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orgy violence greeted kenya disputed election result led hundred death forced ten thousand flee home . away tragic human cost , unrest also provoked concern about stability east african country economy , seen model region . business destroyed looted supply route disrupted after opposition accused incumbent president mwai kibaki election fraud after declared winner sunday . investor watching event closely country , fearful could affect one africa economic success story . early sign worrying . equity market nairobi stock exchange lost billion kenyan shilling million value first day new year trading wednesday , kenyan financial newspaper business daily africa reported . business leader said government losing around billion shilling . million day lost revenue result political violence , paper reported . seem new place , lot uncertainty about go . lot depends crucially longlasting , said razia kahn , analyst specializing africa standard chartered bank . kenya attracted large number multinationals home one world fastest growing stock exchange . relative economic success helped part thriving tourist sector , visitor attracted abundant wildlife pristine beach . provisional figure 2006 kenya tourist board said country received . million visitor year , growth . per cent . however , fear tourist industry could take heavy hit unrest grew british federation tour operator announcing thursday suspending holiday country departing including saturday . watch aid worker describe fear crisis may resemble rwanda . british tourist already country advised british foreign office stay indoors stay away major city . also worry about knockon effect region , since around percent kenya export go african nation , kahn said . even greater concern effect kenya lucrative agriculture industry . export tea , coffee , vegetable flower big earner country , agriculture making about fifth total economy . medium report tea coffee auction halted violence well widespread disruption transport route rioter blockade major road across country . arun shah , run coffee import business based london , told cnn livelihood depended stable kenya . absolutely reliable supply , said . reliable quality quantity need trade . email friend . cnns jim boulden london .
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kenya oncestable economy faltering due violence following disputed election . equity market nairobi stock exchange lost million first day . business leader say government losing . million day revenue . thriving tourist industry also hit , british tour operator calling flight .
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month art life feel need speed . world first roadlegal grand prix bike rock legend passion aviation . monita rajpal sample finest italian motorbike . monita rajpal meet boy behind ducatis motorbike , iron maiden bruce dickinson explains flying new source adrenaline , trance legend paul van dyk take u round favorite haunt former east berlin . ducati riding style . ducati longbeen ultimate name luxury motorbike , like racer , company compete fiercely defend title . small italian manufacturer , japanese megaplants , employing thousand worker , ducatis comparatively small family driven pride . cnns monita rajpal visit bologna factory floor talk men behind company , meet ducatis moto gp champion casey stoner take test drive ducatis desmosedici racing replica , world first roadlegal grand prix bike . watch monitas trip ducati factory . bruce dickinson rock star sky . leatherclad , longhaired pilot , donning tshirt bloodspewing skeleton would nightmare many uneasy flyer . fortunately passenger bruce dickinson plane , lead singer iron maiden gotten new wardrobe new day job . art life meet rock legend find chosen take sky become commercial airline pilot . watch dickinson take sky . paul van dyk guide u germany . paul van dyk , legendary trance musician , dj producer made name wellknown , even though genre music typically associated young raver urban listener . watch van dyk take art life tour hometown , former east berlin , show drawn city warweathered rhythm gain inspiration song . watch van dyk tour berlin email friend .
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month art life look motorbike , plane , dj rock idol . monita visit ducati factory bologna , meet moto champ casey stoner . iron maiden singer bruce dickinson talk about passion flying . dj paul van dyk take u tour favorite part berlin .
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compelling action during michigan primary tuesday republican side . democratic party stripped state delegate moving primary date early , toptier democratic candidate taken name ballot , except sen. hillary clinton . struggling auto industry drag michigan economy . many way , republican battle michigan similar last week new hampshire contest . primary open , registered voter . sen. john mccain new hampshire help independent voter , campaigning hard recreate success michigan . 2000 , mccain defeated thentexas gov . george w. bush michigan primary . vote , half percent . among republican voter , mccain lost bush percent percent . contest , almost three every 10 voter identified member religious right . overall , michigan swing state , producing narrow margin victory presidential candidate statewide officeholder . however , voting trend favor democrat . michigan governor , jennifer granholm , democrat , state two you.s . senator . democratic presidential nominee carried michigan last four election . sen. john kerry , democrat standard bearer , michigan percent percent president bush . state economy powered automotive industry , experienced fair share struggle . michigan unemployment rate , . percent , higher national average percent . region region . wayne county , southeastern corner state , contains economically depressed detroit , michigan largest city . detroit predominantly black solidly democratic . north wayne county moreaffluent suburban county oakland macomb , grown population last two decade . two county state central political battleground recent election . west wayne university belt , home university michigan ann arbor michigan state university east lansing . area also includes industrial city saginaw flint , union remain strong , well jackson bay city . state capital , lansing , sparsely populated upper peninsula also part region . southwest part state dominated grand rapid , michigan secondlargest city . grand rapid traditionally dutchamerican many christian conservative generally vote republican . area also contains smaller industrial city farming community . economy sparsely populated north northwest based agriculture , tourism timber . traditionally vote republican . endorsement . detroit free press endorsed mccain . free press differs mccain number issue , arizona senator smarter , tested pragmatic leader shown since 2000 know build bipartisan alliance around issue , newspaper said editorial . detroit news also endorsed mccain , citing fiscal conservatism command military foreign affair , michigan native mitt romney . gop contender , notably former massachusetts gov . mitt romney , capable figure impressive resume solid grasp issue . mccains longtime presidential ambition last aligned need nation , newspaper said . email friend .
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independent , democrat vote michigan open republican primary . no democratic delegate stake , toptier candidate not ballot . economic woe top concern michigan primary voter .
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search way pregnant yearold marine missing camp lejeune , north carolina , since december . lance cpl . maria lauterbach eight month pregnant went missing december . lance cpl . maria lauterbach could give birth time , onslow county sheriff ed brown told jacksonville , north carolina , daily news monday . sheriff department said lauterbachs mother said daughter , montgomery , ohio , witnessed incident camp lejeune testify about . sheriff department official said evidence cause concerned about lauterbachs disappearance , witn reported . marine car found monday jacksonville bus station , brown told daily news , cell phone found camp lejeunes front gate december . mother reported missing december , told sheriff department suspicious something bad may happened daughter , department said news release . watch lauterbachs mom say raised concern . investigator told marine corp time withdrawal lauterbachs bank account made december said suspicious activity account day later . december also last time lauterbachs cell phone used , authority told marine corp time . raleigh news observer , citing brown , reported woman mother said daughter phoned home relative time week mother became concerned not hear daughter five day . facebook page established help find lauterbach say last seen december jacksonville . call mom ! ! ! know number , page say . u love miss . please come home ! page contains plea contact fellow marine friend lauterbach ohio . lauterbach personnel clerk assigned combat logistics regiment , nd marine logistics group , ii marine expeditionary force , marine corp said . joined service june , . email friend .
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lance corporal due give birth time , sheriff say . marine car found monday bus station . mother reported marine missing december . sheriff marine testify about incident base , according mother .
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baghdad , iraq cnn 26 body buried mass graf bloodstained torture complex , chain hanging wall ceiling bed connected electrical system , military said wednesday . twentysix body found mass graf near torture complex discovered coalition force . troop made discovery conducting operation north muqdadiya , iraq . december , troop found complex also killed 24 people said terrorist detained 37 suspect , according statement issued multinational division north camp speicher tikrit . move part operation called iron reaper progress across northern iraq past week . complex area thought al qaeda iraq operating base , military said . iraqi told military about site during earlier operation . evidence murder , torture intimidation local villager found throughout area , military statement said . ground force first found appeared detention facility , one three connected torture complex , multinational division north said . one facility appeared headquarters building torture facility , added . area cleared , body found . eventually , 26 body uncovered mass graf next thought execution site , military said . body believed dead six eight month , according gruesome military video shot scene . hand tied behind back . identification proving challenge advanced decomposition . photo given news medium show filthy bed wired electrical system , outlet hanging wire wall . video , troop point rubber hose boxing glove , ski mask bloodcovered sword knife . still photo show entrance underground bunker barbed wire stretched outside . short distance away complex , troop found bulletriddled iraqi police vehicle . body may belong iraqi police , according military video . operation netted nine weapon cache , destroyed , military said . included antiaircraft weapon , sniper rifle , machine gun pistol , 50 grenade surfacetoair missile launcher platform , statement said . also found mine , pipe bomb , rocketpropelled grenade , mortar tube round pound homemade explosive . email friend .
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new military say 26 body may belong iraqi police . complex believed al qaeda iraq . coalition force say made discovery during operation northern iraq . military evidence torture murder local villager found .
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islamabad , pakistan pakistan foreign ministry wednesday rejected concern raised you.n . nuclear watchdog chief country nuclear weapon could fall hand extremist group pakistan afghanistan . mohamed elbaradei , you.n . nuclear watchdog chief . fear pakistan nuclear weapon . mohamed elbaradeis comment alhayat newspaper irresponsible unwarranted , foreign ministry spokesman mohammed sadiq said news briefing wednesday . pakistan reject statement dr. elbaradei , director general iaea international atomic energy agency , hinting possibility nuclear weapon falling hand extremist , according ministry statement . head iaea , you.n . body , careful about statement ought remain within parameter mandate . remark also ignore fact strategic asset pakistan fully secure multilayered safeguard control exercised national command authority . interview hayat tuesday , elbaradei said pakistan recent political instability make sensitive susceptible problem muslim country . effect new war middle east islamic world could repercussion , not iran , fear effect pakistan , nation many internal problem , elbaradei said . fear system chaos extremist regime state , 30 40 nuclear weapon . pakistan state political upheaval since country opposition challenged president pervez musharrafs tight grip power , pushing step military chief lift emergency rule imposed early november . country spiraled chaos after december assassination leading opposition figure former pakistani prime minister benazir bhutto . response iaea directorgenerals comment , pakistan foreign ministry stressed statement elbaradei , several occasion , briefed about structure control mechanism put place ensure complete safety nuclear asset . pakistan responsible nuclear weapon state . nuclear weapon secure nuclear weapon state . , therefore , believe statement expressing concern about safety security unwarranted irresponsible . pakistan attache great importance iaea extended cooperation assistance agency many important issue towards fulfillment mandate . civilian nuclear program iaea safeguard always fully complied iaea obligation , ministry said . email friend .
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pakistan reject fear nuclear weapon could fall hand extremist . mohamed elbaradei , you.n . nuclear watchdog chief , voiced worry tuesday . elbaradei fear chaos state , 30 40 nuclear weapon . pakistan nuclear weapon secure held nuclear state .
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rome , italy champion league draw rom italy . manchester united supporter segregated inside olympic stadium champion tie . british embassy official rome said five fan received stab wound two others , including yearold boy , needed treatment drunk , press association reported . none stab victim understood serious injury following clash rival fan outside stadio olympico . embassy spokeswoman said seven manchester united supporter taken hospital after fighting broke pont duca daosta bridge fan cross river get stadium . five receiving treatment stab wound two others , one yearold boy , understood drunk . injury not thought serious discharged next couple hour . one person may kept overnight observation . situation stadium fine everything running smoothly . embassy warned travelling fan beforehand not use pont duca daosta bridge habitually used roma notorious ultras following hardcore fan . rom coach luciano spalletti condemned latest violence . difficult give comment happened , said spalletti . after watching video replay ugly scene , spalletti added people sick . trouble marked second consecutive game rom manchester united italian capital marred violence . eighteen united fan needed hospital treatment april after clash terrace rome outside ground . united bos sir alex ferguson hoped tonight game would pas peacefully british embassy rome warned supporter faced real danger attack ultras . 1,200 british supporter made journey largely shepherded stadium two hour before kickoff , clear segregation place less capacity crowd . email friend .
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seven manchester united supporter taken hospital before game rome . british embassy official rome said five fan received stab wound . embassy spokeswoman said injury not thought serious .
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la vega , nevada intense manhunt way monday chester stile , year old man police say suspect videotaped rape yearold girl four year ago . chester arthur stile , 37 , nevada sought suspect videotaped rape yearold girl . also monday , stile former girlfriend told cnn belief put contact girl . tina allen said disgusted mortified role bringing together . nye county sheriff tony de meo said friday girl found safe . said child mother cooperating authority . de meo addressed stile directly turn local law enforcement agency . understand law enforcement not long arm long memory . not forgotten member agency law enforcement agency . stile former girlfriend said stunned allegation . watch allen describe first impression stile . allen said stile onagain , offagain relationship year good child . said would navy , know , looking strong guy represent son thought needed , allen said . allen took stile crowded apartment son daughter lived . also living apartment family friend yearold daughter , allegedly victimized stile . disgusted . ashamed , embarrassed , mortified , allen said . regret every , every step ever took feel bad baby . todd allen , tina allen son , told cnn recognized old apartment scene video . said mother stile spent time together . todd allen said nobody realized child may abused . would expect little girl elementary school like , said . said never witnessed stile physically assault anyone . seen verbally mentally assault many people , todd allen told cnn . looking back , tina allen said warning sign . said stile hit not file police report . said blame . could not know ? could not recognized something ? people going torture ? allen asked . allen ended relationship stile month ago . said belief difficult police find . hide mountain take , hide crowd , find somebody not heard anything stay , said . skill . know hunt , mean hunt gun , knife , bow . allen said stile stopped house last week friendly visit before name linked videotape . said appearance changed . said hair longer put weight . stile , resident pahrump , nevada , former animal trainer , authority said . de meo said fbi also seeking separate matter involving state charge sexual assault lewdness minor . man claimed found tape desert held least five month before handing authority turned sunday nye county official . darren tuck , nevada resident allegedly showed tape others before giving police , face possible sentence year life exhibiting pornography another one six year possession child pornography , according de meo . tuck attorney , harry kuehn , said last week cnns nancy grace client wracked indecision tape realized . email friend .
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chester stile exgirlfriend say disgusted helped meet child . stile sought police suspect yearold girl videotaped rape . exgirlfriend tina allen say seemed good kid dated . allen say girl lived apartment child .
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videotape released sunday , american al qaeda member adam yahiye gadahn renounces you.s . citizenship , destroys passport cite you.s . president bush upcoming trip middle east . american jihadist adam gadahn , originally california , video released september . minute tape invitation reflection repentance , al qaeda video production wing provided cnn www.lauramansfield.com , web site analyzes terrorism . , gadahn renounces citizenship protest imprisonment sheikh omar abdul rahman , blind egyptian muslim leader serving life sentence role 1993 attack world trade center john walker lindh , american taliban arrested afghanistan 2001 , others . gadahn display passport camera , rip half say , not get excited need travel anyway . though gadahn speaks mostly english , reference bush . raise urgent appeal mujahedin brother muslim palestine , arabian peninsula particular , region general , prepared receive crusader butcher bush visit muslim palestine occupied peninsula beginning january , said . receive not rose applause , bomb boobytraps . video also refers annapolis conference , indicating produced after last november , conference held . national security council spokesman gordon johndroe said you.s . president would not deterred . comment indicative al qaeda ideology offer nothing death violence , johndroe told cnn written statement . president bush travel region stand mainstream government want liberty justice people . selfproclaimed american jihadist , also known azzam american , fbi wanted list , reward million information leading capture . gadahn indicted 2006 charge treason offering material support terrorism , first american charged treason since world war ii . gadahn , grew rural california , embraced islam mids moved pakistan . since october appeared least eight al qaeda video speaks english praise terrorist network . email friend .
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adam gadahn videotape tear you.s . passport , speaks arabic english . tape released sahab , al qaeda video production wing . originally california , gadahn talk about bush upcoming trip middle east . gadahn fbi wanted list million reward information .
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washington during 1960 presidential election , theodore sorensen helped thensen . john f. kennedy draft speech addressing kennedy catholicism separation church state . time , many questioned whether kennedy , would go become nation first roman catholic president , would influenced catholic church . theodore sorensen helped write john f. kennedy 1960 speech catholicism . speaking cnn senior political analyst bill schneider , sorensen discussed kennedy famous 1960 speech compared speech faith politics delivered thursday republican presidential candidate mitt romney , would first mormon white house elected . question kennedy 1960 speech win presidency ? sorensen well , obviously not lose , nor free country curse anticatholicism . hate mail still poured office . vicious picket sign still seen campaign trail , , indeed , election day . according university michigan survey , people voted kennedy religion reason . nevertheless , speech , nationally broadcast frequently rebroadcast , certainly took lot poison anticatholic issue reassured reasonable people . watch sorensen discus kennedy gave speech . q. could president kennedy delivered speech romney gave thursday ? sorensen no . mr. romneys position many issue different jfk . jfk wanted particularly stress believed separation church state . believed no one needed worry about catholic bishop cardinal dictating president , freedom religion included freedom go church not go church . , romney emphasized role religion public life strongly jfk would . q. romney seemed differ quite strongly kennedy privacy religion , not ? sorensen yes , . fact , romney felt compelled reason define personal view jesus christ . kennedy said , noted , personal view religion totally business not business american people . q. romney made statement freedom requires religion religion requires freedom . think kennedy would agreed ? sorensen not think anyone would disagree strongly . line romney speech echoed kennedy speech . old speechwriter , would congratulate mr. romney . pretty good speech . think touched base wanted touch . q. romney discussed view jesus christ , something kennedy avoided . kennedy avoid discussing religious view ? sorensen kennedy began speech saying private religious belief . not think election based , not kind church believe , question kind country believe . q. kennedy speech 1960 widely viewed successful . think romneys speech likely viewed success ? sorensen assume . not think mr. romney denied presidency religion . not think senator barack obama denied race . mrs. hillary clinton denied presidency gender . country deep , serious trouble , thoughtful citizen surely going make mind based major issue confronting country major quality candidate not superficial test religion , race , gender . email friend .
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ted sorensen helped draft kennedy 1960 speech roman catholicism . gop presidential hopeful mitt romney delivers speech faith politics . kennedy , romney view religion differ greatly , sorensen say . sorensen say kennedy viewed religion private matter .
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boeing 777 mainstay many airline longhaul fleet never involved fatal accident during service history . british airway aircrew fly royal standard flight deck boeing 777 aircraft . aircraft first entered service june , , supplier 17 country coming together provide three million part needed construction , according boeing web site . since inaugural flight , boeing extended 777 family five commercial passenger model freighter version , collectively making two million flight . aircraft seat 368 passenger threeclass configuration fly distance , kilometer . 777 also number design award , well setting number record first . november , 2005 , boeing lr worldliner set new world record distance traveled nonstop commercial jetliner . lr set record distance , km route traveling eastbound hong kong london heathrow . flight lasted hour minute . achievement recognized you.s . national aeronautics association , federation aeronautique internationale guinness book record . federation eeronautique internationale recognized boeing 777 april achieving speed distance record airplane size class . boeing web site claim 777 set great circle distance without landing record , traveling , km , set record speed around world , eastbound , traveling average speed km per hour . according boeing aircraft reached 500 delivery 2005 aisle commercial airplane history . boeing pride landing gear , claim largest ever incorporated commercial aircraft . main landing gear fitted six wheel , nose gear two . email friend .
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boeing 777 aircraft first entered service june , . first airplane you.s . faa approved extendedrange twinengine operation . engineer designed , electronically preassembled 777 using computer . 2005 , boeing 777 set new world record distance traveled nonstop .
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paris , france major donor conference raise fund palestinian gone beyond expectation , donor pledging . billion help build palestinian state , organizer said monday . france nicolas sarkoxy , left , welcome tony blair palestinian leader mahmoud abbas monday . delegation paris meeting offering aid kind , international monetary fund , said would provide monitoring palestinian promised reform reassure donor money would used efficiently . palestinian prime minister salam fayyad called pledge money vote confidence palestinian . former british prime minister tony blair said support donor needed repaid coming month step create lasting settlement . next month , show people capability making difference ground , said blair , cohosted conference new role envoy socalled middle east quartet united nation , united state , european union russia . paris conference focus shortterm priority palestinian , french president nicolas sarkozy said include providing immediate support palestinian people . watch cnns jim bittermann explain conference aim . follows heel last month peace talk you.s . israeli palestinian leader vowed negotiate finalstatus agreement end . french president nicolas sarkozy said france would donate million , united state expected pledge million . central palestinian request aid threeyear reform plan palestinian prepared conference . plan , cover , center economic development government reform . world bank praised plan , calling promising effort link policymaking , planning budgeting . report released monday , world bank pointed reform would succeed helping palestinian accompanied donor aid israeli action . israeli foreign minister tzipi livni spoke taking action , saying israel committed meeting responsibility middle east road map , especially regarding contentious issue settlement . livni said agreement reached european union provide training palestinian police . palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas said palestinian not lack determination resource . promised donor palestinian would work hard create modern country control security . historic stage today , destiny region peace depends , said abbas , requested conference held . abbas earlier requested . billion aid next three year . sarkozy repeatedly told conference friend israel , urged israeli government withdraw troop west bank , freeze settlement , reopen institution east jerusalem help isolated population gaza . world bank report detailed challenge facing attempt revive palestinian economy , become almost totally dependent foreign aid . palestinian authority largest employer people , privatesector job dry . world bank said wage public sector employee account almost half government expenditure . public investment nearly ceased , world bank said , almost government fund past two year used pay salary cover operating cost . staffing also gone health education sector , world bank said , leaving little money pharmaceutical , medical supply , teaching learning material , overall maintenance . world bank said reform would succeed include gaza , percent palestinian population life . gaza subject wideranging crackdown since hamas took power june border closed , fuel import restricted , strict limit imported good . continued entry humanitarian good mitigated impact closure gaza population , not sufficient offset collapse private sector , world bank report said . unemployment across palestinian territory stand nearly percent , world bank said , gaza , percent population job . predicted figure would rise restriction continue . report monday you.n . development program spotlighted pressure private palestinian business , especially gaza , said private sector verge collapse no scope recovery unless israeli restriction lifted . email friend . cnns jim bittermann .
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new donor pledge . billion help build palestinian state . new imf offer monitor palestinian promised reform . palestinian aid conference organizer hail event new beginning . tony blair say donor need repaid step create lasting settlement .
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washington rep. tom lantos , democratic chairman house committee foreign affair , died monday due complication cancer , office said . lantos . rep. tom lantos represented northern california district 14 term . died national naval medical center bethesda , maryland , surrounded wife , annette , daughter annette katrina many 18 grandchild two greatgrandchildren , according office . lantos life defined courage , optimism , unwavering dedication principle family , said wife , annette , childhood sweetheart , statement house representative released . secretary state condoleezza rice said monday quite devastated death dear , dear friend . called true american hero genuine article . going really , really missed , said . rice described lantos embodiment meant one freedom denied find insist american stand spreading benefit freedom prosperity others . lantos , serving 14th term house , diagnosed esophageal cancer december . announced last month would not seek new term . united state penniless survivor holocaust fighter antinazi underground could received education , raised family privilege serving last three decade life member congress , lantos said statement time . never able express fully profoundly felt gratitude great country . watch senate majority leader harry reid remember lantos . lawmaker holocaust survivor served congress . hungarianborn lantos came united state 1947 after surviving forcedlabor camp naziallied homeland . escaped sheltered budapest safe house set swedish diplomat raoul wallenberg , credited saving ten thousand hungarian jew during world war ii . arrived united state after awarded academic scholarship study , according congressional web site . received bachelor master degree economics university washington seattle later earned doctorate economics university california , berkeley , site said . lawmaker , lantos outspoken human right advocate . supported 2002 congressional resolution authorized president bush launch invasion iraq later became outspoken critic conflict . latest dozen member announce plan leave house end year , republican . san franciscoarea district solidly democratic , reelection threequarters vote . chairman lantos remembered man uncommon integrity sincere moral conviction , freer religiously tolerant world , house republican whip roy blunt missouri said statement . email friend .
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new secretary state call rep. tom lantos true american hero lantos holocaust survivor serve congress . california congressman disclosed last month suffering cancer . lantos said would not seek reelection 15th term house .
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baghdad , iraq vehicle banned largely shiite city amara wednesday after three car bomb ripped market district , killing least people wounded 151 , official said . iraqi gather site car bomb city amara wednesday . blast detonated close succession commercial area central section amara , provincial capital maysan province city scene fighting rival shiite faction . baghdad also hit violence wednesday . car bomb killed five iraqi civilian wounded 15 others , interior ministry official told cnn . incident occurred christian section largely shiite new baghdad district . maj. gen. abdul karim khalaf , head interior ministry national command center , confirmed casualty figure amara bombing . committee headed amara investigate incident . said ministry fired city police chief aftermath attack . maysan gov . adil muhawdar radhi announced vehicle ban , said place thursday . said additional security measure put place city . first bomb , car parked commercial area , detonated about a.m. onlooker gathered , second one exploded nearby garage minute later . followed third bomb garage minute after . ambulance police raced scene . news footage showed burning vehicle black smoke , clothing victim scattered beside pool blood . iraqi state television showed hospital packed people . alforat , iraqi tv station affiliated supreme islamic council iraq political movement , reported casualty woman child . prime minister nuri almaliki , statement , denounced attack . targeting unarmed civilian today market amara town car bomb , said endured cruelty saddam hussein regime . maysan , border iran , iraqi security control much year after control transferred british military . not immediately known responsible blast , violence reminder intense fighting mehdi army american shiite cleric muqtada alsadr , militia sici , condemned bombing blamed saddamists takfiris . two movement bitter rival middle local power struggle iraq southern province shiite area . watch shiite group vying power . britain , command south since iraqi war began , working withdraw troop region , , despite latest violence , always stable baghdad outlying region . britain defense ministry said wednesday british military transfer security control southern province basra iraqi force sunday . ali aldabbagh , iraq government spokesman , confirmed date said maysan attack not affect handover . email friend . cnns jomana karadsheh .
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new vehicle banned city amara thursday , provincial governor say . death toll continues rise interior ministry report 151 wounded . state television report many casualty woman , child . amara scene fighting rival shiite faction vying power .
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kenya enjoyed reputation one east africa stable nation since achieving independence uk . resident mathare slum nairobi shout demonstrator during violent clash . booming tourism industry , impressive economic growth , violent crime corruption simmering ethnic tension . tribal bond remain stronger national identity kenya , country million people claiming allegiance around different tribe . last week election pitched incumbent president mwai kibaki , member kenya largest kikuyu tribe , opposition leader raila odinga luo tribe . kikuyu make about percent kenya population . mostly originating kenya central highland , kikuyu long wielded strong economic political power within country . kenya first postindependence leader , jomo kenyatta , president 1964 1978 , kikuyu . kibaki , government minister 1965 winning power head party national unity election five year ago , also enjoys support kenyattas successor , daniel arap moi , member kalenjin tribe ruled kenya year 1978 . luo make around percent population , mostly west country . also form sizeable community nairobi notorious slum , vast kibera shantytown odinga enjoys strong support week fiercest violence occurred . odingas orange democratic movement also backed many member luhya tribe , kenya second largest ethnic group , after odinga promised make leading luhya deputy elected . week violence came election official declared victory kibaki . percent . percent odinga closest presidential vote kenyan electoral history . result questioned international election observer , throwing country political future doubt . kibakis first election success 2002 . however , term dogged allegation corruption graft . email friend .
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kenya million population made around tribal group . president mwai kibaki belongs influential powerful kikuyu tribe . challenger raila odingas luo tribe form sizeable group west , nairobi slum . kenya dogged poverty , violent crime , corruption , simmering ethnic tension .
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new york day after benazir bhuttos assassination , tempting reach two hasty conclusion pakistan last great hope geopolitically crucial country revealed inherently hopeless . irshad manji controversial muslim feminist activist toronto , canada . front , take different view . far liberal democratic gen. musharraf , bhutto disappointed moderate , modern pakistani adherence feudal politics . writing web site , american feminist say aching loss dear , sweet , brave benazir . understand sentiment . brave not word used pakistani woman also heard . hurting bhuttos selfimposed conformity . never realized potential , woman karachi tell . not killed chance , not effectively challenge backward mindset led demise . example , during bhuttos time office , pakistan not defy antifemale rape adultery law . notorious ordinance , known hudood , took inspiration tribal politics masquerading islam . watch manji argue cnn bhuttos legacy mixed . imagine opportunity bhutto could championed purer faith tackling corrupt cultural practice . , might created ally among conservative , persuaded although islam godgiven , culture manmade . last year , medium campaign strike hudood ordinance achieved fine balance . not . , say many progressive pakistani , amputates bhuttos legacy . fact cruel law woman publicly debated suggest pakistan hope anyway . exceptional leader tap . history tell u . time pakistan democratic politician stuck feudal fanatic . bhuttos father , zulfikar ali bhutto , heckled religious fundamentalist . drink alcohol ! shouted critic . yes , retorted elder bhutto , not drink blood people ! response captured spirit muhammad ali jinnah , pakistan founder . 1947 , jinnah exuded high hope people free . free go temple , free go mosque , place worship state pakistan . may belong religion caste creed . nothing business state . starting fundamental principle citizen one state ... find due course time , hindu cease hindu muslim cease muslim , not religious sense ... political sense citizen state . jinnah meant every word unconventional vision , , lived maverick . adored nonmuslim wife , sister often appeared campaign trail . visibility attested islam embrace woman partner men . month ahead , people pakistan need recall jinnah vision . may comfort know not alone . countless american asking about founder intention , desperate rediscover better angel country after eight year george w. bush . still , pakistan must avoid america enduring mistake . united state lapsed profound divisiveness following assassination martin luther king jr. robert f. kennedy . many would argue today politics polarization traced unresolved trauma kingkennedy murder . pakistan , high time transcend trauma tribalism . pray death , benazir bhutto catalyst deeper democracy ever advocated life . opinion expressed commentary solely writer . email friend .
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manji say bhutto disappointed adhered feudal politics . during bhuttos time office , writer say , not defy antirape law . pakistan must transcend trauma tribalism , manji say .
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saudi king abdullah pardoned rape victim sentenced 200 lash six month prison case sparked international attention , saudi newspaper reported . case cast light treatment woman saudi arabia strict islamic law . aljazirah newspaper quoted saudi justice ministry official saying king abdullah issued royal pardon monday , annual muslim pilgrimage mecca , begin saudi arabia . victim husband told cnn not received official letter regarding pardon , considers legitimate since announced official saudi newspaper . thanked king abdullah pardon , saying fatherly care noble gesture help lifting emotional psychological stress suffering family enduring . not something new know king always generous dealing people entire world , husband said . week , two holiday celebrate eid great news pardon . saudi source told cnn king pardon not related beginning hajj nor eid aladha festival follows , normally saudi monarch issue amnesty prisoner . watch arab medium reporting story . . saudi arabia justice minister abdullah bin mohammad alsheikh told aljazirah newspaper king felt pardon would best interest saudi people , decision not reflect lack confidence saudi justice system . white house welcomed king abdullahs decision , national security council spokesman gordon johndroe stressed obviously matter saudi arabian king abdullah . saudi court ruled yearold illegitimate relationship man not husband , raped after man discovered compromising situation , clothes ground . rape took place qatif march woman engaged married . case drawn international attention , provoked outrage west cast light treatment woman strict islamic law saudi arabia . woman meeting man attorney former friend retrieving photograph . seven men , convicted abducting pair raping , sentenced two nine year prison . abdul rahman allahim , lawyer represented woman , faced disciplinary hearing insulting supreme judicial council disobeying rule regulation judiciary . hearing postponed . woman husband outspoken support wife . called lebanese tv show defend , former saudi judge claimed program spoiled marital bed meeting unrelated male secret admitted guilt . allahim said hope case change saudi justice system . want highlight rape crime saudi arabia way handled sentenced court , added . new era u . said rape case elicited fierce response , including call beheading . you.s . president george w. bush said last week king abdullah know position loud clear case . saudi law , woman subject numerous restriction , including strict dress code , prohibition driving requirement get man permission travel surgery . email friend . cnns mohammed jamjoom , saad abedine isha sesay .
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new source say pardon unrelated hajj nor subsequent eid aladha . new justice minister say king felt pardon best interest saudi people . report king abdullah pardon rape victim sentenced 200 lash . saudi court ruled yearold illegitimate relationship
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london , england claim diana former butler knew mysterious secret about late princess trashed coroner inquest . diana former butler given conflicting information enquiry death . coroner said information already public domain even mentioned one paul burrells book . considered first star witness inquest , burrells appearance tuesday delayed after coroner asked retrieve last letter princess gave . monday , exbutler rock secret , claimed could not remember . after returning london home northern england tuesday , burrell said letter not , home florida . handed coroner note said contained supposed secret . coroner revealed burrell referred diana planning buy property live part time location may united state south africa . coroner said revelation fairly squarely public domain information appeared burrells book way . explaining apparent discrepancy testimony , burrell said confused crossexamination , described horrid disgraceful . questioning former butler expected continue wednesday . diana boyfriend , dodi fayed , died paris tunnel early hour august , , along driver , henri paul . driven away ritz hotel black mercedes paparazzo chasing behind . speculation couple planned big announcement night died . photographer testified heard rumor diana would say getting engaged fayed baby . watch report claim about diana marriage plan . burrell not take stand tuesday afternoon . earlier day , inquest heard diana former lawyer , said princess claimed queen elizabeth planning abdicate april allow prince charles king . maggie rae said inquest diana also believed plot seriously injure accident . rae said claim came meeting legal team kensington palace princess also made clear belief succession english crown skip generation son , william . morning evidence also heard britain top police officer advised queen allowing diana go holiday mohamed al fayed , father dodi . note chief superintendent dai davy , head royal protection squad , read court , stated metropolitan police commissioner sir paul condon believed planned holiday unwise . al fayed . diana defied advice went trip . during holiday tycoon luxury yacht french resort st. tropez met dodi fayed . during testimony , rae also gave insight princess lifestyle , described odd lonely . said not believe diana claim conspiracy . remember one occasion told about weekend alone rather silent set apartment . heated food microwave , rae told court . thought lived odd environment . thought quite lonely . email friend . cnns melissa gray .
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claim diana butler knew secret about trashed coroner . paul burrell asked testify about last letter late princess gave . coroner revealed burrells secret diana planned buy property abroad . coroner said revelation fairly squarely public domain
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washington you.s . , turkish iraqi leader held talk monday about kurdish rebel using northern iraq launchpad crossborder attack turkey . turkish troop patrol near border iraq monday . president bush chatted phone turkish prime minister recep tayyip erdogan , separately two senior iraq national government figure met head country kurdish region . diplomatic move came after turkish warplane pounded kurdish separatist target northern iraq saturday sunday well last week . bush erdogan talked about danger kurdish separatist rebel along turkishiraqi border , white house confirmed . national security council spokesman gordon johndroe said discussed common effort fight terrorism , importance united state , turkey iraq working together confront kurdistan worker party , pkk . bush vowed help turkey fight pkk rebel . pkk spent two decade fighting autonomy kurd southeastern turkey , attack launched inside northern iraq . united state european union consider group terrorist organization . last week , turkey ambassador united state , nabi sensoy , said country maneuver kurdish militant target northern iraq based intelligence provided united state . kurdish iraq city sulaimaniya , iraqi president jalal talabani , kurdish , vice president tariq alhashimi , sunni arab , met kurdish regional government president massoud barzani . iraqi kurdish official , critical pkk , denounced turkish bombing campaign . last week , barzani snubbed visiting you.s . secretary state condoleezza rice protest attack . vehemently condemned bombardment . bombing targeted safe secure area innocent people . several people either killed wounded , barzani said monday press conference others . held consultation president jalal talabani continue consultation concerned party put end aggression put end shelling village . three iraqi official also dealt national unity . signed memorandum understanding deepen relation three party talabanis patriotic union kurdistan , barzanis kurdistan democratic party alhashimis iraqi islamic party , sunni arab entity . email friend . cnns kathleen koch , talia kayali mohammed tawfeeq .
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bush you.s . , turkey iraq must unite pkk kurdish separatist . iraqi kurd critical pkk air attack . turkey bombed alleged pkk site northern iraq weekend . pkk spent year fighting autonomy turkey us iraq base .
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san jose , california seed andy roddick easily defeated delray beach winner kei nishikori japan headline match atp tournament san jose thursday night . pumped roddick needed little hour dispatch teenager nishikori . roddick needed minute defeat yearold japanese first atp title sunday eightmatch winning run . american number one roddick imposed quality start taking commanding lead breaking nishikoris serve before youngster game . roddick , twice san jose , repeated break later feisty opening set came head seventh game . roddick barked young player exchanged shot net . nishikori held cool , not respond , walked away . not understand word said , nishikori said . pressed acknowledged fact understand roddick shouted not want repeat before press . roddick no trouble repeating said . told stick next time . let know need finish . no problem . monologue . roddick duly rounded set next game broke nishikoris service fourth game second youthful opponent break straight back . nishikori served stay tournament made two crucial error . missed easy slam shot would given advantage deuce saw saw volley go wide gave roddick match . made many easy mistake , nishikori said . not take advantage many chance . overall happy way played . early evening match , james blake , beaten nishikori delray beach final , overcame firstserve problem beat jesse levine move onto quarterfinal . secondseeded new yorker , ranked ninth world , face robby ginepri quarterfinal . thought played well , blake said . felt comfortable although slow start able put pressure jesse . afternoon match , john isner beat thirdseeded german tommy haas advance quarterfinal . isner , atp tour secondtallest player sixfootnine , next face spain guillermo garcialopez . haas , ranked 26th world , three match point winning second set tiebreaker before thranked isner rallied win . fifthseeded mardy fish also advanced , beating germany denis gremelmayr make quarterfinal second week row . fish face roddick quarterfinal . taiwan lu yenhsun beat american lucky loser wayne odesnik . lu face fourthseeded czech radek stepanek quarterfinal . email friend . cnn . right reserved.this material may not published , broadcast , rewritten , redistributed . associated press .
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top seed andy roddick reach last eight atp tournament san jose . american defeat delray beach winner kei nishikori japan . second seed james blake also advance third seed tommy haas .
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washington cnn offensive falluja , iraq , focus investigation allegation civilian intentionally killed during operation , several pentagon official confirmed . member 1st you.s . marine expeditionary force operate falluja , iraq , november . no one charged probe , based one official told cnn credible allegation former marine . marine volunteered information during employment polygraph test administered you.s . secret service . several source familiar probe say naval criminal investigative service conducting investigation . allegation first surfaced web site , defendourmarines.com , posted nathaniel helm , military journalist wrote book about marine falluja . web posting includes account marine alleges eight captured iraqi gunned following firefight . weeklong antiinsurgent offensive falluja began november , . called operation new dawn , sparked intense fighting involving airstrikes housetohouse search . report civilian killed crossfire time . allegation latest involving marine civilian death iraq . seven marine navy medic charged killing iraqi civilian hamdaniya april . one marine serve eight year plea deal another marine withdrew guilty plea , saying acted order . four marine charged murder 2005 killing 24 iraqi civilian haditha . four officer accused failing investigate report death properly . haditha target marine operation root insurgent . you.s . military law international law armed conflict prohibit killing unarmed captured prisoner , whether not combatant . email friend .
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several marine focus 2004 falluja civilian death investigation . allegation former marine called credible source naval criminal investigative service conducting probe .
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babahoyo , ecuador cnn people died thousand left homeless after torrential rain inundated large part ecuador , official said thursday . man grab piece wood boat pass flooded street week puerto inca , ecuador . authority said rain , began week ago , worst quarter century . civil defense official said , family affected . los rio , civil defense official said . los rio province , five people died ambulance drove hole side street dawn thursday . newborn boy , parent , doctor driver killed . street also flooded capital quito . watch scene devastation ecuador . wednesday , president rafael correa declared state emergency ordered 2,000 member army police help rescue worker . correa increased million million already allocated emergency effort . also directed another million municipality . crisis eased , emergency fund give seed fertilizer help farmer whose field washed away , ecuador government said . also report livestock drowning . cristina medina , spokeswoman ecuadorean red cross , said province heavily affected along pacific coast , drinking water often short supply . town , high water forced entire neighborhood evacuate , medina said . email friend .
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least people died torrential rain ecuador , official say . authority say rain worst quarter century . civil defense official say , family affected . ecuador president declares state emergency , order army , police help .
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rome , italy . top italian player potito starace suspended six week betting match . country top player starace st atp ranking fined 30,000 20,890 euro making five bet totalling around 90 euro two year ago . bracciali , world ranked 258 , banned three month fined 20,000 13,930 euro making around fiveeuro bet . italian tennis federation fit confirmed news website , www.federtennis.it . however , denounced penalty disproportionate , saying player never bet match . injustice done , statement said . penalty absolutely , excessively severe compared magnitude violation carried two player . federation said two not aware atp betting regulation , stopped placing bet soon learned rule . another italian player , alessio di mauro , became first player sanctioned atp new anticorruption rule received ninemonth ban november , also betting match . starace bracciali said scapegoat larger matchfixing scandal.it disgusting , said yearold starace . atp not know turn . joke . bracciali said two sacrificed . came after u , yearold said . not champion not count upper echelon . atp official could not reached comment saturday . concern about matchfixing risen since august , online betting company reported unusual betting pattern during match fourthranked nikolay davydenko russia martin vassallo arguello argentina . company , betfair , voided bet atp investigating . davydenko , retired trailing third set , denies wrongdoing . since , several player said approached offer fix match exchange money . email friend .
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italian tennis player potito starace daniele bracciali banned atp . pair suspended betting match , although not . starace suspended six week bracciali banned three month .
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london , england sole survivor crash killed princess diana told court still not remember incident not support conspiracy theory surrounding . bodyguard trevor rees back princess diana head seen shortly before car crash . bodyguard trevor rees , formerly known trevor reesjones , frontseat passenger mercedes carried diana , boyfriend , dodi fayed , driver , henri paul . sustained serious injury august , crash testified received anonymous phone call letter after accident , threatening keep quiet . said caller told keep quiet , saying , know , know , know live . rees said not take call letter seriously . lawyer also asked rees about supposed encounter woman told , remember , going kill . rees said not recall conversation found unlikely ever made remark . rees , still visible scar accident left eye , told court remembers nothing new about crash , , said , accident . said last thing remembers night leaving ritz hotel paris , next memory week later , hospital bed , parent told everyone else car dead . rees suffered major injury lower jaw , base brain , pulmonary system several surgery hospitalization , al fayed paid . rees also testified not support allegation dodi fayeds father , mohamed al fayed , british security service behind crash . denied security service paid change story . time crash , rees working al fayeds security team assigned guard dodi fayed . also protecting princess fayeds companion trip . no longer work al fayeds security team . rees said good relationship former employer broken , largely support al fayeds conspiracy theory about crash . not part conspiracy suppress truth , rees testified . ever done given truth see . 2000 , rees , bodyguard story diana , crash , sole survivor , offering account event surrounding crash . said al fayed tried unsuccessfully stop book publication england . rees told cnn wrote book give definitive account remembered knew , also counter al fayeds accusation unprofessionalism caused accident . rees also said proceeds book helped pay legal bill . during morning session , rees testified two flashback month after crash , psychiatrist told false memory . first , rees said , recalled hearing voice woman , dodi back seat car . second flashback , rees said recalled seeing paparazzo motorbike next car . lawyer ian burnett read letter written al fayed lord stevens , investigated crash british police . letter , al fayed say rees lying about losing memory . know detail security service eager suppress , al fayed wrote , alluding belief crash part murder plot . rees testified not lying about memory loss no memory , last true memory . rees also said claim couple visited jeweler monte carlo buy engagement ring late august untrue . british authority hold inquest whenever someone dy suspicious circumstance . judge , also called coroner , hold hearing determine person died , not determine blame apportion guilt . although diana dodi fayed died paris , british coroner must still investigate body returned britain . inquest not involve driver henri paul body remained france . british authority wait begin inquest after french authority concluded investigation , lasted august late . inquest began immediately adjourned british police could report , needed british inquest . british police inquiry took almost three year concluded december . inquest resumed october expected last four six month . email friend . cnns teresa martini .
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dodi fayeds bodyguard say not remember crash killed princess diana . new trevor rees received anonymous threatening phone call , letter after crash . princess diana , boyfriend dodi fayed driver henri paul died accident . rees bodyguard employed dodi fayeds father , mohamed al fayed .
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stranded snowy california wood three day after losing way searching christmas tree , father three child fashioned help sign twig nearby unpaved road , according helicopter pilot found . lexi joshua dominguez exit helicopter wednesday , shortly after found . four sought shelter heavy snow culvert removed sodden sock effort stay warm dry waited rescue , pilot said . frederick dominguez said during threeday ordeal , child slept inside log warmth ripped apart shirt wrap wet , freezing foot . go survival mode , said . every parent would . would anything , sacrifice , kid . dominguez child , 18 lexi , 14 joshua , 12 former wife childrens mother , lisa sam , according police paradise , california , town 27,000 people about mile north sacramento . watch family talk about scary ordeal . glad home . praise god , dominguez told reporter after exiting chopper search command post . awful . asked survived , replied , jesus christ . dominguez said used branch stick spell word help near culvert , three slept last two night shirt help stave frostbite . said daughter first hear california highway patrol helicopter overhead . said ran though several foot snow barefooted wave . turned around , man , praising god saying , thank lord , thank lord , knew made , said . police vehicle equipped snow chain rumbled mountain road help conduct search , also involved snowmobile dog . searcher scoured wood wednesday four found about p.m. p.m. et . officer steve ward said piloting helicopter ahead bad weather spotted dominguez coming culvert waving . lucky saw guy last second . paramedic flight officer dave white , ward , said after two shut helicopter waved family , four came running . little girl tear , said . white said family found north ground crew searching . pilot could see help sign made twig nearby fourwheeldrive road , said . christopher dominguez told cnns anderson cooper family got lost sunday searching tree , chopped later abandoned . said not food , heavy coat provision help prepare cold night . not prepared , said . thought going go mountain , get tree go back home . not turn way . after family failed locate vehicle , said , snow darkness began fall . point , lexi dominguez said , started freaking . really , really scary , said . remember walking walking like , not going make , lexi said . huddled warmth , christopher dominguez said , sister sang song help pas time help arrived . happy , happy rescued , christopher dominguez said late wednesday , huddled sibling blanket home . feel good , happy home , said joshua dominguez . not think going make . four appeared good condition brought chopper command post taken ambulance . wendy wilson , childrens aunt , told cnn two younger child frostbite toe touch hypothermia , expected make full recovery . butte county search rescue dispatcher madde watt said , angel , sure . search riveted paradise beyond . mayor alan white , whose son played soccer team joshua last year , said many others around paradise cut christmas tree place family vanished . winter weather sour , said , people wood get lost quickly . foot car , might not able find , said . although police found family car , offered no clue might gone . inaccessible area beyond reach cell phone , authority said . paradise high principal mike lerch said student volunteered help search . good family , said . christopher dominguez graduated school month ago , lerch said , lexi sophomore . joshua attends paradise intermediate school . email friend .
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new joshua , 12 , happy home . ... not think going make family sought shelter snow culvert , warmed others frostbitten foot . frederick dominguez 3 child set sunday cut christmas tree . people searched tuesday heavy snow .
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washington cnn stronger , cleaner secure . president bush wednesday sign bill raising auto fuel economy standard first time decade . bill , requiring corporate average mile per gallon . also boost federal support alternative fuel research energy conservation effort . republican filibuster senate removed provision bush objected would eliminated tax break oil company requirement electric utility produce portion power alternative source . current fueleconomy standard . mile per gallon passenger car 22.2 light truck established . new bill set single average standard manufacturer . senate majority leader harry reid , dnevada , said tuesday bill great , wonderful first step energy revolution start america ripple throughout world . reid said democrat would continue pushing shift federal tax break away fossilfuel producer renewable energy research top priority took control congress january . house opponent rep. joe barton , rtexas , complained bill undo many effort made foster increased production fossil fuel energy bill passed . understand consequence election . understand new majority , said barton , ranking republican house committee energy commerce . not understand made sense two year ago not make sense today . barton called legislation noenergy bill recipe recession , arguing mandated conservation measure would raise price fuel , home appliance consumer . email friend . cnns ed henry .
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new law raise auto fuel efficiency standard . increase fleet average mile per gallon first year . senate majority leader call bill great , wonderful first step
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mount airy , maryland you.s . president george w. bush friday stressed role faithbased group fight aid , calling struggle one conscience moral eve world aid day . activist call aid funding front white house , draped giant red aid ribbon . bush speaking calvary united methodist church maryland after meeting representative religious community group . faithbased group like foot soldier army compassion , said . helping defeat epidemic one soul time . million people worldwide hiv . includes . million child younger . watch report living hiv . million people died aid year 330,000 child . bush asking congress additional 15 billion continue expand president emergency plan aid relief , program approved congress after announced 2003 state union address . friday , announced plan visit subsaharan africa early next year see program work . renewed call lawmaker continue funding . time come united state congress act , said . confident . white house say program hit disease . million people aid . increased funding would boost number . million , expanding aid prevention program offering care million aid . despite success , program criticized requiring participating group emphasize abstinence education . white house , about people carried sign support aid funding . before speaking , president , along first lady laura bush , participated hourlong faithbased roundtable discussion church . among others , president met martha chilufya , founder mututa memorial center zambia . center work faithbased caregiver serve patient . laura bush daughter jenna visited center june . bush said first lady join trip next year . giant red ribbon represent continued battle hivaids affirm matchless value every life , white house said . email friend . cnns larry lazo .
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bush faithbased group helping defeat epidemic one soul time world aid day saturday . million people died aid year . bush want expand president emergency plan aid relief .
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yearold boy get say whether get circumcised , oregon supreme court ruled . court sent parental custody dispute back trial court resolve factual issue whether agrees object circumcision . child center longrunning custody dispute james lia boldt , divorced . soon after , father began studying judaism later converted . also started teaching son about faith . , james parental custody told exwife boy would convert well , , would circumcision procedure . mother objected , saying child raised russian orthodox faith couple married . two side disagreed , living neighboring state , conflict dissolved ongoing personal constitutional dispute . james boldt said jew primary caregiver , first amendment right practice faith see fit child . lia boldt countered son not want go circumcision , invasive , irreversible , potentially dangerous medical procedure . state high court seemed especially reluctant address issue , saying normally dispute considered private family matter . justice noted party not not resolve matter without resort court . rather offer definitive ruling , justice ordered side go actual source conflict . view , age , m attitude regarding circumcision , though not conclusive custody issue presented , fact necessary determination whether mother press objection procedure , wrote chief justice paul de muniz sixmember panel . forcing age undergo circumcision could seriously affect relationship father , could pronounced effect father capability properly care m. no initial reaction decision parent attorney . case james boldt v. lia boldt . email friend .
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case part parental custody dispute . father converted judaism after splitting wife . father wanted son convert after getting custody . russian orthodox mother say son not want procedure .
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cnn worker jaw crocodile northern australia also accidentally shot process , police said . mature saltwater crocodile murky water adelaide river , near darwin northern territory . two men collecting crocodile egg river bank australia northern territory tuesday crocodile grabbed jason grant lower right arm , spokeswoman area police told cnn . second man , zac fitzgerald , shot crocodile , causing let go grant arm . second shot fitzgerald fired struck grant upper right arm , said northern territory police spokeswoman katie fowden . grant , late , flown hospital treatment bullet crocodile wound . injury not lifethreatening , fowden said . two men worker crocodile farm darwin , capital city northern territory . collecting egg legally , police said . email friend . cnns saeed ahmed .
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man rescue coworker jaw crocodile northern australia . shot crocodile , causing let go man arm , second shot hit man arm . two collecting crocodile egg river bank northern territory . wounded man injury not lifethreatening .
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atlanta , georgia four activeduty you.s . soldier . courtroom sketch show david white , left , stefan champagne , center , carlos lopez . wearing street clothes , ranger carlos lopez , 30 , david ray white , 28 , army medic stefan andre champagne , 28 , appeared federal court friday . charged conspiracy possess distribute cocaine carrying firearm connection conspiracy . you.s . magistrate judge alan baverman ordered held custody preliminary hearing wednesday . another ranger , randy spivey , 32 , scheduled appear court monday . sad day member one america elite corp soldier , army ranger , alleged become involved criminal activity , you.s . attorney david e. nahmias said case . men trained defend people principle country , not use skill steal cocaine drug dealer gunpoint . lopez , white champagne arrested thursday storage facility sandy spring , georgia , suburb north atlanta , agent bureau alcohol , tobacco , firearm explosive set sting operation . spivey apprehended camp frank d. merrill , army ranger training center dahlonega , georgia , friday , atf said . dahlonega about mile north atlanta . lopez , white champagne commit robbery spivey covered back camp , men stationed , according affidavit filed you.s . district court . four get cut spoil robbery , affidavit atf agent brett turner say . investigation began november , atf became aware soldier interested robbing drug dealer cocaine , turner say . posed disaffected security guard drug trafficker wanted rip . first try set robbery failed , second attempt earlier month succeeded , leading arrest storage facility , day later , ranger camp . subsequent search found lopez , white champagne carrying semiautomatic pistol ar assault rifle field pouch 15 magazine ammunition vehicle . agent also found ski mask , binoculars taser among item men brought . four soldier face minimum mandatory sentence year prison drug conspiracy additional five year , consecutive , weapon allegation . army ranger elite light infantry fighting force capable deploying anywhere world within hour . became permanent presence you.s . military . colonial era time , ranger activated specific mission conflict deactivated work completed . email friend .
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arrest made after atf agent set sting operation . affidavit atf became aware soldier wanted rob dealer cocaine . investigation began november . army ranger elite light infantry fighting force .
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san francisco , california nearly million gallon sewage spilled san francisco bay pump failed waste treatment facility , marin county sheriff department told cnn friday . attempt made contain thursday night . milliongallon sewage spill . . milliongallon spill occurred thursday night . pump failed south marin sanitation district waste treatment facility town mill valley , said lt. doug pittman . waste released richardson bay , inlet large bay east shore marin county , said . see spill air . sewage storm water partially treated , according greg renick california office emergency service . addition pump failure , said , alarm would alerted worker facility spill also failed . accidental release occurred p.m. thursday , according statement marin county emergency operation center . sewerage agency southern marin not report state p.m. , renick said . state office emergency service notified local office bay area within hour receiving report , said . marin county department environmental health conducting test friday determine far contamination spread , pittman said . boater warned avoid richardson bay area , resident told avoid contact water . california department fish game boat personnel water since early friday , found no sign sick distressed wildlife resulting spill , agency spokesman steve martarano said . marin county across golden gate bridge san francisco . email friend . cnns chuck afflerbach .
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new sewage partially treated , office emergency service say . . milliongallon spill occurred thursday night , sheriff department say . pump alarm failed marin county waste treatment facility . area tested boater advised avoid richardson bay area .
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new york massive antimafia sweep stretched new york sicily not cut head gambino crime family lopped shoulder chest , prosecutor said thursday . john jackie nose damico , shown 1992 , one 62 people indicted . sixtytwo member gambino , genovese bonanno family face 80 charge , ranging money laundering illegal gambling murder . charge strike core gambino family , said benton campbell , united state attorney eastern district new york . gambino family profited extortion within new york construction industry labor union , according charge . watch perp walk . several company allegedly paid mob tax return protection permission operate , said gordon heddell , inspector general you.s . department labor . charge involve alleged illegal gambling ring , said richard brown , queen county district attorney . nicholas corozzo free telephone , brown alleged . meanwhile , four member gambino family charged eight crime involving murder , according indictment . charge include felony murder jose delgado rivera , shot killed armored truck during robbery . today able bring closure crime past never forgotten , campbell said . said crime span back three decade . watch fed say cut head crime family . key gambino arrest thursday member attorney general organized crime task force infiltrated gambino family recorded hundred hour conversation , said john milgrim , spokesman attorney general . fortyfive charged already custody , police said . arrest made new york city long island , new york new jersey . unrelenting weed continue sprout crack society , new york attorney general andrew cuomo said organized crime . not rest organized crime distant memory . addition arrest new york area , police italy detained 77 people connection organized crime . arrest netted important member powerful clan sicily linked mafia bos salvatore lo piccolo , believed successor bos boss , bernardo provenzano . watch prosecutor explain authority acted . police say attempt rise power , le piccolo tried mend fence new yorkbased mafia family after tie broken during bloody mafia war . family included gambinos new york inzerillos italy . provenzano arrested two year ago corleone . evident intent mafia palermo reestablish dialogue inzerillo family you.s , francesco messineo italian police said . dialogue never interrupted relationship american italian mafia historic , based long tradition . certainly attempt reestablish connection . investigator believe mob clan wanted collaborate illegal commercial venture money laundering drug trafficking . italian official said arrest aimed preventing illegal activity , warned mafia clan sicily oppose return inzerillo family island , therefore concerned about new mafia war . email friend . cnns deborah feyerick alessio vinci .
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dozen people face charge , ranging money laundering murder . gambino family accused profiting extortion . several company allegedly paid mob tax , department labor official say . police italy also make 77 arrest connection organized crime .
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saddam hussein let world think weapon mass destruction intimidate iran prevent country attacking iraq , according fbi agent interviewed dictator after 2003 capture . iraqi leader saddam hussein unknown location iraq after capture . according cbs report , hussein claimed not anticipate united state would invade iraq wmd , agent george piro said minute , scheduled sunday broadcast . , critical seen still strong , defiant saddam . thought faking weapon would prevent iranian reinvading iraq , said piro . during nearly seven month piro talked hussein , agent hinted iraqi answered directly president bush , cbs said posting web site . told initially miscalculated ... president bush intention . thought united state would retaliate type attack 1998 ... fourday aerial attack , piro said . survived one willing accept type attack . not believe you.s . would invade ? correspondent scott pelley asked . no , not initially , piro answered . clear invasion imminent , hussein asked general hold allied force two week , piro said . point , would go called secret war , agent said , referring insurgency . piro said not sure insurgency indeed part hussein plan . well , would like take credit insurgency , said . hussein ability restart weapon program professed wanting , piro said . wanted pursue wmd ... reconstitute entire wmd program . hussein said proud eluded you.s . authority searched nine month after you.s.led invasion , piro said . wanted really illustrate ... able outsmart u , piro said . told changed ... way traveled . got rid normal vehicle . got rid protective detail traveled , really change signature . hussein hanged . email friend .
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cbs hussein claimed not think you.s . would invade iraq wmd . fbi agent say hussein lied about wmd intimidate iran . iraqi dictator said wanted start wmd program , agent said . hussein captured 2003 hanged 2006 .
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washington you.s . navy moved guidedmissile destroyer us cole ship eastern mediterranean sea lebanon , pentagon official said thursday . file image us cole , you.s . navy moved mediterranean sea lebanon . deployment come amid political standoff lebanon presidency , navy would not say whether event linked . group ship operate vicinity ship navy , presence important , adm. mike mullen , chairman joint chief staff , said thursday . not meant send stronger signal , said . signal engaged going vicinity , important part world . cole badly damaged al qaeda bombing during port call yemen 2000 , killing 17 sailor . returned service . destroyer two support ship close lebanon visual range coast , pentagon official said . another six vessel , led amphibious assault ship us nassau , close italy steaming toward three , official said . mullen would not say whether deployment anything upcoming lebanese parliamentary vote new president , postponed 15th time earlier week . said vote important , washington waiting take place . bush administration official told cnn decision move ship region message neighboringsyria you.s . concerned about situation lebanon , want see situation resolved . sending clear message need stability , said official , not authorized speak publication . ship , official added . lebanon prowestern majority parliament prosyrian opposition battled power last three year . country without president since november , prosyrian leader emile lahouds term expired parliament unable agree replacement . despite general agreement among faction award post army chief gen. michel suleiman , disagreement share power future cabinet kept issue coming vote . parliament speaker nabih berris office announced tuesday next planned session pushed back march . berris office said arab league needed time break deadlock . lebanon wracked sometimesviolent power struggle since 2005 assassination former prime minister rafik hariri , whose supporter blamed damascus killing . resulting outcry eventually drove syrian force lebanon , stationed since . email friend . cnn correspondent zain verjee .
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you.s . navy make move amid political standoff lebanon presidency . presence important , say chairman joint chief staff . lebanon prowestern majority parliament struggle prosyrian opposition .
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rawalpindi , pakistan former pakistani prime minister benazir bhuttos assassination fault , country president , pervez musharraf , said interview you.s . television . bhutto sits stage campaign rally minute before assassination . standing outside car , think blame alone . responsibility , former general told cbs minute sunday . bhutto killed december rawalpindi , south pakistani capital islamabad , standing armored moving car after rallying supporter nowpostponed parliamentary election . head roof unprotected time attack . death not clear bomber blew near bhuttos limousine videotape showed gunman present , though no autopsy carried . asked bhutto could shot , musharraf said , yes , absolutely , yes . possibility . said welcome international investigation . musharraf , seized power bloodless coup 1999 , rejected criticism government not enough provide security bhutto , seeking regain post prime minister . noted already survived one assassination attempt given security person . asked about hunt al qaeda leader osama bin laden , widely rumored remote border region pakistan afghanistan , musharraf said , no proof whatsoever . not particularly looking , operating . process , obviously , combined . maybe looking also . pakistan ambassador united state , mahmud ali durrani , told cnns late edition wolf blitzer , knew , would taken . durrani added musharrafs comment about not specifically looking osama mean pakistani military totally focused destroying al qaeda taliban network not one person . about bhuttos death , noted investigation not completed not jump conclusion . still , added , not come vehicle , protected armored vehicle , maybe would seen smiling face today . though musharrafs popularity home plummeted , retains support gop presidential contender sen. john mccain . think good man , arizonan told nbcs meet press . think made mistake , not get wrong . got move forward election free fair . work . understands threat country taliban al qaeda present . radical islamic extremist . smart man . would one first go . tried kill nine time , ok ? nine time tried kill musharraf . not favorite guy . new york time reported sunday bush administration considering expanding covert operation western part pakistan shore support musharrafs government find bin laden second command , ayman alzawahiri . democratic presidential candidate bill richardson new mexico told cnns late edition wolf blitzer , though not heard detail plan , sound like strategy make sense . added , got take whatever action needed . richardson called musharraf step called free fair election . need ask musharraf , push , push step aside good country , widely unpopular , told cnn . sen. hillary clinton , democratic presidential candidate new york , said saturday would try persuade musharraf share responsibility safeguarding country nuclear weapon delegation united state perhaps great britain . meanwhile , detective britain scotland yard sunday examined white land cruiser bhutto riding assassinated , pakistan staterun news agency said . associated press pakistan said detective also watched video bhuttos last moment three time , looked bird eye view photograph liaqat bagh park taken building overlook rawalpindi public site . team five detective arrived pakistan friday after musharraf agreed work alongside pakistani agency determine bhutto killed responsible death . saturday , team spent two hour park . musharraf said expected scotland yard investigator help solve confusion surrounding case . bhuttos husband , asif ali zardari , want united nation inquiry late wife assassination . pakistan interior ministry say former leader died hit head lever car sunroof after ducking cover after suicide bomb attack convoy . however , supporter bhutto insist shot prior explosion . email friend .
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new british counterterrorism expert reinspect bhuttos vehicle . new bhuttos assassination fault , say musharraf interview . new blamed standing outside safety armored car . bhuttos husband , asif ali zardari , want you.n . inquiry late wife death .
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texas couple charged killing little girl known baby grace face capital murder charge , after texas grand jury upgraded charge wednesday . riley ann sawyer moved ohio texas mother . prosecutor said not decided whether seek death penalty girl mother , kimberly dawn trenor , trenors husband , royce clyde zeigler ii . twoyearold riley ann sawyer beaten death body disposed galveston bay . riley body found october fisherman uninhabited island bay . wrapped black plastic bag stuffed blue , plastic bin . identity not known first , police dubbed baby grace . police sketch child widely distributed , sheryl sawyer , girl paternal grandmother , contacted police ohio home say drawing resembled granddaughter . dna testing confirmed child identity . trenor , 19 , zeigler , 24 , initially charged injury child tampering evidence . since initial charge filed last month investigation continued police gathered additional evidence , addition confirming riley identity , said statement released wednesday galveston county criminal district attorney kurt sistrunk . based , grand jury asked upgrade charge , said . threehour hearing held wednesday grand juror heard testimony five witness , including police fbi investigator medical examiner . grand jury deliberated three minute wednesday before upgrading charge , sistrunk said . trenor told police riley beaten thrown across room head held water before died july . said couple hid girl body storage would one two month before putting plastic container dumping bay . medical examiner said riley skull fractured three place would fatal injury . trenor girl moved texas ohio may zeigler , trenor met online . sistrunk said investigation continuing , decision whether seek death penalty not made conclusion . email friend .
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grand jury upgrade charge girl mother mother husband . presented new evidence , jury took minute vote tougher charge . riley ann sawyer , initially known baby grace , beaten death . prosecutor not decided whether seek death penalty couple .
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saudi lawyer represented woman kidnapped raped seven men said license practice reinstated . protest appeared india november saudi sentence . lawyer human right activist abdul rahman allahem told cnns nic robertson justice ministry reinstated license . allahem previously told cnn saudi judge revoked license punishment speaking medium about client case , attracted international attention . client , engaged teenager , raped seven men found alone man unrelated . said meeting man retrieve photograph . attack took place qatif march . seven rapist sentenced two nine year prison also sentenced 200 lash six month prison violated kingdom strict islamic law alone unrelated man . woman sentence provoked outrage west cast light treatment woman saudi arabian law . saudi law , woman subject numerous restriction , including strict dress code , prohibition driving requirement get man permission travel surgery . challenging said suspension disbarment , allahem said received threat life religious right . last month , minister justice abdallah bin mohammed alsheikh , phone call saudi television newscast , said lawyer license never revoked . decision made institution kingdom , said . punishment lawyer lawyer not come reaction come carefully examined procedure within special council ministry . said council charged deciding law license revocation not issued decision case . email friend .
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saudi lawyer abdul rahman allahem say license practice reinstated . allahem say license revoked publicized rape victim conviction . saudi minister last month denied license ever revoked . rape victim convicted alone unrelated man .
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washington fbi department homeland security issued bulletin thursday citing alleged claim responsibility al qaeda former pakistani prime minister benazir bhuttos assassination , dhs official told cnn . italian news agency say al qaeda no . 2 ayman alzawahiri began planning bhuttos killing october . claim not appeared radical islamist web site regularly post message al qaeda militant group . source claim apparently italian news agency , adnkronos international aki , said al qaeda afghanistan commander spokesman mustafa abu alyazid telephoned agency make claim . terminated precious american asset vowed defeat mujahadeen , aki quoted alyazid saying . according aki , al qaeda no . 2 ayman alzawahiri set wheel motion assassination october . one islamist web site repeated claim , web site not considered reliable source islamist message expert field . dhs official said claim unconfirmed open source claim responsibility bulletin sent about p.m. state local law enforcement agency . official characterized bulletin information sharing . ross feinstein , spokesman director national intelligence mike mcconnell , said you.s . intelligence community monitoring situation trying figure responsible assassination . not position confirm may responsible , feinstein said . feinstein said intelligence community obviously analyzes open source intelligence , would not say whether community belief claim validity . , said , no conclusion may responsible . earlier , dhs spokesman rus knocke said bhuttos assassination not prompted adjustment security posture . course , continue closely monitor event unfold overseas , said . email friend . cnns jeanne meserve .
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fbi , department homeland security issue bulletin thursday . bulletin say two al qaeda associate made claim news agency . terminated precious american asset , associate say . dhs official say claim not confirmed .
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washington you.s . senate called order second wednesday last political scuffle year white house democraticled congress played . democratic senator hold short pro forma session holiday break prevent recess appointment . nearly senator left capitol christmas holiday last week , democrat keeping senate session block president bush making recess appointment , during congressional recess , fill top government post one year without senate confirmation . sen. jim webb , dvirginia , opened immediately gaveled senate session close . spent second chamber . senate majority leader harry reid , dnevada , announced december would keep senate open series pro forma session midjanuary . talk broken white house deal would allowed president make dozen appointment agreed not appoint one controversial official , steven bradbury , permanent head influential office legal counsel justice department . bush declined accept democrat offer , reid refused approve bradbury concern about involvement crafting legal opinion administration interrogation technique terrorism suspect . similar session conducted thanksgiving recess . webb also duty friday , not senator tasked presiding shortened session . democrat . edward kennedy massachusetts , byron dorgan north dakota , jack reed rhode island , mary landrieu louisiana , ben cardin maryland chuck schumer new york . email friend . cnns ted barrett vandana kilaru .
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democratic senator hold short pro forma session holiday break . session usually one minute long . move prevents president bush making recess appointment . bush refused withdraw one controversial nominee after democratic offer .
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london , england people abandoned sinking cruise liner collided iceberg antarctic water , chilean navy captain told cnn . ship sent distress call around p.m. et thursday . passenger ship explorer reported problem near south shetland island , south argentina . area sector antarctica claimed united kingdom . capt . carlos munita chilean navy said received distress call explorer , saying vessel hit iceberg around p.m. et thursday . added norwegian rescue ship arrived scene . tour company describe explorer passenger ship run tour south america antarctica . 154 people reported board ship , carry liberian flag , including 100 passenger . however nationality board not yet known . passenger crew evacuated onto lifeboat , captain first officer reported stayed board . great majority people , including passenger , safely taken explorer recovered first vessel arrive scene response distress call , dave jardinesmith , head maritime coastguard agency mca search rescue team england said . passenger crew explorer not lifeboat long , jardinesmith said . , hopefully , good condition . told no injury . earlier , mark clark , spokesman mca told press association five ship way help sinking vessel . hit something taking serious amount water , know . temperature area said around minus c , sea temperature around minus c , forecaster told press association . stephen davenport , senior forecaster meteogroup , saidit would not take long hypothermia set kind temperature sea . get bad storm way , gale force wind especially , no land way , told pa. lt. matt alex u coast guard atlantic area command center said boat owned gap adventure , based toronto , canada . email friend . cnn . right reserved.this material may not published , broadcast , rewritten , redistributed . associated press .
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150 passenger evacuated ship after struck object antarctic water . ship , named explorer , expected sink , british coastguard said . passenger lifeboat , captain first officer remain board .
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tampa , florida after witnessing rapid devastation cayman island coral reef diving since childhood , todd barber moved horror action . gave sixfigure salary marketing consultant dedicated life restoring world ocean reef ecosystem . following reef since 14 first dive , recall barber . one little tiny reef lost , sparked something . lost one took ten thousand year get , fast happening ? barber caught small glimpse larger global issue coral reef . according nature conservancy , present rate destruction continues , percent world coral reef destroyed year . not home percent marine fish specie , organization state million people rely coral reef food livelihood . barber father , marine biologist fellow diver , sat devise solution put reef back . started basic idea shape concrete around beach ball led three year research , testing prototyping help friend college professor . watch barber explains passion saving reef . goal mimic nature , not dictate nature , say barber . meant could not come idea design something would fit exactly reef required . result barber call reef ball . made concrete engineered last year , reef ball circular structure hollow center serve base habitat upon natural reef grow . portable , inexpensive environmentally friendly , according barber , reef ball built anywhere used mimic rehabilitate form oceanic reef , mangrove , oyster coral reef . also help control erosion stabilize shoreline . watch organization tampa try restore habitat oyster . manufacture place reef ball marine habitat around world , barber established reef ball foundation . today , nonprofit organization work environmental agency , university , community group corporation empowers others build restore local marine ecosystem . reef incredible bearing human life , say barber . without conserving resource , going gone before even know lost . according barber , marine conservation not about reef ball , one important tool . about saving natural reef . about changing behavior , say barber . better save reef build new one . since inception , reef ball foundation placed reef ball country . , personally , satisfaction come diving reef ball seeing environment rehabilitated reef actually , say barber . grandkids able see thing . email friend .
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coral reef danger , according estimate nature conservancy . group say million people rely coral reef food . reef ball concrete sphere upon natural reef grow . object also help control beach erosion stabilize shoreline .
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la vega , nevada fire charred top two three wing monte carlo resort casino friday , causing no major injury forcing visitor employee evacuate , authority said . recently remodeled monte carlo resort casino la vega , nevada , shown after before fire . bit hour after began , fire fully contained , according fire department la vega clark county . firefighter would remain hotel fire completely knocked , said clark county fire chief steven m. smith . watch fire chief explain situation . would least afternoon , said . mainly exterior fire , although might slight damage room , told cnn after news conference . fire unknown . welder working roof . see hotel located . no one trapped , no report major injury , said ed cagalo clark county fire department . floor building completely evacuated . blaze reported about a.m. black smoke flame poured fire , roared building exterior stucco foam firefighter able get roof knock flame . watch fire burn . damage top floor building . falling debris ignited part exterior ledge four floor . highrise fire never easy fight . see outside , firefighter actually hang window try cut fire . directed fire stream angle could make contact fire . ... not easy fire , smith said . watch chief talk about firefighting effort . urged motorist pedestrian avoid area . earlier , smoke visible mile away , cnn producer darian billington said . billington said traffic backed strip , crowd people gathering watch blaze . horrible , fire everywhere , hotel worker watched flame parking lot told cnn affiliate kvbc . four you.s . air force hh pave hawk helicopter rescue crew put standby nellis air force base during afternoon assist rescue effort , not needed , nellis spokeswoman said . hotel , room , including 211 penthouse suite , conference room . expensive room top floor . hotel built 1996 million . heart resort corridor . monte carlo , subsidiary mgm mirage , about , employee . 1980 , fire across street mgm grand hotel , ballys , killed 84 people injured nearly . email friend .
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fire doused top floor roof monte carlo resort . fire chief firefighter hang window try cut fire . floor building completely evacuated . no major injury reported , no one trapped .
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atlanta , georgia prefer darkness calm early morning target vulnerable , still sleeping influence . make sure prey . you.s . marshal supervisory inspector james ergas take aim during computersimulated attack . wake submachine gun flashlight face , tend not fight , say james ergas , supervisory inspector you.s . marshal southeast regional fugitive task force . you.s . marshal service nation oldest law enforcement agency best known protecting federal judge , transporting federal prisoner protecting witness . less known cuttingedge work agency six regional task force capturing suspect . task force atlanta located nondescript warehouse office park . 2007 , investigator southeast task force arrested , suspect marshal exchange gunfire , ergas say . watch ergas blast bad guy simulated attack . creme de la creme marshal service , say eugene odonnell , former prosecutor new york city police officer teach john jay college criminal justice new york . given day , ergas force tracking suspected killer roaming southeast , also searching violent offender . already year , involved number highprofile search gary michael hilton , suspect charged killing meredith emerson disappeared hiking northern georgia fugitive marine wanted connection killing lance cpl . maria lauterbach north carolina suspect wanted connection killing two suburban atlanta police officer . time chasing suspect outside glare medium spotlight . mandate track violent fugitive , armed robber , rapist fugitive caliber , say keith booker , commander task force . watch booker describe mission . one suspect currently hunted charles leon parker run since after accused molesting stepdaughter . marshal brought recently , booker say , after parker allegedly called one victim said , wanted know saw daughter , sure beautiful . odonnell say take highly trained , high energy , really special people work day day , especially dangerous individual country . not exaggeration say front front line , odonnell say . not going get challenging law enforcement . make sure well prepared , atlanta office equipped locker full highpowered weaponry hightech operation center , complete flat screen tv , communicate directly investigator field twostory house training degree computer simulator put marshal real life danger scenario . one demonstration , ergas step simulator responds report shot fired workplace . woman rush victim ground , ergas bark command . moment later , man round corner . tends victim . suddenly , gunman run corner ergas open fire glock . suspect hit ground . watch ergas say no better training simulator . split second later , another gunman emerges , ergas blast . think wii steroid . thing not get range , ergas say . 50 different scenario simulator create , technician able change scenario . trainee use shotgun , rifle , glock glock . gun shoot laser shot traced . sometimes , simulator jam gun see one responds situation . after training session , person debriefed about opened fire not fire . shot analyzed , real world law enforcement officer held accountable every bullet come gun . help investigator train situation could face given day , given moment , ergas say . no one want shoot anyone , ergas say . even officer may not pulled trigger affected shooting killing someone . odonnell say fact task force rarely engages fire suspect rigorous training , underscore teach tactic . model , say . booker say help coordinated team armed officer shield big gun , well . overwhelm surprising speed force , say . keep u safe , keep safe . message still ? pull collective knowledge resource investigative technique hunt take custody , booker say . not stop job finished . email friend .
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you.s . marshal southeast task force track suspected killer day . highprofile case , search go medium radar . commander mandate track ... murderer , armed robber , rapist office captured 3,000 suspect last year shot fired , chief say .
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vietnamese woman caught cooking tiger carcass sentenced two half year jail , state medium reported thursday . reportedly about tiger , prized socalled medicine men , left living vietnam . hanoi court convicted nguyen thi thanh , 41 , violating regulation protecting rare wild animal . arrested last september after police raided house rented capital city hanoi found dead tiger , bear arm , monkey bone elephant tusk . officer found thanh three accomplice cooking tiger carcass , thanh nien daily reported . three men received suspended sentence , ranging month , daily said . woman told police sold animal bone marrow . million vietnamese dong 400 per gram traditional medicine men , according report time . medicine men think tiger bone part cure arthritis joint ailment , according humane society united state . tiger universally threatened , about still living vietnam , world wildlife fund said . southeast asian country banned trafficking endangered animal part . last year , vietnamese government unearthed 38 case illegal trafficking involved 503 endangered animal , local medium said time . email friend .
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vietnamese woman caught cooking tiger carcass jailed two half year . nguyen thi thanh , 41 , convicted violating regulation protecting rare wild animal . police found dead tiger , bear arm , monkey bone elephant tusk flat .
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washington head blackwater usa sunday rejected mounting series report suggesting private contractor security guard opened fire innocent iraqi civilian last month . blackwater ceo erik prince said sunday guard definitely faced insurgent fire september . definitely incoming small arm fire insurgent september incident baghdad , founder ceo erik prince told cnns wolf blitzer late edition . no deliberate violence , committed blackwater employee , added . still , asked whether possible someone blackwater screwed incident , prince replied , certainly possible . said expects fbi investigation provide many answer . meanwhile , you.s . iraqi official continue discussing baghdad demand blackwater expelled iraq within six month , associated press reported sunday . american official also coming way fill security gap blackwater forced leave , ap reported . blackwater guard , protecting you.s . official iraq , face dangerous circumstance every day navigated vast majority situation without violence , prince told cnn . guard try job , not trying make trouble , said . iraqi government accuses blackwater guard opening fire without provocation civilian crowded area baghdad september , killing 17 wounding . survivor told fbi investigator blackwater guard shot civilian presenting no threat . watch blackwater witness describe account . first you.s . soldier arrive scene after incident told military investigator found no evidence contractor fired upon , source familiar preliminary you.s . military report told cnn . soldier found evidence suggesting guard fired car attempting leave found weapon casing scene matching used you.s . military contractor , military source said . prince sunday told cnn , incident report seen , least three armored vehicle hit small arm fire , incoming , one damaged , actually delayed departure traffic circle tried rig tow . definitely incoming smallarms fire insurgent . added , guarantee guy not shooting . said traffic circle big , first soldier scene would needed almost battalion secure entire area , thorough crime scene type investigation . jury still . see fbi report come , confident kind people proven military professional , prince said . iraqi government spokesman ali aldabbagh accused blackwater deliberate crime civilian , said company tried court , victim compensated . philadelphia law firm filed suit federal court blackwater behalf family three iraqi killed one wounded incident , occurred around baghdad nusoor square . suit claim blackwater created fostered culture lawlessness amongst employee , encouraging act company financial interest expense innocent human life . prince called lawsuit politically motivated medium attention , rejected depiction company . baghdad , dangerous city world , say callous , rampant , evil action , know , guy get right 99 100 time not use force violence , think well , said . email friend .
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erik prince definitely incoming small arm fire insurgent no deliberate violence , said , during september shooting . iraqi government say blackwater guard killed 17 , fired without provocation . ap blackwater may expelled iraq within six month .
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cnn , killing four people . ongoing violence somalia devastated capital mogadishu . incident occurred monday along road kismayo , group said . victor okumu , 51 , kenyan doctor damien lehalle , 27 , french logistician somali driver named billan msf worker killed . another member team slightly wounded , group said posting web site . exact circumstance fatal incident not yet clear , posting said . also killed journalist hassan kafi hared , . remotecontrolled mine erupted walking news conference siyad village northern kismayu , said national union somali journalist nusoj . working governmentrun somali national news agency somali web site called gedonet.com . survived wife three child . targeted attack declare brutal killing journalist aid worker attack society , said nusoj secretary general omar faruk osman , news release . demand transitional government authority kismayu identify culprit crime bring justice said . medical humanitarian organization said evacuating remaining international member staff kismayu . hared second journalist killed year , according committee protect journalist . first , yearold norwegian reporter carsten thomassen , died january suicide bomb attack kabul . written statement , representative you.n . secretarygeneral ban kimoon said condemned killing demand thorough investigation authority . email friend .
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journalist two doctor among killed . remotecontrolled mine went southern somalia . somali driver also died attack . journalist second die conflict situation year .
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london , england abusing celebrity glamorizing use narcotic encouraging young people use illegal substance , united nation drug control agency warned . model kate moss faced allegation cocaine use 2005 never charged claim . annual report international narcotic control board warns treating star leniently allowing get away drug crime undermines faith criminal justice system damaging effect adolescent . get lenient response judiciary law enforcement , regrettable , professor hamid ghodse , member incb , told uk press association wednesday . not difference celebrity breaking law noncelebrities . not give wrong message young people , quite impressionable , wider public becomes cynical about response drug offender , ghodse said . watch ghodse explain celebrity offender given easy ride . last month , acclaimed singer amy winehouse questioned police after video emerged appeared show smoking crack . last fall arrested fined norway possessing marijuana . winehouse due appear norwegian courtroom contest drug charge end february . hearing postponed indefinitely , pa said , after court approved request winehouses lawyer . watch celebrity drug scandal affect child . supermodel kate moss also faced cocainesnorting allegation . crown prosecution service later said would not charged claim . despite losing modeling contract wake revelation , later fresh job remains one world top model . singer pete doherty , former boyfriend moss , also wellpublicized drug abuse problem far managed avoid jail time . earlier month named music magazine nme hero year . paul mccartney late wife linda open about marijuana habit . former beatle arrested possession 1980 japan . after day jail , released without charge . report found britain , along spain italy , highest rate cocaine abuse world . report also expressed concern rising opium production afghanistan . email friend .
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you.n . say celebrity drug use encourages adolescent substance abuse . report say leniency towards celebrity hurt criminal justice system . report find britain , italy , spain among highest rate cocaine use .
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colorado prosecutor friday asked judge dismiss firstdegree murder charge tim master , spent nine year prison new dna evidence indicated someone else might committed crime . tim master , center , walk fort collins , colorado , courthouse tuesday attorney david wymore . court paper filed district attorney larry abrahamson cited newly discovered evidence , took pain state evidence not clear master . newly discovered dna evidence not exonerate timothy master , clearly warrant complete reexamination evidence related murder peggy hettrick , court paper state . motion seek dismissal charge interest justice . point dna testing used uncover new evidence not available master investigated tried . tuesday judge threw master 1999 murder conviction , freed interest justice . although motion signal abrahamson dropping master case , not rule future prosecution . statement , prosecutor cautioned contrary news report , dna testing result suggest may others , along timothy master , investigated . test result not provide u enough information completely exonerate anyone . abrahamson said asked colorado attorney general john suthers appoint special prosecutor continue investigation hettricks slaying . attorney general announce decision early next week , abrahamson said . master , 36 , investigated hettricks murder since . insisted nothing death , no physical evidence tie directly crime . watch master describe anger police . jury convicted master year after discovery hettricks stabbed sexually mutilated corpse field near trailer . among evidence juror considered collection knife found master bedroom , gruesome sketch testimony prosecution expert fit psychological profile killer . master defense team said framed , police prosecutor sat evidence could raised doubt about guilt . significance friday motion dismiss largely procedural , abrahamson indicated earlier week might unnecessary try master . light newly discovered evidence revealed friday , abrahamson said statement week ago , moving expeditiously possible make determination whether charge timothy master dismissed . abrahamson also vowed review contested conviction advance dna testing may prove useful . said wanted examine legal discovery process met fort collins police chief officer discus critical flow information assurance information available office defense . special prosecutor quick filed motion earlier month citing four instance police prosecutor handed evidence master original defense team . see key player case . among police interview plastic surgeon said improbable teen could made meticulous cut necessary remove hettricks body part . also , according quick motion , police failed divulge renowned fbi profiler warned police master penchant doodling gruesome horror scene not tie crime . investigation police prosecutor handled case continue . email friend .
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new d.a . seek dismissal tim master murder case . master released tuesday conviction tossed . master convicted 1999 murder , sexual mutilation yearold woman . spent nearly nine year prison .
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cnn yearold childrens television star younger sister beleaguered pop star britney spear . jamie lynn spear , shown september , star popular nickelodeon series zoey . spear , star nickelodeon zoey , told ok ! magazine pregnant father yearold boyfriend . no public talk criminal prosecution case . consensual sex two may well legal , depending took place . critic nation statutory rape law say law ignored case used put teen prison land sexoffender registry . watch cnns sunny hostin law say . disturbing disparity law enforced , said jonathan turley , law professor george washington university . no problem nailing adult sleep child , problem prosecution teenager consensual relationship . case focus nation evenhanded approach case . watch psychologist talk about spear pregnancy could lead parent talking kid about sex . louisiana , spear life , misdemeanor someone age 17 consensual sex someone age 17 difference age two year . california , sometimes tape television show , misdemeanor sex someone younger 18 offender less three year older . someone three year older could charged felony . according ok ! magazine , first reported news tuesday , spear said father baby longtime boyfriend casey aldridge . turley said state similar law rely prosecutor selective enforcing . recipe legal problem , said . issue drew international attention georgia teen sentenced year prison consensual oral sex yearold girl . 2005 , genarlow wilson tried rape yearold girl hotelroom party . found not guilty charge , convicted aggravated child molestation act yearold . georgia law , since changed , required mandatory year sentence charge aggravated child molestation required wilson register sex offender released . revised georgia law , act would misdemeanor . 21 , wilson released prison october grossly disproportionate crime . current law leave much prosecutorial discretion , turley said . saw wilson case prosecutorial discretion lead grotesque result . said statutory rape prosecution teen common southern state small town elsewhere country big city . b.j . bernstein , wilson attorney , argued throughout case wilson imprisoned act , perhaps morally questionable , probably going among teen everywhere . prosecuted , even misdemeanor , case , would clog justice system kid sex , said . social issue want happen wish would not happen age crime . spear , turned 16 april say week pregnancy , told magazine plan raise child louisiana , normal family life . nickelodeon released statement saying network respect spear decision take responsibility sensitive personal situation . email friend .
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expert say disparity statutory rape law applied . jamie lynn spear 16 , boyfriend 18 . no talk criminal prosecution involving couple . expert attorney choose prosecute , leading unfairness .
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new delhi , india , state minister local medium said monday . scarlett keeling stand anjuna beach goa day before death . officer initially said scarlett keeling drowned anjuna beach after taking drug , changed story yearolds mother protested second autopsy suggested raped murdered . suspect case arrested sunday fiona mackeown said not believe man killed daughter . clear case murder gone proportion police tried cover , francisco x. pacheco , goa tourism minister told reuters.com . indian medium suggested coverup attempt protect goa tourism industry . arrested man long time ago issue would got diluted , tainted image police officer case , thing gone hand , pacheco said . police said investigating allegation coverup action junior officer . certain thing scrutiny taken cognizance issue , specially officer , kishan kumar , senior police officer overseeing probe told reuters . keelings mother said also believed police trying cover truth behind daughter murder , arrested samson dsouza , 29 , make look like making progress case . awful lot contact people situation before , warned u careful police try find someone immediately try put front actually something , fiona mackeown told bbc radio monday . kumar described dsouza local anjuna boy bartender lius , beachfront bar . said police confirmed dsouzas role keelings rape trying find evidence killed teenager . sufficient evidence show involved rape , kumar told cnn . far murder concerned , investigating . scarlett family arrived november extended vacation goa , known white sandy beach dance music scene . beachfront shack house bar fuel nightlife . mackeown said scarlett left care trusted male friend aunt rest family traveled adjoining indian state , told bbc no contact family since daughter death . mother said monday sent letter goa chief minister asking india central bureau investigation look case . goa popular western tourist several tourist died drug overdoses recent year woman attacked sexually assaulted . time india said 126 foreigner died goa last two year january year yearold british woman raped . email friend . cnns tess eastment .
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indian police covered murder uk girl goa , state tourism minister said . police arrest one man death yearold . mother scarlett keeling say think police arrested wrong man .
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cnn , killing four people . ongoing violence somalia devastated capital mogadishu . incident occurred monday along road kismayo , group said . victor okumu , 51 , kenyan doctor damien lehalle , 27 , french logistician somali driver named billan msf worker killed . another member team slightly wounded , group said posting web site . exact circumstance fatal incident not yet clear , posting said . also killed journalist hassan kafi hared , . remotecontrolled mine erupted walking news conference siyad village northern kismayu , said national union somali journalist nusoj . working governmentrun somali national news agency somali web site called gedonet.com . survived wife three child . targeted attack declare brutal killing journalist aid worker attack society , said nusoj secretary general omar faruk osman , news release . demand transitional government authority kismayu identify culprit crime bring justice said . medical humanitarian organization said evacuating remaining international member staff kismayu . hared second journalist killed year , according committee protect journalist . first , yearold norwegian reporter carsten thomassen , died january suicide bomb attack kabul . written statement , representative you.n . secretarygeneral ban kimoon said condemned killing demand thorough investigation authority . email friend .
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journalist two doctor among killed . remotecontrolled mine went southern somalia . somali driver also died attack . journalist second die conflict situation year .
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bus carrying member marine corp reserve unit overturned alabama military base sunday , leaving 23 marine injured , four critically , military said news release . bus overturned sunday alabama , injuring 23 marine , military said . passenger , member e company , antiterrorism battalion , th marine division , taking part training exercise fort rucker , army post outside ozark , alabama . departing range a.m. accident occurred . unit made reservist tallahassee , florida , bessemer , alabama . injured first headquarters platoon bessemer , birmingham suburb . midafternoon , 11 injured released unit hospital . picture wreck provided news medium military . ozark about mile south birmingham . email friend .
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bus carrying marine corp reserve unit overturned alabama military base . 23 marine injured four critically , military say . e company , antiterrorism battalion , th marine division , involved . accident happened sunday morning , official said .
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despite obvious claim younger rival cristiano ronaldo lionel messi , really argue 96 football journalist voted ricardo izecson do santos leite 2007 world footballer year . brazilian genius kaka fully deserves winning 2007 world footballer year award . prestigious ballon dor award widely regarded prestigious individual prize football kakas inclusion coveted roll honor testament yearold brazilian current standing world football . ac milan defeated liverpool champion league final athens , avenging heartbreaking loss team istanbul two year previously , enabled kaka fulfill dream holding aloft europe premier trophy medal fully deserved after sublime minute performance . kakas stock club country risen steadily since move san siro sao paulo fee . million summer . unlike many brazilian sporting genius , kaka not hone skill beach street favela shanty town . born comfortable middle class brasilia family , football not hope bright future . however , soon became clear particular boy special skill signed sao paulo , after family moved , eight year age yearold . kakas progress soon picked national team coach felipe scolari named graceful midfielder man squad 2002 world cup final , earning winner medal despite playing minute tournament group match costa rica . year later , kaka way milan . within month made starting lineup 10 goal helped rossoneri lift scudetto european super cup . throughout career , kaka always possessed innate ability score goal . yet describe kaka merely goalscoring midfielder would massive injustice . tall , elegant blessed astonishing skill , milan brazil utilize kakas ability superbly . milan coach carlo ancelotti soon recognized kakas genius , changing team system , playing brazilian behind main target man . andrea pirlo gennaro gattuso holding central midfield area , kaka license roam behind lone striker , filippo inzaghi , ronaldo alberto gilardino . kaka devastating effect , running opposition pace power , finding defensesplitting pass shooting range deadly accuracy deadball situation open play . fly ointment milan come shape poor form season . although already reached last 16 champion league , club floundering serie face unthinkable prospect not qualifying next season competition unless win trophy . real madrid coveted kaka last two year secure place among europe elite . email friend .
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kaka deservedly named world player year first time career . brazilian beat cristiano ronaldo lionel messi journalist vote . yearold average one goal three game ac milan brazil .
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jacksonville , north carolina christina laurean told authority attending christmas party night husband allegedly killed pregnant marine lance cpl . maria lauterbach , according police . marine cpl . cesar laurean , wanted murder , may fled native mexico . marine cpl . cesar laurean charged firstdegree murder . remains large , authority say may fled mexico . also , affidavit obtained thursday cnn state christina laurean knew about death one day before reporting authority . marine assigned camp lejeune , north carolina . lance cpl . maria lauterbach eight month pregnant reported missing december . authority say killed four day earlier . warrant allowed authority search western union record . authority said accompanying affidavit cesar laurean wife received transfer money december january . affidavit provided no detail . authority requested search warrant accompanying document sealed . fbi say laurean may fled native country mexico . cesar laurean , 21 , naturalized you.s . citizen . mailed least one letter houston , texas , since disappearance , cnn affiliate kprc houston reported thursday . according affidavit , christina laurean , 25 , lawyer told cesar laurean could face death penalty . next day , christina laurean reported lauterbachs death onslow county sheriff office , appeared attorney sergeant former chain command . turned deputy several note husband said found home . note , cesar laurean said lauterbach committed suicide buried . lauterbach , 20 , accused cesar laurean raping testify military hearing not long after disappearance . according coworker , feared cesar laurean , although military said told prosecutor not . lauterbachs allegation involved two encounter one approximately two week later , marine told cnn . lauterbach received two protective order , one effect died . christina laurean january told authority husband denied rape allegation said not baby father , according affidavit . document say husband told . dubois contends fact show probable exists show cesar laurean committed murder . detective said not believe lauterbach committed suicide , especially told people wanted child . christina laurean told police christmas party husband marine unit during late afternoon evening december , onslow county sheriff ed brown told cnn . husband not attend party , told authority . lauterbachs charred remains believed unborn child found fire pit laureans backyard . police said blood spatter found throughout laurean home wall ceiling , evidence showed someone tried clean paint . dna testing conducted see lauterbachs unborn baby fathered cesar laurean , brown said , adding no rush part detective get result . fbi offering 25,000 reward information leading cesar laureans arrest . anyone mexico information asked contact legal attache you.s . embassy mexico city . meanwhile , authority discovered weapon likely used kill lauterbach , spokesman onslow county sheriff office said thursday . authority said woman died blunt force trauma head . man rented room lauterbach , sgt . daniel durham , told investigator found note december . email friend . cnns rusty dornin .
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new woman say husband not show party suspected date killing . new dna testing way see cesar laurean fathered victim child . accused marine wife spoke lawyer after pregnant marine slain . marine fled next day , believed headed native mexico .
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sen . hillary clinton barack obama accused borrowing portion presidential campaign speech monday . massachusetts gov . deval patrick , left , stump sen. barack obama . clinton campaign accused obama borrowing close supporter , illinois senator responded saying word used clinton . conference call reporter , clinton spokesman howard wolfson said clear obama lifted rhetoric massachusetts gov . deval patrick . late monday , clinton followed swipe . whole candidacy about word , word , clinton said madison , wisconsin . think . obama downplayed significance accusation . written two book , wrote speech . think putting aside question ... term whether word , think would carrying far , obama said . deval trade idea time , know occasionally used line mine , obama said . obama said also used devals word jeffersonjackson dinner wisconsin . would add noticed occasion sen. clinton used word mine well , said obama . said before , really not think big deal . obama campaign official said clinton pattern borrowing rival signature phrase , including yes , fired , ready go . circulated youtube video list alleged instance reporter . clinton campaign earlier pointed similarity word obama patrick raised eyebrow attracted traffic youtube . central passage speech obama gave saturday 2006 campaign , obama campaign said asked about . controversy lost massachusetts governor , endorsed obama . obamas campaign patrick call new york time weekend issue statement . senator obama longtime friend ally . often share idea about politics , policy language , patrick said statement . argument question , value word public square , one about spoken frequently before . given recent attack senator clinton , applaud responding way . watch comparison obamas patrick speech . obama campaign also confirmed comment chief strategist david axelrod senate campaign patrick gubernatorial run . often riff one another . share world view , axelrod told time about obama patrick . effective speaker whose word tend get requoted argument tend embraced widely . responding attack clinton offer word offer action , obama arguing word matter . saturday night gala wisconsin democratic party , obama said frequent applause , not tell word not matter ! dream . word . hold truth selfevident , men created equal . word . nothing fear fear . word , speech ! 2006 , patrick , fending attack rival kerry healey , told crowd , dismissive point , hear lot staff , offer word . word . hold truth selfevident , men created equal . word . nothing fear fear . ask not country , ask country . dream . clinton argued obama provides rousing speech , stronger grasp issue knowledge use presidency start making change day one . speaking last week general motor plant ohio , said , big difference u , talk versus action . know , people may think word change . know better . word cheap . know take work . email friend . cnns josh lev , rebecca sinderbrand chris welch .
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phrase obama speech similar massachusetts gov . deval patrick . clinton whole candidacy about word , obama downplays significance , say clinton used word mine well
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whoever killed six people memphis , tennessee , home may still loose , police said tuesday . asked community help solving slaying . police fire unit responded monday after six people killed memphis , tennessee . police found six people , two woman two boy , said memphis police lt. joe scott . three child wounded home taken hospital . scott not release name victim . said no sign forced entry home , evidence scene indicated killer killer left house . detective trying determine day killing , could occurred early saturday , scott said . said police not developed suspect need people come forward information . need community help , said . child brutally killed . know people heard thing , saw something . stain community . really need community help solve . four dead adult shot two dead child stabbed , source told cnn affiliate wmctv . wounded child yearold boy , monthold girl yearold whose gender not immediately known medical center . treated gunshot wound , said hospital spokeswoman jennilyn utkov , said not additional information about condition . least one wounded child also stabbed , police told commercial appeal newspaper . newspaper reported tuesday two critical condition one serious condition . neighbor told cnn tuesday heard gunshot coming house saturday night . heard about six seven shot , said wayne bolden , landscaper said life across street home killing occurred . not call police always hear shooting neighborhood . wish would called . said not see movement home next day . two car , van passenger car , never moved . monday , saw many police car home heard about killing , said . bolden said family included man , woman five six child moved home about five month ago . not know name , bolden said man . kid always playing , would barbecue outside front porch . prayer service held victim tuesday morning family nearby church , said keith norman , senior pastor first baptist church . said asked police counsel family member victim . another prayer service scheduled p.m. , said , victim family member expected attend . multiple family affected , said norman , said not want speak about led killing . praying family member trying help get . police not know behind violence , commercial appeal newspaper reported . not know motive death , four adult two child dead , memphis police lt. jerry guin told paper . rob robinson told commercial appeal landlord brick , singlefamily house rented 550 per month . nice , polite , robinson told paper resident . kind surprising , actually . never trouble , no damage property . paid rent even helped repair stuff . neighbor leo baker told wmctv lived nearby year not know resident home . sad come home find something like gone , baker said . kind sad , scary . video footage showed emergency vehicle scene , people embracing rainy weather outside police tape surrounding home . scene one two three victim , not remember anything large , guin told commercial appeal . newspaper reported shooting appeared city deadliest mass killing since 1973 , yearold david sander randomly shot killed five people before shot dead police . 2000 , police said firefighter frederick williams confessed shooting memphis four people killed , sheriff deputy two fellow firefighter . email friend .
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new police believe killer killer left memphis house 6 people slain . neighbor say heard shot saturday night , not call police . police four adult , two kid killed 3 child wounded . yearold , yearold , monthold hospitalized .
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miami , florida four men arrested connection shooting death nfl player sean taylor , authority announced friday evening . police one confession case individual charged murder , said robert parker , director miamidade police department . suspect identified venjah k. hunte , 20 eric rivera jr. , 17 jason scott mitchell , 17 charles kendrick lee wardlow , . additional arrest possible , parker said . key solving case citizen tip , said . taylor , 24 , died tuesday , day after shot during apparent burglary miami home . police investigation revealed suspect thought house empty , parker said . certainly not looking go kill anyone , said . expecting residence not occupied , murder shooting someone not initial motive . ... obvious motive go steal content house . men knew taylor lived house , parker said . a.m. monday , taylor girlfriend , jackie garcia , called 911 said someone shot . authority said told police hiding bedding during attack . garcia not see happened could not provide suspect description , parker told reporter wednesday . police said garcia taylor awakened noise living room , taylor got locked bedroom door , door kicked two shot fired , one striking leg . garcia tried call 911 unable , used cell phone instead , police said . no evidence line cut , parker said wednesday . breakin also reported eight day earlier , miamidade police said . police report said someone forced window open left kitchen knife bed . several drawer bedroom safe searched during breakin , according report . taylor home unexpectedly injury , former attorney , richard sharpstein , told reporter tuesday . think surprised surprised find , said . taylor spent four year washington redskin , sprained right knee . not play sunday game tampa bay . taylor firstround pick 2004 draft , according team web site . played university miami , allamerican 2003 , also high school standout city . dubbing prototype nfl free safety , redskin credited taylor teamleading tackling prowess sending first pro bowl after . regarded one hardest hitting player league . taylor recorded 257 tackle 206 solo during brief career , two sack seven interception . email friend . cnns rich phillips . cnn . right reserved.this material may not published , broadcast , rewritten , redistributed . associated press .
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new police say one confession case . new investigation reveals men thought house empty , police say . washington redskin safety sean taylor died tuesday . taylor shot during apparent burglary miami home .
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colombo , sri lanka reuters teenage daughter moved saudi arabia work housemaid support family after displaced 2004 tsunami . death row , pray . razeena mohammad left mohammad sultan nafeek , parent rizana nafeek . rizana , 17 started work saudi arabia , convicted killing monthold baby boy care two week job . nafeek say child died accidentally , choking milk . daughter sentenced beheading case right group say underline vulnerability many . million sri lankans work abroad , saudi arabia alone . family suffering hardship , daughter volunteered go work abroad send money home , nafeek told reuters telephone modest home mutur sri lankas wartorn northeast . after december 2004 tsunami forced home , family displaced renewed civil war state separatist tamil tiger rebel . nafeek visited saudi arabia sri lankas deputy foreign minister month bid secure clemency met relation dead child parent came away empty handed . saudi law , pardon gift family victim , far parent dead child refused meet either family sri lankan official . cop told u go pray allah . get forgiveness parent , daughter free , said . praying time . able meet parent , sure would willing forgive daughter after seeing situation . sri lankan government investigating agency sent rizana work abroad technically still child remains hopeful pardoned exonerated . fairly confident , said deputy foreign minister hussein bhaila . spoken tribal leader particular tribe , spoken area official ... speak parent . excellency president mahinda rajapaksa following case keenly . exceptional case tender age , added . right group accuse government failing protect expatriate worker exchange revenue billion economy . also decry saudi arabia legal system . case raise many troubling question about treatment child foreigner saudi arabia criminaljustice system , human right watch said statement issued overnight . international law prohibits death penalty crime committed before age . saudi arabia executed four sri lankans convicted armed robbery earlier year , not inform sri lankan authority beforehand . sri lanka reinstated death penalty 2004 after murder high court judge , dormant since . no indication dozen convicted murderer , rapist drug smuggler death row sri lanka effectively serving life prison term actually executed . email friend . reuters . right reserved.this material may not published , broadcast , rewritten , redistributed .
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girl convicted killing baby care saudi arabia 17 . nafeek say child died accidentally , choking milk . girl family displaced december tsunami , renewed civil war sri lanka .
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london , england leaving school 16 not normally route success . richard branson , setting magazine entering record business . brand behind company , phone plane making virgin global name . soon virgin reach galactic proportion . 2009 richard branson hope take tourist space . cnns todd benjamin caught billionaire london asked drive create diverse enterprise . branson drive create lot different business simply feeling , likely , better people particular area . not create business somebody else really well , time create one not done well . benjamin would describe personality ? branson love people , love learn . never went university see life one long university education never . inquisitive , hence fact gone 350 different business , quite unusual western company . benjamin run company series independent company . look key lieutenant ? branson number one , virgin brand absolutely paramount , must nothing damage reputation brand . second thing look after team people . benjamin headmaster left high school said branson , congratulation , predict either go prison become millionaire . character think made make observation ? branson well suspect fact age writing letter could organize catering better school could save money , save money could put better facility student . managed persuade give study start magazine actually finally came said look , either going school work magazine , said well , goodbye . magazine , thanks much . benjamin autobiography write about fouryearsold mother stop car make get make ? branson way grandmother house devon , think about three mile before got made get told find way grandmother house . basically , approach try get u stand two foot went extreme measure sometimes . benjamin without persona think virgin brand could ever become became ? branson think particular virgin brand perhaps needed , past , get adventurous , therefore give brand adventurous feeling take big guy , , beat big guy created virgin brand . think balloon pop , space ship continues go space , whatever , think brand strong enough withstand continue grow . email friend .
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richard branson , founder virgin , talk cnns todd benjamin . branson left school 16 work magazine set . responsible 300 business virgin brand .
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paris , france look , about quintessentially french get . , new year enjoying cigarette sip cafe au lait become thing past . january illegal france smoke cafe well club , casino hotel . france extending ban smoking include bar , discotheque , restaurant , hotel , casino , well fabled cafe . country renowned fondness romance , smoking never quite shaken romantic association smoky left bank cafe waifish parisienne beauty clutching gauloises . spite health danger , about . million people smoke population million around percent year old estimated smoke , according 2002 figure world health organization . smoking ban first introduced france february year cover workplace , school , airport hospital . new restriction apply inside premise , meaning smoker still free light terrace . even , enforcing ban may prove tricky country well known cafe culture . soften blow , authority agreed amnesty new year holiday not fully enforce new arrangement wednesday . after time , smoker caught face fine 450 662 , hotel bar owner fail prevent smoker lighting premise fined 750 , . france lagged behind many european neighbor bringing legislation curb smoking public place . ireland became first european country introduce comprehensive smoking ban . since italy , spain , belgium britain followed suit similar ban . email friend .
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smoking ban france extended bar , club , restaurant , cafe jan . smoking ban first introduced february public building , workplace . about . million people france smoke population million . similar ban exist ireland , italy , spain , belgium britain .
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toddler whose body washed ashore texas last month tentatively identified yearold girl , mother man identified boyfriend arrested saturday , galveston county sheriff office said sunday . police believe twoyearold riley ann sawyer may baby grace . investigator believe child dubbed baby grace actually yearold riley ann sawyer , galveston county sheriff office said sunday . dna analysis still progress confirm identification . child mother , kimberly dawn trenor , 19 , man identified royce clyde zeigler ii , 24 , arrested saturday charge injuring child tampering physical evidence , sheriff department said . couple life spring , texas , houston suburb about mile north galveston . bond set 350,000 . arrest followed search conducted saturday after november tip , sheriff department said . deputy fbi agent plan release information news conference monday , galveston county sheriff maj. ray tuttoilmondo said . girl grandmother , sheryl sawyer , cleveland , ohio , told cnn affiliate wkyc riley ann missing since june . watch sawyer family describe fear before child identified . october , fisherman discovered body blue sterilite plastic container uninhabited island galveston west bay . police dubbed dead girl baby grace , asked public help identifying . medical examiner said child skull fractured , forensic dentist estimated age year . composite sketch , girl wearing pink skirt matching top . sketch , closeup rendering child face , show fairskinned toddler long blond hair . u case number , u unidentified body . much human , tutoilmondo said last month . someone child , someone grandchild , someone cousin , someone best friend , u , important part about case . adopted name baby grace , , part emotional part case u , said , holding tiny sneaker identical one child wearing found . email friend . cnns hank bishop contributed story .
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woman , boyfriend arrested after tip led search . police believe child found dead box riley ann sawyer , 2 . body little girl found box washed ashore last month . police asked public help identifying girl dubbed baby grace
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miami , florida four suspect indicted murder burglary charge slaying washington redskin star sean taylor begin journey court wednesday . grand jury identified eric rivera jr. shooter death nfl star sean taylor . court document say youngest alleged fired fatal shot . identified eric rivera jr. , . appeared briefly wednesday morning before judge miami , florida . rivera indicted adult judge john thornton found probable support charge first degree felony murder burglary assault battery firearm . three suspect . hunte , 20 , jason scott mitchell , 19 , charles kendrick lee wardlow , 18 . wore thick green vest , defense attorney said suicide safety smock . ordered held without bail pretrial detention center miami , florida , correction officer janelle hall said suicide watch . four suspect expected make initial appearance later morning before circuit judge dennis murphy . watch cnns rick sanchez speak attorney two suspect . rivera armed during alleged burglary , during course commission offense ... discharged firearm result discharge , death great bodily harm inflicted upon sean maurice taylor , human , indictment say . four men arrested friday , official said . taylor , 24 , died day after shot during apparent burglary home . miamidade police investigator said believe burglar thought house empty . thousand mourner attended taylor funeral monday florida international university arena . see photo funeral . police said taylor girlfriend , jackie garcia , awakened noise coming living room early november . taylor got locked bedroom door , door kicked two shot fired , police said . one struck taylor leg . garcia couple monthold daughter not hurt . authority said garcia told police hiding bedding during attack , not see happened could not provide suspect description . breakin reported taylor residence eight day earlier . police report incident said someone forced window open left kitchen knife bed . several drawer bedroom safe searched during breakin , according report . taylor spent four year redskin , earning first pro bowl selection . suffered sprained right knee november loss philadelphia eagle not played since . 2004 firstround draft pick played university miami , allamerican . regarded one hardesthitting player nfl . email friend . cnns john couwels , kim segal , patrick oppmann .
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new yearold alleged shooter appears miami courtroom . new eric rivera jr. tried adult . three adult suspect sean taylor slaying suicide watch . taylor died after shot home invasion last week .
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london , england busby babe wednesday moment remembrance 50th anniversary munich air disaster . memorial stone recall place munich air disaster kirchtrudering near munich . eight player lost life february , , flight zu crashed third attempt take after refuelling germany united returned knocking red star belgrade european cup . sir matt busby side , backtoback english champion well positioned hattrick attempt , arguably course become best united team . united player killed munich geoff bent , aged 25 , roger byrne , eddie colman 21 , mark jones 24 , david pegg 22 , tommy taylor 26 , liam whelan 22 yearold duncan edward died hospital 15 day after crash . 15 people lost life remembered commemorative service old trafford short ceremony , organised supporter , also take place memorial site kirchtrudering , outskirt munich . keeping tradition , united supporter also gather memorial plaque old trafford clock fixed exact time final fateful takeoff attempt . later day , minute silence take place ahead england friendly switzerland wembley mark respect . bow head during week munich commemoration , survivor harry greggs mind understandably flash back snowladen runway , briefly . yearold ulsterman prefers not remember afternoon lost many friend among victim , instead day dream busby babe still vibrant alive . goalkeeper gregg , hailed hero wake crash after returning wreckage pull survivor , adamant time always burn brightest memory . part something , beautiful thing time , said gregg , cost united record , pound sterling joined doncaster rover two month before disaster . always proud . fact going minute silence after year tribute people played , one must remember well people board aircraft , lot people . want minute silence want remember happy time , want world remember , want family remember . email friend .
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football pay tribute 50th anniversary munich air disaster . eight manchester united player died plane crashed takeoff . total 23 people killed utd returned cup tie belgrade .
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president sudan chad signed nonaggression agreement late thursday , aiming halt crossborder hostility two african nation . chad president idriss deby , right , sudan president omar albeshir , left , shake hand after signing pact . signing came after nearly two full day talk dakar , senegal , sudan president omar albeshir idriss deby , president chad . senegalese president abdoulaye wade facilitated talk , united nation secretary general ban kimoon met official nation witnessed signing agreement about p.m. idea get government sudan chad normalize relation halt action would allow crossborder movement rebel faction armed faction either side could hurt country , said united nation spokesman farhan haq . country accuses supporting armed rebel group cross border attempt destabilize government . rival nation army skirmished several time . united nation say refugee armed group regularly crossing border troubled darfur region sudan chad . allegedly include many rebel attacked ndjamena , capital chad , early february . recently thursday , hour before agreement signed , chad issued communique saying rebel sudan crossed border . chad still recovering failed attempt last month rebel overthrow debys regime . united nation say swelling number darfur refugee displaced people living eastern chad causing serious strain region . kingsley amaning , you.n.s humanitarian coordinator chad , said , people darfur , sudan , fled 12 official refugee camp eastern chad . join , darfurians lived chad since 2004 fighting homeland estimated , displaced chadian also living . number displaced chadian growing recent fighting , kingsley said . haq said united nation , peacekeeping troop darfur region , work assure sudan chad carry term thursday deal . country signed several peace agreement past , see renewed violence flare . email friend .
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sudan , chad president sign agreement aiming halt crossborder hostility . signing came after nearly two day talk president sudan chad . accuses supporting rebel attempt destabilize government . hour before agreement , chad claimed rebel sudan crossed border .
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washington sen. larry craig filed appeal monday continued legal fight stemming bathroom sex sting summer . sen. larry craig , ridaho , initially said would resign end september changed mind . idaho republican want minnesota court appeal overturn judge decision refusing let withdraw guilty plea misdemeanor charge stemming arrest june . outset senator craig maintained innocent illegal conduct minneapolis airport , craigs lawyer , billy martin , said written statement . like every citizen , senator craig constitutional right make every effort clear name . martin called judge decision manifest injustice . interview sunday boise , idaho , tv station ktvb , craig said not know appellate court say , according station web site . watch craig discus chance appeal . honestly , appeal court tend defend court . right . already provided idaho certainty idaho needed , not running reelection . no longer way . pursuing constitutional right . appeal process could take month complete , court spokesman kyle christopherson said . craig entered guilty plea after arrest men room minneapolisst . paul international airport allegedly propositioning plainclothes police officer sex . craig originally said would resign senate september could not get guilty plea withdrawn . later postponed decision judge ruled . after october ruling , craig changed course , saying would not resign would continue pursue legal option . innocent charge , said time . idaho lawmaker decision not resign created political headache senate republican leadership . news arrest first surfaced , gop leader called investigation senate ethic committee . later applauded craigs decision resign . craig announced would continue serve senate , gop leader not appear pleased . embarrassing senate . embarrassing party , said sen. john ensign nevada , lead gop senate campaign committee , day judge decision . think best you.s . senate , best certainly party , keep word . romney accused . interview taped sunday nbcs matt lauer , craig complained gop presidential candidate mitt romney threw campaign bus news arrest came . not threw campaign bus , backed ran , craig told lauer interview set run tuesday night , according msnbc.com . romney , former governor massachusetts , called craigs behavior disgraceful urged senator resign news arrest broke august . craig romneys senate liaison before resigning campaign . romney spokesman kevin madden defended presidential candidate response . gov . romney simply belief public office public trust , madden said . belief public official enters guilty plea , broken public trust step aside sake constituent . also lauer interview , craig wife , suzanne , denied marriage cover homosexuality , according msnbc.com . people know know would never , said suzanne craig , msnbc.com reported . almost like selling soul something . senator denied gay . love woman , much , larry craig said , according msnbc.com . day found , fell deeply love . heading toward 25th anniversary . learned story going break , suzanne craig said , felt like floor falling . ... felt like almost like going drain moment , according msnbc.com . email friend . cnns scott anderson alexander romney .
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sen. larry craig file appeal get guilty plea sex sting withdrawn . craig criticizes mitt romney quickly calling resignation . idaho republican gop presidential candidate liaison senate . craig stepped romney campaign news arrest broke .
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london , england queen elizabeth helped launch heathrows . billion new terminal 5 friday part british airport rejuvenation plan maintain status one world important transport hub . general view new terminal 5 heathrow airport prior official opening friday . british monarch , also opened heathrows first passenger terminal 1955 , present strict security day after man carrying backpack arrested running onto runway airport . first flight new terminal scheduled march . opening come after year planning construction owner baa . part strategy could lead passenger number almost doubling million year , sixth terminal third runway pipeline despite vociferous opposition . spanishowned baa , also run gatwick stansted britain , also plan eventually demolish terminal 1 2 replace project called heathrow east . watch queen elizabeth meet airport staff . . resident told baa would no fifth terminal , company planning forge ahead despite concern environmental group . terminal 5 stand monument bingeflying culture government done much encourage , greenpeace transport campaigner anita goldsmith told uk press association . part obsession expansion mean flight , emission climate change . richard dyer friend earth added government serious about tackling climate change , opening terminal 5 must mark end airport expansion britain . expansion heathrow would environmentally irresponsible not necessary economy london . however , business group welcomed expansion heathrow . thriving , growing airport vital help maintain britain economic competitiveness , neil pakey , chairman airport operator association , told pa. domestic air link heathrow particularly valuable regional economy , new terminal undoubtedly provide muchneeded boost . passage current planning bill must ensure last airport endure absurdly protracted planning process . see british airway chief executive willie walshs view terminal . . visit london chief executive james bidwell said provide visitor london uk spectacular first impression alleviate pressure experienced heathrow , world busiest airport . terminal smoother checkin process stateoftheart baggage management system certainly better tourist experience help improve airport international reputation . email friend .
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queen elizabeth open heathrow airport . billion new terminal . new building took year complete following protest . launch day after security scare one world busiest international airport . lone man ran onto heathrow runway carrying backpack thursday .
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new york young man carrying turned hairbrush died monday night hail bullet fired new york police . khiel coppins brother joel coppin spoke briefly reporter saying , want justice . authority responding 911 call mother made about family dispute gun , police said . background call , played news conference tuesday , yearold khiel coppin heard saying , got gun , got gun , new york police department deputy commissioner paul browne told cnn . teen put object shirt told mother around time phoned 911 going say gun , said new york police commissioner raymond kelly . teen told , prepared die , kelly told reporter . authority arrived bedfordstuyvesant apartment , teenager something stuffed shirt several time showed knife police . shoot , kill , shouted , according kelly . come get . gun . let u . coppin ignored repeated command stop get ground . witness said teen appeared holding object underneath shirt pointed officer . coppin continued approach officer , ordered stop , said kelly . twenty shot fired coppin struck eight time , kelly said . terrible tragedy khiels family , no doubt about , said kelly . commissioner stressed officer reasonably believed about receive fire . kelly said teen mother reported not taken antidepressant antipsychotic medication . police not recovered gun not believe coppin armed , kelly said . reporter asked kelly possible young man goading police shoot , phenomenon known commonly law enforcement circle suicidebycop . certainly possibility , said kelly . boy not no gun , brush , said andre wildman , neighbor told cnn saw shooting . listen mother 911 call . another neighbor , wayne holder , said police required see weapon before opening fire suspect . least see gun before start discharge , holder said . police not even see , think got one , going get shot . coppin taken hospital declared dead . autopsy scheduled tuesday , medical examiner office said . rev . al sharptons national action network expected hold news conference tuesday about shooting . police said investigating whether coppin history mental illness whether mother tried hospitalized earlier monday . shooting came year after unarmed groom sean bell , 23 , killed hour before wedding shooting involving new york police . 1999 , unarmed african immigrant amadou diallo , 22 , died police bronx shot 19 time . bystander dyshawn gibson described monday shooting cnn affiliate wabctv . dropped brush , gibson said . put hand . police started firing . coppin seen pacing around apartment prior shooting , according initial police statement issued monday night . began screaming window mother police , police statement said . point , male climbed window began crossing sidewalk toward police . police began firing , police spokesman said . email friend . cnns jennifer rizzo , janine brady alina cho . cnn . right reserved.this material may not published , broadcast , rewritten , redistributed . associated press .
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official unarmed teen hid object shirt , shouted , kill . new york police commissioner police feared fired upon . police confirm khiel coppin , 18 , carrying hairbrush shirt . police say ignored order halt cop fired 20 shot , killing teen .
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washington united state imposed stiff sanction iran thursday , targeting two iranian military group number iranian bank people accuses backing nuclear proliferation terrorrelated activity . mean no you.s . citizen private organization allowed engage financial transaction person entity , secretary state condoleezza rice said . addition , asset designees you.s . jurisdiction immediately frozen . rice treasury secretary henry paulson made announcement brief appearance before reporter thursday morning . rice accused iran pursuing nuclear technology lead nuclear weapon building dangerous ballistic missile supporting shia militant iraq terrorist iraq , afghanistan , lebanon palestinian territory denying existence fellow member united nation , threatening wipe israel map . watch rice tell sanction imposed . many iranian regime destabilizing policy carried two agency islamic revolutionary guard corp , irgc , quds force , arm irgc , said . said sanction imposed revolutionary guard support proliferation quds force support terrorism . united state also designated three iranian stateowned bank sanction , two involvement proliferation activity terrorist financier , rice said . iran funnel hundred million dollar year international financial system terrorist , paulson said . iran bank aid conduct using range deceptive financial practice intended evade even stringent risk management control . revolutionary guard corp , said , deeply entrenched iran economy commercial enterprise , increasingly likely , business iran , business corp . call responsible bank company around world terminate business bank melli , bank mellat , bank saderat , company entity corp , paulson said . move mark first time united state attempted punish another country military sanction . previous sanction imposed united state tied iran nuclear program . united state working world power halt believe iran intent develop nuclear arsenal . iran say pursuing nuclear power peaceful reason . mohamed elbaradei , directorgeneral united nation international atomic energy agency , said last month iran declared nuclear material not diverted peaceful use criticized you.s . rhetoric regarding iran . quds force blamed you.s . military training arming shiite militia iraq smuggling highly lethal explosive iraq , used attack coalition force . iran denies charge . iranian government fulfills international obligation suspend uranium enrichment reprocessing activity , join british , french , russian , chinese german colleague , meet iranian counterpart time , anywhere , rice said . open discussion issue . iran ruler choose continue path confrontation , united state act international community resist threat iranian regime . last month , representative world power announced unless november report show positive outcome talk iran about uranium enrichment program , move ahead plan resolution imposing additional sanction country . you.n . security council repeatedly demanded iran suspend enrichment uranium imposed limited sanction tehran refusing comply . european union weighing unilateral sanction . email friend . cnns kathleen koch elise labott .
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you.s . put sanction iran revolutionary guard , bank , individual . revolutionary guard accused supporting nuclear proliferation . guard quds force said you.s . support terrorism . sanction mean financial asset revolutionary guard , others , frozen .
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myanmar prodemocracy leader aung san suu kyi ready cooperate government committed pursuing dialogue ruling junta , according statement united nation special envoy myanmar read thursday behalf . activist display portrait detained democracy leader , aung san suu kyi , myanmar . duty give constant serious consideration interest opinion broad range political organization force possible , ibrahim gambari said , reading statement suu kyi . friday suu kyi able meet three executive member national league democracy party spokesman . member party said suu kyi optimistic about prospect process reconciliation , associated press reported . nobel peace prize winner said continue guided policy wish opposition political party head . statement , suu kyi also welcomed appointment aung kyi minister relation , position junta created last month liaison government suu kyi , junta house arrest yangon . confined home better part almost two decade . aung kyi bloody crackdown prodemocracy demonstration . many people believed killed violence , including 40 buddhist monk . video smuggled country showed unarmed protester beaten military regime security force , one man . protest sparked huge fuel price increase imposed military government , quickly escalated . myanmar military junta said midoctober detained , people during crackdown . many still believed custody . suu kyi described october meeting liaison officer constructive , said statement read gambari . look forward regular discussion . gambari said return week new york brief you.n . secretarygeneral ban kimoon fiveday trip myanmar , also called burma . situation secretive asian nation not week ago , said you.n . statement released conjunction end gambaris trip . process going would lead substantive dialogue government daw aung san suu kyi , statement said . sooner dialogue start , better myanmar . during trip , gambari met myanmar prime minister , gen. thein sein , government official , well suu kyi , united nation reported . email friend .
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aung san suu kyi say committed pursuing dialogue ruling junta . suu kyi meet three executive member political party . crackdown prodemocracy demonstrator set international outrage . many people killed september violence .
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panama city , panama cnn , doctor said . francesca lewis , 13 , apparently fell plane ejected impact , mother , valerie lewis , told cnn wednesday . girl endured two day rugged mountain panama , frigid temperature heavy rain , before rescuer stumbled upon wreckage christmas day . right , valerie lewis said . test done hospital right , far thing seem good . fact far not seem major damage seems incredible . dr. alexander quidano mae lewis medical center boquete , panama , said francesca stable condition , awake speaking . treated fractured arm several cut , test , including cat scan , way make sure nothing else wrong , quidano said . francesca apparently disoriented rescuer saw wing wrecked plane , mother said . thought home wondered airplane wing house , mother said . rescuer carried girl stretcher three half hour torrential rain rugged terrain helicopter . relieved u , mother said . small plane disappeared sunday mountainous area panama . authority found body pilot edwin lasso , american businessman michael klein klein yearold daughter , talia , about p.m. tuesday , according statement posted web site panama civil protection agency . francesca talia friend . watch latest school girl attended . rescuer planned retrieve three body wednesday , said thomas mesa , spokesman you.s . embassy panama city . klein , yearold hedge fund manager , vacationing two girl took flight sunday photograph volcano chiriqui province , about mile west panama city . authority think small singleengine cessna ran bad weather . radio contact flight lost about noon sunday . authority hundred volunteer spent last two day searching dense jungle mountainous terrain , heavy rain area hampered recovery effort . want thank people cared much about trying help u , valerie lewis said . many people tried help , great effort sacrifice , christmas holiday . mean , important family holiday , people giving go trudge mud . like looking needle haystack . really appreciate everything done . klein president ceo egroups inc. 1999 2000 , yahoo ! acquired company , merging email service changing name yahoo ! group , serf million user worldwide . heart go everyone , valerie lewis said . tremendous trauma together . email friend .
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new girl , 13 , disoriented found wing , mother say . new lack major injury seems incredible , mother say . new rescuer carried girl . hour mountain heavy rain . girl survivor panama crash killed three .
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islamabad , pakistan pakistan election official monday disqualified opposition party leader former former prime minister nawaz sharif participating january parliamentary election . election official say nawaz sharifs previous conviction bar standing reelection . spokesman sharifs pakistan muslim league told cnn monday sharif barred election commission previous criminal conviction . sharif filed paperwork candidacy last week , although left open possibility would boycott election protest state emergency imposed president pervez musharraf . sharif , outspoken critic musharraf , ousted power 1999 , said wanted keep option open . sharif returned pakistan last month , ending seven year exile saudi arabia . first returned september , pakistani authority deported within hour arrival . sharif convicted terrorism , hijacking tax evasion after musharraf seized power . released 2000 exchange agreeing year exile saudi arabia . retained pakistani citizenship , not allowed travel pakistan directly take part pakistani politics . musharraf , quit military leader took office third term last week , pledged lift state emergency december . criticized using emergency crack political rival purge judiciary likely block approval reappointment leader . email friend . zein basravi .
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former pakistani pm nawaz sharif candidacy paper rejected . submitted nomination paper pakistan parliamentary election . returning officer lahore upheld ineligibility objection candidate .
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paris , france brazilian midfielder kaka named european player year , lifting france football ballon dor award . kaka already claimed game major prize . success come two year after fellow countryman , barcelona ronaldinho , claimed award . yearold kaka major factor ac milan triumphant champion league campaign . runnerup manchester uniteds portuguese winger cristiano ronaldo barcelona argentinian midfielder lionel messi finishing third . special culminates astonishing year , kaka said . top prize around way win something like play team like ac milan . great part team win . year old , already game major prize , individually collectively . part brazil 2002 world cup winning squad , although limited minute substitute costa rica . top scorer last season champion league , helping milan avenge loss liverpool 2005 final . italian domestic title first season milan joined brazilian sao paulo . million , sum milan president silvio berlusconi described peanut . email friend .
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brazilian kaka named european player year . ac milan player chosen ahead cristiano ronaldo manchester utd . argentine lionel messi barcelona finish third .
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brussels , belgium european leader agreed friday send , strong security force maintain stability kosovo , although stopped short backing independence province . french soldier natoled peacekeeping mission kosovo last month . kosovo expected declare independence serbia early new year . serbia , however , insists region remain autonomous within border . speaking end oneday summit european head brussels , jose socrates , portuguese prime minister currently holding european union presidency , said sending security mission political decision . police security force expected deployed balkan state ahead announcement independence . clearest signal eu could possibly give intends lead whole issue kosovo future , status role region , socrates said . according cnns robin oakley brussels , european leader trying balance obvious readiness back kosovan independence incentive serbia , seeking membership eu . eu leader deeply conscious failure early move early enough prevent bloodletting balkan breakup former yugoslavia , said . although eu leader support serbia becoming member state boost stability balkan , french president nicholas sarkozy said serbia membership dependent recognizing kosovo independence handing war criminal . socrates confirmed cnn fasttracking serbia eu could considered agreed hand ratko mladic , bosnian serb general wanted hague suspected war crime . two year negotiation future status kosovo ended failure earlier week , talk mediated europe , united state russia ended without agreement . disputed province dear serb , orthodox christian regard serbian territory . equally coveted kosovo ethnic albanian , muslim percent majority . since 1999 united nation running province nato peacekeeper , still number , . oakley said eu mission kosovo would help ease handover you.n . local authority . email friend .
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european leader agree send , strong security force kosovo . kosovo expected declare independence serbia new year . serbia insists region remain autonomous within border .
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thousand chilean may sleep street wednesday night after 7.7 magnitude earthquake rattled north part country , killing least two people , injuring dozen destroying hundred home . valentina bustos shot photo wednesday earthquake damage hotel antofagasta , chile . thousand , 1,200 house , least , totally flattened , others bad shape , tocopilla mayor luis moyano said interview aired radio cooperativo . tocopilla , chile , north santiago , about km mile quake epicenter . tonight , people going sleep street , great number house uninhabitable , said moyano . place could used shelter , school gym , damaged quake , mayor said . moyano put number people without shelter , . tocopillas population , . moyano described going damaged city running people asking , mayor , house collapsed . ? mayor , not water . ? get , said . paula saez aid organization world vision told cnn treacherous drive attempting reach tocopilla . no electricity lot landslide covering road spot , said , highway spotted hole . tocopilla , saez said , prepared offer tent , blanket medicine citizen assess additional need . government office national emergency reported two woman died others injured city . official identified one killed yearold olga petronila ortiz cisterna . fatality yearold woman . watch 7.7 earthquake . municipal official ljubica ukurtovic , interview chilean tv station tvn , said approximately people sought treatment tocopilla hospital . quake collapsed roadway tunnel , temporarily trapping about construction worker . see quake struck . highlevel government source said worker rescued . repair work meter , foot pedro galleguillos tunnel , completed 1994 , began october finished early next year . tocopilla about , km mile north santiago quake felt peru bolivia , according you.s . geological survey . temblor centered depth km mile , usgs said . tsunami warning issued south pacific coast after quake hit , canceled within hour . chile scene hundred strong earthquake throughout history , including largest one th century may , . quake struck southern chile day registered magnitude 9.5 launched tsunami caused damage far away hawaii , japan philippine . nearly , people died result quake tsunami . magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck southern chile january , , killed 28,000 people . magnitude 9.0 earthquake southern peru northern chile killed 25,000 people . email friend .
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new tocopilla mayor , home flattened , shelter damaged . dozen worker freed collapsed roadway tunnel , official say . chilean navy moving heavy equipment area help rescue . 7.7 quake north tocopilla happened p.m. a.m. et
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los angeles , california cnn yearold boy accused accidentally starting october wildfire scorched , acre north los angeles , california , prosecutor announced tuesday . firefighter battle buckweed fire october , . no evidence intent part minor , los angeles county district attorney office said written statement issued tuesday afternoon . district attorney office referring matter department child family service evaluation minor situation determine intervention necessary . boy faced possible charge juvenile court after admitting sheriff deputy started buckweed fire playing match , investigator said . blaze eventually destroyed 21 home 42 structure . fire started october 21 agua dulce community north los angeles . one nearly two dozen windwhipped wildfire swept across southern california late october , forcing hundred thousand people home near los angeles , san diego san bernardino leaving 14 people dead . email friend .
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no evidence boy intended set fire , prosecutor say . faced possible charge juvenile court after admitting setting blaze . boy playing match blaze destroyed 21 home . buckweed fire started october 21 north los angeles .
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washington investigator bombmaking component luggage person able pas security checkpoint 19 you.s . airport without detection , according government accountability office . passenger pas security ohare international airport chicago , illinois . gao official expected testify about investigation thursday before house committee oversight government reform . investigator reported time security officer followed transportation security administration policy procedure , investigator able take advantage weakness tsa procedure vulnerability . weakness identified based review public information , planned gao testimony say . investigator concluded attempted test airport , would evaded detection . gao not detail weakness sensitive security information . investigator obtained bombmaking component local store internet less , according testimony . watch tester point tsa mistake . gao said investigator also tested device could built component smuggled discovered terrorist using device could cause severe damage airplane threaten safety passenger . gao investigator devised two type device improvised explosive device made liquid explosive lowyield detonator , improvised incendiary device could created combining commonly available product prohibited carryon luggage . gao said found instruction creating device using publicly available information , including internet search . according testimony , transportation security officer barred one investigator bringing unlabeled bottle medicated shampoo checkpoint . security officer allowed liquid component improvised explosive device pas undetected , although item prohibited tsa . another test , investigator put coin pocket assure would get secondary inspection . officer , using handwand patdown , failed detect prohibited item investigator carrying . gao said briefed tsa finding help take corrective action . testimony provided congressional committee , tsa chief kip hawley defends administration policy procedure , saying screening checkpoint one multilayered approach security . recognize , despite effort make layer strong possible , concerted effort may target one layer , according testimony . ongoing success result tremendous power reinforced , multiple layer . truly , whole greater sum part , formidable . hawley sketch member congress 19 security step tsa employ before , during after checkpoint screening . every one 19 security layer important strong right , say . linked together , effective daunting . although would not discus specific nature recommendation , gao said recommended establishing special screening line based risk passenger special need . tsa introduce aggressive , visible unpredictable measure detect concealed item develop new technology screening checkpoint . hawleys said tsa concurs gao recommendation specifically discussed several new technology item said greatly improving effectiveness detecting prohibited item . among new technology , said , whole body imagers , bottled liquid scanner , handheld explosive scanner advanced technology xrays . , added , pursuit new technology not limited described today . also said tsa constantly conducting covert test screening process , including detection prohibited liquid ied . nation aviation system remains secure , said , requires ongoing improvement vigilance stay ahead threat terrorism . email friend .
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gao investigator took advantage weakness tsa procedure gao weakness not detailed security reason . gao said terrorist using item could seriously compromise flight . transportation security administration checkpoint part total security .
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orgy violence greeted kenya disputed election result led hundred death forced ten thousand flee home . away tragic human cost , unrest also provoked concern about stability east african country economy , seen model region . business destroyed looted supply route disrupted after opposition accused incumbent president mwai kibaki election fraud after declared winner sunday . investor watching event closely country , fearful could affect one africa economic success story . early sign worrying . equity market nairobi stock exchange lost billion kenyan shilling million value first day new year trading wednesday , kenyan financial newspaper business daily africa reported . business leader said government losing around billion shilling . million day lost revenue result political violence , paper reported . seem new place , lot uncertainty about go . lot depends crucially longlasting , said razia kahn , analyst specializing africa standard chartered bank . kenya attracted large number multinationals home one world fastest growing stock exchange . relative economic success helped part thriving tourist sector , visitor attracted abundant wildlife pristine beach . provisional figure 2006 kenya tourist board said country received . million visitor year , growth . per cent . however , fear tourist industry could take heavy hit unrest grew british federation tour operator announcing thursday suspending holiday country departing including saturday . watch aid worker describe fear crisis may resemble rwanda . british tourist already country advised british foreign office stay indoors stay away major city . also worry about knockon effect region , since around percent kenya export go african nation , kahn said . even greater concern effect kenya lucrative agriculture industry . export tea , coffee , vegetable flower big earner country , agriculture making about fifth total economy . medium report tea coffee auction halted violence well widespread disruption transport route rioter blockade major road across country . arun shah , run coffee import business based london , told cnn livelihood depended stable kenya . absolutely reliable supply , said . reliable quality quantity need trade . email friend . cnns jim boulden london .
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kenya oncestable economy faltering due violence following disputed election . equity market nairobi stock exchange lost million first day . business leader say government losing . million day revenue . thriving tourist industry also hit , british tour operator calling flight .
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london , england fantasy author terry pratchett admitted diagnosed rare form alzheimers disease million selling discworld book . terry pratchett , whose book sold million copy worldwide 33 language . pratchett , 59 , according web site , sold million copy worldwide 33 language phantom stroke earlier year . statement titled embuggerance web site discworld illustrator paul kidby , pratchett say diagnosed term rare form early onset alzheimers . would liked keep one quiet little , upcoming convention course need keep publisher informed , seems unfair withhold news , say pratchett , strong following among fan fantasy fiction . thing equal , expect meet current , far possible , future commitment discus thing various organiser , continues . frankly , would prefer people kept thing cheerful , think time least book yet . pratchett add work continuing next book nation basic note already laid unseen academicals . p.s . add would like draw attention everyone reading interpreted not dead . , course , dead future point , everybody else . know human thing say anything , case would entertain offer highend expert brain chemistry . pratchetts discworld novel , 36 , set fantasy universe author satirizes modernday life . say statement web site series started parody fantasy around big boom early , turned satire about everything , even not know . pratchett , began writing provincial newspaper journalist , received order british empire service literature prince wale . email friend .
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multimillion selling writer rare form early onset alzheimers terry pratchett say work continuing book , plan honor commitment . discworld novel set fantasy universe satirize modern day life . received order british empire prince wale 1998 .
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baghdad , iraq iraqi force detained suspected leader terrorist cell network believed funded saddam hussein eldest daughter , wanted iraqi authority terrorism charge , you.s . military announced monday . raghad hussein currently living jordan protection royal family . raid happened sunday hussein hometown tikrit . carried iraqi force , advised you.s . special force , military said . network , believed funded raghad hussein , linked series attack coalition force using rocketpropelled grenade roadside bomb , military said . attack claimed life numerous soldier airman , military statement said . leader network detained previous raid , military said . international police organization interpol last year issued alert authority across world raghad hussein wanted iraqi authority . iraqi government issued arrest warrant yearold daughter late iraqi leader charge inciting terrorism crime life health . interpol , france . request police anywhere help track extradite iraq . living jordan protection royal family . email friend .
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iraqi force detain suspected leader terrorist cell network . cell believed funded saddam hussein eldest daughter , raghad . raghad , wanted iraq terrorism charge , currently living jordan .
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portsmouth , new hampshire hillary clinton became visibly emotional new hampshire campaign event monday after friendly question voter . sen. hillary clinton eye welled tear spoke new hampshire monday . close portsmouth campaign stop , marianne pernoldyoung , 64 , asked clinton ? keep ... hair ? clinton said help hair special day , drew criticism day not . added not easy , could not not , know , passionately believe right thing . know , many opportunity country , not want see u fall backwards , said , voice breaking bit . audience applauded . personal , not political , see happening , reverse , said emotionally , adding put pretty difficult odds . u right u wrong . u ready u not . u know day one , u really not thought enough . tired . difficult try keep try road , like occasionally exercise try eat right tough easiest food pizza . going everything make case know voter get decide . watch clinton become emotional answering question . new york senator pressure after weekend survey show opponent barack obama sudden almost double digit lead , less day go new hampshire primary . new hampshire campaign event , presidential rival john edward told reporter unaware clinton emotional reaction would not respond . say , think need commander chief strength resolve , presidential campaign tough business , president united state also tough business . president united state faced , difficult challenge every single day , difficult judgment every single day . email friend .
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clinton begin talking about others criticized , get emotional . mostly female voter new hampshire campaign stop . not easy , told . new york senator trailing sen. barack obama poll .
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war iraq reach fiveyear anniversary week , two world leading humanitarian group issued extensive report monday describing crisis huge proportion little reason hope . iraqi woman mourn death relative outside morgue restive city baquba , iraq , march . despite claim security situation improved recent month , human right situation disastrous , amnesty international say report , titled carnage despair iraq five year . summary report , amnesty writes climate impunity prevailed , economy tatter refugee crisis keep escalating . international committee red cross , report titled iraq no letup humanitarian crisis , writes , despite limited improvement security area , armed violence still disastrous impact . civilian continue killed hostility . injured often not receive adequate medical care . million people forced rely insufficient supply poorquality water water sewage system suffer lack maintenance shortage engineer . bush administration many republican lawmaker , including presidential candidate sen. john mccain , frequently praised success iraq recent month , noting improvement security key area . attribute part buildup you.s . troop iraq ordered president bush last year . vice president dick cheney described five year you.s.led invasion iraq news conference monday during visit baghdad . week mark fifth anniversary , said cheney . difficult , challenging , none less successful endeavor . democrat , including presidential hopeful hillary clinton barack obama , said government failed use downturn violence achieve step supposed make possible . sen. john mccain met iraqi prime minister nuri almaliki monday stressed united state commitment iraq . recognize al qaeda run , not defeated . al qaeda continues pose great threat security existence iraq democracy . know still lot work need done , said . amnesty writes , key political benchmark yet realized . amnesty red cross slam iraqi government failing grapple critical need population . amnesty also say iraqi government you.s.led multinational force responsible nightmarish circumstance . civilian also risk multinational force iraqi security force , many killed excessive force ten thousand detained without charge trial , amnesty writes summary . death penalty reintroduced 2004 hundred people sentenced death . least people executed 2007 , many after unfair trial . report , amnesty say iraqi government failed introduce practical measure deal gross serious human right violation perpetrated security force . appears no serious willingness investigate properly many incident abuse , including killing civilian , torture rape , bring responsible justice . government also unable reign shiite militia group , mehdi army , rid interior ministry death squad . fact government divided along sectarian line serious repercussion effectiveness bodes ill future . two report cite litany concern , including severe widespread poverty , lack food water , broken family left scrounge whatever find get . report describe situation show no sign clear improvement . amnesty also say condition woman worsened rise fundamentalist religious group . many woman forced wear islamic dress targeted abduction , rape killing . group note study world health organization found percent iraqi woman experienced physical violence . amnesty add predominantly kurdish region northern iraq stable fewer act violence , seen growing economic prosperity foreign investment . however , continue serious human right violation , including arrest peaceful political dissent , torture , illtreatment , death penalty killing woman socalled honor crime . red cross say despite struggle iraq , organization able help hundred thousand neediest iraqi . group called renewed effort address need everyday iraqi . email friend .
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amnesty international red cross released report monday . amnesty report climate impunity prevailed economy tatter amnesty say condition woman worsened rise religious group . vice president dick cheney describes war success challenge .
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paris , france home win valenciennes enabled sixtime champion stay four point ahead top french league . juninho opened scoring lyon five minute before break . brazilian midfielder juninho nudged karim benzema cross five minute before break govou lobbed second three minute time . lyon , home german champion vfb stuttgart champion league group stage wednesday , 31 point 13 match . secondplaced nancy celebrated 40th anniversary win girondin bordeaux . nancy , game hand , scored th minute midfielder chris malonga headed cross youssouf hadji . bordeaux stay fourth 22 point 13 game after first away defeat season . thirdplaced stade rennes slumped home defeat monaco , picked point six previous league outing . frederic piquionne headed home nene corner kick visitor two minute second half . troubled paris st germain clinched victory racing strasbourg thanks rodrigo goal yearold midfielder loris arnauds effort after minute . olympique marseille held embarrassing goalless draw lorient remain third bottom . coach eric gerets saidthe public right unhappy level play second half not worthy marseille . taking match whole harsh judgement . made chance first half problem constructing move back . second half lost match counterattack . look mirror , fight work . email friend .
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lyon beat valenciennes stay four point clear top french table . nancy stay second beating bordeaux . thirdplaced rennes flop home defeat struggling monaco .
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united nation you.n . secretarygeneral ban kimoon urgently dispatching special envoy myanmar , statement office said wednesday , following report violent clash country security force protester . protest crackdown taken place overseas , including one outside myanmar embassy , london . call senior leadership country cooperate fully mission order take advantage willingness united nation assist process national reconciliation dialogue , said you.n . statement . envoy , ibrahim gambari , scheduled lead briefing situation myanmar you.n . security council wednesday afternoon . noting report use force arrest beating , secretarygeneral call authority exercise utmost restraint toward peaceful demonstration taking place , action undermine prospect peace , prosperity stability myanmar , ban statement said . no official word yet military junta ruling myanmar accept offer you.n . secretarygeneral . speaking labour party conference wednesday , british prime minister gordon brown underscored trampling human right would not accepted . whole world watching burma illegal oppressive regime know whole world hold account , said . you.s . president george w. bush , speaking you.n . general assembly annual session tuesday before crackdown , said administration would impose stiffer sanction country military regime . united state tighten economic sanction leader regime financial backer . impose expanded visa ban responsible egregious violation human right , well family member , said . continue support effort humanitarian group working alleviate suffering burma country traditional name urge united nation nation use diplomatic economic leverage help burmese people reclaim freedom . comment echoed french president nicolas sarkozy , also you.n . general assembly . deeply concerned about situation burma myanmar , would like appeal peaceful , spontaneous demonstration expressing political social concern not repressed force way , sarkozy said . soe aung , national council union burma spokesman , called world take action . action . least urgent meeting security council level , said . aung also commented demonstrator not seem content back . monk determined going go ahead demonstration unless demand met , said . demand include apology ministry authority mistreatment monk central myanmar , reduction price gasoline , aung said . you.s . ambassador united nation zalmay khalilzad . concerned about situation , particularly , see worsening political situation affecting wellbeing people burma . urged mr. gambari plan visit burma soon possible , khalilzad said , referring ibrahim gambari , you.n . special envoy burma . email friend .
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you.n . send special envoy myanmar amid report crackdown . world leader condemn event myanmar , call regime desist force . uk pm brown underscore trampling human right not acceptable . pres . bush say tuesday you.s . increase sanction .
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mexico city , mexico cnn capital . woman ride bus exclusively female passenger last month mexico city . fan new service call daily commute pleasant bus ride steer clear toocloseforcomfort contact men . not talking about sexual harassment , about rape about incident violence , said ariadna montiel , director network passenger transportation government federal district . also about touching , staring , generally occurs public transport . singlesex service , started january , available four major line city , expected expand another . plan include replacing male driver woman . one woman described service excellent , saying comfortable not make many stop . another passenger said feel comfortable safer . last year , government received seven complaint sexual abuse aboard city bus , provide million ride year , official said . authority said single complaint enough justify taking measure . juan flores , driven bus mexico city 15 year steer one woman , said even notice difference . feel tranquil , work peacefully interior bus cleaner , said . email friend . cnns mario gonzalez .
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passenger femaleonly bus describe commute pleasant . seven complaint sexual abuse aboard mexico city bus made last year . singlesex service available four major line mexican capital .
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cnn leader dissolved parliament wednesday called early election , after cabinet resigned week following power struggle government . kuwait emir dissolved parliament following conflict cabinet govenrment . emir , sheikh sabah alahmad alsabah , said forced dissolve parliament safeguard kuwait national unity , citing fragile political situation region primary concern internal security stability . new election set may , according kuwait staterun news agency , kuna . according kuwait constitution , election must held within day dissolving parliament . kuwait parliament , made mostly opposition politician , locked feud government accuses corruption abuse power . parliament continuously called government member investigated , prompted cabinet resign week . alsabah said tried get lawmaker government minister reconcile difference , inflamed situation statement medium . email friend . cnn senior arab affair editor octavia nasr .
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kuwait leader dissolve parliament call early election after conflict . cabinet resigned earlier week after power struggle government . emir said forced act safeguard kuwait national unity . new election set may according staterun news agency .
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investigator found body three small child father allegedly abducted home columbus , georgia , two week ago , fbi said wednesday . eddie harrington threatened kill child before disappearing , police say . sad duty report deceased body child eddie harrington located afternoon , said fbi special agent gerald green . coroner would confirm identity , added . remains discovered wooded area columbus person walking nearby , green said . watch fbi say body car . eddie harrington , 28 , police described depressed , took child march , police said . before left , harrington sent letter indicating intent kill twin monthold girl , aliyah agana battle , son , cedric harrington , 3 , official said . day before wednesday grisly discovery , childrens mother told cnns nancy grace harrington threatened before . told anything keep time , said going take ... kill kid , agena battle said . later , told prove , know , . battle also described moment earlier month knew something wrong . got home realized kid not , eddie not either , looked dresser read note , realized kid trouble , said . week ago , tearful battle publicly begged boyfriend not harm child . asking public please help . want child home belong , , said fbi news conference . please , see eddie , car child , please call . please help keep prayer . watch mother tearful plea . child abduction alert issued georgia after child disappeared . great concern safety child , green said time . unclear sparked harringtons decision take child , authority said . email friend .
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new childrens mother say eddie harrington threatened kid before . harrington last seen columbus , georgia , march . police say depressed , threatened kill kid . took twin girl , month , boy , 3 , home .
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denver , colorado good day , keri christensen spends day watching child . prepares meal , get ready school help homework . keri christensen nearly victim roadside bombing iraq convoy front hit . housewife mother two far different woman living denver , colorado , suburb . iraqi war veteran , among first woman united state classified combat veteran . even though home war year , fighting another battle , nightmare , sleeplessness anger . say caused time iraq . start feeling feeling not worthy . not raise family , christensen said . woman made about percent military force iraq afghanistan past six year , according department defense estimated , woman war zone . figure dwarf 41,000 woman deployed during persian gulf war 7,500 served during vietnam war , mostly nurse . unlike past war , woman assigned combat support role . many seeing violence firsthand unconventional war . watch cnns randi kaye report female veteran . member national guard , christensen transported tank iraq . say shot nearly victim roadside bomb convoy front hit . fear , oh , god , still go , recalled . going make ? christensen say sexually harassed superior serving iraq harassment added pressure created war zone . know took big toll trying deal . trying soldier , christensen said . 2007 , department veteran affair found woman reporting sign mental health issue return home higher rate male counterpart . va diagnosed 60,000 veteran posttraumatic stress disorder . , percent woman suffered military sexual trauma , includes sexual harassment assault , compared percent men . christensen , diagnosed ptsd , say not like leaving comfort zone . not drive two mile home . get outside familiar safe territory , start feel overwhelmed , christensen said . get foggy . not sure really going . something come not feel like control . ptsd actually something show time , natural recovery process not happen , said dr. darrah westrup , counsel female veteran varun womens health clinic menlo park , california . three month , find still not sleeping , still nightmare , still intrusive thought , westrup said . westrup say another factor contributing poor mental health high amount sexual trauma . say many woman trouble reporting trauma superior fear retribution . war zone , survival depends people watching back unit cohesion , westrup said . individual attacked protecting , fighting alongside next day . christensen receives counseling group therapy sponsored va. however , military said no merit claim suffered military sexual trauma . like many suffer posttraumatic stress , christensen still ups down . say working get past feeling guilt , shame , loss control low selfesteem . not think ever . think learn cope , learning right , said . email friend .
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dept . veteran affair diagnosed 60,000 veteran ptsd . woman comprised percent military force iraq afghanistan . va percent woman , percent men suffered sexual trauma military . expert say woman afraid report sexual harassment fear retribution .
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not tibet subzero temperature nurse practitioner arlene saman found chilling 1997 medical trip , haunting story told about mother newborn brink death after childbirth . arlene saman , right , help provide childbirth education equipment need one h.e.a.r.t . came tibet heard many tragic story woman dying , no history trained birth attendant , no knowledge about pregnancy childbirth , saman recall . problem stretch well beyond tibet border . according world health organization , , woman worldwide die year result complication during pregnancy childbirth , nearly million baby either born dead die within day life . almost death occur developing world . upon return tibet , association university utah health service center , saman , 54 , created one h.e.a.r.t . health education research tibet combat high infant maternal mortality rate tibet around world . one h.e.a.r.t . , samens mission reach remote area woman limited access safe delivery , distribute organization training model , debunk fear toward safe , sanitary birthing practice . not uncommon baby die basic thing like not cleaning mouth breathe , say saman . survey done , percent baby died born alive . due lack education . watch saman talk about organization work . since 1998 , one h.e.a.r.t worked set center teach educate local nurse practitioner , villager expectant mother deliver care newborn baby . huge part organization instruction includes handson birthing demonstration distribution communitytailored birth kit . witnessed delivery infant not even blanket , say saman . put kit together simple item anyone , anywhere use kit keep infant mother alive during after childbirth . watch home video saman tibet , delivered baby . birth kit typically includes sterilized razor blade , clean sheet , three towel baby , three fleece blanket , string tie around umbilical cord , glove person delivering baby soap hand washing . last year , samens team supplied , safe birthing kit pregnant woman trained , people lifesaving technique . 2008 , one h.e.a.r.t.s education outreach program targeted nayarit , mexico , mountainous terrain mesoamerica native land , indigenous cora huichol indian . past february , accompanied team doctor translator , saman spent three day embedded within nayarits santa theresa community , using instructional newborn doll childbirth training session discussing safe birthing technique procedure . traditional birth attendant told u not like bring woman hospital fear csection complication . woman would rather die come get help , saman say . watch saman describe rigor bringing child birthing center remote area mexico . found really astounding would like look see way cross barrier really help not kind fear . saman life salt lake city , currently spends several month year tibet . future plan one h.e.a.r.t . include training local partner ground nepal ecuador . email friend .
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utah nurse practitioner help fight high childbirth mortality rate tibet . one h.e.a.r.t . conduct birthing demonstration , distributes birth kit . group working mexico year future plan include nepal , ecuador .
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two graduate student found shot death thursday night apartment block louisiana state university campus , official said . lsu chancellor sean okeefe brief reporter fatal shooting two international graduate student . no suspect identified police investigating double homicide . neighbor told police three strange men seen area . body chandrasekhar reddy komma kiran kumar allam , ph.d. candidate india , found inside allams apartment edward gay complex near lsu band practice field . complex house graduate married student . task force lsu campus police baton rouge police department investigating , university chancellor sean okeefe said . anybody find , , okeefe told reporter friday . watch okeefe discus tragic situation . okeefe said campus police responded 911 call p.m. encountered , tragic scene . men shot head . one bound phone cable lying near door . apartment cluttered item strewn about , difficult determine whether anything taken , okeefe said . emergency text message sent student faculty across lsu campus late thursday , campus remained open friday . okeefe said official decided campus lockdown after police determined slaying not part escalating pattern . people warned text message use caution , not 8,000 student signed received , okeefe said . official looking went wrong . associated press reported allams pregnant wife found body called . although police indicated suspect slaying occurred during home invasion robbery , okeefe told reporter no motive determined . email friend . cnn . right reserved.this material may not published , broadcast , rewritten , redistributed . associated press .
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pregnant woman reportedly found husband , man dead apartment . slain student international ph.d. candidate . apartment edge university campus . textmessage alert , campus official urge student careful .
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danish authority said tuesday arrested three people allegedly plotting terrorrelated assassination cartoonist whose drawing prophet mohammed sparked rage muslim world two year ago . cartoon prophet mohammed provoked widespread outrage muslim world two year ago . danish security intelligence service said police arrested yearold dane moroccan origin two tunisian . danish citizen charged terrorism offense , intelligence service said , tunisian deported . police not yet released name three . operation took place aarhus area western denmark a.m. local time following lengthy surveillance , intelligence service said . target plot , intelligence service said , cartoonist danish newspaper morgenavisen jullandsposten , first . paper identified cartoonist kurt westergaard . watch threat targeted cartoonist . not wanting take undue risk intelligence service decided intervene early stage order interrupt planning actual assassination , statement jakob scharf , agency director general , said . thus , morning operation must first foremost seen preventive measure aim stop crime committed . uproar cartoon ignited after danish newspaper prophet mohammed . muslim believe forbidden quran show image prophet . demonstration erupted across world early after newspaper reprinted image month later matter free speech . turned deadly . many protester directed ire denmark , prompting closure several danish embassy predominantly muslim country , including indonesia pakistan . westergaards cartoon depicted prophet wearing bomb turban lit fuse . westergaard said wanted cartoon say people exploited prophet legitimize terror . however , many muslim world interpreted drawing depicting prophet terrorist . course fear life after danish security intelligence service informed concrete plan certain people kill , westergaard said statement posted newspaper web site . however , turned fear anger indignation . made angry perfectly normal everyday activity used thousand abused set madness . cnns paula newton said arrest reinforced growing fear europe radical islam trying suppress free speech . european feel islam threat way life , newton said . recent gallup poll world economic forum showed majority european believed relation west muslim world worsening . according poll sentiment strongest held among danish . westergaard remains police protection not know whether continue . could not possibly know long live police protection think , however , impact insane response cartoon last rest life , said . sad indeed , become fact life . carsten juste , paper editorinchief , said staffer deeply worried several month . arrest hopefully thwarted murder plan , said newspaper web site . email friend . cnns saeed ahmed .
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danish police say several arrested plotting terrorrelated assassination agency report suspect include two tunisian dane moroccan origin . newspaper say target cartoonist kurt westergaard . prophet mohammed drawing sparked protest muslim world two year ago .
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scientist discovered remains rodent size small car used forage south american continent . ton creature believed about meter length . meter tall . fossilized skull new giant rodent . giant rat skull , measure impressive 53 centimeter diameter found andres rinderknecht ernesto blanco , two scientist montevideo , uruguay . two paleontologist stumbled upon fossilized remains broken boulder san jose along coast uruguay . looking size ratio skull body existing rodent , scientist determined bodyweight rodent must approached , kilogram ton , making world largest rodent discovered date . relatively small size teeth however , suggests fed mainly upon soft vegetable fruit . give educated guess rodent would meter long largest rodent alive today taking account large mammal generally relatively smaller head . tail probably closer one capybara guinea pig short not like rat , ernesto blanco say . scientist believe rodent , named josephoartigasia monesi , roamed earth about four million year ago time giant creature , terror bird , sabertoothed cat , ground sloth giant armored mammal . during period , arid region forested rich vegetation . largest living rodent capybara , 50 kilogram guinea pig found south america . email friend .
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rodent size small car discovered uruguay . scientist say rodent must weighed , kilogram . small size teeth suggests fed mainly upon soft vegetable fruit .
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islamabad , pakistan rawalpindi police chief stopped doctor hospital benazir bhutto died conducting autopsy , according lawyer hospital board . video released sunday , benazir bhutto , far right , appears sunroof before shot ring . violation pakistani criminal law prevented medical conclusion about killed former prime minister , said athar minallah , serf board manages rawalpindi general hospital . however , police chief involved , aziz saud , told cnn suggested autopsy done , bhuttos husband objected . revelation came monday after new videotape bhuttos assassination emerged , showing slumping after gunshot rang . tape provided clearest view yet attack appeared show bhutto shot . would contradict pakistan government account . read bhuttos full medical report . previously released videotape showed man right vehicle raising gun , pointing toward bhutto , standing car upper body sunroof . fired three shot , explosion . video emerged sunday , bhutto standing , hair scarf appeared move , perhaps bullet . bhutto fell car , came blast . watch new tape showing apparent gunman . image seem support theory bhutto died hand shooter before bomb detonated , killing another 23 people . doctor rawalpindi general hospital declared yearold dead hour after thursday attack , death widely debated . pakistan interior ministry announced friday bhutto died skull fracture suffered fell ducked car result shot explosion crashed head onto sunroof latch . see likely sequence event . bhuttos family political party maintain government lying , insist died gunshot wound . bhuttos husband , interview cnns wolf blitzer monday , called international investigation wife death , saying new video prof pakistani government trying muddy water first day . everything clear shot , asif ali zardari said . zardari also called you.s . government push international probe . want help find killed wife , mother child , said bush administration . javed iqbal cheema , spokesman pakistan interior ministry , said government conclusion bhuttos death based absolute fact , nothing fact corroborated doctor report . minallah issued open letter monday released doctor clinical note distance government statement , also talked cnn . letter , minallah said doctor suggested official perform autopsy , saud not agree . noted law , police investigator exclusive responsibility deciding autopsy . minallah told cnn speaking doctor hospital threatened . government servant not speak not , said . not elaborate threat doctor . said lack autopsy created perception kind coverup , though might not believe theory . state within state , state within state not want held accountable , minallah said . cheema said government no objection bhuttos body exhumed autopsy family requested . widower said family exhumation not trust government . minallah said family could not prevented autopsy hospital without getting order judge . threepage medical report , signed seven doctor , described bhuttos head wound , not conclude caused . noted xray image made after declared dead . wound described irregular oval about centimeter centimeter right ear . sharp bone edge felt wound , read . no foreign body felt wound . email friend . cnns jomana karadsheh .
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new new video prof bhutto shot , widower say . doctor claim pakistani police prevented autopsy benazir bhutto . lawyer athar minallah said move violated pakistani criminal law . police chief aziz saud said suggested autopsy bhuttos widower objected .
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atlanta , georgia cnn two giggling young woman oversized sunglass robbing bank . barbie bandit helped hometown earn dubious distinction nation bank robbery capital . one socalled barbie bandit captured surveillance video surburban atlanta bank . atlanta fbi field division topped los angeles reporting bank heist , 350 month ending september , , according fbi , annually name area prone bank robbery . los angeles area no . 2 338 heist , followed philadelphia . thursday , two suspect overpowered security guard atlanta , georgia , bank , took gun , robbed bank fled money hand , police said . eventually , police shot one suspect exchange gunfire . two armed bank robbery took place metro atlanta friday . fbi say violent crime across nation , especially major metro area like atlanta . no surprise atlanta become prime target bank robbery , fbi spokesman stephen emmett told cnn . watch hotlanta heistlanta ? . go hand hand figure , emmett said . atlanta rapid growth last decade also factor . recent atlanta business chronicle article reported metro atlanta 26 bank north carolina 3,500 people region . see photo bank heist metro atlanta . would attribute lot bank robbery growth fact banking industry matched growth increase bank branch throughout area , emmett said . atlanta rise bank heist come los angeles aggressively countered outofcontrol bank robbery . los angeles gone bank robbery mids year 338 , fbi stats show . according fbi , atlanta field division reported 350 bank robbery last year barbie bandit grandpa bandit robbery . fbi say 122 heist armed robbery , robbery weapon visibly used . emmett said many robbery law enforcement officer classify note job . also factored total number robbery atm heist record nine armored car robbery . armored car robbery particularly disturbing emmett . anyone would confront armored car courier knowing already armed somewhat defensive posture , mindset troubling law enforcement , said . emmett said no typical bank robber , said seen trend , notably often people battling drug addiction . also said bank robber often repeat offender . two recent highprofile case atlanta seem confirm . two woman dubbed barbie bandit arrested after working bank employee rob bank america atlanta suburb acworth . later admitted police drug addiction problem . recently apprehended yearold bobby joe phillips , dubbed grandpa bandit , suspected robbed seven bank tennessee atlanta area criminal history . emmett say typically little money taken bank heist . joe brannen , president georgia banker association , agrees , saying average , , . not big payoff people think . holiday full swing , authority steeling spate bank robbery robber looking quick holiday cash . would make assumption large part increased financial pressure time year , said brannen . fbi advises bank extra vigilant time year keep close eye jittery individual donning glove , hat sunglass . brannen say profiling people like problematic . chosen not go . atlanta , lot people wear head covering religious purpose . free open society , said . said customer want come bank unimpeded . percent customer , not bank robber . brannen say bank balance convenience customer bank need security . no good , magic solution . say . emmett said long metro atlanta continues grow , number bank robbery . something part growth . bank . people . big city . email friend . cnns rusty dornin .
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atlanta surpasses la , philadelphia city bank heist . fbi say result rising violent crime increased number bank . fbi expect bank robbery around holiday . bank official say robber get away , , .
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disgraced former nfl star michael vick declared not bad person beast made letter judge asking leniency . michael vick wrote forever changed man . talked about ridiculed day day basis people really not know michael vick human . knew football player unfair , vick said handwritten letter released week . you.s . district judge henry e. hudson sentenced vick monday serve month prison financing dogfighting ring helping kill pit bull not fight aggressively . vick wrote judge accepted responsibility action , would pay restitution never use single dollar earned anything help people . read letter vick , mom , sport star . former atlanta falcon quarterback said grew not knowing severity crime dogfighting asked hudson second chance . letter supporting vick sent mother , seventhgrade teacher child met since becoming star one nfls highly paid player . brenda vick boddie said son fell victim friend took advantage vicks inability say no . please honor give baby michael another chance . he never trouble law before , please ! please ! one chance , pleaded handwritten letter . former falcon teammate warrick dunn , atlanta mayor shirley franklin two sporting legend run king hank aaron former twotime boxing heavyweight champion george foreman behalf . email friend .
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michael vick wrote fivepage letter judge seeking leniency . former nfl star said wrong promised make amends . vicks mom , atlanta mayor sport legend also sent letter judge . vick sentenced monday month prison dogfighting case .
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macau , china . sampras enjoyed spoil victory macau after two previous defeat federer . federer one two previous clash asian series straight set handed defeat finale . american ace sampras downplayed victory , noting federer coming long season helped big serve fast indoor carpet surface . aimed win one set during threematch series . let u not get carried away , said news conference . sampras ruled comeback retirement , telling audience after match , time . federer tried put positive spin loss , saying not embarrassed lose idol , still showed disappointment . tough beating idol last two time . happy got least , said , adding , hope future . would like get back . two player combined 26 grand slam title , sampras , 36 , retired five year ago after winning you.s . open . federer coming another outstanding season three grand slam last week master cup shanghai . sort surprised . guy play tennis , know , swiss player said after loss saturday . federer beat sampras seoul tuesday edged american kuala lumpur thursday . macau , federer never able able force break point powerful sampras serve , set point tiebreak . sampras saved run three point , capped forehand winner , gave opener . ninth game second second proved vital forehand error federer gave sampras break point gratefully took another fine forehand . sampras closed match federer backhand return sailed long . federer said thought sampras could still beat world top five player fast surface . sampras predicted federer could beat record grand slam win 14 not next year , pretty soon . great , great player . got thing game could not , said . email friend . cnn . right reserved.this material may not published , broadcast , rewritten , redistributed . associated press .
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pete sampras beat world nunber one roger federer exhibition macau . sampras win rule comeback main atp tour . federer two previous exhibition match asian tour .
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los angeles , california alex trebek , longtime host popular television quiz show jeopardy , suffered minor heart attack home monday night . alex trebek hosted jeopardy ! year . trebek , 67 , recovering local hospital , not clear would released , representative show said . expected resume taping show january . representative added trebek not previous known condition would led heart attack . trebek , 67 , native sudbury , ontario . hosted jeopardy ! since . prior becoming jeopardy ! host , served emcee number game show , including high roller , wizard odds battlestars . email friend .
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alex trebek suffered heart attack home monday . trebek hosted jeopardy ! year . trebek recovering l.a. hospital .
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mexico city , mexico reuters crimeridden district . construction worker unearthed ancient wall busy iztapalapa neighborhood june , government archeologist said wednesday believe may part main pyramid aztec city , destroyed conquistador hernan cortes th century . iztapalapa , infamous violent crime drug dealing , grown sprawling , poor district capital , obscuring ruin . knew general location could not explore big urban area , said government archeologist jesus sanchez , director site . iztapalapas ruler , cuitlahuac , nearly annihilated cortes spanish troop 1520 became known sad night . after eventual victory , cortes destroyed city . sanchez hope found city main pyramid neighborhood central plaza garden . team spend year investigating before deciding whether excavate . mexico city littered prehispanic ruin . october , archeologist city central zocalo square unearthed th century aztec altar ton stone idol yard choking downtown traffic . aztec , warlike deeply religious people built monumental work , ruled empire stretching gulf mexico pacific ocean encompassing much modernday central mexico . email friend . reuters . right reserved.this material may not published , broadcast , rewritten , redistributed .
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ruin aztec pyramid uncovered iztapalapa neighborhood , mexico city . iztapalapa sprawling , crimeridden district . aztec ruled empire stretching gulf mexico pacific ocean .
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dubai court dubai sentenced two men wednesday year prison rape kidnapping yearold french boy . veronique robert , mother yearold frenchswiss teen , speaking outside court dubai . boy mother , veronique robert , visibly upset after sentence read promised appeal . robert , french journalist , brought case medias attention recent month effort would light deemed injustice prowestern emirate dubai . robert said wednesday sentence lenient crime belief tantamount attempted murder one son attacker knowingly hivpositive time rape . refrained asking death penalty son attacker , said hoped sentence would much longer . spokesman dubai government , habib al mulla , told cnn sentence accordance international standard not lenient . today verdict proven system efficient fair party involved , al mulla said . case began july , two men , 36 18 , kidnapped raped french teenager knifepoint . robert contacted french diplomat , took allegation dubai authority . al mulla said police action swift arrest made within hour . robert said case botched start , beginning son examination doctor said son gay . homosexuality dubai illegal , teen could faced much year prison . robert son since returned france not court wednesday sentencing . robert also said dubai authority repeatedly concealed evidence positive . robert said son , still awaiting test result find whether virus , could gotten treatment much sooner known . dubai authority deny evidence concealed . case would light dubai attitude toward rape homosexuality , western observer said outdated . al mulla , however , said wednesday sentencing government handling case prof country system work . today verdict prof system , al mulla said . system working properly . however , room improvement system , definitely look , consider , room improvement , implement . mother already filed suit court paris geneva , switzerland seeking compensation sheikh khalifa , president united arab emirate , prime minister vice president dubai , sheikh mohammed al maktoum . also suing others , including dubai police chief . robert started web site summer , boycottdubai.com , demanding better treatment child suffer sexual assault . press conference last month , proclaimed , would like first justice son second every girl boy raped even no chance speak . robert said drop pending case government set rape clinic , recognizes status rape victim , take precaution after rape sexuallytransmitted disease . wake wednesday verdict , robert said dubai government official told emirate plan open first rape clinic , said small victory . government not yet officially announced plan open facility . al mulla told cnn dubai belief reception center rape victim good solution . considering , said , regarding robert request . believe good . good victim , good whole system . email friend . cnn correspondent wilf dinnick .
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dubai court sentence two men year rape , kidnapping yearold boy . one attacker knowingly hivpositive time rape . family french victim say make attack akin attempted murder . family say case investigation botched , want severe sentence .
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santiago , chile reuters , dispute flared disputed maritime territory south american neighbor . bickered rich pacific coast fishing water year , peru . chile government protested move said calling home ambassador peru , cristian barros , consultation . feel type publication map position certainly make difficult fluid bilateral relationship peruvian government , spokesman ricardo lagos weber said monday . chile continue fully exercise right competency chilean territory , said . peruvian president alan garcia said june country would take chile international court hague resolve case . peru foreign minister , jose antonio garcia belaunde , sought downplay row . absolutely common diplomatic practice novel situation like garner attention ambassador called back report , said . channel dialogue communication must kept open , country must work toward positive agenda , garcia belaunde said . sea border , set , start close land border cut due west across ocean . peru say nonbinding rob , square mile , sq km fishing water . proposed border southwestern sloping line follows diagonal land border pacific ocean . analyst say peru day court hague venue issue resolved , unless something happens escalate debate . thing could happen , would worrisome , would autonomous group carried kind act sovereignty water peru officially claim . would shame , said ricardo israel , political analyst chile . chile defeated peru war pacific seized chunk mineralrich territory northern neighbor . two country strong economic tie relation still rocky . dispute sea border bubbled anew past two year come addition less serious dispute origin everything dessert fruit pisco , grape liquor . peru chile world top producer fish meal , cattle feed , fishing one engine peru economy . email friend . reuters . right reserved.this material may not published , broadcast , rewritten , redistributed .
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peru foreign minister sought downplay row . sea border dispute bubbled anew past two year . less serious dispute involve dessert , fruit grape liquor .
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washington president bush vetoed expansion federally funded , staterun health insurance program poor child second time wednesday , telling congress bill move country health care system wrong direction . veto message , president bush call congress extend funding current program . veto message , bush said bill almost duplicate proposal spiked october . congress chosen send essentially identical bill problem flawed bill previously vetoed , must veto legislation , , said statement released white house . bill would expanded state childrens health insurance program nearly billion five year , measure bush vetoed october . track recent historical presidential veto . president proposed adding billion program said version vetoed would encouraged family leave private insurance market federally funded , staterun program . democratic leader said new version addressed republican objection tightening restriction illegal immigrant receiving schip benefit , capping income level family qualify program preventing adult receiving benefit . though measure strong bipartisan support , fell short twothirds majority needed override presidential veto house senate . house minority leader john boehner , rohio , said democrat interested scoring political point veto reaching compromise republican . could resolved difference program minute , majority wanted resolve difference , boehner said . become partisan political game . program currently cover about million child whose parent earn much qualify medicaid afford private insurance . democrat wanted extend program another million , paying centperpack increase federal tax cigarette . sad day president would say rather insuring million child , not want raise cigarette tax , said house speaker nancy pelosi . called january vote whether override veto . meanwhile , bush called congress extend funding current program keep million covered roll . email friend .
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president bush measure essentially identical proposal vetoed before . bill would expanded state childrens health insurance program . bush measure move country health care system wrong direction program cover million child whose parent not qualify medicaid .
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