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(cnn) the relatives of a woman who died on the floor of a new york hospital say they plan to file a $25 million lawsuit against the city and the facility where esmin green died esmin green's daughter, tecia harrison, says disciplinary action against hospital workers is not enough for her green's family is also calling for criminal charges against hospital workers, who they say failed to help her and then attempted to cover up the circumstances of her death 'my sister was killed twice,' said brenda james, green's sister 'first, by those who neglected to offer her the needed health care secondly, she was killed by those who tried to cover up this criminal action' the family has retained a lawyer, sanford rubenstein, to file the suit green, a jamaican immigrant, had been involuntarily admitted to the kings county hospital in brooklyn, new york, on june 18 for what the hospital described as 'agitation and psychosis' surveillance camera footage captured the mother of six sliding off of a chair and onto the floor of waiting room of the hospital's psychiatric emergency department, where she lay convulsing for more than a hour before anyone helped her the footage appears to capture several employees passing by her as she lay on the floor struggling the new york civil liberties union said last week that the hospital falsified medical records for the timeframe covering green's visit, describing her as awake and going to the bathroom when she is seen on the video watch green's family after seeing video » seven workers, including doctors, nurses and security guards, have been fired or suspended since green's death, the city's health and hospitals corporation said it's not clear whether any of the employees have appealed the disciplinary actions against them the agency said it referred the matter to law enforcement and is cooperating with the investigation 'we failed esmin green and believe her family deserves fair and just compensation,' it said in a statement autopsy results have not been released green's daughter, who reluctantly watched the footage for the first time this week, says disciplinary action doesn't make up for her family's loss 'firing is not enough for me, for my brothers they don't know this wonderful woman they took away from us,' said tecia harrison, who traveled to new york from jamaica to attend her mother's funeral sunday 'we want them to pay for it,' she said cnn's mary snow contributed to this report
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(cnn) after the vote in the house of representatives to slash the supplemental nutrition assistance program, i wrote a column against cutting food stamps this column generated more than 5,200 online comments and hundreds of e mails comments reflected, not surprisingly, the tone and tenor of the political debate: a lot of partisan passion, some mutual understanding, animosity based on stereotypes and a lot of misinformation i would like to address some of the typical concerns that were expressed for example, 'willis curryfans' wrote, 'these wealthy republicans spend a lot of time running from the typical black person this affects if they came and visited some of these neighborhoods, they would see folks that they know they won't give a job to' but who are the people using food stamps? they're us the census bureau, which gathers statistics house by house, reports that americans on food stamps are 49% white, 26% african american and 20% hispanic the pew research center, a nonprofit polling firm, found in a july survey that self identified liberals, moderates and conservatives who receive food stamps are in a statistical tie a lot of people who commented on the column wanted to regulate what foodstuffs program participants can buy often not realizing that alcohol and prepared foods are banned and many respondents bashed food stamp recipients, declaring they should 'get a job,' 'stop having kids on my dime' or giving a variation on such cliches 'chiefpr' writes to one reader who's been out of work: 'get training to better yourself and do not have kids until you can feed them but do not demand i do all that and support you ' but the truth refutes the cliches: feeding america says participation in snap, or the food stamp program, 'historically follows unemployment with a slight lag' unemployment increases food stamp rolls, not people with children who go looking for aid and unemployment has been abnormally high because of the recession that began under the previous president in fact, usa today found that 'under president george w bush, the number of recipients rose by nearly 147 million nothing before comes close to that' with employment increasing, 'the congressional budget offices projects snap participation to begin declining in 2015' shaun kirkpatrick commented: 'there was a work requirement for welfare bill clinton did that during his welfare reform that most working people applauded to make sure he got the votes and make republicans look greedy and evil, obama removed the work requirement ' kirkpatrick's perception is prevalent on the web but that information comes from a 2012 mitt romney political ad that got it dead wrong obama actually encouraged the states to strengthen their work requirements also, of course, welfare is not the same as food stamps as for food stamps, more than 72% of all snap beneficiaries are families with children most of the recipients are children (48%), the elderly (8%) and the disabled less than 10% of food stamp recipients receive welfare payments 'john in wny' wrote, 'yes, many do work, but many of them make sure they never make enough to lose their benefits ' again, the facts refute the assumption snap has strict time limits for unemployed workers: able bodied adults without children can only get three months worth of food stamps in a three year period, unless working in a qualifying job training program and how much are the benefits, anyway? the average monthly snap benefit per person is $13385, or less than $150 per person per meal those benefits are low, and for many families, snap benefits don't last the whole month why do we need to support the food stamp program? because low income families experience unemployment at a far higher rate than other income groups because cutting nutritional assistance programs is immoral and shortsighted and protecting families from hunger improves their health and educational outcomes food stamps are an investment in our future being on food stamps can be demeaning cashiers know the difference between the new plastic snap cards and a credit card some food stamp recipients say some cashiers have made them feel uncomfortable and embarrassed maybe we should focus on rewards rather than punishments behavioral psychologists say that's more effective why not add benefits for making healthy food choices, provide a transition bonus for getting off food stamps or increase job training opportunities and income raising minimum wage? doing so takes courage, compassion and believing in 'we, the people' the opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of donna brazile
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donna brazile says her column on food stamps got tons of comments, many misinformed . brazile: recipients are 49% white, 26% black, 20% hispanic; conservative and liberal . joblessness fuels food stamp use, she says; most funds go to children and elderly . brazile: we need compassion, courage to improve program with incentives, job training
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harare, zimbabwe (cnn) zimbabwean lawmakers on monday narrowly voted for lovemore moyo as speaker of the parliament making him the first opposition lawmaker to hold the position in the country's history morgan tsvangirai's mdc faction has a slim majority following parliamentary elections 'this is historic as it ceases to be a rubber stamping house,' moyo said after winning the position 'it will ensure that progressive laws are passed i promise to be professional' moyo the national chairman of the main movement for democratic change (mdc) party received 110 votes while his only opponent, paul themba nyathi, received 98 votes the speaker of the parliament is the fourth most powerful post in zimbabwe themba nyathi represented the splinter mdc faction led by arthur mutambara, but he had support of president robert mugabe's zanu pf party the vote took place hours after mugabe swore in lawmakers, five months after they were elected two members of the main mdc led by presidential candidate morgan tsvangirai were arrested as they arrived at the opening session, but they were released after a short time, according to a government spokesman an mdc official said the arrests were part of the 'sinister agenda of this regime' to 'tilt the balance of numbers in their favour during the voting for the speaker of parliament' one of those detained shuwa mudiwa appeared back in parliament, but the other member elia jembere was not seen, according to sources government spokesman bright matonga said jembere had been accused of rape, but that he has been released from custody a third member elton mangoma escaped an arrest attempt when other party members came to his rescue, mdc officials said attendance at the session of parliament is important since the membership is closely divided between the mdc and the mugabe's zanu pf the ruling zanu pf party lost its majority in the 210 seat parliament in elections in march, but vote recounts and political violence have delayed the body from convening until now final results gave 100 seats to an mdc faction led by morgan tsvangirai, the party's presidential candidate president robert mugabe's zanu pf got 99 seats an offshoot of the main mdc party, led by arthur mutambara, won 10 seats an independent candidate won one seat tsvangirai, who was locked in a bitter presidential contest with mugabe, had objected to mugabe's decision to convene parliament, saying it could 'decapitate' power sharing talks that have been on hold for the past two weeks still, tsvangirai said he would attend the swearing in ceremony mdc party spokesman nelson chamisa said all mdc members elected to parliament were expected to attend 'except those few mps who are still in hiding' cnn's nkepile mabuse in johannesburg, south africa contributed to this report
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moyo received 110 votes, opponent paul themba nyathi received 98 votes . themba nyathi represented the splinter mdc faction led by arthur mutambara . mdc's shuwa mudiwa and elia jembere arrested outside parliament building . ruling zanu pf party lost majority in 210 seat parliament in march elections
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srinagar, indian controlled kashmir (cnn) violent protests continued across kashmir wednesday, as the death toll from the past two days of demonstrations rose to 20, a senior police official said hindu protesters shout slogans against jammu and kashmir state governor n n vohra three people critically injured in the protests died on wednesday, adding to the already high tensions several thousand people joined the wednesday morning funeral procession for one of the victims in old srinagar city the region which is split between india and pakistan has been a flashpoint of violence between hindus and muslims for more than a month the violence was triggered by the hindu government's attempt to transfer land to a hindu shrine the latest round of protests was started on monday by fruit growers who were upset that hindu protesters had blocked a highway leading into india, preventing their crops from getting to market it has spiraled into demonstrations against the deaths a police official said 200 people have been injured in the two days of protests a round the clock curfew in srinagar, the summer capital of kashmir, was lifted for several hours wednesday to allow residents to buy essential commodities during the curfew suspension, an angry mob attacked a policeman in srinagar's old city, torching his motorbike speaking wednesday, kashmir's indian appointed governor n n vohra made a fervent appeal for demonstrators to maintain calm he expressed deep grief for 'the families who lost their near and dear ones in the unfortunate incidents' from journalist mukhtar ahmad
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violent protests continue across kashmir, death toll rises to 20 . thousands join funeral procession for one of the victims . protesters angry over govt decision not to transfer land to a hindu shrine . state govt revoked transfer after a week of violent protests by muslims
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srinagar, india (cnn) nine people were killed and seven others were wounded after a group of militants attacked security forces in indian administered kashmir on thursday, authorities said the unrest in the territory, long disputed by india and pakistan, comes ahead of a scheduled meeting between the two countries' prime ministers on the sidelines of the un general assembly (unga) in new york two to three militants in army fatigues attacked a police station early thursday in hiranagar, a town about 60 kilometers (35 miles) from the city of jammu, said rajesh kumar, inspector general of police for the jammu area 'the militants forced their entry into the police station, opened indiscriminate fire and fled,' he said four police officers and and two civilians were killed in the attack, he said, and two civilians and a police officer were wounded kumar said the militants fled in a truck and drove to an indian army camp in the nearby town of samba where they opened fire on soldiers three military service members were killed and three others were wounded in the ensuing gun battle, which was continuing, said army spokesman sn acharya meeting planned the violence took place as indian prime minister manmohan singh and pakistani prime minister nawaz sharif are in new york for the unga singh has said he will meet with sharif, among other leaders, at the event reports in the indian news media have said the two men are due to hold talks on sunday singh condemned the kashmir attack in a statement released by his office, linking violence in the region to pakistan 'this is one more in a series of provocations and barbaric actions by the enemies of peace,' he said 'we are firmly resolved to combat and defeat the terrorist menace that continues to receive encouragement and reinforcement from across the border' but he said that 'such attacks will not deter us and will not succeed in derailing our efforts to find a resolution to all problems through a process of dialogue' the statement didn't specifically mention singh's planned meeting with sharif the attack took place hours after the indian and pakistani armies had traded small arms and automatic weapon fire in the district of poonch on the line of control, the de facto border between the two countries in kashmir, according to acharya the exchange of gunfire is the latest in a string of small scale clashes along the frontier this year hiranagar and samba, where the militants struck thursday, are both within about 10 kilometers of the line of control cnn's jethro mullen contributed to this report
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militants open fire at a police station and then an army camp, authorities say . the gun battle at the army camp is continuing, a military officials says . the indian premier calls it 'one more in a series of provocations and barbaric actions'. he is due to meet with his pakistani counterpart in new york
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(cnn) spec shaun gopaul woke up at 4 am on may 12, 2007, and waited at a battle position south of baghdad for members of his company to pick him up sgt alex jimenez, left, and spc shaun gopaul had served in the military together since 2005 one of those he expected to see was the larger than life figure of sgt alex jimenez, who cared so much about his fellow soldiers that he made sure every one was comfortable and who cared so much about the iraqis he was fighting for that he learned arabic on his own so he could talk with them 'he was a good guy, you know he had a big heart,' gopaul said but jimenez and the other soldiers never came while he was waiting, gopaul heard on the radio that sgt alex jimenez the first person he met in the company and also his best friend and other members of his company had been ambushed and captured by insurgents in a section of iraq known as the triangle of death gopaul said friday that during the time jimenez and other members of the company were missing, he tried to keep upbeat and hoped that his best friend would come home safely but on friday the military confirmed they found the bodies of jimenez and 19 year old pvt byron w fouty and returned them to the united states 'in a way, i'm glad that he's home,' gopaul said 'it's just not in the way that we wanted' the body of a third soldier who was captured pfc joseph j anzack jr, 20, of torrance, california was pulled from the euphrates river in babil province 11 days after the attack after they began serving together in 2005, gopaul said he and jimenez were inseparable when gopaul arrived, jimenez offered to let him bunk with him because many of the servicemen were younger than he it was gopaul's first tour in iraq and jimenez, who was on his second tour, took it upon himself to help new soldiers from company d, 4th battalion, 31st regiment nicknamed the polar bears learn the ropes 'he grabbed all the new guys and put us where we needed to be and showed us how to do our jobs,' gopaul said 'he saved our lives by showing us the right way to do things and where to be so we wouldn't be hurt' jimenez, 25, even took it upon himself to start learning arabic, gopaul said he studied the language until he eventually became fluent then, he taught the entire platoon and company so they would have an easier time talking to locals 'it was awesome, because if we didn't have an interpreter we had him to help out,' gopaul said during their free time the two soldiers wrote and sang music often reggaeton sometimes about being in the army above all, gopaul said, jimenez was known for his sense of humor and always being there for anyone who needed it 'i've been getting a lot of calls from a lot of people across different battalions who knew him and knew the size of his heart, gopaul said the last time he spoke to jimenez, gopaul was returning from time off and jimenez called to let him know what was going on in iraq and see how his good friend was doing 'i told him 'i'll see you in a couple days,' ' gopaul said 'but that was it i never saw him again' gopaul said he has taken a 14 day leave from service and will go to visit members of the jimenez family who live in new york and boston, massachusetts black ribbons of mourning replaced the yellow ribbons around the jimenez home thursday afternoon a pow/mia flag that had been hanging from the home for more than a year was also replaced by a us flag 'this has all been pretty hard,' gopaul said 'but one thing is for sure we'll never forget him'
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shaun gopaul, alex jimenez served together in military starting in 2005 . gopaul: 'he saved our lives' by showing us what to do . bodies of jimenez, another soldier found in iraq after a year . jimenez learned arabic and taught others so they could talk to locals
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washington (cnn) a law enforcement official confirms members of the westboro baptist church, known for its controversial practice of picketing military funerals, participated in training for law enforcement officials at quantico marine base in virginia the sessions were discontinued this spring after tom browne, assistant director for the fbi, voiced strong opposition to bringing the group to a military facility members of westboro were 'respectful' when they were on the base and did not cause any disruption, according to the official he adds, 'it wasn't the purpose to give them another outlet to vent their views it was more academic' the story about staff training sessions between the fbi and westboro baptist church members was first reported by npr news on wednesday other controversial groups, including the ku klux klan, have taken part in similar training sessions the purpose, according to the official, is 'to expose law enforcement to these groups, see what they are about, and understand their perspective' in addition, the official says, the groups have a chance to hear law enforcement's point of view in a classroom setting 'we are not endorsing these groups at all,' said the official 'the reality is there are groups out there who are making presence known who the police have to encounter' 'they still have first amendment protections just like anyone else,' the official added, but police may have to mitigate a situation where there is a potential for violence the official maintained that understanding who these groups are and what they believe can help law enforcement 'it is an effort to engage in open dialogue in a setting that is more academic, rather than having to do it on a street in a peacekeeping kind of scenario' fbi and law enforcement officials participated in three sessions at quantico between 2008 and spring of 2011 there was a fourth session at a facility in manassas, virginia, before a halt was called to westboro's involvement
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washington (cnn) a toy that absorbs water and can expand to 400 times its original size has been voluntarily recalled after a report that a baby ingested one and needed surgery to remove it, the consumer product safety commission said monday the cpsc said the marble size toy can be swallowed, and once inside the stomach, it can expand and cause blockage in the small intestine the toys do not show up on an x ray and require surgery to be removed, according to the commission nearly 95,000 water balz (round shape), growing skulls (skull shape), h2o orbs 'despicable me' (round shape) and fabulous flowers (flower shape) toys were sold in stores in the united states and canada from 2010 to november 2012 an 8 month old texas girl reportedly ingested a water balz last year and underwent surgery to remove the toy the packaging states the toy 'grows to the size of a racquetball!' the cpsc and health canada, along with the importer dunecraft inc, based in cleveland, announced the voluntary recall on monday the toys, manufactured in china and the united states, were sold in packages of six in green, yellow, red, blue and black consumers are urged to stop using the recalled product immediately read more: cholesterol drug recalled
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small toy expands to 400 times its size, posing an ingestion risk, consumer commission says . 8 month old baby from texas needed surgery after ingesting marble size water balz . consumer product safety commission urges consumers to stop using product . also recalled are growing skulls, h2o orbs and fabulous flowers
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(cnn) the gunman in last week's oregon mall shooting acted 'weird' and had talked about moving and selling his possessions, his roommate said in court documents released monday, those and other details drew a rough sketch of the shooter, identified as 22 year old jacob tyler roberts investigators say he opened fire at the clackamas town center mall outside portland, killing two people and wounding a third, before taking his own life oregon gunman on facebook: 'i have lived one crazy life' hours after the deadly rampage, the roommate called a tip line and told a detective he thought roberts might be responsible the roommate said he once found a box of ar 15 ammunition at the house he told the detective roberts had acted 'weird' recently and talked about moving to hawaii and selling his belongings on craigslist roberts, in fact, had sold some things there, said the roommate the documents also showed the weapon used in last tuesday's shooting, a stag arms brand ar 15 style rifle, was legally purchased by a friend of roberts the night before the shooting, roberts spent time with that friend, telling him he needed to get out town and needed a gun when the friend awoke the next day, his rifle and roberts were missing, he told a detective authorities have offered few other details about roberts, the man they say shot 54 year old cindy ann yuille and 45 year old steven mathew forsyth both died of single gunshot wounds shooting victims remembered roberts also shot kristina shevchenko, police say the 15 year old suffered a collapsed right lung and injuries to her liver after being shot in the chest, a doctor told reporters last week she was listed in fair condition early monday, up from serious, at oregon health & science university hospital in portland shoppers return to oregon mall after shooting portland police, us agree on excessive force reform complete coverage of the newtown, connecticut, shootings
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court documents released monday draw a rough sketch of the shooter . investigators have identified him as 22 year old jacob tyler roberts . his roommate says roberts had talked about moving to hawaii . roberts shot three people, killing two, before taking his own life, police say
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(cnn) self defense or murder? that's the question at the heart of the trial of george zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer who killed 17 year old trayvon martin monday marked the start of jury selection in seminole county, florida, where martin was fatally shot on february 26, 2012 the shooting put a national spotlight on zimmerman's hometown of sanford and sparked fresh debates about race relations and gun laws in america zimmerman is hispanic; martin was african american an initial decision not to pursue charges against zimmerman led to the dismissal of the town's police chief and the appointment of a special prosecutor, who accused the neighborhood watch volunteer of unjustly profiling and killing martin zimmerman now faces a second degree murder charge in martin's death he has pleaded not guilty and is currently free on $1 million bond attorney: no imminent plans to put zimmerman on stand 'we don't need you to do that' prosecutors and defense attorneys agree on almost nothing about what happened that day what's clear so far is this: martin left the home of his father's girlfriend in sanford to get a snack at a nearby convenience store as he walked back, carrying some candy and a soft drink, he and zimmerman crossed paths earlier, zimmerman had called 911 to report a suspicious person in the neighborhood a recording of that call includes a police dispatcher asking the volunteer, 'are you following him?' 'yeah,' zimmerman replied 'ok, we don't need you to do that,' the dispatcher said zimmerman says he killed martin, who was wearing a hoodie, in self defense after the teen punched him and slammed his head on the sidewalk he suffered a fractured nose and cuts to the back of his head, according to a medical report by zimmerman's family doctor sanford police initially questioned zimmerman and released him without charges they said then there were no grounds to disprove his account that he'd acted to protect himself the case soon became the center of a national controversy, which continues some 16 months later, though at a lower intensity his family has said zimmerman profiled the teen and crossed the line from neighborhood watch volunteer to vigilante benjamin crump, an attorney for martin's family, has gone further, accusing zimmerman of murdering martin 'in cold blood' experts: can't tell who is screaming in 911 calls 'in the fight of his life' according to crump, martin was on the phone with his 16 year old girlfriend shortly before the shooting the girl, who wishes to remain anonymous, says she heard someone ask martin what he was doing and heard martin ask why the person was following him she then got the impression there was an altercation, during which an earpiece fell out of martin's ear and the connection went dead, crump said neighbors reported hearing gunfire zimmerman recently waived his right to a pretrial hearing under florida's 'stand your ground' law, which allows people to use deadly force when threatened regardless of where they are his lawyers will claim self defense zimmerman himself could testify at trial defense attorney mark o'mara said he has no imminent plans to ask for a change of venue and would only do so if lawyers can't select a suitable jury as jury selection began monday, 21 potential jurors were brought into the courtroom four of them three women and one man were interviewed individually by attorneys, but there were no indications how either side felt about any of the potential jurors from that group of 21, one person was dismissed the same group of 20 will be back on tuesday for more individual questioning 'if we can pick a jury in seminole county, this is where the incident occurred and this is where the case should be decided,' o'mara told hln's jean casarez he also said the george zimmerman defense fund has raised $85,000 in the past week and a half media coverage of the case is expected to be intense the case garnered so much attention that about a month after the shooting, president barack obama spoke about it, saying the shooting required 'soul searching' zimmerman's brother, robert, has called on the state to drop the charges 'george lived in a community plagued by crime and was the first to come forward to help his neighbors,' robert zimmerman said last month 'george is a good, decent and honest man it is now my honor to advocate for him george is in the fight of his life quite literally' authorities initially 'did their job when they refused to charge someone with a crime who committed no crime,' he said 'in this country, you don't charge someone why any crime solely to assuage the concerns of the misinformed masses' gun, drug texts feature in new shooting evidence cnn's vivian kuo and hlntvcom's colette bennett contributed to this report
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(cnn) cristiano ronaldo scored twice for real madrid as they won 3 1 in marseille on tuesday to top group c of champions league qualifying real's victory meant ac milan went through in second place in the group despite held 1 1 at fc zurich, owing their draw to a second half penalty from ronaldinho former world player of the year ronaldo scored in the fifth and 80th minutes in a comfortable win for the spanish giants and showed he is back to his very best after an injury layoff the portuguese star opened his account with a blistering 30 meter free kick, but marseille midfielder lucho gonzalez leveled from close range six minutes later real's raul albiol put them ahead on the hour mark before lucho hit the crossbar from the penalty spot soon afterwards ronaldo added his second in the 80th after a mistake by home goalkeeper steve mandanda left him with a conversion into an open goal swiss side zurich tested milan and after dominating the first half went ahead in the 29th minute through a milan gajic free kick from outside the area zurich had shocked milan 1 0 in the san siro in october, but were reduced to 10 men in the 64th minute when marco borriello was hacked down by defender alain rochat, who was sent off brazilian ace ronaldo converted the spot kick to grab a precious point for his side against the group's bottom side chelsea had already clinched top spot in group d but put on a lackluster display to be held 2 2 at stamford bridge by apoel nicosia marcin zewlakow's early opener for apoel gave the cyprus side a shock lead before michael essien and didier drogba put chelsea ahead before half time but chelsea, who had gone into the game off the back of two defeats, were made to pay for a defensive error by john obi mikel as nenad mirosavljevic scored a late equalizer the other qualifiers porto rounded off their campaign with a 3 0 win over third placed atletico madrid bruno alves headed porto into the lead after two minutes with falcao scoring the second on 14 minutes brazilian hulk completed the victory with a fine third after 76 minutes after a mazy run and shot
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(cnn) inter milan's title defense got back on track with a crushing 4 0 win over city rivals ac milan, after three first half strikes capitalized on the sending off of rossoneri skipper gennaro gattuso on saturday night at the san siro new boys samuel eto'o (left) and wesley sneijder celebrate inter's impressive victory over milan thiago motta put jose mourinho's men in the lead, scoring his first goal for the club after thirty minutes with a left foot strike, after being played in by fellow new recruit samuel eto'o the cameroon striker was involved again for the second when he was fouled when through on goal by an injury hampered gattuso to win a penalty for his side, before diego milito slotted home from the spot on 36 minutes worse followed for gattuso when the midfielder received a red card for a tough tackle on inter debutante wesley sneijder, before brazil full back maicon took advantage of his opponent's reduced numbers by shooting home form the edge of the area seconds before half time further humiliation came in the second half for the nominal home side when serbian dejan stankovic crashed home a 30 yard drive to leave marco storari to pick the ball form his net for the fourth time that evening with 23 minutes of the game left it was a miserable first derby for ac milan coach leonardo, who is in the process of rebuilding his side after the departure of former world footballer of the year kaka to spanish giants real madrid where the rossoneri have lost talent to spain, inter have gained; with former iberian charges sneijder and eto'o contributing well to their side's win holland midfielder sneijder tested goalkeeper storari after only six minutes to signal his team's intent while eto'o had a key role in the following two goals eto'o also had a goal disallowed as he headed into the net from an offside position to cap a telling performance that was in stark contrast to that of holland international klass jan huntelaar who made an inauspicious debut for milan after leaving real madrid sully muntari came on as a second half substitute, seemingly confirming mourinho's belief that the player had reduced energy levels as a result of fasting for ramadan elsewhere in serie a, bari drew 0 0 with bologna despite substitute ferdinando sforzini being sent off for the home side as the game drew to a close in a game of few chances daniele de vezze went closest to opening the scoring for the hosts
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inter thrash rivals ac milan 4 0 in derby after gennaro gattuso is sent off . goals from motta, milito, maicon and stankovic seal humiliating defeat . cameroon striker samuel eto'o has goal disallowed to cap good performance . elsewhere, bari draw 0 0 with bologna despite finishing with ten men
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(cnn) liverpool director tom hicks jr has resigned from his position with the club and their parent company kop holdings in the wake of a foul mouthed e mail rant at a fan the american, son of co owner tom hicks, became embroiled in controversy when it emerged he had responded abusively when one supporter contacted him directly about the state of the premier league club and their finances hicks jr subsequently apologized but he has now quit the club the spirit of shankly fans' group, who are committed to the removal of american co owners hicks sr and george gillett, had called for hicks jr to resign however, with his father as co owner it appeared there would be little pressure from the top to do so hicks jr was seen as a key player on anfield's board comprised of hicks and his father, gillett and his son foster and managing director christian purslow at the same time liverpool announced his departure, they revealed a re structuring of the boardroom of both club and kop holdings casey coffman, executive vice president of hicks holdings, is the man brought in to replace hicks jr while liverpool's chief financial officer philip nash and the club's commercial director ian ayre are have also both been elected to both companies purslow, nash and ayre have played increasingly important roles in the last few months as they work towards putting the club on a healthier financial footing that has already led to the signing of a new shirt sponsorship deal with standard chartered bank worth around $120 million one of purslow's priorities since taking over from rick parry in june last year has been to find new investment in the club as they seek to get the funding in place to build a new stadium hicks jr had no real input into decision making at the club on a daily basis and so his departure will not affect on going plans
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liverpool director tom hicks jr has resigned from his position with the club and parent company kop holdings . the american responded abusively when a fan contacted him about the state of the club's finances . hicks jr subsequently apologized but he has now quit the club owened by his father and george gillett
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washington (cnn) federal health officials on thursday are unveiling a $54 million national media campaign to get smokers to quit and prevent anyone else, especially children, from starting the campaign, called 'tips from former smokers,' is intended to educate americans about the dangers of smoking through the stories and graphic pictures of ex smokers who have suffered severe health consequences of tobacco use the former smokers profiled have suffered ailments such as stroke related paralysis, limb amputation, lung removal and heart attack one breathes through a stoma, a surgically created hole in the neck through which a person who has undergone larynx or voice box surgery can breathe 'hundreds of thousands of lives are lost each year due to smoking, and for every person who dies, 20 more americans live with an illness caused by smoking,' health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius said in a statement 'we cannot afford to continue watching the human and economic toll from tobacco rob our communities of parents and grandparents, aunts and uncles, friends and co workers we are committed to doing everything we can to help smokers quit and prevent young people from starting in the first place' the ads are the brainchild of the centers for disease control and prevention's office on smoking and health the agency says smoking remains the country's leading cause of disease and preventable death, resulting in more than 443,000 fatalities annually more than 8 million americans live with a smoking related illness or conditions, according to the disease agency the combination of public service announcements and paid advertising for television, radio, newspapers and magazines also spotlights the dangers of exposure to secondhand smoke the ads will also be featured on billboards, in theaters and online including on facebook, twitter and youtube 'although they may be tough to watch, the ads show real people living with real, painful consequences from smoking,' said cdc director thomas r frieden 'there is sound evidence that supports the use of these types of hard hitting images and messages to encourage smokers to quit, to keep children from ever beginning to smoke, and to drastically reduce the harm caused by tobacco' see the cdc anti smoking campaign print ad (pdf) the campaign includes eight television ads (one of them in spanish), seven radio spots in 30 and 60 second versions, seven print ads and five billboard and bus stop ads the campaign marks the first time the cdc has run a paid, comprehensive national anti tobacco advertising effort the primary target is smokers ages 18 to 54, but public health experts also said they hope it will dissuade children from adopting the habit last week the surgeon general released a report on youth smoking, leading sebelius to declare: 'targeted marketing encourages more young people to take up this deadly addiction every day this administration is committed to doing everything we can to prevent our children from using tobacco' the agency said, 'targeted messages and images that portray smoking as an acceptable, appealing activity for young people are widespread, and advertising for tobacco products is prominent in retail stores and online' the need for such a campaign is urgent, according to the campaign for tobacco free kids 'this media campaign is a smart investment that will reduce tobacco use, save lives and reduce tobacco related health care costs,' matthew l myers, president of the advocacy group 'the tobacco industry spends more than $1 million every hour on marketing that entices kids, discourages smokers from quitting and portrays its deadly and addictive products as normal and appealing the cdc's campaign will counter the industry's marketing with the harsh truth about tobacco use, told by former smokers themselves' the cdc said the tobacco industry spends more than $27 million a day on marketing to kids and others about $10 billion a year in two days, the industry spends about what the government has budgeted for the entire 12 week campaign the industry denies that it markets to children tobacco giant phillip morris would not comment of the campaign, telling cnn: 'philip morris usa agrees smoking is addictive and causes serious disease while we are not prepared to comment on cdc's anti smoking campaign, preventing underage tobacco use, discouraging smoking initiation and promoting quitting remain important to reducing the harm from cigarette smoking a complementary strategy, focused on the development of and appropriate communications about potentially lower risk tobacco products, may be one of the most meaningful actions that the food and drug administration can take to reduce the health effects of smoking' not in dispute is the deadly impact smoking can have on health about a third of the smoking related deaths in the united states are linked to heart disease, according to the american heart association 'the ads highlight a shocking but very realistic fate that could await some current smokers if they continue their tobacco addiction,' said nancy brown, the association's ceo the ads note that smoking contributes to one in five strokes and increase the odds of having a heart attack 'the american heart association believes these graphic ads, coupled with vigorous tobacco control at the state level, will reach not only the adults who smoke, but also will break through to teens and discourage them from ever taking up this deadly habit,' she said the american cancer society says nine of 10 smokers started before they turned 18 'combating tobacco use requires a multipronged approach, including federal regulation of tobacco products, increased tobacco taxes, smoke free workplaces and sustained investment in prevention and cessation now and beyond the end of the cdc campaign,' said christopher w hansen, president of the american cancer society cancer action network, in a statement 'this historic advertising campaign will help to combat big tobacco's unscrupulous efforts to addict new users and prevent existing users from trying to quit' featured reader comments: should smokers be targeted? the campaign begins less than a month after a federal mandate requiring tobacco companies to place graphic images on their products warning of the dangers of smoking was tossed out by a judge in washington, who said the requirements were a violation of free speech the family smoking prevention and tobacco control act passed in 2009 would have required nine written warnings such as 'cigarettes are addictive' and 'tobacco smoke causes harm to children' also included would have been alternating images of a corpse and smoke infected lungs cnn's caleb hellerman contributed to this report
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(cnn) liverpool have signed argentina international maxi rodriguez on a free transfer from atletico madrid the 29 year old winger has penned a three and a half year deal with rafael benitez's side after four years in the spanish capital after passing a medical and agreeing terms rodriguez put pen to paper on the deal, which is subject to international clearance manager rafa benitez told the club's official web site 'we were looking for players with character and a good mentality 'he has played for argentina and atletico madrid and is a player with personality he can play in three positions on the right, left or as a second striker and is someone with a very positive mentality, which is what we are looking for 'he is comfortable on the ball, can pass and keep possession he is good at getting into the box and scoring goals and a good finisher every year he gets five to 15 goals from the right side of midfield' in other transfer news, serie a side fiorentina have agreed terms with partizan belgrade to sign promising midfielder adem ljajic the 18 year old looked poised to sign for manchester united 12 months ago alongside team mate zoran tosic tosic eventually made the move to old trafford, but the english premier league champions decided against signing ljajic meanwhile, japan international junichi inamoto has left rennes to join j league side kawasaki frontale the 30 year old former arsenal midfielder joined french side rennes at the beginning of the season but failed to make an impact elsewhere, scottish giants celtic have trimmed their squad by selling four players in one day, with three going to the same club midfielders barry robson and willo flood and striker chris killen have all left glasgow to be re united with former manager gordon strachan at english championship side middlesbrough strachan also wanted to sign defender gary caldwell, but the scottish international declined the move to sign a four and a half year deal with premier league wigan for an undisclosed fee there was also a managerial appointment in the english premier league, with burnley announcing that owen coyle, who left the club last week to join rivals bolton, and been replaced by former burnley defender brian laws transfer rumors: england: tottenham forward roman pavlyuchenko looks set to end his white hart lane nightmare by joining zenit st petersburg, according to the daily mirror italy: young roma striker stefano okaka appears set to complete a loan move to fulham next week, claim tutto mercato web italy: west ham midfielder valon behrami has been offered to both roma and lazio for 15m euros, although neither club can afford the transfer fee, itasport are reporting
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liverpool have signed argentina international maxi rodriguez on a free transfer . the 29 year old winger has penned a three and a half year deal with rafael benitez's side . fiorentina have agreed terms with partizan belgrade to sign promising midfielder adem ljajic
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(ewcom) get ready for more bad hair, mustaches, funky leisure suits, and laughs paramount pictures has set the theater release date for the sequel to 2004′s 'anchorman' for dec 20, 2013 will ferrell will be back as deep voiced newsman ron burgundy, along with steve carell, paul rudd, and david koechner in the comedy directed by script co writer adam mckay mckay has hinted that the sequel will have whole song sequences, and we can only imagine ferrell's thick burgundy mustache fluttering in the breeze during a diva number backed by the channel 4 news gang see original story at ewcom click here to try 2 risk free issues of entertainment weekly © 2011 entertainment weekly and time inc all rights reserved
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london (cnn) is a third term of angela merkel as german chancellor good for europe? angela merkel has emerged from the weekend's elections with the christian democratic union's biggest vote for 20 years she now has a strong mandate to form a government in which she would serve as chancellor the cdu is now likely to negotiate a 'grand coalition' with the social democratic party after the pro business free democrats, merkel's previous coalition partner, failed to pass the 5% threshold for getting into parliament merkel's return gives the country consistent leadership during a time in which the future of the euro has come under question, amid the economic problems of its laggard members while germany has emerged from the crisis with its economy relatively intact, nations such as greece have entered deep recessions while unemployment has soared read more: europe's mrs nein in this context, a healthy germany is regarded as a help rather than hindrance for europe the markets welcomed merkel's re election and the expectation it will provide a steady approach to the financial crisis europe has begun to show signs of recovery, and disruption would not be welcome but merkel does face challenges a grand coalition will require her to make concessions that may impact her plans in 2005 it took almost a month to negotiate a coalition so there could be weeks of uncertainty in european markets before the government is actually formed will there be more bailouts under a merkel coalition? germany and greece have both acknowledged the latter will require further financial assistance the imf led bailout for greece is due to expire next year, leaving the nation with a financial shortfall of around 14 billion euros greece, which has already received two bailouts, may find itself facing more conditions as it seeks a third round of aid from its european peers portugal, which has been bailed out once, is expected to face problems if it attempts to return to the bond markets as a result, bailouts and haircuts are likely to remain on the agenda for merkel's third term even as the eurozone enters a recovery phase in photos: rising to the top the nascent pan eurozone banking union and other pillars of europe's rescue package like the legal use of the ecb's pledge to support ailing nations through 'outright monetary transactions' are other issues that will need to be settled merkel's strengthened mandate could also mean a stronger position on fiscal restraint and austerity across europe merkel is convinced, in the longer term, healthier balance sheets will leave the region better off but in the short term it may mean more cuts what about the euroskeptics vote? germany's euroskeptic party alternative for germany which is opposed to the single currency and wants the country to exit the eurozone did not get past the 5% threshold required to usher it into the bundestag, or lower house of germany's parliament it did, however, gain 45% of the vote so, while major anti euro policy plays are out, noise will increase around germany's role in europe, and any benefits it gets from being in the single currency how will a third term of merkel influence the german economy? merkel's stewardship of the german economy has been good for the country, but not for all of its citizens since she was first elected in 2005, merkel has steered a steady course, shielding german output from the worst of the financial crisis this is reflected in upbeat readings for business confidence and a 75% appreciation for the xetra dax, the nation's main bluechip stock index while unemployment soared in the eurozone and in the us after 2008, germany's jobless tally decreased read more: how merkel become more american economists have also argued germany's exports benefit greatly from being priced in a currency that is much weaker than the deutsche mark would otherwise have been however, large numbers of people are reliant on low paid 'mini jobs' which leave them struggling to make ends meet the social democrats are calling for a national minimum wage to combat the problem of the 'working poor' the oecd warned recently that the gap between rich and poor in germany was wider than in any of the group's member states, which include the us and mexico how did merkel survive while the rest fell? as only the third person in post war times to win three terms in office joining helmut kohl and konrad adenauer merkel has cemented her place in the history books she is now positioned to topple margaret thatcher from the top spot as most powerful female politician of all time her style has been bred from her upbringing under communist rule in east germany the ever present secret police the stasi taught her the importance of discretion and knowing when to speak up or not her background in the sciences fed her analytical mind, and she is methodical and logical in solving problems read more: is germany playing beggar my neighbor? there are no frivolities or bouts of superfluous charisma for 'mutti' or 'mummy' merkel, as she is called in germany merkel has risen to the top quietly, almost modestly it has made her one of the most popular if plain politicians germany has known since ww ii merkel has been careful to keep her famously steely resolve and intransigence for brussels, to defend germany's interests and for this she has been rewarded as the eurozone's existential crisis claimed the scalps of the region's more boisterous leaders, like france's nicolas sarkozy, italy's silvio berlusconi and spain's jose rodriguez zapatero, the queen of consistency outrode them all
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angela merkel has made big gains in germany's election, and has a mandate to form a government . her return signals a consistent approach to the eurozone's crisis control . a strengthened mandate means she may insist on more cuts as some euro nations struggle . while the crisis has claimed the scalps of more boisterous leaders, merkel's consistency has kept her in power
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london, england (cnn) after an off season of big money transfers and endless speculation in spain the focus finally turns to matters on the pitch the first round of la liga fixtures kick off this weekend and fanzone details what to expect from the new campaign: so what's new? no sooner had barcelona wrapped up an historic treble than all of the focus shifted to rivals real madrid following the much vaunted return of florentino perez as the club's president the start of perez's latest spell at the santiago bernabeu has seen a revival of the 'galacticos' policy of the early 2000s as the club cherry picked star players from around europe in a bid to recapture former glories los merengues smashed the world transfer record twice in a week as winger cristiano ronaldo arrived from manchester united for $130 million hot on the heels of the signing of brazilian playmaker kaka from ac milan for $92m who do you think will win la liga? sound off below karim benzema, xabi alonso, raul albiol, alvaro arbeloa and esteban granero were also brought to the club as real splashed out a whopping $365m on new players barcelona clinched the signing of zlatan ibrahimovic from inter milan with samuel eto'o moving in the opposite direction while inter's attacking full back maxwell also arrived at the nou camp real's frenzied activity in the transfer market has somewhat overshadowed the appointment of former villarreal coach manuel pellegrini in place of interim boss juande ramos while ernesto valverde takes over from the chilean at el madrigal other managerial changes see jose angel ziganda take charge of xerez in their debut season in la liga while juan ramon lopez muniz has left racing santander for malaga with juan carlos mandia the new man in the hot seat at el sardinero elsewhere, the start of espanyol's first season at their new cornella el prat stadium has been overshadowed by the shock death of 26 year old captain daniel jarque who suffered a heart attack after training during preseason new signings cristiano ronaldo and kaka will play a key role in real madrid's quest to win the la liga title key players: it is hard to look beyond the potent attacking threat of ronaldo, kaka and benzema who are all set to make their la liga debuts for real madrid but it could well be that alonso's decision to return to spain which will prove the most decisive, especially if the midfielder can replicate the kind of form he showed in his final season at liverpool ibrahimovic's move to barcelona raised a few eyebrows and how pep guardiola manages to fuse the enigmatic sweden international with the talents of lionel messi, thierry henry et al will be crucial to whether they can match the success of last season diego forlan found the net 32 times to secure the pichichi award for the most goals in la liga and his partnership with fellow striker sergio aguero will provide the backbone of their hopes of improving on last season's fourth place will real madrid's expensive new signings deliver the la liga title? sound off below elsewhere, david villa remains the main man at valencia while big things are expected of talented young winger diego perotti at sevilla after making his debut last term despite intense speculation valencia have kept hold of david villa for their final season at the mestalla key clubs: real madrid have spent big to try and close the gap between themselves and defending champions barcelona and a lot will depend on whether they can turn their potential into effective team performances the task facing pelligrini will be how to accommodate all of the players in his talent laden squad, while guardiola's problem will be how he emulates a superb first season in charge of the blaugrana despite their financial woes valencia have managed to keep hold of prize assets david villa and david silva and there will be a heightened level of expectancy among the club's supporters as the club look to end their 87 year stay at mestalla with silverware before moving to a new stadium it also promises to be a fascinating season at villarreal as they look to life under new coach valverde following five seasons under pellegrini barcelona coach pep guardiola will hope zlatan ibrahimovic settles into life at the nou camp quickly expert view: cnn's pedro pinto 'so real madrid have splashed the cash, but will the massive $365 million investment translate into success on the field? that is the question football fans are asking themselves leading up to the start of the season 'there is enough talent in real's squad for the team to aspire to greatness on paper, they have all the necessary elements to succeed and perhaps emulate barcelona and their historic treble winning season however we all know that football is not played on paper and i personally believe los merengues have no chance of achieving that 'rome was not built in one day and neither will a treble winning team ronaldo and kaka will be fantastic this season, i have no doubt of that, while benzema and alonso have made the side stronger, but real can only aspire to win one trophy this season 'i think the new coach pellegrini will struggle to find the right balance in the team and therefore the league title will probably escape them 'as far as the champions league is concerned, though, i would definitely rank real in the top three sides to lift the trophy the final will be played at the santiago bernabeu and everyone at the club would love to end a european drought which started back in 2002 on home turf 'despite all their success last season, defending spanish and european champions barcelona shook up their squad in the summer eto'o, scorer of 38 goals in all competitions last season, left for inter milan in exchange for the cameroon striker, manager guardiola got ibrahimovic 'the sweden international's goalscoring record is inferior to eto'o but he does add a different dimension for the first time in a long time barca will have a tall striker who can make an impact in the air, as well as create his own chances in the area and bring others into play 'it was a good move for the catalans when you consider that eto'o hardly endeared himself to the team's dressing room he was a winner, but he was also a whiner 'there is no question the title will be decided between real and barcelona, with my vote going to the defending champions, but we should watch out for atletico madrid 'as far as i am concerned, this is one of the most exciting teams in european football and last season they won five of their last six games 'with aguero leading the way, anything is possible and i believe this is will be a big year for 'el kun' who should edge out messi as the one to watch from what i have seen in preseason, he is going to set the league on fire! shame their defense is a bit shaky, although they signed spain international juanito from betis 'overall i expect barcelona to take the title the backbone of the team remains intact and the chemistry in the team is fantastic they will have to dig deep to beat real madrid, but my hunch is that they will be able to do it at the wrong end of la liga, getafe, xerez and tenerife will all do well to avoid the drop'
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real madrid have spent $365 million on new players to try and win la liga . champions barcelona have added zlatan ibrahimovic to their talented squad . after keeping david villa and david silva valencia may be surprise challengers . have your say on who you think will win serie a in the sound off below
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(ewcom) director baz luhrmann's 3 d film 'the great gatsby' will open in theaters nationwide and in canada on may 10, then worldwide the following week the film was initially scheduled to hit theaters on christmas day, but warner bros pushed the release back last august the adaptation of f scott fitzgerald's classic 1925 novel stars leonardo dicaprio, tobey maguire, carey mulligan, and joel edgerton the film will now be able to 'beat on, against the current' as it will no longer be competing with the hobbit: an unexpected journey, les misã©rables, this is 40, zero dark thirty, django unchained, and other december blockbusters 'audiences have been looking forward to baz luhrmann's film adaptation of one of the most beloved books of all time, and we felt this beautifully extravagant and dramatic film would be a perfect way for us to kick off our summer slate,' president of warner bros domestic distribution dan fellman said in a press release see full story at ewcom click here to try 2 risk free issues of entertainment weekly © 2011 entertainment weekly and time inc all rights reserved
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the eagerly anticipated 'great gatsby' has been pushed back . it will now open on may 10 . the film stars leonardo dicaprio, carey mulligan, and joel edgerton
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(cnn) as a gunman opened fire at los angeles international airport, some celebrities who were there shared via social media what they were witnessing tory belleci of the hit discovery network show 'mythbusters' was actually in the terminal when the shooting occurred he described to cnn a movielike scene of passengers fleeing for their safety suspect shot, in custody after lax shooting 'it didn't register until everybody started, like, flying down the hallway and they were just jumping over chairs, jumping over people hiding, and we were kind of trapped at the end of the terminal,' he said belleci, who was in the terminal waiting for his flight that had been delayed, said he did not see the shooter, but heard the shots the experience dragged on for what 'seemed like an eternity,' he said 'but finally the security came, opened up the door, and we all piled out onto the tarmac, and just kind of hid underneath the plane,' he said belleci tweeted details and photos of what was happening following the shooting actor james franco was also at the airport and tweeted an instagram picture of himself stuck on a plane with the caption 'at #lax some s**tbag shot up the place' chris harrison, host of 'the bachelor' and 'the bachelorette,' tweeted that he was in terminal 4 and witnessed an 'incredible response by lapd & airport authority this place was locked tight w precision quickly god bless first responders!' singer nick jonas of the recently disbanded jonas brothers group tweeted that he was on a flight that landed at lax after the shooting his flight, jonas said, had been scheduled to deplane at the terminal where the shooting had occurred 'currently waiting on the plane in a remote parking area,' jonas tweeted 'i am safe praying for the victims of this shooting' actress tatum o'neal tweeted that she was at the airport for a flight to new york, saw the shooter and hid in a storage room 'what a sad sad day but i'm so lucky to to be alive and i'm so sorry to all the families of the people that were hurt or even worse,' she tweeted actor tim daly is best known for roles on the television shows 'wings' and 'private practice' he told cnn he was inside the virgin america first class lounge when he heard shots daly and other passengers were herded together by police and waited for an hour to be evacuated, he said the group had no idea the gunman had been shot by authorities very near where the lounge 'as we were evacuated, we were told to be careful not to step in any blood or glass as that would be evidence,' daly said cnn's chelsea j carter contributed to this report
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new: tatum o'neal tweets that she hid in a storage room . new: actor tim daly recounts being evacuated from virgin airlines lounge . 'incredible response' by authorities, tweets reality show host chris harrison . 'mythbusters' star said he and other hid under a plane
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(cnn) manchester united have made their first signing of the summer after confirming a deal has been done for wigan athletic winger antonio valencia ecuador winger valencia moves to manchester united as a replacement for real madrid bound cristiano ronaldo the 23 year old ecuador international has signed a four year contract after moving for an undisclosed fee, believed to be in the region of £16 million ($23 million) valencia is expected to help fill the void left by cristiano ronaldo following the portuguese winger's impending 80 million euros ($130 million) move to real madrid latest transfer rumors and gossip 'joining manchester united is a dream come true for me,' valencia told the club's official web site 'i have enjoyed my time at wigan, but i am thrilled to have the chance to challenge for the biggest honors in club football here 'playing in front of 76,000 fans alongside players like wayne rooney, rio ferdinand and ryan giggs will be an amazing experience i can't wait to get started with the club 'i hope the fans at wigan can understand that i am an ambitious guy and a chance like this might never come again for me,' added valencia, who will be 24 next month 'i am happy that the club has benefited from the move financially because i owe them such a lot i have had a great time here' united manager sir alex ferguson admitted he had tracked valencia's progress since his arrival at wigan two seasons ago 'antonio is a player we have admired for some time now, having spent the last two years in the premier league with wigan,' he said 'i am sure his pace and ability will make a significant contribution to the team' the first ecuadorian to play for united will make his debut for the premier league champions on a four match tour of asia next month, before the red devils head for a four team tournament in munich
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manchester united sign ecuador winger antonio valencia for fee of $23 million . valencia joins on a four year contract to replace portugal's cristiano ronaldo . the 23 year old becomes the english champions' first signing of the summer
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mogadishu, somalia (cnn) a roadside bombing in somalia's capital killed 21 women who were cleaning rubbish from a southern mogadishu street on sunday morning, a hospital official said mogadishu residents gather around victims of the bomb attack along the city's maka al mukarama road the bomb blast wounded another 46 people, most of them somali women who had gathered to clean maka al mukarama road in southern mogadishu's kilometer 4 district, according to medina hospital director dr dahir dhere 'it suddenly turned the area into a carnage, scattering body parts of the street cleaners into a large area,' said witness asha ise gedi 'there were pools of blood everywhere i have never seen such mass killing' 'they were innocent poor mothers or sisters,' gedi said 'why did they deserve this?' it is unclear who is behind the attack mogadishu mayor mohamed omar habeb mohamed dhere, who was recently fired by the country's prime minister, blamed the islamic courts union for waging the attack but the head of the islamist insurgent group, abid rahim ise adow, denied any involvement and blamed somalia's government for orchestrating the attack the victims were participating in a program that allows somali women to work as street cleaners in exchange for food the united nations' world food program organized the program, which began last year and is administered by mogadishu's regional authority mogadishu has been the site of violence in recent months between ethiopian troops and islamist fighters somalia's current transitional government is trying to maintain control of the capital, with the help of the better equipped ethiopian forces on saturday, two thirds of the somali government ministers announced their resignations, blaming prime minister nur hassan nur ade's 'dictatorship,' which they said included his firing of mogadishu's mayor nur ade said he suspects the mass resignations were aimed at weakening implementation of the peace agreement between somalia's transitional government and the opposition alliance for the re liberation of somalia he said he had no plans to resign the peace agreement, signed june 9 in djibouti, calls for a cease fire between somalia's un backed transitional government and the alliance for the re liberation of somalia, an opposition group that includes members of the islamist court union which overthrew the government in 2006 the icu was ousted from power later that year by ethiopian forces, with the support of somalia's transitional government if followed, the peace deal would pave the way for a withdrawal of ethiopian troops a major sticking point for islamist fighters who oppose their presence the agreement calls on the alliance to dissociate itself from armed groups still fighting the government and for all sides to allow 'unhindered humanitarian access and assistance' to all somalis a joint committee led by un officials will monitor the agreement's implementation ethiopian forces became embroiled in an islamist insurgency after the ethiopian forces invaded somalia in december 2006 to overthrow the icu leaders and reinstall the transitional government as guerrilla attacks mounted, efforts to replace the ethiopians with an african union led peacekeeping mission faltered ethiopia's invasion had the blessing of somalia's government and the united states, which accused the icu of harboring fugitives from the al qaeda terrorist movement the conflict displaced hundreds of thousands of somalis, further worsening a humanitarian crisis that dates back to the collapse of the country's last government in 1991 the situation has been exacerbated by drought, continual armed conflicts in central and southern somalia, and high inflation on food and fuel prices cnn's alan duke and journalists mohamed amin adow and abdi nasir mohamed contributed to this report
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(cnn) paolo guerrero scored twice as hamburg took over top spot in the german bundesliga on goal difference from bayer leverkusen after a 3 1 victory against bottom club cologne on sunday paolo guerrero celebrates after scoring his second goal for hamburg in the win over cologne leverkusen had gone three points clear on saturday night with a 2 1 win against bochum peru striker guerrero netted the opening goal against visiting cologne after being picked out by david jarolim in the 19th minute bruno labbadia's hamburg team needed until the 66th minute before doubling the lead, with guerrero again giving goalkeeper faryd mondragon no chance however, winless cologne pulled one back with a spectacular long range effort from substitute adil chihi before piotr trochowski's late penalty wrapped up the points following a foul by mondragon on midfielder ze roberto earlier on sunday, werder bremen moved up to third on goal difference following a 3 2 win at struggling hertha berlin bremen joined schalke and borussia monchengladbach on seven points after all five goals were scored in just over half an hour in the second period bremen midfielder mesut ozil squandered the best chance of the first half when he hit the post with just goalkeeper jaroslav drobny to beat, but made amends when he broke the deadlock from a similar situation 12 minutes after the interval tim borowski doubled the lead on 74 after drobny failed to hold a shot from torsten frings, then the hosts pulled one back with a 20 yard free kick from lukasz piszczek naldo made it 3 1 with seven minutes to go when he headed home from a corner before patrik ebert smashed in a brilliant late long range effort to set up a tense finish meanwhile, hannover have appointed caretaker manager andreas bergmann as coach until the end of the season to replace dieter hecking, who resigned two weeks ago
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hamburg take top spot in bundesliga on goal difference from bayer leverkusen . paolo guerrero scores twice in 3 1 victory at home to bottom club cologne . werder bremen move up to third following a 3 2 win at struggling hertha berlin . bremen join schalke and borussia monchengladbach on seven points
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kabul, afghanistan (cnn) hundreds of excited music fans wait in line on the lookout for their favorite singers on a hit television show elaha sorur was the lone female finalist on this season's 'afghan star,' the country's answer to 'american idol' instead of spending the time outside a new york venue or hollywood soundstage though, these fans braved barbed wire and gun toting guards in kabul to attend afghanistan's premier pop music event: the finals of 'afghan star,' the embattled country's answer to 'american idol' in line, bright mod outfits have replaced kabul's normally conservative dress code onstage, men sport the latest styles and on tv screens, a country's new battle between traditional and pop culture plays out 'for the young generation,' says one fan in line, 'it's very important to be cool, with a cool mind' inside the concert hall, jahid mohseni, a 38 year old afghan australian media mogul, tries to manage the chaos he's created singers, child acrobats and tv technicians all compete to get his attention before the start of afghanistan's biggest night of television mohseni, who started the country's top television network, tolo tv, said he's just trying to revive afghan culture after the fallow taliban era when music and television were banned watch performances on 'afghan star' » 'yes, we are promoting social change, but we cannot push afghan society where it doesn't want to go this is a commercial enterprise, and it's reflecting what people want,' mohseni said in afghanistan, more than 60 percent of the population is younger than 25, and judging by the popularity of 'afghan star,' 'they're like people everywhere they're not from mars,' mohseni said at the fourth season finals this year, the audience included those who sat quietly as well as those who loudly cheered for contestants, including naweed forugh (who would be named the 'afghan star' winner), naweed sabirpur, mehran gulzar and elaha sorur, the lone female finalist 'art is in the blood of afghans and has been for centuries, and it is still,' sorur said 'during the years of fighting, the people haven't been able to use their artistry, but with time, it will get better and better afghanistan and the people of afghanistan are ready for a change' but not everyone is happy with mohseni's programming choices afghanistan's guardians of islamic values, the ulema council, protested that 'afghan star' and tolo tv's popular indian soap operas were not part of afghan culture afghanistan's minister for information and culture even tried to stop the soap operas in court, claiming that it was a question of national security and last year, a female finalist on 'afghan star' received death threats and was forced into hiding after her head scarf fell to her shoulders during a performance 'this young woman, beautiful, dancing with her hair free that symbolizes everything that is forbidden and was forbidden in afghan culture,' said havana marking, director of a documentary about the show's 2008 season, also called 'afghan star' mohseni points out that afghanistan is near two powerful neighbors: india, with a population of 11 billion, and iran, with almost 70 million people (compared with afghanistan's estimated 34 million) 'you just have to sit down with your critics and explain that if we don't have afghan music and entertainment, bollywood will take over,' he said 'we're just trying to hold our own in the middle of what is effectively a cultural war' that culture war can be seen on tolo tv after meeting with the ulema council, mohseni dreamed up another reality show called 'tartil,' or 'koran star' the three finalists were quizzed by religious authorities and judged on how well they've memorized passages from the quran, islam's holy book there were no wild ovations when the winner was announced but the finale still produced a bombshell: a shy 16 year old schoolgirl named uzra mohamedi, who accepted the oversize $3,500 check without cracking a smile and dressed in a traditional black veil other tv programming in afghanistan includes state run news and lifestyle shows, a popular locally produced drama about an extended afghan family, a sketch comedy show and the hit kiefer sutherland drama '24' mohseni said that 'afghan star' pushes his country forward in subtle ways, for instance teaching a few valuable lessons in democracy winners are picked by fans who can vote on their mobile phones one sim card, one vote in previous elimination rounds, losers sometimes stormed off the set, refusing to accept defeat but now they thank their supporters and graciously congratulate the winners 'this is the educational component of our show, and hopefully it'll rub off on our politicians,' mohseni said to coincide with afghanistan's presidential elections in august, mohseni created a reality show called 'the candidate' as a way to encourage a more robust political debate six young afghans face off in mock presidential debates and compete in american style election campaigns in the future, mohseni said he hopes the direction of afghan culture will be decided democratically without traditionalists imposing values by force or government edicts either way, tolo tv has an avid audience: according to mohseni, the finals of both 'afghan star' and 'koran star' won their nights' ratings races, easily beating the competition
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'afghan star' is afghanistan's version of 'american idol'. the show, one of afghanistan's most popular, has completed its fourth season . another show, 'koran star,' judges contestants' knowledge of islam's holy book . many observers see tv programming as a culture war inside afghanistan
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(cnn) england midfielder michael carrick missed a first half penalty as english premier league champions manchester united suffered a sensational 1 0 defeat at newly promoted burnley michael carrick misses his first half penalty as manchester united slumped to a stunning defeat at burnley the home side scored the only goal of the game in the 19th minute when stephen jordan's deep cross for martin paterson was headed away by united full back patrice evra only for robbie blake to meet the ball on the volley and fire a spectacular shot into the top corner united pressed hard for an equalizer and wasted a golden opportunity just before the end of the half when blake turned from hero to villian by tripping evra in the penalty area carrick stepped up to take the spot kick, but goalkeeper brian jensen pulled off a fine save although united continued to dominate possession and chances after the interval, burnley held off their illustrious opponents to secure a narrow victory in their first home match back in the top flight after an absence of 33 years 'the goal was a fantastic strike and i think burnley won the match with their play in the opening 10 minutes saying that, we had enough chances to have got something from the game,' united manager sir alex ferguson told sky sports 'this is a bad blow for us we shouldn't be losing these matches but it's a special night for burnley' watch more on manchester united's hopes to retain its title » in the night's other matches, liverpool gave the perfect response to sunday's defeat at tottenham as rafael benitez's team thumped stoke 4 0 fernando torres opened the scoring in just the fourth minute when he met steven gerrard's cross with a fine finish the home side doubled their lead on the stroke of half time when james beattie cleared dirk kuyt's header off the line and the ball fell for full back glen johnson, who volleyed home from close range dutchman kuyt added the third in the 78th minute from close range while substitute david ngog added a fourth goal in stoppage time tottenham made it two wins out of two with a thumping 5 1 victory at hull city, a result that takes harry redknapp's side top of the table above london rivals chelsea on goal difference england striker jermain defoe, who scored twice against the netherlands last week, maintained his superb recent form with a hat trick, as hull slumped to their second successive defeat defoe scored a 10th minute opener when he took tom huddlestone's pass on the edge of the penalty area and worked space to drive home a fine finish honduran midfielder wilson palacios increased tottenham's lead four minutes later when he finished robbie keane's pass for his first goal in english football hull winger steven hunt, who also scored on his debut at chelsea on saturday, reduced the deficit when he curled in a long range free kick in the 25th minute but defoe restored tottenham's two goal advantage on the stroke of half time when he collected keane's flick and blasted past goalkeeper boaz myhill keane got on the score sheet himself in the 78th minute to put the seal on tottenham's victory and defoe's treble arrived in stoppage time there was a controversial finish in the final match at st andrews, where newly promoted birmingham beat portsmouth 1 0 courtesy of a controversial late penalty england goalkeeper david james collided with sebastian larsson in the area in stoppage time and james mcfadden slotted home the spot kick
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manchester united suffer shock 1 0 premier league loss at new boys burnley . robbie blake scores the only goal as michael carrick misses united penalty . jermain defoe scores a hat trick as tottenham hammer hull 5 1 to lead table
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havana cuba (cnn) us president barack obama has been issued an unexpected invitation to visit cuba from the island's 90 year old prima ballerina, who implored him to bring along five cuban agents imprisoned in the united states for more than a decade 'i want to invite the president of the united states to come to cuba with his wife and lovely children,' alicia alonso said at an event to call for the release of the agents, who were convicted of spying on cuban exile groups in a hotly debated trial 'i would ask a favor also please, to make everyone happy and to feel happy with all around the world, bring those five cubans,' alonso said in english white house officials contacted wednesday morning said they were not aware that any such invitation had been received the cubans, known at home as 'the five heroes,' were sent to miami to infiltrate violent exile groups at a time when anti castro groups were bombing cuban hotels they were arrested in 1998 the invitation caps off a week long international campaign with hollywood stars such as sean penn and danny glover calling on obama to step in and release the five last year, the defendants lost their last chance of an appeal when the us supreme court refused to hear their case the defense argued it was impossible for the men to get a fair trial in a city dominated by anti castro politics three of the men were handed life sentences in 2001 for allegedly helping cuba shoot down two unarmed airplanes that were dropping leaflets over the island, killing the cuban american pilots after cuba began its biggest release of political prisoners in a decade, pro cuba activists stepped up pressure on obama to respond by releasing the five cubans
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cuban prima ballerina invites obama to come . she also asks 'a favor': bring along five imprisoned cubans . the five had been sent to the united states to infiltrate violent exile groups
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(cnn) bayern munich closed to within two points of bundesliga leaders hamburg and bayer leverkusen with a 2 1 victory at home to bavarian rivals nuremberg on saturday belgian defender daniel van buyten celebrates his winning goal for bayern munich daniel van buyten's 82nd minute winner left bayern on 13 points behind the two top teams, who are in action on sunday, and above hoffenheim and mainz on goal difference mainz won 3 2 away to bochum on saturday, while hoffenheim scored three late goals to snatch a 4 2 victory at borussia moenchengladbach they moved above schalke, who lost 2 1 to coach felix magath's former team, defending champions wolfsburg, on friday night bayern broke into the top three for the first time this season despite again starting with france star franck ribery on the substitutes' bench, where he was joined by miroslav klose as young striker thomas muller was given the chance to add to his run of four goals in two games nuremberg fielded a defensive line up, but striker mario gomez still managed to hit the crossbar for bayern before ivica olic broke the deadlock in the 55th minute the croatia forward scored his second goal of the season after being fed in the penalty area by muller, who was earlier denied one on one by goalkeeper raphael schafer the visitors shocked the 69,000 strong crowd in the 73rd minute when eric maxim choupo moting equalized after good work by 18 year old midfielder ilkay gundogan however, belgian defender van buyten followed up his midweek champions league goal in the win over maccabi haifa by heading arjen robben's right wing cross into the far corner to help launch the city's oktoberfest in fine style hoffenheim moved into fourth place on 11 points as senegalese striker demba ba scored in the first minute of injury time to seal victory over moenchengladbach brazilian midfielder maicosuel had equalized in the 86th minute and then nigerian forward chinedu obasi put the visitors ahead three minutes later the hosts had led 2 0 after 17 minutes through juan arango and roberto colautti, but sejad salihovic's free kick beat goalkeeper logan bailly from an impossibly tight angle four minutes later to reduce the deficit mainz earned victory at bochum thanks to a second half double from 18 year old striker andre schuerle midfielder mimoun azaouagh put the home side ahead after only seven minutes and striker diego fernando klimowicz doubled the lead at the end of first half regulation time but andreas ivanschitz reduced the deficit before the whistle blew for the interval schuerle netted in the 52nd and 71st minutes to give mainz a third win from six league outings cologne moved off the bottom of the table with their first victory, winning 2 0 at stuttgart with a 25th minute header from sebastian freis before goalkeeper jens lehmann's 89th minute error let in striker manasseh ishiaku in saturday's other game, hannover were held 1 1 at home by borussia dortmund as didier ya konan scored three minutes after halftime for the hosts to cancel out nuri sahin's goal just before the break on sunday, hamburg travel to eintracht frankfurt, leverkusen host werder bremen and bottom club hertha berlin are at home to freiburg on friday, striker edin dzeko scored twice to haunt his former mentor magath as champions wolfsburg moved onto nine points with a third win of the bundesliga season the bosnian broke the deadlock in the 55th minute with a header from sascha riether's cross, but benedikt howedes leveled with a header of his own 10 minutes from time from levan kenia's corner however, dzeko relieved the pressure on coach armin veh a minute later to end a run of three defeats as he fired home from eight yards after being set up by substitute makoto hasebe schalke substitute kevin kuranyi had a late header blocked on the line by goalkeeper andre lenz, filling in for the suspended diego benaglio
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bayern munich close to within two points of bundesliga's top two teams . daniel van buyten heads late goal against bavarian rivals nuremberg in 2 1 win . bayern third on goal difference ahead of hoffenheim and mainz, who both win . cologne move off bottom of table with first victory, winning 2 0 at stuttgart
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(cnn) let the math begin! with every team having played two matches, it's time to start computing every possible variable in which teams like the us and portugal can make it to the next round oh, if only the americans were able to hold off the portugese attack for 27 more seconds yesterday portugal could have hopped a flight with spain back to the iberian peninsula but alas, it wasn't to be while we lament and scribble scenarios into our spreadsheets, here are five things to ruminate over today about this spectacular but surprising world cup 1 you're going to need two screens this week that's because the last games of the group stages are played concurrently meaning, two games at the same time it all began in 1982 when algeria was on the verge of making the knockout rounds also in their group that year was west germany and austria when they played, the germans scored the 1 0 result good enough to send both the germans and the austrians through so, the two teams basically stopped competing had germany scored two more goals (or lost), algeria would have advanced (it has to do with goal difference) both austria and germany said, 'no, not us we didn't cheat' but get this, there were no shots in the final 80 minutes! so, fifa wised up and the next world cup saw the first simultaneous matches for the last days of group play on thursday, the us and germany already know a 0 0 draw would get both through, so you don't think? nah, winning the group is too important 2 there's a lot at stake today (read: pride) let's go through today's matches one by one netherlands v chile: if you're going to fixate on one match today, this is it both teams are phenomenal both are already going through the only question is, which will top group b? bragging rights are a good enough reason to put up a great fight brazil v cameroon: cameroon is playing to not finish 32nd in a 32 team field the indomitable lions? they've been more like the skittish kitties brazil hasn't exactly set the field on fire either with its performance so far still, there's no doubt this matchup is one they'll handily win spain v australia: oh how the mighty have fallen defending champs spain have already been knocked out of the contest so this encounter is basically a test to see if it can salvage some of its pride croatia v mexico: croatia needs to score to advance to the next round not gonna be easy with mexican goalie guillermo ochoa in the way he's shut out brazil and cameroon, and inspired memes like the one where, ochoa as gandalf, stands before the goal proclaiming, 'you shall not pass' 3 that putrid racism in soccer? yup, still there fifa is not happy after pictures surfaced of two men who showed up to the germany v ghana game in blackface and 'ghana' written on their shirts oh, at the same game, a nazi sympathizer ran onto the field such a pity because the second half of saturday's 2 2 draw was, in our opinion, the best 45 minutes of soccer in this tournament 4 don't rule the us out just yet if only the us could have held on for a few more seconds but it couldn't yesterday and portugal made history by racing down field and scoring what espn said was the latest world cup goal ever in regulation you'd think portugal would be elated, but cristiano ronaldo's reaction to the dramatic equalizer was telling he just looked down at the ground and walked back to midfield portugal really needed a win after putting itself in an impossible hole with a 4 0 loss in its opening match against germany so how will group g play out? germany and the us each have four points, while portugal and ghana each have one the americans would prefer to just beat germany, which would win the group but if the americans and germans draw, both go through as they would if ghana and portugal tie but if there are winners in each match, the loser of us germany and the winner of ghana portugal will go to tiebreakers, the first of which is goal differential confused? let's simplify it for you just hope the us wins or draws against germany 5 what does the fox say? gooooal! how about them desert foxes? algeria's on the verge of qualifying for the knockout round after a 4 2 victory over south korea yesterday four goals for a country that hadn't scored at the finals in 28 years, hadn't won a match in 32 you know how many african teams has scored four goals in a world cup match? zero, until now as for the russia belgium affair, the less said the better the belgians looked tepid for 88 minutes before one of its youngest players scored the lone goal you know what you call a match that doesn't have a lot of shots? belgium's coach called it 'highly tactical affair'
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new york (cnn) fashion models have often been accused of being beautiful, but plastic on one block in the heart of manhattan, they really are a stretch of broadway has been transformed into a 'sidewalk catwalk' 32 life sized synthetic models on pedestals seeming to strut their stuff through new york city's fashion district from hilfiger to von furstenberg, the latest trends and brand image from 32 designers are on display 'what makes this experience really fantastic is all these fashions are really meant to make a statement about why this area is so important, why this area has to be zoned and [to] keep it for fashion,' geoffry gertz, a professor of fashion at parsons school of design, said historically, new york fashion designers manufactured and produced their product in the city in recent years, gertz said about 90 percent of fashion goods production has been shipped overseas, where labor and materials are less expensive to mass produce 'i think it's key to all of this, is how to inspire the youth? how do we protect an industry where they can come and buy fabric, buy trim, buy threads, find a factory to make it all?' said the fashion professor the show was created by the fashion center business improvement district, and is aimed at showing tourists and new yorkers the historical and artistic representation of the industry 'it's just beautiful to see, to walk down broadway and see all these things,' said ben issacs, who works near the display 'i hope to see a lot more of these beautiful things in the future' 'the way the designers present themselves to the consumer is in retail we wanted to give them a way to present themselves creatively as artists,' said barbara randall, executive director of the fashion center business improvement district 'giving them a public place for art is a way to do that, rather than presenting themselves commercially' designers protected the dummies from the elements by wrapping the mannequins in materials they face extreme heat in the summer in the city and prodding and poking tourists, though on one weekday morning, the models stood quietly while tourists and locals sat reading and eating nearby to build the models, designers used metals, sequins, glass, paint, hemp and stone and in the case of designer yeohle teng, brick and cement to enclose a mannequin with a wall 'the mannequins are so different from each other, there's no main theme at all, and the people are just as diverse as the mannequins,' randall said designs ranged from victor alfaro's mannequin, draped in tailored parts of a real parachute, to diane von furstenberg's mannequin covered in leopard print and the personally painted insignia 'love is life,' to betsy johnson's streetwalking pink and platinum doll drawn in black and covered in sunflowers tommy hilfiger recreated the american flag much as jimi hendrix recreated the national anthem at woodstock in '69, with a mannequin walking through a torn waving plastic american flag similar to los angeles's street angels, and new york city's former cows and bulls statues, the mannequins are being auctioned off to private donors these mannequins have been posted on ebay, with starting bids of $500 all proceeds will go toward the material for the arts organization the biggest contributor of materials to public schools and charities in new york city randall said she has received offers from one individual donor who may purchase a series of mannequins, and put them on private display in another city the unique fashion show runs until september 3, on broadway between times square and herald square cnn's gabriella casanas and richard roth contributed to this report
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new york (cnn) the gunman who ambushed and killed two unsuspecting firefighters as they battled a blaze in upstate new york couldn't buy his weapons legally so he allegedly got his neighbor's daughter to purchase them for him, said us attorney william hochul dawn nguyen of rochester, new york, faces charges over allegedly lying when she purchased an ar 15 rifle a 223 caliber weapon and 12 gauge shotgun that the gunman had with him during the attack authorities say she told the gun dealer that she planned to be the owner of the weapons, but had instead purchased them on june 7, 2010,for gunman william spengler 'it is absolutely against federal law to lie relating to the acquisition of firearms,' said hochul, who said spengler indicated in a suicide note that he had gotten the weapons from the neighbor dispatcher told firefighter: 'brother, hang tight' nguyen, 24, was 'turned over to atf (bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives) agents to be processed at the federal level, and arraigned by a federal magistrate this afternoon,' according to state police investigator james newell spengler, 62 who had been convicted of killing his grandmother decades ago used the same type of weapon employed in the recent assault on sandy hook elementary school, which left 26 people dead, including 20 children as a convicted felon, spengler was not allowed to legally possess weapons autopsy shows suspect died of self inflicted wound 'he was equipped to go to war,' webster police chief gerald pickering said the gunman was found dead of a self inflicted gunshot wound hours later in his possession were three firearms, including two 223 caliber bushmaster rifles and a mossberg 12 gauge shotgun while nguyen's charges involve two weapons, authorities indicated the possibility of additional charges regarding the third weapon nguyen's attorney was not immediately available for comment if convicted, she could face up to 10 years in jail and $250,000 fine cnn's kristina sgueglia and laura ly contributed to this report
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new: the woman was a neighbor of the gunman who ambushed firefighters . dawn nguyen of rochester, new york, faces charges of filing a falsified business record . nguyen's attorney was not immediately available to comment
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(ewcom) this just in: 'simpsons' news anchor kent brockman will turn to aaron sorkin during a career dilemma the oscar winning writer and creator of hbo's 'the newsroom' will make a cameo appearance on the animated fox comedy, ew has learned sorkin, who has also played himself on '30 rock' and 'entourage,' lends his voice to an episode in which brockman considers switching jobs seth macfarlane to guest on 'the simpsons' as 'kent has decided that local news has been a real mistake and a terrible career move for him,' says 'simpsons' executive producer al jean 'he wants to interview with a big cable news channel and goes to fox news' in a moment of truth during brockman's meeting at the fox news, sorkin appears in a thought bubble above brockman's head and advises the anchor on whether or not he should work for the cable channel (the 'simpsons,' of course, has a fondness for fox news jokes) the episode — which is titled 'four regrettings and a funeral' and airs next fall as part of season 25 — also includes brief cameos from joe namath and gordon ramsay (who guested on a season 23 episode) ramsay pops up in a joke about the fox network justin bieber to cameo on 'the simpsons' notes jean: 'to give equal time, when we make fun of fox news, we also make fun of the fox network' see the original article at ewcom click here to try 2 risk free issues of entertainment weekly © 2011 entertainment weekly and time inc all rights reserved
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sorkin will make a cameo appearance on 'the simpsons'. sorkin has also played himself on '30 rock' and 'entourage'. the episode, which is titled 'four regrettings and a funeral,' will air next fall
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(ewcom) the cw's 'gossip girl' went out on a (relatively) high note the final episode of the cw's brand establishing soap delivered 15 million viewers and a 08 rating among adults 18 49, the show's best performance this season along with a special 'gossip girl' retrospective at 8 pm, this was the network's best monday performance in a year over on nbc, a preview of the new white house comedy '1600 penn' performed somewhat modestly given its big lead in from 'the voice' the josh gad sitcom had 72 million viewers and a 23 rating in the demo, coming after the voice's 133 million and a 41 rating by comparison, the '1600' performance was down 8 percent from 'the new normal's' post 'voice' preview earlier this fall also monday: cbs was the top network for the second monday in a row, with 'how i met your mother' and 'mike & molly' posting slight gains, while '2 broke girls' slipped due to 'the voice' expanding into the 9 pm hour this week collect all 4 hobbit covers: when you subscribe to ew! full chart: rank in demo adults 18 49 total viewers (+000) fox 8:00p dragons s #7t 15 3,900 8:30p ice age rs #7t 15 4,024 9 10p charlie brown rs #13 09 2,659 abc 8 9p makeover s #12 10 4,239 9 10p makeover #10 12 4,877 10 11p castle r #11 11 5,396 cbs 8 9p himym #3 34 8,662 9:00p broke girls #2 35 10,159 9:30p mike&molly #4 33 10,802 10 11p hawaii 5 0 #5 24 10,289 nbc 8 930p voice #1 41 13,233 9:30p 1600 penn s #6 23 7,186 10 11p take all s #7t 15 4,511 cw 8 9p gossip girl s #15 06 1,326 9 10p gossip girl #14 08 1,509 see original story at ewcom click here to try 2 risk free issues of entertainment weekly © 2011 entertainment weekly and time inc all rights reserved
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the final episode of 'gossip girl' delivered 15 million viewers and a 08 rating among adults 18 49 . over on nbc, a preview of '1600 penn' performed somewhat modestly . '2 broke girls' slipped due to 'the voice' expanding into the 9 pm hour
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(cnn) rafael nadal failed to clinch the year end no 1 ranking for the third time in his career after suffering a shock defeat at the paris masters on saturday the form player of the men's tennis season after coming back from long term knee problems, nadal could have added to his 2008 and 2010 feats by beating david ferrer and reaching the final of the penultimate tournament on the calendar however, he lost 6 3 7 5 to his third ranked compatriot, who will defend his title in sunday's final against novak djokovic the serbian earlier kept alive his hopes of being year end no 1 for the third successive year by beating 17 time grand slam champion roger federer in saturday's opening semifinal 'i played maybe my best match this season,' ferrer said after ending a nine match losing run to nadal 'paris is very special for me i made my first final of a grand slam in roland garros; last year i won my first masters 1000 title; now i'm in the final again in paris' second ranked djokovic had to come from behind to win 4 6 6 3 6 2 against the veteran swiss, who is showing signs of improved form both matches were dress rehearsals for the atp world tour finals in london next week, where nadal and ferrer will be in group a along with tomas berdych and debutant stanislas wawrinka defending champion djokovic and six time winner federer will be in group b with juan martin del potro and richard gasquet 'i was pretty happy with my level of play,' said federer, who will equal ivan lendl's record 12 consecutive appearances at the season ending event 'i wish i could have kept it up for a bit longer and put him under pressure, but novak battled well to stay in the match in the second set and the third set 'i had my chances in the second and third sets disappointed right now, but overall it was a good week for me' on friday, federer avenged his swiss indoors final defeat by del potro and the argentine's week got even worse when he was robbed at paris' gare du nord train station en route to britain his confidence will be shaken after losing his most prized possession a rosary that was blessed by the pope in rome this year, which was in a briefcase stolen as he checked in 'my rosary blessed by pope francis, i carried it everywhere,' the 25 year old told the atp tour website 'that's what matters most to me i was finishing the check in and was asked for an autograph i turned around to sign it and, within 20 seconds, it was stolen' meanwhile, the italian women's team took a big step towards a fourth fed cup title after winning both singles matches on the opening day of the final against an under strength russia saturday italy, whose last title came in 2010, saw its top ranked player sara errani thrash irina khromacheva 6 1 6 4 after roberta vinci battled to a 5 7 7 5 8 6 win against alexandra panova both russians were making their debut in the largest team tournament in women's international sport, which featured 97 nations this year, as the country's top 11 players were unavailable the final clashes with the wta tour's tournament of champions in bulgaria, a second tier end of season event where russia's anastasia pavlyuchenckova lost to sam stosur in saturday's semis and romania's simona halep beat serbian ana ivanovic the international tennis federation, which plans to move the fed cup final back a week next season, announced saturday that tunisia will be banned from the men's 2014 davis cup tournament after refusing to allow one of its players to compete against an israeli malek jaziri had been due to play amir weintraub at last month's tashkent challenger 'there is no room for prejudice of any kind in sport or in society,' itf president francesco ricci bitti said 'the itf board decided to send a strong message to the tunisian tennis federation that this kind of action will not be tolerated by any of our members 'the board felt that suspension from davis cup, a competition that was founded 113 years ago to encourage better understanding through sport, would provide a good lesson for the federation and a fitting penalty for their unfortunate action'
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(cnn) nine man chelsea lost 3 2 to manchester united in a pulsating and controversial top of the table english premier league clash at stamford bridge sunday it was the first league defeat of the season for the blues, who hold a slender one point lead in the standings after nine games over second placed united and defending champions manchester city the score was tied at 2 2 just after the hour mark when branislav ivanovic was shown a straight red for pulling down ashley young after he was played through by robin van persie there could be few arguments with referee mark clattenburg's decision but six minutes later fernando torres was shown his second yellow card in highly controversial circumstances he pushed the ball through the legs of united defender jonny evans but went down spectacularly as he went past him replays indicated he had been clipped by the northern irishman clattenburg ruled it was a deliberate dive and the spain international trudged off, his manager roberto di matteo shaking his head in disagreement soon afterwards, united boss alex ferguson was seen remonstrating with his chelsea counterpart, but his anger turned to joy when his second half substitute javier hernandez reacted quickly to turn home a rafael cross shot to add to chelsea's sense of injustice, television replays appeared to indicate the mexican had come back from an offside position to score the winner later sunday, chelsea said they had made a formal complaint against referee clattenburg, accusing him of using 'inappropriate language' to two of their players a club spokesman said: 'we have lodged a complaint to the premier league match delegate with regards to inappropriate language used by the referee and directed to two of our players in two separate incidents in today's match' the visitors had been two goals ahead inside 12 minutes as van persie's early shot rebounded off a post to hit david luiz and dribble over the line dutchman van persie then connected with an antonio valencia cross to make it 2 0 but back came the leaders with juan mata stroking home a free kick just before the half time break they came out in inspired form at the start of the second half and oscar picked out fellow brazilian ramires to head the equalizer chelsea looked the more likely side to go on to take three points before the red cards changed the course of the match ferguson believed torres was at fault for his own sending off 'did he intend to dive? i thought he went down,' he told sky sports 'i think jonny may have just caught him a little bit but he can either carry on running which he could have done but he chose to go down 'he could have carried on and scored so i cannot understand it it's his own fault' in the early kick off, liverpool had led everton 2 0 in the merseyside derby before the home side hit back to salvage a draw uruguay international luis suarez was at the center of the action, his early shot deflecting off leighton baines to produce the opening goal his celebration raised eyebrows as he ran and dived full length in front of everton manager david moyes in response to his remarks about him earlier in the week suarez then headed home steven gerrard's free kick to put liverpool in command but the home side were quick to respond leon osman and steven naismith were on the score sheet to stun brendan rogers' men suarez thought he had scored the winner in injury time as he lashed his shot high into the net, but it was controversially ruled out for offside tottenham hotspur moved into fourth place in the standings with a 2 1 win at struggling southampton with gareth bale, returning to his old side, putting the visitors ahead after 15 minutes clint dempsey added the second but southampton hit back after the break through a jay rodriguez goal papiss cisse hit an injury time winner for newcastle as they beat west bromwich albion 2 1 in the day's other match in the epl
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manchester united beat chelsea 3 2 at stamford bridge . epl leaders chelsea have branislav ivanovic and fernando torres sent off . chelsea lodge complaint to premier league over referee . pulsating merseyside derby ends in 2 2 draw
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(cnn) substance abuse, addiction and its consequences cost us governmental bodies nearly $500 billion in 2005 with only a fraction of state and federal dollars spent on prevention and treatment, according to a report released thursday a report suggests a small amount of state and federal funds is spent on drug prevention and treatment of the $3739 billion spent by federal and state governments, some 956 percent was spent to 'shovel up the consequences and human wreckage of substance abuse and addiction,' while only 19 percent was spent on prevention and treatment, 14 percent on taxation and regulation, and less than 1 percent on research and interdiction, says the report from columbia university's national center on addiction and substance abuse in fact, for every dollar spent to prevent and treat substance abuse, federal and state governments spent more than $50 on public programs aimed at addressing its effects, the report says spending breakdowns for local governments were not available because of data limitations, the report says 'despite a significant and growing body of knowledge documenting that addiction is a preventable, treatable and manageable disease, and despite the proven efficacy of prevention and treatment techniques, our nation still looks the other way while substance abuse and addiction cause illness, injury, death and crime, savage our children, overwhelm social service systems, impede education and slap a heavy and growing tax on our citizens,' susan foster, the addiction center's vice president and director of policy research and analysis, said in a written statement the center found that federal, state and local governments spent some $4677 billion on substance abuse related costs, including health care, justice systems and family court, child welfare and homelessness the figures are for 2005, the most recent year for which data was available over the course of the study, the center said the report, 'shoveling up ii: the impact of substance abuse on federal, state and local budgets,' resulted from three years of research and analysis, according to the addiction center the vast majority of state and federal spending, 711 percent, was spent on health care and the justice system, the report says 'increasing costs in these areas are devastating state budgets, while health care costs are consuming a larger and larger share of federal spending' the center found that if substance abuse and addiction were its own category within the federal budget, it would rank sixth in size behind social security, national defense, medicare and two other programs, consuming 96 percent of the entire budget for states, 157 percent of budgets were spent on substance abuse, which is up from 133 percent in the 1998 'shoveling up' report, which examined only state spending if substance abuse were a state budget category, it would rank no 2, behind elementary and secondary education, the report says 'states spend more on substance abuse and addiction than they spend on medicaid, higher education, transportation or justice,' it says for every $100 state governments spent on substance abuse, they spent an average of $238 on prevention, treatment and research, the study found connecticut spent the most, with $1039; new hampshire the least, with 22 cents in every case, the national center on addiction and substance abuse said, it made the most conservative assumptions and it couldn't even figure in some costs higher education, tobacco and drug related developmental disabilities and highway accidents linked to illicit or controlled prescription drug use, among others because of data limitations, so the actual amounts spent are likely even higher the report advocates that more funding and efforts be directed toward prevention and treatment, rather than cleaning up the wreckage that substance abuse leaves in its wake 'under any circumstances, spending more than 95 percent of taxpayer dollars on the crime, health care costs, child abuse, domestic violence, homelessness and other consequences of tobacco, alcohol and illegal and prescription drug abuse and addiction, and only 2 percent to relieve individuals and taxpayers of these burdens, is a reckless misallocation of public funds,' joseph califano jr, a former us secretary of health, education and welfare who founded the addiction center and serves as its chairman, said in the statement 'in these economic times, such upside down cake public policy is unconscionable it's past time for this fiscal and human waste to end' the report calls for a sharper focus on prevention, especially aimed at children it points to the success of the american legacy foundation's 'truth' campaign on youth smoking, and says similar campaigns are needed to target drug abuse and underage drinking merely blaming those who made the choice to begin using alcohol or drugs or to start smoking does not work, the report points out 'when use of these substances progresses to the point of meeting medical criteria for abuse or addiction, changes have occurred in the brain which make cessation of use extraordinarily difficult the bottom line is that while an individual is responsible for his or her actions related to the disease, the disease must be treated' but perhaps one of the most important recommendations in the report is this: america needs to shift its culture and attempt to dispel stigmas surrounding substance abuse the center points to a similar shift that occurred regarding the aids virus: 'in a matter of a few years, aids went from being seen as a social curse to being recognized as a serious, treatable disease it's time for the public health community to mount a similar effort with respect to alcohol and other drug abuse and addiction, to move the nation from stigmatizing it to recognizing it as a disease'
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nearly $468 billion was spent in 2005 on substance abuse, addiction, report says . report: small percentage of funds spent on drug prevention, treatment . connecticut spent most on drug treatment; wisconsin the least, report finds
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naples, florida (cnn) at least seven possible tornadoes were reported tuesday in eastern florida as tropical storm fay battered parts of the state with high winds and heavy rain, the national hurricane center said fay tore through barefoot bay, florida, south of melbourne tuesday fay could strengthen into a hurricane when it swings over florida again thursday, according to the center 'this storm is going to be with us for a while,' said florida gov charlie crist 'looks like it could be a boomerang storm' a hurricane watch has been issued for florida's east coast, from north of flagler beach to altamaha sound at 5 pm, the center of the storm was about 60 miles southwest of melbourne, the hurricane center said fay was traveling north northeast at 8 mph florida power & light reported more than 93,000 customers without power in 20 counties most of the outages 34,000 were in collier county, where fay came ashore earlier in the day as many as 9,700 residents in brevard county were without power tuesday evening, according to david waters, the county emergency operations center spokesman a brevard county tornado that hit about 1:45 pm damaged more than 50 homes, leaving nine uninhabitable, according to the emergency operations center three people suffered minor injuries, officials said fay's maximum sustained winds remained near 65 mph, with higher gusts, forecasters said a storm tracker in moore haven, near the west bank of lake okeechobee, reported winds up to 81 mph in the afternoon 'some fluctuations in intensity are likely this afternoon and tonight as fay moves inland over florida some strengthening is expected when fay moves over the atlantic ocean on wednesday,' according to the hurricane center the storm was earlier buffeting lake okeechobee with high winds as it moved north and northeast through florida, leaving a trail of flooding, broken trees and power outages at midday, the hurricane center issued two tornado warnings for st lucie and indian river counties, and tornado watches were in effect for several areas, most of them ending at 4 pm a possible twister hit wellington in palm beach county, where the violent weather ripped a small barn off its foundation and left a horse standing unhurt on a concrete slab, authorities said dr bob smith, an associate veterinarian at the palm beach equine clinic, said an 8 year old quarterhorse named onyx was in a stall, untied, when the suspected tornado hit about 2 am it destroyed the structure 'and left the horse standing there unscathed,' smith said ireportcom: flooding, beached whale as fay hits when he came to work several hours later, a technician had rescued the horse, who was not visibly rattled, smith said 'she's just calm and cool,' he said 'she's fine' smith said roof tiles flew off the veterinary clinic and broke car windows in a nearby parking lot the storm also picked up a horse trailer and smashed it into another horse trailer, he said a tropical storm warning remained in effect along florida's east coast from north of ocean reef to flagler beach, including lake okeechobee a tropical storm watch covered that coast north of flagler beach to fernandina beach fay is expected to produce 5 to 10 inches of rain over southern and east central florida, with possible maximum amounts of 15 inches three to 5 inches of rain were possible in the northwestern bahamas steve delai, deputy chief of fire and rescue for palm beach county, said he could not confirm a tornado had hit the southeast county, but the damage was 'consistent with a tornado' 'it's clear that the damage was in a very linear fashion,' he said crist said 31 schools were closed in the region tuesday as a precaution all but four, including brevard county, will be open wednesday 'floridians should continue to monitor local news reports, stay calm and exercise common sense,' he advised 'please remember to be cautious when testing generators and other hurricane related equipment 'in areas where the weather is getting worse, stay inside and stay off the roads and be safe,' crist added fay's landfall at cape romano south of marco island was the third for the storm, which came ashore in western cuba sunday night and then again over key west monday afternoon cindy lou corum, who lives in palm beach county, said her home was surrounded by water see the path of damage in photos and videos » 'i'm going to need a rowboat to get out of my house,' she said 'i may have to swim out' for residents in punta gorda, in southwest florida, the storm and its trail of damage are a reminder of the devastation from hurricane charley in 2004 irene faust has lived in mobile homes up and down the florida coast for 35 years her trailer in punta gorda was destroyed by charley faust, who turns 82 on thursday, said she learned from charley and is urging others not to wait out the storm in their trailer 'i'd say, get out of a mobile home, because it's like a cracker box,' she said ireportcom: your images tell the story concern about fay's strength also led school officials in broward county to delay the start of the school year, which was supposed to begin monday watch wind and rain batter key west » cnn's aaron cooper contributed to this report
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(cnn) james makawa wants africa to be seen by the rest of the world in the best possible light that's why the broadcaster and co founder of the african channel aims to create the first high definition programs from africa for global consumption but while the 49 year old zimbabwean works out that project, it is the africa channel that he hopes will continue to draw attention to the best of the continent's culture and diversity '[until the africa channel] nobody had the audacity to basically say, 'i am going to grab a hold of this continent, put a nice bow around it and change the perception of this beloved continent in a classy, classy way,'' makawa told cnn since 2005, the africa channel has been bringing positive stories from the continent to millions of channel subscribers in the us, the uk and caribbean makawa is no longer in charge of the channel but remains an active shareholder born in zimbabwe in 1960 when it was under british rule as rhodesia, he left to study in america when he was 17 years old as the country was being torn apart by civil war while leaving his parents and home was a difficult experience, his world was turned upside down when studying broadcast journalism 'the idea that i could even be on radio or tv and impart information and tell a story my goodness, talk about pandora's box just opening up! ' makawa went on to work as a journalist in the us for nbc and later was involved in distributing american tv shows to africa it was during this time that he discovered the diversity of stories in africa that were not being told the plan for the africa channel was thrashed out in 2002 over coffee with two colleagues fueled by enthusiasm for their idea they were able to attract investment and spread their optimism one of the first backers was congolese basketball player dikembe mutombo 'for me it was something that i believed in, and i was proud to see a channel carrying the name of my continent and people wonder why you love africa so much i say this is where i was born and raised my roots are in africa that's where i developed my personality that i carry today came from home,' mutombo told cnn the africa channel showcases english language programs from across the continent, but makawa appeared on the channel himself, most notably in 2007 interviewing robert mugabe 'one thing i learned from the process was this is one man who has been on one hell of a journey he's smart a true intellectual but i just felt after speaking with him that one time that so much had changed in not just the world but the continent and the country itself,' said makawa from world leaders to the lifestyles and culture of the continent, makawa is committed to promoting the continent as much as possible 'we all know africa is the cradle of mankind this is a vibrant, vibrant place it has its problems, it has its challenges just like any other place on the planet some more complex but this is a place that is just so rich, vibrant, promising'
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us based zimbabwean broadcaster is co founder of the africa channel . channel was set up in 2005 to highlight the best programming from the continent . makawa interviewed mugabe, aims to show all aspects of africa's diverse culture
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(cnn) us house speaker nancy pelosi reversed her opposition to a vote on offshore drilling on 'larry king live' on monday night, saying she would consider a vote if it were part of a larger energy package us house speaker nancy pelosi urges the release of oil from strategic reserves as a way to bring down gas prices pelosi and fellow house democrats have staunchly opposed republicans' request for a vote on the drilling some republicans stayed in chambers after congress adjourned for the session, making speeches on energy policies, in an attempt to get democrats to come back for a vote reacting to pelosi's remarks, house minority leader john boehner, r ohio, said the speaker should call the house of representatives back from its summer recess immediately if she is sincere about a vote on off shore drilling 'our message to speaker pelosi is very simple: we are ready to vote on more energy production and lower gas prices right now, and we should not wait one more day to begin giving the american people the relief they expect and deserve,' boehner said 'if you meant what you said last night, we welcome you and your democratic colleagues to join us in our historic call to action on american energy' on monday night, pelosi said the vote would need to be part of a larger discussion that would include investing in renewable energy resources and releasing oil from the strategic petroleum reserve those options would help bring both immediate and long lasting solutions to the energy crisis, she said in her interview with king, pelosi talked about what the government and country needs to do to avert the energy crisis and quickly bring down gas prices the following is an edited version of the interview: larry king: ok, madam speaker, author of 'know your power,' why don't you bring [congress] back? speaker nancy pelosi: well, it's interesting to hear sen [john] mccain talk about bringing congress back he wasn't even in congress this last session when we really had two very important bills on energy one to give tax credit for wind, solar and other renewable resources, and another about hybrid cars and the rest so he wasn't in to vote when were in session and now he's saying call it back in and then one of the others said to the president, call congress back in and the president said no the president said no but the point is this: the american people are suffering we have to do what is best for them how do we bring down the prices at the pump? we have said to the president, the fastest way to do this if in 10 days the price can come down if you will free our oil over 700 million barrels of oil the president is sitting on of the strategic petroleum reserve no 1, free our oil no 2, they want to drill if they want to drill, we have 68 million acres in the lower 48 that they can drill in that are permitted and all the rest three, stop the speculation four, renew invest in renewable energy resources, which will bring a faster return than drilling offshore, which will take 10 years and produce 2 cents' reduction in 10 years off the price at the pump and then use natural gas natural gas is so plentiful it's better for the environment, and it is cheaper so there are things that congress can do, and we have voted on this over and over again but the republicans and the president have resisted instead, they have this thing that says drill offshore in the protected areas well, we can do that we can have a vote on that but it has to be part of something that says we want to bring immediate relief to the public and not just a hoax on them king: would you vote yes on a package that includes drilling? pelosi: i would not it depends how the drilling is put forth but i don't that is not excluded, let me say it that way it depends how that is proposed, if the safeguards are there now, mind you, 68 million acres 10 million more acres in alaska where they can drill but if there's if we can get some great things, in terms of renewable energy resources: a renewable electricity standard, wind, solar, biofuels and the rest in that context, because if you make a decision only to go with the offshore drilling, you are increasing our dependence on fossil fuels, and you will never free yourself of that addiction unless you invest in the renewable energy resources that are good for the environment, cheaper for the consumer and will reverse global warming and the consumer is our first responsibility the american taxpayer owns this oil offshore, by the way let me make this one final point this oil is owned by the american taxpayers the oil companies drill we give them money to drill there but we get very little in return so i think as we have this debate, which is a very healthy one to have and i welcome it; we have to review and realign the relationship between our oil, big oil's profits and what it means to the consumer and the taxpayer king: do you expect do you suspect the oil companies of having a lot of clout here, influence over the republicans? pelosi: of course yes, they rule and that's what we'll find out king: they rule? pelosi: when we have this vote, when we really define it and where the choice is clear to the american people i mean, do you know what exxon mobil, their last quarter, their profits were historic last year, they were historic they outdid themselves this year already in this second quarter and they insist that we pay them to drill they need an incentive to drill in order to make over $11 billion in one quarter and it just doesn't make sense we should be using that money to invest in renewable resources, tax credit for wind and solar, etc and invest in the technologies that will develop the battery and the rest, instead of giving big oil more profits king: do you expect to get a big enough majority in the senate and house for the democrats to overcome anything and get through your proposals? pelosi: well, i hope we can do some of it before we even leave this session i think we can hopefully, we can do something before december i will not subscribe to a hoax on the american people that if you drill offshore, you're going to bring down the price at the pump even the president says that's not true ten years, two cents we're saying 10 days, bring down the price, if the president would free our oil from the strategic petroleum [reserve] from our stockpile owned by the taxpayers, purchased by the taxpayers in the next election, i know that we will strengthen our majorities, increase their numbers, and we will have a democratic president in the white house, and we will be able to address more fully really what i think is the challenge to our generation energy security and global warming
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(cnn) a late night robbery at a wilmington, north carolina, pizza hut ended with two suspects dead and one hospitalized, police said three men forced a restaurant employee who was outside back inside at gunpoint and robbed those inside, police said police were waiting for the suspects as they exited the pizza hut the suspects ignored commands from the officers, police say, and a shootout broke out all three suspects were injured; two died later at a hospital their names were not immediately released no officers were injured police were already monitoring area restaurants because of a recent spate of armed robberies police did not immediately say whether the three suspects were linked to other robberies
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police say three men robbed a pizza hut in wilmington, north carolina . there was a shootout between the suspects and police . two suspects died and a third is injured
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tehran, iran (cnn) thirty people convicted of drug and other criminal charges will be hanged on sunday, iran's semi official fars news agency reported saturday a convicted iranian drug dealer is hanged from a crane in the southern city of shiraz in september the 30 had their cases tried by the highest judicial authorities and were found guilty of the charges brought against them, iran's judiciary said in a statement the verdicts are final, and the sentences will be carried out sunday, according to fars according to amnesty international, iran executed 317 people last year, second only to china's 470 the us executed 42 people in 2007, according to amnesty international the iranian judiciary's statement said that all 30 were convicted of crimes including murder, murder in commission of a crime, disturbing public safety and security, being a public nuisance while drunk and being involved in illegal relationships relationships between men and women who are not married to each other kidnapping and using weapons while committing a crime were among the charges the statement said that 20 of the people were convicted of drug and alcohol dealing, armed robbery and smuggling arms the judiciary said it will provide more details later as to the crimes committed by those condemned and added that the hangings should serve as a warning to those who are contemplating committing such crimes others are awaiting trial, and their sentences will be carried out as soon as the verdicts are pronounced by the courts, the judiciary said the judiciary asked the public to notify the authorities if they have any information that might lead to arrest and convictions of criminals iran's government launched a campaign march 20 to increase public security and bring the crime rate down police cracked down on drug dealers, whom they called criminal gang members, and habitual criminals who use guns in the commission of their crime alleged weapons smugglers and people who break social and religious laws, including adulterers, were also targets national television showed scenes of what were described as criminals being paraded in chains as a deterrent to others the wave of arrests has subsided, as officials are now prosecuting the suspects and sentencing those convicted journalist shirzad bozorgmehr contributed to this report
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washington (cnn) former us rep jesse jackson jr, once a rising democratic star whose political fortunes imploded over the use of campaign finances to support lavish personal spending, was sentenced to 30 months in prison on wednesday 'i misled the american people,' jackson, 48, said before us district judge amy berman jackson imposed the term, which also included an order for restitution and community service the ex illinois lawmaker's wife, sandi, received a 12 month sentence for her role in her husband's misuse of roughly $750,000 in campaign funds over several years 'i don't have to tell you this is a very sad day and a very difficult case,' judge jackson said, calling it an example of organized and joint misconduct and a violation of the public trust 'you knew better,' she said as the judge read her sentence, sandi jackson wept her husband smiled slightly when he received his punishment, which was less than what the government sought the pair pleaded guilty in february to various charges jackson to one count of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud, and false statements; and his wife to filing false tax returns after the hearing, jackson acknowledged his failings and hoped for a renewal 'i still, believe in the power of forgiveness i believe in the power of redemption today i manned up and tried to accept responsibility for the error of my ways,' he said before climbing into a waiting vehicle vacations, furs and memorabilia a smooth politician and the son of a civil rights leader and one time political heavyweight, the younger jackson admitted to using campaign money to pay for things such as vacations, furs and michael jackson memorabilia in a statement read in court, jackson said he wanted to be held accountable for his actions and he knew what he did was wrong he also asked the judge to not punish his wife for what he said 'was a subset of what i did' 'i ask that my kids not suffer from my actions,' jackson said of his two children, 9 and 13 'if probation is not available to my wife, give me her time' jackson's lawyers reiterated that sentiment and asked the court for an 18 month sentence for jackson and probation for his wife 'this is not madoff,' reid weingarten, jackson's lawyer, said in court, referring to notorious wall street swindler bernie madoff 'there was no ponzi scheme' sandi jackson sobbed through part of her courtroom statement and said she 'put her family unit in peril' for filing false tax returns 'i stand before you today asking for mercy,' she said 'my heart breaks every day with the pain it's caused my babies i ask the court for mercy' prosecutors had sought a four year sentence for jackson and 18 months in jail and restitution of $168,550 for his wife 'this is a sad day that involves a waste of talent,' prosecutor matthew graves said 'they were in the top 10 percent of household earnings in the united states there's just no need for this kind of conduct' graves said that jackson did not 'deserve credit' for his job as a congressman 'that's what he was paid to do,' he said jackson's lawyers pointed to his record in washington one they said was good in arguing for a lighter sentence the judge said the sentencing guidelines were excessive and that apologies expressed appeared genuine she also cited helpful cooperation 'the real remorse you've shown is palpable in this courtroom,' she said 'there's no question you've suffered your remorse is real' after sentencing, the judge gave the couple a few minutes to discuss who wanted to serve their sentence first jackson will begin his sentence around november 1 at a prison camp in montgomery, alabama, the judge said jackson requested the location 'i ask for alabama so i can be as far away from everybody for a while as i can be,' he said 'i want to make it a little inconvenient for everybody to get to me' in addition to jail time, jackson must repay in full the money he misused, while his wife was ordered to make restitution of $22,000 jackson and his wife also were ordered to perform community service jackson in congress until 2012 according to court records, jackson misused about $750,000 in campaign funds from august 2005 through july 2012 some of the eye popping spending included $60,000 at antiques of nevada, where jackson bought two hats belonging to the late singer michael jackson costing more than $8,000; a $5,000 football signed by us presidents; and memorabilia involving the rev martin luther king jr, malcolm x and martial artist bruce lee the jackson's also use campaign funds to purchase blu ray dvd players from best buy, dresses and jewelry from a small boutique and fur capes and parkas from a beverly hills, california, furrier in total, prosecutors said jackson made more than 3,000 purchases jackson served in the house of representatives from 1995 until 2012, when he took a medical leave of absence and never returned he was succeeded by democratic rep robin l kelly, who won a special election this year to fill the vacancy in the illinois 2nd congressional district jackson's lawyers later stated he suffers from bipolar disorder a rising star, knows obama early in his political career, jackson was considered a politician on the rise in 1997, newsweek named him one of the 100 people to watch in the next century 'he's a hit in congress,' read the newsweek article 'will he be the first black president?' although jackson never lived up to that hype, he was an extremely vocal supporter of then candidate barack obama 'i'm sure that dr king is looking down on us here in denver noting this is the first political convention in history to take place within sight of a mountaintop,' jackson said in 2008, referencing the rev martin luther king's famous speech, 'i've been to the mountaintop' 'i know barack obama,' jackson said 'i've seen his leadership at work i've seen the difference he has made in the lives of people across illinois' outside the courtroom, jackson sr told reporters that his son was 'unbelievably sick' a year ago, but is now doing better 'i don't know how i missed so many signs,' the elder jackson said cnn's carol cratty, athena jones, and kevin liptak contributed to this report
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(cnn) 'i am' is a new cnncom feature built on the belief that the labels we use for one another don't really reveal who we are we present a collection of people who may surprise you they not only defy their labels, but they've done it in very public and dramatic ways this week, i am presents four african americans who challenge conventional notions of blackness but then defining what it means to be black has long been a matter of debate within the african american community the r&b singer, billy paul, once had a song called, 'am i black enough?' well are they? you be the judge barbara hillary at the age of 75, she became the first african american woman to reach the north pole maurice ashley is the first and only african american to attain the coveted title of international grand master of chess bliss broyard author of 'one drop: my father's hidden life a story of race & family secrets,' learned her father was black just before his death marvin perkins as an african american elder in the mormon church, perkins says he is one of the world's best kept secrets in the world
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paris, france (cnn) a retired french electrician who revealed that he has 271 previously unknown works by artist pablo picasso did not steal them, his lawyer told cnn tuesday 'he kept them with love,' evelyne rees said pierre le guennec, 71, worked for picasso for three years, until the artist died in 1973, and continued to work for his widow, jacqueline, until she died 13 years later, rees said the electrician asked jacqueline for pieces of picasso's work, and she gave them to le guennec over a period of time, his lawyer said le guennec contacted the picasso estate by mail in january to request certification of authenticity for the works: a collection of cubist collages, drawings, lithographs, notebooks and a watercolor along with the letter, le guennec included 26 photographs of previously unpublished picasso pieces but he found himself slapped with a lawsuit filed by the artist's son, claude picasso, and five other heirs who say the works are stolen the lawsuit was first reported monday by the french newspaper liberation his approach to the picasso family shows that he is innocent, his lawyer said 'if you are a thief, you would not put yourself in the mouth of the wolf,' she said rees said that le guennec contacted the picasso administration to get an idea of what the pieces were worth she said the pieces had 'sentimental' value to le guennec, and he did not make their presence public because he was not looking for money he brought all 271 pieces from his home in the south of france to the offices of the picasso administration in paris christine pinault, claude picasso's assistant and an employee of the picasso administration, said the artwork was reviewed by the family and others in the administration, who determined that the works are all authentic the family's lawsuit, filed september 23, charges that le guennec hid stolen goods france's central office for the fight against traffic in cultural goods seized the pieces from le guennec's home on the french riviera on october 5 and is holding them in a vault at its nanterre office, northwest of paris pinault said that one of the reasons the picasso family is taking le guennec to court is because he hasn't adequately explained how he came across the works jean jacques neuer, a lawyer for the picasso family, said he couldn't believe le guennec's story, not least since the collection includes nine significant works 'it's impossible to think that [picasso] would have given nine works to an electrician,' neuer said tuesday 'it's impossible that these works have been given away' to le guennec the works are from a period spanning 1900 to 1932, according to liberation cnn's winnie andrews and saskya vandoorne contributed to this report
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new: 'impossible' to think picasso gave works away, a family representative says . a 71 year old retired electrician sought to have 271 unknown works authenticated . the picasso family is suing the man, alleging that the works are stolen . the lawsuit, filed in september, was reported by a french newspaper monday
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(cnn) nearly 20 years have passed, but diego goldman still can't get rid of the sensation in his nostrils 'do you know what it smells like? i can still smell that smell the one of burning flesh' it has been like that ever since the horrific day his mother woke him from his slumber with screams usually only heard in nightmares on july 18, 1994, a bomb was set off at the jewish community center in buenos aires, killing 85 people and wounding about 300 'there were bodies everywhere,' goldman, who was 18 at the time, told cnn 'but it's the smell which lingered i can never forget never 'i remember arriving and knowing that so many people who i knew were inside that building i knew so many of those who were murdered 'i just wanted to help i wanted to help rescue those below the rubble, and worked for hours trying to get people out alive 'it was chaos there was blood, flesh people didn't know what to do some couldn't stay and help, it was too difficult 'but there were people i knew who would have been there i can still see people's faces' on saturday, goldman, like many of those affected by the bomb, will turn his attention to argentina's footballers and their world cup meeting with iran the country blamed for the atrocity argentine prosecutors accuse iran of helping coordinate and plan the attack through a hezbollah cell in the region nobody has claimed responsibility for the attack, and iran vehemently denies any involvement it's the first time argentina has faced iran in football since that fateful day and its 250,000 strong jewish community, the largest in south america, wants its dead remembered in a june 3 letter sent to fifa president sepp blatter, the latin american jewish community requests 'at the beginning of this match, a minute of silence in memory of the victims, in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the attack and all these years of impunity' the move, which is unlikely to be successful as a spokesman for the global game's ruling body says it has not received a request from the argentine football association, has brought fresh publicity to the search for justice as well as the smell of burning flesh, the image of bodies laid strewn across the ground remains a permanent fixture in goldman's consciousness after the building, the heartbeat of the jewish community in the argentine capital, was reduced to ruins 'you don't forget things like that,' he says quietly 'i stood there with boyfriends, husbands, wives, girlfriends, all of us digging and hoping to find a loved one 'i could see people trapped but i knew if i took a wrong step, more rubble could fall upon them 'some people just couldn't handle it the smell was enough to turn a lot of volunteers away 'so many people died so many' in february 2013, argentine lawmakers agreed to work with iran to investigate the attack a move which was met with skepticism the formation of a five person panel named the 'truth commission' was passed by a 131 113 vote following an intense 14 hour debate the move was struck down by the federal court, which ruled it unconstitutional, and a government appeal will now be heard in the country's supreme court in 2007, argentina requested the arrest of several iranians in connection with the bombing, including iran's former defense minister ahmad vahidi while the request for a minute's silence on saturday is unlikely to come to fruition, there will be a short remembrance service before the game on rio de janeiro's copacabana beach, where israelis, argentines and jews from across the world are expected to gather one of those hoping to be present is mariano schlez, who has traveled from buenos aires to brazil as part of a separate project aiming to connect jewish football fans at the world cup schlez and his wife, paola salem, received a charity grant to help launch activities for jewish supporters who are in brazil for the tournament many of them will attend the ceremony on copacabana before watching the game, which is being played 216 miles away in belo horizonte 'as jews, we are always looking to show that we want to find justice,' said schlez 'we see this game between argentina and iran as a great opportunity to tell the world that this case is still unresolved and there have been no convictions' argentina, which won its opening game against bosnia, will begin as a heavy favorite against iran on saturday led by barcelona's four time world player of the year lionel messi, argentina is expected to reach the later stages and possibly even win the tournament for the first time since 1986 but for many, a moment of silence before kickoff in belo horizonte would resonate loudest 'we're asking for a minute's silence because it deserves to be respected,' goldman says 'i think that the world should know that this was an act of terror which has impacted on both nations 'we cannot allow ourselves to forget what happened' for goldman the memories remain raw and the smell refuses to go away
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(cnn) democratic sen barack obama and republican sen john mccain in august will be on the same stage for the first time in the 2008 presidential campaign the rev rick warren says he makes no endorsements because he shepherds 'both sides of the flock' the rev rick warren has invited them to appear at a leadership and compassion forum in his saddleback church in lake forest, california, on august 16 warren, the author of the best selling book 'the purpose driven life' spoke with cnn's wolf blitzer by phone tuesday from sao paulo, brazil blitzer: pastor warren, how did you do it? how did you convince both of them to show up? pastor rick warren, saddleback church: well, wolf, they've both been friends for a long time i knew both john and barack before either of them decided to run for office, had talked with them both of them have helped me in the past with our peace plan and with they've sent messages to saddleback at some of our conferences and so i just thought let's you know, i might be the guy to get them together so, i called them up and said, let's do it and they said, well, we'll do it if you be the only questioner, if you don't have a forum, don't have a panel and if you'll ask all the questions, then we'll do it blitzer: but they're not going to be together they're going to be separate these are going to be pastor warren and barack obama, followed by pastor warren and john mccain but there's not going to be any interchange between the two of them, is that right? warren: yes i'm going to my plan is to bring them out on stage together at the beginning or at the end but what i want to do is i want to let each of them talk without interrupting each other and it's not a debate format there will be plenty of time for debates what i want to do is get people to know the real person like i know them without a time barrier and a buzzer and a time for rebuttal let them just speak what they need to say blitzer: the last time we spoke was right after you invited barack obama when he was still running for the democratic presidential nomination you got some criticism from a few fellow evangelicals out there you called him in the interview with me an amazing, an amazing man, barack obama could you see yourself supporting him for president? warren: well, i don't support anybody for president publicly i never endorse i never campaign you know, as a pastor, i don't really think that's my role i have to shepherd both sides of the flock and i have a church full of democrats and a church full of republicans and a church full of independents so, i think they're both amazing men i've known them for a long time they're both very, very different they have both different theories of government, different theories of leadership, different approaches to life and i what i do is i think, because i know them, i think i can set up an environment that people can actually say, oh, so that's what that guy's really like and i think i can do that for both john and for barack
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(cnn) two people were killed over the weekend when they were exposed to toxic gases on the ship once used for the abc television series 'the love boat,' according to the company that recently bought the vessel the ship, which had just completed its final voyage and was scheduled to be dismantled, was damaged while entering the port of aliaga in turkey's izmir province and began taking on water in a storage area under the main engine crews on saturday began work to drain the water, deploying electrical pumps engine exhaust buildup led to the toxic exposure, according to izmir ship recycling co, the firm that recently purchased the ship for 25 million euros (about $333 million) six other people were injured and were released from the hospital after receiving treatment, according to izmir ship recycling the aliaga attorney general's office has launched an investigation, but investigators haven't been able to reach the accident site izmir ship recycling has to finish removing water and turn the ship off its side so authorities can continue the probe the boat's original name was pacific princess it is 171 meters (about 560 feet) long and 24 meters (about 78 feet) wide the ship was used in the abc series between 1977 and 1987 once retired from the series, the vessel was renamed pacific and was used for mediterranean sea tours dismantling of the ship is expected to take between seven and eight months
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two people reportedly die from exposure to toxic gas on ship featured on 'love boat'. turkish authorities are investigating . the ship is set to be dismantled after turkish company bought it . the ship was used on 'the love boat' series from 1977 to 1987
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(cnn) sixth seed juan martin del potro, in his first grand slam final, stunned defending champion and top seed roger federer to take the men's singles title at the us open in new york juan martin del potro celebrates after beating roger federer during the final on monday the 20 year old argentinean took the swiss world no 1 to five sets, including two tiebreakers that went del potro's way, winning 3 6 7 6 (7 5) 4 6 7 6 (7 4) 6 2 del potro's win, which took four hours and six minutes, ended federer's five year reign at the us open federer, 28, was seeking his sixth consecutive us open win, which would have equaled the feat achieved in 1925 by american bill tilden, who then went on to claim his seventh us open title in 1929 federer had already won this year's french open and wimbledon titles and was australian open runner up federer claimed the opening set after leading 3 0 at the beginning, and he achieved an early break in the opening game of the second set as well however, del potro broke back when federer was serving for the second set at 5 4 up, with the set eventually going to a tie break federer had never lost a tiebreak in a us open final, winning his four previous ones, but del potro ended that sequence by taking the tie break 7 5 to tie the scores the third set included a failed challenge by del potro, an angry response by federer to the chair umpire, and a couple double faults by the argentine to give the swiss the set del potro returned to form in the fourth set that saw federer near victory but not attain it as his young opponent again won the tiebreak del potro sped to a 5 2 lead in the fifth set on his serve, and the next game went to deuce before federer double faulted and then overshot a backhand to concede the title del potro won more points than federer, who had 11 double faults as well as 13 aces del potro, a quarterfinalist last year, had reached the finals after beating 16th seed marin cilic of croatia in the quarterfinals and then crushing third seed rafael nadal of spain in the semifinals after defeating nadal, del potro had then called the victory 'the best moment of my life'
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(cnn) singer chris brown tested positive for marijuana use and will have a probation violation hearing on novermber 1, a judge ordered monday brown is on five years probation for a 2009 assault on his then girlfriend, singer rihanna the positive test occurred in virginia, superior court judge patricia schnegg indicated during monday's hearing she said brown, 23, had told authorities that he ingested the marijuana in california, where he has a medical marijuana card chris brown's rep on his tattoo: it's not rihanna brown lived in his hometown of richmond, virginia, while performing his court ordered community service the judge gave brown some advice before asking if his mother was present she was in the court 'you are not only in the public eye, but you're on probation and you're on probation to me which means that if you violate any laws or orders, then you're subject to a probation violation,' she said 'so you're not an ordinary person who just sits there and does what they want' schnegg said the hearing will also determine if brown violated the travel provisions of his probation she ordered brown to see his probation officer in the next three days representatives for brown didn't immediately respond to cnn's request for comment on monday morning rihanna tweeted: 'i'm praying for you and wishing u the best today!' brown responded, 'thank u so much' rihanna on chris brown: 'i lost my best friend'
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drug test was administered in virginia where brown was doing community service . brown said he had a medical marijuana card for california . brown is on probabation for assaulting singer rihanna in 2009 . his former girlfriend tweeted her support monday
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new york (cnn) a manhattan grand jury is investigating the beating death of a man in new york's union square as a possible hate crime, new york police department deputy commissioner john mccarthy told cnn tuesday jeffrey babbitt, 62, was pronounced dead monday, five days after being beaten by a man who allegedly said, 'i'm gonna punch out the first white guy i see,' according to police commissioner ray kelly witnesses said the suspect, identified by police as martin redrick, 40, struck babbitt so hard that bystanders could hear the force of his head hitting the cement two other men were also assaulted in the september 4 attack as they tried to help babbitt, police said redrick, who police say uses several aliases, including lashawn marten, has been charged with three counts of assault one of them a felony he made an appearance in court tuesday and was appointed a new lawyer attorney michael croce was not in court tuesday and hasn't yet met his client he told cnn redrick has not had a psychiatric evaluation and has not been asked to undergo such an examination 'i'm not aware of any reason why he should receive one, but i've not ruled anything out,' croce said no additional charges were filed, but the grand jury is considering evidence being gathered by the nypd's hate crimes task force and may decide to upgrade the charge to a hate crime, which could include manslaughter 'the murder or manslaughter charge is a charge that requires far more on the part of the prosecution to prove his intent to inflict that type of injury,' redrick's attorney said 'they must show intent to cause serious injury it needs to be explored more as to whether they have enough evidence to prove intent to kill based on one punch' redrick was paroled from state prison in 2001 after a 1998 attempted assault conviction for throwing a glass bottle that hit someone in the head, according new york's department of corrections spokeswoman linda foglia redrick has been arrested and charged with aggravated harassment, assault, trespass and drug possession, a law enforcement source told cnn, but the outcomes of those cases were unclear robert pizzimenti, a neighbor of babbitt's, described the man as 'a lovable guy' 'he was the kind of guy who always was doing favors for people if you needed a ride to an appointment, you could call jeff and he'd say, 'yeah, i'll take you,'' pizzimenti said neighbors say babbitt also cared for his 94 year old mother, lucille, who refused to leave her son's bedside in the hospital 'i called her on the phone, i said, 'lu, come home' she said 'i'm not leaving my son,'' pizzimenti said cnn's allie malloy, sho wills and erinn cawthon contributed to this report
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(cnn) when president barack obama said this weekend that bombing syrian targets is the right thing to do, and then asked congress to approve it, the international crisis took a turn toward a fierce domestic battle there are so many moving parts to this complicated story that it can become quite difficult to keep up let this q&a bring you up to speed on the dizzying developments is the us going to war with syria? no at least not yet even though obama said he wants to strike syrian targets after the regime allegedly used chemical weapons on a rebel stronghold last month, he says he wants to wait for congress' blessing first when will congress decide? not anytime soon lawmakers won't be back in washington until september 9 but the senate foreign relations committee says it'll hold a hearing on syria this tuesday can't lawmakers be called in earlier? they can, for an emergency debate but obama said he won't ask for that gen martin dempsey, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, says it's fine to wait according to officials, dempsey told the president a delay won't jeopardize a military strike will congress support obama? obama might be able to count on the senate, where the democrats hold a slim majority the question is, will the republican dominated house go along? lawmakers agree that syrian president bashar al assad's alleged use of chemical weapons is a travesty but they also don't want a repeat of iraq where exactly does the hesitation lie? some, like republican sen ted cruz, say the us should act only if there's a clear threat to its national security others, like republican senators john mccain and lindsey graham, say airstrikes won't go far enough they want al assad removed from power does obama really have to wait for congress' green light? technically, no the 1973 war powers act allows the president to launch military action, but he must notify congress within 48 hours but just because he can doesn't mean he will 'while i believe i have the authority to carry out this military action without specific congressional authorization, i know that the country will be stronger if we take this course, and our actions will be even more effective,' he said saturday 'we should have this debate, because the issues are too big for business as usual' but didn't he order airstrikes in libya in 2011 without congressional approval? how is syria different? in libya, the us was backing nato action in syria's case, there's been no un security council resolution calling for an intervention if the us goes in, it would be going in unilaterally what's the un saying? un secretary general ban ki moon says he'll go before the security council after a team of un inspectors who've been on the ground investigating the alleged attack presents its report but it could take the team up to three weeks to analyze the evidence and even then, it'll only say if there was a chemical attack, not who was behind it so would the us really have no foreign support? british prime minister david cameron called for military action against syria only to have his hopes quashed when lawmakers narrowly voted it down french ministers will meet monday to discuss syria, and hold a debate two days later 'france cannot act alone,' its interior minister said sunday 'we need a coalition' german foreign minister guido westerwelle said the time gained waiting for us congressional approval 'must be used to reach a common position of the international community within the un security council' in another tweet, he said that the results from the un inspectors' visit to syria 'must be sped up' how do americans feel? a poll released last week showed almost 80% of americans think obama should get congressional approval first and after his announcement saturday, anti war protests sprouted up across the country including one in los angeles that drew hundreds and what about syria how does it feel about all of this? the syrian government has said it didn't use chemical weapons in the august 21 attack it says jihadists fighting alongside syrian rebels used them to turn global sentiment against the regime syria's prime minister says the country's army is on 'maximum readiness and fingers are on the trigger to confront all challenges' what about the syrian opposition? a major syrian opposition group, the syrian national coalition, said it was disappointed by obama wanting congress' permission 'we can't understand how you can promise to help those who are being slaughtered every day in the hundreds, giving them false hope, then change your mind and say 'let's wait and see,'' the group told cnn and the local coordination committees in syria, another opposition group, lamented the notion that a us strike would be limited 'a limited strike to merely warn assad today will lead to nothing but his increase in violence, as well as to his complete confidence that no one would prevent him from killing,' the group said in a statement 'in the end, no one will pay the price but the syrian people' how exactly would us carry out an attack? no one is calling for boots on the ground five us warships with tomahawk cruise missiles are waiting in the mediterranean sea the tomahawk has a range of about 1,000 miles it can loiter over targets, circling for hours, and can be reprogrammed midflight to change course yes, each costs about $12 million, but they can be fired from quite a distance this means no one has to get within range of syrian fire could syria strike back? syria has some anti ship missiles but they have a range of only 62 to 186 miles, says edward hunt, a senior analyst at ihs jane's it also has a number of scuds and similar surface to surface weapons, but these are not designed to be used against moving targets such as us warships, hunt said how are the neighbors reacting? security is tight in lebanon, where one in six is now a syrian refugee in israel, there's been a rush on gas masks because residents fear that syria could target israel for retaliation and jordan, a key western ally, says it won't be a launchpad for a strike this is all a lot to digest give me the takeaway a us strike against syria is not imminent and even though obama can launch a military attack unilaterally, he'd prefer to have congress' approval first cnn's dana bash, saad abedine, jim acosta, gregory wallace, evan perez, laura smith spark, mohammed jamjoom, tom watkins, catherine e shoichet, and richard allen greene contributed to this report
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congress won't be back until september 9 . poll: 80% of americans feel obama needs congress' permission . some decry the alleged chemical weapons attacks, but don't want another iraq . syria says it is ready to confront any challenge
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(cnn) the boyfriend convicted of strangling and drowning a famed swimsuit designer in a bathtub at a chic new york hotel was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison, the maximum sentence for second degree murder, the manhattan district attorney's office said monday a jury convicted 27 year old nicholas brooks, son of 'you light up my life' composer joseph brooks, in new york supreme court in july for the murder of his girlfriend, sylvie cachay 'we have come a long way in our recognition and understanding of domestic violence, but there is much more we have to do to better protect individuals like ms cachay,' district attorney cyrus r vance jr said in a statement monday cachay's bruised body was found submerged in water in an overflowing bathtub at the soho house new york club and hotel on december 9, 2010, police said a guest staying on a lower floor reported to hotel management that water was leaking through the ceiling, according to court documents a hotel employee investigating the source of the leak entered cachay's room and discovered her body, the documents say brooks' attorney, jeffrey hoffman, said monday he and his client plan to appeal 'we expect to have a successful appeal and be back in court as a result of that,' hoffman told cnn authorities said they relied on interviews with hotel employees and surveillance videos from the location to charge brooks cachay's body had bruising on the neck and bite marks when she was discovered, police said an autopsy indicated the designer suffered injuries consistent with neck compression, court records show cachay had internal hemorrhaging, injuries to her scalp and cuts to her lips and mouth, the documents say 'sylvie cachay was one of those rare individuals who truly sparkled when she spoke,' publicist kate godici said about cachay in july when brooks was convicted 'she will be deeply and painfully missed, yet celebrated, honored and never forgotten' after heading the swimwear team at victoria's secret, cachay debuted her own luxury line of swimwear in 2006 to rave reviews the collection became a celebrity favorite brooks' father, joseph brooks, 73, committed suicide in may 2011, new york police said the oscar winning songwriter was facing 11 rape and sexual assault charges, new york police deputy commissioner paul browne told cnn nicholas brooks will be up for parole in 25 years
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in july, a jury convicted nicholas brooks for the second degree murder of sylvie cachay . brooks has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison . cachay's bruised body was found in an overflowing hotel bathtub in 2010 . brooks will be eligible for parole in 25 years
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beijing (cnn) chinese police say the late aunt of a young boy whose eyes were gouged out is the prime suspect in the horrific attack, state media news agency xinhua reports the six year old boy, named by local media as xiao binbin, is still recovering in hospital after being found bloodied and in a drugged state with both eyes missing near his home in late august he'd been missing for four hours early reports suggested that xiao may have been the victim of organ traffickers, claims police later denied now, authorities in fenxi country, shanxi province, have named the suspect as the boy's aunt zhang huiying, who killed herself last friday after jumping into a well in the courtyard of her home police said zhang's dna was found at the scene of her nephew's attack blood stains belonging to the boy were also found on zhang's clothes the boy told police that a woman with a non local accent called his name and asked him if anybody in his home played mahjong before taking him to the field, according to quotes attributed to his mother, wang wenli, in state media local police immediately launched a manhunt for the suspect by offering a 100,000 yuan ($16,335) reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspect, whom they said was a woman, according to xinhua soon after the attack, state broadcaster cctv showed images of a boy with bandages over his eyes recovering in hospital while his stricken relatives cried at his bedside
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chinese police name suspect as boy's aunt zhang huiying . zhang died last week after jumping to a well near her home . the six year old boy was found bloodied with missing both eyes in late august . he told police a woman approached him, according to state media reports
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hong kong (cnn) pakistan, ranked by the pew research center as one of the least tolerant countries in the world for gays, has pulled the plug on its only online resource for the muslim nation's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities queer pakistan, which just went online in july, confirmed it had been blocked september 24 with a twitter post saying, 'it's official! queerpk is banned from viewership in pakistan' netizens attempting to access the site inside the country are greeted with the note, 'surf safely! this website is not accessible the site you are trying to access contains content that is prohibited for viewership from within pakistan' outside the country, however, queer pakistan can still be reached via a redirect '#queerpk is now accessible on new domain name http://humjinscom! we are determined to fight #censorship if we have your support!' said queer pakistan in a follow up twitter post 'the government's blocking of queerpkcom clearly violates internationally recognized rights to freedom of expression and non discrimination, and should be lifted immediately,' phil robertson, deputy director of human rights watch's asia division, told cnn queer pakistan's last entry on its homepage, dated september 4, detailed religious, political and social reactions to its existence including a call for the government 'to control them' and a statement that the 'west should not try to impose their values on us' 'pakistan's shuttering of this news portal shows how incredibly out of step pakistan is with growing efforts by the united nations to ensure rights protections for lgbt persons, including the strong public endorsement of lgbt rights given by none other than the un secretary general himself,' added robertson 'pakistan's donors should get off the sidelines and publicly press the government to reverse this internet censorship and permit discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity to proceed unhindered' homosexuality is illegal in pakistan, a country of more than 193 million people, nearly 97% of which are muslim according to irin, a un humanitarian news and analysis service, 'under section 377 of the pcc (pakistan penal code), whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which [shall not be less than two years nor more than] 10 years, and shall also be liable to a fine' pakistan is also one of just several countries in the world that still reserve the death penalty for homosexuals, according to the international lesbian and gay association, or ilga this past june, the pew research center released the results of its survey on the 'global divide on homosexuality' of 39 countries studied, pakistan was found to be one of the least gay tolerant, with 87% of those surveyed saying homosexuality should be rejected in asia, only indonesia the world's most populous muslim country scored higher with 93% disapproval spain and germany were found to be the world's most and second most tolerant countries respectively in a separate survey, spartacus world's gay travel index ranked pakistan 124th of 138 nations surveyed for gay tolerance the country received an overall score of ' 5' for the high degree of religious influence, anti gay laws, local hostility and the risk of prosecution vatican city, egypt, and russia scored even lower with iran bottoming out the list with a score of ' 13'
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pakistan has blocked country's first and only gay resources website . queer pakistan, which went online in july, confirmed block via twitter . human rights watch: 'government block of queerpkcom violates rights'. pakistan penal code details up to life in prison for gay sex acts
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(cnn) 'saturday night live' had some fun recently at the expense of undecided voters bill maher took it a step further on his hbo show 'real time,' calling those who have yet to make up their minds in the presidential election 'ignorant' the jokes may be funny, but both campaigns are taking the final phase of the election season very seriously the stakes are high in the first debate between president obama and mitt romney, set for wednesday night in denver as new jersey gov chris christie said so aptly over the weekend, 'this whole race is going to be turned upside down come thursday morning' opinion: obama, light a cig; romney, throw deep that's not just jersey bluster both obama and romney are hoping to land a knockout punch a moment where they can break through for good for viewers everywhere, expect great drama undecideds the notion that the final month of the election may not matter is, well, ignorant presidential debates can make a difference opinion: swing voters want to hear specifics let's look back to 2000 the final debate was 'enough to turn a neck and neck race into a solid lead for gop texas gov george w bush' over al gore what did it? 'the debate appears to have made republicans more enthusiastic about voting while turning some democrats away from the polls,' according to a cnn poll at the time same thing in 2004 after the second presidential debate of the cycle, cnn wrote that massachusetts sen john kerry 'appears to be holding the ground he gained against president bush after the first presidential debate' it tightened a race that was at one point looking like a bush runaway (true, bush won most of electoral votes, but the difference in popular votes was within 3 percentage points) maher and snl can poke fun at the undecided voters, but these people matter especially in a tight race like the one between obama and romney since they make up a small but solid percentage of the electorate the undecideds will have three more chances to make a decision, including a debate on october 16 that will be moderated by 'state of the union' anchor candy crowley unsatisfieds recently, 40% of americans 'say they are not too or not at all satisfied, marking the lowest level of candidate satisfaction since the 1992 presidential election' that's a lot of americans who aren't ready to enthusiastically embrace a candidate or start convincing their friends that their choice is the right one what about the last presidential election? in 2008, 72% of voters said they were satisfied with the choices, perhaps because both barack obama and sarah palin were dynamic what does this mean for 2012? namely, that a big voting bloc is waiting for the candidates to prove their worth opinion: why debate is crucial for obama, too the unsatisfieds are voters who feel their needs are not being met by the campaign stump speeches and talking points cnn's halimah abdullah took a look at these 'slivers' of voters abdullah profiled a man who voted for obama in 2008 but has grown disillusioned this man has a specific list of items that he finds politically appealing, but neither campaign has satisfied him so far he plans to tune in to the debates which may sway him late deciders like the unsatisfied voters, there is a group of voters who haven't started to pay attention to the race they're not glued to the 24 hour news cycle of cable tv or the blogosphere they're not remotely as invested as the inside the beltway crowd but they do vote, and the debates are a critical last minute stop for them opinion: will candidates let returning troops fall off the fiscal cliff? in the 2004 election, which at first looked like a big bush victory before the debates in the last month, 10% of voters said they decided in the final 30 days, and kerry captured 54% to bush's 44% of this group similarly, in the 2008 race, 15% of the voters made their decision in the last month, with more than 50% going for obama in 1996, clinton received more of the last minute deciders persuadables there's one more category of people who obama and romney will be looking to lock up during the debates these are the persuadable voters they are voters who lean one way or the other but aren't sure whether they will cast a ballot in the latest cnn poll, a large percentage of respondents fell into this category among obama supporters, 26% of likely voters 'moderately' support him while 30% of registered voters 'moderately' support him among romney supporters, 28% of likely voters 'moderately' support him and 35% of registered voters support him these numbers are not insignificant in a race that involves both rallying the base and attracting independents, especially in the swing states, turning moderate support to strong support as well as registered voters to likely voters can be a key to victory 2012 finale like any election, this one is defined by key moments certainly, romney's victory in the primary was one mitt and ann romney's speeches at the republican national convention and, likewise, barack and michelle obama's at the democratic national convention were as well since the conventions democrats have gained ground and a secretly taped video of romney's offhand comments about 47% of americans not paying taxes has surfaced it would be surprising if obama doesn't allude to romney's comment in some way, even if in passing opinion: romney's best bet is to be mr fix it on the foreign policy front, a terrorist attack in libya on september 11 left a us ambassador dead, and questions remain glaringly unanswered regarding the obama administration's handling of security in libya romney is expected to bring up this issue back in late february was the 'season finale' of the primary debates, which in retrospect seemed like the ultimate reality show with more twists and turns than a 'real housewives' reunion now we get the season premiere of the general election debates with four highly anticipated episodes before the 2012 series finale the comedy shows can have their fun but the real drama begins tonight in denver the opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of steve krakauer
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wednesday night is the first debate between president obama and mitt romney . steve krakauer: the four upcoming debates can make a huge difference . he says both campaigns try to sway the undecided, unsatisfied and late deciding voters . krakauer: expect drama to begin in the election season finale in denver
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(cnn) two convicted murderers who allegedly used forged documents to walk out of prison were booked tuesday in orange county, florida the place where both men hail from and where the murders they are responsible for took place after days on the lam, charles walker and joseph jenkins were recaptured on saturday night at panama city's coconut grove motor inn, some 360 miles northwest of the orlando area by 2:30 pm et tuesday, they were back in the orange county jail, according to county corrections spokesman allen moore 'the two will be held in maximum custody in two separate locations of the jail system,' allen said walker, who faces a new escape charge, is set to appear at 9 am wednesday in an orlando courtroom jenkins does not face the same charge, and is not set to appear in court courts, corrections deflect blame walker and jenkins, both 34, had been serving life terms without parole for unrelated killings at the franklin correctional institution in north carrabelle, south of tallahassee in florida's panhandle jenkins walked out september 27, while walker left october 8 both used legal looking documents with bogus reproductions of several key players' signatures, including those of the orlando area state attorney and judge belvin perry, plus the seal of the orange county clerk of court's office state officials have been investigating that type of scam for about a year and had warned prosecutors about the schemes over the summer, said jerry bailey, the florida department of law enforcement's commissioner on tuesday, bailey's agency announced that a reward of up to $10,000 is being offered for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those involved in the forgeries or inmates' escapes the florida attorney general's office is offering another reward of up to $10,000 cnn's greg botelho contributed to this report
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charles walker and joseph jenkins are in custody in orange county, florida . that's where they are from, and where they committed murders years ago . the two men used forged documents to walk out of prison, authorities say
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(cnn) the militants carrying out a terrorist attack at a mall in kenya include american teenagers, the kenyan government says there's no question al shabaab, the group behind the attack, has recruited young americans the group has released videos of some going through training camps, including one in which an american declares it 'the real disneyland,' cnn affiliate wcco reported in august but just who the perpetrators are of the nairobi mall attack remains unclear more than 60 people have been killed 'both the victims and the perpetrators came from kenya, the united kingdom, and the united states,' kenyan foreign minister amina mohamed told 'pbs newshour' the information she had indicates two or three americans and one british woman are involved, mohamed said 'the americans, from the information we have, are young men, about between maybe 18 and 19' they are of somali origin, but lived in minnesota or other parts of the united states, she said, adding that underlines 'the global nature of this war that we're fighting' us officials have not confirmed that americans are involved in the attack, deputy national security adviser ben rhodes said monday al shabaab released names of people who it said were perpetrators us officials were looking into the names, a senior state department official said 'we do know that 40 to 50 americans have gone over there to join what they call 'the fight,'' rep michael mccaul, republican chairman of the homeland security committee, told cnn 'certainly, it's very plausible that three of (the attackers) could have been americans' the united states has been tracking recruited americans for several years 'to try to get the identifying travel information, to ensure that these americans don't come back into the united states, and if they do, they'll get picked up immediately at our airports,' mccaul said mohamed, speaking to pbs, said the attackers' nationalities are ultimately irrelevant 'they are all evil,' she said 'and we must deal with them as such'
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the perpetrators include 2 or 3 americans and 1 british woman, kenya's foreign minister says . the americans are 18 and 19, of somali origin, she said . in a recruitment video, an american called jihadi training camps 'the real disneyland'. 40 to 50 americans have been recruited, a us lawmaker says
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(cnn) the year 1990 was not so great for me let's see: john degl beat me up teresa mcclure rejected my invitation to the senior prom michele sheehan rejected my invitation to the senior prom i lost my fifth straight student council election andrew honohan doused me with chocolate milk i was given detention for cutting school my dream college, penn state, accepted me to its altoona campus a mole the size of lake placid sprouted beneath my nose from september 1989 through june 1990 the span of my senior year at mahopac high school in putnam county, new york, i never kissed a girl or even held a girl's hand i never drank a beer, a shot or even a raspberry wine cooler (stop laughing they were big back then) i was invited to two parties both thrown by my mother my pants were too short, my haircut was in the shape of a cereal bowl, i ruined the car (a sweet 1980 datsun 510 that i accidentally drove through a lake) and alf was canceled after five seasons on nbc so why, last saturday, did i attend my 20 year high school reunion? easy because life is short and boring and dry and if we don't occasionally force ourselves to face the most uncomfortable of situations, we shrivel up and die in front of the television, a half eaten bag of stale fritos in one hand, the remote control in the other hence, i entered a ballroom at the renaissance hotel in white plains, new york, took a deep breath and confronted the nightmare that was my youth i stared down the cheerleaders, the bullies, the jocks, the brainiacs i looked them over, one by one; thought about all i had gone through; all the anger and resentment that had built up deep inside my guts, and i and i and i had one of the best nights of my life really, i did if you have a reunion coming up, go! without hesitation never again will you have a better chance to cleanse yourself, to make peace with the past without making an official proclamation, the reunion served as my farewell to any and all longstanding bitterness i left grudges at the door, and sought out the goodness in those whose formative years had paralleled mine i danced with lori raffa, the girl from the smoking section (seriously, we had one) i chilled with toniann guadagnoli, the popular cheerleader (and our class celebrity she's the author of 'chitter chatter,' my daughter's favorite book) i shook hands with ray mahoskey, the star running back, and chatted up pete lorenzini, the shotputter who was voted track captain over me for the first time, we were all equals all nervous, slightly insecure 30 somethings commiserating over rodak's deli and carmello's barbershop and those disgusting slabs of pizza that passed as school lunch but in particular, i paid close attention to the plight of frank zaccheo back in the day, frank was one of the most dynamic athletes we had a staple of the traditional sunday morning flag football games, frank ran like the flash, charged a quarterback like a bull and threw deep bombs with uncanny precision twelve years ago, while playing in one of those games, frank began to inexplicably trip he went to see a doctor, who diagnosed him with multiple sclerosis the ensuing years have been arduous now permanently in a wheelchair, frank suffers through unspeakable pain and exasperation yet when he heard of the reunion, something in frank like something in myself stirred just as this was my chance to eradicate the suffocating bitterness from my youth, here was frank's opportunity to travel back in time, to relish four hours not as the wheelchair bound ms sufferer, but as frankie z, the cocksure italian teenager from long ago to watch frank roll into the room; to watch the hugs and the high fives and the long embraces he received from our classmates well, it was as powerful a sight as i've ever witnessed my memories of mahopac high school haven't changed i'll always be the geek who couldn't kiss a girl or win an election but, for the first time in 20 years, i want to go back again the opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of jeff pearlman
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jeff pearlman says he dreaded revisiting the traumas of youth at his high school reunion . he forced himself to go (says you should too), and had one of the best nights of his life . he hung out with cheer leader, chatted up the sports star, found all had become equals . pearlman: ms stricken friend at reunion was powerful thing to witness
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jerusalem (cnn) former israeli foreign minister avigdor liberman was acquitted wednesday of corruption related charges the triumphant former minister talked to reporters after leaving the courtroom 'i don't intend to deal with this matter any longer this chapter is behind me, and i am going to concentrate on the challenges which are already on our doorstep and there are plenty of them,' he said liberman announced his resignation last december, a day after the ministry of justice said he would be charged with breach of trust and fraud liberman has maintained that he has not violated any laws prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been holding liberman's post open for him until his return 'i congratulate you on your unanimous acquittal and am pleased that you are returning to the government,' netanyahu told liberman on wednesday, according to the foreign minister's office but before liberman can return to the foreign ministry, the government has to vote on his nomination the allegations the case against liberman dates back to 2009 prosecutors said he pushed to get the israeli ambassador to belarus posted to another country after the diplomat allegedly handed over confidential information that included details of a secret police inquiry regarding liberman liberman has faced international criticism for his hard line stance on israel's arab minorities his ultra nationalist party is especially popular with immigrants from the former soviet union, where liberman was born and raised cnn's sara sidner and saad abedine contributed to this report
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(cnn) in just a few decades, dubai has risen from relative obscurity to become a global leader in the world of aviation emirates airlines, their national carrier, is the third largest airline in the world according to capa center for aviation, and at the rate it's growing, it won't be long before it beats out delta and united to the top the list the city is host to one of the biggest events on the aerospace calendar: the biennial dubai airshow the five day show, which kicks off november 17 this year, will be held for the first time at the city's new $32 million al maktoum international airport set to be the world's largest on its 2027 completion more: 9 unique dubai restaurants the 2013 event is expected to be one of the most popular in the show's history, with more than 1,000 exhibitors and 60,000 visitors already registered 'the days where air shows were dominated by paris and farnborough are gone,' says saj ahmad, a chief analyst with strategicaero research 'dubai is home to emirates and (budget carrier) flydubai, two of the fastest growing airlines in the world, and thanks to its ever expanding airport which could push heathrow down the rankings table next year dubai has shown that the region is key to the aviation market' read more: the middle east's airport wars the airshow, which first launched in 1989, has become pivotal for plane manufacturers over $155 billion worth of deals took place at the 2007 show the largest figure for any global aviation event that same year, emirates ordered â£317 billion worth of airbus a380s the biggest single order in airline history in 2011, boeing received its largest aircraft order also from emirates for $18 billion worth of 777 300ers 'the legacy of paris and farnborough are important however, dubai's prominence as a venue for game changing deals is one that the two european hosts will never match,' says ahmad infographic: super sizing the middle east's airports already there are mumblings of record breaking orders planned for this year's event likely, boeing will unveil orders for their new 777x widebody jet, and there's rumors that emirates is planning to purchase 100 of the planes for upwards of $30 billion, while abu dhabi's etihad airways is supposedly set to buy 25 to 30 it should probably come as no surprise that aviation makes up a bulk of dubai's economy; the industry accounts for nearly 20% of dubai's workforce and 28% of its gdp it is becoming important in other countries in the region as well aviation contributes $114 billion to qatar's economy and more than $1945 billion to saudi arabia's read more: inside dubai's a380 concourse 'the geographic position of the gulf happens to be excellent in the 21st century economic context,' notes john strickland, an independent transport consultant 'carriers like emirates, etihad and qatar can access emerging markets in africa, asia and latin america and connect them in a way that is meaningful to travelers, and that european carriers can't hope to copy if you want to fly from africa to china, in terms of lines on a map, it just doesn't make sense to stopover in europe'
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the dubai airshow matches paris and farnborough as an important aerospace event . this year's show will be held at the new $32 million al maktoum international airport . in previous years, the show broke records for most deals made . it's rumored this year will break more records, as emirates might buy $30 billion worth of boeing's 777x jetliner
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(cnn) contaminated and polluted water now kills more people than all forms of violence including wars, according to a united nations report released monday that calls for turning unsanitary wastewater into an environmentally safe economic resource 'at the beginning of the 21st century, the world faces a water crisis, both of quantity and quality, caused by continuous population growth, industrialization, food production practices, increased living standards and poor water use strategies,' the report by the un environmental program says as a result, 'it is essential that wastewater management is considered as part of integrated, ecosystem based management that operates across sectors and borders, freshwater and marine' the report defines wastewater as a combination of fertilizer runoff, sewage disposal and other animal, agricultural and industrial wastes wastewater a deadly threat according to the report titled 'sick water?' 90 percent of wastewater discharged daily in developing countries is untreated, contributing to the deaths of some 22 million people a year from diarrheal diseases caused by unsafe drinking water and poor hygiene at least 18 million children younger than 5 die every year from water related diseases, the report says but with proper management, the report notes, 'wastewater can be an essential resource for supporting livelihoods' for example, some of the chemicals that make wastewater a pollutant, such as nitrogen and phosphorous, can also be useful as fertilizers for agriculture 'if the world is to thrive, let alone to survive on a planet of 6 billion people heading to over 9 billion by 2050, we need to get collectively smarter and more intelligent about how we manage waste, including wastewaters,' said achim steiner, un under secretary general and executive director of unep despite the staggering statistics included in the report, it 'also points to the abundant green economy opportunities for turning a mounting challenge into an opportunity with multiple benefits,' steiner said, citing reduced fertilizer costs, incentives for conserving such ecological infrastructures as wetlands and salt marshes, and business opportunities in engineering and natural resource management the report acknowledges that such opportunities will require large scale investments, such as multimillion dollar sewage treatment plants 'financing and investment are urgently needed and must address design, ecosystem restoration construction, operation and maintenance of wastewater infrastructure,' the report says but it also offers up simpler solutions, such as education 'to ensure water, nutrients and future opportunities for employment and development are not wasted' the report's release was timed to coincide with world water day, an initiative started in 1992 that aims to raise the profile of water quality
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(cnn) two cosmonauts and an american astronaut were on their way back to earth from the international space station saturday morning after engineers used jumper cables to fix a glitch that delayed their departure, nasa said the trio undocked from the space station in a russian soyuz spacecraft at 10:02 pm et, nasa said they are scheduled to land in kazakhstan on saturday morning after spending 176 days in space and 174 aboard the station an undocking glitch earlier had delayed the departure of cmdr alexander skvortsov and flight engineers mikhail kornienko and tracy caldwell dyson nasa said the opening hooks and latches on the docking port would not release to resolve the problem, flight engineer fyodor yurchikhin installed jumper cables to a failed sensor friday, allowing the hooks to open according to nasa, a soyuz space capsule took the first crew to the orbiting laboratory in november 2000 after the february 2003 columbia accident, the soyuz became the means of transportation for crew members going to or returning from the international space station cnn's ninette sosa contributed to this report
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(cnn) by a substantial margin, the senate on friday passed an extension of a controversial overseas wiretapping program, the foreign intelligence surveillance act the law has already been reauthorized by the house, and president obama is expected to sign it according to sen dianne feinstein, d california, who is chairman of the senate intelligence committee, the law, know by its acronynm fisa, has helped authorities prevent terrorist plots 'in the past four years, there have been one hundred arrests to prevent something from happening in the united states,' feinstein said 'some of these plots have been thwarted because of this program i think it is a vital program' but critics say the law gives intelligence agencies wide latitude in carrying out surveillance, under oversight by a special fisa court whose proceedings are not public 'it's something with enormous potential for abuse,' said julian sanchez, with the libertarian cato institute 'the fisa amendments act authorizes what the fourth amendment was written to prevent, which is to say, general warrants blank checks for surveillance' in 2005, a national debate erupted when the terrorist surveillance program authorized by president george w bush was revealed in the media under that program, begun shortly after the 9/11 attacks, intelligence agencies could spy on communications between us residents and people overseas without a warrant, if it was believed one of the parties was linked to terrorism the fisa law passed in 2008 required officials to obtain a warrant to spy on any american including, for the first time, americans who are abroad the law also established fisa as the exclusive means for authorizing electronic surveillance privacy advocates say if a foreigner overseas is being wiretapped, which does not require a warrant, an american communicating with that person could still have their communications with that foreigner monitored but defenders say the law contains provisions to protect privacy and prevent abuse, including a prohibition on spying on americans except with a warrant the national security agency, the country's primary surveillance agency, told cnn in a statement: 'one of the biggest misconceptions about nsa is that we are unlawfully listening in on, or reading e mails of, us citizens this is simply not the case nsa is unwavering in its respect for us laws and americans' civil liberties' sen ron wyden, d oregon, proposed an amendment requiring more disclosure 'i think we ought to know, generally, how many americans are being swept up under the legislation,' he said during thursday's debate on the senate floor but defenders of the law say, the effectiveness of espionage programs depends on a level of secrecy 'it's very hard to have covert and clandestine intelligence gathering, if it's not secret,' said clifford may, an advocate of national security with the foundation for defense of democracies without reauthorization, the law was scheduled to expire monday, at the end of 2012
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the law has helped authorities prevent terrorist plots, says a senator . but 'it's something with enormous potential for abuse,' says a member of cato institute . the law, passed in 2008, requires officials to obtain a warrant to spy on any american . opponents say americans communicating with persons abroad still could be spied on
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(cnn) he may have knocked out eight division world champion manny pacquiao during their recent bout in las vegas but if juan manuel marquez wants a fifth fight against the legendary filipino he'll need to get permission from his wife the mexican stunned the world of boxing by knocking out pacquiao in the sixth round of their welterweight contest earlier in december it was the first time the 39 year old has claimed victory in four fights against pacquiao, who many pundits regard to be the finest pound for pound fighter the sport has ever seen but with fans clamoring for a fifth bout, marquez says the only way it will become a reality is if his wife allows him to renege on his promise to retire whatever the outcome of the fourth 'i made a promise and i know that promises are debts,' márquez said in an interview with cnn en español 'i don't see a case to fight again but logically he wants a chance,' he added of talk that he and pacquiao could square off for a fifth time marquez's emphatic victory offered the mexican some redemption after he failed to win any of the first three fights against pacquiao their first encounter in may 2004 ended in a draw, while the filipino took a points victory at the conclusion of their rematch four years later but their third clash in november 2011 ended in controversy when pacquiao was awarded victory in a marginal points decision the crowd booed as the judges' verdict was read out and marquez claimed he should have been declared the victor that disappointment made his knockout of pacquiao, who lay motionless for several minutes after being hit with the decisive blow, even sweeter for the veteran 'it was a point in my favor because the other fights have ended in controversy but for me this was a clear success,' marquez said 'for me it was a perfect shot i think the knockout has been one of the best in a while' pacquiao is one of the sport's greats, winning titles at eight different weight divisions in recent years he's combined his exploits in the ring with a political career in the phillipines his defeat left the country devastated, especially in the aftermath of a super typhoon that devastated parts of the country days before the fight pacquiao's wife was also seen in tears and has since pleaded with her husband to quit marquez said he shared her pain having watched a tape of the fight 'it happened to him now and it could have been me we are both exposed to this and it made me very sad that manny pacquiao's wife was crying,' marquez added pacquiao has now lost two fights in a row after his defeat to american timothy bradley in june, though he did make a purse of around $25 million for the fourth installment of his battle with marquez marquez dedicated his victory to his family, coaching staff, and especially to the president of mexico, enrique pena nieto 'i want to dedicate this fight to the new president of mexico, but with the condition that he handles his duties well,' marquez said the 39 year old had been criticized in some quarters, including on social networking sites, for his support of nieto, leader of the institutional revolutionary party (pri) he said: 'i'm no tiny of piece of gold that will be liked by everyone, many people are in one political party, other people are with another, i simply speak as a citizen' the fighter was fined last october for wearing political propaganda in support of pri in his third fight against pacquiao
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(cnn) the holidays are a time of reflection and often a time of charity, even for some of hollywood's biggest stars cnn's alina cho is taking a special look at how three celebrities are doing their part for causes near to their hearts in this year's 'big stars, big giving,' which is scheduled to air 8 am, 10 am and 2 pm et december 26 28 on cnn matt damon waterorg academy award winner matt damon is using his star power to lead the way for change and bring clean water to those who do not have access to such a basic staple 'every 20 seconds, a kid under the age of 5 is dying, losing their life because they do not have access to clean water and it just doesn't have to be that way,' damon tells cnn damon and water expert gary white founded waterorg in 2009 with a plan for what damon says is a solvable problem close to a billion people do not have an affordable solution to clean drinking water, and the problem is twofold 'to me, the most disturbing thing, not only is it contaminated, but people are walking hours to get this kind of water, ' damon said in an interview with impact your world a few years ago, 'so, you're forced to give your children this water knowing that the chances of them getting a water borne disease is pretty high' damon and white say that charity is not enough and have created the concept of 'water credit,' which allows people access to affordable loans to buy a toilet or a faucet to bring clean running water into their homes and it's working white says that loans are being paid back at a rate of 98% in places such as haiti matthew mcconaughey jk livin foundation actor matthew mcconaughey and his wife, camila, have made bettering the lives of young adults their mission they founded the just keep livin, or the jk livin foundation, to empower high school students 'to lead active lives and make healthy choices to become great men and women,' as their mission states 'i want to find a place where i can help out where it's prevention before you need a cure,' mcconaughey tells cnn mcconaughey has so far brought the jk livin foundation into 14 schools without after school programs and where 75% of the students are on a free or reduced lunch program and below the poverty line they are students who come from families who might not have the means to provide healthy meals or access to gyms the jk livin foundation gives the students a safe place to be after school and the tools they need to grow into healthy adults the program meets twice a week for two hours a day and is voluntary the students who choose to attend participate in physical fitness, nutrition education and a gratitude circle 'everyone goes around and says something that they are thankful for and that's a lesson that came from my mother and the family i grew up in i found that the more you find something to be thankful for, the more you end up having things to be thankful for, and so it goes well beyond the gym,' says mcconaughey eva longoria the eva longoria foundation in addition to establishing herself as one of hollywood's leading ladies, eva longoria has also made a name for herself campaigning for social issues she's lent her voice to raise awareness of the aids crisis in africa and sex trafficking in thailand when she decided she wanted to create her own foundation in 2010, she decided on a cause that hit much closer to home for her the eva longoria foundation aims to help hispanic women get a college education some 27% of latinas live below the poverty line, and 17% drop out of high school only 15% of adult latinas have college degrees longoria hopes to empower women and change those statistics 'i come from a family of teachers i wasn't the first to go to college it was expected, and that's rare in a lot of low income families and a lot of minority families,' says longoria longoria's foundation supports other programs that help hispanic women excel in their education, and it aims to provide latina entrepreneurs with career training, mentorship, capital and opportunity 'i don't want the latino community to just be a large community we need to be an educated community because this is going to be our future work force,' says longoria
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three big stars are focused on giving back in a big way . matt damon helped found waterorg so people can get access to clean water . matthew mcconaughey's jk livin foundation helps kids make healthy choices for life . the eva longoria foundation aims to help latina women get a college education
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london (cnn) a british lawmaker said thursday that he and 17 others have been awarded payouts over phone hacking by the news of the world newspaper, in settlements totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars news international, the parent company of the now defunct news of the world newspaper, issued a statement confirming that a subsidiary had agreed to settlements, but did not provide details a number of people have brought civil cases against news international over alleged phone hacking by its employees chris bryant, a labour party member of parliament, posted on twitter: 'news of the world apologises to me and 17 others in the high court and pays damages plus costs, with no hush clause' in another post, bryant said news of the world 'admitted in court today that my phone was hacked and privacy intruded' he listed former deputy prime minister john prescott, actor jude law, the actor's ex wife, sadie frost, and high profile rugby player gavin henson as among the 18 people in court news international, in its statement, said that news group newspapers, its subsidiary that was the publisher of news of the world, 'agreed (to) settlements in respect of a number of claims against the company' it added that the company 'made no admission as part of these settlements that directors or senior employees knew about the wrongdoing by ngn or sought to conceal it however, for the purpose of reaching these settlements only, ngn agreed that the damages to be paid to claimants should be assessed as if this was the case' the office of mark thomson, the lawyer who is representing many of the claimants, gave details of their payouts the office said law received £130,000, while frost was awarded £50,000 law's personal assistant, ben jackson, was given £40,000, while a former pr adviser to law and his ex partner, sienna miller, ciara parkes, received £35,000 henson was awarded £40,000, as were guy pelly, a friend of prince william, and joan hammell, a former chief of staff to prescott lisa gower, who was linked to actor steve coogan, was given £30,000, the lawyer's office said according to court documents posted online by the guardian newspaper, freelance journalist tom rowlands who had worked for fellow news international titles the times and sunday times was given £25,000 damages after news of the world hacked his voice mail to get information it then used in stories it published itself in a statement read outside the high court by his legal team, jude law called the behavior of news of the world 'appalling' and said he had brought legal proceedings 'to try to find out the truth' the group of lawyers representing the claimants said they had obtained documents from news international that revealed its attempts to destroy evidence, partly thanks to the fact that the 12 legal firms involved joined forces to work together 'as a result, documents relating to the nature and scale of the conspiracy, a coverup and the destruction of evidence/e mail archives by news group have now been disclosed to the claimants,' said the lawyers' statement, read outside court 'in the face of this overwhelming evidence, the 'rogue reporter' position has disintegrated and the range, scale and extent of phone hacking has become clear' james murdoch, chief executive of news international and the son of media mogul rupert murdoch, has insisted that the practice of phone hacking was not widespread news international scrapped the best selling news of the world sunday tabloid in july amid outrage over claims it had hacked into the voice mail of a missing 13 year old girl who turned out to have been murdered mark thomson said other claimants would press ahead with a trial scheduled for next month, and praised the courage of all those taking on 'a massive and influential multinational media organization' thursday's hearing followed the settlement of a number of other claims against news group newspapers, which also publishes the sun among them was the claim brought by law's ex fiancee, miller law's statement said: 'for several years leading up to 2006, i was suspicious about how information concerning my private life was coming out in the press i changed my phones, i had my house swept for bugs but still the information kept being published i started to become distrustful of people close to me 'i was truly appalled by what i was shown by the police and by what my lawyers have discovered it is clear that i, along with many others, was kept under constant surveillance for a number of years' prescott, in an interview with the hull daily mail newspaper in his former constituency, said he had been awarded £40,000 in damages, plus his legal costs 'today's court decision at long last brings clarity, apology and compensation for the years of hacking into my telephone messages by rupert murdoch's news group newspapers,' he told the newspaper 'it follows years of aggressive denials and a cavalier approach to private information and the law these denials were supported by the press complaints commission (pcc) and the inaction of senior officers of the metropolitan police' a public inquiry was set up in the wake of the scandal to examine british media ethics and behavior senior executives and editors for news international and other media organizations, both current and former, have testified before the leveson inquiry, a wide ranging government backed investigation of british press ethics and practices, as have many of the alleged victims of phone hacking and other abuses by the press the metropolitan police is also conducting investigations into phone hacking claims and allegations that police officers were bribed for information cnn's richard allen greene and laura smith spark contributed to this report
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(cnn) top state department officials are vowing to improve security at us diplomatic posts around the world, some before the end of the year those promises were repeated thursday in washington in a hearing before the senate foreign relations committee, the first of two sessions in which deputy secretaries of state william burns and thomas nides testified about the deadly attack on the us consulate in benghazi, libya 'we've learned some very hard, and painful lessons in benghazi, and we are already acting on them,' nides told senators 'we have to do better' the two testified the state department deployed five teams to assess security at 19 us diplomatic posts in 13 countries they said the department partnered with the pentagon to send 35 additional marine detachments about 225 marines to medium and high threat posts with the hope the additional marines would be deterrents against any attack attempts also, the department wants to hire more than 150 diplomatic security personnel an increase of 5% over current staffing and provide them with equipment and training the hearings follow a scathing independent report released tuesday that blamed 'systemic failures and leadership and management deficiencies' for inadequate security amid the attack that killed four americans, including ambassador chris stevens this week's report and hearings mark a significant chapter in the winding saga surrounding the events of september 11, 2012 that night, the consulate became engulfed in flames cameras captured images of a huge crowd of people in the streets some waving libyan flags around the consulate, before gunmen descended on the compound the assault was ultimately determined to be a terrorist attack stevens, a lifelong diplomat admired by many of different political parties, had previously written diplomatic correspondence warning that al qaeda linked militants were growing in strength in an enclave not far from the city burns' and nides' appearance on capitol hill marks the first time officials of their level have spoken about the attack both are top advisers to secretary of state hillary clinton, who is not able to testify because she is ill clinton ordered the review in the aftermath of the attack such reports are mandated by congress when americans working on behalf of the us government are killed overseas the 39 page unclassified version of the report concludes that the leadership failures resulted in a security plan 'that was inadequate for benghazi and grossly inadequate to deal with the attack that took place' nides told senators he's leading a task force to implement 29 recommendations in the review board report some of the recommendations will be implemented before the end of the year 'we accept every one of them,' nides said 'the undersecretary of political affairs, the undersecretary for management, the director general of the foreign service and the deputy legal adviser will work with me to drive this forward,' nides said the task force has already met to translate the report's recommendations into 60 specific action items, he told senators 'we've assigned every single one to the responsible bureau for immediate implementation, and several will be completed by the end of this calendar year,' he said he promised to work with congress to make sure those recommendations become reality four state department officials were disciplined after the release of the report one resigned, and three others have been placed on administrative leave, spokeswoman victoria nuland said on thursday, nides also asked that congress provide the department with more money to pay for ramped up security sen john kerry, widely considered the leading candidate to succeed clinton, seemed to agree that the department should get more funds he said in the hearing that spending on us missions overseas must increase, and the system that requests and delivers that money must be streamlined in the past year, $650 billion was spent on military budgets, while the budgets for international affairs were less than one tenth of the defense department's, the massachusetts senator said sen bob corker, a republican from tennessee, said he was 'dismayed' that the hearing was centered on additional money for the state department in the absence of a review of how the agency spends the money it already has 'we have no idea whether the state department is using its money wisely or not,' he said yet he said the department knew about the threats posed in the days before the attack, based on incoming cables, and should have requested funds to support the situation in benghazi nides testified that the state department has already requested additional funds for its 2013 budget when asked whether clinton had heard of the security concerns prior to the benghazi attack, burns said the conversations with clinton and senior level officials were mainly focused on the overall general security picture in libya, but there was a general awareness of the deteriorating security situation in the eastern part of the country clinton is recovering from a stomach virus and concussion but is expected to appear before the house foreign affairs committee next month to discuss the benghazi attack, according to rep ileana ros lehtinen, r florida, the outgoing chairwoman of the panel burns testified about other actions he and officials are taking to tighten relations with countries like libya that are still shaky after recent revolutions that toppled dictators burns said he'd just gotten back from tunisia, where a suspect in the benghazi attack is being detained 'i believe we're making some progress there,' the deputy secretary offered there was a short portion of the senate hearing that touched on the controversy surrounding comments by susan rice, the us ambassador to the united nations, describing the benghazi attack in the days following the incident rice said on sunday news programs in the days following the attack that it was the result of a protest against an online anti islam film she's been heavily criticized for those statements, to the point that she withdrew her name for consideration as the next secretary of state to avoid what she called a 'lengthy, disruptive, and costly' confirmation process critics said rice's comments were out of line with the true intelligence about the incident, and were an attempt by the administration to avoid tying it to terrorism oklahoma republican sen james inhofe asked burns about rice's statements 'what happened in benghazi was clearly a terrorist attack,' burns replied 'i am convinced my colleagues in the administration and intelligence community operated in good faith' cnn's jamie crawford in washington contributed to this report
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new: some senators want more money for state dept, others say that's not the answer . deputy secretaries of state testify about attack on consulate in benghazi, libya . a report issued tuesday blamed 'systemic failures in leadership' at the department . four americans died in the attack, including ambassador christopher stevens
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(cnn) dieting in hungary is not recommended the country's cuisine is a rich blend of europe, middle eastern and asian food the french lend their influence with goose liver pate, while the seven layer dobos cake can rival austria's famed sachertorte for sickly sweet extravagance food here is abundant and affordable a nightmare for weight watchers, a dream for true foodies goulash goulash is it a soup? is it a stew? hungary's national dish (pronounced 'gooyash,' by the way) is a cross between the two, a steaming bowl of slow cooked beef, carrots, onions and loads of hungary's trademark paprika to give it a good kick it's hard to find a restaurant that doesn't serve it from the humblest café to the grandest establishments where to try it: in the sleek, modern surroundings of budapest bisztro (vecsey utca 3, +36 1 783 0788) langos the hungarians' favorite street food certainly hits the spot on a chilly morning when you're desperate for a quick bite before lunch it's simple: a deep fried flatbread topped with sour cream and grated cheese sometimes with a bit of garlic just to annoy the person next to you where to try it: the danube town of szentendre has some of the best langos in the country there's tiny alleyway leading to st janos church in the main square, where a sign helpfully saying 'langos' should point you in the direction of a nameless stall halfway up the alley paprika chicken those sweet red peppers that are such a staple of hungarian cooking really shine in this popular stew also known as chicken paprikash powdered paprika goes into the dish too, along with onions, garlic, tomatoes and a dollop of sour cream served with egg dumplings called nokedli (like the austrian spätzle), it's comfort food that's hard to beat where to try it: if you're in the buda castle district of budapest, try alabardos restaurant (orszaghaz utca 2, +36 1 356 0851) hortobagyi meat pancakes hungarians adore their palacsinta pancakes that are more like french crêpes than the thicker american ones you douse with maple syrup this savory version is just as decadent: a rich stew of minced veal or chicken tucked inside the pancakes and smothered with a sour cream and paprika sauce where to try it: while relaxing under the stone arched ceiling of pierrot (fortuna utca 14, budapest, +36 1 375 6971), housed in a 13th century former bakery goose liver pâté it's not just the french who like goose liver; the hungarians are right behind them in their love for this buttery delicacy where to try it: they wrap it in bacon and lightly grill it at aranysarkany vendeglo restaurant in szentendre (alkotmany utca 1; +36 26 301 479) or you can have it as a starter at one of budapest's landmark restaurants, gundel (gundel karoly way 4, +36 1 468 4040), in the lush surroundings of the city park cold sour cherry soup while a lot of hungarian dishes are perfect for cold days, chilled sour cherry soup is just the thing for warm summer evenings fresh sour cherries combine with sour cream and sugar in this refreshing classic where to try it: leves (vamhaz korut 14, budapest, +36 30 241 7760), for the takeout version tihanyi pike perch lake balaton is hungary's playground, where everyone flocks to laze in thermal springs and feast on the lake's plump pike perch you can have this succulent fish roasted, grilled or prepared tihanyi style: made into a terrine with cream, white wine, spinach and dill where to try it: gorgeous views of the lake come with delicious plates of fish at ferenc pince csarda (cserhegy 9, tihany, +36 76 448 575) from its prime position on the tihany peninsula stuffed cabbage leaves you won't go far in central and eastern europe without coming across cabbage rolls, and hungary is no exception here they're called toltott kaposzta: pork mince stuffed into cabbage leaves with you guessed it lots of paprika it's best with sour cream on top, in true hungarian style, along with sauerkraut and chunks of smoked pork where to try it: after browsing the stalls in budapest's central market, you can grab a plate of hearty stuffed cabbage upstairs in fakanal etterem (vamhaz korut 1 3, +36 1 217 7860) kurtoskalacs (chimney cake) 'chimney cake' is made by wrapping pastry around a cylinder to bake over the last of the embers in an open fire the pastry is also often coated in lots of sugar so the lovely sticky caramel coating can hold on to the extra flavors dusted on top anything from cinnamon to cocoa to chopped walnuts where to try it: it's best slightly warm with ice cream and coffee in molnar's kurtoskalacs café (vaci utca 31) in budapest dobos cake seven layers yes, seven of moist sponge cake sandwiched with chocolate buttercream then, before things get too gooey, there's a thin layer of caramel on top to give it a lovely crunch we have 19th century hungarian confectioner jozsef dobos to thank for this heavenly creation which has become a staple in hungarian coffeehouses where to try it: the sumptuous interior of budapest's central kavehaz (karolyi mihaly utca 9, +36 1 266 2110) is a suitably grand setting for such a glorious cake eszterhazy torte a cake fit for a prince prince eszterhazy, to be precise the hungarian royal's name lives on in one of europe's most famous cakes: five layers of almond meringue and buttercream with elegant swirls on top where to try it: just around the corner from budapest's ornate parliament is szalai (balassi balint utca 4, +36 1 269 3210), a delightfully old fashioned cake shop where you can indulge in one of these royal treats somloi sponge cake not one but three types of sponge cake vanilla, chocolate and walnut go into this luscious dessert but it doesn't stop there: fresh whipped cream, chocolate sauce and pungent rum bring the three cakes together to form an exquisite dessert where to try it: for sheer opulence, this rich dish is best devoured in the fantastic interior of the new york café (erzsebet korut 9 11, +36 1 886 6111) in the boscolo budapest hotel
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(cnn) roger federer exclusively told cnn that the stunning shot he executed in his us open semifinal against novak djokovic was the best of his career roger federer hailed his stunning shot against novak djokovic as the best of his career the world number one produced a near faultless performance to defeat fourth seed djokovic in straight sets to reach his sixth consecutive us open final at flushing meadows, but it was an outrageous shot to set up match point that will be most remembered it came with djokovic serving at 6 5 down in the third set at love 30 0 up federer dashed back to the baseline and hit a winner through his legs that flew over the net and past djokovic into the corner for match point 'i think it was the greatest shot i have ever hit in my life,' federer told cnn 'i have hit some good ones over all the matches i have played, but i think this one, especially under the circumstances at love 30 up and with having chance to maybe clinch the match, was amazing 'i got a standing ovation and people went crazy here in new york the crowds are fantastic as it was the perfect shot to hit, at exactly the right time, and i can't believe i pulled it off' federer also revealed he is producing his best tennis because he is under less pressure than perhaps he was at the same time last year at this stage in 2008 federer had not won a grand slam but after winning the french open and a historic 15th major at wimbledon this time round he admitted he is more relaxed 'i have a little bit less pressure to prove myself after reaching the 15 grand slams everyone was talking about and i also i won in paris,' he added 'getting through the pregnancy with my wife mirka and having two beautiful daughters is also something that relaxes you for sure but at the same time when you walk out on center court there will always be a certain type of pressure which will be there for the rest of my career 'i just have to make sure i handle it correctly i always play my best tennis towards the end of a tournament and i am happy that it is continued in this match after everything that has already happened this year' federer will play argentina's juan del potro who reached his first grand slam final after he crushed rafael nadal in the other semifinal the sixth seed blew nadal away at the arthur ashe stadium, taking two hours and 20 minutes to take a comprehensive 6 2 6 2 6 2 victory
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new york (cnn) sen charles schumer said sunday the bush administration is trying to 'blame the fire on the person who calls 911' by suggesting he had a role in one of the costliest us bank failures sen charles schumer said the ots 'ought to stop pointing false fingers of blame' federal regulators with the office of thrift supervision were 'asleep at the switch' when it came to indymac's 'reckless' behavior, the new york democrat complained the ots announced friday that it was taking over the $32 billion indymac and transferring control to the federal deposit insurance corporation the ots pointed the finger directly at schumer for the failure, accusing him of sparking a bank run by releasing a letter that 'expressed concerns about indymac's viability' watch what's next for indymac » 'in the following 11 business days, depositors withdrew more than $13 billion from their accounts,' the ots said in a statement announcing the california based lender's takeover on friday the statement included a quote from ots director john reich saying, 'although this institution was already in distress, i am troubled by any interference in the regulatory process' schumer, a member of the senate banking committee, chairman of congress' joint economic committee and the third ranking democrat in the senate, rejected any suggestions of responsibility for indymac's collapse 'ots ought to stop pointing false fingers of blame and start doing its job to protect the future of the banking system, so that there won't be other indymacs,' he said schumer's june 26 letter said he was 'concerned that indymac's financial deterioration poses significant risks to both taxpayers and borrowers' in a sunday news conference, he said everything in his letter was already known to the public 'indymac was one of the most poorly run and reckless of all the banks,' he said 'it was a spinoff from the old countrywide, and like countrywide, it did all kinds of profligate activities that it never should have both indymac and countrywide helped cause the housing crisis we're now in' the embattled countrywide financial corp was recently purchased by bank of america schumer argued that the 'breadth and depth' of the problems at indymac were 'apparent for years, and they accelerated in the last six months' but ots, he said, 'was asleep at the switch and allowed things to happen without restraint 'and now they are doing what the bush administration always does: blame the fire on the person who calls 911' the white house had no immediate response schumer said ots is 'known as a weak regulator,' and added, 'my job was to try and toughen them up and that's what i tried to do' indymac, with assets of $32 billion and deposits of $19 billion, is the fifth bank to fail this year between 2005 and 2007, only three banks failed and in the past 15 years, the fdic has taken over 127 banks with combined assets of $22 billion, according to fdic records indymac will reopen monday with a new charter and a new name indymac federal bank
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islamabad, pakistan (cnn) the pakistani government is under pressure to block nato supply routes to afghanistan this month if the united states continues its campaign of drone strikes in northwestern pakistan the demands from pakistan tehreek e insaf (pti), the opposition party led by cricketer turned politician imran khan, come amid anger in pakistan over the killing of hakimullah mehsud, the leader of the pakistani taliban, in a us drone strike last week the pakistani government had been working on proposed peace talks with the extremist group when mehsud was killed 'just as we were about to start talks the very day the interior minister planned to approach the taliban a drone strike targeted the taliban,' khan said monday in the national assembly 'so i ask you, is the us a friend or foe?' his party is demanding that the national government block the ground supply lines to afghanistan starting november 20 unless the united states ends the strikes, which have focused on pakistan's loosely governed tribal areas where many militants are based strike 'harmed' peace efforts pti, which campaigned heavily against drone attacks in pakistan, holds the balance of power in the northwestern province khyber pakhtunkhwa, through which one of the main nato supply routes runs alongside khan's demands, the khyber pakhtunkhwa provincial assembly has passed a motion to block nato supply lines if the drone strikes don't stop by november 20 there are two supply lines from pakistan into afghanistan: the one that passes through khyber pakhtunkhwa and another that runs through the volatile southwestern province of balochistan, where nato tankers are often attacked pakistani prime minister nawaz sharif's office said in a statement monday that the drone strike last week 'has harmed the dialogue and peace efforts of the government' 'but we believe that we will not allow the dialogue and peace efforts to get derailed,' it said 'diplomatic efforts will be continued to stop these attacks,' the statement said 'given pakistani peoples' resolve and sacrifices in this war against terrorism, it is incumbent upon the international community to support this endeavor of the government for the accomplishment of peace the government of pakistan will not allow any internal or external force to sabotage the dialogue process' 'ongoing dialogue' the us state department said monday that it had seen the pti statements about the supply lines 'we have a strong, ongoing dialogue with pakistan regarding all aspects of our bilateral relationship,' said marie harf, a state department spokeswoman the supply routes, which are 'important to the us, nato, and pakistan,' are fully open at the moment, harf said pakistan closed the routes for several months after a nato airstrike killed 24 pakistani soldiers at a checkpoint near the afghan border in november 2011 the pakistani taliban, who have long been conducting an insurgency against the pakistani government, claimed responsibility for the december 2009 suicide bombing at the us forward operating base chapman in khost, afghanistan five cia officers were among the seven us citizens killed, along with a member of jordanian intelligence the group also claimed responsibility for a failed may 2010 attempt to detonate a car bomb in new york's times square the following september, the us state department designated the pakistani taliban as a foreign terrorist organization mehsud, who had a $5 million us bounty on his head, was killed in northwestern pakistan friday, senior us and pakistani officials told cnn
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london (cnn) the publisher of rupert murdoch's news of the world has paid singer charlotte church and her family £600,000 ($952,000) to settle a phone hacking lawsuit, her lawyer said monday the payment by murdoch's news group newspapers includes £300,000 in damages, plus legal costs, lawyer mike brookes said far more than other hacking victims have been paid speaking outside the court after the settlement was reached, church said the behavior of tabloid journalists had 'sickened and disgusted her,' and she did not believe the news international apology in court was sincere 'they are not truly sorry; they are just sorry they got caught,' church said murdoch's news of the world was closed down last summer over revelations about phone hacking and police bribery by people working for the newspaper targets of phone hacking included not only celebrities like church but also victims of crime and terrorism, wounded troops and their families, and politicians police are conducting three investigations into illegal activity by british journalists and private detectives working for them two parliamentary committees are also probing the scandal, and a separate independent inquiry has been established by prime minister david cameron cameron himself was drawn into the scandal for having hired a former news of the world editor, andy coulson, to be his spokesman after coulson left the paper over the hacking scandal coulson has since resigned as cameron's spokesman he denies wrongdoing, but is among more than a dozen people arrested over phone hacking no one has been charged the church settlement is much higher than in 59 other suits settled recently by news international, the british newspaper publishing arm of murdoch's news corp actor jude law was paid £130,000 ($206,000), for example, while retired soccer star paul gascoigne was paid £68,000 ($108,000) the newspaper publisher has also been paying the legal costs of the suits church had been the lone holdout refusing to settle, but said monday she had changed her mind to protect her parents news international was prepared to make the case 'into an interrogation into my mother's medical history,' church said 'i would have learning nothing more from an actual trial since it was clear no one from news international was prepared to take the stand,' she said brookes, her lawyer, said the settlement was higher than for others because church's parents had also been targeted, starting when she was a teenager 'the news of the world trespassed into the lives of an entire family james and maria are not remotely in the public eye they are no more and no less than proud parents with an exceptionally talented daughter,' he said he said in court that news of the world 'targeted charlotte and her voice mail messages repeatedly,' obtained her personal medical information starting when she was 16, violated the privacy of her parents' voice mail, and 'coerced' church's mother into giving them an interview about maria church's attempted suicide a lawyer for the publisher said in court he accepted 'everything mr brookes has said,' apologized, and said 'they should never have had to endure what they have suffered' church's settlement does not end the lawsuits against news international cherie blair, the wife of former british prime minister tony blair, announced february 22 that she was suing over allegations her voice mail was intercepted to get news of her pregnancy when her husband was in office
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washington (cnn) recognizing that the 'internet of 2012 is vastly different from a decade ago,' the federal trade commission on wednesday announced changes to strengthen privacy for children online 'in this ever changing technological landscape' the revisions to the children's online privacy protection act, also known as the coppa rule, which was originally passed in 1998, will make it more difficult for children's personal data to be collected by mobile phone apps, smartphones and tablets parents will have greater control over the information that websites and online services can collect from children under 13 apps, or applications, are software programs that mobile phone users can purchase and install on their devices 'the new coppa rule captures the new online reality and puts companies on notice that they must comply with the law,' said sen jay rockefeller, chairman of the committee on commerce, science and transportation rockefeller, d west virginia, told reporters at a capitol hill news conference that he's been 'stewing inside' about this issue for a while, and he warned that third parties will be held liable for personal information they collect from children he said third parties also will be held liable 'if they know they are collecting information on websites or apps directed toward children' the ftc says one of the proposals will 'close a loophole that allowed kid directed apps and websites to permit third parties to collect personal information from children through plug ins (software) without parental notice and consent' 'parents should be the gatekeepers to decide whether others can collect information,' said ftc chairman jon leibowitz a recent report by the ftc found that only 20 percent of the apps linked to general disclosure information or a privacy policy before the app was downloaded many of the apps shared certain information with third parties, such as device id, geolocation or phone number without disclosing that fact to parents, the ftc said companies could potentially develop detailed profiles about children without a parent's knowledge or consent the commission will require website operators and online service providers 'take reasonable steps to release children's personal information only to companies that are capable of keeping it secure and confidential' another amendment would 'modify the list of 'personal information' that cannot be collected without parental notice and consent' 'ftc stands for something,' said rep ed markey, d massachusetts, a proponent for updated protection rules 'today ftc stands for 'for the children' across the country' common sense media, an organization that provides families with information about kids, media and technology, applauded the new regulations 'these coppa updates will provide a stern reminder to companies and developers that they need to do more to build a trustworthy online space for kids and families and ensure that kids can benefit from tech innovation without exploitation,' said james steyer, common sense media ceo the amendments will go into effect on july 1, 2013 cnn's todd sperry contributed to this report
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(cnn) premier league big spenders manchester city will renew their search for a new world class striker after ending their interest in barcelona striker samuel eto'o eto'o will not be playing for manchester city next season after the english club ended their interest in him the cameroon international, who is about to embark on the last year of his contract at the nou camp, felt he should receive a significant portion of the £18million ($29m) fee city were willing to pay as he would be entitled to leave for nothing next summer city manager mark hughes initially signalled his intention to wait for eto'o to resolve the wrangle yet, as the week has dragged on, the argument has just got more confusing and complicated latest transfer rumors and gossip it was suggested city were ready to offer eto'o a deadline of this weekend to determine his future however, in the end, city chairman khaldoon al mubarak did not even give the 28 year old that long, with barcelona officially contacted on friday with confirmation the deal was off 'samuel eto'o is undoubtedly a fine footballer but the circumstances surrounding him were such that the deal could not be completed,' city chief executive garry cook told the club's official web site 'we now feel the time is right to pursue other avenues we have a clear strategic transfer plan, which we continue to follow' england midfielder gareth barry and paraguayan striker roque santa cruz have already joined the club this summer and argentine forward carlos tevez is expected to complete his move from rivals manchester united in the near future chelsea and england captain john terry and everton defender joleon lescott also remain high on the club's wish list meanwhile, two players leaving the club are midfielder gelson fernandes and brazilian striker jo swiss international fernandes has completed his move to french side st etienne, while jo has returned to everton on loan for the season in other transfer news, sunderland have swooped to sign manchester united's reserve team striker fraizer campbell for £35m ($567m) on a four year contract
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san antonio, texas (cnn) the three americans rescued after more than five years in captivity in colombia say they are doing well but are 'overwhelmed with emotion,' according to a statement released on their behalf 'words alone can never possibly express the thrill and excitement we feel to be back home in the united states of america with our families at our side,' the friday statement from marc gonsalves, thomas howes and keith stansell said the revolutionary armed forces of colombia (farc) had held the three us government contractors since february 2003, after their plane crashed in a remote region of the south american country they were among 15 hostages rescued wednesday in a colombian military operation watch colombians celebrate success » also among the rescued hostages was french colombian politician ingrid betancourt, who returned to france on friday she is undergoing medical tests at a paris military hospital, the associated press reported watch betancourt's joyous return to france » shortly after the plane crashed, farc members killed contractor tom janis, according to employer northrop grumman, and colombian army sgt luis cruz, according to the us state department the three freed americans are being treated at brooke army medical center in san antonio, texas learn about the former hostages » 'for five and a half long years, we all hoped and prayed this day would come,' their statement said 'now that it has, we're just overwhelmed with emotion the love and the joy we're all experiencing is beyond description 'we want to offer our heartfelt thanks to the government and the armed forces of colombia the operation they conducted to rescue us was one for the history books something we will never forget for the rest of our lives' colombian authorities unveiled details and a videotape friday describing the mission, which involved tricking the leftist rebels into giving up their hostages watch video of the rescue » government agents had infiltrated the farc leadership over several months this week they talked the rebels into moving the hostages, saying a humanitarian group wanted to check on them a helicopter carrying fake rebels picked up the hostages at a rendezvous point, ostensibly to take them to another rebel camp it actually was a government helicopter, and the hostages were whisked to freedom without a shot being fired learn about farc » on thursday, doctors at the brooke army medical center said the three americans appeared to be in good health initial tests had for now ruled out the suspicion of infectious diseases, and although other medical tests are pending, 'everything really looks well,' said col jackie hayes, a psychiatrist and the lead physician on the men's medical team hayes said patient confidentiality rules prevented him from commenting on reports that gonsalves was suffering from hepatitis maj gen keith huber, commander of us army south, said the contractors were in the second phase of a three phase process designed to ease their transition back to normal life 'they greeted me with a strong handshake and clear eyes and an incredible smile,' he said
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(cnn) cuba is more than a thousand miles from my home in new york, but it's a place close to my heart steve kastenbaum talks with salomon leyderman outside the adath israel synagogue in havana, cuba i went to cuba to report on a country that appears to be on the cusp of a new era my focus was the future of us cuban relations and the reforms under cuban leader raúl castro but a vague notion of exploring my family history in cuba resulted in the most memorable story of the entire journey more than 15,000 jews were living in cuba in the 1940s and '50s today, there are about 1,500 my grandmother, the daughter of russian immigrants, was born in havana, and my grandfather came to cuba when he was just 3 years old his family left germany in the 1920s to me, they were as much cuban as they were jewish watch how everyday life has changed for cubans » my grandparents left cuba in the late '40s so that their children would be born in the united states the last members of my family to leave cuba did so post revolution, in the 1960s i was eager to see what had become of the places they left behind slideshow: learn more about the jewish population in cuba » when castro lifted restrictions on religion in the mid '90s, the once dilapidated building that houses congregation el patronato came back to life today, it's a thriving center for the local jewish community when i arrived, the children's summer program was in full swing a few dozen boys and girls were laughing and playing as they waited for lunch to be served i wasn't prepared for the wave of emotions that overcame me had things been different, i could have been just like them slideshow: experience more of kastenbaum's explorations of cuba » my next stop took me to habana viejo jewish life in cuba has its roots in old havana, where my great grandparents settled i walked the streets where they lived and stopped in at the only remaining kosher butcher in town i passed the building that once housed the local synagogue where my grandparents were wed watch efforts to restore parts of havana » the current home of adath israel is a few blocks away at the front door, salomon leyderman introduced himself to me as the oldest jew in cuba he's 86 i took out some old family photos, and salomon immediately recognized my great grandfather, salomon sher he shouted out in spanish, 'they were tailors!' i couldn't believe my ears this 86 year old man told me how my great grandfather was highly regarded in the community, how he belonged to many social organizations and how after the revolution, he made it possible for many cuban jews to leave the island and join him in miami, florida as he looked at a family portrait, salomon began to cry he recognized luis sher, my grandmother's brother he said luis gave him as a gift a suit to wear at his bar mitzvah, the jewish ceremony marking a boy's transition into manhood it took place more than 70 years ago, but he recalled the details as if it happened yesterday tears were flowing down my cheeks, too the following day, i called my father in new york and handed the cell phone to the oldest jew in cuba this time there were no tears, just laughter after the call, salomon looked at my sneakers and said they're good shoes he told me he's a european size 42, and i should bring him a pair when i return he then asked me to send him a card on hanukkah and smiled steve kastenbaum is a new york correspondent for cnn radio
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(cnn) new zealand warmed up for their tri nations decider against australia with a 101 14 rout of samoa in a one off rugby union test on wednesday in new plymouth, running in 15 tries conrad smith touches down for one of his two tries in the all blacks win fullback mils muliaina scored three tries in the first half, center conrad smith and winger richard kahui touched down twice and nine other players added their names to the new zealand scoresheet as the all blacks beat a weakened samoan team by a record margin new zealand led 47 7, seven tries to one, at halftime and added eight tries, including a penalty try, in the second spell to surpass their highest score against samoa the all blacks had a 26 0 lead after 16 minutes and set their record score against samoa surpassing the 71 13 in 1999 despite being held scoreless for periods of 18 minutes in the first half and 10 minutes in the second it was the fifth time new zealand had reached 100 points in a match, with the all blacks' record being the 145 17 win over japan at the 1995 world cup samoa was forced to pick a severely under strength side because many of its leading and most experienced players are involved with european club sides most of the players who took the field wednesday were young and samoa based and playing against the all blacks for the first time although outgunned by an all blacks team which overwhelmingly controlled territory and possession, samoa played with great spirit and scored a try in each half flyhalf uale mai scored and converted his own try after 28 minutes and flanker alafoti faosiliva touched down off a break by uale mai four minutes before fulltime 'what can you say? 100 points,' samoa captain filipo levi said 'it shows the all blacks are on fire at the moment they've showed in the tri nations competition that they're a very consistent team 'for some of our boys it was a big step up from playing club rugby in samoa but, having said that, it was a big learning curve' flyhalf daniel carter converted six of the all blacks' first half tries, surpassing 2,000 points in first class rugby, and his replacement stephen donald scored his first test try and converted seven of new zealand's eight second half tries the match was scheduled to help the all blacks bridge the three week gap between their most recent tri nations clash with south africa and their next, against australia, at brisbane on september 13 the brisbane match will decide the outcome of the tri nations tournament 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) federal investigators will declare the 2001 anthrax case solved on wednesday, when they make public their case against government researcher bruce ivins, a government source familiar with the case told cnn on tuesday ex army scientist bruce ivins, seen here in 2003, died from an apparent suicide last week but the case will not be considered closed, because administrative details remain incomplete, said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing before making the information public, the fbi is expected to share the evidence of ivins' involvement with survivors and relatives of victims in the anthrax attacks, the source said a lawyer for maureen stevens, the widow of bob stevens, the first victim of the 2001 attacks, said she was invited to the session and will attend the tabloid photo editor died after inhaling anthrax that investigators believe was in a letter sent to american media inc, the publisher of the sun and national enquirer tabloids, at its offices in boca raton, florida another source familiar with the investigation said tuesday that in the fall of 2001, ivins borrowed a machine that can convert wet anthrax, the kind used at fort detrick, into dry powder, which was found in the anthrax letters such machines, called lyophilizers, are not usually used at fort detrick, where ivins worked, though they are easy to obtain experts said the report may have no significance 'i wouldn't necessarily make the conclusion that, just because he had access to a lyophilizer and used a lyophilizer, that that provides a smoking gun, that he must be using this for sinister purposes,' said peter hotez, chairman of microbiology at george washington university in washington richard spertzel, a former biodefense scientist who worked with ivins at the lab at fort detrick, said there was 'no way' a lyophilizer could have created the fine anthrax spores used in the 2001 letters spertzel said a more advanced machine would have been needed, and that no one working at a us government lab could have produced such high quality anthrax in secret ivins, who is expected to be blamed for the mailings of the toxin, which killed five people and sickened more than a dozen others died july 27 at a hospital in frederick, maryland, from an apparent suicide attempt two days earlier no charges have been made public he became a suspect after investigators found dna evidence from the 2001 anthrax mailings on a flask used in his laboratory at the us army medical institute of infectious diseases, said a source who is familiar with the investigation but not authorized to speak publicly about the case ivins had worked for decades in the biodefense lab at fort detrick, where he was trying to develop a better vaccine against the toxin the fbi had traced the anthrax used in the attacks to the lab by using a new technology, a us official familiar with the investigation said authorities were looking at whether ivins may have released anthrax to test a vaccine he was working on, another official said some of the anthrax laced letters, written in crude block letters, included the words, 'take penacilin (sic) now,' according to photographs released by the fbi since ivins' death, suspicions about his involvement in the anthrax attacks have surfaced alongside questions about his sanity at the time of his death, the 62 year old scientist was under a temporary restraining order sought by a social worker who had counseled him in private and group sessions she accused him of having harassed, stalked and threatened her with violence the woman told the court in her complaint that ivins had been treated at a mental health facility steven hatfill, another government scientist who was named by the justice department as a 'person of interest' in the attacks, was never charged he sued the department, which settled the case in june the skepticism in scientific circles about the strength of the case against ivins heightens the importance of the government's unveiling of its evidence against the scientist, a former prosecutor said 'i think the public and the survivors of the anthrax attacks are entitled to see the evidence before the grand jury,' said andrew mcbride 'and if there was a draft indictment and they were ready to indict mr ivins, they ought to see that as well' cnn producer kevin bohn contributed to this story
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source: feds to declare anthrax case solved but not closed . bruce ivins, 62, died last week as fbi prepared to charge him in 2001 attacks . another source says ivins used a machine to convert wet anthrax into dry powder . authorities will make case public after sharing details with victims and relatives
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(cnn) julia enright often plays at night while watching tv billy byler plays in the airport while waiting for his flight university student breanna reboca, a skilled multitasker, plays on her phone while walking to class their addiction? 'candy crush saga,' an easy to play, hard to master puzzle game that's seemingly ensnared everyone from your kids to your co workers to your aunt sally launched last year, the game is now the most popular app on facebook, where it has almost 32 million fans 'candy crush,' as it's usually called, also is among the most downloaded mobile games for android and apple devices and has more than 15 million daily users, according to appdata, an analytics firm the game has been such a hit for its creator, london based game publisher king, that the company has plans to go public, according to a report tuesday in the wall street journal like predecessor 'bejeweled,' to which it's often compared, 'candy crush' requires players to form chains of brightly colored tiles shaped like jelly beans, lemon drops and other candy pieces to earn points and advance the game also borrows from mobile game blockbuster 'angry birds' in that players must successfully complete one level before going on to the next 'it looks like the most childish, simple, throwaway game you could ever think of and then you start playing it,' said byler, a pastor to young adults in wichita, kansas 'it's challenging, and a real test on your brain, because you really have to think about what your next move is going to be' the phone version of the game has 365 increasingly difficult levels, and it's not unusual for daily players to be stuck on a level for several weeks at a time a source of much frustration for many facebook commenters the basic version of the game is free, although players only get five 'lives,' or chances, a day without paying for more some obsessed players have even hacked the game to get access to unlimited play enright, of waukesha, wisconsin, got hooked after she began playing the game three months ago with her boyfriend now she's on level 213 'i got a lot further than he did, and now he's given up,' she said, with a trace of pride 'i've always liked puzzle games 'tetris' and games like that' players also can share their 'candy crush' progress with friends via facebook something that byler was reluctant to do at first because he was weary of friends posting 'farmville' updates 'i didn't want to be that guy,' said byler, who limits his 'candy crush' public postings to other players within the game itself byler is on level 254 and has been surprised by how hard it can be for him to put the game down 'if i'm not careful, it can suck up a half hour or an hour real quick,' he said 'i have to put the phone down and read a book or something' the game's cruelly seductive nature has even inspired a spoof trailer for a fake film, 'candy crush: the movie,' about people grappling with their addictions to 'candy crush,' 'temple run' and other mobile games 'in the beginning, it's fine you can go in and out of these (game) worlds as you please,' says one character 'the thing is, the longer you stay in this world (of 'candy crush'), the more likely you are to be imprisoned' the clip has been viewed on youtube more than 36 million times casual mobile games appeal to people like enright because unlike traditional console games, they can be played in bite sized chunks while waiting for a bus a game like 'candy crush' also feeds on people's competitive nature who wants to quit halfway through when there are more levels waiting to be conquered? 'i really enjoy it it helps pass the time,' enright said 'i'm going to just keep going until they run out of levels'
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(cnn) it was special, just like emilie parker that's how jill cottle garrett described saturday's funeral for her 6 year old niece, one of 20 children and six adults killed at a newtown, connecticut, school the lds rock cliff stake center church in ogden, utah, was filled with glitter and pink flowers emilie's favorite color 'fancy' and effervescent like the little girl herself 'everything was special to emilie,' her aunt told reporters outside the church 'emilie was an example to not only her little sisters but to her family, to all her little friends and now she's an example to the world about purity tragedy and forgiveness' emilie had been practicing for a christmas show, which would have been sunday she never got the chance to perform, but the songs 'angels we have heard on high' and 'silent night' were played during her funeral her two little sisters sang along, smiled, danced, even took flowers off emilie's casket and threw them into the air 'they were celebrating emilie and her life today,' garrett said the girl was one of three sandy hook elementary school students laid to rest saturday, the last of the victims of the december 14 mass shooting to be buried nra official to face questions on gun control one was josephine gay, who had turned 7 just days before adam lanza forced himself into her school and began firing a photo of the happy child, wearing a green hat and with glasses on the end of her nose, has been republished widely on a facebook memorial page, people remembered josephine as 'a beautiful little angel' her funeral took place on a blustery day in newtown, as strong winds whipped the hairs of emotional mourners outside saint rose of lima roman catholic church honoring victims and paying tribute to newtown some who did not go inside the church instead left tributes at a makeshift memorial steps away, which was full of messages and flowers services also were held saturday for 6 year old ana marquez greene, who is remembered for a singing voice bigger than her size a representative for her father, the jazz musician jimmy greene, described the girl as 'beautiful and vibrant' on a facebook memorial page, ana was remembered as a smart and 'sweet caramel princess' part african american, puerto rican, canadian and irish who loved math picture problems, arts and crafts, ballet and 'loved people fiercely' bells toll for shooting victims 'we, your friends and family, commit to remembering you your loving heart, generous spirit and spunky attitude!' one update read 'we know you are with jesus and we will tell the world that love wins' after saturday's 'going home celebration' at the first cathedral in bloomfield, connecticut, her family offered a message of thanks 'overwhelmed by the outpouring of love and support,' the post said 'love wins in newtown!!!! sunday will mark a new chapter in this horrific saga, as the first full day when us and connecticut flags will be at full staff since the violence, as directed by gov dannel malloy after that, the quest to understand what happened at sandy hook elementary, and why, as well as how to prevent more such carnage in the future, will continue cnn's greg botelho wrote this story from atlanta
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tel aviv, israel (cnn) israeli president shimon peres said sunday that he could be willing to meet with iranian president hassan rouhani, but expressed wariness of other forces in the country 'why not? i don't have enemies,' he told cnn's richard quest at a business conference in tel aviv, when asked whether he'd be willing to have such a meeting 'it's not a matter of a person but of a policy,' peres added 'the purpose is to convert enemies into friends if it was only him i'd take it with greater assurance, but there are other structures, other people the iranian revolutionary guard, half army and half organization, spreads terror all over the world and i'm not so sure they support the president we have to see the balance of the situation' peres reiterated israel's position that it won't stand for iran being a 'nuclear danger' to the world, and that 'all options remain on the table to give weight to the words' but israel prefers a diplomatic solution, he said the israeli presidency is largely a figurehead position prime minister benjamin netanyahu leads the government in iran, supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei is in charge of the government after iran deal, obama and kerry pivot to middle east peace us secretary of state john kerry met with netanyahu late last week it was the first face to face meeting of us and israeli officials since the us and five other world powers reached a six month deal with iran last month over its nuclear program even though it's only a short term agreement, world leaders hope it will pave the way to a long term guarantee that iran won't produce nuclear weapons iran insists its nuclear program is for civilian energy purposes, not weaponry and tehran hopes to recoup some of the billions of dollars it's lost as a result of international sanctions netanyahu wants to eliminate iran's nuclear capability entirely, rather than merely suspend and limit the country's nuclear development 'the problem is what will happen in the coming six months it's a trial period,' peres said sunday 'president obama said that for him also this is a trial and gave an estimate of 50 50 as to whether it will succeed' iran will not dismantle any of its nuclear facilities as part of an effort to reach a long term agreement, rouhani said in an interview published friday in the financial times asked whether dismantling iran's nuclear facilities was a 'red line,' rouhani said: '100 percent' rouhani told the uk based newspaper that the nuclear agreement hammered out in geneva, switzerland, is an important first step to see if a mutual trust can be built with the united states 'the problems created over 35 years cannot be resolved over a limited time the best test to see whether we are capable of building trust or not is this nuclear issue,' he said rouhani, widely considered more moderate than his predecessor, mahmoud ahmadinejad, has struck a positive tone and reached out to the west to improve relations, particularly with the united states he has also acknowledged the holocaust, unlike ahmadinejad and rouhani recently wished jews a happy rosh hashanah through his official twitter account
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(cnn) hours before the george zimmerman not guilty verdict was announced, my partner and i were discussing ways to prevent our 16 year old son from getting shot while jogging in the upper middle class, predominantly white neighborhood we had recently moved into i promise you, it was a very real conversation 'maybe we should get t shirts and sweatshirts with the school's name on it,' my partner said after the verdict it came as a punch to the stomach we thought maybe it was best if he only ran inside at the nearby gym this is what it means to be a parent of a young black man in america today: sleepless nights, courtesy of a cocktail of institutional racism, self inflicted wounds and statistics lots and lots of statistics about the too high high school dropout rate among black youths, the distressingly high number of black men who are perpetrators and victims of violent crimes, the disproportionately steep incarceration rates for black men those who create our pop culture have learned to monetize that negative image, and some young black men are mesmerized by it, adopting it as their own as a result, we are all susceptible to the same prejudicial thoughts that led george zimmerman to view a 17 year old boy with a hoodie on his head and a bag of candy in his hand as suspicious related: my son knows he could be trayvon trayvon could have been my son and that scares the hell out of me if, during this 16 month ordeal, that thought never crossed your mind, then you have no idea what it is like to be the parent of a young, black male in america after the verdict, attorneys from both the prosecution and defense seemed to go out of their way in their press conferences to say race was not a factor, which sounded more like wishful thinking than accurate commentary after all, if zimmerman were black, there would not have been a late night press conference afterward when do you hear public outcry for the lives of young black males taken by other black males in cities such as baltimore and st louis? if zimmerman were black, i doubt the naacp would have felt the need to issue a statement if zimmerman were black, fox news would not have even bothered to show up i remember walking home from the store one day, back when i was trayvon's age a white man in a sedan pulled up beside me, rolled down his window and said he wanted to talk i was always taught to never talk to strangers, so i stayed silent and walked faster he drove faster i ran, yelling 'help!' as i tried to get away from him that's when he pulled over, got out of his car, drew his weapon and yelled he was going to shoot me if i didn't stop running it was only after he handcuffed me that he showed me a badge after it was determined i was not the black male he was looking for, he let me go opinion: when blacks killed by non blacks, justice rarely served the worst part of that story? i consider myself lucky he could have shot first to be the parent of a young black man in this country is to be torn between wanting your son to see the world with no boundaries and warning him of the boundaries that are out there moving him into a safe neighborhood and then fearing for his safety it's nerve racking, to tell you the truth anxiety grips my body each time he leaves home seeing the defense attorneys crack grim jokes and gloat after the not guilty verdict does not help matters to draw so much satisfaction from the senseless death of a young black male going unpunished; to cavalierly absolve zimmerman of any responsibility, as if trayvon's death did not come at their client's hands opinion: zimmerman case echoes issues of race, guns but this is what it's like to be the parent of a young, black male in this country this is what it's like the opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of lz granderson
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lz granderson: before verdict i'd discussed with partner how to keep our teen son safe . he says pop culture conveys negative image of blacks that draws some young black men . he says many are susceptible to buying into it; plays out in killings such as trayvon martin's . lz: hard to be parent of a young black son; you want him to roam free, but worry he'll be hurt
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london (cnn) the publisher of rupert murdoch's now defunct news of the world tabloid paid out hundreds of thousands of pounds wednesday to settle lawsuits over phone hacking from celebrities and politicians, including a former tony blair spokesman the publisher apologized for intercepting phone messages of alastair campbell, the blair aide, and agreed to pay costs and damages, campbell said in a statement he did not say how much the settlement was worth with wednesday's settlements, news group newspapers has settled 59 of the 60 lawsuits against it but former child singing star charlotte church, who has testified publicly about the damage phone hacking did to her personal life, has refused to settle her case is expected to go to court as soon as this month the phone hacking scandal prompted murdoch's son, news corp executive james murdoch, to shut down news of the world in july the best selling british newspaper was 168 years old wednesday's agreement may not end campbell's legal action against murdoch's newspaper group, lawyer gerald shamash said the publisher said it would continue searching for documents related to the hacking of campbell's voice mail and disclose what it found to him news group newspapers 'has agreed that mr campbell may be entitled' to further legal action, shamash said comic actor steve coogan, who also settled wednesday, echoed the words of many who have sued over phone hacking 'this has never been about money,' he said outside the court 'like other people who have sued, i was determined to do my part to show the depths to which the press can sink in pursuit of private information' british prime minister david cameron set up an independent inquiry into press ethics and practices in response to the scandal, and police are carrying out three separate investigations into elements of it: phone hacking, e mail hacking, and police bribery two parliamentary committees are also investigating the scandal the publisher of the shuttered tabloid is paying £40,000 ($63,000) and legal costs to coogan, £45,000 ($71,000) plus costs to liberal democrat politician simon hughes, and £75,000 ($119,000) plus costs to sports agent sky andrew, lawyers and judges announced wednesday retired soccer star paul gascoigne was paid £68,000 plus costs the murdoch group admitted both hacking his phone messages and having him followed by a private investigator, derek webb former lawmaker george galloway got £25,000 ($40,000) plus costs as the publisher admitted hacking his phone messages after the start of the second gulf war a number of other high profile figures, including actors jude law and sienna miller, and former deputy prime minister john prescott, have already received settlements from murdoch's publishing group its parent company, news international, said at the time that the company 'made no admission as part of these settlements that directors or senior employees knew about the wrongdoing by ngn or sought to conceal it however, for the purpose of reaching these settlements only, ngn agreed that the damages to be paid to claimants should be assessed as if this was the case' both james and rupert murdoch, as well as senior executives at news international, have testified before british lawmakers examining allegations of wrongdoing there have been 13 arrests in connection with operation elveden, the metropolitan police investigation into bribery of police officers by journalists there have been 17 arrests in relation to operation weeting, the phone hacking inquiry three people have been arrested in connection with both investigations no one has been charged
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new: murdoch's news group newspapers has now settled 59 of 60 cases . celebrities and politicians sued news of the world's publisher over phone hacking . news of the world was shut down over the hacking scandal . police, lawmakers and an independent inquiry are all probing the scandal
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london (cnn) media magnate rupert murdoch's flagship british sunday tabloid newspaper officially apologized sunday for hacking into voice mails, in a scandal which has affected celebrities, politicians and royal household staff the weekly newspaper offered compensation and 'apologized unreservedly' for the 'unacceptable' hacking but at least one of the victims is rejecting the deal, her lawyer told cnn sunday nicola phillips, who used to work for celebrity publicist max clifford, has refused a payout offer, lawyer mark lewis said 'she needs a declaration of the truth,' lewis told cnn 'if i said i will give you 50,000 pounds ($82,000), but you have no way of knowing how many times your phone was hacked, you have no way of knowing how much damage was done' he declined to say how much she had been offered, citing the terms of a letter phillips received on friday from news international, the news of the world's parent company she is one of several lewis clients suing over the scandal lewis said none of his other clients had received offers of compensation he represents 'who wants to be a millionaire' host chris tarrant, among others news international, which also owns the sun and the times of london, friday apologized for the widespread phone hacking scandal murdoch's empire also encompasses the wall street journal, the new york post, fox news and harper collins publishers actress sienna miller on april 5 won a court case to access phone records to see if her phone had been hacked that same day, london's metropolitan police arrested two men 'on suspicion of unlawfully intercepting mobile phone voice mail messages' on april 5, they said british media identified them as ian edmonson, a former assistant editor of news of the world, and neville thurbeck, its chief reporter by law, british police do not name people who have been arrested former british prime minister gordon brown wrote to police last summer to ask if his voice mail had been hacked into, a source close to the situation told cnn in january police declined to say whether brown had written to them or what action they took a spokeswoman for brown would not comment on the record news international issued a similar apology friday: 'following an extensive internal investigation and disclosures through civil legal cases, news international has decided to approach some civil litigants with an unreserved apology and an admission of liability in cases meeting specific criteria' the company added that it has asked its lawyers to set up a compensation fund to deal with 'justifiable' claims but would contest cases that it believed were without merit 'that said, past behaviour at the news of the world in relation to voice mail interception is a matter of genuine regret it is now apparent that our previous inquiries failed to uncover important evidence and we acknowledge our actions then were not sufficiently robust 'we continue to co operate fully with the metropolitan police it was our discovery and voluntary disclosure of this evidence in january that led to the re opening of the police investigation 'with that investigation on going, we cannot comment further until its completion' in january, prime minister david cameron's spokesman stepped down amid speculation he had known about the hacking something he has always denied andy coulson was the editor of the news of the world in 2007 when royal correspondent clive goodman and private investigator glenn mulcaire were sentenced to prison for hacking into voice mails of members of the royal family's staff goodman also admitted hacking into the messages of model elle macpherson coulson denied knowing about the hacking but resigned from the paper because goodman ultimately worked for him he was later hired to be cameron's spokesman, a position he quit earlier this year after an extensive new york times investigation reignited the scandal cameron said coulson was stepping down because of the continuing pressures on him and his family the former newspaper editor also believed that the focus surrounding the issue was 'impeding his ability to do his job and was starting to prove a distraction for the government,' cameron added the new york times alleged in its story last year that far from goodman and mulcaire being lone culprits phone hacking was common practice at the newspaper one of the few sources who went on the record in the times article, former news of the world journalist sean hoare, said coulson, then his boss at the tabloid, 'actively encouraged me' to hack into the voice mails of public figures to get stories for the news of the world but coulson's allies have cast doubt on hoare's credibility since the times article came out september 1, pointing out that hoare was fired from the paper over allegations of drug and alcohol abuse a british parliamentary committee has also investigated the tabloid news corporation executives insisted in parliamentary testimony that illegal hacking into voice mail messages was not a widespread practice at news of the world cnn's nick hunt contributed to this report
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britiain's news of the world 'apologizes unreservedly' for 'unacceptable' activity . celebrities including sienna miller are suing the paper's owner news international . one victim rejects the offer of compensation, her lawyer says . rupert murdoch also owns the wall street journal, fox news, and times of london
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(cnn) a spokesman for a national registry of radiologic technologists declined friday to say whether the group was aware of a 2010 incident in which david kwiatkowski allegedly tested positive for illegal drugs and was fired from an arizona hospital after being fired from the phoenix hospital, kwiatkowski went on to work at four more hospitals in four other states he was arrested this month in new hampshire in connection with stealing drugs from a hospital, and it's believed he infected 30 people in that state with hepatitis c through infected syringes exeter hospital in new hampshire said it consulted the american registry of radiologic technologists before hiring kwiatkowski and he held the required certification for his cardiovascular tech position the registry's website says kwiatkowski's certification was 'summarily suspended' as of july 2012 kwiatkowski was working at arizona heart hospital in 2010 when a fellow employee found him passed out in the men's bathroom, according to documents obtained by cnn hepatitis c outbreak in new hampshire strikes fear in 7 other states 'i looked in the toilet and spotted a 5 cc syringe and a needle floating in the water,' the employee said in a statement submitted to the arizona radiation regulatory agency 'the label was a blue fentanyl label he then said 'shit i am going to jail'' fentanyl is a powerful narcotic frequently used in hospitals kwiatkowski flushed the syringe and needle down the toilet, according to the employee kwiatkowski was immediately fired from arizona heart hospital, according to a hospital spokeswoman he then relinquished his license as a radiologic technologist 'i don't have the resources nor money to fight the accusations,' kwiatkowski wrote at the time a few weeks later, he was working at temple university hospital in pennsylvania, and then went on to work in kansas and georgia before working in new hampshire the agency that placed kwiatkowski in the arizona job reported the incident to the american registry of radiologic technologists, according to a spokeswoman for the agency, springboard, inc a spokesman for the national registry said they're investigating the allegations against kwiatkowski 'because we have strict confidentiality policies, the status of an ongoing investigation is not released,' the registry said in a statement christopher cook, a spokesman for the registry, declined to comment further the director of the arizona radiation regulatory agency said officials stopped their investigation when kwiatkowski moved out of state 'we had no jurisdiction,' said aubrey godwin 'if drugs or alcohol were involved, we would want to get blood tests done, but he was out of state, so it was sort of hard to implement' an expert in so called 'drug diversion' said it's not uncommon for healthcare professionals to leave a state when they're being investigated for drug use 'they just move on to the next job,' said john burke, president of the national association of drug diversion investigators 'this is a much bigger problem than most people realize' godwin, the director of the arizona licensing board, said he's not sure if his group reported the 2010 incident to the national registry 'it's not clear i can't say it would have been just a phone call, and i don't remember a phone call, but i'm not sure on that one,' he told cnn in the exeter case, kwiatkowski has been charged with obtaining controlled substances by fraud and tampering with a consumer product, namely a hospital syringe, according to an affidavit filed in federal court he is suspected of stealing fentanyl, the affidavit said hepatitis c is considered to be among the most serious of hepatitis viruses it is typically asymptomatic, going undetected until liver damage shows up, according to the mayo clinic new hampshire's health department is asking everyone who was a patient in exeter's operating rooms and the intensive care unit between april 1, 2011, and may 25 of this year be tested those are two areas that kwiatkowski visited during his 'routine duties to transport patients,' an exeter hospital statement said but it added he 'was not involved with procedures or patient care' exeter, in a statement, said it conducted a background check and took other steps before hiring kwiatkowski full time us attorney john p kacavas said his office interviewed employees at exeter who said they had seen kwiatkowski acting strangely, one time sweating profusely and with bloodshot eyes 'one of them described him as unfit to provide medical care and his supervisor sent him home,' kacavas said 'he provided a plausible explanation for his condition, which was that he had been crying his eyes out because his aunt had died and he was an emotional wreck' according to state, county and hospital officials, he worked as a radiology technician and medical technician in cardiac catheterization labs in the following locations: oakwood annapolis hospital in wayne, michigan, january to september 2007; saint francis hospital, poughkeepsie, new york, november 2007 to february 2008; upmc presbyterian, pittsburgh, march 2008 to may 2008; baltimore veterans affairs medical center, may 2008 to november 2008; southern maryland hospital, clinton, maryland, december 2008 to february 2009; maryvale hospital, phoenix, march to june 2009; johns hopkins hospital, baltimore, july 2009 to january 2010; maryland general hospital, baltimore, january 2010 to march 2010; arizona heart hospital, phoenix, march 2010 to april 2010; temple university hospital, philadelphia, april 2010; hays medical center, hays, kansas, may 2010 to september 2010; houston medical center, warner robins, georgia, october 2010 to march 2011 exeter hospital, exeter, new hampshire, april 2011 to july 2012 institutions say they are calling former patients and offering free testing, and that the us centers for disease control and prevention is helping state health officers and hospitals tackle the problem kwiatkowski was arrested earlier this month after police found him in a massachusetts hotel room 'in an intoxicated state' and took him to a hospital, the affidavit states he is now being held in the strafford county, new hampshire, jail he could face more than 20 years in prison if convicted kwiatkowski appeared in new hampshire federal court tuesday and waived his right to a detention hearing kacavas said it is possible more charges could be filed bjorn lange, a public defender representing kwiatkowski, told cnn friday he would have no comment former hospital worker accused of transmitting hepatitis c cnn's jennifer bixler, john bonifield, william hudson and joe sterling contributed to this report
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new: arizona did not complete investigation of david kwiatkowski . new: public defender declines to comment . kwiatkowski worked in at least eight states as a lab technician . he also worked at a new hampshire hospital where 30 patients got hepatitis c
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(cnn) lukas podolski scored his first goal since returning to cologne but it was not enough as they crashed to a defeat 2 1 against schalke which leaves them bottom of the german bundesliga podolski celebrates his first goal since returning to cologne, but it did not stop his side sliding to defeat the hosts had already gone behind to a second minute jefferson farfan strike when podolski, who rejoined his boyhood club from bayern munich in the summer, levelled matters with six minutes played but hopes podolski's strike would inspire the home side fell flat a minute after half time when levan kobiashvili scored a winner to move schalke up to third in the table defeat for cologne leaves them rock bottom with just one point from their opening five games schalke's early goal came courtesy of a corner to the far post where gerald asamoah was waiting to head the ball back across goal farfan was alert to the opportunity and sent his flying header into the back of the net for his second of the campaign the mood inside the rheinenergie stadion improved significantly four minutes later when podolski latched onto a through ball before coolly stepping around manuel neuer to stroke home the decisive moment in the game arrived just a minute after the interval when the dangerous farfan attracted the home defence in the middle of the area before laying off a pass for kobiashvili to thrash left footed into the net meanwhile, in the day's other bundesliga match, werder bremen had the better of the chances but were held to a 0 0 draw by hannover
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(cnn) massimo ambrosini has signed a one year contract extension at ac milan to stay with the italian club until 2011 ambrosini will remain with ac milan until 2011 after signing a new one year contract with the club the 32 year old ac milan captain scored seven goals in 27 serie a appearances for the rossoneri last season ambrosini joined ac milan in 1995 from second division side cesena and is in his 14th campaign with the italian giants 'ac milan can confirm that massimo ambrosini's contract has been extended and the player will remain at the club until 30th june 2011,' read a statement on the club's official web site ambrosini was handed the milan armband by coach leonardo following paolo maldini's retirement this summer
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massimo ambrosini has signed a one year contract extension with ac milan . ambrosini, 32, joined ac milan in 1995 from cesena and is in his 14th season . he was named captain this summer following the retirement of paolo maldini
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(cnn) oklahoma health officials said friday they are searching for the source of a rare form of e coli that has killed one person and sickened 116 others in the northeastern part of the state the subtype of bacteria called e coli 0111 is 'not normally found in this form of outbreak,' said leslea bennett webb, director of communication for the oklahoma state department of health more than 50 people have been hospitalized and nine people six of them children have been placed on dialysis, she said she said the federal centers for disease control and prevention in atlanta, georgia, helped state officials determine the subtype, but said the cause of the outbreak remains unknown 'the focus has been narrowed to the country cottage restaurant located in locust grove,' she said, noting that most of the people who became ill ate there between august 15 and august 23 tests carried out on water from a well on restaurant property indicate the presence of bacteria, but 'we have not been able to confirm what kind of bacteria,' said skylar mcelhaney, a spokeswoman for the oklahoma department of environmental quality the oklahoma department of health will analyze them and compare them with samples taken from victims, she said 'we can't say for sure that it is tied to the water in any way, but we also cannot rule it out,' she said symptoms of infection with the bacteria can include severe diarrhea, bloody diarrhea, vomiting and severe abdominal cramping, said larry weatherford of the oklahoma state department of health management at the restaurant, which has closed during the investigation, was working closely with health officials, he added meanwhile, the outbreak appears to be abating 'while we believe we are seeing a downward curve in the number of people who have become ill, we still have many challenges with some patients who remain hospitalized,' said state epidemiologist dr kristy bradley 'we continue to ask the public to be extra diligent in their hand washing and food preparation to minimize the possibility of additional persons becoming ill' the cdc estimates there may be about 70,000 e coli infections each year in the united states
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new orleans, louisiana (cnn) as hurricane gustav neared louisiana's coast monday morning, forecasters warned that the storm could stall over louisiana and northeast texas for several days, which would 'exacerbate the threat of heavy rains and inland flooding' water from a canal in new orleans, louisiana, floods a road as hurricane gustav makes landfall monday southern louisiana's barrier islands and coast reported hurricane force winds and heavy rains from gustav, which was centered about 80 miles south of new orleans and about 20 miles south southeast of port fourchon, louisiana, at 8 am ct power went out about 6 am in the western part of downtown new orleans and in the french quarter 10 minutes later, cnn correspondents chris lawrence and anderson cooper reported the eye of hurricane gustav made landfall near cocodrie, louisiana, about 9:30 am ct, the national hurricane center said gustav's top winds weakened to 110 mph, downgrading it to a category 2 storm, the hurricane center said watch water overflow banks of industrial canal » earlier predictions of a category 4 storm, which would mean winds of at least 131 mph, and fresh memories of katrina, which came ashore in 2005 with 127 mph winds, fueled the evacuation of 2 million residents from new orleans and other parishes but gustav never regained the strength lost over cuba, and by monday morning hurricane center forecasters said its cloud pattern looked 'a bit more ragged' watch new orleans man explain his sad reason for staying » the latest discussion published by the hurricane center forecasters said computer models show 'gustav or its remnants slowing to a crawl' over northeast texas over the next three to five days 'such slow motion would exacerbate the threat of heavy rains and inland flooding,' the forecasters said watch water spill over canal levee » with hurricane force winds extending 70 miles from the center, the islands and shoreline are already in reach of gustav's fury sustained winds of 91 mph and gusts of 117 mph were measured in southwest pass, louisiana, during the 4 am hour, the hurricane center said cnn's ali velshi was hunkered down in a house on grand isle, louisiana, where only a handful of people remained when high winds first kicked up about 3:15 am monday, the barrier island's electric power went out, velshi said a storm surge of at least 14 feet is expected there, he said
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new: eye of gustav made landfall near cocodrie, louisiana, about 9:30 am ct . gustav stalling over northeast texas would 'exacerbate' inland flooding, warns nhc . hurricane gustav's 110 mph winds downgrade it to a category 2 storm
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kathmandu, nepal (cnn) the leader of nepal's former communist rebels was named as the country's new prime minister friday prachanda is still the supreme commander of the maoists people's liberation army pushpa kamal dahal, also known as prachanda, was elected four months after elections in which his communist party of nepal (maoist) became the largest party in the 601 member constituent assembly prachanda received 464 votes of the 577 votes cast, while his rival sher bahadur deuba of the nepali congress party received 113 votes most of the parties in the assembly voted for the maoist candidate a simple majority was enough to be elected the prime minister prachanda's victory became certain on thursday when the third and fourth biggest parties in nepal's assembly decided to back him he will now lead a coalition government, although talks are ongoing on about the allocation of ministerial portfolios the maoists signed a peace deal with the government in november 2006, joined an interim parliament and government in 2007 and fought multi party elections in april this year the communist party of nepal unexpectedly became the largest party in the elections, winning 220 of the 575 elected seats in the assembly the assembly declared nepal a republic in may and in july elected nepal's first president, physician ram baran yadav prachanda, 54, entered politics when he was 17 but went underground in 1981, making his first public appearance after 25 years in 2006 the maoists launched an insurgency to abolish the monarchy in 1996 and the ten year conflict claimed more than 13,000 lives according to the peace deal agreed in 2008, the estimated 19,602 maoist combatants would be integrated into the country's security structure, the process of which is yet to be worked out prachanda remains the supreme commander of the maoists people's liberation army besides completing the peace process, the new government has to face many challenges including inflation, lawlessness, impunity and ethnic aspirations
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prachanda, communist party of nepal chairman, won 464 out of 577 votes . a simple majority was enough to be elected the prime minister . assembly declared nepal a republic in may and july elected first president . the post of president is largely ceremonial pm has executive powers
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miami, florida (cnn) hurricane gustav churned into the gulf of mexico on saturday night, still an 'extremely dangerous' category 4 storm threatening to blast the same region devastated by hurricane katrina three years ago saturday morning, gustav was about 255 miles east southeast of the western tip of cuba gustav, a category 4 storm with 135 mph (220 km/hr) top winds, was centered 485 miles (780 kilometers) southeast of the mouth of the mississippi river, according to the national hurricane center's 6 am gmt (2 am et) advisory that's only 15 mph slower than when the storm first crossed land in cuba the us national hurricane center said the storm could pick up even more strength as it enters the gulf's warmer waters the hurricane center said gustav is an 'extremely dangerous category 4 hurricane' in the united states, state and federal officials eager to prove they are ready urged residents to flee, and many of those residents obeyed, moving north by the tens of thousands, according to the governor of louisiana, whose state was hit three years ago by hurricane katrina new orleans mayor ray nagin called gustav 'the mother of all storms,' saying its destruction could outstrip that from katrina, which flooded much of his city and killed about 3,000 people a hurricane watch remained in effect for the northern gulf coast from east of high island texas eastward to the alabama florida border, including the city of new orleans and lake pontchartrain, the national hurricane center said a hurricane watch means that hurricane conditions are possible within the watch area, generally within 36 hours on its current track, gustav would reach the northern gulf on monday thousands of anxious cubans had boarded up their homes and sought safety from gustav earlier as it slammed into the island nation as it made landfall in western cuba on saturday night with sustained winds near 150 mph (240 kmh), the national hurricane center said some fluctuations, with an overall slight strengthening, is forecast for the next 24 hours, and forecasters said gustav could become a category 5 hurricane within that period see gustav's projected path » hurricanes are ranked 1 to 5 in intensity on the saffir simpson scale a category 5 is the highest classification, with sustained winds of more than 155 mph a category 4 has winds of 131 to 155 mph and can cause extreme damage anticipating the storm, about 10,000 cubans evacuated saturday to cuba's mainland from la isla de juventud, or isle of youth, a province south of the nation's western end the hurricane center said western cuba could receive as much as 25 inches of rain residents sought refuge with family or friends, or went to a government shelter, cnn's morgan neill said cubans also headed to higher ground on the mainland, with many utilizing horse drawn carriages and vintage cars president raúl castro checked with the island's officials saturday to be sure preparations were on track, neill said cuba's western province of pinar del rio, currently under a hurricane warning, is the center of the nation's lucrative cigar industry a hurricane warning remained in effect for the cuban provinces of pinar del rio, la habana, ciudad de la habana, isla de juventud, matanzas and cienfuegos a warning indicates that hurricane conditions will arrive in the next 24 hours gustav caused little damage on grand cayman on friday night, according to an official at the island's airport as a tropical storm, gustav blasted jamaica with high winds and drenched it with heavy rain thursday night into friday four people were killed, the national emergency operations center in jamaica said, and the storm downed trees and damaged houses 'it is total devastation everywhere,' the councilor for the manchioneal division, alston hunter, told the jamaican gleaner newspaper 'several residents are now crammed into disaster shelters here in east portland, and the weather continues to make the situation worse' at least 51 people were killed in southwestern haiti and eight were killed in neighboring dominican republic as gustav roared through as a category 1 hurricane on wednesday, officials there said the hurricane center's five day forecast places a landfall anywhere from galveston, texas, east to mobile, alabama new orleans, louisiana, is at the center of the projected path a hurricane watch remained in effect for the northern gulf coast from east of high island, texas, to the alabama florida border, including the city of new orleans and lake pontchartrain, the national hurricane center said a watch means hurricane conditions are possible within the specified area, generally within 36 hours the gulf coast is still recovering from hurricane katrina, which killed more than 1,800 people when it slammed ashore august 29, 2005 mississippi gov haley barbour said hurricane katrina victims living in government issued trailers or mobile homes along his state's coast will begin evacuating this weekend gustav is the second major hurricane of the 2008 atlantic hurricane season meanwhile, tropical storm hanna passed north of the leeward islands on friday with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (80 kph), the hurricane center said the center predicted gradual strengthening, and hanna could be near hurricane strength sunday 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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new: gustav heads into gulf after category 4 hurricane slams into cuba . about 10,000 cubans flee to mainland, some in vintage cars, horse drawn carriages . storm expected to hit gulf coast on monday or tuesday . coastal mississippi and new orleans residents getting out
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(cnn) when the world's leading marathon runners bid to win olympic gold on sunday, they would do well to draw inspiration from one of the greatest athletes in the history of track and field the 42 kilometer race through the streets of london will mark the 60th anniversary of emil zatopek's triumph at the helsinki games, which completed a triple which is unlikely to ever be repeated the 29 year old czech had already won the 5,000 and 10,000 meter golds and, remarkably, was running the marathon for the very first time in a host country with a reputation for long distance running finland's former gold medal winners paavo nurmi and hannes kolehmainen had lit the olympic flame in 1952 zatopek's amazing feat had added resonance, and the crowd chanted his name in unison as he ran into the stadium in splendid isolation the winning time of two hours 23 minutes and two seconds was also his third world record of the games in just over a week the closest any athlete has come to match zatopek's triple was indeed a finn, lasse viren, who won the 5,000 10,000 double at the 1976 olympics in montreal and finished fifth in the marathon for modern day distance runners, despite their advanced training techniques, the notion of running the games' three longest running events in a little over a week would be out of the question especially with the men's marathon coming just a day after the 5,000m at london 2012 golden couple zatopek died in 2000, aged 78, but is still survived by his widow dana zatopkova, who also won the javelin event at the helsinki games, just minutes after her husband had burst clear of three rivals to take a dramatic 5,000m final they were truly the golden couple of athletics, but had first met in their native czechoslovakia as both started to make their mark in their chosen sport 'i knew him before all the awards and he always said it's good we married because it was only after that that he won any of his medals,' zatopkova told cnn she still works actively to ensure zatopek's legacy is never forgotten and supported vlastimil sroubek, who organized a special week of races to mark the 60th anniversary 'i wanted to call it 'zatopek's olympics' but i wasn't allowed to use the word olympics so instead i called it 'zatopek's golden week' even though it's over eight days, because in those eight days he won his medals,' sroubek said zatopek was not a pretty runner, he ran with a tortured style, his head lolling from side to side, but he was a trendsetter, the first to really push the limits in training he famously donned army boots to run in the winter snow and added weights for extra resistance 'it is at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys,' he once said grueling sessions the harder he trained, the more success came and zatopek was no man for half measures by legend his most grueling session was to run 400 meters one lap of a conventional running track 100 times, all at speed nearly a marathon on sprint efforts, so it was no wonder when he eventually ran the distance competitively he took it in his stride, asking the pre race favorite, jim peters of britain, if they were running fast enough as they contested the lead after bursting clear of peters, the incredible zatopek had energy enough to chat with journalists who were following the race by car zatopkova put his ability to train and compete so ferociously down to his upbringing, taking up an apprenticeship at 14 after failing to make the academic grades to continue his studies 'he had a hard youth he was working for the bata shoe company and it was really hard, their training and their philosophy was, 'when there is a barrier don't go around it, go over it' so this is the philosophy which characterizes emil zatopek hard work and when you have a goal, solve it, do it,' she said helsinki was to prove the peak of his achievements, and by the time of the next olympic games in melbourne in 1956 other athletes, copying his training techniques and refining them, had come on the scene zatopek, nursing an injury, came sixth in the marathon behind his longtime rival and friend alain mimoun of france eventual retirement he retired from competition the following year, but he continued to be involved in track and field, playing the generous host when visitors came to prague to compete in races or to seek advice australian ron clarke, who broke 17 world records in the 1960s but never won a gold medal in a major championship, stayed with zatopek and zatopkova and was treated to more than their legendary hospitality zatopek took him to the airport and as they said goodbye, pushed a parceled gift into clarke's hand when he later opened it, clarke was dumbfounded it was one of zatopek's golds from helsinki this generosity of spirit and consideration for his fellow man extended to zatopek's political beliefs he was an outspoken supporter of the prague spring, as the czech government of alexander dubcek demanded freedoms while still a client state of the soviet union after soviet tanks brought a bloody end to the reforms in 1968, zatopek was eventually stripped of his position as a colonel in the czech army as zatopkova recalled it was not an immediate demotion, because with the 1968 mexico olympics taking place, zatopek was in the media spotlight national hero 'right around the olympics he was a national hero, it was not possible for the government to punish him but later during the soviet occupation he was working as a dustbinman he got his punishment,' she said after the iron curtain came down, zatopek was reinstated to his former eminence by czech president vaclav havel in 1990 he lived out his days in the modest apartment he shared in prague with his wife, suffering in his later years during a long period of ill health in 1998 they celebrated their golden anniversary; zatopek asked dana to marry him during the 1948 london olympics where he had won gold in the 10,000 and silver over 5,000 by coincidence they shared the same birthday, september 19, 1922 and his proposal was unique and typical of the man 'so, we were both born on the same day,' he told her ''what if, by chance, we were also to get married on the same day?'' loved by millions, zatopek sadly passed away at the turn of the century his funeral in the czech capital was attended by many leading figures from the world of sport in his memory, the international olympic committee commissioned a statue of zatopek in the grounds of the olympic museum in lausanne, switzerland he is the only athlete to be so honored, and he surely deserved it
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(cnn) a radiologic technologists' association didn't punish david kwiatkowski later accused of infecting dozens with hepatitis c when he was fired in 2010 from an arizona hospital because it 'did not have first hand evidence' against him to warrant such a move, the group said monday the american registry of radiologic technologists said it suspended kwiatkowski on july 24 after he was charged in federal court with obtaining controlled substances by fraud and tampering with a consumer product, namely a hospital syringe, in new hampshire, according to an affidavit he is suspected of stealing fentanyl, a powerful narcotic frequently used in hospitals, the affidavit said authorities accuse him of stealing drugs from exeter hospital, and it's believed he infected 30 people in new hampshire with hepatitis c through infected syringes 'the filing of federal criminal charges in new hampshire was the first information arrt received about mr kwiatkowski that met the standard of evidence enabling the organization to remove his arrt credential,' the registry said in a statement did registry know accused man was earlier fired? it was not the first time kwiatkowski had run into trouble two years earlier, he was working at arizona heart hospital when a fellow employee found him passed out in the men's bathroom, according to documents obtained by cnn 'i looked in the toilet and spotted a 5 cc syringe and a needle floating in the water,' the employee said in a statement submitted to the arizona radiation regulatory agency 'the label was a blue fentanyl label he then said, 's*** i am going to jail'' kwiatkowski flushed the syringe and needle down the toilet, according to the employee he was immediately fired, according to a hospital spokeswoman, and then relinquished his license as a radiologic technologist 'i don't have the resources nor money to fight the accusations,' kwiatkowski wrote at the time the agency that placed kwiatkowski in the arizona job reported the incident to the american registry of radiologic technologists, according to a spokeswoman for the agency, springboard, inc but the registry of radiologic technologists pointed out that police investigated the case but did not file any criminal charges the group added, 'he passed a drug screen the following day and, moreover, there was no indication at the time of mr kwiatkowski being infected with hepatitis c controversy surrounds health care contract workers 'arrt, which does not have subpoena power or state licensing jurisdiction, did not have first hand evidence supporting action against him in connection with the incident in arizona' the director of the arizona radiation regulatory agency said last week that officials stopped their investigation when kwiatkowski moved out of state aubrey godwin said he's not sure whether his group reported the 2010 incident to the national registry 'we had no jurisdiction,' said godwin, the regulator agency's chief 'if drugs or alcohol were involved, we would want to get blood tests done, but he was out of state, so it was sort of hard to implement' a few weeks after losing his job in arizona, kwiatkowski was working at temple university hospital in pennsylvania he then went on to work in kansas and georgia before working in new hampshire exeter hospital, in new hampshire, said it consulted the american registry of radiologic technologists before hiring kwiatkowski, and he held the required certification for his cardiovascular tech position hepatitis c is considered to be among the most serious of hepatitis viruses it is typically asymptomatic, going undetected until liver damage shows up, according to the mayo clinic new hampshire's health department is asking everyone who was a patient in exeter's operating rooms and the intensive care unit between april 1, 2011, and may 25 of this year be tested those are two areas that kwiatkowski visited during his 'routine duties to transport patients,' an exeter hospital statement said but it added he 'was not involved with procedures or patient care' exeter, in a statement, said it conducted a background check and took other steps before hiring kwiatkowski full time us attorney john p kacavas said his office interviewed employees at exeter who said they had seen kwiatkowski acting strangely, one time sweating profusely and with bloodshot eyes hepatitis outbreak in new hampshire strikes fear in 7 other states 'one of them described him as unfit to provide medical care and his supervisor sent him home,' kacavas said 'he provided a plausible explanation for his condition, which was that he had been crying his eyes out because his aunt had died and he was an emotional wreck' according to state, county and hospital officials, he worked as a radiology technician and medical technician in cardiac catheterization labs in the following locations: oakwood annapolis hospital in wayne, michigan, january to september 2007; saint francis hospital, poughkeepsie, new york, november 2007 to february 2008; upmc presbyterian, pittsburgh, march 2008 to may 2008; baltimore veterans affairs medical center, may 2008 to november 2008; southern maryland hospital, clinton, maryland, december 2008 to february 2009; maryvale hospital, phoenix, march to june 2009; johns hopkins hospital, baltimore, july 2009 to january 2010; maryland general hospital, baltimore, january 2010 to march 2010; arizona heart hospital, phoenix, march 2010 to april 2010; temple university hospital, philadelphia, april 2010; hays medical center, hays, kansas, may 2010 to september 2010; houston medical center, warner robins, georgia, october 2010 to march 2011; exeter hospital, exeter, new hampshire, april 2011 to july 2012 institutions say they are calling former patients and offering free testing, and that the centers for disease control and prevention is helping state health officers and hospitals tackle the problem kwiatkowski was arrested earlier this month after police found him in a massachusetts hotel room 'in an intoxicated state' and took him to a hospital, the affidavit states he is now being held in a strafford county, new hampshire, jail he could face more than 20 years in prison if convicted kwiatkowski appeared in new hampshire federal court last tuesday and waived his right to a detention hearing kacavas said it is possible more charges could be filed bjorn lange, a public defender representing kwiatkowski, told cnn last friday that he would have no comment on the case former hospital worker accused of transmitting hepatitis cnn's elizabeth cohen, jennifer bixler, john bonifield, william hudson and joe sterling contributed to this report
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(cnn) on copacabana beach in rio de janeiro, a line of 26 black crosses stand in the sand, with the stars and stripes behind them and a pot of flowers alongside they are the tribute of the group rio de paz river of peace to the victims at sandy hook elementary school, from a group that knows all too well what tragedies gun violence can inflict on society brazil, norway, britain, france and australia are among many countries that have seen terrible episodes of gun violence in recent years but alongside the many expressions of sympathy and condolences that have poured into newtown, connecticut, from around the world, there is also a sense of bewilderment that such tragedies happen on an almost routine basis in america 'routine' may seem an exaggerated or callous description, but it was president barack obama who said at an interfaith service sunday night in newtown: 'we can't accept events like this as routine' strangers inspired to honor newtown victims even so, commentaries from abroad often include a sense of resignation that not much can or will be done to prevent such atrocities in the future john cassidy, who is british and blogs for the new yorker, writes of driving to his hometown of leeds in northern england, as he heard the news of the killings at sandy hook 'nowhere have mass shootings been as prevalent as the united states, and nowhere has the policy reaction been so pathetic,' he wrote this weekend brian masters, writing in the uk's daily telegraph, agreed 'no american politician will have the nerve to propose the only cure to this repetitive insanity, which would be a sensible, mature and responsible attitude towards the ownership and use of guns,' he predicted in the israeli newspaper yedioth ahronoth, commentator tzipi shmilovitz was more brutal 'america is not ready to talk about how it is easier to get a handgun than it is to see a doctor, not ready to speak about the video games that have extreme violence it is just willing to sweep up everything under the carpet of tears' and over at haaretz, one of israel's leading commentators, chemi shalev, lamented a 'combustible mix of angry american young men, often disturbed and usually white, spurred on by the pervasive and always growing presence of limitless violence in popular american culture, together with the easy access, open market of guns and ammo, which together produce these shooting slaughters with such sickening regularity 'and if you pour in the often gruesome violence so rampant in the computer and video games that so many american boys are weaned on and addicted to, it should come as no surprise, perhaps, that not only are the most evil and inhuman of mass murders possible, they may soon become commonplace,' he added such observations are not new five years ago chris lockwood, us editor of the economist wrote in the los angeles times: 'we might be a little surprised that a country with all the ingenuity and energy that america has seems simply to throw up its hands when it comes to guns, and in effect declares that the homicide rate and regular appalling school massacres, are insolvable problems' obama has now suggested otherwise broadening his existing support for a ban on assault weapons 'we can't tolerate this anymore; these tragedies must end,' he said sunday 'we will be told that the causes are complex and that is true no single law, no set of laws can eliminate evil and prevent acts of violence, but that can't be an excuse for inaction,' he continued dunblane: how uk school massacre led to tighter gun control commentators and academics from other countries who have looked at this 'inaction' in america often raise the following points the polarization in us politics means that on the really difficult issues, paralysis is more likely than progress the power of lobbying interests and in the case of guns that means the national rifle association contributes to that paralysis, they say they also assert that the us constitution and its political culture protects individual liberty or license to a much greater degree than is the case almost anywhere else that includes allowing the ownership of powerful firearms capable of killing dozens within a minute sixteen years ago, both australia and the united kingdom saw gun rampages similar to those at virginia tech, the sikh temple in wisconsin, the theater in aurora, colorado, and sandy hook more: how other countries have dealt with massacres in the town of dunblane, scotland, 16 children and one adult were shot dead at an elementary school in 1996 the gunman then shot himself the atrocity led to revisions to the firearms act that in effect banned the possession of handguns in britain jack straw, the minister who pushed the legislation through parliament, said after the sandy hook killings that he would 'not put money' on us laws changing in a bbc interview, straw added: 'i think sensible people want it to happen, but the national rifle association, which is this extraordinary gun lobby and gun manufacturers' lobby, controls politics in a number of states' one tweet put it more bluntly: 'dunblane,1996 16 dead kids+adult 12 million sign petitions uk govt enacts new law halts private guns tag, usa you're it' in that same year, a 28 year old australian killed 35 people with two semiautomatic rifles in just eight minutes then prime minister john howard pushed through a law that banned assault weapons and instituted a gun buy back policy (some 650,000 were taken out of circulation) howard recalls telling an audience in texas in 2008 that the law was among his proudest achievements in 12 years as prime minister 'there was an audible gasp of amazement,' he wrote in an op ed this year in the sydney morning herald after the mass shooting in aurora this year, howard said he was not optimistic it would change anything 'the responses of president barack obama and mitt romney were as predictable as they were disappointing,' he said 'there are many american traits which we australians could well emulate to our great benefit but when it comes to guns we have been right to take a radically different path,' howard concluded australian born media magnate rupert murdoch chimed in saturday on his twitter account: 'when will politicians find courage to ban automatic weapons? as in oz after similar tragedy' some columnists don't detect any popular pressure in the united states for change, even if the gun control debate has flared in the wake of the sandy hook shooting mirjam remie, who writes for the dutch newspaper handelsblad, observes that 'support for stricter gun laws has been steadily declining for decades according to gallup, it is 44%, but twelve years ago it was 66%' debate rages about the relationship between the availability of guns in society and the number of deaths caused by guns but the laws enacted in the uk and australia sharply restricting gun ownership do appear to have made a difference a study (pdf) by researchers at harvard university in 2011 found that in the 18 years before the new law was enacted in australia, a total of 13 gun attacks had led to four or more fatalities in the 16 years since the new law, the number was zero individual homicides involving guns have also fallen japan has some of the most restrictive regulations in the world on gun ownership shotgun licenses for hunting require a lengthy application; handguns are forbidden homicides by gunfire in japan rarely get into double figures in a year in the view of author david kopel, who has studied japan's gun control laws in great detail, its regulations work because they are 'part of a vast mosaic of social control a pervasive cultural theme that the individual is subordinate to society and to the government' that would not be acceptable in the united states even so, while recognizing the power of the second amendment, foreign commentators are not shy of recommending what could and should be done to tackle gun violence in the us in the uk, the guardian editorialized in the wake of the newtown shootings: 'a proper federal system of regulation, including background checks registration, and limits on the type and number of weapons an individual can own, would bring the us belatedly into line with other civilized countries, as would a determined push back against state legislation allowing the carrying of concealed weapons in public' hours before the sandy hook massacre, michigan lawmakers passed legislation allowing those with concealed pistol licenses to carry guns into schools, hospitals and churches among other places in the words of one commentator: 'no society that holds itself up as an example to the world should, as the united states does, brazenly shrug off what are clearly deep national character flaws when it comes to our love of guns or our celebration of hate politics' the writer was not a foreigner, but an american david rothkopf writing in foreign policy and he was writing not this weekend, but after jared loughner shot and killed six people, and injured more than a dozen, including us rep gabrielle giffords, in january 2011
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(cnn) fernando torres' highly anticipated switch to english champions chelsea was completed just before monday transfer window closed in a deal that his former team liverpool said had broken the british record chelsea's website reported that the spain striker had signed a five and a half year contract, but did not disclose the fee which british media speculated would be about £50 million ($80 million) however, it was still well short of the world record $130 million that spain's real madrid paid english club manchester united for cristiano ronaldo in 2009 in another deal confirmed late on monday, benfica said that brazil defender david luiz had joined chelsea in a deal worth $34 million that saw serbian midfielder nemanja matic sign for the portuguese club 'i am very happy with my transfer to chelsea and i am looking forward very much to helping my new team mates this season and for many years to come,' 2010 world cup winner torres told the london side's website 'having played against chelsea many times since coming to england, and in some very big games i will never forget, i know there are many great players here and i will work hard to win a place in the team i hope i can score some important goals for the supporters to enjoy this season' the 26 year old scored 65 goals in 102 premier league appearances for liverpool after joining from atletico madrid in 2007 in a £20 million deal, netting 81 in 142 games in all competitions torres' move followed the news that liverpool had agreed a club record fee for newcastle's england striker andy carroll, who handed in a transfer request in the afternoon after the 18 time english champions made an improved bid just before the 2300 gmt deadline, liverpool confirmed that the 22 year old had signed a contract until 2016 the fee was not disclosed but it reportedly surpassed the previous british record of £33 million ($53 million) that manchester city paid for brazilian robinho in 2008 will deadline day spending buck the trend? chelsea's billionaire owner roman abramovich has been relatively quiet in transfer market for the past two seasons, but has this time backed coach carlo ancelotti with two marquee signings as his club languish fourth in the table 10 points behind leaders manchester united the london team also announced on monday that the chelsea fc plc made a loss of £709 million ($113 million) for the year ended june 30, 2010 'the reduction in operating losses and increased sales in 2009 10 shows that we are moving in the right direction especially when viewed against the difficult macroeconomic environment,' chief executive ron gourlay told chelsea's website 'the club is in a strong position to meet the challenges of uefa 'financial fair play' initiatives which will be relevant to the financial statements to be released in early 2013' latest transfer rumors on twitter carroll joined uruguay world cup striker luis suarez at liverpool, with the 24 year old completing his $36 million transfer from dutch club ajax earlier on monday to become kenny dalglish's first major signing in his second stint as manager the 24 year old has scored 111 goals in 159 games for the amsterdam side another high profile striker on the move monday was tottenham's robbie keane, who has agreed a loan switch to london rivals west ham until the end of this season the move is likely to become permanent should the hammers, currently bottom of the epl, avoid relegation to the second flight blog: who will be the best signing of the transfer window? manager avram grant said after the 3 2 fa cup win nottingham forest that he hoped the republic of ireland international would provide the spark to get the club away from the drop zone 'he is not just a good player, he is a good character that we need in the next 14 games,' the israeli told the uk press association tottenham, who face ac milan in the last 16 of the champions league next month, were linked with a bid for atletico madrid's sergio aguero but the argentina striker has signed a new two and a half year contract extension with the spanish side until 2014 and told the la liga outfit's official website: 'i'm staying here because i want to' spurs manager harry redknapp would not confirm his interest in aguero or other reported targets in spain as he arrived for monday's training session, but told sky sports that former england defender jonathan woodgate would not be leaving on loan woodgate, who has returned to fitness after long term injury, is needed as defensive cover after captain michael dawson was banned for three matches after being sent off in the 4 0 fa cup defeat to fulham, while french fellow center back younes kaboul needs an operation, said redknapp united states international midfielder michael bradley has joined english club aston villa from german side borussia monchengladbach on loan until the end of this season villa boss gerard houllier told reporters: 'we've got to prepare for the future and michael is 23 and a very hard working midfielder who can score goals' villa allowed irish midfielder stephen ireland to join newcastle on loan for the rest of this season, almost six months after he arrived from manchester city houllier also said that the club had received no bids for england winger ashley young turkey international striker tuncay sanli has moved from english premier league side stoke to wolfsburg in a $7 million deal, the german club announced on their official website the bundesliga side also announced the arrival of attacking midfielders koo ja cheoul of south korea and venezuelan yohandry orozco, plus bayer leverkusen's germany international striker patrick helmes and czech midfielder jan polak the 21 year old koo who scored five goals in six matches at the recent asian cup signed a three and a half year deal from korean side jeju united, while 19 year old orozco signed from venezuela's zulia fc until 2015 stoke also allowed former chelsea and barcelona striker eidur gudjohnsen to join english rivals fulham on loan, with the iceland international having failed to win a regular place since his pre season move from monaco german rivals schalke signed iran international midfielder ali karimi, who worked with coach felix magath when they were both at bayern munich, plus clubless greece striker angelos charisteas who scored the winning goal in the final of euro 2004 serie a leaders ac milan confirmed on their website the signing of 34 year old italy defender nicola legrottaglie from league rivals juventus, on a contract until june this year italian champions inter milan have signed japan leftback yuto nagamoto on loan from cesena on loan for the rest of this season, with 20 year old italy international defender davide santon moving in the opposite direction the 24 year old nagamoto set up the only goal of the asian cup final against australia on saturday which sealed a record fourth title for the blue samurai inter coach leonardo has allowed colombian defender nelson rivas to join ukrainian side dnipro dnipropetrovsk on loan, with a view to a permanent deal brazil born italy international striker amauri has returned to parma on loan from italian rivals juventus, who have replaced him with cagliari's alessandro matri english club birmingham city signed nigeria international obafemi martins in a six month loan deal from russian side rubin kazan, after the former newcastle striker was granted a work permit portugal international striker liedson has returned to the country of his birth after joining brazilian club corinthians from sporting lisbon in a $29 million deal the 32 year old qualified for portuguese nationality in 2009 and played for his adopted nation at last year's world cup finals in south africa ecuador midfielder jefferson montero has swapped spanish clubs after joining struggling levante from champions league hopefuls villarreal on loan dutch club feyenoord have signed denmark international striker soren larsen from french side toulouse on loan for the rest of this season, along with arsenal's new 18 year old japanese forward ryo miyaichi and borussia monchengladbach midfielder marcel meeuwis
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(cnn) pete seeger, the man considered to be one of the pioneers of contemporary folk music who inspired legions of activist singer songwriters, died monday he was 94 seeger's best known songs include 'where have all the flowers gone,' 'turn! turn! turn! (to everything there is a season)' and 'if i had a hammer (the hammer song)' but his influence extended far beyond individual hits his grandson kitama cahill jackson told cnn that the singer died of natural causes at new york presbyterian hospital on monday evening familiar with controversy in a career spanning more than 70 years, seeger frequently courted controversy 'he lived at a time when so many things hadn't been done yet, the idea of making music about something hadn't really been done,' jackson said 'and now people do it all the time' seeger's opinions didn't always sit well with authorities 'from the start, he aspired to use folk music to promote his left wing political views, and in times of national turmoil that brought him into direct confrontation with the us government, corporate interests, and people who did not share his beliefs,' william ruhlmann wrote in a biography on allmusiccom 'these conflicts shaped his career' early career in 2009, seeger talked to cnn about the beginnings of his music career in the late 1930s 'i come from a family of teachers, and i was looking for a job on a newspaper and not getting one,' he said in the interview 'i had an aunt who said, 'peter, i can get five dollars for you if you come and sing some of your songs in my class' five dollars? in 1939, you would have to work all day or two days to make five dollars it seemed like stealing' but seeger said he took his aunt up on the offer 'pretty soon i was playing school after school, and i never did work on a newspaper,' he said 'you don't have to play at nightclubs, you don't have to play on tv, just go from college to college to college, and the kids will sing along with you' last days jackson, seeger's grandson, said the singer songwriter had heart surgery in december to replace a valve, which had gone well and had nothing to do with his death he said seeger was in the hospital for six days before his death he couldn't speak for the last three days, jackson said, but his mind never went away and he continued to recognize people 'he was a second father to me, he was a friend, he was a best friend,' jackson said 'he was just this wonderful, genuine person' people we've lost in 2014 cnn's julie cannold contributed to this report
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(cnn) the little girl was deeply concerned so on christmas eve, she called in to the north american aerospace defense command's santa tracking center with an urgent question: 'if i lose my tooth, and the tooth fairy comes, could the tooth fairy scare away santa claus?' the santa trackers at norad started on christmas eve at 6 am et, fielding questions from all over the globe and continuing a tradition that began by accident in 1955 that year, an ad placed in a local colorado springs newspaper encouraged kids to call a phone number to find out santa's whereabouts on christmas eve, but instead of the intended number, the operations center for what is now called norad was printed col harry shoup was in charge that night, and instead of hanging up, he had his operators find santa and report on his location norad is typically charged with detecting attacks against north america by aircraft, missiles or space vehicles, but on christmas eve, its high tech tools of detection are repurposed to find and track santa john cornelio, a media spokesman at norad, says the organization is on track to receive more than 100,000 calls and 10,000 e mails he says the volunteer santa trackers are mostly norad workers or their family members after a quick briefing, the trackers start taking calls, relaying santa's position as shown on a big screen on the front wall of the call center tracking information is also posted to facebook, twitter and youtube on the other end of the phone for some lucky youngsters monday was first lady michelle obama, who watched santa's progress along with children nationwide from her vacation in hawaii when 5 year old fischer from north carolina called her, santa was delivering presents to the children of libya 'and you know how many gifts he's delivered already?' the first lady asked fischer, who said he wanted a four wheeler for christmas 'no, m'am,' he replied, according to a transcript from the white house the first lady replied, 'more than 3 billion gifts he's already delivered' abby, whose favorite christmas song is 'silver bells,' spoke with michelle obama alongside her siblings, lilli and kyle, while santa flew over italy and kayla, age 4, guessed that the red nose visible on the satellite as the sleigh flew over the sleeping children of croatia was 'rudolph the reindeer' cornelio says norad has learned that santa 'roughly arrives at homes between 9 pm and midnight, but only after the kids have gone to bed' he says that kids can help make things a lot easier for santa if they're in bed at that time so he doesn't have to backtrack as for the monumental logistical challenge of delivering all those gifts (norad reports that he's already delivered more than 2 billion gifts, as of 1 pm et), cornelio says that time to santa is different from what it is to most people 'what seems like 24 hours to you and i actually is a lot more significant period of time to santa that's what allows him to actually travel all around the world in a 24 hour period' while the santa trackers handle a variety of questions, there are some they just don't have the answer to one child called in earlier to ask if santa likes president barack obama or his electoral opponent, former massachusetts gov mitt romney cornelio replied: 'santa would have to best answer that question what we do is make sure santa travels safely' to reach the santa trackers, call 1 877 hi norad (1 877 446 6723) or e mail noradtrackssanta@outlookcom
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new: michelle obama takes some calls from children . the north american aerospace defense command started tracking santa in the 1950s . this season, santa trackers are expected to receive more than 100,000 calls, 10,000 e mails . some questions stray from the typical
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(cnn) afghan president hamid karzai said thursday he welcomed plans by britain to withdraw almost 4,000 troops from afghanistan by the end of next year afghan security forces are ready to ensure security and protect their country, karzai said, according to a statement from his office british prime minister david cameron said wednesday that uk troop numbers would reduce to about 5,200 by the end of 2013 uk defence secretary philip hammond said the accelerated withdrawal was thanks to 'real progress' on the ground in the southern province of helmand 'this is a direct result of the success of the afghan national security forces in assuming a lead role in delivering security for the afghan people,' he said 'there remain huge challenges ahead for the afghan people our combat mission is drawing to a close, but our commitment to the afghan people is long term' karzai said the uk announcement was 'a timely decision for the security responsibilities to be transferred to afghan forces' there will be about 9,000 british military personnel in afghanistan by the end of this year britain's announcement comes only days after the last french combat units left afghanistan about 1,500 french troops will remain in afghanistan into 2013 to remove equipment and help train afghan forces britain is the second largest contributor of troops to the nato led international security assistance force, with the majority of its personnel operating in helmand the united states, whose troops make up the bulk of the force, still has some 68,000 personnel in afghanistan coalition forces are working to get afghan security forces ready to take charge of security after the nato mission in afghanistan concludes at the end of 2014 read more: landmine kills 10 girls collecting firewood
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president hamid karzai says afghan forces are ready to protect their country . he welcomes a decision by britain to pull out nearly 4,000 troops next year . david cameron said uk troop numbers would fall to about 5,200 by the end of 2013 . us troops make up the bulk of nato led forces in afghanistan
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(cnn) the winter storm system that walloped the midwest moved east friday night, bringing with it not just snow but powerful winds all of which made travel perilous and last minute christmas shopping more complicated across several states earlier this week, blizzard like conditions left many locales white less than a week before the holiday many communities in central iowa, for instance, got about a foot of snow, and the city of madison, wisconsin, got 152 inches wednesday and thursday, according to the national weather service this much snow generally isn't expected as the system moves east, hitting ohio, pennsylvania and upstate new york but that doesn't mean there haven't been and won't still be plenty of headaches snow is hardly foreign to these areas but the addition of strong winds, especially in mountainous areas and along the great lakes, makes staying on snow slickened roads even harder 'it's scary,' esther boyer told cnn affiliate wdtn, soon after her car slid into a ditch friday in western ohio 'i guess i was just driving too fast, and you should slow down a lot sooner' the lone blizzard warning, in effect friday night through 6 pm saturday, was for parts of northern west virginia and north central maryland the national weather service predicts 8 to 12 inches of snow and sustained winds of up to 35 mph, with gusts blowing up to 60 mph 'strong winds will cause blowing and drifting of snow with blizzard conditions expected at times with visibilities of one quarter mile or less (and) wind chill temperatures in the single digits also possible,' the agency's forecast said 'downed trees and power lines could result from the strongest gusts on saturday' more populated areas many of which, such as buffalo, cleveland and erie, pennsylvania, were seeing snow around 9 pm friday are also expected to be hit hard the latter two cities are among those facing a winter storm warning through 7 pm saturday the weather service's forecast calls for 5 to 7 inches of snow, with 10 inches possible in spots, plus regular winds approaching 30 mph and up to 45 mph gusts by lake erie a similar warning applies to western pennsylvania, where 5 to 9 inches of light to moderate snow some of it 'heavier, lake enhanced snow' and gusts as strong as 40 mph are expected even more snow, between 10 to 18 inches, is forecast farther south in pennsylvania and in northern maryland, with 50 mph gusts possible 'a winter storm warning means that snow will make travel dangerous,' the weather service said 'if you must venture out at all, use extreme caution' these advisories follow severe weather farther west that caused major problems earlier this week while the city itself was largely spared of snow, chicago's two airports o'hare and midway were clogged with travelers due to flight cancellations blinding snow is blamed for a 30 car pileup on interstate 35 near fort dodge, iowa, that killed two people, said iowa state patrol sgt scott bright it was one of close to 100 weather related accidents reported around the state by thursday morning, according to bright cnn's stefan simons, jim kavanagh, jareen imam, laura smith spark, carma hassan and joe sutton contributed to this report
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new: cleveland, buffalo and other locales see snow as the system moves east . new: the combination of snow and powerful winds will make driving difficult . new: parts of west virginia, northern maryland have blizzard warning into saturday . new: ohio, upstate new york, eastern and central pennsylvania may be hard hit
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(instylecom) what better way to wrap up 2012 than with a look back at the year's loveliest dresses? whether soft and sweet like keira knightley's pastel erdem gown, a complete knockout like the lanvin mini emma stone wore, or something in between like catherine, duchess of cambridge's bold and romantic jenny packham stunner, these 10 red carpet picks have one thing in common: they're just plain stunning! rosie huntington whiteley
event: the art + film gala
designer: gucci
why we love it: sexy can be pretty too! especially when the dress is in a vibrant hue and accented with ruffles jessica chastain
event: 'madagascar 3's' cannes premiere
designer: giorgio armani
why we love it: the actress complemented her gown's old hollywood glam with side swept curls and scarlet lips emma stone
event: the met gala
designer: lanvin
why we love it: she may have gone blond, but stone was still red hot on the carpet in her crimson dress biggest hair makeovers of 2012 naomi watts
event: the toronto international film festival premiere of 'the impossible'
designer: elie saab
why we love it: a lovely lavender hue made this plunging gown more sugar than spice catherine, duchess of cambridge
event: the boa olympic concert
designer: jenny packham
why we love it: talk about lighting up a room! a complementary hue and an off the face updo made catherine middleton's eyes sparkle julianne moore
event: the 2012 emmys
designer: dior haute couture
why we love it: never afraid to take a risk, the actress's dramatic silhouette and palette definitely paid off! this year's biggest style risks zoe saldana
event: the alma awards
designer: gucci
why we love it: the actress looked every inch a goddess in her plunging, pleated gown keira knightley
event: the la premiere of 'anna karenina'
designer: erdem
why we love it: from her pretty pink lips to her cool mint silk, the actress's pastels were a breath of fresh air (and who doesn't love a good pocket?) biggest rocks of 2012 taylor swift
event: the teen choice awards
designer: maria lucia hohan
why we love it: everyone loves this singer in romantic flowing gowns, but she looks just as ethereal in a backless goddess mini selena gomez
event: the vanity fair oscar party
designer: dolce & gabbana
why we love it: cool silver enhanced the singer's always radiant glow see more of the prettiest dresses of 2012 at instylecom get a free trial issue of instyle click here! copyright © 2011 time inc all rights reserved
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jessica chastain looks beautiful at 'madagascar 3's' cannes premiere . keira knightley wore erdem to the los angeles premiere of 'anna karenina'. julianne moore took a risk at the 2012 emmy awards
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(cnn) suicide bombings, hurricanes, plane crashes, shootings at high schools unfortunately we hear about such events on television or read about them in the newspaper all too often on july 29, 1999, i got a real reminder of the difference between news and tragedy what started out as an ordinary day at work turned out to be anything but i had just graduated from college and was seven weeks into my first 'real' job when mark barton came into my office and shot everyone in sight you may have heard about the largest killing spree in georgia history, the day trading shootings in atlanta; well i'm lucky enough to have survived them i was shot in the lower back with a hollow point bullet for those of you who are unfamiliar with hollow point bullets, they are the most destructive they enter your body and expand into a mushroom shape one of my surgeons said the bullet was like a guided missile it destroyed my inferior vena cava, one of the two main veins of the heart it also hit my spine, pancreas and intestines i needed 115 pints of blood during the two emergency surgeries immediately after the shooting to put that into perspective, the human body holds approximately 10 pints the doctors told my family that my chance of survival was one in a thousand that may sound grim, but i would have had no chance if blood wasn't available during my emergency surgeries cancer survivor's challenge: give the gift of life this season i am now missing a disc in my lower back, have scoliosis in my upper back, have extensive scar tissue throughout my abdomen and have nerve damage in my right leg i have progressed from a wheelchair to walking without any assistive devices those injuries seem minimal now, considering my doctors gave me little chance to survive it frightens me to think that there was a severe blood shortage just two days before the shooting there weren't even 115 pints of blood on hand, let alone 115 pints of the type i needed it is not uncommon to experience critical blood shortages in the middle of the summer and during the winter holidays schools are not in session, and people are on vacation if mark barton had snapped just a couple of days earlier, i would have died it truly is a miracle that i am here today, and i'm certainly grateful for that it's hard to believe that i'm even alive, let alone that i'm able to walk among the first of many miracle workers who made my recovery a reality was the red cross as the nation's largest blood collection organization, the red cross made an emergency appeal during that critical shortage in 1999 and made sure that those 115 pints where there when i needed them so desperately as you can imagine, i would do just about anything for the red cross i will be forever indebted to this organization, even though nothing was ever asked of me in return for those 115 pints of blood i'm also thankful for the 115 anonymous donors whose blood flowed through my veins without their generous, selfless donations, i wouldn't be here today i wouldn't have met my wonderful husband or given birth to our two precious little girls sickle cell patient won't let disease define her i have made it my mission to raise awareness about the importance of blood donation and increase blood collections i volunteer as the chairman of the american red cross southern region blood services board of directors and am a member of the american red cross metropolitan atlanta chapter board of directors i serve as suntrust bank inc's corporate champion on the american red cross life board in these roles, i commit to hosting blood drives throughout the year but most importantly during critical times in late june and december although public speaking is my greatest fear, i also co founded the red cross southern region's speakers bureau and tell my story to anyone who will listen in hopes that i will encourage those who have never donated to do so and to encourage those who do to do so more frequently most importantly, i practice what i preach by donating blood as often as i can the chances of something catastrophic like being shot happening to you are slim to none while you may not need 115 pints of blood like i did, you will almost certainly need at least a pint at some point during your life and there's no substitute for it blood cannot be manufactured; it has to be donated a single pint of blood can save the lives of up to three people, and donating generally takes less than an hour and is virtually painless so now is your chance to become a hero it's easy all you have to do is roll up your sleeves and give a pint a blood you won't meet the recipient, but you'll have the satisfaction of knowing that you're saving someone's life so please schedule an appointment to donate or just stop by the closest blood drive in your area to learn more about becoming a blood donor or to make a donation appointment with the american red cross, visit redcrossbloodorg
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meredith forrester was critically injured in 1999 during atlanta's deadliest mass shooting . forrester received 115 pints of blood during two emergency surgeries . there was a severe blood shortage just two days before the shooting . forrester volunteers with the red cross to promote blood donations
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