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(cnn) goals at the end of each half from demba ba and willian threw an enthralling epl title race wide open as chelsea secured a 2 0 win at leaders liverpool sunday the defeat ended a run of 11 straight wins for liverpool, who were frustrated by the tactical wiles of jose mourinho's visitors, to leave their bid for a first english championship in 24 years in the balance chelsea have closed to within two points but it is manchester city who have emerged as the most likely challengers after a 2 0 win at crystal palace in the late game sunday first half goals from edin dzeko and yaya toure gave city a comfortable victory and the knowledge that if can win their final three games they will repeat their 2012 epl title triumph city still remained in third place, three points adrift, but have a game in hand over the top two earlier, chelsea, who held atletico madrid goalless in the first leg of their champions league semifinal in midweek, made seven changes from that starting line up, but it scarcely showed in a resilient display they went ahead just before halftime as senegal star ba continued his recent run of crucial goals after a slip by liverpool captain steven gerrard liverpool, who have scored a leading 96 goals in the epl this season, were restricted to few chances with luis suarez unable to add to his personal tally of 30 his second half effort was saved by mark schwarzer and the veteran australian goalkeeper also kept out shots from joe allen and gerrard desperately pushing forward at the end, chelsea were caught by a sucker punch as substitute fernando torres broke clear and unselfishly played in willian for the clinching second in injury time 'a magnificent performance from all my team,' was the verdict of mourinho, who will be hoping they can repeat the success when they entertain atletico in the second leg wednesday his liverpool counterpart brendan rodgers was less than impressed by chelsea's stifling tactics 'i think there were two buses parked today, never mind one,' he told sky sports 'it was like a back six with three midfield players in front of that that's 10, with the goalkeeper, for 90 consistently behind the ball 'it was clear that they'd come certainly not wanting to win the game, with the time wasting and whatnot,' he added mourinho has received a further boost, which he revealed during his post match press conference key defender john terry, who looked set for a long absence after injuring his ankle in the atletico draw, may be fit to make an earlier return 'he has a chance,' mourinho said 'let's see tomorrow and after tomorrow after the match against atletico, i said no chance in this moment, i say maybe' his liverpool counterpart brendan rodgers was less than impressed by chelsea's stifling tactics earlier sunday, sunderland, whose shock victory last week at chelsea so dented the title hopes of mourinho's men, carried on that superb form with a 4 0 thrashing of fellow strugglers cardiff conor wickham scored a double, his fifth goal in three games, as sunderland moved out of the bottom three but left their welsh opponents in deep relegation trouble
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chelsea win 2 0 at liverpool in crunch epl title match . demba ba and willian goals in either half . sunderland thrash cardiff 4 0 in relegation tussle . man city beat crystal palace 2 0 in late game
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(cnn) george zimmerman's wife was arrested tuesday afternoon for allegedly lying at his bond hearing about the couple's finances shellie n zimmerman, 25, faces a perjury charge, according to jackie barnard, spokeswoman for the state attorney's office for the fourth judicial district of florida she met conditions for a $1,000 bond and was released tuesday afternoon, according to the seminole county sheriff's office at her husband's april 20 bond hearing, shellie zimmerman was asked whether the couple had financial means to assist in the defense 'uhm, not not that i'm aware of,' she replied, according to a probable cause affidavit filed monday she also testified under oath she was not aware of how much had been raised from a website soliciting cash for george zimmerman's defense in the february shooting death of trayvon martin, 17, in sanford, florida zimmerman said he acted in self defense in april, zimmerman was charged with second degree murder after the case was referred to a state attorney for a review he was released from custody later that month after posting bail on june 1, seminole county judge kenneth lester jr ordered zimmerman back to jail, accusing the suspect of not being truthful about how much money he had access to when his bond was set prosecutors alleged that george zimmerman, 28, actually had about $135,000 according to the affidavit, prepared by an investigator with the state attorney's office, the zimmermans discussed finances via phone before the april 20 bond hearing those talks included the transfer of money from george zimmerman's account to accounts of his sister and wife, according to the affidavit records show $47,000 was transferred from george zimmerman's account to his sister's account from april 16 and 17, authorities allege shellie zimmerman transferred more than $74,000 from her husband's account to her account from april 16 to april 19, the affidavit states george zimmerman asked his wife in jail calls to 'pay off all the bills,' including an american express bill and a sam's club card, prosecutors allege on april 24, after his release on bond, shellie zimmerman transferred more than $85,500 from her account back to george zimmerman's account, according to the affidavit shellie zimmerman will be arraigned july 31 prosecutors have alleged the zimmermans spoke in code when discussing the money in a credit union account, according to court documents filed by state attorney angela b corey zimmerman 'fully controlled and participated in the transfer of money from the paypal account to defendant and his wife's credit union accounts,' corey said in court records 'this occurred prior to the time defendant was arguing to the court that he was indigent and his wife had no money' the judge 'relied on false representations and statements' by zimmerman and his wife when the court set his bond at $150,000, corey said zimmerman was required to post only 10% of that defense lawyers have argued that 'the vast majority of the funds in question are in an independently managed trust' that zimmerman and his attorneys cannot access directly 'the audio recordings of mr zimmerman's phone conversation while in jail make it clear that mr zimmerman knew a significant sum had been raised by his original fundraising website,' attorneys said last week 'we feel the failure to disclose these funds was caused by fear, mistrust and confusion the gravity of this mistake has been distinctly illustrated, and mr zimmerman understands that this mistake has undermined his credibility, which he will have to work to repair' the attorneys said zimmerman did disclose the existence of the funds five days after the bond hearing, during his first conversation with the defense about the fund 'when the defense team learned of the funds, we disclosed this to the court and to the state attorney's office, and the money was transferred to the legal defense fund, which is now independently managed,' the defense said of the $204,000 raised by the website, about $150,000 is now in the defense fund and $30,000 was used 'to make the complicated transition from private life in sanford, florida, to a life in hiding as a defendant in a high profile court case' the remainder, about $20,000, 'was kept liquid to provide living expenses for the first several months as the legal process unfolds,' attorneys said
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shellie n zimmerman makes bond . she is accused of perjury regarding testimony about family finances . her husband is charged with second degree murder in the death of trayvon martin
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london (cnn) the uk home office will hold an independent public inquiry into the 2006 death of russian spy alexander litvinenko, it announced tuesday the home office said this inquiry will be independent from an ongoing government inquest litvinenko's widow has been pressing for a public inquiry in addition to a basic inquest a coroner led investigation that is held as a matter of course in the case of unnatural deaths in england, where litvinenko died after being poisoned sir robert owen will chair the inquiry he is the coroner for the government inquest 'it is more than seven years since mr litvinenko's death and this government remains committed to seeking justice for his family,' a home office statement said 'it is hoped this inquiry will go some way to achieve this goal' a public inquiry, unlike an inquest, can receive evidence behind closed doors in litvinenko's case, such evidence could involve matters of national security, and his widow, marina litvinenko, has argued that a public inquiry would enable the fullest possible investigation in a deathbed statement, litvinenko blamed russian president vladimir putin for his poisoning, an accusation the kremlin has strongly denied putin foe, exiled russian oligarch found dead in uk home marina litvinenko told cnn on july 11 that 'everybody is down, because we didn't expect this' she said that with the coroner's backing, she pressed for the public inquiry 'when we realized that the coroner isn't able to prove the russian state's involvement in what happened' she called for a judicial review of the government's decision 'i believe that we will find the truth, because i believe that british law can work,' she said litvinenko, a former kgb agent and fierce critic of putin, came to britain in 2000 after turning whistle blower on the fsb, the kgb's successor he died at a london hospital on november 23, 2006, after being poisoned by the radioactive material polonium 210 while drinking tea at the millennium hotel in london's grosvenor square russian state involved in ex kgb agent litvinenko's death, lawyer says what polonium does to the body cnn's carol jordan contributed to this report
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the inquiry into litvinenko's death will be independent from the the government's inquiry . sir robert owen will chair the inquiry . litvinenko, who moved to britain after becoming whistle blower, was poisoned in 2006 . before dying, he blamed russian president; russia denies accusation
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(cnn) gabriel garcía márquez, the influential, nobel prize winning author of 'one hundred years of solitude' and 'love in the time of cholera,' has died, his family and officials said he was 87 the literary giant was treated in april for infections and dehydration at a mexican hospital garcía márquez, a native of colombia, is widely credited with helping to popularize 'magical realism,' a genre 'in which the fantastic and the realistic are combined in a richly composed world of imagination,' as the nobel committee described it upon awarding him the prize for literature in 1982 he was sometimes called the most significant spanish language author since miguel de cervantes, the 16th century author of 'don quixote' and one of the great writers in western literature indeed, chilean poet pablo neruda told time that 'one hundred years of solitude' was 'the greatest revelation in the spanish language since the don quixote of cervantes' the author's cousin, margarita marquez, and colombia's ambassador to mexico, josé gabriel ortiz, confirmed the author's death to cnn on thursday 'we're left with the memories and the admiration to all colombians and also mexicans because i think gabo was half mexican and half colombian he's just as admired in mexico as he is in (his native) colombia, all of latin america and throughout the world,' ortiz told cnn en español share your memories with cnn's ireport 'i believe they were somehow emotionally ready for this regrettable outcome they knew he was suffering from a complex, terminal disease and was an elderly man i believe (garcia marquez's widow mercedes barcha) was getting ready for this moment, although nobody can really prepare themselves for a moment like this' in a televised speech thursday night, colombian president juan manuel santos declared three days of national mourning, ordering flags to be lowered to half staff across the country the author known by his nickname 'gabo' throughout latin america was born in the northern colombian town of aracataca, which became the inspiration for macondo, the town at the center of 'solitude,' his 1967 masterpiece, and referenced in such works as his novella 'leaf storm' and the novel 'in evil hour' 'i feel latin american from whatever country, but i have never renounced the nostalgia of my homeland: aracataca, to which i returned one day and discovered that between reality and nostalgia was the raw material for my work,' reads a mural quoting the author outside of town garcía márquez was tickled that he had earned so much praise for his fertile imagination 'the truth is that there's not a single line in all my work that does not have a basis in reality the problem is that caribbean reality resembles the wildest imagination,' he told the paris review in 1981 a storyteller's childhood garcía márquez's early life was shaped by both familial and political conflict his grandfather, a widely respected figure known as the colonel, was a liberal military man who strongly disagreed with the political views of garcía márquez's father, a conservative telegraph operator who became a pharmacist (his father's ardent pursuit of his mother later inspired 'love in the time of cholera') their political disagreement came to reflect that of colombia as a whole, a country that spent a postwar decade in the grip of what was called 'la violencia,' a civil war that followed the assassination of a populist leader garcía márquez spent his early childhood with his grandparents while his parents pursued a living in the coastal city of barranquilla both his grandparents were excellent storytellers, and garcía márquez soaked in their tales from his grandfather he learned of military men, colombian history and the terrible burden of killing; from his grandmother came folk tales, superstitions and ghosts among the living his grandmother's stories were delivered 'as if they were the irrefutable truth,' according to the garcía márquez site themodernwordcom the influence is obvious in garcía márquez's works, particularly 'one hundred years of solitude' in 1936 the colonel died and garcía márquez returned to his parents and their growing family he was eventually one of 11 children, not to mention several half siblings from his father's affairs, a familial sprawl that also found its way into his books after finishing high school, garcía márquez went off to college with dreams of becoming a writer his parents, on the other hand, had plans for him to become a lawyer writing ended up taking precedence: when la violencia broke out, garcía márquez started contributing stories to a local newspaper and eventually became a columnist he had also been exposed to writers such as james joyce, virginia woolf, franz kafka and especially william faulkner, who had turned his own patch of land in oxford, mississippi, into the shape shifting past and present of yoknapatawpha county in the mid 1950s, garcía márquez left colombia for europe, a move partly provoked by a story he'd written that was critical of the government the distance, he later said, helped shape his perspective on latin american politics for years, garcía márquez had been writing and publishing fiction, including short stories in latin american journals and a handful of longer works, including 'leaf storm,' which was published in 1955 but it wasn't until 1967 with the publication of 'one hundred years of solitude' that he broke through to a wide audience '100 years' of literary renown the novel is set in macondo, a town founded by the patriarch of the buendia family, josé arcadio buendia over the generations, members of the family are set upon by ghosts and visions, fall in love, dream of riches and fight in wars natural events take on supernatural aspects rains that last years, plagues that create memory loss it is a tapestry of almost biblical proportions in which reality and spirit swirl and merge, a world unto itself as well as a commentary on the politics and history of the world at large 'the narrative is a magician's trick in which memory and prophecy, illusion and reality are mixed and often made to look the same it is, in short, very much like márquez's astonishing novel,' wrote the new york times in a 1970 review upon the release of the english translation by gregory rabassa garcía márquez worked on 'solitude' tirelessly, selling off family items, living on credit, smoking up a nicotine frenzy upon its release, the book became an instant bestseller in latin america and was equally successful in english it has been estimated to have sold in excess of 20 million copies some sources say as many as 50 million in two dozen languages the book didn't ease all of garcía márquez's problems, however as a vocal leftist and defender of castro's cuba, he was regularly limited or denied visas by the united states until president bill clinton, a fan of 'solitude,' revoked the ban clinton commented on garcia marquez's death thursday 'i was saddened to learn of the passing of gabriel garcía márquez,' he said in a statement 'from the time i read 'one hundred years of solitude' more than 40 years ago, i was always amazed by his unique gifts of imagination, clarity of thought, and emotional honesty he captured the pain and joy of our common humanity in settings both real and magical' garcía márquez was also involved in a feud with onetime friend writer mario vargas llosa, a peruvian and a nobel laureate, who punched the colombian in the face in 1976 believed to be over politics but later revealed to be over vargas llosa's wife garcía márquez's ensuing works were generally praised they included 'the autumn of the patriarch' (1975), 'chronicle of a death foretold' (1981) and 'the general in his labyrinth' (1990) he is said to be the most popular spanish language author in the world 'love in the time of cholera,' with an english translation published in 1988, was a particular bestseller the love story, which was turned into a 2007 movie, was referenced in such works as the 2001 movie 'serendipity' and the finale of the tv series 'how i met your mother' garcía márquez's style and impact have been widespread he is credited with spearheading 'el boom,' attracting attention to a generation of latin american writers, including vargas llosa and mexico's carlos fuentes magical realism is now an accepted genre, to the point that some critics believe it has been overused and he prompted a focus on latin american politics protesting the 1973 cia aided coup in chile, calling attention to corruption and free speech issues in south america and around the world he never gave up journalism 'i've always been convinced that my true profession is that of a journalist what i didn't like about journalism before were the working conditions,' he told the paris review 'now, after having worked as a novelist, and having achieved financial independence as a novelist, i can really choose the themes that interest me and correspond to my ideas' he was one of the most honored and highly respected authors on earth, particularly in parts of the world where literature is taken as seriously as politics 'on behalf of mexico, i would like to express my sorrow for the passing of one of the greatest writers of our time, gabriel garcia marquez,' tweeted mexican president enrique peña nieto colombia's president summed up the author's presence on twitter 'giants never die,' santos tweeted for all of his immortality, however, garcia marquez preferred the here and now asked about the impact of dreams on his dreamlike writing, he said he'd rather focus on reality 'life itself is the greatest source of inspiration,' he said 'i see dreams as part of life in general, but reality is much richer 'but maybe,' he added, 'i just have very poor dreams' people we've lost in 2014 cnn's rafael romo and cnn en español's nelson quiñones and ana melgar contributed to this story
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new: colombia's president declares three days of national mourning . the 87 year old is widely credited with helping to popularize 'magical realism'. garcía márquez stands as one of the most honored authors on earth . the colombian author died in mexico city, where he lived
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(cnn) cristiano ronaldo scored two stunning goals as real madrid closed the gap at the top of la liga with a comfortable 4 0 victory over osasuna at the santiago bernabeu on saturday the portuguese opened the scoring after six minutes with a 25 yard strike before adding a similarly spectacular second just after half time headers from sergio ramos and daniel carvajal added gloss to the victory which moves real into second place above barcelona and three points behind league leaders atletico madrid atletico can stretch their lead at the top of the table back to six points if they win away to valencia on sunday while barcelona can go above carlo ancelotti's men themselves with victory at villareal both atleti and barca will have played a game more than real by the time the weekend's fixtures are complete, however on the performance of his side and particularly ronaldo who has suffered with injury in recent weeks, real coach, ancelotti, told reporters after the game that 'everything went well for cristiano and for all of the players there were no problems and some have had a rest 'the match was good, not high intensity, and cristiano showed he is fine,' he added real are next in action on tuesday as they look to protect their slender one goal lead over bayern munich in the second leg of the champions league semifinal bayern find form the reigning german and european champions, bayern, were in fine fettle themselves on saturday as they bounced back from first leg defeat against real to record a comfortable 5 2 victory over werder bremen at the allianz arena franck ribery, claudio pizarro (2), bastian schweinsteiger and arjen robben scored the goals for pep guardiola's men elsewhere in germany, borussia dortmund ensured they would finish the bundesliga season in second position after twice coming from behind to draw with fourth placed bayer leverkusen goals from lars bender and gonzalo castro had twice given champions league chasing leverkusen the lead but oliver kirch and marco reus hit back for dortmund both times leverkusen remain in fourth position, four points behind third placed schalke who play tomorrow against borussia monchengladbach, themselves chasing a europa league place fifth placed wolfsburg missed the opportunity to leapfrog leverkusen after they could only draw 2 2 at home to freiburg napoli close in on third in italy, napoli drew 0 0 away to fifth placed inter milan meaning one more victory will guarantee rafa benitez's side a spot in next season's champions league qualifying stages the neapolitans currently sit in third place in the serie a table, eight ahead of fourth placed fiorentina who earlier won 3 0 away to relegation threatened bologna two goals from juan cuadrado and another from josip ilicic were enough for the viola who now look likely to claim a europa league place unless napoli suffers a dramatic collapse psg kept waiting in france, meanwhile, two goals from dimitar berbatov helped second place monaco to victory at ac ajaccio, ensuring paris saint germain will have to wait until at least tomorrow to claim the ligue 1 title the bulgarian scored his seventh and eight goals for the club since signing on loan from fulham in january as claudio ranieri's men ran out comfortable 4 1 winners with a seven point lead atop the table and only four games remaining, psg are unlikely to be denied a second successive league crown in winning at ajaccio, however, monaco moved 11 points clear of third placed lille, all but confirming automatic qualification to the group stages of next seasons champion's league
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two cristiano ronaldo strikes give real madrid 4 0 victory over osasuna . bayern return to form in germany with 5 2 victory over werder bremen . monaco keep psg title celebrations on ice
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(cnn) ryan giggs' career as a player manager got off to a winning start as manchester united defeated relegation threatened norwich city at old trafford the united legend is temporarily at the helm of the red devils after david moyes was sacked on tuesday giggs chose not to select himself for his first game in charge and instead watched from the dugout as his side, which bore six changes from last week's loss at everton, cruised to a comfortable 4 0 victory wayne rooney opened the scoring from the penalty spot after 40 minutes and then added a second two minutes after the break substitute juan mata knocked in a phil jones center after 62 minutes to make it three before stooping to claim his own quickfire brace after lucas antonia valencia rifled across goal 10 minutes later the win matched united's biggest victory of the season and saw the them register more shots on target than in any other league game under moyes speaking to sky sports after the game, giggs revealed he had struggled to sleep the night before and dreaded telling the players who would miss out of his team selection 'leaving the likes of juan mata out of the starting 11 was difficult and a position i've never been in before i'm also one of their team mates i told them all individually and some of them were upset, but they didn't sulk 'it's good to end the day as we did, scoring goals and creating chances,' he added 'i reminded the players the tempo needed to be quicker at half time and they reacted well to that' while delighted with the result, which was united's first win since early april, giggs also said he was equally pleased with his team's performance united looked sharper, faster and more penetrative with their passing than they have in recent weeks, particularly after taking the lead norwich had coped well up until then although the breakthrough arrived after some calamitous defending by the visitors three norwich players missed opportunities to clear a weak cross into the box before the ball fell to the feet of united striker, danny wellbeck, who was duly hauled down by steven whittaker as he was about to shoot referee lee probert pointed to the spot and wayne rooney stepped up to send norwich keeper john ruddy the wrong way the second half began just as the first ended with rooney pushing forward and curling a shot beyond ruddy from 20 yards out giggs then brought on juan mata who had dropped to the bench after last week's defeat at everton and the spanish international made it 3 0 just after the hour, knocking in a phil jones cross norwich were well beaten by this stage and a mata header after valencia fired across goal made it four shortly after rooney and javier hernandez came close in the final ten minutes for united while a deflected shot from norwich's leroy fer rebounded off the bar but the game would finish without any further scoring norwich remain a point above the relegation zone in 16th position with two games to play after fulham blew a two goal lead at home to fa cup finalists hull city earlier in the day, spurning the chance to move above the canaries fulham were two up with 15 minutes to play thanks to second half strikes from ashkan dejagah and fernando amorebieta but late goals from hull's shane long and nikica jelavic snatched a draw elsewhere in england, west brom took a step closer to premier league survival with a 1 0 home victory over west ham while aston villa's poor run of form continued as they were defeated 4 1 at swansea in saturday's lunch time kick off, everton's champions league hopes took a blow as they slumped to defeat at southampton own goals from everton defenders antolin alcatraz and seamus coleman were enough to seal a 2 0 victory for the saints a victory for tottenham at 10 man stoke means they now trail fifth placed everton by just three points see also: is man utd too big a club to manage? see also: from the chosen one to the sacked one
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manchester united defeat norwich city 4 0 in ryan giggs' first game in charge . wayne rooney and juan mata both scored two goals each . norwich are now a point above the relegation zone with two games to play
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(cnn) there's no doubt about it now: kourtney kardashian is expecting her third child with partner scott disick the 35 year old reality star confirmed speculation about her pregnancy in a teaser segment for e!'s 'keeping up with the kardashians' following sunday night's ninth season summer premiere the teaser shows kardashian surprising disick and her mother, kris jenner, with the news yet the announcement wasn't much of a surprise to fans as reports of her pregnancy began circulating days before kardashian's reality tv reveal a source confirmed the news to people magazine on june 4, saying that the eldest kardashian is 'really excited, but nervous too three kids is a lot to handle! but she's happy she's always wanted a big family with scott' disick and kardashian, who have been dating for more than seven years, are also parents to mason, 4, and penelope scotland, who will turn 2 on july 8
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a third child is on the way for kourtney kardashian and her partner . rumors about the pregnancy have circulated for weeks . kardashian revealed the news after ninth season summer premiere of her e! reality show
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(oprahcom) a man from vermont got into the habit of leaving his wife little notes nothing elaborate just sweet sentiments like 'i love you' or 'i can't wait to get home to you tonight,' jotted down on post it notes and then hidden in places where he knew she'd stumble over them throughout the course of her day you can say 'i love you' by giving your time and attention to people in need she'd open a drawer or reach into a kitchen cabinet and find a hidden note from inside the dog food bin, to the laundry hamper, to the driver's seat of her car, the notes were everywhere he was in the military and he was shipped out during the early days of the war in iraq, where he was killed in action on the morning of the funeral, his young widow put on her winter coat, placed her hands in her pockets, and found the last two notes which he had hidden there for her before he had left home knowing exactly what they were, she slowly pulled them out of her pockets the first one read, 'i will always love you' and the other read, 'we will always be together' did he know the circumstances under which she'd find them? it was hard to say you can imagine the sorrow she felt as she read them, but think how lucky she was to have had a husband who managed to reach out with a final, loving gesture like this wonderful man, all of us can create ways everyday that say, 'i love you' i know it's almost valentine's day, and we have come to think of only this day as love day but instead, i am suggesting that we think of every day as an opportunity to put a little love in the world there is an old saying that goes something like this, 'love doesn't make the world go round, but it sure makes the ride worth while' you see, real joy and true happiness are found when we tell someone we care and show them how special they are in our lives when i say love, i do not only mean the kind where two people are locking lips and coming up for air every 10 minutes or so i am talking about the kind of love that embraces everyone who has a presence in our lives the kind of love i am talking about extends throughout our circle of life, touching family, friends and co workers oprahcom how to show your loved ones you care i am talking about the kind of love where a woman gives her birthday bouquet away to a co worker because the co worker has had some rough financial times and can not afford to purchase a gift for her niece the woman believes her birthday bouquet will be even more special when the co worker gives it to her niece or, when everyone at a hair salon contributes to making a quilt for their friend who has just been diagnosed with ovarian cancer the quilt was filled with their well wishes and served as their own special way to cover their sick friend with love an act of love is present when a woman grows out her red silky hair, just so that it could be pulled back in a pony tail and cut to be donated to locks of love, a company that makes beautiful wigs for women who have lost their hair to chemotherapy treatments as they battle cancer love is also found within a retired woman who decides to raise money so she can go to africa where she can best tend to and take care of orphaned children who are affected by hiv and aids we all know stories like these and we each have our own stories to tell, to inspire us and remind us what really matters it is in these acts of kindness where the joy of living is found these acts of love are everywhere, and when we turn our eyes and hearts to them, they touch and change our lives forever defining what love is has been the work of poets and philosophers throughout time, but it's our job too it is something we all know when we feel it, but words simply are not adequate enough to define it love is so many things a feeling, an intention and a thank you it is compassionate, it is generous, it is funny, it is serious, it breaks our hearts and yet it heals all things love is expressed in a trillion ways, it is found in a smile, blowing a kiss, a wink, a song, a poem, a word or even a batch of chocolate chip cookies there is so much to say about love, but the heart of the matter is, we all want to be loved and we all want to love oprahcom: great ways to celebrate valentine's day this valentine's day, remember that there are so many ways to say, 'i love you' be a mentor teach someone to read sit a while with someone who is lonely volunteer serve food at a shelter make art with kids compliment someone listen to what someone has to say visit a friend who is sick wave to the women sitting in the window at a nursing home tell someone you are thinking about them be a role model work to build a house with habitat for humanity lend a hand at the local fire hall use your money generously walk for what you believe in peace, breast cancer research and life comfort someone when they are sad walk your neighbor's dog participate in a food drive bake or buy something from a bake sale donate the clothes you do not wear from your closet, and you will have loved with all of your heart by sandra magsamen from the oprahcom exclusive 'valentine's day' © 2009 subscribe to o, the oprah magazine for up to 75% off the newsstand price that's like getting 18 issues free subscribe now! tm & © 2009 harpo productions, inc all rights reserved
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every day is a good day to perform acts of love that touch, change lives . love can be found in smile, a wink, a song, a poem or batch of cookies . acts of love and kindness remind us what really matters . visit sick friend, help build house with habitat for humanity
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beijing (cnn) the communist party's 18th national congress enters its second session friday, a day after president hu jintao warned that a failure to deal with corruption could bring down the party and the state it controls hu spoke at a key meeting of top officials who will usher in a new set of leaders of the world's most populous nation after a decade in power, hu is expected to hand over the party's top job to vice president xi jinping 'if we fail to handle this issue well, it could prove fatal to the party and even cause the collapse of the party and the fall of the state,' hu said of corruption during his speech at the start of the congress in the great hall of the people in the heart of the chinese capital china's next leader keeps iowa close to his heart his comments to a vast room of delegates stood out in light of the huge political scandal that has rocked the party this year the controversy involved former high flying politician bo xilai, who is under criminal investigation after being ousted from his posts and the party itself he is accused of corruption, abuse of power and improper sexual relationships; official news reports have said bo made 'severe mistakes' related to the killing of a british businessman a crime for which bo's wife was imprisoned and a diplomatic incident involving his former police chief in chongqing more than 2,200 delegates from across china gathered for the congress they will select the 200 plus members of the party's central committee, who in turn appoint the politburo and ultimately the all powerful politburo standing committee, the country's decision makers but most, if not all, of the outcomes are predetermined after a long period of secretive deal making between party power brokers 3 challenges for china's next leaders the congress itself meets every five years it is designed to assess the country's progress and set new directions every 10 years, it selects the new leadership this year, the legacy of the hu years is under the microscope under hu and premier wen jiabao, china's economy has continued to grow, lifting tens of millions of people out of poverty china is now the world's second biggest economy and closing fast on the united states but there have been disappointments and discontent along the way, and hu's much vaunted 'harmonious society' is showing signs of cracking read about what to expect in china us ties chinese leaders have endured a tumultuous year the veil of secrecy around the party has been lifted, with reports of rifts and infighting and the fall of bo brought about china's biggest political scandal in decades bo, once party chief of the massive metropolis of chongqing, is now in disgrace awaiting trial his wife, gu kailai, is in prison, convicted of murdering a british business associate as major chinese leadership change begins, questions swirl china is straddling many fault lines: a widening gap between rich and poor, rising unrest about issues like pollution and land seizures, and a slowing economy that some say is in need of serious reform another issue hu's government has struggled to tackle during its decade in power is the discontent and unrest among tibetans living under chinese rule authorities were given a grim reminder on wednesday of the disillusionment and desperation of many tibetans in western areas of china after four people set themselves on fire to protest chinese rule one teenage tibetan monk died and two were injured after self immolating in a majority tibetan region of sichuan province, said penpa tsering, a spokesman for the tibetan parliament in exile in dharamsala, india and a 23 year old tibetan woman died a separate incident in qinghai province, tsering said, citing unidentified people in tibetan areas hu warns of corruption
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(cnn) maria sharapova put memories of her first round defeat at last year's australian open firmly behind her with a convincing opening victory over tamarine tanasugarn of thailand former champion sharapova was shocked by fellow russian maria kirilenko in 2010 as she struggled to find her best form after shoulder surgery, but all that was forgotten with a 6 1 6 3 victory at melbourne park on monday given the first slot again on the showpiece rod laver arena, sharapova dropped the first game to love after serving two double faults and admitted thoughts of her loss last year were at the back of her mind 'i was definitely a little bit nervous in the first game,' sharapova told the official australian open website 'last year i played first match on center and lost i really didn't want that to happen again in the middle of the first set, i started swinging a little bit' should the australian open be played in february? the 14th seed then reeled off the next six games to take the opener in just 25 minutes sharapova trailed 3 1 in the second set before a run of five straight wins enabled her to close out a comfortable win top seed caroline wozniacki of denmark also came through a tough looking opener against argentina's gisela dulko, the world number one in doubles wozniacki won 6 3 6 4 in one hour 40 minutes, putting an early defeat at last week's wta tournament in sydney behind her as she bids for her first grand slam title australian open: from nomad to nouveau riche with defending champion serena williams absent through injury, her sister venus williams is hoping to keep the title in the family and the fourth seed made a convincing start, beating italian sara errani 6 3 6 2 in their first round match french open champion francesca schiavone dropped the first set to spain's arantxa para santonja before winning 6 7 6 2 6 4 last week's winner in sydney, china's li na, continued her fine form with a 6 1 7 5 win over swede sofia arvidsson to advance former world number one justine henin, playing her first wta tour match since losing to fellow belgian kim clijsters in the last 16 at wimbledon last year, came through a tough test against india's sania mirza henin won 5 7 6 3 6 1 to set up a second round clash with britain's elena baltacha henin, who has been sidelined with an elbow injury told the official website: 'i think i need this kind of match to really get into the tournament like i want to be and at my best level' clijsters, looking to win back to back grand slams after retaining the us open title, has a difficult first round match tuesday against former world number one dinara safina
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(cnn) federal agents arrested 10 current or former delta employees thursday for their alleged involvement in drug trafficking at airports in detroit and houston, authorities said two others who were not airline employees also were arrested 'today's arrests and charges close a major vulnerability at the airport,' immigration and customs enforcement director john morton said in a statement 'we can't have people working in and around aircraft exploiting their positions for criminal ends' the investigation dubbed 'operation excess baggage' began in january 2010, when jamaican authorities seized 53 pounds of marijuana from a suitcase, the immigration and customs agency said in a statement the luggage, tagged with a northwest airlines baggage tag, was bound for detroit metropolitan wayne county airport from an airport in montego bay, jamaica, the statement said delta and northwest merged in 2008 authorities in detroit later seized five suitcases containing 16 kilograms of cocaine and nearly 130 kilograms of marijuana, the statement said in march 2010, federal agents seized 45 more pounds of marijuana from two delta employees at the detroit airport, the statement said authorities allege those individuals were participating in a separate smuggling operation between detroit and houston a twitter post from the airline said delta fully cooperated with federal authorities in their investigation 'delta does not tolerate employees found using their position for illegal activity and these employees have been suspended without pay,' the post said 'additional disciplinary action could be taken pending the final outcome of the investigation' all 12 suspects were charged with possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute and conspiracy
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ice says a suitcase stuffed with marijuana tipped off investigators . authorities in detroit later intercepted 5 suitcases holding cocaine and marijuana . two others who are not airline employees were also arrested . delta says the employees have been suspended without pay
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(cnn) frank lampard missed a late penalty as chelsea's english premier league lead was cut to two points following a 2 1 defeat at manchester city on saturday evening big spending city ended a record run of seven successive draws to hand the londoners a third league defeat this season and allow rivals manchester united to gain ground united romped to a 4 0 victory at lowly west ham, but suffered more defensive problems as england internationals gary neville and wes brown joined an already lengthy injury list it capped a miserable week for chelsea, who were knocked out of the league cup by blackburn in a penalty shootout on wednesday carlo ancelotti's team made the perfect start when city striker emmanuel adebayor inadvertently put the ball in his own net in the eighth minute after goalkeeper shay given's save from a nicolas anelka shot hit him in the back and rebounded in adebayor made up for that misfortune eight minutes before halftime when he fired home at the second attempt when the ball fell to him after shaun wright phillips' shot hit teammate micah richards, leaving chelsea to appeal in vain for handball argentina forward carlos tevez put the home side ahead in the 56th minute when he curled in a free kick after being fouled by ricardo carvalho city lost england defenders richards and bridge to injury the latter stretchered off after a studs first lunge by juliano bennetti before substitute fullback nedum onuoha gave chelsea the chance to level in the 82nd minute when he brought down ivory coast striker didier drogba however, given turned away england midfielder lampard's poor spot kick, and the visitors were unable to rally again as captain john terry went off with a knee injury the england center back is likely to miss wednesday's champions league tie with apoel nicosia, but should be fit to face everon next weekend manchester united, on the other hand, had no such worries as they continued the form that saw them brush aside tottenham in the quarterfinals of the league cup on tuesday veteran midfielder paul scholes, who has been reportedly pondering his future, lashed home his 99th premier league goal on the stroke of halftime and then his potential young successor darren gibson followed up his midweek double with a similarly impressive strike in the 61st minute brazilian midfielder anderson crossed for antonio valencia to score the third from close range 10 minutes later, and the ecuador winger set up england striker wayne rooney just 60 seconds after that united boss alex ferguson had been forced to pair england midfielder michael carrick with left back patrice evra in the center of defense after neville and brown went off injured rio ferdinand and jonny evans are ruled out, but ferguson hopes serbian center back nemanja vidic will recover from illness for wednesday's champions league trip to wolfsburg, with united needing a point to finish top of group b the defeat left gianfranco zola's struggling west ham side just a point above the relegation zone injury hit arsenal moved into third place above london rivals tottenham, who travel to everton on sunday arsene wenger's team bounced back from successive 3 0 defeats by chelsea and manchester city, the latter in the league cup quarterfinals in midweek, to win 2 0 at home to mid table stoke spain midfielder cesc fabregas missed a penalty on his 250th appearance for the gunners after andriy arshavin was tripped, but the russia forward playing on his own up front in the absence of theo walcott, robin van persie, nicklas bendtner and eduardo scored the opener from a tight angle in the 26th minute arshavin had a shot deflected onto the crossbar before substitute midfielder aaron ramsey sealed victory with 11 minutes left, cutting into the box and sliding a shot past goalkeeper thomas sorensen fifth placed aston villa moved level with tottenham on 26 points after winning 3 0 at home to hull, who lost influential midfielder jimmy bullard to yet another knee injury england midfielder james milner set up republic of ireland defender richard dunne for villa's 13th minute opener, then lobbed an exquisite goal from 20 yards after goalkeeper matt duke was caught stranded outside his area substitute striker john carew added a third from the penalty spot two minutes from time after duke was booked for bringing down ashley young as villa followed up the midweek win over portsmouth that put martin o'neill's side in the semifinals of the league cup last year's runners up liverpool continue to struggle after being held 0 0 away to 12th placed blackburn and were leapfrogged in the table by manchester city birmingham city moved up to eighth place after winning 3 2 at wigan athletic, with alex mcleish's side coming from a goal down to score three in 11 second half minutes as sebastian larsson scored with two free kicks and colombia striker christian benitez netted the other wigan, who led through a superb strike from charles n'zogbia, pulled one back at the end through jordi gomez but the defeat left robert martinez's frustratingly inconsistent side in 14th place four points above the drop zone avram grant celebrated his first victory as manager of bottom club portsmouth with a 2 0 victory at home to burnley, as striker aruna dindane made up for a first half penalty miss by adding the second goal following defender hermann hreidarsson's 65th minute opener wolverhampton remained in the relegation zone despite ending a three game losing streak by triumphing 2 1 against visiting bolton, who dropped to second from bottom
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frank lampard misses a late penalty as chelsea lose 2 1 at manchester city . city move up to sixth place after ending a record run of seven successive draws . manchester united cut chelsea's league lead to two points, winning 4 0 at west ham . united suffer more defensive problems as gary neville and wes brown go off with injuries
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(cnn) it's one of the top 10 most visited sites worldwide, with over 2 million articles in its english language edition but is online encyclopedia wikipedia's strength that anyone can edit it also its greatest weakness? wikipedia: an invaluable repository of global knowledge or a magnet for digital vandals and hoaxers? this june, former president of the american library association, michael gorman hit out at academics who endorsed the use of wikipedia to their students, saying in the encyclopaedia britannica blog that 'a professor who encourages the use of wikipedia is the intellectual equivalent of a dietician who recommends a steady diet of big macs with everything' gorman added that google and wikipedia were creating a generation of 'intellectual sluggards incapable of moving beyond the internet,' with no interest in exploring non digital resources gorman's remarks received a mixed response some said that students should be taught to discern whether a source was authoritative others pointed to academics who cite wikipedia, saying it was unfair to prevent students from doing the same ben fairweather, research fellow in the center for computing and social responsibility at de montfort university, england, was quoted in the times higher education supplement saying that internet resources had made research more efficient and removed some of the 'drudgery out of producing good work' gorman's position was that he was not taking issue with the technology per se, but was concerned by the lack of peer review based on an intellectual meritocracy, adding, 'that meritocracy must be based on respect for expertise and learning' perhaps surprisingly, this view is shared by larry sanger, who was with wikipedia from the start and is often referred to as a co founder (though that's up for debate on the site, too) when he parted ways with wikipedia, sanger felt that the site's vulnerability to vandalism could undermine its reputation that spurred him to set up 'citizendium,' a rival wiki based project where articles are vetted by known experts and authors are required to use their real names citizendium launched this year with the aim to become 'the world's most trusted knowledge base,' though with just 3000 articles to hold to wikipedia's 2 million, some would question whether the site can ever catch up for the most part, wikipedia is working a 2005 study by british journal nature found that the online encyclopedia was about as accurate as its competitors on science but a commonly cited peril of wikipedia's anonymity is vandalism in one notorious example, journalist john seigenthaler sr was listed as a suspect in both kennedy assassinations by a prankster: the entry remained up for four months in 2005 such abuse tends to get quickly swept away by the site's volunteers, especially if an article has been placed on a watch list by editors who are interested in the subject still, at any given point, wikipedia visitors can't be sure of what they're getting look no further than the seigenthaler entry: for 31 hours last september, he was said to have killed and eaten jfk seigenthaler slammed the site in an opinion piece in usa today, berating wikipedia's 'volunteer vandals with poison pen intellects' some might say that the edits in seigenthaler's profile would never have made it into the mainstream media but those seeking proof of just how much emphasis even professional journalists can place on wikipedia need look no further than the example of ronnie hazlehurst, a british composer of tv theme tunes for shows including 'yes, minister' and 'last of the summer wine,' who died this october according to several high profile obituaries, including the bbc, reuters, the london times and the guardian, hazlehurst, at the age of 72, also penned 'reach,' a 2000 hit for uk pop combo s club 7 the unfortunate writers had omitted to double check his wikipedia discography, and collectively fell victim to wiki hoaxers even those who spot errors in their own profiles can be reluctant to address them in april this year, pulitzer prize winning author and academic douglas hofstadter told the new york times of his wikipedia entry, '[it] is filled with inaccuracies, and it kind of depresses me' when asked why he didn't fix it, he replied, 'the next day someone will fix it back' wikipedia recognizes that to and fro tussling or 'edit warring' is damaging to its reputation, and some of the more controversial topics such as those on islam, elvis presley and abortion have been locked to limit who can alter them but as its reputation as an online resource has grown, the encyclopedia has also become a target for corporate spin in january this year, the associated press reported that microsoft had offered a blogger cash to alter wikipedia articles microsoft claimed that the articles contained inaccuracies on an open source document standard and a rival format put forward by the software giant then, this summer, virgil griffith, a 24 year old cal tech graduate student, unearthed some eyebrow raising data wiredcom reported in august that griffith created an application called wikiscanner that tracks edits that have been made to wikipedia articles and cross references them against ip addresses, which can be traced back to companies' offices griffith proved what many had suspected for some time: that edits on company profiles were often originating from ip addresses owned by those companies and even their competitors just a few of the corporations listed included exxon mobil, apple, microsoft and wal mart, along with several politicians' offices ''it was dead easy,' griffith told forbescom 'i just combined two databases and poof you have these public relations disasters' some of those edits, wired reported, appeared to be 'transparently self interested, either adding positive, press release like material to entries, or deleting whole swaths of critical material' wired cited the example of voting machine company diebold, 'with someone at the company's ip address apparently deleting long paragraphs detailing the security industry's concerns over the integrity of their voting machines, and information about the company's ceo's fund raising for president bush' the deleted text was restored by a wikipedia contributor, who added: 'please stop removing content from wikipedia it is considered vandalism' so should we turn our backs on wikipedia scratch it and start again? absolutely not as a project to gather together our collective knowledge wikipedia is admirable as a repository for human knowledge, it is invaluable as an introductory resource on anything from scientific formulae to walk on characters in tv sitcoms, its breadth is unmatched its content is also a priceless reflection of humanity and its concerns only a tiny fraction of its vast repository is polluted by vandals, hoaxers and ne'er do wells, who in turn are chased down by its dedicated band of editors and administrators but a resource that can be edited by experts and non experts alike will always carry risks, and perhaps that's wikipedia's greatest lesson for us all: that its very existence must force us to question notions of accuracy and reliability, while giving us a means to correct errors and add to the global knowledge pot two things are certain: no encyclopedia will ever be perfect, and we will never reach consensus on all wikipedia articles and in the meantime, while an invaluable first port of call, those using wikipedia would be well advised to confirm their facts elsewhere do you take wikipedia at face value, or with a pinch of salt? should we learn from the experts, or does each of us have a part to play? share your views and read others' thoughts in the just imagine forum the associated press contributed to this article
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free online encyclopedia wikipedia has fallen victim to hoaxers, vandals . students and journalists have fallen foul of site's inaccuracies . cal tech grad student has uncovered corporate wikipedia whitewashing . site is still a valuable resource when used with caution
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(cnn) defender turned striker daniel van buyten scored an 88th minute winner for bayern munich to give them a much needed 2 1 victory over eintracht frankfurt to revive their bundesliga title challenge the belgian was pushed up front by coach louis van gaal after italian striker luca toni was substituted and he came up trumps with a late header it made amends for his sending off in the 2 1 champions league defeat to bordeaux in midweek the win also takes the bavarian giants to fifth place in the german standings with 18 points after 10 games, four points adrift of bayer leverkusen, who were held 1 1 by borussia dortmund on friday night alexander meier put the visitors in front on the hour mark at the allianz arena, but dutch ace arjen robben, returning to first team action after injury, equalized 10 minutes later after mario gomez won an aerial battle to set him up to slot home bayern coach van gaal was relieved to claim the three points after their midweek setback in europe 'we created several good chances against opponents who were very defensively minded,' he told reporters hoffenheim ended a two goal losing run with a 3 0 home win over nuremberg to move up to sixth in the standings, a point behind bayern christian eichner with a 30 meter blast and prolific striker vedad ibisevic scored within four minutes in the first half to put ralf rangnick's side on the way to three points argentina's franco zuculini completed the scoring just after the hour mark with a fierce shot elsewhere, mainz thrashed fellow promoted side freiburg 3 0 with captain tim hoogland scoring twice in the second half as they moved up to seventh a solitary goal by didier konan was enough to lead hannover 96 to victory over stuttgart , the goal coming after 31 minutes while borussia moenchengladbach snapped a five game losing streak in a goalless draw against cologne
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daniel van buyten rescues bayern with late winner at allianz arena . belgian defender's goal secures 2 1 home win over eintracht frankfurt . hoffenheim up to sixth with 3 0 home win over nuremberg . ninth round leaders sv hamburg play on sunday
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(cnn) in 1965, a 40 year old william f buckley, jr ran for mayor of new york city a race he arguably never intended to win in fact, when asked what he'd do if he won he replied, 'demand a recount' but 10 years after founding the national review and one year after establishing barry goldwater as the conservative nominee for president, buckley saw that the often times colorful mayoral election was a useful vehicle for him to elevate his brand and promote conservatism on a national platform though he won only 134% of the vote, he still managed to accomplish his objective and, many credit him with helping rep john v lindsay become the first republican mayor of new york since fiorello h laguardia some suggested early on that anthony weiner's bid for mayor was similarly designed not to actually win, but toward other ends elspeth reeve in the atlantic earlier this year suggested this was all an inoculation attempt not for weiner, but for his wife huma abedin, who either had designs on her own political career or at least on helping to implement her boss hillary clinton's 2016 run 'if abedin, and not weiner, were the first one to hit the campaign trail after his resignation,' she wrote, 'she would have been the one who was tarnished by his sexts or, imagine clinton trying to focus on eating fried things at the iowa state fair in 2015, while reporters ask her about new photos on breitbartcom of her aide's infamous husband' it's an intriguing idea, but very few could argue that abedin emerged out of her husband's campaign untarnished it wasn't just hosting awkward 'women for weiner' events that call into question everything we think we know about feminism or advancing arguably false narratives in glossy magazines that her husband's exploits were dealt with and over, when it was clear weiner continued his online activities well after resigning from congress putting his indiscretions aside, it's hard to reconcile such a smart and successful woman finding admiration in a man who ran such a terrible, pugnacious, ineffective and utterly ridiculous campaign the man who yelled at his own constituents, called his 69 year old opponent 'grandpa' at an aarp event, and poetically flipped off reporters on his final ride out of town is her political and personal inspiration? if helping huma was the plan all along, i think it's safe to say it has not worked others have suggested he might just want his own television show fair enough plenty of disgraced former politicians have found a forgiving sanctuary on cable television and he certainly would make for a fascinating, er, something on tv but he didn't need to mount an embarrassing and ultimately ruinous mayoral campaign to get there one turn of the dial and it's clear that there are countless sociopaths, buffoons, hucksters and charlatans with real political platforms who were never on a ballot other than 'dancing with the stars' or 'celebrity rehab,' i doubt weiner solidified his chances of a major television gig with this last performance others still believe weiner was merely out for revenge revenge against the breitbarts and drudges and even establishment democrats who ruined his life, a final 'take that' to punctuate the scandal and he didn't need to win to do it a respectable finish in the primary would have telegraphed that he was run out by gotcha journalists, partisan extremists and spineless bureaucrats, and his real friends the voters still believed in him i'm not sure he can make that case, though, after finishing virtually dead last and capturing a paltry 5% of the ultra liberal democrats who actually turned out for this thing ultimately, unlike buckley and conservatism, weiner did nothing good for liberalism he wanted a campaign of ideas, but instead waged a campaign of idiotic outbursts he brought nothing but more embarrassment and shame for his wife and her famous boss and he did nothing to make 'anthony weiner the brand' any more credible in fact the only constituency he managed to please were new york post headline writers maybe he really did want to win and maybe he really thought he could where there's power to be had, pathological miscalculations of this sort aren't uncommon but if he cares about his party, his wife, her career, his brand, and his own future, he will make the courageous decision to go away from politics for a very long time the opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of se cupp
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(cnn) mexican immigration to the united states has dropped sharply since 2005, but the flow of migrants returning to mexico remains steady, according to a study released wednesday by the pew hispanic center plaques mark the us mexico border near laredo, texas immigration from mexico to the united states slowed at least 40 percent between mid decade and 2008, according to the analysis, based on national population surveys in the united states and mexico, as well as border patrol apprehension figures the mexican survey estimated that 1 million mexicans left for the united states in a 12 month period beginning in 2006 three years later, that number decreased to 636,000 'the size of the drop has been quite remarkable in such a small span of time,' jeffrey passel, senior demographer at the pew hispanic center and author of the study, told cnn the recession and enhanced border enforcement are factors that may explain the decrease in apprehensions of unauthorized immigrants in the united states, according a department of homeland security bulletin released last month but if diminished job prospects in the united states have kept would be immigrants in mexico, employment worries haven't increased the number of mexican migrants leaving the united states, the study found an estimated 433,000 mexican migrants returned home between 2008 and 2009, a number not significantly different than the 479,000 who returned three years earlier, passel said while the number of mexican migrants entering the united states remains greater than the number returning, the study shows that the gap is closing to the point of nearing a balance between migrant inflows and outflows 'my guess is you have to go back at least 40 years or 50 years to see that,' passel said it is too early to tell, however, if either trend 'points to a fundamental change in us mexico immigration patterns or is a short term response to heightened border enforcement, the weakened us economy or other forces,' the study states the economic downturn has certainly affected work opportunities for immigrants in the united states, said alfredo reyes, a day laborer who does construction and yard work in atlanta area 'there are weeks where i have three days of work and the other four without work,' the michoacan, mexico, native told cnn despite the reduced availability for work, reyes plans on staying put because the economic downturn is global 'i think things are more difficult there (in mexico),' he said the two trends found in the pew study should not be surprising, rodolfo de la garza, a professor at columbia university and an expert on immigration, told cnn for those in mexico, it remains expensive and risky to be smuggled into the united states, especially in a weak economy, he said 'things are worse in mexico than they are here,' de la garza said 'the job you have here is better than what you have there if you go back, what do you go back to?' another reason that mexicans living in the united states might stay is that they feel at home, he said despite the stereotype of the united states as an anti immigrant destination, 'at local levels, there is very little harassment,' de la garza said 'by and large, people are accepting of immigrants' another day laborer in georgia, who declined to give his name, said that the current economic crunch left him without the resources to return to his native oaxaca, mexico, even if he wanted but even during these tough times, he is content 'it's simple, we like living here in the united states,' he said
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(cnn) more than 1 billion people all over the globe will observe the 40th anniversary of earth day today, which promises to be the largest since that first event in 1970 in 2010, the environmental challenges we face are global and call for new solutions forty years ago we were reactive in 1969, the year before the first earth day, two environmental disasters grabbed the country's attention: a massive oil spill coated the coast of santa barbara, california, and the cuyahoga river in cleveland, ohio, grew so polluted that it actually caught fire forty years later, with climate change looming and no strong international agreement in place despite the copenhagen climate conference, environmental activists are taking a proactive stance they are arming themselves with the internet and social media to create another grass roots movement for change, even larger than the first how countries like india and china solve their future energy needs has an impact on people everywhere many developing countries are now pulling ahead of the united states on renewable energy and how the united states addresses its key issues will have an equal impact americans of all political stripes can agree on certain essential goals, such as how we must preserve the world's natural wonders for generations to come and how we must live in harmony with this world of finite natural resources but not everyone sees the bigger picture that the global economy will improve by moving away from dependence on fossil fuel, that investments in renewable energy can create jobs and that a new revolution is needed to replace the outdated industrial revolution it took 150 years to transform our agrarian society to an industrial one but today, we don't have the luxury of time climate solutions are urgently needed the challenge is to move from carbon based energy and industrial systems into a post carbon, or green, economy a green economy relies on renewable energy and the creation of green jobs to prevent further pollution and resource depletion and sustain economic growth economic growth, quality jobs and energy independence are not mutually exclusive according to studies gathered by the environmental and energy study group, a washington energy think tank, energy efficiency employs 8 million and renewable energy employs 450,000 in the united states the earth day network and its partners are orchestrating large events in new york; rabat, morocco; kolkata, india; buenos aires, argentina, and tokyo, japan a massive climate rally is planned for washington on april 25 earth day network is backed by more than 20,000 organizations spanning 190 countries all these organizations have a stake in climate change, development and growth, national security and energy policy geopolitical issues that must be addressed earth day has become a year round imperative from public meetings to civic action, earth day's influence has created a green generation of activists, business leaders, and government leaders who are creating a new global green future worthy of the aspirations of the first earth day the opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of kathleen rogers
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kathleen rogers: more than a billion people to take part in the 40th earth day . rogers: how nations like india, us, china solve their future energy needs affects the world . rogers says global economy will benefit if it no longer depends on fossil fuel . she says problems can't wait; renewable energy and green jobs are the future
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editor's note: campbell brown anchors cnn's 'campbell brown: no bias, no bull' at 8 pm et mondays through fridays she delivered this commentary during the 'cutting through the bull' segment of friday night's broadcast cnn's campbell brown congratulates newly promoted four star gen ann dunwoody (cnn) tonight, our 'cutting through the bull' is a friday first, one we are thrilled to celebrate the pentagon's elite club of four star generals welcomed a new member friday, gen ann e dunwoody at her ceremony friday, she said, 'i am honored to be joining your four star bench of general officers an extraordinary band of brothers who have the responsibility of guiding our nation's army and its incredible soldiers into the future' that particular band of brothers has welcomed its first sister watch campbell brown's commentary » ann dunwoody has become the first female four star general in history in a year where we saw some very public battles to crack the glass ceiling in politics, dunwoody quietly shattered the military's 'brass' ceiling women make up only about 14 percent of the active duty force, with an even smaller fraction at the top one male general was quoted as saying that given dunwoody's extraordinary accomplishments in the military, 'it's too bad that the focus with this promotion will be on her gender' we do applaud her accomplishments, but when you are the first in the male dominated world that is the military, that in and of itself is an accomplishment that we also think is still worth noting and celebrating gen dunwoody, congratulations the opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of campbell brown
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brown: first female four star general is cause for celebration . brown: gen ann e dunwoody becomes first sister to join special band of brothers . women make up only about 14 percent of the active duty force, brown notes
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islamabad, pakistan (cnn) malala yousefzai now has a day named after her and more than two million people from around the world pledging to carry on her fight for girls' education the united nations has declared november 10 as malala day to honor the 15 year old pakistani activist who was shot in the head one month ago by the taliban, which wanted to silence her campaign for education former british prime minister gordon brown marked the occasion here on friday by delivering a petition to the pakistani government with one million signatures calling on islamabad to enroll every pakistani boy and girl in primary school brown: time to turn slogan into reality pakistani civil society organizations matched the un's signature drive with a petition of their own, signed by 12 million pakistanis supporting malala's cause 'the march for the right to girls' education cannot be stopped,' brown told students during a visit to a girls' school in islamabad 'indeed it is unstoppable' in pakistan, girls' education has long been hampered by widespread poverty, a bias against girls' education by hardline islamist groups, and what many view as a corrupt government malala: from near death to recovery according to un figures, 32 million of the world's school aged girls do not get an education roughly 10 percent of those girls 31 million live in pakistan in a country where nearly 50 million pakistanis can't read or write, two thirds are women the third highest number of illiterate women in the world a population council report this year said pakistan spends less public money on education than any other south asian country the un says pakistan spends seven times more on the military than on primary education despite the statistics, the attack on malala appears to have brought renewed hope and energy in the campaign to educate pakistan's girls 'there's a huge momentum now,' brown said 'people are saying i was silent before but i'm not going to be silent as long as girls are denied an education' but for now, there's only the promise of help the pakistani government, the un, the world bank, and other international organizations have set an april 2013 deadline to come up with a plan to provide education to all of pakistan's school aged children by the end of 2015
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ex uk prime minister gordon brown delivers girls' education petition islamabad . brown: the march for the right to girls' education cannot be stopped . un: pakistan spends seven times more on military than on primary education
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(cnn) radovan karadzic, whose interpol charges listed 'flamboyant behavior' as a distinguishing characteristic, was a practicing psychiatrist who came to be nicknamed the 'butcher of bosnia' twice indicted in 1995 by the un international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia, karadzic faces charges of genocide, complicity in genocide, extermination, murder, willful killing, persecutions, deportation, inhumane acts, terror against civilians and hostage taking while president of the so called serbian republic of bosnia herzegovina, karadzic's troops were reported to have massacred over hundreds of thousands of muslims and croats during a campaign of 'ethnic cleansing' early estimates of the death toll from the 3 year war ranged up to 300,000, but recent research reduced that to about 100,000 the us state department had a $5 million reward for information leading to his capture his arrest brings an end to more than 10 years as a fugitive watch cnn's chief international correspondent christiane amanpour report on karadzic's rise and fall » karadzic was born on june 19, 1945, in petnjica, montenegro he studied psychiatry and medicine at the university of sarajevo during the 1960s and took courses in psychiatry and poetry at columbia university from 1974 to 1975 karadzic, a serb croat, in 1990 helped found the serbian democratic party (sds), a party aimed at unifying serbs into a common state, and became its president two years later, he became president of the newly declared serbian republic of bosnia and herzegovina, later called 'republika srpska' during the next three years, he ordered bosnian serb forces to seize the majority of bosnia and herzegovina he also announced, according to his un indictment, six 'strategic objectives' for the serbian people they included the establishment of state borders between the serbs and the other two ethnic communities, bosnian muslims and bosnian croats answering to him, according to the indictment, was bosnian serb military commander ratko mladic from may 1992, the indictment alleged, bosnian serb forces under mladic's command targeted civilian areas of sarajevo with shelling and sniping during a three year conflict within the city in july 1995, according to the un indictment, troops under mladic's command executed an estimated 7,000 bosnian muslim male prisoners in srebrenica, a un safe area, and then participated in a comprehensive effort to conceal the killings the massacre is considered the worst in europe since world war ii the indictment states that bosnian serb forces acted under karadzic's direction and worked to 'significantly reduce the bosnian muslim, bosnian croat and other non serb populations' in municipalities that were seized karadzic was last seen in public in september 1996, a year after the dayton peace accords brought a formal end to the conflict and banned anyone accused of war crimes, including him, from office he reportedly shaved his trademark bushy hair, grew a beard and donned priest's robes, moving from monastery to monastery in the mountains to avoid capture cnn correspondent alessio vinci said: 'he enjoyed protection from the local population, wherever he was hiding legend has it he disguised himself as a priest to take part in his mother's funeral 'in 2002, after nato launched one of its many failed raids to try to arrest karadzic in bosnia, i interviewed his mother at that time she said: 'serbs are righteous people and i can see that they support him, and that they adore him the way he is they would lose their lives to protect him'' despite years on the run, karadzic wrote 'miraculous chronicles of the night' 1,200 copies of which sold out at the 2004 belgrade international book fair after his arrest was announced, serb officials revealed the final chapter of his life on the run had seen karadic reprise his medical role, working in a clinic in belgrade under a false identity and heavily disguised by a white beard, long hair and spectacles 'he moved freely throughout the city, and the fact that he even held a job at a medical practice and nobody knew about this contributes to the fact that his false identity was very elaborate,' said serbian war crimes prosecutor vladimir vukcevic
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(cnn) an estimated 125,000 western lowland gorillas are living in a swamp in equatorial africa, researchers reported tuesday, double the number of the endangered primates thought to survive worldwide forest clearings draw large numbers of western lowland gorillas searching for food 'it's pretty astonishing,' hugo rainey, one of the researchers who conducted the survey for the us based wildlife conservation society, told cnn tuesday the last census on the species, carried out during the 1980s, estimated that there were only 100,000 of the gorillas left worldwide since then, the researchers estimated, the numbers had been cut in half wcs survey teams conducted the research in 2006 and 2007, traveling to the remote lac tele community reserve in northern republic of congo, a vast area of swamp forest acting on a tip from hunters who indicated the presence of gorillas, rainey said that the researchers trekked on foot through mud for three days to the outskirts of lac tele, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) from the nearest road 'when we went there, we found an astonishing amount of gorillas,' said rainey, speaking from the international primatological society congress in edinburgh, scotland though researchers did spot some gorillas, they based their estimate on the number of gorilla nests found at the site, rainey said each gorilla makes a nest to sleep in at night 'this is the highest known density of gorillas that's ever been found,' rainey said watch a glimpse of gorilla life in african swamp » western lowland gorillas are listed as critically endangered, the highest threat category for a species their populations are declining rapidly because of hunting and diseases like ebola hemorrhagic fever, whose symptoms include diarrhea, vomiting and internal and external bleeding take a closer look at the western lowland gorilla » while the discovery in northern congo indicates that the gorilla population remains stable in some areas, it is likely that gorillas will remain critically endangered because the threats facing the species are so great, rainey said ireportcom: share photos and video of gorillas in zoos or the wild 'we know very little about ebola and how it spreads,' he said 'we don't even know the animal that spreads it around' the goal now, rainey said, is to work with the congolese government and donors to protect the areas in which the gorillas are known to be living western lowland gorillas, which are found in cameroon, the central african republic, equatorial guinea, gabon and nigeria as well as the republic of congo, are the most numerous and wide ranging of the four gorilla subspecies, each of which is threatened by extinction, the wcs says see where the gorillas live » illegal hunting and habitat loss have also threatened the cross river gorillas, found in the highlands of cameroon and nigeria only about 250 to 300 are estimated to remain in the world, the wcs says war, habitat loss, poaching and disease are the major threats to the mountain gorillas, made famous by researcher dian fossey and the film 'gorillas in the mist' the mountain gorilla population is starting to recover after decades of conservation work from a population of around 230 in the 1970s, the mountain gorillas now number around 700, the wcs says poaching and war have also threatened populations of grauer's gorillas in the eastern democratic republic of congo, the former zaire the wcs estimates their population to be around 16,000 news of the discovery of the western lowland gorillas in northern congo comes the same week as a report that almost 50 percent of the world's primates are in danger of extinction watch what gorilla expert thinks of find » the report, also delivered to the edinburgh conference, cites habitat loss and hunting as the greatest threats the situation is especially dire in asia, where the report says more than 70 percent of monkeys, apes, and other primates are classified as vulnerable, endangered, or critically endangered conservation international and the international union for conservation of nature issued the report
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researchers feared only around 50,000 western lowland gorillas left worldwide . now 125,000 primates have been discovered in northern congo . population declining rapidly because of hunting and diseases like ebola . expert: this is the highest known density of gorillas that's ever been found
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prague, czech republic (cnn) a passenger train rumbling through the czech republic slammed into a collapsed overpass, causing the deaths of at least a half dozen passengers and the injuries of a few dozen more, according to a czech news agency account an areal view shows the scene of the train accident in studenka, 360 kilometers east of prague the eurocity train, which was traveling about 140 kilometers, or 87 miles, an hour at the time of the accident, crashed around 10:30 am near the czech town of studenka it had been headed from the polish city of krakow to the czech republic capital of prague, and was carrying people who were planning to attend an iron maiden rock concert, the state run news agency said officials said the engine and its six passenger carriages derailed when part of a bridge under construction fell down as the train approached at least six people were killed and 41 others were injured, officials said initial estimates said 10 people were killed and around 100 were injured zdenek nytra, head of moravian silesian firefighters, said rescuers extricated all survivors, according to the agency
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reports: train crashed into a collapsed overpass, with up to 10 possibly dead . eurocity train going from polish city of krakow to the czech capital, prague . incident occured at around 0830 gmt, officials say
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kabul (cnn) afghan voters turned out in large numbers saturday for historic presidential and provincial elections, undeterred by the threat of violence by the taliban and poor weather a heavy security presence in the capital, kabul, and across the country ensured that the vote went largely smoothly, although some attacks were reported 'today, i came to here to select my next president and i hope that whoever it is is a good person, who will help the people and bring changes to afghanistan,' said one voter at a kabul polling station wide participation in voting was observed and polling hours were extended by an hour to allow all those in line to vote, mohammad yousuf nooristani, chief of afghanistan's independent election commission, said at a news conference in kabul there were no major attacks in the capital, where cars were barred from the roads, police checkpoints were set up every few hundred yards and searches were carried out on every man, woman and child as they entered polling stations the strong turnout came despite threats from the taliban to disrupt the vote and punish all involved in the first democratic transfer of presidential power in the country's turbulent history afghan lawmaker shukria barakzai, at a polling station in kabul, told cnn she felt proud and happy because 'today is the day when the people of afghanistan can go and vote freely' she said the turnout was a slap in the face for the taliban and terrorists who have sought to obstruct the elections 'see, wonderful people are coming to practice democracy,' she said 'we are not afraid of the threats as much as they kill us, we get more stronger as much as they killed our children, our journalists and innocent women, we say no, we will go and vote because we are fed up we want to see real change, we want to enjoy our democracy' other afghans also told cnn that they were determined to vote and that improved security is their main concern, after long years of war 'we need a good president so the bombings and war stops,' said a kabul voter who has two children 'i want my children to go to school without fear' the election commission's nooristani said about 7 million afghans were estimated to have voted, with around two thirds of the estimated voters men vote counting has started in the polling sites throughout the country and the preliminary results will be announced around april 28 the independent elections commissions is completely ready to hold a second round elections if no candidate wins 50% +1 in the first round violence reported afghan interior minister mohammad umer daudzai told reporters that 20 people were killed in violence across the country saturday, as insurgents tried to disturb the voting processes seven military personnel, nine police and four civilians were killed forty three people were also wounded in attacks targeting mostly voting centers, the minister said, adding that most wounded people were civilians meanwhile, afghan security forces killed more than 80 insurgents across the country and foiled several attacks against voting centers, daudzai said officials in the eastern afghan province of khost said a suicide bomber clad in an explosives vest blew himself up near a polling center no other casualties were reported after the blast nearly 1,000 polling sites were closed because of security concerns; another 6,423 were open reports of violence and people fleeing polling stations popped up on social media outgoing president hamid karzai was among those to cast his vote saturday, adding his voice to those of afghans across the nation as they chose their next leader karzai is constitutionally bound to step down when his term runs out and the next president has been determined if no candidate wins a majority in the first round, then a runoff vote will take place next month preliminary results are expected to be announced at the end of april electoral officials hope that this election is free of the allegations of fraud that marred the last vote in 2009 pre election militant attacks the relatively trouble free election day came in welcome contrast to the violence that overshadowed the run up to the vote and is seen as a credit to the progress made by the afghan security forces taliban militants have carried out multiple attacks in recent days, including on the country's election commission on friday, two associated press journalists were shot in afghanistan's eastern khost province, an attack that left award winning german photographer anja niedringhaus dead and injured canadian reporter kathy gannon on wednesday, a suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance gate to the interior ministry in kabul, killing six afghan police officers a day earlier, the taliban killed a provincial council candidate and nine of his supporters last month, sardar ahmad, one of afghanistan's most prominent journalists, was among nine people killed in an attack in central kabul less than two weeks earlier, swedish radio correspondent nils horner was shot dead in broad daylight on a kabul street voter enthusiasm while formal turnout figures are not yet available, recent polling by the free and fair election foundation of afghanistan found that 75% of afghans said they wanted to vote despite the threat of violence some election workers, whose colleagues were killed, also said the violence would not stop them from performing their duties campaigning has stirred excitement, including through substantive televised debates between the leading candidates something unthinkable more than a decade ago under taliban rule, when television was banned entirely the pre election violence highlights the need for security in the fragile nation, and the choice of a new president may have an impact on security cooperation with the united states and the rest of nato karzai, who has often taken a contrarian approach to washington, has refused to sign a us afghanistan bilateral security agreement but the two leading candidates in saturday's election have said they would, and the third has said that he is in favor of signing the agreement without it, washington has threatened the possibility of withdrawing us troops by the end of the year the nato led international security assistance force has roughly 51,000 troops from 48 different countries in afghanistan the majority about 33,500 are from the united states despite the string of attacks leading up to the election, violence in afghanistan is at a two year low, nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen has said he has praised afghan forces for taking the lead in quelling militant violence the candidates afghanistan is a nation of diverse cultures and languages, which harbors potential for ethnic divides but the two campaigns consistently leading in pre election polling have crossed ethnic lines to form their tickets top presidential contender ashraf ghani, who earned his doctorate at columbia university in the us, is from the pashtun ethnic group his running mate is abdul rashid dostum, a leader of the uzbek ethnic group ghani was the country's finance minister under karzai the other frontrunner is dr abdullah abdullah who is associated with the tajik ethnic group abdullah is partnered with mohammad mohaqeq, a leader of the hazara ethnic group, and he also has a pashtun on the ticket, mohammad khan, who is affiliated with hezb i islami, a splinter group of the taliban abdullah is an eye doctor by training, who became afghanistan's foreign minister under karzai he ran against him in 2009, but dropped out in protest of what he saw as large scale voter fraud he is considered to be relatively liberal and has made at least one public statement in support of women's rights karzai's favorite? karzai has not publicly endorsed anyone, but the third major contender, zalmai rassoul, is widely seen as the establishment candidate he is a karzai ally and has backing from the president's brother, qayum, who withdrew his candidacy and endorsed the former foreign minister like abdullah, he is a doctor he also has a reputation for honesty despite his years in an administration widely plagued with accusations of graft his running mate, habiba sarabi, is one of only three female vice presidential candidates on the ballot her candidacy could appeal to women voters karzai was chosen by afghan leaders to head the country after the fall of the taliban and won two subsequent presidential elections in 2004 and 2009 the 2009 election was tainted by allegations of manipulation and irregularities cnn's anna coren, masoud popalzi and qadir sediqi reported from kabul, and laura smith spark wrote in london cnn's ben brumfield, euan mckirdy and joe sterling and analyst peter bergen contributed to this report
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(cnn) english premier league side everton are pondering proposing a ground share with city rivals liverpool following the rejection of plans for their own 50,000 stadium everton had proposed the new $660 million combined stadium and shopping complex for kirkby, located north east of the city, but were rejected by the local council chief executive robert elstone admits the club could be interested in teaming up with their city neighbours at stanley park, the planned location for liverpool's new 61,000 stadium 'we are going to look forward and look forward positively,' elston told the british press association 'a shared stadium is perhaps an option if it's affordable' everton are keen to take advantage of the increased revenue a bigger stadium would bring over their current 40,000 capacity goodison park ground with their kirkby proposal, which was to be co funded by british supermarket chain tesco, looking unlikely to get the go ahead a ground share with liverpool would seem an obvious solution especially with the reds struggling to raise the necessary money to get the development going 'we have to look at where we can raise money, because potentially liverpool will have to obviously contribute to that, and liverpool city council perhaps might need to find some money,' added elston 'we're going to have to start to have those conversations; we're not going to have to be open minded about solutions' liverpool's american owners tom hicks and george gillett however have previously said they were opposed to such plans as they did not want to lose out on the revenue streams which come from sole ownership the anfield club's position seems unlikely to change, at least in the short term, with their deputy executive director peter shaw telling sky sports: 'it's not on our agenda at the moment liverpool are progressing forward with our own stadium that is the position we are still in' the rejection of the kirkby stadium proposal is a major blow to everton's future plans with the club hoping the development would have encouraged much needed investment 'that was the big attraction to kirkby, that it was affordable,' added elston 'then it's about reviewing alternatives and sitting down with partners, all the stakeholders in this region and anybody who can help everton deliver what it needs which is a world class stadium that's going to secure our future for years to come'
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(cnn) arjen robben scored twice on his debut as bayern munich gave new coach louis van gaal his first victory with a 3 0 crushing of german bundesliga champions wolfsburg on saturday two goal arjen robben made an immediate impact following his transfer from real madrid the dutch winger netted both goals in the second half to add to mario gomez's first half opener at the allianz arena the victory left bayern five points behind new leaders bayer leverkusen, who went three points clear after four games with a 2 1 victory at home to bochum earlier on saturday visiting wolfsburg crashed to a second successive defeat, having lost 4 2 to hamburg last weekend armin veh's team went behind in the 27th minute when germany striker gomez pounced for his second goal of the season after diego benaglio could only parry hamit altintop's long range shot van gaal brought on robben, signed during the week from spanish big spenders real madrid, at the start of the second half his first goal was set up by fellow substitute franck ribery in the 69th minute, with the dutchman's shot taking a slight deflection off andrea barzagli wolfsburg striker edin dzeko hit the post in the 72nd minute and his fellow frontman grafite had an effort cleared off the line by philipp lahm soon after but robben settled bayern's nerves in the 81st minute from a counter attack, with france star ribery again involved leverkusen trailed bochum in the 32nd minute when manuel friedrich put the ball into his own net, deflecting joel epalle's shot past goalkeeper rene adler but the defender made amends four minutes before halftime when he headed home michael kadlec's long free kick to equalize stefan kiessling fired the winner with just over 20 minutes remaining with a right foot effort from a cross by toni kross for his fourth goal of the season in saturday's other games, freiburg ended schalke's unbeaten run as cha du ri's goal five minutes before halftime gave the visitors their first win since returning to the top flight hoffenheim also claimed a first victory of the league season, winning 1 0 at hannover thanks to carlos eduardo's first half strike eintracht frankfurt drew 1 1 at home to borussia dortmund, with ioannis amanatidis canceling out mohamed zidan's opener for the visitors nurnberg moved a point above bottom club cologne who face hamburg on sunday after a 0 0 draw at stuttgart
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arjen robben scores twice on his debut as bayern munich notch first victory . dutch winger's double comes in 3 0 win over german champions wolfsburg . victory leaves louis van gaal's side five points behind bayer leverkusen . leverkusen three points clear at the top after 2 1 win at home to bochum
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(cnn) english premier league side everton are pondering proposing a ground share with city rivals liverpool following the rejection of plans for their own 50,000 stadium everton had proposed the new $660 million combined stadium and shopping complex for kirkby, located north east of the city, but were rejected by the local council chief executive robert elstone admits the club could be interested in teaming up with their city neighbours at stanley park, the planned location for liverpool's new 61,000 stadium 'we are going to look forward and look forward positively,' elston told the british press association 'a shared stadium is perhaps an option if it's affordable' everton are keen to take advantage of the increased revenue a bigger stadium would bring over their current 40,000 capacity goodison park ground with their kirkby proposal, which was to be co funded by british supermarket chain tesco, looking unlikely to get the go ahead a ground share with liverpool would seem an obvious solution especially with the reds struggling to raise the necessary money to get the development going 'we have to look at where we can raise money, because potentially liverpool will have to obviously contribute to that, and liverpool city council perhaps might need to find some money,' added elston 'we're going to have to start to have those conversations; we're not going to have to be open minded about solutions' liverpool's american owners tom hicks and george gillett however have previously said they were opposed to such plans as they did not want to lose out on the revenue streams which come from sole ownership the anfield club's position seems unlikely to change, at least in the short term, with their deputy executive director peter shaw telling sky sports: 'it's not on our agenda at the moment liverpool are progressing forward with our own stadium that is the position we are still in' the rejection of the kirkby stadium proposal is a major blow to everton's future plans with the club hoping the development would have encouraged much needed investment 'that was the big attraction to kirkby, that it was affordable,' added elston 'then it's about reviewing alternatives and sitting down with partners, all the stakeholders in this region and anybody who can help everton deliver what it needs which is a world class stadium that's going to secure our future for years to come'
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everton are considering enquiring with city rivals liverpool about a possible ground share . this follows the rejection of plans for their own new stadium by local council officials . liverpool's owners have previously said they would not be keen on sharing with everton
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(cnn) moments have defined the olympic games as much as individual accomplishments take a look at 10 snapshots in time that transcended sport and have become a part of history cathy freeman in 2000: australia's pride lights up sydney with a golden smile freeman lights up sydney: at the time, the 2000 summer games in sydney, australia, were declared the best olympics ever one performer, host country's cathy freeman, stood above all other athletes (full story) dark cloud over sprinting: 1988 was the moment when athletics lost its innocence canadian ben johnson's showdown against carl lewis in the 100 meter sprint turned into a headline dominating doping scandal and a national disgrace for canada (full story) budd v decker: maricica puica of romania won the women's 3,000 meters final in los angeles in 1984 but everyone watching the race went away speaking of american mary decker and south african zola budd (full story) munich: in the early hours of september 5, 1972, there would have seemed nothing immediately untoward about the sight of nine men, wearing tracksuits and carrying sports bags emblazoned with the olympic rings, demonstrating their athletic prowess by scaling the walls around the athletes' compound (full story) beamon's leap: few feats can compare with the record shattering leap that won american bob beamon the long jump gold medal in mexico city in 1968 (full story) black power: of all the many occasions on which the games have been used as a stage for political dissent, however, few, if any, were as powerful or eloquent as the moment at the 1968 mexico city olympics when tommie smith and john carlos stood on the winner's podium and gave a black power salute in protest at continued racial oppression in their native united states (full story) bikila's triumph: the fact that modern long distance running is so closely associated with athletes of east african origin is largely due to abebe bikila's pioneering success in rome in 1960 (full story) owens at berlin: in the history of the modern olympics few, if any, performances have captured the popular imagination in quite the same way as that of american jesse owens at the 1936 berlin games (full story) 1956: blood in the water: hungary's water polo semifinal against the soviet union in melbourne in 1956 may be unrivaled in the political symbolism it carried (full story) falling short in 1908: among the many memorable moments associated with the olympic marathon, none are more infamous than dorando pietri's failure to win the race in london in 1908 (full story)
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olympic moments often transcend sport, with political overtones . modern olympics have witnessed protests, suffered from terrorism . olympics often provide athletes stage to air views on society
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(cnn) amid a falling currency, slumping factory output, lackluster investment and weak orders, india's prime minister manmohan singh looked desperately for at least some chinks of light in the economic gloom addressing parliament, singh struck out for the one silver lining left to his battered economy the falling rupee will boost exports 'to some extent, depreciation can be good for the economy as this will help to increase our export competitiveness and discourage imports,' singh said last week in a long address to lawmakers on the crisis in the indian economy 'over the next few months, i expect the effects of this to be felt more strongly, both in exports and in the financial position of exporting sectors this in itself would correct the current account deficit to some extent' whether investors will share his confidence is the question economists are asking themselves as the axles come loose on india's economic juggernaut slowing growth the purchasing managers index grew just 44% in april june, it's slowest pace for four and a half years 'the august reading was grim,' hsbc chief economist for india leif eskesen said in a note 'coupled with the july reading it seems clear that the economy is continuing to slow and that last week's april june gdp number was not the bottom' he said the recovery in growth would prove to be a drawn out affair and would be tainted by the lingering balance of payment challenges 'politics may get in the way of meaningful progress on structural reform,' he said 'unfortunately, we think the slowdown has further to go, which presents greater challenges for policymakers as they try to stabilize the currency' the threat of a us strike on syria has put pressure on oil prices and on gold two of india's biggest dollar indexed imports in the short term, but analysts say that india's currency woes can only be stabilized by addressing long term fundamentals india, they say, could follow three scenarios, none very attractive let the rupee fall it could allow the currency to fall further, boosting exports and helping close the current account deficit, as singh's speech suggested nevertheless, with a small manufacturing base mired in red tape, analysts say it does not have the critical mass to respond quickly with balance of payments taking time to turn around, investors would likely panic in the meantime further depressing business a weaker currency would also likely stoke inflation, increase the government subsidies on fuel and also its borrowing boost interest rates indonesia and brazil last month took measures to protect their currencies by tweaking interest rates a response in large measure to improving prospects for the us economy where the federal reserve looks likely to begin winding in the purchase of bonds if india followed suit, indian industry already in bad shape would suffer and increase the possibility of bad loans at banks too corporate earnings decline would slam equity investors who currently have about $200 billion invested in listed shares a credit crunch, say analysts, would make things worse borrow less money government borrowing is running at about 7% of gdp, according government figures, fueling excess demand and widening the current account deficit with its appetite for lavish and populist government programs, spending cuts are difficult it's latest ambitious food program the $25 billion annually food security bill is likely to impact the economy heavily but economists are saying that once all the provisions of the bill are priced in, it will cost much more sajjid chinoy of jp morgan told cnn the cost could easily go up a further half a percentage point of gdp 'if you look at an incremental cost of 05%, the total cost would then be 15% of gdp which is large by any standard,' he said raise taxes like pakistan, india may have to look at raising tax revenues with just 3% of indian paying income tax, analysts say that tax increases would have to fall on the formal economy which is already taking a big hit in the current economic climate rahul chadha, co chief investment officer at mirae asset global investments, told cnn the rupee's immediate fate, however, lies in the hands of the central bank 'i think this is the dilemma of the central bank,' he said 'we've seen this half hearted attempt to stabilize the currency they came at it from different levels but because it was half hearted and the currency depreciated after that we have seen panic reaction from corporates and institutional investors 'clearly at a certain level the market has to get convinced that the central bank has enough power fire power to stabilize the currency once the market gets that kind of conviction, you will see the rupee again appreciating by 7% to 8% very quickly'
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london, england (cnn) having won 24 trophies in 23 seasons, alex ferguson has established himself as the most successful manager in british football history sir alex ferguson: english football's most successful manager with 24 titles but the 67 year old manchester united manager, who has brought 10 league titles to the red devils in his time there, established his name in football long before he moved to the old trafford club in 1986 born alexander chapman ferguson in glasgow on new year's eve 1941, ferguson started his playing career as an amateur at scottish side queen's park when he was just 16, while working as an apprentice tool worker at the local shipyards his first move as a player was to st johnstone, where he secured his big break ferguson scored a hat trick in an unlikely win against top side rangers and in the summer of 1964 dunfermline athletic offered him his first professional contract ferguson went on to score 66 goals for dunfermline before a move to rangers in 1969 he was blamed for a goal through which rangers lost the scottish cup final he eventually left and ended his playing career with stints at falkirk and ayr united at just 32, ferguson secured his first coaching contract with east stirlingshire he managed to bring an improvement in the team's results and soon moved to st mirren where he would enjoy his first major success ferguson brought the struggling second division team into the top flight, where they claimed the first division title in 1977 aberdeen was the next challenge for ferguson and it was here that he established himself as a world class manager see top moments from ferguson's management career » in 1980 he claimed the scottish league crown with aberdeen the first time in 15 years it had not been won by rangers or celtic success continued, and in the 1982 83 season he remarkably took aberdeen to european cup winners' cup glory, beating spanish giants real madrid 2 1 in the final ferguson joined manchester united in 1986 where, in his 23 years at the club, he has won the premier league 10 times, the fa cup five times, the european champions league twice and the fifa club world cup once despite some low points particularly in late 1989, when many believed he might be sacked after a terrible start to the season ferguson has managed a team which has enjoyed consistent success through a period of rapid change in football he has also nurtured players like david beckham and cristiano ronaldo, bringing them to the top of their game his success has not gone unnoticed off the field either he has won the world soccer magazine world manager of the year accolade on four occasions and was knighted by queen elizabeth in 1999, following his induction as both an officer and commander of the order of the british empire on a personal note, he has been married to wife cathy since 1966 and they have three sons darren is the current manager of english third tier club peterborough at 67, it is not certain how much longer alex ferguson has left in the game and has hinted in recent years that he might step down but, as he steers his team towards potentially another premier league title this season, there is no doubting how he will be remembered: one of the greatest football managers ever
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alex ferguson is the most successful manager in english football . born in 1941, ferguson has played and managed football at top levels . players he has nurtured include david beckham and cristiano ronaldo . he has hinted in recent years he may step down soon but keeps winning titles
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baghdad, iraq (cnn) the us military handed over to iraq the camp cropper detention facility thursday, calling the moment a milestone in iraq's history and another step in the drawdown of us forces there established in 2003 as a holding facility for security detainees near baghdad international airport, the prison had the capacity to hold up to 4,000 detainees with this handover, the us military's oversight on detainee operations significantly diminishes, a cause of concern for iraqis who largely don't trust their justice system the united states will continue to have advisers and special teams inspect facilities if there are reports of torture and abuse military commanders said that the iraqis were trained to international standards 'we will also continue to be involved with advisers and in accordance with the security agreement we have every expectation that we will be able to continue to do checks and balances that are presented to us when there is a problem situation,' said maj gen jerry cannon, deputy commanding general for detainee operations us detainee operations have been undermined by the abu ghraib prison scandal and reports of abuse and secret detainment facilities in the abu ghraib case, us soldiers were photographed physically and sexually abusing iraqi prisoners eleven us soldiers were convicted of crimes in the case 'to be perfectly frank here, we have learned from our experiences here in terms of detainee operations,' said maj gen steve lanza, spokesman for us forces in iraq 'some of our inability to be prepared for what we encountered has significantly changed the way we approached detainee operations here in iraq 'what we have learned from executing counter insurgency operations, the way we have changed our training, the way we have changed our approach to leadership is certainly significant in terms of how we have moved forward here in the last few years with detainee operations,' said lanza he said that the lessons learned have allowed their iraqi counterparts who are taking over the role to move forward with the rule of law iraqi justice minister dara nur al deen said that the era of prison abuse is over and asked that iraqis respect each other and adhere to a proper code of conduct at present, there are about 1,500 detainees at camp cropper the us military will continue to maintain physical custody of some 200 detainees in a section of camp cropper known as compound 5 at the request of the iraqi government they include former regime elements, senior al qaeda members, and other detainees classified as being 'very dangerous' there have been people transferred to other facilities tariq aziz, who at one time served as former iraqi leader saddam hussein's top diplomat, was handed over on monday from camp cropper and is being held at kadhimiya prison in baghdad, boshu ibrahim, deputy justice minister, told cnn on wednesday
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the handover is a milestone in us iraqi relations . at iraq's request, the us will maintain custody of 200 dangerous inmates . the us will continue to have advisers and special inspectors
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washington (cnn) us authorities have ratcheted up pressure on one of mexico's most notorious drug cartels, releasing new details about the so called gulf cartel's operations and offering up to a $50 million reward for the arrest of its leaders these are weapons that the mexican army said it seized from the ruthless gulf cartel in 2008 a federal indictment unsealed monday charged miguel trevino morales, a leader of the northern mexico based gulf cartel, of operating a criminal enterprise, cocaine distribution and firearms violations concurrently, prosecutors updated a separate indictment against three other top leaders of the gulf cartel: antonio cardenas guillen, jorge eduardo costilla and heriberto lazcano, for drug trafficking related crimes, all believed to be at large in mexico fifteen other suspected cartel members are also named in that indictment 'we have learned that the most effective way to disrupt and dismantle criminal organizations is to prosecute their leaders and seize their funding,' assistant attorney general lanny breuer said in a statement to that end, the departments of justice, state and treasury are working together to place pressure on the gulf cartel and what authorities describe as its ruthless enforcement arm, known as los zetas the department of the treasury designated the four top bosses named in the indictments as specially designated narcotics traffickers, which authorizes the freezing of any assets they hold in the united states and other sanctions the gulf cartel and zetas, nicknamed collectively as 'the company,' are among the major drug cartels that are behind the drug related violence that has swept mexico in recent years, according to authorities since taking office in 2006, mexican president felipe calderon has made fighting the cartels a major priority the group also operates in cities across the united states, authorities said the court documents detail telephone conversations between the four leaders and more than a dozen other cartel members allegedly discussing the transportation and smuggling of cocaine and marijuana into the united states 'these indictments allege a stunning and sophisticated operation by 'the company' to move illegal drugs into our communities and cash back to mexico,' breuer said the state department is offering a rewards totaling up to $50 million for information leading to the capture of four top leaders and six other cartel lieutenants
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us authorities ratchet up the pressure on mexico's notorious gulf cartel . federal indictment names leader, three other top players in drug cartel . plan to disrupt cartel: 'prosecute their leaders and seize their funding'. enforcement arm of cartel is known as los zetas; cartel operates in us cities
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(cnn) italian teenager federico macheda enjoyed a remarkable debut to english football as he curled home an injury time winner that sent manchester united back to the top of the premier league with a thrilling 3 2 home win over aston villa macheda receives a hug from manager sir alex ferguson after scoring manchester united's last gasp winner it seemed united would have to settle for a point after cristiano ronaldo's double had only proved enough to keep united level against a villa side that thoroughly deserved a lead provided by john carew and gabriel agbonlahor but 17 year old substitute macheda, a former member of the lazio academy who arrived at old trafford in 2007, was to have the last word who is federico macheda? at exactly the same moment as yossi benayoun struck for liverpool at fulham on saturday, macheda turned onto ryan giggs' low pass before unleashing a stunning shot that curled past brad friedel and sent old trafford into ecstasy united, missing a host of players including rio ferdinand, nemanja vidic, wayne rooney and paul scholes, started poorly against an out of form villa side who had gone eight matches without victory however, a stunning piece of skill from cristiano ronaldo gave them a 14th minute lead james milner and friedel got themselves into a muddle, forcing the villa keeper to handle a back pass the resulting free kick saw ryan giggs brush the ball to ronaldo, who sent a fierce shot over the wall and into the roof of friedel's net in a flash villa were not to be denied and they drew level when gareth barry wriggled his way into space by the touchline and carew crept between gary neville and john o'shea to steer a deft header into the bottom corner of the net the visitors then took a deserved lead on the hour mark when ronaldo gifted possession to stiliyan petrov, who swept upfield unopposed he found carew, whose perfect cross was headed home by agbonlahor the goal stung united into life and they levelled with 13 minutes remaining when michael carrick exchanged first time passes with giggs on the edge of the villa box, before presenting ronaldo with a lay off the world player of the year did not have a lot to aim at but he found the one small gap friedel was unable to cover a draw would have been a fair result, but united poured forward and in the third minute of five added on minutes at the end of the match, macheda delivered the killer blow to leave the defending champions a point clear of liverpool at the top with a game in hand meanwhile, in the day's other match, everton moved to within one point of villa in sixth position after a comfortable 4 0 victory over wigan, courtesy of a double from on loan manchester city striker jo
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federico macheda scores an injury time winner as manchester defeat villa 3 2 . the win lifts champions above liverpool to top of premier league by one point . everton consolidate sixth place in table after a comfortable 4 0 win over wigan
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atlanta (cnn) federal agents charged four georgia men they say are part of a fringe militia group with plotting to attack government officials with explosives and the biotoxin ricin, prosecutors in atlanta announced tuesday a government informant recorded the men discussing plans to manufacture ricin, a highly poisonous substance derived from castor beans, and attack justice department officials, federal judges and internal revenue service agents, according to court papers released tuesday afternoon prosecutors said the public was never in imminent danger all four suspects were in custody and are scheduled to make their initial court appearances wednesday in gainesville, about 50 miles northeast of atlanta, the us attorney's office announced 'when it comes time to saving the constitution, that means some people gotta die,' an arrest affidavit quotes one of the defendants, frederick thomas, as saying during one recorded conversation according to arrest affidavits filed in the case, 67 year old dan roberts and thomas, 73, agreed to buy a silencer, a bomb and parts to convert a semi automatic rifle to a fully automatic machine gun from an undercover agent meanwhile, 65 year old ray adams and 68 year old samuel crump worked to obtain castor beans and produce ricin, an fbi agent states in the documents 'while many are focused on the threat posed by international violent extremists, this case demonstrates that we must also remain vigilant in protecting our country from citizens within our own borders who threaten our safety and security,' us attorney sally quillian yates said in a written statement announcing the arrests the affidavits don't identify the 'known militia organization' of which fbi agents say the men are a part but according to the documents, they talked about spreading ricin across several cities at once, including washington, atlanta, new orleans and jacksonville, florida during an april meeting at his home, thomas allegedly told participants he had a 'bucket list' of politicians, government officials, corporate leaders and media figures he said should be targeted to 'make the country right again' 'i could shoot atf and irs all day long all the judges and the doj and the attorneys and prosecutors,' the affidavit quotes thomas as saying crump allegedly said he wanted to make 10 pounds of ricin for distribution 'dump that little (unintelligible) that's all you gotta do is lay it in the damn road, the cars are gonna spread it,' the affidavit quotes him as saying according to one of the affidavits, crump formerly worked for a contractor doing 'maintenance type services' at the centers for disease control and prevention crump also spoke of an even deadlier substance, 'worse than anthrax,' but the group would need financial backing to produce it, according to the affidavit the document states a castor bean provided to the informant by adams and crump tested positive for ricin the us agriculture department verified adams formerly worked at the agriculture research service as a lab technician, an affidavit says according to another affidavit, thomas allegedly said the group was ready to move forward with obtaining silencers from an active duty member of the us army in a phone call, he also said the four began physical training to prepare for their plans, the affidavit states yates told cnn atlanta affiliate wxia that the investigation began earlier this year when an informant talked with the fbi about conversations he had overheard the informant taped conversations with the four suspects and an undercover agent began talking with them, yates said she said the defendants had taken 'substantial steps' in the alleged plot 'they had some of the (ricin) ingredients that were necessary but not all the ingredients,' she said 'it's really important for the public to know and be assured that the fbi was on top of this and they were monitoring this every step of the way ' discussions on how to spread the ricin included driving down an interstate highway and allowing it come out the window, yates told wxia according to one affidavit, the confidential informant is on bond for pending felony state charges an fbi polygrapher determined the individual 'gave less than truthful responses concerning the activities of the militia group' but, the affidavit states, the credibility of the informant has been demonstrated by the source's accurate recounting of the conversations the source recorded during meetings, 'when compared to the audio and video recordings of the meetings and physical surveillance of those meetings conducted by law enforcement agents' adams, crump and roberts are from toccoa, about 90 miles northeast of atlanta, while thomas is from nearby cleveland, georgia, prosecutors said cnn's sara pratley contributed to this report
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(cnn) david beckham has confirmed that he is almost certain to return to italian club ac milan on loan when the transfer window re opens in january david beckham has helped la galaxy reach the mls playoffs for the first time since 2005 the los angeles galaxy star, who earned his 115th international cap for england in wednesday night's world cup qualifier against belarus, had a successful spell at the serie a club in the second half of last season 'the milan deal is almost done, and hopefully that will be sorted out in the next month and i'll probably be going there at the end of december,' the 34 year old told reporters after being named man of the match for his 30 minute cameo appearance in the 3 0 wembley victory 'the move to milan is close i've always said i want to go back there and milan have said they've wanted me from the time i left there 'they are still saying the same now it is 95 percent done and dusted, so i don't see why it is not going to happen now' beckham has been told by england coach fabio capello that he must be playing in a competitive european league is he is going to have a chance of playing at his fourth world cup finals 'am i on target for a world cup spot? there is a long time to go, a lot of games to play, a lot of the season left,' the midfielder said 'we will see i'll carry on working hard, playing as hard as i can, and just to give myself a chance 'if i'm in the squad, then great, and if not, then we've got a strong squad of players that can go to africa and make it interesting we all have to prove ourselves every game and every training session that we want to be in the squad and in the team for every game, and not just the world cup,' beckham added england had already qualified for south africa before the final two qualifiers, and beckham was an unused substitute in saturday's 1 0 defeat in the ukraine he was brought on against belarus with england 1 0 ahead and immediately brought cohesion to an experimental lineup as his first touch an unexpected short corner gave shaun wright phillips room to fire in the second goal beckham also hit the post late in the match as he was denied his first goal at england's national stadium, after striker peter crouch had wrapped up the win with his second of the match and 18th in 35 matches beckham's move to milan in january was unpopular with the galaxy's fans and his teammates, but he seems to have won them over in recent weeks after helping the club reach the major league soccer playoffs for the first time since 2005 on sunday, la travel to houston to take on the dynamos, who are tied with the galaxy on 44 points at the top of the western conference along with chivas usa, with two matches of the regular season still to play
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david beckham confirms he is almost certain to return to italian club ac milan . the la galaxy midfielder says the loan move is '95 percent done and dusted'. 34 year old needs to be playing in europe to have chance of world cup place . beckham won his 115th international cap in england's 3 0 win against belarus
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(cnn) three times as many asian americans have been running for congress in 2012 than in the past two elections, a nonpartisan political group says, and it's a development that portends greater changes in demographic trends and reflects the recent political awakening of a minority group long confined to the margins of american society 'it's extremely exciting,' says gloria chan, president and ceo of the asian pacific institute for congressional studies 'we could really stand to gain seats and affect the balance of power in congress' including pacific islanders, 30 asian americans launched campaigns for congress this year, compared with 10 in 2010 and eight in 2008, according to an apics count though several of the asian american candidates lost their primaries, others stand to become the first people of asian descent in their respective states new york, tennessee and florida, for instance to join the legislative body appearing on cnn sunday night, us rep judy chu, d california, heralded this year's election as a potential watershed moment for asian americans in politics 'it's a great step forward for all of us when the people who are making the decisions about america look like america,' said chu, who in 2009 became the first chinese woman elected to congress 'i am so proud of these asian americans who are now running' chan added that asian americans' surging involvement in politics could have reverberations far beyond washington 'for the asian american and pacific islander community, there's always this stereotype we're quiet, we don't speak up, we don't fight back when we're made fun of, we're nerds, etc' chan says 'it's been difficult for asian americans to break through those stereotypes' opinion: will jeremy lin's success in nba end stereotypes? but chan is optimistic that the recent explosion of asian americans in prominent positions could help dispel the stereotype and 'shed light on what our communities are really about and the challenges we face' having asian americans in leadership roles, she said, could augment the group's political voice yet some experts noted that the campaigns also have the capacity to show the ugliness of american racism 'there's always been this question, 'how american are asians?' ' says curtis chin, board president of asian pacific americans for progress 'a lot of politicians still play off of this: 'asian americans, how much do we trust them? where are their loyalties?' in districts where there isn't a lot of exposure, they can be defined in racial ways' chin added that, unlike some groups, asian american politicians face the additional difficulty of lacking an entrenched support network, noting that 'it's a community that's still developing an infrastructure' 'i think there's still a big learning curve when you compare (asian americans) to a community that has a pool of donors, a list of talking points i think there's still a lot of work to be done,' he said 'but i think there's a lot of opportunity, too, because these candidates are fresh we're a new face, we're not the standard politician you've seen before' rep michael honda, d california, is an asian american elected to congress in 2001, and he agreed that some candidates try to leverage their opponents' perceived foreignness into electoral advantage 'some will say this person has connections to china or japan there's so much out and out blatant racism in 2010, there were a handful of politicians who used chinese or asian languages in their commercials,' honda said, though he added he had not yet seen similar bigotry in the 2012 races honda is no stranger to anti asian sentiment in america just a toddler at the time, he and his parents were forced into a japanese internment camp during world war ii a memory honda says left an indelible imprint on his career and aspirations he said that as he grew up, he increasingly understood the necessity for asian americans to gain a political foothold but that was difficult, if not impossible, for a population that represented a fraction of the population that may be rapidly changing according to a report released in june by the pew research center, asian americans are among the fastest growing groups in the united states in 2010, 36% of new immigrants to the us were asians while 31% were hispanics, the study found just a decade ago, 19% of immigrants were asians and 59% were hispanics the growth of asian americans' political clout tends to favor democrats of the 30 who filed to run in 2012, 25 are democrats, according to apics about 60% of the diverse group which experts urge should not be considered a monolithic entity voted for barack obama in 2008 their vote could prove crucial in some battleground states, where a growing and increasingly energized asian american voting bloc is realizing that at 6% of the population they have significant political clout 'we used to be marginalized politically, but now people are understanding we're the margin of victory,' honda said speaking with cnn's poppy harlow on sunday, chu expressed similar sentiments 'asian americans are more enthusiastic than ever, and, in fact, five out of six look forward to voting in this election,' chu said 'i think it's because they really appreciate being american' read cnn's in america blog
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asian pacific institute for congressional studies monitors elections . it says 30 asian americans launched congressional bids in 2012 vs 10 hopefuls in 2010 . us rep judy chu, d california: 'it's a great step forward'. asian americans are among the fastest growing groups in the us
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london, england (cnn) he is hailed as a god in his native argentina, has been a vital part of the country's culture since the mid 70s and is largely considered to be one of the greatest footballers of all time maradona's crowning achievement was captaining argentina to world cup glory in 1986 now, 11 years since retiring from playing, diego maradona is making a triumphant return to the sport as the argentine national coach however, his checkered past has made maradona something of a surprise choice the 48 year old has regularly courted controversy not with standing his well publicized drug addiction his talent has never been in doubt, though, and his performances on a domestic and world stage are the stuff of legend since beginning his career as a 15 year old with argentinos juniors, maradona has attracted legions of fans at club level, maradona won the argentine title with boca juniors, prompting a high profile move to european football, where he won the copa del rey with barcelona but it was at napoli that his presence was really felt when he arrived, the club were not considered title contenders in serie a, but with maradona's arrival, the southern side were transformed into one of italian football's dominant forces during his time with napoli, the club won the scudetto twice, the coppa italia and the uefa cup and his status as a national hero was further cemented during his performances in the 1982, 1986 and 1990 world cups though he briefly shone in his world cup debut in 1982, before an act of petulance saw him sent off against brazil, it was the 1986 tournament in mexico that maradona made his own maradona took the finals by the scruff of the neck, scoring five times, including one of the greatest goals ever scored in the 2 1 quarterfinal win over england as well as creating more controversy with his infamous 'hand of god' goal in the same match but his iconic status as a footballer is only outshone by his wild private life his time at napoli came to an abrupt end after he was found in possession of cocaine, and his last world cup as a player, usa 1994, was beset with controversy, as he was sent home early after failing a drugs test and the maradona soap opera has continued after his retirement since quitting in 1997, he has spent a great deal of time in drug rehabilitation clinics in cuba and switzerland, where he combated his addiction to cocaine he has also been subject to dramatic weight gain, struggling with obesity and eventually undergoing gastric bypass surgery to prevent any further fluctuations in his size in recent years he has also been treated for the affects of alcohol abuse and his health has been a cause for much concern among the world's sports media he has been hit by hepatitis at least twice and in 2004 he was rushed to hospital after a heart attack, following a cocaine overdose and at times he has even seemed mentally unstable in a famous incident the one time chat show fired a gun at media waiting outside his house, hitting and injuring four but, despite the negative stories that have circulated about maradona, he is still regarded as a national hero in argentina no one can doubt his skills as a player, but it has certainly raised a few eyebrows that he has been put in charge of an argentina team that is struggling to hold its own in the world cup qualifiers whether he can strategize like a professional manager is yet to be seen, but simply by being maradona, he will prove to be a great figurehead for the team
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diego maradona is a football legend in argentina, one of the world's greats . his skills at napoli and for the argentina national side are highly praised . he has a reputation for leading a wild private life, was addicted to cocaine
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(cnn) spanish primera liga big spenders real madrid have pruned their squad after their summer transfer splurge by completing the sales of dutchmen arjen robben to bayern munich and wesley sneijder to inter milan arjen robben (left) meets his new coach louis van gaal after completing his move to bayern munich robben, 25, has moved to the bundesliga for an undisclosed fee on a four year contract, while sneijder has joined the italian serie a champions also on a four year contract for a reported 15 million euros ($22m) both players will wear the number 10 jerseys for their new clubs robben could make his debut in saturday's mouth watering clash with german champions wolfsburg, with bayern coach louis van gaal telling the club's official web site: 'i am very happy to have another creative player arjen is a very explosive player' robben said bayern had 'given me a good feeling' from the moment they first signalled their interest in signing him 'i feel very welcome here,' he told the club's web site 'this is a big club with a great history and i am delighted to be here now' robben's chances of being a regular in real's star studded side appeared to have reduced when cristiano ronaldo and kaka were both signed this summer, but the former chelsea winger still seemed keen to stay at the bernabeu that was until bayern firmed up their interest and offered him the opportunity to play on a more regular basis 'everything went so quickly,' he revealed 'there were a few things that i had to consider and in the end i decided that i would like to transfer to a big club like fc bayern' while, bayern were parading their new signing, sneijder, also 25, was being introduced to the italian media after finalizing his move sneijder joined madrid in 2007 after five years with ajax, and in his first season in spain helped his new club win the primera division title the two dutchmen are the latest in a long line of players to leave madrid this summer in the wake of the club's phenomenal spending spree that has seen them splash out over 250 million euros ($357m) on players such as ronaldo, kaka, karim benzema and xavi alonso aside from sneijder and robben, fellow dutchman klaas jan huntelaar has been sold to ac milan, alvaro negredo has joined sevilla, while the likes of javier saviola, michel salgado, gabriel heinze, fabio cannavaro and javi garcia have also bid farewell to madrid this summer meanwhile, it has been another busy day of transfer activity in the english premier league with plenty of deals going through everton have completed the signing of portsmouth defender sylvain distin on a three year deal for an undisclosed fee the 31 year old frenchman will replace joleon lescott in the center of the merseyside club's defence, following the england international's protracted sale to manchester city meanwhile, portsmouth, who have seen a host of top players leave this summer culminating in distin's exit, have gone some way to restoring the depth of their squad by bringing in a remarkable four players on a hectic day at fratton park midfielder michael brown, 32, has joined from wigan for an undisclosed fee while two players have joined on loan; tottenham midfielder jamie o'hara and ivorian striker aruna dindane from lens with a view to a permanent move meanwhile, o'hara's tottenham team mate kevin prince boateng who spent last season on loan at borussia dortmund has also joined portsmouth on a three year contract for a fee of $65m the 22 year old german midfielder has failed to establish himself at white hart lane since joining from hertha berlin in 2007 sunderland have completed their sixth signing of the summer with the capture of lyon's ghanaian international defender john mensah on a season long loan with a view to a permanent deal elsewhere, west ham have completed the signing of highly rated striker alessandro diamanti from serie a side livorno for an undisclosed fee diamanti, 26, has penned a five year contract at upton park after agreeing personal terms and passing a medical while stoke have completed the signing of turkish international striker tuncay sanli from middlesbrough, the day after swooping for german defender roberth huth from the same club in other transfer news, striker vagner love has joined former club palmeiras on loan from cska moscow until summer 2010 the 25 year old brazilian joined cska from palmeiras in 2004 and established himself as a firm favorite in the russian capital scoring 61 goals in 118 appearances, winning two russian titles and a uefa cup winners' medal in the process
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real madrid complete sale of dutchmen arjen robben and wesley sneijder . robben completes transfer to bayern munich while sneijder joins inter milan . everton complete swoop for defender sylvain distin on a busy day of transfers
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(aol autos) price of gas got you crying at the pump? is it eating into your household budget? well, get used to it gas in california, the second worst state, hits $459 per gallon for regular unleaded in this july 14 photo that's the word on the streets as the price of a gallon of gasoline soars to record highs with regional differentials pushing the price much higher in some places, drivers and small business owners are finding it hard to cope but which states' motorists get the best deal, and in which states do drivers pay the most to fill up? here come the numbers alaska has the highest gas prices in the nation, with a gallon of regular gasoline at $4623, followed by california at $4583 as of june 30 hawaii, connecticut and washington make up the top five states with highest prices, with new york and dc not far behind at $4292 and $4160 respectively best states to buy gas? missouri comes out top at $3862 for a gallon of regular, followed by oklahoma at $3866, south carolina, mississippi and arkansas iowa, kansas and alabama are next in line aol autos: cars with 30+ mpg for $300 or less per month past prices we use the term 'best states to buy gas' with this caveat: back in june 2004, gas hovered at around $174 a gallon, according to figures from gasbuddycom geoff sundstrom, aaa's fuel price analyst, said the primary reasons for rising fuel prices are an increase in demand for petroleum products across the globe and a need for investment in refining infrastructure 'right now, it is almost impossible to know where oil and gas prices will be in six months to a year,' he said 'it's easy to assume that the world economy will continue to grow, we are very clearly at risk of an economic downturn and perhaps a severe economic downturn which could influence the demand side to the point where oil and gas prices may drop 'in 10 to 20 years out, oil and gasoline will continue to be more expensive but given what's happening in the markets right now, there is some potential that [the] demands side of the equation could fall off a cliff' aol autos: consumer reports on best fuel efficient used cars why so expensive in california? marie montgomery, spokeswoman for the automobile club of southern california, says the primary reason behind the high price of gas in california is 'market segmentation,' a marketing term that basically means california (along with many other states) has developed a 'boutique blend' of fuel in a bid to uphold environmental or ecological standards in california's case, this blend helps clear the state's notorious smog 'we can't use gas they made for iowa we use a special blend with additives in it, an ethanol mix,' montgomery said 'when you do that, you can only use refineries that make that gas [mix] the refineries in california are a major supplier, but, when prices are high and there's not another supplier, we have to go where they make that mix' she pointed out that refineries in oregon and washington produce the gas product, and there is a pipeline to alaska, but that the only other options are shipping in the blend from elsewhere in the nation or asia, which is not cost efficient 'people have to figure out how to deal with this on a long term basis we've been telling motorists to carpool and here we are in summer, and prices have barely come down,' she said 'usually we're about a month into a downturn, it's cyclical: prices go up in spring and spike in may, which isn't happening this year prices may not come down a lot' less misery in missouri michael right, vice president of public affairs for aaa missouri, said his state is usually among the top three in terms of low gas prices a contributing factor, he said, is that the state's per gallon tax rate is the lowest in the nation he said that most, if not all, states impose a tax on gasoline but few are as low as the 17 cents a gallon missouri levies and missouri, unlike most other states, doesn't impose a sales tax on top of that the state also benefits from good distribution via a crisscrossing network of pipelines which can, unusually, result in cheaper gas in rural areas than in major cities the reason for this is the three types of gas used in the state st louis primarily uses reformulated gasoline conventional gas is sold in rural areas, and kansas city uses low rvp (or low emission) gasoline reformulated costs more than conventional gas, hence the higher cost in cities 'in illinois, it's not unusual to save 15 cents a gallon by crossing the river,' right said aol autos: best hybrid suvs effects on station owners and operators while the effects of soaring pump prices on consumers are well documented, owners and operators of service stations nationwide are also feeling the pain acutely dennis decota, the executive director of the 135 year old california service station and automotive repair association and owner of a service station in marin county, california, said high prices are 'extremely detrimental to business people what it does is creates a financial hardship on customers, [leading to] less foot traffic to stores or repair facilities it puts a strain on entire businesses; unbranded service stations are really at the end of their rope' independent, unbranded stations have one retail philosophy: offer the best price they rely on oversupply by refineries which they buy at wholesale prices and sell cheaper than the branded competition, like shell or exxon (which have both announced they are quitting the service station industry) but in the past six months, that supply curve has become inverted, which means owner operators are paying more $37,000 a truckload for their gas than branded outlets decota noted some are losing as much as 15 cents a gallon on every sale it's a hard time for the industry, he said the blame for high oil prices is pretty evenly spread, decota said he did, however, point out that as a result of higher gas prices, california brought in $44 billion last year in sales taxes from its monthly sales of 1,300,000,000 gallons in 2002, when gas prices averaged about $171 a gallon, it brought in $17 billion decota advocates boosting refinery capacity from its current level of 88 percent to about 92 percent he said refineries 'have their hands on the spigot there is no shortage of crude but if the government stepped up refinery capacity, that would put enough downward pressure to create competition among refineries and my guys are going under' aol autos: 10 hot small cars
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washington (cnn) sen john mccain said wednesday that the crisis in georgia should not be used to score political points, but his campaign has stepped up its attacks on sen barack obama's foreign policy credentials sen john mccain says russia's entry into the wto should be reviewed in response, obama's top foreign policy aide suggested that the presumptive republican presidential nominee was willing to 'shoot from the hip' and was acting irresponsibly by offering strong support for the georgia government on wednesday, mccain continued his tough line against russia, saying its potential membership in the world trade organization should be reviewed as a result of its actions in georgia, as well its relationship with the g 8 nations, which represent the world's largest industrial economies mccain also said that an international peacekeeping mission should be sent to georgia and that nato should re consider adding georgia and ukraine, another former soviet republic, to the alliance watch mccain call georgia's position 'perilous' » 'after the events of the past six days, no one should wonder why countries on russia's periphery so ardently seek the security guarantees alliance membership represents,' mccain said during a campaign stop in birmingham, michigan russia has strenuously objected to both nations joining nato after president bush said wednesday that he was ordering the us military to help georgia's citizens, obama applauded the move 'the situation is still unstable, and russia must back up its commitment to stop its violence and violation of georgia's sovereignty with actions, not just words,' obama said in a statement 'the united states should now join our european partners in direct, high level diplomacy with both georgia and russia to seek immediate implementation of a cease fire, and to achieve a lasting resolution to this crisis' the crisis in georgia started friday, when russia moved troops in into south ossetia after the georgian government moved troops into breakaway territory south ossetia has been largely autonomous since 1991, but separatists would like to break with georgia and either declare independence or join north ossetia, which is part of russia secretary of state condoleezza rice, who is heading to france and the georgian capitol of tbilisi, said wednesday that she has been briefing both candidates on the conflict watch president bush declare 'america's unwavering support' for georgia » when the crisis began last week, mccain, the presumptive republican presidential nominee, was out front in condemning the russia actions and calling for a cease fire 'today, we are all georgians,' mccain said tuesday watch mccain declare 'we are all georgians' » when the crisis broke out last week, the obama camp called 'for all sides to show restraint and to stop this armed conflict,' echoing the statements from the white house and the european union as russia planes bombed georgian cities and russian troops advanced into georgia, obama, who is on vacation in hawaii, condemned russia's actions and called for a cease fire watch obama condemn russia's actions » mccain said wednesday that the crisis was not the time for partisan attacks 'i know the people of georgia have enjoyed an unprecedented period of prosperity and freedom and i know that at this time they're suffering mightily,' the arizona republican said 'so maybe later on in the campaign, let's have a back and forth about who has comments or statements now, let's devote all our energy to helping resolve a situation which is fraught with human tragedy' but, despite mccain comments, the crisis in georgia has dominated the political debate between the two candidates' campaigns in recent days on tuesday, randy scheunemann, mccain's top foreign policy adviser, attacked the presumptive democratic presidential nominee's response to the situation in georgia, saying his experience with the region amounted to a handful of paper statements on the other hand, mccain's experience with georgia runs deep, scheunemann said, noting that mccain and the georgian president were friends 'there's a depth of knowledge, a breadth of knowledge and an extent of historical experience that doesn't compare between the two on russia policy,' scheunemann said 'you can't compare a 15 year historical record to three or four statements over the course of 15 months' but susan rice, obama's senior foreign policy adviser, said tuesday that mccain's comments condemning russia 'may or may not have complicated the situation' 'we cannot shoot from the hip,' rice told msnbc on tuesday 'we cannot act on the basis of ideology or preconceived notions when this crisis began, barack obama, the administration and all of our nato allies took a measured and reasoned approach because we were dealing with the facts as we knew them' mccain spokesman tucker bounds said wednesday that his campaign was disappointed that rice had launched 'inflammatory and baseless' political attacks 'during an international crisis when bipartisanship is needed most' in response, hari sevugan, a spokesman for the obama, said it was 'the absolute height of hypocrisy' for the mccain campaign to 'play the victim' after attacking obama's 'strong and appropriate' position on georgia bill schneider, a cnn senior political analyst, said mccain could use the situation in georgia to highlight one his inherent advantages over obama: his experience but mccain's strong position in defiance of russia also has risks, schneider said 'some voters may worry: does he want to start a new cold war? the risk for mccain is that he could overplay the issue and frighten war weary voters whose priorities right now lie closer to home,' schneider said cnn's peter hamby contributed to this report
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russia's participation in wto, g 8 at risk because of georgia, mccain says . mccain says crisis should not be used to score political points . obama's response to crisis reveals foreign policy inexperience, mccain aide says . obama's top foreign policy aides say mccain willing to 'shoot from the hip'
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tokyo, japan (cnn) a male member of the tokyo metropolitan assembly apologized monday for shouting sexist remarks at a female colleague as she was giving a speech last week akihiro suzuki, an assemblyman from the ruling ldp party, admitted to heckling fellow assembly member ayaka shiomura, who is from the minority your party, during her speech urging increased public support for pregnant japanese women suzuki, who initially denied any involvement and condemned the harassment in an interview, publicly apologized to shiomura while admitting to making the first comment 'you should get married,' suzuki has denied making a second comment, 'can't you even bear a child?' shiomura accepted his apology but stated, 'i'm positive that there were others besides mr suzuki who made comments' she said she hopes that others involved in the heckling will come forward as well when asked whether he would continue his position as an assembly member, suzuki stated he has no plans to resign 'i will stay on if i'm allowed to,' he replied the incident last week reignited the debate over sexism in the japanese workplace women are paid, on average, 30% less than their male counterparts, according to statistics cited by japan's prime minister shinzo abe during an editorial last year announcing the launch of 'womenomics' women also hold just 3% of management positions in japan's central government, according to the national personnel authority abe wants to increase that to 30% by the 2020 tokyo olympics
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(cnn) zach johnson took a step nearer the $10 million end of season prize after claiming victory at the rain delayed bmw championship in chicago monday the 2007 masters champion, finished the final day with a six under 65 to secure a two shot victory over nick watney and leave him needing victory at thursday's tour championship to secure the riches of the fedex cup johnson, 37, pocketed a cool $144 million prize after clinching the 10th title of his career, his first since last year's john deere classic difficult 'it's extremely difficult,' johnson told reporters after being asked about the challenges of the tour 'the parity on the tour and in the world is second to none i'm just thankful it has been 10 years and hopefully many more' while there was joy for johnson, there was yet more frustration for overnight leader jim fuyk furyk's three year wait for a title goes on following a final round of 71 which left him in third after losing out to jason dufner at last month's pga championship, furyk missed out on a 16th career title history the american had made history friday by becoming just the sixth man on the pga tour to card a 59, but he failed to shine as johnson and watney accelerated while furyk endured a dismal final day, watney holed eight birdies to earn a second place finish and move up from 34th to 12th in the fedex cup standings 'i knew i needed to have a good week,' he told reporters 'the guys ahead of me were ahead of me for a reason they've been playing well all year luckily for me i kind of pulled everything together' woods tiger woods finished with a round of 71 to leave him on nine under for the tournament, while luke donald booked his place at the tour championship with a 66 to qualify 29th out of 30 thirty players will compete at east lake country club in atlanta later this week for the chance to win the $10 million playoff bonus
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new york (cnn) a forensics team at the maine state police lab is analyzing items found in waterville that could be connected to the case of maine toddler ayla reynolds, who disappeared from her home in december, according to a spokesman for the maine state police 'they were found yesterday (wednesday) by a worker behind the old hathaway complex,' maine state police spokesman stephen mccausland told cnn the building is now an office complex that formerly housed a hathaway clothing factory he refused to describe the items or say how many were recovered the worker called police to report the items and have them collected on wednesday morning after making the discovery 'we have no false expectations out there,' mccausland said when asked whether the items are linked to ayla reynolds 'we don't know if the items are connected, or what this is,' he added mccausland says a worker found the items in a sluiceway, a channel that handles runoff from the kennebec river that separates waterville, where the little girl lived, from winslow to the east there's a dam nearby the scene police divers searched that part of the river before, mccausland said 'we dived it twice, if not in that specific spot,' he added divers scour frigid waters for missing maine toddler he says the discovery is among 'hundreds of other items' recovered that are also being processed by the state police crime lab in augusta, maine ayla was 20 months old when she went missing from her grandmother's waterville home while in the care of her father ayla's father, justin dipietro, told police he put his daughter to bed at 8 pm december 16 in the first floor bedroom he called police the next morning, just before 9 am to report her missing no arrests have been made related to ayla's disappearance, and no one has been identified as a suspect
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forensics team in maine analyzing items found behind office complex in waterville . they hope to determine whether they are linked to missing ayla reynolds . maine police refused to describe the items or say how many were recovered . ayla was 20 months old when she went missing in december
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beijing (cnn) a court in eastern china said it will deliver the much anticipated verdict in the corruption trial of fallen high flying politician bo xilai on sunday the jinan intermediate people's court in the province of shandong said wednesday on its official microblog account that the verdict would be pronounced at 10 am local time on sunday during the hearings of the politically sensitive trial that took place last month, bo strongly challenged the prosecution's case against him, according to accounts published by the court the closely watched trial was considered to be much more transparent than most cases in china but international and independent journalists weren't allowed inside the courtroom, and doubts were raised about the fullness of the court's version of events bo, 64, is charged with bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power high conviction rate his trial brought to light a wealth of eye opening details about the apparently lavish and emotionally fraught life of his family and inner circle, giving chinese people insights into how some of the ruling elite live bo's glittering career, during which he drew both admirers and detractors for his populist policies, fell apart last year amid a scandal involving murder, betrayal and financial skullduggery based on the track record of chinese courts, bo appears likely to be convicted the conviction rate at criminal trials and their appeals in china where the ruling communist party controls police, prosecution and courts stood at 999% in 2010, a us state department report cited the supreme people's court as saying if he is found guilty, he will also probably find out his punishment chinese courts usually announce sentencing straight after guilty verdicts prosecutors have asked for a heavy sentence for the former senior official dramatic downfall the son of a revolutionary veteran, bo rose to power as a city mayor, provincial governor, minister of commerce and member of the politburo, the powerful policymaking body of the communist party he had been tipped to ascend farther up the party hierarchy a charismatic and urbane politician, bo was credited with a spectacular, albeit brutal, crackdown on organized crime during his time as the top party official of chongqing, a metropolis in southwestern china but when his deputy, wang lijun, walked into the us consulate in the city of chengdu in february of last year and told american diplomats that bo's wife, gu kailai, was an accomplice in a murder case, bo's career began to unravel wang's move precipitated bo's political demise soon after news of the events began to emerge, bo was removed from his party posts a court found gu guilty last year of murdering british businessman neil heywood in a chongqing hotel room in 2011 a family employee, zhang xiaojun, was also convicted in the killing and sentenced to nine years in prison the following month, wang was convicted of bending the law for selfish ends, defection, abuse of power and bribe taking he received a 15 year prison sentence wang and gu both appeared as witnesses at bo's trial last month bo attacked their testimony and even claimed that wang and gu had been romantically involved cnn'ssteven jiang reported from beijing and jethro mullen wrote from hong kong
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the verdict will be announced sunday morning, the court says . the closely watched trial took place in shandong province last month . bo, a former top official, faces charges of corruption, embezzlement, abuse of power . the overwhelming majority of chinese criminal cases result in guilty verdicts
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(cnn) sandy churned up a tragic deluge for millions of east coast residents, but in mountainous west virginia, the hurricane morphed into an unforgettable killer snow storm the state sits hundreds of miles southwest of where the brunt of sandy hit nonetheless, it shut off electricity to more than 200,000 customers, officials said, and claimed the lives of at least five people 'when they describe it in terms of it being a once in a lifetime storm it sounds cliche, but it is exactly that,' said cnn ireporter allison vencel from her home in morgantown she should know she used to live in alaska it was very much like an alaskan blizzard, vencel said, describing it as 'absolutely the most unique storm situation i have ever seen just a monster' because it slammed into the region at night, vencel said the storm was largely invisible 'you couldn't see it, as much as you could feel and hear the swaying of the trees,' she said, remembering the howling wind and glimpses of snow flying sideways related: read vencel's ireport when it was all over, morgantown and much of the rest of the state found itself buried in heavy snow and fallen trees officials said 28 of the state's 55 counties were hit by snowfall 'it was a triple punch to west virginia,' gov earl ray tomblin told cnn 'lots of heavy rain that turned into blizzard conditions, and high winds' on wednesday, conditions remained dangerous officials offered examples of the randomness of sandy's wrath across the state one 60 year old man was killed by a falling tree elswhere, a 65 year old man died from a heart attack while shoveling snow in a third instance, a woman lost her life in a weather related traffic accident as sandy weakened, residents and utility workers focused on the widespread power outages roads were being cleared to allow electric companies to repair damaged power lines one company alone, tomblin said, had lost 50 cnn ireporter richard kuhn, 61, was hunkered down in elkins, where 'snow is very heavy on tree limbs and wires' breaking branches and falling trees are not uncommon, he reported via a small electric generator and a dsl internet connection 'almost everything is closed,' including gas stations, reported kuhn some stores, he said, were selling goods cash only related: read kuhn's ireport 'restoring power is the the thing we are working hardest on,' said the governor west virginia is no stranger to storms just three months ago, a storm knocked out power in all but two counties what made sandy worse was the combination of no power and freezing temperatures 'the problem is the wet snow,' said greg philips, a state highway manager in charge of snow plows 'it's really hard to get [it] off the road and it's really heavy' the snow gets so bad, he told cnn affiliate wdtv, that after clearing one section of highway, 'you look behind you and it's covered again it's a non ending project to get the roads opened up' in some areas, the heavy snow threatened building roofs in one of the state's hardest hit areas, nicholas county, sandy dumped three to five inches of snow, triggering roofs on seven buildings to collapse, reported cnn affiliate wchs amazingly, no injuries were reported in nearby randolph county, resident carolyn houk told wdtv she called authorities when she feared her snowy roof would collapse 'i don't like asking for help,' houk said 'but my goodness, if i don't get something done i'm going to wind up getting hurt'
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five deaths have been confirmed in west virginia . state was hit with blizzard like conditions from superstorm sandy . more than 200,000 people remained without power
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(cnn) andy murray thrilled his home crowd in july when he became the first british man in 77 years to win the wimbledon singles title but murray will most likely miss the second highest profile tennis event in britain the year end championships in november after choosing to undergo surgery for a lingering back injury the 26 year old scot has had back issues in spurts throughout his career and was forced to pull out of the french open in may prior to his historic fortnight at the all england club his withdrawal in paris marked the first time since the 2007 clay court tournament in france that murray had skipped one of tennis' four majors that year, he hurt his wrist murray exited earlier than expected at two us open warm up tournaments and was then upset by stanislas wawrinka in straight sets in the quarterfinals in new york this month as the defending champion 'next week, andy is set to undergo minor back surgery in an effort to clear up a longstanding back problem,' murray's management team said in a statement sent to cnn 'the issue flared up again during the rome masters this year when andy was forced to retire and he sought advice from a range of specialists in may 'after a successful return on the more forgiving grass courts, andy enjoyed success at queen's and wimbledon, but after recently playing on hard courts and clay, andy once again sought medical advice about solving the issue once and for all 'the aim is to be fully fit for the new season' murray thus becomes the second member of the so called 'big four' to miss a chunk of the 2013 schedule rafael nadal didn't play at the australian open in january as he continued to recover from his knee troubles and 17 time grand slam winner roger federer has dealt with his own back problems, not playing at the rogers cup in montreal during the us open series murray can take heart from nadal's performances after the spaniard returned to the tour nadal claimed the french open and captured his 13th major at the us open by downing novak djokovic
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andy murray will undergo minor back surgery and most likely miss the rest of 2013 . murray missed the french open with a back problem before winning wimbledon . he lost early in two us open warm up events and was upset in new york by stan wawrinka . murray is the third member of the 'big four' to miss tournaments this year due to a lingering injury
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(cnngo) 'getting away from it all' may be a travel marketing clichã©, but the phrase might take on a whole new meaning come 2016 russian firm orbital technologies plans to open the first space hotel in history in five year's time the space hotel, or 'commercial space station,' as it's officially called, will float 250 miles above earth the hotel can accommodate a maximum of seven people at a time to check in, tourists will have to undergo special training that can take up to three months, depending on the type of spacecraft they fly to the hotel the firm says that stays can range from three days to six months cnngo: flying train unveiled by japanese scientists on board recreation spending your vacation in space will no doubt inspire travel stories like no other, but what's there to do once you're sealed in up there? not much, it turns out, apart from going online and watching tv 'most likely, there will be access to the internet and other communications on the ground,' says sergey kostenko, ceo of orbital technologies, the company constructing the station 'menus will be chosen before the clients are launched,' kostenko adds 'food is prepared on the ground and shipped to space, dehydrated' no impulsive late night snacking then there will be no shower, but you can clean yourself with wet wipes fun! you can't seek solace in alcohol either, because it's banned on board however, kostenko says he hopes that the station can be a stopover for manned circumlunar flights, so trips to the far side of the moon and back may be a day trip option cnngo: boeing unveils new 747 8 passenger plane space industry cash cow orbital technologies plans to use russian soyuz and progress spacecrafts to transport passengers and workers to the 'great gig in the sky,' although it does not rule out using other manned spacecraft made in the united states, europe and china the firm is tight lipped about how much it will cost to stay at the hotel, although the russian government is hoping that the project can be a cash cow for its space exploration program 'we consider the commercial space station a very interesting project, encouraging private participation,' says vitaly davydov, deputy head of the federal space agency of the russian federation 'it will attract private investment for the russian space industry' orbital technologies will not confirm whether it has taken any reservations from customers yet, but says there are 'many interested parties' cnngo: japan invites tourists but there may be no room at the inn for foreigners © 2011 cable news network turner broadcasting system, inc all rights reserved
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(cnn) french legend julien absalon took his status to new heights when he became the first rider to defend the men's mountain bike olympic title sabine spitz of germany celebrates her victory in the women's mountain bike on saturday absalon kept the gold in french hands for the third olympics in a row following miguel martinez's victory at sydney in 2000 thanks to a commanding display early in the 36km race which left his rivals trailing 'the olympic games is a massive motivation for every athlete and four years passes quickly, as it has from athens to beijing,' said absalon, who finished well ahead of compatriot jean christophe peraud with nino schurter pipping world champion and swiss compatriot christoph sauser to the bronze medal a highly fancied swiss trio failed to match absalon's early pace after he had begun to steadily grind out a lead by the second of the eight scheduled laps 'it's great to do the double it feels totally different (from 2004), but this just confirms what i achieved in athens,' added absalon, who denied that he had made his victory look easy 'i had as tough a race as everyone else when i saw the chance to make the break i went for it after that i really gave it everything i had' in the women's 27km mountain bike race, defending champion gunn rita dahle from norway was one of several contenders to fall victim to a course that was finally mastered by germany's sabine spitz the 36 year old, who only began racing at the relatively late age of 22, was determined to improve on her bronze medal in athens she started fast and was soon racing on her own to gold ahead of poland's maja wloszczowska, who finished with the silver ahead of russian irina kalentieva 'i feel pure joy at what i have finally achieved after so many years of hard work,' said spitz 'winning the gold medal at the olympic games is the crowning glory' the first boxing medals were decided on saturday with felix diaz of the dominican republic winning his country's first ever olympic boxing title after beating thailand's manus boonjumnong to take the light welterweight gold but thailand made amends in the flyweight final when somjit jongjohor comfortably out pointing cuban andris laffita 8 2 to claim his first olympic gold vasyl lomachenko of ukraine won the featherweight gold medal, capping a spectacular run through the tournament with a first round stoppage of france's khedafi djelkhir james degale of britain won the middleweight gold medal, upsetting cuba's emilio correa in a sloppy bout, while correa failed to emulate his father's gold medal performance for cuba in 1972 rakhim chakhkiev of russia gained revenge on italy's world champion clemente russo by claiming heavyweight gold chakhkiev was beaten by russo in the final of the world championships china's ma lin won gold in the men's singles table tennis tournament, defeating teammate wang hao to secure a clean sweep of all gold medals on offer to the host nation world number two ma fought off world number one wang in a scorching final strewn with fast and furious rallies to win 4 1 and cement china's status as the superpower of the sport the victory hands china a clean sweep of all six medals in the singles competition, after teammate wang liqin removed the last obstacle to the chinese wall defeating sweden's veteran jorgen persson for the bronze medal a goal from christopher zeller in the 16th minute gave germany the men's field hockey gold medal by defeating spain 1 0 in the final australia took the bronze with a 6 2 win over the netherlands in the play off between the losing semifinalists australian matthew mitcham won the men's 10m platform diving title to spoil china's bid for a sweep of all eight diving gold medals china's zhou luxin settled for silver, while russia's gleb galperin claimed the bronze medal elsewhere, on the penultimate day of competition, russia won the team event and swept both gold medals in synchronized swimming for the third consecutive olympics russia finished with a combined 99500 points after saturday's free routine spain took the silver with 98251 points and china claimed the bronze with 97334 anastasia ermakova and anastasia davydova already won gold in the duet on wednesday and were also part of russia's eight woman squad for the team event norway's women's handball team won their first olympic gold medal, beating russia 34 27 in the final norway rushed to an 8 1 lead after just eight minutes and remained well ahead for the rest of saturday's match neither norway nor russia has ever won a gold medal in women's handball brazil won their first women's volleyball gold medal after defeating the united states 25 15 18 25 25 13 25 21 in a hard fought final saturday also saw the remaining six disciplines decided in the canoeing, with ken wallace of australia winning the gold medal in the men's 500 meter kayak singles the first time olympian won in one minute, 37252 seconds from adam van koeverden of canada briton tim brabants took the bronze medal to add to the gold he won in the 1,000m race inna osypenko radomska of ukraine won gold in the women's 500 meter kayak singles, just nipping italy in a tight finish osypenko radomska's time of 1:50673 seconds was enough to just pip josefa idem of italy, with germany's katrin wagner augustin taking bronze saul craviotto and carlos perez of spain won gold medal in the men's 500 meter kayak doubles, slipping past the defending olympic champions for victory craviotto and perez clocked 1:28736 seconds to edge ronald rauhe and tim wieskotter into silver in a major shock as the german pair have been world champions since 2001 raman piatrushenka and vadzim makhneu of belarus took bronze katalin kovacs and natasa janic of hungary won the gold medal in the women's 500 meter kayak doubles, successfully defending their olympic triumph in athens the two time world champions saw off beata mikolajczyk and aneta konieczna of poland with the french tandem of marie delattre and anne laure viard taking bronze maxim opalev of russia took gold medal in the men's 500 meter canoe singles, giving him his third medal in the last three olympics and first gold opalev took bronze four years ago in the athens games and silver in sydney david cal of spain won his second silver medal in two days, after also finishing second in the 1,000m iurii cheban of ukraine took the bronze medal meng guanliang and yang wenjun of china took gold in the men's 500 meter canoe doubles, successfully defending their olympic triumph in athens sergey ulegin and alexander kostoglod of russia won silver while the german pair of christian gille and thomasz wylenzek took bronze mexico's maria del rosario espinoza won the gold medal in the women's 67kg taekwondo category espinoza, the 2007 world champion, easily defeated norway's nina solheim on points after going ahead in the first round and never falling behind winning bronze were britain's sarah stevenson, who defeated egypt's noha abd rabo, and brazil's natalia falavigna, who outscored sweden's karolina kedzierska russia's evgeniya kanaeva won gold in the rhythmic gymnastics individual all around competition, posting the highest score in all four rotations of the event her final total of 75500 points was enough to beat inna zhukova of belarus, who gained 71925 points for the silver anna bessonova of the ukraine had 71875 points for her second straight bronze in women's basketball, lisa leslie of the united states capped off her illustrious olympic career with a fourth straight gold medal, scoring 14 points in a 92 65 victory over australia she joined former teammate teresa edwards as the only basketball players ever to win four olympic gold medals 'it's a blessing for me to be out on this floor, now participating in my fourth olympics and walking away with a fourth gold medal,' leslie told the associated press russia took the bronze, beating hosts china 94 81 as becky hammon scored 22 points the australians have now lost to the americans in the gold medal game in the past three olympics with all three defeats coming by double digit margins
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(cnn) three aid workers have been shot over the last day in somalia, two of them fatally, somali media reports said somalis prepare monday to bury murdered osman ali ahmed, the head of the un development program the first fatality was a somali, mohamed mohamud qeyre he was the deputy director of the group daryeel bulasho guud (dbg), funded by a german company and affiliated with the group bread for the world qeyre was shot in the somali capital of mogadishu friday night in what appeared to be a targeted attack, the reports said he was shot by three gunmen outside the facility where aid distribution is coordinated the gunmen may have been staking out the facility waiting for qeyre to exit the head of dbg, in nairobi, kenya, said he will suspend all aid operations in somalia for the time being the second fatality was a member of the sodra nongovernmental organization, which is helping with humanitarian efforts in somalia officials said it appears that ali baashi was also specifically targeted by gunmen earlier this week, the world food program said a truck driver carrying its relief supplies was killed the fourth wfp driver killed in somalia this year ahmed saalim was shot when fighting broke out between convoy escorts and militiamen at a checkpoint, the un aid agency said a growing percentage of the somali population has become dependent on humanitarian aid a severe famine swept the nation in 1991 1993, devastating crops, killing up to 280,000 people and displacing up to 2 million, according to the united nations high commissioner for refugees the situation has been exacerbated by drought, continual armed conflicts in central and southern somalia and high inflation on food and fuel journalist mohamed amin contributed to this report
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washington (cnn) house democrats told the president monday he won't be getting money to close the military detention facility at guantanamo bay, cuba, until he has a 'concrete program' for shutting it down and moving its prisoners a guard talks to a detainee at guantanamo earlier this year the $80 million will be dropped from president obama's supplemental request for the iraq and afghanistan wars, house appropriations committee chairman rep david obey told reporters 'so far as we can tell, there is yet no concrete program for that,' said obey, d wisconsin 'and while i don't mind defending a concrete program, i'm not much interested in wasting my energy defending a theoretical program so when they have a plan, they're welcome to come back and talk to us about it' the administration requested $50 million for the defense department and $30 million for the justice department to close the prison, democratic aides said republicans have been pounding obama and the democrats over the proposed closure, saying that closing the facility could push detainees into facilities in the united states, making the country less safe sen john mccain, obama's republican rival for the presidency last year, supports closing the facility, and argued for moving the prisoners to the military prison at fort leavenworth in kansas a democratic leadership aide insisted there is 'no distance' between democrats and the white house on closing guantanamo anticipating the loss of some democratic votes on the supplemental request, democratic leaders hoped to gain some republican support by removing the guantanamo funding, the aide said brendan daly, spokesman for house speaker nancy pelosi, said the move does not change plans to close the prison 'we will work with president obama to achieve our goal of closing guantanamo bay,' he said last week, defense secretary robert gates told reporters the justice department was reviewing each of the detainees at guantanamo to determine what to do with them 'those discussions have just gotten started,' he said 'there clearly will be a specific plan that comes out of this, but what we've had to await is the determination, roughly speaking, of about how big a group of people we will be talking about' gates said the $50 million for his department was intended 'as a hedge that would allow us to get started if some construction is needed to be able to accommodate those detainees' the justice department portion, he said, is to pay for 'the process of going through these determinations' about 240 prisoners remain at the detention facility the $942 billion supplemental request will be the last, because obama has put the wars on the budget going forward democrats added to obama's requests for addressing the h1n1 flu virus as well as funding to fight the war in afghanistan and assist pakistan's government obey said he was 'very doubtful' that obama's policies in those two countries would succeed, 'but there's a consensus in the congress to try it' some anti war democrats were pushing to include benchmarks or some strings for money for afghanistan and pakistan, but the bill does not put conditions on any of the money, he said instead it requires that the president report to congress in a year and address five 'standards of performance' outlined in the bill 'i would hope it would be a fish or cut bait report,' obey said pressed on whether congress would cut off money for operations in the region if signs of progress aren't demonstrated, the wisconsin democrat said it is up to individual members of congress, but added, 'if it becomes a fool's errand, i would hope so' democrats also added $400 million to the administration's request for mexico for the drug war and surveillance helicopters the house appropriations committee will vote on the bill thursday, and the house is expected to vote on it next week cnn's dana bash and deirdre walsh contributed to this report
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(cnn) movie audiences have always known the joys of in seat snacking, but it took the theaters a while to come around owners of nickelodeons and movie palaces refused to sell food until the 1920s, according to 'shared pleasures,' a history of movie presentation by douglas gomery munching on peanuts and popcorn during a show was low class, they believed, associated with the circus and the burlesque house the wonderful new art of the cinema needed a refined atmosphere, more like the concert hall than the carnival of course, people ate anyway as each new theater opened, candy stores and street vendors set up shop nearby, selling bags of treats to be smuggled past the ushers it took the great depression to loosen the owners' scruples andrew f smith's book 'popped culture' details the way movie theaters got into the popcorn business looking for extra revenue streams, the theaters began leasing space to vendors: prime locations right next to the box office, or even 'lobby privileges' for a dollar a day when they saw the kind of profits the popcorn sellers were turning, they took over the stands themselves the movies turned popcorn into a snack phenomenon: 5 million pounds were grown in the united states in 1934, 100 million pounds in 1940 the owners also realized that setting up candy counters and staffing them with high school students (preferably female and pretty) was an easy way to turn a buck, and all the new brands of packaged candy made their way into theaters soft drinks showed up via the coca cola company after world war ii, salesmen traveled the land, setting up soda stands at movie houses throughout the country with more and more independent theaters opening (a 1948 antitrust ruling forbade hollywood studios from running their own), owners looked to the refreshment stands as a way to cover the cost of renting films trying to sell more snacks, they instituted intermissions in the middle of films and commissioned cartoons of singing, dancing treats to push the goods art houses, showing foreign films to an urbane crowd, began to pop up in big cities and university towns in the late '40s as historian barbara wilinsky points out in her 2001 study 'sure seaters: the emergence of art house cinema,' the new highbrow theaters tried to distinguish themselves from mainstream joints by serving coffee and pastries: more intellectual fare, apparently the arty trans lux chain even set up faux parisian 'street' cafes in some of its branches in most of the country, though, the drive in ruled with more space available, the menu expanded: hot dogs, burgers, even barbecue and fried fish sandwiches were offered to car bound audiences (folks in texas got pickles, which are still served there today) the late '70s saw the death of the drive in and the neighborhood theater as more multiplexes opened on the food front, the bold invention of the era was snack counter nachos introduced by frank liberto at a texas rangers game in 1977, chips with gooey 'cheese' soon moved from stadium to multiplex lobby liberto's company, ricos products, is still the leader in the field, selling orange goo and orange goo dispensing equipment to theaters from china to dubai another company, taste of nature, founded in 1992 by two business school graduates, also broadened the movie snack menu they're the people who brought those bulk bins of yogurt pretzels and gummy candies to lobbies everywhere their original goal was to offer healthy alternatives to the usual snack counter candy, but they discovered that people weren't quite ready to give up the junk health was on people's mind in the '90s however: a1994 report by the center for science in the public interest broke the news that a large movie popcorn had as much saturated fat as six big macs sales dipped just a bit and many snack counters started using slightly more healthy canola oil rather than coconut the latest trend is theaters offering 'luxury' options: premium screening rooms with cocktails, wine lists and upscale menus at the gold class cinema in redmond, washington, you can get $17 crab cakes to nibble while watching the film florida's cinébistro chain offers asian mojitos and bottles of veuve clicquot (straw not included) it seems some theater owners are still hoping to create that refined atmosphere they longed for a century ago popcorn, though, is not going anywhere
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madrid, spain (cnn) passengers said they saw flames and then heard an explosion moments before a spanair jet crashed on takeoff wednesday at madrid's barajas airport, killing 153 people, according to local media medical personnel tend to an injured passenger at madrid's barajas airport the spanair flight jk5022 was carrying 172 people there were 19 survivors, including two infants, development minister magdalena alvarez said the 19 were being treated at a hospital, alvaraez said the severity of the injuries varies, but many of the injured have been treated for burns, spanish red cross spokeswoman olivia acosa said watch as the wounded arrive at a hospital » the flight was bound for las palmas in the canary islands, two hours away local officials said one of the engines caught fire the aircraft, an md 82, has two jet engines, both at the rear the burning plane came to rest in a gully about 2:45 pm (8:45 am et) the crash sent up a plume of smoke visible from several kilometers away at the time of the crash, weather conditions were hot and clear watch smoke rising from airport » a survivor told spain's abc newspaper that she and other passengers heard an explosion as the plane was taking off ireport: send us your pictures, video, information 'she said they could see the fire, and then it was not even a minute or so they heard [something] blow up,' reporter carlota fomina told cnn 'they were about 200 meters [660 feet] in the air, and then they were landing but not crashing they were landing, like, little by little; it was not like they [fell] down suddenly' the md 82 was carrying 162 passengers, four non working crew members and six working crew members, spanair said after contacting families, the airline published the names of those aboard on its web site watch as relatives of survivors start arriving at the airport » some of the survivors have serious injuries, while others have non life threatening injuries many of the injured were treated for burns, she said the aircraft was carrying seven passengers from lufthansa flight 2554, according to the airline spanair, a low cost airline that has a flight sharing agreement with lufthansa, is owned by sas scandinavian airlines barajas airport closed after the crash but reopened more than two hours later, allowing a limited number of takeoffs and landings, an airport official said see a map of the airport » spanish prime minister jose luis rodriguez zapatero arrived at the airport wednesday evening after cutting short a vacation 'the government will do all it can to support the families in this difficult situation,' he said 'the whole government, logically, is affected, very affected, as are all spanish citizens, by this tragedy' the fatal crash was the first at the airport since december 1983, when 93 people were killed as two spanish airliners collided the airport, eight miles (13 km) northeast of central madrid, is spain's busiest, handling more than 40 million passengers a year the united states national transportation safety board is sending an investigation team to madrid because the aircraft is american made, ntsb spokesman keith holloway said spanair has set up a local emergency number for family members and friends phoning from spain: +34 800 400 200 cnn's madrid bureau chief al goodman, brian todd and kathleen koch contributed to this report
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london, england (cnn) with irresponsible banking practices taking the blame for bringing about the global economic crisis, there has been a surge of interest in islamic finance islamic finance is estimated to be worth $700 billion and has been growing by 15 to 20 percent per year now, a slew of academic courses are springing up to meet the demand of those wanting to break into an expanding market according to ratings agency moody's, the global islamic finance sector is worth $700 billion and has the potential to be worth $4 trillion what's more, the ethical principles underpinning islamic finance are seen by some as offering a more sustainable alternative to profit oriented conventional banking the result is that academic institutions are lining up to offer formal training in the area 'there is a huge demand for islamic finance courses now, so large that it's difficult to cope with,' professor habib ahmed, sharjah chair in the school of government and international affairs at durham university, england, told cnn durham will launch a masters degree in islamic finance from october, becoming one of a number of european institutions to offer islamic finance programs 'islamic finance has been growing by 15 to 20 percent per year for some time and there is a lot of interest at the moment people are looking for alternatives after the economic crisis' 'islamic economists believe that if the principles of islamic finance were followed the crisis wouldn't have happened we are seeing a lot of non muslim countries, including the uk, france, japan, hong kong and singapore encouraging islamic finance,' he said there are many differences between islamic and conventional banking practices one fundamental difference is that islamic banks do not charge interest rather than borrowers and lenders, the system is based on buyers and sellers 'conventional banking is biased to the seller islamic finance is trying to level the ethics between the two parties,' aly khorshid, an islamic finance scholar who writes for islamic banking and finance magazine, told cnn 'people think the islamic system is based on faith, but it's based on justice the system is based on justice for the two parties and how you get to the justice is extracted from islamic faith,' he said khorshid said that there are similarities between 'ethical investment' schemes and islamic finance, in that the islamic system does not allow investment that harms people or the environment he credits the rapid growth of the islamic finance sector on the success of 'sukuk' islamic bonds in the west, banks including lloyds tsb, hsbc, deutsche bank and citibank all offer islamic finance products, catering to a niche market of muslim borrowers but while islamic banks allow muslims to take advantage of financial services that are consistent with their religious beliefs, it is the ethics underpinning islamic finance that are attracting the interest of conventional finance institutions keen to learn lessons from the banking crisis although islamic banks have suffered from the global repercussions of the economic downturn, they emerged largely unscathed from the initial banking meltdown that brought about that financial turmoil ahmed told cnn that is because islamic banks are not allowed to deal in mortgage backed securities or credit default swaps, two of the practices accused of helping bring about the banking crisis khorshid said that although it's too early to say if islamic finance has dealt with economic downturn better than conventional finance, the islamic system has many more layers of risk assessment and management, which could help protect it from the problems afflicting conventional banks but the growth of islamic finance has brought its own problems critics say some banks use islamic finance to package what are essentially conventional products 'islamic banks are also driven by the profit motive and sometimes that can dominate the ethics,' ahmed told cnn while europe is catching up with the demand for these banking products, the us is lagging behind ahmed says that regulatory and legal changes are needed for islamic finance to grow in the us, but he adds there are signs that canada may become a north american center for islamic finance the lack of islamic finance services in the us is reflected in a relative lack of demand for islamic finance courses, but in the uk there is the opposite problem with students coming from asia and the middle east to get the qualifications that will help them take advantage of the islamic finance boom, ahmed says it is difficult for universities to find qualified teaching staff 'most people with phds in islamic finance are working in the industry, making a lot of money,' he told cnn he added that islamic finance products have the potential to appeal to the non muslims market, pointing out that in malaysia the majority of customers for islamic banks aren't muslims 'if people look at the principles they'll see something beneficial in terms of economics, rather than just religious reasons it's a type of ethical finance that may be attractive to a lot of people'
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(cnn) middle eastern investment is continuing apace in the english premier league despite the tough economic climate, with dubai based sulaiman al fahim completing his long awaited takeover of portsmouth sulaiman al fahim has continued his interest in english football with a buyout of portsmouth al fahim, a board member of the abu dhabi united group which bought out manchester city a year ago, has been named chairman of the cash strapped club after passing the epl's 'fit and proper' ownership test he replaces alexandre gaydamak, who became co owner of the south coast club in january 2006 and took over full control six months later gaydamak initially invested a lot of money in portsmouth, but with the economic downturn taking its toll, he announced last december he could no longer devote enough time to the club al fahim, who spearheaded the city takeover before sheikh mansour bin zayed al nahyan emerged as the main backer, struck a deal with gaydamak in late may before undergoing legal and financial due diligence the subsequent uncertainty at fratton park saw full back glen johnson join liverpool in a $28 million deal, while england team mate peter crouch has been allowed to talk to other clubs after voicing his unhappiness 'this appointment brings stability to the club and is excellent news for pompey supporters,' chief executive peter storrie, who will retain his position, told portsmouth's official web site on tuesday 'i have every reason to believe that together with the new chairman we will be able to take the club forward to further achievements, building on the successes of the past three years' portsmouth won the prestigious fa cup two years ago and qualified for the uefa cup, but the club's momentum was derailed when manager harry redknapp left to take over at epl rivals tottenham then his replacement tony adams was sacked after a poor run of results paul hart was brought in as caretaker manager in february and saved pompey from relegation and al fahim made his first job as chairman to reward the former nottingham forest boss with a two year contract 'paul did a great job keeping the team in the premier league last season, and having previously worked as director of youth operations he knows the club inside out,' al fahim said 'he has immense experience and a great knowledge of the game, and commands the respect of the players i'm looking forward to working with him' born in 1977, al fahim started his own business at the age of 18 and moved to the united states after his parents and brother died in a road accident when he was 21 a keen chess player, he is chairman of the united arab emirates chess association, while he is the host of business themed reality television show hydra executives hydra has sports sponsorship interests in dubai, costa rica and germany's bundesliga meanwhile, sunderland manager steve bruce has given up on signing crouch following talks with the 28 year old the black cats had agreed a fee for the gangly former liverpool frontman, but he now appears set to return to his native london with either fulham or tottenham 'naturally this is hugely disappointing for us as peter was one of our primary targets,' bruce told his club's official web site 'i know he was impressed with the set up here when he came for talks, but it's simply a matter of geographical location and that's not something we can affect 'what's pleasing however is that it shows the intent of the club going forward that we are trying to bring in players of his caliber, and we will continue to pursue other targets 'we have a number of irons in the fire at present and we will be looking to make several additions to our squad in the coming weeks'
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dubai based billionaire sulaiman al fahim completes takeover of portsmouth . al fahim becomes chairman, replacing former owner alexandre gaydamak . he rewards caretaker manager paul hart with two year deal as permanent boss . england striker peter crouch decides against a move north to sunderland
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washington (cnn) health care reform is a signature issue for democrats, but the attempt to overhaul the nation's health system has pitted liberals against centrists, exposing fissures 11 months before the 2010 midterm elections a year ago democrats were united in victory after winning back the white house and picking up additional seats in congress but with victory comes expectations that are accentuated when a party controls both ends of pennsylvania avenue for democrats, it is the party's political base voters who turned out in 2008 to help elect barack obama president and boost the democratic majorities in the house and senate which is demanding results simply by the numbers, the health care overhaul should easily pass congress democrats comfortably control the house of representatives, and with the assistance of two democratic allied independents have the 60 votes needed to overcome a republican filibuster in the senate except it is not about numbers on health care it is about differences in ideology on the public option and abortion that has slowed down the bill liberal advocacy organizations wasted little time this week condemning democratic leaders when news broke that a senate deal had been struck to replace the public option with another proposal to help cover the uninsured the deal was intended to address concerns by some centrist democrats over the public option the news enraged some liberal activists moveonorg organizers sent a note to the e mail boxes of its 5 million members it opened with three words: 'how could they?' 'senate democrats have just announced a tentative health care deal that doesn't appear to include a real public health insurance option,' the organizers wrote in the note 'instead of pulling out all the stops, they've bargained away the heart of health care reform allowing conservative senators like joe lieberman and ben nelson to hold the process hostage and protect big insurance' lieberman is an independent from connecticut politically aligned to the democratic party nelson is a centrist democrat from nebraska the progressive change campaign committee was more aggressive in its reaction 'this is outrageous,' pccc officials wrote in an e mail that was sent to 300,000 people 'we need to fight back now' the fissures in the democratic party do not end at health care the president's decision to send 30,000 additional us troops to afghanistan was met with skepticism by some democratic lawmakers and outright opposition by others the decision frustrated anti war groups 'in terms of the policy, i think it is a dreadful mistake,' said former rep tom andrews, a maine democrat who is national director of win without war 'the whole idea of getting out of afghanistan by escalating is like fighting a fire by throwing gasoline on it' some liberals express concern that policy decisions made by the obama administration and democratic leaders could hurt the party in the 2010 elections 'i think the democratic base the danger is it becomes a no show in 2010,' andrews said 'an element that was so critical to the success in 2006 and 2008 is going to be on the sidelines people are going to be so dispirited' ilyse hogue, moveonorg's director of political advocacy, echoed andrews' concern and said that while moveonorg members 'trust' obama, 'they are sincerely concerned about the gap between his campaign promises and the reality of the legislation that is being passed' 'i think we are going to see, if this trajectory plays out, a depression in 2010 and that is deeply concerning,' she said an analysis of cnn polling indicates that support for the president and congressional democrats has slipped among self described liberals in june, a cnn/opinion research corp poll showed that obama had an 89 percent favorable rating with liberals in december, his favorable rating with this group fell to 73 percent in october, a cnn/opinion research poll showed democrats had an 87 percent favorable rating with liberals on the generic congressional ballot it has since dropped to 79 percent 'from afghanistan to the public option to abortion to the economy, the past few months have seen president obama and democrats in congress taking actions that some liberals don't like,' said keating holland, cnn's polling director at the same time, obama is facing increasing pressure from the congressional black caucus to pay more attention to issues affecting the african american community rep barbara lee, d california, issued a statement following the president's economic speech this week that prodded him to do as much 'while we agree with the president that support for small businesses, infrastructure investment and green jobs is essential, we also believe that much more needs to be done, particularly for those americans who are hurting most,' said lee, chairwoman of the caucus one of the more troubling signs for democrats, perhaps, is that liberal advocacy groups have been spending money on television ads targeting democratic lawmakers on health care after the house approved its health care bill, moveonorg ran tv ads against seven democratic lawmakers criticizing them for voting against it the progressive change campaign committee also has run ads against democrats as has health care for america now, an umbrella group that represents 1,000 organizations, including major unions and liberal leaning groups there is even an organization that is trying to recruit liberal candidates to challenge more conservative democrats in next year's primaries but for all the talk of democratic infighting, a senior official at the democratic national committee shrugged it off and said disagreements are par for the course when you have a 'big tent' party 'what is occurring in the democratic party is no different than what always occurs in the democratic party,' said brad woodhouse, the dnc communications director 'it is the most diverse collection of people and ideas of any political party that has walked the face of the earth from the very liberal members to the very conservative members it really is no surprise that when you have such a big and diverse party there are going to be differences'
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democratic differences on public option, abortion slows down health care overhaul . move for more afghan troops also stirs opposition among democrats . support for president obama, congressional democrats slip among liberals . democratic national committee official downplays divisions
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seoul, south korea (cnn) us president barack obama, meeting with south korean president lee myung bak in seoul on thursday, said he will send envoy stephen bosworth to north korea next month for bilateral talks on dismantling pyongyang's nuclear program 'if north korea is prepared to take concrete and irreversible steps to fulfill its obligations and eliminate its nuclear weapons program, the united states will support economic assistance and help promote its full integration into the community of nations,' obama said 'that opportunity and respect will not come with threats north korea must live up to its obligations' bosworth's trip is slated for december 8 'convincing north korea to give up their nuclear program, it is not a simple matter,' according to lee, who said there's no deadline, at the joint news conference with obama 'it's not going to be easy, but i believe it is possible that we can resolve this issue peacefully' the development comes at the end of the us president's tour of asia, which included stops in japan, singapore and china before his visit to south korea in recent weeks north korea has sought direct talks with the united states in what american officials saw as a possible re entry to full negotiations with the united states and other countries over ending pyongyang's nuclear program a bosworth mission had already been announced, but a date was not previously mentioned publicly the united states has been careful to describe the trip as only a limited diplomatic foray and one not designed to replace the fuller negotiations 'from our standpoint, the purpose will be to facilitate the early resumption of the six party talks,' pj crowley said at a us state department briefing last week the so called six party talks on north korea's nuclear program had come to a standstill but the bosworth trip could lead to new negotiations between north korea and the united states, south korea, japan and russia and china 'we are very realistic about our expectations,' he said 'we come to this meeting prepared to engage north korea in the context of the six party talks, but obviously the bottom line here is that north korea has to take affirmative steps toward denuclearization that remains our core objective'
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united states careful to describe bosworth trip as only limited diplomatic foray . in recent weeks north korea has sought direct talks with the united states . envoy bosworth's trip to north korea slated for december 8 . trip could lead to new negotiations and move six party talks away from standstill
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(cnn) italy secured a second fed cup women's tennis title in three years with a comfortable 4 0 win over the united states in reggio calabria with a 2 0 lead overnight, world no 11 flavia pennetta's 7 5 6 2 victory over melanie oudin in sunday's opening singles match gave the italians an unassailable lead it followed comfortable wins for penetta and francesca schiavone on saturday the fourth singles rubber was subsequently scrapped, with sarah errani and roberta vinci winning 4 6 6 4 11 9 against vania king and liezel huber in the remaining doubles contest 'it is a very nice feeling,' pennetta said 'we worked hard to get to this point and finally we make it 'in the beginning of the week everyone expects so many things, and we were very nervous but now we can enjoy' the absence of the williams sisters serena and venus proved crucial for the us, with italy's greater experience proving the difference on the clay as they added a second fed cup to their previous victory in 2006 oudin, 18, has enjoyed a breakthrough year in the sport but was disappointed afterwards 'i think i could have played better on some points,' she said 'in the first set it was so close, and i had a lot of chances, so i feel like if a couple things had gone my way or if i had hit this shot on that point, then it would have changed the momentum in the match'
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italy beat the united states 4 0 to win fed cup title at home in in reggio calabria . it is the italians' second fed cup success in three years after previously winning it in 2006 . flavia pennetta's 7 5 6 2 victory over melanie oudin in sunday's opening singles match gave the italians an unassailable lead . the fourth singles rubber was scrapped, and italy also won the remaining doubles tie
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(cnn) for those of you dreaming of visiting mars, readings taken during the curiosity rover's voyage to the red planet offer a new measurement to ponder as you weigh the risks mars bound pioneers will be exposed to radiation levels that could effectively retire astronauts under nasa's current standards, scientists reported thursday the radiation astronauts would face on a round trip would be comparable to getting an abdominal ct scan 'about once every five days,' said cary zeitlin, principal scientist for the nasa led martian radiation environment experiment the findings were published thursday in the journal science, based on data from a device called the radiation assessment detector that took readings during curiosity's trip to mars the spacecraft was similar to one that would carry humans, and scientists were interested in measuring galactic cosmic rays and solar energetic particles on the trip 'it is clear that the exposure from the cruise phases alone is a large fraction of (and in some cases greater than) currently accepted astronaut career limits,' they wrote zeitlin and his colleagues found voyagers could be exposed to between 554 and 770 millisieverts of ionizing radiation during the trip, depending on the level of solar activity by comparison, the typical american receives about 62 millisieverts a year from natural and man made sources, including medical diagnostic procedures 'the radiation environment in deep space is several hundred times what it is on earth, and that's even inside a shielded spacecraft,' zeitlin said nasa standards limit the amount of radiation exposure for astronauts to levels that would produce no more than a 3% increase in lifetime of fatal cancers a level that varies with age and gender the dose estimate was based on a one way trip time of 180 days that's about the fastest that current rocket engines can propel a spacecraft, and it's far shorter than the 253 days curiosity took to get to mars in 2012 501 days in space with your spouse: could you handle it? most of the exposure estimated in thursday's paper would come from galactic cosmic rays they're composed of high energy, highly penetrating particles, and astronauts would be exposed to them chronically shielding that would completely block those rays would be 'meters thick' and too heavy to be used aboard a spacecraft, said eddie semones, a radiation health expert at nasa's johnson space flight center chris moore, nasa's deputy director for advanced exploration systems, said the space agency is working on engines aimed at cutting the trip time by the 2030s, when it hopes to send humans to mars but it will take 'many years' before those systems are ready, he said in the meantime, moore said engineers could try to limit travelers' exposures by designing a spacecraft in such a way that it provides more protection 'ideally, we'd like to arrange the configuration of the habitat to provide radiation protection by surrounding the crew with water, which contains a lot of hydrogen,' he told reporters thursday afternoon 'that's the most effective shielding that we know of' a one way ticket to mars astronauts would also be bombarded with solar energetic particles, which get accelerated close to the sun as a result of solar flares and coronal mass ejections that shoot portions of the sun into space moore said nasa is already developing personalized shelters that would protect astronauts from a solar storm and hopes to test them 'in the next few years' another possibility would be to figure out how to generate a magnetic field around the spacecraft that mimics the one that protects earth from the worst cosmic radiation 'it would require a lot of power for electromagnets, but it does have promise, so we're donig some really advanced studies on that' a question of physics, a question of biology the problem has two sides: physics and biology, zeitlin told cnn on the physics side, the radiation is in line with expectations 'as it stands, what we measured is pretty much in line with predictions that people have made based on various models that they put together based on what the deep space radiation environment would be,' he said solar energetic particle events only contributed about 5% to the overall measured dose equivalent during the laboratory's cruise to mars but these events are highly variable in terms of frequency and intensity, the study said, and the current cycle seems to be producing a weak solar maximum 'the sep contribution could conceivably be many times larger in a different time frame,' the report said and the figures out thursday only cover the trip to and from the red planet anyone who spends time on mars could be exposed to more radiation, depending on how long they stay and what the shielding conditions are like the health question moon missions exposed astronauts to a similar rate of radiation accumulation, but the trip was far shorter the apollo 11 moon mission, for instance, launched on july 16, 1969, landing the first humans on the moon before returning to earth on july 24, 1969 according to a 2010 nasa report on space radiation cancer risk projections [pdf], the average american male who is 35 can safely spend between 140 and 186 days in deep space, assuming heavy shielding, and stay below that 3% increase in cancer risk; a 35 year old female could spend between 88 and 120 days for those who have never smoked, however, it's estimated that a 35 year old man could spend between 180 and 239 days in deep space, and a 35 year old female could spend between 130 and 173 days the number of safe days in space increases as men and women age zeitlin said his team just makes measurements; they don't decide what radiation dose is acceptable when can we go? interest in going to mars has been mounting the private company mars one has started its recruitment process for a one way trip for four people to land in 2023 the company received 78,000 applications as of early may even sooner, the inspiration mars foundation wants to send two people a man and a woman on a 501 day roundtrip journey to mars and back in 2018, without ever actually touching down the organization was founded by dennis tito, the millionaire who became the first space tourist in 2001, and moore said nasa would share the data from curiosity with the group buzz aldrin, the second man to land on the moon, wrote on cnncom that the united states 'should commit itself, within two decades, to commencing american permanence on the planet mars' buzz aldrin: get to mars within 20 years in the meantime, the 2 ton rover curiosity a $25 billion mission has been using its sophisticated tool kit to uncover evidence that mars was once habitable thanks to the rover's efforts, scientists have determined that, yes, conditions that could have supported life once existed there more space and science news from cnn light years cnn's matt smith contributed to this report
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(cnn) startup the term, near ubiquitous in our app consuming, fully facebooked world, is one that didn't truly enter the lexicon until the 1990s, when wall street took a bow to silicon valley and the palate of professional possibility became wired and well connected much has changed since then gone are the days when any 20 something with a computer science degree could dream of a bidding war for their talents, followed by a six figure salary and free lattes in offices where chair massages and nap rooms are the norm no longer do investors throw millions at anything with dotcom at the end of its name, and many of those early pioneers who gambled that we were ready to buy pet supplies or order our groceries from an awkward adolescent called the internet are no more but the spirit lives on, in dorm rooms and garages, shared offices and coffee shops with wifi it's a fragmented, competitive and constantly changing world but in 2013, the state of the startup is strong today, cnn tech highlights that world with cnn 10: startups our inaugural list looks at 10 emerging companies we think are poised to make a splash in the coming months with new and innovative ideas in fields such as medicine, computing, transportation and video games now more than ever, computing and technology move fast, and the best technology startups are the ones that get in on a trend before it blows up there are a few hot categories on the horizon for consumer technology, including collaborative consumption and the sharing economy, the so called internet of things, crowdsourcing, 3 d printing and the maker movement older institutions like education, finance and health care are also undergoing big changes, with online courses, bitcoin and peer to peer lending the biggest venture capital firms in silicon valley are busy putting money into promising startups making their mark in these fields services that tap into the sharing economy are closest to being mainstream ride sharing service lyft, home rental site airbnb and labor marketplace taskrabbit, are taking off around the world, catching on one city at a time these startups are focused on using resources more efficiently filling empty car seats, bedrooms and hours of the day in exchange for money 'most people on all of the services are both hosts and users, so it's a two way market, which makes this very exciting,' said brian singerman of the founders fund, a san francisco venture capital firm 'this is for the masses; it's not just for rich people who want to use a service' some of the startup world's cooler emerging gadgets fall under the umbrella of the internet of things smaller sensors mean that everyday objects will soon be collecting data about your life and habits this category already has some big successes, like the nest smart thermostat and wearable fitness devices the field is still young, but it will grow exponentially as more objects get connected 'the value of a fax machine is more valuable when another fax machine gets on the network,' said navin chaddha of the mayfield fund 'massive opportunities are going to be created' the way we use and interact with our computers is also changing, with devices that use gestures and movement to control what's on a screen, like the myo wristband and the leap motion controller 'what leap motion is trying to do is make the interface between man and machine disappear,' said singerman, whose company is an investor in leap in 2013, though, a successful startup might be one you'll never hear about chris dixon, of andreessen horowitz, says historically 80% of venture capital investments are in enterprise technology the companies that build the behind the scenes technology like networks and storage you don't hear about these companies as much because they can be technically complicated, but without them the consumer apps, services and gadgets wouldn't exist for these companies, a happy ending may be when the oracles, googles, facebooks and microsofts of the world come calling, offering a big dollar buyout but nothing is certain in startups for every mark zuckerberg in a dorm room or pair of steves (wozniak and jobs) in a garage, there are many ventures that, despite good ideas and hard work, never take hold and it could be a while before even the best products being developed today show up in a best buy or the hottest tech trends have any meaningful impact on the lives of the average consumer 'one of the hardest things in technology,' said dixon, 'is predicting when these things are going to happen'
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(cnn) when siri, the voice 'assistant' on the iphone, made its debut in 2011, it was welcomed as futuristic way to interact with our gadgets you could ask it simple questions, banter and flirt, or launch applications with one push of a button and without slogging through touchscreen menus two years later, apple is giving siri a major overhaul as part of wednesday's upgrade to its ios 7 mobile operating system, and it's marking the occasion by finally dropping siri's 'beta' label (calling software beta usually means it is still a work in progress and that the company is ironing out any bugs) what else has changed in the full fledged, non beta siri? the most obvious update is that it has added an option for a male voice iphone owners in the uk already had a male siri voice, but this is the first time it will be available in american english and german, with more languages expected to get their own male versions in the near future hands on impressions of the new iphones the voice gender can be swapped on the phone by going to settings > general > siri the female voice has also been improved to sound a little more natural though siri's new male voice is a few octaves lower, the words and answers seem to stay the same guy siri still has the same canned responses to joke questions like 'what are you wearing?' ('aluminosilicate glass and aluminum nice, huh?') and the phrasing of its answers to real questions doesn't seem to change between the male and female settings visually, siri has been overhauled so its design on the phone's screen is more in line with ios 7's flattened look instead of a dark gray background sliding up from the bottom, it throws a translucent blurred background over whatever screen is on your phone when you launch siri it shows a single wavy line that moves as it registers your voice siri has added twitter and wikipedia integration, so you can ask to see recent tweets about a hot news story or see the wikipedia entry for something specific without leaving the siri interface you can ask to see what's trending on twitter, tweets for a specific hashtag, or simply, 'what's going on?' new iphone hardware, software a boon for gamers siri has also expanded its powers to include control of common iphone settings, something that was noticeably missing in beta siri you can now turn settings like bluetooth and wi fi on and off, change your screen brightness, turn on do not disturb or view a specific app's settings if you use the new itunes radio feature, you can vocally express your enthusiasm or displeasure with specific songs to customize music stations one of the biggest challenges facing new siri is some serious competition from google slowly and with less fanfare, google has been building up its own powerful natural language voice search in recent years although it lacks a catchy anthropomorphic name, google voice search takes on many of the same tasks as siri in addition to typical google search results, it pulls answers from gmail, google calendar and other google accounts the way siri does from the e mail, contacts and calendar apps on the iphone google voice search is less chatty, but by cutting out extra words it is sometimes faster to return an answer it cannot be used to control phone settings or launch applications on an iphone, but if you are a google account user it is a legitimate alternative for tasks like calendaring the competition between the two companies helps explain the new siri's most unfortunate change siri has dropped google as its default search engine of choice and switched to microsoft's bing when a question can't be answered by siri itself or a wikipedia entry, it will pull up web results from bing directly in siri unlike in safari, there's no way to switch the default search engine to google keeping answers in siri does save time, however previously a siri web search would launch google in safari, requiring you to unlock the phone but don't dismay, google fans you can still ask siri to 'google' something, and it will launch safari and do a regular google search opinion: give apple your fingerprint? it's your call
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apple is updating its siri voice assistant feature on wednesday . siri will get an optional male voice and will integrate twitter and wikipedia results . siri faces stiff competition from google's voice search, which can also be used on the iphone . as part of the overhaul, siri is no longer labeled a 'beta' product
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los angeles, california (cnn) a magnitude 54 earthquake shook the los angeles metropolitan area tuesday, leaving residents rattled but causing no serious damage or injuries bricks and other debris clutter an alleyway in pomona, near los angeles tuesday afternoon however, the temblor served as a warning to southern californians who had not experienced an earthquake in some time: the 'big one' remains a possibility 'this is a sample, a small sample,' said kate hutton, a seismologist at the california institute of technology 'this is somewhere between small and moderate' she said there is a 5 percent chance the quake could be a precursor to a larger earthquake after 24 hours, she said, that chance will drop to 1 percent 'every earthquake relieves some stress,' hutton said 'it's usually only a drop in the ocean in other words, the amount of stress released by this earthquake is minuscule compared to the amount that's built up and is building up for the big one when it happens some day in the future' watch hutton say tuesday's quake was a sign of bigger ones to come » and when will that be? 'from a geologist's point of view, the answer has to be soon,' she said 'but geologists are used to thinking on millions of years and thousands of years time scale, so i don't think that gives any useful information for people, except be prepared at any time because it could happen at any time' a 54 magnitude quake is considered by the usgs to be 'moderate,' which can cause slight damage to buildings and others structures so far this year, 39 'moderate' earthquakes of between magnitude 50 and 59 have occurred in the united states, and 790 globally the last moderate quake to strike california was a magnitude 54 in april in the northern part of the state a magnitude 44 struck the greater los angeles area in august 2007 there is a 99 percent chance of california experiencing a quake of magnitude 67 or larger within the next 30 years, according to the uniform california earthquake rupture forecast, sponsored by the us geological survey, the california geological survey and the southern california earthquake center and published in science daily in april 'this earthquake reminds us to be prepared,' said california gov arnold schwarzenegger 'we were very fortunate that there were no serious injuries or property damage' he said he believes the state is 'as prepared as anyone can be we have continuous discussions about that we are fanatics about emergencies and to be ready' the largest earthquake in recent years in california was a magnitude 71 in 1999, hutton said but it was centered in the desert, near twentynine palms, in a sparsely populated area tuesday's quake struck about 11:42 am, according to the usgs its epicenter was about 2 miles southwest of chino hills and about 5 miles southeast of diamond bar the epicenter was about 76 miles deep, making it a fairly shallow quake, according to cnn meteorologist chad meyers in general, earthquakes centered closer to the surface produce stronger shaking and can cause more damage than those further underground but most southern california earthquakes tend to be fairly shallow, officials said more than 30 aftershocks were recorded hutton said the largest was a magnitude 36 los angeles police said a downtown hotel sustained some structural damage, but no one was injured and the building was not evacuated there were some unconfirmed reports of minor injuries the white house was also monitoring the situation, said spokeswoman dana perino despite the absence of serious damage or injuries, some los angeles area residents were left rattled the quake was felt as far south as san diego, california, and the usgs said it received reports of light shaking as far north as rosamond, california, about 55 miles north northeast of los angeles reports from those who felt the quake poured into cnn did you feel the quake? 'my house was like a fun house everything was moving,' said danny casler, 28, of huntington beach he said he was sleeping when his house began shaking, and some things fell in the living room he said he ran out of the house in his boxer shorts attorney kevin crisp said he was on the phone with his law partner in riverside, 65 miles away, who burst out, 'big quake!' crisp said he felt it about five seconds later 'this was very impressive long and very uniform really had the building going' he said doors were swinging on the hinges and bottles of wine were rolling back and forth on his shelf 'it just started with a really strong jolt,' said wendy criner 'i ran and got my daughters from different rooms, and we squatted in the living room i did have stuff fall off the shelf, some books in my daughters' room and some things in the kitchen' the quake knocked out a ground radar system at los angeles international airport, but that has not interfered with operations, according to the federal aviation administration technicians were working to restore the system, which helps controllers monitor traffic on the ground also, tiles fell from the ceiling in one terminal as water flowed from a burst pipe the calculation of the quake's magnitude fluctuated as seismologists reviewed the data initially classified as a magnitude 58, the quake's intensity was reduced to a 56 and then to a 54 because the earthquake magnitude scale is exponential, a 58 magnitude quake is four to five times more intense than a 54 two nuclear plants are in the vicinity of the quake's epicenter near chino hills, according to the nuclear regulatory commission the closest to the epicenter is in san onofre, 50 miles south, but an nrc spokesman said, 'this is well below the threshold for any conceivable damage to the plants' 'in the us particularly in california, buildings are generally built well enough that it takes about a 55 for there to be some damage, so we do have the potential for damage,' said don blakeman, an analyst for the usgs 'it depends on the structures [and] the ground the building is built on' he said he would expect objects to be knocked from shelves and some windows broken 'it's kind of on the margin where you'll get some structural damage from these we may find that some of the older homes and buildings that weren't retrofitted suffer more damage than the newer structures 'i would expect some cracked buildings,' he said 'there is the potential for injuries, but hopefully we won't have too much of that' blakeman's comments came before the quake's magnitude was dropped to a 54 however, he said afterward that the change does not affect his expectations, although obviously there is less potential for damage still, the quake jolted the nerves of many californians 'i've lived in california, i've lived through several of them,' margot wagner of santa barbara told cnn 'it's always a little unnerving' copyright 2008 cnn all rights reservedthis material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed associated press contributed to this report
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(cnn) with the presidential race heading into its final stretch, both candidates vow to protect the sacred promises made to military families but neither is offering any details on how they might support military families if we hit a fiscal cliff with budget cuts that could wipe out services for military and veterans' families month after month, in the midst of a heated presidential and congressional pre election cycle, we see no organized blueprint to integrate millions of military family members into civilian society since 2001, more than 2 million troops have returned from the wars in iraq and afghanistan they have spent less time at home than service members in the past because of frequent deployments, making readjustment and life at home for families harder than ever today, as the military drawdown in afghanistan proceeds, tens of thousands of military members are returning to uncertainty about their and their families' future what services will be cut? will it be medical care, mental health services or school supports for children? the republican national convention barely mentioned military and veteran families the democratic national convention was a great homage to our vets but didn't revealed specific plans for programs that president barack obama would support after more than 10 years of war in iraq and men and women in uniform continuing to die in afghanistan, this silence on a national plan or funding for services only increases the stress and uncertainty that military families feel every day with all the public celebration of military families on the campaign trail, this lack of proposals for new resources or a detailed plan of how federal agencies will coordinate the integration of returning troops seems like a violation of our nation's promise and its social contract with the millions of brave warriors and their families no one doubts republicans and democrats honor and care about military families but words and public recognition are not enough 'joining forces,' led by michelle obama and jill biden, is the obama administration's broad initiative involving the public and private sectors to help provide services and opportunities for military members and their families last year, this campaign waged by large corporations, nonprofit organizations and universities raised the visibility of the needs of military families and veterans this national leadership is exactly what we need as a nation but it is not enough it must be on a much larger scale, backed up with federal resources obama's directive last year that all federal agencies cooperate and use existing resources to help military families was also a huge step in the right direction but keeping that sacred vow to military and veteran families will require a federally led partnership with civilian society that provides full spectrum of programs designed to make the transition from military member to civilian a smooth one both parties seem to be waiting for the elections to be over and are accepting the possibility of deep, across the board cuts in the department of defense if congress doesn't reach a budget compromise during the post election period but before the election, both candidates should provide detailed plans or at least debate their stance on federally supported programs for military and veteran families our political leaders should be striving to expand veterans administration services to meet the growing demand at minimum, those leaving the military need the education, employment, health and mental health services they were promised the opinions in this commentary are solely those of ron astor
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ron astor: we need plans to provide services for returning vets if defense is deeply cut . astor: candidates laud military members but provide no detailed plans for re integration . tens of thousands back from wars wonder what services will survive, he says . astor: obama 'joining forces' is great, but it needs to be expanded with federal funds
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(cnn) as us president george w bush wrapped up his tour of the middle east, some of the region's biggest investors were doing business in the us us president george w bush during a lighter moment on his middle eastern tour with saudi prince salman bin abdul aziz saudi prince alwaleed bin talal topped up his holding in us banking giant citigroup, as part of a $125 billion cash injection from a group of backers, including the kuwait investment authority the same day, the kuwait investment authority also participated in a $66 billion boost for us investment bank merrill lynch they're the latest in a long line of substantial investments emanating from the middle east; most made by sovereign wealth funds spending the proceeds of the oil boom what are they? sovereign wealth funds (swfs) are not a new phenomenon the first was founded in 1953 but recently, they've become much more active in the past six months, in the financial sector alone, they've taken stakes in morgan stanley, ubs and bear stearns, as well as citigroup and merrill lynch how much are they worth? figures vary as many of the larger funds don't divulge valuations morgan stanley says, combined, they could be worth as much as $25 trillion standard chartered says the total assets managed in swfs correspond to around 12 percent of the market capitalization of the nyse, or about 42 percent of total stocks on the tokyo stock exchange who owns them? sovereign wealth funds aren't solely the preserve of middle eastern royalty norway's government pension fund is one of the biggest swfs in the world, worth an estimated $322 billion singapore, china and russia also have sizeable funds in fact, they're all featured standard chartered's 'super seven'; funds with more than $100 billion in assets in recent years, more countries have jumped aboard the swf wagon among the most recent are chile's economic and social stabilization fund (2006) and venezuela's national development fund (2005) where does the money come from? the biggest single source of funding for the largest swfs is oil and other commodities as oil prices swelled, so too did government coffers excess foreign reserves are also a source of funding and of course, as the value of their assets grows, swfs too will have more money at their disposal in ten year's time, standard chartered estimates they'll be worth $134 trillion morgan stanley forecasts a more optimistic $175 trillion who are the big spenders? the abu dhabi investment authority is the world's biggest swf, in dollar value, as well as a proportion of the emirate's gdp estimates of its size vary widely, from $250 billion to $1 trillion standard chartered puts it about half way at $625 billion one of its most recent purchases was a $75 billion stake in citigroup last november sounds great, what's the catch? many commentators view the rise of swfs as a positive force in the world market for example, while the prospect of a recession in the us has sent other investors running for cover, they've been willing and able to pump vast sums of money into the us banking sector however, there's some trepidation about their lack of transparency; many don't provide details of their size, investment returns or asset allocation the secrecy has stoked concerns about their investment motives some countries are worried that swfs will give other governments undue influence over important local companies the challenge is to ease concerns about 'strategic investments,' while not setting up too many barriers to foreign money e mail to a friend
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lahore, pakistan (cnn) former pakistani prime minister and opposition figure nawaz sharif arrived in pakistan's second largest city sunday, where he plans to end seven years in exile and directly participate in upcoming elections nawaz sharif arrived amid a crowd of uniformed security personnel and throngs of cheering supporters he arrived at lahore's airport on a jet provided by the saudi government at around 6:30 pm (8:30 am et) he emerged amid a crowd of uniformed security personnel and throngs of cheering supporters at the airport, where security was on high alert speaking to cnn just moments before his plane departed from medina, saudi arabia, sharif denied reports that he struck a deal with president pervez musharraf's government that would allow him to return to pakistan 'i haven't met any pakistani government functionary over the last eight years, although there were a lot of overtures from the pakistani side to meet me and to talk to me,' sharif said sunday afternoon he said he has not changed his position on musharraf, the man who overthrew him in a bloodless military coup in 1999 'he is not a legitimate president of the country; i do not accept that, not at all,' sharif said it is the second time sharif has arrived in pakistan this year he was quickly deported back to saudi arabia by musharraf's government when he tried to return in september political observers doubt he will be turned away this time pakistani police set up on roadblocks leading into lahore and the government had warned sharif supporters they would be blocked from entering the city pakistani police launched a crackdown on sharif supporters ahead of his arrival, arresting several hundred at their homes and stopping hundreds more who were traveling to lahore to welcome him, authorities and eyewitnesses told cnn former pakistani prime minister and opposition leader benazir bhutto returned to pakistan in october, after eight years in self imposed exile while traveling from the karachi airport, her motorcade was attacked, killing 136 people she was unharmed sharif who leads the opposition party pakistan muslim league said he has been talking to bhutto 'trying to find common ground' in uniting the opposition to musharraf's government 'we both have been interacting over the past few days, so let's see what comes out of it,' sharif said sharif, like other opposition leaders, was highly critical of bhutto for discussing a power sharing government with musharraf those talks ended when musharraf imposed a state of emergency on november 3 sharif said that while his alliance the all pakistan democratic movement (apdm) is preparing to participate in the january elections, they will only take part if musharraf withdraws the emergency declaration and releases opposition members who have been jailed 'everything that was done must be reversed and drawn back completely,' he said 'just withdrawing emergency will not be enough,' he said 'you must have a level playing field for free and fair elections' asked if he could ever agree to a power sharing deal with musharraf as president and he as prime minister, sharif answered, 'no, no, no, no question' sharif said he refused recent attempts by musharraf to meet with him in saudi arabia sharif said he rejected the offer because the two men 'are poles apart' musharraf met with saudi leaders last week his first trip since imposing the state of emergency raising speculation that an understanding was reached with the saudi government that prompted their support of sharif's return from exile a spokesman for musharraf told cnn sunday there was no agreement or understanding with sharif saudi authorities have been pushing pakistan to allow sharif back in the country in addition to his aircraft to lahore, the saudi royal family also has provided him with a bulletproof car in lahore, according to one of his deputies and a government source convicted of terrorism, hijacking and tax evasion after musharraf seized power in 1999, sharif was released in 2000 in exchange for agreeing to 10 years of exile in saudi arabia he retained his pakistani citizenship but has not been allowed to travel to pakistan or directly take part in pakistani politics on his arrival, sharif plans to visit the shrine of a sufi saint, then go to his home in lahore he also plans to visit the burial site of his father, who died while sharif was in exile the former official has no plans to call a news conference but was to make a statement at the airport in pakistan last week, pakistan's supreme court recently stacked by musharraf with his allies ruled against the last challenge blocking the ratification of last month's presidential election on saturday, the election commission officially notified the federal government that musharraf won the move clears the path for him to take the oath of office for the third time, which he has vowed to do after stepping down as the country's military chief no date has been set for the swearing in e mail to a friend cnn's karl penhaul and mohsin naqvi contributed to this report
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editor's note: peter bergen is cnn's national security analyst and a fellow at the new america foundation in washington and at new york university's center on law and security his most recent book is 'the osama bin laden i know: an oral history of al qaeda's leader' peter bergen says it's crucial to correctly frame the nature of a war before beginning it washington (cnn) president elect barack obama and his foreign policy advisers and speechwriters are wrestling with one of the most important speeches of his presidency, his inaugural address one of their toughest conceptual challenges is how to describe and recast what the bush administration has consistently termed the 'war on terror' the dean of military strategists, carl von clausewitz, explains the importance of this decision making in his treatise 'on war': 'the first, the supreme, the most decisive act of judgment that the statesman and commander have to make is to establishthe kind of war on which they are embarking; neither mistaking it for, nor trying to turn it into something that is alien to its nature' clausewitz's excellent advice about the absolute necessity of properly defining the war upon which a nation is about to embark was ignored by bush administration officials who instead declared an open ended and ambiguous 'war on terror' after the united states was attacked on september 11, 2001 bush took the nation to war against a tactic, rather than a war against a specific enemy, which was obviously al qaeda and anyone allied to it when the united states went to war against the nazis and the japanese during world war ii, president franklin roosevelt and his congressional supporters did not declare war against u boats and kamikaze pilots, but on the nazi state and imperial japan the war on terror, sometimes known as the 'global war on terror' or by the clunky acronym gwot, became the lens through which the bush administration judged almost all of its foreign policy decisions that proved to be dangerously counterproductive on several levels the gwot framework propelled the bush administration into its disastrous entanglement in iraq it had nothing to do with 9/11 but was launched under the rubric of the war on terror and the erroneous claims that saddam hussein had weapons of mass destruction the theory was that he might give such weapons to terrorists, including al qaeda to whom he was supposedly allied, and that he therefore threatened american interests none of this, of course, turned out to be true the bush administration's approach to the war on terror collided badly with another of its doctrines, spreading democracy in the middle east as a panacea to reduce radicalism it pushed for elections in the palestinian territories in which, in early 2006, the more radical hamas won a resounding victory, propelled to power on a wave of popular revulsion for the incompetence and corruption of the fatah party that had dominated palestinian politics since the 1960s imprisoned by its war on terror framework, the bush administration supported israel in a disastrous war against hezbollah in lebanon in the summer of 2006 hezbollah is not only a terrorist group but is also part of the rickety lebanese government and runs social welfare services across the country, yet for the bush administration its involvement in terrorism was all that mattered as is now widely understood in israel, the war against hezbollah was a moral and tactical defeat for the israeli military and government events in the current israeli incursion in gaza will determine whether history repeats itself under the banner of the war on terror, the bush administration also tied itself in conceptual knots conflating the threat from al qaeda with shiite groups like hezbollah and the ayatollahs in iran in 2006, for instance, president bush claimed that 'the sunni and shiite extremist represent different faces of the same threat' in reality, sunni and shiite extremists have been killing each other in large numbers for years in countries from pakistan to iraq the groups have differing attitudes toward the united states, which sunni extremists attacked in 1993 and again on 9/11, while shiite militants have never done so so, how to reconceptualize the gwot? contrary to a common view among europeans, who have lived through the bombing campaigns of various nationalist and leftist terror groups for decades, al qaeda is not just another criminal/terrorist group that can be dealt with by police action and law enforcement alone after all, a terrorist organization like the irish republican army would call in warnings before its attacks and its single largest massacre killed 29 people by contrast, al qaeda has declared war on the united states repeatedly as it did for the first time to a western audience during osama bin laden's 1997 interview with cnn following that declaration of war, the terror group attacked american embassies, a us warship, the pentagon and the financial heart of the united states, killing thousands of civilians without warning; acts of war by any standard al qaeda is obviously at war with the united states and so to respond by simply recasting the gwot as the gpat, the global police action against terrorists, would be foolish and dangerous what kind of war then should the united states fight against al qaeda? for that we should learn some lessons from the conceptual errors of the bush administration nine days after 9/11, bush addressed congress in a speech watched live by tens of millions of americans in which he said that al qaeda followed in the footsteps 'of the murderous ideologies of the 20th centurythey follow in the path of fascism, nazism and totalitarianism,' implying that the fight against al qaeda would be similar to world war ii or the cold war for the bush administration, painting the conflict in such existential terms had the benefit of casting the president as the heroic reincarnation of winston churchill and anyone who had the temerity to question him as the reincarnation of hitler's arch appeaser, neville chamberlain but this portrayal of the war on terror was massively overwrought the nazis occupied and subjugated most of europe and instigated a global conflict that killed tens of millions and when the united states fought the nazis, the country spent 40 percent of its gross domestic product to do so and fielded millions of soldiers in his inaugural address, obama should say that the united states is indeed at 'war against al qaeda and its allies,' but that as roosevelt said in his inaugural address in 1933, the only thing we have to fear is fear itself if americans are not terrorized by terrorists, then the us has won against them al qaeda and its allies are threats to the united states and americans living and working overseas, but they are far from all powerful barring an exceptional event like september 11, 2001, in any given year americans are more likely to die of snake bites or lightning strikes than a terrorist attack despite the hyperventilating rhetoric of osama bin laden, al qaeda's amateur investigations into weapons of mass destruction do not compare to the very real possibility of nuclear conflagration that we faced during the cold war there are relatively few adherents of binladen ism in the west today, while there were tens of millions of devotees of communism and fascism obama should also make it clear that instead of the bush formulation of 'either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists,' the obama administration doctrine will be, 'anyone who is against the terrorists is with us' after all it is only al qaeda and its several affiliates in countries like iraq, lebanon and algeria and allied groups such as the taliban that kill us soldiers and civilians and attack american interests around the globe everyone else in the world is a potential or actual ally in the fight against al qaeda and its affiliates, because those organizations threaten almost every category of institution, government and ethnic grouping this is the first of two commentaries on the war on terror read the second piece, peter bergen's commentary on what principles barack obama should follow in waging war against al qaeda and its allies, friday, january 9 on cnncom the opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of peter bergen
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peter bergen: bush never correctly framed the 'global war on terror'. he says the president went to war against the tactic of terrorism . instead, bergen says, the us should be leading a war vs al qaeda . bergen: al qaeda is a formidable enemy, but not the equivalent of fascism
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(cnn) it remains advantage los rojiblancos in the race for the la liga title as atletico madrid battled to a 1 0 away win at valencia to lead by four points by the end of sunday's program barcelona moved up to second with a 3 2 win at villarreal in the late match, their first since the death of former coach tito vilanova this week barca trailed to a ruben cani goal just before halftime and fell further behind when manuel trigueros scored for the home side on 55 minutes but a pair of villarreal own goals from gabriel paulista and mateo musacchio allowed the catalan giants to level before lionel messi grabbed the winner seven minutes from time real madrid, who beat osasuna 4 0 saturday, are six points adrift but have a game in hand on both their rival but atletico will clinch la liga for the first time in 18 years with two wins from their remaining three game, the last of which is against barcelona atletico were able to register a ninth straight win in their relentless march to the title with a goal from raul garcia just before halftime proving the difference in the mestella 'we wanted to win for us and for all the people who've come to valencia their support is essential' #aupaatleti, the scorer tweeted after the match both teams are involved in european competition next week, with atletico fielding a strong team despite a champions league semifinal second leg against chelsea on wednesday valencia, who are looking to overhaul a 2 0 deficit to sevilla at the same stage of the europa league, were also nearly at full strength and made a bright start against the league leaders atletico's david villa came close to scoring against his old club before the visitors made the breakthrough as gabi picked out garcia who scored with a deft header atletico's leading scorer diego costa had two good chances to make the game safe for diego simeone's men in the second half but they held out for a vital three points although losing juanfran to a red card in stoppage time meanwhile in france's ligue 1, defending champions paris st germain missed the chance to wrap up a second successive title the were held to a 1 1 draw by at struggling sochaux to go eight points clear of monaco with three games remaining uruguay star edinson cavani put psg ahead on 24 minutes but an own goal from thiago silva after the break leveled the affair sochaux remained four points from safety in 18th place despite the battling draw
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washington (cnn) the united states and britain praised pakistani president pervez musharraf's contribution to the war on terror while the bush administration claimed no role in the leader's resignation monday pakistan's pervez musharraf has until now stubbornly resisted pressure to quit a senior state department official familiar with the situation told cnn us officials were in touch with musharraf in the week leading up to the resignation however, the official said, the united states made it clear that it would not get involved in the struggle between musharraf and the newly elected pakistani parliament 'if he made a decision to go, or fight against it we didn't advise him either way,' the official said 'we really did keep our fingers out of this one' musharraf is viewed as a keen ally of the west in the fight on terror, receiving billions in military aid from both and launching attacks on militant groups near the country's border with afghanistan watch musharraf resign » 'president musharraf has been a friend to the united states and one of the world's most committed partners in the war against terrorism and extremism,' said secretary of state condoleezza rice after musharraf's announcement 'we will continue to work with the pakistani government and political leaders and urge them to redouble their focus on pakistan's future and its most urgent needs, including stemming the growth of extremism, addressing food and energy shortages and improving economic stability,' she added 'the united states will help with these efforts to see pakistan reach its goal of becoming a stable, prosperous, democratic, modern, muslim nation' the bush administration's main priority is a crackdown on taliban and al qaeda militants in pakistan's tribal regions the administration believes pakistan's intelligence service is full of al qaeda and taliban loyalists, an accusation pakistan denies view a timeline of musharraf's time in power » 'there is a great deal of frustration on the part of the us government with pakistan's inability to follow through on what the us sees as its clear commitments,' said robert grenier, a former cia counterterrorism official, now a managing director at risk consultation firm kroll 'it remains very much to be seen whether this new democratically elected leadership will really be able to follow through in a sustained and coherent way,' he said 'they haven't demonstrated an ability to do that' the united states has stepped up missile strikes inside pakistan, killing dozens of militants, and head of the army, gen ashfaq kiyani, is now the united states' closest ally in power but some experts warn that us pressure could go too far 'the us military has to be extremely cautious,' said rick barton, a director and adviser with the non profit center for strategic and international studies who is a former un and us official 'it could actually be setting the torch to the kindling inside the country' musharraf told the nation in a televised address monday that he would step down nearly nine years after he seized power in a bloodless coup in 1999 'i don't want the people of pakistan to slide deeper and deeper into uncertainty,' he said until now, musharraf, 65, had stubbornly resisted pressure to resign but his once considerable power eroded significantly since february's election that pushed his party out of power that pressure increased in the past few weeks as the new ruling party began making plans to impeach him only time will tell whether the power shift will benefit pakistan, but 'it puts a lot more responsibility squarely on the government there is no more excuse any more they have to stand up and do things they can't blame musharraf,' the state department official said the official said musharraf isn't expected to try to undermine the government 'i really don't think he has been a factor for six months,' the official said 'he hasn't been able to do that while he was in the presidency, and he won't be as well positioned [out of the presidency] to interfere' mohammedmian soomro, the chairman of the upper house of the national assembly, stepped into the president's role and will act as caretaker until a new president is chosen, which is expected to be in the next few weeks under pakistan's constitution, the president is elected by a majority vote of pakistan's four provincial assemblies and the two houses of the national assembly since musharraf's resignation, the united states hadn't yet spoken to the government under newly elected prime minister syed yousaf raza gillani, who visited washington late last month in a statement released by us national security council spokesman gordon johndroe, president george w bush said it was committed to a 'strong pakistan that continues its efforts to strengthen democracy and fight terror' 'president bush looks forward to working with the government of pakistan on the economic, political and security challenges they face' british foreign secretary david miliband said it was strongly committed to its alliance with pakistan following musharraf's resignation he praised musharraf's economic and security achievements, described pakistan as a 'vital friend' and said britain's aid program for the country would continue meanwhile, an afghanistan government spokesman said musharraf's resignation would be good for afghanistan the indian government said in a statement that it had no comment to make 'this is an internal matter of pakistan' copyright 2008 cnn all rights reservedthis material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed associated press contributed to this report
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washington (cnn) a slim majority of americans think churches should stay out of politics, according to a new survey john mccain, the rev rick warren and barack obama together for a cnn broadcast forum on faith the survey suggests that for the first time in more than a decade, there has been a shift away from the view that religious groups should influence social and political issues fifty two percent of poll respondents said churches should stay quiet, while 46 percent said churches should express political views the biggest shift has come among republicans, one of the authors of the poll said 'overall, the number of people who say churches should not endorse political candidates is up slightly, but among republicans it is up 11 points, and among white evangelical republicans it is up 19 points,' said greg smith, a research fellow at the pew forum on religion & public life 'there is a slight uptick, from 40 percent to 46 percent, among people who are uncomfortable to have politicians talking about religion, but it is up 10 points among republicans,' he added four years ago, seven out of 10 conservatives approved of religious institutions expressing political views but five out of 10 conservatives in thursday's poll said it was appropriate it seems that the more important social issues are to conservatives, the more likely they were to say that religion and politics should not mix among people who said gay marriage was a very important issue, the number saying houses of worship should keep out of politics doubled, from 25 percent to 50 percent among those who said it was not important, the number was essentially unchanged respondents were also more likely to say houses of worship should not meddle in politics if they considered the major political parties to be hostile to religion the new figures bring republican views into line with those of democrats and independents a 14 point gap between republican and democratic views on the subject in august 2004 fell to one point in the new survey but smith cautioned against reading the survey to mean basic conservative philosophy was changing 'it appears to be frustration with the contemporary political landscape more than an underlying philosophical shift,' he said 'it is not the case the conservatives are uncomfortable with a political role for religion, but we do see increasing discomfort with churches getting involved with politics' 'voting intentions among white evangelicals have not changed at all,' smith added republican candidate sen john mccain 'has a huge lead even among younger evangelicals' but social conservatives are lukewarm about mccain as compared to president bush nearly seven out of 10 white evangelical protestants and conservatives said they supported mccain; the number was slightly higher for bush in august 2004 but four years ago, 57 percent of them said they backed bush strongly the number is 28 percent for mccain this year, with 40 percent saying they backed him, but not strongly the number of people who think religious groups have too much influence over political parties grew for both republicans and democrats as did the percentage of people who are uncomfortable hearing politicians talk about how religious they are americans continue to see the republican party as more friendly to religion than the democrats, although the democrats closed the gap somewhat since reaching a low point in 2006 other survey results showed little change from the past two out of three americans continue to say churches should not endorse candidates for president, and most still feel a president should have strong religious beliefs the survey was conducted by the pew research center for people & the press and the pew forum on religion & public life by interviewing 2,905 adults nationwide by phone between july 31 and august 10 on saturday, obama and mccain answered questions that had religious overtones at a forum hosted by the rev rick warren the pastor of southern california's saddleback church is author of the best selling book 'the purpose driven life' asked when life begins, mccain was quick to say 'at the moment of conception' mccain's response was met with huge applause from the audience 'i have a 25 year pro life record in the congress, in the senate, and as president of the united states, i will be a pro life president, and this presidency will have pro life policies,' he said when obama was asked about when life begins, the pro choice candidate said that decision is 'above my pay grade' the response garnered criticism from liberal and conservative thinkers who said obama tried to dodge the issue obama said although he's pro choice and supports a woman's right to abortion, his goal is to reduce the number of abortions in america 'on this particular issue, if you believe that life begins at conception and you are consistent, then i can't argue with you on that,' he said 'what i can do is say, 'are there ways we can work together to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies?' 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(cnn) the next stop in a legal battle over a controversial new abortion law in texas could be the us supreme court on monday abortion rights groups filed an emergency motion asking the supreme court to block texas from enforcing part of the law, which is considered among the most restrictive in the country justice antonin scalia has given the state until november 12 to respond, according to court documents the motion comes four days after a federal appeals court reinstated a key part of the law a provision that requires doctors to obtain admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of the clinic at which they're providing abortion services the appeals court's decision allowed that provision to remain in place, but monday's motion asks the supreme court to overturn that ruling since the decision, more than a third of centers that had provided abortions in texas have stopped providing abortions, louise melling, a deputy legal director of the american civil liberties union, told reporters in a conference call monday 'a dozen abortion providers were forced to cancel appointments immediately,' said kenneth lambrecht, director and ceo of planned parenthood of greater texas 'our patients are scared, some are angry, some have said they don't know how they're going to make the long trip to the next closest provider' marni evans, 37, a freelance consultant, told reporters she is now considering flying to seattle for an abortion after her appointment in austin, texas, was canceled she said she and her fiance decided to pursue an abortion for financial reasons 'we can barely afford our own health care, let alone a child, she said 'after a lot of soul searching, we decided we want to start a family someday, but we just can't do it right now because of last thursday's ruling, that decision has been taken out of our hands' a planned parenthood lawsuit against the state over the law is still pending the suit filed in us district court in austin on behalf of more than a dozen women's health care providers across texas alleges that the abortion law violates the constitutional rights of women and puts unreasonable demands on doctors who perform abortions the bill originally failed to gain approval because of a democratic filibuster led by state sen wendy davis gov rick perry then called the legislature into a second special session to continue consideration of the bill perry cheered last week's appeals court ruling 'today's decision affirms our right to protect both the unborn and the health of the women of texas,' he said in a statement last week 'we will continue doing everything we can to protect a culture of life in our state' cnn's dana ford and cristy lenz contributed to this report
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(cnn) a swedish wrestler who discarded his bronze medal in a protest during the presentation ceremony has been stripped of the award and disqualified from the tournament in beijing a disgruntled abrahamian drops his bronze medal before leaving the arena during the presentation ceremony the international olympic committee said it was also officially disqualifying ara abrahamian, 35, from his event, greco roman wrestling abrahamian was beaten in the 84 kilogram class by eventual gold medal winner andrea minguzzi of italy he complained that 'blatant errors in judging' caused him to lose the match and said he felt that he deserved the gold the swede shouted at the referee before confronting the judges during thursday's presentation ceremony, he took off his medal and left it in the center of the competition mat before walking off the ioc said abrahamian violated two rules of the olympic charter, one that bans any sort of demonstrations and another that demands respect for all olympic athletes 'the awards ceremony is a highly symbolic ritual, acknowledged as such by all athletes and other participants,' the ioc said 'any disruption by any athlete, in particular a medalist, is in itself an insult to the other athletes and to the olympic movement it is also contrary to the spirit of fair play' abrahamian never expressed regret or offered an apology, the ioc said the international weightlifting federation was asked to consider further sanctions against him his medal was the third stripped at the beijing games on friday, north korean shooter kim jong su had his silver and bronze medals taken away after failing a doping test also expelled for doping violations have been spanish cyclist maria isabel moreno and vietnamese gymnast thi ngan thuong do abrahamian's case is not the first of its kind a weightlifter at the 1992 barcelona olympics was stripped of his bronze medal after rejecting it during the medal ceremony ibragim samadov, competing in the light heavyweight category for the unified team of the former soviet union, was upset with his performance and refused to have the medal placed around his neck and only accepted it in his hand he then put it down and walked off samadov later apologized, but the ioc upheld its decision to disqualify him, and he was later banned for life by the sport's governing body
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(cnn) houston texans head coach gary kubiak will remain hospitalized for at least one more day after collapsing as he walked off the field for halftime of the team's sunday night game against the indianapolis colts, the team said monday 'gary is alert, coherent and in good spirits,' the team said in a statement 'he is continuing to be evaluated and monitored' the texans didn't elaborate on what might be wrong with kubiak, who 'experienced dizziness and a light headed feeling' before sinking to the ground, according to the team on sunday, defensive coordinator wade phillips said the coach 'did not have a heart attack, but they're still checking on everything with him' the 52 year old coach was walking near the 20 yard line just after halftime started when he slowly bent over and then collapsed, shocking the audience and members of kubiak's own team and staff in a post game news conference, phillips recalled his confusion in the moments after kubiak's collapse, describing it as 'a shock to everybody' 'i was traveling in, and i saw him on the ground, and i kept asking, 'what happened?' ' he said 'and that's kind of what happened with everybody' 'it looked serious' one texans player, defensive end antonio smith, said he saw kubiak collapse 'he went down to his knee and couldn't get back up and looked like he was having trouble breathing,' he said after the game 'it looked serious because he couldn't get back up and everyone was surrounding him' kubiak was tended to by a flock of medical staff as he lay on the field he was eventually wheeled out on a stretcher 'we finally got word that they took him to the hospital, but we were unsure of everything,' phillips said concern from both teams the colts went on to win the game 27 24, even though the texans led 21 3 at halftime but phillips refused to use kubiak's collapse as an excuse for the defeat, saying houston had opportunities in the second half 'when the game was on the line, we didn't play well enough,' he said 'we were very concerned at halftime,' texans tackle duane brown said 'we actually were more motivated if anything to try to go out and get the win but once we were out there and started playing again, it didn't stick around in our minds too much' houston's opponents also voiced their concern about kubiak colts owner jim irsay offered his support to the texans coach 'big time prayers for coach kubiak,' irsay tweeted 'god bless his healthy return and ease his family's worry and concern' star defensive player jj watt said after monday's practice that players had yet to talk with the coach he said he hadn't noticed anything of concern with kubiak in the days leading up to sunday's game he described his coach as hard working 'his truck's always the first one here and the last one to leave,' watt said 'the guy lives for it, and he lives and breathes this game he puts it all out there for us, and obviously we hope to get him back soon' other coaches kubiak is among a number of football coaches to suffer dramatic health issues recently denver broncos head coach john fox was taken to a hospital saturday after feeling lightheaded while playing golf, the team said, and he underwent 'successful' surgery monday to replace an aortic valve he will be away from coaching for at least the next several weeks, the team said denver broncos coach will undergo heart valve surgery in september, university of minnesota gophers head coach jerry kill suffered an apparent epileptic seizure on a sideline at halftime, the sports website bleacher report said at the time kill, who has a history of such seizures, has been on leave as head coach since october 10 but continues to be involved with the team while receiving treatment to manage his epilepsy, the school said in a statement cnn's joseph miller, jake carpenter and joe sutton contributed to this report
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(cnn) it seems difficult to open a paper, turn on tv or visit a website these days without hearing some awful new 'discovery' about obamacare and how it's going to end the world more often than not, these claims are overblown, designed to get attention and score political points this week, the new york times published an article explaining that the savings many people hope to see in lower cost insurance could come at the cost of fewer choices with respect to health care providers this is very true if we want to be realistic about health care reform, we have to acknowledge that everything comes with a tradeoff in order to make insurance cost less, private insurance companies have to make use of the tools available to them in the past, they could have tried preferentially to cover healthier people and refuse coverage to those with chronic conditions that leaves a cheaper risk pool, which results in lower premiums but obamacare no longer allows that if we want guaranteed issue and community ratings (so that no one can be denied insurance and no one can be charged more for being sick), then insurance companies must use other strategies to save money in the past, insurance companies could have tried to issue policies that didn't cover as much policies with skimpier benefits are cheaper, too but obamacare sets minimums with respect to what qualifies as comprehensive coverage so that tool was taken away as well in the past, insurance companies could have set lower annual or lifetime limits, which confines their risk and allows them to sell insurance at a lower price or, they could have set really high deductibles or out of pocket maximums these, too, are now more tightly regulated so what's left? how can insurance companies make health care cheaper so that they can deliver lower premiums to people and attract more business? well, one thing they could do is limit their administrative costs but if you ask insurance companies, they tell you that they are already running pretty lean they also like to make a nice profit, and they like to pay their executives well so they are left with one really good option: pay less for care how do they do this? one way they've been doing it for years is to contract with certain doctors and hospitals to provide care for their beneficiaries for less money providers will agree to this because it guarantees them a certain amount of business insurance companies like it because it means they can pay less, charge lower premiums and sell more policies and that is how many plans in the health care exchanges will compete for your business please understand that this is nothing new with respect to health insurance at my job, there are a number of different plans offered to employees the most expensive plan allows us to see the widest range of physicians there's a cheaper plan available, but my kids' pediatrician (whom we revere) isn't in that network so we pay for the more expensive plan that's a choice we make as informed consumers problems will arise if people don't understand what they are getting into there's no such thing as a free lunch if you buy the cheapest plan, it may not include the doctor you want if choice is your no 1 goal, then you will probably have to pay for it what makes this a problem for obamacare, though, is that some health exchanges aren't offering a choice for instance, in new hampshire, only one insurance company is offering exchange plans, and it has a rather limited network if you were previously uninsured, then the most straightforward argument is that the plan you're getting, probably with subsidies to make it cheaper, is better than nothing but some people, who might have had individually issued policies before obamacare with larger networks, will not be happy with their new plans they may be cheaper, but they may have preferred to pay more for choice, and now they won't be able to no policy is perfect on the whole, i believe far more people will benefit from obamacare than will be hurt by it any change will inevitably make someone unhappy this is one of those situations we shouldn't ignore this deficiency we should fix it one way might be to have a public option, run by the government, which might have a larger network medicare has perhaps the largest national network in the country, as more doctors accept it than just about any other form of insurance so it's totally possible to offer more choice but that will require politicians to work together to amend the law to make it better it will be instructive to watch how people react to news like this if they are truly concerned about fixing this problem, then they will seek solutions to do so if they use this issue only to demagogue against the entire law, though, it's likely that they care more about politics than policy the opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of aaron carroll
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lower cost insurance could come at the cost of fewer choices of health care providers . aaron carroll: insurance companies have been doing this for years to keep costs down . he says just as there's no policy that is perfect, there are tradeoffs to obamacare . carroll: one way to fix this is to have a public option, which might have a larger network
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(cnn) argentina will be missing striker diego milito for the final two world cup qualifiers against peru and uruguay as diego maradona's struggling team battle to reach the finals in 2010 diego milito has had only a bit part role for argentina despite his good form for inter milan milito is expected to be sidelined for the next month after injuring his thigh while playing for italian champions inter milan on saturday the 30 year old was replaced by mario balotelli 25 minutes into the 2 1 victory against udinese at the san siro, and scans have shown that he suffered a first degree strain in his right thigh the albiceleste go into saturday's home clash with peru on a run of four defeats in the last five games which has left the team outside the top four automatic qualifying spots while bottom side peru have no chance of qualifying, wednesday's opponents uruguay lie just a point behind argentina in sixth and will be hoping to at least clinch the play off position in the south american zone milito has made a flying start to his career with inter this season, scoring five goals in his first seven games, but he has had only a bit part role in argentina's qualifying campaign so far coach maradona, who can call on the likes of lionel messi, sergio aguero, carlos tevez and ezequiel lavezzi up front, has retained boca juniors striker martin palermo in his squad palermo scored both goals in the 2 0 friendly win over ghana last week, and was also on target for his club at the weekend in a 3 2 victory against velez sarsfield enzo perez is also added to the 26 man squad after making his debut against the africans, along with estudiantes teammate juan sebastian veron and velez sarsfield defender nicolas otamendi colon goalkeeper diego pozo, newell's old boys defender rolando schiavi, boca duo federico insua and luciano fabian monzon and huracan midfielder mario bolatti are also included among the home based players
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hong kong (cnn) shinzo abe, japan's one time prime minister, may get a second chance at the job after serving as the country's leader from 2006 to 2007, his liberal democratic party looks set to return to power this weekend in national elections some investors believe the second coming of abe will be good for japan's equity markets 'investors are pricing inmuch greater monetary easing,' said ben collett, head of japanese equities at louis capital markets in hong kong in mid november, abe called for unlimited monetary easing to jumpstart the economy he also urged the bank of japan to raise its current 1% inflation goal to as much as 3% since then, investors betting on an abe administration have pushed the tokyo nikkei up by more than 10% still, collett doubts if abe can deliver on his calls for more stimulus and thinks investors might not see action 'that's just talk to get into office he's putting a line in the sand i don't know how he achieves it' if anything, collett believes abe's timing is 'quite fortuitous' and that japan's economy has 'hit bottom' and is ready to bounce back and if abe returns to office, he is expected to push back harder against a rising china than his predecessors, if his previous assertive leadership style is anything to go by asia's first and second largest economies have been embroiled in a months long trade dispute because of rival territorial claims in the east china sea both china and japan lay claim to a small grouping of islands, known as the diaoyu islands in chinese and the senkaku islands in japanese on september 11, japan nationalized the islands causing an uproar in china in retaliation, chinese consumers slowed their purchases of japanese products in october, japan revealed its september exports to china fell more than 14% a stronger stance against china may rattle trade ties even more, collett said and that may also weaken japan's currency, the yen 'in fact, abe's comments may be intentionally aimed at destabilizing sentiment on the yen,' collett added, noting that 'anything that removes popularity of the yen as a safe haven' will be good for exporters japan's economy relies heavily on exporters big name brands that include well known names toyota, sony and panasonic a weaker currency means japan's exporters earn more yen when they repatriate overseas profits back to japan since mid november, the yen has weakened 52% as abe's chances of returning to power have risen still, while many economists are becoming more bearish about japan's economy, which has just slipped into recession, collett remains bullish 'japan has never looked better to me i'm very, very optimistic on it,' collett said 'i'm hopeful for the market and the economy and abe's timing is solid' 'he'll initiate a cycle of new industrial development a rebirth of heavy industry in japan that includes energy, hi tech, space exploration and defense industries'
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cairo (cnn) clashes between egyptian security forces and armed men on the outskirts of cairo thursday left at least one police official dead, authorities said at least 65 men were arrested during the security forces' operation in the district of kerdasa, the interior ministry said images broadcast by egyptian state tv showed security forces raiding buildings after a gun battle in the streets of neighboring nahiya last month, 11 police officers were killed in kerdasa in an attack following a crackdown by security forces on supporters of former president mohamed morsy, which left hundreds of people dead security forces have blamed islamist supporters of morsy, who was ousted by the military in july, for the killings of the police officers in kerdasa they had been unable to regain control of the area before thursday the interior ministry said three of the people arrested thursday are main suspects in the killings of the police officers in kerdasa and that the others were wanted in relation to the attack also thursday, the cairo subway resumed service after being temporarily suspended following the discovery of suspicious objects on the track, egyptian state tv reported the interior ministry described the items on the track as 'homemade foreign objects' there were no explosive charges found in the objects, the official news outlet egynews reported cnn's ian lee reported from cairo and samira said from atlanta ali younes contributed to this report
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(cnn) a us navy commander, a naval criminal investigative service agent and a singapore based defense contractor face federal charges in two bribery schemes involving hundreds of millions of dollars in navy contracts with payoffs that included prostitutes and luxury travel, according to the us attorney's office in san diego the three men navy cmdr michael vannak khem misiewicz; ncis supervisory special agent john bertrand beliveau ii and contractor leonard glenn francis, the ceo of singapore based glenn defense marine asia ltd, were all arrested earlier this week according to a news release from the us attorney's office, misiewicz, 46, used a position as deputy operations officer of the us seventh fleet to help schedule visits of us navy ships to ports where francis' company provided services including tugboats, security, transportation, supplies, fuel and waste removal 'in return, francis provided misiewicz with paid travel, luxury hotel stays and prostitution services,' the us attorney's office said the information misiewicz passed on to francis, a citizen of malaysia who lives in singapore, was 'confidential,' meaning its disclosure could cause serious harm to us national security, the us attorney's office said it detailed navy ship movements months in advance, according to the us attorney a separate complaint alleges beliveau, 44, provided francis with information about an ncis fraud investigation into his company's dealings with the navy 'in exchange, francis provided beliveau with, among other things, paid travel, luxury hotel stays and prostitution services,' the us attorney's office said the complaint, which was filed in the southern district of california, states that beliveau made arrangements to travel to bangkok, thailand, through the same travel agent francis used read the complaint no evidence was found that beliveau paid for his hotel or travel, or that he reimbursed francis for the trip francis also arranged for a female escort to entertain beliveau while there, according to the complaint in e mail correspondence between the two as detailed in the complaint, francis attached a picture of the escort saying: 'joyce your kinda babe?' beliveau responded: 'nice you bet hopefuly i'm her kinda guy, hehe' francis allegedly paid for three days of the escort's time, including her airfare, according to the complaint in all, the complaint alleges that francis received the three day trip to thailand, escort included; a laptop for a female acquaintance; and went on a three week, five country trip through asia in return, francis allegedly saved 125 ncis investigative reports to his government computer the affidavit states the reports were in connection with the ncis investigation into glenn defense marine asia francis' company according to the complaint, after many of the downloads the cd burner was activated, but it's unclear what, if anything, was burned the affidavit alleges that francis burned the documents to a cd so that he could transport them out of the ncis office the special agent who wrote the affidavit wrote that there is no 'direct proof' that beliveau gave francis the downloaded documents the three men are charged with conspiring to commit bribery and could face up to five years in prison if convicted francis is being held without bond in san diego, where he was arrested navy seal video game scandal beliveau was arrested in virginia and misiewicz in colorado, where he was serving with the us northern command at peterson air force base both men are expected to be sent to san diego to face the charges against them if true, the allegations against misiewicz will tarnish what has been an inspiring immigrant success story born in cambodia and adopted by an american woman serving in the us army in phnom penh, misiewicz came to the us in 1973, a few years before the khmer rouge takeover of cambodia millions died during the group's brutal reign in what became known as the 'killing fields' misiewicz went on to earn his commission from the us naval academy and in 2010 was in command of the destroyer uss mustin when it made a port call in cambodia 'it is important for me to be strong and to remember and honor the sacrifices that were made for me,' misiewicz said at the time, according to a navy news service report 'both cambodians and americans in my young life sacrificed life and happiness so i could have a better life' 'anything is possible you can start anywhere, any place, if you've got freedom and you have opportunity like we have in the us, the sky is the limit,' he said in the report navy: captain relieved, others investigated over questionable videos
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(cnn) over the course of five days, the greek government led by the understated conservative prime minister antonis samaras overcame two high hurdles in a dash to qualify for the austerity program set out by the so called troika, made up of the european central bank, the international monetary fund and the european commission the first hurdle was the parliamentary vote last week, when the austerity measures were passed by just 153 votes out of 300 the second important vote took place in the wee hours of sunday night in athens, this time with a comfortable margin of victory as 167 of 300 lawmakers voted for, in essence, more austerity but in the spirit of a greek tragedy, much political blood has been spilt along the way those who voted against the measures were tossed out of the coalition parties, while members of the democratic left abstained due to the labor reforms that were built into the overall plan this has been a very messy process, with the troika leaning on the relatively new government to deliver what greece had promised before the current administration came to power following the elections last june in large part, the restructuring is now there and greece is telling the troika: 'show me the money' the implicit agreement on the table: greece delivers another $17 billion in cuts over two years from labor reforms and tops that off with a new 2013 budget the troika then puts up the final instalment of $40 billion to avoid defaulting on bonds which start coming due november 16 but all of a sudden, there seems to be disagreement in the ranks and backlash from some eurozone member countries not happy with the measures as one greek ceo messaged me last night after our coverage of the vote: 'we kept our side of the bargain; we need to see delivery from the other side too' the budget for 2013 makes for painful reading a projected contraction of 45% next year and a record sixth year of recession, with the economy shrinking more than 30% in that time frame public debt to gdp is due to increase to 189%, having risen more than 50% since this whole crisis started unemployment last week hit a record 254% with youth unemployment leaping to 58% another greek executive i spoke with last night after the vote said the population has entered a new phase of acceptance state workers have taken salary and pension cuts ranging from 15% to 40%, taxes on electric bills have soared, the retirement age has been bumped up to 67 years from 65 years finally, the real shrinking of the state sector is taking place the state payroll will fall by 125,000 between 2012 and 2016 through attrition and real layoffs some of the special pay packages for certain ministries, such as the ministry of finance, have been eliminated and salaries have been capped some 40 senior employees at the bank of greece, the central bank, walked off the job for good in protest of the 5,000 euro salary cap change was a long time coming, but it has happened this is a critical time some 70,000 workers took to the streets in central greece last week for one last fight of resistance against the austerity samaras said it was a vote 'for' or 'against' the isolation of greece he was suggesting that greeks will soon see the flickering light at the end of the tunnel, with the full backing of german chancellor angela merkel after her recent, high profile public show of support in athens political statements may be offered by the members of the eurozone this week, something the greek technocratic finance minister yiannis stournaras promised one thing is abundantly clear at this stage for the state workers who have taken salary hits and for the one million private sector workers who have lost their jobs due to economic depression: the cash lifeline needs to be delivered
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the greek government has overcome two hurdles to qualify for the troika's austerity program . but in the spirit of a greek tragedy, much political blood has been spilt along the way . the budget for 2013 makes for painful reading, including a contraction of 45% next year . but one thing is abundantly clear for greece: the cash lifeline needs to be delivered
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(cnn) former south african president nelson mandela will remain in a pretoria hospital through christmas, the government said on monday in a statement on his website, president jacob zuma said that mandela is responding well to treatment 'we also humbly invite all freedom loving people around the world to pray for him he is an ardent fighter and will recover from this episode with all our support,'' said zuma, who visited mandela on saturday mandela, 94, has received round the clock care since an acute respiratory infection in 2011 he was hospitalized for a lung infection on december 8; and on december 15, he had successful endoscopic surgery to have gallstones removed mandela has not appeared in public since the 2010 world cup hosted by south africa the nobel peace prize winner spent 27 years in prison for fighting the oppression of blacks in south africa he became the nation's first black president in 1994, four years after he was freed south africa last month launched a new batch of banknotes with a picture of a smiling mandela on the front
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buchanan, new york (cnn) the chairman of the nuclear regulatory commission got a firsthand look tuesday at the indian point nuclear plant on a visit organized by two members of congress from new york who want the plant shut down chairman gregory jaczko toured the plant with longtime indian point opponents rep nita lowey and rep elliot engel, who have been raising concerns about the safety of the plant following the earthquake and tsunami in japan that seriously damaged the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant 'as i have repeatedly stressed to (plant owner) entergy and the nrc, i continue to have serious concerns about several specific issues related to indian point,' lowey said at a press conference following the tour indian point is on the hudson river, 35 miles north of midtown manhattan among the chief concerns raised by lowey and engel is the feasibility of evacuating such a populated area in the event of an emergency currently the nrc requires plants to have plans in place to evacuate a 10 mile radius around their facilities but, pointing out that the nrc urged americans within a 50 mile radius of the damaged japanese reactors to leave, lowey said that 'evacuating 20 million people within a 50 mile radius of indian point would be a near impossibility' 'the bottom line,' said engel after the tour, 'i still believe indian point should be closed' jaczko said the visit was a good opportunity to hear firsthand from the representatives about their concerns 'i think it's so important that we continue to have a very open and transparent dialogue,' he said asked whether the proximity of the plant to such a densely populated area was sufficient reason to close the plant, as many new york officials have argued, including gov andrew cuomo, jaczko said he couldn't comment since indian point is undergoing a formal relicensing effort right now there are two reactors at indian point one is due to be relicensed in 2013 and the other in 2015 jaczko said the agency closely monitors the operation of all nuclear facilities 'to ensure that they meet our very stringent safety and security requirements' indian point, he said, meets those requirements lowey and engel have introduced a bill that would require the nrc to use the same standards it uses to license new nuclear plants when relicensing older plants, 'including evaluating terror threats, seismic risk, population density and evacuation concerns,' lowey said engel, who first called for the plant to be closed following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, said, 'if this plant were being built today, in 2011, i can tell you it would not be sited here in buchanan, new york' lowey said new data showing that indian point is located at two fault lines means the nrc should also evaluate whether a seismic event could affect the power supply or cause the spent fuel pools to leak jaczko said as part of relicensing, the nrc looks at the seismic qualifications of plants to ensure that all systems will continue to operate safely a task force of 'top notch experts' at the agency is looking at all the challenges and issues that emerged following the earthquake and tsunami in japan, he said 'i expect that we'll learn some good lessons, and i expect there will be some changes to our requirements as a result of that,' he said
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washington (cnn) ever since watergate became the shorthand for a government run amok, the political clichã© of our time has been about the political lesson of that era: that the coverup can be worse than the crime apply that clichã© to benghazi and questions about the motive for removing the terror link from talking points about the libyan attack in the heat of an election maybe there's a corollary question that we ought to be asking: in politics, when did spin trump everything, even the truth? we're in dangerous territory right now, although the president himself seems to be having none of it, calling the investigation a 'political circus' sure it is but in the center ring is something that still begs an explanation, despite the president's dismissiveness: how and why did the account of what happened at benghazi (ie the infamous talking points) go through a dozen iterations, beginning with a fairly detailed description of the potential involvement of al qaeda that morphed over the course of a day into a simple, gauzy, bland (and false) theory? administration officials say, of course, that this is just part of the regular, interagency 'process' of consultation that occurs before information is released in other words, this is the way intelligence always gets scrubbed and vetted and in this case, don't forget, the information was being released to members of congress on the intelligence committees, so they could speak in public with some clarity (!) on benghazi but that also means the information was going to republicans in the heat of the fall election so antennae were up what's more, the bureaucratic armor was on between people at the state department and the cia, each trying to make sure their agency wasn't thrown under the bus for the obvious failures in benghazi all in all, just another day in washington let's try to deconstruct the accusations first, the notion that politics was somehow at play is, of course, true was it 30% or 50% or 80% of the problem? hard to say what we do know is this: in an e mail, victoria nuland, the state department's spokeswoman at the time, makes the point that a key paragraph in the talking points containing context and detail about five other attacks in benghazi 'could be abused by members of congress to beat up the state department for not paying attention to warnings so why would we feed that either ' she's right: republicans and mitt romney would no doubt have accused the administration of not paying enough attention to warning signs but since it was also the truth or an important part of it why suppress it? then there's the rest of the story, which may even be more dispositive although the us ambassador to libya lost his life, the exact nature of the benghazi operation is tricky white house spokesman jay carney says the white house changed the wording from 'consulate' to 'diplomatic facility' to be more accurate so what does that mean? thanks to the digging of glenn kessler in the washington post, it looks very much like the benghazi consulate 'was not a consulate at all but basically a secret cia operation' and, as kessler also points out, the internal accountability review board, in its investigation, tiptoed around the delicate matter: the us special mission in benghazi, it said, 'was never a consulate and never formally notified to the libyan government' in other words, this was a hit on a cia outpost, resulting in the death of an ambassador who happened to be there at the time that helps to explain the pushback from the state department, which was publicly taking the heat and didn't want the cia driven talking points to add to the idea that they had failed to protect their own in addition, state had been pretty mum on the whole picture, and nuland didn't want the talking points to reflect more than she had been allowed to share publicly, so she naturally objected on behalf of her 'building's leadership' the bottom line: that the more complex version of the truth previous recent attacks, previous threats linked to al qaeda, the presence of 'islamic extremists' was somehow lost in translation and what emerged instead was something that turned out to be utterly false: a claim that the attack was 'spontaneously inspired by the protests at the us embassy in cairo' in the end, there are two parts to this benghazi brouhaha the president called the controversy a 'sideshow,' and he's right: republicans are trying to fund raise off of this and hurt hillary clinton and maybe the president was goading them, knowing that if they go overboard, the public will turn on them but the president's dismissive attitude towards the whole mess willfully neglects the second part of the problem he says, incredulously, 'who executes some sort of coverup or effort to tamp things down for three days? so the whole thing defies logic' alas, it doesn't nothing in life happens in a vacuum, and life in washington is no different in the context of the closing months of a presidential campaign, three days can be an eternity and spinning across the finish line is all that counts the opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of gloria borger
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(cnn) checking the weather display for our departure from jfk airport in new york to london's heathrow airport, an awkward blob of green, yellow, and red is sprawled diagonally across most of the new england coastline studying the computer in operations, the routing filed with atc (air traffic control) appears to navigate through the least intense area of a very wide storm system i pick up the company phone, taking a rare opportunity to consult with our dispatcher located in a central location at our main hub almost 1,400 miles away on most occasions, through our collaborative efforts, the dispatcher and i agree to the planning of the flight by electronic means this day is different on this day i require the verbal communication of a trusted professional who has more resources available to assist in our flight planning in light of the now lifted faa ban on flights into israel's ben gurion airport, it seems that the resources available will have to include intelligence on airborne hostile activity but let's be honest, why did the faa exercise their authority in the first place? israel has been the center of conflict since its birth in 1948, with the airport having been in existence even before that time the answer for the faa's decision had to lay in what happened to malaysia airlines flight 17 i think we all get it so what? one rocket is launched from gaza and lands within a mile of ben gurion airport big deal the israelis said, 'what's one missile when we have the iron dome? it's just another day in tel aviv for us c'mon back' many flights soar over conflict zones well, one mile from the airport and one little ole rocket may not seem like much, but our arrivals to a runway begin at least 10 miles away and our lumbering airliners are the most vulnerable in the approach phase, notwithstanding the initial takeoff phase of our flights airline pilots are paid to be paranoid i've never flown with a colleague whom i considered too cautious that being said, us airline pilots understand the concept of mitigating risk not everything we do as humans is completely safe but israel's el al airplanes have a little more risk mitigation in their arena the robust israeli airline has missile detection and defense systems installed most of these systems are designed to automatically thwart an attack from shoulder launched weapons and low altitude threats a similar system was proposed a couple of years after 9/11 for us airlines but the costs were deemed to outweigh the potential risk my airline went so far as to have the test hardware installed in three of our boeing 767s the technology was designed to defend against manpads a weapon considered to be the next terrorist threat a cause for concern was that once the system was installed, the potential existed for it to be defeated by newer weapon technology but now that it seems the faa has set an arbitrary standard for safety of flights into areas of conflict what exactly is the criteria? how can yesterday be unsafe but today is all clear? should missile launch frequency and distance from the airport be calculated via an algorithm? should the type of warhead be considered? if there is to be a standard, the requirement to have it disseminated for airlines and their flight crews is a must the israelis have obviously set their own standards i can't think of an area on the globe that is more focused on security than tel aviv in that regard, should the criteria to halt flights be different for ben gurion airport than it is for cairo international airport? because of our military, us airspace is full of activity involving more live ordnance than anywhere in the world airspace that is off limits to civilian flights dot the entire country our military is practicing war tactics in these areas both on the ground and in the air one does not stray into restricted airspace that is 'hot' without authorization from atc even if it is required for a weather deviation a tense week for air travelers i can guarantee that until the horror of malaysia airlines flight 17, the furthest concept from an airline pilot's mind when it came to threats was a missile attack — and certainly not a missile attack at cruise altitude but if this is a new day, then airlines and their pilots need to be provided with the tools to make safe routing decisions around areas of conflict these tools will have to include appropriate intelligence if airline pilots can be trusted with intelligence information after 9/11 but still can't take gels and liquids through airport security, something has to change and now, as crazy as it seems, in 30 years of flying for my airline, my dispatcher and i have to incorporate missile threats into pre flight planning join us on facebookcom/cnnopinion
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les abend says a commercial pilot's pre flight checklist just got much more complicated . the faa has lifted restrictions on landing and taking off in tel aviv . worrying about whether rockets are flying near airports makes a tough task more difficult . us airspace is also full of activity involving live ordinance, due to military training
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london, england (cnn) it's fair to say david beckham may be seeing more green off the football pitch than he does on it reason to smile: david beckham is the highest earning footballer in the world, according to forbes despite a difficult and expensive period negotiating an extended release from his la galaxy club beckham has been named as the world's highest earning footballer by forbes magazine the magazine has ranked the top 20 top paid footballers in the world a list that includes many of today's top players and some ageing heroes who are still rolling in cash the 33 year old beckham, currently on loan with italian club ac milan as part of an extended deal from la galaxy, earned an estimated $46 million last year, according to forbes it calculates that the briton has earned $95m in the past two years $66m of which has come from endorsement contracts although his long running deal with pepsi ended in december last year, his currently resurgent career is likely to provide a boost for the coming few seasons behind beckham in the forbes list is his brazilian ac milan team mate, ronaldinho, who earned an estimated $33m in 2008 rounding out the top five places are (respectively); thierry henry, kaka and last year's fifa world player of the year, cristiano ronaldo see our gallery of the top twenty highest paid footballers in the world, according to forbes » ronaldo's earnings of $21 million came primarily from his manchester united wages ($12m), while endorsements from companies such as nike and coca cola made up the remaining $9m the portugal player's namesake brazilian ronaldo is still on the list at number 12, having earned $15m despite being sidelined for much of the year with a serious knee injury and returning to his homeland to play club football partner in the sports business group at deloitte, dan jones, told cnn that only a 'tiny percentage' of footballers earned more from product endorsements than they do from their player wages 'it's only the very, very top for the vast majority of footballers, the wages they earn from their clubs will be their greatest source of income' jones said beckham's continuing popularity beyond the world of football in both the us and in europe would likely ensure he remains around the top of the rich list for a few years to come 'he is now a grand icon that in some sense transcends what he does on the football field,' jones said however, jones added he was impressed with the way beckham had made strong efforts to reinstate his image as being primarily a footballer over the last 18 months what do you think of the top earners? are there players that deserve to be earning more than these 20? share your thoughts in the sound off box below
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(cnn) roma moved up to sixth place in the serie a table after a 1 0 victory in the rome 'derby' against city rivals lazio substitute full back marco cassetti scored the only goal in the 79th minute, finding the corner of the net with a scuffed shot from mirko vucinic's cross lazio had enjoyed the better of the chances in a tight matchm with mauro zarate striking the post on the hour mark before roma goalkeeper julio sergio made an instinctive one handed save from stefano mauri's follow up roma were reduced to 10 men in the 88th minute when david pizarro picked up his second yellow card, but they held on for the victory on a match that was held up for 10 minutes in the first half because of crowd disturbances in sunday's other matches, jonathan biabiany scored twice as parma drew 2 2 away to genoa to keep hold of fourth in the table with italy's top three all playing on saturday, parma came into the match in fourth after sampdoria's 3 0 defeat at ac milan on saturday dropped them down to fifth overnight rodrigo palacio initially put genoa in position to take fourth themselves with a 14th minute opener but biabiany struck on 36 and 59 minutes to give parma the lead before raffaelle palladino equalized eight minutes later, leaving genoa in seventh position at one point during the afternoon cagliari, who had won five of their last six matches and beat juventus 2 0 a week ago, had looked in pole position to go fourth as they led 1 0 at palermo at halftime through alessandro matri but goals from igor budan and simon kjaer 10 minutes apart gave delio rossi his first win as coach of the sicilians fiorentina moved up to fifth after their 2 0 home win over atalanta ended their two match losing streak peru international juan vargas opened the scoring on 26 minutes with a left foot rocket from outside the box and italy forward alberto gilardino clinched the victory a minute from time the race for fourth is now so tight that parma are only five points above palermo in 13th place napoli extended their unbeaten run since walter mazzarri took over from roberto donadoni to nine matches in all competitions as fabio quagliarella scored a brace, including the winner two minutes from time, in a 3 2 success at home to bari bari led 2 1 after an hour through goals from paulo barreto and andrea ranocchia but then had alessandro parisi dismissed cristian maggio restored parity before quagliarella's late winner while bari ended with nine men as ranocchia also saw red late on at the bottom of the table siena gave themselves a lifeline with a come from behind 3 2 home win over second bottom catania
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roma move up to sixth place in the serie a table after a 1 0 victory over city rivals lazio . substitute full back marco cassetti scored the only goal of the game in the 79th minute . jonathan biabiany scored twice as parma drew 2 2 away to genoa to keep hold of fourth position
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(cnn) a 2005 cable by the us ambassador to botswana criticized how the southern african nation's government handled the removal of bushmen people from the central kalahari game reserve, according to the document obtained by wikileaks and published thursday by london's guardian newspaper the cable by former ambassador joseph huggins described a visit to the government run bushmen settlement called new xade outside the reserve where hundreds of bushmen lived after being forced to leave the protected area 'it is also clear that people have been dumped in economically absolutely unviable situations without forethought, and without follow up support,' said the cable bearing huggins' name at the bottom 'the lack of imagination displayed on the part of the gob (government of botswana) is breathtaking' the bushmen, traditional hunter gatherers indigenous to arid regions of southern africa including the desert interior of botswana, were forced out of the central kalahari game reserve by the government in 2002 the government said human inhabitants were out of place in a wilderness reserve, but the bushmen and their advocates argued the government was clearing the way to launch the lucrative mining for diamonds, the country's economic mainstay on monday, botswana's government granted a 25 year, $3 billion mining license to gem diamonds for an area that includes the part of the central kalahari game reserve, claimed as indigenous homeland by the bushmen the cable, if authentic, doesn't represent the current situation, jeff ramsey a spokesman for the botswana government, said in an e mailed statement 'it is at best a snapshot of one individual's own initial assessment at a point in time,' he said ramsey said the government has 'engaged in a wide range of economic empowerment initiatives' for those affected by the relocation, including providing livestock, small business mentoring and other services 'it has been and remains government's view that the establishment of new xade has increased both the immediate and long term opportunities for economic and social development of its residents, as is reflected in the village's ongoing growth,' he said in a separate but related matter, an appeals court in botswana will rule as soon as next week on whether bushmen who have returned to the game reserve have the right to use a water well, known as a borehole, near their settlement last year, justice lakhvinder singh walia ruled against the bushmen, saying they could choose to live closer to where water and other essential services were available outside the reserve at an appeals court hearing this week, the lawyer for the bushmen told the five appellate judges that the bushmen had a lawful and constitutional right to live in the game reserve in addition, the lawyer, barrister gordon bennett, said the nation's water act allows any legal occupant of land to dig a borehole for domestic use in response, the lawyer for the government told the appellate panel that the government was not obliged to restore resources for the bushmen in the game reserve the lawyer, paul berger, said the government provided sufficient water to bushmen communities outside the reserve 'the applicants have eschewed the government's provision of services in favor of living traditionally in the' game reserve, berger said if the bushmen chose to live a nomadic life like their ancestors, they should do so as their ancestors did, without government provided water, he argued according to survival international, a london based group that advocates for the bushmen, a 2006 court ruling gave the bushmen the right to return to their ancestral land, but the government 'has done everything it can to make their return impossible,' the group says on its website
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the 2005 cable obtained by wikileaks is published by the guardian . the us ambassador questioned how botswana removed indigenous bushmen from a game reserve . gem diamonds received a 25 year, $3 billion license to mine diamonds in the reserve . a government spokesman says the relocation and government aid have helped the bushmen
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miami, florida (cnn) tropical storm fay made landfall in southwestern florida early tuesday, coming ashore at cape romano just south of marco island, the national hurricane center said satellite image shows tropical storm fay along florida's southwest coast at 11 pm et monday forecasters immediately dropped hurricane warnings for the storm as it never reached the 74 mph threshold necessary for hurricane status it was the third landfall for the storm, which came ashore in western cuba sunday night and then again over key west monday afternoon voluntary evacuations were urged monday evening on marco island, a community of about 12,000 people near naples on southwestern florida's coast however, a cnn crew reported many people seemed to be staying and few had boarded windows there at of 5 am et tuesday, the storm was moving north northwest at 9 mph (15 km/hr) and was on the florida coastline at cape romano, or about 55 miles (90 km) south of fort myers maximum sustained winds were near 60 mph (95 km/hr), with higher gusts, and forecasters expected some strengthening prior to landfall tropical storm force winds extended up to 125 miles (205 km) ireportcom: are you there? share photos, video fay is expected to continue in a north northeasterly direction throughout the day, passing near orlando, and entering the atlantic as a tropical depression off the coast of northeastern florida early wednesday watch wind, rain batter key west » a tropical storm warning wraps around the bottom of the florida peninsula from longboat key on the gulf coast to flagler beach on the east the florida keys from ocean reef to the west end of the seven mile bridge are also included in the warning rainfall amounts up to 10 inches are expected across portions of southern and east central florida, with 4 to 8 inches elsewhere along the storm's path isolated tornadoes are possible over the florida keys and the southern florida peninsula, the center said
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(cnn) former olympic champion angel matos of cuba faces a life ban after kicking a referee flush in the face during his taekwondo bronze medal match in beijing matos reacted in extraordinary fashion to being disqualified by chelbat matos, who took gold in sydney in 2000, was winning 3 2, with just over a minute left in the second round, when he fell to the mat after being hit by his opponent, kazakhstan's arman chilmanov matos lay down, awaiting medical attention, but was then disqualified by referee chakir chelbat of sweden for taking too much injury time a furious matos reacted by pushing a judge, then pushed and kicked chelbat in the face it left the swede with blood pouring from his lip while matos spat on the floor and was then escorted out of the arena 'we didn't expect anything like what you have witnessed to occur,' said world taekwondo federation secretary general yang jin suk 'i am at a loss for words,' he told the associated press matos' coach, leudis gonzalez, is also in hot water for his angry reaction and claiming the kazakhs had tried to fix the match 'this is an insult to the olympic vision, an insult to the spirit of taekwondo and, in my opinion, an insult to mankind,' yang added although the arena announcer said matos and his coach were banned effective immediately, yang said due process must be followed before officially banning the two it was not the only controversial moment in the four day taekwondo competition, which was marred by several protests against judging decisions earlier saturday, china's double gold medalist chen zhong crashed out in the quarterfinals after initially being declared the winner she was fighting britain's sarah stevenson, who scored with a clear head kick worth two points in the final seconds of their bout that would have put stevenson ahead and into the semifinals, but the judges ruled stevenson's kick wasn't solid enough for points, and chen was declared the winner 1 0 after britain protested, the result was changed to put stevenson in the semifinal she lost that to jeers from the partisan chinese crowd, but later won a bronze medal match it was the first time a match result has been overturned since taekwondo became an official olympic sport copyright 2008 cnn all rights reservedthis material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed associated press contributed to this report
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cuba's angel matos kicks referee in the face during bronze medal match . matos was furious with sweden's chakir chelbat after being disqualified . matos and his coach are facing life bans from taekwondo
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(cnn) the marine husband of a slain fort bragg soldier was charged with murder monday and another marine was charged with aiding the crime, a local police chief said fayetteville, north carolina, police released this undated photo of 2nd lt holley wimunc authorities have been searching for the missing soldier, army 2nd lt holley wimunc, 24, since a fire torched her north carolina apartment on july 10 marine cpl john wimunc and fellow marine lance cpl kyle alden were initially charged with arson, but after police interviews wimunc was charged with first degree murder, said fayetteville police chief tom bergamine alden was charged with felony accessory after the fact to first degree murder, bergamine said both were taken to cumberland county's jail and held without bond, he said earlier, a witness found a charred body in woods, but detective jeff locklear told reporters that police were still awaiting a positive identification from the medical examiner and could not say for certain it was holley wimunc the lieutenant's father released a statement about the death monday in which he said his daughter was a nurse at a military hospital and had two children 'it is with profound sadness that our family just received the news from authorities that our beloved daughter holley is dead,' wimunc's father said in a statement released to cnn affiliate wral in raleigh, north carolina 'since last thursday's shocking news about holley's burned apartment and her missing person status, our family through the country has nonetheless been holding on to a thin thread of hope that she would be found alive' military officials said both marines were stationed at camp lejeune, which is about two hours away from wimunc's fayetteville home joe lenczyk resident agent in charge for the federal bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives said wimunc and her husband were estranged and lived apart wimunc is the second female soldier from fort bragg to die under suspicious circumstances in recent weeks spc megan lynn touma, 23, was seven months pregnant at the time of her death in june, authorities said investigators say they are treating that death as a homicide camp lejeune also has had a suspicious death of a female soldier this year twenty year old pregnant marine lance cpl maria lauterbach's charred body was found january in the back yard of another marine stationed at the base that suspect, us marine cpl cesar laurean, was captured in april in mexico
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new: soldier's husband, cpl john wimunc, charged with murder . marine lance cpl kyle alden charged with arson in connection with the crime . authorities have been searching for 2nd lt holley wimunc since july 10
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(cnn) germans have learned a lot about chancellor merkel in this election cycle: we now know she has a drivers' license, but feels too insecure to drive herself she has confessed that in her youth she sometimes drank too much cherry wine and that she has been married once before and divorced her current husband, joachim sauer, a quantum chemist, often criticizes her for putting too few sprinkles on the cakes she bakes he should know, since he is the son of a pastry chef read more: could euroskeptics spoil merkel's plan? merkel knows how to cook potato soup, but her signature dish is hearty roulades she believes in eternal love, and doesn't like to skype in recent months, merkel has shown the german voter that she is a real person, down to earth and approachable but while some newspaper editorials have criticized the exposure of politicians' personal lives as part of the 'americanization' of german politics, others have applauded the trend for these more homely views peer steinbrueck: the man who stirred up german politics german politics certainly needs more sparkle and a little less seriousness to get the voters more interested but at the same time personalities must not be allowed to trump politics, as often happens in the us when a candidate stumbles over old love affairs or adolescent drug experiences germans have always oscillated between fascination with and scepticism of american politics, but they have still emulated the most successful us tactics over the years read more: is germany playing beggar my neighbor with the eurozone? post war political giants like konrad adenauer and willy brandt greatly admired the strategies of their american counterparts adenauer, the first post war chancellor of west germany, had photographs taken while playing boccia at his vacation home in italy, taking care of his beloved rose garden, and baking pancakes a decade later, brandt, then the candidate for the social democratic party (spd), sent his campaign manager to the us to learn from the nixon and kennedy campaigns brandt adored kennedy and followed his lead when he drove around germany in a mercedes convertible, giving marathon speeches in swing regions angela merkel: europe's mrs nein last year, representatives of germany's major parties made pilgrimages across the atlantic again, going to key states like florida and ohio, to observe and learn from the obama campaign's massive digital operation some ideas did make it into the german campaigns this year, but a lot of strategies just don't work for the german electorate cultural differences, the political system, and financial resources make it impossible to adapt many us tactics those who criticize the 'americanization' of german politics are not seeing the obvious differences read more: it's the economy, dummkopf: cnn debate ahead of vote micro targeting, for example, does not occur in germany because the laws are more restrictive than in the us political parties are not allowed to collect data from voters without their consent in addition, the german public highly distrusts official use of personal information this could be one reason why social media is not yet as successful at turning people out to vote in germany as in the us or it could simply be that a lot of young germans just don't care about hashtags and retweets the social democrats tried to emulate obama's extensive ground operation this year, launching their first door to door field operation it is unclear if they will reach their target of knocking on five million doors by election day, but what is clear is that canvassing in germany will never be as effective as it is in the us, because without a data operation, you never know quite who to expect on the other side of the door while obama and romney ran billion dollar campaigns in 2012, the major german parties will each spend around $25 to $30 million on their election fight, the smaller parties less than $10 million romney and obama spent $160 million dollars on ads in the swing state of florida alone that's more than all the major german parties combined will spend on the whole 2013 election campaign read more: finance minister 'i don't see' further eurozone bailouts in the us, the typical voter is bombarded incessantly by political advertising romney's and obama's campaigns even called me because their data system had obviously mistaken me for an american voter in germany, most parties release just one minute and a half ad for the entire election us politicians are constantly campaigning; by contrast the 'heisse phase,' the hot phase of the german election, did not begin until late august, less than a month before polling day german campaigns are far from americanized, but they are using the best strategies from the us to make politics more exciting personal exposure still comes in the right doses and flaws are accepted social democrat candidate peer steinbrueck, the only candidate offering a strong challenge to merkel's position as chancellor was on the cover of a nationwide magazine gesturing with his middle finger just two weeks before the election the magazine features an 'interview' in which people answer questions with actions, rather than words; this was steinbrueck's answer to those who have taunted the gaffe prone politician with nicknames during the campaign the picture caused uproar for a couple of days, but the fuss soon died away, without becoming a major issue if either romney or obama had given someone the finger, it would have been the end of their respective campaigns the opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of charlotte potts
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(ewcom) okay 35 million votes later and it is ovahhhhhh! after a two hour 'grand finale' packed with mostly clear cellophane (plus performances by pitbull and one direction), 'the x factor' has a season 2 champ! was it fifth harmony, tate stevens, or carly rose sonenclar who won the $5 million recording contract and free pepsi injections for life? tate stevens! the 37 year old country man from missouri has pulled it off! he's had a strong season of honest, consistent performances tate thanked the man upstairs (santa? is he real?) first and foremost, and then country music fans for helping him achieve his dream of quitting his day job 'you know what? congrats to you,' tate's mentor la reid told tate, a man he had never seen before in his life this was a well deserved win i still don't find tate that spectacular, but let's be honest it's hard to seem glamorous when you're sharing the stage with break dancing toy soldiers and big ass sculptures of reindeer ('the x factor' is so bad at most things, but in the cat uh gry of 'going all out for christmas,' it is a true five million dollar winner that is also how much they spent on sets tonight) indeed, the three final acts got to indulge in some severe holiday blowout performances that were tons of fun while also being entirely 1 800 too much for 'please come home for christmas,' tate maneuvered his way around four sparkly, human sized breast cancer awareness ribbons wearing angel wings, not to mention those deer sculptures twas a vision! at one point during the epic season long glare off between the judges and the hosts, simon coyly refused to reveal the dirty little metaphor he'd just come up with in his head, and mario lopez delivered what will surely be the greatest non sequitur of his life: 'i wanna know what a dog laying an egg sounds like, but that's for another day' huh you guys ready for some crazy hats?! ew: see all 'x factor' recaps fifth harmony excuse me, #5hsantashelpers took on a classic christmas song as well, but what's important here is their fastidiously chosen headwear the wardrobe department (or possibly camila, who will one day rule us all) decided to make camilla's giant hair bows her 'signature thing,' so all the others got to wear weird things too so as not to feel left out i'll rank them in order of my preference: 1 that bow, duh 2) normani's white mink hat and matching shrug, 3) lauren's fascinator with tons of netting, 4) ally's parasol, and 5) dinah janes miserable 'a red bird just died in this show' top hat all were remarkable in their own ways, though, just like the members of fifth harmony! awww i wanted them to win they'll at least get to make a record carly actually disappointed with her cover of 'all i want for christmas is you,' suggesting maybe she can't really handle upbeat tunes, performance wise she looked frazzled and lost onstage, vying for attention with the breakdancing toy soldiers and billions of falling presents in the giant screens behind her i've never heard her voice waver like that weird! i also spent most of this wacky performance trying to figure out if carly was wearing footed pajamas or boots few things infuriate me more than matching boots and pants the whole point of wearing boots is that they should be set apart and admired by all! one direction dropped by to perform their ritual duty of reminding everyone they were once associated with 'the x factor' throughout 'mr worldwide' (ugh enough with that) pitbull's performance of 'don't stop the party' and then, randomly, 'take on me,' i began to involuntarily un focus my eyes it turns out that when viewed as a magic eye poster, pitbull and those 25 backup slinkys of his looked like howie mandel and his deal or no deal human props once i imagined it, i could not stop seeing it! also, i had to just google the title of howie mandel's former game show and it took an embarrassing amount of time like, double digit seconds the worst what else? that red carpet abomination at the top of the show was laughably awful, but at least it was quick we saw simon as a grinch (his face looks better in neon green), an invigorating clip show of simon's long running lifeless tiff with demi lovato, and britney looking horrified in the corner of the screen during a montage of her other horrified faces my favorite filler segment, of course, was the mashup of everyone's favorite sugarplum fairy la reid's incredible seated dance moves 'i'll tell you what you were like a conductor!' mario marveled after reliving some of la's sweet moves 'i am a conductor,' la reminded him no sense of humor ever 'literally and figuratively, right there!' continued mario with some of his most impressive vocabulary to date i'm glad they got all of that settled ate up a solid two minutes that's pretty much it! are you happy with the winner? were you surprised it wasn't carly? which of khlomeister's costumes was your (least) fave: green lace gift pouch, inexplicable black wetsuit, or pink and gold christmas ribbon? 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washington (cnn) the son of the former shah of iran called monday for solidarity against iran's islamic regime, warning that the democratic movement born out of the election crisis might not succeed without international support reza shah pahlavi has lived in exile since 1979, when his father was overthrown during the islamic revolution 'the moment of truth has arrived,' reza shah pahlavi said at washington's national press club 'the people of iran need to know who stands with them' pahlavi has lived in exile since 1979, when his father, mohammad reza shah pahlavi, was overthrown during the islamic revolution under the shah's regime, iran saw nationalization of its oil and a strong movement toward modernization still, his secular programs and recognition of israel cost him the support of the country's shiite clergy, sparking clashes with the religious right and others who resented his pro west views the son now lives in the united states with his family, where he spends much of his time talking about the islamic regime in iran during his remarks, he broke into tears when he spoke of 'bullets piercing our beloved neda,' a woman killed saturday by iranian police at a protest in tehran, whose death has become a rallying cry among demonstrators in iran watch one woman's account of clashes with security forces » the iranian regime, he said, was a 'sinking titanic' that might not survive the demands for democracy and human rights reverberating through the country watch pahlavi call vote 'fraud' » citing anecdotes from people inside the iranian establishment, pahlavi said he had heard that security forces have begun to distance themselves from the regime 'it has already started,' he said, citing reports that members of the security forces have gone home after their shifts ended and changed into plain clothes to join the protesters 'many, many elements within the security forces, within the revolutionary guard, are showing discontent,' pahlavi said 'there is an amazing reflection that is happening this is a movement that has blown out of proportion' pahlavi praised the statements and tone of president obama, saying that any outside attempt to interfere in iran's internal affairs 'will give the tyrants the excuse they need to paper over their own differences and target every man struggling for freedom as a foreign agent' but he said there was a difference between interfering in a country's sovereign affairs and standing for principles of human rights and democracy 'we welcome that this is effective it is important,' he said 'this is precisely what iranians at home demand world leaders, particularly someone like president obama, who after all his entire message of hope and change and affirmative action was a big inspiration to many' but, he added, obama and other world leaders must be prepared to change their tactics if the violence against protesters gets much worse 'the question is, what will the world governments do this time?' he asked 'are we going to have tiananmen square revisited? or is [it] going to be this time different?'
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reza shah pahlavi: democratic movement needs international support to succeed . he called iranian regime a 'sinking titanic' that might not survive the movement . pahlavi cited reports security forces go home, change clothes, join protest . he praised obama but encouraged countries to be prepared to stand up and help
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(cnn) a nato delegation arrived tuesday in southeastern turkey to survey the turkish syrian border for the possible deployment of patriot anti aircraft missile batteries, the semi official anadolu news agency reported turkey has turned against its former ally, asking fellow nato members last week for the missiles to bolster its air defenses because of several turkish deaths blamed on syrian forces a delegation of turkish and nato officials was scheduled to do a site survey to determine where to deploy the batteries, the turkish military said 'the deployment of the air and missile defense system is a precaution for defensive purposes for possible air and missile threats from syria, and is not for the establishment of a 'no fly' zone or for offensive maneuvers,' according to a turkish military statement strike from syrian plane reported near border with turkey 'the area of deployment for the air and missile defense system, the quantity of the system, the number of foreign personnel that will come into our country and the time of the deployment will be determined after the site survey' the fact that syrian warplanes and helicopters have bombed targets within a few hundred meters of turkey at least three times in the past month raises the question of whether the nato military alliance could be sucked into the grinding syrian civil war tensions exploded between syria and turkey last summer, when syrian anti aircraft fire brought down a turkish military reconnaissance jet, killing its two crew members turkey announced it was changing its rules of engagement with syria in october, the turkish government won authorization in parliament for possible cross border military incursions into syria after syrian mortar fire killed five civilians in the turkish border town of akcakale turkish and syrian military forces have also engaged in cross border artillery duels since the akcakale incident the syrian government has lambasted turkey, saying it 'supports the armed terrorist groups in cooperation with some gulf countries to threaten syria's stability and security' meanwhile, a russian diplomat reportedly expressed concern over the possibility of deploying the missile system russia is a long standing ally of syria 'we don't like this idea because we see hidden threats in it,' said russian first deputy foreign minister andrei denisov, according to the state run itar tass news agency 'all the answers we have been receiving are reduced to soothing statements,' he said 'but as far as military political problems are concerned, we want clear and exhaustive explanations: where (a threat comes from), for what purposes, for what term and why' summing up, denisov reportedly said: 'we believe that the decision (to deploy missiles) is creating more problems than it might solve' opposition says shelling kills 10 children in syria syrian opposition: barrel bombs rain from the sky back on the ground in syria, 'fierce aerial shelling' bombarded areas in the northwestern part of the country tuesday, dissidents said government forces dropped more than 10 barrel bombs on the aleppo province city of deir hafer, the opposition local coordination committees of syria said over the past several months, dissidents have reported aircraft dropping barrels full of explosives, nails and fuel onto civilian areas at least 131 people were killed across syria on tuesday, including 48 in damascus and its suburbs, the lcc said nationwide, the group said five women and 12 children were among the dead syrian state run tv reported the destruction of a 'terrorist training camp' in kafr takharim, idlib in a separate incident in the province, it said government forces 'clashed with al qaeda terrorists after they attempted to attack a regime checkpoint in the vicinity of maaret al nouman, killing a large number of these terrorists' the government also said it destroyed a hideout used by the al qaeda linked al nusra front, which has claimed responsibility for suicide attacks in syria rights group: evidence shows cluster bombs killed children an attack that killed at least 10 children at a playground this week was the result of a cluster bomb strike, human rights watch said tuesday, citing witnesses and video footage the group called for 'all governments' to condemn syria's use of cluster bombs, which are particularly vicious because they explode in the air and send dozens or hundreds of smaller bombs over an area the size of a football field, according to human rights watch more than 70 countries have signed a treaty banning the use of cluster bombs, but syria is not among them in october, the syrian government said it had not used cluster bombs during the current conflict 'it's going to new lows that these banned weapons are being used and civilians and children are being killed,' said kimberly brown, a conflict adviser with save the children the organization is working with refugees in countries around syria, including iraq, jordan and lebanon how did the syrian crisis begin? what started as security forces cracking down on mostly nonviolent protesters has spiraled into a civil war between pro government forces and the rebels, including the free syrian army about 40,000 civilians have been killed since the first protests 20 months ago against president bashar al assad's government, according to the opposition center for documentation of violations in syria and more than 380,000 syrian refugees have fled to neighboring countries, creating humanitarian challenges abroad the syrian government routinely refers to its battle against 'terrorists,' the term it uses for rebel fighters and extremist elements in the country cnn cannot confirm claims by the government or the opposition because of government restrictions that prevent journalists from reporting freely within syria cnn's ivan watson, arwa damon, holly yan, saad abedine, christine theodorou, hamdi alkhshali and gul tuysuz contributed to this report
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new: russian official blasts idea, saying it's 'creating more problems than it might solve'. at least 131 people are killed across syria on tuesday, an opposition group says . turkey says a missile system would be used only defensively against syrian threats . the syrian government says it killed a large number of al qaeda terrorists
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norman, oklahoma (cnn) six o'clock on a sunday morning and i'm dragging myself out of bed to drive to norman, oklahoma, of all places i grab my camera gear and overnight bag packed with extra underwear, then sneak out of my dallas area home for a day that promises to push my adrenaline to new levels two and a half hours later, i pull into an ordinary looking oklahoma neighborhood weird, there's a roundabout in the middle of this residential street? wait, that's it! the house with five cars in front, many of which have tornado logos emblazoned on the side the doorbell button is busted, so i knock almost immediately, reed timmer, one of the stars of the discovery channel's 'storm chasers' series, welcomes me into his home without going into too much gory detail, let's just say there's no doubt this place is a dude's hangout make that multiple dudes reed's cool we talk about where we'll head today to try to catch a tornado up close he introduces me to gizmo, their yorkie john hallen and jeff shardell, two chasers i've never met but will know much better by the end of our adventure, arrive with mcdonald's breakfast a few more chasers join us, and the conversation turns to whether we should pack for an overnight chase gizmo races through the doggie door to the backyard where the six of us gather to toss a nerf football and watch low level clouds stream by in the oklahoma gusts those clouds are a sign that moisture is streaming in, which is good for tornado formation minutes later, we reach a collective decision to pack for an overnighter suddenly, as if we're a team of firefighters, everyone grabs their gear and piles into two chase vehicles i jump into the back seat of a mercury land yacht jeff is driving, with reed riding shotgun john's in the back seat behind jeff and terra, john's giant schnauzer, claims the middle seat between us terra apparently loves tornadoes, and she clocked 20,000 miles chasing with john last year departure time: about 10:30 am our target: topeka, kansas expected tornado: 6:00 pm damn! how do they know when and where a tornado will strike? they toss around various names of computer weather models and 'z' times as they each make their case for when and where to go it's all foreign to me i just hope they're right see inside a tornado intercept vehicle about an hour up the road, john introduces me to his homemade energy drink it's a concoction of vegetables and habanero sauce that he bottles and freezes for the trip reed is pumped when he sees the cranberry colored juice reed takes a drink, and john hands the bottle to me as a new dad with a son in day care, i immediately think about catching a cold from the shared bottle then i remember i'm on this trip to catch a tornado if we screw this up, a cold will be the least of my worries so, i take a swig it tastes like vegetables hot vegetables! why didn't i bring a bottle of water? after butt numbing hours of driving, we eventually end up at a burger king in ottawa, kansas, about an hour southeast of topeka it's nearing 5:00 pm, but so far, there's nothing showing on radar will today be a bust? we'll know in another hour or two after grabbing dinner, talk turns toward iowa, where storms have fired up should we go there? this is often the dilemma storm chasers face while we're waiting for something to happen, a tv crew from nearby kansas city grabs reed for a quick interview minutes later, a girl who's studying meteorology in high school stops by to talk with reed about the jet stream and how she wants to chase storms soon afterward, a woman drives up and asks if she should be worried that we're in her town finally, the latest radar data come in, and the team spots a storm about an hour north that looks promising like a scene from the movie 'twister,' we quickly dispense with the chit chat, load the dog into the backseat and race towards the developing storm near perry, kansas the adrenaline begins to build as reed, jeff and john excitedly examine the radar loop and point to the sky towards the left edge of the storm clouds they don't look ominous at first but, as we drive further into the storm, the clouds take on a decidedly serious color winds sweep up dust devils as we pass farms along the two lane highway we stop at three different locations under the rotating heart of the storm, hoping that a funnel will descend cameras are rolling as winds gust and hail begins to fall but, there's no funnel we jump back into the car and head east, trying to stay in front of this beast that's moving at 50 mph through the rear window, john spots what looks like a 'gustnado' wind gusts from a storm sometimes spin and create what looks like a small tornado, but a gustnado isn't directly connected to any rotation above we pull over to the side of the road as the dust cloud behind us builds 'uh, it's coming right for us' i utter calmly, as it grows larger and closer like a nascar pro, jeff loops the car around to the opposite side of the highway we grab our cameras and spring into action to film this amazing event it soon becomes clear this isn't a gustnado, but an actual tornado share your stories, photos and videos of severe weather about 50 yards from where we're standing, this monster cloud of dust begins to tighten as it spins you can see a tube of dust reaching into the sky it moves almost gracefully through a field as we look on in awe we can't feel any wind at first then, suddenly in a deafening roar, strong winds begin to push us from behind like a crowd at a ball game it's as if the tornado is taking a huge breath while it sucks in the air it needs to survive after the tornado passes, we pile into the car and race to get ahead as we continue our pursuit, we see leaves, grass and other small debris floating through the air we drive a few miles only realize the tornado has vanished that is it after hours of driving hundreds of miles, this incredible display of nature's violent side is over in a matter of seconds still, the trip is a huge success that single storm was the only storm in the us that produced a tornado that day, and we were in exactly the right spot to see it the tornado touched down only a few miles from our target location of topeka within an hour of our target time while meteorologists can't predict with any certainty when or where a tornado is going to form, this chase showed that they are definitely making progress after our euphoria and adrenaline subside, we head towards nearby kansas city, missouri, to watch the storm sweep through just as the lightning intensifies and the winds begin to gust, 2 inch hail stones began to fall terra may love tornadoes, but she's no fan of hail she begins barking fiercely as reed, jeff and i try to film the hail in the headlights fortunately, there are no injuries or serious damage to our team we wrap up our chase with a late night visit to applebee's for dinner when the new weather models show a lower probability of tornadoes the next day, we decide to head back to norman during the late night drive, i work in the backseat to edit the incredible video eventually, the long day catches up to jeff, terra and me as i drift off to sleep, jeff crashes in the backseat, while terra sleeps with her head in my lap my first chase is already filling my mind with dreams of the power of nature in tornado alley
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cnn's aaron brodie chases tornado with reed timmer of 'storm chasers'. they study radar and drive from oklahoma to kansas . they race to stay ahead of what they think is a gustnado moving at 50 mph . monster cloud of dust becomes roaring tornado as it sends debris floating through the air
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(cnn) erika andiola spent hours friday speaking to immigration officials to keep her own mother in the country she prevented her deportation in the nick of time the prominent immigration rights activist has routinely visited immigration offices on the behalf of others, 'but this is the first time i have been here for my own mother', she said thursday night, immigrations and customs enforcement officers raided andiola's pheonix, arizona, home and took away her mother, maria minerva guadalupe arreola, to deport her to mexico andiola is president and founder of the arizona dream act coalition, which supports legislation to allow the children of undocumented migrants to attain documented status the acronym stands for development, relief, and education for alien minors the family's lawyer jose panelosa told cnn affiliate ktvk that arreola was on a bus headed to the border when the decision to release her was made 'fifteen minutes into the ride, there was a phone call to the bus and the driver took the call and spoke to the other agents, and turned the bus around', he said arreola was released in florence, arizona, he said opinion: dreamers are pushing their luck the woman's son, and erika's brother, heriberto andiola arreola, was also detained in the raid, but was released friday morning when asked by ktvk what led to his detainment he said, 'i don't know if it has to do with my sister's activism, i don't know' andiola has often appeared on television discussing immigration rights with her mother she has worked with obama administration officials and members of congress on immigration reform an official with ice told cnn, 'ice agents did not target these individuals because of their family member's role with the dream act coalition' on a press conference call friday, andiola said she spent hours in the offices of ice seeking her family's release and was told that her mother would be 'deported right away' under an 'expedited order of removal' she told reporters that her brother and her mother were recently charged with traffic violations ice exercised 'discretion' in releasing arreola, according to spokeswoman barbara gonzales andiola's mother has been 'previously removed from the country,' she said both her and her son's case are under review new immigration rule helps undocumented families arizona passed a controversial immigration law in 2010, which the obama administration quickly challenged the us supreme court threw out many of its provisions as unconstitutional arizona is the nation's most heavily traveled corridor for illegal immigration and smuggling the justice department said arizona's population of two million latinos includes an estimated 400,000 there illegally, and 60% to 70% of deportations or 'removals' involve mexican nationals such home raids like the one andiola had to endure are wasteful in light of anticipated immigration reforms, said frank sharry, executive director of america's voice education fund 'it's ridiculous to think we're spending billions of dollars arresting people who will be on the road to citizenship once congress enacts reform' andiola feels her time and effort are being unnecessarily taxed as well 'i am asking president obama and his administration to stop separating families,' andiola said it shouldn't have to take thousands of phone calls to stop the deportation of one person 'every day all around the country' opinion: dispel the immigration myths
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washington (cnn) the us military's first and only study looking into ties between saddam hussein's iraq and al qaeda showed no connection between the two, according to a military report released by the pentagon a us soldier in front of a bus hit by a roadside bomb near nasiriyah, southeast of baghdad, iraq, on tuesday the report released by the joint forces command five years after the us led invasion of iraq said it found no 'smoking gun' after reviewing about 600,000 iraqi documents captured in the invasion and looking at interviews of key iraqi leadership held by the united states, pentagon officials said the assessment of the al qaeda connection and the insistence that hussein had weapons of mass destruction were two primary elements in the bush administration's arguments in favor of going to war with iraq the pentagon's report also contradicts then secretary of defense donald rumsfeld, who said in september 2002 that the cia provided 'bulletproof' evidence demonstrating 'that there are, in fact, al qaeda in iraq' although other groups, like the september 11 commission, have concluded that there was no link between hussein and al qaeda, the pentagon was able to analyze much more information the documents cited in the report do reveal that hussein supported a number of terrorists and terrorist activities inside and outside iraq 'the iraqi regime was involved in regional and international terrorist operations prior to operation iraqi freedom the predominant targets of iraqi state terror operations were iraqi citizens, both inside and outside of iraq,' according to the report read excerpts from report (pdf) most of the terrorism was aimed at keeping hussein and his baath party in power, according to pentagon officials 'state sponsorship of terrorism became such a routine tool of state power that iraq developed elaborate bureaucratic processes to monitor progress and accountability in the recruiting, training and resourcing of terrorists,' according to the report the report cited such examples as training for car bombs and suicide bombings in 1999 and 2000, both of which us and iraqi forces have struggled to contain since the rise of the insurgency in summer 2003 e mail to a friend
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joint forces command report: no link between saddam hussein, al qaeda . interviews with former iraqi leaders, 600,000 iraqi documents were reviewed . president bush cited a link in the runup to the 2003 us led invasion of iraq . report says evidence was found of iraqi government backed terrorism
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washington (cnn) the senate focused wednesday on an energy efficiency bill while house republicans argued among themselves over funding obamacare as congress shifted its focus from the syria crisis in order to give new diplomatic efforts a chance to succeed in his nationally televised address tuesday night, president barack obama said he asked legislators to hold off on voting on his requested authorization to attack syria over chemical weapons while his administration negotiates with russia on putting syrian stockpiles under international control 'congress will be watching these negotiations very closely,' senate majority leader harry reid, a nevada democrat, warned wednesday 'if there is any indication they're not serious or they're being used as a ploy to delay, then congress stands ready to return to that syria resolution' that would authorize a military strike on syria obama accuses syrian president bashar al assad of a major sarin gas attack last month on suburban damascus that killed more than 1,400 people the president tried to generate an international coalition to attack syria for violating chemical weapons bans, but russia blocked any un action and the british parliament voted against taking part to deny the president a normally reliable nato ally he then went to congress for authorization, but appeared in danger of rejection by legislators reflecting public opposition to military strikes analysis: is obama a winner or loser on syria? however, the sudden emergence monday of a diplomatic opening by russia, which proposed having syria give up control of its chemical weapons, caused obama to ask congress for time to pursue negotiations before any vote on military action so instead of taking up a resolution authorizing a military response to syria, the senate considered a bipartisan bill to improve energy efficiency in the united states senators agreed to bar any syria related amendments to the energy bill, assuring that heated political rhetoric in washington won't corrode the negotiations secretary of state john kerry will conduct on thursday and friday in geneva with his russian counterpart un blames both sides in civil war off the senate floor, however, talks continued behind the scenes among a group of bipartisan senators on changes to the resolution that reid said would be taken up if the negotiations with russia fail new language yet to be finalized takes into account syria's recent acknowledgment that it possesses chemical weapons it would authorize the president to attack syria for failing to fully comply with the chemical weapons convention and turn its stockpiles over to the international community 'i think we've all settled into the fact that until we know what agreement is made with another nation it's kind of hard to craft something,' said sen bob corker of tennessee, the top republican on the foreign relations committee corker also criticized obama's speech to the nation, saying the president failed to effectively make the case that us credibility was on the line in syria 'the president just seems to be very uncomfortable being commander in chief of this nation,' he told cnn on the house side, republican leaders say they'll wait for the senate to act on a syria resolution before taking up the matter meanwhile, democratic rep chris van hollen of maryland said he and colleagues are working on revisions to a resolution that they will propose 'if and when the president determines that it would be necessary to proceed with that kind of legislation' 'so we agree that we should take a pause,' van hollen said instead, house republican leaders dealt with an internal revolt they postponed a vote scheduled for thursday on government funding legislation until next week after many conservatives made it clear they would reject the measure because it includes money for obamacare the politically charged health care law was approved with no republican support in 2010 and upheld by the supreme court last year now conservatives are targeting bureaucratic and funding steps required to get new programs under the legislation running this fall cnn's dana bash and deirdre walsh contributed to this report
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(cnn) each year, grammy week offers up a full calendar of events each one boasting a guest list more spectacular than the next but this year, the most coveted ticket was friday night's '2013 musicares person of the year tribute' honoring bruce springsteen the evening's entertainment featured six rock and roll hall of famers, a few critically acclaimed young artists and the boss himself neil young and crazy horse turned up the volume with a spirited version of 'born in the usa,' flanked by a pair of cheerleaders with the letter 's' emblazoned on their sweaters colombian superstar juanes put a bilingual spin on 'hungry heart,' singing verses in both spanish and english, and john legend transformed 'dancing in the dark' into a jazzy piano ballad, which led springsteen to later remark that 'he made me sound like gershwin i love that' other standout performances included mumford & sons' banjo laced cover of 'i'm on fire,' tom morello and jim james' mesmerizing take on 'the ghost of tom joad,' and country superstar kenny chesney's quietly effective rendition of 'one step up' elton john also opted for simplicity, accompanied only by his piano on 'streets of philadelphia' but the most curious vocal of the night was on 'lonesome day,' where sting exhibited a raspy growl that suggested he was looking to honor springsteen by sounding like him the evening was part all star concert, part fundraiser to benefit the musicares foundation, the recording academy's philanthropic arm that provides assistance to members of the music industry 'we take care of our own,' said springsteen, invoking the title of a song off his current grammy nominated album, 'wrecking ball' when a live auction featuring a signed guitar wasn't generating enough interest, springsteen took the microphone and upped the ante, throwing in a free guitar lesson with himself as the teacher, a ride in the side car of his harley, eight tickets to the e street concert of their choice, a backstage tour and lasagna made by his 87 year old mother, adele a woman from new jersey snapped it up for $250,000, then proceeded to kiss springsteen on his lips the 63 year old music icon was honored for his philanthropic work, as well as his musical achievements 'i am here tonight under totally false pretenses,' he told the crowd of 3,000 packed into a ballroom at the los angeles convention center 'any philanthropy i've done involves me playing the guitar and i would have been playing the guitar anyway' he then took the stage, launching into 'we take care of our own,' 'death to my hometown,' 'thunder road' and 'born to run' for his finale, springsteen called for every musician in the building to join him onstage for 'glory days' neil young grabbed a couple of drumsticks and banged on a snare, while tim mcgraw, faith hill, patti smith, sting, jackson browne, emmylou harris, mumford & sons, ben harper, tom morello and host jon stewart joined in the singalong also spotted in the audience: springsteen's daughter, his mother and sean penn 2013 musicares set list: alabama shakes, 'adam raised a cain' patti smith, 'because the night' natalie maines, ben harper and charlie musselwhite, 'atlantic city' ken casey (from dropkick murphys), 'american land' mavis staples and zac brown, 'my city of ruins'
mumford & sons, 'i'm on fire' jackson brown and tom morello, 'american skin (41 shots)' emmylou harris, 'my hometown' kenny chesney, 'one step up' elton john, 'streets of philadelphia' juanes, 'hungry heart' tim mcgraw and faith hill, 'tougher than the rest' tom morello and jim james, 'the ghost of tom joad' john legend, 'dancing in the dark' sting, 'lonesome day' neil young, 'born in the usa' bruce springsteen, 'we take care of our own' bruce springsteen and tom morello, 'death to my hometown' bruce springsteen, 'thunder road' bruce springsteen, 'born to run' bruce springsteen and friends, 'glory days'
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bruce springsteen was named musicares' person of the year . all star concert and fundraiser benefits the recording academy's philanthropic arm . the boss ups ante, offers guitar lesson, motorcycle ride and his mom's lasagna . among tribute makers: neil young, elton john, sting, patti smith, john legend
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(cnn) arsenal manager arsene wenger can expect an apology from premier league referees chief keith hackett following his dismissal in the closing seconds of saturday's 2 1 english premier league defeat to manchester united arsene wenger has to stand with manchester united fans after being sent off at old trafford league managers association chief executive richard bevan has spoken to hackett about the old trafford incident which saw wenger sent to the stands by referee mike dean on the advice of fourth official lee probert and he has been told that wenger will receive an apology from the premier game match officials board which appoints officials to top flight games in england the gunners manager caught probert's attention when he kicked an empty water bottle down the touchline following a disallowed goal for arsenal there was then confusion as wenger seemed unaware of where he was supposed to go moving first to the back of arsenal dugout then starting to walk down the touchline as the whistle was blown on the decision to penalize wenger, bevan said: 'although correct in 'law', it was completely out of context in the game and it was followed by the nonsense which followed over where arsene wenger should sit to watch the game' he added: 'i've spoken to keith hackett and he fully recognizes the situation was an error and an apology will follow to arsene wenger 'lee probert totally failed to manage the situation and created a needless pressure point taking the focus away from the pitch in a big event with only a minute to go' meanwhile, arsenal's north london rivals tottenham have suffered a setback with a serious injury to croatia playmaker luka modric the 23 year old broke his leg in saturday's 2 1 victory against birmingham, which left the club second in the english premier league after four wins from four 'x rays have determined that luka modric sustained a fracture to his right fibula,' said a statement on the official spurs web site tottenham did not indicate how long the midfielder would be sidelined, but he is likely to miss the home game against champions manchester united and the trip to chelsea which follow the upcoming international break croatia play england at wembley on september 9 in a crucial world cup qualifier
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(cnn) european football's governing body, uefa has revealed that 32 of its 54 member states have declared an interest in hosting matches at the 2020 european championships traditionally, the tournament is hosted by one or two nations, but matches in 2020 will be shared between 13 cities across europe uefa, who announced a change in format for the tournament's 60th anniversary last december, welcomed the enthusiastic response from the national football associations 'we are extremely proud to see the huge interest in the bidding process, with more than half of our member associations willing to host matches at uefa euro 2020,' uefa president michel platini said 'the finals will be a great celebration of football across the european continent, and the 60th anniversary edition will be truly special, by really coming to the doorstep of all football fans' platini initially floated the idea following the 2012 championships hosted by poland and ukraine and a decision to change the format was agreed by uefa's executive committee last december before being confirmed in january the format, dubbed a 'euro for europe,' has attracted interest from reigning euro champions, spain and the other traditional powerhouses of european football germany, france, italy, netherlands, portugal, greece and england 'uefa's 'euro for europe' in 2020 promises to be a fitting way to recognise 60 years of the uefa european championship,' said england football association secretary alex horne in a statement 'it would be great to see england playing in front of their home fans here in london as part of a euro finals tournament but many countries have also put themselves forward as hosts and we expect this to be a very competitive bidding process' less illustrious footballing nations including armenia, israel, kazakhstan and wales have also thrown their hat into the ring uefa says all 32 associations can submit a maximum of two bids one which covers three group matches and one knockout round and another which will vie to host the semifinal and final the closing date for bids is april 25 with uefa's executive committee announcing the host cities on september 25 next year the full list of countries and their proposed host cities is as follows: armenia (yerevan), azerbaijan (baku), belarus (minsk), belgium (brussels), bulgaria (sofia), croatia (zagreb), czech republic (prague), denmark (copenhagen), england (london), finland (helsinki), france (lyon), former yugoslav republic of macedonia (skopje), germany (munich), greece (athens), hungary (budapest), israel (jerusalem), italy (rome, milan), kazakhstan (astana), netherlands (amsterdam), poland (warsaw, chorzow), portugal (lisbon, porto), republic of ireland (dublin), romania (bucharest), russia (st petersburg), scotland (glasgow), serbia (belgrade), spain (madrid, barcelona, bilbao, valencia), sweden (solna), switzerland (basel), turkey (istanbul), ukraine (kyiv, donetsk) and wales (cardiff)
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european football's governing body reveals list of countries bidding to host 2020 finals . the 60th anniversary edition of the finals will be hosted by 13 countries . thirty two countries are considering bids to host 2020 matches . uefa will announce host cities on september 25
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(cnn) real madrid striker alvaro negredo has been sold to spanish primera liga rivals sevilla in a reported $21 million deal negredo scores for real madrid in the peace cup earlier this month the highly rated negredo was surplus to requirements at real, who are looking to recoup some of the massive $363 million they have spent in the close season transfer window negredo has signed a five year deal at sevilla, but real madrid confirmed on their official web site wwwrealmadridcom that they had the option to buy him back for the next two years negredo only rejoined real last month having been loaned out to almeria for the past two seasons, scoring 19 goals in the last campaign but he would have been struggling to win a regular first team place after the club's signings of kaka, karim benzema and cristiano ronaldo over the summer negredo completed his move after having a medical in sevilla on friday morning with last season's third placers in la liga clearly delighted with their acquisition 'sevilla have recruited one of the best strikers in europe,' the club said in a statement on their official web site
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real madrid striker alvaro negredo completes his permanent move to sevilla . negredo has signed five year contract, although real have a buy back option . the highly rated negredo scored 19 goals while on loan to almeria last season
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kaiping, china (cnn) in a quiet corner of southern china's pearl river delta, hundreds of abandoned watchtowers dot a landscape of water logged rice paddies, lush bamboo groves and ancient villages bristling with battlements and turrets, the ornate towers were built by families and villages in need of protection during the late 19th and early 20th centuries when much of the country was controlled by warlords and banditry was rife now a unesco world heritage site, these days the kaiping watchtowers, or diaolou as they are known locally, face a threat of a different nature the incredible boom in chinese tourism the tiny village of zili, which has the largest collection of towers, attracts dozens of tour buses on weekends their passengers are ushered around the towers by guides sporting red flags and microphones rigged up to loud speakers they chase the skinny chickens that roam about the dirt paths, snap photos, sample 'peasant family food' and buy rustic bamboo souvenirs, while the village's few remaining elderly residents sit on small plastic stools and look on bemused it's a scene that's played out at other unesco sites across china, where world heritage status is increasingly being used as a economic vehicle to develop backward regions, says chris ryan, a professor of tourism at the university of waikato in new zealand 'the idea behind having this status is that there are conservation, preservation and restoration issues, where in china it seems to be primarily geared toward promoting tourism and its economic benefit,' says ryan, who has studied kaiping and another world heritage site in anhui province, eastern china china plans makeover for tourism in southeast tibet according to ryan, chinese made 26 billion trips last year, up from just over a billion seven years ago and numbers are expected to rise further 'places that were previously very remote and didn't see a lot of tourists are now seeing enormous numbers arriving because they have the money to travel,' says neville agnew, group director of the getty conservation institute, which has worked in china since 1989 'it's an interesting phenomenon because it's in complete contrast to the experience in egypt, where almost all the visitors are foreigners' china now has 43 world heritage sites, the most of any country in the world dozens of other wannabe unesco sites across china are preparing bids jing feng, the paris based chief of unesco's asia and pacific section, says that the prestige of world heritage inscription always means an increase in visitor numbers but acknowledges the pressures of mass tourism in china are particularly acute 'people are getting richer and they have the right to appreciate heritage sites but we need a balance,' he says new parts of great wall of china to open to tourists tackling the problem is difficult jing singles out lijiang, an ancient town set in a dramatic mountain landscape in the southwestern province of yunnan, as a place that has struggled to accommodate a surge in tourists designated a world heritage site in 1997, the town, home to the matriarchal dongba culture, now receives 11 million visitors a year and conservation experts have been shocked by the level of commercialization locals have moved out of the city's ancient core, renting their homes out to businesses jing was part of a unesco monitoring mission to the town in 2008 and local authorities have pledged to improve visitor management and shut the discos and karaoke bars that had sprung up however, a doubling of admission ticket prices in a bid to reduce visitor numbers has had little impact and officials aim to increase visitor number to 16 million by 2015 unesco has only twice removed world heritage sites from its list and jing says there is little chance, for now at least, that any chinese sites would lose the designation because authorities had put forward 'corrective measures' ethnic mongolians in china concerned about cultural threat poor, rural areas bypassed by china's recent economic boom are those most keen to secure world heritage status, says han li, who works for the global heritage fund in china local officials often take out huge loans to build infrastructure to prepare their bid, she says, and local people, at least, initially welcome the opportunity to find work outside farming or as alternative to migration 'having world heritage status definitely changes your property values, your investment opportunities and it's a really big life saver for a lot of these places,' she says officials in charge of kaiping's watchtowers have said they aim to attract up to 2 million visitors each year, up from 100,000 in 2007 when it was first inscribed as a world heritage site with a view to generating revenues of 50 million yuan (us$78 million) how this money will be spent will be key to the future of kaiping's watchtowers so far, it appears that much of the money generated has been spent on car parks, ticket booths and landscaping in the four villages featured in tourist brochures it's not clear what will happen to the hundreds of other towers not earmarked for tourist development they are used as barns and storage sheds or stand empty and forlorn despite their protected status many were abandoned after the communist victory in 1949 when those with overseas ties fled more recently, villagers have left for the booming factory towns on the other side of the pearl river delta xanadu added to unesco's world heritage list the challenge for the local authorities in kaiping, and at china's other heritage sites, is how to manage tourists visits so that they bring maximum economic benefit without harming the heritage sites and those who live nearby one radical solution is to limit visitor numbers for example, from next year the mogao grottoes in remote northwestern china plans to allow 6,000 visitors per day, down from up to 11,000 at present, says agnew at the getty conservation institute the move follows fears that the moisture from visitors' breath and sweat was harming the centuries old cave paintings and buddhist sculptures but this approach is unlikely to be adopted widely, especially at living sites such as lijiang's old town and kaiping, where economic imperatives are most likely to trump heritage preservation 'world heritage sites don't need to be static they can bring income and development,' says li at the global heritage fund 'but i think it's important to remember that heritage does have its own inherent value and it's not just about a tangible financial return'
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china has 43 world heritage sites, the most of any country . some sites struggle to cope with boom in domestic tourism . chinese made 26 billion trips last year as more have money to travel . fears emerge that economic development may clash with heritage preservation
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(cnn) call it confidence, or call it arrogance but whatever it is, sebastian vettel certainly has it already 53 points clear in his bid for a fourth consecutive world formula one title, and seeking his third successive race victory, the red bull driver did not even bother trying to set a second lap in final qualifying for sunday's singapore grand prix so assured was the german that he was quickest on saturday at marina bay, a grueling street circuit where he has triumphed under lights the past two years, he sat in the team garage and watched his rivals try in vain to beat his leading lap time 'it was weird standing in the garage with roughly two minutes to go,' the 26 year old told reporters 'it then became much worse with the others making their final attempt and there's nothing you can do' interactive: see how f1 lights up singapore however, mercedes' nico rosberg fell just short of vettel's one minute 42841 seconds, with the german clocking 1:42932 lotus' romain grosjean was third fastest in 1:43058, and the frenchman will be joined on the second row of the grid by vettel's teammate mark webber (1:43152) webber was fastest in the first sector, rosberg quickest in the second and grosjean in the third, but vettel's burst in the final section gave him the 41st pole position of his career 'i watched the sector times closely with romain, nico and mark, but fortunately my last sector was strong enough to stay ahead of nico,' said vettel, who was fastest in friday's second practice and edged grosjean in saturday's final warmup 'in the end it was a great feeling because it could have gone wrong yesterday the gap to the others was a surprise, but today was more what we expected' rosberg is seeking his first podium placing since winning the british grand prix five races ago in late june 'seb has been really quick all weekend,' the 28 year old said 'it was very close in the end one tenth (of a second) more would have been possible, but second is still a good result 'we've good race pace and i'm very confident for tomorrow' his teammate lewis hamilton, who won the race in 2009 for mclaren, was fifth fastest ahead of felipe massa who again out qualified his ferrari teammate fernando alonso alonso, the singapore victor in 2008 and 2010, was seventh while kimi raikkonen, who will join the spaniard at the prancing horse next year, will start in 13th after failing to reach q3 for lotus as he struggled with a back problem alonso, who is second overall, and fellow title hopefuls hamilton and raikkonen will need significant improvements on sunday if they are to stop vettel extending his lead in the drivers' championship it had been reported that mclaren wanted alonso to return to the team where he had one unhappy season in 2007, but he said after qualifyingn that he hoped to end his career at ferrari 'i've spent the last four races saying i want to stay at ferrari and maybe extend the contract when they would like,' the 32 year old said 'we are working very closely on arriving at that situation to sit together and to try to do it, that's my desire, and the team has expressed to me more or less the same desire when we talk about this' raikkonen said he would start on sunday, despite problems with a trapped nerve 'this morning was very bad,' the finn said 'i couldn't really try, so we probably didn't get done what we wanted with the car, but at least we got it on the grid and we'll see what we can do in the race 'it was good we drove in qualifying in the end, but it was not that nice' mclaren's jenson button qualified eighth ahead of toro rosso's daniel ricciardo, who will replace fellow australian webber at red bull next year sauber's esteban gutierrez completed the top 10, with the mexican beating teammate nico hulkenberg for the first time this year he will start the race with a choice of tire compounds after declining to set a time in q3
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sebastian vettel singapore red bull mercedes nico rosberg second marina bay vettel fernando alonso seventh
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f1 championship leader sebastian vettel wins pole position in singapore . red bull star has nervous wait after deciding to post only one lap in qualifying . mercedes' nico rosberg comes closest, qualifying second at marina bay . vettel's closest title rival fernando alonso will start seventh on the grid
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