(CNN) -- This year's Forbes Rich List is notable for the absence of Bill Gates at the top. After 13 years as the world's richest man, he has finally been toppled by his friend Warren Buffett who has an estimate fortune of $62bn. The Middle East's richest man: Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud The list -- which is a run down of the 1,125 richest people on the planet -- estimates a person's total net worth in US dollars based on the closing stock prices of the stock exchanges on which their company is listed. The Middle East's richest man is Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, the 51 year old Saudi who has an estimated net worth of $21bn. He ranks 19th in the list and is considered to be the most active and successful investor in the Middle East. He took his investment vehicle, Kingdom Holding, public on the Saudi stock exchange in July 2007. The company contains investments in well-known global companies such as Citigroup and News Corp. In the early 1990s, Alwaleed made a risky bet on Citigroup that paid off massively and has in recent years accounted for nearly half his fortune. Kuwaiti construction heir Nasser Al-Kharafi is the next richest in 46th place with an inherited fortune of $14bn. He heads M.A. Al-Kharafi & Sons, one of the largest diversified conglomerates in the Arab world. Americana, the company's lucrative food division is extremely successful and has exclusive franchise rights in the region for Pizza Hut, TGI Fridays and other big global brands. Faiza, his sister was the first woman president of Kuwait University. Naguib Sawiris, the eldest son of telecoms billionaire and Orascom Telecom founder Onsi Sawiris ranks next in 60th place with a net worth of $12.7bn. In addition to Orascom Telecom, his assets -- via European holding company Weather Investments -- include Italian phone company, Wind and leading Greek telecom companies Wind Hellas and Tellas. His brother, Nassef is in 68th place, with an estimated worth of $11bn and his father Onsi who serves as chairman of Orascom comes in at 96th place with $9bn.  E-mail to a friend

Where does he rank in the Forbes Rich List?

Who is Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud?

Answer: 19th

Answer: 19th

Answer: Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud

Answer: Forbes Rich

Answer: Warren Buffett

Answer: Middle East's

Answer: Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud

Answer: The Middle East's richest man:

Summary:
The Middle East's richest man is Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud .
He ranks 19th in the world in the Forbes Rich List .
Seven other billionaires from the Middle East rank in the top 100 .


(CNN) -- This year's Nobel Peace Prize is divided between three women, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee of Liberia and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen, the Nobel committee announced Friday.

Since it was introduced at the beginning of the 20th century, the Peace Prize has become the preeminent award honoring individuals and organizations that work for peace, justice and financial and political stability, according to the Nobel Committee.

Here are some facts, figures and history behind the award:

The process

** Nominations come from lawmakers around the world, university professors, previous Nobel laureates and members of the Nobel committee.

** That committee -- made up of five distinguished Norwegians chosen by the country's parliament -- picks the winner.

** This year, a record 241 candidates were nominated. The winner is announced Friday, but the names of the other nominees won't be revealed for another 50 years.

The award

** The award consists of a medal, a personal diploma and a cash prize (10 million Swedish kronor, or about U.S. $1.4 million).

** The Peace medal has the inscription "Pro pace et fraternitate gentium," which means "For the peace and brotherhood of men."

** A person must be alive to be nominated. If they die during the consideration period, their name will be removed. Only if a person is announced as a winner and dies before the ceremony will a posthumous award be given.

The history

** The Nobel Peace Prize was created by Alfred Nobel, a Swedish scientist, industrialist and inventor of dynamite.

** Ninety-one Nobel Peace Prizes have been awarded since 1901. It was not awarded 19 times, most notably during World War I and World War II.

** Sixty-two Nobel Peace Prizes have been awarded to a single laureate; 28 prizes have been shared by two laureates. One time, the prize was shared between three people: Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin.

Recent winners

** Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo won last year but could not attend. The political activist and longtime critic of communist rule in China is serving an 11-year prison term for what the Chinese government calls "inciting subversion of state power."

** In 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama won for what the committee called "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."

** Martti Ahtisaari of Finland was the 2008 winner. It was his "important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades to resolve international conflicts" that got him the prize, according to the committee.

** The year before, Al Gore and the U.N.'s International Panel on Climate Change shared the prize for their "efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change," according to the committee.

how many people share the nobel peace prize

how many  candidates were nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize

how many  women shared  2011 Nobel Peace Prize

Answer: three women,

Answer: three

Answer: Liu Xiaobo

Answer: three

Answer: three women,

Answer: three

Answer: Alfred Nobel,

Answer: Alfred Nobel,

Answer: 241

Summary:
Three women share 2011 Nobel Peace Prize .
A record 241 candidates were nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize .
The award is named for Alfred Nobel, a Swedish scientist and inventor of dynamite .
Last year's winner was Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo .


(CNN) -- Thomas the Tank Engine, whose television adventures on the fictional island of Sodor have delighted children around the world for years, is now on a real-life mission to help kids with autism. Thomas the Tank Engine is part of a new online game to help  autistic children recognize different emotions. The steam locomotive and his friends are the stars of a new game in Australia, designed to help autistic children recognize emotions. Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect), a nonprofit that provides services to people diagnosed with the developmental disorder, unveiled the game on its Web site Tuesday. The game asks players to recognize which engine has a sad face, or which is happy or angry. Children with autism often have a difficult time distinguishing different facial expressions. Each time a child plays the game, he/she is presented with a different sequence of emotions. In doing so, the game takes advantage of the single-mindedness of autistic children to assist in their development. "It's a great way to help develop social and communication skills," said Anthony Warren of Aspect. A study conducted in the United Kingdom found that autistic children were far more fascinated by the television series, "Thomas and Friends," than they were with other fictional characters. The study, by the National Autistic Society, summarized that the show held such appeal because of the clear facial expressions of the characters, the pacing of the program and the easy-to-follow story lines. "We got those results down here, and we thought, how could we leverage that strength and give a little back to the community?" said Tom Punch with Haven Licensing, the company that handles licensing for the characters in Australia. Warren said one of the reasons Thomas is particularly stimulating and motivating for children with autism is that it's very predictable. "Children can understand the clear visual messages -- the big smile on the front of the engine," he said. "The messages it communicates are very concrete, not abstract. And the emotions are primary emotions. It's uncomplicated." Autism is a developmental disorder that affects physical, social and language skills. It usually appears before age 3, though the earliest signs are subtle. More doctors and researchers are referring to "autism" as "autisms," because each child's case is different, as are the causes, helpful therapies and potential treatments. The Australian nonprofit unveiled the game this month to coincide with Autism Awareness Month in that country. After all, as the show's theme song attests: "Red and green and brown and blue; They're the really useful crew."

Which cartoon character do autistic children like more than other fictional characters, according to a UK study?

What do autistic children have difficulty distinguishing?

What does an online Thomas the Tank Engine game teach autistic children?

What fictional character are more autistic kids fascinated by?

What do autistic children have trouble distinguishing?

What kind of difficulty do the autistics kids encounter ?

Answer: Thomas

Answer: different facial expressions.

Answer: recognize different emotions.

Answer: "Thomas and Friends,"

Answer: to help

Answer: different facial expressions.

Answer: difficult time distinguishing different facial expressions.

Summary:
Online game uses Thomas the Tank Engine to help autistic children .
Children try to recognize which engine has happy, sad, angry face .
Autistic children often have trouble distinguishing different facial expressions .
UK study: More autistic kids fascinated with "Thomas" than other fictional characters .


(CNN) -- Those battling global warming by promoting biofuels may unintentionally be adding to skyrocketing world food prices, creating what one expert calls "a silent tsunami" in developing nations. The rising prices are "threatening to plunge more than 100 million people on every continent into hunger," Josette Sheeran, executive director of the United Nations' World Food Program, said on the agency's Web site Tuesday. Sheeran is one of the experts attending a Food summit hosted Tuesday by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, aimed at determining ways to boost food supplies and identify deterrents. Also attending the meeting are scientists and representatives from the European Union and Africa. On the Web site, Sheeran said the increase in food prices is "a silent tsunami that respects no borders." "The world's misery index is rising ... as soaring food and fuel prices roll through the lives of the most vulnerable," she said Friday. The crisis is forcing the organization to look for cuts in aid to some of its recipients, she said. Soaring food prices have triggered violence in some developing countries, and biofuels are bearing at least part of the blame. Producing fuel from plant crops is supposed to be greener than drilling for oil, and biofuels generally burn cleaner, too. But the global biofuels industry now stands accused of a list of side effects that are said to be damaging lives, especially of the world's poorest people. "The drive for more biofuels means more investment is going into those crops, meaning less land and less investment going in for food crops, causing a massive conflict and resulting in rising prices, which is having a huge negative impact, especially on developing countries," said Clare Oxborrow, food campaigner for Friends of the Earth.  See why tortilla makers are blaming biofuel for increasing food prices » Critics also say that in Africa, Asia and South America, people are being driven from their land and forests are being cleared to make room for the booming biofuel industry. The International Food Policy Research Institute says the use of cereals for industrial purposes like making biofuels has risen by a quarter since 2000. Brown said in an article posted on the 10 Downing Street Web site, "We now know that biofuels intended to promote energy independence and combat climate change are frequently energy-inefficient. "We need to look closely at the impact on food prices and the environment of different production methods and to ensure we are more selective in our support. If our UK review shows that we need to change our approach, we will also push for change in EU biofuels targets," he said. "We must also do more to explore the links between climate change and food, and particularly their impact on the livelihoods and vulnerability of the very poorest, who are likely to be most affected by climate change." The meeting he convened, Brown said, is a precursor to the G8 summit of industrial nations, to be held in July, and a special U.N. summit in September. He urged prompt action. "With one child dying every five seconds from hunger-related causes, the time to act is now," Brown stressed. The World Health Organization views hunger as the No. 1 threat to public health around the world, responsible for a third of child deaths and 10 percent of all disease. Douglas Alexander, Britain's International Development secretary, announced Tuesday that Britain has set aside a 455 million-pound [$900 million] aid package to address the food crisis. His agency manages Britain's aid to poor countries with the goal of eliminating extreme poverty. E-mail to a friend CNN's Phil Black contributed to this report.

What is the main threat to public health?

What is the main threat to public health according to the WHO?

What triggered violence in some countries?

What is the main reason for violence in some developing countries?

What is the result of the high food prices?

Answer: means more investment is going into those crops, meaning less land and less investment going in for food crops, causing a massive conflict and resulting in rising prices, which is having a huge negative impact, especially on developing countries,"

Answer: hunger

Answer: hunger

Answer: rising prices

Answer: Soaring food prices

Answer: violence in some developing countries, and biofuels are bearing at least part of the blame.

Answer: Soaring food prices

Answer: battling global warming by promoting biofuels

Summary:
Prices mean 100 million people could go hungry, U.N. official says .
Soaring food prices have triggered violence in some developing countries .
Expert says focus on biofuels means less focus on food crop .
World Health Organization views hunger as main threat to public health .


(CNN) -- Those who knew Canadian folk musician Taylor Mitchell say her passion for her craft was matched by her affinity for nature. Fresh out of high school, she embarked upon a three-week tour of Eastern Canada earlier this month full of hope over her blossoming career and excited to explore the region with a new car and driver's license. The 19-year-old rising star was in between gigs when, according to a Nova Scotia Cape Breton Highlands National Park official, she was killed by coyotes during a hike on Tuesday afternoon. "If there can be any comfort at all, it is knowing that Taylor was doing two of the things she loved most, sharing story and song on the road and spending time in nature's fold," her manager, Lisa Weitz said in an e-mail. "She loved the woods and had a deep affinity for their beauty and serenity." Mitchell was a "seasoned naturalist" well versed in wilderness camping who wouldn't want the coyotes responsible for her death to be killed, her mother said Thursday. "When the decision had been made to kill the pack of coyotes, I clearly heard Taylor's voice say, 'please don't, this is their space.' She wouldn't have wanted their demise, especially as a result of her own. She was passionate about animals, was an environmentalist and was also planning to volunteer at the Toronto Wildlife Centre in the coming months," Emily Mitchell said in a statement Thursday. "Tragically, it was her time to be taken from us so soon," the mother said. When she was 15, Mitchell began vocal lessons with her future producer, Michael Johnston. "Taylor inspired and impressed everyone from her musical peers to members of the Canadian roots-music community who were two and three times her age," he said in a statement. "They saw in her the rarest of the gifts -- an ability to sing not only from the heart, but in a way that transcended her age and experience and became something universal." The Toronto-based musician's career began to take off earlier this year after the April release of her debut album, "For Your Consideration." She was nominated for Young Performer of the Year honors by the Canadian Folk Music Awards, which will be awarded in November. On her Facebook page, she detailed her busy summer performance schedule, describing it as her "craziest summer yet." In July, she said she took a Greyhound bus to perform in the Young Performers Program at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, her first show west of Ontario, which featured acts including Arlo Guthrie, Neko Case and Elvis Costello. She played more shows in the Toronto area, relishing the airplay her album was receiving, and worked on songs for her next album, Weitz said. Yet she managed to return to nature with her aunt, mother and best friend at the family cottage in Owen Sound, Ontario, delighting in its simple joys. "Our cottage is on the shores of Georgian bay. It's 125 years old with three bedrooms that sleep two and one bedroom that sleeps four, plus a bunkhouse. It's old and creaky and absolutely beautiful. As I sit on my couch in my apartment, I'm homesick for the precariously slanted stairs, tennis courts, lake and wonderful memories," Mitchell said on her Facebook page. Before she set out eastward for her tour of the Maritimes, she shared her works in progress at the Ontario Council of Folk Music conference in Ottawa, impressing all those in attendance, Weitz said. "Taylor Mitchell's vocal style and consummate songwriting craft belied her vernal years. Indeed, her songs told the tales of a seeker, a sojourner with a sage wisdom atypical of most, let alone one of such tender years," Weitz said. On her Facebook page, she had begun counting down the days to her East Coast tour in September, saying in a September 18 status update that she was "feeling the pull of the road." In her

Who earned the respect of the folk music community?

What did she earn the respect of folk music community for?

Answer: wilderness camping

Answer: Taylor Mitchell

Answer: Taylor Mitchell

Answer: ability to sing not only from the heart, but in a way that transcended her age and experience and became something universal."

Answer: Toronto-based

Answer: Eastern Canada

Summary:
Taylor Mitchell was a "seasoned naturalist" versed in wilderness camping, mother says .
She wouldn't want coyotes responsible for her death to be killed, Emily Mitchell says .
Mitchell earned respect of folk music community for talent that belied her age, producer says .
The Toronto-based musician was touring Eastern Canada when she died in coyote attack .


(CNN) -- Though they support some federal action to help their states recover from the recession, several Republican governors said Sunday they plan to turn down a portion of what's offered in the stimulus bill that President Obama signed last week.

Gov. Haley Barbour said the stimulus bill would force Mississippi to raise taxes.

"If we were to take the unemployment reform package that they have, it would cause us to raise taxes on employment when the money runs out -- and the money will run out in a couple of years," Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour told CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday.

The Republican governors of Idaho, Alaska, Texas, South Carolina and Louisiana expressed similar concerns. But one of their colleagues, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, had a message for them Sunday on ABC's "This Week."

When asked about broader complaints from lawmakers such as South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford about the stimulus package leading to more debt, Schwarzenegger responded, "I am more than happy to take his money or [that of] any other governor in this country that doesn't want to take this money. I take it because I think California needs it."

Schwarzenegger said he does not foresee a need for a tax hike in the future to sustain the unemployment provisions.

In a separate interview on CNN's "State of the Union," Schwarzenegger said the complaints are "partially" right, but that using the money for now "cannot hurt." And another governor, Michigan Democrat Jennifer Granholm, told CNN, "We'll take it."  Watch how stimulus package could affect your paycheck Â»

"South Carolina, I'll take your money. Louisiana, we'll take it," Granholm said in an interview recorded last week and broadcast Sunday on "State of the Union."

"We got plenty of work here, plenty of jobs that we would like to create here," Granholm added as she discussed the struggling auto industry and job losses in her state.

A leading Democrat, meanwhile, said he does see a potential problem.

"I'm not sure that we can, over the long run, cope with the high unemployment compensation standard that this mandates for states," Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, the head of the National Governor's Association, told "Fox News Sunday."

"But I don't care. My people are suffering," he added. "They need that extra money. And right now that's paramount in my mind."

At issue is a portion of the unemployment assistance stipulated by the stimulus bill, which provides federal dollars to expand unemployment insurance in the states. In exchange for accepting that, states would have to expand the number of people who are given jobless benefits.

In Louisiana, for example, that portion of the funds would total nearly $100 million, state officials said. Gov. Bobby Jindal, a rising GOP star, has announced plans to turn it down.

"The $100 million we turned down was temporary federal dollars that would require us to change our unemployment laws," he told NBC's "Meet the Press."

"That would have actually raised taxes on Louisiana businesses. We as a state would have been responsible for paying for those benefits after the federal money disappeared."

The law demands a "permanent" change to state law, Jindal said.

Jindal and the other governors do plan to accept other funds offered by the stimulus, including money to increase benefits for those who are receiving them. And even some governors who have expressed disappointment in the stimulus package are not shying away from any of the funding.

"I don't like this bill, but it is now the law. ... It's now our responsibility and opportunity to try to implement it," Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty told "Fox News Sunday."

Calling his state "a major net subsidizer of the federal government," he said, "We're paying the bill either way -- we're going to take our share of the money."

What did Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger say about California?

Which states' governors raise other concerns?

Governors of what states raise concerns?

Answer: Arnold Schwarzenegger,

Answer: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger,

Answer: of Idaho, Alaska, Texas, South Carolina and Louisiana

Answer: needs it."

Answer: raise taxes on employment

Answer: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger,

Answer: California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger,

Answer: Idaho, Alaska, Texas, South Carolina and Louisiana

Answer: Idaho, Alaska, Texas, South Carolina and Louisiana

Summary:
Governors of Mississippi, South Carolina, Louisiana, others raise concerns .
They worry unemployment assistance compensation is too steep to maintain .
Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is for the plan, saying California needs help .


(CNN) -- Thousands of Chileans may have to sleep in the streets Wednesday night after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake rattled the north part of the country, killing at least two people, injuring dozens and destroying hundreds of homes. Valentina Bustos shot this photo Wednesday  of earthquake damage at a hotel in Antofagasta, Chile. "There are more than a thousand, 1,200 houses, at least, that were totally flattened, and others in bad shape," Tocopilla Mayor Luis Moyano said in an interview that aired on Radio Cooperativo. Tocopilla, Chile, north of Santiago, is about 35 km (21 miles) from the quake's epicenter. "Tonight, people are going to have to sleep in the street, because there are a great number of houses that are uninhabitable," said Moyano. Places that could be used as shelters, such as schools and gyms, were  damaged in the quake, the mayor said. Moyano put the number of people without shelter at 4,000. Tocopilla's population is 24,000. Moyano described going through the damaged city and running into people asking, "Mayor, my house collapsed. What do I do? Mayor, I don't have water. What do I do?" "It gets to you," he said. Paula Saez with the aid organization World Vision told CNN she was on a treacherous drive attempting to reach Tocopilla. "There's no electricity and there's a lot of landslides" covering the road in spots, she said, and the highway was spotted with holes. Once in Tocopilla, Saez said, she was prepared to offer tents, blankets and medicine to citizens and assess additional needs. The government's Office of National Emergency reported that two women had died and others were injured in the city. Officials identified one of those killed as 54-year-old Olga Petronila Ortiz Cisternas. The other fatality was an 88-year-old woman.  Watch what a 7.7 earthquake can do » Municipal official Ljubica Ukurtovic, in an interview with Chilean TV station TVN, said that "approximately 100 people" had sought treatment at a Tocopilla hospital. The quake collapsed a roadway tunnel, temporarily trapping about 50 construction workers.  See where the quake struck » High-level government sources said the workers had been rescued. Repair work on the 793-meter (2,600-foot) Pedro Galleguillos tunnel, completed in 1994, began on October 1 and was to be finished early next year. Tocopilla is about 1,245 km (780 miles) north of Santiago and the quake was felt in Peru and Bolivia, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor was centered at a depth of 60 km (37 miles), the USGS said. A tsunami warning was issued for the South Pacific coast after the quake hit, but was canceled within an hour. Chile has been the scene of hundreds of strong earthquakes throughout history, including the largest one of the 20th century on May 22, 1960. The quake that struck southern Chile that day registered a magnitude 9.5 and launched a tsunami that caused damage as far away as Hawaii, Japan and the Philippines. Nearly 6,000 people died as a result of the quake and its tsunami. A magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck southern Chile on January 25, 1939, killed 28,000 people. A magnitude 9.0 earthquake in what was then southern Peru but is now northern Chile killed 25,000 people in 1868.  E-mail to a friend

More than how many homes were flattened?

Who was freed from collapsed roadway tunnel?

Where were dozens of workers freed from?

Answer: 1,200 houses, at least,

Answer: 1,200

Answer: 1,200

Answer: Wednesday night

Answer: 50 construction

Answer: 1,200 houses, at least,

Answer: Wednesday night

Answer: 50 construction workers.

Answer: roadway tunnel,

Summary:
NEW: Tocopilla mayor: More than 1,200 homes flattened, shelters damaged .
Dozens of workers freed from collapsed roadway tunnel, officials say .
Chilean Navy is moving heavy equipment into the area to help with rescue .
7.7 quake north of Tocopilla happened at 12:40 p.m. (10:40 a.m. ET)


(CNN) -- Thousands of Opel workers went on strike in Germany on Thursday in protest at the decision by U.S. parent General Motors to abandon the sale of the automaker. GM shocked German public officials when it announced earlier this week its decision to keep its European Opel and Vauxhall units and cancel a planned sale to Canadian firm Magna. If Magna had bought GM's European operations thousands would have lost their jobs in Spain and at Vauxhall plants in Britain. After the announcement there were celebrations in Britain but fury in Germany, where thousands of workers fear they will face the axe. "We want Opel to continue to exist," Hesse state Premier Roland Koch -- one of the biggest lobbyists for a sale to Magna and its Russian partner Sberbank -- told rallying workers at Opel headquarters in Ruesselsheim on Thursday, according to Reuters.com. "We will have to fight again with the goal of saving jobs." GM announced a restructuring plan for Opel that would include cuts of as many as 10,000 jobs at the European subsidiary. About half of Opel's 50,000 workers are based in Germany. The U.S. car giant confirmed in a statement to CNN that its revised viability plan for Opel "will likely include cuts in that range." Jürgen Rüttgers, premier of North Rhine-Westphalia state, where GM proposes closing a factory, told the Financial Times: "General Motors' behaviour shows the ugly face of turbo-capitalism. That is completely unacceptable." German Opel workers reject GM's restructuring plan for the company, which they believe will see a drain of vehicle development from Germany to the United States, Lorenz said. Employees in Germany are not only unwilling to accept pay cuts moving forward, but they will also demand to be paid for concessions they have made, like giving up a scheduled pay rise in May, their 2008 Christmas bonus, and vacation pay for 2009, Lorenz said. GM promised to work with all the European labor unions on a plan for Opel's restructuring. The GM board of directors said an improving business environment over the past few months and the importance of Opel and its British brand, Vauxhall, to GM's global strategy were reasons to retain Opel. The board said it would begin restructuring its European operations "in earnest" instead, according to a news release issued late Tuesday. GM's decision is a setback for Magna, which agreed to purchase Opel and Vauxhall in September in a deal brokered by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. General Motors said in March that it wanted to sell Opel after it reported an annual loss of $30.9 billion for 2008. Opel, together with Vauxhaull, is the fourth-largest car brand in Europe after Volkswagen, Ford, and Renault. It is also GM's largest-selling brand in Europe by far, representing more than 70 percent of GM's European sales. While GM's decision may still mean layoffs as it restructures its European businesses, it may safeguard jobs in the short-term. Employees at the Vauxhall plant in Ellesmere Port, England, welcomed the news. "I think it's a good idea, really, because a lot of people will have jobs," one employee told Sky News. "We've had a three-day week now for ages," said another man. "We've lost money, so now we're going to start getting some back." The head of the Unite union, which represents Vauxhall workers, said he was "absolutely delighted" that GM will retain ownership of the brand. "GM was once the biggest company in the world and we have no reason to believe that it cannot restructure itself to address its present difficulties," Unite Joint General Secretary Tony Woodley said. "My worry is that they would be forced to spin off their UK business to Magna, which simply does not have the expertise to run a global car company." CNN's Fred Pleitgen in Berlin, Germany, contributed to this report

GM's plan could eliminate how many jobs?

How many jobs could be eliminate by the restructuring plan?

For which reason did the workers a strike?

Answer: Germany

Answer: 10,000

Answer: it announced earlier this week its decision to keep its European Opel and Vauxhall units and cancel a planned sale to Canadian firm Magna.

Answer: after it reported an annual loss of $30.9 billion for 2008.

Answer: 10,000

Answer: by U.S. parent General Motors to abandon the sale of the automaker.

Summary:
Opel workers in Germany strike Thursday over GM's decision to abandon sale of automaker .
GM's Opel restructuring plan could eliminate as many as 10,000 jobs .
U.S. parent company says improving business environment behind its decision not to sell Opel .
GM said in March it wanted to sell Opel after reporting losses of $30.9 billion .


(CNN) -- Thousands of inmates rioted at the Reeves County Detention Center in Texas on Saturday, the second disturbance at the prison facility in the last two months. As many as 2,080 inmates from two of the center's three buildings began fighting in the prison yard about 4:30 p.m. CT, said county Sheriff's Office Dispatcher Anna Granado. Authorities from several law enforcement agencies responded to quell the violence. However, officials had not brought the unrest under control as of 1 a.m. Sunday, according to the sheriff's office. Officials said they do not know what prompted the riots. Three inmates were hospitalized, including one with a severed finger, the sheriff's office said. On December 12, inmates took two workers hostage and set fire to the recreation area at the center in Pecos, located about 430 miles west of Dallas. The inmates, who had made several demands, surrendered later that night. The prison is a 2,400-bed, low-security facility, operated by Geo Group Inc. It houses federal prisoners as well as inmates from other states. CNN's Janet DiGiacomo contributed to this report.

Who said they do not know what sparked latest riot?

Answer: Officials

Answer: they do not know

Answer: December 12,

Answer: Three inmates

Answer: of inmates rioted

Answer: Three

Summary:
NEW: Inmate unrest at Texas prison enters second day .
NEW: Authorities: Three inmates have been hospitalized; one has severed finger .
Prison was site of another inmate riot in December .
Officials say they do not know what sparked latest riot .


(CNN) -- Thousands of people across the globe took to the streets on Saturday in annual demonstrations for May Day, the annual event marked by demonstrations demanding better working conditions.

Known as International Workers' Day, the holiday draws thousands to peacefully protest. Others, as in Athens, Greece, clashed with police amid growing anger over the government's stiff plans to grapple with the country's debt.

About 12,000 people in Athens were on the streets, waving red flags and at times surging toward a line of police, who wore helmets and carried riot shields. Those disturbances led to injuries and arrests. A satellite truck was torched and two ATMs, the glass frontage of a bank and a car were damaged.

In Russia, more than 2.5 million people participated in traditional May Day celebrations in 900 cities and towns, the country's trade union federation said. The largest gatherings took place in Krasnodar, Yakutsk, Vladivostok, Izhevsk, Moscow and St. Petersburg. The people spoke out in favor of decent salaries and stable employment.

Watch May Day demonstration in Paris, France.

According to CNN sources and state-run news reports, there were many demonstrations.

Turkey:

For this first time in 30 years, tens of thousands of union members and leftist political activists gathered for the first legally sanctioned May Day celebration in Istanbul's central Taksim Square.

Germany:

Several protesters were detained after clashes with police in Hamburg. Seventeen police officers were reportedly injured when confronting demonstrators who they said were throwing rocks and setting garbage cans on fire.

Cuba:

A throng marched through Revolution Plaza in Havana. Crowds are usually big in Cuba on International Workers' Day but government officials said the turnout was a signal to Washington that the country is unified and supports its leaders.

United States:

Several dozen cities braced for protests against Arizona's controversial new immigration law.

Asia:

Thousands gathered in several Asian cities for its annual May Day demonstrations. They demanded improved working conditions and wage increases. Clashes between police and protesters were seen on TV.

Iran:

Protests popped up at the Labor Ministry, where demonstrators clashed with police and shouted "Death to the dictator."

CNN's Diana Magnay, Ivan Watson, Yesim Comert, Azadeh Ansari and Maxim Tkachenko contributed to this report

what is the number of participans in may day celebration in Russia?

How many people celebrated may Day celebrations?

Answer: 2.5 million

Answer: Athens

Answer: Thousands

Answer: International Workers' Day,

Answer: was torched

Answer: annual demonstrations

Answer: Several dozen cities braced for protests

Answer: better working conditions.

Summary:
International Workers' Day draws thousands of demonstrators annually .
Truck torched; ATMs, front of bank and car damaged in Athens, Greece .
More than 2.5 million people participated in May Day celebrations in Russia .
In the U.S., several dozen cities braced for protests against Arizona's new immigration law .


(CNN) -- Thousands of people gathered Tuesday in Marrowbone, Kentucky, to lay to rest nine people who were killed in a crash in central Kentucky last week.

John and Sadie Esh were killed when a tractor-trailer crossed the median on Interstate 65 and smashed into their van as they traveled to Iowa for a wedding. Four of the couple's children -- Leroy, Rachel, Rose and Anna -- were also killed, according to the Rev. Leroy Kauffman with the Marrowbone Christian Brotherhood. Leroy's wife, Naomi, and a baby the couple adopted were also killed, as was Rachel's fiance, Joel Gingerich, he said. A family friend, also in the van, was killed as well. The driver of the tractor-trailer also died.

Two boys, age 3 and 5, whom Leroy and Naomi adopted, survived.

"They have lived their lives, God seemed fit to take them home, and we rest in that," said Michael Kauffman, a member of the Mennonite community. He said family and friends had traveled from all over the United States to attend the funeral.

CNN affiliate WBKO, quoting a media liaison at the services, said about 3,000 people attended.

"The amount of people who came is overwhelming to say the least," Kauffman said. "We have been very blessed with the amount of people who are here."

The nine were to be buried in a grassy spot where John and Sadie's son Johnny was buried. He died while on a mission trip in the Ukraine three years ago, Leroy Kauffman said last week.

"I have not been to the grave site, but I feel like it's the way it should be," Michael Kauffman said.

The family was traveling to the wedding of a woman who was on the mission trip with Johnny, Leroy Kauffman said.

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash. No cause has been given.

Who survived the crash?
How many people survived the accident?
Where was the van headed?
Where was the wedding located?
What hit the van?
How many family members were in van?

Answer: Two boys,

Answer: Two boys,

Answer: Iowa

Answer: Iowa

Answer: tractor-trailer

Answer: nine

Summary:
9 family members, friend were in van driving to wedding in Iowa .
Tractor-trailer crossed median and hit van; its driver also died .
Two boys, age 3 and 5, survived .


(CNN) -- Thousands of people turned out Saturday in the southern Austrian city of Klagenfurt for the funeral of politician Joerg Haider, a popular but polarizing figure who led right-wing Austrian politics for decades. Harald Scheucher, mayor of Klagenfurt, speaks in front of the coffin of Joerg Haider Saturday. Among those attending the service at the town's central Neuen Platz square were Austrian President Heinz Fischer and Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer. Haider's widow sat in the front row with her two daughters, all of them dressed in black. "Many people expected things of Joerg Haider that they themselves weren't able to fulfill, and he too expected things of people that he wasn't able to fulfill," Gusenbauer said at the funeral. "Therefore his death, and the end of his life, may be a time to think about whether death's only consolation is that we can now reconcile things that seemed irreconcilable during his lifetime." Haider's coffin was draped in the yellow, red and white flag of the southern state of Carinthia, where he was governor, and topped with red roses. Haider, 58, died last Saturday in a car accident while driving out of Klagenfurt, the state capital. He had just passed another car on a highway when his car hit a concrete post and rolled over several times, police said. His spokesman said this week that Haider was drunk at the time of the crash. Besides being Carinthia's governor, Haider was also head of the right-wing BZO party (Alliance for the Future of Austria), which he founded in 2005 after years with the conservative Freedom Party. Haider came to prominence in 1986, when he became head of the Freedom Party while still in his 30s. A politician who projected youth and style, Haider appealed to many working-class Austrians, promising to cut their taxes and give money to those with children. Some older Austrians responded to his demands for strict law and order. But he drew widespread criticism both at home and abroad for his anti-immigrant stance and remarks considered anti-Semitic, and in 1991 he publicly praised Nazi Germany's employment policy. Asked in 2000 about the statement, Haider told CNN the quote was taken from a long speech and that he never praised the Third Reich. He called the remarks a mistake and publicly denounced Nazism. But Haider continued to draw attention for his controversial remarks. They included an address to veterans of the Waffen S.S., Adolf Hitler's elite soldiers, in which he praised their character. The address created an uproar after it was broadcast on German television. Haider said he had simply been speaking to elderly citizens of Carinthia who included some former Waffen S.S. members. Despite the controversy, Haider said he was not racist: "You will not find any anti-Semitic position in our party program, and you will not find any anti-Semitic speech or statement by me." The policies of the Freedom Party drew international attention during the elections in 1999. Party campaign posters urged voters to stop the flood of immigration and used the term "over-foreignization," the same word used by Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels in 1933 to criticize what he called Jewish influence in Germany. Haider told CNN he favored restricting immigration simply because of Austria's small size, but that he wanted to keep an open border for refugees. It was his family background, Haider said, that kept singling him out for criticism. Haider's parents were activists in the Nazi Party long before Austrian-born Hitler annexed Austria to Germany in 1938. Haider's father, Robert, volunteered for the S.A., the notorious brown shirts who terrorized Jews and others before the war. He then served in the German army. His biographer, Melanie Sully, said Haider felt a strong sense of loyalty to his parents and those in the war generation. "He feels that what they sacrificed after the war in rebuilding Austria in very difficult circumstances needs to be honored and that they weren't all criminals," Sully told CNN in 2000. Under Haider's leadership,

How did the person die?
How did Haider die?
Where was Joerg Haider's funeral held?
Who was the funeral for?
Where was the funeral?
Where did Haider get in a car accident?
What was Haider criticized for?
Where was Joerg Haider's funeral?

Answer: car accident

Answer: car accident

Answer: southern Austrian city of Klagenfurt

Answer: politician Joerg Haider,

Answer: southern Austrian city of Klagenfurt

Answer: Klagenfurt,

Answer: his anti-immigrant stance and remarks considered anti-Semitic,

Answer: Klagenfurt

Summary:
Thousands attend the funeral of right-wing politician Joerg Haider in Austria .
Chancellor: Many people expected things of Haider they themselves could not fulfill .
Haider died last Saturday in a car accident, spokesman confirms he was drunk .
Haider drew support from many but criticized for his praise of some Nazi policies .


(CNN) -- Thousands of protesters in cities across the United States waved American flags as they rallied Saturday against Arizona's tough new immigration law and pushed for national immigration reform.

"Si se puede," "Yes we can" and "Boycott Arizona" were common refrains for groups protesting from Los Angeles, California, to New York City.

May 1 is traditionally a rallying day for supporters of immigration reform. But protesters across the country said they were galvanized by Arizona's recent passage of a law cracking down on illegal immigration.

The new Arizona law requires immigrants to carry their alien registration documents at all times and requires police to question people if there is reason to suspect they are in the United States illegally. Critics say it will lead to discrimination and racial profiling.

But Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has said the law is necessary because the federal government has failed to enforce border security with Mexico, allowing hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants to move into the state. She said changes to the law she approved Friday, which clarify that police could only stop suspected illegal immigrants while enforcing some other law or ordinance, should eliminate concerns about racial profiling.

But criticism of the law was clear among tens of thousands of protesters flooding the streets of Los Angeles on Saturday, where organizers said they hoped to send a strong message with the number of people turning out.

"Does my face look illegal?" one sign read.

Karen Rayner, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Police Department, said 50,000 people marched at the demonstration's peak. Rayner said the rally was "very peaceful" and no one was arrested.

Police arrested about 20 protesters -- including a U.S. congressman -- at Saturday's rally in Washington.

Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Illinois, was among a group of protesters who were arrested for blocking the sidewalk outside the White House in what they said was a planned act of civil disobedience. The protesters wore T-shirts that read "ARREST ME NOT MY FAMILY" and "ARREST ME NOT MY FRIENDS."

A smaller group of about 200 people rallied outside the State Capitol in Phoenix, protesting the new law and asking the federal government to step in to stop it.

About 1,000 people gathered in New York City's Union Square on Saturday afternoon.

Cesar Mack, an international studies student at City College of New York, told CNN he was an undocumented immigrant from Peru.

"I've been living in this country six years and I'm still fighting for immigration reform," he said.

CNN iReporter Julio Ortiz-Teissonniere said he saw signs in Arabic, French, Spanish and English at the New York rally. One sign in the crowd particularly caught his eye: "Todos somos Arizona" -- "We are all Arizona."

"They were trying to convey that message that it's a city and nation based on immigration. Everybody came from somewhere else," he said.

CNN's Susan Candiotti, Ted Rowlands, Ione Molinares and Casey Wian contributed to this report.

How many people gathered in New York City's Union Square on Saturday afternoon?

What were Gutierrez and other protesting?

Where was Gutierrez and others protesting?

Who was arrested during a rally in Washington?

Answer: Rep. Luis Gutierrez,

Answer: 1,000

Answer: cities across the United States

Answer: Arizona's tough new immigration law

Answer: sidewalk outside the White House

Answer: Rep. Luis Gutierrez,

Answer: Thousands

Summary:
Rallies unfold in cities across the U.S. against Arizona's new immigration .
U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Illinois, was arrested during a rally in Washington .
Gutierrez and others were protesting outside the White House on Saturday .
About 1,000 people gathered in New York City's Union Square on Saturday afternoon .


(CNN) -- Thousands of taxpayers across the country aren't getting their refund or stimulus checks because criminals have stolen their Social Security numbers in an identity theft scam, CNN has learned. Some victims don't learn about identity theft until the IRS questions them about income in their name. "We see a lot of activity right now, because clearly folks who are trying to perpetrate a fraud have to get their claims in early before a true taxpayer files their return," said Nina Olsen, the national taxpayer advocate for the Internal Revenue Service. Olsen, whose independent office is set up to help taxpayers, said her office fielded several thousand complaints this year connected to the scam. The Federal Trade Commission reported that approximately 50,000 taxpayers complained about tax fraud and employment-related identity theft during 2006, compared with 18,000 in 2002. "It's a huge nightmare," Olsen said. "Basically, their life can be taken over by just about every approach, trying to prove that they are who they are and other people are not. And when you think about how central the Social Security number is to banking, to credit, to school applications, for financial aid, just for everything you can think of -- plus your taxes -- it has a significant impact on a person's life." That's what happened to Brenton King, a 25-year-old father and student from Orem, Utah. King said he was 17 when someone stole his wallet at a ski resort. Over the past four years, at least five people have used his Social Security number to report income. And since the criminals earned income on his number and never paid taxes, he and his wife, Jennifer, can't get any tax refunds from the IRS or their government stimulus check even though he reported the theft several years ago to police and the IRS. Under the government's economic stimulus plan, 130 million people were supposed to received tax rebate checks from $300 and up last year. "We want to put that money in the bank," Jennifer King said. "We want to be able to put money down on a home." The Kings said the ordeal has been frustrating because they know when they file their tax return every year that they won't get the money back that they are owed. Initially, they said, it was difficult dealing with the IRS, which they said made Brenton feel as if he were the criminal. "The fear is it will happen for the rest of our lives," Brenton King said. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Montana, said it takes the IRS an average of about a year "to sort out who is the real taxpayer." "In the meantime, the victim's tax accounts get frozen," Baucus, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said in a written statement. "The IRS issues no refund. The money that the taxpayer was planning on doesn't come. The taxpayer waits in tax limbo, for months and months." Baucus, who led a hearing into the issue in 2008, said other taxpayers don't learn that they are victims of identity theft until years later. "Victims first realize that other people are using their identities when the IRS contacts them. The IRS asks them why they did not report the income that appears on W-2 forms with their names on them," he said. And Sen. Chuck Grassley, the ranking Republican on Baucus' committee, said the IRS doesn't do enough to combat tax-related identity theft. He said the IRS does not prosecute, "and that's not very helpful. It sends a signal that you get a free pass if you're using IRS instruments." But IRS spokesman Dean Patterson called preventing identity theft "a top priority" for federal tax collectors and said, "we are committing significant resources to address the challenges posed in protecting taxpayers' identity information." "We have established a special unit dedicated to resolving tax issues incurred by identity theft victims and special tracking codes to monitor returns and prevent further

where Tax fraud reports jump between 2002 and 2006?

what Senator says it can take a year for IRS?

Answer: across the country

Answer: preventing identity theft

Answer: Max Baucus, D-Montana,

Answer: the IRS an average of about a year "to sort out who is the real taxpayer."

Summary:
Tax fraud reports jump between 2002 and 2006, FTC reports .
Senator says it can take a year for IRS to sort out identity theft .
Agency says that preventing such fraud is a priority .


(CNN) -- Thousands of women demonstrated Monday in front of Yemen's foreign ministry in the capital, Sanaa, demanding U.N. intervention in the ongoing unrest in the Persian Gulf nation, residents and eyewitnesses said.

The protest comes a day after the first woman was killed in a demonstration against the government, according to opposition activists.

The women called for sanctions against President Ali Abdullah Saleh and asked that he be tried by the International Criminal Court.

They also alleged that snipers were on the rooftop of the foreign ministry Sunday.

The protests came hours after gunfire and loud explosions reverberated throughout the capital early Monday.

Medics in Change Square said at least four people were killed and another 26 injured after government forces raided parts of the capital. Another eight people died and 20 were injured in government raids on civilian property, said Abdulqawi al-Qaisi, a prominent opposition leader and head of the Sadeq Ahmar media office.

"The death toll is expected to rise as a number of the injured are in critical condition," he said.

According to eyewitnesses, government security forces clashed with tribesmen loyal to Hashid tribal leader Sadeq Al-Ahmar in the Hasabah neighborhood in northern Sanaa. Government forces attacked the tribal leader's family residences, al-Qaisi said.

"The government attacks against innocent civilians and the Ahmar family continued for hours and hundreds of explosions were heard throughout the morning, causing fear throughout the capital," he said.

Residents and witnesses also reported that the Republican Guard was bombarding the headquarters of the 1st Armored Division, loyal to Maj. Gen. Ali Mohsen Al-Ahmar, who withdrew his support for Saleh in March.

The embattled Saleh said Sunday that "strong documentation of the cooperation" between al Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood indicate a military coup that is destabilizing the country. He described the opposition as "insane people, who can't sleep and only want to take power."

"The international community must stop Saleh from killing his own people," al-Qaisi said Monday. "If no intervention takes place, he will continue killing and the casualties will rise."

On Sunday night, three people died in Sanaa when a rocket-propelled grenade hit bystanders, medics said.

Earlier Sunday, Yemeni security forces opened fired on demonstrators gathering for a planned march in the capital, killing five people and injuring 54 others, according to a medic on the scene.

In a separate demonstration in the city of Taiz, a government sniper killed a woman with a shot to the head, medics and eyewitnesses said.

Medics identified the woman as Aziza Othman Kaleb. Snipers also injured four others who were next to the woman in the march, the sources said.

Opposition activists said the slain woman was 20 and said she was the first female to be killed while marching against the government. CNN could not independently confirm that claim.

Activist Atiaf Alwazir called the shooting of a woman "a sign that the government security forces will not really stop shooting, even if there are women."

"Women may have been beaten, arrested at times -- but never directly shot at and this is a scary escalation," she said.

The crackdown in Sanaa was also bloody, doctors said.

"The injured are entering the hospital by the minute. We need help. We call on people to donate blood for the injured," said Mohammed Al-Qubati, who works at a field hospital in Change Square.

Five of the wounded are in critical condition, he said from the square that has become the center of protests against Saleh.

Protesters carried signs with slogans including: "Saleh kills and the world watches. Is this the justice the West preaches?" according to witnesses and activists.

Others carried flowers or signs that said: "We are not armed, Don't attack us with gunfire," witnesses said Sunday.

CNN has not independently confirmed the details of casualties in Sanaa or Taiz, and the government has not yet responded to requests for comment.

Saleh, meeting Sunday with Yemeni leaders, said members of the U.N.

What has been reported in the capital of Yemen?

Who is asking for sanctions against the Yemeni President?

Answer: that the Republican Guard was bombarding the headquarters of the 1st Armored Division,

Answer: The women called for sanctions against President Ali Abdullah

Answer: women

Answer: Ali Abdullah Saleh

Answer: women demonstrated

Answer: five

Summary:
NEW: At least 12 people are dead in Yemen, officials say .
Women protesters ask for sanctions against Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh .
Heavy gunfire and explosions are reported in the capital of Yemen .
Protesters have been calling for Saleh to step down for months .


(CNN) -- Three Americans rescued last week from captivity in the Colombian jungle left a medical center for their homes Saturday, hoping for some time out of the spotlight as they reconnect with loved ones. Left to right, Thomas Howes, Keith Stansell and Marc Gonsalves address reporters before flying home Saturday. Keith Stansell, Marc Gonsalves and Thomas Howes -- hostages of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia for more than five years -- left the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. "There's family members that are waiting for us, and just imagine if you hadn't seen your family in 5½ years," Stansell said, asking the media to allow the former captives some space. "Let us go home and be family men again." "We're going to come out and we're going to talk, but right now, what we want to do is rest," Gonsalves said. All three were headed home to Florida, and Stansell and Howes flashed their new Florida driver's licenses before they boarded a plane. The three men had been undergoing a reintegration process at the medical center. FARC had held the three U.S. government contractors since February 2003 after their plane went down in a remote region of the South American country. They and former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt were among 15 hostages rescued on July 2 in a Colombian military operation. The three Americans arrived at Brooke Army Medical Center later that day. The three Americans urged the media not to forget the hundreds of other hostages still held by FARC. "Don't forget the people that are still there," Stansell said. "There are fellow hostages that are still there. Some have 10 years [as a hostage]," he said. "Right this minute, they're in chains, looking for food, and they're on the run. And their families haven't seen them in 10 years." It is estimated that FARC holds some 750 hostages. The leftist rebel group took up arms in 1964 and grew from a rag-tag band of 48 fighters to a self-styled "people's army" of more than 21,000 combatants in 2001, according to Colombian government figures. The government now estimates the FARC fighting force has dwindled to around 8,000 after a wave of desertions. On Saturday, the rescued Americans talked of looking forward to spending time with their relatives. "We're going to go home now. We're going to rest, we're going to unwind for about a month and a half," Gonsalves said.

Who do the freed men want to spend time with?

When did the hostages leave the Texas medical center?

Answer: reconnect with loved ones.

Answer: to allow the former captives some space.

Answer: the media to allow the former captives some space.

Answer: "Let us go home and be family

Answer: Keith Stansell, Marc Gonsalves and Thomas Howes

Answer: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

Answer: South American country.

Answer: family members

Answer: Saturday,

Summary:
Ex-FARC hostages leave Texas medical center 10 days after rescue .
Freed men ask for privacy, saying they want to spend time with relatives .
Men ask media to not forget about hostages who still held in Colombia .


(CNN) -- Three Disney monorail workers have been placed on paid leave just days after two monorail trains crashed at the Orlando, Florida, theme park, killing one of the train's operators, according to a Disney spokeswoman. Train operator Austin Wuennenberg, 21, was killed in Sunday's monorail crash. Walt Disney World spokeswoman Zoraya Suarez said the action was "part of an investigative process, not a disciplinary action." The three workers were a monorail maintenance shop member, the monorail pilot of one of the trains and a transportation manager. Disney would not name the employees. The National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the Sunday morning accident, is expected to be at the park for several days. "To this point in the investigation, no anomalies or malfunctions have been found with the automatic train stop system or with any mechanical components of the switch or with either trains," the NTSB said in a statement. The crash killed operator Austin Wuennenberg, 21. The operator of the other train was taken to a hospital, where he was treated and released. Additionally, six passengers on Wuennenberg's train were treated at the scene for minor injuries. Wuennenberg was piloting the "Purple" train. The other train, known as the "Pink" train, was operated by one of the employees who has since been placed on leave. The Pink train was instructed to go back through a track switch that would take it from the monorail's Epcot loop to the Magic Kingdom loop. "For undetermined reasons that are currently under investigation, the switch had not changed position needed to allow the Pink train to be routed to the Magic Kingdom loop," putting the Pink and Purple trains on a collision course, the NTSB statement said. NTSB investigators believe that Wuennenberg attempted to put his train into reverse before the collision, attempting to avoid the crash. The Orange County Sheriff's Office, which is investigating Wuennenberg's death, would not comment, citing the ongoing investigation.

When was the crash of two trains that killed one driver?

Answer: Sunday's

Answer: have been placed on paid leave

Answer: National Transportation Safety Board,

Answer: The National Transportation Safety Board,

Answer: Sunday's

Answer: Sunday's

Answer: National Transportation Safety Board,

Answer: The National Transportation Safety Board,

Answer: monorail crash.

Answer: investigating the Sunday morning accident,

Answer: investigative process,

Answer: Disney monorail workers have been placed on paid leave

Answer: crash.

Summary:
Action is "part of an investigative process," spokeswoman says .
Workers are maintenance shop member, pilot and transportation manager .
Sunday morning crash of two trains killed one driver .
NTSB is still investigating incident .


(CNN) -- Three Pakistan international cricketers have been banned from the sport for the next five years after being found guilty at an anti-corruption hearing on Saturday.

Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt and bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir were found to have been involved in "spot-fixing" -- a practice involving illegal gambling during matches.

Butt, 26, was banned for 10 years with half of that suspended on certain conditions while Asif, 28, received a seven-year ban with 24 months suspended.

Amir, 18, was given a straight five-year penalty for his involvement in incidents during the Test series against England in August 2010.

They have 21 days to appeal in the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

The International Cricket Council announced the punishments following an independent tribunal's hearing in Qatar.

It came a day after Britain's Crown Prosecution Service charged the trio and their agent Mazhar Majeed with conspiracy to obtain and accept corrupt payments, and conspiracy to cheat.

Amir and Asif were accused of deliberately bowling no-balls -- deliveries which incur a scoring penalty and cannot dismiss batsmen -- to the instructions of Majeed, who received money from a third party, while Butt was said to be aware of the arrangement.

The conditions of the reduced sentences require Butt and Asif to refrain from further breaches of the anti-corruption code and to participate in an education program run by the Pakistan Cricket Board.

Pakistan trio to face criminal charges

The independent tribunal resumed its hearing on Saturday after adjourning on January 11.

It dismissed a charge that Butt had agreed to bat out a run-less (or "maiden")over in the match played at London's Oval ground from August 18-21, but said the player failed to disclose to the ICC's anti-corruption unit that Majeed had approached him with such a request.

The main charges stem from the following match at Lord's, the final Test of the series.

"The tribunal found that the charges under Article 2.1.1 of the Code that (respectively) Mr Asif agreed to bowl, and did bowl, a deliberate no-ball in the Lord's Test match played between Pakistan and England from 26 to 29 August 2010, Mr Amir agreed to bowl, and did bowl, two deliberate no-balls in the same Test, and Mr Butt was party to the bowling of those deliberate no-balls, were proved," it said in a statement on the ICC website on Saturday.

Amir is the youngest bowler to claim 50 Test wickets, six of which came at Lord's as Pakistan lost to England by an innings and 225 runs.

Butt has played in 33 Test matches since making his debut for Pakistan in 2003, and scored 1,889 runs. He became captain of the side in 2010 and led his country in a Test series against Australia as well as the tour of England before being replaced by Misbah-ul-Haq in the wake of the scandal.

Asif has twice tested positive for steroids, resulting in year-long bans, and in 2008 was detained for three weeks after being found in possession of illegal substances at Dubai airport.

Who deliberately bowled no-bowls?
Who was found guilty of "spot-fixing"?
Who was the former captain?
Who was found guilty of spot-fixing?
Who was Salman Butt banned with
What former captain was banned?
what did gthe tribunal say about Butt

Answer: Amir and Asif

Answer: Mohammad Amir

Answer: Salman Butt

Answer: Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt and bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir

Answer: Mohammad Amir

Answer: Salman Butt

Answer: the player failed to disclose to the ICC's anti-corruption unit that Majeed had approached him with such a request.

Summary:
Former captain Salman Butt banned along with Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir .
Pakistani cricketers found guilty of "spot-fixing" during Test series in England .
Asif and Amir said to have deliberately bowled no-bowls under instruction from agent .
The tribunal said that Butt was aware of this illegal arrangement .


(CNN) -- Three Palestinians, including two sick children, have died recently while waiting for resettlement from Iraq, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday.

UNHCR goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie visits the Al Waleed refugee camp in August.

About 2,000 Palestinian refugees are stranded in camps along the Syrian border and face difficult living conditions, including limited medical care, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said.

The agency has appealed for the resettlement of "vulnerable and sick" children in Al Waleed refugee camp at the Iraqi-Syrian border.

One of those who died in the camp was a 3-year-old Palestinian boy who was suffering from rickets and pneumonia. He died a few days ago in a Ramadi hospital and then was buried in Al Waleed. The other was a 14-year-old suffering from Hodgkin's disease who died in Baghdad last week.

A 50-year-old man who was waiting to be resettled died earlier this month in Al Waleed.

The agency says seven people, including three children, have died at the camp since refugees fleeing attackers began arriving at the border in March 2006.

About 30 to 40 people arrive at the Al Waleed camp each week, the UNHCR reports.

The agency has been pursuing medical resettlement.

"UNHCR has helped resettle one family of eight with several sick children from this camp to Norway last August. Another 11 medical cases submitted for resettlement are awaiting approval," the agency said, which is working to identify other medical cases.

And it is urging the resettlement of the entire group.

"UNHCR has sought solutions for the whole group since last year and has only received positive indications from Sudan and Chile," the agency said.

Thousands of Palestinians have lived in Iraq, with some going there when Israel was formed and others born there.

The UNHCR notes that some got "preferential treatment" under the regime of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. But they have been the targets of violence since he was toppled. E-mail to a friend

Who said 30 to 40 refugees arrive at border camps each week?

Who appeals for medical resettlement of Palestinians in Iraq camps ?

What's the number of Palestinians in camps in Syria?

What is the number of refugees arriving in camps?

Who has about 2,000 Palestinians in camps along Iraq-Syria border?

Answer: the resettlement of "vulnerable and sick" children in Al Waleed refugee camp at the Iraqi-Syrian border.

Answer: UNHCR

Answer: U.N. High Commissioner

Answer: About 30 to 40 people arrive at the Al Waleed camp each week,

Answer: Syrian border

Answer: the resettlement of "vulnerable and sick" children in Al Waleed refugee camp at the Iraqi-Syrian border.

Answer: 2,000

Answer: 30 to 40 people

Answer: About 2,000

Answer: Syrian border

Answer: Palestinian refugees

Answer: Al Waleed

Summary:
U.N. agency appeals for medical resettlement of Palestinians in Iraq camps .
About 2,000 Palestinians in camps along Iraq-Syria border .
30 to 40 refugees arrive at border camp each week, UNHCR says .


(CNN) -- Three Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, police officers became the first department fatalities since 1995 Saturday morning while responding to a domestic dispute call, Police Chief Nathan Harper said. Law enforcement from several jurisdictions respond to a shooting standoff at Pittsburgh home Saturday. "We have never had to lose three officers in the line of duty at one time at one call," Harper said. Suspect Richard Poplawski surrendered around 11 a.m. outside the Stanton Heights home he shares with his mother after a standoff that lasted nearly four hours and left two more officers injured. Wearing a bulletproof vest and armed with an AK-47, a long rifle and a pistol, Poplawski fired about 100 rounds during the standoff, Harper said.  Watch officers respond at the scene » Poplawski was taken into custody after surrendering to law enforcement. He is expected to face charges of homicide, aggravated assault and other related offenses, Harper said. Officer Paul Sciullo III was the first to approach the home after responding to the scene around 7:05 a.m. He was shot in the head as he entered the doorway. When Officer Stephen Mayhle tried to help his fellow officer, he too was shot in the head, Harper said. Officer Eric Kelly, who rushed to the scene on his way home after finishing his shift, was fatally shot as he attempted to assist his fallen colleagues, Harper said. The shootings triggered a standoff between Poplawski, who was shooting from his bedroom window, and law enforcement agencies from several jurisdictions, Harper said. Poplawski opened fire at an Army SWAT vehicle that arrived around 8:30 a.m., preventing them and medics from reaching the wounded policemen. Officer Timothy McManaway also was shot in the hand, the chief said. Another officer, Brian Jones, broke his leg while trying to get over a fence while securing the rear of the house, he said. Some neighbors were evacuated during the standoff. Neighbors reported that the family had caused trouble before and Harper said police had responded to calls from the home two or three times.

what Suspect was wearing bulletproof vest?

what Third officer killed was on his way home after?

Where were the officers responding to a call?

Answer: Richard Poplawski

Answer: Eric Kelly,

Answer: a domestic dispute call,

Answer: a bulletproof vest

Answer: Eric Kelly,

Answer: Three

Answer: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,

Summary:
NEW: Suspect was wearing bulletproof vest, armed with AK-47, police chief says .
NEW: Third officer killed was on his way home after finishing shift .
Officers were responding to domestic call in Stanton Heights area of Pittsburgh .
Two more officers were injured in the nearly four-hour standoff that ensued .


(CNN) -- Three U.S. researchers have won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for solving "a major problem in biology," the Nobel Committee announced Monday. Jack Szostak, from left, Carol Greider and Elizabeth Blackburn will share the $1.4 million prize. Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak are credited with discovering how chromosomes are protected against degradation -- a field that could shed light on human aging and diseases, including cancer. "The award of the Nobel Prize recognizes the discovery of a fundamental mechanism in the cell, a discovery that has stimulated the development of new therapeutic strategies," the committee said in a news release. The three will share the $1.4 million prize. It is the 100th year the prize will be awarded, and the first time that any Nobel in the sciences has gone to more than one woman. The work that won them the prize took place in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It centers on structures at the end of chromosomes called telomeres and an enzyme that forms them, called telomerase. As cells divide, chromosomes need to be replicated perfectly. Work by the researchers determined that telomeres protect DNA from degradation in the process, and that telomerase maintains the telomeres. Though there had been some speculation that the three scientists were being considered for the Nobel, the committee keeps its work top secret -- and all three researchers said they were surprised. Szostak told CNN he got the news in "that classic early morning phone call from Stockholm." He described it as "surprising and exciting" -- perhaps particularly for him because he has not worked on the subject for the past 20 years. "I've been working on other things," he said. "It started off as a collaboration with me and Liz [Blackburn] -- Carol [Greider] was a student of hers." The work began as "a long-standing puzzle that we were interested in solving," he said. "It was only over later years that it emerged, through the work of many people, that this was probably important for aging and cancer." How it might help fight such diseases is not yet known, Szostak said. "It will take a while yet for that to be figured out." Blackburn and Greider did not immediately return calls from CNN. In a telephone conversation with the editor-in-chief of the Nobel Prize Web site nobelprize.org, Greider said she had been attracted to the field of research because "it seemed like the unanswered question." She also said telomere research has a higher proportion of women than other fields because in its early days, the lead researchers brought women into the field. She called it a situation in which "you have someone that trains a lot of women and then there's a slight gravitation of women to work in the labs with other women." She added, "I think actively promoting women in science is very important because the data has certainly shown that there has been an underrepresentation. And I think that the things that contribute to that are very many ... subtle, social kinds of things." Blackburn, in a separate conversation posted on the Web site, said the proportion of women in telomere research is "fairly close to the biological ratio of men and women." "It's all the other fields that are aberrant," she added, laughing. The field of study intrigued her because "it's so intricate and complicated, and you want to know how it works," she said. Blackburn was Greider's supervisor at the University of California, Berkeley. Now Blackburn is at the University of California, San Francisco. Greider is a professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Szostak was previously at Harvard Medical School and is currently professor of genetics at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Married with two children, he told CNN he has "no idea" what he'll do with his portion of the monetary prize -- about $467,000. CNN asked

Winners studied structures at the end of chromosomes called what?

Who solved "a major problem in biology"?

Answer: telomeres

Answer: discovering how chromosomes are protected against degradation

Answer: $1.4 million

Answer: Carol Greider

Answer: discovering how chromosomes are protected against degradation

Answer: Elizabeth Blackburn

Summary:
NEW: Nobel Committee says prizewinners solved "a major problem in biology"
Winners studied structures at the end of chromosomes called telomeres .
Their research relates to understanding aging, diseases including cancer .
Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak will share $1.4 million prize .


(CNN) -- Three attacks were made on Royal Dutch Shell oil facilities in Nigeria on Sunday, according to a company spokesman who said details were not immediately available. Investigating the attacks will be difficult because they happened in remote areas, Royal Dutch Shell says. The attacks were against pipelines in the eastern part of the Niger Delta in Nigeria, said the spokesman, Rainer Winzenried. "Shell is investigating the impact on facilities, the environment and the production capabilities," he said. The attacks happened in remote areas, making investigations difficult, he said, adding that the company would not send in investigators until it was certain the area was secure. It was not known whether there were any casualties, he said. The pipelines are part of a Shell joint venture that provides oil to several companies, Winzenried said. Shell runs the venture, and Nigeria is the operator. Winzenried refused to speculate on who was behind the attacks, but Nigeria's main militant group -- the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND -- said it had attacked an offshore facility earlier Sunday and that "the structure is ... engulfed in fire." Winzenried had no information about that claim. MEND, which demands a fairer distribution of Nigeria's oil wealth, claimed Friday that it destroyed a pipeline owned and operated by the Italian gas company Agip, but Agip has not confirmed that report. Earlier in the week, MEND claimed to have destroyed Royal Dutch Shell's main trunk line in Bayelsa state and a Chevron oil station in the delta region. Shell confirmed an attack on that pipeline and said it had shut it down to avoid an environmental impact. Chevron, which halted its onshore operations in the region last month, said it was investigating. Last month, the militant group declared an "all-out war" on the government after what it said was a deadly bombing raid on civilians. It is not the first declaration of war by MEND, which demands that more of Nigeria's oil wealth be invested in the region instead of enriching those whom the militants consider corrupt politicians. The militant group declared war against the government in September for what it said were unprovoked attacks. At that time, MEND destroyed several oil facilities, forcing Nigeria to cut its oil exports by as many as 1 million barrels of oil per day, or 40 percent.

What group took responsibility for attacking an offshore facility?

Who attacked the eastern part of Nigeria's Niger Delta?

What group said they attacked a facility?

Answer: Winzenried refused to speculate on

Answer: Royal Dutch Shell

Answer: eastern part of the Niger Delta in Nigeria,

Answer: Niger Delta in Nigeria,

Answer: the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND

Answer: the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND

Answer: MEND

Answer: attacks were made on Royal Dutch Shell oil facilities in Nigeria on Sunday,

Answer: the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND

Answer: attacks

Answer: MEND

Answer: had attacked an offshore facility earlier Sunday and that "the structure is ... engulfed in fire."

Answer: Investigating the attacks will be difficult because they happened in remote areas,

Summary:
Royal Dutch Shell: Pipelines attacked in eastern part of Nigeria's Niger Delta .
Few details available; company says remote area will make investigation hard .
Company won't speculate on who was behind attacks .
Militant group MEND claimed it attacked an offshore facility earlier Sunday .


(CNN) -- Three crew members died in a fiery Navy helicopter crash near Corpus Christi, Texas, a military spokesman said, and a fourth is hospitalized in critical condition. The Navy MH-53 Sea Dragon helicopter crashed in a field about four miles south of Corpus Christi on Wednesday just after 8 p.m. It caught fire after impact, said Ed Mackley with the Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command. Copter wreckage came to rest near guide wires of a 1,000-foot TV tower for Public Broadcasting System affiliate KEDT, according to the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Authorities refused to tell The Associate Press whether the Sea Dragon collided with the tower. A witness reported a huge fireball and booming noise shortly after the crash. Rescuers found bodies of three crew members about 2:30 a.m. on Thursday, Mackley said.  Watch smoke and flames after the crash » Witness J.D. Batten told the Caller-Times he was walking on his property about two miles from the crash site when he heard a helicopter overhead. "I saw a red-glowing fireball shoot hundreds of feet up into the air," he told the paper. "I heard a giant boom a second later. It was then dead silent, and I couldn't hear the helicopter anymore." A fourth crew member was in critical condition at Christus Spohn Memorial Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas, Mackley said. "Our hearts and prayers go out to the families," Mackley said. Authorities did not immediately identify the victims. The aircraft was part of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 out of Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, a military spokesman told the Caller-Times. The Caller-Times quoted a Navy spokesman who said the aircraft was on a training mission and the crash occurred during heavy fog. A military investigation will try to determine what caused the crash, Mackley said. First responders to the crash site were hindered by downed power lines, according to the Caller-Times report. The paper said firefighters and a busload of military personnel searched the muddy area surrounding the crash site for hours. E-mail to a friend

Was the fog really dense?
what happened to teh chopper
What height is the tower?
How many people were killed?

Answer: heavy

Answer: crash

Answer: 1,000-foot

Answer: Three

Summary:
NEW: Chopper reportedly went down near 1,000-foot TV  tower .
Crash took place during heavy fog, reports Caller-Times newspaper .
Fourth victim in critical condition at Texas hospital, military says .
Three killed when MH-53 Sea Dragon crashed in field near Corpus Christi .


(CNN) -- Three days after a consumers' group called for a meat boycott, the head of Argentina's beef industry said Thursday prices will fall by week's end.

Gustavo Valsangiacomo, president of the Argentina Beef Industry Union, declined to say the boycott was responsible for the price drop. But he acknowledged that demand for beef is falling, the official Telam news agency said.

"There are a sum of factors," Valsangiacomo told Telam. "I don't want to take importance away from the boycott, but it will be analyzed by the end of the week. Nonetheless, we undoubtedly believe that prices reached a point that the public cannot and does not want to accept."

On Monday, an Argentinean consumer group called for a one-week beef boycott in an attempt to lower prices in a nation that eats more beef than anywhere else in the world.

The price of beef has increased 40 percent to 50 percent since December, said the Association of Free Consumers, which called for the boycott.

The group cited success in a similar recent boycott of tomatoes, which also had risen in price. Within a few days of the tomato boycott, prices dropped, the consumer organization said.

Valsangiacomo said the beef industry had reached a particular point in which cattle growers have cheap feed but have tried to maximize their profits.

"There has to be an equilibrium between their costs and what consumers are paying," the industry chief said.

Argentina -- a nation of nearly 41 million residents and 51 million head of cattle in 2007, the latest year comparison figures are available -- has faced a crisis as cattle supplies have dipped to their lowest levels in 45 years, according to the Argentina Farm Federation.

The Association of Free Consumers cites three possible reasons for the decline in cattle stock: a significant increase in the number of slaughtered livestock; an acceleration in the cultivation of soy, with more than 10 million hectares (24.7 million acres) converted from livestock to soy production; and more Argentineans buying beef.

Drought also has decreased the size of available pasture land.

Argentineans eat more beef than any other nation in the world -- 68 kilograms (150 lbs) per person annually, the Farm Federation said. Despite the high consumption, that's a significant decrease from the 80 kilograms (176 lbs) per person per year in the 1970s, the farmers' group said.

Argentinean beef is considered among the best in the world, and the nation is the third-largest exporter in the world, behind Brazil and Australia. But the drastic decline in beef cattle has led some Argentineans to worry the nation eventually could have to import beef to keep up with the high demand.

What length of boycott is the consumer group calling for?

What is the trend for the public demand for beef?

The price of beef has risen how many percent since December?

What did the Argentina Beef Industry president decline to say?

What won't Argentina Beef Industry Union president say?

What did consumer group call for to try to lower prices?

Answer: 40

Answer: one-week

Answer: falling,

Answer: 40

Answer: called for a meat boycott,

Answer: the boycott was responsible for the price drop.

Answer: the boycott was responsible for the price drop.

Answer: meat boycott,

Summary:
Consumer group called for one-week beef boycott to try to lower prices .
Argentina Beef Industry Union president won't say if boycott responsible for likely price drop .
Price of beef has risen 40 percent to 50 percent since December, group says .
Industry chief tells news agency public demand for beef on decline .


(CNN) -- Three faculty members were killed and three other school employees were wounded Friday in a shooting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, a school spokesman said.

A female shooting suspect was in custody and a second person was detained, "not arrested," spokesman Ray Garner told reporters.

Huntsville Police Chief Henry Reyes left open the possibility that more than one person had been detained. "We have a suspect and possible persons of interest," he said late Friday. "Until we go through everything, we're not going to say exactly how many or who we have."

He said police were questioning the suspect, whom he would not identify.

Of the wounded, two were faculty members and the third was a staff member, he said.

Garner said the incident occurred shortly before 4 p.m. in Shelby Hall. Police arrived at 4:01 p.m.; residence halls were locked down at 4:10 p.m.; the building was secured by 5:45 p.m., he said.

The suspect was taken into custody outside the building, said Reyes. No weapon has been recovered, he said.

The 6-year-old, $60 million facility houses the chemistry department and is named for U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama and his wife, Annette Shelby.

Garner identified the dead as Gopi Podila, chairman of the biological sciences department; Maria Davis, associate professor of biology; and Adriel Johnson, associate professor of biology.

He identified the injured as Joseph Leahy, associate professor of biology, in critical condition; Luis Cruz-Vera, assistant professor of biology, in stable condition; and Stephanie Monticello, staff assistant, also in stable condition. The wounded were taken to Huntsville Hospital.

Classes and athletic events are to be canceled February 15-19, he said.

Asked why students had not been alerted for more than an hour after the shootings, Reyes said, "I can't comment on that part."

What university did the three killed faculty members work at?

Answer: of Alabama

Answer: shortly before 4 p.m.

Answer: shooting

Answer: U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama and his wife, Annette Shelby.

Answer: a second

Summary:
Three killed were faculty members at University of Alabama in Huntsville .
Police leave open the possibility that more than one person has been detained .
Shooting occurred about 4 p.m. in Shelby Hall, which is named for senator .


(CNN) -- Three former guerrilla leaders -- who helped command what one activist called "one of the most brutal rebel movements in modern days" -- were sentenced Wednesday in Freetown, Sierra Leone, for crimes against humanity.

Amputee victims of Sierra Leone's civil war take part in football training at a beach in Freetown.

The U.N. Special Court for Sierra Leone found the men guilty in February of crimes that included murder, rape, sexual slavery and forced marriages stemming from a civil war that lasted from March 1991 to January 2002. They were arrested in March 2003, said Peter Anderson, spokesman for the U.N. court.

The rebels -- former leaders in the Revolutionary United Front guerrilla movement -- were known for hacking off civilians' hands and feet during the war, which stood out for its viciousness even on a a continent that has suffered many horrific conflicts.

Presiding Judge Pierre Boutet of Canada read the sentences.

Former Revolutionary United Front "interim leader" Issa Hassan Sesay was sentenced to 52 years in prison, former commander Morris Kallon to 40 years, and former chief of security Augustine Gbao to 25 years.

Sesay and Kallon had been found guilty on 16 counts, and Gbao was found guilty on 14.

The former rebels received credit for the six years each already has served in prison, Anderson told CNN.

He said they will be imprisoned in another country, maybe Rwanda, because the prisons in Sierra Leone do not meet the standards of the U.N. court.

Kallon was the only one of the three to express sorrow at his sentencing, Anderson said.

"He really had made a genuine expression of remorse," which is considered a stronger statement than regret, the court spokesman added.

The court noted several mitigating factors at the sentencing, but "in view of the gravity of the crimes, their impact was limited," a statement from the court said.

The court noted that the crimes "were committed upon a massive scale across several districts of Sierra Leone" and that "the impact of all these crimes upon the Sierra Leonean society has been enormous."

"The Chamber concluded that the inherent gravity of the criminal acts for which Sesay, Kallon and Gbao have been convicted is exceptionally high," the statement said.

Corinne Dufka, a senior researcher in Human Rights Watch's Africa division, had called the verdict "very significant."

"The RUF were renowned for leading one of the most brutal rebel movements in modern days. Everyone knows about the signature atrocity of limb amputation, but there was also horrific sexual violence, abductions, use of child soldiers and forced marriages," she told CNN by phone from Senegal in West Africa.

Eight people have been convicted of war crimes connected with the conflict -- some on the rebels' side and some on the government's.

The U.N. Special Court's mandate is to try only "those who bear greatest responsibility for atrocities committed in Sierra Leone."

The trial of Sesay, Kallon and Gbao lasted nearly five years. The three had pleaded not guilty on all counts.

The Special Court cannot impose the death penalty.

The Revolutionary United Front seized most of Sierra Leone from the government and fought international and African peacekeepers. International forces retook the capital, Freetown, in 2000.

The trial of the three former leaders was the last of three to be held at the Special Court.

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor is on trial separately at an international court in The Hague, Netherlands, for his role in the conflict. The prosecution rested in the Taylor case in January after a year of presenting its arguments.

Sierra Leone is known for its diamond wealth, but 70 percent of the population lives below the poverty line.

The Special Court is an independent tribunal established jointly by the United Nations and the Sierra Leone government. It is mandated to bring to justice those most responsible for atrocities committed in Sierra Leone after November 30, 1996.

When were men found guilty
what was the convictions
what were the men convicted of?
who was sentenced?

Answer: February

Answer: of crimes that included murder, rape, sexual slavery and forced marriages

Answer: crimes that included murder, rape, sexual slavery and forced marriages

Answer: former guerrilla leaders

Summary:
Three rebels in Sierra Leone sentenced for crimes against humanity .
U.N. Special Court for Sierra Leone found the men guilty in February .
Men convicted of crimes such as murder, rape, sexual slavery, forced marriages .
Charges stem from civil war that lasted from March 1991 to January 2002 .


(CNN) -- Three former leaders of Sierra Leone's brutal Revolutionary United Front guerrilla movement were found guilty Wednesday of crimes against humanity including murder, rape, sexual slavery and forced marriages, the Special Court for Sierra Leone announced.

The RUF rebels were notorious for brutality.

The charges stemmed from a civil war in the diamond-rich West African nation that lasted more than 10 years and stood out for its viciousness, even on a continent that has suffered many vicious conflicts.

It led to tens of thousands of deaths and more than 2 million people fleeing their homes in the country of 6 million.

The RUF rebels were known for hacking off civilians' hands and feet during the war, which lasted from March 1991 until January 2002.

Former RUF "interim leader" Issa Hassan Sesay, former RUF commander Morris Kallon and former RUF chief of security Augustine Gbao each faced 18 counts of war crimes, crimes against humanity, attacking U.N. peacekeepers, and recruiting and using child soldiers.

Sesay and Kallon each were found guilty on 16 counts, while Gbao was found guilty on 14, the court announced.

They were charged with "extermination, murder, rape, sexual slavery, forced marriages and physical violence" as well as enslaving civilians, mutilating people, and pillaging.

They were convicted on all counts except two specifically related to the kidnapping of international peacekeepers in May 2000.

Gbao was also found not guilty of two other charges related to an attack on peacekeepers, although Sesay and Kallon were convicted of those crimes.

Human Rights Watch senior Africa researcher Corinne Dufka called the verdict "very significant."

"The RUF were renowned for leading one of the most brutal rebel movements in modern days. Everyone knows about the signature atrocity of limb amputation, but there was also horrific sexual violence, abductions, use of child soldiers, and forced marriages," she told CNN by phone from Senegal in West Africa.

She lived Sierra Leone from 1999 to 2004, documenting atrocities. "It was difficult to find someone who hadn't been a victim of or a witness to a war crime," she said.  Watch Jim Clancy's report on the battle for Sierra Leone »

Amnesty International also welcomed the convictions, but said much more needs to be done to bring hundreds of other perpetrators to justice.

The group called it a "positive, but still insufficient, step in the fight against impunity" in the country, and said "many others -- numbering perhaps in the several hundreds -- must be investigated in Sierra Leone."

Eight people have now been convicted of war crimes connected with the conflict -- some on the rebel's side and some on the government's.

The Special Court's mandate is to try only "those who bear greatest responsibility for atrocities committed in Sierra Leone."

Sesay, Kallon and Gbao had pleaded not guilty on all counts in a trial that lasted nearly five years.

They are due to be sentenced within a month. The Special Court cannot impose the death penalty.

The RUF seized most of Sierra Leone from the government and fought international and African peacekeepers. The capital, Freetown, was retaken by international forces in 2000.

The trial of the three former leaders was the last of three to be held at the Special Court, a unique joint project of Sierra Leone and the United Nations.

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor is on trial separately at an international court in The Hague for his role in the conflict. The prosecution rested in the Taylor case last month after a year of presenting its arguments.

The Leonardo DiCaprio movie "Blood Diamond" is set in Sierra Leone during the civil war. Despite the country's diamond wealth, 70 percent of the population lives below the poverty line.

In the days of the slave trade, the West African country was the departure point for thousands of captives bound for the Americas. Freetown was founded in 1787 as a home for repatriated former slaves.

What did the rebels do to civilians?
did the civil war last long
where was this event
what was the rebels reputation
How long did the civil war last?
what did human rights group do
Which group welcomes the convictions?

Answer: murder, rape, sexual slavery and forced marriages,

Answer: more than 10 years

Answer: Sierra Leone

Answer: notorious for brutality.

Answer: more than 10 years

Answer: welcomed the convictions, but said much more needs to be done to bring hundreds of other perpetrators to justice.

Answer: Amnesty International

Summary:
NEW: Human rights groups welcome convictions of three Sierra Leone rebel leaders .
Convictions are for war crimes, crimes against humanity, child soldier use .
Civil war last more than 10 years and left tens of thousands dead .
RUF rebels were known for hacking off civilians' hands and feet .