essence , the national children 's museum is about enriching the lives of children , '' the statement said . `` we are educators , child advocates and parents . anyone who does anything that might endanger the welfare of a child has no place here . harming children is against everything we stand for as an organization and as individuals . '' the museum , formerly known as the capital children 's museum , has been closed to the public since 2004 , and operates from administrative offices , the statement said . a new facility is being built and is scheduled to open in 2012 . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>by . daily mail reporter . charged : matthew c. graziotti , 42 , pictured , distributed 141 pictures and six videos that depicted sexual abuse and exploitation of children to an undercover fbi agent , according to a department of justice statement . an elementary school teacher in orlando , florida , has been charged with producing and distributing child pornography . matthew c. graziotti , 42 , who worked at warner christian academy , distributed 141 pictures and six videos that depicted sexual abuse and exploitation of children to an undercover fbi agent , according to a department of justice statement . on monday , police executed a search warrant and found thousands of images of child porn on graziotti 's computer , including one where he is molesting a prepubescent boy .<doc-sep>with the help of the alabama department of education , federal officials were able to track down the alleged victim , who is now 7 years old and lives in etowah county . when interviewed by investigators , the little girl confirmed that she was the child depicted in the pornographic pictures , and that victor dingler was the man who both appeared in the photos and took them . law enforcement officials also spoke to a woman who lives with dingler and her 3-year-old daughter , who has been identified as a second victim in the child porn case . according to the arrest affidavit , the 33-year-old glencoe resident admitted to police on monday that he engaged in sexual activity with the now-7-year-old girl and the 3-year-old . some of the images showed the toddler 's privates and her touching dingler 's genitals , the court document stated . dingler also confessed that he had produced x-rated images involving both children and distributed pornography involving the older of the two girls through yahoo messenger .<doc-sep>hundreds of british suspected paedophiles have still not been arrested despite being named by canadian police 18 months ago . canadian detectives say they sent police ` hundreds of names ' of people who viewed ` horrific ' child abuse videos distributed from toronto by a crime ring . globally , 348 arrests have been made and 386 children rescued . massive haul : canadian police ran project spade , one of the largest child porn operations they 've ever seen . but yesterday it emerged not one person was arrested in the uk despite their details being handed to the child exploitation and online protection centre , which tracks paedophiles . experts said that police are struggling to cope with the sheer number of people suspected of viewing child abuse online . this year the daily mail revealed only one in 15 people caught viewing such images is arrested .<doc-sep>the british version is just a blue and red gas mask but , the . name was retained for the product as part of the game designed to entice . children to wear it . in germany a child 's gas protective crib was designed to . shield infants against chemical attacks and protective hoods were made for . toddlers and older children who could not fit into the adult-sized masks . as no chemical warfare ever befell the united states , many . of the gas masks were distributed to senior war officials at the end of the war as keepsakes or simply vanished over time , walk writes . today the few disney gas masks that have survived are all . housed in museums across the country including the 45th infantry division museum in . oklahoma city , oklahoma , and the us army chemical museum at fort mcclellan , . alabama . a deconstructed mask is also on display in the walt disney . archives in burbank , california .

<t> robert a. singer is accused of e-mailing child porn to 12-year-old girl . </t> <t> 12-year-old girl was actually undercover new york city detective . </t> <t> singer was identified in court document as national children 's museum spokesman . </t> <t> washington museum officials say they are `` horrified '' by the charges . </t>

children 's museum employee distributed child porn , officials say<T>

orme , tennessee -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the drought in the southeastern united states means more than just brown lawns to the folks in orme , tennessee . water flows from their taps for just three hours each evening . a 1961 firetruck loads up with water from a hydrant in alabama to haul back to orme , tennessee . the mountain spring that supplies water to the town usually dries up at the end of summer , but just for a few days . this year it dried up early , on august 1 , and has n't revived , leaving the town 's 145 residents high and dry and relying on water trucked in from the next state . every day at 6 p.m. , orme mayor tony reames turns a big valve to release water from the town 's tank . when he turns the crank again at 9 p.m. , taps in the town run dry . `` when they cut it back on we jump for joy , '' orme resident debbie cash said . `` and then you only have it for three hours . ''<doc-sep>three hours to do all the laundry , bathing , dishwashing and animal watering that has to be done . watch how cash copes '' the old mining town could be the canary in the coal mine for the rest of the region . just 150 miles to the southeast , the 4.5 million people who live in and around atlanta , georgia , are nervously watching water levels go down at their major reservoir . the drought has highlighted an ongoing struggle between georgia , alabama and florida over rights to water from the chattahoochee river . `` all of these people that are on the river systems better take note , because once your streams and tributaries to the river start drying up , the river is n't far behind , '' reames said . see photos of a atlanta 's shrinking lake lanier reservoir '' volunteers take turns three days a week driving a tanker truck or orme 's diesel-belching 1961 fire truck to a hydrant near bridgeport , alabama , 2 1/2 miles down the road . making several round trips , they haul about 25,000 gallons of water back to orme each day . bridgeport , which gets its water from the tennessee river , does n't charge its neighbor . stevenson and new hope , alabama , also help out , occasionally bringing trucks full of water to the hydrant , where it 's transferred to the orme trucks . see where orme has to go for water ''<doc-sep>but things are looking up in orme . a pipeline from bridgeport is nearly complete , built with the help of a $ 378,000 grant from the federal government . `` with this new water coming in , then we 'll have it made , '' cash said . `` now we wo n't have to worry about it no more . '' in addition , an austin , texas , company called h2o guard is planning to donate water-saving sink aerators , shower heads and toilet valves to everyone in orme on november 17 , company spokesman robert easter said . `` we think we 're going to get another 90 gallons ' savings per day per household , '' easter said . `` that 'll make that little water tower in that town go from three hours to four hours without any change in anyone 's habits . ''<doc-sep>reames said residents have found creative ways to conserve , flushing toilets with condensation water from air conditioners and undrinkable water from swimming pools that were filled early in the summer . it 's a lesson for everyone . `` cherish the water you got and be kind of careful with it , '' cash said , `` because you never know if you will be out of water . '' e-mail to a friend . cnn 's jim kavanagh contributed to this report .<doc-sep>jena , louisiana -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- thousands of protesters clogged the tiny town of jena , louisiana , thursday to show their indignation over what they consider unjust , unequal punishments meted out in two racially charged incidents . officers lead al sharpton , center , through jena , louisiana , during thursday 's protest . they swarmed over the grounds of jena high school , where nooses were hung from a tree in early august 2006 , about three months before six black teens known as the `` jena 6 '' were accused of beating a white classmate . while the tension was palpable , news broke thursday afternoon that the 3rd circuit court of appeal ordered a hearing within 72 hours to determine if the only one of the six still behind bars can be released . the order has `` got to be good , '' mychal bell 's attorney , bob noel , told cnn . `` it means we have a day in court . any day in court is going to be a good day . '' earlier , there was an aura of a pilgrimage at the site where the controversial tree once stood before school administrators had it removed . many people touched the ground and some retrieved a lump of dirt , said cnn 's eric marrapodi . he said the part of the town he was in was ill-prepared for the crowds -- no water or toilets were available . in the background , groups shouted `` black power '' and `` no justice , no peace . '' the estimated 15000 to 20,000 demonstrators shut down the town of 3,000 in central louisiana . many residents left for the day , and government agencies , businesses and schools were closed . sgt. tim ledet of the louisiana state police said protesters in buses were still bringing people to town at midday because of the gridlock , but many protesters got off and walked into town on foot . `` there is just no room to maneuver in this small town , '' he said . jena resident terry adams disagreed with any accusations that there might be a black-white divide in the area .<doc-sep>pile-up : flash-flooding is affecting other areas of colorado outside boulder including coal creek , above , near golden colorado . it has been reported that as much as eight inches of water fell in some areas on thursday and a 20-foot wall of water was reported to have swept through the left hand canyon , . north of boulder , the same day . as much as 6 inches of water fell in just 12 hours overnight on wednesday . today , meteorologist dave aguilera of cbs denver station kcnc was predicting heavy rain in the region through friday morning - with no indication as to when it might stop . floodwater has claimed the lives of at least three people since wednesday . desperate : resident matthew messner looks for a way to cross where water has over flowed the sidewalk from heavy rains in boulder , colorado . damage : a section of highway 72 is missing after a flash flood tore through coal creek near golden , colorado . extremely dangerous : a boulder office of emergency management spokesman says the flooding is ` extremely dangerous ' washed up : three men at namaste solar help remove debris from behind the business after the floor swept through north boulder on thursday . battered : the flash flooding has hit boulder , colorado the hardest . rushing waters : a man takes a picture of the dangerously high boulder creek after the overnight flash-flooding in downtown boulder . churning : the widespread flooding in colorado has already led to three reported deaths . one person was killed when a structure . collapsed in the town of jamestown , northwest of boulder . another drowned in northern boulder as he was trying to help a woman who . was swept away in a torrent of water . boulder county . sheriff 's cmdr. heidi prentup said the woman he was trying to save is still missing . to . the south , colorado springs police conducting flood patrols found the . body of 54-year-old danny davis in fountain creek on the west side of . the city . affected areas : mandatory evacuation ordered have been issued for parts of jamestown and fourmile in boulder county , colarado , while parts of northwest jefferson county have also seen flash floods . not stopping : forecasters have predicted heavy rain throughout today . the damage : a city worker surveys the water levels on boulder creek thursday morning after overnight flash-flooding .<doc-sep>according to white , 200 million hours are spent daily by women walking to collect water and 443 million school days are lost every year from children having to scout for water . `` once you get this foundational piece in -- safe water that 's close to the home or a tap at somebody 's house -- then the whole family can start to take off and become much more economically self-sufficient . they can grow more food , they can spend time in a working job and kids can be in school . we all know that that 's the thing that 's really going to liberate people from poverty is an education . water allows all of that to start happening , '' white says . damon witnessed that firsthand in haiti where he met a 13-year-old girl while attending the celebration of a new water pump . the girl had previously spent around three hours a day collecting water . `` i said , ` three hours a day ! what are you going to do now that you have all this time ? your homework ? ' '' `` and she looked at me and she goes , ` shh ! i do n't need more time to do my homework . i 'm the smartest in my class . ' '' damon prodded her some more , asking , '' ` but you have these extra three hours . what are you going to do ? ' and she looked me right in the eyes and she goes ` i 'm going to play . ' '' `` it was wonderful to know that this little girl was going to have time to play like every 13-year-old girl should have . '' `` but you think about the hundreds of millions of kids for whom that 's not an option -- and not only do they not have those three hours , they may not even be in school because they 're scavenging for water . and so it 's not just a life or death issue , it 's a quality of life issue . ''<doc-sep>` they ran and they were hit outside the building where they live . they were all still in their pyjamas and nighties when they were killed . ' the el-farrahs were killed in a flurry of israeli air strikes just over an hour before a ceasefire was due to temporarily halt the relentless bombardment of the gaza strip . ` it 's absolutely terrible . the school that the children attend is due to hold a ceremony to remember them . it is just so sad , ' said mr el-farrah . ` on the same day 26 others were killed . these are innocent people trying to go about their own lives . they have no connection with these killers . ` the rest of the neighbourhood is so scared that people are afraid to even leave their homes . ' i was born in this town , khan younis , and it 's extremely worrying . it 's no longer the place it used to be . ` it 's a constant worry , especially with the rest of my extended family living out there . how much more do these innocent people have to suffer ? ` they have cut off the water and electricity , meaning what lives they do have are affected . ' i spoke to one relative the other day who had queued for three hours just to get ten litres . that is for the whole of his family .

<t> orme , tennessee , has running water from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. </t> <t> town 's spring ran dry in midst of southeast drought . </t> <t> donated water is trucked in from alabama . </t> <t> completion of pipeline will solve problem for good . </t>

town has water just three hours a day<T>

-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- with his hands and feet shackled and his face obscured by his long hair , chester arthur stiles made his initial court appearance in las vegas , nevada , on wednesday morning on charges stemming from the videotaped rape of a 2-year-old girl . chester stiles appears wednesday in a las vegas , nevada , courtroom . stiles , 37 , was taken into custody monday night after a henderson , nevada , police officer pulled over the white buick century he was driving . prosecutors added a couple more charges before wednesday 's hearing , bringing the total to 23 felony counts , including a charge of lewdness with a minor , sexual assault and the use of a child in the production of pornography , according to a statement issued by the clark county , nevada , court . one of the lewdness charges stems from a 2004 incident , while the others are related to the videotape , the court said . judge deborah lippis set november 19 as the date for the preliminary hearing . after the hearing , stiles ' court-appointed attorney said his client was overwhelmed by the public opinion in the case .<doc-sep>`` i think he 's a little out of it , '' public defender jeff banks said . 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 . the girl , who is now 7 , was found last month after a nationwide search . the girl 's mother said on `` the dr. phil show '' wednesday that she was `` relieved '' about stiles ' arrest , although it would have been `` better if they found him dead . '' the woman said she will testify against stiles if the case goes to court . she told phil mcgraw that her daughter remembers nothing about the videotaped assault and that she recently had a conversation with the girl about inappropriate touching . she said her daughter told her that if someone touched her inappropriately , the girl would scream and tell her mother . but , she told mcgraw , `` i do n't trust anybody now . ''<doc-sep>although she is in a relationship with a man her daughter calls `` dad , '' she said , `` i do n't feel comfortable leaving her with him , nor with anybody else . ... i just cry and blame it on myself . '' eight-and-a-half months pregnant , she said the incident has placed a lot of strain on her . asked if she would rather not have known about the assault , she said , `` yes , i could have lived without knowing it . '' 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 ''<doc-sep>`` 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 . 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 and ted rowlands contributed to this report .<doc-sep>a video featuring the adorable dancing toddler , named vaihere , has gone viral on the internet . dancing entirely on her own she shows signs of nervousness as she approaches those sitting watching her . but the young girl then dances like no one is watching as she pirouettes with a hand in the air and shuffles back off in the other direction .<doc-sep>-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 .<doc-sep>the widow of boston marathon bombing suspect tamerlan tsarnaev appeared in court thursday to deal with motor vehicle charges filed following a traffic stop four months after the deadly attack . katherine russell , 24 , has never spoken publicly about the april 15 bombings , which authorities say was carried out by her husband and brother-in-law . she has not been charged , although a grand jury looking into the bombings has called her family members to testify as recently as last month . russell appeared in wrentham district court wearing a hijab , proving that she is still living a strict muslim life after rumors that her family was pushing her to embrace christianity again . she was facing charges of driving with a suspended license , speeding and driving an unregistered motor vehicle . she was stopped by police in franklin in august . scroll down for video . facing the law : katherine tsarnaeva , widow of boston marathon bombing suspect tamerlan tsarnaev , appeared in wrentham , massachusetts court thursday to face traffic charges . life before : before marrying tamerlan tsarnaev , katherine russeel wore westernized clothing and ate at fast food chains but followed her husband as he became more orthodox .<doc-sep>johannesburg -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- three of four minors accused of taking part in a brutal videotaped gang rape of a teenager will face full prosecution , a spokesman for a south african court said wednesday . the boys appeared in court wednesday -- along with three others who are not minors -- to apply for bail . the seven suspects are between the ages of 13 and 19 . a bail hearing will be held may 3 for the minors and june 20 for the adults , said the spokesman , mthunzi mhaga . it is unlikely that the suspects , accused of a crime that has shocked many in south africa , will be granted bail , officials have said . an eighth suspect -- a man who was found with the victim -- is scheduled to appear in court on may 4 , court officials said . the images of the assault of the 17-year-old girl , believed to be mentally ill , swept across the internet last week and touched a nerve in south africa . the shocking footage shows the girl pleading for her attackers to stop , and it has some activists saying it is an example of the country 's problem with rape . the girl went missing on march 21 . police suspect she was kidnapped and turned into a sex slave . the cell phone video of her gang rape surfaced and went viral among schoolchildren in soweto , a vast township near johannesburg . the daily sun , a local tabloid , alerted police about the attack after a concerned mother whose daughter was watching the video handed it over to the newspaper . police embarked on a search for the girl and the people in the video .

<t> new : accused pedophile chester arthur stiles gets additional charges . </t> <t> new : `` i think he 's a little out of it , '' his attorney says . </t> <t> suspect 's ex-girlfriend : `` i 've had my share of nightmares '' </t> <t> stiles , 37 , arrested following a routine traffic stop . </t>

toddler rape suspect shuffles into court in chains<T>

-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- after weeks of controversy over michael mukasey 's views on waterboarding , the senate late thursday approved the former judge 's nomination for attorney general by a 53-40 vote . waterboarding threatened to derail the approval of president bush 's nominee to lead the justice department . president bush nominated mukasey to replace longtime ally alberto gonzales , who resigned in september . the nomination had been considered at risk after a number of democratic senators opposed mukasey because of questions that arose from his views on the terror interrogation technique known as waterboarding and the president 's power to order electronic surveillance . mukasey , a former federal judge in new york , told senators he considers waterboarding `` repugnant , '' but he could not categorically say whether the technique amounts to torture , which u.s. and international law bans . waterboarding is a technique that involves restraining a suspect and pouring water on him to produce the sensation of drowning . mukasey 's confirmation was all but assured last week when two key democrats on the senate judiciary committee -- sens. dianne feinstein of california and chuck schumer of new york -- said they would vote in favor of mukasey despite the controversy . `` the department of justice , once the crown jewel among government institutions , is adrift and rudderless , '' schumer said tuesday -- the same day the committee voted 11-8 to send mukasey 's nomination to the senate floor . `` it desperately needs a strong and independent leader at the helm to set it back on course and i believe judge mukasey is that person . '' schumer said that in a meeting friday the nominee said that congress would be within its rights to pass a law that bans waterboarding across all government agencies and that the president `` would have absolutely no legal authority to ignore '' it . schumer said he believed mukasey would be more likely to find waterboarding illegal than an interim attorney general . `` indeed , his written answers to our notices have demonstrated more openness to ending the practices we abhor than either of this president 's previous attorney general nominees have . '' but mukasey 's pledge to enforce such a law rang hollow with sen. patrick leahy , d-vermont , the judiciary committee 's chairman . `` some have sought to find comfort in judge mukasey 's personal assurance that he would enforce a future , new law against waterboarding if this congress were to pass one , '' leahy said tuesday . `` unsaid , of course , is the fact that any such prohibition would have to be enacted over the veto of this president . '' however , the committee 's ranking republican , sen. arlen specter of pennsylvania , said he believed mukasey would enforce a law banning waterboarding . `` he could have said a lot of things which would have given me more assurances , '' specter said earlier . `` but he is intelligent ; he 's really learned in the law . he 's strong , ethical , honest beyond any question . he 's not an intimate of the president . '' a majority of americans consider waterboarding a form of torture , but some of those say it 's ok for the u.s. government to use the technique , according to a poll released tuesday . asked whether they think waterboarding is a form of torture , more than two-thirds of respondents , or 69 percent , said yes ; 29 percent said no . asked whether they think the u.s. government should be allowed to use the procedure to try to get information from suspected terrorists , 58 percent said no ; 40 percent said yes . the cnn/opinion research corp. telephone poll of 1,024 american adults was carried out over the weekend and had a sampling error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the confirmation of michael mukasey as attorney general was all but assured friday when two key democratic senators said they will vote in favor of the nominee despite questions about his views on `` waterboarding '' and the president 's power to order electronic surveillance . sens. dianne feinstein of california and charles schumer of new york announced they would support the retired federal judge from new york just hours after the chairman of the judiciary committee announced his opposition to the nominee . feinstein and schumer are members of the senate judiciary committee , which is scheduled to vote on the mukasey nomination tuesday . if all the republican members of the committee also vote for mukasey , which is expected , his nomination will go before the full senate . a leading democrat , speaking on condition of anonymity , said wednesday mukasey is likely to be confirmed if his nomination passes the judiciary committee . schumer had praised the nomination of mukasey as a consensus candidate when the president announced mukasey as his choice to replace former attorney general alberto gonzales . gonzales gave up the post in september . `` this is an extremely difficult decision , '' schumer said . `` when an administration so political , so out of touch with the realities of governing and so contemptuous of the rule of law is in charge , we are never left with an ideal choice . judge mukasey is not my ideal choice . however , judge mukasey , whose integrity and independence is respected even by those who oppose him , is far better than anyone could expect from this administration . '' a number of democratic senators , however , have said they will oppose mukasey because of questions about his views on the interrogation technique called `` waterboarding '' and the president 's power to order electronic surveillance . waterboarding involves restraining a suspect and using water to produce the sensation of drowning . mukasey told senators this week that he finds waterboarding `` repugnant , '' but he could not answer whether the technique amounts to torture . while saying `` serious questions have been raised about judge mukasey 's views on torture and on separation of powers , '' feinstein said she would support the nominee because the justice department needed fresh leadership . `` first and foremost , michael mukasey is not alberto gonzales . rather , he has forged an independent life path as a practitioner of the law and a federal judge in the southern district of new york . `` i believe that judge mukasey is the best we will get and voting him down would only perpetuate acting and recess appointments , allowing the administration to avoid the transparency that confirmation hearings provide and diminish effective oversight by congress . ''<doc-sep>washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- more than 170 people around the globe , including at least 61 in the united states , have been arrested in a major operation targeting international child pornographers , officials said friday . attorney general michael mukasey and european union representatives announced the sting 's results friday . operation joint hammer has rescued 11 girls in the united states , ages 3 to 13 , who were sexually abused by child pornography producers , u.s. attorney general michael mukasey and representatives of the european union said at the justice department .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- u.s. attorney general michael mukasey suffered a fainting spell thursday night , according to gina talamona , spokeswoman for the department of justice . michael mukasey is helped as he begins to collapse during his speech thursday night . mukasey , 67 , did not suffer a stroke or experience a heart attack , she said friday morning . mukasey collapsed while giving a speech thursday at the federalist society dinner at the marriott wardman park hotel in washington . he was giving a spirited defense of the bush administration 's legal policies when his speech began to slur and he lost track of his thoughts about 30 minutes into his talk . seconds later , he became rigid and then began to slump . watch mukasey 's speech and collapse '' mukasey was rushed to george washington university medical center , said peter carr , a justice department spokesman . `` the attorney general is conscious , conversant and alert , '' carr said thursday night . `` his vital statistics are strong and he is in good spirits . president bush placed a call to mukasey friday morning . `` the ag sounded well and is getting excellent care , '' presidential spokeswoman dana perino said . mukasey was telling jokes and was ready to go home from the hospital , said a justice department official , who was not authorized to speak on the record about mukasey 's condition . as mukasey began to collapse , two people grabbed him and laid him on the stage . on a tape of the speech , a voice can be heard saying `` oh , no oh ! oh my god ! '' he was given medical attention on stage by a woman and three men before he was rushed to the hospital . ems personnel arrived on the scene less than 15 minutes after his collapse . watch update on mukasey 's condition '' before the ems arrived , one man is heard asking people to please stay in their seats . in the background , a voice is heard saying `` bring his feet up . '' while mukasey was being attended to , the audience remained seated and quiet .<doc-sep>outside the hotel , numerous police cars rushed to the scene . moments later , a fire truck arrived and then an ambulance . white house deputy press secretary tony fratto told cnn that president bush has been informed of the situation and has mukasey in his `` thoughts and prayers . '' watch jeffrey toobin 's comments on mukasey '' as he approached the podium and during the bulk of his appearance , mukasey showed no signs of ill health . during his speech , he praised the administration for `` nothing less than a fundamental reorganization of our government '' after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and blasted the `` relentless critics of the very policies that have kept us safe . '' early in his speech , mukasey noted supreme court justices were in attendance , and he praised john roberts and samuel alito as `` remarkably accomplished justices . '' his speech was punctuated several times by applause from the audience . mukasey is a retired federal judge appointed to the bench by president ronald reagan . mukasey was nominated to be attorney general by president bush in september 2007 and was confirmed by the senate in november 2007 . as a judge , mukasey ruled that the u.s. government 's detention of `` dirty bomb '' suspect jose padilla was constitutional , but that he must be allowed to meet with his attorneys . during his attorney general confirmation hearings , mukasey said he would make legal decisions based `` on facts and law , not by interests and motives . '' mukasey also said he would resign from office if faced with a presidential order he believed was unconstitutional .

<t> president bush nominated mukasey to replace alberto gonzales . </t> <t> mukasey is a former federal chief judge in new york . </t> <t> some democratic senators opposed nominee due to views on waterboarding . </t> <t> human rights groups consider waterboarding a form of torture . </t>

michael mukasey confirmed as attorney general<T>

mogadishu , somalia -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- an enraged crowd dragged the body of an ethiopian soldier through the streets of somalia 's capital thursday after gun battles with islamic insurgents killed 19 people , witnesses reported . in a brutal echo of a 1993 battle involving somali militias in which the bodies of u.s. troops were dragged through the streets , crowds thursday shouted `` god is great '' as they pulled the bruised , bullet-riddled corpse through a dusty mogadishu neighborhood . the body was bound hand and foot with wire and wrapped in a sheet of plastic when insurgents pulled it out of a car and left it with the crowd in the northern mogadishu neighborhood of suqa holaha , witnesses reported . nine ethiopians are reportedly part of the 19 dead .<doc-sep>another battle broke out on the city 's south side thursday morning between ethiopian troops and insurgents armed with heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades . the fighting drove hundreds more people from their homes , on top of the tens of thousands aid agencies say have fled in recent weeks . `` ethiopians will launch violent attacks on us , for some of their comrades have been killed today , '' said rahma nor omar , an elderly woman in the capital . `` they will be like wounded animals . '' witnesses put the death toll from the day 's clashes at 19 , including ethiopian troops , insurgents and civilians .<doc-sep>ethiopian troops arrived in somalia in december 2006 to help a weak somali government drive the islamic courts union out of mogadishu and restore a u.n.-backed transitional government after a decade and a half of near-anarchy . the islamists responded by launching an insurgency against somali government and ethiopian troops that has lasted nearly a year . the united states accused the icu of harboring suspected al qaeda figures , including three men wanted in the 1998 bombings of u.s. embassies in tanzania and kenya , and raised no objections to ethiopian presence in somalia . washington has long been concerned that somalia could turn into a safe haven for terrorists , but icu leaders denied harboring al qaeda suspects . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>determined to escape : one man is so distraught that he pulls open the lift doors with his fingers and runs out in the reception , tripping across the wreath in his haste . when . the lid swings open she lets out a blood-curling scream and bangs on . the metal door with her fist before bursting into hysterical tears . she is so terrified of the moving corpse that she jumps up and down , flapping her hands around and when the doors eventually open she is inconsolable as she scurries away . another young woman receives the same treatment , but curls up into a small ball in the corner of the lift when the ` corpse ' leaves the coffin and drags himself across the floor . when he reaches out to touch her , she manically bats him away as she screams . ooops : there 's another unplanned comedy moment when the coffin tumbles over , as the corpse tries to escape . one man is so distraught that he pulls open the lift doors with his fingers and runs out in the reception , tripping across the wreath in his haste . when a woman and a teenage girl experience the moving corpse they run around the lift screaming and bumping into each other . nervous : a highlight is when a boy and his girlfriend gt into the life . they stare at it without their backs against the lift wall before anything even happens . scared : when the corpse springs into life , the boy grabs his girlfriend and uses her as a human shield . disbelief : when the lift door eventually opens the pair try and tell the undertakers the corpse is alive , but they poke the body and he does not respond . then suddenly he ` awakes ' and the foursome run from the lift screaming . there 's another unlikely comedy moment when the coffin tumbles over , as the corpse tries to escape .<doc-sep>no alarm : the passengers were apparently unaware that the plane had been hijacked . geneva airport chief executive robert . deillon told reporters that the co-pilot , an ethiopian man born in 1983 , . took control of the plane when the pilot left the cockpit . ` the pilot went to the toilet and he -lrb- the co-pilot -rrb- locked himself in the cockpit , ' mr deillon said . the man `` wanted asylum in switzerland '' , ' he said . ` that 's the motivation of the hijacking . ' the co-pilot himself alerted authorities to the plane 's hijacking . precaution : geneva airport was temporarily closed when the hijacked plane landed . unusual approach : a graphic from a tracking app showing how the plane circled over geneva . the hijacking code transmitted by the aircraft was picked up by aviation websites , including airline reporter , which tweeted the worrying news . an ethiopian man smuggled a pistol onto a plane and hijacked a lufthansa flight going from frankfurt to addis ababa in 1993 . he demanded it be flown to the u.s. because he was denied a visa . in june and april 1994 , ethiopian airlines suffered two hijackings at the hands of passengers who demanded to be flown to europe , according to the aviation safety network , which tracks aviation hijackings and other incidents . in 1995 , an ethiopian man trying to avoid being sent back home used a knife from a food tray to commandeer an olympic airlines jet just before it landed in athens , greece . police overpowered the hijacker with no injuries to any of the 114 people on board , according to ap reports . also that year , five armed men seized an ethiopian airlines jetliner and demanded the plane be flown to greece and then sweden . it was instead diverted to al obeid , about 300 miles -lrb- 480 kilometers -rrb- west of khartoum , sudan .<doc-sep>as she started singing into the microphone , the crowd and the baseball players rose in respect . with her tiny voice echoing around the silent stadium , players and coaches stood motionless with their hands on their hearts . a . policeman also listened intently , clearly moved by the young . performer . as she reached the climax of her performance , the crowd rose . and cheered . a woman could be seen wiping tears from her eyes .<doc-sep>suspected gang members are rounded up in monterrey , mexico . in march , nazario moreno gonzalez , the leader . of the knights templar cartel , was killed in a shootout in western mexico . he . led the la familia cartel when he supposedly perished in a two-day . gunbattle with federal police in december 2010 in michoacan , his home . state . no corpse was found then , however . last july , miguel angel trevino morales , 40 , head of the zetas cartel , was . intercepted with two lieutenants in a pick-up truck near nuevo laredo . mexican officials said he had eight guns and $ 2m -lrb- # 1.3 m -rrb- in cash . trevino morales , infamous for his brutality , was wanted on . both sides of the border for ordering massacres and running drugs on a .

<t> ethiopian soldier dragged after battle with islamic insurgents killed 19 people . </t> <t> the body was bound hand and foot with wire and wrapped in a sheet of plastic . </t> <t> incident recalls 1993 dragging of u.s. soldier through streets of mogadishu . </t> <t> washington is concerned somalia could turn into a safe haven for terrorists . </t>

crowd drags ethiopian corpse , echoing 1993 brutality<T>

bolingbrook , illinois -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the disappearance of a suburban chicago police sergeant 's wife is now being treated as a potential homicide , and her husband is a suspect , authorities said friday . stacy peterson , 23 , has been missing from her suburban chicago home since october 28 . in another development , a judge signed an order to exhume the body of drew peterson 's third wife , who was found drowned in a bathtub in 2004 , said will county state attorney james glasgow . peterson , 53 , said he last spoke to 23-year-old stacy peterson -- his fourth wife -- the night of october 28 . drew peterson initially told the media he believed his wife ran off with another man , but he has n't repeated that accusation . cnn has been unable to contact drew peterson for comment . the couple have been married four years and have two children , who have been interviewed for the investigation , glasgow said . drew peterson also has older children from a previous marriage . investigators have twice searched the couple 's home and vehicles , and removed several items , including computers , said illinois state police capt. carl dobrich . drew peterson allowed a limited search on the night his wife was reported missing , but investigators were not allowed to look throughout the entire house and were given access to only one of the vehicles at that time , dobrich said . `` early on , we looked at this as a missing persons case , but also believed strongly ... it was strongly starting to look at drew peterson as being a person of interest , '' dobrich said . `` i would say that right now , drew peterson has gone from being a person of interest to being a suspect . '' new information turned up during the investigation also raised questions about the death of peterson 's third wife , kathleen savio , which was ruled an accident by a coroner 's jury , glasgow said . `` there are strong indications that it was a homicide , '' he said . `` that 's why we are doing the exhumation , because there are tests that need to be done that were n't done during the first autopsy . '' watch why authorities want to exhume the body '' glasgow cited abrasions on savio 's body and a gash on her head that could not be readily explained . `` our main thrust is to determine whether or not it was a homicide , and as we do that , we will see if there is any evidence that implicates anyone , '' he said .<doc-sep>glasgow , who was not state attorney at the time of savio 's death , said he reviewed the case file before deciding to reopen the case . `` with 29 years of experience , there was no doubt in my mind it was n't an accident , '' he said . `` that was clear . '' in 2002 , savio was charged once with battery and once with domestic battery against her husband , but was found not guilty at trial , glasgow said . another time , she tried to bring domestic battery charges against peterson , but no charges were ever filed . savio 's sister , sue doman , said savio expressed fear of drew peterson . `` she told me all the time , ` he 's gon na kill me . it 's gon na look like an accident , ' '' doman said . doman said she did n't believe her sister could have died in the way the investigation concluded . `` i do n't understand accidental drowning . you just do n't drown in the bathtub , especially a small whirlpool . you just do n't do that , '' she said . meanwhile , friends and family of stacy peterson said she expressed concerns about her husband . a friend , steve cesare , has told cnn he received e-mail from her describing her relationship as abusive . the woman 's aunt , candace aikin , of el monte , california , said stacy peterson confided in her that there were problems during a visit to the peterson home in suburban chicago last month . `` she said that she was afraid because he was following her around 24/7 , even inside the house , '' aikin said . `` he was very obsessed and stalking her , even inside her house . she was very , very full of stress and just not happy in her marriage at all , '' aikin said . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>by . daily mail reporter . published : . 19:33 est , 9 august 2012 . | . updated : . 02:09 est , 10 august 2012 . found dead : anna oung , 29 , was found in the trunk of her car with visible bruising on her body but her cause of death was not immediately known . a cell phone gps tracker led to a significant but sad break in a murder case . the husband of anna oung used the location services on his wife 's cell phone to lead him to his missing wife 's car in los angeles . because he did not have the keys to the car , he called police who then opened the trunk and found ms oung 's dead body . the husband , whose name has not been released , filed a missing persons report an hour before he helped find his wife 's body on tuesday evening . the car , and ms oung 's body , were found near the campus of university of california-irvine , though her husband has no idea how or why it got there . very few specifics about the case have been released publicly : police have announced that there was visible bruising on ms oung 's body , but they would not say how or what caused the injuries . they have not ruled the 29-year-old 's death a homicide , but are deeming it ` suspicious ' . final resting place : the car was found parked near the university of california-irvine , though the husband had no reason why it would be there . home : though the couple lives in this los angeles home , there is no clear reason why oung would have been near the college campus . no suspect or motive has been determined in the case , and the husband has been fully cooperating with police . ` it 's really sad ... shocking , ' one of ms oung 's neighbors told local ktla . ` he was always bike riding and just always with her . every time she came , he was outside helping her park ... they were always happy , ' the neighbor said of the couple . watch the video here .<doc-sep>mrs killgore went missing shortly after . filing for divorce from her husband , cory killgore a 22-year-old marine deployed to . afghanistan . her body was found in brush near lake skinner in riverside . county about 25 miles northeast of her modest , two-story apartment in . fallbrook , a san diego county community known for its avocado orchards . killgore lived a short walk from an . entrance to camp pendleton , and her complex - like others around it - is . full of marines and their families who tend to be short-term residents . and often do n't get to know each other well . fears : cory , right , is returning from afghanistan after hearing about the disappearance of his wife , left . killgore 's husband , lance corporal . cory killgore , flew back to california after learning his wife was . missing . sheriff 's authorities say he is not a suspect . the couple from missouri were married . in july 2010 . brittany killgore filed for divorce april 10 and listed . ` irreconcilable differences ' as the reason . she gave no details on the . paperwork . her cellphone was found in the gaslamp district of downtown san diego , an area populated with bars and restaurants . darryl j wrest of rolla , missouri , . confirmed brittany killgore is his daughter but said he was not . commenting on anything at this time . killgore 's other family members . also declined to comment . authorities investigating the homicide said a suicide note . of the prime suspect contained key details about the case , including . the location of a body . serious : the fallbrook scene where louis ray perez is being questioned in connection with the disappearance . authorities in california are now reportedly examining a possible link between killgore , the suspect , and a seedy sex ring . abc 10 reported that officers later responded to a ramada inn near the san diego airport , . where they found a woman with stab wounds all over her body in an . apparent suicide attempt . that woman , 27-year-old lopez , was arrested at the scene but hospitalised at ucsd medical center . she was discharged from the hospital on wednesday , and charged with murder in killgore 's death . cory killgore was deployed to afghanistan earlier this year as a vehicle operator . see below for video . video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player .<doc-sep>perez , 45 , had initially pleaded not guilty to stealing a ar-15 rifle from camp pendleton , but was re-arrested on april 24 and charged with killgore 's death . lopez 's bail was set at $ 3 million . mrs killgore went missing shortly after filing for divorce from her husband , cory killgore a 22-year-old marine deployed to afghanistan . her body was found in brush in riverside county about 25 miles northeast of her modest , two-story apartment in fallbrook , a san diego county community known for its avocado orchards . killgore lived a short walk from an entrance to camp pendleton , and her complex - like others around it - is full of marines and their families who tend to be short-term residents and often do n't get to know each other well . fears : cory , right , is returning from afghanistan after hearing about the disappearance of his wife , left . killgore 's husband , lance corporal cory killgore , flew back to california after learning his wife was missing . the couple from missouri were married in july 2010 . brittany killgore filed for divorce april 10 and listed ` irreconcilable differences ' as the reason . she gave no details on the paperwork . her cellphone was found in the gaslamp district of downtown san diego , an area populated with bars and restaurants . darryl j wrest of rolla , missouri , confirmed brittany killgore is his daughter but said he was not commenting on anything at this time . killgore 's other family members also declined to comment . authorities investigating the homicide said a suicide note of the prime suspect contained key details about the case , including the location of a body . serious : the fallbrook scene where louis ray perez is being questioned in connection with the disappearance . authorities in california are now reportedly examining a possible link between killgore , the suspect , and a seedy sex ring . abc 10 reported that officers later responded to a ramada inn near the san diego airport , where they found a woman with stab wounds all over her body in an apparent suicide attempt . that woman , 25-year-old lopez , was arrested at the scene but hospitalized at ucsd medical center . cory killgore was deployed to afghanistan earlier this year as a vehicle operator . since his wife 's murder , killgore has spoken publicly about her just once , saying in a statement that she was ` beautiful beyond words ' and that he was ` devastated ' by her loss , according to patch . ` my duty to her memory is now to ensure her good reputation remains intact , and help law enforcement and prosecutors secure justice for the person or persons who took her away from me , ' he said .<doc-sep>charged in connection to homicide : the visibly frightened dixon , of alameda county , california , was charged with ` accessory after the fact ' in the november 30 killing of 66-year-old millionaire investor raveesh kumra . but dixon , of alameda county , was charged on friday with ` accessory after the fact ' in the november 30 killing of kumra , an investor who owned western cellular management , nbc news reports . kumra is best known for owning mountain winery in the 1990s . his ex-wife , harinder ` rani ' kumra , was also home at their large villa in monte sereno and was tied up during the attack . the couple were divorced but had remained cordial , according to a family statement . rani kumra told police she believed three or four people had entered the family 's mansion on withey road . she told police that she and her husband were tied up at about 1:30 am . murdered : raveesh kumra , best known for owning mountain winery , was tied up and then killed in his mansion last month . more to the story : dixon is not being charged with the homicide . a sketch of a possible suspect in the case shows a tall , skinny man in his early 20s who has black hair . police released a statement on friday saying they do not believe the homicide of raveesh kumra was a random act of violence . authorities have not yet explained how he was killed or who killed him . dixon is not being charged with the homicide .

<t> new : judge signs order to exhume the body of drew peterson 's third wife . </t> <t> peterson has said he believed his fourth wife left him for another man . </t> <t> police : case shifts from a missing persons search to a potential homicide . </t> <t> friends and family : stacy peterson expressed concerns about her husband . </t>

missing-wife case called possible homicide , husband is a suspect<T>

-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- china has suspended exports of the aqua dots toys contaminated with a chemical that can convert to a powerful `` date rape '' drug , the state-run xinhua news agency reported saturday . the toys have caused some children who swallowed the craft toys to vomit and lose consciousness . china suspended exports of the aqua dots toys that contain a chemical that converts into a `` date rape '' drug . the agency said that the general administration of quality supervision , inspection , and quarantine -lrb- aqsiq -rrb- has ordered an investigation by quality control agencies and will release results as soon as they are available . the aqsiq did not reveal the name of the toys ' producer , xinhua said . u.s. safety officials voluntarily recalled about 4.2 million of the chinese-made toys wednesday . scientists have found the highly popular holiday toy contains a chemical that , once metabolized , converts into the toxic `` date rape '' drug ghb -lrb- gamma-hydroxy butyrate -rrb- , scott wolfson , a spokesman with the u.s. consumer product safety commission -lrb- cpsc -rrb- , told cnn .<doc-sep>`` children who swallow the beads can become comatose , develop respiratory depression or have seizures , '' a cpsc statement warned . the arts-and-craft beads , which have been selling since april at major u.s. retail stores under the name `` aqua dots , '' have also been distributed in australia under the name `` bindeez beads . '' the bindeez toys were recalled tuesday by melbourne-based moose enterprise pty. ltd. after three children in australia swallowed large quantities of the beads and were hospitalized . `` i was so frightened because i thought she was n't going to make it , '' heather lehane told cnn affiliate network 7 of her 10-year-old daughter , charlotte , who was hospitalized in australia after ingesting some of the beads . in the united states , the washington-based safety commission said it has in recent days received two reports detailing the severe effects of the digested beads , which are part of a craft kit aimed at kids 4 years and older .<doc-sep>the cpsc said a boy nearly 2 years old `` swallowed several dozen beads . he became dizzy and vomited several times before slipping into a comatose state for a period of time . '' the commission said the toddler was hospitalized and has since `` fully recovered . '' the second incident involved a child who vomited , fell into a coma and was hospitalized for five days . it was not immediately clear whether the child had made a full recovery . toronto-based toy distributor spin master ltd. stopped shipping the aqua dots toys and asked retailers to pull them off their shelves , where they were previously sold for $ 17 to $ 30 . anyone with aqua dots at home should return the product to the company , cpsc spokeswoman julie vallese said .<doc-sep>the toy had been named toy of the year in australia and recently crested wal-mart 's list of top 12 christmas toys . wal-mart on thursday listed the toys on its web site as `` out of stock online '' and had removed them from their top toy list as well . this latest recall is part of a larger batch of recalls of chinese-made toys that have swept across the country . last month alone , u.s. government safety officials and retailers voluntarily recalled at least 69,000 chinese-made toys over concerns of excessive amounts of lead paint , which can cause hazardous lead poisoning . e-mail to a friend . cnn 's janine brady , jason carroll , laura dolan , julie o'neill and leslie wiggins contributed to this report .<doc-sep>new delhi , india -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- india friday announced it has banned import of chinese toys for six months . the move was announced by india 's directorate general of foreign trade of the commerce ministry . the ministry notification gave no reason for the six-month ban effective immediately . in 2007 , there were recalls in the united states of chinese-made toys over concerns of excessive amount of lead paint . also that year , china suspended export of a bead toy that was contaminated with a `` date rape '' drug , chinese media reported . some children who swallowed the beads vomited and lost consciousness .<doc-sep>new york -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- u.s. safety officials have recalled about 4.2 million chinese-made aqua dots bead toys that contain a chemical that has caused some children to vomit and become comatose after swallowing them . bindeez , which were named australia 's toy of the year , contain a chemical that converts into a `` date rape '' drug . scientists have found the popular toy 's coating contains a chemical that , once metabolized , converts into the toxic `` date rape '' drug ghb , or gamma-hydroxy butyrate , u.s. consumer product safety commission spokesman scott wolfson told cnn . `` ghb is this drug that in low doses actually causes euphoria , '' said dr. sanjay gupta , cnn 's chief medical correspondent . `` in higher doses , it can cause people to go into a coma . it can cause seizures . it can cause something known as hypotonia , where all your muscles just become very flaccid . `` and it can cause people to become amnestic , ... which is why it became a date-rape drug , '' gupta said . `` so this is nasty stuff , and it appears that the chemical is actually converting into it in the body . '' the arts and craft beads , aimed at children 4 years and older , have been selling since april at major u.s. retail stores as `` aqua dots '' and in australia under the name `` bindeez beads . '' cpsc spokeswoman julie vallese said anyone with aqua dots at home should immediately take the toy away from children and contact distributor spin master ltd. to return for free replacement beads or a toy of equal value . for additional information , contact spin master at 1-800-622-8339 between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. et , monday through friday . the toy was named toy of the year in australia and recently made wal-mart stores inc. 's list of top 12 christmas toys .<doc-sep>new york -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- u.s. safety officials have recalled about 4.2 million chinese-made aqua dots bead toys that contain a chemical that has caused some children to vomit and become comatose after swallowing them . bindeez , which were named australia 's toy of the year , contain a chemical that converts into a `` date rape '' drug . scientists have found the popular toy 's coating contains a chemical that , once metabolized , converts into the toxic `` date rape '' drug ghb , or gamma-hydroxy butyrate , u.s. consumer product safety commission spokesman scott wolfson told cnn . `` ghb is this drug that in low doses actually causes euphoria , '' said dr. sanjay gupta , cnn 's chief medical correspondent . `` in higher doses , it can cause people to go into a coma . it can cause seizures . it can cause something known as hypotonia , where all your muscles just become very flaccid . `` and it can cause people to become amnestic , ... which is why it became a date-rape drug , '' gupta said . `` so this is nasty stuff , and it appears that the chemical is actually converting into it in the body . '' the arts and craft beads , aimed at children 4 years and older , have been selling since april at major u.s. retail stores as `` aqua dots '' and in australia under the name `` bindeez beads . '' cpsc spokeswoman julie vallese said anyone with aqua dots at home should immediately take the toy away from children and contact distributor spin master ltd. to return for free replacement beads or a toy of equal value . for additional information , contact spin master at 1-800-622-8339 between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. et , monday through friday . the toy was named toy of the year in australia and recently made wal-mart stores inc. 's list of top 12 christmas toys .<doc-sep>two chinese businesses , a u.s. company and top executives of each were indicted by a federal grand jury in february in connection with tainted pet food , which resulted in deaths and serious illnesses in up to thousands of u.s. pets , federal prosecutors said . in october 2007 , regulators and retailers in the united states recalled at least 69,000 chinese-made toys over concerns of excessive amounts of lead paint , which can cause hazardous lead poisoning . in november , shipments of the popular toy aqua dots were found to have been contaminated with a toxic chemical that turned into a powerful `` date rape '' drug if swallowed , causing some children who ate the craft toys to vomit and lose consciousness . and in february , a maryland candy distributor pulled pokemon-brand valentine lollipops from store shelves after bits of metal were found in the sealed treats , authorities said . officials on monday announced the death of a second child who consumed contaminated milk powder . of the more than 1,200 others who have been sickened , 340 infants were hospitalized , and 53 considered to be in serious condition , according to china 's health ministry . government inspectors were testing baby formula around china and plan to release their results on tuesday , said li changjiang , head of the state administration of quality supervision , inspection and quarantine , according to the xinhua news agency . the manufacturer , sanlu group , has recalled more than 8,200 tons of the tainted formula following reports of babies developing kidney stones , xinhua said . sanlu , one of china 's leading dairy producers , also has sealed off more than 2,100 tons of contaminated product , and another 700 tons still need to be recalled , the news agency said . chinese police have questioned 78 people , including dairy farmers and milk dealers , about the contamination , a chinese official told xinhua saturday . sanlu would not say whether its employees were being investigated , xinhua said . testing by sanlu found tripolycyanamide , also known as melamine , in 700 tons of its product , said zhao xinchao , the vice mayor of shijiazhuang , the news agency reported . zhao told the news agency that the suspects added water to the milk they sold to sanlu to make more money , then added the chemical so that the diluted milk could still meet standards . inspectors found the chemical in sanlu infant formula produced by one of the company 's partner producers in northwest gansu province , an official said sunday . two of 12 samples randomly selected from the sanlu milk powder produced by the haoniu dairy company in jiuquan city tested positive for melamine , said xian hui , the vice-governor of gansu . ingesting melamine can lead to kidney stones , urinary tract ulcers , and eye and skin irritation , health experts said . the chemical is commonly used in coatings and laminates , wood adhesives , fabric coatings , ceiling tiles and flame retardants . the chemical was also involved in the massive pet food recall last year . hundreds of wal-mart and carrefour stores in were pulling the sanlu milk powder from their shelves , xinhua said .

<t> state-run news agency : china orders an investigation by quality control agencies . </t> <t> children who swallow the beads can become comatose or have seizures . </t> <t> toys are sold as aqua dots in the u.s. , as bindeez beads in australia . </t> <t> three children were hospitalized in australia after swallowing large quantities . </t>

report : china halts export of bead toys tainted with toxic drug<T>

johannesburg , south africa -- south african fast bowler dale steyn took a career-best five for 34 as the proteas took a tight grip on the first test against new zealand in johannesburg . steyn 's career-best 5-34 was his fourth five-wicket haul in 14 tests . new zealand were bowled out for 118 in reply to south africa 's 226 and the home side piled on the agony by reaching 179 for two in their second innings . hashim amla and jacques kallis shared an unbeaten stand of 159 as south africa stretched their lead to 287 . south africa 's bowlers excelled to bring their side back into the game after their disappointing first innings . they snapped up five wickets in the morning session when the kiwis could only muster 56 runs . former new zealand captain stephen fleming made 40 but the next best score was new cap ross taylor 's 15 . fleming was struck on the right forearm by steyn and did not field during the afternoon . coach john bracewell said he had gone for precautionary x-rays but there was only bruising .<doc-sep>new zealand , 41 for two overnight , lost nightwatchman shane bond , bowled by a steyn yorker , before makhaya ntini claimed the crucial wicket of fleming , who was well caught by ab de villiers diving to his left at third slip . scott styris and taylor scraped 19 runs in 10 overs before more wickets tumbled . steyn 's figures bettered his previous best of five for 47 against the same opponents at centurion two seasons ago . it was his fourth five-wicket haul in 14 tests . ntini took three for 47 and kallis two for 11 . south africa made an uncertain start to their second innings with openers herschelle gibbs and captain graeme smith out cheaply , but amla and kallis blunted the attack and then took charge . they batted together for 205 minutes , amla facing 230 balls and hitting 13 boundaries in his 85 while kallis hit 12 fours off 122 deliveries in reaching 76 . the kiwis were left to regret brendon mccullum 's failure to hold a chance from amla off shane bond , when the batsman had only scored two . `` the ball was hard and new and we were trying to get momentum . it cost us a lot , '' said coach john bracewell . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>' i know he apologised in the media and i should be playing this down . ` but the day he comes and shakes my hand and says ' i really mean what i said ' and behaves like the way he should , maybe then i will -lrb- forgive him -rrb- . ` but for right now , he 's not here so i 'll wait until i get to australia . ' steyn intimated he 's never been more deeply offended by a personal sledge made by clarke in the final moments of australia 's bitter series victory back in march . clarke and mitchell johnson of australia consult the umpire after a review decision for the wicket of vernon philander of south africa during day 5 of the third test match between south africa and australia at sahara park newlands in cape town . clarke claims he apologised to steyn immediately after the match and admits he was ` out of line ' for overstepping the mark but steyn clearly has n't accepted it . steyn 's comments sets up another heated battle when south africa tour australia for more limited overs matches in november . especially given clarke feels he 's already adequately apologised for the incident which occurred while steyn was batting desperately to try save the test . the australian skipper intervened while steyn was having words with james pattinson , prompting the proteas star to blow up in response - although the exact nature of clarke 's sledge is unknown . clarke claimed before leaving harare that he believed he had set the record straight with steyn .<doc-sep>by . cindy tran for daily mail australia . and aap . south african cricketer dale steyn admits he has n't yet forgiven the australian skipper michael clarke after their heated on-field spat during the cape town test . lifting the lid on the lingering bad blood between the pair , steyn intimated he 's never been more deeply offended by a personal sledge made by clarke in the final moments of australia 's bitter series victory back in march . clarke claims he apologised to steyn immediately after the match and admits he was ` out of line ' for overstepping the mark during a post-match press conference . south african cricketer dale steyn admits he has n't yet forgiven the australian skipper michael clarke after a heated on-field exchange during the cape town test in march . but steyn clearly has n't accepted clarke 's remorse as genuine . south africa and australia stayed at the same hotel in harare during the one-day tri-series , but the pair never spoke one word to each other before clarke returned home through injury , missing saturday 's final won convincingly by south africa . steyn did n't mince words about his attitude towards clarke since the explosive incident and what it would take to bury the hatchet . ' i do n't take many things personally , but what he did say to me i did take personally , ' steyn said after claiming man-of-the-match honours in the tri-series final win in harare on saturday .<doc-sep>habana touched down for his historic score on 21 minutes , with south africa awarded a penalty try after namibia were overpowered in the scrum on the half-hour . center jaque fourie registered south africa 's fourth and final try of the opening period after 38 minutes , before steyn again converted to make the halftime score 31-0 . center francois steyn added to the tally after the break , and morne steyn continued his perfect record in the match by successfully converting before notching a try of his own on the hour mark . the tries kept coming for the springboks with center juan de jongh coming off the bench to go over the namibia line with 63 minutes gone , and scrumhalf ruan pienaar -- on as a replacement for kicker steyn -- converted to make the score 54-0 .<doc-sep>shining light : opener aaron finch was the only aussie to reach 50 as they set a paltry 217 batting first . on your toes : finch evades a fierce delivery from a south african quick in the first innings in harare . middle stump : dale steyn celebrates the massive wicket of finch as he knocks centre peg out of the ground . finch and mitchell marsh started to pile on the runs before the former and his replacement glenn maxwell were both out with the score stuck on 115 . finch -lrb- 54 -rrb- went first after steyn took out his middle stump and maxwell -lrb- nought -rrb- followed lbw in the next ball to steyn . brad haddin joined marsh at the crease but steyn failed to claim his hat-trick and marsh -lrb- 27 -rrb- was bowled out by parnell , before haddin -lrb- six -rrb- fell lbw to steyn and mitchell johnson -lrb- six -rrb- was caught by aaron phangiso at the boundary off morkel to leave the aussies struggling on 144 for eight . but an impressive ninth-wicket stand of 71 from faulkner -lrb- 39 -rrb- and mitchell starc -lrb- 29 -rrb- saw them rack up a respectable total before the former - who hit four fours from his 37 balls - became morkel 's second victim , caught at long on by miller . in response south africa began to get some massive runs on the board , despite losing quinton de kock early for just seven . on fire : veteran quick dale steyn claimed 4-35 in a brutal 10 overs for south africa .

<t> south africa lead new zealand by 287 with 8 wickets standing in the 1st test . </t> <t> the proteas reach 179-2 in their second innings after the kiwis are 118 all out . </t> <t> south african paceman dale steyn takes a career-best 5-34 . </t>

steyn leads south africa fightback<T>

amman , jordan -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- in the sunbathed schoolyard of the shmisani institute for girls in amman , jordan , principal sanaa abu harb makes an announcement over the speaker system . iraqi students at the shmisani school in amman gather around a teacher . one in 5 students there is iraqi . `` all iraqi girls come outside now . all iraqi girls . iraqi girls only ! '' she repeats several times , making sure the message is clear and waving away jordanian pupils attracted by the commotion . dozens of girls in green apron-like uniforms pour out into the courtyard and cluster on the top level of a stone staircase overlooking a concrete playground . harb wants the cnn crew to see how many iraqi refugee girls her school is accommodating . this school year , she says , 145 students are iraqi -- roughly 20 percent of the students at this state-funded institution -- with another 40 iraqi children on a waiting list . watch iraqi girls describe a long way from home '' the reason behind the jump in the number of iraqis at the school is a new government policy : for the first time since the start of the iraq war , jordan is allowing all iraqi children -- regardless of refugee status -- to enroll in state-funded schools . simply , this means that even illegal refugees with no paperwork can send their kids to school with no questions asked . the move is cementing a massive population shift in the middle east . more than 2.2 million iraqis have fled the violence in their homeland , most of them seeking refuge in neighboring jordan and syria , according to humanitarian officials . jordanian minister of education khalid touqan says he expects jordan to accommodate 40,000 to 50,000 iraqi students this year . that 's more than double the number of iraqi children enrolled in public school two years ago . harb , on the front line of the phenomenon , says the influx is putting a strain on her school . even with some u.n. and u.s. aid to jordan , there 's still not enough money . `` we need more teachers here , more resources , more buildings , more chairs for all iraqi students and our students , '' she says . in a nearby neighborhood , in the study room of the ahmed toukan school for boys , a handful of iraqi kids talk of their experience living far from home . seated at a rectangular table covered with a red and white tablecloth , the boys tell stories of horror and displacement . eighteen-year-old qutaiba lost five immediate family members before moving to jordan to try to live a normal life . matter-of-factly and with a straight-ahead stare , he repeats the number : `` five members . ''<doc-sep>most of the boys and young men from iraq have missed several years of school -- up to a four-year educational gap that will delay not only their high school graduation , but also their entry into the workforce . all say , though , that they feel lucky to have gotten out , even if the violence in their country means always having to be on the move , ready to live far from home and away from loved ones . `` it 's not strange for me to be in the middle of people i do n't know , '' says eleventh grader ziad tarek al shamsi . `` i had friends in iraq when i was small , i left them . in america , i left them . i came here , i left them . '' he pauses : `` but you have to miss your country . '' the united nations high commissioner for refugees estimates up to 250,000 school-age iraqi children are in jordan . many of them are enrolled in private institutions . but as families run out of money they had when they left iraq , they turn to public schools . even so , more than a month into the new academic year , fewer iraqi families than first anticipated enrolled their kids in schools this year . according to the charity save the children , 21,000 iraqi children have so far enrolled in jordanian classrooms . as a result , the government extended the deadline for student applications and cut down on the required paperwork for iraqi families . the lower registration numbers were attributed in part to illegal refugees ' fears of being identified through their children 's school records . regardless of what the final number will be this year , the population shift in the middle east is , according to unhcr head antonio guterres , the largest urban refugee situation in the world . iraqi families are changing the social fabric of jordanian society . about 10 percent of jordan 's population is now made up of iraqi refugees -- the estimates range from 500,000 to 750,000 of them . the schoolchildren are living examples of how the iraq war may permanently change the middle east . `` iraqi children will be incorporated and integrated within our mainstream line of education , '' says touqan , the education minister . `` we will not run a parallel system of education . '' e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>for those students forced to give up their schooling , their commitment to higher learning has n't diminished , even if their opportunities to pursue it have . on a research trip to za'atari refugee camp in jordan last april , watenpaugh recalls meeting a group of female engineering students who smuggled their computers out of the country . `` we asked them how supportive their parents were , and if they would let them go abroad to study . they all answered yes . one woman said , ` in our house , studying is holy . ' '' overcoming obstacles ? the challenges facing those who want to continue their education are fierce . `` they range from the prosaic , like not having a transcript , or maybe just having a photocopied one , to the substantive , like having to choose between tuition and taking care of family , '' says watenpaugh . neighboring countries do n't always make it easy . jordan , for instance , is hostile to refugee institutions that risk becoming permanent . in turkey , there 's the added barrier of language . on top of everything else , space is limited , both at foreign universities , and at the free syrian university , which can accommodate little more than 800 students -- a fact that keeps al-jamal awake at night .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the united nations official overseeing efforts to help iraq 's many displaced people said monday the country could be at a turning point . `` this new government represents an enormous opportunity for iraq , but also for our work , '' said antonio guterres , the u.n. high commissioner for refugees , on his first visit to iraq since the country formed a new government in december . `` i hope today we are marking the beginning of the end of the displacement chapter in iraq . '' there are 196,000 iraqis registered as refugees with unhcr , mainly in neighboring syria , jordan and lebanon , the agency said in a news release . the unhcr also `` estimates there are about 1.3 million internally displaced iraqis , and some 500,000 of them living in extremely precarious conditions . '' guterres met with top iraqi leaders , including president jalal talabani , prime minister nuri al-maliki and minister of foreign affairs hoshyar zebari . he proposed `` a government-led national plan of action '' to create the conditions that would allow iraqis to return home , the unhcr said .<doc-sep>amman , jordan -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- in the sunbathed schoolyard of the shmisani institute for girls in amman , jordan , principal sanaa abu harb makes an announcement over the speaker system . iraqi students at the shmisani school in amman gather around a teacher . one in 5 students there is iraqi . `` all iraqi girls come outside now . all iraqi girls . iraqi girls only ! '' she repeats several times , making sure the message is clear and waving away jordanian pupils attracted by the commotion . dozens of girls in green apron-like uniforms pour out into the courtyard and cluster on the top level of a stone staircase overlooking a concrete playground . harb wants the cnn crew to see how many iraqi refugee girls her school is accommodating . this school year , she says , 145 students are iraqi -- roughly 20 percent of the students at this state-funded institution -- with another 40 iraqi children on a waiting list . watch iraqi girls describe a long way from home '' the reason behind the jump in the number of iraqis at the school is a new government policy : for the first time since the start of the iraq war , jordan is allowing all iraqi children -- regardless of refugee status -- to enroll in state-funded schools . simply , this means that even illegal refugees with no paperwork can send their kids to school with no questions asked . the move is cementing a massive population shift in the middle east . more than 2.2 million iraqis have fled the violence in their homeland , most of them seeking refuge in neighboring jordan and syria , according to humanitarian officials . jordanian minister of education khalid touqan says he expects jordan to accommodate 40,000 to 50,000 iraqi students this year . that 's more than double the number of iraqi children enrolled in public school two years ago . harb , on the front line of the phenomenon , says the influx is putting a strain on her school . even with some u.n. and u.s. aid to jordan , there 's still not enough money . `` we need more teachers here , more resources , more buildings , more chairs for all iraqi students and our students , '' she says . in a nearby neighborhood , in the study room of the ahmed toukan school for boys , a handful of iraqi kids talk of their experience living far from home . seated at a rectangular table covered with a red and white tablecloth , the boys tell stories of horror and displacement . eighteen-year-old qutaiba lost five immediate family members before moving to jordan to try to live a normal life . matter-of-factly and with a straight-ahead stare , he repeats the number : `` five members . ''<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- mohamed bouazizi , a 26-year-old unemployed college graduate from tunisia , began a fruit and vegetable stand to earn a living . but he did not have a permit . in december , the local police came after him . `` the police not only confiscated his stand , but they also beat him up , '' said khadija cherif of the federation of human rights leagues , a paris-based group . in protest , bouazizi set himself on fire . he died almost three weeks later . his death helped spark a revolution that led to the ouster of president zine el abidine ben ali , who 'd ruled tunisia for 23 years . since then , unrest has engulfed north africa and the middle east , with protesters taking to the streets in algeria and egypt , jordan and yemen . from a lack of economic opportunities for vast segments of society to governments that provide little say for citizens , there are many factors behind the current demonstrations . but a significant one is the frustration of a generation of young people in the region struggling to support themselves and their families . the region is now home to more than 100 million young people between the ages of 15 to 29 , according to `` generation in waiting , '' a book edited by navtej dhillon and tarik yousef that explores the challenges facing this age group . they are educated . most countries in the region have high rates of school enrollment at the primary level . and many have high achievement at the secondary level , according to data collected and analyzed by samantha constant and mary kraetsch of the middle east youth initiative at the brookings institution . but the data can be deceptive . `` they 're getting the schooling , but it 's very poor quality schooling , '' said ragui assaad , an expert in the politics and economics of the middle east and north africa at the university of minnesota . he is also affiliated with the brookings institution . `` you have tremendous expansion in schooling , more than any other parts of the world in terms of rates of growth of enrollment . but -lrb- it is -rrb- very low quality schooling that does n't provide you with any skills that are useful in the labor market . '' rany ibrahim , 32 , who left cairo , egypt , in 2003 to study in canada , told cnn ireport that the public university system there was `` really bad . '' `` i did n't feel i got the education i deserved , '' he said . `` you get the degree , but you feel like you do n't know much . '' ibrahim said the class sizes were large , and there was little personal time with professors . `` the professors do n't have the power to teach freely , -lrb- and -rrb- the technology is very old , '' ibrahim said . `` instead of having a few entrusted qualified graduates , you have many , many graduates but with really poor education . ''

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-lrb- real simple -rrb- -- here are five great ways to enjoy your summer . lazing in a hammock is one of the best ways to spend a summer evening . best way to cut jeans into shorts -- what better way to declare the start of summer ? the key to cutting off jeans is not to go too short too soon . slip on the jeans and mark the desired length on one leg with chalk . `` take them off , fold the leg at the mark , and iron the fold , '' says caroline calvin , creative director of levi 's . `` then cut just under the crease with fabric scissors . lay the short jean leg on top of the other side and cut to evenly match . '' repeat as needed to get the length you want . ninety-degree days ? bring 'em on ! the best way to catch fireflies -- how ? with womanly wiles : `` fireflies blink to attract a mate , '' explains naturalist lynn havsall , director of programs at the george b. dorr museum of natural history , in bar harbor , maine . `` males fly around while females sit in trees , in shrubs , or on the ground . so find a female and watch her blinking pattern . then imitate the pattern with a pen flashlight and the males will come to you . ''<doc-sep>-rsb- a plus : the bugs move slowly , so they 're easy to trap in a jar . punch some holes in the lid and add a little grass and a piece of fruit for moisture . admire your pretty night-lights till bedtime , then let them go . the best way to run on the beach -- who needs a treadmill when you have miles of shoreline ? running on the beach can get you into great shape . take it from lifeguard benjamin guss , 25 , of del mar , california , who recently qualified to compete in this year 's iron man triathlon -lrb- yes , that means swimming 2.4 miles , biking 112 miles , and then running a marathon -- consecutively -rrb- in kailua-kona , hawaii . beware , shoeless joes . if you choose to run barefoot , keep your workouts brief at first to allow tender soles to build up calluses . `` you can get blisters , even burns , from hot , soft sand , '' says guss . `` i like to run barefoot , but for more than a couple miles , i wear shoes . '' know your sand . `` in soft sand , one mile is like two , '' says guss . you may work foot and leg muscles you do n't always use , so start slowly . and hard sand can be as tough on your legs as the road , so wear running sneakers . pick the right time to run . `` my favorite time is in the evening , '' says guss . `` the wind dies down , and the sand is n't that hot . '' to work harder , fill small bags with sand to use as hand weights . the best way to get in and out of a hammock -- everyone looks good lazing in a hammock -- it 's getting in and out that 's tricky . to make it less so , try these tips from penny waugh , a buyer for http://www.hammocks.com/ .<doc-sep>• position your backside toward the hammock 's center and tilt back until you reach a 45-degree angle , with the hammock parallel to your rear . • gently sit back into the hammock and let it level out . • swing your legs up and stretch them out . • lie back . loll . sigh contentedly . for a graceful exit , sit upright and swing your legs off , anchoring your feet on the ground . then push with your behind , gathering momentum to stand . `` it 's tricky , since there 's nothing to hold on to , '' says waugh . `` but it 's good for the glutes . '' the best way to tie espadrilles -- apply this lace-up logic from meghan cleary , author of `` the perfect fit : what your shoes say about you . ''<doc-sep>• slide your foot fully into the shoe and plant it firmly on the floor . • cross and tie the laces once behind the ankle , then bring them forward , cross and tie again , and continue up the leg , depending on how long the laces are . the calf is the maximum height -- any higher and you 'll look like a gladiator . • each time you cross and tie , secure the laces slightly tighter than is comfortable , since they will loosen a bit when you walk . just do n't cut off your circulation . • for a streamlined leg , make the final tie in the back . create a more whimsical look by putting the final tie in front with a small bow . e-mail to a friend . get a free trial issue of real simple - click here ! copyright 2007 time inc. . all rights reserved .<doc-sep>the mountains framing whitefish -- doorway to glacier national park in the flathead valley -- are a dramatic study in contrasts in autumn , when the golden aspen and larch flash against a backdrop of dark evergreens . kayaking or canoeing on whitefish lake , the largest natural freshwater lake in the west , is one of the best ways to catch views of big mountain and the forests around it . if you prefer driving , follow highway 35 along the east side of the lake and return in time to polka the night away at the annual two-weekend oktoberfest . travel + leisure : best carry-on luggage . 8 . snowmass village , colorado . snowmass village and nearby aspen -- which bears the name of colorado 's most ubiquitous tree -- are visited only briefly by autumn . but catch it while you can because it 's one of the best times to explore this area , with seasonably mild days and not-too-cold nights , and the predictable celebrity sightings when the aspen film festival rolls into town . the preferred local ways to experience fall color are biking and hiking , whether it 's along the exceptionally beautiful crater lake trail near maroon bells or the moderate smuggler 's loop at hunter creek . 9 . lake geneva , wisconsin . when chicago 's upper crust started putting up mansions on lake geneva in the late 19th century , they enlisted some of the top landscape architects to design grounds and plant trees that would showcase autumn colors for as long as possible , from early september through november . three-mile-long snake road on the north end of the lake is one of the best drives in the fall , or enjoy a fall foliage cruise . better yet , splurge on a view from a hot air balloon . 10 . glenwood springs , colorado . autumn can start making an appearance as soon as early september in these parts , and leaf-peepers trek to glenwood springs in droves to watch summer green change to aspen gold at the confluence of the colorado and roaring fork rivers . bike or hike along the 44-mile rio grande trail that leads up to aspen . if you have to pick a drive , choose the one over independence pass , where a short hike will bring you to a summit overlooking 18 mountains higher than 14,000 feet . you can even choose to leaf peep by segway . back in glenwood springs , relax at the world 's largest natural hot springs pool . see all the top towns for fall colors .<doc-sep>terre avec truffe ' is a world away from the more common , low-budget . version of the dish . delights include a salt and vinegar martini , vichyssoise , caramelised potato picolini in orange liqueur and almond and potato petit fours . the menu , created with www.manyfacesofpotatoes.co.uk , is designed to showcase a new potato classification system . varieties will be grouped together in three classifications - fluffy , salad and smooth - in a bid to make cooking the root vegetable easier for people . caroline evans , of the potato council , said : ` this dish is a true taste sensation and gives a gastronomic twist on a meal most of us enjoy once a fortnight at home . ` as a nation , mash is one of our favourite ways to cook with potatoes but , of course , you do n't need to add expensive truffle to enjoy this classic . ' a smooth variety of potato , like the desiree , produces the best , lump-free mash , she added .<doc-sep>if children stay home for the summer , do n't be afraid to ask for assistance . `` the advice i would give is : be comfortable asking for help , '' said tiffany ellis , founder of mama concierge , outside chicago . `` a lot of people that do call me , initially , they always say , ' i feel so guilty for calling you , because i 'm asking you to do things that i could do myself . ' but that 's the exact purpose of my business , '' she said . her clients have employed her for such tasks as finding outdoor swimming lessons for children 5 years old and under , and babysitting triplets while their mother slept . services can cost between $ 25 and $ 50 an hour . `` the less you have to do , the everyday maintenance items , the more you can do with your family , '' said ellis . she encourages her clients to enjoy that time , guilt free . 5 . have fun . personal assistants and camp planners say that parents use their services so they can enjoy more time with their children , without getting bogged down in household tasks . the summer can provide parents with an opportunity to hire a local college student , who might be cheaper than a personal assistant , to run to the grocery store or organize a craft . the first day of school comes around quickly . for parents like me who are juggling multiple schedules , the best advice is to try to enjoy summer while it lasts . would you hire a household personal assistant or kiddie concierge ? share your take in the comments section below .<doc-sep>but how do you dress to suit that ? especially in summer ? `` when i was in my 20s , i loved summer clothes , '' said naked fashion help image consultant carmen westbrook , from atlanta . `` i loved wearing short skirts and dresses and showing off my legs . and i 'm glad i had that time in my life . `` now i 'm in my 40s , my skin is aging . i do n't enjoy summer clothes , '' she said . `` i do n't like showing off my skin . '' she joked that she might be a vampire , but had to accept it : `` i 'm white , that 's who i am . i have really pale skin . '' atop a bathing suit , she makes sure to add a fabulous hat and some jewelry , maybe even an elegant cover-up , `` to make it more of an outfit , '' she said . as her clients try to hide their arms , knees , legs and even feet , westbrook 's plan is to focus on the positive and adhere to the advice she learned at the london image institute : show your skinny bits . when ankles , wrists , lower arms and calves are exposed in tasteful ways , everyone looks longer and leaner , westbrook said , while still covering up the parts of their skin that they do n't want to show . `` i tell clients , ` let 's accentuate what we like , '' she said . `` look in the mirror and focus on one good part . i hope everyone can at least do that . ''

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-lrb- livewire -rrb- -- voluble gary vaynerchuk , 31 , the host of `` wine library tv , '' an online video show , has been known to lick rocks , suck leather and eat dirt while on camera , all to illustrate the unique properties of wine . `` wine library tv '' host gary vaynerchuk discusses four spooky wine varieties for halloween show . of a `` wild and gamey '' red from rioja , spain , vaynerchuk says , `` hit a deer on the road . throw a bunch of cherries on it . take out your knife , cut the deer . bite it . that 's the flavor profile . '' that kind of attitude appeals to people who are mystified by the arcane lexicon of traditional wine journals or turned off by what they perceive as elitist barriers . across the internet , budding wine geeks are discovering a burgeoning number of web sites , blogs , bulletin boards and other outlets that preach the gospel of the grape in terms they can understand . about 40,000 internet viewers -- many of them 20-somethings -- have a daily appointment with `` wine library tv . '' the low-budget video blog is produced five days a week from a nondescript office in the three-level wine retail operation that vaynerchuk 's family owns in springfield , new jersey . vaynerchuk has a discerning nose and palate , and he does n't dumb down his subject . yet he stuffs his patter with sports and pop-culture references -- and the kind of language a wine spectator critic would be unlikely to employ .<doc-sep>the mission of wine sites like `` wine library tv , '' say several of the people behind these new outlets , is to demystify wine -lrb- and in some cases , sell it , too -rrb- . using the language , attitude and new media that appeal to a young , tech-savvy generation , they advocate trusting one 's own palate rather than obeying powerful wine critics . some of the sites also provide opportunities for average wine drinkers to share their opinions . one site , savoreachglass.com , declares its dedication to `` exploring the spirit of wine for a new generation , '' with reviews , online journals and essays that explain the finer points of winemaking -- all with attitude . `` the -lrb- wine -rrb- establishment is about ratings and ` reputation , ' '' says the site 's founder , tynan szvetecz , 29 . `` it 's about collecting the ` good ' stuff as defined by someone else 's palate and tastes . that bores a younger generation . '' `` we 're not afraid to be smartasses , '' he continues . `` we make fun of ourselves , old-world wine makers , new-world wine makers , and anyone else we can get our hands on . '' in the u.s. , interest in wine is exploding . while consumption has leveled out in traditional wine-producing countries such as france , italy and spain , especially among young people , it has trended upwards in the u.s. for 15 straight years . the u.s. is projected to overtake no. 2 italy by the end of 2007 , according to the annual report the u.s. wine market : impact databank review and forecast a leading industry trade publication . many of the new converts to wine are the so-called millennials , the under-30 age group coveted by beverage marketers and so comfortable online that they 're also called igen , or the internet generation .<doc-sep>one of the wine web sites targeting a younger demographic is vinesugar.com , which features a blog called `` wine burps . '' `` we love wine but hate the elitism , '' writes founder , ryan o'donnell . `` after all , it 's just grape juice . '' with rants about wine tasting fees , a feature spotlighting `` wine hotties '' working at california wineries , as well as interactive maps that plot and rate wineries , vinesugar.com leaves little doubt about its target audience . cellartracker.com , an online wine community , appeals to more established wine collectors . the site provides free software -- designed by eric levine , a fortuitously named former microsoft software developer -- that allows wine enthusiasts to create an online inventory of their wines . the 39,000 users -lrb- who count 6 million bottles in their virtual cellars -rrb- post reviews of their wines and access scores and other data via pdas and cell phones . community tasting notes shed light on how cellar-worthy wines are evolving , helping others decide when to crack open a treasured bottle . corkd.com , another online community of wine fans , already had 40,000 users when vaynerchuk purchased the site last year . the free service allows users to catalog and review wines . instead of having `` friends '' as on facebook , members identify `` drinking buddies '' and check out what they 're drinking .<doc-sep>in the growing presence of wine fans on the internet -- newbies as well as connoisseurs -- vaynerchuk sees a movement . `` they 're part of forums , they meet up -lrb- offline -rrb- , '' he says . `` it 's about bringing people together . it 's all that 's right about wine . '' vaynerchuk should know . the 300-plus shows he has taped in the past two years have developed a cult following of online fans , who call themselves `` vayniacs , '' share wine tips and obsess about their hero on the site 's forum . on a recent rainy afternoon , vaynerchuk barreled , unrehearsed and unscripted , through a 20-minute show in a single take . he wrapped up wine library tv episode no. 337 with what has become his signature line . `` you , with a little bit of me , we 're changing the wine world , are n't we ? '' e-mail to a friend . lifewire provides original and syndicated lifestyle content to web publishers . neil edward schlecht is a freelance writer based in litchfield county , connecticut and the author of more than a dozen travel guides .<doc-sep>by . martha cliff . the world 's largest wine tasting competition returns to the uk this summer , and it is women who are expected to crack open the champagne . the palate contest , launched by wine merchant - oddbins , has announced it 's annual search for the uk 's best amateur wine taster and is expecting to see more entries than ever before with 25,000 entrants anticipated . the last few years have seen a succession of women sip their way to victory with the past two winners being female . scroll down for video . ana sapungiu is set to hold the prestigious title of master of wine . but it is not just the palate that is seeing women take the wine-world by storm , a highly prestigious title , master of wine is seeing more and more of a female influence too . ana sapungiu is soon to become one of the less than three hundred masters of wine worldwide and will be one of the younger ones in the uk . she agrees that when it comes to wine , she is seeing far more of a women 's touch . ' i think the industry probably is more male . dominated , however recent movements have seen women with more dominant . roles . traditionally women have been less confident in the industry but . they have more confidence nowadays . ' ana gives you the low-down on how the oh-so-sophisticated yet surprisingly simple art of wine tasting . ` my first most important tip would be to . surround yourself with friends , it makes it less complicated and more . fun . ` go for one that 's a bit different . ` look at the colour if it is pale . it will be a lighter drink and if it 's darker it will tend to be . heavier . ` smell it , if it 's fresh and vibrant it will have a lighter . taste if it smells spicy it might be more concentrated and richer in . flavour . ` take a good sip , not a gulp but a good sip and try and draw . some air through it to open up its flavours . ` now swallow , there is no . point in spitting unless it tastes horrible ! ` see how long the taste . stays , if it 's two seconds it is probably not a very good wine , if it 's . around twenty then it is a much greater quality . ' ana says , despite the fact the past three winners of the palate have been women , she does n't necessarily think that women are better wine tasters as such , but she agrees that they are an equal match for men . ` what i would say is that our last two . winners of the palette competition have been women , so they are at least . as good as men , but none is better than the other . it is just amazing . to see so many women engaging in the wine industry . ' with over ten years experience in the industry , does ana have any advice on what makes a good wine taster ? ` you have to . have a mixed knowledge and to know all aspects but it is also about . being able to communicate clearly and actively with people about the . wine , it 's a pursuit of knowledge . ` what . i always tell my customers is if you like the wine then it 's a good . wine ! there are a few faulty wines out there and you can tell if they . are if they smell musky or unfresh . ' even with this advice on board , contestants must ready themselves for some tough competition with only 64 of 25,000 entrants making it through to the semi-finals . the competition starts in 35 individual oddbins branches before the semi-finals that will take place in london this june . the semi-finalists will enjoy the priceless opportunity to learn from one of four renowned wine experts in the uk at a ` boot camp ' , where their taste-buds will be out to the test by the best in the business . last year 's judges peter richards and susie barrie , both masters of wine , will be joined this year by writers sarah ahmed and joe wadsack . each judge will host their own boot camp for 16 semi-finalists before selecting just four participants each to go forward to the grand final in september . wine masters susie barri -lrb- left -rrb- and peter richards -lrb- right -rrb- , with ana sapungiu -lrb- centre -rrb- at last year 's contest . ana sapungiu with chloe dickson , winner of the palate 2013 -lrb- left -rrb- and chloe receiving her prize -lrb- right -rrb- . the overall winner of the palate 2014 will walk away with a trip for two people to australia to visit some of the finest vineyards in the country . ayo akintola , managing director of oddbins , said that despite the fierce competition , they are trying to take away stuffy stereotypes that often come with wine tasting . ` we are committed to making wine appreciation as unstuffy , approachable and democratic as possible . ` last year 's finalists , most of whom were incredibly surprised to discover they had a talent for wine appreciation , came from a very diverse range of backgrounds . ` the format this year introduces some fun rivalry between four of the uk 's leading wine experts , who will be tasked with preparing their boot camp winners for the rigours of the grand final . ' susie barrie , says the competition has the same talent scouting aspects as popular reality tv . ` the palate is wine 's answer to the voice . it 's a brilliant way for everyone in the country to give wine tasting a go and discover just how good their own palate is . the idea is to be challenged , have fun and not feel intimidated by wine , and we can all raise a glass to that ! ' for more information on the palate visit oddbins.com/the-palate-2014 .<doc-sep>wine grapes are known to be sensitive to changes in temperature , rain and sunshine . lee hannah , a senior scientist at conservation international and an author of the study said climate change will lead to a ` huge shakeup in the geographic distribution of wine production ' because of big changes in regions enjoying the cool winters and hot dry summers that produce good grapes . he told the guardian : ` it will be harder and harder to grow those varieties that are currently growing in places in europe . ' the findings are published in the journal proceedings of the national academy of sciences . the researchers used 17 different climate . models to ascertain the effects on nine major wine-producing areas . changing face of wine production : map shows the change in suitability for wine production between now and 2050 . areas that are currently suitable for wine production but wo n't be in 2050 are red . areas that are suitable at present and are still suitable in 2050 are green . areas which will become suitable are light blue and dark blue . the chateau carbonnieux vineyard in leognan , outside bordeaux - one of the areas experts have claimed could suffer from climate change . they used two different climate futures for 2050 . one assumed a 4.7 c -lrb- 8.5 f -rrb- warming , the other a 2.5 c increase . the most drastic .<doc-sep>despite the prediction that rising temperatures on mainland australia are going to have devastating effects on the wine industry , michael mccarthy , head of the barossa wine experiment insisted even if this is the case , the change will not be immediate . ` one of the things that people need to remember is if we 're going to move into a warmer drier world , it 's not going to be sudden . ' mr mccarthy said the vineyards are adapting as the changes happen , and people need not take the risk and jump ship simply because of what he described as cycles of weather . when asked if they would make the move down south , treasury wine estates -lrb- twe -rrb- , which own iconic wine brands penfolds , wolf blass and lindeman 's among many others , said they are monitoring external conditions on their own . twe also said they are working to ` develop technologies and management practices to deal with these changes in the vineyards , ' but as they already have roots down across australia have no plans to move all production to one region . a study suggests that more than 70 percent of australia 's current wine regions may become unusable to 2050 .<doc-sep>by . hugo duncan . a british woman who moved to france to follow her dream of becoming a winemaker has spoken of her anguish after vandals poured # 60,000 of her product down the drain . katie jones , who left leicestershire two decades ago , lost the equivalent of 4,000 bottles of white wine -- an entire year 's vintage . the 47-year-old said it was her ` worst nightmare ' to discover she had lost a year 's work when she returned home after a business trip . target : katie jones has lost the equivalent of 4,000 bottles of white wine in a ` vandalism attack ' on her vineyard in languedoc . she told the mail : ` it was a real shock , it was absolutely awful . it is really difficult to explain . for a winemaker it is the worst nightmare . ` it is absolutely devastating . it is horrible . wine is unique . that vintage was unique . it can never be made again . i will never taste it again . ' miss jones said she did not believe she had been targeted because she is british . but she hinted that her nationality may have been a factor in the attack in a comment to a well-wisher on social networking site twitter . she said : ` yes it is quite unbelievable ! one of the inconveniences of living in small french village . ' miss jones made the discovery on march 31 on her return from a wine fair in germany -- just before april fool 's day . vandalised : katie , originally from leicestershire , believes she may have been targeted by local criminals because she is british . ` i would have loved it to be an april fool , ' she said . but instead it was a devastating setback to her business in just her fourth year of winemaking . ` it is really difficult to deal with when you are starting a business , creating an image , and attracting customers , ' she said . the vandals emptied two tanks of her award winning grenache gris at the winery in tuchan in the languedoc mountains -- destroying the entire supply of white wine . the wine , sold under her domaine jones brand through the wine society , was worth # 15 a bottle . wine critic jancis robinson said it was another case of the ` increasingly common phenomenon ' of ` wine vandalism ' . saving grace : internet wine retailer naked wines , raised cash from its customers to help katie make the 2013 vintage of her white wine . but miss jones hopes to bounce back after an internet wine retailer came to the rescue . naked wines , set up by entrepreneur rowan gormley , has promised to stump up cash raised by its customers to help make the 2013 vintage . in return , miss jones will sell a range of wine exclusively through the company next year . ` i am so grateful for this overwhelming show of support , ' she said . ` when i lost my entire white vintage it was a disaster but this will help us get back on our feet . ' eamon fitzgerald , chief operating officer at naked wines , said : ` we had to do something . she 's a first class winemaker and deserves some help to get back in business . ' naked wines , which was founded in 2008 , last month announced a maiden annual profit of # 1million after sales jumped 57 per cent to # 34.9 million . miss jones , from ashby-de-la-zouch , started making her own wine in 2009 having spent the previous 17 years in sales and marketing for wine firm mont tauch in tuchan . she now produces around 16,000 bottles of red and white wine a year . the red wine was untouched in the attack .

<t> `` wine library tv '' internet show has about 40,000 regular viewers . </t> <t> show takes irreverent look at wine business . </t> <t> wine consumption has risen in united states for last 15 years . </t>

wine 2.0 : internet changes wine appreciation<T>

-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- tens of thousands of congolese refugees fled camps tuesday in the democratic republic of congo as rebel troops attacked government forces in the area , the u.n. refugee agency said . refugees move along a road tuesday in mugunga , near goma , in the democratic republic of congo . a press release from the u.n. high commissioner for refugees said it did n't appear rebels had targeted the camps , but it reported some were looted after camp residents , classified as internally displaced persons , fled . roads to goma , about 10 miles from the camps , were crowded with refugees and local residents fleeing the fighting , the unhcr reported . torrential rain made the movement even more difficult . `` the main road toward sake was crowded with people ; we had difficulties getting through , '' unhcr field safety adviser pierre nazroo was quoted as saying in the agency 's release . `` internally displaced people are moving from site to site , direction goma . '' unhcr spokesman ron redmond said , `` they have been living in extremely difficult conditions anyway . now they have nothing but what they can carry . '' redmond added , `` these are people in poor health ; they are soaking wet because of the torrential downpours . they need shelter , they need water , they need a lot of assistance so we 're going to have to move quickly to get that help to them because a lot of them are already in a weakened state . '' while the congolese government accused troops under rebel general laurent nkunda of staging the attack , a nkunda spokesman denied the allegation , according to a report from the integrated regional information networks , a u.n.-affiliated news service . the spokesman , bwambale kakolele , said rwandan hutu rebels who also operate in the area were behind the attack , that report said . a spokesman for the u.n. military mission in the congo said it was uncertain which group attacked the congo army outpost near the village of kishangazi , according to the u.n.-affiliated news service . `` we think it could have been insurgents close to nkunda who attacked , but we can not rule out the -lsb- rwandan rebels -rsb- , '' spokesman col. pierre cherayron was quoted as saying . the unhcr identified the affected camps as mugunga i , mugunga ii , lac vert and bulengo , saying about 28,000 had abandoned the first three camps and about 2,000 had left bulengo . the unhcr said 375,000 congolese in north kivu province have been forced from their homes in the past year . in the past two months alone , 160,000 have fled their homes amid the fighting between renegade troops and government forces , the agency said . north kivu is in eastern congo near the borders of rwanda and uganda . congolese president joseph kabila has tried to gain a cease-fire with the rebels in the area under nkunda , but fighting continues as hard-liners among the rebels and in the government have blocked reconciliation efforts , according to the international crisis group , an nongovernmental organization looking for solutions to conflicts . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- thousands of people who fled fighting in the eastern democratic republic of congo are crossing back into rebel-held territory because they say conditions at refugee camps are intolerable . a crowd of refugees gathers at the entrance to a usaid center near goma in the democratic republic of congo . with no food , water or sanitation in the camps , people have decided that it is worth the risk to return to their homes , even though rebels killed and raped many people just last week , residents told itn 's jonathan miller , who is near the city of goma . many of their villages have been looted and emptied of people by the rebels , they said . roads were filled with people returning to rebel-held territory , carrying their belongings on their heads or on their backs . however , others , fearful of fresh violence , continued to leave their homes , overwhelming aid centers . see photos of the refugee camps '' aid groups were expected to travel into the congo 's rebel-held territory on sunday to help tens of thousands of people displaced by the latest bout of rebel fighting .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- tens of thousands of congolese refugees fled camps tuesday in the democratic republic of congo as rebel troops attacked government forces in the area , the u.n. refugee agency said . refugees move along a road tuesday in mugunga , near goma , in the democratic republic of congo . a press release from the u.n. high commissioner for refugees said it did n't appear rebels had targeted the camps , but it reported some were looted after camp residents , classified as internally displaced persons , fled . roads to goma , about 10 miles from the camps , were crowded with refugees and local residents fleeing the fighting , the unhcr reported . torrential rain made the movement even more difficult .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- thousands of people who fled fighting in the eastern democratic republic of congo are crossing back into rebel-held territory because they say conditions at refugee camps are intolerable . a crowd of refugees gathers at the entrance to a usaid center near goma in the democratic republic of congo . with no food , water or sanitation in the camps , people have decided that it is worth the risk to return to their homes , even though rebels killed and raped many people just last week , residents told itn 's jonathan miller , who is near the city of goma . many of their villages have been looted and emptied of people by the rebels , they said . roads were filled with people returning to rebel-held territory , carrying their belongings on their heads or on their backs . however , others , fearful of fresh violence , continued to leave their homes , overwhelming aid centers . see photos of the refugee camps '' aid groups were expected to travel into the congo 's rebel-held territory on sunday to help tens of thousands of people displaced by the latest bout of rebel fighting . on saturday , aid groups delivered food and water to a refugee camp north of goma , traveling through a narrow `` humanitarian corridor '' the rebels established following a cease-fire with government forces that the rebels announced wednesday . british prime minister gordon brown said the international community can not allow congo to become `` another rwanda , '' where 800,000 died during a 1994 genocide . western diplomats shuttled between goma -- the scene of some of the worst fighting -- and kigali , in neighboring rwanda , to meet with leaders in order to get a peace process back on track . watch the diplomatic efforts ''<doc-sep>support to the armies of sudan and uganda despite claims both have been . involved in rape and looting . despite the controversy , the kony 2012 . video was this week appearing to achieve the group 's stated aim of . raising awareness about the warlord . the 50-year-old ugandan launched his . guerilla army in 1987 and claims to be fighting under god 's orders to . establish a society based on the bible 's ten commandments . his ruthless lra , which has no political aim , has led a campaign of fear throughout northern uganda and neighbouring countries . the organisation is believed to have . murdered tens of thousands of people , abducted at least 30,000 children . to work as sex slaves or soldiers and forced more than 1.5 million . people to flee their homes . the brutal campaign has forced . millions to live in fear and sees families in some areas abandoning . their rural homes at night to sleep in makeshift refugee camps .

<t> new : congo rebels blame rwandan hutus for attack , report says . </t> <t> internally displaced congolese flee as rebels attack government troops . </t> <t> torrential rain makes refugee movement difficult . </t> <t> u.n. refugee agency : some 375,000 have been forced from homes in past year . </t>

tens of thousands flee congo refugee camps<T>

-lrb- instyle -rrb- -- after years in the bronze age , when sun-kissed cheeks and gloss reigned supreme , fall 's return to glamour means that lipstick is making a major comeback . lipstick outsold gloss by $ 76 million last year , and beauty companies are racing to launch new formulas that are more wearable than ever . so pucker up . we 'll show you how to apply lipstick perfectly , along with the most flattering shades for day and night . for foolproof application , stick with sheer , subdued shades in the morning and save deep , bold colors -lrb- which require more time and precision -rrb- for night . daytime equation . 1 . condition and protect with a balm that contains sunscreen , like softlips raspberry with green tea spf 20 . `` dab some on immediately after getting out of the shower , when your lips are still a little moist , '' suggests hollywood pro kara yoshimoto bua . the smoother your lips , the more perfect your lipstick will look . 2 . choose a soft shade such as rose or nude that you can apply straight from the tube . a hydrating formula ensures a smooth coat of color . try neutrogena moistureshine soothing lipsheers in fresh rose . 3 . blot , reapply and blot again to remove excess oils and create a stain , says bua . `` the color looks more natural and lasts longer . '' instead of tissues , use lint-free blotting papers , like boscia fresh blotting linens -lrb- $ 10 -rrb- . nighttime equation . 1 . exfoliate before applying a bold hue like red or burgundy . sally hansen gentle peel for rough lips -lrb- $ 10 ; at drugstores -rrb- uses fruit enzymes to remove dry patches . 2 . create a base with a gel-based primer that fills in fine lines around the mouth and helps lipstick go on more smoothly . one to try : olay regenerist lip treatment -lrb- $ 19 ; at drugstores -rrb- . 3 . define the borders of your mouth with a pencil to prevent color from bleeding , says robin fredriksz , who gave barrymore her deep fuchsia lip . to avoid an unnaturally dark outline , use a shade that 's lighter than your lipstick , like revlon colorstay lip liner in plum -lrb- $ 8 ; at drugstores -rrb- . 4 . brush on color for more control . try : shu uemura kolinsky portable extra lipbrush -lrb- $ 35 -rrb- with isadora perfect moisture lipstick in bordeaux red -lrb- $ 11 -rrb- . makeup artists ' favorites .<doc-sep>just like us , cosmetics pros use the same lipsticks again and again . from the just right daytime rose to the classic evening red , here are some of their all-time go-to picks for day and night . carmindy 's neutral picks for day are designed to `` enhance your natural lip color . '' for night she recommends dark berry or true red for all skin tones . her clients : heidi klum and jamie-lynn sigler . day shades : benefit silky finish in candy store , $ 16 ; givenchy rouge interdit in secret pink , $ 26 . night colors : nars in scarlet empress , $ 23 ; revlon super lustrous in love that red , $ 8 ; at drugstores . aj crimson likes a subtle pink or sheer beige for all skin tones during the day . for night he recommends bright red for fair complexions and a deep purple for darker ones . his clients : missy elliot and amerie . day shades : chanel rouge hydrabase in pink sugar , $ 25 ; laura mercier in candy pink , -lrb- $ 22 -rrb- . night colors : maybelline moisture extreme in royal red , $ 7 ; at drugstores ; mac in cyber , -lrb- $ 14 -rrb- . melissa silver uses fuchsia on cool skin tones and peachy nude on warm ones for day . for night , she says , `` anyone can wear plum or sheer red . '' her clients : renée zellweger and cindy crawford . day shades : clinique colour surge butter shine in fresh watermelon , $ 14 ; lancôme le rouge absolu in nectariche , $ 25 . night colors : mac in spice it up ! , $ 14 ; sonia kashuk in sheer cherry blossom , $ 8 . e-mail to a friend . get a free trial issue of instyle - click here ! copyright © 2007 time inc. . all rights reserved .<doc-sep>`` red , dark pink and similar colors of lipstick and nail polish that are not in the current uniforms breaks up visual coherence , '' the airline statement said . critics of the new dress code have taken to twitter and facebook to voice their outrage . a columnist with the nation 's daily hurriyet urged women to send in photos of themselves in red lipstick , dubbing it the `` red lipstick movement . ''<doc-sep>red hearts , red roses , red kisses - they 're the three symbols that spell romance . with valentine 's day just around the corner , it 's time to inject a little passion into your life , and while i ca n't advise on hearts and flowers , i can definitely give you a helping hand when it comes to creating the perfect scarlet pout . this week i 've selected my top five red lipsticks and come up with a few tips on choosing your ideal shade . scroll down for video . binky felstead says there is no better way of guaranteeing a valentine 's kiss than with a scarlet lip . here she shows you the secret behind five classic looks . pictured : binky wears the starter red - clarins joli rouge lipstick in hibiscus . the starter red . if you 're a little bit scared by full-blown scarlet , a good place to start is with a subtle shade of pinky red . these softer , magenta hues are less dominating than a bold blood red and they flatter all skin tones . my favourite is clarins joli rouge lipstick in hibiscus , a satin formula that glides on beautifully straight from the bullet and colours your lips in a warm , glistening sunset shade . long-wearing and wonderfully moisturising , this is a great everyday red . the fashion red . right now , it 's bang on trend to pair bright red lips with understated eyes and cheeks - you 'll see all the celebs sporting this look . so a classic bright , fiery tone is a must for all fashion-conscious red-lipstick lovers . for a fashion red , opt for bright fiery tones using a shade called romance from the binky london range .<doc-sep>turkey 's main airline is banning certain shades of lipstick and nail polish among flight attendants . and the cabin crew is not happy about it . outrage spilled into social media , sparking newspapers columns and a movement after turkish airlines announced the new dress code this week . the dress code calls for plain makeup in pastel colors .<doc-sep>-lrb- ew.com -rrb- -- hey girl , you `` do n't need makeup , '' but a little lip gloss would n't hurt . they may sing about natural beauty in the song `` what makes you beautiful , '' but that 's not stopping one direction 's niall horan , zayn malik , liam payne , harry styles and louis tomlinson from releasing a line of beauty products targeted at their female fan base . the british pop group has teamed up with london-based makeup brand mua cosmetics to create `` little things , '' a collection of lipstick , lip gloss , blush , and nail polish inspired by the guys ' favorite colors and flavors . ew : making dollars on scents : one direction , scarlett johansson , more stars strike perfume deals . among the sure-to-be must-have products is a scented lip polish that comes with the promise of `` super soft lips that smell good enough to eat . '' the balms come in five shades , which are named after each guy 's favorite flavor -- `` harry loves strawberry , '' `` zayn loves watermelon , '' `` louis loves vanilla , '' `` niall loves cherry , '' `` liam loves blueberry '' -- so choose according to your particular 1d crush and pretend to pucker up . if you 're not that innocent , the more mature `` kiss you '' lipstick colors range from soft pink -lrb- `` moments '' -rrb- to siren red -lrb- `` be mine '' -rrb- . ew : full coverage of style and design .

<t> gloss taking backseat to bold colors in lipsticks . </t> <t> exfoliate lips before applying a bold hue . </t> <t> melissa silver : `` anyone can wear plum or sheer red '' at night . </t> <t> aj crimson likes subtle pink or sheer beige for all skin tones for day . </t>

tips applying , choosing lipstick colors<T>

amman , jordan -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- in the sunbathed schoolyard of the shmisani institute for girls in amman , jordan , principal sanaa abu harb makes an announcement over the speaker system . iraqi students at the shmisani school in amman gather around a teacher . one in 5 students there is iraqi . `` all iraqi girls come outside now . all iraqi girls . iraqi girls only ! '' she repeats several times , making sure the message is clear and waving away jordanian pupils attracted by the commotion . dozens of girls in green apron-like uniforms pour out into the courtyard and cluster on the top level of a stone staircase overlooking a concrete playground . harb wants the cnn crew to see how many iraqi refugee girls her school is accommodating . this school year , she says , 145 students are iraqi -- roughly 20 percent of the students at this state-funded institution -- with another 40 iraqi children on a waiting list . watch iraqi girls describe a long way from home '' the reason behind the jump in the number of iraqis at the school is a new government policy : for the first time since the start of the iraq war , jordan is allowing all iraqi children -- regardless of refugee status -- to enroll in state-funded schools . simply , this means that even illegal refugees with no paperwork can send their kids to school with no questions asked . the move is cementing a massive population shift in the middle east . more than 2.2 million iraqis have fled the violence in their homeland , most of them seeking refuge in neighboring jordan and syria , according to humanitarian officials . jordanian minister of education khalid touqan says he expects jordan to accommodate 40,000 to 50,000 iraqi students this year . that 's more than double the number of iraqi children enrolled in public school two years ago . harb , on the front line of the phenomenon , says the influx is putting a strain on her school . even with some u.n. and u.s. aid to jordan , there 's still not enough money . `` we need more teachers here , more resources , more buildings , more chairs for all iraqi students and our students , '' she says . in a nearby neighborhood , in the study room of the ahmed toukan school for boys , a handful of iraqi kids talk of their experience living far from home . seated at a rectangular table covered with a red and white tablecloth , the boys tell stories of horror and displacement . eighteen-year-old qutaiba lost five immediate family members before moving to jordan to try to live a normal life . matter-of-factly and with a straight-ahead stare , he repeats the number : `` five members . ''<doc-sep>most of the boys and young men from iraq have missed several years of school -- up to a four-year educational gap that will delay not only their high school graduation , but also their entry into the workforce . all say , though , that they feel lucky to have gotten out , even if the violence in their country means always having to be on the move , ready to live far from home and away from loved ones . `` it 's not strange for me to be in the middle of people i do n't know , '' says eleventh grader ziad tarek al shamsi . `` i had friends in iraq when i was small , i left them . in america , i left them . i came here , i left them . '' he pauses : `` but you have to miss your country . '' the united nations high commissioner for refugees estimates up to 250,000 school-age iraqi children are in jordan . many of them are enrolled in private institutions . but as families run out of money they had when they left iraq , they turn to public schools . even so , more than a month into the new academic year , fewer iraqi families than first anticipated enrolled their kids in schools this year . according to the charity save the children , 21,000 iraqi children have so far enrolled in jordanian classrooms . as a result , the government extended the deadline for student applications and cut down on the required paperwork for iraqi families . the lower registration numbers were attributed in part to illegal refugees ' fears of being identified through their children 's school records . regardless of what the final number will be this year , the population shift in the middle east is , according to unhcr head antonio guterres , the largest urban refugee situation in the world . iraqi families are changing the social fabric of jordanian society . about 10 percent of jordan 's population is now made up of iraqi refugees -- the estimates range from 500,000 to 750,000 of them . the schoolchildren are living examples of how the iraq war may permanently change the middle east . `` iraqi children will be incorporated and integrated within our mainstream line of education , '' says touqan , the education minister . `` we will not run a parallel system of education . '' e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>for those students forced to give up their schooling , their commitment to higher learning has n't diminished , even if their opportunities to pursue it have . on a research trip to za'atari refugee camp in jordan last april , watenpaugh recalls meeting a group of female engineering students who smuggled their computers out of the country . `` we asked them how supportive their parents were , and if they would let them go abroad to study . they all answered yes . one woman said , ` in our house , studying is holy . ' '' overcoming obstacles ? the challenges facing those who want to continue their education are fierce . `` they range from the prosaic , like not having a transcript , or maybe just having a photocopied one , to the substantive , like having to choose between tuition and taking care of family , '' says watenpaugh . neighboring countries do n't always make it easy . jordan , for instance , is hostile to refugee institutions that risk becoming permanent . in turkey , there 's the added barrier of language . on top of everything else , space is limited , both at foreign universities , and at the free syrian university , which can accommodate little more than 800 students -- a fact that keeps al-jamal awake at night .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the united nations official overseeing efforts to help iraq 's many displaced people said monday the country could be at a turning point . `` this new government represents an enormous opportunity for iraq , but also for our work , '' said antonio guterres , the u.n. high commissioner for refugees , on his first visit to iraq since the country formed a new government in december . `` i hope today we are marking the beginning of the end of the displacement chapter in iraq . '' there are 196,000 iraqis registered as refugees with unhcr , mainly in neighboring syria , jordan and lebanon , the agency said in a news release . the unhcr also `` estimates there are about 1.3 million internally displaced iraqis , and some 500,000 of them living in extremely precarious conditions . '' guterres met with top iraqi leaders , including president jalal talabani , prime minister nuri al-maliki and minister of foreign affairs hoshyar zebari . he proposed `` a government-led national plan of action '' to create the conditions that would allow iraqis to return home , the unhcr said .<doc-sep>amman , jordan -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- in the sunbathed schoolyard of the shmisani institute for girls in amman , jordan , principal sanaa abu harb makes an announcement over the speaker system . iraqi students at the shmisani school in amman gather around a teacher . one in 5 students there is iraqi . `` all iraqi girls come outside now . all iraqi girls . iraqi girls only ! '' she repeats several times , making sure the message is clear and waving away jordanian pupils attracted by the commotion . dozens of girls in green apron-like uniforms pour out into the courtyard and cluster on the top level of a stone staircase overlooking a concrete playground . harb wants the cnn crew to see how many iraqi refugee girls her school is accommodating . this school year , she says , 145 students are iraqi -- roughly 20 percent of the students at this state-funded institution -- with another 40 iraqi children on a waiting list . watch iraqi girls describe a long way from home '' the reason behind the jump in the number of iraqis at the school is a new government policy : for the first time since the start of the iraq war , jordan is allowing all iraqi children -- regardless of refugee status -- to enroll in state-funded schools . simply , this means that even illegal refugees with no paperwork can send their kids to school with no questions asked . the move is cementing a massive population shift in the middle east . more than 2.2 million iraqis have fled the violence in their homeland , most of them seeking refuge in neighboring jordan and syria , according to humanitarian officials . jordanian minister of education khalid touqan says he expects jordan to accommodate 40,000 to 50,000 iraqi students this year . that 's more than double the number of iraqi children enrolled in public school two years ago . harb , on the front line of the phenomenon , says the influx is putting a strain on her school . even with some u.n. and u.s. aid to jordan , there 's still not enough money . `` we need more teachers here , more resources , more buildings , more chairs for all iraqi students and our students , '' she says . in a nearby neighborhood , in the study room of the ahmed toukan school for boys , a handful of iraqi kids talk of their experience living far from home . seated at a rectangular table covered with a red and white tablecloth , the boys tell stories of horror and displacement . eighteen-year-old qutaiba lost five immediate family members before moving to jordan to try to live a normal life . matter-of-factly and with a straight-ahead stare , he repeats the number : `` five members . ''<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- mohamed bouazizi , a 26-year-old unemployed college graduate from tunisia , began a fruit and vegetable stand to earn a living . but he did not have a permit . in december , the local police came after him . `` the police not only confiscated his stand , but they also beat him up , '' said khadija cherif of the federation of human rights leagues , a paris-based group . in protest , bouazizi set himself on fire . he died almost three weeks later . his death helped spark a revolution that led to the ouster of president zine el abidine ben ali , who 'd ruled tunisia for 23 years . since then , unrest has engulfed north africa and the middle east , with protesters taking to the streets in algeria and egypt , jordan and yemen . from a lack of economic opportunities for vast segments of society to governments that provide little say for citizens , there are many factors behind the current demonstrations . but a significant one is the frustration of a generation of young people in the region struggling to support themselves and their families . the region is now home to more than 100 million young people between the ages of 15 to 29 , according to `` generation in waiting , '' a book edited by navtej dhillon and tarik yousef that explores the challenges facing this age group . they are educated . most countries in the region have high rates of school enrollment at the primary level . and many have high achievement at the secondary level , according to data collected and analyzed by samantha constant and mary kraetsch of the middle east youth initiative at the brookings institution . but the data can be deceptive . `` they 're getting the schooling , but it 's very poor quality schooling , '' said ragui assaad , an expert in the politics and economics of the middle east and north africa at the university of minnesota . he is also affiliated with the brookings institution . `` you have tremendous expansion in schooling , more than any other parts of the world in terms of rates of growth of enrollment . but -lrb- it is -rrb- very low quality schooling that does n't provide you with any skills that are useful in the labor market . '' rany ibrahim , 32 , who left cairo , egypt , in 2003 to study in canada , told cnn ireport that the public university system there was `` really bad . '' `` i did n't feel i got the education i deserved , '' he said . `` you get the degree , but you feel like you do n't know much . '' ibrahim said the class sizes were large , and there was little personal time with professors . `` the professors do n't have the power to teach freely , -lrb- and -rrb- the technology is very old , '' ibrahim said . `` instead of having a few entrusted qualified graduates , you have many , many graduates but with really poor education . ''

<t> jordan opens school doors to all iraqi children , regardless of refugee status . </t> <t> principal says her school is 20 percent iraqi this year . </t> <t> education minister : iraqi kids will be incorporated into `` mainstream '' life . </t> <t> one student says he lost five family members in iraq . </t>

iraqis flooding jordan get free schooling<T>

patuakhali , bangladesh -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- survivors of a storm that killed more than 3,000 people in the impoverished nation of bangladesh grieved and buried their loved ones monday as they waited for aid to arrive . villagers grieve in patargata , around 125 miles south of dhaka , capital of bangladesh , monday . the number of dead killed from cyclone sidr -- now at 3,114 -- is expected to rise yet further as the south asian nation continues to assess the damage . the bangladesh red crescent fears the death toll could be 5,000 -- perhaps even reaching as high as 10,000 . in the fishing village of galachipa , in patuakhali district , dhalan mridha was grieving for family members who died in the cyclone after ignoring an alert issued by authorities . `` nothing is going to happen . that was our first thought and we went to bed . just before midnight the winds came like hundreds of demons . our small hut was swept away like a piece of paper , and we all ran for shelter , '' mridha , a 45-year-old farm worker , told the associated press . on the way to a shelter , mridha lost contact with his wife , mother and two children . the next morning he found their bodies . the category 4 cyclone raked bangladesh 's southwest coast on thursday with maximum sustained winds of 241 km/h -lrb- 150 mph -rrb- , destroying fishermen 's hamlets and villages . thousands are still missing , while an estimated 280,000 others are unable to return to their homes which were wiped out by the storm . many grieving families are now burying loved ones in single graves as no male members are available to dig them . most houses in the region are made of flimsy materials such as bamboo and corrugated iron , and had no chance of withstanding the storm 's powerful winds . in addition , the storm-struck area is criss-crossed by a huge river delta which surged as sidr pushed through , wiping out many villages and littering the river 's shores with debris . watch as people are left to fend for themselves '' low-lying bangladesh is already prone to flooding which has wiped out the country 's rice production -- a major food staple for the impoverished country . improved warning systems and shelters have kept the number of deaths far lower than the disastrous cyclones in the region of 1970 and 1991 , when the tolls were in the hundreds of thousands . bangladesh president iajuddin ahmed visited the devastated region sunday , handing out some aid to the crowds of people before members of the international media . it was seen largely a token effort as hundreds were left empty-handed and furious . security officials struggled to hold back the crowd . see dramatic photos of storm survivors ''<doc-sep>sidr has already ruined bangladesh 's rice harvest , but the international community is rallying to make sure the country does not suffer as acutely as it has in the past . nearly a million people died after massive floods wiped out the country 's rice production in 1974 . international aid organizations promised initial packages of $ 25 million during a meeting with bangladesh agencies monday , the u.n. 's world food program said . the united states has offered more than $ 2 million as an initial contribution for emergency relief , and sent two u.s. navy carriers to help in recovery operations . in addition , the u.s. agency for international development -lrb- usaid -rrb- is airlifting in relief supplies and an 18-person department of defense medical team is in bangladesh helping the estimated 15,000 injured by the storm . bangladesh 's government held an emergency cabinet meeting saturday to assess the disaster and discuss recovery issues , bangladeshi government spokesman fahim munaim told cnn . officials fear the scope of the destruction may be much more extensive since there are remote areas where conditions can not yet be determined . munaim said nearly a third of bangladesh 's 64 districts were affected by the cyclone , most of those along the southern coast . the bangladeshi military is working to provide shelter for the many people who have been displaced . international aid groups -- including save the children , world vision , and the red crescent , which already have offices in bangladesh -- are deploying resources to the cyclone-stricken region but -- like the government -- they have found it nearly impossible to reach the more remote areas to assess conditions . roads to remote areas are either blocked by massive trees fallen by the storm , or so severely damaged that it is impossible for vehicles to use . clearing could take weeks in the remote areas because it must be done by hand -- there are no chainsaws and modern machinery to speed up the process . along the broken road that leads into kolapara , the body of an 8-year-old girl called rummie was carefully carried away for burial . overwhelmed with sadness , her mother khadija was steadied by a relative . `` i am feeling too much pain in my heart , '' she said . `` i have lost my daughter , so i am a victim of the cyclone as well . '' e-mail to a friend . cnn 's dan rivers contributed to this report .<doc-sep>` we request that everyone please provide us the privacy we need so we can grieve our loss . thank you . ' she is the third victim following the deaths of zoe galasso , who died at the scene and gia soriano who died on sunday . gia 's family said in a statement : ` we are devastated by this senseless tragedy . gia is our beautiful daughter and words can not express how much we 'll miss her . dead : zoe galasso , 14 , -lrb- left -rrb- died in the attack before shooter jaylen fryberg -lrb- right -rrb- turned the gun on himself . it has been rumored that his outburst could have been fueled by romantic feelings for zoe . ` we 've made the decision to donate gia 's organs so that others may benefit . ` our daughter was loving , kind and this gift honors her life . ` thank you to providence for their excellent care -- bar none -- from beginning to end . ` thank you to our friends and family who have supported us . thank you to drs. bill finley , sanford wright and anita tsen for their tremendous support and compassion . and thank you , to bill and ben with lifecenter . ` we ask that you please respect our privacy and give us the space and time we need to grieve and spend time together as a family in memory of gia . ' she died at the providence medical center , which described ms soriano 's death at 9.30 pm pst as a ` senseless tragedy ' and invited the community to join a minute 's silence at 10.39 am on monday - exactly 72 hours after the attack . memorial : carved pumpkins with the names of those involved in a deadly school shooting nearly a week earlier line a memorial for victims . coming together : people walk arm-in-arm past a memorial for victims following seven days after the shooting . one of the two remaining survivors - andrew fryberg - are still in critical condition being treated for severe head wounds . the third , nate hatch , is recovering but can not talk and still has a bullet in his chest .<doc-sep>dhaka , bangladesh -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- more than 1,700 people have died in bangladesh after a devastating tropical cyclone ripped through the western coast of the country , and the toll is expected to rise , a government spokesman tells cnn . families stand amid the wreckage caused by the cyclone friday in southern bangladesh . brig. gen. qazi abedus samad , director of operations for the country 's armed forces , told cnn saturday the toll had reached 1,723 , and the figure is expected to rise . as flood waters recede , aid workers say they expect to find scores more bodies when remote villages are finally reached and the counting is done . they face debris-blocked roads , no electricity and almost nonexistent communications . in addition to the dead , another 15,000 people have been injured . thousands of people have been displaced and many are still missing . cyclone sidr , with sustained winds of at least 131 mph -lrb- 210 kph -rrb- , made landfall thursday night along the western coast of bangladesh near the border with india , unleashing floodwaters . government spokesman fahim munaim told cnn by telephone that the government held an emergency cabinet meeting saturday to assess the disaster and discuss recovery issues . he said the extent of the cyclone 's damage may be much worse because emergency relief had not been able to reach remote areas .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a thin girl with caramel skin and a yellow silk blouse walks alone through a barren landscape of rubble . nway prepares for her new job , selling vegetables from her aunt 's garden . her legs are marked by cuts . her face is smeared with white streaks of powder . and her eyes are blank as she sifts through the debris of what used to be her home before cyclone nargis slammed into myanmar one night and swept her parents away . her name is nway , and that 's how she looked when aid workers found her after nargis destroyed her isolated village . she refused to talk about the cyclone , pretending it never took place . she became , according to a cnn story , the `` girl who refuses to remember . '' a year later , an aid worker returned to the village to see how nway was doing . she found nway living in a tidy , bamboo house flanked by palm trees . the 8-year-old greeted her visitor with a big smile . then she asked whether she could play with her visitor 's hair . pam sitko , the aid worker , said nway -- like thousands of people in myanmar -- is slowly recovering one year after nargis demolished their country . `` after all of her pain and loss , she really is a spunky girl , '' said sitko , who works with world vision international , a humanitarian group . `` she was n't shy about reaching out to touch my blonde hair . '' the night everything changed . nway 's resilience is shared by many in myanmar , aid workers say . last year 's cyclone was catastrophic . it killed at least 140,000 people and left at least 2 million people without homes , according to the united nations world food programme . the brunt of the storm hit myanmar 's delta region , the country 's bread basket . it wiped out crops , shrimp farms and fish ponds . a year later , many fields remain unplanted ; supplies are short , and the lack of drinking water complicates recovery efforts , world food programme officials say . yet some sense of normal life is returning , said mia marina , a program support manager for world vision 's nargis response efforts . world vision is building cyclone-resistant schools and providing supplies to cyclone survivors . `` most of the people are going back to their livelihoods , '' marina said . `` kids are going to school . the markets are open . '' the people of myanmar are also buying planting tools and seed in preparation for the monsoon rains that typically come in may , sitko said . `` everyone is hoping that this is the moment that it turns around , '' sitko said . `` it 's an exciting time , a time of hope . '' that hope appears to have spread to nway . she is fortunate to be alive . the cyclone killed her mother and father . the winds were so powerful that they blew away the village buffalo . in nway 's village , 120 people out of a population of 430 people lost their lives . nway survived because she was staying with her aunt . the pair joined a group squeezed in to the village headman 's house to survive , sitko said . nway would n't talk about the cyclone after aid workers found her a month later . she would walk away whenever she was asked about that night . now , according to sitko , who wrote about her meeting for world vision , nway can talk a little about her loss . sitko said nway shared one memory from the morning after the cyclone while sitting in her aunt 's house : . `` when i walked to my aunt 's house that day , my legs were scratched , and i passed lots of dead bodies , '' nway said . `` i wanted to help , because everyone was working , but i was too scared , so i only helped clean up my auntie 's yard . '' nway dreams of her future . nway prefers to talk about other subjects . one is her new job . she helps her aunt sell vegetables from their garden . on most mornings , she smears white powder made from tree bark on her cheeks -lrb- it 's used as a skin beautifier by women and children in myanmar -rrb- . then she balances a tray of vegetables on her head and walks to a village road to call out to potential customers . nway told sitko that she 's made `` four new best friends . '' they like to memorize new words and play hide and seek after school . `` i 'm always the fastest runner , '' she told sitko . nway is starting to become aware of life outside her village . `` she was very proud , '' sitko said . `` she explained that she had recently taken a trip to another village with her aunties , and she was n't afraid . '' nway does n't know , though , where she would attend school as she gets older , sitko said . she 'll have to pay to attend school away from her village one day , but her aunt and uncle ca n't afford the costs . `` she wanted to study and said that she was smart , '' sitko said . `` she said she would be willing to travel to a school outside of her village if she had to . '' nway has already taken a more difficult journey . the shocked girl who aid workers met a year ago has changed , sitko said . now nway can remember -- and smile again . `` i was expecting a very different girl , '' sitko said . `` the little girl i met was very confident . i think she 's been really transformed by our experience . ''<doc-sep>loss : after the initial cleanup of the site , the city scaled back operations to search for remains , drawing criticism from families of the dead , who said they could not properly grieve . after the initial cleanup of the site , the city scaled back operations to search for remains , drawing criticism from families of the dead , who said they could not properly grieve . the city widened its search again in 2006 . the next search will comb through 590 cubic yards -lrb- 451 cubic meters -rrb- of excavated material taken from and near the world trade center site , said caswell holloway , deputy mayor for operations , in a memo to mayor michael bloomberg made public by the medical examiner 's office .

<t> survivors of cyclone sidr in bangladesh waiting for aid to arrive . </t> <t> red crescent society official says deaths could rise to 5,000-10 ,000 . </t> <t> bangladeshi president distributes aid ; angry survivors go empty-handed . </t> <t> thousands remain missing ; estimated 280,000 homeless . </t>

survivors grieve for cyclone dead<T>

glasgow , scotland -- world champions italy clinched qualification for euro 2008 after goals in the first and last minutes gave them a pulsating 2-1 victory at hampden park -- killing off scotland 's hopes of reaching the finals . luca toni celebrates his early goal as italy won 2-1 in scotland to clinch qualification from group b. luca toni shot italy in front but scotland recovered to dominate and barry ferguson bundled home a 65th-minute leveller . however , christian panucci headed an injury-time winner after a controversial decision to award italy a free-kick . the result also means france have sealed qualification , along with italy , from group b without playing a game . in a match played in torrential rain , italy enjoyed the best possible start by taking the lead after just 70 seconds . gianluca zambrotta spotted antonio di natale unmarked in the box , and picked him out with a throw-in as scotland were caught napping . di natale swept the ball into the path of toni who delicately flicked into the top left corner from six meters out . the home side almost conceded a second goal 60 seconds later . this time , toni turned provider and his cut-back was met by mauro camoranesi who fired over from close-range . toni then shrugged off two challenges before drawing a decent save from craig gordon with a well-struck effort that the goalkeeper did well to block at the near post . at the other end , scotland were denied the opportunity to haul themselves back into the match when a thunderous drive from lee mcculloch appeared to be handled by zambrotta inside the area but penalty claims were ignored .<doc-sep>spurred on by a sense of injustice , the hosts cranked up the pressure on their visitors . ferguson fired over from a james mcfadden corner , before alan hutton nodded agonisingly wide of the upright following another perfect delivery from the everton man . scotland then produced some wonderful passing football , which culminated in a tight-angled drive from ferguson , but gianluigi buffon dived low to smother . then came another scare for the home side . gordon was forced to pull a save out of the top drawer to deny a point-blank effort from massimo ambrosini , before di natale rifled the rebound into the back of the net . the assistant referee raised his flag for offside but television replays suggested the official may have called it wrong . only last-gasp defending from the italians prevented the scots from grabbing a morale-boosting leveller on the stroke of half-time . david weir rose above everyone else in a packed box to meet ferguson 's corner and his header appeared to be heading for the top corner before andrea pirlo somehow managed to nod off the line . a free-kick in a dangerous area provided italy with the chance to start the second half as emphatically as they had started the first when paul hartley hauled down camoranesi just outside the box . pirlo seized on the chance and looped the ball over the wall but , despite a reputation as a dead-ball specialist , his effort was easily dealt with by gordon . instead , it was scotland who found the back of the net as hampden erupted with 65 minutes gone . mcfadden 's free-kick deflected into the path of mcculloch in front of goal .<doc-sep>he was denied by buffon , but the rebound fell kindly to ferguson and the captain gratefully rifled home from close-range . with just over 15 minutes to go , scott brown was withdrawn for kenny miller as scotland went for broke . the derby striker quickly began to cause the italians problems and delivered a wonderful diagonal cross to the feet of mcfadden but he fired wide when it looked easier score . scotland 's impossible dream ended in the cruellest possible way when italy snatched a last minute goal to secure their own qualification for euro 2008 . hutton appeared to be barged over in front of the corner flag but the referee inexplicably awarded the free-kick the other way and panucci rose to meet pirlo 's cross and nod home the winner . italy coach roberto donadoni said : `` we knew it was going to be a physical match given the atmosphere . `` but through their character and desire , the lads were fantastic . they worked so hard , they deserve this . qualifying for euro 2008 is amazing . it 's something positive after all that happened last week -lrb- the death of the lazio fan -rrb- . '' captain fabio cannavaro : `` this was a victory won with the heart . it was difficult to play in this stadium , with that atmosphere it was like a cauldron . `` we played really well and managed to win . we showed once again that we are a strong and compact team and when we need to win we do everything to show that we are the world champions . `` in italy we play a high level of football , we 've won the champions league and the world cup but unfortunately at this moment we are being noticed for something else . '' e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>despite the defeat , south africa 's participation in the tournament remains very much alive after iraq and new zealand played out a dull stalemate . a two-goal iraq victory would have seen the host nation crash out , but the result was no great surprise as neither side managed to score a single goal in their three matches . sunday sees the remaining group b matches played , with italy and mexico battling it out to seemingly join brazil in the last four . however , no team is absolutely certain of qualification yet and all four sides in the group can still in theory go through . brazil face italy in pretoria and a draw will see the brazilians definitely finish top of the group . however , an italian victory will then turn the attention to the other match between egypt and the united states in rustenburg .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- italy and spain have become the second and third nations to secure qualification for the euro 2012 finals after wins over slovenia and liechtenstein respectively on tuesday evening . germany were the first country to book their tickets for the finals in poland and ukraine on friday . and they have now been joined by italy , after a goal five minutes from time from inter milan striker giampaolo pazzini gave them a 1-0 group c success over slovenia in florence . should uefa put weaker nations out of their misery ? a defensive mix-up between marko suler and bostjan cesar left pazzini to smash the ball home from five yards out to secure victory for cesare prandelli 's side . the result means the italians now have an eight-point lead over serbia with just two matches remaining . serbia beat faroe islands 3-1 and estonia thumped northern ireland 4-1 in the other two group matches played on wednesday . that leaves second on 14 points and one win from their final two matches will see them reach the play-offs . and , later in the evening , world champions spain made it three teams to seal qualification after a 6-0 hammering of minnows liechtenstein in group i. david villa and alvaro negredo both scored twice with xavi and sergio ramos also on target for vicente del bosque 's side . spain have a maximum 18 points from their six matches , eight points ahead of the czech republic , who are battling scotland for second place in the group . scotland kept their hopes of reaching the play-offs alive with a narrow 1-0 win over lithuania in glasgow . meanwhile , netherlands need just a point from their last two matches to secure qualification from group e after a 2-0 victory over finland in torrential rain in helsinki . the world cup finalists went ahead in the 29th minute when wesley sneijder set up kevin strootman to score . haiti soccer 's world cup dream .<doc-sep>milan 's victory helped them secure the third champions league place in italy and automatic qualification to the group stages . juventus , who beat lazio 2-0 with vincenzo iaquinta scoring twice , finished level on points with milan , while fiorentina will go into the champions league final qualifying round after finishing fourth . inter had clinched the title two weeks ago , with a zlatan ibrahimovic double making sure that they would round off their season in style , the swede finishing serie a 's top scorer with 25 goals .<doc-sep>ahead of their clash with group b rivals belgium in brussels on sunday , chris coleman 's team sit top of the table with a healthy seven points . mundo deportivo and as recap on a fantastic night for la seleccion after a convincing victory over belaruus . italian sports journal la gazetta sportiva are reporting on the ` crossed destinies ' of new inter milan boss roberto mancini and and italy coach antonio conte as they pull out all the stops in their respective roles . former manchester city and galatasaray manager mancini was unveiled as the new nerazzurri head coach in a press conference on saturday , and returns to his former club having won three successive league titles during his four-year reign between 2004 and 2008 . conte 's italy team go into their match against croatia with ` no fear ' as both teams battle it out to maintain their 100 per cent records in european championship qualification . ` we must remain a squad , ' claimed the azzurri boss after a hamstring injury to liverpool striker mario balotelli ruled him out of the fixture with croatia . italy 's ` la gazzetta sportiva ' is reporting on the ` crossing destinies ' of roberto mancini and antonio conte .

<t> italy win 2-1 in scotland to secure their qualification for the euro 2008 finals . </t> <t> the result means scotland can not qualify and will now finish third in group b . </t> <t> france will also be reaching the euro 2008 finals after the result in glasgow . </t>

italy victory seals qualification<T>

-lrb- mental floss -rrb- -- 1 . the spam ® museum . spam marks its 70th anniversary in 2007 which is also the chinese year of the pig . if the on-site `` wall of spam '' is any indication , a tour through the spam museum in austin , minnesota , is guaranteed fun for the whole canned-pork-loving family . spam 's parent company , hormel foods , opened the establishment in 2001 to the tune of almost 5,000 cans of spam . one of the main attractions is a scale model of a spam plant , where visitors can don white coats and hairnets while pretending to produce america 's favorite tinned meat . 2 . national museum of funeral history . it 's pretty hard to argue with the motto `` any day above ground is a good one . '' so goes the backhanded optimism of the national museum of funeral history , a houston facility that opened in 1992 . visitors are treated to exhibits that include a civil war embalming display and a replica of a turn-of-the-century casket factory . in addition , the museum boasts an exhibit of `` fantasy coffins '' designed by ghanaian artist kane quaye . these moribund masterpieces include a casket shaped like a chicken , a mercedes-benz , a shallot , and an outboard motor . according to quaye , his creations are based on the dreams and last wishes of his clients , which -- let 's be honest -- really makes you wonder about the guy buried in the shallot . 3 . the hobo museum . if you 're bumming around but looking for a good time , be sure to take a load off in britt , iowa , at the hobo museum , which details the history and culture of tramps . bear in mind , though , that the museum kind of , well , slacks on hours and is only open to the public during the annual hobo convention . luckily , tours can be arranged by appointment any time of year . of course , if you 're interested in the hobo convention , lodging is available all over the area , but it 's a safe bet that most of your compatriots will be resting their floppy hats at the `` hobo jungle , '' located by the railroad tracks . both the event and the museum are operated by the hobo foundation , which -- incidentally -- also oversees the nearby hobo cemetery , where those who have `` caught the westbound '' are laid to rest . 4 . the mütter museum . originally , the college of physicians of philadelphia erected the mütter museum as a creative way to inform medical students and practicing physicians about some of the more unusual medical phenomena . -lrb- you know , babies with two heads , that sort of thing . -rrb- .<doc-sep>but today , it primarily serves as a popular spot for anyone interested in the grotesque . there , you 'll find the world 's largest colon , removed from a man who died -- not surprisingly -- of constipation . also on display : an ob-gyn instrument collection , thousands of fluid-preserved anatomical and pathological specimens , and a large wall dedicated entirely to swallowed objects . 5 . the barnum museum . what better way to honor `` greatest show on earth '' founder p.t. barnum than with a mediocre museum in bridgeport , connecticut ? some visitors will appreciate the museum 's ridiculously detailed miniature model of a five-ring circus . but only circus freaks -lrb- and by that we mean `` enthusiasts '' -rrb- will get a kick out of seeing a stale piece of cake from the wedding of barnum 's 40-inch-tall sidekick , general tom thumb . 6 . the conspiracy museum . there 's more than one theory about the assassination of john f. kennedy , so why not have more than one museum devoted to it as well ? most jfk buffs are familiar with the sixth floor museum housed in the former texas school book depository , which recounts all those boring `` mainstream '' details of the late president 's life leading up to his death at the hands of lee harvey oswald . but just down the street , the conspiracy museum offers fodder for those less apt to buy into the man 's propaganda . for the most part , the museum specializes in showings of the zapruder film and explanations of contrary assassination theories , including other gunmen on the grassy knoll and possible mafia involvement . 7 . the museum of questionable medical devices . take two trips to the museum of questionable medical devices and call us when you 've lost all faith in the medical profession . thanks to curator bob mccoy -lrb- who recently donated the collection to the science museum of minnesota -rrb- , those in search of history 's quack science can find what they 're looking for in the st. paul tourist attraction , whether it 's a collection of 19th-century phrenology machines or some 1970s breast enlargers . if you make the trip , be sure to check out the 1930s mcgregor rejuvenator . this clever device required patrons to enclose their bodies , sans head , in a large tube where they were pounded with magnetic and radio waves in attempts to reverse the aging process . 8 . cook 's natural science museum .<doc-sep>what began as a training facility for cook 's pest control exterminators blossomed into one of the few museums in the country willing to tell the tale of the pest . at cook 's natural science museum in decatur , alabama , visitors can learn everything they ever wanted to know about rats , cockroaches , mice , spiders , and termites ... all for free . and while most people would rather step on the live specimens than learn about them , museum exhibits such as the crowd-pleasing pest of the month keep reeling in patrons . 9 . vent haven ventriloquist museum . so , what do you get when you combine the loneliness of a pet cemetery with the creepy flair of vaudeville ? the vent haven ventriloquist museum , of course -- where dummies go to die . the fort mitchell , kentucky , museum was the brainchild of the late william shakespeare berger , who founded the site as a home for retired wooden puppets . in fact , he collected figures from some of the country 's most famous ventriloquist acts . and with more than 700 dummies stacked from floor to ceiling , you 're bound to feel like you 're stuck inside a 1970s horror flick -- albeit a really good one . but sadly , when berger gave the tour , you could totally tell his mouth was moving . 10 . the trash museum . mom was n't kidding when she said one man 's trash is another man 's treasure . at the trash museum in hartford , connecticut , the connecticut resources recovery authority -lrb- crra -rrb- turns garbage into 6,500 square feet of pure recycling entertainment ! t . our the temple of trash or visit the old-fashioned town dump . and for your recycler-in-training , head across the state to the children 's garbage museum , where you can take an educational stroll through the giant compost pile , get a glimpse of the 1-ton trash-o-saurus , or enjoy the company of resident compost worms . e-mail to a friend . for more mental_floss articles , visit mentalfloss.com . entire contents of this article copyright , mental floss llc . all rights reserved .<doc-sep>by . kerry mcdermott . published : . 06:09 est , 7 june 2013 . | . updated : . 09:41 est , 9 june 2013 . it is the last journey you will ever make - so why opt for a plain wooden coffin when you could meet your maker in a giant chilli pepper ? this bizarre chilli-shaped casket is just one of a host of wacky designs commissioned by people keen to make their final farewell one to remember . other outlandish requests include a shark , a coca cola bottle , a viking boat and even a mobile phone . something spicy : ghanaian craftsman paa joe , whose work has been exhibited in paris and new york , came up with this chilli pepper design . something fishy : paa joe 's bizarre coffin designs have inspired the team at crazy coffins in nottingham . the chilli pepper is the work of ghanaian craftsman paa joe - whose detailed creations have gone on display around the world . fantasy coffins - sometimes known as proverbial coffins - have become a tradition in ghana , where many people believe in an afterlife and regard deceased ancestors as more powerful than the living . the shape of the caskets often reflect the individual 's profession or links to certain clans . paa joe 's efforts have helped to inspire nottingham-based crazy coffins , which has been supplying caskets shaped like everything from football boots to bottle openers for a quarter of a century . crazy . coffins , which recently celebrated its 25th anniversary , said demand . for ever more outlandish designs is growing all the time . crazy coffins : the firm 's wacky casket designs include a bright pink mobile phone -lrb- left -rrb- , complete with ` text message ' , and a wooden viking boat -lrb- right -rrb- . crazy coffins is a subsidiary of vic fearn & company , which has been making coffins since the 1860s , and regularly prepares designs for people who want to have a say in the casket they will be buried in after they 're gone . final journey : a member of staff poses on top of the skateboard coffin designed by the nottinghamshire firm . the kooky coffins have become a global success , selling to people around the world , and this week the company celebrated its quarter century mark with a colossal painting of their workforce . the forty foot long and fifteen foot . high canvas depicts each member of staff who has served the company . throughout their ambitious coffin creations . paa joe is the subject of a new documentary , paa joe and the lion , directed by artdocs and funded by the arts council england . he came to the uk in may for a one-month residency at clumber park in nottinghamshire , and crazy coffins took the opportunity to invite the fantasy coffin specialist to join in their milestone 25th anniversary celebrations .<doc-sep>by . bianca london and daily mail reporter . published : . 03:56 est , 30 september 2013 . | . updated : . 03:56 est , 30 september 2013 . we may view spam as a cut-price , unsavoury product . to the south koreans , however , it 's a luxury consumed at festive events and even presented as a gift . during the korean war in the fifties , food was so scarce rations -lrb- including spam -rrb- smuggled out of u. s. army bases were highly prized . spam , for south koreans , is a luxury product consumed at festive events and even presented as a gift . spam spokesman shin hyo eun says : ` anyone who gets a spam gift-set gets a warm feeling in their heart . ' south korea is now the biggest consumer country of spam outside the us and since the product was launched in america before wwii , over seven billion cans have been produced . shops in korea stock all types of spam , from classic to bacon and even garlic flavoured spam and their signature dish - budae jigae or army stew - is packed with it . south korea is now the biggest consumer country of spam outside the us and since the product was launched in america before wwii , over seven billion cans have been produced . you can even snap up luxurious gift sets and hampers in time for christmas , but despite spam 's lowly price tag , a black label hamper will set you back around $ 75 -lrb- # 50 -rrb- . whether putting spam in your children 's stocking this christmas will have the same effect is another matter .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- humans have a strange relationship with food . this seems to be a global truth that is perhaps best evidenced by the array of unusual food festivals the world over . we do n't merely celebrate food , we wrestle in it , wage war with it , idolize it , and , in gloucestershire , england , race it down a steep hill . no matter what your favorite food is , chances are somewhere , large gatherings of aficionados have found some outlandish way to commemorate it . even spam has found a place of honor . `` hawaii is one of the biggest consumers of spam in the world , '' explains karen winpenny , an organizer of the annual waikiki spam jam , which last year had 25,000 visitors . hormel foods sells more product in hawaii per person than in any other u.s. state . according to the spam jam website , almost seven million cans of the stuff are eaten in hawaii every year . the festival 's dozen or so vendors demonstrate the meat-product 's unexpected versatility . `` this year , we had spam cheesecake and spam ice cream . in the past , we 've had spam ravioli , spam kotsu , spam poki , spam french fries -- pretty much everything can be made with spam , '' says winpenny . foods represented at festivals can range from the more mundane -- melons , pumpkins , potatoes -- to the downright daring . in west virginia , locals are keen to celebrate a local delicacy -- road kill . last week saw the kick off of clinton , mt 's testy festy , a celebration of rocky mountain oysters , aka bull testicles . next month , adventurous eaters can sample scorpions at bugfest in north carolina . however , there are times when imbibing our favorite foods is not enough . sometimes , it seems , making a mess is the only way to do it justice . several festivals demand participants get dirty . la tomatina -- where thousands travel to spain to engage in a bustling tomato fight -- is perhaps the most famous of these , though there are many instances in which festival-goers feel the need to rollick around in grub . on august 23 , barnesville , minnesota , will celebrate potato days , an annual two-day festival dedicated to the humble tuber . no matter how many activities the organizers introduce , however , the most popular remains the mashed potato wrestling competition . `` it 's quite a sight to watch people wrestling around in mashed potatoes , '' admits theresa olson , the festival 's executive director . `` afterward , they find mashed potato everywhere . '' the festival started in 1951 as a source of post-harvest entertainment . back then , the activities were limited to a potato picking contest for the men , and a peeling competition for the women . since then , it 's matured , and events include a cook-off , a mashed potato sculpting contest and a potato sack fashion show . read more : the world 's messiest festivals . `` it 's often voted one of the best festivals in america , partly because it 's family friendly , and it 's free , '' says olson . in some instances , culinary celebrations act as a historic link . in bessieres , france , the townspeople make a giant omelet every easter to feed the poor , a tradition that supposedly started when napoleon and his army stopped in the town for the night . legend has it that the little corporal ordered the villagers to gather all their eggs to make an omelet for his army . the celebration has since spread to french-speaking communities across the globe . in abbeville , louisiana , the town launched their own version of the tradition -lrb- albeit with a creole twist -rrb- . `` it 's grown to seven cities throughout the world , and we each add a local ingredient , '' says arlene white , the third grand maitre of abbeville 's giant omelette celebration . the town uses 5,000 eggs , and adds tabasco and crayfish to make it their own . while there are many who would argue that food is art , some regions take this line of thinking to a new level . at the räbechilbi turnip festival in switzerland , for instance , locals create elaborate floats using 40 tons of hallowed out turnips . in the past , they 've created replicas of panthers , windmills , ships , whales -- even amy winehouse . though the tiny town of richterswil houses a meager 12,000 residents , the festival attracts 20,000 visitors each year . `` we 're a small village , so you can imagine how crowded it gets , '' says michèle fasler , a spokeswoman for räbechilbi . fasler describes the atmosphere as warm and peaceful . just do n't eat the turnips , she warns . `` it 's not good for your stomach , '' she says . `` it 's like eating too much beans . ''<doc-sep>london , england -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- they do n't call it being `` sent to siberia '' for nothing . we learned this on the first day of our trip to novokuznetsk , in the western part of this 5.1 million square-mile region of russia , while filming a documentary about how and why the youth of this economically depressed city were in the death grip of a heroin epidemic . it 's a story squarely at odds with the rebranding of russian youth as prosperous super humans living in a world of money , success and freedom . in reality , russia now consumes 21 percent of the world 's heroin . and with a southern border more than 4,000 miles long , an area greater than the distance from new york to london , it 's little wonder that moscow 's attempts at interdiction have largely failed . a sense of soviet-era poverty pervades in novokuznetsk : the moldering grey housing blocks , the wake-up call of barking wild dogs , the 6 a.m. hotel breakfasts of spam and hard-fried eggs speckled with dill . but we were n't here for fun . no one has much fun here . before we set off on our trip , we heard whispers of a new drug called krokodil -- a synthetic opiate made by mixing petrol , codeine pills , and eye drops -- that earned its reptilian nickname by turning users ' skin scaly , eating them from the inside , and rotting the brain and limbs , before precipitating a painful death . when researching the krokodil story , we heard grim tales of zombified addicts building diy coffins to bury their friends , disfigured and brain-damaged ex-users , and religious cults disguised as rehab clinics . during a weeklong trip to novokuznetsk , we found all of this -- and more .

<t> if you build it , the tourists will come to your museum . </t> <t> museums for hobos , medical oddities and trash . </t> <t> kentucky museum is where dummies go to die . </t>

spam , world 's biggest colon and fantasy coffins<T>

-lrb- instyle.com -rrb- -- a hit tv show . an emmy . a summer blockbuster . a new company . a wedding ! katherine heigl has every reason to smile for our camera . a star -- and a trio of gorgeous looks -- is born . the ingénue : `` this is my favorite look of the three just because it 's sexy but not overtly so , '' heigl says . `` i like simple hair and makeup . '' there has been a self-tanning mishap . as katherine heigl crosses the parking lot of the sandwich shop at the roosevelt golf course at griffith park in los angeles , she walks stiffly , holding her arms away from her like a paper doll and apologizing profusely for running 10 minutes late . earlier , she 'd sprayed her entire body with self-tanner , which refused to dry . she resorted to having her fiancé , musician josh kelley , take a blow-dryer to her -lrb- did n't work -rrb- . so here she is , in a strapless , ankle-length juicy couture sundress -lrb- donned to accommodate the residual stickiness -rrb- , fanning herself and wondering how mottled the tan will be when -lrb- or if -rrb- the lotion ever sets . not that one bum experience could turn her off beauty products . `` i love everything new , '' says heigl , 28 , who , in addition to being nominated for an emmy for best supporting actress on `` grey 's anatomy , '' just started a production company at fox . `` when i was in rhode island filming this summer , i went to sephora for the first time . it was like my holy mecca . '' she recently had her bathroom vanity renovated with a high counter to make more room for the large drawers below that hold her well-organized loot . then there 's her deal with coty to be the face of nautica 's new women 's fragrance in january . considering this fondness for all things beauty -- as well as heigl 's impressive acting range -- she plays tv dramedy as deftly as cinematic romantic comedy , as in the mega-hit `` knocked up '' and next year 's 27 dresses -- it seems natural for her to be in style 's first ever triple-cover girl . these three looks take her from girl-next-door to red-carpet knockout to pixie-coiffed vamp . the star , whom pals call katie -lrb- and hollywood calls the next big thing -rrb- , popped out her retainer to talk about makeup , breakouts and what boys like . katherine heigl : i 'm so sorry , i have to take out my invisalign before i eat . in style : who knew you wore them ? i guess that 's the point of invisalign . kh : i got them because of this wonky tooth . i was like , ok , i ca n't take it . it 's awesome because every two weeks you switch to a new retainer . pretty much the perfect way to describe invisalign is netflix for your teeth . is : right -- the things we do for beauty . so , how did you like being transformed into three such different looks ? kh : it was fun . i was working with such great hair and makeup people . and to have these professionals turning you into someone else is pretty neat . is : do you ever go without makeup ? kh : there was a time when i would . now that i get followed by photographers , i 'm really paranoid about it . i do not want to be the `` look what this celebrity looks like without makeup '' picture . i 'm clearly vain , and i do n't need that . plus , i like products . is : how often do you go through your drawers and purge ? kh : often , because people send me a lot of stuff now , which is exciting . i love getting those boxes . -lsb- into the tape recorder :] send me a box of makeup , stila ! when that happens , i feel like i have to clean out and give stuff to my sister , mom and friends because there comes a point of gluttony that i ca n't accept . is : how do you think you express your personality through style ? kh : i 'm a big hair-up person . last night at work they put my hair in two french braids to keep it flat under the scrub cap . i thought it looked cute and that i could pull it off after i 'd slept on it . and ... no . so i thought i could recreate it myself ... no again . as far as clothing style goes , i fluctuate almost as much as i do with beauty products . i like to shop for sweaters -- maybe it 's the new englander in me . i 'm building a house in the mountains in utah , so i tell myself i 'm `` preparing '' for that . i like sweaters -- they 're like scrubs -- you do n't have to suck it in or worry about the bloat . is : do you know how you want your hair and makeup at your wedding ? kh : i have an idea , but it 's so dependent on the dress , and i have n't gotten there yet . my sister is getting married too , so we looked for dresses together . after about five stores i was like , `` i 'm done . '' everyone says , `` you just know when you put that dress on . '' my sister found the right dress just like that . so i know it can happen . but it 's grueling . is : wait , so your mom has two daughters getting married within months ? kh : my poor mother is probably like , `` why , god ? why ? '' but i hired a planner . i want the day to be spectacular , but mostly i want it to be fun . and i do n't want to freak out or stress . is : does your fiancé have any particular opinions about your look ? kh : josh would n't mind if my hair was brown , if it was still long -- that 's such a boy thing . is : would you ever wear a wig out ? kh : i 'd contemplate it , but i do n't know if i actually have the courage to pull it off . i once wore a long hair-extension ponytail , and someone asked me if it was real , like i was one of those dolls when we were little , and the hair just cranks out . is : how would you describe your skin ? kh : my skin is sensitive , so everything bothers it . and i 'm the jerk who keeps switching products and making it worse . is : how do you treat a breakout ? kh : i got a great product at ona spa called sebuspot . i 've tried so many that were disappointments , but maybe i stand too close to the mirror examining my pores . if i backed up , things might look fine . is : what do you always carry in your bag ? kh : powder , because i get shiny . and lip balm , either the smith 's rosebud salve or c.o. bigelow 's mentha lip shine in black cherry soda from bath & body works . it 's shiny with a little shimmer and tastes so good . is : an in style.com reader wants to know how you maintain a healthy body image in hollywood . kh : i train with harley pasternak . i love him with my whole soul and follow his 5-factor diet . i first said , `` i 'm never going to be -- nor do i want to be -- an uber-athletic girl . '' it 's just not me and i do n't have that kind of discipline . he said , `` i just want you to be healthy . '' a lot of what we focus on is posture . i slump into myself when i get stressed . if i were going to play an action hero , i 'd have to get that look . but i 'd never maintain it . for me it 's never about achieving a look that 's impossible . e-mail to a friend . get a free trial issue of instyle - click here ! copyright © 2007 time inc. . all rights reserved .<doc-sep>by . juliet paylor . actress katherine heigl has filed a $ 6 million civil lawsuit against new . york pharmacy duane reade for using her name and an unauthorized . paparazzi photograph of her in its commercial advertising . the actress is said to be livid that photographs of her leaving the new york store last month carrying several shopping bags were used by the company , who tweeted the snap along with the caption : ` love a quick #duanereade run ? even @katieheigl ca n't resist shopping #nyc 's favorite drugstore . ' the complaint said she was photographed in march near a duane reade . store in new york while filming a new television series . duane reade . posted the photo on its twitter and facebook account with captions . advertising the store without her approval , the complaint said . scroll down for video . a picture 's worth $ 6 million apparently ! katherine heigl is suing drug store chain duane reade for using this photo of her leaving one of their new york stores last month to promote the company without her consent . duane reade did not immediately respond to a request for comment . ` we . expect duane reade to pay for its willful misuse of katherine heigl 's . name and likeness , ' said her lawyer peter haviland , adding that any . money recovered would go to a charity she has supported for many years . the . complaint said heigl intends to donate all proceeds from the lawsuit to .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- actress katherine heigl wants a drugstore chain to pay her $ 6 million because it tweeted a photo of her shopping there . heigl filed a federal lawsuit wednesday accusing duane reade of misappropriating her image , published on a celebrity news website to promote its stores . if she wins , the judgment proceeds would go to a charity heigl created in the memory of her brother who died in a car crash as a teen , the lawsuit said .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- nbc has made katherine heigl 's return to tv official . the 35-year-old actress will star in the network 's newly announced series `` state of affairs , '' about a cia analyst -lrb- heigl -rrb- who advises the president on high-risk global affairs while also balancing her own complicated personal life . alfre woodard plays the president , whose son was engaged to heigl 's character , charleston `` charlie '' tucker , prior to being killed in a terrorist attack . this will be heigl 's first regular prime-time role since she left shonda rhimes ' `` grey 's anatomy '' in 2010 . in the years since , heigl has been working primarily on the big screen , with her most recent release being january 's animated title `` the nut job . ''<doc-sep>-lrb- instyle.com -rrb- -- a hit tv show . an emmy . a summer blockbuster . a new company . a wedding ! katherine heigl has every reason to smile for our camera . a star -- and a trio of gorgeous looks -- is born . the ingénue : `` this is my favorite look of the three just because it 's sexy but not overtly so , '' heigl says . `` i like simple hair and makeup . '' there has been a self-tanning mishap . as katherine heigl crosses the parking lot of the sandwich shop at the roosevelt golf course at griffith park in los angeles , she walks stiffly , holding her arms away from her like a paper doll and apologizing profusely for running 10 minutes late . earlier , she 'd sprayed her entire body with self-tanner , which refused to dry . she resorted to having her fiancé , musician josh kelley , take a blow-dryer to her -lrb- did n't work -rrb- . so here she is , in a strapless , ankle-length juicy couture sundress -lrb- donned to accommodate the residual stickiness -rrb- , fanning herself and wondering how mottled the tan will be when -lrb- or if -rrb- the lotion ever sets . not that one bum experience could turn her off beauty products . `` i love everything new , '' says heigl , 28 , who , in addition to being nominated for an emmy for best supporting actress on `` grey 's anatomy , '' just started a production company at fox . `` when i was in rhode island filming this summer , i went to sephora for the first time . it was like my holy mecca . '' she recently had her bathroom vanity renovated with a high counter to make more room for the large drawers below that hold her well-organized loot . then there 's her deal with coty to be the face of nautica 's new women 's fragrance in january . considering this fondness for all things beauty -- as well as heigl 's impressive acting range -- she plays tv dramedy as deftly as cinematic romantic comedy , as in the mega-hit `` knocked up '' and next year 's 27 dresses -- it seems natural for her to be in style 's first ever triple-cover girl . these three looks take her from girl-next-door to red-carpet knockout to pixie-coiffed vamp . the star , whom pals call katie -lrb- and hollywood calls the next big thing -rrb- , popped out her retainer to talk about makeup , breakouts and what boys like . katherine heigl : i 'm so sorry , i have to take out my invisalign before i eat . in style : who knew you wore them ? i guess that 's the point of invisalign . kh : i got them because of this wonky tooth . i was like , ok , i ca n't take it . it 's awesome because every two weeks you switch to a new retainer . pretty much the perfect way to describe invisalign is netflix for your teeth . is : right -- the things we do for beauty . so , how did you like being transformed into three such different looks ?

<t> `` grey 's anatomy '' actress katherine heigl has own production company . </t> <t> star of hit movie knocked up '' is getting married . </t> <t> does n't go without makeup for fear of ugly photographs . </t> <t> says shopping for wedding dress is `` grueling '' </t>

katherine heigl : ready for her close-up<T>

-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- officials are searching for the driver of a white truck seen on santiago canyon road on sunday , near the time the santiago fire started , orange county authorities said friday . chief chip prather holds a photo of a white truck similar to the one seen on santiago canyon road . `` these people are not suspects at this time , '' orange county fire authority chief chip prather said . `` they are persons of interest who were seen near the fire in a vehicle like this . '' the vehicle is a white , 1998 to 2004 ford f150 pickup with chrome tubular running boards . prather said the information came from a lead called into the investigation 's tip line .<doc-sep>a $ 250,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for the blaze . watch how residents feel about arsonist '' the santiago fire , now 27,000 acres and still burning , was deliberately set , officials said thursday . several mandatory evacuations remain in place for the santiago fire , which has destroyed 14 homes and various other structures . late friday afternoon , the blaze moved into silverado canyon , authorities said . sheriff 's deputies were evacuating residents in the fire 's path . watch the santiago flames rage '' authorities also suspect arson in the rosa fire in san diego county , which burned more than 400 acres before being fully contained . there was no information on the investigation . elsewhere , the los angeles county district attorney 's office filed arson charges friday against a 41-year-old sun valley man who witnesses said set a fire in the west hills neighborhood and walked away .<doc-sep>catalino pineda is one of five people who have been arrested in arson investigations this week , but none of them has been linked to the major wildfires raging across southern california . pineda was arrested wednesday after witnesses said they saw him lighting a fire on a hillside , police said . the fire was quickly extinguished . the witnesses followed pineda to a nearby restaurant and called police , who arrested him . pineda was expected to be arraigned in van nuys superior court friday , deputy district attorney steven frankland said . he is charged with one count of arson of a structure or forest . pineda is being held on $ 75,000 bail and faces up to six years in prison if convicted . in san bernardino , east of los angeles , john rund , of hesperia , was arrested wednesday on arson charges after a witness reported seeing him in brush near the starting point of a fire tuesday , the sheriff 's department said . that fire was quickly put out by passers-by .<doc-sep>investigators are trying to determine if rund , 48 , may have ties to other wildfires . he is being held on $ 750,000 bail . the san bernardino county district attorney 's office on thursday filed arson charges against anthony riperti , 47 , of redlands . a statement from the office did not say when or where riperti is accused of setting a fire . he is being held on $ 250,000 bail . in san diego county , the sheriff 's department this week arrested an adult and a juvenile allegedly seen by an anonymous tipster starting a fire in vista in the northern part of the county . in a written statement , the sheriff 's department identified the adult as gorgonio nava . the vista fire department extinguished the blaze before it grew out of control , the statement said . investigators have determined that the grass valley fire in san bernardino county was not caused by arson , and a preliminary investigation into the cause of the 11,675-acre slide fire seems to indicate arson was not a factor , sheriff 's spokeswoman cindy beaver said . more than 1,600 homes have been destroyed in the past week by southern california wildfires . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>refuge : an official said that firefighters made at least 11 rescues as of around 11pm , several were from fire escapes and others from stairwells where people sought refuge from the flames . pieces of the building began to collapse as firefighters doused the building with water , according to mission . hayes white told mission that firefighters made at least 11 rescues as of around 11pm , several were from fire escapes and others from stairwells where people sought refuge from the flames . arson investigators were on-scene as the blaze continued and will conduct an investigation . displaced : mission reports that at least 40 have been displaced due to the massive fire and red cross has set up a temporary unit for the victims at the city college of san francisco 's mission campus .<doc-sep>five people were arrested in arson probes last week , and california gov. arnold schwarzenegger on saturday vowed to `` hunt down '' people responsible for setting wildfires . authorities said saturday they were following 1,700 tips about a white ford f-150 pickup seen near the origin of the sprawling santiago fire in orange county . witnesses reported seeing the 1998-2004 model truck with chrome tubular running boards on santiago canyon road on october 21 at about the time the santiago fire started . authorities said last week they had found evidence at the scene , although they declined to describe it . `` if i were one of the people who started the fires , i would not sleep soundly right now , because we 're right behind you , '' schwarzenegger said , urging the culprits to turn themselves in . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- witnesses said a fedex tractor-trailer truck was already in flames when it crossed a median and slammed into a bus carrying students in northern california , the national transportation safety board said saturday night . the driver of a white nissan altima that passed the bus just before the crash reported seeing flames coming from underneath the fedex truck , said mark rosekind , an ntsb board member . the truck clipped the car occupied by joe and bonnie duran before it slammed into the bus thursday evening , killing 10 people -- five high school students , three chaperones and the drivers of both vehicles . more than 30 people , mostly teenagers , were taken to local hospitals . rosekind , speaking at a press conference , said some bus passengers were ejected from the vehicle , including the ones who died . he said the investigation shows the southbound truck did not brake as it crossed the median at a 10-degree angle and entered the southbound lanes . investigators found 175 feet of tire marks left by the bus , indicating the driver tried to avoid crashing into the truck . investigators will look for devices on those vehicles that might provide information about speeds , rosekind said . one such device -- the electrical control module -- was destroyed by fire on the truck , he said . the electrical control module on the bus survived but `` we do n't know what 's actually on there , '' he said . the truck transmission might also be examined to help determine that vehicle 's speed , he said . blood samples should be obtained from the bodies of both drivers , which will provide information about whether drugs or alcohol might have been in their systems , he said . blood samples also might tell investigators if the drivers had inhaled smoke from the fire , he said . he stressed that investigators are only collecting information now and are n't coming to conclusions about the cause of the accident . bonnie duran told the cnn affiliate kovr the truck was on fire before it hit the bus . she said she made a quick decision to swerve to avoid a direct hit from the truck , sending their rental car into a ditch . `` somehow we survived , '' she said . her husband said it was like a scene from a movie . `` i looked over and saw the fedex truck coming straight for me , '' joe duran told the affiliate . `` it was like a 3-d movie . imagine a mack truck coming out of a movie . '' the durans were hospitalized and released . students traveling from the l.a. area . the students were traveling from the los angeles area to take part in a program at humboldt state university , which allows prospective attendees to visit the campus . their journey ended in the fiery wreck 90 miles north of sacramento when the truck hit one of three buses taking the teens to the campus in arcarta . the students on the buses represented 31 southern california high schools . they were heading to `` spring preview plus , '' which invites low-income and first-generation prospective students to the university . as part of the program , students stay in residence halls , attend events and visit with staff and students from a program that helps historically underrepresented students , the university said . the two other buses in the caravan made it to the university . those students were placed in dorms , and the university is offering them counseling . engaged couple among victims of california bus crash .<doc-sep>by . lydia warren . and associated press . a 26-year-old college counselor has been identified as the first of ten victims who perished after a tour bus carrying high school students collided with a fedex truck in a horrific fiery crash . arthur arzola , from rancho cucamonga , was taken to hospital with severe burns following the crash in northern california on thursday but he later passed away . arzola , who was married , was aboard a bus carrying a group of los angeles-area high school students to humboldt state university , where he was a counselor and recruiter . the crash claimed the lives of five high school students , three chaperones and the two drivers . the teens were participating in a program that invites low-income or first-generation students to visit the school . scroll down for videos . loss : art arzola , 26 , pictured with his wife . krystle , was among the 10 people who were killed when a fedex truck . smashed into a high school tour bus in northern california on thursday . afternoon . heartbreaking : he was a recruiter for humboldt state university , where the bus was heading . the crash happened a little after 5:30 p.m. on interstate 5 near orland , a small city about 100 miles north of sacramento . a chp dispatcher said the bus and . truck were on opposite sides of interstate 5 when the fedex truck crossed a . grass median , hit a vehicle and then slammed into the bus , causing an explosion and fire . ` our knowledge of it was that -lrb- the fire -rrb- was almost immediate , the flames were visible and occupants saw flames in front of bus immediately after impact , ' glenn county sheriff larry jones said on friday . ` this was a horrific collision . the impact was heard throughout the communities . people a quarter of a mile away heard this horrendous impact , and right after that impact there was a tremendous fire with very high temperatures . ' investigators are now looking at whether the crash was caused by a mechanical failure on the fedex truck , whether the driver fell asleep or if there could have been another cause . earlier , investigators had suggested that the van might have been trying to avoid a passenger car . ` there . was a small white sedan in front of the truck , ' chp spokeswoman lacey . heitman said . ` the fedex vehicle did sideswipe the sedan before it . crossed the median . ' horror : a fireball engulfs a truck and a bus carrying high school students in california . ten died in the crash . saved : rescuers tend to walking wounded after the school bus smashed into a fedex truck . destroyed : the shell of the burned-out bus , left , and the fedex truck , right , is pictured on friday . terror : a california highway patrol officer walks past the remains of the tour bus on friday morning .

<t> new : white truck seen on santiago canyon road near time fire started . </t> <t> charges filed against man who allegedly set small fire and walked off . </t> <t> catalino pineda one of five arrested in arson investigations this week . </t> <t> arson investigations continue across multiple california counties . </t>

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washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- attacks are down 75 percent in recent months in a perilous stretch of neighborhoods in northeastern baghdad , prompting a u.s. military officer to proclaim monday that security there is `` dramatically improving . '' concerned citizens have helped troops improve security in parts of baghdad , a military official says . people line the streets , cars congest them , trash collectors and other city workers have returned , local leaders are holding community meetings again and `` markets have come back like gangbusters , '' said army col. don farris , commander of 2nd brigade combat team , 82nd airborne division . he added that the largely sunni al qaeda in iraq presence has been `` crushed '' since the beginning of may . however , there are still dangers , most notably the threats posed by iranian-backed shiite militants , farris said . speaking to pentagon reporters via video link from baghdad , farris cited several factors he said contributed to the improving security situation . among them is the `` surge , '' the additional u.s. troops deployed earlier this year . watch how old rivalries have been posing problems '' also helping improve the security situation are the cease-fire by radical shiite cleric muqtada al-sadr 's mehdi army and the development of a program that employs `` concerned local citizens '' to assist u.s. and iraqi forces , farris said . some of those citizens are members of local sunni `` awakening councils , '' comprised of former militants -- often armed -- who create neighborhood watch groups to root out the insurgent elements in an area . especially in the last six weeks , farris said , civic and religious leaders have seen outsiders operating in the area and troops have made arrests , two iranian operatives among them . `` from my foxhole , in our sector , it is working , '' he said of the improving security in the area . `` i can only speak to what i see in my sector and i am encouraged . '' farris ' sector -- which includes the sunni-dominated district of adhamiya and sadr city , the shiite slum where militants have demonstrated a strong presence -- has seen a `` remarkable turnaround , '' he said . many of the communities in his area have been wracked with sectarian warfare and terrorized by insurgents and death squads . despite improvements in the security situation , farris warned that `` we still have a lot of work to do '' because there does n't appear to be any sign that shiite extremists with links to iran are halting their activities . farris said troops also are still finding explosively formed penetrators , which are often delivered or manufactured by iran . nine such bombs were found in late october , he said . there are intelligence reports indicating weapons and money are still flowing into sadr city , he said . there are also problems returning refugees and displaced people to their homes in the area , farris said , because `` essential services '' like water and electricity are not yet up to snuff . though a `` trickle '' of families has returned home and many are asking when they can return , farris said he believes residents will return en masse only when basic services are in better shape . paul folmsbee , a state department provincial reconstruction team leader , said at the same news conference that his personnel was handling development issues involving law , governance , economic development and essential services . farris ' monday remarks echo a string of similar assertions made by u.s. and iraqi military officials over recent weeks . the military officials say they are seeing signs of sunni-shiite reconciliation . at a press conference earlier monday in baghdad , brig. gen. ed cardon , deputy commander for support of multi-national division-center , discussed a `` definite period of progress '' in his region on the southern baghdad outskirts . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>`` regulations prohibit members of the coalition force from proselytizing any religion , faith or practices , '' said col. bill buckner , a coalition spokesman . `` our troops are trained on those guidelines before they deploy . '' a military statement said `` appropriate action '' will be taken if the reports are substantiated . the reports stoked religious concerns in iraq just weeks after iraqi police discovered that a u.s. soldier had used the quran , islam 's holy book , for target practice . the u.s. commander in baghdad took the unusual step of holding a public ceremony and reading a letter of apology from the soldier , a sniper section leader , to local iraqi leaders . many in attendance were members and leaders of sunni militias that the u.s. military has courted to help fight al qaeda in iraq and other insurgents . sunnis often face criticism from other iraqis for cooperating with american troops . falluja , also a mostly sunni city , was the scene of bitter and bloody fighting early in the iraq war between u.s. troops , al qaeda in iraq and sunni insurgents loyal to saddam hussein .<doc-sep>sunni ire in anbar . the current conflict in anbar is not a simple matter of al qaeda against pro-government troops , according to local officials , political analysts and tribal leaders in falluja and ramadi . they say al-maliki is spinning the strife to his political advantage . these sources say al-maliki is trying to cite al qaeda as a pretext to crush sunni protesters and is using the same tack to get international support for his fight . they say he 's trying to create the false impression that isis fighters control much of falluja . isis has been working doggedly to exploit a security vacuum across iraq . while there are pockets of al qaeda-linked militants in anbar cities such as falluja , most regions in anbar , including falluja , are under the control of local police and sunni tribes not aligned with militants , they explained . fighting also has raged between these local tribes and the iraqi army in falluja . violence has flared in recent days because of the arrest of a sunni lawmaker in ramadi and the dismantling of protest sites by the army in falluja and ramadi . most sunnis in anbar have simply been angry at being regarded as second-class citizens in the majority shiite country . they have been upset with the local and central government authorities , and these grievances have spurred an ongoing uprising against the shiite-led government .<doc-sep>by . ian drury , defence correspondent . published : . 10:47 est , 7 january 2014 . | . updated : . 20:33 est , 7 january 2014 . clutching assault rifles and with ammunition slung over their shoulders , a band of al qaeda sympathisers deliver the chilling rhetoric of war . in fallujah , an iraqi city which came to symbolise the horror of the war to topple saddam hussein , their domination will for many now symbolise its futility . faces masked by balaclavas or headdresses , members of the fallujah military council pledge to punish tribesmen who try to drive them from the besieged city . scroll down for video . menacing : masked insurgents brandish rifles and bullets as their commander warns the iraqi government . speaking into a microphone in front of . an iraqi flag , the commander of the armed brigade rants that militants . will crush anyone loyal to government forces . at least 200 troops , rebel fighters and civilians have died in clashes in the area in recent days . its descent into chaos will leave many asking what was achieved by eight years of war . britain . lost 179 troops in the push to topple saddam , after which fallujah . became the scene of bloody battles between insurgents and us-led forces . taking control : armed rebels patrol during clashes with iraqi security forces in fallujah over the weekend as the standoff continues . rebellion : a young man raises his weapon as a fellow rebel keeps a watchful eye during the takeover . despite the sacrifice , the city is now under al qaeda control . the . iraqi army is surrounding fallujah , and has deployed tanks and . artillery ahead of an all-out military assault to retake the city . but . prime minister nouri al-maliki is delaying an all-out offensive in the . hope locals can regain control from the insurgents without major . bloodshed . the violence -- . the most direct challenge to al-maliki since the us withdrew in 2011 -- . has been inflamed by the civil war in neighbouring syria . rebels have been strengthened by recruits , guns , missiles and ammunition smuggled over the border . response : the iraqi army is surrounding fallujah , and has deployed tanks and artillery ahead of an all-out military assault to retake the city . sunni muslim worshippers crowded streets in the city west of baghdad after violence in nearby ramadi . the us is speeding up the delivery of military equipment to help the iraqi government . white house spokesman jay carney said additional hellfire missiles would be shipped to baghdad as early as the spring . military . experts fear the problems in iraq do not bode well for the british . withdrawal from afghanistan , where 447 troops have been killed since the . mission began in 2001 . ex-sas . commander lieutenant colonel richard williams said : ` i will be very . surprised if the future governor of helmand is not very closely . connected to those who we call the taliban . '<doc-sep>baghdad , iraq -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- six u.s. soldiers were killed wednesday in iraq when a bomb exploded in a booby-trapped house while they were on patrol north of baghdad , the military announced . u.s. soldiers conduct a house-to-house assessment mission in baghdad on wednesday . four soldiers were also wounded in the attack and evacuated to a coalition forces hospital , multi-national corps-iraq said . the troops were taking part in operation iron harvest -- a new drive against islamic militants in northern iraq after a spate of attacks on local anti-insurgent groups . the operation is part of a nationwide push against jihadists loyal to al qaeda in the provinces of diyala , salaheddin , nineveh , and tameem . `` it will be a difficult fight , but we will continue to execute simultaneous operations in each one of our four provinces , '' said maj. gen. michael hertling , commander of u.s. troops in northern iraq . but resistance in the `` breadbasket '' region in eastern diyala so far is `` less than anticipated , '' he said . the offensive -- which has been centered near muqdadiya -- has left 20 to 30 suspected insurgents dead in the area around that city , hertling said . about 24,000 u.s. troops , 50,000 iraqi soldiers and 80,000 local police are based in the region . in addition , about 15,000 iraqis are taking part in anti-insurgent groups known as concerned local citizens or awakening councils . the groups will perform defensive security tasks during the operation , the u.s. military said .

<t> official : streets bustling , workers returning , markets `` back like gangbusters '' </t> <t> troop surge , citizens groups , mehdi army cease-fire all help security situation . </t> <t> iranian weapons , fighters still posing problems in northeastern baghdad . </t> <t> commander says more families will return when basic services fully restored . </t>

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paris , france -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- interpol on monday took the unprecendented step of making a global appeal for help to identify a man from digitally reconstructed photos taken from the internet that it said showed him sexually abusing underage boys . this moving image shows how police used software to unscramble the image . -lrb- source : interpol -rrb- . the man 's face was disguised by digital alteration , but the images were capable of being restored , according to a bulletin from interpol -- the international police agency based in lyon , france .<doc-sep>interpol secretary general ronald k. noble said the pictures have been on the the internet for several years , but investigators have been unable to determine the man 's identity or nationality . `` we have tried all other means to identify and to bring him to justice , but we are now convinced that without the public 's help this sexual predator could continue to rape and sexually abuse young children whose ages appear to range from six to early teens , '' noble said . he said there is `` very good reason to believe that he travels the world in order to sexually abuse and exploit vulnerable children . ''<doc-sep>interpol has determined the photos were taken in vietnam and cambodia . `` the decision to make public this man 's picture was not one which was taken lightly , '' said kristin kvigne , assistant director of interpol 's trafficking in human beings unit . the suspect 's photo and more information can be seen online at interpol 's web site . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>the exhibit is being shown at the rutgers ' zimmerli art museum in new brunswick and they say they are taking these early selfies and showing them as art . the images on display of the unknown man were taken during a time when photobooths were hugely popular in the united states . the 445 prints are owned by historian donald lokuta , who bought the pictures two years ago at a new york city antiques show . the pictures are owned by historian donald lokuta , who bought the images at an antiques show in new york city in 2012 . he originally only came across a handful of the photographs but the dealer told him there were hundreds more images of the man and he decided to buy them all . mr lokuta told rutgers : ` as a historian , i knew this was very rare , but on a deeper level , i wondered , `` why would somebody want to take almost 500 photos of himself in a photobooth ? '' ' ` thereâ $ ™ s quite an age difference in the photos : you see him as younger man and then with a white , receding hairline and wrinkles . ' it is thought the mystery man in the pictures could be from the midwest and it is hoped the exhibition will shed new light on his identity . mr lokuta also added that based on conversations with another historian , it could be likely that the mystery man was a photobooth technician , who was taking the pictures to test out the equipment . it is also likely that he hailed from the u.s. midwest , and it is hoped the exhibition will shed new light on who the man is . it is thought the photos originated previously from an auction in michigan .<doc-sep>citing gross neglect of duty , extreme cruelty and incompatibility . speaking to cbs21 , . stutzman , who has also left the amish community , called the show ' a . fake ' and claimed : ` the kids and i suffered for years at the hands of this man . ' on one occasion , he punched her in . the stomach while she was pregnant , a police report notes , while other records reveal he did not pay child support . ` do your frickin ' homework , ' jeremiah said . ' i did spend three days in jail for . supposedly -lsb- abusing her -rsb- . the court threw it out . i regret . that i did n't pay child support in the past , but i 'm paying it now . ' wild : pictures also show jeremiah , left , surrounded by friends swigging from beer cans . trust : abe and sabrina had earlier revealed they had sex during the show 's filming and it was ` stupid ' and sabrina , the only mennonite in the . group , was given the chance to comment on photographs showing her . getting married while wearing a decidedly non-mennonite dress . she . was married in 2009 and has not been a practicing mennonite . for years , friends claim . other photographs on facebook show her in skimpy clothing . but sabrina said that the ceremony adhered to the community 's traditions , there was no dancing or alcohol and she had a panel fitted into her dress to conceal her chest . ` i 'm not ashamed i was married , ' she said , confirming that her divorce is still pending . i still love him - he 's a good man and . he 's honorable . i have nothing but good things to say about him . ' in the first part of the finale , . which aired last week , jeremiah and sabrina had admitted they had sex . during the filming - throwing yet more doubts on their devotion to their . faiths . double life : facebook photos apparently showed sabrina kissing a man and wearing skimpy clothes . insistence : but she maintained her wedding in 2009 was traditionally mennonite , despite how it appeared . while a cast member claimed the couple had sex in a hotel lobby 's bathroom , sabrina denied it . jeremiah added : ` if the world wants to know , we did it and enjoyed it . '<doc-sep>a removal lorry today arrived outside the home of former footballer paul gascoigne in poole , dorset , as photos emerged of him being turned away from an off-licence . gascoigne - known as ` gazza ' - hired removal men to help pack up his belongings - just one day before his lease on the luxury top-floor apartment runs out . it is understood that the former england star was told by his landlord several weeks ago that he would not have his lease renewed after a string of disturbances . scroll down for video . photos that emerged this afternoon show the fallen football star being turned away from an off-licence in poole . he was seen approaching the shop door , left , before being turned away -lrb- right -rrb- . gascoigne was pictured moving from his penthouse flat in poole today . he was seen loading the van alongside removal men , who were happy to pose for a photo with the football legend . after being refused entry to the off-licence , gascoigne was seen walking into an estate agents with a mystery woman , who also helped him pack the moving van . he then left and continued wandering around the town . the former footballer appeared . unsteady on his feet as he walked around outside the flat in sandbanks , . dorset , this afternoon wearing jeans and a grey t-shirt . he . was also seen rummaging in bushes near the entrance to the building 's . car park before getting into a car driven by a mystery woman . more photos that emerged this afternoon show the fallen football star apparently being turned away from an off-licence in poole . the photos show gascoigne , dressed in the same jeans and grey t-shirt , approaching the door of the wine shop . paul . gascoigne was caught in the middle of an argument with a man , believed . to be a member of staff at the off-licence -lrb- pictured left -rrb- after being . turned away from the shop . after being refused entry to the off-licence , gascoigne was seen walking into an estate agents with a mystery woman , who also helped him pack the moving van . he then left and continued wandering around the town . the former footballer looked gaunt as he walked around poole on friday . yesterday pictures emerged of gascoigne clutching a chicken in a hampshire pub . a man comes to meet gascoigne at the front of the shop , where he was then refused entry . photographs show the man from the shop , believed to be a member of staff , following gascoigne out into the street , where appear to have an argument . gascoigne then visited an estate agents with a mystery brunette , who smiled happily as he put his arm around her . the move comes just a day after photos emerged of a gaunt gascoigne was pictured cradling a chicken at a pub in hampshire . he had been drinking with locals at the starr inn , in east tytherley , while dressed in a fishing waistcoat . it . was reported that the 47-year-old enjoyed a pint of beer while he . chatted to regulars at the pub , as he cradled a chicken on saturday . it . is understood that the former england star was told by his landlord . several weeks ago that he would not have his lease on the penthouse flat . renewed . dressed in baggy jeans and a grey t-shirt , gascoigne was pictured rummaging in the bushes near his home in poole , dorset . gascoigne .<doc-sep>by . daily mail reporter and peter lloyd . published : . 05:10 est , 14 november 2013 . | . updated : . 05:27 est , 14 november 2013 . mystery continues to surround the case of alleged sex photos featuring nicolas cage and his ex-girlfriend christina fulton .

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-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- six of the seven college students killed in a massive house fire sunday morning in ocean isle beach , north carolina , attended the university of south carolina , a university official said sunday . `` this is a very sad day for the university of south carolina family , '' dennis a. pruitt , the vice president for student affairs , told reporters . the seventh fatality is believed to be a clemson university student , he said . the six survivors -- who were treated and released from brunswick community hospital -- are also usc students , he said . pruitt said the bodies were being sent to chapel hill , north carolina , for identification . watch home video showing the house in flames '' `` it is difficult to ascertain exactly who was in the house and who was not , '' pruitt said , explaining that several area houses were filled with college students visiting for the weekend . newspaper deliveryman tim burns was aghast when he first saw the inferno early sunday morning . he tried to approach the door but the flames were too intense , he told the associated press . `` when i was going up to the entryway , you could hear the windows above me explode , '' burns said . `` when i knew the flames had taken over , i do n't think i 've ever felt as helpless in my life . '' the usc students were affiliated with the delta delta delta sorority and the sigma alpha epsilon fraternity , pruitt said , although he stressed that the weekend was not an official greek function . `` it just so happens , as on many university campuses , that certain sororities and certain fraternities hang around together , '' he said . one person described as `` unaccounted for '' was later confirmed dead , ocean isle beach mayor debbie smith told cnn . `` we suffered a terrible tragedy at ocean isle this morning , '' smith said in a news conference . `` nothing like this has ever happened at ocean isle beach , and we hope it never will again . '' she said officials had not yet contacted all the victims ' families , and that they were not yet releasing their names . the mayor said one of the 13 people in the house was related to the house 's owner . smith said the house was fully `` engulfed '' in flames around 7 a.m. when the fire department arrived on the scene , about five minutes after the fire department was notified . she said the house had working smoke detectors , ap reported . officials are investigating the cause of the fire , smith said . `` we ran down the street to get away , '' nick cain told the ap . the university of north carolina student was staying at a house about 100 feet away . some of his friends had met several people staying at the house that burned down . `` the ash and the smoke were coming down on us . we were just trying to get away , '' cain told the ap . ocean isle beach is a popular resort destination along the southern coast of north carolina . the 7-mile-long island 's year-round population is about 425 , while the summer season population is about 25,000 , according to the town 's web site . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>cnnu campus correspondent brandon gates is a junior at university of south carolina . cnnu is a feature that provides student perspectives on news and trends from colleges across the united states . the views expressed in this article are not necessarily those of cnn , its affiliates or the schools where the campus correspondents are based . some of the students killed were affiliated with the delta delta delta sorority , whose house is pictured above . columbia , south carolina -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- at the university of south carolina , the campus is quiet , but students were still heading to their classes after six students were killed in a beach house fire during the weekend . the school is planning a short ceremony monday evening to honor the six students who were killed sunday morning in ocean isle beach , north carolina . a seventh person killed is believed to be a student at clemson university . their identities had not yet been released monday afternoon . the usc students were affiliated with the delta delta delta sorority and the sigma alpha epsilon fraternity .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the owner of a north carolina beach house where seven college students died in a weekend fire said monday that his family 's `` lives were just changed forever '' by the tragedy . chip auman said his 18-year-old daughter survived the fire but was hospitalized and in stable condition because of complications from smoke inhalation . `` the thought of losing a child is unimaginable to me , and as a father my heart goes out to the families that lost a loved one in this situation , '' he said . auman said the situation was `` hard to fathom . '' `` there 's just no words to describe what we 've been going through , '' he said , asking for prayers for survivors and the families of those who died . `` we 're numb , we 're confused , we 're heartbroken . '' two college campuses mourned monday . six university of south carolina students and a clemson university student died in the fire early sunday morning in ocean isle beach , north carolina . six other south carolina students were able to get out of the house in time . the six were treated and released from nearby brunswick community hospital , but auman 's daughter was hospitalized again in hartsville , south carolina . authorities from the state bureau of investigation and the federal bureau of alcohol , tobacco , firearms and explosives are leading the investigation into the cause of the fire . ocean isle beach mayor debbie smith said the house was `` engulfed '' in flames when the fire department arrived on the scene , about five minutes after being notified . the flames shot into the sky and ultimately left little more than portions of the framing .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the owner of a north carolina beach house where seven college students died in a weekend fire said monday that his family 's `` lives were just changed forever '' by the tragedy . chip auman said his 18-year-old daughter survived the fire but was hospitalized and in stable condition because of complications from smoke inhalation . `` the thought of losing a child is unimaginable to me , and as a father my heart goes out to the families that lost a loved one in this situation , '' he said . auman said the situation was `` hard to fathom . '' `` there 's just no words to describe what we 've been going through , '' he said , asking for prayers for survivors and the families of those who died . `` we 're numb , we 're confused , we 're heartbroken . '' two college campuses mourned monday . six university of south carolina students and a clemson university student died in the fire early sunday morning in ocean isle beach , north carolina . six other south carolina students were able to get out of the house in time . the six were treated and released from nearby brunswick community hospital , but auman 's daughter was hospitalized again in hartsville , south carolina . authorities from the state bureau of investigation and the federal bureau of alcohol , tobacco , firearms and explosives are leading the investigation into the cause of the fire . ocean isle beach mayor debbie smith said the house was `` engulfed '' in flames when the fire department arrived on the scene , about five minutes after being notified . the flames shot into the sky and ultimately left little more than portions of the framing . fire officials do not believe foul play was involved . watch a neighbor 's video , fears of fast-burning fire '' dennis a. pruitt , the vice president for student affairs for the university of south carolina , said investigators have said it would be tuesday or wednesday before the identities of the victims are confirmed publicly . it could be as much as a month until investigators know the cause of the fire , pruitt said . the university did not cancel classes on monday , but pruitt said arrangements had been made for those who need to go home or stay out of class at the 28,000-student campus . pruitt said meetings had been held sunday with members of delta delta delta sorority and sigma alpha epsilon fraternity . the south carolina students were affiliated with those houses , he said , although he stressed that the weekend was not an official greek function . he also said counselors and ministers were available to help students deal with the loss of their classmates . the university president , dr. andrew sorenson , contacted the families of those who died in the fire to express the condolences and support of the university community . jay laura , student president of the usc chapter of sigma alpha epsilon , said the campus would pull together after the tragedy . `` if any place can come together to help in the healing process and the aftermath of an event like this , it is south carolina , '' laura said at a monday afternoon press conference . fire survivor tripp wylie , a 20-year-old south carolina sophomore , said he jumped out of a third-story window into a canal to escape the flames and was unable to get back in to help his friends . `` i could see a buddy of mine off to the left who had gotten out . he was just yelling at me to jump and stuff , '' wylie told cnn affiliate wyff . `` the smoke was pouring out , could n't really breathe , so i had to make a quick decision . -lsb- i -rsb- just kind of leaned out the window and luckily i jumped far enough to make it into the canal . '' neighbors flocked to see the fire as firefighters battled and ultimately got the blaze under control . see the scenes of devastation '' george smith , who lives across the street from the house , said he heard sirens between 6:30 and 7 a.m. and went outside to see `` the whole sky lit up . '' `` the whole house was completely engulfed in flames , up to about 20 feet , '' he said . `` i have never seen -lsb- a fire -rsb- move so fast . '' george smith said the house 's occupants were `` partying in there yesterday and into the night . '' after about 10:30 p.m. saturday they quieted down , he said . linda sing said she was walking her dog when she saw the fiery destruction . she noted that firefighters had saved an adjacent house by spraying it down with water . `` we knew there were people in there , but we hoped and prayed they 'd gotten out , '' sing said . `` this is the worst thing i 've ever seen . we 've had hurricanes , but this is worse . '' ocean isle beach is a popular resort destination along north carolina 's southern coast . the year-round population of the 7-mile-long island is about 425 , but it swells to about 25,000 during the summer season , according to the town 's web site . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>a college student has been shot dead in his home after three masked men burst in during an alleged robbery , authorities said . steven gregory grich , 23 , was killed on saturday night at his off-campus home in a gated community , two miles from clemson university , south carolina . mr grich , from fort mill , died from of injuries at the house . there were seven students present during the attack but no one else was shot . scroll down for video . shot dead at home : steven gregory grich , 23 , an engineering major , was killed by masked men in his home close to clemson university , north carolina . ambush : six friends were at the home in a gated community on saturday night when mr grich was fatally shot . the electrical engineering major died after three masked men burst in through an unlocked back door . police are baffled as to why mr grich was targeted .

<t> six of seven dead in fire were university of south carolina students . </t> <t> official : six treated at hospital and released were also usc students . </t> <t> mayor debbie smith said one of 13 at house is related to owner of house . </t> <t> victims ' names not being released until families are notified . </t>

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-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- authorities in azerbaijan recently uncovered a radical islamic terror plot against the u.s. embassy in the capital , baku , prompting the facility to close its doors to the public monday , azerbaijan and u.s. officials told cnn . the bibi heybat mosque , just outside the capital baku . as a precaution , britain also shut its embassy in baku to the public on monday `` following security concerns nearby , '' britain 's foreign office said . the terror plot was unraveled after a weekend raid outside baku that netted several suspected members of the radical group , two u.s. officials who asked not to be identified and a spokesman for azerbaijan 's national security ministry told cnn . u.s. state department spokesman sean mccormack stressed that the details `` are still unfolding , '' and the threat `` may or may not be '' linked to the saturday raid . `` there were some specific and credible threat information concerning the embassy and plans by militants to in some way do harm to individuals in and around the u.s. embassy there , '' mccormack said , noting that no specific individuals were targeted . several days ago , an azerbaijani army officer who had connections to a radical islamic group seized four assault rifles , a machine gun and 20 hand grenades from his military unit and hid them in the outskirts of baku , the ministry spokesman and u.s. officials said . government security forces tracked down the group and arrested several members during a sweep on saturday in the village of mastaga , about 20 miles -lrb- 32 km -rrb- northeast of baku , the spokesman said . one suspected member of the militant group resisted arrest and was killed in the sweep , the spokesman said . several others are still at large , he added . he said the terror plot also targeted azerbaijani government buildings . the u.s. embassy in baku issued a warden message warning americans in azerbaijan to take precautions . `` while there is no information at this time that other american or western interests in azerbaijan are being targeted , the u.s. embassy encourages americans to maintain a high level of vigilance and take appropriate steps to bolster their own personal security , '' it said . azerbaijan is a former soviet republic that borders the caspian sea , and lies just north of iran . mccormack said u.s. authorities are working closely with their counterparts in baku and will determine when normal embassy operations will resume . he said he expects the embassy to limit its operations on tuesday , as well . e-mail to a friend . cnn 's igor malakhov in moscow , zain verjee in washington and roger clark in london contributed to this report .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- authorities in azerbaijan recently uncovered a radical islamic terror plot against the u.s. embassy in the capital , baku , prompting the facility to close its doors to the public monday , azerbaijan and u.s. officials told cnn . the bibi heybat mosque , just outside the capital baku . as a precaution , britain also shut its embassy in baku to the public on monday `` following security concerns nearby , '' britain 's foreign office said . the terror plot was unraveled after a weekend raid outside baku that netted several suspected members of the radical group , two u.s. officials who asked not to be identified and a spokesman for azerbaijan 's national security ministry told cnn .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- yemen is embarking on a major initiative in its war on terror and plans to build four new branches for the country 's elite counterterrorism units next year , a spokesman for the country 's american embassy said on saturday . mohammed albasha said the branches will be located in four different locations -- mareb , shabwa , abyan and hadramawt . hadramawt , albasha said , will have the largest contingent of counterterror units . `` this is the next phase in the war on terrorism - we are bringing the fight to al qaeda . '' yemen has been locked in a struggle with al qaeda in the arabian peninsula , or aqap , the offshoot of the al qaeda terror network based in yemen . it grabbed the attention of the west with the attempted bombing of a northwest airlines trans-atlantic flight as it landed in detroit , michigan , on christmas day in 2009 . the anti-terror campaign has also come under increased international scrutiny since authorities in late october uncovered a cargo plane bomb plot targeting western interests . aqap claimed responsibility for the scheme , which involved shipping explosives disguised as printer toner cartridges on u.s.-bound cargo planes .<doc-sep>one suspected member of the militant group resisted arrest and was killed in the sweep , the spokesman said . several others are still at large , he added . he said the terror plot also targeted azerbaijani government buildings . the u.s. embassy in baku issued a warden message warning americans in azerbaijan to take precautions . `` while there is no information at this time that other american or western interests in azerbaijan are being targeted , the u.s. embassy encourages americans to maintain a high level of vigilance and take appropriate steps to bolster their own personal security , '' it said .<doc-sep>by . daily mail reporter . updated : . 17:02 est , 30 may 2013 . an iranian national from texas who admitted that he plotted to kill saudi arabia 's ambassador to the u.s. by bombing a washington restaurant was sentenced thursday to 25 years in prison . manssor arbabsiar , a u.s. citizen who was born in iran , pleaded guilty in october to two conspiracy charges and a murder-for-hire count . he admitted he was directed by iranian military officials to go to mexico on multiple occasions in 2011 to arrange the assassination attempt , which never occurred . scroll down for video . punished : manssor arbabsiar -lrb- left -rrb- was handed a 25-year prison sentence for plotting to murder saudi ambassador adel al-jubeir -lrb- right -rrb- . the 58-year-old arbabsiar , who had . worked in real estate and automobile sales since moving to the united . states in 1977 , approached someone he thought was a member of the . mexican narco-terror group , los zetas , for help with an attack . the man turned out to be an informant for u.s. drug agents , who began recording their conversations . ` what i did was wrong , ' arbabsiar . said in court thursday . ` i take responsibility for it . ... my mind . sometimes is not in a good place . ' prosecutors said arbabsiar told the . confidential government source that killing innocent bystanders , . including u.s. senators who the source suggested would likely be at the . restaurant , was ` no big deal . ' the government said arbabsiar told . law enforcement officials after his arrest that he had demanded at least . $ 1million for his involvement in the plot . he was also given $ 25,000 by the quds . force , a branch of the iranian islamic revolutionary guard corps that . in 2007 was designated by the u.s. treasury department as a supporter of . the taliban and terrorist organizations . defense lawyers argued for no more . than a 10-year sentence , saying arbabsiar 's crimes were undeniably . serious but also ` the result of a severe mental breakdown caused by a . longstanding , untreated bipolar disorder , and that he had no previous . involvement in terrorism or international intrigue . ' sentencing : in this courtroom sketch , manssor arbabsiar , center , stands with his attorneys in manhattan federal court , where the judge sentenced the former used car salesman from texas to 25 years in prison . in his own words : arbabsiar read a statement before learning his fate , accepting responsibility for his actions and telling the court that sometimes his mind is ` not in a good place ' in this drawing , assistant u.s. attorney glen kopp , standing , addresses the court , during the sentencing hearing for arbabsiar , seated center , who admitted that he plotted to kill saudi arabia 's ambassador . arbabsiar entered a guilty plea last october , admitting that he plotted to assassinate the saudi ambassador . he was described by u.s. attorney preet bharara at the time as ` the extended murderous hand of his co-conspirators , officials . of the iranian military based in iran , who plotted to kill the saudi . ambassador in the united states and were willing to kill as many . bystanders as necessary to do so . ' attorney general eric holder cited the efforts of law enforcement and . intelligence agencies in disrupting ' a deadly plot approved by members . of the iranian military to assassinate a sitting foreign ambassador on . u.s. soil . ' arbabsiar entered the plea to two . conspiracy charges and a murder-for-hire count in u.s. district court in . manhattan . when the plot was uncovered last september , president barack obama 's administration accused agents of the iranian government of being involved . bharara said arbabsiar ` was in telephone contact with his iranian confederates while he brokered an audacious plot . ' arbabsiar , pictured in this courtroom sketch in manhattan criminal court , faces up to 25 years in prison . at the plea , arbabsiar confirmed that officials in the iranian military were involved in the plot . arbabsiar admitted that he was directed . by iranian military officials to go to mexico on multiple occasions from . the spring to the fall last year to arrange the assassination . arbabsiar , who lived in corpus christie , texas , for more than a decade , said he went to mexico last year to meet a man named junior , ` who turned out to be an fbi agent . ' he said that he and others had agreed to arrange the kidnapping of the ambassador , adel al-jubeir , but junior said it would be easier to kill the ambassador . arbabsiar has been held without bail since he was arrested sept. 29 , 2011 , at john f. kennedy international airport . the government said in a news release . that arbabsiar had described to the drug enforcement administration source how his cousin in iran , a . ` big general ' in the iranian military , had requested that arbabsiar . find someone to carry out the ambassador 's assassination . it said arbabsiar rejected as ` no big . deal ' the dea 's worries about bystanders in a restaurant bombing , . including the possibility that u.s. senators who dine there could be . killed . watched : the terror plot involved bombing the saudi embassy in washington d.c. , seen here , after assassinating the ambassador . the saudi embassy is located next to the watergate complex in washington dc . authorities have said they secretly recorded conversations between arbabsiar and an informant with the drug enforcement administration after arbabsiar approached the informant in mexico and asked his knowledge of explosives for a plot to blow up the saudi embassy in washington . they said arbabsiar later offered $ 1.5 million for the death of the ambassador . arbabsiar admitted in october that he eventually made a $ 100,000 down payment wired from an overseas account through a manhattan bank . after his arrest , arbabsiar confessed . that he was recruited , funded and directed by men he believed were . senior officials in iran 's qods force , a branch of the iranian islamic . revolutionary guard corps that in 2007 was designated by the u.s. treasury department as a supporter of the taliban and terrorist . organizations , the government said . suspect : alleged terror plotter manssor arbabsiar 's home in round rock , texas . arbabsiar told the court that he only understood about half of what he read out in court in english . it said he claimed that he met several . times in iran with gholam shakuri , a co-conspirator and iran-based . member of the qods force , and another senior qods force official . after . his arrest , arbabsiar made phone calls at the direction of law . enforcement to shakuri in iran and shakuri confirmed that arbabsiar . should move forward with the ambassador plot , the government said . iran formally complained to the u.s. in october 2011 over the claims that the iranian government was involved in the plot to kill adel al-jubeir . the u.s. received a diplomatic note expressing displeasure with the charges . the complaint called on the u.s. to apologize publicly to iran for the ` material and moral damages ' caused by ` this baseless accusation . ' it added that the accusations violated . ` international rules and regulations ' but that deception has become ' a . permanent part of statecraft in the u.s. ' the note was delivered through the . swiss embassy in tehran , which represents u.s. interests in iran since . the two countries do n't have diplomatic relations .

<t> authorities uncover a radical islamic terror plot against the u.s. embassy in baku . </t> <t> the united states has reduced its embassy 's operations . </t> <t> britain also shut its embassy in baku to the public on monday . </t>

u.s. embassy terror plot uncovered<T>

-lrb- mental floss -rrb- -- they say a lot of artistic expression is motivated by self-loathing . but not for these folks ! long before the material girl ordered papa to stop preaching , these six puffed-up virtuosos knew darn well how to strike a pose . alfred hitchcock did n't leave people in suspense about how he felt about actors . here 's to the creative types who managed to raise egotism to an art form . alfred hitchcock . hitchcock was , without question , one of the towering geniuses of cinema . and , like many greats , he was n't exactly the best collaborator . hitchcock was particularly trying for screenwriters , who felt he never properly credited them for their work . but he was notoriously hard on actors . he was once quoted as saying , `` actors are cattle '' -- a quip that stirred up a huge outcry -lrb- actors can be so touchy -rrb- . in response , he issued this correction : `` i have been misquoted . what i really said is , ` actors should be treated as cattle . ' '' although it began accidentally -lrb- when he was short an actor for the film `` the lodger '' -rrb- , hitchcock soon made it his egotistical trademark to appear in his own films , amassing a total of 37 cameos throughout his career . ayn rand . the egotist 's egotist , author ayn rand -lrb- born alissa zinovievna rosenbaum -rrb- is the patron saint of thinking you 're better than everybody else .<doc-sep>her most famous novels , the fountainhead and atlas shrugged , are massive dramatizations of objectivism , her self-spun oscar-the-grouch philosophy for success . objectivism champions ego and accomplishment , shuns all religion as folly , and condemns any form of charity or altruism as counterproductive to society . rand 's novels often focus on protagonists -lrb- invariably men -rrb- who are shunned by others because of their genius , but then persevere over the foolishness of morons to prove said genius and emerge triumphant . not surprisingly , she saw humility as a weakness and regarded laughing at yourself as `` spitting in your own face . '' so , just how much did rand believe in her own philosophy ? let 's just say a lot . with signature modesty , she ranked herself as the philosophical equal of aristotle and thomas aquinas . orson welles . when you create a cinematic masterpiece such as `` citizen kane '' at the ripe old age of 25 , you 're bound to get a big head . but welles was convinced of his own importance much earlier than that . in fact , `` citizen kane '' might have been sparked by nothing more than a bruised ego . after all , it 's said he devised the film as a withering exposé of newspaper mogul william randolph hearst because hearst slighted welles at a dinner party . of course , after the unparalleled success of `` citizen kane , '' welles 's arrogant side did n't get any less subtle . do yourself a favor : track down a recording of welles ' outtakes for a tv commercial for frozen peas . you 'll hear everything you need to know about the filmmaker 's oversized ego . a classic quote goes : `` in the depths of your ignorance , what is it you want ? '' frank lloyd wright . as the brains behind the robie house , fallingwater , taliesin west , the guggenheim , and countless other design benchmarks , frank lloyd wright is arguably the genius of 20th-century architecture . and , boy , did he know it !<doc-sep>wright was notorious for believing he was superior to mere mortals . in fact , the architectural egomaniac frequently acted as though the rules -- even those of geography and climate -- did not apply to him . but when you 're wright , you 're right . in 1935 , department store magnate stanley marcus -lrb- of neiman-marcus fame -rrb- commissioned the architect to design his dallas home , but the project quickly went sour . wright 's avant-garde floor plan included `` sleeping porches '' that required his client to sleep outdoors year-round . in addition , marcus ' small bedroom `` cubicles '' came equipped with almost no closet space . when stanley respectfully explained that -lrb- a -rrb- temperatures during summer nights in dallas often exceed 80 degrees and -lrb- b -rrb- a high-fashion tastemaker might need bigger closets , wright threw a series of tantrums . fortunately for the voyeur in us all , said tantrums usually took place in letter form . preserved and occasionally displayed at the dallas museum of art , they make for delicious reading . salvador dalí . `` every morning when i awake , the greatest of joys is mine : that of being salvador dalí . '' yup , he actually said that . everything about the legendary surrealist painter -lrb- he of the melting clocks -rrb- -- from his whacked-out paintings to his curled-up mustache -- was designed to shock , destroy convention , cause scandal , and stir controversy . criticized for choosing to live under general franco 's fascist government in spain , dalí defended his position by stating that he did n't care about others so long as he could be king . not exactly a man of the people . if he was n't getting enough attention , he was known to walk the streets of new york city clanging a hand bell . of course , this is also the guy who once said , `` the thought of not being recognized -lsb- is -rsb- unbearable . ''<doc-sep>need another telling quote ? `` at the age of 6 years , i wanted to be a chef . at the age of 7 , i wanted to be napoleon . my ambitions have continued to grow at the same rate ever since . '' apparently , so did his ego . al jolson . plenty of performers this side of gallagher have been labeled `` the world 's greatest entertainer . '' but al jolson really , really believed it . the vaudeville singer , actor , dancer , and comedian was born asa yoelson in seredzius , lithuania , in what was then part of imperial russia . as a performer , he was known for hijacking the action in the middle of shows , ad-libbing , or just stopping to talk to the audience . during a 1911 performance of the critically hated `` paris is a paradise for coons '' -lrb- title not edited for political correctness -rrb- , jolson stopped and asked the audience if they 'd rather hear him sing than see the rest of the play . the crowd roared with applause , and jolson ditched the whole program and took over . from that moment on , no one else could share the stage with him . unlike some of the egomaniacs on this list , however , jolson can be forgiven somewhat for his arrogance . according to most contemporary accounts , he actually was the greatest in the world . but , despite the enormity of his contributions to stage and screen , jolson 's legacy has become a political hot potato because of his use of stage blackface -lrb- considered highly offensive now , but pretty common at the time -rrb- . e-mail to a friend . for more mental_floss articles , visit mentalfloss.com . entire contents of this article copyright , mental floss llc . all rights reserved .<doc-sep>the image of the dole queue , most famously captured in the hit film the full monty , is to be consigned to history with an overhaul of jobcentres . thousands of digital signing pads are being installed across the country to make it easier to claim out of work benefits . ministers claim the ` digital revolution ' will help more people back into work , tearing up the paper booklets needed to sign on with every visit . the jobcentre queue become an iconic moment in the full monty film , as the jobless steel workers-turned strippers practised their moves to the sound of donna summer 's hot stuff . the scene in the 1997 film the full monty , when the six steel workers-turned strippers dance to donna summer 's hot stuff , has been voted the funniest movie moment ever . while waiting to sign on they find themselves practising their moves to the sound of the music playing in the jobcentre . it became so famous that prince charles recreated it on a visit to sheffield in 1998 . now the government is tearing out the counters and installing more computers so jobseekers do not have to queue up .<doc-sep>posh students at scotland 's top . university have posted a controversial video of themselves online pouring hundreds of pounds worth . of champagne over their heads . the youtube footage shows a group of well-dressed young . men from st andrews university decadently drenching themselves in # 25 bottles of moet chandon . in total , 25 bottles of bubbly can be counted , including a massive magnum - which would cost more than # 700 at the tills . scroll down for video . controversial : posh students at scotland 's top university have posted a video of themselves pouring hundreds of pounds worth of champagne over their heads . in this picture a student pours moet over his head . lavish : the youtube footage shows a group of well-dressed young men from st andrews university decadently drenching themselves in # 25 bottles of moet chandon . joke : bottles of moet are poured over the heads of these students on the west sands in st andrews in a scene mimicking chariots of fire . for the majority of hard-pressed students , # 700 would cover at least two month 's rent . the university - where the duke and duchess of cambridge met as students - was last month slammed for admitting a just tiny percentage of young people from impoverished backgrounds . set to a soundtrack which features music from us rapper kanye west , who often boasts about his wealth , the video begins with a male student entering his local tesco supermarket and walking past the milk aisle - a nod to the recent ` milking ' craze at edinburgh university , in which undergrads covered themselves in pints of the white stuff . the curly-haired st andrews student then stops beside bottles of vintage port - which costs around # 7 - but shakes his head in an apparent boast that he can afford better . he is seen picking up the pricey bottle of moet before promptly emptying it over himself outside the shop in front of crowds of people . the remainder of the three minute 39 second video - which was taken down from youtube early this evening - features a number of similarly daft clips of the young men wasting the pricey fizz . getting ready : a group of students are pictured gathering with their bottles of champagne on st andrews pier . soaking : the group then take their robes off and douse themselves in the champagne . jump : the group them leap off the pier with the bottles in their hands . locations used include the swilken bridge on the town 's famous old course , outside the university library , on the steps of the student union , outside university hall , in the famous st salvator 's quad , on the pier in their famous tomato-coloured gowns which they then remove and jump , and in the busy high street . one young man is even filmed pouring a # 80 magnum of champagne over his naked body in a bubble bath . seven of the lads recreate the renowned scene from film chariots of fire on st andrews ' west sands - running along the shore pouring champers over their heads to the film 's academy award-winning original soundtrack composed by vangelis . expensive : in total , 25 bottles of bubbly can be counted , including a massive magnum - which would cost in excess of # 700 at the tills . silly : this student douses himself in champagne in the famous st salvator 's quad . landmark : this student stands on the famous swilken bridge on the old course at st andrews . it 's not known whether the magnum was a full new bottle at the start of the prank , but the standard-sized bottles are clearly genuine . st andrews university - which has scotland 's toughest entry requirements - was criticised earlier this year after admitting just 14 students from the 20 most deprived areas in scotland in 2011 . many of its students come from britain 's top public schools . but in sharp retort last month , the university said that it expected ` to face a considerable and continuing challenge to widen access , because so few young people from scotland 's most deprived areas are achieving basic university entry grades ' . mocking : the video mocks the recent ` milking ' craze . this image shows a student at newcastle university pouring milk over his head . early morning milk : a student combines breakfast and milking outside his house .<doc-sep>residents in a cornish village fear their cars may have been ` possessed ' after vehicles started mysteriously locking and unlocking themselves . people living in summercourt , near newquay , have reported door locks bizarrely activating on their own -- on one occasion trapping a frightened child inside . baffled motorists claim dozens of cars in the village have been ` possessed ' and have dubbed the area the ` summercourt triangle ' - named after the famous bermuda triangle where a number of aircraft and ships are said to have disappeared under strange circumstances . people living in summercourt , pictured , in cornwall , say their cars locked and unlocked by themselves and some would not start .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- for her long and impressive résumé of independent films like `` dazed and confused , '' `` party girl , '' and `` best in show , '' parker posey is often referred to as the `` queen of the indies . '' though much of her work in recent years has focused on memorable television roles , the mississippi native returns to the big screen in michael walker 's `` price check . '' in the film , which debuts in select theaters on november 16 and is available for rental on itunes . posey plays `` susan , '' a powerful marketing executive overseeing a chain of grocery stores . for fans who have grown to love posey 's trademark dry wit and pitch perfect edginess , susan lands squarely in the wheelhouse . in her war to take over corporate america , susan faces off with a man at every turn . part genius , part sociopath , part seductress , susan uses her full arsenal of god-given weapons -- from sexual manipulation to full blown tempter tantrums -- to get what she wants . during a recent conversation with cnn , posey discussed her new role , explained her take on the public 's misconceptions about working in hollywood and confessed the whoops moment that just may have cost her angelina jolie 's oscar . cnn : my first impression of you is that you 're fearless . are you fearless ? parker posey : you know , i do n't really see myself that way . i 've been doing this now professionally for 20 years . is n't that wild ? i think the perception is when you 're famous you pick and choose your own material , but , honestly the material comes to me and i do n't feel like i do n't have much of a choice at all . so , when something is good , i end up doing it . but , i do like to show things that maybe most people would n't want to show of themselves , where people can judge you and you 're not perfect . so , maybe that 's where you 're getting that kind of fearlessness .

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reuters is a global information company providing material tailored for professionals in the financial services , media and corporate markets . its information is trusted and drives decision making across the globe . in october 1851 paul julius reuter , a german-born immigrant , opened an office in the city of london which transmitted stock market quotations between london and paris via the new calais-dover cable . 18 months earlier he had used pigeons to fly stock prices between aachen and brussels , a service which operated for a year until the gap in the telegraph link was closed . reuters , as the agency soon became known , eventually extended its service to other european countries . it also expanded the content to include general and economic news from all around the world . in 1865 reuters was first in europe with news of president lincoln 's assassination in the united states .<doc-sep>as overland telegraph and undersea cable facilities developed , the business expanded beyond europe to include the far east in 1872 and south america in 1874 . in 1883 reuters began to use a `` column printer '' to transmit messages electrically to london newspapers and in 1923 pioneered the use of radio to transmit news internationally . in 1927 it brought in the teleprinter to distribute news to london newspapers . today reuters has over 16,900 staff in over 94 countries across the globe , and is the world 's largest international multimedia news agency , with 196 bureaux serving approximately 131 countries . in 2006 reuters filed over two and a half million news items , including 656,500 alerts , from 209 countries around the world , published in 18 languages .<doc-sep>although reuters is best known as the world 's largest international multimedia news agency , more than 90 % of its revenue derives from its financial services business . some 370,000 financial market professionals working in the equities , fixed income , foreign exchange , money , commodities and energy markets around the world use reuters products . the company supplies news -- text , graphics , video and pictures -- to media organizations across the globe . it also provides news to businesses outside the financial services sector , as well as direct to consumers . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the truth about the bombing of a panam airliner over lockerbie , scotland , in 1988 will come out `` one day , and hopefully in the near future , '' the only man convicted the bombing told reuters in an interview aired monday . `` in a few months from now , you will see new facts that will be announced , '' abdelbeset al-megrahi told reuters . `` i do n't want to speak about that because there are people who are looking after that themselves . '' al-megrahi 's comments come about five weeks after cnn 's nic roberston visited al-megrahi 's home , where his family said he was in a coma and near death from terminal prostate cancer . at the time of his late august visit , robertson found al-megrahi in a metal hospital bed , attached to an iv drip and cared for by an elderly woman that the family said was his mother . he was , robertson said , `` paper-thin , his face sallow and sunken . '' reuters : megrahi says his lockerbie role exaggerated . `` clearly he is in a better condition than when i saw him a month ago , '' robertson said monday . in the reuters interview , which the news agency said was recorded sunday , he remained in bed and at one point was given an oxygen mask to wear , but he appeared lucid . he spoke about his disease and libyan affairs , and appeared to claim innocence by protesting that he was the victim of the scottish court that set up at camp zeist , a former u.s. military base , as part of an international agreement to try him and a second man . `` camp zeist court is the smallest place on earth that contains the largest number of liars , '' he told reuters . `` i suffered from the liars at camp zeist court more than you can imagine . '' robertson said al-megrahi 's family told him they believe al-megrahi was the victim of both international justice and the regime of ousted libyan leader moammar gadhafi , who they say used him as a scapegoat . while al-megrahi told reuters that he had been treated badly since his return to libya , robertson said monday that his family is building a `` huge new house in a very upmarket part of tripoli . '' given gadhafi 's ouster , robertson said , it 's not clear why al-megrahi is n't speaking out now about what he knows about the bombing , but it 's clear he has answers that many people would like to hear . the court convicted al-megrahi of murder in the 1988 bombing of panam flight 103 , which fell from the sky after the explosion , killing 259 people on the airplane and 11 people on the ground . prosecutors said al-megrahi , the former chief of security for libyan arab airlines in malta , brought the bomb to malta . a second man was accused of placing the bomb aboard the plane . the court acquitted him . the scottish government granted al-megrahi a compassionate release in 2009 for medical reasons . he was said to have had only months to live when he was released two years ago . his family told robertson that al-megrahi had n't seen a doctor since they rescued him from a hospital before tripoli fell to rebel forces , whom he said looted the medicine from their home . `` we just give him oxygen , '' his son , khaled , told robertson in august . `` nobody gives us any advice . and some food by injection -lrb- drip -rrb- . ... if you see , his body he is weak . '' in the reuters interview , al-megrahi said he is still having trouble obtaining the medicine . he also said that he hopes the violence in libya ends soon . `` i wish from god that i will see my country united , with no fighting or war , '' he told reuters .<doc-sep>the committee to protect journalists say that the last two years have been the most dangerous for journalists on record , with 174 confirmed deaths since 2012 . not only this , but threats , intimidation , assaults and kidnappings are becoming every day challenges for journalists working around the world . reuters columnist david rohde writes : `` syria today is the scene of the single largest wave of kidnappings in modern journalism , more than in iraq during the 2000s or lebanon during the 1980s . '' these are terrible facts . so , what of the freelancers ? who negotiates for them ? who sends in security consultants to try and get them out ? who helps their families ? freelance journalists like james often work alone without the resources and support of large news organizations behind them -- they are always the most vulnerable to these dangers . the rory peck trust has been supporting and assisting freelancers for almost two decades , and we 've never seen a demand for our assistance like this before .<doc-sep>it is worth noting that , though many conservatives use the term ` keynesian economics ' as derogatory , keynes was not wholly liberal . keynes , whose most famous quote is ` in the long run we are all dead , ' once called the market system the ` best safeguard of the variety of life ' that preserved the ` most secure and successful choices of former generations . ' however , rather than to keynes ' ` selfish worldview , ' kostigen wrote that ferguson endeared himself during the q&a to burke 's ` social contract , ' a term used largely by liberals today . married : john maynard keynes ' wife lydia lopokova was a ballerina . ferguson said they talked about poetry rather than have children . ferguson , a conservative former advisor to john mccain , has been a vocal critic of the obama presidency from its beginnings . perhaps most notably , the historian wrote a newsweek cover story in the months before the 2012 presidential campaign entitled ` hit the road , barack , ' that many , including new york times columnist paul krugman , criticized for misrepresenting facts . since kostigen 's may 3 post , the story has spread quickly across the web . business insider called ferguson 's remarks ` bizarre and offensive ' and the huffington post reported that many , including reuters finance blogger felix salmon , were quick to condemn them .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the jury of iran 's press court on sunday found the tehran bureau chief for reuters guilty of publishing lies and negatively influencing public opinion . press tv , a state media agency , reported a jury member said reuters was `` found guilty of propagating against the islamic republic and disseminating false information to disturb public opinion . '' parisa hafezi is reuters ' bureau chief in tehran . she referred cnn to thompson reuters , based in london , for a statement . in a story about the verdict on its website , reuters said , `` we understand that the jury has stated its view and we now await the court 's ruling . we do not intend to comment further until a decision is issued . '' press tv said a judge will make his final ruling in october , and the news agency can appeal the decision . the controversy stems from a reuters video showing women clad head to toe in black , running up walls and flipping backwards , and diving and rolling over swords held at waist heights . a culture ministry official accused reuters of calling the martial arts students terrorists , when in fact they are `` university students and housewives '' who `` engaged in this sport because of their love for the sport . '' reuters acknowledged the video report in february `` contained an error '' and said the headline was changed after a complaint . the story 's headline , `` thousands of female ninjas train as iran 's assassins , '' was corrected to read `` three thousand women ninjas train in iran , '' reuters said in a statement . reuters also apologized for the error , the news agency said . according to fars , a semiofficial iranian news agency , the lawsuit was filed by `` iranian women ninjas . '' eleven reuters staff members in tehran were told to hand in their press cards over the incident , reuters said in april . `` we acknowledge this error occurred and regard it as a very serious matter , '' editor-in-chief stephen j. adler said , adding that officials at the company `` conducted an internal review and have taken appropriate steps to prevent a recurrence . '' the press court was created in february 2011 . an iranian official said it was necessary because of developments in mass media and `` special media crimes . '' cnn 's shirzad bozorgmehr contributed to this report .

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paris , france -- world number three novak djokovic crashed out of the paris masters after being trounced in his opening match by veteran frenchman fabrice santoro on wednesday . fabrice santoro returns the ball during his shock second-round victory against novak djokovic . the 34-year-old santoro , who beat world no. 5 andy roddick at the lyon grand prix last week , again rose to the occasion in front of his home fans as he stormed to a 6-3 6-2 second-round victory against the serb . it was the first time the two players had met , with djokovic making his first outing since losing to david nalbandian in the semifinals of the madrid masters two weeks ago . djokovic , like the american roddick , has already qualified for the season-ending masters cup and will now have extra time to prepare for the event in shanghai starting next month . the 20-year-old said he was struggling following dental surgery to remove two wisdom teeth . `` i could n't give my 100 percent , not even 30 percent of my possibilities , '' djokobvic said . `` he deserved to win . i 'm still on medications . i did n't practise for a whole week , i only started practising two days ago . physically , i 'm not feeling at all good . '' the result is a boost for rising british star andy murray , who earlier kept alive his hopes of an unexpected place at the masters cup by winning his first match in paris and was expected to face djokovic . the 20-year-old , who has missed three months this season due to a wrist injury , beat jarkko nieminen of finland 7-6 -lrb- 7-5 -rrb- 6-3 to progress into the third round . the 15th seed is seeking to overtake tommy haas , who holds the eighth and final place ahead of the showpiece event in shanghai . murray , who trails the german by just three points , has not beaten djokovic in three meetings so far but he has never played his unseeded next opponent santoro .<doc-sep>ninth seed haas , who has struggled with illness and injury this year , will play djokovic 's compatriot janko tipsarevic in the second round . murray , who won his second title this year at the st petersburg open last sunday , made a confident start against nieminen and showed little sign of the stiff back he suffered after a minor car crash on monday . he held his serve to love against a player who was beaten in the final of the swiss indoors event by roger federer last weekend , but then struggled for his best form as the first set went to a tiebreak . the scot was broken just one point after having a winner overturned following an on-court appeal , but he leveled immediately and then broke nieminen again to win a third successive game before serving out for victory . defending champin and fourth seed nikolay davydenko , one of six players to have already qualified for shanghai , beat argentina 's juan del potro 7-6 -lrb- 7-3 -rrb- 6-1 in his opening match on wednesday . the russian , fined for `` lack of effort '' after his defeat by croatian qualifier marian cilic in st petersburg , will next face marcos baghdatis of cyprus in round three after baghdatis shocked 13th seed ivan ljubicic . ivo karlovic broke roger federer 's serve for the first time in his life , but the top seed and world number one progressed in a late match on wednesday . croatian karlovic , the tallest man in tennis at 2.08 metres , went down 6-4 4-6 6-3 as federer played for the first time at the bercy event since 2003 . federer had gone 67 service games over four previous matches without a loss before karlovic ended his duck to claim their second set . but the swiss top seed got straight back in harness , breaking to start the final set and rolling ahead against a man he had just beaten days earlier in the basel semifinals . world numbet two rafael nadal also reached the third round after thrashing italy 's filippo volandri 6-3 6-1 . the spaniard will next play stanislas wawrinka of switzerland , who won by the same scoreline against 16th seed juan ignacio chela of argentina . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>by . eleanor crooks , press association . novak djokovic made short work of clearing a potentially major hurdle as he crushed jo-wilfried tsonga to move into the quarter-finals of the french open . djokovic wants to win the roland garros title more than any other , and few would bet against him if he can maintain the form he showed in a 6-1 , 6-4 , 6-1 victory . the second seed had dropped a set against marin cilic in a long match in the previous round while tsonga had seen off jerzy janowicz in straight sets . marching on : world no 2 novak djokovic won in straight sets to book his place in the last eight in paris . feeling good : djokovic smiles during his post-match on-court interview with fabrice santoro . the pair . arrived on court philippe chatrier following roger federer 's defeat by . ernests gulbis but the crowd 's hopes of another upset were quickly .<doc-sep>years later , inspired by this childhood vision , santoro began to develop her sonic fabric , knitting together strands of tape into square prototypes , which she followed up with meter-long textile sheets woven with a loom . in the early days of its development , the fabric 's audio capabilities were purely hypothetical , but in 2002 santoro worked with a friend to customize a sony walkman to be able to play the fabric . hearing it for the first time was , santoro says , `` magical . '' sonic fabric soon attracted attention from audiophiles who were interested in experimenting with the way music might be hidden in a garment . in 2003 , percussionist jon fishman commissioned santoro to make him an outfit which he played live on stage with his band phish . for the project fishman lent santoro his entire tape collection , which she mined for tracks from prince , led zeppelin , jimi hendrix and more . santoro wove the samples into a `` musical suit '' which drew huge cheers when it was played at phish 's concert in las vegas . in the future , santoro hopes to collaborate with artists and performers to see sonic fabric to further explore the intersection between fashion and music . `` it would be thrilling to work with other sound artists and musicians around the world , '' says santoro , `` to literally weave together our sonic experiences during these times of powerful transformation in the realms of society , politics , and the environment . the resulting fabric could be shared and made into anything imaginable by anyone interested . '' cnn caught up with santoro for a q&a .<doc-sep>the strips of tape were used to see which direction the wind was travelling in and santoro said the material was ideal as ` tell-tails ' because ` it is light and very sensitive to the wind , it 's extremely durable , and it dries quickly . ' she said she used to imagine that if . the wind hit the tell-tails just right , the sounds of whatever had been . recorded onto the tape could be heard wafting out into the air . santoro was then inspired by the colourful flags hung by tibetan buddhists . santoro designed the first sonic shaman-superhero dress for a show in 2003 , pictured . it was made by weaving together 100 individual cassette tapes . santoro has previously used tape spools by miles davies and the beatles , as well as audiobook cassettes in the material . tibetan prayer flags are made of colorful squares of cotton fabric imprinted with the images of mantras , or sacred sounds . they are hung outdoors where the breeze blowing through them can ` activate ' the built-in sounds . she designed the first sonic shaman-superhero dress for a show in 2003 and was made by weaving together 100 individual cassette tapes . that same year santoro made . percussionist jon fishman a ` musical suit ' that he played live on stage . with his band phish during a show in las vegas . the tape used in this project was made from fishman 's tape collection including prince , led zeppelin , jimi hendrix and more . santoro 's idea for the fabric was inspired by the small strands of cassette tape that were tied to sailboats she used to race when she was younger . santoro used this inspiration for her sonic fabric sailboat sails art installation , pictured , at the museum of contemporary art in san diego . santoro said : ` it would be thrilling to work with other sound artists and musicians around the world to literally weave together our sonic experiences during these times of powerful transformation in the realms of society , politics , and the environment . ` the resulting fabric could be shared and made into anything imaginable by anyone interested . ' santoro also makes sailboat sails as art installations from the material . she told cnn that she has collaborated with a designer friend on a line of small , wearable accessories . julio cesar hand sews neckties , small bags , and other custom pieces for anyone who would like to have a functional work of conceptual art that can be used as part of ` everyday life ' .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- clothes can look good , feel good and smell good , but now they can also sound good . conceptual artist and sound designer alyce santoro has developed a material she calls `` sonic fabric . '' made from 50 % polyester thread and 50 % cassette tape , it has the consistency of denim , but is able to play audio . this month , santoro has launched a new line of sonic ties -- hand-sewn in manhattan by designer julio cesar . the ties can be played by customizing an old sony walkman , and rubbing it across the surface of the fabric . the sound the ties make is , according to santoro , `` like scratching five records backwards at once . '' sonic fabric began life as an artwork but is now being used in bags , dresses , accessories and more . the spools of cassette tape used in the construction of sonic fabric maintain their magnetism , and can produce sound if amplified by the head of a tape player . santoro 's early versions of the textile interwove tapes from some of her favorite artists including john coltrane , miles davis , and richie havens , as well as real-world sounds such as recordings of the ocean , wind and birdsong . the idea for sonic fabric was actually born long ago ; as a child , santoro raced sailboats using strands of cassette tape as ` tell-tales ' to indicate the direction of the wind . `` as a kid i used to imagine that i could hear the sounds that had been recorded onto the tape wafting out into the air if the wind hit them just right -- maybe beethoven , the beatles , or bob dylan -- whatever tapes my family happened to have around the house , '' santoro says .

<t> world no. 3 novak djokovic beaten in the second round of the paris masters . </t> <t> the serb , who had a first-round bye , lost 6-3 6-2 to veteran fabrice santoro . </t> <t> top seeds roger federer and rafael nadal win opening matches at bercy . </t>

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-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a girl who was shown on a videotape being sexually assaulted in las vegas has been found and is safe , officials in nye county , nevada , said friday . chester arthur stiles , 37 , is being sought as a suspect , police say . `` we have found the child , madison . she 's safe . the detectives say she is in good condition , '' nye county sheriff tony de meo said . the girl , now 7 , was shown in a sex video made four years ago , detective david boruchowitz said at a news conference friday night . she was found friday with family in las vegas after thousands of tips poured in , thanks to an appeal by police to the news media to show the girl 's picture . cnn and other news organizations did so until the child was found , when de meo asked them to stop showing the picture . `` the mother has cooperated with us , '' de meo said . `` we believe that the mother was not aware of anything that went on with this young girl , '' he said . `` it was very sad for her to find this out . '' a former las vegas animal trainer , chester arthur stiles , 37 , a resident of pahrump , nevada , has been identified as a suspect and is being sought in the case , de meo said . pahrump is about 60 miles west of las vegas . watch what 's known about stiles '' stiles was a distant friend of the girl 's family , de meo said . someone close to stiles has told investigators that stiles is a `` survivalist type '' and always carries a weapon , nye county district attorney bob beckett said .<doc-sep>de meo addressed stiles directly : `` turn yourself in to your local law enforcement agency , '' he said . `` understand this : law enforcement not only has a long arm , but a long memory . you will not be forgotten by members of this agency or any other law enforcement agency . '' the fbi is also seeking stiles on state charges of sexual assault and lewdness with a minor under the age of 14 in a separate matter , de meo said . police , who had called stiles a person of interest , began calling him a suspect late friday . there appeared to be physical similarities between stiles and the man in the videotape , de meo said . `` nothing that i have seen in my career comes close to what this girl has gone through . whoever this person is is a predator that , as far as i 'm concerned , belongs in custody and , if successfully prosecuted , in jail for as long as the law allows , '' de meo said earlier . detectives said the child showed little emotion during the rapes , indicating she may have been brutalized before . nevadan darren tuck recently gave police the videotape , saying he found it in the desert , de meo said . police said the tape was in his possession at least since may before he handed it over to authorities . he is being sought on a parole violation for failure to pay child support , but police -- who want to question him further -- have been unable to locate him . tuck , who also allegedly showed the tape to others before giving it to police , faces a possible 10-years-to-life sentence for exhibiting pornography and another one to six years for possession of child pornography , de meo said . harry kuehn , tuck 's attorney , said this week on cnn 's `` nancy grace '' that tuck was `` racked by indecision '' about what to do with the tape once he realized what it was . asked why , kuehn said , `` he 's explained that to us , and at this point , we 're not going to share that , because it goes to the defense of the matter . '' `` you have to consider what kind of concerns my client had ; he 's previously dealt with the sheriff 's office in nye county ; it was previously unsatisfactory , '' the attorney said . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>tuck 's attorney harry kuehn said last week on cnn 's `` nancy grace '' that tuck had been `` wracked by indecision '' as to what to do with the tape once he realized what it was . `` you have to consider what kind of concerns my client had , '' the attorney said . `` he 's previously dealt with the sheriff 's office in nye county ; it was previously unsatisfactory . '' the four-year-old videotape shows the 3-year-old girl being raped in las vegas , nevada . last week , she was found safe . now seven , the girl was found friday with family in las vegas after thousands of tips poured in to police , thanks to an appeal by police to the news media to show the girl 's picture . cnn and other news organizations did so until the child was found , and de meo asked media to stop showing the picture . `` the mother has cooperated with us , '' de meo said . `` we believe that the mother was not aware of anything that went on with this young girl . it was very sad for her to find this out . ''<doc-sep>by . stuart woledge and lydia warren . published : . 10:07 est , 25 july 2013 . | . updated : . 11:16 est , 25 july 2013 . the mother of a six-year-old girl who was found raped and suffocated to death under a tarp in the street has called the neighbor suspected of committing the crime ' a time bomb ' waiting to go off . laura gallagher spoke out on wednesday night for the first time since 17-year-old tyler holder was arrested for the murder of little alanna gallagher , who was found dead july 1 . the family also revealed they had alerted police to the teenager before , after he allegedly vandalized one of their cars . holder , who lived just two doors down from the gallagher family , is in hospital in critical condition after an officer shot him in the head for opening fire on cops serving his arrest warrant . one of his bullets struck an officer in the groin . mrs gallager became emotional as she spoke about the alleged killer who had been living just yards from her three young children in saginaw , texas . scroll down for video . devastated : laura gallagher , whose daughter was found raped and suffocated to death under a tarp in the street , said she was horrified that a killer was roaming the streets so near to children . ` nobody thinks you 're down the street from someone developing into a monster , ' she told cbs-dfw . ` there 's not just our kids , but so many other kids we 'd see out playing . ` and you think of all the times that all these kids were walking past that house , and you feel like it was a time bomb slowly building that we did n't know about , and it went off on our baby . ' her husband karl added that he had contacted police about holder in the past for allegedly vandalizing . one of their cars . he said that other cars in the neighborhood were . targeted too . mrs gallagher said she had not read the affidavit detailing holder 's alleged crimes because it is too graphic . killed : alanna gallagher , left , was allegedly raped and suffocated by tyler holder , right , on july 1 . heartbreaking : her body was found under a tarp about a mile from her home hours after she went missing . the probable cause affidavit for the arrest , obtained by wfaa-tv , offers new details . about the suffering inflicted upon alanna , who was found under a tarp hours after she went missing . the little girl , who was known for riding on her purple scooter in search of playmates , had been brutally raped , the affidavit shows . injured : detective charles lodatto was shot when he went to serve holder 's arrest warrant . her partially clothed body was found by 14-year-old owen . whiddon bound and wrapped in a . grey tarpaulin in the middle of a street about a mile from her home . later in the day of her disappearance . genetic . evidence was matched through dna tests to a sample that holder . voluntarily provided to police earlier this month , the documents say . his dna was also found on the buckle of a belt used to wrap alanna 's body in the tarp . four wal-mart bags were taped over the girl 's head with red duct tape secured around her neck . her wrists and ankles were bound with the same tape and her body and clothes were wet with an unknown liquid . police later allegedly found what is believed to be the same kind of duct tape in . rubbish bags outside the home holder shared with his mother just two . doors from where alanna lived with her family . originally , . saginaw police had said they had no specific suspects , but the . affidavit suggests holder was under suspicion almost immediately . within . hours of alanna 's body being found officers reported seeing tyler . holder ` pacing up and down the sidewalk ' , the affidavit says . residents . allegedly informed police holder had told them that it was alanna 's body that had . been found , even before the authorities had revealed the identity of . the victim . injured : holder is taken away in an ambulance after an officer shot him in the head for opening fire on monday .<doc-sep>chicago -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a 15-year-old chicago girl walking to her high school in pre-dawn darkness was hit on the head , dragged between two houses to a yard and raped , police said , with the assault taking place just a half block away from one of the city 's `` safe passage '' school routes especially for students . the incident put another spotlight on the city 's problem with violence . just this fall , local officials pledged that an expanded safe passages program -- with its big yellow signs above sidewalks patrolled during key times by paid , trained workers -- would be a sanctuary for children walking to and from school . local authorities noted , however , that the 15-year-old victim was walking to school tuesday morning a half hour before her nearby safe passage route was staffed with patrols . the girl was in serious condition thursday at a hospital . a resident found the girl half-naked and bleeding from the head on a snowy walkway on the side of his home . she lay for about two hours in the cold before she was discovered . she was conscious but barely moving when she was found , authorities said . `` just opening up the door , and take a morning sweep of the sidewalks and to find something like that is just shocking , '' said michael klockowski , the resident on the city 's northwest side who found the school girl . the snow outside his home was still stained thursday .<doc-sep>on july 5 , officers took a dna sample from his mouth and were later notified that it matched evidence found on alanna 's body . four days later , officers arrived at . holder 's home in unmarked cars . neighbors heard them pounding on the . door shortly before multiple shots rang out . charles lodatto , an officer who was . wounded during the confrontation , was shot in the groin and the bullet . hit an artery and broke into pieces . the . probable cause affidavit for holder 's arrest offered gruesome details about the suffering inflicted upon . alanna , who went missing july 1 . the little girl , who was known for riding on her purple scooter in search of playmates , had been brutally raped . her partially clothed body was found by 14-year-old owen . whiddon bound and wrapped in a . gray tarpaulin in the middle of a street about a mile from her home . later in the day of her disappearance . genetic . evidence was matched through dna tests to a sample that holder . voluntarily provided to police earlier this month , the documents say . his dna was also found on the buckle of a belt used to wrap alanna 's body in the tarp . four walmart bags were taped over the girl 's head with red duct tape secured around her neck . heartbreaking : the arrest comes after alanna 's body was found tied and partially naked with a bag over her head under this tarp in the street . a 14-year-old boy found her body . her wrists and ankles were bound with the same tape and her body and clothes were wet with an unknown liquid . police . later found what is believed to be the same kind of duct tape in . rubbish bags outside the home holder shared with his mother just two . doors from where alanna lived with her family . alanna lived with her siblings , their . parents laura and karl gallagher , and a second male , miles mcdaniel , who . was in a polyamorous relationship with her parents . police . have said that the gallaghers and mcdaniel were home while alanna . played outside alone . they are not sure when she was abducted from the . neighborhood . coping : neighbors set up a makeshift . memorial on the curb but it was torched along with the . family 's car .

<t> stiles described as `` survivalist type '' who carries a weapon . </t> <t> mother has cooperated with police , sheriff says . </t> <t> girl on tape , now 7 , found safe with family . </t> <t> tape shows man sexually abusing the girl 4 years ago . </t>

police : girl raped on tape is safe<T>

paris , france -- ac milan 's brazilian midfielder kaka has been named european player of the year , lifting france football 's ballon d'or award . kaka has already claimed all of the game 's major prizes . his success comes two years after his fellow countryman , barcelona 's ronaldinho , claimed the award .<doc-sep>the 25-year-old kaka was a major factor in ac milan 's triumphant champions league campaign . the runner-up was manchester united 's portuguese winger cristiano ronaldo with barcelona 's argentinian midfielder lionel messi finishing third . `` this is very special for me - it culminates an astonishing year for me , '' kaka said .<doc-sep>`` it 's the top prize around and the only way to win something like this is to play for a team like ac milan . it 's great to be part of a team that wins . '' at 25 years old , he has already won all the game 's major prizes , individually and collectively . he was part of brazil 's 2002 world cup winning squad , although he was limited to just 19 minutes as a substitute against costa rica .<doc-sep>he was top scorer in last season 's champions league , helping milan to avenge their loss to liverpool in the 2005 final . he won the italian domestic title in his first season at milan having joined from brazilians sao paulo for $ 8.5 million , a sum that milan president silvio berlusconi then described as peanuts . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>paris , france -- ac milan 's brazilian midfielder kaka has been named european player of the year , lifting france football 's ballon d'or award . kaka has already claimed all of the game 's major prizes . his success comes two years after his fellow countryman , barcelona 's ronaldinho , claimed the award .<doc-sep>there had been speculation that kaka would be handed the number five shirt that zinedine zidane had once worn for madrid , but the new arrival will instead take up the number eight shirt formerly worn by fernando gago . the presentation took place on a stage erected on the bernabeu pitch that also included madrid 's record nine european cup trophies , a giant screen and with a backdrop of four huge images showing club legends raul , juanito , di stefano and zidane . the 27-year-old kaka , who was named player of the tournament after helping brazil win the confederations cup in south africa over the last few weeks , told supporters : `` today is a very happy day for me . `` i 'm very happy because this new stage of my career will be at real madrid . i hope to write my name into the history of this club with many victories and successes . '' kaka was the first signing confirmed by madrid after perez returned to the club presidency at the start of june .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- cristiano ronaldo was crowned fifa 's world player of the year in zurich on monday as manchester united 's star winger completed a stunning trophy collection . portuguese winger ronaldo completed a stunning trophy collection when named world player of the year . portugal international ronaldo helped united win the premier league , champions league and world club championship titles in 2008 . ronaldo also collected the european player of the year accolade and was voted number one by fifpro , the worldwide players ' union . now ronaldo has seen off 2007 winner kaka , of ac milan , spain euro 2008 top scorer fernando torres of liverpool and barcelona stars xavi and lionel messi . `` it 's another overwhelming moment in my career , '' said 23-year-old ronaldo who received the award from brazilian legend pele . `` it 's a tremendously emotional moment and a dream come true . i 'd like to dedicate this to my family . '' ronaldo also paid tribute to club manager alex ferguson who fought a very public battle with real madrid last summer when the primera liga giants attempted to lure the player to spain . `` it 's also true that the manager always has an important role to play . it was a great season for me and for my club , and the coach was important for me because i learned a lot for him , '' he said . `` his experience over so many years is of paramount importance -- it 's a privilege to have such a great club manager . `` this is the climax of a fantastic era for me . i 'm happy and proud about what has been done by my team and what we have won . `` i am lucky to to be part of the history of a club like manchester united . '' messi led argentina to the olympic gold medal in august and nou camp teammate xavi was named uefa 's player of the tournament when spain won euro 2008 in june . ronaldo 's 31 league goals in the 2007-08 season , and 42 in total , won him the european golden shoe as the continent 's top scorer . he is the first premier league-based start to win fifa 's top individual award while david beckham and thierry henry , both twice , and frank lampard finished runners-up . the awards are voted for by the head coaches and captains of all countries . olympic silver medalist marta of brazil was named the fifa women 's player of the year for the third successive campaign .<doc-sep>2013-14 season . in total , kaka , fifa world player of the year in 2007 , has scored 104 goals in 307 appearances for the rossoneri . milan 's statement continued : `` certain loves never end , they go in big circles when a contract is mutually terminated . ` the key word is mutual . ` ciao ricky -lrb- kaka -rrb- , we will never leave each other . ' boy from brazil : kaka will join sao paulo on loan before completing move to orlando city . moving on : kaka exercised a get-out clause in his ac milan contract after club failed to qualify for europe . video no ill-feelings over brazil snub - kaka . big money : kaka was the world 's most expensive player when he signed for real madrid for # 56m in 2009 . milan finished a disappointing eighth last season and failed to qualify for european competition for the first time in 16 years . kaka added he will never again wear the number 22 - the number he wore at milan . ` in brazil , i think i will wear the number 8 and then 10 in america , ' he said . milan . captain riccardo montolivo paid tribute to his former team-mate , . writing on his facebook page : ` it was an honour to be your team-mate . thanks for everything and good luck for your career . ' video 20k sao paulo fans sing kaka .

<t> brazilian kaka is named european player of the year . </t> <t> the ac milan player is chosen ahead of cristiano ronaldo of manchester utd . </t> <t> argentine lionel messi of barcelona finishes third . </t>

kaka is named top european player<T>

-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the owner of a north carolina beach house where seven college students died in a weekend fire said monday that his family 's `` lives were just changed forever '' by the tragedy . chip auman said his 18-year-old daughter survived the fire but was hospitalized and in stable condition because of complications from smoke inhalation . `` the thought of losing a child is unimaginable to me , and as a father my heart goes out to the families that lost a loved one in this situation , '' he said . auman said the situation was `` hard to fathom . '' `` there 's just no words to describe what we 've been going through , '' he said , asking for prayers for survivors and the families of those who died . `` we 're numb , we 're confused , we 're heartbroken . '' two college campuses mourned monday . six university of south carolina students and a clemson university student died in the fire early sunday morning in ocean isle beach , north carolina . six other south carolina students were able to get out of the house in time . the six were treated and released from nearby brunswick community hospital , but auman 's daughter was hospitalized again in hartsville , south carolina . authorities from the state bureau of investigation and the federal bureau of alcohol , tobacco , firearms and explosives are leading the investigation into the cause of the fire . ocean isle beach mayor debbie smith said the house was `` engulfed '' in flames when the fire department arrived on the scene , about five minutes after being notified . the flames shot into the sky and ultimately left little more than portions of the framing . fire officials do not believe foul play was involved . watch a neighbor 's video , fears of fast-burning fire '' dennis a. pruitt , the vice president for student affairs for the university of south carolina , said investigators have said it would be tuesday or wednesday before the identities of the victims are confirmed publicly . it could be as much as a month until investigators know the cause of the fire , pruitt said . the university did not cancel classes on monday , but pruitt said arrangements had been made for those who need to go home or stay out of class at the 28,000-student campus . pruitt said meetings had been held sunday with members of delta delta delta sorority and sigma alpha epsilon fraternity . the south carolina students were affiliated with those houses , he said , although he stressed that the weekend was not an official greek function . he also said counselors and ministers were available to help students deal with the loss of their classmates . the university president , dr. andrew sorenson , contacted the families of those who died in the fire to express the condolences and support of the university community . jay laura , student president of the usc chapter of sigma alpha epsilon , said the campus would pull together after the tragedy . `` if any place can come together to help in the healing process and the aftermath of an event like this , it is south carolina , '' laura said at a monday afternoon press conference . fire survivor tripp wylie , a 20-year-old south carolina sophomore , said he jumped out of a third-story window into a canal to escape the flames and was unable to get back in to help his friends . `` i could see a buddy of mine off to the left who had gotten out . he was just yelling at me to jump and stuff , '' wylie told cnn affiliate wyff . `` the smoke was pouring out , could n't really breathe , so i had to make a quick decision . -lsb- i -rsb- just kind of leaned out the window and luckily i jumped far enough to make it into the canal . '' neighbors flocked to see the fire as firefighters battled and ultimately got the blaze under control . see the scenes of devastation '' george smith , who lives across the street from the house , said he heard sirens between 6:30 and 7 a.m. and went outside to see `` the whole sky lit up . '' `` the whole house was completely engulfed in flames , up to about 20 feet , '' he said . `` i have never seen -lsb- a fire -rsb- move so fast . '' george smith said the house 's occupants were `` partying in there yesterday and into the night . '' after about 10:30 p.m. saturday they quieted down , he said . linda sing said she was walking her dog when she saw the fiery destruction . she noted that firefighters had saved an adjacent house by spraying it down with water . `` we knew there were people in there , but we hoped and prayed they 'd gotten out , '' sing said . `` this is the worst thing i 've ever seen . we 've had hurricanes , but this is worse . '' ocean isle beach is a popular resort destination along north carolina 's southern coast . the year-round population of the 7-mile-long island is about 425 , but it swells to about 25,000 during the summer season , according to the town 's web site . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the owner of a north carolina beach house where seven college students died in a weekend fire said monday that his family 's `` lives were just changed forever '' by the tragedy . chip auman said his 18-year-old daughter survived the fire but was hospitalized and in stable condition because of complications from smoke inhalation . `` the thought of losing a child is unimaginable to me , and as a father my heart goes out to the families that lost a loved one in this situation , '' he said . auman said the situation was `` hard to fathom . '' `` there 's just no words to describe what we 've been going through , '' he said , asking for prayers for survivors and the families of those who died . `` we 're numb , we 're confused , we 're heartbroken . '' two college campuses mourned monday . six university of south carolina students and a clemson university student died in the fire early sunday morning in ocean isle beach , north carolina . six other south carolina students were able to get out of the house in time . the six were treated and released from nearby brunswick community hospital , but auman 's daughter was hospitalized again in hartsville , south carolina . authorities from the state bureau of investigation and the federal bureau of alcohol , tobacco , firearms and explosives are leading the investigation into the cause of the fire . ocean isle beach mayor debbie smith said the house was `` engulfed '' in flames when the fire department arrived on the scene , about five minutes after being notified . the flames shot into the sky and ultimately left little more than portions of the framing .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- three of the college students killed in a house fire sunday at a north carolina beach house graduated from the same greenville , south carolina , high school , according to local reports . one friend described emily yelton as `` the definition of life . '' emily yelton , travis cale and justin anderson attended j.l. mann high school in greenville , the state newspaper in columbia , south carolina , reported . also killed in the sunday morning fire in ocean isle beach , north carolina , were lauren mahon , of simpsonville , south carolina ; cassidy pendley , 18 , of charleston , south carolina ; william rhea , 18 , of florence , south carolina ; and allison walden , 19 , of chagrin falls , ohio , according to reports in the state . six others managed to escape . watch student tell of escape '' yelton and cale , 20 , were boyfriend and girlfriend , the paper said , though he attended the university of south carolina and she went to clemson university and was the only victim who did not attend south carolina . watch how clemson campus mourns '' speaking outside the burned house sunday , brayden wynn told the state about cale , his best friend . `` all the girls loved his curls , '' the paper quoted him as saying . `` we would go on the beach and use all our pickup lines on the ladies . '' cale was a baseball player and yelton a high school cheerleader , friends told the state . yelton 's high school friend shannon mcdaniel described yelton as `` the definition of life , '' the paper reported . `` she was nice to everyone and always happy . '' mcdaniel told the state that yelton had brought her into a circle of friends that included cale and anderson when she moved to greenville in 2004 . anderson 's brother , stephen anderson , told the wilmington star-news that justin had gone to the beach house to do what loved , hang out with friends and watch college football . south carolina had played the univesity of tennessee on tv saturday night . `` i 'm sure they were -lrb- watching the game -rrb- , '' the star-news quoted stephen anderson as saying . the owner of the beach house said monday that his family 's `` lives were just changed forever '' by the tragedy . chip auman said his 18-year-old daughter survived the fire but was hospitalized and in stable condition because of complications from smoke inhalation . `` the thought of losing a child is unimaginable to me , and as a father my heart goes out to the families that lost a loved one in this situation , '' he said . auman said the situation was `` hard to fathom . '' `` there 's just no words to describe what we 've been going through , '' he said , asking for prayers for survivors and the families of those who died . `` we 're numb , we 're confused , we 're heartbroken . '' six other south carolina students were able to get out of the house in time . the six were treated and released from nearby brunswick community hospital , but auman 's daughter was hospitalized again in hartsville , south carolina . authorities from the state bureau of investigation and the federal bureau of alcohol , tobacco , firearms and explosives are leading the investigation into the cause of the fire . ocean isle beach mayor debbie smith said the house was `` engulfed '' in flames when the fire department arrived on the scene , about five minutes after being notified . the flames shot into the sky and ultimately left little more than portions of the framing . see the scenes of devastation '' fire officials do not believe foul play was involved . the six south carolina students were affiliated with the delta delta delta sorority and sigma alpha epsilon fraternity , said dennis a. pruitt , the vice president for student affairs for the school , although he stressed that the weekend was not an official greek function . jay laura , student president of the usc chapter of sigma alpha epsilon , said the campus would pull together after the tragedy . `` if any place can come together to help in the healing process and the aftermath of an event like this , it is south carolina , '' laura said at a monday afternoon press conference . terry walden , father of allison , told the plain dealer in cleveland that the sorority kinship kept his daughter at south carolina after she considered a transfer to the university of kentucky to be with her boyfriend . she had moved into the sorority house for her sophomore year , he told the paper . mahon had recently become a delta delta delta pledge , her high school friend , amanda palacio , told the state . `` she was one of those people who could meet people easily , '' the state quoted palacio as saying . `` she met a lot of girls she grew to love . it 's sad she 'll never get an opportunity to get to know them better . '' pendley followed her older sister in pledging tri-delt , the state reported . `` she always laughed . there was never a down time with her , '' friend rodney otadoy told the state of pendley , who was a cheerleader , soccer player and homecoming queen . watch how boyfriend says pendley made him better '' andrew rhea , 19 , escaped from the burning house but lost his brother william in the flames . `` sometimes they got in arguments , but they were each other 's best friends , '' their cousin trey floyd told the state . fire survivor tripp wylie , a 20-year-old south carolina sophomore , said he jumped out of a third-story window into a canal to escape the flames and was unable to get back in to help his friends . `` i could see a buddy of mine off to the left who had gotten out . he was just yelling at me to jump and stuff , '' wylie told cnn affiliate wyff . `` the smoke was pouring out , could n't really breathe , so i had to make a quick decision . -lsb- i -rsb- just kind of leaned out the window and luckily i jumped far enough to make it into the canal . `` ocean isle beach is a popular resort destination along north carolina 's southern coast . the year-round population of the 7-mile-long island is about 425 , but it swells to about 25,000 during the summer season , according to the town 's web site . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- six of the seven college students killed in a massive house fire sunday morning in ocean isle beach , north carolina , attended the university of south carolina , a university official said sunday . `` this is a very sad day for the university of south carolina family , '' dennis a. pruitt , the vice president for student affairs , told reporters . the seventh fatality is believed to be a clemson university student , he said . the six survivors -- who were treated and released from brunswick community hospital -- are also usc students , he said . pruitt said the bodies were being sent to chapel hill , north carolina , for identification . watch home video showing the house in flames '' `` it is difficult to ascertain exactly who was in the house and who was not , '' pruitt said , explaining that several area houses were filled with college students visiting for the weekend . newspaper deliveryman tim burns was aghast when he first saw the inferno early sunday morning . he tried to approach the door but the flames were too intense , he told the associated press . `` when i was going up to the entryway , you could hear the windows above me explode , '' burns said . `` when i knew the flames had taken over , i do n't think i 've ever felt as helpless in my life . '' the usc students were affiliated with the delta delta delta sorority and the sigma alpha epsilon fraternity , pruitt said , although he stressed that the weekend was not an official greek function . `` it just so happens , as on many university campuses , that certain sororities and certain fraternities hang around together , '' he said . one person described as `` unaccounted for '' was later confirmed dead , ocean isle beach mayor debbie smith told cnn . `` we suffered a terrible tragedy at ocean isle this morning , '' smith said in a news conference . `` nothing like this has ever happened at ocean isle beach , and we hope it never will again . '' she said officials had not yet contacted all the victims ' families , and that they were not yet releasing their names . the mayor said one of the 13 people in the house was related to the house 's owner . smith said the house was fully `` engulfed '' in flames around 7 a.m. when the fire department arrived on the scene , about five minutes after the fire department was notified . she said the house had working smoke detectors , ap reported . officials are investigating the cause of the fire , smith said . `` we ran down the street to get away , '' nick cain told the ap . the university of north carolina student was staying at a house about 100 feet away . some of his friends had met several people staying at the house that burned down . `` the ash and the smoke were coming down on us . we were just trying to get away , '' cain told the ap . ocean isle beach is a popular resort destination along the southern coast of north carolina . the 7-mile-long island 's year-round population is about 425 , while the summer season population is about 25,000 , according to the town 's web site . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>cnnu campus correspondent brandon gates is a junior at university of south carolina . cnnu is a feature that provides student perspectives on news and trends from colleges across the united states . the views expressed in this article are not necessarily those of cnn , its affiliates or the schools where the campus correspondents are based . some of the students killed were affiliated with the delta delta delta sorority , whose house is pictured above . columbia , south carolina -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- at the university of south carolina , the campus is quiet , but students were still heading to their classes after six students were killed in a beach house fire during the weekend . the school is planning a short ceremony monday evening to honor the six students who were killed sunday morning in ocean isle beach , north carolina . a seventh person killed is believed to be a student at clemson university . their identities had not yet been released monday afternoon . the usc students were affiliated with the delta delta delta sorority and the sigma alpha epsilon fraternity .

<t> `` heartbroken '' house owner 's daughter among six survivors hospitalized . </t> <t> one survivor jumped out of a third-story window into a canal to escape . </t> <t> university of south carolina mourns deaths of six students . </t>

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-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- bupa is an international health and care company with bases on three continents and more than eight million customers . bupa began as the british united provident association in 1947 to preserve freedom of choice in health care .<doc-sep>it believed that with a national health service being introduced a year later , there would still be a need for a complimentary service enabling people from all walks of life to afford the benefits of choice in where , when and by whom they were treated . led by the growing public demand for health care and a lack of quality private accommodation bupa initiated the nuffield homes charitable trust - later renamed nuffield hospitals .<doc-sep>bupa 's biggest and original business is health insurance in the uk , both for individuals and corporations that want to look after the health of their employees . more than half of the uk 's top companies are bupa customers . the company 's uk care homes offer specialist care to residents who include the elderly , the mentally ill , young people with physical or learning disabilities and people with conditions such as parkinson 's and huntington 's diseases .<doc-sep>bupa is a leading healthcare company in the uk , spain , australia , ireland , hong kong , thailand , malta and saudi arabia . bupa international supplies health cover to expatriates in over 180 countries . sanitas , the bupa business in spain , has one million insured customers who have access to a network of 18,000 medical professionals and 450 medical centres . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>a runner died today while taking part in a half marathon . the participant , who has not been named , was competing in the bupa great birmingham run . the death was confirmed in a statement posted on the race organisers ' website . tragedy : a runner has died while taking part in the bupa great birmingham run , in which 18,000 people participated . overshadowed : competitors jog past victoria square in birmingham city centre during the bupa great birmingham run . a runner died during the event . ` thoughts and prayers ' : the runner 's death was confirmed in a statement posted on the race organisers ' website .<doc-sep>blue mountains police , polair , police rescue and nsw ambulance special operations originally searched the bushland near where their car was located . the search for the men resumed at 8am on monday morning . on bupa 's website dr bates is described as a ` passionate healthcare advocate ' . before joining bupa he was the national medical director for innovations at optumhealth , one of the usa 's largest health companies . meanwhile , his friend mr dalton worked as an ear , nose and throat surgeon at the sydney children 's hospital in randwick for 17 years before joining serco and then bupa . the men went for a walk at mount wilson on saturday , in the blue mountains .<doc-sep>20:58 est , 7 january 2013 . britains 's largest medical insurer bupa is forcing customers to use cut-price consultants , it is claimed . restrictions brought in by the private health firm and being considered by other insurers mean patients can see only physicians on an approved list -- who charge lower rates . nine out of ten consultants say the list gives patients less or no choice and they could get worse treatment as a result . britain 's largest medical insurer bupa is forcing customers to use cut-price consultants -lrb- file picture -rrb- . the move could also leave bupa legally liable to any of its policyholders who believe they have been badly treated as a result , according to a top qc .<doc-sep>the private patients ' forum said : ` discovering your cover does not extend to things you believed were entitlements is dreadful , especially when this news arrives when you have had an unwelcome diagnosis . ' industry estimates say bupa has lost 200,000 policyholders since the changes came in last year . one consultant in the wpa survey said : ` some private insurers -- in particular bupa -- want to treat their customers like second-class nhs patients . ' julian stainton , chief executive of wpa , said patients and consultants were clearly against approved lists . he added : ` we are never going down this road . patients pay for private health insurance out of taxed income . if they do n't get consultant choice , what is the point ? ' dr katrina herren , medical director at bupa health and wellbeing , said there are more than 10,000 consultants on its open referral list , and members get a choice of two or more . she added : ` when surveyed , 90 per cent of our open referral customers said that they were happy with the service . '

<t> bupa was founded in 1947 in response to plans to establish the nhs . </t> <t> the company 's biggest base is in the uk but has customers in three continents . </t> <t> bupa care homes cater for a number of conditions , including parkinson 's . </t>

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-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the partnership started as a single shop on oxford street in london , opened in 1864 by john lewis . today the partnership is an organization with bases throughout the uk , with supermarkets and department stores , employing approximately 67,100 people .<doc-sep>all 67,100 permanent staff are partners who own 26 john lewis department stores , 183 waitrose supermarkets , an online and catalogue business , john lewis direct a direct services company - greenbee , three production units and a farm . every partner receives the same scale of bonus , based on a fixed percentage of their annual wage . the bonus for 2006 was 18 % equivalent to 9 weeks pay , which was rolled out for every employee .<doc-sep>chairman sir stuart hampson retired at the end of march 2007 , his successor is charlie mayfield . hampson 's salary for january 26 , 2006 to january 26 , 2007 was $ 1.66 million which included the partnership bonus of $ 250,000 .<doc-sep>john lewis ' consolidated revenue for the last financial year was $ 11.4 billion . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>`` carrie prejean 's good name has been tarnished by your client 's false and defamatory accusations , '' the letter from her lawyer to lewis ' said . `` please view this letter as a last opportunity for mr. lewis to retract the defamatory statements made against my client and to seek to restore her good name , '' limandri said . `` if he does not comply , i will have no alternative but to recommend that ms. prejean proceed to do so through litigation . '' in response to the letter , lewis issued a statement that said : `` mr. limandri obviously has never watched ` the apprentice ' if he believes that mr. trump could be so easily fooled . facts are facts , and we stand by them . '' limandri denied any contract violations , saying it was a `` complete and utter pretext '' for her firing . the list lewis gave to reporters of prejean 's missed appearances was `` an outright fraud , '' he said . prejean `` did not refuse reasonable appearance requests '' that could `` be expected to promote and further the intended purposes of miss california usa , '' he said . the beauty queen expected to be asked to attend `` rotary conventions and avocado festivals , '' not events lewis suggested , limandri said . `` she did not think it was appropriate for her to accept mr. lewis ' invitation to attend a gay documentary in hollywood promoting same-sex marriage , '' he said . `` it was not my client 's job , as miss california , simply to help your client promote his personal or business interests as a hollywood agent and producer , or gay activist . ''<doc-sep>by . brian viner . never mind mr selfridge , the hit series chronicling the early years of the great department store . another retail empire , which began further along london 's oxford street from selfridges , and much earlier , has an even more beguiling story . john lewis is 150 years old this year , and its rich history is celebrated in an exhibition at the flagship oxford street store . john lewis celebrates 150 years of business this year . were anyone to make a tv drama about john lewis , it might include the aviator amy johnson , the murderer dr crippen and the wartime code-breaker hugh alexander . they all feature in the fascinating tale of how a single draper 's shop grew into a high street institution that is part and neatly wrapped parcel of britain 's consumer culture . the middle classes in particular have for generations been reliant on the john lewis partnership , as it became , and of course on waitrose , the string of grocer 's shops that were gathered into the john lewis fold in 1937 . many of us were almost literally weaned on john lewis . in the exhibition there stands a handsome silver cross pram , which might be a replica of the one that transported me 50-odd years ago . my elderly mother still recalls going to john lewis , in the form of its liverpool outpost george henry lee , to buy a silver cross for me . and the great childhood treat for my yorkshire wife jane , brought up in barnsley , was being taken for fancy afternoon teas at sheffield 's branch of john lewis , cole brothers .<doc-sep>by . anne hamlyn . there 's a bitter battle being fought on the high street between retail titans marks & spencer and john lewis . what are they fighting over ? well , that would be you , mrs middle england . it seems that every move m&s makes , john lewis quickly copies it . take the surprising similarities between john lewis 's spring/summer own-brand catalogue for the industry , released late last month , and m&s 's , which came out in november . the pictures of models in little stripy dresses , floral prints and trendy pink suits are almost indistinguishable . femail put key looks from each collection to the test and asked top independent stylist anne hamlyn , founder of fashion consultancy company dressme , to give her verdict ... john lewis : somerset by alice temperley wide-leg trousers , # 99 , and silk jacket , # 140 . m&s : jacket , # 69 , and per una trousers , # 55 . wrap tops work nicely with wider leg trousers , which are an on-trend look this season . the john lewis print is lovely . the alice temperley trousers are probably my favourite item from the entire john lewis collection . yes , they 're a bit more expensive than most of the other clothes , but definitely worth it . you could easily team these with a jacket and heels for work . and thanks to the fabulous ribbon detail down the side of each leg , you could dress them up for a sexier look at night . these trousers would be flattering whatever your size . sadly , m&s misses the mark . its jacket is very heavy and strangely shiny - it looks like something you 'd sell in a christmas party range , not put in a spring collection . i 'm not a fan of the trousers either , particularly after seeing the excellent john lewis version . these are creased even on the hanger and they 're cut very straight at the hip , which is going to be a problem for pear-shaped women . one good thing is that they 're properly lined , so at least your knickers wo n't show through the white fabric . personally , i 'd spend the extra money and buy the temperley trousers at john lewis . winner : john lewis . john lewis : cashmere jumper , # 69 , and collection pink trousers , # 59 . m&s : pink cashmere jumper , # 65 , and per una pink trousers , # 59 . both retailers have gone for acid brights , with varying degrees of success . the john lewis sweater is dull and dated - it 's limp on the hanger , so it 's going to look awful after a bit of wear . the rolled hem on the neckline and cuffs looks cheap . on the other hand , the trousers are well-cut , with ample room round the bottom . they 've designed them with women 's curves in mind . knitwear is one of m&s 's strong suits and this jumper is lovely . the longer back makes it stylish and the finish looks expensive . the cashmere is much heavier than the john lewis version , despite the fact they 're almost the same price . however , the trousers , are not good . the crotch is too low and there 's too much fabric in the waistband . and why have the designers included fussy zip pockets at the side ? winner : m&s for cashmere , john lewis for trousers . john lewis : dress , # 89 .<doc-sep>` i think the petition is potentially quite a powerful weapon because it 's a good way or communicating and it does put pressure on john lewis . ` they pride themselves on being ethical and fair retailers and this does not fit with that ethic really . ` talking to customers coming out of the store , most customers were not aware that john lewis does not pay a living wage and were quite shocked . ' i think if we are able to raise the profile of the petition and get a lot more signatures , that can only help in terms of putting pressure on john lewis . ' the group also want cleaners to be included in the partnership 's annual bonus scheme and given the same rights as other workers . the john lewis partnership , which employs around 90,000 people , says while it believes in fair pay , it can not enforce pay levels well above market rates on the contractors it uses . john lewis partnership is owned by a trust on behalf of all its employees , who are known as partners . it runs the john lewis department stores as well as waitrose supermarkets . partners have a say in how the company is run , as well as a share of the annual profits through a bonus scheme . it is one of the largest private companies in the uk . last year partners received a bonus of 15 per cent of their annual salary - equivalent to almost eight weeks ' pay . john lewis partnership employs around 90,000 people.cleaners are employed by an external contractor but iwgb union wants them to receive the same benefits as john lewis partnership staff . john lewis spokesman neil spring said : ` we share the living wage campaign 's objectives to pay employees fairly , but we also think that outsourcing is a perfectly legitimate business function ; that pay is rightly a core responsibility of the individual employer ; and that the issue of low pay in the uk and the solution , is much more complex than raising a higher wage floor .

<t> john lewis partnership began as a shop on london 's oxford street in 1864 . </t> <t> all 67,100 employees are partners in the organization and own shares . </t>

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san diego , california -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- you must know what 's really driving the immigration debate . it 's the culture , stupid . ruben navarrette jr. : some opponents of immigration , even the legal kind , fear changes in local culture . immigration restrictionists -- and by that , i mean those who want to limit all immigration , even the legal kind -- like to pretend they 're so high-minded . yet they ca n't help themselves . they always take the low road and harken back to the nativism that greeted earlier waves of immigrants . the restrictionists insist that what bothers them are merely practical concerns : that our borders are n't secure , that so many immigrants are coming into the country illegally , and that the new arrivals are burdening schools and draining social services once they get here . really ? if that 's the extent of it , then why does the conversation quickly turn to the impact -- both real and perceived -- that immigrants have on american culture through everything from taco trucks to spanish-language billboards . that seems to be the issue in north dakota , where , according to a recent article in usa today , towns facing tough economic times are nonetheless resisting a cultural transfusion that could save them . in cooperstown , the locals opposed efforts to bring in a hog plant and a dairy , because those kind of dirty and hard jobs are likely to attract ... guess who ? american kids who work at starbucks ? nope . the article quotes orville tranby , a local community leader in cooperstown , who says that some residents have told him `` face to face '' that such facilities might attract hispanic immigrants who could change the local culture . you 'll find the same fear in lewisburg , tennessee . not long ago , an employee at a local library came up with the radical idea of a bilingual story time where children could hear tales read to them in spanish . townspeople wanted no part of that . they demanded that all books purchased by the library , or even donated , be in english-only .<doc-sep>these stories are ridiculous , but they 're also helpful . they illustrate what some people are really concerned about with immigration , and it goes well beyond words like `` legal '' or `` illegal . '' it 's the perception that the country is becoming more hispanic , that spanish is replacing english , that hispanic immigrants are weakening american identity , and that main street is turning into little mexico . a leader of the vigilante minuteman movement moronically called it the `` colonization '' of the united states . this sort of rhetoric is all about fear -- that those who thrive in the dominant culture are losing their primacy , that the mainstream is being polluted by foreigners , and that our children are going to live in a world where they 're going to have to work a lot harder to keep up . it conjures up the alarm bells that benjamin franklin set off about german immigrants in the late 18th century , who he insisted could never adopt the culture of the english , but would `` swarm into our settlements , and by herding together establish their language and manners to the exclusion of ours . '' it popped up in the mid-19th century amid worries that chinese immigrants were `` unassimilable , '' which led to congress approving the explicitly-named chinese exclusion act of 1882 . and it helped welcome the 20th century when massachusetts sen. henry cabot lodge warned that immigrants -lrb- read : the irish -rrb- were diluting `` the quality of -lrb- u.s. -rrb- citizenship '' and others complained that italian immigrants were uneducated , low skilled , apt to send all their money to their home country and prone to criminal activity . where have we heard that before ? and when will we hear it again ? after all , hispanics may be the latest group to find themselves in a culture war with nativists . but they wo n't be the last . ruben navarrette jr. is a member of the editorial board of the san diego union-tribune and a nationally syndicated columnist . you can read his column here . the opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the writer . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>posturing and hot air to the contrary , neither party really wanted to have this debate . it divides their constituencies . republicans have to referee a civil war between nativists who want less immigration because they fear that the country 's complexion is changing , and business interests that want more immigration because they need workers . democrats have to keep the peace between latinos who want illegal immigrants to have a pathway to citizenship because they feel their pain , and some members of organized labor , who -- despite the fact that their leadership supports reform -- would like to give immigrants a one-way bus ticket to their home country because they fear the competition . the solution ? fool everyone . republicans talk tough but go soft on employers by creating loopholes and delaying enforcement efforts . democrats talk soft but pander to working-class americans by ratcheting up deportations and building walls . sometimes , it works . still , it is one heck of a tough spot to be in . now thanks to the crisis in syria , members of congress in both parties have a way out . and , with the enthusiasm of a dying man in the desert reaching for a bottle of water , they 're grabbing it . the opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of ruben navarrette .<doc-sep>debate : mr cable said britain did not have a ` vast problem ' with illegal immigration . the coalition was at war over immigration last night after vince cable accused the tories of trying to stoke up a ` sense of fear ' . the liberal democrat business secretary said conservative ministers were ` obsessing ' about immigration numbers . he dismissed reports that there are now more than a million illegal immigrants in this country , saying : ` the idea there 's some vast hidden army of people is almost certainly wrong . ' and he attacked a controversial home . office poster campaign urging illegal immigrants to ` go home or face . arrest ' , questioning whether the targets of the posters would even . understand them . mr cable said the lib dems had not . been consulted about the van campaign -- and suggested it was a cynical . attempt by the conservatives to stoke up public fears about immigration . he said : ` it was stupid and it 's . offensive . it is designed , apparently , to sort of create a sense of fear . in the british population that we have a vast problem with illegal . immigration . we have a problem , but it 's got to be dealt with in a . measured way by dealing with the underlying causes . ' he questioned whether illegal . immigrants would have enough of a ` sophisticated grasp of english ' to be . able to read the posters on the vans at a distance . his comments grew an angry response from senior tories last night . a source close to home secretary theresa may said : ` vince cable clearly has no idea how to manage illegal immigration . ' the source defended the # 10,000 poster . campaign , pointing out it costs an average of # 15,000 to deport a . single illegal immigrant . ` if we can persuade them to go voluntarily . there are huge savings to be made . ' scroll down for video . attack : business secretary vince cable slammed a tory scheme to crackdown on illegal immigrants by driving a van with an advert on around london . tory mp mark reckless , a member of the . commons home affairs committee , said : ` rather than a culture of fear , . we are creating a culture of action on illegal immigration . if vince . cable does n't agree with government policy in this area , it is always . open to him to resign . ' fellow tory nick de bois said the lib . dems appeared to be ` divorced from reality ' on immigration . he added : . ` it is absolute nonsense to suggest anyone is trying to create a climate . of fear . all vince cable is doing is repeating the mistakes of the past . by trying to close down a frank , honest and constructive debate about . illegal immigration . ' mr cable also criticised david . cameron 's pledge to cut annual net immigration from more than 200,000 to . under 100,000 , adding : ` obsessing about this net immigration figure is . not helpful . ' the home office 's illegal immigration . initiative was piloted in six london boroughs last week but could be . rolled out nationally if it proves successful . the blunt message has also been displayed in leaflets , posters and messages in local newspapers . controversial : adverts urging illegal immigrants to go home were driven around london on vans , but they have only resulted in a total of 11 migrants leaving the country , according to the home office 's own figures . shadow home secretary yvette cooper . branded the poster campaign a ` cynical stunt ' and said there was . ` complete confusion ' over whether the billboards represented government . policy . she added : ` with no consultation with local communities the government has simply caused offence with these ill-judged ad vans . ` they seem to be aimed at lost tory voters rather than a sensible strategy to tackle illegal immigration . ` now cabinet ministers are openly . disagreeing . vince cable is right -- they are stupid -- but why then is . the government sticking by them , instead of getting the basics right . with a proper plan for efficient border enforcement ? '<doc-sep>a week after restrictions on romanian and bulgarian migrants arriving in the uk were lifted , a new survey has revealed that more than three-quarters of british people want to see a cut in immigration . a british social attitudes survey found that 56 per cent of the population believe the number of migrants allowed into britain should be cut by ' a lot ' , and a further 21 per cent feel it should be reduced ' a little ' . however , natcen social research has found that fewer people now than in 2011 think immigration is bad for the economy - 47 per cent in 2013 compared with 52 per cent two years previously . findings : a survey has revealed three-quarters of british people want a cut in immigration , just a week after restrictions on romanian and bulgarian migrants were lifted . pictured are romanians passing through airport security for a flight to heathrow . journey : people put their luggage in a bus departing from sofia 's central bus station in bulgaria to london via austria , germany and france . the latest results of the survey , which are to be revealed in a bbc two documentary the truth about immigration tonight at 9.30 pm , come nearly a week after access restrictions to the uk labour market were lifted for romanians and bulgarians . penny young , chief executive at natcen social research , said : ` british social attitudes shows that public desire for a cut in immigration to the uk had begun to rise even before the restrictions on migrants from romania or bulgaria were lifted at the start of the year . ` moreover , a majority of people who think immigration is good , economically or culturally , for the uk still want to see it cut . ` these findings highlight the complexity of this issue for politicians facing two elections in 18 months and with limited options if they want to attempt to reduce migration from europe . ` the public broadly agrees that immigration is too high , but there are stark social divisions over the economic and cultural benefits of immigration . ' welcome : home affairs select committee chairman keith vaz -lrb- left -rrb- greets arrivals at luton airport , including victor spiresau -lrb- right -rrb- . the research shows 54 per cent of . respondents see immigration as good for the economy and 55per cent of . those who see it is as culturally beneficial also want to see . immigration reduced . the survey also reveals divisions among political party supporters . some . 40 per cent of labour party supporters think immigration is bad for the . economy but 36per cent believe it is good for the economy , the research . shows , while 40 per cent think immigration is bad for british culture and . 41per cent see it as good for british culture . meanwhile , some 52 per cent of . conservatives believe britain 's cultural life is undermined by . immigration into the uk , compared with 20 per cent of liberal democrats . immigration is least popular among people with few or no qualifications , natcen said . regrets : jack straw -lrb- left -rrb- said predictions over the number of eastern europeans entering the country in 2004 were ` catastrophic ' , although former home secretary david blunkett -lrb- right -rrb- said he did not regret the decision . a . total of 85 per cent of those with few or no qualifications want to see a . decrease in immigration , while 88 per cent of people in higher grade manual jobs want a . reduction . in the documentary , presented by . political editor nick robinson , former labour ministers reflect on their . decision to open the doors to workers from eastern europe in 2004 , when . poland and seven other countries joined the eu . jack . straw , foreign secretary from 2001 to 2006 , said : ` the predications . were completely catastrophic . i mean they were wrong by a factor of ten . on immigration , it was bluntly a nightmare and it got more and more . difficult . '' ` we did get it . wrong and i deeply regret it , ' said mr straw . ' i regret it because it . undermines trust in government , if you 're that wrong . ' assumption : theresa may , shown visiting border agency staff with david cameron in 2010 said there had been an assumption that immigration was good for the economy . however , david blunkett , home secretary from 2001 to 2004 , told the programme he did not regret the decision . shadow home secretary yvette cooper said : ' i think there should have been more debate about immigration , i think we should have had a more calm , measured debate and sensible response to people 's concerns . ` but also listening to what those concerns were , listening to people who were worried about jobs or wages or worried about the pace of change . ` and to have that debate about it rather than simply thinking you ca n't talk about it for fear that that might be the politics of the right . ' ukip leader nigel farage told the programme that he believed that fear of being labelled as a racist has stifled the debate on immigration . contrast : shadow home secretary yvette cooper -lrb- left -rrb- said there should be more debate about immigration , although nigel farage -lrb- right -rrb- told the programme he felt fear of being labelled racist had stifled discussion . he said : ` they tried to rubbish us , . they tried to say that anybody that dared to talk about this subject was . necessarily a bad person and racist , that was what they tried to do and . actually this has been going on ever since -lrb- enoch -rrb- powell 's speech . ' he said : ` i 'm unapologetic because if . you do n't have legal managed migration and people do n't sign up so they . pay national insurance and tax , they 'll work illegally . ' theresa . may , home secretary , told the programme : ' i think the problem in the . past has been that there 's been this general assumption that immigration . was always good for the economy . ' i do n't think people have looked at it . sufficiently closely to be able to recognise the impact it has on . members of the public . '<doc-sep>i also read the apology you pinned to the bottom of the online version of your essay . `` i truly feel stomach-sick that i hurt so many people . i was trying to explain how , as someone who believes that immigration has enriched american life and my hometown in particular , i was shocked that i could feel a tiny bit uncomfortable with my changing town when i went to visit it . if we could understand that reaction , we 'd be better equipped to debate people on the other side of the immigration issue , '' you wrote . `` tiny bit uncomfortable , '' indeed . you should have stopped with `` i 'm sorry '' or just retracted the whole article . stop trying to save face by trying to rationalize what you wrote or pin it to the immigration issue . finally , i do want to thank you for harshly reminding of one thing : because the essay was published just before the fourth of july -- and incidentally , just a few weeks before india 's own independence day -- you and your publication reminded me with no uncertainty that racism , ignorance and fear of new people are as american as apple pie and time magazine . like you said , the statue of liberty should shed a tear . and mahatma gandhi just did . -lrb- time warner inc. is the parent company of cnn.com and time magazine . -rrb- . the opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of rahul parikh .

<t> navarrette : opponents see hispanic immigrants as weakening u.s. identity . </t> <t> one town demanded all library books be in english , navarrette says . </t> <t> hispanics the latest to find themselves at center of culture war . </t>

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-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the company was founded in 1985 by seven communications industry veterans -- franklin antonio , adelia coffman , andrew cohen , klein gilhousen , irwin jacobs , andrew viterbi and harvey white . one of qualcomm 's first products was omnitracs , introduced in 1988 , which is currently the largest satellite-based commercial mobile system for the transportation industry . today , qualcomm 's patent portfolio includes approximately 6,100 united states patents and patent applications for cdma and related technologies . more than 130 telecommunications equipment manufacturers worldwide have licensed qualcomm 's essential cdma patents . qualcomm is among the members of the s&p 500 index , fortune 500 , and a winner of the u.s. department of labor 's '' secretary of labor 's opportunity award . '' the company has been listed among fortune 's `` 100 best companies to work for in america '' for nine years in a row and the magazine 's list of '' most admired companies . '' qualcomm 's annual revenue for 2006 was $ 7.53 billion , with a net income of $ 2.47 billion . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>san diego , california -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- dust off every disaster plan from washington to san diego , scrutinize them to your heart 's content , and it 's still unlikely you 'll find mention of the emergency services provided by shary shores . eric campbell of palomar mountain became a reluctant tailgater at qualcomm stadium with his two cockatiels . shores , a volunteer registrar at san diego 's evacuee shelter , has appointed herself the shelter 's `` hugger . '' every person she signs in gets a warm , heartfelt hug . having lost her own home to foreclosure in march , shores says she has empathy for the suddenly homeless . her embraces may not be government-sanctioned , but they are appreciated . `` i ca n't tell you how many people say ` thank you . ... i needed that , ' '' shores said . welcome to qualcomm stadium , home of the san diego chargers and , for the time being , thousands of people who have fled the california wildfires that destroyed nearly 1,600 homes and burned some 679 square miles . some 76,000 people stayed in 42 san diego county shelters wednesday night , county emergency spokeswoman lynda pfieffer said . those numbers were dropping as residents were allowed to return home . qualcomm stadium housed 11,000 evacuees at the peak of the disaster , but that number dropped to 5,000 wednesday morning . those staying in shelters represented only a small fraction of the nearly 1 million evacuees . `` we believe many people are staying with family and friends or going to hotels , '' said red cross spokeswoman jeanne ellinport in washington . conceived on paper as a safe -- if uncomfortable -- refuge for thousands of people , qualcomm stadium has become in practice a wonderland of surprises . were it not for the absence of a ferris wheel , the tent city just inside the stadium 's gates could be mistaken for a county fair . watch volunteers make life easier at qualcomm '' stiltwalkers stroll around the grounds waving at gawking children . food and drink are abundant . signs hawk free massages , acupuncture treatments and spiritual aide . math tutors -- admittedly not a staple of county fairs -- are available free of cost .<doc-sep>for example , wearable health monitors could be used to notify you or your doctor as soon as something is wrong with your vital signs . trends to watch at ces . `` it 's really going to empower us by giving us more information about ourselves and our environment , '' said jacobs , who said most people look at their phones 150 times a day . even in the present , mobile phones are changing people 's lives and behaviors . in developing countries , where a phone is many people 's first and only device , phones are being used to deliver basic heath care . augmented reality apps , like those powered by qualcomm 's vuforia platform , are being used to help children learn to read . qualcomm also used the keynote to announce two new processors , the snapdragon 600 and 800 . most people who will benefit from the faster , more energy-efficient chips probably wo n't know their names . but with this keynote , qualcomm hopes to make a name for itself as a innovative company powering the mobile tech of the future .<doc-sep>in the home of the future , the front door will ` talk ' to your smoke alarm , lights will flash when the fridge door is left open and a teddy will put your child to bed . that 's the vision presented by qualcomm at this year 's mobile world congress in its connected home , which shows how almost anything in your house can either be controlled by a mobile , or be linked together electronically . other features include the august smart lock that unlocks the front door when the home owner is near , smart tvs that show notifications and can warn when a child is using the web when they should be asleep and a system that lets you change all the clocks in your home at the touch of a button . scroll down for video . californian company qualcomm demonstrated that technology to create smart houses of the future already exists and can be linked up for intelligent living . lifx lights -lrb- x10 -rrb- = # 530 -lrb- $ 890 -rrb- . august smart lock = # 119 -lrb- $ 199 -rrb- -- available from spring . elertus sensor = # 119 -lrb- $ 199 -rrb- . canary smart alarm = # 119 -lrb- $ 199 -rrb- -- available from july . nest smoke alarm = # 77 -lrb- $ 129 -rrb- . smart tv = from around # 329 -lrb- $ 548 -rrb- . teddy the guardian = # 139 -lrb- $ 232 -rrb- . jalousier smart blinds = # 77 -lrb- $ 129 -rrb- . total = # 1,509 -lrb- $ 2,519 -rrb- . all the products in qualcomm 's concept three-roomed house are sold by individual companies , or have been developed by the california-based firm , but they all run the alljoyn software . alljoyn is an open source project set up by chipmaker qualcomm in 2011 . it is a programme that can be added to smart devices to make them ` talk ' to other devices running alljoyn . the company has since partnered with a number of companies that have developed smart household devices to help develop the software further .<doc-sep>las vegas -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- mobile technology is no longer limited to laptops , smartphones and tablets . it 's seeping into every corner of our lives , including television and movies , cars , the workplace , health care , education and eventually our bodies . this expansion of mobile , and its next generation of highly mobile tech users , were the subject of monday 's consumer electronics show keynote . delivered by chip maker qualcomm 's chief executive paul jacobs , the talk marked the official kickoff of the show , which opens its doors tuesday morning . the ces keynote address was previously handled by microsoft , a company whose products are instantly familiar to consumers around the world . successor qualcomm is n't a household name , even though it says it has shipped 11 billion chips in its 27 years and its mobile processors power the mobile devices you use everyday . the challenge for qualcomm on monday was to illustrate how its technology is relevant to regular consumers . the resulting talk was as scattered and entertaining as its rooster of special guest stars , which included `` sesame street 's '' big bird , archbishop desmond tutu -lrb- via video -rrb- , filmmaker guillermo del toro , nascar driver brad keselowski , `` star trek '' actress alice eve and pop band maroon 5 . but the biggest guest star for this tech audience may have been microsoft ceo steve ballmer , who ran out on stage to giddily show off three new windows 8 products .

<t> the company has become a huge name in communications in just 20 years . </t> <t> qualcomm has a portfolio of approximately 6,100 u.s. patents . </t> <t> fortune lists the company as one of the 100 best places to work in the u.s. </t>

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london , england -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the head of britain 's intelligence services has warned that children as young as 15 are becoming involved in terrorist-related activity . jonathan evans , the chief of mi5 , also said that at least 2,000 people in britain pose a threat to the country 's security because of their support for al qaeda-inspired terrorism . `` as i speak , terrorists are methodically and intentionally targeting young people and children in this country . they are radicalising , indoctrinating and grooming young , vulnerable people to carry out acts of terrorism , '' he told a gathering of newspaper editors in manchester . evans said the figure of 2,000 -- an increase of 400 since november 2006 -- only included those the intelligence services knew about and that the actual number could be double .<doc-sep>he said there had been 200 terrorist convictions in britain since the september 11 attacks . the mi5 head added that over recent years much of the command and inspiration for attack planning in the uk had come from al qaeda 's remaining core leadership in the tribal areas of pakistan . however , he said in the last 12 months terrorist plots on british soil were increasingly inspired by al qaeda cadres in other countries , including in iraq and east africa . `` there is no doubt now that al qaeda in iraq aspires to promote terrorist attacks outside iraq . there is no doubt that there is training activity and terrorist planning in east africa -- particularly in somalia -- which is focused on the uk , '' he told the society of editors meeting .<doc-sep>according to evans , there had been `` no decrease '' in the number of russian covert intelligence officers operating in britain since the end of the cold war . he said that resources that could be devoted to counter-terrorism were instead being used to protect britain against spying by russia , china and others . `` a number of countries continue to devote considerable time and energy trying to steal our sensitive technology on civilian and military projects and trying to obtain political and economic intelligence at our expense , '' he said . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>many of the fighters who have travelled to the uk are first-time warriors and several have been killed by president assad 's forces . most of those involved in the fighting come from a wide range of ethnic backgrounds . they include young asians , north africans and converts to islam . on monday a 31-year-old man in east london became the eighth person in britain to be arrested as part of inquiries into recruitment and organisation for the syrian conflict . the report also warns the threat to the uk from al qaeda allies such as al qaeda in the maghreb in north africa has heightened in the last year . it follows a recent warning by sir jonathan evans , the head of mi5 , that the chaos caused by the arab spring has created new terrorist training camps for jihadis intent on attacking britain . mr farr warned that syria had become ` particularly challenging '' with large numbers of foreign fighters , including from the uk , active in syria . some 600 terrorist attacks involving syrian groups took place last year , including 60 suicide deaths . whitehall sources have suggested there could be 70 british fanatics who have travelled to syria . the fear is that they will travel back to the uk to carry out attacks here . mr farr said threats from terrorism were spreading across a wider area into lawless countries with no recognised government . the report said : ` this poses significant challenges to our national security and to the security and intelligence agencies and departments working on counter-terrorism . ` operating in these areas is difficult and dangerous , requires very significant resources and is complicated and at times made impossible by the breakdown of governance and law and order . ' asked whether counter-terrorism efforts faced funding cuts , mr farr said : ` i do n't think that counter-terrorism is immune from the sort of efficiencies being found elsewhere . ` we 're looking at every bit of counter-terrorism to identify those savings . '<doc-sep>london -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- uk police arrested four people tuesday on suspicion of traveling to syria or supporting the fighting there . two men , ages 29 and 18 , and a 21-year-old woman were arrested in manchester , northwest england , on suspicion of being involved in the commission , preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism , greater manchester police said . a fourth person , a 29-year-old man , was arrested in oxford on the same charge , a police statement said .<doc-sep>by . daily mail reporter . four people were arrested this morning on suspicion of terror offences linked to syria . the suspects , men and women aged between 18 and 29 , were arrested by counter-terrorism officers on suspicion of being involved in travelling to or supporting fighting in war zones . two men aged 29 and 18 , both from levenshulme , greater manchester , and a 21-year-old woman from trafford , were held today . officers also arrested a 29-year-old man from oxford . statement : greater manchester police -lrb- whose headquarters are pictured -rrb- said officers investigating people suspected of being involved in travelling to or supporting fighting in war-zones made four arrests today . fire : a file picture of flames rising from buildings hit by a government forces airstrike in kfar takharim , syria . they were detained on suspicion of being concerned in the commission , preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism . a number of properties were also being searched , police said . police said today 's arrests were not linked to any domestic terror threat . detective chief superintendent tony mole , head of the force 's north west counter-terrorism unit , said : ` first and foremost i should reassure everyone that none of today 's activity is linked in any way to any imminent threats in greater manchester or the uk . ` the operation has been running since autumn 2013 since we first became aware of a number of individuals travelling from the north west to the battlefields of syria .<doc-sep>children as young as 13 are being given lessons in combating cyber terrorism amid concerns over the uk 's vulnerability to attacks similar to the hacking of entertainment giant sony . those behind the scheme include experts at the government communications headquarters -lrb- gchq -rrb- , the top-secret organisation that provides electronic surveillance of the nation 's enemies . the government is taking the scheme so seriously that next summer 's gcse computer science exam will contain questions about cyber security for the first time . children as young as 13 are being given lessons in combating cyber terrorism , backed by experts at the government communications headquarters , gchq -lrb- pictured -rrb- . target : a scene from the interview , the film at the centre of recent hacking . experts say there is a dire shortage of specialists able to defend britain 's computer systems from increasingly sophisticated assaults by hostile states and terrorists .

<t> uk intel chief says children as young as 15 involved in terrorist-related activity . </t> <t> jonathan evans : at least 2,000 people in britain who pose threat to security . </t> <t> mi5 chief said the actual number could be double that . </t>

uk : children involved in terrorism<T>

rome , italy -- mauro camoranesi scored with 13 minutes left to earn juventus a 1-1 home draw with serie a leaders inter milan on sunday . julio cruz is mobbed by team-mates after giving inter the lead in their 1-1 draw at juventus . camoranesi picked up a headed knock-down from substitute vincenzo iaquinta before seeing his shot deflect off defender walter samuel to leave goalkeeper julio cesar helpless . inter took a first-half lead when argentine striker julio cruz broke juve 's offside trap and latched onto brazilian midfielder cesar 's through ball before firing past gianluigi buffon .<doc-sep>the result means inter retain their unbeaten record this season , despite injury problems that saw the likes of patrick vieira , francesco toldo , marco materazzi and dejan stankovic ruled out . the defending champions are now two points clear of fiorentina at the top of the table , with roma a point further behind and juventus in fourth place . earlier in the day , roma missed out on the chance to close the gap on inter when a late collapse saw them throw away a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at empoli .<doc-sep>first half goals from french winger ludovic giuly and matteo brighi had put the visiting romans in charge and for more than an hour they looked set to cruise to victory . but with 23 minutes remaining ighli vannucchi reduced the deficit and sebastian giovinco snatched an injury time equaliser to deny luciano spaletti 's injury-depleted team . siena snatched a share of the spoils from parma in a 2-2 draw as daniele galloppa scored in the last minute while napoli needed an injury time goal from striker ezequiel lavezzi to deny rock-bottom reggina their first win of the season , forcing them to settle for a 1-1 draw in the south . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>serie a leaders juventus are keen on signing radamel falcao , ramires and miranda even if they choose not to cash in on # 70million-rated paul pogba . la gazzetta sportiva have labelled 2015 ` the year of pogba ' as juventus will have to fight off interest from a selection of the world 's best teams . pogba has been linked with a move back to manchester united in recent weeks but the old lady are keen on keeping hold of the france international . juventus do not want to sell # 70million-rated manchester united target paul pogba .<doc-sep>lukas podolski came off the substitutes ' bench to make his serie a debut at the juventus stadium but it was new team-mate mauro icardi who made the difference in helping inter milan claim a point against juventus . tevez showed his former manager roberto mancini what he was missing by scoring an early opener against inter however his effort was cancelled out by compatriot icardi . juventus forward tevez said in the run up to his side 's home match against inter that he was not focused on going up against a side managed by mancini . mauro icardi celebrates with his inter milan team-mates - including lukas podolski - after scoring his side 's equaliser . juventus ' carlos tevez -lrb- left -rrb- and podolski -lrb- second left -rrb- shake ends at the end of the serie a clash in turin . tevez -lrb- second left -rrb- in action as juventus claim a point at home in the league match against inter milan on tuesday . juventus goalscorer carlos tevez hugs team-mate arturo vidal after scoring past samir handanovic in the fifth minute . tevez is mobbed by his juventus team-mates after scoring his side 's opening goal against serie a rivals inter milan . podolski came off the substitutes ' bench in the 54th minute just one day after officially completing his move to inter milan . juventus : buffon ; chiellini , bonucci , lichtsteiner , evra ; pogba , marchisio , pirlo , vidal -lrb- pereyra 78 -rrb- ; tevez , llorente -lrb- morata 63 -rrb- . subs not used : marrone , pepe , giovinco , storari , rubinho , ogbonna , padoin , coman , mattiello , caceres . goal : tevez 5 . booked : bonucci , morata . inter milan : handanovic ; juan , campagnaro , ranocchia , d'ambrosio ; kovacic , guarin , kuzmanovic -lrb- podolski 54 -rrb- , medel , hernanes -lrb- osvaldo 85 -rrb- , icardi -lrb- m'vila 89 -rrb- . subs not used : obi , carrizo , andreolli , bonazzoli , dodo , donkor , vidic , puscas , krhin . goal : icardi 64 .<doc-sep>fiery : de rossi 's conduct went unnoticed but he was handed a retrospective three-game ban . buffon -lrb- juventus -rrb- , perin -lrb- genoa -rrb- , sirigu -lrb- paris st germain -rrb- ; abate , astori -lrb- cagliari -rrb- , barzagli -lrb- juventus -rrb- , bonucci -lrb- juventus -rrb- , chiellini -lrb- juventus -rrb- , criscito -lrb- zenit -rrb- , de sciglio , maggio -lrb- napoli -rrb- , paletta -lrb- parma -rrb- ; candreva -lrb- lazio -rrb- , giaccherini -lrb- sunderland -rrb- , marchisio -lrb- juventus -rrb- , montolivo -lrb- ac milan -rrb- , thiago motta -lrb- psg -rrb- , parolo -lrb- parma -rrb- , pirlo -lrb- juventus -rrb- , verratti -lrb- psg -rrb- , cerci -lrb- torino -rrb- , destro -lrb- roma -rrb- , gilardino -lrb- genoa -rrb- , immobile -lrb- torino -rrb- , insigne -lrb- napoli -rrb- , osvaldo -lrb- juventus -rrb- . roma talisman de rossi 's problems worsened as he was handed a retrospective three-game ban , after the lega deemed the punch to be ` deliberate ' . the sanction , which rules de rossi out of crunch clashes against napoli , udinese and chievo , is likely to hinder roma 's chances of catching leaders juventus , who hold an 11-point lead at the top after beating milan 2-0 on sunday . remarkably , de rossi 's was n't the only punching incident during the heated goalless draw . inter 's juan jesus was also handed a three-game domestic ban for punching roma counterpart alessio romagnoli . prandelli , who was at the unveiling of italy 's new strip in malpensa . among italy 's squad are southampton bad boy currently on loan at juve dani osvaldo and sunderland 's emanuele giaccherini , who started sunday 's capital one cup final against manchester city on the bench . hard line : cesare prandelli -lrb- left -rrb- decided not to select de rossi for breaching a code of ethics . new look : from left , italy stars marco verratti , mattia perin , andrea pirlo , giorgio chiellini , davide astori , prandelli and gianluigi buffon unveil the country 's new kit on monday . you as well ! inter 's juan jesus -lrb- left -rrb- was also banned for punching alessio romagnoli . underhand : juan planted a left uppercut into the ribs of the roma man , who writhed in pain afterwards .<doc-sep>wesley sneijder continues to be linked with a move back to serie a with the dutchman said to be mulling over an offer from juventus . the bianconeri have opened talks with galatasaray over the possibility of signing the former inter milan star , according to tuttosport . sneijder -lrb- right -rrb- could seal a return back to serie a with juventus said to be leading the race .

<t> a mauro camoranesi goal earns juventus a 1-1 draw with leaders inter milan . </t> <t> argentine striker julio cruz had given injury-hit inter the lead in the first half . </t> <t> the result maintains inter 's unbeaten record and moves them two points clear . </t>

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-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- this week mme speaks to the man charged with boosting growth in the kingdom of bahrain : sheikh mohammed bin isa al khalifa . sheikh mohammed is concerned the nuclear dispute with iran is deterring potential investors . as chief executive of the economic development board , one of sheikh mohammed 's main tasks is to ensure bahrain stays ahead of its competitors . the government 's pushing ahead with economic reforms to reduce the kingdom 's dependence on oil . but with crude prices near $ 100 a barrel , john defterios asked whether the appetite for change had diminished . sm : the reforms are being done for aspirational reasons rather than necessity , so we are trying to enter the post-oil area because we want to . and therefore , because of this aspirational aspect , trying to get to as opposed to people pushing us somewhere we do n't want to go . jd : how do you redefine bahrain 's role ? traditionally it 's been a financial center , but you have qatar , saudi arabia , dubai even abu dhabi emerging in financial services . how you redefine it to sustain a lead ? sm : the rising tide lifts a lot of places and as the region is booming and growing , financial services are growing throughout the region . bahrain 's strengths have been and will continue to be its human capital , the people that have led the financial sector and the long standing regulations that have been established in bahrain . jd : strategically and a geopolitical question here : the crown prince came out and declared what iran 's intentions really are -- in his view -- for a nuclear policy , and called for greater diplomacy right ahead of a visit by the president of iran to the country . what 's the motivation here ? sm : we feel that the distraction caused by the iranian nuclear issue is holding investment back in the region as a whole , and increasing the security threat of the region . nobody is debating the right to peaceful nuclear power , but we all have that need and we all need a peaceful resolution to this . jd : historically , iran has even made claims against bahrain , what do you do now moving forward now ? do you bring russia , china , the united states and the european union closer together , in terms of where we should be going in the future ? sm : we 've resolved our historical issue with iran , and we are well beyond that , but going forward ... this is such a important issue affecting security worldwide , that we feel it is important and at a level high enough that we need all powers involved because it does affect everybody . jd : can the gcc -lrb- gulf cooperation council -rrb- become much tighter as an organization to have a voice in that process ; as opposed to speaking from the sidelines and hoping that the major powers move forward ? sm : absolutely , i mean , the gcc is speaking with a unified voice . the kingdom of saudi arabia came out with a proposal for providing nuclear fuel from an independent authority ; this was completely backed from the gcc . we are all moving forward and are willing to play a beneficial role to resolve this issue . meet the sheikh : . sheikh mohammed bin isa al khalifa is chief executive of the economic development board , the organization responsible for stimulating and supporting growth of the bahraini economy . he was appointed in june 2005 , following 10 years working directly for his highness sheikh salman bin hamad al khalifa , crown prince , commander-in-chief of the bahrain defense force and chairman of the economic development board . from 1995 to 1999 , he was director of the crown prince 's office . in 1999 , he was appointed head of the court and also deputy head of the crown prince 's international scholarship program . during this time , sheikh mohammed was heavily involved with the crown prince 's initiatives to liberalize the telecommunications sector and with labor market and economic reforms . a keen motor sports enthusiast , sheikh mohammed was deputy board chairman of the bahrain international circuit and is a former vice president of the bahrain motor club , now known as the bahrain motor federation . sheikh mohammed , who is married with two sons and one daughter , was born on april 14 , 1969 . in 1992 , he received a bachelor 's degree in economic theory from the american university , washington dc . two years later , he received a post-graduate diploma in business studies from the london school of economics . -lrb- source : bahrain economic development board -rrb- e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- this week mme speaks to the man charged with boosting growth in the kingdom of bahrain : sheikh mohammed bin isa al khalifa . sheikh mohammed is concerned the nuclear dispute with iran is deterring potential investors . as chief executive of the economic development board , one of sheikh mohammed 's main tasks is to ensure bahrain stays ahead of its competitors . the government 's pushing ahead with economic reforms to reduce the kingdom 's dependence on oil . but with crude prices near $ 100 a barrel , john defterios asked whether the appetite for change had diminished .<doc-sep>sheikh mohammed bin isa al khalifa is chief executive of the economic development board , the organization responsible for stimulating and supporting growth of the bahraini economy . he was appointed in june 2005 , following 10 years working directly for his highness sheikh salman bin hamad al khalifa , crown prince , commander-in-chief of the bahrain defense force and chairman of the economic development board . from 1995 to 1999 , he was director of the crown prince 's office . in 1999 , he was appointed head of the court and also deputy head of the crown prince 's international scholarship program . during this time , sheikh mohammed was heavily involved with the crown prince 's initiatives to liberalize the telecommunications sector and with labor market and economic reforms . a keen motor sports enthusiast , sheikh mohammed was deputy board chairman of the bahrain international circuit and is a former vice president of the bahrain motor club , now known as the bahrain motor federation . sheikh mohammed , who is married with two sons and one daughter , was born on april 14 , 1969 . in 1992 , he received a bachelor 's degree in economic theory from the american university , washington dc . two years later , he received a post-graduate diploma in business studies from the london school of economics . -lrb- source : bahrain economic development board -rrb- e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>the elections are being held to replace 18 seats that were vacated by al-wefaq , the country 's largest opposition party . the party vacated the seats to protest the treatment of demonstrators during february 's unrest in bahrain . an opposition group called the february 14 coalition said it planned to launch protests on friday and saturday in the newly named martyr 's square , the site formerly known as pearl roundabout . `` just like all other freedom-loving people living in real democracies across the globe , we , the people of bahrain have the right to choose the way in which we are governed , '' the group said . the youth coalition of february 14 announced it would be holding a sit-in demonstration at the same location . addressing an opposition rally in tubli , a village south of manama , thursday , sheikh ali salman , head of the al-wefaq party said , `` when we talk about democracy we want democracy like that of westminster , france , and america , not the democracy of saddam hussein , nor the democracy of zine el abidine , nor the democracy of gadhafi . '' shaikh fawaz bin mohammed al khalifa , president of bahrain 's information affairs authority , said he expected voter turnout to be encouraging saturday , according to the state-run bahrain news agency . bahrain 's king hamad bin isa al khalifa was attending the u.n. general assembly in new york . on thursday he spoke about the need for reforms `` aimed to provide decent living conditions , security and tranquility in a society of peaceful coexistence . ''<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- facetime with sheikh ahmed bin saeed al-maktoum . sheikh ahmed bin saeed al-maktoum , chairman of emirates airlines talks strategy and adresses rumours about the airline . sheikh ahmed bin saeed al-maktoum , chairman of emirates airlines is at the center of dubai 's aviation industry . as the world witnesses an unprecedented economic downturn , emirates has embarked on a $ 4 billion expansion plan . mme speaks to sheikh ahmed to find out about his strategy , and address rumors about the airline itself . in focus -- risky business . northern iraq holds great potential , which is largely underdeveloped and the country is thirsting for investors . but , there are risks , with the potential for conflict on three fronts . there are other risks too , according to herish mohammed , head of the board of investment of the kurdish controlled region -- an ancient banking system , lack of insurance policies and corruption . but as one american entrepreneur put it -- it 's not just about the money , it 's about the adventure . watch the show this week at the times -lrb- gmt -rrb- below : . friday : 0915 , 1945 saturday : 0645 sunday : 0815 .

<t> sheikh mohammed bin isa al khalifa steers bahrain 's economic growth . </t> <t> says bahrain 's strength is its `` human capital '' in the finance sector . </t> <t> calls on world to unite to resolve nuclear dispute with iran . </t>

facetime with sheikh mohammed bin isa al khalifa<T>

helsinki , finland -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- an 18-year-old authorities say shot eight people inside his high school in southern finland , before turning the gun on himself , has died , police said . an image from a video posted on youtube by `` sturmgeist89 . '' the shooting appeared to have been planned out in graphic videos posted on internet file-sharing site youtube . at a news conference this afternoon , police confirmed the dead numbered two girls , five boys and the school 's headmistress at jokela high in tuusula , a quiet town around 50 kilometers -lrb- 30 miles -rrb- north of helsinki . ten other people were taken to a hospital with minor injuries . the shooter , whom police identified as pekka eric auvinen , died at toolo hospital , authorities said . police said he took his own life . it was the first school shooting in finland since 1989 , when a 14-year-old student shot and killed two others in the coastal town of rauma , the finnish news agency stt reported . police said auvinen is from tuusula and who acted alone . he had no previous criminal record and had never threatened anyone from the school before , they added .<doc-sep>auvinen published a manifesto online demanding war on the `` weak-minded masses '' and pledged to die for his cause . watch auvinen fire weapons in video from his web page '' youtube appeared to have removed 89 videos linked to his account , many of them featuring nazi imagery , shortly after the incident . finnish media reported someone posted a message two weeks ago on the web site , warning of a bloodbath at the school . a video posted earlier wednesday , by `` sturmgeist89 , '' was titled `` jokela high school massacre - 11/7/2007 . '' `` sturmgeist89 '' identified himself as auvinen , and said he chose the name `` sturmgeist '' because it means `` storm spirit '' in german . the video showed a picture of the school , which then disintegrated to reveal two images of auvinen against a red background , pointing a gun at the screen . the clip is accompanied by the song `` stray bullet '' from rock band kmfdm . eric harris and dylan klebold , the students behind the 1999 columbine high school massacre , also cited that group 's lyrics . another short video clip , called `` just testing my gun , '' showed auvinen loading and cocking a handgun . he fired and hit several pieces of fruit in a wooded area ; the camera then showed a close-up of the destroyed fruit , and then a full-screen shot of him again . he waved at the camera and then walked out of view . the site indicated that the youth appeared to be fascinated with killing . as well as video footage of the columbine school shootings , it also included clips of the 1993 waco siege in the united states , the 1995 sarin gas attack in tokyo , and bombs falling on baghdad during the 2003 invasion .<doc-sep>many showed victims being wheeled away or people running for their lives . throughout all of this , the single word `` die '' constantly flashed across the screen . other video clips included nazi-war-criminal footage . in the rambling text posted on the site , auvinen said that he is `` a cynical existentialist , anti-human humanist , anti-social social-darwinist , realistic idealist and god-like atheist . `` i am prepared to fight and die for my cause , '' he wrote . `` i , as a natural selector , will eliminate all who i see unfit , disgraces of human race and failures of natural selection . '' the police said at this afternoon 's press conference that they had been fired at when they arrived at the school at 11.45 p.m. local time -lrb- 9.45 a.m. gmt -rrb- . they described the scene as chaotic , with some of the 460 students , ranging in age from 12 to 18 , breaking windows in an attempt to escape . when the police 's special swat unit entered the high school they found the gunman unconscious and in critical condition in the lower lobby of the building with a gunshot wound to his head . police assume he tried to take his own life as no officers fired at him . several bodies were also found in the same location , where the shooting is believed to have begun , they added . they could not confirm comments by some students that auvinen was firing through doors . police also said that the gun auvinen used , which was fully licensed , had been purchased less than a month ago on october 19 . the legal age limit to own a gun in finland is 18 , which auvinen passed in june of this year .<doc-sep>he had a recommendation from a shooting club when he obtained the gun , police added , and practised sharp-shooting as a hobby at a shooting range . finland , which enjoys a strong tradition of hunting , has a high proportion of gun ownership , with two million firearms owned in a nation of only five million . the associated press reported comments from kim kiuru , one of the school 's teachers , on radio station yle . kiuru described how the headmistress used the public address system around noon to tell pupils to stay in classrooms . he said he locked his classroom door , then waited in the corridor for more news . `` after that i saw the gunman running with what appeared to be a small-caliber handgun in his hand through the doors towards me , after which i escaped to the corridor downstairs and ran in the opposite direction , '' kiuru said . the agency reported kiuru as saying that he saw a woman 's body as he fled the school , before telling his pupils to leave the building through the windows . e-mail to a friend . copyright 2007 cnn . all rights reserved.this material may not be published , broadcast , rewritten , or redistributed . associated press contributed to this report .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a gunman opened fire inside a busy shopping center near the finnish capital of helsinki thursday , leaving four people dead , police said . before the shooting spree at the shopping center , ibrahim shkupolli , 43 , had killed his ex-girlfriend , police said . he later turned the gun on himself at his home . three men and one woman were killed at the sello shopping center in espoo , just west of helsinki , police said . some were employees of a grocery store at the mall , police said . a fifth victim , also an employee of the grocery store and apparently the suspect 's ex-girlfriend , was found later at an apartment in espoo , police said . police told a news conference hours after the shootings that they found a sixth victim , who they believed to be the shooter .<doc-sep>face of a killer ? police say thorsten rushing , pictured , killed his father and brother after plotting the double homicide with four high school friends . a father and his teenage son were gunned down in their oklahoma home in the pre-dawn hours of january 20 and police say it was the 18-year-old son and brother of the victims , with the help of a foursome of co-conspirators , who committed the heinous crime . authorities originally believed thorsten rushing of lawton , oklahoma was an unwitting witness to the murders of his family members but now believe the teen masterminded the cold-blooded murder of his father uwe rushing , 50 , and little brother stefan , 14 . police arrested rushing on saturday . also hauled in were his high school classmates ethan thompson , 19 , cody davis , 19 , timothy delahoy , 18 , and wesley bankston , 17 . the arrests shocked the comfortable . town perched between wichita falls and oklahoma city and came after a . week of arduous detective work from the lawton police department . but . before they could uncover their suspects , police say they had to see . past the false claims of a supposedly grieving young man . police first responded to a call at the home on east columbia just after 2am on monday , january 20 . there , thorsten claimed he 'd been watching television when two masked intruders forced their way inside and opened fire . victims : uwe rushing , 50 -lrb- left -rrb- , and his 14-year-old son stefan -lrb- right -rrb- were gunned down in their lawton , oklahoma home on january 20 . the following saturday , on the same day of their wrenching double funeral service , thorsten was arrested for the murder of his father and brother . in their wake lay the father and son . thorsten . claimed he 'd evaded the men and run off to get a shotgun before . returning fire . the men fled , he said , leaving him unharmed .<doc-sep>the argument turned physical and the boy opened fire about 50 feet from the entrance to the dell music center , hitting the victim at point-blank range . the suspect was seen getting into a white chevrolet impala which headed south on 33rd street . he was wearing a black t-shirt and blue jeans . investigation : police say the entire incident was caught on the venue 's security cameras and are searching for a teen aged between 17 and 18 years old who fled in a white chevrolet impala in connection with the shooting . philadelphia killings : 600 people attended the anti-violence concert on wednesday , a night during which one man was shot dead and three others seriously injured in shooting incidents around the city .<doc-sep>an 18-year-old man has died after an off-duty police officer shot at him 17 times - just miles from where unarmed teen michael brown was gunned down by a cop in august . police said that vonderrit myers jr. first opened fire on the unidentified 32-year-old officer in shaw , missouri , which is less than 10 miles from ferguson , where brown was shot dead on august 9 . the officer , who is a six-year veteran of the force , was in a car working a secondary job for a private security company and paroling the area when he saw three males in the street and thought they were acting suspiciously , st louis police chief sam dotson said in a press conference . scroll down for videos . killed : vonderrit myers jr. , pictured left with his mother and right , was shot dead by an off-duty police officer on wednesday night . police said he fled when approached by the officer and a fight ensued . crime scene : a crowd gathers near the scene at shaw boulevard where the teen was fatally shot on wednesday - just miles from where unarmed teenager michael brown was shot by a cop in august . anger : crowds confront police near the scene in south st. louis after the 32-year-old officer killed the teen . as he approached them , one of them started to run away , so the officer did a u-turn and then all three ran , dotson said , the st louis post-dispatch reported . ` one of them ran in a way that the officer believed that he was armed with a gun -- holding his waist band , not running at full stride , ' dotson said , referring to myers . the officer , who was wearing a metropolitan police department uniform , jumped out of his car and chased them on foot before getting into a scuffle with myers , who reached for his gun , dotson said . myers shot at least three times at the officer , who then returned fire - and when the teenager tried to fire again , his gun jammed , dotson said . dispute : myers , pictured , was just buying a sandwich before he was chased and shot dead , his family said . authorities said myers , in white , was known to them and was wearing a monitoring device on his ankle as part of the bail conditions for a previous arrest for gun charges . he was due to go on trial in november .

<t> new : teen gunman is dead , finnish police say . </t> <t> eight people , including headmistress , shot at finnish school , say police . </t> <t> firearm bought legally last month , shooting began in school 's lower lobby . </t> <t> shooting appeared to have been planned in series of youtube videos . </t>

teen dead who opened fire on finnish classmates , police say<T>

shanghai , china -- championship leader lewis hamilton spun out of the chinese grand prix to send the world title race to a cliffhanger finale in brazil on october 21 . a disconsolate lewis hamilton leaves his car after spinning into the gravel trap in shanghai . rookie hamilton can still clinch the crown with third place in the closing race , but saw his 12-point lead cut to four by mclaren team-mate fernando alonso in shanghai . the spaniard finished second behind ferrari 's kimi raikkonen , who also kept his title hopes alive by moving within seven points of hamilton . the young briton started the race in pole position and at one stage led raikkonen by more than eight seconds as he again showed superb skills in the wet conditions . however , the 22-year-old stayed out on the drying track too long in his wet tires , which deteriorated at an alarming rate to let finland 's raikkonen take the lead . and when hamilton -- who won in japan last week to give himself the chance of clinching the title this weekend -- finally headed toward the pit lane , he spun out onto the gravel to end his chances with 25 laps to go . raikkonen and alonso both switched to dry tires on the 32nd of the 56 laps , with the finn going on to win by by 9.8 seconds for his fifth victory this season -- one more than both hamilton and alonso . raikkone 's team-mate felipe massa was third , while fourth place was claimed by toro rosso 's sebastien vettel , who was last week reprimanded for causing an accident in japan behind the safety car while hamilton was cleared of any wrongdoing . britain 's jenson button was fifth in a honda ahead of vettel 's team-mate vitantonio liuzzi , while germany 's nick heidfeld was seventh for bmw sauber and david coulthard of scotland took the final point for red bull . hamilton was still confident he could bounce back after suffering his first retirement of the season . `` i 'm sorry for the team but i can still do it , do n't worry , '' he said . `` when i got out of the car i was just gutted because it was my first mistake all year , and to do it on the way into the pits was not something i usually do .<doc-sep>`` you can not go through life without making mistakes . but i am over it and we look forward to brazil . the team will be working hard to make sure the car is quick enough there , and we still have points in the bag . `` we were having a great race and we did n't know if it was going to rain or not . the tyres were getting worse and worse and you could almost see the canvas underneath . when i came into the pits it was like ice , i could n't do anything about it . '' mclaren boss ron dennis refused to blame his driver or his team for the spin-off . `` it 's too extreme to say anyone made a mistake in this . it has been a very competitive season between our drivers and it will go on for another grand prix , '' dennis said . `` i do n't think we did anything dramatically wrong and neither did lewis . but the circuit was considerably drier than the pit lane entrance . that 's what made the difference . `` it was easy to say that we could have stopped earlier , but would it have made a difference ? all the top teams -- ferrari and ourselves -- were trying to get through the rain and straight onto a dry tire . '' alonso , who qualified for the race in fourth , is seeking to become the third driver to win three world titles . `` the result was good today and the eight points are a help for sure , '' he said . `` i think the championship will still be very difficult because i know it will not be easy to take four points from lewis . `` i need something dramatic if i want to win . with a normal race it will be impossible . '' raikkonen added : `` we are back in the championship and it will be interesting in the final race . `` hopefully the car is good and it will be a battle all weekend . it is not just up to us though , we saw today that anything can happen , but we are back in the championship . '' e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>monza marked the traditional end of the european season , though the russian grand prix makes its debut in sochi next month . with six races remaining , hamilton is exuding a more positive mental state . can the momentum keep swinging his way after rosberg 's purple patch ? ` monza was a big positive and a step up the massive staircase i have to face , ' said hamilton . ` time will tell how the psychological battle will go . ' key moment : rosberg took to the escape road allowing hamilton to pass his mercedes team-mate . rivals : hamilton narrowed the gap to rosberg with six races of the season remaining . off road : the german driver was fined a six-figure sum after his crash with hamilton in belgium . video hamilton returns to winning ways .<doc-sep>he had earlier vowed ` maximum attack ' in a new title battle with formula one world champion team mate lewis hamilton on sunday as mercedes unveiled their 2015 car before pre-season testing started in jerez . ' i know the feeling of winning and of fighting for a championship after last year , but i also know the feeling of not winning in the end and i do n't want to repeat that , ' said the german . ` it 's an extra boost and it gives me so much motivation for the year ahead . ' nico rosberg -lrb- left -rrb- poses with lewis hamilton in front of the brand new mercedes gp w06 in jerez . rosberg , son of finland 's 1982 champion keke , won five races last year to hamilton 's 11 and finished runner-up in a dominant season for his team and one that saw the drivers ' relationship tested to the limit . mercedes are again expected to set the pace , even if the cars have not changed dramatically since last year 's debut of the new v6 turbo hybrid power units and rivals hope to have closed the gap . ` it will be massively tough to repeat what we achieved in 2014 but we all want to keep that momentum going and to dominate the sport for many years to come , ' said rosberg . rosberg -lrb- left -rrb- takes a selfie with hamilton as mercedes unveil their new car at winter testing . rosberg completed 157 laps as he bids to mount a title challenge for the second successive season . the german in action at the jerez circuit .<doc-sep>lewis hamilton and nico rosberg faced the media at thursday 's press conference ahead of this weekend 's italian grand prix . the mercedes team-mates , and rivals for the formula one title , were selected by the fia in the wake of their controversial crash at the belgium grand prix . rosberg has since been fined a six-figure sum by mercedes for his role in the incident which resulted in hamilton retiring from the race . read what they had to say about the incident in spa , and on moving forward , below ... video scroll down to watch lewis hamilton preview the italian grand prix . facing the media : lewis hamilton and nico rosberg answered questions from the assembled press in monza . 1.50 pm : we 're 10 minutes away from today 's press conference and the stage is set at monza . lewis hamilton and nico rosberg will take their place on the front row , with ferrari 's fernando alonso the meat in a mercedes sandwich . the trio will be joined by williams driver valtteri bottas , mclaren 's kevin magnussen and marussia 's max chilton . 1.55 pm : while we wait for the drivers , why not take a look at nico rosberg 's exclusive mailonline column . he looks back at the crash in spa , and concedes it was his error . click here to read more .<doc-sep>rivals : hamilton narrowed the gap to rosberg with six races of the season remaining . off road : the german driver was fined a six-figure sum after his crash with hamilton in belgium . mercedes dismissed the notion that they had asked rosberg to move aside for hamilton as punishment for the german 's collision with his rival in spa . indeed they posted a satirical tweet accompanied with a picture of flying pigs -lrb- below -rrb- on monday morning . mercedes boss toto wolff , who was seen smiling in the immediate aftermath of the incident on lap 29 , laughed off claims rosberg was under orders to throw the race in monza . ` only a paranoid mind could come up with such an idea , ' he said .

<t> lewis hamilton fails to clinch world title after spinning out of the chinese gp . </t> <t> briton 's lead cut to four points by mclaren team-mate fernando alonso . </t> <t> alonso finished second in shanghai behind ferrari 's kimi raikkonen . </t>

hamilton 's crash gives rivals hope<T>

madrid , spain -- lionel messi scored for the sixth game in a row as barcelona defeated big-spending atletico madrid 3-0 to stay in touch with primera liga leaders real madrid . messi -lrb- left -rrb- is congratulated by ronaldinho after scoring again in barcelona 's 3-0 win over atletico madrid . barcelona had thumped atletico 6-0 on their own ground last season and the visitors were out for revenge -- but conceded twice in four minutes . after 15 minutes , italian goalkeeper christian abbiati let a routine messi cross slip out of his hands and deco rolled home into the empty net . four minutes later messi played a great one-two with ronaldinho and rifled a shot past abbiati for his sixth goal of the season and xavi added a third late on . `` it was a deserved victory against a rival that we have had problems with in the past , '' explained barca coach frank rijkaard . `` we scored twice in quick succession and then we controlled the match using aggression and with the team attacking and defending as a unit . '' `` conceding two early goals inside four minutes is not easy to turn around especially against barcelona , '' admitted atletico coach javier aguirre . it was barcelona 's fourth straight league win but they still trail real madrid by two points after the champions beat recreativo huleva 2-0 . dutch international ruud van nistelrooy , the league 's top-scorer last season , scored on 72 minutes before gonzalo higuain netted in the final minute to keep real at the summit .<doc-sep>luck deserted them when wesley sneijder hit the post but van nistelrooy scored in the final quarter hour before higuain struck to keep them two points clear at the top . real have made their best start since 1991 but coach bernd schuster 's rotation policy has been questioned with the german chopping and changing his team . `` it was an important victory because it is the final match before we go away on international duty , '' said dutch winger arjen robben . `` we are now top for the next two weeks and can build on that when we return . '' villarreal , now four points behind real , lost for only the second time in 15 matches with a 3-2 reverse against osasuna . sevilla , third last season , are in a crisis after losing their fourth league game in a row with a goal from riki handing deportivo la coruna a surprise 1-0 win . sevilla have just six points from their first six matches and are 13 points behind real . levante 's abel resino became the first spanish league coach to be sacked this season , after their 3-0 home loss to real zaragoza . . the 47-year-old resino , a former goalkeeper at atletico madrid , joined levante in january as a replacement for juan ramon lopez caro . the valencia-based club are bottom of the table with only a point from seven matches . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>roccuzzo -lrb- left -rrb- and semaan take a selfie as the pair enjoy each other 's company . messi celebrates after scoring barcelona 's third goal against elche at the nou camp on thursday . messi scores from the penalty spot during the copa del rey last 16 match against elche . if messi was to make a move to london , the fact he has close friends here would help him settle after living in barcelona since 2000 . fabregas publicly , though , has been careful to play down suggestions that he could be involved in a potential messi move but did acknowledge that he would love to play alongside his mate again . the chelsea midfielder told spanish radio program al primer toque on onda cero : ` i 'm upset that they say that i could be mediating for messi to come to chelsea . how can i be talking about contracts ... i 'm only a footballer . ` he -lrb- messi -rrb- will do what makes him happiest . personally , as his friend , colleague and footballer , if you gave me the chance to play with him again , i would welcome it . ' manchester united and real madrid are the only two clubs that could sign lionel messi for an outright fee within financial fair play rules , according to a football finance expert . and considering that the prospect of messi moving from barcelona to their arch rivals is unlikely , then the old trafford club may be the only realistic destination for the argentinian if he was to leave the nou camp .<doc-sep>barcelona legend hristo stoichkov is hoping real madrid fans do the right thing and applaud lionel messi if the argentine star breaks the la liga goalscoring record during saturday 's el clasico . messi can go level with the spanish league 's top goalscorer of all-time , telmo zarra , if he scores against real madrid and would set a new record if manages a double at the bernabeu . ` why would madrid fans not tribute leo ? ' stoichkovtold told sa during the week . ` they do applaud barca players , remember ronaldinho scored in the clasico and some clapped him . lionel messi is currently one goal behind telmo zarra 's la liga goalscoring record . messi controls the ball during training at barca 's training ground at the ciutat esportiva . bulgarian legend hristo stoichkov made 26 appearance for barcelona in the 1990s . ` messi is mythical , it would be arrogant not to applaud a myth . that would just show you can not see beyond the football team you play for . ` likewise , i believe that camp nou would applaud cristiano ronaldo . ' the bulgarian thinks whichever side handles the pressure of the contest between the spanish giants at the bernabeu will prevail . four-time ballon d'or winner messi will come up against real madrid star cristiano ronaldo once more . messi takes on ronaldo during last season 's el clasico clash ; the argentine would go on to net a hat-trick . ` barcelona are not as rampant as madrid at the moment , ' added stoichkov . ` madrid are scoring a lot . but they are under pressure and will go seven points behind if they lose to barca . ` it will be a close game and whoever has less nerves will be the winner . '<doc-sep>messi scores to put barcelona 4-0 up against apoel nicosia - his 74th in the champions league . shortly before his 74th , messi flicked the ball over the apoel goalkeeper for his 73rd of the competition . messi looks to the sky after scoring on his record-breaking night at the neo gsp stadium in nicosia . video messi breaks raul goal-scoring record . the barcelona number 10 was all smiles after scoring his second of the night against apoel . messi hugs pedro after after scoring his hat-trick against apoel on tuesday night . messi is now three ahead of raul in the list of top champions league scorers - and he 's not finished yet . messi walks off at full-time with the match ball . the opponents . 8 - ac milan . 6 - ajax , arsenal , bayer leverkusen . 4 - spartak moscow , panathaniakos . 3 - celtic , lyon , shakhtar donetsk , copenhagen , viktoria plzen , stuttgart , apoel nicosia . 2 - basel , bayern munich , man united , dynamo kiev , real madrid , bate , psg , man city . 1 - werder bremen , rangers , sporting lisbon . when did they go in ? 1-15 mins - 6 goals .<doc-sep>luis suarez scored his first goal for barcelona and in doing so opened the way for lionel messi to rewrite the history books once again , with a hat-trick that took him past raul as the champions league all-time top-scorer . barça were struggling to break down a stubborn apoel defence when suarez spun away from his marker and buried a shot into the far corner of urko pardo 's net after 27 minutes . it was the goal that lifted the weight of not having scored in his first five games from his shoulders ... it also opened the messi floodgates . last week messi told argentine newspaper olé he would like to stay at barcelona for the rest of his career but that ` players do n't always get what they want ' . what sane of mind president would sanction his sale after his latest landmark performances ? barcelona forward lionel messi moved ahead of raul in the champions league all-time scorers list , he is now the sole record holder . luis suarez scored barcelona 's opening goal , it was also his first goal for the club since his # 75million move from liverpool . messi wheels away after scoring his first , and his club 's second goal of the evening against apoel nicosia in the champions league . messi scores his second goal of the evening while defender amorin , who was eventually sent off , watches on . the la liga side 's two goal scorers celebrate together during their comfortable win against the cypriot side . apoel nicosia . urko pardo 5 , sergio 6 , guilherme 5 , carlao 6 , antoniades 6 ; gomes 7 , vinicius 5 , morais 5 , aloneftis 6 ; manduca 5 , sheridan 6 . red cards : guilherme . barcelona . ter stegen 7 ; alves 8 , piqué 7 , bartra 7 , jordi alba 8 ; rakitic 7 , mascherano 8 , rafinha 6 ; suarez 8 , messi 9 , pedro 7 . goals : suarez , messi -lrb- 3 -rrb- . red cards : rafinha . the 27-year-old is now barcelona 's all-time top scorer ; the spanish league 's all-time top scorer ; and the champions league 's all-time top scorer , too . and such is the 27-year-old 's genius that he has broken each one of those records by scoring a hat-trick . he bagged a treble against granada last season to become the club 's all-time leading scorer ; he got three against sevilla at the weekend to top la liga 's all time list ; and he surpassed raul 's record 72-goal haul with three more against the cypriot champions . he moved past real madrid legend raul when he diverted a jordi alba shot past apoel keeper urko pardo . he doubled his tally in the second half converting an alves pass and then made it 4-0 from pedro 's cross to put him on 74 goals in 91 games . the messi-show began after suarez broke down apoel 's well-marshalled defence . their keeper pardo had saved from messi after just two minutes and when alves blasted over the keeper 's bar from distance on ten minutes it was a symptom of the visitors ' growing frustration . suarez spurned a glorious chance on 18 minutes when messi wriggled down the right and crossed . but the former liverpool striker had to get his shot away quickly in a packed area and it went tamely straight at pardo . messi then teed-up alba with a perfectly lofted pass but the full-back sent his shot over from the edge of the six-yard box . barcelona were enjoying over 70 per cent of possession but still could not find a way through .

<t> lionel messi scores for the sixth game in a row as barca defeat atletico 3-0 . </t> <t> real madrid stay top of the primera liga table after defeating recreativo 2-0 . </t> <t> sevilla 's crisis continues as they lose their four league match in succession . </t>

messi scores again but real on top<T>

london , england -- france coach raymond domenech has again omitted striker david trezeguet from his squad for this month 's friendly against morocco and the euro 2008 qualifier against the ukraine . happier times : david trezeguet celebrates after scoring for juventus against torino . trezeguet has scored scored 10 goals in 11 serie a matches for juventus this season -- including two hat-tricks -- but has failed to win his way back into the 24-man party . the 29-year-old , who last played for france in the 1-0 home defeat by scotland in september , was furious after being dropped for the games against lithuania and the faroe islands . he played no part as domenech 's team overtook the scots at the top of group b with comfortable victories last month . the coach said : `` david is having a great start to the season with juventus , but he 's in competition for a place . if we qualify , the euro 2008 will be in eight months . a lot of things can happen in between . `` i hope david will help juventus win the italian league title and that he will be at the euro 2008 with us , and that he will find his form again for france . '' domenech has again included young lyon forward hatem ben arfa , who made his debut as a substitute against the faroes and scored the final goal in a 6-0 victory . ben arfa is joined in the squad by club-mate karim benzema , while bolton 's nicholas anelka is also among the forwards named despite still recovering from an injury . captain patrick vieira is ruled out due to injury , but the inter milan midfielder will join up with the squad anyway . `` a player of patrick 's dimension is going to be missed , but we just have to accept it and get on with it . pat should be coming to see us because he 's a leader , and he 's the captain , '' domenech added . france face the moroccans on november 16 and then travel to the ukraine on november 21 . domenech 's team will qualify for the finals if italy beat scotland at hampden on november 17 . if the glasgow game ends in a draw , france will need at least a point in kiev to book their ticket . france squad : goalkeepers : m landreau -lrb- paris st germain -rrb- , s frey -lrb- fiorentina -rrb- , u rame -lrb- bordeaux -rrb- . defenders : e abidal -lrb- barcelona , p evra -lrb- manchester united -rrb- , w gallas -lrb- arsenal -rrb- , b sagna -lrb- arsenal -rrb- , l thuram -lrb- barcelona -rrb- , s squillaci -lrb- lyon -rrb- , f clerc -lrb- lyon -rrb- . midfielders : a diarra -lrb- bordeaux -rrb- , l diarra -lrb- arsenal -rrb- , m flamini -lrb- arsenal -rrb- , c makelele -lrb- chelsea -rrb- , j rothen -lrb- psg -rrb- , j toulalan -lrb- lyon -rrb- , s nasri -lrb- marseille -rrb- . strikers : n anelka -lrb- bolton -rrb- , h ben arfa -lrb- lyon -rrb- , k benzema -lrb- lyon -rrb- , s govou -lrb- lyon -rrb- , t henry -lrb- barcelona -rrb- , f malouda -lrb- chelsea -rrb- , f ribery -lrb- bayern munich -rrb- . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>alessandro del piero and david trezeguet featured in a goalless draw between delhi dynamos and pune city in the third game of the indian super league . the italian forward and french striker both played at the 60,000-seat jln stadium in delhi , but neither were able to find the back of the net as the game finished 0-0 . the 39-year-old del piero is the marquee player for a delhi team lead by dutchman harm van veldhoven , while trezeguet 's pune side also features greek midfielder kostas katsouranis . alessandro del piero played for delhi dynamos in their draw with pune city in the indian super league . former france striker david trezeguet featured as the marquee player for pune city . del piero takes a free-kick and former france striker trezeguet -lrb- fourth from left -rrb- attempts to block it . delhi 's goalless draw with pune was the third match of the inaugural indian super league . the goalless draw in delhi was the third game of the inaugural indian super league . atletico de kolkata , who former liverpool champions league winner luis garcia plays for , beat mumbai city 3-0 in the opening game before northeast united beat kerala blasters 1-0 . the indian super league comprises eight teams with the top four making it through to the knockout stages after the initial round-robin phase .<doc-sep>former france international david trezeguet -lrb- left -rrb- will also be joining anelka out in the indian super league . former juventus star alessandro del piero will continue his illustrious career out in the inaugural isl . former arsenal teammates pires and ljungberg will take part in the indian premier league from october . anelka is one of a number of high-profile players attracted by the pay day on offer in india , with his former arsenal team-mates robert pires and freddie ljungberg - as well as alessandro del piero and david trezeguet - among the others . the league kicks off in october with a short season ending in december . former england international goalkeeper david james has been unveiled as a kerala blasters player in india . nicolas anelka -lrb- right -rrb- has played for numerous clubs , seen here winning the fa cup with chelsea .<doc-sep>meanwhile , former france striker david trezeguet is on the verge of sealing a switch to argentine team river plate . river 's official website confirmed the 34-year-old has passed a medical and will officially join the buenos aires club on january 4 . the former juventus and monaco forward has been playing for baniyas in the united arab emirates since leaving spanish club hercules in august . trezeguet has enjoyed a glittering career , winning the world cup with france in 1998 before scoring the winning goal for his country in the final of euro 2000 against italy . the 33-time national champions have endured a torrid time in recent seasons , culminating in their relegation from argentina 's top flight in june .<doc-sep>the game is part of the pope 's call for ` dialogue ' in times of religiously motivated wars and to promote a diplomatic solution to the ongoing crisis in gaza . the idea for the match arose in april 2013 following a conversation between former argentine player javier zanetti and pope francis . former italian stars , alessandro del piero -lrb- pictured left -rrb- and roberto baggio -lrb- pictured right -rrb- at the vatican . former france striker david trezeguet -lrb- pictured left -rrb- and his family pose with pope francis . maradona greets former ukrainian player andriy shevchenko -lrb- left -rrb- and -lrb- right -rrb- current cameroon and everton player , samuel eto'o sits next to roma midfielder , radja nainggolan . diego maradona arrives to meet pope francis before the ` football match with peace ' tonight .

<t> david trezeguet omitted from france squad to play morocco and the ukraine . </t> <t> the juventus striker last played for his country in the 1-0 defeat by scotland . </t> <t> he was dropped for the wins against lithuania and the faroe islands . </t>

trezeguet again left out by france<T>

-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- polygamist sect leader warren jeffs tried to hang himself earlier this year while he was in jail awaiting trial , according to court documents unsealed by a utah judge on tuesday . sect leader warren jeffs arrives in court to hear the verdict against him september 25 in st. george , utah . jeffs , the leader and so-called prophet of the 10,000-member fundamentalist church of jesus christ of latter day saints , is now awaiting sentencing after being convicted on two counts of being an accomplice to rape . the documents , released by fifth district judge james shumate at the request of the media , also indicate that jeffs confessed to `` immorality '' with a `` sister '' and a daughter more than 30 years ago . among the documents is a competency report on jeffs completed in april , in which social worker eric nielsen wrote that throughout the month of january , jeffs refused food and drink and developed ulcers on his knees from kneeling in prayer for hours .<doc-sep>on january 28 , the report said , he attempted to hang himself in his cell . in the days following the suicide attempt , while he was on suicide watch , jeffs on separate occasions threw himself against the wall and banged his head on the wall . jail transcripts show that jeffs ' suicide attempt came three days after a visit with his brother , nephi , in which he said , `` i am not the prophet . i never was the prophet , and i have been deceived by the powers of evil ... i ask for everyone 's forgiveness . '' jeffs also told his brother : `` farewell forever . '' the day before that , jeffs told a follower in a phone conversation that he was `` covered with immorality with a sister and a daughter when i was younger . '' in the flds , members call adult women `` sister , '' and jeffs ' meaning was unclear . jeffs ' defense attorneys , who argued against the release of the documents , said in a motion opposing the unsealing of the statements that jeffs recanted them the following month . defense attorneys claim jeffs ' medical condition influenced his state of mind when the statements were made . they presented shumate with a letter from another jeffs attorney , arguing that the statements ' release could influence an arizona jury when jeffs stands trial in that state .<doc-sep>jeffs , 51 , was convicted in september of being an accomplice to rape . he was accused of using his religious influence over his followers to coerce a 14-year-old girl into marriage to her 19-year-old cousin . he faces a sentence of up to life in prison when he is sentenced november 20 . the flds -- which is not affiliated with the mainstream mormon church -- is based in the side-by-side border towns of hildale , utah , and colorado city , arizona . jeffs , a former school headmaster , is the son of the sect 's previous president and `` prophet , '' rulon jeffs , who died in 2002 . jeffs was on the fbi 's 10 most wanted fugitives list when he was arrested in august 2006 outside las vegas , nevada . critics say that inside the flds , marriages are arranged for girls as young as 13 , and competition for brides may be reduced by exiling male teens and young men . if male followers are excommunicated , critics claim , wives and children can be reassigned . during jeffs ' trial , defense attorneys claimed authorities were persecuting jeffs because of his religious beliefs , including practicing polygamy as the way to heaven .<doc-sep>if jeffs disavowed being the prophet of the flds , it could cause upheaval within the secretive sect . however , two of his followers who spoke to cnn -- although flds members usually do not talk to reporters -- said they do not believe he made the statements . `` he is a perfectly priestly man , '' said a woman who identified herself as cathy . `` he is a man of god , and we will always love him . once a prophet , always a prophet . '' her husband , patrick , told cnn , `` it 's hogwash . i do n't believe it ... i will always consider him my prophet . '' e-mail to a friend . cnn 's gary tuchman contributed to this report .<doc-sep>dallas -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- polygamist leader warren jeffs remained in critical condition in a texas hospital on tuesday , but was not in a coma and is expected to recover , state prison officials said . jeffs fell ill while fasting in a prison in palestine , texas , where he is serving a life-plus-20-year term for sexual assault , texas department of criminal justice spokesman jason clark said . but while a source familiar with jeffs ' condition told cnn monday that the leader of the fundamentalist church of jesus christ of latter-day saints was in a coma , clark said tuesday that jeffs was conscious . `` he 's somewhat sedated , but he is responsive , '' clark wrote . and michelle lyons , another press officer for the department , said jeffs `` is expected to make a full recovery . '' lyons said that in addition to not eating , he had `` bigger issues that required medical attention . '' prison officials have not elaborated on those conditions , citing inmate privacy rules . jeffs was convicted in early august of the aggravated sexual assaults of a 12-year-old girl and a 15-year-old girl he claimed were his `` spiritual wives . '' his church is a breakaway mormon sect that practices polygamy , which the mainstream mormon church renounced more than a century ago . jeffs was sent to a hospital in tyler on sunday night and was in critical but stable condition tuesday . he told officials at the powledge prison unit that he was not on a hunger strike , but had been `` fasting , '' clark said . `` while he definitely is eating and drinking some , it just was n't as much as he should , '' clark said . jeffs ' attorney , emily detoto , confirmed jeffs ' condition . jeffs was also found guilty of two counts of rape by accomplice in utah in 2007 and was sentenced to 10 years to life in prison there . he had tried to hang himself in jail while awaiting trial there , according to court documents unsealed after his trial . his church , which is believed to have about 10,000 followers , openly practiced polygamy on a ranch near eldorado , texas , and in the twin border towns of hildale , utah , and colorado city , arizona . cnn 's vivian kuo and in session 's mayra cuevas contributed to this report .<doc-sep>by . paul bentley and rachel quigley . updated : . 06:22 est , 9 august 2011 . jurors at the warren jeffs trial broke down in court today as they were played a chilling tape of the notorious polygamist instructing his child brides how to service him sexually and threatening that god would ` reject them ' if they refused to have sex with him . softly telling five girls to ` set aside all your inhibitions ' , the convicted paedophile was heard giving the young girls detailed pointers during a graphic ten-minute tape played for the texas jury . the audiotape from 2004 was played before another , made within hours of the first , in which prosecutors say jeffs can be heard having sex with all the girls at the same time . in one tape , he is heard telling the girls they ` need to be excited ' . jurors also heard him tell the girls that if they refused him in what he has dubbed the ` heavenly sessions ' , they would be ` rejected by god ' . chained : warren jeffs arriving at court today , where a twisted tape of sexual instructions he gave his child brides was played to shocked jurors . the children are said to have included a 14-year-old girl , her two sisters and one half sister . several jurors squirmed or wiped away tears during the sometimes-scratchy recording . jeffs faces up to 119 years in prison after being convicted by the same jury last week of sexually assaulting two of his brides , who were 12 and 15 . the sentencing phase of his trial is expected to finish early this week . prosecutors also displayed a page from one of jeffs ' journals . ` if the world knew what i was doing , they would hang me from the highest tree , ' he wrote in 2005 , according to one of thousands of pages of notes seized from his texas ranch . to finish off their presentation , prosecutors reverted to numbers to push home their case and try to high light the full extent of his crimes . using summary documents , they told the tom green county jurors jeffs was involved in 550 bigamous marriages , including 67 that involved under-age girls . jeffs , they said , has 78 unlawful wives , of whom 24 were under age at the time of the marriage . of his wives , 29 had previous been his stepmothers , 56 were sisters to each other , and 35 had been students at alta academy in salt lake city , where jeffs had been a teacher and principal for 22 years . pictures taken by nevada highway patrol of warren jeffs during his arrest near las vegas on august 28 , 2006 . arrest photo : a number of documents were seized from his car when he was arrested by nevada highway patrol including sunglasses , wigs , cellphones and money . the under-age wives were as young as 12 at the time of marriage , and the jury heard and saw documentation of many of the individual girls . the jury were also shown photos of the polygamist leader riding a harley-davidson motorcycle and wearing novelty t-shirts and a baseball cap with a guinness beer logo . the photos shown today during the sentencing phase of jeffs ' child sex assault trial were a contrast to the modest , conservative attired favoured by the fundamentalist church of jesus christ of latter day saints , of which the 55-year-old is the head of . other pictures introduced into evidence at the beginning of today 's session showed stacks of $ 100 bills , sunglasses , wigs and cellphones . the materials came from the cadillac escalade in which the 55-year-old flds leader was captured in 2006 , broadway testified . closing arguments begin tomorrow at 9.30 pm . stash : police photographed the contents of warren jeffs ' escalade when they arrested him in nevada in august 2006 which included stacks of money , cellphones , wigs and sunglasses . nothing to say ? : as the polygamist religious leader arrives at the tom green county courthouse , his yellow legal pad is completely empty .<doc-sep>las vegas , nevada -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- polygamist sect leader warren jeffs was released from a hospital in las vegas , nevada on wednesday , a source close to the case told cnn . jailed polygamist sect leader warren jeffs , seen in september , has been hospitalized in las vegas . authorities took jeffs from an arizona jail to a nevada hospital on tuesday after he saying he looked feverish and was `` acting in a convulsive manner , and looked in a very weakened state . '' doctors there determined he should go to a larger facility , so jeffs was flown to the sunrise medical center in las vegas . sheriff tom sheahan of mohave county , arizona said before jeffs ' release that his condition was not believed to be life-threatening . further details about his release on wednesday were unavailable . sheahan said he is trying to get information about jeffs ' condition . watch how authorities are mum about jeffs ''<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- polygamist leader warren jeffs is not only running the fundamentalist church of jesus christ of latter day saints , but he has also ousted at least 45 high-ranking members he considered a threat to his leadership , two well-placed sources tell cnn . those who have been kicked out of the church -- all men -- are not allowed to return to their wives or children , the sources said . jeffs , scheduled to go to trial this year on sexual assault and bigamy charges , is running the affairs of the church from his jail cell in texas , the sources said . jeffs gave up control of the splinter sect that advocates plural marriages , including marriages that involve girls younger than 18 , after he was convicted in 2007 of rape as accomplice . that conviction was overturned last year . sources within the church tell cnn that the man who replaced jeffs as business head of the church , wendell nielsen , has been removed and that jeffs has signed documents retaking control of flds . also removed are willie jessup , jeffs ' one-time bodyguard who served as the spokesman for the church after a raid on its texas compound ; and david zitting , the mayor of hildale , utah , a town in which the population consists almost entirely of members of the church . the flds splintered from the mormon church more than a century ago when mormons renounced the practice of polygamy . jeffs ' church is believed to have about 10,000 followers . critics of the flds say underage girls are forced into `` spiritual '' plural marriages with older men and are sexually abused . sect members have denied sexual abuse . texas prosecutors filed charges against jeffs in 2008 after authorites raided the sect 's yearning for zion ranch in el dorado , texas . they removed 400 children . authorities feared they had been sexually abused . while some of the men at the ranch were charged with sexual abuse , most of the children were later returned to their families . jeffs was eventually extradited from utah to texas . he was arraigned on the texas charges in december in tom green county .

<t> documents say after suicide attempt , jeffs repeatedly banged head on cell wall . </t> <t> transcripts say jeffs confessed to `` immorality , '' said he is not `` the prophet '' </t> <t> jeffs ' attorneys say he has recanted statements . </t> <t> jeffs due to be sentenced november 20 on accomplice to rape charge . </t>

polygamist jeffs tried to hang himself in jail , documents say<T>

-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- one australian soldier , three civilians and taliban militants were killed early friday during heavy fighting in southern afghanistan , according to information from australian and nato officials . four australian troops have now died in the conflict in afghanistan .<doc-sep>the incident occurred in tarin kowt in uruzgan province , where taliban militants killed an australian commando , the australian defence ministry said . the 26-year-old commando -- pvt. luke worsley of sydney -- served with the special operations task group . this is the fourth australian troop to die in the afghan conflict .<doc-sep>`` the action in which private worsley died only concluded in the last few hours and was characterized by heavy , close quarter fighting . the sotg was conducting an operation to clear an identified taliban bomb making facility in uruzgan province , when the soldier was hit by small arms fire , '' chief of the defence force air chief marshal angus houston said . nato 's international security assistance force said `` a significant number of taliban insurgents were killed or captured as part of the operation . taliban insurgents initiated the firefight which lasted several hours . ''<doc-sep>gen. carlos branco , isaf spokesman , said it is not known how the civilians , two women and a child , died . `` however , we do know that the insurgents fired upon isaf soldiers from the compound in which the afghan civilians -lrb- two women and one child -rrb- were found after the fight . isaf makes all effort to prevent losses of innocent civilian lives . '' e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>the incident occurred in tarin kowt in uruzgan province , where taliban militants killed an australian commando , the australian defence ministry said . the 26-year-old commando -- pvt. luke worsley of sydney -- served with the special operations task group . this is the fourth australian troop to die in the afghan conflict .<doc-sep>` we do n't know a great deal about the details as yet but i certainly extend sympathy to the family and friends of the soldier whose life has been lost . our feelings are with the family , ' he said . deputy prime minister warren truss described the incident as tragic considering australia 's engagement in afghanistan had largely ended . australia has now ended involvement in combat operations in afghanistan but some 400 personnel remain in a variety of jobs , including headquarters staff and afghan national army mentors . there 's also a significant security presence to guard against both taliban or insider attacks . the last australian soldier to die in afghanistan was another commando , corporal cameron baird , killed on june 22 , 2013 and subsequently awarded the victoria cross . when asked about post-traumatic stress disorder in the defence force , air chief marshal binskin said : ' i am confident in what defence does in the mental health space ' . in 2013 , former middle east commander , retired major general john cantwell , warned of a looming tsunami of ptsd among those who have served in recent operations . australia has now ended involvement in combat operations in afghanistan but some 400 personnel remain in a variety of jobs , including headquarters staff and afghan national army mentors .<doc-sep>he was posted to what is now the 2nd commando regiment , serving in afghanistan on tours ranging from two weeks to six months . at the time of his death , lance corporal chidgey was part of the protective security detachment providing protection for a senior australian officer . the lance corporal was found by colleagues in an administration building at the kabul base with the gunshot wound about 2pm on tuesday -lrb- file photo -rrb- . he is the 41st australian soldier to die in afghanistan . australia has now ended involvement in combat operations in afghanistan but about 400 personnel remain in a variety of jobs , including headquarters staff and afghan national army mentors . lance corporal chidgey is survived by his mother , father , brothers and partner . defence force chief mark binskin on wednesday said after the incident he soldier was taken to a nearby medical facility for emergency treatment . ` sadly , the soldier 's injuries were too severe and he later died surrounded by his mates , ' he said . defence force chief mark binskin would not reveal what happened to the solider but he is australia 's 41st soldier to die in afghanistan . the base was in lock down last night so evidence could be collected and the defence force has since launched an investigation . ` it is critical that we let this investigation take its course , to examine the evidence and establish the facts rather than to speculate about the details or circumstances surrounding the incident , ' air chief marshal binskin said . defence offered its condolences to the soldier 's family and friends . so did deputy prime minister warren truss who described the incident as tragic considering australia 's engagement in afghanistan had largely ended . ` we do n't know a great deal about the details as yet but i certainly extend sympathy to the family and friends of the soldier whose life has been lost . our feelings are with the family , ' he said . deputy prime minister warren truss described the incident as tragic considering australia 's engagement in afghanistan had largely ended . australia has now ended involvement in combat operations in afghanistan but some 400 personnel remain in a variety of jobs , including headquarters staff and afghan national army mentors . there 's also a significant security presence to guard against both taliban or insider attacks . the last australian soldier to die in afghanistan was another commando , corporal cameron baird , killed on june 22 , 2013 and subsequently awarded the victoria cross . when asked about post-traumatic stress disorder in the defence force , air chief marshal binskin said : ' i am confident in what defence does in the mental health space ' . in 2013 , former middle east commander , retired major general john cantwell , warned of a looming tsunami of ptsd among those who have served in recent operations . australia has now ended involvement in combat operations in afghanistan but some 400 personnel remain in a variety of jobs , including headquarters staff and afghan national army mentors .<doc-sep>the decorated soldier was born in gosford , nsw and joined the australian defence force in 2006 . he was posted to what is now the 2nd commando regiment , serving in afghanistan on tours ranging from two weeks to six months . at the time of his death , lance corporal chidgey was part of the protective security detachment providing protection for a senior australian officer . the lance corporal was found by colleagues in an administration building at the kabul base with the gunshot wound about 2pm on tuesday -lrb- file photo -rrb- . he is the 41st australian soldier to die in afghanistan . lance corporal chidgey 's colleagues found him in an administration building with a gunshot wound around 2pm afghanistan time on tuesday . he was taken to the nearby medical facility for emergency medical treatment but later died surrounded by his comrades . an investigation is underway into the circumstances surrounding his death . australia has now ended involvement in combat operations in afghanistan but about 400 personnel remain in a variety of jobs , including headquarters staff and afghan national army mentors .

<t> taliban militants kill australian commando in southern afghanistan . </t> <t> he was shot during operation to clear taliban bomb making facility in uruzgan . </t> <t> this is the fourth australian soldier to die in the conflict in afghanistan . </t> <t> several militants killed and a coalition troop injured in other fighting in southeast . </t>

australian commando killed in afghan fight<T>

algiers , algeria -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- rescuers are sifting through the rubble of the united nations headquarters in algiers hoping to find survivors after a powerful bomb ripped off the building 's facade and leveled nearby u.n. offices . rescuers and bomb experts search for survivors in the rubble of a destroyed building . it was one of two suspected car bombs that struck algiers within 10 minutes of each other . the death toll is unclear : the official government count is at least 26 , but hospital sources in algiers told cnn affiliate bfm-tv that 76 people were killed in the two blasts . a statement from the united nations said 45 people were reported killed . algerian interior minister noureddine yazid zerhouni blamed a militant islamic group with ties to al qaeda for the attacks , which also targeted a building housing algeria 's constitutional council and supreme court . in a posting on an islamist web site , the group al qaeda islamic maghreb claimed responsibility . cnn could not immediately corroborate that claim , but the web site is known to carry messages , claims and videos from al qaeda and other militant groups . in the posting , the bombers were identified as sheikh ibrahim abu othman and abdel rahman abu abdel nasser al-asimi . it said two trucks were filled with `` no less than 800 kg -lrb- 1,763 pounds -rrb- of explosives . '' the group called the operation `` another successful conquest and a second epic that the knights of faith have dictated with their blood , defending the wounded islamic nation and in defiance to the crusaders and their agents , the slaves of america and the sons of france . ''<doc-sep>at least 10 u.n. staffers were among those killed , according to u.n. spokeswoman marie okabe . the offices of the un high commissioner for refugees -- located across the street from the u.n. headquarters -- were leveled by a blast that struck about 9:30 a.m. -lrb- 3:30 a.m. et -rrb- tuesday . `` our offices are basically destroyed now , nothing works , '' unhcr spokesman ron redmond said from its geneva headquarters . watch his full interview . he said rescuers are working into the night trying to get to the trapped u.n. workers . `` it 's a very serious situation still with the u.n. in algiers , '' he said . in a strongly worded statement , u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon condemned what he called `` an abjectly cowardly strike against civilian officials serving humanity 's highest ideals under the u.n. banner . '' `` the perpetrators of these crimes will not escape the strongest possible condemnation -- and ultimate punishment -- by algerian authorities and the international community , '' ban said in the written statement . he said he has sent senior advisers and other top u.n. officials to head to algiers to assist in the investigation and rescue effort . most of those killed in the coordinated attacks were victims of the first suspected car bombing near the constitutional council -- which oversees elections -- and supreme court in the algiers neighborhood of ben aknoun , according to the state-run algeria press agency . that blast struck a bus outside the targeted building , killing many of those on board , the news agency reported .<doc-sep>one man said he heard the first blast then the second exploded in front of him . `` i saw the trees falling and the glass shattering in front of me . i had to run away from the car , '' he said . zerhouni said the attack was the work of the salafist group for preaching and combat -lrb- gspc -rrb- , the same group that took responsibility for an attack in april in downtown algiers that killed 33 people . that group also uses the name al qaeda islamic maghreb after merging with al qaeda earlier this year . it abandoned small-scale attacks in favor of headline-grabbing blasts after it joined with al qaeda . cnn international security correspondent paula newton said the merger combined the expertise of algerian guerrillas with the operational ability of al qaeda in north africa , enabling the group to penetrate the usually extensive security in high-profile areas of algiers . she said the group 's goal is to destabilize countries like algeria , morocco and tunisia , which it sees as enemies of the islamic state . zerhouni said police interrogations of gspc members arrested in the wake of the april attack revealed that algeria 's constitutional council and supreme court were on a list of gspc targets . algeria , which has a population of 33 million , is still recovering from more than a decade of violence that began after the military government called a halt to elections which an islamist party was poised to win . tens of thousands of people died in the unrest . although the country has remained relatively peaceful , recent terrorist attacks have raised fears of a slide back to violence . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>algiers , algeria -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- rescuers are sifting through the rubble of the united nations headquarters in algiers hoping to find survivors after a powerful bomb ripped off the building 's facade and leveled nearby u.n. offices . rescuers and bomb experts search for survivors in the rubble of a destroyed building . it was one of two suspected car bombs that struck algiers within 10 minutes of each other . the death toll is unclear : the official government count is at least 26 , but hospital sources in algiers told cnn affiliate bfm-tv that 76 people were killed in the two blasts . a statement from the united nations said 45 people were reported killed . algerian interior minister noureddine yazid zerhouni blamed a militant islamic group with ties to al qaeda for the attacks , which also targeted a building housing algeria 's constitutional council and supreme court . in a posting on an islamist web site , the group al qaeda islamic maghreb claimed responsibility . cnn could not immediately corroborate that claim , but the web site is known to carry messages , claims and videos from al qaeda and other militant groups . in the posting , the bombers were identified as sheikh ibrahim abu othman and abdel rahman abu abdel nasser al-asimi . it said two trucks were filled with `` no less than 800 kg -lrb- 1,763 pounds -rrb- of explosives . '' the group called the operation `` another successful conquest and a second epic that the knights of faith have dictated with their blood , defending the wounded islamic nation and in defiance to the crusaders and their agents , the slaves of america and the sons of france . '' at least 10 u.n. staffers were among those killed , according to u.n. spokeswoman marie okabe . the offices of the un high commissioner for refugees -- located across the street from the u.n. headquarters -- were leveled by a blast that struck about 9:30 a.m. -lrb- 3:30 a.m. et -rrb- tuesday . `` our offices are basically destroyed now , nothing works , '' unhcr spokesman ron redmond said from its geneva headquarters . watch his full interview . he said rescuers are working into the night trying to get to the trapped u.n. workers . `` it 's a very serious situation still with the u.n. in algiers , '' he said .<doc-sep>british aid workers were last night involved in a desperate search for survivors after landslides destroyed a remote town in afghanistan , killing an estimated 2,100 people . the team from the department for international development -lrb- dfid -rrb- joined forces with united nations and red crescent workers after torrents of mud and earth swept through the town of aab barik in badakshan province in north eastern afghanistan on friday . the deadly landslides , which followed days of heavy rain , also left 4,000 people requiring shelter and food . the dfid team is providing the homeless with tents , clean water and medical supplies . scroll down for video . search : villagers in argu , afgnaistan were seen today digging through debris for traces of their relatives and homes . struggle : only villagers armed with basic tools kept up the search , as officials in the disaster zone focussed on helping survivors . no hope : more than 2,100 deaths were confirmed , as rescuers gave up hope of pulling anybody from the destruction alive . displaced : some 4,000 people have been left with nowhere to live as a result of the ladndslide . depths : the village has been covered with as much as 300ft of mud , prompting the use of heavy machinery . villagers prepare to search for survivors of a landslide in the argo district of badakhshan , afghanistan which has trapped more than 2,000 people . shovelling : desperate villagers kept up the search after official rescuers turned their attention to helping survivors . international development secretary .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- rescuers in china had pulled a total of 31 bodies from the wreckage from a landslide the size of a small town that rushed down a mountain earlier in the week . state-run cctv reported on friday that the number of people missing in and around the city of dujiangyan was 166 , up from 107 the previous day . the flooding that caused the landslide has destroyed 5,100 houses and damaged another 90,000 . rescuers continued digging through the debris in search of survivors and victims . the forecast calls for less rain , which should make the search easier .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- rescuers were scheduled to resume their search friday morning for survivors of a ferry that sank off the tanzanian island of zanzibar , killing 60 people and leaving more than 80 people unaccounted for , the red cross said . as night fell thursday , crews halted their search until the next morning , the red cross said . the vessel with about 290 people aboard -- including 31 children -- capsized near zanzibar on wednesday , according to a spokesman for the agency 's office in tanzania . about 145 people have been found alive , and rescue operations are ongoing , said raymond kanyambo , a spokesman for the agency . rescuers search for bodies after indian ferry disaster . authorities intensified efforts thursday by using army helicopters , government troops and boats .

<t> two bombs explode in algerian capital near government and u.n. buildings . </t> <t> algeria blames group linked to al qaeda . </t> <t> official death toll is 26 , but some sources say as high as 76 . </t> <t> u.n. officials say five of its staff killed and 14 missing . </t>

rescuers search for bomb survivors<T>

-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- as part of an effort to share the best practices of modern business among organizations across the globe , cnn is talking to some of the world 's top executives . in line with this , cnn will be hosting three events looking at modern strategies in today 's business arena . the first of these master classes will be based at the china europe international business school in shanghai and will be aired november 10 and 11 . one of the guests at the event will be howard schultz , chairman of the international coffee shop chain starbucks . he will be part of a live discussion at the master class and will take questions that you , the cnn audience , put to him . as the head of a coffee empire that now boasts over 12,000 stores and recorded revenues in 2006 of $ 7.8 billion , schultz is well equipped to tackle questions on the best ways to succeed in today 's business world . the cnn boardroom master classes will take place in the homes of the world 's largest stock markets -- shanghai , new york and london . it airs on november10 at 2115 and november 11 at 0115 & 1615 hkt . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>` this is undoubtedly the best view i have seen in my 58 years as a real estate agent . ' selling billy bridges said . the property is described as ` world-class , ' a residence with ` exceptional layout and first-class facilities ' that offer the ultimate home and corporate office suite in the very heart of sydney . it has a private lift foyer which opens in to the more than 586sqm apartment , housing a sequence of living areas and a dedicated accommodation wing wrapped in breathtaking views over the harbour and city . outside on the balcony is seidler 's signature wave-shaped terrace that features high-end custom finishes . among the grandiose designs of the modern interior is a home theatre , marble bathrooms , wine cellar and crestron home automation . there is also parking for six cars and state-of-the-art security . if your looking for somewhere to sleep you can choose between one of four bedrooms , including a large master with en-suite . there is also an enormous dine-in kitchen , boardroom and caterer 's kitchen . david walsh is a philanthropist , gambler and art lover who built australia 's acclaimed museum of old and new art -lrb- mona -rrb- gallery in hobart . the apartment , in darlinghurst , is on the top floor of the harry seidler designed horizon building . there is wrap-around views of the city skyline and across to sydney harbour .<doc-sep>along with paying the price for its plush interior , the willing buyer will also get to snap up some acclaimed pieces of art which walsh is leaving to the apartment 's new owners . it is understood their is a watercolour tryptich by john olsen and a large contemporary oil painting by sydney artist michael johnson hanging inside . if the price is right for walsh , and he sells it for $ 16 million , it will be just $ 1 million shy of an incredible windfall he was involved in as part of a betting syndicate which won $ 17 million on the 2009 melbourne cup . his gambling pursuits over the years , however , landed him in hot water with the australian taxation office when he was told to pay $ 37 million back to the ato because of the money he made from gambling . the outstanding debt was resolved in 2012 . the mona , or museum of old and new art , opened in january 2011 as and won the 2012 australian tourism award for best new development . there is four bedrooms in the penthouse , including a master with en suite and own balcony that has views across to the city . as well as having all the essentials , there is also an enormous dine-in kitchen , a boardroom and caterer ¿ s kitchen .<doc-sep>by . margot peppers . published : . 10:14 est , 25 april 2013 . | . updated : . 10:14 est , 25 april 2013 . it would appear that not all students at the parsons new school for design were thrilled to hear that john galliano would soon be teaching a master class there . a change.org petition , which has garnered over 250 signatures , asks that the new york design college refuse to accept the controversial designer , who has sparked outrage in the past for his anti-semitic remarks . the petition states : ` hiring someone who has made such horrific comments shows that the school values galliano over their entire jewish student body . ' taking a stand : students at parsons school of design have launched a petition against the hiring of john galliano -lrb- pictured -rrb- to teach a master class . the designer was arrested in 2011 for anti-semitic remarks .<doc-sep>to qualify for funding from the engineering and physical sciences research council , universities must prove they are conducting world class research . the university of oxford master 's degree in software and security systems , edinburgh napier university 's msc in advanced security and digital forensics , the university of lancaster 's master in cyber security and royal holloway university of london 's msc in information security were all accredited by gchq . a further two , cranfield university 's master in cyber defence and the university of surrey 's msc in information security , have been granted provisional certification . a spokesperson from gchq said it marked a significant step in the development of the uk 's knowledge , skills and capability in all fields of cyber security . chris ensor , deputy director for the national technical authority for information assurance at gchq said : ` as the national technical authority for information assurance , gchq recognises the critical role academia plays in developing the uk 's skill and knowledge base . ` i 'd like to congratulate the universities which have been recognised as offering a master 's degree which covers the broad range of subjects that underpin a good understanding of cyber security . '

<t> cnn will host three boardroom master classes with business experts . </t> <t> the first event will feature starbucks chairman howard schultz . </t> <t> schultz will take e-mail and video questions from the cnn audience . </t>

the boardroom master class<T>

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 .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the toyota-owned fuji international speedway circuit will stop hosting the japanese grand prix from next year -- the track operators have announced . the toyota-owned fuji circuit will not be hosting the japanese grand prix due to financial concerns . fuji speedway hosted the formula one race in 2007 and 2008 . the race is set to return to the honda-owned suzuka circuit this year , and was due back at fuji for the 2010 race -- as the 16th leg of the 18-race formula one series . the two venues were originally due to alternate hosting the japanese grand prix but , due to the current downturn in the global economy , fuji speedway have confirmed they will no longer host the event .<doc-sep>fuji speedway opened in 1965 . it staged f1 races in 1976 and in 1977 , when a spectator and steward died after a ferrari driven by gilles villeneuve ploughed into the crowd . `` we decided it would be extremely difficult to continue holding the f1 japanese grand prix in view of sharply deteriorating business conditions and few signs of a rapid economic recovery , '' fuji international speedway said in a statement . `` i apologize deeply for being unable to live up to expectations . it is truly heartbreaking , '' hiroaki kato , president of the the company that runs the circuit , told reporters . kato said the economic downturn was causing a dramatic fall in the number of people attending motor sports events as the world 's second-largest economy struggles through its worst recession since world war ii . `` we are afraid that unless we circuit operators and promoters grit our teeth and support domestic motorsports , it will not be able to keep on going , '' he added .<doc-sep>` hopefully today has made it impossible for them to beat . it has been exceptional . ' the record - breaking convoy took ferrari and the ferrari owners club of great britain more than nine months to organise . peter everingham , secretary of the ferrari owners club for the past 20 years , was at the front of the pack . he said : ` it was a unique experience to be in the course car ahead of more than 900 other ferraris . ` it is something that might never happen again and i am so proud to have been involved in the event . ` the enthusiasm from everyone was palpable , the whole feeling was extraordinary . ' in 2007 , ferrari managed to get 385 models onto silverstone at a racing day to set a record . but this was beaten the following year when the ferrari owners club in japan achieved 490 cars at the fuji speedway circuit . for every car which took part , ferrari donated # 5 to ` ben ' , the automotive industry charity .<doc-sep>` we were just able to map the fact there is an anomaly in the partly pressurised region , so the volcanic risk in that region is higher . ' ` i ca n't tell about future eruptions , but what i can say is we are expecting a new earthquake rather close to mount fuji . ` within 100 kilometres a large earthquake is expected . ` if there were this large earthquake close , again the risk would be very high of having an eruption . ' in 2011 japan was rocked by a magnitude 9 earthquake named tohoko , the most powerful in the country 's recorded history , which together with a tsunami killed more than 15,000 people and caused upwards of # 20.2 billion -lrb- $ 34.6 billion -rrb- in damage . the last time mount fuji erupted was on 16 december 1707 , and that eruption was preceded by the violent 8.7-magnitude hoei earthquake 49 days before . it spread ash of varying levels across east japan -lrb- shown -rrb- . the researchers say no eruption is imminent at the moment , however . the findings were made using 800 seismic sensors and recording fluctuations underground that can map geological disturbances . the new method thus enabled the scientists to observe the anomalies caused by the perturbations from the earthquake in volcanic regions under pressure . mount fuji , which exhibits the greatest anomaly , is probably under great pressure , although no eruption has yet followed the tohoku earthquake . the last time mount fuji erupted was on 16 december 1707 , and that eruption was preceded by the violent 8.7-magnitude hoei earthquake 49 days before . with regards to the 2011 earthquake on 11 march , it was followed by a 6.4 magnitude quake four days later . this confirmed the criticial state of mounti fuji to the researchers . they add , however , that there is no need for evacuation or any other drastic measures in japan yet , although caution must be taken .

<t> re-designed fuji speedway to host its first japanese grand prix since 1977 . </t> <t> suzuka to alternate with fuji from 2009 . </t> <t> computer models used to prepare teams for the unfamiliar circuit . </t>

fuji : preparing for 2007 's new circuit<T>

new albany , indiana -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- president bush vetoed a $ 600 billion spending bill tuesday , accusing democratic leaders of wasting money and plotting tax increases , then took his budget fight with congress on the road . congress should cut spending `` and send me a responsible measure that i can sign into law , '' president bush said . `` the majority was elected on a pledge of fiscal responsibility , but so far , it 's acting like a teenager with a new credit card , '' he said in a speech in new albany , indiana . the bill -- which bush said was laden with $ 10 billion in `` pork '' -- would have funded the departments of labor , education , and health and human services . it also would have funded projects such as a prison museum , a sailing school and a program to teach portuguese . `` congress needs to cut out that pork , reduce the spending and send me a responsible measure that i can sign into law , '' the president said . watch a report on the veto '' while polls show bush 's popularity remains at near-record lows , congress ranks even lower as a whole . the president has taken numerous opportunities to mock the spending habits of the democratic leadership and force confrontations over the appropriations bills needed to fund the government for the 2008 budget year , which began october 1 . the bill bush vetoed tuesday includes about $ 150 billion to run those departments and more than $ 450 billion in mandatory spending on medicare and medicaid , the federal health care programs for the elderly and poor , according to the house appropriations committee . the committee 's chairman , rep. david obey , called bush 's veto `` not responsible and not credible . '' `` this is a bipartisan bill supported by over 50 republicans , '' obey , d-wisconsin , said in a statement issued after the veto . `` there has been virtually no criticism of its contents . it is clear the only reason the president vetoed this bill is pure politics . '' bush said democrats are supporting $ 22 billion in additional spending beyond his budget proposals this year and $ 205 billion over five years -- money he said would ultimately be raised by tax increases . `` when the bill for all that spending comes due , congress is going to turn to the working people , to the small-business owners and the entrepreneurs , '' he said .<doc-sep>tuesday 's veto is the fifth cast since democrats took control of congress in 2006 . congress has overridden one of those , voting last week to authorize $ 23 billion in water projects nationwide over the president 's objections . democrats will schedule another override vote this week , an aide to house majority leader steny hoyer said . but antonia ferrier , spokeswoman for house republican whip roy blunt , said bush 's gop allies are confident they will be able to sustain the veto . bush signed a $ 470 billion pentagon spending bill that covers the defense department 's normal operations , but democrats split $ 50 billion in spending for the wars in iraq and afghanistan off into a `` bridge fund '' to which they plan to attach demands for bush to withdraw u.s. combat troops . the measure sets up another confrontation with the white house . bush also demanded congress reform the alternative minimum tax -- a measure originally aimed at preventing the wealthy from evading taxes , but one that increasingly affects middle-class earners -- without raising additional revenue . he said a plan proposed by rep. charles rangel , the democratic chairman of the house ways and means committee , to eliminate the tax was unacceptable . `` preventing a tax increase in one area should not be an excuse for raising taxes in other areas , '' he said . `` congress should eliminate the tax increases in the bill and send the amt relief to my desk as soon as possible . '' the elimination of the tax would cause an estimated $ 800 billion to be lost over 10 years . to replace that , rangel 's bill would add a 4 percent surtax on individual incomes over $ 100,000 , after deductions , and close corporate tax loopholes . the bill also would cut rates for many individual and corporate taxpayers . republicans have already started calling it `` the mother of all tax increases . '' `` with all the other pressures on our economy , raising taxes is one of the most unwise things congress could possibly do , '' bush said . bush acknowledged the difficulties americans face from high fuel prices , a `` challenged '' housing market and `` uncertainty '' in financial markets stemming from the collapse of the subprime mortgage market -- `` but as we have seen in recent years , this economy is resilient , and that 's important for the american people to understand . '' e-mail to a friend . cnn 's deirdre walsh contributed to this report .<doc-sep>in his veto message , bush complained that congress added about $ 8 billion in projects to the bill in committee after each house had passed its own version . `` american taxpayers should not be asked to support a pork-barrel system of federal authorization and funding where a project 's merit is an afterthought , '' he said . in a statement issued after thursday 's vote , the white house said , `` no one is surprised that this veto was overridden . '' but , white house spokeswoman emily lawrimore said in the statement , `` it 's obvious that the bill does n't make difficult choices and does n't set spending priorities . we do n't believe it 's a responsible way to budget . '' bush 's veto of the water projects bill was the fifth veto of his presidency . all of those came in his second term , according to senate data . bush has vetoed fewer bills than any president since james a. garfield , who issued no vetoes during his seven months in office in 1881 . congress unsuccessfully attempted to override three of the president 's previous four vetoes . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>the bill wraps together 11 of the 12 government spending bills for 2008 -- except for that of the department of defense , which was already funded . facing a president determined to keep spending in check and a unified republican minority in the house and senate , democrats have been stymied at nearly every turn in their attempts to increase spending on their domestic priorities . fearing a politically dangerous government shutdown , democratic leaders ultimately gave in to bush 's top line number and trimmed $ 22 billion from the measure . but democrats stemmed their losses somewhat by shifting some funding from the president 's priorities to their own . and they added billions more above bush 's top line in `` emergency '' funding for veterans health care , california fires , border security and more . the government spending watchdog group taxpayers for common sense , which scrambled monday to pore over the nearly 1,500-page bill that was made public late sunday night , said it has identified almost 9,000 earmarks worth $ 7.4 billion . many of the earmarks avoided normal congressional scrutiny and were `` airdropped '' -- or slipped in without going through normal committee consideration -- into the final bill , the group said . but sen. robert byrd , d-west virginia , chairman of the budget-writing appropriations committee , said the spending plan represents a dramatic decrease in pork-barrel projects from the one approved by bush two years ago -- when republicans controlled congress .<doc-sep>washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- congress voted to halt planned cuts in medicare payments to doctors tuesday , overriding president bush 's veto in a battle that pitted health insurers against physicians . president bush says he objects to the bill because it takes choices `` away from seniors to pay physicians . '' the new law stops a 10.6 percent cut in medicare payments to doctors , part of a scheduled cost-saving formula that went into effect july 1 . the money for the doctors will be taken from the government-subsidized medicare advantage program , which the bush administration strongly supports . bush spiked the bill tuesday , telling lawmakers they would be `` taking choices away from seniors to pay physicians . '' `` i urge the congress to send me a bill that reduces the growth in medicare spending , increases competition and efficiency , implements principles of value-driven health care and appropriately offsets increases in physician spending , '' he said in his veto message . the senate voted 70-26 to enact the law over bush 's objections , the third time in his presidency that congress has overridden his veto . the margin in the house of representatives was a lopsided 383-41 , well beyond the two-thirds majority needed .<doc-sep>washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- congress enacted a $ 300 billion farm bill thursday over president bush 's objections , but questions remain about whether a clerical error will keep the bill from going into effect . congress voted to override president bush 's veto of a $ 300 billion farm bill . the senate voted 82-13 to override the president 's veto of the bill thursday , a day after the house voted 316-108 to override the veto . both override votes exceeded the two-thirds majority required by the constitution . a portion of the bill , however , remains in legal limbo . before the house override vote wednesday night , lawmakers discovered that the version sent to the white house last week was missing a part . the discovery raises questions about whether that section of the bill , which dealt with authorized trade and food aid , would become law . the discovery of the missing section , `` title iii , '' prompted concerns from house republicans that the override vote was improper . democrats said the matter stemmed from a clerical error . but republicans pounced on the `` fiasco , '' which they said would require a temporary extension of the current farm bill . `` what 's happened here raises serious constitutional questions -- very serious , '' said minority leader john boehner , r-ohio . `` i do n't see how we can proceed with the override as it occurred . '' however , house speaker nancy pelosi said thursday that the override votes in both chambers of congress would allow the sections of the bill that were sent to the president to become law . `` so , the farm bill minus title iii would be enacted '' after the override votes , pelosi said . `` but i 'm optimistic that we will be able to get title iii as well , either on its own or by sending the full bill again . '' `` obviously , we want the complete bill . but ... we have obviously consulted with those who are expert on the constitution and congressional action and presidential signatures , vetoes and overrides . '' in order to start the process of title iii to become law , the house passed the entire farm bill again thursday by a vote of 306-110 . it is unclear what the senate will do . it could pass the entire bill again , as the house did , or it could pass the portion not sent to the president as a free-standing bill . two-thirds of the $ 300 billion in spending for the farm bill would go for nutrition programs such as food stamps . another $ 40 billion would go toward farm subsidies , and $ 30 billion is allocated for payments to farms to keep land idle and other environmental programs . after vetoing the farm bill , bush said it `` continues subsidies for the wealthy and increases farm-bill spending by more than $ 20 billion , while using budget gimmicks to hide much of the increase . '' the president said it would hurt efforts to improve american farmers ' access to overseas markets . congress has passed one bill over bush 's objections : a $ 23 billion water-project legislation that the president vetoed in 2007 . cnn 's deirdre walsh and ted barrett contributed to this report .

<t> bush says most of congress `` acting like a teenager with a new credit card '' </t> <t> bill would have funded agencies , but also a prison museum , sailing school . </t> <t> house panel chairman : bush 's veto `` not responsible and not credible '' </t> <t> democrats to schedule override vote , but bush gop allies confident about veto . </t>

bush vetoes spending bill , tells congress to cut the pork<T>

nyon , switzerland -- celtic have been fined $ 50,800 by uefa and ac milan 's dida has been banned for two matches after the incident which saw a pitch-invading supporter approach the brazilian goalkeeper in last week 's champions league match at celtic park . dida 's theatrical over-reaction has resulted in uefa suspending him for two matches . the incident occurred when the scottish side beat milan 2-1 in glasgow . a fan ran onto the field in the 90th minute , soon after the home side scored their winning goal , and made what appeared to be minimal contact with dida . the milan goalkeeper turned to chase the supporter before dropping to the ground . he was carried off the field on a stretcher and replaced . dida 's theatrical over-reaction has cost him severely -- but celtic may choose not to complain about their own punishment , with half of their fine suspended for two years . uefa did have the power to change the result of the match , although that was always unlikely .<doc-sep>uefa 's control and disciplinary body found celtic guilty of charges of `` lack of organisation and improper conduct of supporters '' , while dida was found to have breached uefa 's `` principles of loyalty , integrity and sportsmanship '' . milan have pledged to appeal against the punishment , which as it stands means he will miss the club 's champions league games against shakhtar donetsk . `` it 's a suspension that is absolutely excessive , '' said milan lawyer leandro cantamessa . `` it seems to us a very , very unbalanced sentence . it turns dida into the protagonist of the incident , whereas the protagonist was someone else , and that 's not right from a logical point of view . '' celtic acted swiftly to punish the 27-year-old supporter , who turned himself in and has since admitted a breach of the peace in court and will be sentenced next month . the club banned the fan for life from all their matches , home and away . celtic chief executive peter lawwell said : `` as a club we feel this penalty is proportionate to the incident in question and a fair outcome . '' e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>london , england -- milan goalkeeper dida has been cleared to play in next month 's champions league match at shakhtar donetsk after partially winning his appeal to uefa against a two-match ban . dida has had one game of his two-match ban suspended for a year following an appeal to uefa . brazilian dida was also fined 60,000 swiss francs by european football 's ruling body following an incident involving a supporter during the champions clash against celtic in scotland on october 3 . the 34-year-old brazilian was initially banned for two games for his theatrics following a celtic fan 's encroachment onto the pitch during the 2-1 defeat at celtic park . `` following monday 's appeals hearing , dida is suspended for two matches , but one of the matches will now be deferred for a probationary period of one year , '' said a stement on uefa 's web site . dida sits out the home tie against shakhtar on wednesday after an inquiry based on article 5 , paragraph 1 of the uefa disciplinary regulations -lrb- principles of conduct -rrb- , under which `` member associations , clubs , as well as their players , officials and members , shall conduct themselves according to the principles of loyalty , integrity and sportsmanship '' . however , dida will only serve the second match of his ban if he commits a similar offense -- a theatrical over-reaction -- during the next 12 months , freeing him for the trip to ukraine . uefa said that their appeals body `` took note that dida expressed his sincere regrets as regards his conduct during the match . '' ac milan vice-president adriano galliani was satisfied with uefa 's decision . `` i believe it is fair -- i was against the two-game suspension but one seems ok . `` dida has made a mistake but his error did not hinder anyone , not celtic , nor any player , '' said galliani . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>brown , who has been passed fit for scotland 's euro 2008 qualifier against italy , said straight after the benfica match : `` he obviously tried to do me as hard as possible . '' it is the second time that uefa has had to intervene following an incident involving celtic this season . ac milan keeper dida was handed a two-match ban , subsequently reduced to one on appeal , after collapsing theatrically when a fan of the scottish club invaded the pitch and lightly slapped the brazilian in the face . celtic were fined $ 50,000 and barred the supporter for life . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>in april , inter milan were fined nearly $ 60,000 by european governing body uefa after its fans were found guilty of `` improper conduct '' in chants directed towards tottenham hotspur striker emmanuel adebayor . two months earlier , lazio received its fourth charge of racist behavior this season -- with roma 's city rivals having been fined nearly $ 300,000 after repeated fan transgressions . in may , fifa adopted tougher penalties for racist behavior during its congress in mauritius . punishments for first offenses bring a warning , fine or clubs being forced to play games in empty stadiums . a second offense , or one deemed `` serious , '' could result in demotion , a deduction of points or expulsion from a tournament . fifa also confirmed that any individual found guilty of racist chanting will be suspended for at least five matches . according to uefa guidelines , which are adhered to by all professional clubs in europe , there is a three-step procedure for abandoning games if they are marred by racist chanting . first , the referee should halt the contest and ask for announcements to be made over the public address system . the second step would be to suspend the match for a given period of time and , finally , abandon it .<doc-sep>dida and her older sister , claire , survived after the killers launched a grenade . `` she was sleeping in front of me , and her blood was all over over me , and they thought we were both dead . that night she took me to walk , '' dida says . days later on the dangerous journey , dida and claire were apprehended by a group and thrown into a pit of dead bodies . `` a certain day many killers came and the leaders took me and my sister and then they opened a big hole and threw us in . i was asking please forgive us . '' dida says she asked claire whether they were actually dead . the two survived because a friend of dida 's sister paid someone to pull them out . `` someone came and opened up and removed my sister and tried to remove me but because there were many dead they said , ` we leave her here . ' '' dida 's sister saved her life when she offered to take her place . but they could not save everyone . `` the sad thing is that they closed the pit , and they left the other man inside , and he was still alive , '' dida says . this is just a small part of dida 's complicated story . when i asked her how she endured such tragedy and is able to cope today , she says , `` i think it 's an obligation . i have to do something good for my country . ... i ask myself why did i stay , why not my younger sister , why not my brother , and i say maybe god has something that he wants me to do . '' dida is doing plenty these days , including theater , teaching and voice-over work . she is most proud of her performances that draw attention to the problem of violence against girls and says it contributes to her healing . `` there is no paradise on earth . what happened in rwanda can happen anywhere , '' dida says . but dida also is somewhat of an ambassador for her country . `` rwanda is not only about genocide . i think rwanda is about something else , '' she says . `` i think many people when they hear rwanda they link it with genocide , but after 18 years , rwanda is at a certain point . ... we have our culture , we have our history , we have many things . `` we have a developing country . it 's a tourist country . ... it is our history but we also want people to know that rwanda is not all about genocide ; rwanda is something else . ''

<t> ac milan 's brazilian goalkeeper dida is suspended by uefa for two matches . </t> <t> dida was banned for his over-reacting to being touched by a celtic supporter . </t> <t> celtic have been fined $ 50,800 for allowing the fan to run onto the field of play . </t>

uefa suspend dida for two matches<T>

washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- u.s. first lady laura bush -- in a rare foray into foreign policy -- called on myanmar 's military junta to `` step aside , '' give up the `` terror campaigns '' against its people and allow for a democratic myanmar in a commentary published in wednesday 's wall street journal . u.s. first lady laura bush said the junta `` should step aside to make way for a unified burma . '' `` gen. than shwe and his deputies are a friendless regime , '' bush said . `` they should step aside to make way for a unified burma -lsb- myanmar -rsb- governed by legitimate leaders . `` the rest of the armed forces should not fear this transition -- there is room for a professional military in a democratic burma , '' bush said , in keeping with the u.s. policy of still using myanmar 's former name .<doc-sep>in wednesday 's commentary , bush called on myanmar 's military leaders to release aun sung suu kyi and other opposition leaders so they can meet with and plan for a transition to democracy . `` meanwhile , the world watches -- and waits , '' bush warns . `` we know that gen. than shwe and his deputies have the advantage of violent force . but ms. suu kyi and other opposition leaders have moral legitimacy , the support of the burmese people and the support of the world . `` the regime 's position grows weaker by the day . the generals ' choice is clear : the time for a free burma is now . ''<doc-sep>the humanitarian rights situation in myanmar has been a cause for the first lady in the past few months as the crisis there worsened . myanmar state media has reported that 2,000 people were detained during the demonstrations and the crackdown against them -- under an emergency law imposed on september 25 banning assembly of more than five people -- and that 700 of those people have been released . the official death toll from myanmar 's leadership is at 10 , but there are reports that hundreds were killed and thousands arrested in the wake of the demonstrations that peaked late september , which were led by myanmar 's buddhist monks . on tuesday morning , bush received a phone call from u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon to update her on the efforts of his special envoy to myanmar , ibrahim gambari . a representative of the secretary general said the call was a follow-up to a conversation they had weeks ago .<doc-sep>gambari met last week with the military junta leadership as well as with nobel peace prize winner suu kyi , who is under house arrest in yangon . the u.s. ambassador to the united nations , zalmay khalilzad , told reporters that laura bush and her husband 's administration believe that there is a `` need to start preparing for transition '' for myanmar . `` we believe it is very important that progress be made and prisoners be released and conditions for aun sung suu kyi be improved -lsb- so -rsb- that she can prepare for participation for negotiations for a transition , '' he said . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- u.s. first lady laura bush -- in a rare foray into foreign policy -- called on myanmar 's military junta to `` step aside , '' give up the `` terror campaigns '' against its people and allow for a democratic myanmar in a commentary published in wednesday 's wall street journal . u.s. first lady laura bush said the junta `` should step aside to make way for a unified burma . '' `` gen. than shwe and his deputies are a friendless regime , '' bush said . `` they should step aside to make way for a unified burma -lsb- myanmar -rsb- governed by legitimate leaders . `` the rest of the armed forces should not fear this transition -- there is room for a professional military in a democratic burma , '' bush said , in keeping with the u.s. policy of still using myanmar 's former name . in wednesday 's commentary , bush called on myanmar 's military leaders to release aun sung suu kyi and other opposition leaders so they can meet with and plan for a transition to democracy . `` meanwhile , the world watches -- and waits , '' bush warns . `` we know that gen. than shwe and his deputies have the advantage of violent force . but ms. suu kyi and other opposition leaders have moral legitimacy , the support of the burmese people and the support of the world . `` the regime 's position grows weaker by the day . the generals ' choice is clear : the time for a free burma is now . '' the humanitarian rights situation in myanmar has been a cause for the first lady in the past few months as the crisis there worsened . myanmar state media has reported that 2,000 people were detained during the demonstrations and the crackdown against them -- under an emergency law imposed on september 25 banning assembly of more than five people -- and that 700 of those people have been released . the official death toll from myanmar 's leadership is at 10 , but there are reports that hundreds were killed and thousands arrested in the wake of the demonstrations that peaked late september , which were led by myanmar 's buddhist monks . on tuesday morning , bush received a phone call from u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon to update her on the efforts of his special envoy to myanmar , ibrahim gambari . a representative of the secretary general said the call was a follow-up to a conversation they had weeks ago . gambari met last week with the military junta leadership as well as with nobel peace prize winner suu kyi , who is under house arrest in yangon . the u.s. ambassador to the united nations , zalmay khalilzad , told reporters that laura bush and her husband 's administration believe that there is a `` need to start preparing for transition '' for myanmar . `` we believe it is very important that progress be made and prisoners be released and conditions for aun sung suu kyi be improved -lsb- so -rsb- that she can prepare for participation for negotiations for a transition , '' he said . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>`` i have been able to verify , through different independent and reliable sources , allegations of the use of excessive force by the security forces , including live ammunitions , rubber bullets , tear gas , bamboo and wood sticks , rubber batons and catapults -lrb- slingshots -rrb- , '' he said . `` this largely explains the killings and the severe injuries reported . '' he plans to arrive in myanmar sometime before november 17 , the date of the summit meeting of the association of southeast asian nations . the humanitarian rights situation in myanmar has also caught the attention of u.s. first lady laura bush who -- in a rare foray into foreign policy -- penned a commentary calling on the military junta to give up the `` terror campaigns '' against its people and allow democracy . `` gen. than shwe and his deputies are a friendless regime , '' bush said in her article , published in the oct. 10 edition of the wall street journal . `` they should step aside to make way for a unified burma -lrb- myanmar -rrb- governed by legitimate leaders . '' cnn 's dan rivers and tess eastment contributed to this report .<doc-sep>yangon , myanmar -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- myanmar 's ruling junta announced wednesday a new election law that disqualifies pro-democracy leader aung san suu kyi from participating in upcoming national elections . the political parties registration law , announced in state-run newspapers , excludes electoral participation by any member of a political party who has been convicted in court . a myanmar court convicted suu kyi , 64 , in august for breaching the terms of her house arrest after american john yettaw swam uninvited to her lakeside house in yangon and briefly stayed there . her ongoing detention was extended to november 2010 , and in february a court rejected her appeal for release . suu kyi 's supporters have said the conviction was a way to remove her from the election campaign . the nobel peace prize laureate has spent 14 of the last 20 years under house arrest . the new law forces suu kyi 's party , the national league for democracy , to choose between honoring her as its leader and risking the party being declared illegal or ejecting suu kyi from the party and contesting the election . the party has 60 days to decide its course of action , but party spokesman nyan winn said wednesday that the party would not comply with the new law . suu kyi , the face of democracy in myanmar , also known as burma , was placed under house arrest in 1989 . the next year , her party won more than 80 percent of the legislative seats in the first free elections in the country in nearly 30 years . but the military junta disqualified suu kyi from serving because of her house arrest and never recognized the election results . the junta has promised to hold elections -- which would be the first since 1990 -- later this year , touting them as a step toward democracy . no polling date has been set . at the united nations , a spokesperson for secretary-general ban ki-moon said in a statement that the organization was studying the laws . `` the indications available so far suggest that they do not measure up to our expectations of what is needed for an inclusive political process , '' the statement said . in washington , a u.s. state department spokesman said the law makes a mockery of the democratic process .<doc-sep>it also wants to establish an in-country mission for the united states agency for international development -lrb- usaid -rrb- . at the time she said the fact that she would consider the offer , rather than reject it outright , showed ` great progress ' had been achieved in myanmar . she added : ` two years ago i would have said thank you for the invitation , but sorry . ' cameron 's trip capped a week-long trade mission to the far east . he also held talks with burmese leader thein sein at his sumptuous presidential palace in naypyidaw . he told him that britain would argue for economic sanctions on the country to be gradually lifted - but only if they continue their transition to a democracy . suu kyi 's long refusal to leave myanmar characterised her steely determination to defy the ruling junta . it had offered to release her from house arrest to be with her late husband , michael aris , who died of cancer in britain in 1999 . their story was played out on the big screen late last year in the film the lady , as she is affectionately known . malaysian action michelle yeoh played the starring role of suu kyi . the daughter of assassinated independence hero aung san visited myanmar in april 1988 to take care of her dying mother , khin kyi , a former ambassador to india an nepal . her national league for democracy went on to win by a landslide a 1990 election for a constitution-drafting assembly . but the military ignored the result , leading to a two-decade political stalemate between the junta and suu kyi 's opposition .

<t> laura bush calls on myanmar junta to `` step aside , '' allow for a democracy . </t> <t> military leaders must give up the `` terror campaigns '' against its people , she says . </t> <t> junta should release aun sung suu kyi and other opposition leaders , she says . </t> <t> her rare foray into foreign policy was published in the wall street journal . </t>

first lady calls on myanmar 's ruling junta to ` step aside '<T>

st. petersburg , florida -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the acrimony from the republican campaign trail carried over quickly into the cnn/youtube gop presidential debate wednesday . the debate marked the first time the candidates had faced off on the same stage in over a month . with five weeks to go until the first contest of the 2008 nominating season , the republican candidates engaged in a free-for-all , trying to differentiate their views on immigration , the iraq war , abortion , gun control and even whether they believed every word in the bible was true . unlike previous debates in which the candidates focused most of their attacks on democratic front-runner hillary clinton , wednesday night 's attacks were launched at each other . former new york mayor rudy giuliani and former massachusetts gov. mitt romney traded jabs over illegal immigration , something they have been arguing about on the trail for the past month . romney attacked giuliani 's record , saying that as mayor , he promoted illegal immigration . and giuliani shot back , accusing romney of having a `` sanctuary mansion '' at his own home . watch the debate format produce raw moments '' `` in his case , there were six sanctuary cities . he did nothing about them . there was a sanctuary mansion -- at his own home , illegal immigrants were being employed , '' giuliani said . romney denied giuliani 's allegation , and the two raised their voices as they tried to talk over each other . in his quest to appeal to the hard-line immigration wing of the party , romney also turned some of his fire on the same topic toward former arkansas gov. mike huckabee , who has been rising in the polls . rep. tom tancredo , who has anchored his candidacy on securing the borders and cracking down on illegal immigration , seemed delighted with the give and take , saying the other candidates were trying to `` out-tancredo '' him . huckabee drew one of the night 's largest cheers when he said that one of the agencies he would abolish to control federal spending was the internal revenue service . `` most people in this country are more afraid of an audit than they are of a mugging , and there 's a reason why , '' he said . sen. john mccain , freshly back from a visit to iraq over thanksgiving and the most hawkish of the candidates , and rep. ron paul , the most anti-war of the candidates , tangled on two occasions over the iraq war . did youtubers get their questions answered ? '' asked which government programs they would cut , paul said bringing the troops home from iraq would save `` a trillion dollars . '' mccain said : `` it 's that kind of isolationism that caused world war ii , '' which drew some hoots from the crowd . watch mccain , paul spar on iraq '' paul replied : `` the real question you have to ask is why do i get the most money from active duty officers and military personnel ? '' a retired brigadier general , keith kerr , who is gay , asked candidates if they thought u.s. military personnel were professional enough to work with gay and lesbian troops . cnn later learned that a june media release from the campaign of democratic front-runner clinton listed kerr as a member of its steering committee for gay and lesbian supporters . watch kerr deny that the clinton campaign influenced his question '' david bohrman , cnn senior vice president and executive producer of the debate , said , `` we regret this incident . cnn would not have used the general 's question had we known that he was connected to any presidential candidate . '' political ticker . kerr told cnn after the debate that he has not worked for the clinton campaign and was representing no one other than himself . kerr also said he is a member of the log cabin republicans , a national gay and lesbian republican grass-roots organization . prior to the debate , cnn had verified kerr 's military background and that he had not contributed money to any presidential candidate . in a section of the debate about gun ownership rights , three of the gop presidential hopefuls said they do not own guns : mccain , giuliani and romney . former tennessee sen. fred thompson quipped , `` i own a couple of guns -- but i 'm not going to tell you what they are or where they are . '' watch the candidates address gun control '' the debate turned personal when a viewer , holding the bible , asked : `` do you believe every word of this book ? and i mean specifically , this book that i am holding in my hand . '' huckabee , a baptist minister , said , `` sure , i believe the bible is exactly what it is . '' giuliani said he believes the bible , but not `` literally true in every respect . '' after that , romney stammered a bit when moderator anderson cooper asked him if he believed every word . watch the candidates get personal about the bible '' `` yeah , the bible is the word of god . ... i might interpret the word differently than you interpret the word , but i read the bible and i believe the bible is the word of god , '' romney said . when asked about abortion , romney said he was wrong in favoring a woman 's right to choose -- his position when he was elected governor of massachusetts . `` if people in this country are looking for someone who 's never made a mistake on a policy issue and is not willing to admit they 're ever wrong , they 're going to have to find somebody else . on abortion , i was wrong , '' he said . his remarks came in response to the 30-second video produced for the debate by thompson 's campaign , which included a clip of romney expressing support for roe vs. wade during a 1994 debate against sen. ted kennedy . when asked what women and doctors should be charged with if abortion was to become illegal , paul said it was not an issue for the president or the federal government . `` we do n't need a federal abortion police , that 's the last thing we need , '' paul said . he added that the issue should be left to the states and courts and not federal authorities . on the issues of taxes , thompson said he 'd `` never met a tax he liked . '' `` i 've got a tax-cut bill on the table . but i do n't do pledges to anybody but the american people , '' he said . his response was met by a `` go , fred , go ! '' from a member of the audience . on the issue of trade with china , rep. duncan hunter said china is `` cheating on trade ... and it 's in the interest of the united states to stop china 's cheating . buy american this christmas season -- that might keep your neighbor from losing his job . '' the candidates fielded video questions submitted by the public via the youtube web site , just as democratic white house candidates did in july . the debate was the first time the gop candidates had faced off on the same stage in over a month . cnn 's political team viewed nearly 5,000 videos for the gop debate -- about 2,000 more than they saw for the democrats ' debate . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>o'donnell considers the cnn debate in jacksonville , florida , one of romney 's great debate moments -- when newt gingrich refused to criticize romney about lacking transparency as the former speaker had so often done on the campaign trail . romney jumped in and asked , `` would n't it be nice if people did n't make accusations somewhere else that they are n't willing to defend here ? '' `` it took gingrich 's argument and showed the absurdity in one line , '' o'donnell said . `` it created a moment in the debate where through one line , he could capture the imagination of the press , capture the imagination of the audience , and make a point -- make a strong point that crystallized that entire debate in one line , and that 's what governor romney has to be looking for now , '' o'donnell said . gop sources say romney has been working up a few one liners to get his points across , but o'donnell also said he hoped the romney campaign is n't also practicing `` zingers '' as the new york times reported over the weekend . `` it 's not about zingers , '' o'donnell said . `` a zinger might be just something funny , a comedic line , something to sort of break the monotony of the debate to try and capture the imagination , '' he said . `` it 's something that 's sort of shoehorned into the debate . `` but a good line , reagan 's line about his opponent 's youth and age , not making that an issue , a good line is a substantive line that does capture the imagination of the press and the audience , to overrun and deliver the message that you want and do it at the expense of your opponent . '' ann romney : ` dad ' is always with mitt at the debates .<doc-sep>danville , kentucky -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- vice president joe biden and rep. paul ryan , gop presidential candidate mitt romney 's running mate , will share the stage in danville , kentucky , in their only debate . biden and ryan 's debate follows the top of the tickets ' first of three debates last week , in which obama turned in a lackluster performance , upstaged by an aggressive and vibrant romney . here are five things to watch for on thursday night : . 1 . will biden go where obama did n't ? biden is not shy on the campaign trail ; the day after last week 's first presidential debate , the vice president attacked republican nominee mitt romney in a way that many democrats had wished president barack obama would have done the night before . king : vp debate no game-changer , but could shift momentum . how aggressive will biden be in going after the man at the top of the gop ticket rather than the man he 'll share the debate stage with ? will biden highlight the `` 47 % '' controversy , bain capital and romney 's tax returns ? `` the vice president likes laying out the contrast between the romney-ryan extreme agenda and the plans he and the president have to move this country forward and we fully expect that to continue thursday night , '' an obama campaign official told cnn . with the polls tightening both nationally and in key battleground states after last week 's debate , the stakes for the showdown between the running mates have increased . 7 questions you would ask at the vp debate . `` biden needs to play offense , not defense , '' said democratic strategist and cnn contributor paul begala , who is a senior adviser for a pro-obama super pac . `` attack the romney-ryan plan to cut taxes for the rich and raise them on the middle class . dissect the romney-ryan plan to end medicare as we know it . point out that if romney had been president , osama bin laden would be alive and gm would be dead . and be prepared to body-slam ryan when -- not if -- he fibs . '' 2 . the wonk trap . paul ryan likes to call himself `` a numbers guy . '' indeed , wonky budget talk is ryan 's calling card . it 's the primary reason he has captured the hearts of conservative elites in washington , who see him as the second coming of jack kemp . ryan 's debate prep as meticulous as he is . but fiscal wonkery was quicksand for obama during last week 's debate . his dreary reliance on budget math over pointed political arguments contrasted sharply with mitt romney , who presented his ideas with vigor and clarity , despite obvious questions about the factual underpinnings of his ideas . can ryan avoid getting bogged down in the arithmetic that so thrills him ? an adviser to the gop vice presidential nominee told the national review 's robert costa this week that ryan `` may be over-preparing '' for his showdown with biden . by some accounts , ryan has bristled at platitude-driven demands of the campaign trail . he 'd rather be talking substance , on the road with a powerpoint presentation about medicare costs . the challenge for ryan on thursday , though , is to present the romney vision to millions of voters without sounding too much like the beltway think tank staffer he once was . he 's done a solid job of that since romney put him on the gop ticket in august . now , on the biggest stage of his career , he has to abandon some of the capitol hill tendencies that made him a star in the first place . paul ryan has n't called palin for advice . 3 . will biden put social security in play ? in the house , paul ryan has backed moving social security funds to private investment accounts as a way to make the popular entitlement program more solvent . ryan 's past proposals would seem to tee up what 's usually a winning political argument for democrats : that the republican ticket wants to gut social security to help their old pals on wall street . but to the bewilderment of democratic strategists , obama appeared to take the issue off the table in the first debate .<doc-sep>clinton said she appeared on the show to `` just relax , have fun '' without politics , but she did n't miss her chance to address voters in delivering the opening line . saying she was appealing to all americans -- whether they 're from ohio , texas , rhode island , vermont , pennsylvania `` or any of the other states '' -- clinton opened the show with `` live from new york , it is saturday night ! '' watch clinton open the show '' pennsylvania 's primary is slated for next month , while the other four states clinton mentioned are holding primaries tuesday . clinton 's appearance was a poorly kept secret . the media were tipped off when she failed to arrive for a campaign charter flight from dallas , texas , to columbus , ohio , on saturday . her campaign would not say where she was , but an entertainment industry source confirmed she was set to appear on snl . the late-night skit show has been a popular spot on the campaign trail . obama appeared unannounced in october , and gop candidate mike huckabee did a bit on the show 's `` weekend update '' last week . also , former new york city mayor rudy giuliani , who dropped out of the gop presidential race this year , appeared later in the show that clinton opened . during an msnbc debate in ohio on tuesday , clinton referenced an snl skit in which the comedy troupe satirized the media for being too friendly with obama . `` maybe we should ask -lsb- obama -rsb- if he 's comfortable and needs another pillow , '' she said during the debate . clinton is scheduled to appear on jon stewart 's `` daily show '' monday . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>during the debate dole said that `` if we added up the killed and wounded in democrat wars in this century , it would be about 1.6 million americans , enough to fill the city of detroit . '' walter mondale seized on the statement , saying that `` sen. dole has richly earned his reputation as a hatchet man . '' that phrase stuck , even more than dole 's comments , and for many years republicans remained skeptical that dole could be an effective presidential candidate because of this negative image . in 1988 , sen. lloyd bentsen , running with michael dukakis , picked apart sen. dan quayle . the charismatic young conservative from indiana was a fresh voice in the party , a politician who many observers thought could be a new leader for the gop down the road . this was why vice president george h.w. bush selected him as his running mate . news : stakes get higher in upcoming biden-ryan debate . when quayle , who had stumbled through some gaffes early after his announcement , likened himself to president john f. kennedy , bentsen fired back : `` i served with jack kennedy . i knew jack kennedy . jack kennedy was a friend of mine . senator , you 're no jack kennedy . '' the zinger played into fears that quayle was a lightweight who could not handle the obligations of the presidency . while quayle was on the winning ticket , his image took a big hit as a result of the debate and other events on the campaign trail . in 2004 , north carolina sen. john edwards , running with massachusetts sen. john kerry , also suffered from his encounter with a more experienced candidate , vice president dick cheney . at the time , edwards was one of the darlings of the democratic party , a photogenic senator who spoke emotionally about the issues of poverty and inequality , something that energized the party 's base . but his performance in the debate was unsuccessful .

<t> youtube questions address taxes , the bible , abortion , gun control . </t> <t> giuliani , romney , huckabee spar over immigration . </t> <t> mccain challenges paul over suggestion to bring troops home from iraq . </t> <t> nearly 5,000 videos for the gop debate ; 2,000 more than democratic debate . </t>

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denver , colorado -- a colorado man terrorized by threats after testifying against his daughter 's abusive boyfriend says he has spent $ 10,000 on a security system , hired a bodyguard for his son 's wedding and never leaves home without a .45 - caliber handgun strapped to his chest . keith reynolds was convicted for witness intimidation after threatening witnesses in his domestic assault case . the man , who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the case , says the state did nothing to protect him after the 1999 conviction of keith reynolds for domestic abuse -- even after prosecutors told him a hit had been put on his family . a report in the denver post pointed out major problems protecting witnesses in the state of colorado . paul logli , chairman of national district attorneys association , told congress this year that witness intimidation has become `` almost epidemic , '' according to the denver post . when asked if prosecutors had made the family aware of colorado 's witness protection program , the witness in the reynolds case said , `` all they told us was maybe we should move . '' `` i 'm pretty sure i told one of them -- either him or his wife -- about the program . i ca n't remember if i gave them all the details . '' the prosecutor assigned to the case , who did n't want to be named , told cnn . after reynolds ' conviction , the witness and his wife saw strange cars parked outside their home . they received phone calls during which the only sound on the other end of the line was a gun being cocked . the couple received a death threat from reynolds himself through the mail . watch witness describe fear of being targeted '' reynolds was then sentenced to ten years in a maximum security prison for witness intimidation . however , it is likely he 'll be released within five years . no national statistics on crimes against witnesses exist , and minimal research has been conducted on the subject . the latest national institute of justice survey on record -- conducted more than a decade ago -- shows that more than half of big city prosecutors consider witness intimidation a major problem . colorado has $ 50,000 allocated to its witness protection budget . in contrast , the city of denver spent almost $ 100,000 on landscaping last year . the state , on average , spends about $ 1,000 per witness . that figure supposedly includes moving expenses , rent , and furniture . the federal program spends in excess of $ 40 million per year on witness protection . one possible reason for the disparity is that witnesses in state cases do not get new identities , as do federal witnesses . `` it 's not designed to be a long-term relocation at the public 's expense ; it 's a way to ensure the immediate safety of the witnesses , '' according to peter weir , executive director of the colorado department of public safety . colorado 's witness protection program is a `` joke , '' according to the rev. leon kelly , founder and executive director of the open door youth gang alternatives . kelly says the state does n't provide enough incentive for witnesses to come forward . more than a decade ago , a young man named darryl givens asked kelly for advice while deciding whether to testify in a murder case or face prison . givens chose to testify . a few months later , he was shot twice in the head by men he considered friends . that day continues to haunt kelly . rhonda fields says failures in the witness protection program may have contributed to her son 's murder . javad fields was a college graduate who was engaged to be married . he had plans to move east when a fourth of july barbecue in 2004 in changed all that . he witnessed the murder of his best friend and subsequently testified against three men suspected in the killing . javad fields and his fiancee were gunned down while driving along a suburban street in aurora , colorado . the couple , both 22 , died instantly . rhonda fields says her son was never told about a witness protection program . she confronted prosecutors after his murder . fields told cnn , `` i asked them what happened . why were n't any measures taken to safeguard his life ? and i was told he never asked for any protection . '' javad 's mother does not think it was her son 's responsibility to ask for protection . `` i think it 's the authorities ' responsibility to notify witnesses of the dangers that are involved with being a witness , '' she said . field 's case illustrates glaring weaknesses in the witness protection program . prosecutors filed an order for protection requesting javad fields ' personal information be kept secret , but it was n't signed by a judge until one year later , after defense lawyers had already given the suspects fields ' personal information , along with crucial trial documents . `` i felt like the da 's office used my son to win their case but did not take the proper measures to safeguard his life , '' rhonda fields told cnn . district attorney carol chambers maintains the program has improved . she says a notice about witness protection is now attached to every subpoena , ensuring witnesses are aware of their options . that did n't start , however , until two years after javad fields was killed . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>washington voters legalized pot at the same time colorado did , in 2012 . but retail sales in washington did n't start until june , with stores slowly opening and sales increasing each month . things will speed up as more states legalize pot and can look to colorado and washington for regulatory guidance . but legal weed is n't an overnight flood of tax money . ` everyone who thinks colorado 's rollin ' in the dough because of marijuana ? that 's not true , ' said state sen. pat steadman , a denver democrat and one of the legislature 's main budget-writers . washington and colorado set vastly different tax rates , both based on a percentage of the pot 's value . the states then had to immediately set a value for a product with no legal sales history . what 's the right price ? colorado 's pot regulators have struggled to establish a wholesale pot price to collect excise taxes . ` taxing a percentage of price may simply not work , ' said pat oglesby , a former congressional tax staffer who now studies marijuana 's tax potential at the chapel hill , n.c. , center for new revenue . he pointed out that the two latest legal weed states -- alaska and oregon , both still working on retail regulations -- will tax marijuana by weight , similar to how tobacco is taxed . every state in the union , liberal to conservative , has a market for marijuana . and making pot legal does n't guarantee those consumers will leave the black market and happily sign up to start paying taxes . in washington state , medical marijuana is n't taxed . it is in colorado , but all adults are allowed to grow up to six plants on their own .<doc-sep>the evidence helped convict the men , whom officers said had stockpiled an arsenal previously unheard-of in the area . detective inspector simon blackwell of cheshire constabulary said : ` this is a significant conviction for cheshire police . ` today ′ s sentencing sees 4 members of an organised crime gang behind bars for a substantial period of time . the criminals were storing the drugs in what appear to be jars meant for sweets . ` this was a lengthy and complex investigation into the criminal activities of a number of individuals who brought fear to the streets of halton and merseyside . ` the discovery of weapons of this kind on this scale within cheshire is unheard of . never before have we seen firearms of this type - or ammunition of this quantity - on the streets of the county . ` we hope that the sentences handed down to the defendants will allow them time behind bars to reflect upon their actions - and the implications upon the local community in halton . ` it is clear that the four men believed they were above the law and now they are paying the ultimate price for their criminal activity . ' maria corr , senior prosecutor from the . crown prosecution service mersey cheshire , said : ` these men were . prepared to use guns and violence to pursue their criminal trade and . used those firearms as they expanded that trade into cheshire . '<doc-sep>by . damien gayle . published : . 05:32 est , 5 october 2012 . | . updated : . 09:22 est , 5 october 2012 . firefighters do some of the most dangerous work of all emergency services workers . to save life and limb they fearlessly put themselves in harm 's way - sometimes paying the ultimate price . there are times , however , when no amount of courage will get the job done ; when the risks are so great that attempting to rush in is likely to do more harm than good .<doc-sep>by . gerri peev . damage to the british economy from trade sanctions against russia would be a ` price worth paying ' , william hague said yesterday . travel bans and asset freezes against moscow 's ` bullying ' behaviour towards ukraine were planned , the foreign secretary said . america has admitted that the sanctions will have more impact on the eu than on the us -- europe buys much of its gas from russia -- and many fear london , where russian oligarchs have invested billions , will suffer . foreign secretary william hague has said travel bans and asset freezes against moscow 's ` bullying ' behaviour towards ukraine were planned . mr hague said that despite this ` more far-reaching measures ' were being prepared that would have a fundamental impact . he told sky 's murnaghan programme : ` it would be a price worth paying if this situation continues to deteriorate ... history teaches us that we have to stand up to such bullying behaviour from one state on to another . ' any fresh sanctions made against russia will be targeted to hurt those closest to vladimir putin and to have a significant impact on the russian economy .

<t> some witnesses say colorado does nothing to protect them . </t> <t> one witness spent over 10,000 dollars on security after being terrorized . </t> <t> community activist says colorado 's witness protection program is `` a joke '' </t>

witnesses in colorado fear paying ultimate price<T>

-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- muddy but unhurt , three university of texas students emerged from a cramped cave complex in austin , texas , after a day-long search sunday . a rescuer at the entrance to airman 's cave in austin , texas , sunday . lt. matt cox , an austin fire department spokesman , said the students -- two women and one man -- were reported missing early sunday after a trip into airman 's cave , about four miles south of the university 's campus . they were found about halfway down the 12,000-foot-long cave , which has few spaces big enough for an adult to stand upright and is explored primarily by experienced spelunkers . the students were located shortly before 5 p.m. -lrb- 6 p.m. et -rrb- , about 30 hours after they entered . their names were not released sunday night . a friend called 911 to report them missing at 5 a.m. . the group had told friends to call 911 if they were not back by midnight sunday , according to austin-travis county emergency medical services . earlier reports that four students were in the cave were incorrect , cox said . authorities did not know sunday evening why the students were in the cave for so long . but cox said it would have been easy even for experienced cavers to get lost in airman 's , which he compared to the roots of a tree . `` there are so many ways to go , '' he said . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>it is said to be bottomless , but experts have managed to map earth 's deepest cave . intrepid explorers have charted every known twist and turn of the terrifying krubera cave that measures 7,208 ft -lrb- 2,197 metres -rrb- deep . and with every expedition the chasm seems to become deeper as divers plunge to new depths never visited by humans to extend the cave 's reach into the earth . mapped : intrepid explorers have charted every twist and turn of the terrifying krubera cave that measures 7,208 ft -lrb- 2,197 metres -rrb- deep . the final segment was revealed by a brave diver and camps are marked on the map where explorers have rested . the krubera cave is the deepest cave on earth and is located in the arabika massif of the gagrinsky range in abkhazia . it is the only cave on earth deeper than 6,561 ft -lrb- 2,000 metres -rrb- . the cave is called voronya in russia , which means crow 's cave . the name was used as slang by kiev cavers during the 1980s because of the number of crows nesting in the entrance pit . the arabika massif is one of the largest high-mountain limestone karst massifs -lrb- the main mass of an exposed structure -rrb- in the western caucasus , which is an area of southern russia . it is composed of lower cretaceous and upper jurassic limestones that dip continuously southwest to the black sea and plunge below the modern sea level . the krubera cave is located in the arabika massif on the edge of the black sea in abkhazia , which is a disputed territory that borders georgia . it is a kaist , which means it is formed from the dissolution of soluble rock - in this case , limestone . it extends for 8,346 miles -lrb- 13,432 km -rrb- and since 1956 when french explorers first descended below 3,281 ft -lrb- 1km -rrb- cavers have dreamed of exploring deeper . the cave is currently thought to be around the same height as six-and-a-half eiffel towers stacked on top of one another . a map marks when explorers discovered different routes and where they camped as well as its remarkable depth . according to ukrainian caver alexander klimchouk , the ` trail ' is formed of a chain of pits , cascades and pitches , some of which are over 300ft -lrb- 100 metres -rrb- deep and connected by very narrow passages . one 300ft -lrb- 100 metre -rrb- long passage is charmingly named ` way to the dream ' although for people who suffer from claustrophobia , such a narrow channel might seem more of a nightmare . the cave extends for 8,346 miles -lrb- 13,432 km -rrb- and since 1956 when french explorers first descended below 3,281 ft -lrb- 1km -rrb- cavers have dreamed of exploring deeper -lrb- pictured -rrb- . the krubera cave is located in the arabika massif on the edge of the black sea in abkhazia , which is a disputed territory that some argue belongs to georgia . the cave , which is named after russian geologist alexander krubera , is the only chasm on earth that 's known to be deeper than 6,561 ft -lrb- 2,000 m -rrb- . the cave , which is named after the . russian geologist alexander krubera , is the only chasm on earth that is . known to be deeper than 6,561 ft -lrb- 2,000 metres -rrb- . in 2007 , a ukrainian diver called gennadiv samokhin extended the map of the abyss by diving in ` the terminal sump ' . he increased the cave 's known depth by 150ft -lrb- 46metres -rrb- in 2007 and 170ft -lrb- 52 metres -rrb- in 2012 , gizmodo reported . his fearless endeavour earned him world records on both occasions . mr klimchouk explained in an article for national geographic that cavers use dye traces to record where they have been and to prove the potential depth of krubera cave . in 2005 he organised a series of expeditions and his team of 56 carried some five tonnes of equipment into the chasm . much like scaling a mountain , the team had to cover certain distances so they could set up camp at depth of 2,300 , 3,986 , 4,630 , and 5,380 ft -lrb- 700 , 1,215 , 1,410 , and 1,640 metres -rrb- . the explorers were able to cook meals , sleep in tents and huddle together for warmth before venturing down the limestone rock faces for up to 20 hours at a time , sometimes though extremely cold water .<doc-sep>by . mark prigg . published : . 07:25 est , 10 december 2012 . | . updated : . 09:09 est , 10 december 2012 . these are the stunning images which capture the breathtaking beauty of a new world discovered in an ice chasm beneath the rocky mountains . the cave , called booming ice chasm , was named for it 's incredible acoustics - as falling rocks crash and ` boom ' when they tumble down the 140 metre deep cave . the crystal clear ice is several meters thick - and explorers say navigating across it makes them feel like they are flying . adam walker inside a newly found cave , called booming ice chasm , beneath the rocky mountains . crystal clear ice is several meters thick and makes people feel like they 're flying . the cave has unique acoustics as falling rocks crash and boom when they tumble down the 140 metre deep cave , making it hard to converse . the cave is known as a ` cold-trap cave ' where cool winter air settles into the depth and is never able to escape . as melting snow and rainwater trickle down the cave entrance it is transformed into an amazing natural frozen water slide . in winter , cold dense air settles into the cave , displacing any warmer air which rises and exits the cave . in summer , the cold cave air remains in place as the relatively warm surface air is lighter and can not enter , keeping the cave frozen all year round . however , although the water makes people feel like they 're . flying , one slip can send climbers hurtling down the frozen water . slide slamming into the wall below . echo makes communication in the 704 metre chasm hard so intrepid explorers adam walker , nick vieira and christian stenner had to wait several seconds after each syllable to make it understandable . the cave is known as a ` cold-trap cave ' where cool winter air settles into the depth and is never able to escape . as melting snow and rainwater trickle down the cave entrance it 's transformed into an amazing natural frozen water slide . the spectacular snaps were captured by belgian photographer francois-xavier de ruydts , 30 , on an exploration to the crow 's nest pass area of alberta , canada , in july .<doc-sep>adventurers have stumbled across a cave so enormous that it has its own weather system , complete with wispy clouds and lingering fog inside vast caverns . a team of expert cavers and photographers have been exploring the vast cave system in the chongquing province of china and have taken the first-ever photographs of the natural wonder . they were amazed to discover the entrance to the hidden er wang dong cave system and were stunned when they managed to climb inside to see a space so large that it can contain a cloud . scroll down for video . the view from a small window in the wall of the vast niubizi tian keng in the er wang dong cave system , where clouds form inside the huge spaces . three tiny explorers can be seen negotiating the heavily vegetated floor . an intrepid cave explorer ascends a rope hanging from the niubizi tian keng . this photograph is one of the first-ever images taken of one of a cave so large it has its own weather system . photographer and caver robbie shone , from manchester , was part of a team of 15 explorers on a month-long expedition that discovered the hidden system . ' a few of the caves had previously been used by nitrate miners , at the areas close to the entrance , but had never been properly explored before , ' he said . ` all the major passageways were deep underground and had never seen light before . explorer duncan collis -lrb- pictured -rrb- climbs a thin rope up to a small ledge overlooking the vast floor surface of niubizi tian keng in the er wang dong cave system . a team of expert cavers have been exploring the caves in the chongquing province of china . the tranquil rural village of ranjiagou falls nearby the hidden natural wonder is pictured left , while an intrepid caver stands on the central ridge overlooking the cathedral-like cloud ladder hall , where fog conceals the roof hundreds of metres above -lrb- right -rrb- .<doc-sep>american speleologist erin lynch struggles to pull her way across a raging torrent of white water , which is the main river in quankou dong . one of the explorers said they had to be aware of high water levels inside the caves , especially when it rained heavily on the surface . ` it is always very special , knowing that you are the first to step foot into a cave or somewhere where nobody had previously seen , not knowing what you might find and discover . ` where else on earth can still hold secrets and mysteries of discovery ? that 's what i love so much about exploring . mr shones was particularly excited about the cave network 's interior weather system . the spectacular beddings in the roof of quankou . photographer and caver robbie shone , from manchester , was part of a team of 15 explorers on a month-long expedition who stumbled across the natural wonder . the underground camp in sang wang dong is cosy and warm , according to the cavers . hot food and drink recharge weary and tired explorers who sleep in either suspended hammocks or on roll mats on the floor , before venturing out into the vast surroundings . american speleologist erin lynch peers down over her shoulder into a giant void of cloud.the floor is over 240m below and although it cant be seen due to the thick cloud that lingers around her , the echo that reverberates several seconds later reminds her of the volume of empty space and her lofty location . ' i had never seen anything quite like the inside cloud ladder before , ' he said . ` thick cloud and fogs hangs in the upper half of the cave , where it gets trapped and unable to escape through the small passage in the roof , 250m above the ground . ` it reminded me of being in an abandoned slate quarrying north wales in bad weather .

<t> three austin cave explorers are safe and are out of the cave , officials said . </t> <t> the university of texas students went into airman 's cave saturday . </t> <t> the 12,000 foot long cave complex has tight twists and turns . </t> <t> unclear exactly how the students lost their way , but cave is complex , official said . </t>

texas explorers emerge from airman 's cave<T>

washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the white house is blasting congressional democrats for not sending a bill that would fund veterans ' care programs to the president 's desk by veterans day . the white house 's dana perino accused democrats of holding veterans care funding hostage . `` there 's absolutely no reason that the veterans ' bill could not have been signed by the president today , except for the political games that the democrats decided to play with it , '' white house press secretary dana perino said sunday in crawford , texas . congressional democrats had attached legislation funding veterans programs to a $ 150.7 billion bill that also funded a number of domestic priorities , including health , labor and education . democrats also added $ 3.7 billion to what the president budgeted for veterans programs . the labor-health-education bill would increase funding by more than $ 10 billion over last year 's funding for those programs . the president has threatened to veto the bill because of the added spending . the house passed a health-labor-education bill 269-142 last week with the veterans funding attached , but the senate later voted to strip out the veterans funding and send the health-labor-education bill to the president .<doc-sep>perino accused the democrats of `` trying to hold hostage our veterans to extra domestic spending or increases in taxes . '' `` the president wants clean legislation , a clean bill to fund the veterans , '' perino said . on saturday , the democratic congressional leadership sent a letter to president bush saying they welcomed a dialogue on spending , sayings disagreements over funding levels `` have never been so great that we can not reach agreement on a spending plan that meets the needs of the american people . '' `` key to this dialogue , however , is some willingness on your part to actually find common ground , '' house speaker nancy pelosi , d-california , and senate majority leader harry reid , d-nevada , said in the letter . the leadership said last year 's congress , which was still under republican control , had never passed a separate bill funding veterans programs . congress also sent to the president legislation that would fund veterans care at the levels requested by the president through december 14 , the leadership said .<doc-sep>the current funding level `` is still below the $ 3.9 billion extra that we passed , '' said nadeam elshami , spokesman pelosi . `` we are committed to getting the extra funding that the congress already voted on the president 's desk for his signature . '' the leadership blamed republican members of congress for stalling the funding for the veterans programs by blocking its inclusion in the larger spending bill . perino , though , said the democrats could still send a separate bill to the president funding the veterans program that passed both chambers of congress . `` the democrats decided not to send the president this bill , '' perino said . `` that has to be laid at their feet . '' e-mail to a friend . cnn 's deirdre walsh contributed to this report .<doc-sep>he also said funding soldiers ' paychecks and veterans ' benefits should go hand-in-hand . ` if we could work together in a bipartisan manner to say we 're not going to hold the men and women of the military hostage , ' cruz asked , ` why ca n't we work together in a bipartisan manner to say we 're not going to hold our veterans hostage ? ' veterans made their voices heard on oct. 2 after u.s. park police erected barricades to block access to national parks and memorials . some republicans have claimed the obama administration made the shutdown as inconvenient as possible in order to inspire americans to demand a quick resolution . sen. ted cruz talked with world war ii veterans at their outdoor memorial on tuesday in washington . he snapped at democrats for holding veterans ` hostage ' in the prolonged budget fight . senate democrats have joined obama in holding out for a more comprehensive solution , a so-called ` clean continuing resolution ' that would fund the entire government at once , with no strings attached . republican house speaker john boehner has refused to bring that measure to the floor because his conference requires one very specific string : language that would change portions of the affordable care act that the gop finds objectionable . president obama continued to play tough on tuesday , telling republicans he would refuse to negotiate over government spending until they had surrendered and reinstated funding across the board . no republican lawmaker voted in favor of the act , better known as the obamacare law , when it passed in march 2010 . and president obama has made several changes to the law without consulting congress . republicans say one such change , a year-long delay in the law 's requirement that businesses offer their employees health insurance plans , should be matched by a similar delay in the law 's provision that requires individual taxpayers to sign up for coverage . while the two sides duke it out on the political stage , the individual program funding bills languish in the senate , with republicans crying foul and democrats insisting on an all-or-nothing endgame . tuesday 's statement from the va , itself an arm of the obama administration , demanded the latter approach . ` clear progress for veterans and their families is at risk , ' it read , ` without immediate action by congress to make fiscal year 2014 funding available by passing a clean continuing resolution to reopen the government . ' the va also warned that more basic services like payments related to ` pension , education and vocational rehabilitation programs ' could be suspended after late october ` when available funding is exhausted . ' the agency 's most visible program -- its hospitals and other health-care delivery operations -- will be immune from the shutdown axe since they 're considered ` essential ' services .<doc-sep>calling it a `` cost of war , '' republican and democratic leaders announced a $ 17 billion compromise bill monday that would get veterans to a doctor more quickly , hire more medical staff , add dozens of new facilities and cut bonuses at the department of veterans affairs . as it aims to reshape medical care for veterans , the proposal also would plump up the deficit , adding $ 12 billion in red ink . the bill was hashed out over months and unveiled by the chairmen of the house and senate veterans affairs committees after a weekend of negotiations . the deal would pour spending into both short - and long-term programs for the struggling va. . that money comprises : . • roughly $ 2 billion to lease 27 new medical facilities ; . • $ 5 billion for hiring doctors and nurses and some construction ; . • and $ 10 billion to go to a new program allowing veterans to seek outside care if they wait longer than 30 days for an appointment or live more than 40 miles away from a va hospital . more than a funding bill , this deal also gives the veterans secretary unprecedented power to quickly fire executives at the agency . anyone fired under that provision would have a week to appeal the decision and the case must be decided within 21 days or the person 's firing goes into effect . that agreement merged democrats ' insistence on an appeals process with republicans demand for fast consequences . `` it is compromise legislation , '' said senate veterans affairs chairman bernie sanders , a vermont independent , '' -lrb- there -rrb- was give and take on both sides . '' that includes the price tag , which is handled with a combination of emergency spending -lrb- as democrats hoped -rrb- and offsets -lrb- as republicans wanted -rrb- . bad va care may have killed more than 1,000 veterans , senator 's report says . specifically , lawmakers would offset some $ 5 billion of the spending by forcing other changes at the va , including what will amount to a cap on staff bonuses at the agency . but after those cost cuts at the va , the deal would add approximately $ 12 billion to the federal deficit . that 's usually something that republicans would block , but the two leaders behind the bill argue this issue deserves what they call emergency spending . `` funding our veterans ' needs must be considered a cost of war , '' sanders stressed . the toughest sell may be with spending-skeptic house republicans . but house veterans affairs committee chairman jeff miller , a florida republican , insists his fellow conservatives will give the bill the votes it needs . `` i believe it will -lrb- pass -rrb- , '' he told reporters monday . `` taking care of veterans is not an inexpensive proposition . and i believe our members understand that . '' republicans may warm up to the increased oversight in the measure , which requires an independent report on va health care , a commission on access to care and a task force to review the agency 's scheduling system . the 130-page bill also contains a host of smaller provisions : it increases incentives for young doctors to work at the va by doubling the amount of their student loans the agency can repay per year . the deal comes under threat of travel clock , as congress plans to leave for a five-week break by friday . miller and sanders said they expect both chambers to vote on the legislation this week , though exact scheduling is still under discussion . veterans waiting longer for cancer care . who is va nominee bob mcdonald ?<doc-sep>`` but to draw the conclusion between patient harm and death has so far been a tenuous connection , '' daigh told the committee . the hearing touched on deeper policy and political ramifications involving veterans affairs , with republicans seeking to target shinseki for failing to take action while some democrats emphasized the increasing health care demands of veterans that lag behind funding levels . at the same time , democrats also called for a thorough probe of what was going on and immediate changes to fix the problems . democratic sen. richard blumenthal of connecticut urged shinseki to include law enforcement agencies in the current investigation because of `` evidence , not allegations , '' that records were falsified in scheduling practices described by some as `` cooking the books . '' later , griffin told the panel that federal prosecutors are working with his investigation . he said his office intends to complete its report no later than august . when committee chairman sen. bernie sanders of vermont asked shinseki if `` cooking the books '' was a problem in the va health system , the secretary said : `` i 'm not aware , other than in a number of isolated cases '' that there was evidence of that . shinseki says overall va is good . overall , shinseki said , the va system is good and he advised waiting for the inspector general 's report before legislating solutions , a position backed by sanders , an independent who caucuses with the senate 's majority democrats . shinseki has put three employees , including two senior executives , on administrative leave at the request of the inspector general 's office , but some members of congress and the american legion have called for his resignation or dismissal . asked at one point if he should resign , shinseki said caring for fellow american veterans was a mission , not a job , and he intended to continue working until he achieves his goal of improved care `` or i am told by my commander in chief that my time has been served . '' in appointing white house deputy chief of staff rob nabors to assist shinseki in reviewing what happened , obama said he asked shinseki to review `` practices to ensure better access to care . '' `` while we get to the bottom of what happened in phoenix , it 's clear the va needs to do more to ensure quality care for our veterans , '' obama said . shinseki said he welcomed the perspective of nabors . republicans went after shinseki at the hearing and from the floor of the full chamber . senate gop leader mitch mcconnell questioned if the va problems were part of a `` systematic , administration-wide crisis . '' first on cnn : an ` angered and saddened ' shinseki to testify . the most disturbing and striking problems emerged in arizona last month as inside sources revealed to cnn details of a secret waiting list for veterans at the phoenix va. . after phoenix , allegations emerge nationwide .<doc-sep>a white house official said friday that the resignation of veterans affairs undersecretary robert petzl was not voluntary , despite previous reports that he resigned out of anger with the obama administration . ` there is no question that this is a termination of his job there before he was planning to go , ' white house chief of staff denis mcdonough told cbs news chief white house correspondent major garrett for an interview to air on face the nation this sunday . petzel , the undersecretary for health care at the va , resigned abruptly on friday , just a day after telling a u.s. senate committee that he knew in 2010 about a memo describing ` inappropriate scheduling practices ' now blamed for as many as 40 deaths at va medical centers . scroll down for video . veterans affairs undersecretary for health dr. robert petzel has resigned just a day after testifying in a contentious senate hearing about a va health care scandal tied to as many as 40 deaths . focus : millions of military veterans depend on va hospitals and clinics for acute and long-term medical care , and the system has been rife with wait-list problems for years . complaints about long wait lists and falsified patient appointment reports have dogged va hospitals and clinics nationwide . petzel , a 40-year veteran of the va system and its . undersecretary for health , tendered his resignation even though he was . already scheduled to retire later in the year . the white house announced . his successor on may 1 but said petzel would remain in his job until . jeffrey murawsky , director of the va 's illinois-based great lakes health . care system , wins senate confirmation . secretary . eric shinseki requested and received petzel 's resignation but has . steadfastly insisted upon staying put himself , despite calls from . prominent republicans and democrats for his ouster .

<t> white house accuses democrats of holding hostage funding for veterans care . </t> <t> funding was attached to large health-labor-education bill . </t> <t> white house says it wants a clean bill that only funds veterans programs . </t> <t> democrats call on white house to engage in a dialogue on spending levels . </t>

white house blasts democrats for delaying funding for veterans care<T>

washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- republicans reacted with surprise and recrimination sunday to blistering criticism of the iraq war from former coalition commander retired lt. gen. ricardo sanchez . lawmakers lashed back at retired gen. ricardo sanchez on sunday after he criticized the war effort . on friday , sanchez , who was coalition commander in 2003 and 2004 , called the iraq war `` a nightmare with no end in sight . '' he said the bush administration , the state department and congress all share blame . speaking with military reporters in virginia , sanchez also said such dereliction of duty by a military officer would mean immediate dismissal or court martial , but the politicians have not been held accountable . `` i 'm astounded , really , '' south carolina republican sen. lindsey graham on cnn 's `` late edition '' with wolf blitzer on sunday . graham , who recently returned from baghdad , said he and gop presidential candidate sen. john mccain had visited sanchez several times in 2003 and 2004 . `` every time we talked to gen. sanchez , we got pushback -- we have enough troops ; guard and reserves are n't being strained , '' graham said . he added that sanchez 's own record in iraq is blemished : abu ghraib `` got out of control under his watch . the war in general got out of control under his watch . '' but graham said that `` finally , '' with the commitment of nearly 30,000 additional u.s. troops since january , `` we are getting it right . ''<doc-sep>sanchez told reporters that american political leaders have cost american lives on the battlefield with their `` lust for power . '' sanchez said it had been his duty to obey orders and not object publicly while on active duty , but that he has an obligation to speak out now that he has retired . `` while the politicians espouse a rhetoric designed to preserve their reputations and their political power , our soldiers die , '' he said . that brought a tart response from mccain , the ranking republican on the senate armed services committee . `` i wish that he had given us the benefit of that knowledge at the time , '' mccain told cbs 's `` face the nation . '' he said sanchez should have spoken out at the time -- or resigned -- but `` unfortunately , that does n't happen very often . '' one of the reasons few speak out , he said , is evidenced by what happened to former army chief of staff gen. eric shinseki , mccain said . shinseki was sidelined after telling congress that hundreds of thousands of troops would be needed to occupy iraq . sen. mitch mcconnell , a republican from kentucky , told abc 's `` this week '' that sanchez is simply wrong . `` my definition of winning is a stable country and an ally in the war on terror , '' he said . `` i think we 're making significant progress toward that end . '' but , he added , `` i think the central government in iraq has been an embarrassment . they 've not been able to produce any of the kind of political compromises that we had hoped for . '' graham said he hopes the government of prime minister nuri al-maliki will `` step up to the plate and do something meaningful by the end of the year . ''<doc-sep>if that does not happen , he said , `` it will be incumbent upon us , as a nation , to devise a new political strategy to find a way forward or create a stable iraq . '' that brought a blistering response from zbigniew brzezinski , national security adviser under president carter . `` what is this ? this is a colony , '' he said . `` that 's the heart and essence of the difficulties we encounter . '' even those iraqis who were happy to see saddam hussein toppled from power more than four years ago are not happy with the continuing u.s. presence , brzezinski said . though some countries are willing to go along with the united states , `` no one in the world really supports our policy in iraq , '' he said . in his friday speech , sanchez added that the `` surge '' of u.s. troops into iraq represents `` a desperate attempt by the administration that has not accepted the political and economic realities of this war . '' national security council spokeswoman kate starr did not address the comment . instead , she said , `` we appreciate his service to the country . as gen. petraeus and ambassador crocker said , there 's more work to be done but progress is being made in iraq . and that 's what we 're focused on now . '' gen. david petraeus is the u.s. top commander in iraq . ryan crocker is the u.s. ambassador to iraq . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- top house democrats tuesday proposed a `` war surtax '' to pay for the war in iraq , a plan quickly condemned by republicans and opposed by the house leadership . rep. dave obey tuesday said the surtax is a way for `` this generation '' to pay for the iraq war . the surtax would be `` a percentage of your tax bill , '' said house appropriations committee chairman dave obey , d-wisconsin . `` and if you do n't like the cost , then shut down the war . '' the measure -- sponsored by obey , rep. jack murtha , d-pennsylvania , and jim mcgovern , d-massachusetts -- would require low - and middle-income taxpayers to add 2 percent to their tax bill , while higher-income taxpayers would add 12 to 15 percent , obey said . the house democratic leadership made it clear wednesday that they had not signed off on the measure . in a statement released tuesday afternoon , house speaker nancy pelosi blasted president bush for not asking americans to sacrifice and `` adding hundreds of billions of dollars in debt for future generations to repay . '' but pelosi said she will not back the measure . `` some have suggested that shared sacrifice should take the form of a draft ; others have suggested a surtax . those who oppose a tax and the draft also should oppose the president 's war , '' pelosi said . `` just as i have opposed the war from the outset , i am opposed to a draft and i am opposed to a war surtax . '' a spokesman for the house ways and means committee , which handles all tax measures , told cnn `` there 's no expectation that this proposal will come before the committee . '' the proposal comes as the bush administration requested an additional $ 190 billion for the war in iraq and afghanistan . obey estimated the surtax would annually generate between $ 140 and $ 150 billion dollars which is equivalent to the annual cost of the war in iraq . watch obey say he will not give the white house a blank check '' '' `` this is the first time in american history that when a president has taken a country to war and said ` by the way folks , we 're going to have to sacrifice and the way to sacrifice is by cutting your taxes . ' '' obey said . `` it makes no sense . '' speaking at a capitol hill press conference , mcgovern said families of troops serving in iraq would be exempt from the surtax , and that the tax was similar to ones imposed during war war ii and the vietnam war . the republican leadership was quick to condemn the proposal . `` raiding every taxpayer 's wallet for the purposes of playing politics with our national security amounts to one of the most irresponsible proposals i 've seen in a long , long time , '' house minority leader john boehner said in a statement . `` it 's time for democrats to support our troops and the strategy that has led them to make undeniable progress in iraq . '' a democratic leadership aide dismissed criticism from the gop , saying , `` republicans are talking about something -lsb- surtax proposal -rsb- that 's never going to see the light of day , but they 're doing it at their own peril because the more they talk about the costs of war , the more americans will listen . '' majority leader steny hoyer , the no. 2 democrat in the house , said he agreed `` this generation ought to help pay for '' the war but that there was no agreement on backing the bill . `` one of the stories i just read said ` the democrats propose , ' '' hoyer said . `` this is a proposal by mr. obey . mr. murtha and mr. mcgovern . this is not a party proposal . '' e-mail to a friend . cnn 's deirdre walsh contributed to this report .<doc-sep>goodman 's character reflects an image that too many , on the right and left , have of republican elected officials . belying the notion that they are not part of life inside the beltway , republicans have also been implicated in many scandals involving the abuse of power , such as all the politicians who fell as a result of their connection to the lobbyist jack abramoff in 2006 , making it difficult for many americans to hear republicans blast away at the very washington in which its members thrive . the party of morality : this remains a chestnut for many republicans who want to appeal to notions of social and cultural conservatism . although this position has come under fire as out of touch with where many americans are on issues such as gender rights and gay rights , the party 's leaders are generally standing firm . yet scandals in recent decades have rocked the image of the party . in south carolina , former gov. mark sanford 's congressional campaign has stumbled as voters were reminded of the affair that brought him down from power . the party of national security : this was one of the most important claims for the party since world war ii . the republicans had made significant political gains , arguing that they were better equipped to handle national security than the democrats . they used this argument to devastate their opponents . but the memory of the war in iraq under president george w. bush continues to haunt the party . the recent opening of bush 's presidential library brought up memories of the controversy , as does the current debate over whether to send arms to syrian rebels following evidence that the government used weapons of mass destruction . the deployment of military resources based on faulty intelligence and the enormous failures of the post-reconstruction period in iraq have put republicans on the defensive .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the former commander of u.s. forces in iraq who retired over the abu ghraib prison scandal is calling for a truth commission to investigate bush-era policies behind the abuse and controversial interrogations of detainees . retired lt. gen. ricardo sanchez commanded u.s. forces in iraq during the abu ghraib scandal . `` the mechanisms that are responsible for establishing accountability have lost their credibility within the country , and there 's a lack of trust in them , '' retired lt. gen. ricardo sanchez said in an interview on cnn 's `` newsroom '' tuesday . `` a truth commission , i believe , is the only way for us to regain that . '' the iraq war , he said , was plagued by `` institutional and individual failures '' -- both in the execution of the conflict and the interrogation tactics , and in the policies from washington that were implemented in the field . sanchez , in charge of combat operations from 2003 into 2004 , has been a harsh critic of the war in iraq , calling it in 2007 a `` nightmare with no end in sight . '' his leadership has been criticized because the mistreatment of prisoners at the notorious abu ghraib prison happened during his command . pictures of detainees caused outrage around the world when they were leaked to the news media in may 2004 -- photos showing naked prisoners stacked on top of each other , or being threatened by dogs , or hooded and wired up as if for electrocution . critics say such tactics amount to torture .<doc-sep>the military has launched an investigation into the crash , the deadliest since january 2005 , when a helicopter went down in western iraq and killed 31 marines . since the start of the war , 3,715 u.s. troops have died in iraq ; seven civilian contractors also have been killed . there have been a string of helicopter downings in iraq this year . in january , 12 u.s. soldiers were killed when a u.s. helicopter went down northeast of baghdad . the brookings institution 's iraq index , a regularly updated compilation of facts about the war , said in its latest update monday before this crash that 67 american military helicopters have gone down since may 2003 and that enemy fire had downed at least 36 . meanwhile , police in baiji said an explosives-packed truck drove into the police directorate 's compound in the center of town and detonated . a number of homes in the compound were destroyed . the police building was badly damaged , and 15 vehicles were destroyed . on the political front , iraqi prime minister nuri al-maliki responded to u.s. criticism of his government , calling such comments irresponsible and saying they `` overstep the bounds of diplomatic and political courtesy . 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<t> republican sen. lindsey graham : `` i am astounded '' by comments . </t> <t> sanchez , a retired former coalition commander in iraq , called war `` nightmare '' </t> <t> republican sen. john mccain wishes sanchez would have spoken up earlier . </t> <t> republican sen. mitch mcconnell said sanchez is simply wrong . </t>

republicans fire back at sanchez for iraq war criticism<T>

paris , france -- france lock sebastien chabal has been cited for a dangerous tackle on england 's simon shaw during saturday 's world cup semifinal in paris . simon shaw offloads despite being tackled by raphael ibanez , left , and sebastien chabal . the sale sharks forward will face a disciplinary hearing on monday after his tackle on opposite second-rower shaw was noted by citing commissioner dennis wheelahan . chabal started the match on the substitutes ' bench , but was brought on in the 26th minute to replace the injured fabien pelous during hosts france 's 14-9 defeat . if he is suspended , then chabal will miss friday 's third and fourth-place play-off match at the parc des princes .<doc-sep>meanwhile , france coach bernard laporte said that the defeat was tougher to take than england 's 24-7 win in the 2003 semifinals . `` in 2003 , they were better then us . in fact they were better than everyone , '' said laporte , who is leaving his role to take up the post of junior sports minister in the french government . `` they were like the new zealand of this tournament - the favorite , except they went all the way . this time it 's harder because yesterday it was 50-50 . '' meanwhile , england -- seeking to become the first nation to defend the world cup title -- revealed that star kicker jonny wilkinson again had problems with the match balls during the semifinal .<doc-sep>the fly-half , who voiced his concerns after struggling with the boot against australia , rejected a ball before kicking a vital three-pointer against france . `` we did n't say it last week but a non-match ball got onto the field in marseille which jonny kicked , '' director of rugby rob andrew said . `` he did n't think about it while he was kicking it . `` the match balls are marked , numbered one to six . last night they had ` world cup semi-final england vs france ' written on them . on match night , jonny was vigilant when kicking for goal that they were actually match balls he was kicking . `` the practice balls lose pressure and shape . the whole issue last week , the organizers accepted all six match balls should be used by both sides on the thursday before game . '' e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>before rokoduguni contemplates more national service , there are pressing club matters to focus on . on saturday , bath face harlequins at the stoop and a place in the play-offs is on the line . for the soldier in the visitors ' ranks , this is a shoot-out that will hold no fear . for players hoping to earn test selection , unsure if they will make the cut , the suspense must be hard to cope with . well , that wo n't be an issue for wales candidates later this month . final look : warren gatland will name his wales team for south africa after a possibles v probables match . billy . twelvetrees is out for four to six weeks with ankle damage , says . gloucester boss nigel davies , and is likely to miss england 's tour of . new zealand . the wru on thursday confirmed a probables v possibles trial match at the liberty stadium in swansea on may 30 , with rob howley and robin mcbryde taking charge of the respective teams . many of the 46 players will be pretty certain of their selection for the south africa tour already , but others on the fringes wo n't have a long wait to find out . warren gatland will name his tour party at the post-match press conference , so some contenders will be given good news while they 're still getting changed . sebastien chabal is retiring , taking the game 's most iconic , caveman beard with him . in his pomp , ` sea-bass ' was a force of nature - giving his best years to sale as a no 8 whose swashbuckling ball-carrying feats illuminated the english game . philippe saint-andre , his coach at the . time , once delivered this assessment of his qualities : ` we use science . to build rugby machines and he just smashes them . ' hero : france flanker sebastien chabal retires after an eventful career , finished by helping lyon to promotion . best years : france legend chabal gave some of his greatest performances to sale in the england premiership . at the 2007 world cup , he became the darling of france , even when not in the starting team . the sight of him staring down the haka before the quarter-final victory over the all blacks in cardiff will live in the memory , as will the surprising image of chabal driving to and from training in a smart car . occasionally prone to drifting out of games , he could be a moody character , but on his day he was majestic ; a truly french hero . it certainly was n't dull , was it ? last weekend 's round of six aviva premiership matches yielded 45 tries as the elite clubs made hay in the sun . it was further proof that the notion of summer rugby - as frequently championed by this column - makes sense . the weather and the glorious attacking fare draw crowds and generate excitement . try feast : wasps ' charlie hayter scores in their win over newcastle , one of 45 premiership tries in the round . free-flowing : the impressive sunshine scorelines advocate top level rugby in england being played in summer . those against a calendar shift argue that it would rob the sport of variety , always producing fast-and-loose games and no attritional , forward-dominated contests . nonsense . there is nothing to stop teams with an advantage up front from driving in scrums and mauls under blue skies . in fact , dry surfaces aid that facet of the game . studs can grip better when turf does n't give way . playing when the conditions are better merely promotes strategic choice and the use of essential skills . those who hanker for mud and gloom are losing their footing in this perennial debate .<doc-sep>mum ' . focused : the southampton left back was taking part in #askluke on fa 's official twitter account . warm up : luke shaw is in miami preparing for the world cup finals . challenge : shaw picked out liverpool 's victor moses as his toughest opponent .<doc-sep>luke shaw was turned away from watching the x factor after arriving five minutes late on sunday . luke shaw impressed for manchester united against crystal palace at old trafford . the 19-year-old gets stuck in to a challenge with palace midfielder james mcarthur on saturday .<doc-sep>manchester united striker wayne rooney , centre , is shown a red card by referee lee mason . defender luke shaw made his first start for united since his # 30m summer move from southampton . west ham 's diafra sakho is booked for an innocuous challenge on manchester united defender shaw .

<t> france lock sebastien chabal cited for a dangerous tackle on simon shaw . </t> <t> chabal faces disciplinary hearing on monday after incident against england . </t> <t> sale forward will miss the third and fourth-place play-off is he is suspended . </t>

chabal cited for challenge on shaw<T>

baghdad , iraq -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- none of the 1,000-plus iraqi detainees freed in recent weeks have broken a pledge not to return to the insurgency , according to the marine general who oversees the u.s. detention centers in iraq . a u.s. military panel reviews a detainee 's case at camp cropper near baghdad . speaking in arabic , maj. gen. doug stone on wednesday reassured iraqis about how the 25,000 detainees -- mostly sunnis -- are treated after being taken into custody on suspicion of involvement in the insurgency . stone described the detention system as `` open and transparent , '' saying it makes the detainees better citizens and helps break the cycle of violence and poverty in the country . stone said detainees get free medical care equal to what he gets as a general , food and water made to islamic standards , educational opportunities , jobs skills and contact with families . the u.s. detention centers -- at camp bucca near the southern port city of basra and in camp cropper near baghdad -- are political sore points for sunnis , who make up 83 percent of the detainees held . the main sunni political coalition -- the iraqi accord front -- cited the centers as one reason for quitting the government during the summer . last month , the u.s.-led coalition launched operation lion 's paw in which between 50 and 70 detainees would be released daily during the islamic holy month of ramadan after taking a pledge not to rejoin the insurgency against the shiite-led government . `` this pledge is an iraqi pledge , a pledge before an iraqi judge , frequently with a family member present , '' stone said . `` i am pleased to tell you that in the more 1,000 that have gone through this program and taken the pledge , not one has returned to threaten iraqi or coalition forces . '' stone said the releases would continue at the same pace beyond ramadan .<doc-sep>stone 's description seems a far cry from the abu ghraib prison operated by the u.s. military in the first years after the invasion . that prison was closed down and razed in the wake of an international scandal over prisoner abuse . `` there are no secrets that go on in detention , '' stone said . `` our facilities are open to inspection by any agency that we in the federal government believe is credible . these agencies are welcomed because they are windows for the world . '' see what life 's like inside camp cropper 's walls '' by the time of their release , `` detainees grow in terms of working in an inter-sectarian environment , '' he said . each detainee has a chance to take classes up to a sixth-grade level , and high school classes are being planned , stone said . about one-third -- or 8,000 -- are in school , with 7,000 having passed the fifth-grade level , he said . the 860 detainees who are 17 or younger are all in school , stone said . the average stay for a detainee is 300 days , but some have been detained for two years or longer , he said . a review board interviews detainees to decide if they are a threat to security , he said . if they are deemed not to be , they are offered freedom in exchange for taking the pledge . only 280 detainees are foreigners , mostly from syria , egypt , iran , sudan and saudi arabia , he said . other developments .<doc-sep>a civilian whistle-blower working with the marine corps on the mrap program wrote a scathing report about delays in the procurement process in early 2008 . `` if the mass procurement and fielding of mraps had begun in 2005 in response to the known and acknowledged threats at that time , as the usmc is doing today , hundreds of deaths and injuries could have been prevented , '' franz gayl wrote in his january report . he said bureaucratic delays plagued the program at the height of the insurgency , when u.s. troops were regularly being attacked and killed by roadside bombs . gayl 's report prompted the marine corps to request the inspector general 's audit in 2008 . the gayl report drew attention just months after mraps had been pushed into iraq by defense secretary robert gates in an effort to protect troops from roadside bombs -- the leading killer of troops at the time .<doc-sep>a civilian whistle-blower working with the marine corps on the mrap program wrote a scathing report about delays in the procurement process in early 2008 . `` if the mass procurement and fielding of mraps had begun in 2005 in response to the known and acknowledged threats at that time , as the usmc is doing today , hundreds of deaths and injuries could have been prevented , '' franz gayl wrote in his january report . he said bureaucratic delays plagued the program at the height of the insurgency , when u.s. troops were regularly being attacked and killed by roadside bombs . gayl 's report prompted the marine corps to request the inspector general 's audit in 2008 . the gayl report drew attention just months after mraps had been pushed into iraq by defense secretary robert gates in an effort to protect troops from roadside bombs -- the leading killer of troops at the time .<doc-sep>the shiite demonstrations came after ongoing demonstrations in predominantly sunni provinces inflamed by the arrest of several guards of sunni finance minister rafei al-essawi . tens of thousands of demonstrators have protested for more than two weeks , demanding that the shiite-led government stop what they call second-class treatment of iraq 's sunni community . they also are demanding the release of detainees they said were held without charges , calling the government corrupt and accusing it of unfairly targeting iraq 's sunni people . sunnis largely boycotted iraq 's 2005 elections , leading to the emergence of a shiite-led government . the move left the once-ruling minority disaffected , which contributed to years of bloody insurgency and sectarian warfare . the united nations assistance mission for iraq is closely following the demonstrations , according to a statement released tuesday . the group supports the political and human rights of all iraqis , as well their social , cultural and economic rights , in the framework of the rule of law . the protesters have voiced grievances they see as violations of their human rights . the government has acknowledged that peaceful protest is a constitutionally guaranteed right of all iraqis . `` we call on the protesters to refrain from violence and to maintain the peaceful character of their demonstrations , and on the security forces to show the utmost restraint in maintaining law and order , '' said martin kobler , the special representative of the united nations secretary-general . kobler said that all sides should engage without delay in a peaceful and constructive dialogue in accordance with the iraqi constitution and law .<doc-sep>by . mark duell . updated : . 10:55 est , 13 january 2012 . a squad mate of a marine sergeant who allegedly killed unarmed women and children in iraq told a court he would have called in an air strike to level the house if he could do it again . former sergeant hector salinas testified in a military court that he believed small arms fire had come from the direction of the home shortly after a roadside bomb hit a convoy , killing a marine . he was testifying at the court-martial of staff sergeant frank wuterich at camp pendleton in california about when the group gunned down six people , including a man in a wheelchair . on trial : marine staff sergeant frank wuterich arrives at the court in camp pendleton , california , with his lawyer neal puckett . he faces nine counts of manslaughter and other charges . but salinas conceded he did not know at the time there were women and children inside . charged : wuterich is the last defendant in one of the biggest criminal cases against u.s. troops from the iraq war . wuterich , the squad leader , faces nine . counts of manslaughter and other charges stemming from marine actions . that day that killed 24 iraqis in the town of haditha in 2005 . the marines stormed two homes for 45 . minutes , killing unarmed men , women and children . they found no weapons . or insurgents , squad members testified . salinas testified that he was the . first marine to enter the house after the roadside bomb exploded . he . said he shot a figure he saw near the stairs and later learned he had . killed an elderly woman . he said he saw the man in a wheelchair after he went back to the home later . four other unarmed civilians were killed there . asked by a defence attorney if he . would have done anything differently that day , salinas said : ` i would . have just utilised my air to just level the house ' . wuterich 's lawyers have said their client believed insurgents were in the home after the explosion . military prosecutors have implicated . him in 19 of the 24 iraqi deaths . the marine from connecticut is the . last defendant in one of the biggest criminal cases against u.s. troops . from the war . one squad member was acquitted . six . others had their cases dropped . salinas was never formally charged . he . was one of two squad members who testified on thursday . damaged : two men survey the scene outside one of the houses in haditha , iraq where the marines went on the rampage . both raised questions about testimony . given on wednesday by another fellow marine who said wuterich had called . for bloodshed of iraqis if his squad ever was hit by a roadside bomb . the deadly attack known as the haditha massacre occurred on november 19 , 2005 , led to the deaths of 24 iraqis in total . seven of them were children . the killings are considered among the iraq war 's defining moments , further tainting the u.s. 's reputation when it was already at a low point after the release of photos of prisoner abuse by u.s. soldiers at abu ghraib prison . sgt frank wuterich is the last of the eight marines initially accused of murder or failure to investigate the killings to face trial . six others had their charges either dropped or dismissed , and one was acquitted . a full investigation did n't begin until a time magazine reporter inquired about the deaths in january 2006 , two months after the incident . the story behind the killings was retold in nick broomfield 's 2007 film battle for haditha . salinas said he did not recall this - and former lance corporal trent graviss said he never heard it . salinas and graviss also said they did . not hear or recall hearing wuterich ask them to lie about what happened . that day , as sergeant sanick dela cruz testified on wednesday . salinas and graviss told the . all-marine jury that they did not believe dela cruz to be a truthful .

<t> more than 1,000 freed detainees reportedly keep pledge not to rejoin insurgency . </t> <t> u.s. general tries to reassure sunnis that detainees face no abuse . </t> <t> more than 80 percent of detainees are sunnis . </t> <t> u.s. airstrike kills 13 suspected terrorists west of baghdad . </t>

marine general : freed iraqis not rejoining insurgency<T>

london , england -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- previously unseen footage of diana , princess of wales , taken just hours before she was killed in a car crash , has been shown to the jury at the inquest into her death . the footage showed diana and dodi step into an elevator at the ritz hotel . images taken from a security camera at the ritz hotel in paris show the 36-year-old smiling as she and her lover dodi fayed step into an elevator and later walk out of the hotel . further footage shows fayed visiting a jeweler 's shop , images that could lend support to claims that he was buying an engagement ring . earlier , a british coroner at the inquest said tt may never be known for certain whether princess diana was pregnant when she died in the paris car crash . lord justice scott baker told the jury at the inquest into the deaths of the princess and her lover dodi fayed that scientific evidence might be unable to demonstrate `` one way or the other '' whether she was in the early stages of pregnancy . but he said they would hear `` intimate '' details of her personal life . watch footage of diana 's last hours ''<doc-sep>baker told the 11 members of the jury -- six women and five men -- diana may have been on the contraceptive pill and that evidence she was poised to get engaged to dodi on the night she died was contradictory . on tuesday the judge , who is acting as coroner in the case , told the jury that a famous image taken in summer 1997 showing diana wearing a swimsuit could not be proof she was pregnant with dodi 's child as she had not started a relationship with him at that stage . the jury is set to hear `` scene setting '' evidence , including cctv and a tourist video . the inquest to establish cause of death is expected to be a six-month process . fayed 's father , mohammed al fayed , has contended from the start that diana and his son were murdered because the royal family `` could not accept that an egyptian muslim could eventually be step-father to the future king of england , '' referring to diana 's son prince william . `` i 'm hoping for justice , '' al fayed said outside court . `` at last , we 're going to have a jury from ordinary people and i hope to reach the decision which i believe that my son and princess diana have been murdered by the royal family . '' baker told the jury of al fayed 's allegations , but again reminded them that they were responsible for deciding the facts of the case , but not to assign blame or guilt .<doc-sep>`` you have to decide four important , but limited factual questions : who the deceased were , when they came by their deaths , where they came by their deaths and how they came by their deaths , '' baker said , according to inquest transcripts . `` the first three questions are unlikely to give rise to any difficulty . the fourth is a rather wider question and is directed towards the means by which they died . '' diana , 36 , and 42-year-old dodi fayed were killed on august 31 , 1997 when the mercedes-benz they were traveling in hit a pillar in the pont de l'alma tunnel in paris . they were being pursued at the time by the paparazzi after leaving the ritz hotel . driver henri paul , who was also killed , was drunk and driving at high speed . bodyguard trevor rees-jones was the sole survivor . next week , the jury is scheduled to travel to paris to see the crash site , along the river seine . they are also expected to hear testimony from the paparazzi who were present after the accident . in its evidence section , the web site for the inquest has posted previously unpublished pictures taken by paparazzi of the limo before and immediately after the accident . one is a closeup -- looking into the front of the vehicle -- that shows diana , fayed , paul and rees-jones minutes before the crash . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>a terrifying new video shows two young men attempting to throw an elderly man off of a moving subway . the cell phone video , posted by diana benbow , shows what appears to be two teenagers as they attack another man on a subway in baltimore , maryland , eventually opening up the doors off the moving car and trying to shove the man out . luckily , they are ultimately unsuccessful . scroll down for video .<doc-sep>three weeks after it was revealed the duke and duchess of cambridge are expecting a second child , some punters are placing sums of at least # 1,000 on its name . and with speculation rife as to what prince william and kate will call their new child , one of the most authoritative of royal authors claimed today that he is convinced they will name it after diana . andrew morton - who wrote a biography of the princess of wales which revealed the truth behind her strained royal relationships - said a daughter would be given the name elizabeth diana windsor . scroll down for video . decision : prince william and kate have spent hours discussing what to call their new child . they are pictured here in july 2013 with prince george hours after his birth at st mary 's hospital in paddington , london . parents : prince charles , prince of wales and diana , princess of wales with baby prince william in june 1982 . mr morton told the sun on sunday reporter ben griffiths : ` close friends to william and kate have told me that if it is a girl they want to name the baby after diana .<doc-sep>`` as difficult as the swimming was , i was not stung once , '' she said . `` those deadly tentacles could not penetrate . '' and indeed , the jellyfish were not a problem on nyad 's triumphant fifth crossing , which she completed monday afternoon after nearly 53 hours in the water . opinion : nyad shows baby boomers so ` not over ' but the jokesters of twitter had some fun with her mask . `` not only did diana nyad finish her swim , but that new mask of hers can double as a halloween costume . one-stop shopping . smart lady , '' wrote a boston-based blogger on twitter . and there was this , from a kansas-based comedian : `` somewhere under the sea the king of the jellyfish yells at his men `` we have failed . diana nyad 's silicone mask has shamed us all . ''<doc-sep>when lady diana spencer asked up-and-coming fashion talent elizabeth emanuel to create a dress for her big day in 1981 , the designer seemed set for stardom . but 32 years on from princess diana 's wedding , emanuel has turned to crowdfunding as she relaunches her fashion career with a brand new label . in a post on crowdfunding website , crowdcube , the designer has asked investors to help her raise # 750,000 , with # 28,000 raised within hours of ms emanuel 's post on the site . scroll down for video . new venture : elizabeth emanuel is hoping to raise # 750,000 through crowdfunding website , crowdcube . ` recognised for dressing some of the world 's most glamorous and influential women including princess diana 's royal wedding dress , elizabeth emanuel is now embarking on a new venture . ' reads the accompanying post . ` art of being will be the commercial vehicle bringing elizabeth 's new and exciting -lsb- sic -rsb- design concepts to market through direct and indirect retailing , franchising and licencing agreements . ' the designer is not the first a-lister to turn to crowdcube with easyjet founder stelios haji-ioannou and interior designer kevin mccloud among those to launch new ventures with the help of the site .

<t> new : jury shown new footage of diana taken hours before her death . </t> <t> diana and dodi fayed inquest jury to hear `` scene setting '' evidence . </t> <t> on tuesday coroner outlined controversial claims , published new images . </t> <t> court will make final decision on what happened in car crash 10 years ago . </t>

new video shows diana 's final hours<T>