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london (cnn) kate middleton's name is on a 'target evaluation' list prosecutors say was written by a private investigator who is one of the accused in britain's phone hacking trial the crown prosecution service (cps) released a scanned copy of the handwritten document, which it said was referred to as evidence during the trial at london's old bailey court tuesday former editors at the now defunct uk tabloid news of the world, rebekah brooks and andy coulson, are accused of conspiring between october 2000 and august 2006 'to intercept communications in the course of their transmission, without lawful authority' former employees stuart kuttner, greg miskiw, ian edmondson, neville thurlbeck and james weatherup are accused with them specifically, the charge asserts that they listened to 'voice mail messages of well known people' the list, which the cps said came from private investigator glenn mulcaire's notes, is headed 'target evaluation' the 18 names include kate middleton now duchess of cambridge royal aide jamie lowther pinkteron, celebrity public relations representative max clifford, and actress angelina jolie's former stunt double, eunice huthart six of the names on the list are redacted the cps said this was due to privacy issues 'given the specific nature of this case, we must also consider the potential for repeat victimization of not only those involved in this case, but other possible victims, who may have also been the targets of phone hacking,' it said as well as being accused of conspiring to intercept communications, brooks, coulson, kuttner, miskiw, thurlbeck and mulcaire face an additional charge of intercepting the voice mail messages of british schoolgirl milly dowler, who went missing and was later found dead in 2002 brooks, her husband, charlie brooks, and a former personal assistant also face a separate set of charges of conspiring to obstruct the police investigation into phone hacking they were charged in may 2012, along with brooks' former driver, a security guard and members of security staff from news international the then parent company of news of the world with attempting to pervert the course of justice the hacking scandal prompted british prime minister david cameron to set up an independent inquiry, led by lord justice leveson, to make recommendations on journalistic ethics and examine the relationship of the press with the public, police and politicians the trial continues read more: uk media abuzz as trial reveals coulson brooks affair
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uk prosecutors on the phone hacking trial release a 'target evaluation' list . they say it was written by accused private investigator glenn mulcaire . the list includes kate middleton and other well known figures
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(cnn) didier drogba scored twice as chelsea re established a five point lead at the top of the english premier league with a 3 0 win over arsenal at the emirates stadium on sunday manchester united's 4 1 thumping of portsmouth had lifted the reigning champions to within two points of the leaders, but chelsea underlined their title credentials with a dominant display against an arsenal side whose own ambitions took a severe jolt arsenal had plenty of possession in the first half without carving out a clear opportunity, but fell behind to a well worked goal in the 41st minute chelsea captain john terry found his fellow england international ashley cole in space down the left and his crisp cross was met on the volley by drogba to leave manuel almunia with no chance just before half time and arsenal were two down as another excellent cole cross was accidentally deflected past his own goalkeeper by belgian international thomas vermaelen arsenal brought on theo walcott after the break and he sparked a brief home rally as they had the ball in the net from andrei arsnhavin only for it to be ruled out for an eduardo foul on petr cech almunia had to save smartly to keep out a deflection off frank lampard, but the third came near the end as drogba's unstoppable free kick sealed the three points it was the ivorian international's 11th league goal of the season and his 10th in 11 appearances against arsenal in london derbies it leaves chelsea on top with 36 points from 14 games, with manchester united on 31 and tottenham in third on 26, one ahead of north london rivals arsenals, who have played a game less in sunday's other matches, liverpool beat everton 2 0 and birmingham won 1 0 at wolves in local derbies a own goal by joseph yobo, who deflected home a shot by javier mascherano in the 12th minute, and dirk kuyt's late strike sealed three points for liverpool in the merseyside clash at goodison park the victory was welcome relief for underfire manager rafael benitez as his team moved up to fifth in the standings after being eliminated from this season's champions league in midweek lee bowyer scored a third minute goal for birmingham to beat midlands rivals wolves and move into mid table
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didier drogba scores twice as chelsea beat arsenal at emirates . chelsea re open five point lead at the top of the english premier league . liverpool beat everton 2 0 in merseyside derby to go fifth in standings . birmingham win 1 0 at wolves with lee bowyer scoring winner
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london (cnn) several hundred attempts were made to hack the cellphones of aides to princes charles, william and harry, the trial of two of rupert murdoch's former senior executives has heard a news international 'private wire' which routed desk based landlines through a mobile phone number was used 296 times by news international private investigator glenn mulcaire in an attempt to access phone messages of mark dyer, the heir to the uk throne's private secretary, detective constable richard fitzgerald told the old bailey court on thursday and between october 2005 and august 2006 there were 416 attempts to hack the voicemail of jamie lowther pinkerton, private secretary to princes william and harry the claims were made in the trial of former news of the world editors rebekah brooks and andy coulson, who are accused of conspiring between october 2000 and august 2006 'to intercept communications in the course of their transmission, without lawful authority' they deny the charges other former employees of the tabloid, which closed down in 2011, stuart kuttner, greg miskiw, ian edmondson, neville thurlbeck and james weatherup, are accused with them thurlbeck, weatherup and miskiw have pleaded guilty mulcaire was convicted of phone hacking in 2006, and has already pleaded guilty to hacking charges in the current case earlier jurors were shown whiteboards taken from mulcaire's office and home that featured telephone numbers, mobile phone networks' passwords and names, such as tennis player venus williams and rebekah wade, brooks' maiden name the boards contained messages to avoid certain members of staff who worked for mobile phone networks at the start of the trial jurors were played a tape of mulcaire obtaining pin numbers from mobile phone providers by pretending to be someone else such as an engineer, a practice known as 'blagging' giving evidence in the trial, fitzgerald said voicemail messages could be intercepted easily in the early part of last decade asked by the prosecution if this was due to a security failure of mobile phone network providers, fitzgerald said: 'i'd agree they were clearly not sufficient' hacking guide earlier in the day fitzgerald gave jurors an insight into how to hack a mobile phone the first way was to dial the cellphone number of the target; if it was engaged or turned off then the phone would go to voicemail you could interrupt a greeting, fitzgerald said, by pressing the *, # or 9 keys and listen to messages by entering a default pin code, such as 3333 or 1010 depending on which uk phone network the hacking target was on as many users rarely changed these if the hacker called the same number with two phones, the first call would make the line 'engaged' putting the second call straight to voicemail the first phone could even be set to terminate the call before the target was aware that they had been called an alternative was to dial a number that directly accessed a person's voicemail, fitzgerald said the hacker could then access messages by entering a code; again these were often not changed from the cellphone's original default setting as well as being accused of conspiring to intercept communications, brooks, coulson, kuttner, miskiw, thurlbeck and mulcaire face an additional charge of intercepting the voice mail messages of british schoolgirl milly dowler, who went missing and was later found murdered in 2002 brooks, her husband, charlie brooks, and her former personal assistant cheryl carter also face a separate set of charges of conspiring to obstruct the police investigation into phone hacking they were charged in may 2012, along with brooks' former driver, a security guard and members of security staff from news international the then parent company of news of the world with attempting to pervert the course of justice the hacking scandal prompted british prime minister david cameron to set up an independent inquiry, led by lord justice leveson, to make recommendations on journalistic ethics and examine the relationship of the press with the public, police and politicians the trial resumes on wednesday
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several hundred attempts were made to hack mobile phones of aides to uk princes . claims were made in trial of news of the world ex editors rebekah brooks, andy coulson . earlier in the day jurors were given an insight into how to hack a mobile phone
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greeley, colorado (cnn) tim masters often drank heavily before he was imprisoned for murder in 1999, but he said he's sworn off the stuff in an interview wednesday, his first full day of freedom in nearly a decade on his first full day of freedom, tim masters shows attorney maria liu a hot rod magazine 'just because i don't look angry doesn't mean i don't have a whole lot of anger inside,' masters said 'i don't want to get drunk people get drunk, they have no self control i don't want to get mad or do anything stupid or say something stupid i'd rather just stay sober' the anger he fears unleashing is aimed squarely at the fort collins police department, which doggedly pursued him for almost 12 years before charging him with the 1987 murder of peggy hettrick a crime he has always insisted he didn't commit masters, 36, was released tuesday from prison after new dna evidence pointed to someone else he will find out next month if he will stand trial again, but a prosecutor said monday that charges against masters could be dismissed watch masters talk about his freedom » speaking with cnn about 24 hours after his release, masters said he is relieved to be out of prison, but he can't shake the feeling this saga might not be over he also can't shake his anger at one investigator in particular 'my opinion is that jim broderick, the guy in charge of it, has a very big ego and would not allow anything or anyone to convince him that he was wrong,' masters said 'he made up his mind in the beginning, from day one when he walked into my bedroom and saw my horror drawings and war stories, that i was guilty nothing would change his mind' broderick did not return a call wednesday to his office his answering machine said he would not be checking messages until the end of the month michael goodbee, one of the special prosecutors handling the masters hearings, said in court that broderick was out of town on a family emergency broderick told cnn in november, before the dna evidence was confirmed, that he still believed masters was the killer the key players » masters was convicted largely on circumstantial evidence a collection of gory sketches and narratives, a few knives and a forensic psychologist's testimony that masters' stories and artwork indicated he fantasized about sexual homicides he was also the first person to find hettrick's body he didn't immediately report it, he said, because he thought it was a mannequin and someone was playing a prank 'it's just unbelievable because here's all these stories and drawings that have no nexus with the crime there's no one being stabbed in the back there's no one being sexually mutilated,' he said 'the only thing they had in common with this crime is there was violence' lots of kids in high school sketch violent scenes and scribe violent stories, masters said go to any high school, he said, and you'll likely find similar artwork and writings 'they won their case by assassinating my character,' he said masters said he's been angry for years though his father clyde, who died while masters was in prison, taught him to never show his emotions, his fellow inmates were aware of his bitterness, he said 'my best friend who sat across from me at the chow hall, he used to actually sit there and say, 'damn, i've got to look across at this surly face every day? look at your face you look mad all the time' ' his frustration began to wane when the media started reporting on his case about six months ago the letters he received in prison and support from fellow inmates helped, he said, but the anger is 'still going to be there there's no way to get around that it's still inside' masters said he can't thank his family enough for standing by him and though he spoke with reverence of his father, there was an undertone of resentment in his words it was his father, he said, who initially told him to cooperate with police, a decision that ultimately would be his undoing his father allowed police to search their trailer he also allowed masters to be interrogated for hours without an attorney police would use the evidence and interrogation to convict masters in 1999 'we'll cooperate with them and give them anything they want and then they'll see that you didn't have anything to do with this and they'll move on,' masters recalled his father telling him in 1987 'it turns out that by cooperating with them it just encouraged them, because i was the easiest suspect to go after' clyde masters knew his son hadn't committed the crime, but he thought police were there to help, masters said his father was in the navy for 22 years and felt you should obey authority, he added 'well, you know what? you shouldn't always submit to authority our country wouldn't exist if everyone submitted to authority,' he said 'it's just a shame dad didn't know how the system was' in a news conference after his release, masters said he wanted only to see his family he was whisked away from the courthouse to the local elks lodge, which his aunts and uncles had rented at the party, he met some of his younger relatives for the first time 'everybody didn't get to come up there and visit me over the years, and the cousins, the younger ones, have had kids of their own and i don't know any of them, so i'm trying to learn everyone's name and not succeeding,' masters said his first meal was two pieces of grocery store fried chicken which he ate simultaneously and a glass of lemonade the chicken was 'fantastic,' he said 'i didn't even eat anything else with it i just had two pieces of chicken there and people are shaking my hand and leaving like, 'ugh, i got grease on my hand,' ' he said with a chuckle 'sorry' during visits with family members, he learned how much the world had changed since he was locked up everyone had high tech cell phones with cameras his cousins and nephews were showing him youtube and their myspace pages despite the changes all around him, the changes within him seem negligible, he said 'i don't feel a whole lot different other than a lot of emotional baggage,' he said 'other people would be able to tell you better than i would how much i've changed' his freedom still seems like a dream at times, he said as for trying to recover the years he feels were wrongly taken from him the years in high school and in the navy when he was pegged as a murderer or the decade he spent in a prison cell he understands they're gone forever 'you can't get any time back,' he said, quipping, 'my youth and my hair, gone' though there are strong indications that masters could be fully exonerated in february, he is not getting his hopes too high not after the events of the past two decades 'for me, it's not over until it's over they haven't dismissed any charges i'm out on bond, so i'm not completely free yet,' he said masters said he and his legal team are prepared in the event of a new trial 'whatever happens, happens we're ready' e mail to a friend
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new: tim masters talks with cnn on his first full day of freedom . new: masters says he's angry, especially at lead police officer . judge ordered masters released, tossed murder conviction tuesday . new dna evidence indicates someone else killed, mutilated peggy hettrick in 1987
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washington (cnn) president obama marked the one year anniversary of his controversial economic stimulus plan wednesday, declaring the $862 billion package an unequivocal success that has created or saved millions of jobs house speaker nancy pelosi and members of obama's cabinet also fanned out across the country in a slew of separate events designed to amplify the president's claims republican opponents belittled the president's assertion, and characterized the plan as a massive waste filled washington special interest giveaway that expanded the deficit while failing to slow rising unemployment the radically different claims reflected the high political stakes tied to the public perception of what many observers consider the signature legislative achievement of obama's first year in office 'we have rescued this economy from the worst of this crisis,' obama said at the white house 'we acted because failure to do so would have led to catastrophe we acted because we had a larger responsibility than simply winning the next election we had a responsibility to do what was right' the measure 'was never intended to save every job,' he said 'businesses are the true engine of growth [and] always will be but during a recession what government can do is provide a temporary boost' the program, he said, has 'run cleanly, smoothly and transparently' vice president joe biden, the administration's point man on implementation of the plan, argued that 'without any question' the package is working and 'laying the foundation' for long term economic growth 'we know times are [still] tough for too many people,' he said but there is 'no reason we're not going to come out of this [downturn] stronger than when we went into it' the bulk of the money initially allocated for the plan has not actually been spent yet through the end of january, roughly $334 billion in spending has been approved, of which $179 billion has actually left federal coffers another $119 billion has gone to tax cuts the federal government now expects to distribute $32 billion in stimulus funds per month, up from an average $27 billion a month over the past year, according to biden now that the economy is no longer in free fall, the mix of spending will change, senior administration officials said until this point, the bulk of the spending has been on tax relief and direct aid, such as unemployment benefits to date, only $31 billion has been spent on projects such as infrastructure, high speed rail, broadband and health technology but in the second phase of the act, the amount of money going to these initiatives will more than double to $7 billion a month as work on them ramps up the administration views this spending as setting the stage for a lasting expansion 'many projects are just now getting under way, and will be creating jobs throughout 2010 and beyond,' biden said earlier this week 'work on many recovery act projects will accelerate in the spring and summer months as weather conditions permit work on roads, bridges, water projects, and superfund site cleanups' in depth: the stimulus project payments to states and individuals will fall to $11 billion per month, from $14 billion much of this spending such as medicaid funding and additional unemployment benefits was meant to stabilize the economy during the recession the administration will reach its goal to disburse 70 percent of the recovery act funds, or $551 billion, by september 30, senior administration officials said the nonpartisan congressional budget office recently hiked the cost estimate of the stimulus plan to $862 billion, though the administration still uses the original $787 billion figure republicans have torn into what they argue is the stimulus' failure the republican national committee released a video wednesday claiming that 'the american people are tired of politicians who don't admit when their policies don't work the president and the democrat party can either admit their policies failed and change course now or continue their binge spending agenda and face certain defeat at the polls in november' house minority leader john boehner, r ohio, said earlier in the week that taxpayers 'aren't getting their money's worth from the trillion dollar 'stimulus' and struggling families and small businesses are rightly asking, 'where are the jobs?'' house gop whip rep eric cantor, r virginia, said states have lost a total of 29 million jobs between the bill's enactment last february through december, though the administration projected stimulus would save or create 35 million positions obama teased congressional republicans on wednesday for slamming the plan 'even as many of them show up for ribbon cutting ceremonies for projects in their districts' funded by the act in the final quarter of last year, the recovery act directly funded nearly 600,000 jobs, according to the web site recoverygov the figure is based on about 160,000 reports from state, local and corporate recipients who have spent $579 billion in stimulus money it does not tally jobs created indirectly through companies buying supplies for stimulus projects, people spending their tax cuts, increased unemployment benefits and the like in total, the economic stimulus program has boosted employment by 15 million to 2 million jobs, the president's chief economic adviser said in mid january that figure is derived from a mathematical formula based on how much money has flowed out the federal door a cnn/opinion research corp poll conducted last month found a majority of respondents 56 percent opposed the stimulus plan forty two percent supported it fifty eight percent, however, believed the stimulus had stabilized or improved the economy, while 41 percent said it either had no effect or had made the economy worse the poll of 1,021 adults was conducted by telephone from january 8 10, and had a sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points cnn's tami luhby and alan silverleib contributed 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obama says stimulus plan rescued economy from 'worst of this crisis'. program, one year old, has run 'smoothly, cleanly, transparently', obama says . republicans charge the program expanded deficit without creating jobs . stimulus laid foundation for long term growth, vp joe biden says
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cristiano ronaldo is in the running to win the fifa world player of the year for a second successive year after being named on a 23 man shortlist for this year's award the portuguese winger, who joined real madrid this summer from manchester united for a world record transfer fee, heads a familiar cast of football's biggest names ahead of the annual gala in zurich, switzerland, on december 21 champions league holders barcelona boast six nominees defender carlos puyol, midfielders andres iniesta and xavi, and strikers lionel messi, thierry henry and zlatan ibrahimovic former barca star samuel eto'o, now playing for inter milan, also joins the nominations list spain's la liga boasts 11 nominees altogether, in addition to the barcelona contingent there is valencia's david villa, sevilla's luis fabiano and real madrid's kaka and iker casillas the english premier league follows with eight nominees; england internationals wayne rooney, john terry, frank lampard and steven gerrard are among those up for the award nominees list: michael ballack (germany), gianluigi buffon (italy), iker casillas (spain),cristiano ronaldo (portugal), diego (brazil), didier drogba (ivory coast), michael essien (ghana), samuel eto'o (cameroon), steven gerrard (england), thierry henry (france), zlatan ibrahimovic (sweden), andres iniesta (spain), kaka (brazil), frank lampard (england), luis fabiano (brazil), lionel messi (argentina), carles puyol (spain), franck ribery (france), wayne rooney (england), john terry (england), fernando torres (spain), david villa (spain), xavi (spain)
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fifa announce list of nominations for the world player of the year award . the annual ceremony takes place in zurich, switzerland on december 21 . reigning holder cristiano ronaldo of real madrid nominated once again
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(cnn) the scene: muirfield's short game practice area last july it's open championship week and a boy who looks about 14 is playing from the bunker next to rory mcilroy and luke donald only his girlfriend is watching him: all cameras are focused on the two british stars two children are stopping every player leaving the practice ground, asking for autographs when it's his turn, the young man pauses, smiles and signs they thank him he's just started to walk away when one of the children calls after him: 'excuse me, mr ' the player stops and turns 'but who are you?' with a slightly shy smile he replies simply, 'matt fitzpatrick' the children are not alone when fitzpatrick practices on the muirfield range, an official mistakes him for tiger woods' ball boy that most certainly won't be happening at augusta national this week for fitzpatrick who still looks much younger than his 19 years has made a big impression since those days of mistaken identity not that he's changed his modest, courteous demeanor rather, his achievements and actions on and off the course have spoken loudly enough of a rich talent and a steely quiet determination first, the young british open qualifier from sheffield went on to make the cut at muirfield, then to win the silver medal for best amateur the following month he traveled to boston and became the first englishman in 102 years to claim the us amateur trophy then he caused just as big a stir by leaving a top us college golf scholarship after just one term northwestern and its coach pat goss had guided former world no 1 luke donald, but fitzpatrick decided the illinois university wasn't for him and didn't return from his christmas holiday back home in sheffield 'the last couple of weeks of university i had a lot of time to think,' he told cnn's living golf at his hallamshire golf club in sheffield 'just studying in my room and i wasn't doing much else 'i wanted to take my golf as far as i could and i felt like it was hard to keep it progressing i was almost doing more school work than golf' his change of heart lies partly in that clear focus, partly in the chronology he'd signed his letter of intent with northwestern after he'd won the british boys' championship in 2012 back then, he could only dream of qualifying for the open, winning the silver medal and beating the world's best to claim the us amateur but it happened, life changed and plans had to be rethought the crucial point was that his us amateur victory had opened many doors invitations to three of the four majors this year, including the masters starts on the pga tour a place at the scottish open he could start to put together a schedule that would be the envy of many young pros he's also had overtures from top agents, including tiger's they know a winner when they see one for beyond the raw talent, when you talk to fitzpatrick's parents and others who've seen him win at every level from hallamshire club championship upwards, they all speak of two or three other qualities critical for a career in golf his dedication his response to pressure: lifting his game when others might crumble and his ability to think himself round a course he puts the latter down to his dad, russell 'i would always remember lectures coming back from tournaments and he would say, 'why did you hit that club there, there was no need' and i'd look back and think, 'well, he's right' ' despite the discussions with agents and top players, fitzpatrick doesn't yet know when he'll turn professional in part it's so he can take up his invites to the masters, us open and his home open and in part because, as he says, 'i don't know if i'm ready yet i think i have a lot of room for improvement but if you have a top 10 at the us open or the british open you sort of have to re evaluate i guess' his immediate goal? 'i would like to be the lowest amateur for all three majors' and so to the first of these this week at augusta national fitzpatrick will be sleeping in the crow's nest, the traditional lodging place in the augusta clubhouse reserved for invited amateurs he's already played a few practice rounds and can't wait to get started it's a course that demands patience, strategy and a great short game on that basis fitzpatrick must have a decent chance of following last year's 14 year old sensation guan tianlang of china, and making the cut if he does, it would be yet another remarkable achievement in a remarkable nine months not that he'd shout about it: the large contingent over from hallamshire, led by his parents, would do that for him fitzpatrick himself, the quiet young man from the city of steel, would be knuckling down again, taking nothing for granted in this fickle game, just focusing on the next step to wherever his talent can take him
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matt fitzpatrick will be one of six amateur golfers lining up at the masters this week . the 19 year old qualified by winning last year's us amateur championship . fitzpatrick made the cut at last year's british open and was leading amateur . he has turned his back on a us college scholarship to focus on his game
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(cnn) in 1995, kerry washington had just launched her career the actress, then 18, had one professional credit to her name a role in an abc after school special, according to internet movie database oh what a difference a few years can make now washington is the star of the hit abc series 'scandal,' and she's nominated for outstanding lead actress in a drama at sunday's primetime emmy awards the last time an african american woman was up for such an honor was when she was starting out (cicely tyson was nominated for her work in 'sweet justice' in 1995) washington already has made history as the first black actress to lead a network tv drama in almost 40 years jada pinkett smith was the lead actress of a cable drama, tnt's 'hawthorne,' which was canceled in 2011 record accomplishments aside, it is undeniable washington is having a moment not only has she seemingly been on the cover of every magazine lately, but the actress also managed to pull off a hollywood coup by getting married without the world even knowing she was dating 'i don't want to sound smug about it but the point is to do what's best for me,' washington recently told glamour magazine of secretly marrying san francisco 49ers cornerback nnamdi asomugha 'i have girlfriends in this business who talk about their personal lives, and it works for them, and i love it but not for me' for most, the first time washington grabbed attention was as struggling teen mom chenille reynolds in the 2001 film 'save the last dance' she followed that with roles in movies both big and small from 'bad company' with chris rock and anthony hopkins to the indie 'night catches us' despite positive reviews and glowing praise from her contemporaries, washington had a career that was slow and steady at best she finally began to break out when critics hailed her portrayal of ray charles' wife, della bea robinson, opposite jamie foxx in the 2004 oscar nominated film 'ray' the pair teamed up again in 2012 for quentin tarantino's 'django unchained' but it is her role on the small screen as political power fixer olivia pope on 'scandal' that has brought washington the most recognition from the emmy nomination to people magazine's best dressed star of 2013 according to 'scandal' creator shonda rhimes, all the accolades couldn't be happening to a more well deserving actress kerry washington talks olivia pope, slavery and politics 'she knows every single person's name (on the show),' rhimes recently told vanity fair 'she gave out the prizes in our little weight loss competition that we had on set and, more importantly and this is a thing i am really trying to learn from her i have never heard kerry washington complain that sounds like a casual thing to toss off, but think about the fact that she works more hours than anybody i literally never hear her complain that is a very rare breed of person' it is also rare how washington is able to keep her personal life private while still appearing accessible to fans 'scandal's' success and consequently her own has partly been attributed to the series' active social media presence cast members live tweet during every episode, and washington is especially engaged with fans retweeting them and answering their questions according to the hollywood reporter, the social media strategy paid off last season in the form of higher ratings and increased buzz for washington, it translated into the chance to compete with claire danes of 'homeland' and robin wright of 'house of cards' for television's most prestigious honor washington has said she fully embraces the recognition, but for her, it has always been about the craft 'i don't approach the work or the life of the work from the perspective of, like, what are voters gonna think,' washington told entertainment weekly after she was nominated 'or, what are critics gonna think? i just can't once you try to please a specific perspective or audience, it gets in the way of the work the work is telling the story, and that's what you have to do: tell the story in the best way possible to serve the creative vision and to serve the story you can never control how it's going to be received' fans are looking forward to see what will happen sunday, but to them, washington's already a winner
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actress is the first black woman to be nominated in her emmy category since 1995 . kerry washington has managed to keep her personal life private . despite acclaim and recognition, it's all about the work for washington
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editor's note: cnn affiliates report on where job seekers are finding work across the country and how those looking for employment are coping with the situation road work is increasing across the nation in the wake of the economic stimulus plan (cnn) during president obama's prime time news conference tuesday, he talked about the economic stimulus plan designed to 'jump start job creation and put money in people's pockets' the plan injects $787 billion into the nation's economy, and obama said in his opening remarks that the money had saved the jobs of teachers and police officers 'it's creating construction jobs to rebuild roads and bridges,' he added in oklahoma, 40 companies have bid on 15 new projects with the state's department of transportation, according to a report on kwtv bobby stem, a spokesman with the association of general contractors, said the $380 million in projects will put a lot of oklahomans to work and help the state's economy 'we're weeks away from people going out and putting on brand new boots and starting their new careers in road and bridge building,' he told news9 see a us map of stimulus grants for schools, water and sewer projects » damon markwell of markwell paving company said he will hire 10 percent more workers if the state accepts his bid read the full report on kwtv midwest: developers say complex would generate 3,000 jobs an illinois state senator is asking for a bond measure that would help pay for a retail and entertainment complex in a st louis suburb, according to ksdk developers claim the project would cost $1 billion and bring 3,000 jobs to the city of glen carbon many of the jobs would be in construction the proposed university town center would include a mix of retail, restaurant and entertainment businesses and be 2 miles from southern illinois university at edwardsville watch the report on ksdk northeast: ohio call center needs 300 more representatives a company is looking to expand its work force in ohio by about 33 percent, hiring 300 workers during the next few months teletech will be holding four job fairs but requires that job seekers who want to attend register online 'in the service industry, business is growing despite the economic downturn,' a teletech representative told wkyc the customer representatives will make $9 an hour with raises after seven weeks of training and six months on the job read the report on wkyc southwest: truck driving academies full of students in amarillo, texas, along one of the major transportation routes in the united states, robert mathews is teaching people to drive long haul and other types of trucks the program at amarillo college's truck driving academy lasts six weeks three in the classroom, three on the road and costs $2,500 'i read the newspaper every day, every day i'd find four or five places that needed a truck driver,' laid off oil worker ben touchstone said 'and all of them required a [commercial driver's license]' mathews said you can drive more than trucks with a new license 'once you have the cdl, you can drive a school bus, a greyhound bus you will have license to do that,' he told kfda in amarillo watch video of the report on newschannel 10 and truckers are in high demand because of the city's location 'this is the i 40 corridor,' he said 'everything goes past here from coast to coast' midwest: quick oil change spots hiring the folks at jiffy lube are seeing increased business, thanks to more people holding on their cars for a few extra years jim rodgers of jiffy lube said, 'they want to maintain those vehicles and keep them in tip top condition rodgers said jiffy lube is hiring entry level positions up to general manager jobs in the kansas city, missouri, area he said it needs more workers during the summer 'we're also gearing up nationwide to open probably another 100 stores in the next three to five years' watch the interview with jim rodgers on cnn affiliate kshb
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oklahoma to use $380 million of stimulus money for road projects . proposed retail development in illinois would mean thousands of jobs . call center has 300 vacancies to be filled in next few months . truck driving academy offers path to jobs in six weeks
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(cnn) cheryl morse was 19 years old when she hitchhiked more than 700 miles from chicago, illinois, to bethel, new york she was determined to make it to the woodstock music festival an estimated 400,000 people attended the woodstock music festival in bethel, new york, in august 1969 although morse, now 59, no longer recalls details such as how long it took to get there or what food, if any, she ate, she still vividly remembers the music when crosby, stills, nash & young opened their set with 'suite: judy blue eyes,' she said the energy in the crowd was intoxicating and she can still picture folk musicians arlo guthrie and joan baez performing in the rain friday night 'it was like being totally shut off from the rest of the world for three days, with nonstop music by world class musicians playing their hearts out for our party,' she said forty years later, the woodstock music and arts fair remains a major cultural touchstone held in bethel on august 15, 16 and 17, 1969, the music festival welcomed some of the biggest musicians of the era and legions of fans from across the united states despite the concert's size an estimated 400,000 people attended the festival it seems the idea of woodstock is bigger than the actual event was it is remembered as a peace and love filled celebration, an out of this world experience fueled by rock 'n' roll music and copious drugs see woodstock 40 years ago, and what the site looks like today » like many others, it wasn't until morse left the festival grounds and re entered the outside world that she began to realize woodstock's impact she stopped at a local market on her way out of town and saw news coverage of the festival on television 'until [then], i had not thought about the outside world at all,' morse said 'that was when i slowly began to comprehend the impact the gathering was having on the country' woodstock, morse explained, 'came at a pivotal point in history,' when the vietnam war and subsequent anti war movement were in full swing the festival, a massive event that was largely peaceful and free of riots, was considered exceptional for the time years later, morse realized that woodstock 'would never be forgotten,' she said 'it took you 10 years to realize you were part of history,' said lenny eisenberg, who made the journey to bethel to see jimi hendrix perform 'at the time, it was just another great show' part of the concert's lasting power was fueled by the oscar winning documentary 'woodstock,' which also led to a blurred perception of the festival, eisenberg said 'i have some distorted ideas of what happened,' he said still, eisenberg recalls hendrix's performance that famously closed the festival on monday morning the aspiring photographer saved one of the three rolls of film he brought with him to document the guitarist's set the wait was worth it, he said eisenberg captured several shots of hendrix, including one of the guitarist with his middle finger in the air, seconds after he flashed a peace sign to the audience ireportcom: see eisenberg's photos 'it's really hard to pin down a best memory,' said thomas burke, who was 19 years old when he went to woodstock 'the whole place was a memory' burke still has his woodstock tickets along with the check his mother wrote for them his memories from the event are fond, but fuzzy 'i remember some of the acts, but not the order or where i was when they played,' he said he recalls seeing richie havens and jefferson airplane, and can't forget hendrix's legendary performance of 'the star spangled banner' 'woodstock marked a big turning point in my life,' said burke, who was drafted into the army soon after returning home from the festival 'it was a fitting end to the '60s' 'it was the experience of a lifetime i've always been proud of the fact that i was there,' said ralph chin he remembers the rain and mud, nonstop music, free flowing drugs and conversations with strangers for chin, nothing can recapture woodstock 'i went to a couple other festivals after woodstock, but they fell short on the overall feeling,' he said ireportcom: 'the experience of a lifetime' 'woodstock was like a big party with all your friends there, whereas the festivals afterward felt more like you were an independent entity and had no connections to anyone else' 'i think it was the ultimate spontaneous thing it just happened,' said john laferlita, a photographer who attended woodstock at 23 laferlita heard about the festival on the radio and thought, 'why not?' he hopped on a bus from manhattan, new york, on saturday, with little more than his camera and tickets like many others, he slept on the ground that night 'there hasn't been anything like it,' added laferlita 'everything else is planned to the minute, but this was spontaneous that's what made it so special'
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as woodstock celebrates 40 years, the music festival still looms large . memories of the event are distorted by media coverage, movies, some say . 'it took 10 years to realize you were part of history,' said lenny eisenberg . ireportcom: were you at woodstock? share your memories, photos
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new york (cnn) the court documents continued to fly in the ongoing legal battle between yankees third baseman alex rodriguez and major league baseball as rodriguez' appeal of his 211 game suspension went on hiatus this week so the arbitrator could tend to other matters, the mlb responded to his lawsuit against it and commissioner bud selig with a motion to move it from state court to federal court in hopes it will be dismissed in its 426 page filing, the mlb argues that rodriguez should abide by baseball's collective bargaining agreement and pursue his appeal solely through the arbitration process rodriguez: 'i'm fighting for my life' in response to the motion, rodriguez' attorney joe tacopina told cnn, 'as is its practice, mlb has chosen to share its filing with the press well before sending it to mr rodriguez's legal team nonetheless, mr rodriguez's claims against mlb and commissioner selig arise from their tortious conduct, separate and apart from the issues being decided in the arbitration process it is ironic that mlb having filed suit in state court in florida for tortious interference in order to obtain evidence to use in the arbitration proceeding now complains that mr rodriguez's tortious interference claim must be heard as part of the arbitration mlb knows that these state law claims properly belong where they were filed, in the new york state court' attorney: rodriguez had 'consulting relationship' with biogenesis last friday rodriguez filed suit against selig and the mlb alleging that they 'engaged in tortious and egregious conduct with one and only one goal to destroy the reputation and career of alex rodriguez' the lawsuit claims that in its investigation of anthony bosch and his biogenesis anti aging clinic in miami, major league baseball engaged in vigilante justice to prove that rodriguez was using performance enhancing drugs rodriguez fights suspension 'they have ignored the procedures set forth in baseball's collectively bargained labor agreements; violated the strict confidentiality imposed by these agreements; paid individuals millions of dollars and made promises of future employment to individuals in order to get them to produce documents and to testify on mlb' s behalf; bullied and intimidated those individuals who refused to cooperate with their witch hunt; and singled out (rodriguez) for an unprecedented 211 game suspension the longest non permanent ban in baseball history,' the suit says rodriguez, 38, says he is fighting for his life in an effort to overturn the suspension he has hired a high priced team of lawyers, publicists and investigators he has shown up each day during this week's arbitration process at the mlb's park avenue headquarters his lawsuit outside the arbitration process is an effort to save his reputation and his $25 million salary for the 2014 season opinion: how a rod let us down
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(cnn) they may live on separate continents, in different countries with differing cultures, but the same message is being echoed by the world's poor, according to a new report by aid agency oxfam farmers in uganda have little choice but to attempt to cultivate crops on arid land the report, 'suffering the science,' tells the stories of people who are discovering to their detriment that long held truths about seasons and rainfall no longer apply 'i travel a lot and people are always saying to me, 'the seasons have changed,''oxfam chief executive barbara stocking told cnn 'i think there's a real sense of uncertainty people have lost confidence they have a very close relationship with the earth, nature and climate and suddenly they're finding that it doesn't work anymore' people such as florence madamu from western uganda 'the sun is prolonged until the end of september,' she told oxfam 'and whenever it rains it rains so heavily it destroys all our crops in the fields you can plant a whole acre or two and come out with nothing' july is a particularly harsh month in large swathes of africa it's the peak hunger season and this year people are expected to be more vulnerable than usual following record high food prices in 2008 laborers are planting precious seeds in fields of dirt with no guarantee they'll produce a harvest, while the conditions they're working under are becoming more extreme 'for me the big worry is that many of them don't know why it's happening so they can't actually help themselves prepare for the changes,' stocking told cnn 'we need to work with them to help them become more resilient whether it's cyclones and weather related disasters or whether it's a long term change they need to be prepared for very different sorts of seasons now' and for unfamiliar diseases higher temperatures are encouraging the migration of malaria and other vector borne diseases into new areas where, in some cases, health authorities are ill equipped to cope oxfam found iha at her daughter's bedside in a hospital in indonesia twelve year old laila was the second of her children to contract dengue fever at their home on the island of java 'they said that this is a new type of dengue fever,' iha told oxfam 'she has already had 30 bags of infusion water after nine days her condition is still not stable' it is the stories of people such as iha who are living with the consequences of climate change that oxfam hopes will prompt action from leaders of developed nations who are meeting in l'aquila, italy this week 'ideally what we'd like is the g8 countries to come out very clearly as to what their targets are for carbon emissions reductions by 2020 and the amounts of money needed,' stocking said 'it's unlikely they'll be as precise about that,' she conceded, adding, 'but we really need some good strong wording in the g8 communiqué about the recognition that for a deal to be done [in copenhagen], money will be needed for the poorest countries' talks in copenhagen in december are being billed as an unmissable opportunity for developed and developing nations to agree a global plan to combat climate change stocking commended a proposal by british prime minister gordon brown to establish a $100 billion annual fund to help developing nations contend with climate change, but said closer to $150 billion was needed oxfam points out that's about the same amount the us government spent on bailing out insurance company aig while scientists warn that a cut of 40 percent in carbon emissions by 2020 is vital to avoid severe repercussions, developed nations have yet to commit to anything close 'we need america to come forward much more positively,' stocking said 'it's really got to stand up to the bar clearly if there's going to be any deal' 'we're really pressing as well for the eu to come out much more clearly about what it will do it as a whole 'there isn't even a council of minister's meeting until october and that's going to be far too late there needs to be some serious meetings including heads of state very quickly now to get an agreement to put something very direct on the table,' she said
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(cnn) most of the great land expeditions in the world have already been conquered but british explorers ben saunders and tarka l'herpiniere are about to set off on one of the last the two man team is heading to antarctica to attempt to walk the 2,987 kilometer (1,800 mile) journey to the south pole and back if they succeed, it will be the longest unsupported polar journey in history they will be re tracing the steps of captain robert falcon scott who had hoped to be become the first man to reach the south pole it was only when the ill fated british explorer arrived at the pole in january 1912 that he found someone else had beaten him to it his rival norwegian explorer roald amundsen had claimed the honor 33 days earlier read more: landmark exhibition celebrates century since scott's fateful journey 'i can't imagine what their morale must have been turning around at the pole, having found a norwegian flag there, and having to walk all the way back to the coast,' says saunders scott himself gives some insight to his feelings in the journal found with his body when it was discovered in november 2012 just 177km (11 miles) from a supply depot that could have saved his life 'great god! this is an awful place,' he wrote it has been more than a century since scott died on that return journey and while many have since visited the south pole, no one has ever even attempted to walk the entire round trip without a support team 'it just seemed to be hanging out there as a journey that ought to be finished,' says saunders, who will attempt the feat there will be no dogs, no support team just two men with 200kg sleighs walking across what scott described as a 'slough of despond' a century on, saunders and l'herpiniere will still face the same brutal antarctic conditions as scott they will have to negotiate ever changing glaciers riddled with crevasses where temperatures plunge as low as 50 degrees celsius ( 58 degrees fahrenheit) but what they will have is state of the art equipment and technology 'we have clothing, equipment, food and technology that scott could never have dreamed of,' says saunders 'it actually has more in common with space flight than guys dragging wooden sleighs around' the ability to communicate could not only be potentially life saving, but will also allow saunders to upload blogs, video and photographs to the scott expedition website throughout what he hopes will be a ground breaking four month journey
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tarka l'herpiniere and ben saunders plan to walk 2,987km to the south pole and back. if the british explorers succeed, it will be the longest unsupported polar journey in history. they will retrace the steps of robert scott, beaten to the pole by rival roald amundsen. there will be no dogs, no support team just two men with 200kg sleighs
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(cnn) a third us navy official has been charged in a case accusing them of accepting prostitution and other services from a singapore based defense contractor in exchange for business and favorable treatment, according to the us attorney's office in san diego us navy cmdr jose luis sanchez, 41, was arrested wednesday in florida and is expected to be taken to san diego to face charges of conspiracy to commit bribery, the office said facing the same charge in sanchez's case is contractor leonard glenn francis, a malaysian citizen and ceo of singapore based glenn defense marine asia ltd francis arrested earlier this year in san diego also is charged in the other navy officials' cases federal prosecutors allege sanchez, as deputy logistics officer in the us 7th fleet and later as the fleet logistics command's operations director, directed navy business and sensitive information to francis' company, which provides security, supplies and other services to us navy ships at various ports in return, francis gave sanchez more than $100,000, travel expenses and prostitutes during a period covering january 2009 to april 2013, the us attorney's office said navy officer, ncis agent arrested in multimillion dollar bribery case 'according to the allegations in this case, a number of officials were willing to sacrifice their integrity and millions of taxpayer dollars for personal gratification,' us attorney laura duffy said wednesday 'while the overwhelming majority of the 400,000 active duty navy personnel conduct themselves in a manner that is beyond reproach, we and our law enforcement partners continue to investigate the allegations of fraud and corruption that tarnish the stellar reputation of the us navy' sanchez is accused of giving francis navy ship schedules and other classified information to help francis' company win and maintain navy business, the us attorney's office said sanchez is alleged to have e mailed to francis internal navy discussions about the company, including legal opinions, and made recommendations in the company's favor about port visits, according to the office federal prosecutors also allege that francis, in an october 2011 e mail, asked sanchez to use his company to refuel a us navy ship at a thai port 'ask and you shall receive we worked this out this morning,' sanchez allegedly responded in an e mail, according to federal prosecutors as a result, the uss mustin paid more than $1 million for fuel from francis' company at laem chabang, thailand more than twice what it would have cost under an agreement previously negotiated by the navy, federal prosecutors allege francis 'allegedly hired female escorts for sanchez and friends on multiple occasions,' the us attorney's office said in a news release calls seeking comment from sanchez's attorney assistant federal public defender adam allen of florida and francis' attorney, edward p swan jr of san diego weren't immediately returned thursday two other navy officials cmdr michael vannak khem misiewicz and naval criminal investigative service supervisory special agent john bertrand beliveau ii were arrested in probes involving francis' company in september according to federal prosecutors, misiewicz, 46, as deputy operations officer of the us 7th fleet, helped schedule visits of us navy ships to ports where francis' company worked 'in return, francis provided misiewicz with paid travel, luxury hotel stays and prostitution services,' the san diego us attorney's office said the information misiewicz passed on to francis was 'confidential,' meaning its disclosure could cause serious harm to us national security, the us attorney's office said it detailed navy ship movements months in advance, according to the us attorney a separate complaint alleges beliveau, 44, provided francis with information about an ncis fraud investigation into his company's dealings with the navy 'in exchange, francis provided beliveau with, among other things, paid travel, luxury hotel stays and prostitution services,' the us attorney's office said the complaint states that beliveau made arrangements to travel to bangkok, thailand, through the same travel agent francis used read the complaint against beliveau no evidence was found that beliveau paid for his hotel or travel, or that he reimbursed francis for the trip francis also arranged for a female escort to entertain beliveau while there, according to the complaint in return, francis allegedly saved 125 ncis investigative reports to his government computer the affidavit states the reports were in connection with the ncis investigation into glenn defense marine asia francis' company all four men are charged with conspiring to commit bribery and could face up to five years in prison if convicted navy seal video game scandal beliveau was arrested in virginia and misiewicz in colorado, where he was serving with the us northern command at peterson air force base if true, the allegations against misiewicz will tarnish what has been an inspiring immigrant success story born in cambodia and adopted by an american woman serving in the us army in phnom penh, misiewicz came to the united states in 1973, a few years before the khmer rouge takeover of cambodia millions died during the group's brutal reign in what became known as the 'killing fields' misiewicz went on to earn his commission from the us naval academy and in 2010 was in command of the destroyer uss mustin when it made a port call in cambodia 'it is important for me to be strong and to remember and honor the sacrifices that were made for me,' misiewicz said at the time, according to a navy news service report 'both cambodians and americans in my young life sacrificed life and happiness so i could have a better life' 'anything is possible you can start anywhere, any place, if you've got freedom and you have opportunity like we have in the us, the sky is the limit,' he said in the report navy: captain relieved, others investigated over 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washington (cnn) president barack obama's decision to seek congressional authorization of a military attack against the syrian government is in part his way of trying to fix a legal problem the president's decision to launch military strikes that would be 'limited in duration and scope' is illegal under international law, legal experts say the united nations charter generally doesn't allow nations to attack other nations unless the attack is in self defense or has the approval of the un security council, neither of which is the case in syria that's a problem for a president, who has tried to distinguish his administration from that of president george w bush on the idea that he is bringing the united states back into compliance with international law cnn has learned that the justice departments' office of legal counsel provided the president with a preliminary legal opinion on carrying out the syrian attack olc lawyers are the ones who advise the president on whether he is acting lawfully under federal statutes and the constitution the opinion was provided verbally to the white house and is expected to be followed with a formal written opinion in coming weeks the exact legal reasoning in the opinion could not be learned but sources familiar with the matter said the president's legal team believes he is acting lawfully is it 'high noon' for obama on syria? to help bolster the president's legal case, the obama administration over the weekend asked congress to authorize the use of military force it's a departure for the president, who didn't seek similar approval when the united states joined a united nations sanctioned bombing campaign in libya but it is more in line with the view that obama expressed as a senator and presidential candidate, that presidents need congressional approval to wage war congressional approval wouldn't solve the problem with international law, a senior administration official said, but it would enhance the legitimacy of military action obama, in a rose garden statement saturday, spoke of the humanitarian and moral reasons to respond to what the united states says is clear proof that syrian president bashar al assad's forces have used chemical weapons against civilians obama called the most recent alleged chemical weapons attack near damascus 'an assault on human dignity' a senior administration official acknowledged the international legal constraints but said the president is authorized to take action with or without congress, in part for us national security reasons the president in his saturday statement said the use of chemical weapons against civilians poses 'a serious danger to our national security' the administration uses similar language in the authorization for use of military force proposal it is presenting to congress, citing the need to protect the united states and its allies and partners from the threat of chemical weapons a second senior administration official said the united states is acting on humanitarian as well as security grounds 'we are not trying to address all of the humanitarian aspects of the crisis, but the security and humanitarian elements of the situation are inextricably linked and it would be artificial to separate them,' the official said 'the security situation endangers the welfare of the populations in the region, and the humanitarian situation including the flows of refugees and displaced persons endangers the security and stability of countries in the region 'left unanswered, there is serious danger that the august 21 use of chemical weapons would lead to further use in this and future conflicts, posing a humanitarian threat both to those victims who would suffer these weapons' scourge and a security threat to neighbors, others in the region, and the international community as a whole' the thorny political and legal problems the president faces were on display over the weekend as some lawmakers returned to washington early to receive intelligence briefings and to prepare to vote on the authorization the administration's proposed authorization for action in syria is broad and open ended, and many lawmakers emerged from briefings with deep misgivings republican sen roy blunt of missouri said that among about 100 members present, the biggest single concern was the 'very broad request for authority' that is at odds with the narrow scope of the mission the president outlined syria vote could have consequences for 2016 democratic sen pat leahy of vermont, chairman of the senate judiciary committee, on sunday told reporters he would propose a more narrowly tailored authorization fears grew over the weekend that the administration's broad proposal could lead to a wider conflict and perhaps us military strikes in iran or lebanon, because iran's lebanon based hezbollah allies are providing support to the assad regime the administration official said the military authorization was written narrowly to address syria but asserted it also has to take contingencies into account if the united states found chemical weapons were being transferred to iran, and the only way to stop such a move was by striking in iran, then the proposed authorization wouldn't prevent obama from ordering such strikes john bellinger, former legal adviser to the state department and the national security council under president george w bush, said obama's international law problem is of his own making 'this particular president has boxed himself into a corner to distinguish himself from his predecessor,' he said of obama's planned syria military strikes, bellinger said, 'even if it's with the purest of motives, it makes him look hypocritical' robert chesney, a university of texas law professor, drew parallels to the clinton administration's bombing against serbian forces to protect kosovo in that case, president bill clinton ignored the fact that a proposed military force authorization was voted down in congress chesney said the problem is that international law doesn't necessarily take into account events like those in syria or kosovo in these cases the argument becomes, chesney said, that 'it was legitimate, but illegal (under international law) it was the good thing to do because of the moral reasons' some human rights groups have long pushed for international law to allow outside intervention to stop atrocities the united states and other nations have been reluctant to accept such a broad change, bellinger said the administration's lawyers have been careful to guide the choice of words used by top officials obama and secretary of state john kerry, who made a forceful case for military action on friday, have carefully portrayed al assad's actions as violating 'international norms' that's in part because syria isn't among the 188 countries, including the united states, that signed the chemical weapons convention, the treaty that prohibits the production and use of such weapons obama has long grappled with the issue of how to deal with civil war atrocities when international law doesn't offer a way to stop them in his december 2009 speech to accept the nobel peace prize, obama endorsed a call for an 'evolution of human institutions' on one hand, he said, it is important for the united states and other nations to respect international rules, saying 'when we don't, our actions appear arbitrary and undercut the legitimacy of future interventions, no matter how justified' but then he also noted the need to 'prevent the slaughter of civilians by their own government, or to stop a civil war whose violence and suffering can engulf an entire region' obama added: 'i believe that force can be justified on humanitarian grounds, as it was in the balkans, or in other places that have been scarred by war inaction tears at our conscience and can lead to more costly intervention later that's why all responsible nations must embrace the role that militaries with a clear mandate can play to keep the peace' military has 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washington (cnn) the dramatic drop in violence in iraq is due in large part to a secret program the us military has used to kill terrorists, according to a new book by pulitzer prize winning journalist bob woodward bob woodward's book, 'the war within: secret white house history 2006 2008,' came out monday the program which woodward compares to the world war ii era manhattan project that developed the atomic bomb must remain secret for now or it would 'get people killed,' woodward said monday on cnn's larry king live 'it is a wonderful example of american ingenuity solving a problem in war, as we often have,' woodward said in 'the war within: secret white house history 2006 2008,' woodward disclosed the existence of secret operational capabilities developed by the military to locate, target and kill leaders of al qaeda in iraq and other insurgent leaders national security adviser stephen hadley, in a written statement reacting to woodward's book, acknowledged the new strategy yet he disputed woodward's conclusion that the 'surge' of 30,000 us troops into iraq was not the primary reason for the decline in violent attacks 'it was the surge that provided more resources and a security context to support newly developed techniques and operations,' hadley wrote woodward, associate editor of the washington post, wrote that along with the surge and the new covert tactics, two other factors helped reduce the violence watch bob woodward explain the strategy » one was the decision of militant cleric muqtada al sadr to order a cease fire by his mehdi army the other was the 'anbar awakening' movement that saw sunni tribes aligning with us troops to battle al qaeda in iraq woodward told larry king that while there is a debate over how much credit the new secret operations should get for the drop in violence, he concluded it 'accounts for a good portion' 'i would somewhat compare it to the manhattan project in world war ii,' he said 'it's a ski slope right down in a matter of months, cutting the violence in half this isn't going to happen with the bunch of joint security stations or the surge' the top secret operations, he said, will 'some day in history be described to people's amazement' while he would not reveal the details, woodward said the terrorists who have been targeted were already aware of the capabilities 'the enemy has a heads up because they've been getting wiped out and a lot of them have been killed,' he said 'it's not news to them 'if you were a member of al qaeda or the resistance or some extremist militia, you would be wise to get your rear end out of town,' woodward said 'it is very dangerous'
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(cnn) a us soldier accused of killing 16 afghan villagers in a shooting rampage could face the death penalty if he is found guilty in a court martial the military has referred the case of staff sgt robert bales to a court martial authorized to consider capital punishment, according to a military statement released wednesday another six afghans were wounded in the spree near a small us base in afghanistan's kandahar province last march, the military said 'the charges are merely accusations, and the accused is presumed innocent until proven guilty,' the military emphasized in its statement bales' defense attorney john henry browne said wednesday he didn't receive any notice from the army or the prosecutors about the decision to pursue the death penalty; he said he found out about it through the media 'that's how much we seem to matter to the prosecutors and the general,' quipped browne 'i am concerned this is a death penalty case, but i am not surprised we've prepared him for this he knows he's being singled out,' browne said 'we understand that decision, but we think it's totally irresponsible of the government and the army,' bales' lawyer said 'we think the army is attempting to escape responsibility for the decision to send sgt bales to afghanistan for his fourth deployment, knowing that he had (post traumatic stress disorder) and a concussive head injury,' browne said 'i think that the person who made the decision to send sgt bales to the most dangerous area in afghanistan in a small outpost is responsible for sgt bales being in afghanistan, and he should have never been there' bales' wife, karilyn, has called the accusations 'completely out of character of the man i know and admire' in a statement released wednesday, she wrote, 'i no longer know if a fair trial for bob is possible, but it very much is my hope and i will have faith' she and their children visit bales every weekend, and 'for a few hours i can see and feel the love that flows' between them, she added afghan authorities have pushed for swift action 'he committed a mass killing crime, and we would like the court in the united states to implement justice and punish him according to the crime,' ahmad zia syamak, a spokesman for afghan president hamid karzai, told cnn last month but browne said prosecutors may regret hastily moving the case forward 'the reality is almost every death case in the army almost every has been overturned on appeal, and there hasn't been an execution in the army since the early '60s,' browne said, referencing the 1961 hanging of pvt john bennett read more: afghan survivor: 'he just started shooting' cnn's josh levs and paul vercammen contributed to this report
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(cnn) today is a landmark anniversary for tim berners lee in march 1989 he wrote a proposal to his employers at cern for a somewhat abstract 'global hypertext' system he called mesh a year later he re named that system the world wide web it caught on a quarter of a century later, berners lee is like a proud father, seeing his baby all grown up and making its way in the world without him 'i feel a certain amount of inventor's pride,' he tells cnn 'my greatest pride has been the spirit of collaboration we've had for the last 25 years' he's watched the web grow through a carefree childhood and turbulent adolescence, reaching the kind of age when things suddenly get more serious, and it's time to make some important decisions about the future 'at 25 it's more like a young adult,' he explains 'suddenly it needs its independence; young adults are at the stage when they're looking for freedom, and in terms of what they do they're asserting their rights 'now, 25 years on, web users are realizing they need human rights on the web we need independence of the web for democracy, we need independence of the web to be able to support the press, we need independence of the web in general it's becoming very important to sort out all that' recent years have been marked by growing pains revelations of mass surveillance by the nsa and other agencies have caused international outrage arguments over net neutrality persist and copyright wars pitching open net activists against mainstream creative industries have grown bitter, with berners lee himself criticized at times the stock and use of illicit material has grown with the dark net berners lee is clear that our ability to speak and associate freely is under threat the widespread data gathering of the nsa revealed a 'broken' system, he believes, and he praises whistle blowers like edward snowden whose leaks expose the excesses 'when (systems) break the whistle blower is the person who saves society by pointing out something that nobody else will, because it's illegal,' he says 'one thing i'd like to see built in the future is an international convention and international respect for whistle blowers' if spying is one threat, berners lee believes censorship is another he recalls the situation in egypt, where the internet was cut off at the height of anti government protests in january 2011 'for a lot of people that was the first time they realized you could turn it off, and they asked themselves, who could turn it off for me?' he says, adding that 'turning off the internet is more or less a signal that the regime does not trust its citizens and that the regime is on the way out' at 58, berners lee is not taking a back seat having invented the web once, he hopes to re invent it through the 'web we want' initiative, aiming to create a universal 'internet users bill of rights' key targets of the manifesto include spreading net access to the nearly two thirds of the world that still doesn't have it establishing clear regulations is also a priority, as is the protection of personal user information berners lee still enjoys enough power over his creation to make big changes realistic, through two authorities he founded and continues to lead the world wide web consortium (wc3) determines standards for all web infrastructure, backed by the world's leading academic institutions and software developers the web foundation manages the spread and ethical application of the web, bringing pressure to bear on governments through initiatives such as the web index, which ranks nations by internet access standards the web we want campaign will rely on mass mobilization across industries, nations and activist bodies to succeed, but berners lee is confident of fostering a spirit of cooperation he has seen it before and considers it the web's greatest accomplishment 'it's really a story of collaboration, people working painstakingly on getting protocols right there's an international spirit that ignores boundaries,' he says as for what the web will look like over the next 25 years, as it enters its middle age, berners lee sees a smarter web emerging, with users empowered by the huge amounts of personal information collected as part of the 'web of data' information that could help personalize our web experience 'people are worrying about what other people are doing with their data,' he says, 'but they haven't realized what they can do with their own data' as we grow more connected to, and reliant on, the web, so the potential for abuse increases how we use such a powerful tool amounts to a test of our species, says berners lee, but it's one he is confident we can pass together 'in general the web enables humanity to be more powerful and that power can be used for good things and to do horrible things but on balance when it comes to humanity i'm a tremendous optimist' in pictures: what the internet really looks like
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(cnn) formula one is taking another step in its techno evolution this year, with major rule changes meaning that the season could be more unpredictable than it has been for a long time sebastian vettel's hopes of a fifth consecutive world drivers' title appear very much in the balance, with his previously all conquering red bull team struggling for reliability during preseason testing however, the sign of a true champion is the ability to cope with change and innovate accordingly something the austrian marque has done better than any other in recent seasons indeed, the 64 years of f1 history have been marked by moments of design genius which have changed the elite motorsport, at least until the next maverick idea came along click through the gallery above to discover some of the seminal f1 cars that broke through the barriers of conventional thinking which are your favorites? have your say in the comments box below or continue the conversation @worldsportcnn and on facebook
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the 2014 formula one season begins this weekend in australia . teams have been battling to get ready due to major rule changes . world champion sebastian vettel has struggled in preseason testing . his red bull team is seeking a fifth successive championship double
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(cnn) don't pack away those winter coats and hats yet! we're in for another blast of cold arctic air, which is gearing up to roll across most of the country this week, but it won't be as bad as the shocking freeze in january the national weather service says some places from the central us to the ohio and mississippi valleys could be having some frosty high temperatures, as low 20 to 30 degrees below normal if you call it polar vortex part ii (or iii or iv), meteorologists say you'd be wrong nor was the first big cold spell of 2014, strictly speaking, a strike of the polar vortex the polar vortex stays anchored over baffin bay, to the north of canada, and doesn't move, says cnn meteorologist sean morris but its shifting pattern allows cold arctic air to spill southward into the united states 'when it weakens, this allows the cold arctic air that is often mislabeled the 'polar vortex' to spill southward across the us border and bring us bone chilling temperatures,' morris explained so from a technical perspective, 'if you're looking to get 'struck' by the vortex, you're out of luck,' he added although this cold snap doesn't have as menacing a name, the arctic air blast will cause temperatures to plummet 25 to 35 degrees below average east of the rocky mountains, morris said temperatures will drop tuesday to 10 to 30 degrees below normal for this time of year in places such as minnesota and the dakotas then the arctic blast will roll east by the middle of the week, the freeze zone will sweep the midwest and the east coast, plunging lows into the single digits in indiana and massachusetts, among other states it will cover two thirds of the country; even parts of the deep south will drop down below freezing but just for a night or two, the national weather service said there will probably be some snow here and there, but the good news is that things should stay pretty dry, the weather service said many of us will shiver that's about it it won't be like that original 'polar vortex' which again, was a misnomer which debuted in early january in case you forgot: the country experienced record low temperatures and freezing pipes all the way down to alabama when a large frigid air mass broke free from the arctic and came down to visit students, say goodbye to snow days meanwhile, along the gulf coast, a warm front will increase shower and thunderstorm activity in that region and the southeastern states tuesday and into wednesday 'by wednesday afternoon, the front begins to push offshore again and heavier precipitation should begin to diminish however, a developing surface wave along this front could clip the mid atlantic with some light snows on wednesday before it moves farther out to sea,' the national weather service said for those of you in the west, you will probably not experience precipitation tuesday except for possible light snow showers in the higher terrain of the northern rockies wednesday, precipitation will move inland through california back in the cold east, well, maybe punxsutawney phil saw this coming
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new: temperatures to drop 20 to 30 degrees below normal in some places . it is not a repeat of the 'polar vortex' monster freeze in early january . it has the same origins, but it's much shorter lived . it will cover two thirds of the contiguous united states, the weather service says
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(cnn) mercedes driver lewis hamilton summed up the dawn of a new formula one era in three juicy words weird, mind blowing and challenging after 12 days of intense and drama filled preseason testing, the elite motor racing series is promising more of the same when the 2014 campaign opens with sunday's australian grand prix cnn world sport looks back at the lessons learned in testing and forward to what lies ahead as f1 embraces one of the biggest rule changes in the history of the sport engine anxiety the introduction of new engine technology in 2014 was never going to be easy and so it proved in preseason testing as all three engine suppliers renault, mercedes and ferrari had teething problems with their power units turbo power is back in the form of 16 liter v6 engines that are allied with two energy recovery systems, which have proved particularly temperamental during testing renault, which supplies engines to red bull, lotus, toro rosso and caterham, is in the biggest trouble ahead of the melbourne opener its engine covered the least distance over the three preseason tests, ticking off 5,432 miles compared to 11,181 miles for mercedes and the 6,346 miles covered by ferrari, which powers just three teams 'some preparations are incomplete,' conceded rob white, who heads up the french company's engine program 'melbourne will be an anxious weekend' just to make things even harder, a new green initiative means the cars must get to the end of the race with 100 kilos of fuel in the tank the drivers will have to manage their car's fuel consumption, and that's a race craft some may have to learn ugly cars some critics are calling 2014's chunky cars the ugliest in the history of the sport, with the droopy 'anteater nose' seen on the force india and caterham cars ranked as a particular design horror aesthetics aside, new rules on aerodynamic design have had teams puzzling about how to recover downforce which delivers speed and grip in different places for example, last season many teams, and especially four time champion red bull, eked out extra speed by using the exhaust gases to increase downforce at the rear of the car those days are now over as the 2014 rule change means there is just a single exhaust exit from the side of the car and the good news for f1 fans is you will never hear the phrase 'exhaust blown diffuser' again unreliable red bull red bull's achilles heel a lack of reliability sneaked back into the garage to haunt the austrian marque during preseason testing on the penultimate day of the final bahrain test, the problems with the car were so bad that four time world champion sebastian vettel wasn't able to complete a single lap 'reliability is still a big question mark,' said the german, who set the 18th fastest time on the final day in bahrain 'i'm not calling us favorites for that we haven't done enough laps and the speed is not there compared to some other teams' but it is still too early to write off red bull the last time the rules were changed in 2009, the team was initially dogged by reliability issues but recovered to finish that year with the fastest car before going on to win the next four world titles hamilton has given the red bull his vote of confidence, calling adrian newey's 2014 design 'stunning' he also told reporters in bahrain: 'once they get the engine sorted as always, they'll be very hard to beat' quick silver could hamilton be the title favorite for the 2014 world championship? the early signs are looking good for the 2008 winner the new mercedes has shown it has both speed and endurance, completing the most laps over the three winter tests and consistently finishing at the top of the timesheets but there have been reliability glitches, and hamilton will want to forget his crash on day one of testing in spain 'the goal is to win the championship, and this year i'm more pumped than ever,' said hamilton, who is also rumored to have rekindled his romance with singer nicole scherzinger over the winter break but mercedes teammate nico rosberg, who won two races in 2013, is taking a more cautious approach 'i certainly don't see us as the top team,' the german said 'it may seem from the outside that we are in a slightly better position than our rivals but we won't know for sure until we get to melbourne' best of the rest williams is within a whisker of a return to its glory days after a very encouraging winter the nine time constructors' champion set the fastest time at the final test thanks to ferrari recruit felipe massa and also ran its car over several race distances the team's finnish driver valtteri bottas summed up the team's excitement, saying on twitter: 'think we are well prepared and made the most out of testing can't wait for melbourne to go racing!' the big guns at ferrari and mclaren have had a relatively low key buildup both teams have gone the distance but are yet to show they also have the pace fernando alonso, who is paired with kimi raikkonen in ferrari's intriguing lineup of world champions, was amusingly mysterious about the italian team's chances 'i can't say if we will be at the front or behind someone else but we will definitely be up there at the top among the best,' the spaniard said there are no such guarantees for lotus the team skipped the first test in spain and then saw drivers romain grosjean and pastor maldonado set the slowest times of all 22 cars at bahrain's final warmup 'there will be some long days and nights before the first race,' warned lotus head of trackside operations alan permane new faces, old friends there are three rookie drivers joining the f1 merry go round in 2014 denmark's kevin magnussen, the 21 year old son of former f1 driver jan magnussen, makes his debut with mclaren, swede marcus ericsson, 23, lines up for caterham and russian teen daniil kvyat, who has looked pretty handy so far, makes his bow with toro rosso he may not be a rookie, but australian daniel ricciardo will come under increased scrutiny in 2014 as he steps up from toro rosso to replace mark webber as vettel's teammate at red bull fans of daredevil japanese driver kamui kobayashi will be pleased to see him back in the fold with caterham the f1 community is continuing to support its most successful driver, michael schumacher the seven time world champion remains in hospital more than two months after he sustained a serious head injury in a skiing accident organizers of the bahrain grand prix recently announced they had renamed a corner of the sakhir circuit in honor of schumacher the austrian grand prix returns to the calendar in june, with a new russian race due in october on the site of the olympic and paralympic park in sochi changes at the top the new season also brings some changes on the pit wall as mclaren team principal martin whitmarsh and mercedes boss ross brawn were both victims of restructuring former lotus team principal eric boullier arrived at mclaren as racing director, following the return to power of ceo ron dennis, but there is still a senior position available at the eight time constructors' champion amid rumors that brawn could ultimately fill the gap former mclaren technical chief paddy lowe now shares leadership responsibilities at mercedes with toto wolff the sport's chief executive bernie ecclestone is also considering his future as he prepares to go on trial in germany on charges of bribery double or nothing despite criticism from teams and drivers, ecclestone's plan to award double points at the final race in abu dhabi comes into force in 2014 the driver who takes the checkered flag on november 23 will win 50 points instead of 25 as well as double points, there is double jeopardy for the racers who, just like regular road users, will be slapped with penalty points on their super license for bad driving 12 or more points and they will receive a one race ban the looming season will also see drivers use race numbers they have chosen for the rest of their f1 careers, with no 1 reserved for vettel as the defending champion into the unknown there are new drivers, new rules and temperamental new engines to get used to in the looming f1 season but, as the saying goes, the more things change the more they stay the same after three winter tests, red bull is on the back foot; mercedes and williams may be favorites, but just who will win in australia remains, as always, a race into the unknown
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f1 is entering a new era, with the opening race of the new season in melbourne . teams will line up on sunday with uncertainty over reliability of much changed cars . world champion sebastian vettel faces battle after problematic series of tests . mercedes is early favorite while ferrari's new driver partnership is intriguing
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hong kong (cnn) the fragile relationship between china and japan came under fresh strain tuesday as ships from both sides crowded into the waters around a disputed group of islands and nearly 170 japanese lawmakers visited a controversial war memorial the japanese coast guard said eight chinese government ships had entered waters near the contested islands in the east china sea on tuesday morning, the largest number to do so at any one time since tensions surrounding the territorial dispute escalated last year china said its ships were there to monitor the movements of japanese vessels in the area after a japanese nationalist group chartered a flotilla of fishing boats to take dozens of activists there the japanese foreign ministry responded by summoning the chinese ambassador in tokyo to lodge a strong protest about the chinese ships' presence near the uninhabited islands that lie between okinawa and taiwan and are known as senkaku in japanese and diaoyu in chinese the chinese ambassador, cheng yonghua, retorted that it was the japanese vessels that were intruding in chinese territory will radar rattling turn to conflict? a day earlier, beijing had protested to tokyo about a visit at the weekend by three japanese cabinet ministers to the yasukuni shrine in tokyo, which honors japanese people killed while fighting for their country, including convicted war criminals countries that suffered heavily at the hands of the japanese military before and during world war ii, such as china and south korea, consider the shrine as an emblem of that aggressive period in japanese history but china's representations failed to deter 168 japanese members of parliament from visiting the shrine on tuesday to pay their respects to the war dead, the most to do so in recent years how a remote rock split china and japan new men in charge new leaders have taken office in both countries in the past few months: prime minister shinzo abe in japan and president xi jinping in china they inherited a highly delicate situation concerning the disputed islands that analysts have warned could spiral out of control a concern for the united states, which has a mutual security treaty with japan 'despite expressions by both governments that they wish to avoid a war, potential for escalation has increased and there is deepening pessimism on both sides over the prospects of a peaceful settlement,' the international crisis group said in a report this month on the tensions between japan and china 'tokyo and beijing urgently need to work toward establishing communication mechanisms and strengthening crisis mitigation in order to avoid a larger conflict,' the report said in an indication of the strong stances both sides are taking on the matter, abe said tuesday in parliament that any attempt to land on the islands by china would be repelled 'by force' games of cat and mouse the relationship between the two nations deteriorated severely in september, when the japanese government bought several of the islands from a private owner, angering chinese authorities and provoking a spate of sometimes violent anti japanese demonstrations in many chinese cities since then, the situation has calmed somewhat, but chinese government ships have continued to frequently sail near the islands, engaging in maritime games of cat and mouse with japanese coast guard vessels chinese planes have also flown through the area, prompting japan to scramble fighter jets both countries claim sovereignty over the remote, rocky islands, which are near important shipping lanes, rich fishing grounds and possible mineral deposits japan currently administers the area, but since september, china has mounted a concerted campaign to try to change the situation it says its ships that enter the waters around the islands are conducting routine patrols of chinese territory but japan says they are intruding in its territorial waters in the repeated standoffs that result, both sides broadcast warnings to each other's vessels, ordering them to leave the area that they both claim nationalists' publicity stunt the japanese nationalist group known as ganbare nippon this week sent 10 fishing boats carrying dozens of its members to the area around the islands a representative for the group, yasushi watanabe, said the voyage the third by ganbare nippon this year was aimed at publicizing japan's territorial claim to the area, not at landing on the islands china's state oceanic administration (soa) said tuesday that three marine surveillance ships on 'regular patrol duty' in the area noticed several japanese ships near the islands, according to the state run news agency xinhua the soa said that it dispatched five more ships to join its three vessels near the islands together, the eight chinese ships 'monitored the japanese ships from different angles,' it said the japanese coast guard said that its vessels had told the chinese surveillance ships to leave the area, but that they had responded by saying that they were patrolling chinese territory ganbare nippon later said its ships had all left the area around the islands the weight of history the competing claims to the islands are intertwined with the region's complex history 'due to the brutal japanese occupation of china in the 1930s, sentiments over the status of the diaoyu/senkaku islands run deeper in the chinese psyche than any other territorial dispute in modern chinese history, with the exception of taiwan,' the international crisis group said in its report this month china says its sovereignty over the area extends back hundreds of years japan says it saw no trace of chinese control of the islands in an 1885 survey, so formally recognized them as japanese sovereign territory in 1895 japan then sold the islands in 1932 to descendants of the original settlers the japanese surrender at the end of world war ii in 1945 only served to cloud the issue further the islands were administered by the us occupation force after the war but in 1972, washington returned them to japan as part of its withdrawal from okinawa interactive: asia's disputed islands who claims what? cnn's jethro mullen reported and wrote from hong kong, and yoko wakatsuki reported from iwaki, japan cnn's aliza kassim in atlanta contributed to this report
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(cnn) if matt kuchar is feeling any ill effects of his masters mishap it didn't show in the opening round of the rbc heritage in south carolina on thursday the world no 6, who tied for fifth following a disappointing two over par final round of 74 at augusta national last sunday, bounced back at the harbour town golf links firing a flawless five under par round of 66 starting at the 10th, kuchar fired two birdies on his opening nine before claiming three more coming home to leave the 35 year old tied for the lead with scott langley and william mcgirt harris english is fourth on three under after opening with a round of 68 newly crowned masters champion bubba watson is sitting out this tournament but his closest rival for the green jacket and final round playing partner, jordan spieth was back out on course thursday the 20 year old started in assured fashion posting a 69 after being paired with another watson us ryder cup captain tom the veteran shot a four over 75 while casting an eye prospective team members for this september's match at gleneagles, scotland spieth's two under par total leaves him in a 15 way tie for fifth which includes compatriot bo van pelt and australia's robert allenby luke donald is one of 16 players tied at one under par with defending champion graeme mcdowell a shot further back after an even par round of 71 westwood heads multi cultural malaysia leaderboard lee westwood put another major disappointment behind him posting an opening round 65 at the malaysian open on thursday the englishman, who finished seventh at augusta last weekend, fired a seven under par round to finish top after day one at the kuala lumpur golf and country club westwood heads a truly international leaderboard with belgium's nicolas colsaerts his closest chaser currently on six under immediately below him are northern ireland's michael hoey and ricardo santos from portugal who both shot five under rounds of 67 on thursday four players jbe kruger from south africa, france's julien quesne, masahiro kawamura from japan and scot scott jamieson are tied for fifth on four under with a further nine players sitting at three under par read more: how many more majors can bubba win?
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matt kuchar joint leader after opening round of rbc heritage . masters runner up jordan spieth three shots off lead on two under par . lee westwood leads malaysian open by one stroke after day one in kuala lumpur
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(cnn) a pilot died thursday after his plane crashed in eastern australia during efforts to fight vast bush fires that have threatened the suburbs of sydney in recent days the water bombing plane went down in a remote area more than 100 kilometers (60 miles) south of sydney, said authorities in new south wales, the australian state where fires have ravaged tens of thousands of hectares of land and destroyed more than 200 homes rescue crews found the body of the 43 year old pilot after reaching the crash site in rugged terrain he was the only person on board the plane and his family has been notified, police said 'we're acutely aware there's a family suffering today because their dad hasn't come home,' said shane fitzsimmons, the commissioner of new south wales rural fire service he said the crash started a new fire in the area that other firefighting aircraft are now tackling many fires still not contained more than 60 blazes continued to rage in the region, over 20 of them out of control, fire service spokeswoman natalie sanders said thursday the fire service has issued emergency warnings for two of the fires in the hard hit blue mountains region west of sydney, telling residents to leave the area of find shelter, she said but the overall threat has decreased from wednesday, when more than 1,500 firefighters battled for hours against blazes propelled by powerful gusts of wind the weather is cooler thursday, sanders said, and winds are gusting up to 75 kilometers per hour (about 45 mph) still strong, but less severe than the 85 100 kph gusts on wednesday 'the broader risk to a more larger population has certainly eased,' fitzsimmons said wednesday he warned, though, that there were 'many hours of firefighting still to come, many hours of concern for those who are living in the fire affected areas' defense exercise blamed the threat was indicated by the scale of one of the two most alarming bush fires in the blue mountains known as the state mine fire, the blaze has engulfed more than 125,000 hectares (300,000 acres) of land and has a perimeter of more than 300 kilometers, sanders said and the cause of that fire has stirred anger among local residents the fire service said wednesday that the blaze was the result of live ordnance exercises on an army range in the state mine area the flames have destroyed 10 buildings and homes in the area since october 16 the australian department of defense issued a statement acknowledging defense personnel were conducting an explosive training activity in the same area on the day the fire started the department is conducting its own investigation into the military exercise the scores of fires have damaged huge areas in the past week, but human casualties have been limited before the pilot's death on thursday, the only fatality was a 63 year old man who died of a suspected heart attack on october 18 while defending his home against a blaze on the new south wales central coast officials have underlined the severity and the unusual timing of the fires, which have struck during a very dry spring in the southern hemisphere 'never before have we seen the extent of damage and destruction and wide scale fire activity at this time of the year,' fitzsimmons said wednesday cnn's aliza kassim, kevin voigt, laura smith spark, marcy heinz, robyn curnow and larry register contributed to this report
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london, england (cnn) if riding on top of a mexican freight train while bandits lie in wait, or inviting real life gang members to improvise street battles doesn't sound like the wisest approach to making your first feature film, try telling cary fukunaga 'sin nombre' portrays one boy's struggle to escape mexico's gang culture set against the backdrop of the trade in illegal immigrants because those are exactly the scrapes the 32 year old writer director got into during production of his highly acclaimed debut 'sin nombre' set in mexico against the backdrop of the country's ballooning people trafficking problem, fukunaga's social political thriller shows one boy's struggle to escape mexican gang culture after meeting a honduran immigrant girl the half japanese half swedish director decided that it would be impossible to portray street gang culture or the treacherous immigrant experience without fully immersing himself in both 'to tell a story of what it's like to travel on top of freight trains, or the camaraderie of living in a gang, are all things i could imagine maybe,' fukunaga told cnn 'but i wouldn't be able to get it right without meeting the people who actually experienced it, and experiencing some of that with them' after fukunaga first conceived 'sin nombre' (which translates as 'without a name') in 2005 he embarked on a mammoth research tour in order to fully understand what it is like to be both a desperate immigrant and a street gang member he spent two weeks with immigrants at a train yard in tapachula, mexico, before risking his life illegally riding on the roof of a train traveling across the border state of chiapas 'people get shot, trains derail, assaults happen,' said fukunaga 'i had to understand that if i fell off the train and lost a limb, i could just bleed to death out there, there'd be no one to come pick me up' the filmmaker, who is an american citizen, was taken aback by the camaraderie among the immigrants in spite of the danger and violence 'some of the bits of humor that would happen on the journey really surprised me,' he told cnn 'you could laugh minutes after someone had been shot' it is this 27 hour train ride, during which a there was a bandit attack, that forms the basis of a substantial portion of the action in 'sin nombre' fukunaga also visited members of the notoriously violent mara salvatrucha street gangs in jail in mexico 'i spent about two years in two different prisons, and reduced a group of gang members down to a couple guys i could trust,' he explained fukunaga courted them with with gifts in the hope they would aid his research 'after bringing them grilled chickens and enough india ink and cd components so they could make tattoo guns, they felt like they could trust me enough to hook me up with one of their outside people then they knew i wasn't just a cop' the end result is a starkly realistic portrayal of the central american gangs that make their living trafficking people to the united states the film's action includes a dramatic shootout scene featuring real gang members as extras alongside actors 'all the guns had blanks,' fukunaga said 'i had a gun too, if i had to regulate the situation' not that that made the scene entirely unproblematic: 'the guy who plays the leader in that scene is a gang member,' said fukunaga 'once we shot that scene he was gone i don't know where he went, and there was no way to track him down to come back in and record audio or anything' nevertheless, fukunaga maintains that the characters he chose to portray are inherently likeable people 'i liked the gang members and the immigrants i met equally, and had equal respect for them' fukunaga said 'some of the kids in these gangs, they seem like they're 28 years old, but they're actually only 19 they just look old because of the things they've experienced' 'sin nombre' is executive produced by acclaimed mexican actors gael garcia bernal and diego luna it impressed judges at this year's sundance film festival so much they awarded it directing and cinematography awards but even after such an ambitious and successful debut, fukunaga is not ready to let up and his next project couldn't be more different: a musical with arcade fire collaborator owen pallett after all, he said, 'if you're just going to do a paint by numbers film, then what's the point?'
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(cnn) the boy scouts of america have nominated former defense secretary and ex director of the central intelligence agency robert gates to lead the organization, according to a wednesday news release if approved by the boy scouts' national council, the eagle scout will begin a two year term as president in may the organization, which has about 26 million youth members, also elected gates to its national executive board 'there is no finer program for preparing american boys for citizenship and leadership than the boy scouts of america,' gates said in a statement 'i know firsthand how impactful this program can be, and i believe its mission is more important today than ever before' gates has long had a relationship with the organization he is a past president of the national eagle scout association and has been awarded the silver buffalo award, for service to youth, and was named to the order of the arrow, 'the highest mark of distinction and recognition for those with exceptional service and unselfish interests,' according to the boy scouts boy scouts to allow gay youths to join wayne brock, chief scout executive, said the group was honored to have gates as president elect 'i believe dr gates' vision and passion for scouting will continue to allow the bsa to focus on delivering the nation's foremost youth program of character development and values based leadership training to the young people of this nation,' he said in the statement a former texas a&m university president, gates has served eight white house administrations and is the only career cia officer to serve as the agency's director 'gates has been awarded the national security medal and the presidential citizens medal, has twice received the national intelligence distinguished service medal, and has three times received the cia's highest award, the distinguished intelligence medal on his last day in office as secretary of defense, gates was awarded the nation's highest civilian award, the presidential medal of freedom, by president obama,' the boy scouts release said the kansas native received his bachelor's degree from the college of william and mary, where he is chancellor, his master's degree in history from indiana university, and his doctorate in russian and soviet history from georgetown university he and his wife, becky, have two grown children trail life usa launches a boy scout alternative
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robert gates named boy scouts' president elect, group says . 'there is no finer program for preparing american boys,' gates says . a former eagle scout, gates has a long relationship with group serving 26 million youth
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(cnn) dutch international ryan babel has threatened to leave english premier league side liverpool unless he is picked to play in more games by his manager rafa benitez the 22 year old has told british newspaper the sun he feels his career has stalled since his move to anfield, and if the situation does not improve soon he will seek a transfer in january's european transfer window babel said that he had told benitez about his feelings but the situation remained unresolved: 'i have tried to talk to the manager but it isn't of any use i couldn't really do anything with the feedback [he] gave me how well is benitez performing in the battle of the managerial mind games? 'we have agreed to look at my situation during the winter if there's no improvement then, i have to be honest, i [will] want to play somewhere else i don't play a lot so i can't be happy and i can't cheer out loud 'certain emotions are blocked, they are pushed back by all the worries i carry with me sometimes i wonder how long i can sustain it but i will fight for my position what else can i do?' he added babel's demands come as his side prepare for a crucial away match against hungarian side debrecen on tuesday, in the european champions league the five time former european champions need to win their game and hope group e rivals lyon are not beaten by fiorentina to qualify for the final 16, or else face being dumped out of the world's most lucrative club competition failure in europe could increase calls for benitez to be replaced as liverpool's current position of seventh in the premier league has disappointed many fans benitez has injury problems to contend with too; babel, who scored a against lyon in their last european encounter, fernando torres and albert riera are all sidelined however, the under pressure boss remained positive before the game in a pre match press conference: 'the last time we qualified it was amazing,'' said benitez 'we did it in a good way with four goals against porto, four goals against marseille and eight against besiktas 'it will be difficult, but we have to do our job, win against debrecen and then look at lyon's result lyon know that qualifying first is an incentive, it will be good for their confidence and they will get some money too 'lyon have this incentive and they are a good team if we can play against fiorentina with options it will be fantastic'' liverpool defender jamie carragher also remained upbeat: 'we always believe at this club that we can do special things we have done it in the past and we know we can do it again,' he told reporters 'we have got ourselves into a bit of a hole and hopefully we can get out of it it has been done before and we know we can do it again,' he added tuesday's european champions league fixtures: rubin v dynamo arsenal v standard liege az v olympiacos barcelona v inter milan debrecen v liverpool fiorentina v lyon rangers v stuttgart unirea urziceni v sevilla
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ryan babel has threatened to leave english premier league side liverpool . the dutch international says unless he plays more games he will move in january . under pressure manager rafa benitez is hoping results go his way to keep liverpool in the champions league . liverpool currently lie seventh in the english premier league
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(cnn) musician pete wentz of fall out boy performed at a concert sponsored by rock the vote on the first night of the democratic national convention before monday night's show in denver, colorado, wentz answered five questions for cnncom pete wentz says it's great to see his young fans get energized about the election when they can't even vote cnncom: what have you been doing in denver? have you been having any fun? wentz: i have had a little bit of fun, but i only came in yesterday so we've only been around a little bit i think we'll go out a little bit tonight, but then i think we go back to california then we're going to watch most of the speeches and whatnot on tv and the computer cnncom: so what do the democrats need to do to win the white house, do you think? wentz: i actually learned this from the person i got tennis lessons from that democrats or the republicans need not only to win the white house but you need to maintain the majority in the government in general in order to get things moving cnncom: as you're meeting your fans, does it seem like people are pretty energized about this election? wentz: yeah people are pretty excited about it i think [even] people that aren't even old enough to vote, which is what's pretty exciting a lot of the times we're like, 'well, some of the fans are really young, they can't even vote,' but it's like they're gonna be voting in the next election i'm personally excited when i see people who are so excited about it ireportcom: are you at the dnc? share sights and sounds cnncom: illinois home base for the band what's the vibe that you're getting there in illinois? wentz: well, illinois's definitely pulling for obama i think that that is because of chicago as a populace and also by virtue of obama being from illinois and you know, hometown crowd's the best, you know what i'm saying? cnncom: and who are you voting for? and ashlee [simpson]? wentz: well, probably the last thing my wife would do ever is tell me who she's voting for, to be honest with you but my guess would be that she votes pretty similarly to me
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(cnn) journalist bob woodward describes in his new book a secret us program to assassinate terrorists in iraq cnn's michael ware says, 'the us subcontracted out an assassination program against al qaeda in early 2006' woodward, an associate editor of the washington post, says in 'the war within: a secret white house history 2006 2008' that the assassination program, not the 2007 increase in us forces in the war zone known as 'the surge,' is primarily responsible for the reduction of violence in iraq cnn baghdad correspondent michael ware cast doubt on woodward's assertion tuesday in a conversation with 'american morning' host john roberts watch larry king on his talk with woodward » john roberts: what do you think of what woodward is saying? michael ware: let's say that these 'fusion teams,' as they're being called, have come into effect the first thing to say is, 'well, about time' on the ground you've seen the lack of coordination as the left hand of one agency is not with the right hand of another agency within the american effort but by and large, to suggest that anything like this being done now has been the major reason for the decline in violence is a bit rich i mean, the us subcontracted out an assassination program against al qaeda way back in early 2006 and this was conceded by the then chief of military intelligence in baghdad and by [us] ambassador zalmay khalilzad himself that's what broke the back of al qaeda then when america put 100,000 plus insurgents on the us government payroll, including members of al qaeda, that not only took them out of the field, but it also let them run their own assassination programs against the iranian backed militias roberts: so it sounds like assassination was a real part of the program here, but was that the only thing that worked? what about the addition of these troops and these neighborhood stations that were set up? did it all kind of work together? ware: it does work together but the key to the downturn in violence that we're seeing now is not so much the surge of 30,000 troops in itself what it's been is the segregation of baghdad into these enclaves it's been cutting a deal with muqtada al sadr, the leader of the iranian backed militia and primarily it's been putting your enemy on your payroll the sunni insurgents and many members of al qaeda that's what's brought down the violence this is your american militia, the counterbalance to the iranian militias so if there's new teams out there with new technology, great but they're riding the wave of previous success
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bob woodward credits assassination teams in large part for lower violence in iraq . cnn baghdad correspondent michael ware says that's not all of it . co opting of insurgents and al qaeda in iraq had bigger impact, ware says . deal with muqtada al sadr, leader of iranian backed militia, also key, ware says
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'everything can be improved' ross lovegrove designer ross lovegrove fiercely original and unapologetically innovative, ross lovegrove describes himself, somewhat reluctantly, as an industrial designer 'it's not as grimy, it's not as deep and dark as that sounds,' he says famous for his tactile and sensual fluid forms, he takes his inspiration from nature to create an organic minimalism that he calls 'fat free' design 'nature is a very big part of my work and always has been i've never seen it as a trend or a fashion,' he told cnn in the early 1980s, with frog design in west germany, he worked on projects including sony walkmans and apple computers he later moved to paris as a consultant to knoll international since returning to london in 1986, lovegrove has worked with a wide range of clients including airbus industries, peugeot, apple computers, issey miyake, olympus cameras, tag heuer, herman miller, japan airlines and toyo ito architects in japan, as well as a host of top design brands see some of ross lovegrove's designs » away from his client work, one of lovegrove's projects is the 'car on a stick,' an electric bubble car that turns into an elevated streetlight at night 'i'm interested in developing an aesthetic for the 21st century which comes from the intelligent use of resources, materials and structures,' he says lovegrove's methods blend organic inspiration, a fresh approach to function, cutting edge manufacturing technologies and cross application of techniques 'in my own work, i'll learn from doing a super lightweight suitcase in osaka,' he says 'then i'll think, 'how can i use that super lightweight technology to do the chassis of a car?' it's transfer and exchange of knowledge' his work has been extensively published and exhibited internationally and is held in permanent collections of various design museums around the world, including the museum of modern art in new york (moma), the design museum in london and the vitra design museum weil am rhein, basel, switzerland what do you think of ross lovegrove's work? what do you make of his 'car on a stick'? share your views or read others' thoughts in the just imagine forum
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industrial designer ross lovegrove is known for his organic, flowing forms . his designs range from pens to solar lights to airline interiors . lovegrove's work is held in design museums including new york's moma
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(cnn) randy pausch, the professor whose 'last lecture' became a runaway phenomenon on the internet and was turned into a best selling book, died friday of pancreatic cancer, carnegie mellon university announced on its web site randy pausch emphasized the joy of life in his 'last lecture,' originally given in september 2007 pausch, 47, a computer science professor, delivered the lecture, 'really achieving your childhood dreams,' at carnegie mellon in september 2007, a month after being told he had three to six months to live because his cancer had returned the lanky, energetic pausch talked about goals he had accomplished, like experiencing zero gravity and creating disney attractions, and those he had not, including becoming a professional football player he used rejections he was handed when he applied for jobs at disney to comment on the importance of persistence 'the brick walls are there for a reason to show us how badly we want something,' he said 'because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough they're there to stop the other people' watch what pausch did for his wife » starting with a joke about 'a deathbed conversion' 'i just bought a macintosh' computer the educator went on to say that one of his childhood dreams was to write an entry in the world book encyclopedia 'i guess you can tell the nerds early,' he added an expert in virtual reality, pausch did go on to write an encyclopedia entry on the subject he discussed his fondness for winning stuffed animals at fairs, showed a slide of them, then pretending to be concerned his audience would think the image had been digitally manipulated produced them onstage donning silly costume items like a vest with arrows sticking out of it and a mad hatter's hat, he described working with students as a way to help other people achieve their dreams he also played down his own importance, saying that after he got a phd, his mother took to introducing him as 'a doctor, but not the kind who helps people' the lecture has been viewed more than 32 million times since it was posted on youtube in december pausch co founded the university's entertainment technology center and was known for developing interdisciplinary courses and research projects that attracted new students to the field of computer science he also spent his career encouraging computer scientists to collaborate with artists, dramatists and designers, carnegie mellon said the university's president, jared cohon, described pausch as 'a brilliant researcher and gifted teacher' 'his love of teaching, his sense of fun and his brilliance came together in the alice project, which teaches students computer programming while enabling them to do something fun making animated movies and games,' cohon added 'carnegie mellon and the world are better places for having had randy pausch in them' pausch describes cohon urging him to talk about having fun in his lecture, and telling him it's difficult because it's like asking a fish to talk about water 'i don't know how not to have fun,' he said 'i'm dying and i'm having fun and i'm going to keep having fun every day i have left' pausch is survived by his wife, jai, and three children
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randy pausch was computer science professor at carnegie mellon . his september 2007 'last lecture' became internet sensation, best seller . pausch's lecture celebrated living the life he always dreamed
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(cnn traveller) when the roman emperor hadrian came to power in 117ad he inherited an empire that was overstretched militarily and creaking at the seams a massive bust of hadrian's head unearthed only last year is part of the exhibition at the british museum one of his first acts was to pull the troops out of mesopotamia, modern day iraq, a fact that is sure to resonate with visitors to the british museum's superb exhibition 'hadrian: empire and conflict' which opens on 24 july under the imposing classical dome of the reading room curator torsten opper says: 'no matter what our take is on the conflict in iraq today, we can relate to hadrian's decision maybe 10 or 15 years ago, it wouldn't have mattered so much now it does' hadrian was born in rome to a noble family whose origins lay in spain one of the greatest of rome's emperors, he consolidated imperial power, was a patron of architecture and travelled extensively across his lands though married, he also took a homosexual lover, antinous, whose drowning in the river nile on the very day egyptians were celebrating the death in a similar manner of the god osiris remains one of ancient history's great unsolved mysteries the range of exhibits and their rarity means that this exhibition is going to be extremely well attended visitors will, for example, be the first members of the public anywhere to see a huge head of the emperor that was dug up recently at sagalassos in central turkey and would have once crowned a statue that was over five metres high 'a year ago, this was still lying buried in the ground,' says opper 'it's proof that roman history isn't done and dusted; that we are still able to rethink the past and evaluate it' the exhibition brings together 180 objects, from 31 sources in 11 different countries 'it hasn't been an easy thing to do,' adds opper 'many of these objects leave huge gaps in their home collection and many are extremely delicate this isn't an exhibition that can travel people will only be able to view it for these three months' many of the most delicate objects are also those that give the most dramatic insight into hadrian's reign between 132ad and 135/6ad the jews of judea rebelled against roman rule some of the insurgents took refuge in a cave in the desert, called the cave of letters, in which they were trapped by roman troops few made it out alive the climatic conditions of the cave have preserved objects in astonishing condition there is a letter written by jewish leader simon bar kokhba (enquiring about a delivery of supplies), as well as mirrors, a jewellery box and an astonishingly delicate glass plate, probably made in alexandria, that somehow survived flight into the desert and the perilous climb up a cliff to the cave then there are three house keys, their wooden handles preserved, looking as if they would still open the locks for which they were made opper says: 'they're immediately touching these were used by people to lock their homes thinking they'd be back in a week or two, but of course they weren't they all perished and there are still many refugees now who still have keys to the homes they once lived in it's a potent symbol of conflict' to the british hadrian will always be associated with the wall that was built across northern england, an 117km rampart with a fortification every 16km in schoolroom history this has traditionally been seen as a defence against the barbarian tribes to the north, but it wasn't necessarily so 'the wall was a ruthlessly efficient symbol of oppression and in the end it broke the back of the local tribes,' says opper confirmation of this, perhaps, comes from two small writing tablets from the fortress of vindolanda, the oldest surviving hand written documents in the british isles in one an officer, presumably writing to a colleague who is taking over his post, derides the locals as the 'little british,' not worthy of worrying about very much brief, battered and faded the letter may be, but as an example of high handed imperialism it is hard to beat click here to subscribe to cnn traveller copyright © 2008 ink publishing and cable news network, lp, lllp, a time warner company all rights reserved
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london exhibition based on roman emperor hadrian features new treasures . huge bust of hadrian's head discovered only last year a feature . emperor inherited a shambolic roman empire and rebuilt it
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hong kong (cnn) apple's share price has fallen more than 25% since its record high set three months ago no less than five analysts have lowered their price targets for the us technology giant in the past few days to make matters worse for apple, android smartphones continue to reign supreme in global market share: for every one such device running on apple's ios, about seven smartphones running android's operating system are computing away is apple losing its bite? in the short term, investors and analysts seem to think so but in the medium term, they believe milestones exist that can put the shine back on apple's share price and image apples do fall on september 19, apple's share price closed at a historic high of $70210, exactly one week after the debut of the iphone 5 but as the freshness of the device's latest iteration wore off, so did the bullishness for apple's stock on december 17, it fell below the psychological $500 mark, to slide below $497 in pre market trading the company's share price quickly climbed above that threshold that day but still sits at lows not seen since mid february the dive in apple's share price has also been attributed to a cut in orders from its parts suppliers one fear is that apple may have produced too many iphone 5s in the current quarter and it may now need to scale back manufacturing in 2013 analysts from ubs, citibank, mizuho, canaccord and pacific crest all cut their price targets on apple leading to a further drop in the cupertino based company's share price another fear is that the iphone 5 has not been selling as well as previous versions; however that has now been debunked a record 19 million iphone 5 units are estimated to have been sold in the us in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to a survey by morgan stanley, which would represent a 33% year on year increase apple also sold more than two million iphone 5 units in china when it debuted this past weekend 'customer response to iphone 5 in china has been incredible, setting a new record with the best first weekend sales ever in china,' said tim cook, apple's ceo, in a press release 'the company remains on track to launch in 100 countries by the end of the year in our view, this is a positive,' said rbc's amit daryanani comparing apples to androids but for all the hope and the hype that surrounds apple, android smartphones reign supreme in terms of market share by operating system investment research firm morningstar says apple has much work to do in 2013 'although apple has a robust product pipeline and ample opportunity to gain share in its various end markets, short product life cycles and intense competition will prevent the firm from resting on its laurels,' it wrote in a statement globally, less than two in ten smartphones that shipped in the third quarter of 2012 sported apple's ios operating software but in that same period, google's android platform ran 75% of smartphones around the world this also represented a 915% increase over the same quarter in 2011, according to international data corporation apple's ios claimed just under a 15% market share in the same period apple's next crop despite the recent release of the iphone 5, analysts are already looking ahead to apple's potential product releases for 2013 to pull the company's share price up 'for apple we believe the sell off is nearing a bottom but we acknowledge the fears around margins, maps, emerging markets, competition and execution the company clearly needs to ease these concerns in the near future,' said barclays' ben reitzes 'it may take another round of new products and innovations to regain investor confidence and help drive another run' one analyst from jefferies predicts an iphone 5s may ship in the summer of 2013 and that iphone 6 prototypes already exist speculation is also growing that apple may debut an apple television set, a so called itv, by the fall of 2013 in a recent morgan stanley survey, 47% of 1,568 respondents said they were 'somewhat interested' or 'extremely interested' in buying an apple branded tv set which could translate into 56 million units being sold in the us alone the report added a potential itv rollout represents a new $13 billion opportunity for the world's most valuable company
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(cnn) the number of people who have fled syria and registered as refugees amid the country's civil war was to surpass 3 million friday, and a further 65 million are believed to be displaced within the war torn nation, the un refugee agency said that means almost half of all syrians have been forced to leave their homes amid the roughly three year conflict, and one in eight has fled across the border, the agency said in terms of scope and budget, the un's effort to help the syrian refugees is the largest in the agency's 64 year history, spokesman adrian edwards said 'the syrian crisis has become the biggest humanitarian emergency of our era, yet the world is failing to meet the needs of refugees and the countries hosting them,' antonio guterres, the un high commissioner for refugees, said in a news release friday the data come a week after the un said it had documented the killings of 191,369 men, women and children in syria from march 2011, when an uprising began, to the end of april this year the uprising began with mostly peaceful protests against the regime of syrian president bashar al assad in daraa province syria responded with a ferocious crackdown against demonstrators and has consistently said it is battling armed terrorist groups as it targeted anti government protesters the war, pitting an alawite muslim dominated regime against a largely sunni muslim insurgency, has torn the country apart numerous factions, some of them islamist, oppose the government, and one of them isis, or the islamic state of iraq and syria has captured large swaths of northern and eastern syria for what it says is its new islamic caliphate refugees 'are arriving in a shocking state, exhausted, scared and with their savings depleted,' the un's refugee agency said 'most have been on the run for a year or more, fleeing from village to village before taking the final decision to leave' most of the refugees are in countries neighboring syria, including lebanon (114 million), jordan (608,000) and turkey (815,000) governments estimate that hundreds of thousands more are in their countries but unregistered, putting a strain on their economies, the un said donors have given more than $41 billion to help, but more than $2 billion more is needed by the end of 2014, including to help more than 24 million people prepare for the winter, the un said more than 80% of the refugees are struggling to make a living in communities outside of camps, and more than a third are living in substandard shelters, the un said 'the response to the syrian crisis has been generous, but the bitter truth is that it falls far short of what's needed,' guterres said in far southwestern syria, near the border crossing with the israeli occupied golan heights, militants detained 44 un peacekeepers from fiji for a second straight day on friday, the united nations said these peacekeepers 'are safe and in good health,' the united nations said friday, citing 'credible sources' since its officials had not yet talked directly with those being held the united nations said militants detained the peacekeepers on thursday, a day after taking the crossing from the syrian regime those holding the peacekeepers are members of the al qaeda linked al nusra front, one of the groups fighting the al assad government, an israeli military official told cnn on condition of anonymity in addition, 72 un peacekeepers from the philippines were 'restricted to their positions' thursday and friday near syrian villages in the area, the organization said without elaborating the united nations has said it is talking with a variety of groups to try to secure the detained peacekeepers' release the world body revised the number of detained and restricted peacekeepers friday from its earlier count of 43 and 81, respectively the new count, it said, came after a check of the peacekeepers' leave records the fijian peacekeepers were detained thursday morning near the syrian town of quneitra, the location of the border crossing that rebels had captured, according to the united nations al nusra front fighters and other syrian rebels seized control of the syrian side of the quneitra crossing wednesday, a capture that represents a new dynamic in a war long feared not only for its deadly effects inside syria but for threatening to widen into a destabilizing regional conflict during the fighting wednesday between syrian forces and rebels, three errant mortar rounds and some small arms fire crossed into israeli controlled territory, israeli military spokesman lt col peter lerner said an israeli military officer was moderately injured, the military said on twitter, and israeli forces responded by striking two syrian military positions un peacekeepers have been in the golan heights area since 1974, charged with maintaining a ceasefire between syrian and israeli forces since a 1973 war israel seized control of the golan heights during the 1967 six day war and fought off an attempt by syria in 1973 to retake the rocky plateau in 1981, israel annexed the golan heights it is considered to be occupied territory by the international community cnn exclusive: a 13 year old witness to isis's beheadings what can us do against isis in syria? cnn's richard roth contributed to this report
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(cnn) tiger woods will not play in next week's masters after undergoing successful back surgery, the world no 1 announced tuesday the 14 time major winner will miss the tournament for the first time since making his debut at augusta national as an amateur in 1995 on monday, he had an operation on a pinched nerve 'that has been hurting him for several months' 'after attempting to get ready for the masters, and failing to make the necessary progress, i decided, in consultation with my doctors, to have this procedure done,' woods, who has donned the green jacket on four occasions, said in a statement although the surgery was successfully performed in utah by neurosurgeon dr charles rich, woods now needs to rest and rehabilitate for 'the next several weeks' 'i'd like to express my disappointment to the augusta national membership, staff, volunteers and patrons that i will not be at the masters,' the 38 year old added 'it's a week that's very special to me 'it also looks like i'll be forced to miss several upcoming tournaments to focus on my rehabilitation and getting healthy 'i'd also like to thank the fans for their support and concern it's very kind and greatly appreciated this is frustrating, but it's something my doctors advised me to do for my immediate and long term health' woods has been struggling since last year with the back injury, which has severely hampered his game in the opening months of 2014 in early march, the condition forced him to stop playing after 13 holes of his final round at the honda classic when he tried to return to action the following week at the wgc cadillac championship in miami, he aggravated the injury when tweaking his back on march 18, he withdrew from the arnold palmer invitational, explaining that neither the back spasms nor pain had subsided and telephoning palmer personally to apologize for his absence this year's masters begins on thursday april 10 the course is a special place for woods, who won his maiden major at augusta in 1997 beating the field by an astonishing 12 strokes, the then 21 year old announced his arrival in imperious fashion he has won the coveted green jacket another three times since: in 2001, 2002 and 2005 an indication of woods' devotion to the masters is that he made his long awaited return to golf in 2010 at augusta following the well documented breakdown of his marriage the tournament had been the only major he had never missed, with a succession of injuries ruling him out of the british open, the us open and the pga championship at various times since 2008 'further damage' in a statement on his website, it was suggested woods will 'begin intensive rehabilitation and soft tissue treatment within a week' the aim is for one of the game's most legendary figures to return in the summer, with the press release stating that 'woods could have sustained further damage if he had continued to play' despite the disappointment of missing one of his favorite tournaments, woods remains focused on cementing his place in the golfing firmament 'it's tough right now, but i'm absolutely optimistic about the future,' said woods, whose last major came in 2008 'there are a couple [of] records by two outstanding individuals and players that i hope one day to break 'as i've said many times, sam and jack reached their milestones over an entire career i plan to have a lot of years left in mine' nicknamed 'the golden bear', 70 year old nicklaus' record of 18 career majors is the main target in woods' sights meanwhile, sam snead, who died in 2002 at the age of 89, won more pga tour titles than any other golfer but his 82 victories are just three ahead of woods' tally both players' careers spanned at least 25 years, so allowing woods who turned professional 18 years ago plenty of time to chase his targets
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tiger woods will miss the masters after back surgery . the world no 1 had an operation on a pinched nerve . the american has not missed the augusta national event since making his debut in 1995 . woods has won the masters on four occasions
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washington (cnn) the army and marine corps are allowing convicted felons to serve in increasing numbers, newly released department of defense statistics show a us marine keeps a watchful eye in downtown baghdad recruits were allowed to enlist after having been convicted of crimes including assault, burglary, drug possession and making terrorist threats the statistics were released by rep henry waxman, a california democrat who chairs the house committee on oversight and government reform he has given the pentagon a month to hand over up to date details on the number of waivers granted, reports on how the recruits have performed and information about how the waivers are related to meeting recruitment goals pentagon statistics show the army granted 511 felony waivers in 2007, just over twice the 249 it granted the year before the army aims to recruit more than 80,000 new soldiers a year the marines which recruits fewer new service members each year than the army also reported a rise in waivers for felonies, with 350 granted in 2007, compared with 208 in 2006 'there was a rapid rise in 2007 in the number of waivers the army and marine corps granted to recruits convicted of serious felonies,' waxman said in a letter monday to david chu, the under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness 'i understand that there can be valid reasons for personnel waivers and recognize the importance of providing opportunities to individuals who have served their sentences and rehabilitated themselves 'at the same time, concerns have been raised that the significant increase in the recruitment of persons with criminal records is a result of the strain put on the military by the iraq war and may be undermining military readiness,' he charged the army defended its use of waivers as a response to a changing american society, arguing that only three in 10 americans of military age 'meet all our stringent medical, moral, aptitude or administrative requirements' 'today's young men and women are more overweight, have a greater incidence of asthma, and are being charged for offenses that in earlier years wouldn't have been considered a serious offense, and might not have resulted in charges in the first place,' john p boyce jr of army public affairs said in a statement to cnn he said the army never issues waivers for some types of offenses, including sexual violence, alcoholism and drug trafficking but the pentagon statistics showed the army allowed 106 convicted burglars to enlist in 2007, up from 36 the year before it also granted waivers to 43 recruits convicted of aggravated assault that year, up from 33 a year before; and to 130 people convicted of possession of drugs other than marijuana, a rise from 71 in 2006 it also allowed two people convicted of making terrorist or bomb threats to enlist in 2007, up from one the year before the marines did not immediately respond to request for comment the navy reported a slight decline in felony waivers, from 48 in 2006 to 42 in 2007 the air force said it granted no felony waivers in either year e mail to a friend
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recruits convicted of assault, drug possession, making terrorist threats allowed in . rep henry waxman: defense department has month to explain waivers . army granted 511 felony waivers in 2007; marines granted 350 in 2007 . army defended waivers, saying fewer recruits today meet their standards
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(cnn) somalia appealed for international help after a cyclone hit the northern region this week, killing at least 115 people, and sweeping livestock and homes into the ocean 'the number of people killed will go up,' said ahmed adan, a spokesman for the somali prime minister 'most of the area is devastated whole villages were swept away some of the parts we can't even reach, a lot of people are missing' the cyclone made landfall sunday in the semi autonomous puntland region it triggered days of heavy rains and flash floods that swept homes, boats, cows, goats and other farm animals into the indian ocean the region heavily depends on agriculture as a source of income in a news statement, the african union mission in somalia said up to 300 people are feared dead and hundreds unaccounted for clean water, blankets, nonperishable foods, medicine and helicopters to reach the affected areas are among the most crucial needs, adan said 'there is a particularly urgent need for temporary shelter to protect the many displaced and vulnerable people from the elements,' prime minister abdi farah shirdon said in a statement 'i appeal to international aid agencies to provide any assistance they can to the thousands of people affected by this devastating cyclone' areas affected include dangaroyo and eyl, the latter a hub where pirates launch attacks on vessels traveling in the shipping lanes of the indian ocean and the gulf of aden the self governing puntland region has long maintained that it cut ties with the somali government over power squabbles somalia pledged $1 million to help those affected by the cyclone cyclones, typhoons and hurricanes are regional names for severe storms what's referred to as a typhoon in the northwest pacific ocean is considered a cyclone in the indian ocean and a hurricane in the atlantic ocean
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'the number of people killed will go up,' government spokesman says . the cyclone triggers days of heavy rains and flash floods . bridges toppled in puntland region, home of famed pirate hub of eyl
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(cnn) oilfield services giant halliburton pleaded guilty thursday to destroying test results that investigators had sought as evidence in the deepwater horizon disaster, and federal prosecutors announced a related charge against one of its executives in a federal court in new orleans, halliburton admitted to throwing out test results on the design of the well at the heart of the disaster the company was given the maximum fine of $200,000 on the charge, the justice department said in announcing the plea, the justice department also announced that it was accusing anthony badalamenti, who was halliburton's cementing technology director at the time of the blowout, with a single count of destroying evidence halliburton and well owner bp are still battling in court over responsibility for the april 2010 disaster halliburton, as the cement contractor on the well, says it told bp to use more devices to center the cement casing in the well but bp ignored its advice the issue has been a key point of contention between the two companies in hearings and litigation ever since but prosecutors accused halliburton of running computer simulations in may and june 2010 that showed 'little difference' between the 21 centralizers it says it recommended and the six bp eventually used and then destroying the results thursday's charge against badalamenti alleges that he gave the order to destroy the results efforts to contact him for comment were not immediately successful the deepwater horizon blowout killed 11 rig workers and unleashed the biggest oil spill in us history the federal government estimates more than 200 million gallons poured out of the ruptured well, located nearly a mile underwater off southeastern louisiana the environmental effects of the disaster are still being determined, and bp says it has paid out $32 billion for cleanup, compensation and penalties in 2011, bp accused halliburton of destroying evidence including 'inexplicably missing' computer modeling results 'to eliminate any risk that this evidence would be used against it at trial' halliburton is the last of the three major players to admit criminal wrongdoing in the 2010 blowout and resulting oil spill bp has admitted to manslaughter and 13 other criminal counts and agreed to pay $4 billion in fines, while transocean, owner and operator of the deepwater horizon drilling rig, admitted to violating the clean water act and paid $14 billion in civil and criminal penalties a federal report in 2011 concluded that bp, halliburton and transocean all violated federal offshore safety regulations and shared responsibility for the disaster cnn's chris boyette contributed to this report
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(cnn) teenagers looking to buy cigarettes in new york may have to look elsewhere if a city council proposal is approved and signed by mayor michael bloomberg the proposal would raise the legal age to buy any form of tobacco from 18 to 21 but will it be effective in limiting smoking among young people? approximately 90% of smokers have already started smoking by age 18, according to the surgeon general 'of every three young smokers, only one will quit, and one of the remaining smokers will die from tobacco related causes,' according to the surgeon general's 2012 report, 'preventing tobacco use among youth and young adults' the key is to 'try to reduce the number of young people who ever try a cigarette,' said dr michael steinberg, director of the tobacco dependence program at rutgers university in new brunswick, new jersey steinberg is the co author of a commentary published monday in the annals of internal medicine that looks at the pros and cons of the new york proposal critics say small businesses will suffer, and the city will lose tax revenue others say the proposed law will be hard to enforce and will impinge upon individual rights but steinberg argues teens need help to avoid picking up the habit 'i think a 21 year old is much more likely, based on their maturity and life experiences, to be able to make an informed rational decision about a behavior that might affect the rest of their life than, say, an 18 year old,' steinberg said he said that an 18 year old is not necessarily thinking about the risks associated with smoking 'cigarettes and tobacco contain some of the most addictive chemicals in our society,' said steinberg 'smoking a cigarette delivers more nicotine more efficiently to your brain than if you were to inject nicotine intravenously' tobacco study finds 'urgent need' for policy change the new york proposal was introduced in april by dr thomas a farley, the city's health commissioner, and christine c quinn, city council speaker and a mayoral candidate a vote on the proposal is expected to take place this fall, according to a spokesperson from the city council's office federal law prohibits the sale of tobacco to people under the age of 18 alaska, alabama, utah and new jersey require people to be 19 officials in new york estimate that raising the purchasing age to 21 will cut tobacco use by 55% among 18 to 20 year olds and lead to a 67% drop among teens aged 14 to 17 years steinberg knows that limiting access to tobacco is not the only strategy for reducing youth smoking, but it's a start 'it's not going to fix the problem in and of itself,' said steinberg 'you also need educational programs' the us preventive services task force, a panel of health care experts, now recommends that primary care physicians offer patients interventions, education and counseling to prevent tobacco use among children and adolescents their reasoning? if teens never light up, they may never get hooked large sugary drinks flow in nyc as officials appeal ruling
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new york proposal would raise the legal age to buy any form of tobacco from 18 to 21 . approximately 90% of smokers have already started smoking by age 18 . co author of a commentary argues teens need help to avoid picking up the habit
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(cnn) here's a hot tip: the university of north carolina is going to win the ncaa men's basketball tournament a georgia tech professor's computer model suggests unc will win this year's ncaa men's basketball tournament at least that's the prediction of joel sokol, a georgia tech professor whose statistical model correctly selected the final four, championship game and winner of last year's tournament be glad he's not in your office's betting pool finding some kind of rationality in march madness, which starts in earnest thursday, has been an american pastime for decades tournament brackets are everywhere, and from sports tv to the dinner table, everyone seems to have predictions about which team will claim the top spot, and why but in recent years, 'bracketology,' as sorting out the single elimination basketball tournament is sometimes called, has increasingly become the scientific endeavor its name suggests it's even something on which university professors and professional statisticians stake their reputations watch sokol explain his predictions » there are at least 40 individual people or groups using statistical models to analyze college basketball and rank its teams online, according to kenneth massey, whose web site, masseyratingscom, lets users compare the analyses anecdotal evidence suggests more people are getting in the game, perhaps because the raw data used to run the equations team records, point margins and the like is easily accessible on the internet all of these off shoot predictions supplement the official computer model used by the ncaa, which is called the rating percentage index but a selection committee of live people still ranks teams and puts them in tournament brackets at their cores, the computer models all operate like question machines, said jeff sagarin, who has been doing computer ratings for usa today since 1985 different people come up with different brackets because they're asking different questions sagarin's equations ask three questions: 'who did you play, where did you play and what was the result of each specific game?' the computer keeps repeating those questions in an 'infinite loop' until it comes up with a solid answer, he said sagarin has arranged the formula as such partly because he thinks home court advantage is a big deal in college basketball other models ask different questions or give the questions different weights sokol, of georgia tech, for example, cares more about the win margin than where the game was played he got into ncaa basketball prognosticating after watching his team, georgia tech, lose a nail biter in 2002 when tennessee hit a shot at the buzzer from half court sports analysts made a big deal of the loss, he said, which seemed statistically dumb to sokol as far as he's concerned a close game might as well be a tie the toss of a coin could predict the winner 'that last shot is almost meaningless,' he said it took a few years of testing for sokol to start believing in his computer model, which was the subject of an academic paper in 2004 that year, georgia tech made it to the final four, which sokol and colleagues had predicted 'they really kind of made us believers in our own system,' he said sagarin, who has one of the older and more respected prediction equations in the business, said a year or two of success does not mean a model will continue to foretell the outcome of the tournament correctly he grew up a sports junkie who was 'too skinny' to make it big on the court or field for a time, he used his intimate knowledge of statistics and college basketball to bet on the annual ncaa tournament buzzer beating shots became the bane of his existence, and in 1983, after houston lost to underdog north carolina state on a last second dunk in the tournament final, sagarin gave up on betting 'each year i try to put minor improvements in [the computer model] and test in the off season, but that all goes out the window when guys hit three point shots at the buzzer,' he said 'there's a lot of luck in life life is a series of heads and tails, and human beings try to describe rationale behind them when in fact it may be random' dan shanoff, who blogs on sports at danshanoffcom, said gut feeling is more important than statistics, but taking a look at the numbers can never hurt in the end, he said, it's all chance 'you think you know everything about college basketball and then all of a sudden your mom is finishing ahead of you [in a tournament pool], which happens every year to me with my mom,' he said shanoff's gut tells him louisville will win the men's tournament this year sokol, of georgia tech, puts louisville in the final four with unc, pittsburgh and the university of memphis he said michigan state and oklahoma are ranked too high and due for an upset, statistically speaking while all of this information could be helpful for people betting on the big dance, sheldon h jacobson, a professor of computer science at the university of illinois, said he doesn't fill out a bracket, despite the fact that he's developed a computer model for the tournament 'i enjoy the games and i enjoy the tournament, and not filling out a bracket gives me the freedom to do that,' he said
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(cnn) spring has sprung and as far as golf fans are concerned, that means only one thing it's time for the masters golf's first major of 2014 begins at the famed augusta national on thursday, this year marking the 78th installment of one of sport's most enduring contests they are four captivating days in georgia that never fail to throw up a myriad of storylines, sub plots and sensations with the field as wide open as ever, cnn world sport looks at six masters headlines waiting to be written mickelson assumes tiger's mantle the buildup to any major championship is always dominated by tiger woods whether he is playing or not even phil mickelson has said it will be 'weird' not to have woods prowling augusta's fairways with the world no 1 missing his first masters due to a back injury, most homegrown fervor will focus on 'lefty,' the man who already has three green jackets in his wardrobe the 43 year old has had his own fitness worries, withdrawing from two tournaments this season, but returned his best finish of the year at the shell houston open just a few days ago the only current player who can hold a candle to mickelson in terms of masters success is woods, whose four augusta titles match the feats of arnold palmer two behind the record haul of another legend of the game, jack nicklaus mickelson's most recent triumph came in 2010 and featured a shot that has gone down as one of the finest in the tournament's illustrious history it also showcased mickelson's game perfectly, as he launched a six iron from pine needles behind a tree onto the 13th green, over the stream that protects the front of the green should lefty find his very best this week, a fourth masters crown is a distinct possibility a wide open field trying to predict the next major champion is a futile exercise since the start of the 2009 season, there have been 18 different winners of the 20 major titles on offer and 15 of those were first time victors such is the talent being stockpiled at the top of the game, the winner could come from pretty much any continent and be stationed at either end of the age spectrum northern ireland's rory mcilroy was 22 when he won the 2011 us open at congressional the youngest winner since 1923, when the legendary american bobby jones triumphed and mickelson clocked in at 43 years young when he secured the fifth major of his career at the 2013 british open at muirfield in scotland talented teenagers and voracious veterans lurk at every corner of a major championship field, and of the 97 players competing, around 70 will think they have a realistic chance of winning mcilroy's redemption? until mcilroy is cloaked in a green jacket, the abiding memory of his masters experience will be of a red faced youngster slumped over his club as one of golf's greatest chokes took hold at the tender age of 21, he went into the final round at augusta in 2011 with a four shot lead, and blew it in epic style the sight of mcilroy wandering around the vip cabins 50 yards to the left of the 10th fairway looking for his errant tee shot are now the stuff of legend by the time he signed for an eight over final round of 80, to sink from first place to a tie for 15th, there wasn't a right minded spectator who didn't feel the urge to give him a consoling hug a typically stoic interview on the 18th further endeared the youngster to viewers the world over, as he admitted he couldn't put his finger on why he had 'unraveled' in such a fashion he later said he 'wasn't ready to win a major' but just a few months later, he was at the very next major, he shot a record low us open score to win at congressional in maryland by an emphatic eight shots the next year he doubled his major tally, adding the us pga championship to his trophy cabinet, but you get the feeling he won't be content until his redemption at augusta is complete the asian invasion adam scott became the first australian to win the masters last year but how long will it be before the first asian winner of golf's most prestigious prize? last year's tournament was abuzz with the sight of china's guan tianlang striding the famous fairways at the tender age of 14, and winning the low amateur medal the child prodigy represents a burgeoning talent pool in asia, seeking to build on the breakthrough success made by ye yang at the 2009 us pga championship not only did the korean serve notice of asia's arrival at the top table of golf, he did it by beating the greatest golfer of a generation tiger woods the highest ranked asian player is japan's hideki matsuyama, who sits 26th in the world list on only his second year on the pga tour matsuyama won the leading amateur prize on his augusta debut as a 19 year old in 2011 and already has a top five finish on this season's pga tour his compatriot ryo ishikawa has a top 10 place to his name this season despite languishing in the lower reaches of the top 100, while korean veteran kj choi has been a longstanding representative of asia at the top level another one to watch is thailand's 51st ranked thongchai jaidee, who has five european tour titles to his name the great scott sequel? the last person to retain the masters crown was yep, you guessed it woods back in 2002 but could scott be about to double australia's tally of wins at augusta? no one is ranked higher than the 33 year old going into the tournament in fact, only a poor final round at the arnold palmer invitational in march prevented him from returning to georgia as world no 1 he spoke on tuesday of the privileges afforded to a masters champion playing the course with his father phil and hanging out in the champions' locker room and after an arduous few years trying to land his maiden major, with his slump a the british open in 2012 a particularly bitter pill to swallow, scott's game has been freed up after last year's win 'it has been incredible to see the reception i get every week i play since being a masters champion,' he said in his press conference 'it has been a real buzz for me to be welcomed at all the golf courses i'm at 'this week has been something i have been really looking forward to but as the last week came around, i also realized it would be time for me to bring the green jacket back and leave it here maybe 'so that motivated me to work harder that last week at home and try and get myself into some kind of form that can maybe go back to back and keep the jacket for another year' a european 2014? the last european to don the famous green jacket was jose maria olazabal in 1999 it was the second time the spaniard had triumphed at augusta, having won the masters in 1994 arguably the third leg of a hat trick of olazabal's career highlights also came on american soil, when he masterminded what will forever be known as the 'miracle of medinah' when serving as europe's ryder cup captain trailing 10 6 going into the final day of singles matches in the ryder cup clash between europe and the united states, olazabal's men pulled off one of the greatest sporting comebacks of all time to eventually triumph 14â½ points to 13â½ the us team, led this time by veteran tom watson, are plotting their revenge ahead of the next clash in scotland in october, but what better way to lay down a marker than for a european to end the continent's 14 year drought at augusta? there are four european players in the world's top 10 and two of them england's justin rose and mcilroy are already major champions sweden's henrik stenson won both the pga tour's fedex cup and the european tour's race to dubai last year, while sergio garcia has finished in the top five in all four major championships during his career don't be surprised if europe marches off with another major honor come sunday and finally the tiger factor he might not be playing but that doesn't mean woods won't still be a talking point in masters week whether it is clips of his famous chip in back in 2005, or reams of column inches detailing his four masters wins, tiger's absence certainly doesn't mean he'll be absent from the debate and of course, once the green jacket has been placed on the shoulders of the winner, a popular refrain might be 'what if tiger had been playing?'
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cnn world sport takes a look at six potential storylines ahead of the 2014 masters . rory mcilroy and adam scott dominate most of the buildup to augusta tournament . could the season's first golf major throw up the masters' first asian winner?. masters runs from april 10 14 at world famous augusta national golf club
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(cnn) didier drogba is backing his ivory coast team to make history by becoming the first african country to reach the final of the world cup next year drogba is contemplating a big challenge by the ivory coast in south africa the chelsea striker scored the decisive goal as the elephants sealed their place in south africa with a 1 1 draw against malawi on saturday, but he is now looking ahead to the finals with relish 'it is going to be a challenge,' the 31 year old told reporters 'to make it to the final will not be easy because there are great teams like brazil and germany who have won the world cup for many years 'but my teammates and i want to make history and want to change the way the world sees african football can an african team win the world cup next year ? 'i hope that we'll be the team that is going to go to the final and win the competition' ivory coast have joined ghana as definite qualifiers from africa, with three other places up for grabs in the final round of matches in november drogba is one of several stars in the ivorian squad with champions league experience, including barcelona's yaya toure who is anxious to erase memories of their failure to qualify from the group stages in the 2006 finals in germany 'at the last world cup we played really well in germany, but we were unlucky because we were in a very tough group with argentina and holland and so went out in the first round,' he said 'but i think with this kind of experience, it will be possible at south africa 2010 to do much better perhaps we can make the quarterfinals and then semifinals, this is something we can achieve' coach vahid halilhodzic is also upbeat after seeing his side fight back from a goal down against malawi to top african group e 'we are very proud to participate in the world cup for the second consecutive time and this time it is going to be better,' he added
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(cnn) rory mcilory and phil mickelson found form in the desert despite losing out on a dramatic final day at the abu dhabi golf championship spain's pablo larrazabal may have walked off into the sunset with the $27m prize but the major winners saw the silver lining at their first tournament of the 2014 season 'what a fun week this has been,' enthused mickelson, the world no5, despite finishing an agonizing one shot off the lead alongside mcilroy 'i am happy with the way i played and felt better with my swing each day' mcilroy was a little more irked by the events of the weekend after he was slapped with a two stroke penalty saturday 'i feel like i'm standing here and i should be 15 under par for the tournament and winning by one,' said mcilroy, whose foot fault in the third round was pointed out by his playing partner's caddie 'i played the least shots of anyone this week so, i can count it as a moral victory more than anything else 'it's frustrating but i've played well the whole week it's a very positive start to the season so i'm not going to let one little negative ruin that' a ding dong final round at the abu dhabi tournament saw the lead change hands several times as overnight leader craig lee slid out of contention at the eighth hole, world no 7 mcilroy had moved into the lead as he clipped in his third birdie of the day then at the turn, mickelson moved into the sole lead on 12 under only to unravel at the 13th where he tried to hit the ball out of a bush and carded a three over par seven 'i ended up going with a 3 wood off that tee and just blocked it in a terrible spot,' the american explained 'i tried to right hand it out and i double hit it i don't know how, but it happened' major celebration mcilroy finished off the day with a birdie at the 18th for a very tidy round of 68 but had to rely on larrazabal cracking to get his hands on the trophy mickelson needed an eagle at the last to snatch the silverware but his final shot stayed out and he had to settle for a birdie barcelona born larrazabal held his nerve to sink a birdie on the final green and win by a single stroke for his third career european tour title 'it just feels unbelievable,' he told reporters 'today has been very special, to fight against rory and phil 'i don't know what it does to my career i don't know if this gets me into any of the majors i just want to go back to the hotel and celebrate'
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spain's pablo larrazabal wins the abu dhabi golf championship . top 10 big guns rory mcilroy and phil mickelson finish an agonising one shot off the lead . mcilroy says he feels he has a 'moral victory' after two stroke penalty on saturday . mickelson content to play himself into form for 2014
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new haven, connecticut (cnn) a connecticut doctor whose wife and two daughters were killed in a 2007 home invasion took the stand tuesday to testify against one of the accused killers, recalling horrific details of being beaten and tied up by his alleged captors while fearing for the well being of his family william petit, testifying on the trial's second day in new haven superior court, calmly relayed to an attentive jury the events leading up the invasion prosecutors allege that steven hayes, 47, and joshua komisarjevsky, 30, broke into the petit family's home in july 2007 the men are said to have beaten up petit, strangled his 48 year old wife, jennifer hawke petit, and set the home ablaze the couple's two daughters, hayley, 17, and michaela, 11, died of smoke inhalation the two paroled felons are charged with capital murder, kidnapping, sexual assault, burglary and arson they both could face the death penalty if convicted hayes is accused of raping hawke petit, and prosecutors have charged komisarjevsky, who will be tried separately, with sexually assaulting petit's 11 year old daughter july 22, 2007, began with petit, his wife and michaela attending church, petit testified tuesday hayley was just returning home that day from a weekend visiting with friends petit then played golf with his father while the girls went to the beach the plan, petit said, was for michaela to help her mother cook dinner that night 'michaela loved to cook,' said petit, who was wearing a heart shaped petit family foundation pin on his lapel the family finished dinner and the girls settled into the family room to watch 'army wives'; petit fell asleep in the sun room while reading the sunday paper, he said the next thing he remembers, he said, was 'thinking or feeling 'ow, ow, ow!'' as blood ran from a gash on his head 'i sort of awoke in a daze the next thing i knew i was seated on the middle of the sofa, with my head down (and) there was something warm running down the side of my face,' he testified 'i saw two people standing in front of the sofa, one in front and one slightly to the rear and the one in the rear holding a gun, down and to his side' while petit said he could not clearly see the gun, he could see its form and shape, adding that 'it appeared to resemble a 9 mm semiautomatic gun' prosecutor michael dearington produced a gun as evidence and petit confirmed 'that gun is consistent with the shape of the gun i saw' petit testified that the suspects told him to lie down on the couch 'and tied my hands at the wrists and my feet at the ankles' and covered his head with an unidentifiable piece of fabric 'i heard one of them say, 'if he moves, put two bullets into him,' he added eventually, the suspects led him, with his head still covered, to the basement 'i heard nothing from jennifer, hayley or michaela i did not know where they were in the house, for the most part,' he said once he was taken to the basement, petit was bound to a support pole by a rope around his chest and waist, his hands still bound with plastic zip ties 'i would sort of go in and out of it, and slide down the pole,' he testified 'my body weight sliding down made my body feel better eventually i was able to get the rope on my hands untied, and break the plastic but i was not able to undo my feet' petit recalled that earlier in the ordeal, one of the suspects asked where the family kept their safe 'i said we had no safe,' he testified, adding that 'much later on, i heard jennifer say that she would need to get dressed and need her checkbook or my checkbook to go to the bank' a bank teller at a local bank of america branch testified monday that hawke petit asked to withdraw $15,000, telling the woman she needed the money 'because she and her family were being held hostage at her house' petit said that for the most part 'it was very quiet' while he was trapped in the basement, but at one point he heard 'three loud noises, like someone was throwing 20 or 30 pound sacks on the living room floor' 'i heard moaning and the thumps, and may have yelled out 'hey!'' he said 'and a voice yelled, 'don't worry, it'll be all right in a couple of minutes' but there was definitely a change of voice more sinister' fearing for his family's safety, petit, still bound by his feet, hopped to the basement door 'i just thought time was of the essence, and i needed to get help,' he said, telling how he hopped up the basement stairs and headed to the house of his neighbor, dave simcik 'i started to crawl, but that wasn't very efficient, so i started to roll the whole time i was yelling 'dave, dave!' i rolled over, with my feet still tied, banging on his garage door, hoping he would hear the garage door went up, and dave said 'can i help you, sir?', and i said 'dave, it's me, bill, call 911!'' petit said police arrived moments after he made it to the simcik house he said officers asked him who was in his house, and he replied, 'the girls, the girls' petit said he recalled hearing a 'whoosh' sound shortly after one of the men in the house yelled to him 'don't worry, it will all be over soon,' though he said he did not smell smoke or see flames once he was out of the house after the ambulance arrived, he was taken to a hospital in all, petit said, he lost between five and seven pints of blood prosecutors say the suspects put gasoline in several plastic gallon size jugs found at the house originally filled with windshield washer fluid to start the fire in the home the only other witness tuesday was police sgt phillip giampietro, who testified that he was working at 'an extra job' on the morning of the home invasion when he received word 'that there was a possible home invasion/hostage situation' giampietro described seeing 'activity in the driveway at one point,' and then the petit's vehicle 'quickly backed down the driveway' the chrysler pacifica escaped after hitting an unmarked police car and running over a stone wall giampietro identified the passenger in the vehicle as hayes the sergeant said the pacifica took off 'at a high rate of speed' and that 'shortly after it disappeared, i heard a crash' giampietro said he and other officers tried to enter the home at that point, but were unable to do so because of the intense smoke, heat and fire 'there was so much fire and so much heat the [window] panes were disintegrating and falling onto the ground,' he said in an odd twist tuesday afternoon, a male juror was dismissed after telling the courtroom that he's 'confused by the presentation of the state's case, and what seems to be a lack of preparation on their part' prosecutors filed a motion for his dismissal and judge jon c blue granted the motion to objections from the defense in issuing his ruling, blue said that the juror 'is in such a state of agitation that i'm worried about the contamination of the jury this is an extraordinary occurrence'
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new: police sergeant says he saw hayes fleeing the scene . juror dismissed after expressing concerns to court . william petit's wife and two daughters were killed in a 2007 home invasion . petit testified on the second day of trial tuesday
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(cnn) wolfsburg striker edin dzeko expects to play for ac milan next season the bosnian international, whose 26 goals last season inspired the wolves to the bundesliga title, has already informed his club he intends to move to the san siro outfit 'i recently spoke to wolfsburg executives about it and they know that i would like a transfer next summer,' dzeko told gazzetta dello sport 'the story with ac milan is not over' dzeko was strongly linked with the rossoneri last summer but despite ac milan holding talks with the bundesliga side, wolfsburg refused to sell their top player the 23 year old, who also attracted interest from manchester united, insists his dream is to play with the serie a giants 'manchester united have also shown an interest but i have been a fan of milan since i was a child, when i watched their games on tv it's for that reason that i really hope i can play next season there' dzeko is under contract with the german side until june 2013
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wolfsburg striker edin dzeko expects to join ac milan for next season . the bosnian international has already informed his club he intends to move to italy . the 23 year old scored 26 goals last season to inspire the wolves to the bundesliga title
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salt lake city, utah (cnn) carolyn dennis, mother of a 5 year old, initially wasn't too keen on utah's decision to move her to a four day workweek mylitta barrett says utah's four day workweek makes looking after her disabled son, joseph, harder dennis and 17,000 other state employees this month began working four 10 hour days per week rather than five eight hour days when told of the change, dennis immediately thought about her son she normally picked him up from day care in the afternoon since she'd now be working later, pickup seemed like it'd be a problem 'my first instinct was, 'day care closes at 6 pm,' ' said dennis, who works at the state department of commerce but then something else hit her: she's just picked up an extra day off per week if she could work out the day care issue, the change wouldn't be so bad after all 'i am going to have every friday to spend with my son,' she said watch utah's big experiment with the four day workweek » utah is betting benefits like that and the millions of dollars it hopes to save on energy bills by closing some state buildings on fridays will outweigh the adjustments that workers and service seekers will have to make in a one year experiment, the state moved most of its employees those working in non emergency services to the four day week august 4 by closing 1,000 state buildings an extra day per week, it hopes to save about $3 million in utility costs during the trial it also hopes employees will save on fuel costs by driving to work one less day per week the state, which will decide next year whether to make the move permanent, expects some backlash because the public will have one fewer day weekly to get in person services such as driver's license renewals but officials say that because employees will be working longer monday through thursday, service hours on those days are extended accordingly also, the state says internet offerings allow people to make some transactions with the state anytime they want as for dennis' day care dilemma, she was in luck because many of the parents leaving their children at her son's center were state employees, the center expanded its hours to accommodate them ireport: are you overworked? she is charged more per day because her son is there longer but because she no longer has to pay for friday care, she's paying about the same per week her new day off, dennis said, will let her slow down and enjoy time with her son 'as soon as he knew this was happening, we sat down with the calendar and planned out what activities he was going to do for the next three months,' she said 'this friday, we are going to the planetarium; next friday is the zoo those are things i [didn't] get to do with him' but some workers aren't able to make the switch as easily as others at the department of commerce last week, administrators wheeled around energy drinks and sodas for employees who were bleary eyed from waking an hour earlier than usual see other areas trying four day workweeks nationwide » jeff herring, the executive director of utah's department of human resources, said the state is working with employees on the transition 'the governor has made it very clear that as long as we can serve the public, we need to do what we can to exercise flexibility with the employees,' herring said utah officials say previous studies on four day workweeks show that for most participants, having a three day weekend more than compensates for the longer work hours and recharges employees' batteries but mylitta barrett of ogden doubts her new day off will provide much relief a statistician working for the state, barrett is a single mom of three, including 14 year old joseph, who has cerebral palsy and needs constant care barrett's carefully orchestrated routine of caring for her sons the others are 13 and 9 has been thrown off by her new schedule 'right now, i can't tell you how it's going to work,' said barrett, 48 because barrett now leaves for her salt lake city job while her children are still asleep her new start time is 7 am, two hours earlier than before she hired someone to help get her sons to school barrett said her supervisors have been flexible with her schedule while she tries to adjust but while her colleagues are ecstatic about having fridays off, she feels anything but excitement 'it's great for the people who are getting three day weekends, and i am real excited for them but it's happening at our expense, and that's not fair,' she said barrett said she doesn't foresee switching jobs she loves what she does and would be unlikely to get elsewhere the medical benefits she needs to care for joseph having a friday off is nice, she said, but it won't give her back what she's losing 'you can't make up the soccer game that i missed on monday because you were working and didn't get home until 7 o'clock at night or sitting down to do homework with the boys you can't make that up' cnn's jason hanna contributed to this report
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utah this month moved most employees to a four day workweek . the state estimates it will save $3 million in utility costs for the year . some parents are happy about change; others say it isn't fair . the four day work week is a one year experiment and could become permanent
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(cnn) despite international calls for calm and negotiations, albania's ruling government continued saturday to levy sharply worded rhetoric against its opposition and arrested 113 people following a massive friday protest that turned violent, state run media reported those arrested were charged with confronting riot police and destroying property during friday's demonstration in tirana, a city police spokeswoman told reporters, according to the state run ata news agency three protesters were killed all shot at close range, according to tirana military hospital emergency chief sami koceku the clashes left at least 35 civilians and 27 police hurt, the state run tvsh network reported 'yesterday was a terrible day for albania,' us ambassador alexander arvizu said saturday 'there were no winners there were only losers' the opposition socialist party claimed, on its website, that around 250,000 people had gathered outside prime minister sali berisha's office to implore him to resign some protesters threw stones and molotov cocktails at the more than 1,000 police at the scene, who used water cannon to disperse the crowd the socialist party blamed police for provoking protesters by using the water tanks and tear gas but on saturday, berisha again accused his rival edi rama, tirana's mayor and the socialist party head, of spearheading the violence he claimed that demonstrators were trying to takeover the prime minister's office, parliament and cabinet ministries 'those behind the putsch and bandits will receive the deserved punishment,' he told reporters, according to ata 'no force in this world can take over the democratic institutions of albania, a nato member country' earlier this month, in an interview quoted in a socialist party newsletter, rama reiterated long standing claims that berisha's ruling democratic party had rigged the june 2009 election 'are there any albanians who have not yet understood that (berisha) stole the elections in order to rob albania?' he said the country's supreme court determined that the elections were valid, and the ballots were burned by the central election commission the socialist party boycotted albania's parliament between september 2009 and february 2010, according to the us state department reconciliation efforts since then have been unsuccessful, with opposition parties continuing to push hard against the democrats in alleging corruption the tensions escalated in the past two weeks, after a former government minister sent the media a secret recording that allegedly documented an illicit back room deal in addition to the increasingly pointed, accusatory barbs between rama and berisha, personal slurs marred a parliamentary session this week meant to settle governmental changes following the resignation of a minister central to that video on friday, berisha vowed that there would 'be no early elections' and that 'general elections will be held in 2013,' a rebuttal to a proposal being pushed by the opposition such entrenched stances, the strong language and friday's violence came as diplomats outside albania continued to push for a peaceful solution to a southern european nation's stalemate rama, then the nation's president, was the focus of the last such severe unrest in 1997, when angry mobs protested voting irregularities and government backed ponzi schemes that plunged albania into near anarchy albania's current president, bamir topi, met saturday with prominent us, uk and european diplomats a day earlier, he'd urged all parties to resume talks soon and not to reopen old wounds 'we have repeatedly urged albania's political leaders to search for compromise,' said arvizu, one of those who met with topi 'when one side or both insists on maximalist positions that it knows the other side cannot accept, i'm sorry, that's not compromise resolving political differences through street battles is also not compromise, and does not reflect the democratic aspirations of albanians' 'it's time to desist from further provocations,' he added 'it's time to stop the mutual recriminations and name calling' those remarks echoed similar ones the previous day from the european union, which has been considering adding albania as a member on saturday, a key member of the eu's parliament said the recent escalation of tensions could hinder that development 'i hope that, in this critical moment, the politicians will show maturity and will engage in finding a compromise solution,' said eduard kukan of slovakia journalist altin raxhimi contributed to this report
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police arrest 113 people after friday's violent demonstration in tirana, a spokeswoman says . albania's pm has accused the socialist party head of targeting him and fomenting violence . the opposition blames the government and says the pm's party rigged the last election . the us ambassador retirates calls for compromise to resolve the political stalemate
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(cnn) italy captain fabio cannavaro is rejoining juventus after three years at real madrid, the serie a club announced on their web site on tuesday italy captain fabio cannavaro won two primera liga titles during his three year stay at real madrid news of cannavaro's return comes less than 24 hours after the turin based club sacked coach claudio ranieri and replaced him with former player and youth coach ciro ferrara the 35 year old cannavaro was voted world player of the year after leading italy to world cup glory in 2006 and has helped real to achieve two title triumphs during his stay in spain cannavaro was in italy on monday for a charity match and told the juventus web site: 'i am happy to have returned to turin and to have the opportunity to wear the black and white jersey again 'i am sorry that for a section of the fans the anger for having been transferred is greater then the appreciation for the glorious seasons which we lived together 'i am sure that i can convince the most sceptical through my work, professionalism and the passion with which i will face this new adventure' defender cannavaro won two scudetti with juventus, in 2005 and 2006, while the side are currently fighting to clinch third place behind champions inter and their city rivals ac milan his one year contract will come into force as from the start of july and club official alessio secco enthused: 'fabio is a world champion, a golden ball winner and a great team spirit builder 'during the summer of 2006 the club was forced to sell him due to great economic necessities 'this year we took advantage of the natural expiration of cannavaro's contract to bring him back to turin and we are sure that his technical abilities will help juventus become more competitive' cannavaro left juventus after the club had been relegated to serie b following the match fixing allegations that rocked italian football he was born in naples and played for them for three seasons before joining parma where he won the uefa cup and two italian cups over a seven year period from 1995 cannavaro, who has 124 caps for italy, left parma to join inter milan in 2002 but after only two seasons moved on to juventus new coach ferrara is determined to take juve straight into next season's champions league group stage and said on monday: 'i think the players need to understand that we're in a tight spot 'they need to rediscover the right motivation to tackle our last two matches with the right attitude the players need to rediscover their pride and the right motivation'
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italy captain fabio cannavaro rejoining juve after three years at real madrid . news comes less than 24 hours after the club sacked coach claudio ranieri . defender cannavaro, 35, won two scudetti with juventus, in 2005 and 2006
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(cnn student news) january 18, 2011 download pdf maps related to today's show: • tucson, arizona • tunisia • athens, georgia transcript this is a rush transcript this copy may not be in its final form and may be updated carl azuz, cnn student news anchor: i'm carl azuz and this is cnn student news! we're back from the long weekend and ready to kick off 10 minutes of commercial free headlines we start in the us state of arizona first up: arizona shooting azuz: us representative gabrielle giffords could be released from a hospital there in just days or weeks congresswoman giffords was one of the victims of the shooting attack in tucson, arizona earlier this month on sunday, doctors upgraded her condition from critical to serious, so that's a step in the right direction hundreds of people took to the streets on sunday to participate in a 'walk for peace' organizers said they wanted to honor the victims of the shooting and find a way to help bring the community together some congressional leaders from both parties are trying to come together in their own way, starting with something small: sitting together at the state of the union address this is the speech that the president gives to congress every year and what you see in these pictures is last year's state of the union address you notice that one section is standing, while another is sitting? that's because republicans and democrats usually don't sit together during these speeches this year, though, you might see a different seating arrangement junior theater festival azuz: this weekend, here in atlanta, a cast of thousands got together for the junior theater festival the event celebrates the performing arts it takes place the same weekend as martin luther king day in recognition of his dream, students at the festival had the chance to talk about their dreams listen to what they had to say kate hilscher, student: i have a dream that some day kids will have a bigger voice in their communities i feel like kids have a lot to say, but it's often not heard by the adults around them qwanikwia hicklen, student: my dream is to become an endangered species specialist and help save a kind that's dying off slowly elizabeth renegar, student: a few of my dreams are to adopt a child from a foreign country and give them a home, a lot better home than they could've had casey taylor, student: one of my dreams is to possibly design and run lighting for large theatrical productions martin luther king jr was a great man and inspired me and many other people for wonderful dreams azuz: not the only way that people paid tribute to the civil rights leader this weekend as samantha hayes reported yesterday, americans all across the country took part in community service projects and honored dr king's legacy (begin video) samantha hayes, cnn correspondent, washington, dc: at a washington, dc middle school, president barack obama and first lady michelle obama worked with a mentoring program on a service project, a martin luther king day tradition for the first family us president barack obama: michelle and i and the girls are extraordinarily proud that each year on martin luther king's birthday, this is how we celebrate, is making sure that we're giving a little something back to the community hayes: it's been nearly 43 years since the civil rights leader was assassinated at a hotel in memphis before a protest march in atlanta, not far from king's childhood home, family members laid flowers at the gravesite where king and his wife coretta scott king are buried today marks the 25th anniversary of the martin luther king holiday in 1994, congress designated it a national day of service jesse jackson, who was with king at the time of his death, says his dream has not been fully realized rev jesse jackson, rainbowpush coalition: he would be delighted to know we've come to a higher level of socialization enough to vote for each other across lines of race, gender and religion and so, president barack obama is in washington today as head of state he would find delight in that but then on the other hand, the issue of violence, the shooting of congresswoman gabrielle giffords, it simply illuminates, we pray to god for her recovery, but it illuminates just how much more violent we've become hayes: back in the nation's capital, a memorial honoring dr martin luther king is scheduled for completion later this year for cnn student news, i'm samantha hayes (end video) id me tomeka jones, cnn student news: see if you can id me! i'm a country located in northern africa between algeria and libya i got my independence from france in the 1950s my capital city is tunis i'm tunisia, and i'm home to around 105 million people protests in tunisia azuz: tunisia is forming a new government that'll be responsible for leading the country to new elections all of this is coming after weeks of riots and protests people are upset about bad living conditions, high unemployment and accusations of government corruption there's been fighting between protesters and police and the tunisian president who'd been president for 23 years was forced out of power why does this matter to america? well, for one, the us and tunisia are close allies, especially when it comes to fighting terrorists another concern: before all of this started, tunisia was considered a pretty safe and stable country some experts argue that what's happening in tunisia could inspire similar protests in other countries what's the word? john lisk, cnn student news: what's the word? a type of financial aid that students earn through academic achievement scholarship that's the word! funding free tuition azuz: well, here in georgia, we have something called the hope scholarship it's for students who do well in high school and go to college in state but the scholarship is facing some potential challenges kyra phillips heads to athens and my alma mater the university of georgia to look at how hope has helped, and why the scholarship could be in trouble (begin video) danyelle reynolds, university of georgia junior: go dawgs! kyra phillips, cnn anchor: university of georgia junior danyelle reynolds beams with school pride she is a georgia bulldog through and through she's also a hope scholarship recipient, and that means she doesn't pay a dime toward tuition reynolds: initially, i was actually looking at going out of state but once i saw the numbers of out of state at some schools and then paying in state and not having to pay for that tuition, so just paying for housing and books and some of the fees, it was really a no brainer phillips: a no brainer to more than a million georgia students who have taken advantage of the scholarship since it was introduced in 1993 here's how it works: earn a 30 grade point average in an in state high school and maintain your grades at college amounts vary, but some students can get up to $6,000 a year for tuition, fees and books at any eligible georgia university or technical school it's funded by the state lottery, but demand is high and more money is going out than coming in lawmakers are dipping into reserves, scrambling to cover costs and georgia's new republican governor says something needs to change gov nathan deal, (r) georgia: i am dedicated to honoring the promise that has been made to our students through hope and will work with the general assembly to tailor the program to the financial realities that we face today phillips: other legislatures in other parts of the country are watching for georgia's next move more than a dozen other states modeled their own scholarship programs on hope many of them are now caught in the same kind of budget crunch nancy mcduff, associate vice president, university of georgia admissions & enrollment management: i don't know that any other program is identical to what we have in georgia, nor has it been around as long and had a chance to grow so, they're watching us carefully, and we're hoping that we'll be able to to preserve this so that students and families will be as impacted as least as possible given the current economic situation phillips: spend a day in this college town, and you'll be hard pressed to find a georgia student who hasn't benefited from hope freshman lindsey harris says the opportunity has been a life changer lindsey harris, college freshman: it's pretty much the only way i was going to be able to go to college phillips: and unfortunately, her family isn't banking on the scholarship for the younger siblings amy harris, lindsey harris's mother: i've got a 10 year old also and 5 year old i'm not really counting on hope being there in eight years or 13 years for them (end video) promo azuz: want to expand your geographic genius? you know you do our downloadable maps: just what you're looking for you can go to cnnstudentnewscom every day and use these free resources to help you pinpoint locations in the headlines, like today's maps for athens, tucson and tunisia they're always free, always at cnnstudentnewscom! before we go azuz: and before we go, we have a truly memorable musical performance for you elizabeth hughes, 8 year old national anthem singer: the bombs bursting in air, gave proof azuz: eight year old elizabeth hughes didn't quit singing; her microphone quit working it died partway through her performance of the national anthem she never stopped singing and eventuallyshe got some help the crowd came to the rescue! and the awesome anthem was captured in this youtube video goodbye azuz: of course, the video has turned elizabeth into a bit of a star she certainly is a bright spot you know, like a spangle and it's easy to see why after that banner performance star spangle and banner well, we'll wave goodbye and see you tomorrow for cnn student news, i'm carl azuz
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nairobi, kenya (cnn) one of the fbi's most wanted terrorists escaped a raid over the weekend, kenyan police said monday fazul abdullah mohammed, a suspected terrorist, is shown in photos released by the fbi fazul abdullah mohammed, indicted in the united states for alleged involvement in the 1998 bombings of us embassies in kenya and tanzania, managed to evade police in a raid saturday morning in malindi, along kenya's coast, said police spokesman eric kiraithe the united states calls mohammed a senior al qaeda operative in east africa us officials accuse him of being an architect of the embassy bombings that killed 225 people they also believe mohammed was involved in attacks on an israeli owned hotel and airliner in kenya in 2002 kiraithe said kenyan authorities received information from 'local intelligence networks' that led them to conduct the raid, which involved no foreign intelligence officials he said police know mohammed had, in fact, been at the location they raided, because they found two passports under names mohammed has used kiraithe did not say what countries the passports were from a massive manhunt is under way for mohammed in malindi and surrounding areas, 'more intensive than ever before because we wouldn't want to miss him now,' kiraithe said the us offers a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to his apprehension or conviction mohammed has escaped capture and attacks before early last year a us led air strike in somalia failed to kill him in 2003, kenyan police said he escaped authorities in december 2007, the un security council amended a list of 25 al qaeda suspects subject to sanctions, including mohammed the description of mohammed offered numerous aliases and said he had 'reportedly undergone plastic surgery' the fbi description says mohammed was born in the comoros islands, and has used birth dates indicating he was born in either 1972 or 1974 he also has citizenship in kenya, the description says it adds, 'mohammed likes to wear baseball caps and tends to dress casually he is very good with computers'
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(cnn) pope benedict xvi urged warring parties in syria on tuesday to end the 21 month old civil war 'may peace spring up for the people of syria, deeply wounded and divided by a conflict which does not spare even the defenseless and reaps innocent victims,' the pope said in his traditional christmas message, delivered from the balcony of st peter's basilica 'once again, i appeal for an end to the bloodshed, easier access for the relief of refugees and the displaced, and dialogue in the pursuit of a political solution to the conflict' read more: syrian military police chief defects to join 'the people's revolution' sunni muslims make up three quarters of syria's 225 million people but christians, who represent 10% of the population, have been drawn into the war, which has largely been fought by the alawite dominated government and the largely sunni opposition christians have been historically protected by the regime of president bashar al assad, and have been reluctant to take sides some christians in syria abhor al assad, and others support the government many have been apprehensive about the prospects of an opposition government and fear the influx of jihadists in rebel ranks jaramana, a town in the damascus suburbs with a christian and druze population that has mostly been pro regime, was the site of violence monday night read more: un envoy meets with syrian president as deaths mount the opposition syrian observatory for human rights said rebels ambushed and killed a military intelligence officer there the local coordination committees of syria, an opposition network, said tuesday that free syrian army rebels killed five military intelligence soldiers in clashes with government forces a report issued last week by the un commission of inquiry on syria focused on sectarian hostilities and referred to dangers faced by christians it cited a car bombing outside a bakery in jaramana and the kidnapping of christians in september read more: opposition: more than 100 syrians killed in bakery attack before the conflict started in march 2011, the largest christian communities were in the damascus, aleppo and homs regions, it said but many christians have fled their homes because of the violence homs christians have escaped to damascus, and some have made their way to beirut; armenians who had been living in syria have sought refuge in armenia syria's armenian orthodox and other christian communities 'have sought protection by aligning themselves with the government, with the consequence that they have come under attack from anti government armed groups,' the report said read more: refugee figures fail to give true picture of syria crisis some christians have formed 'armed self defense groups to protect their neighborhoods from anti government fighters by establishing checkpoints around these areas' more than 40,000 syrians have been killed since march 2011, and hundreds of thousands have been displaced from their homes at least 171 people were killed tuesday, the lcc said of those, 61 died in damascus and its suburbs the syrian observatory reported that rebel fighters had taken over the town of harem in idlib province regime forces and militia allies surrendered; many of them and pro government civilians died during clashes, it said tuesday's violence occurred after two days of air assaults on syrians who had been waiting on line for bread an air assault in homs province killed at least 15 people monday, a day after more than 100 were killed at a bakery in hama province, opposition activists said both bombings took place in areas known for anti government sentiment the state run syrian arab news agency (sana) blamed 'armed terrorist groups' for the hama province attack read more: un envoy meets with syrian president as deaths mount doctor: mystery gas kills six, injures dozens a doctor in homs said six people have died after exposure to a mysterious gas dr abu al fida said he treated about 30 of the more than 60 people who were affected by the gas this week those who were close to the source of the gas suffered symptoms such as paralysis, seizures, muscle spasms and, in some cases, blindness, he said those who were farther from the source suffered difficulty breathing, disorientation, hallucinations, nervousness and a lack of limb control similar to excessive tear gas exposure, he said al fida said those affected responded well to atropine, which is used to treat sarin gas patients, but it was unclear what the substance may have been he said the gas appeared as a white flash that went clear opposition activist rami abdulrahman, director of the syrian observatory for human rights, said six rebel fighters died after inhaling a white gas that had no smell 'gas was released and spread in the area after members of the regime forces threw canister bombs,' abdulrahman said ' the activists said that everyone who (inhaled) the gas felt severe headaches, and some had seizures' cnn cannot independently confirm government or opposition reports from syria because the government has severely restricted access by journalists state run sana quoted fyodor lukyanov, the editor in chief of the journal russia in global affairs, as warning that 'allegations of the syrian government using chemical weapons could be excuses for foreign military intervention in syria' it added, 'in a statement to journalists on tuesday, lukyanov said that the reports on chemical weapons in syria could be exploited to undermine the authorities and motivate foreign forces, stressing that there's no proof that chemical weapons have been used and that these reports seem to be another round of the media war against syria' us president barack obama has previously warned that any use of chemical weapons by syria in its civil war would be crossing a 'red line' that would prompt a swift us response diplomatic front: more talks, but no clear results on the diplomatic front, un peace envoy lakhdar brahimi met tuesday with members of the national opposition coordination commission at a hotel in damascus commission chairman hassan abdel azim said possible solutions to the crisis were reviewed with the envoy the group is seen as a government approved opposition group or regime front it is not recognized by other opposition groups, such as the lcc or the free syrian army read more: un announces $15 billion aid effort for syrian refugees tuesday's meeting came a day after brahimi met with al assad the lcc on tuesday laid out its demands for peace talks it said it would reject any initiative that would force syrians 'to choose between accepting unfair compromises or the continuation of the regime's crimes against them' the group also warned against granting the government 'more time to continue to destroy and kill' the lcc said that the president and his officials must leave power in order for any initiative to work, and that any plan to give the government immunity against prosecution would be 'immediately rejected, as it threatens the chance for syrians to succeed in achieving justice' in bahrain, the six nation gulf cooperation council called for an immediate end to violence in syria, and pledged support for the opposition, kuwaiti state run news said members of the group, such as qatar and saudi arabia, have supported the syrian opposition the four other gulf cooperation council members are the united arab emirates, kuwait, bahrain and oman cnn's amir ahmed, samira said and mohammed jamjoom contributed to this report
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(cnn) senate republicans and democrats remain far apart in their effort to avert a year end combination of spending cuts and tax increases that could trigger a new recession, majority leader harry reid said sunday 'there's still significant distance between the two sides, but negotiations continue,' reid said as congress held a rare sunday session in a bid to avoid the so called fiscal cliff 'there's still time left to reach an agreement, and we intend to continue negotiations' no votes will be held sunday, but reid said there may be further announcements when the senate reconvenes monday morning: 'i certainly hope so' with barely a day left to avert what economists predict will be a one two punch to the us economy, talks hit what a democratic source called a 'major setback' when republicans insisted that changes to how social security benefits are adjusted for inflation be included republicans have dropped that demand, but 'they never should have been on the table to begin with,' said reid, d nevada using what's known as 'chained cpi' would change the way social security benefits are adjusted for inflation, meaning that future social security recipients would receive less money over time democrats consider this prospect a 'poison pill,' the source said, and gop senators said later it wouldn't be included 'if that is a show stopper for the majority leader, we will take that off the table,' new hampshire sen kelly ayotte told reporters after coming out of a republican caucus meeting sunday afternoon with the clock running down, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell appealed to vice president joe biden to help 'jump start' negotiations after complaining that he had received no response to an offer he put on the table saturday night 'i want everyone to know i'm willing to get this done, but i need a dance partner,' said mcconnell, r kentucky mcconnell and biden, who served together in the senate for more than two decades, were having a 'pretty fruitful' conversation sunday afternoon, said sen bob corker, r tennessee reid said earlier that mcconnell has shown 'absolutely good faith' in the talks, but 'it's just that we are apart on some pretty big issues' as he headed home sunday evening, reid was asked about progress, and he responded: 'talk to biden and mcconnell' top level sources on both sides of the negotiations said talks are primarily now in the hands of mcconnell and biden, and they are keeping reid and house speaker john boehner, r ohio, informed if nothing gets done before monday night at midnight, the expiration of the bush administration's 2001 and 2003 tax cuts will increase tax rates, while $110 billion in automatic cuts to domestic and military spending the result of the 2011 standoff over raising the federal debt ceiling will start to kick in the nonpartisan congressional budget office predicts the combined effect could dampen economic growth by 05%, possibly tipping the us economy back into a recession and driving unemployment back over 9% in an interview aired sunday on nbc's 'meet the press,' president barack obama blamed republicans for the stalemate that brought lawmakers back to capitol hill on a weekend obama urged the gop to drop its opposition to tax increases on top earners and cut a last minute deal 'they say that the biggest priority is making sure that we deal with the deficit in a serious way but the way they're behaving is that their only priority is making sure that tax breaks for the wealthiest americans are protected,' he said 'that seems to be their only overriding, unifying theme' obama told nbc that could cost the average middle class family about $2,000 he said the senate should go ahead and vote on legislation to make sure middle class taxes are not raised and that 2 million people don't lose unemployment benefits 'if we can get that done, that takes a big bite out of the fiscal cliff,' he said 'it avoids the worst outcomes' during the interview, obama said he was willing to consider using chained cpi to adjust social security even though it was 'highly unpopular among democrats' and opposed by the aarp, the powerful lobby for seniors 'in pursuit of strengthening social security for the long term, i'm willing to make those decisions,' obama said 'what i'm not willing to do is to have the entire burden of deficit reduction rest on the shoulders of seniors, making students pay higher student loan rates, ruining our capacity to invest in things like basic research that help our economy grow those are the things that i'm not willing to do' but the democratic source, who did not want to be identified because of the closed nature of the talks, said members understand obama proposed using chained cpi as an element of a larger deal that also would change how the federal debt ceiling is adjusted an element no longer included in the plans most democrats oppose chained cpi, but many were wiling to go along with it as part of a larger deal, the source said on taxes, meanwhile, democrats are arguing that taxes should go up for those making $250,000 or more, though some discussions have involved the possibility of raising that figure to a $400,000 threshold many republicans have opposed any increase in tax rates boehner suffered a political setback by offering a compromise a $1 million threshold for the higher rates to kick in that his gop house colleagues refused to support after obama's nbc interview, boehner said the president needs to stand up to his own party and insisted it was the president 'who has never been able to get to 'yes'' 'i am pleased senators from both parties are currently working to find a bipartisan solution that can finally pass that chamber,' boehner said in a statement issued by his office 'that is the type of leadership america needs, not what they saw from the president this morning' sunday night, boehner met with house gop leaders and told them to sit tight and stick together as he awaits news on whether the senate can strike a deal after the meeting, oklahoma rep tom cole told reporters that boehner said: 'i've stayed out of those negotiations' 'every time we get involved in them, we sort of get burned, so we're going to let the senate work its will, see what they do and what they send us, and we'll act accordingly,' he said sen chuck schumer, d new york, told abc's 'this week' he thought the chances of a short term, last minute deal brokered by senate leaders were better than 50 50 'i've been a legislator for 37 years, and i've watched how these things work on these big, big agreements,' schumer said 'they almost always happen at the last minute' and sen lindsey graham, r south carolina, said the chances are 'exceedingly good' that some type of deal will be reached by monday night 'i think, whatever we accomplish, political victory to the president, hats off to the president he stood his ground he's going to get tax rate increases, maybe not $250,000, but upper income americans,' graham said on 'fox news sunday' 'and the sad news for the country is that we have accomplished little in terms of not becoming greece or getting out of debt' other republicans argued sunday that obama's plan hasn't done enough to limit spending 'the president is doing nothing about the addiction that his administration has to spending he's the spender in chief,' sen john barrasso of wyoming said on cnn's 'state of the union' obama told nbc that he has cut more than $1 trillion in spending and offered another $1 trillion plus in additional cuts 'so that we would have $2 of spending cuts for every $1 of increased revenue' he said the majority of americans have made clear they support his calls for 'a balanced approach' that would increase taxes on the wealthy sen dick durbin, d illinois, warned that now is 'exactly the wrong time to go over this cliff' 'we are in the midst of an economic recovery we are seeing new job creation, businesses are seeing new growth, we are seeing the kind of economic indicators we've been waiting for for years this going over the cliff is going to bring uncertainty to our markets, and with that uncertainty, a pullback in consumer confidence and a reduction, i'm afraid, of business activity and the creation of new jobs,' he said but former democratic party chairman and 2004 presidential contender howard dean told abc that heading over the cliff would not be so bad, calling it a 'fiscal curb' instead 'you go back to the clinton tax rates, and you make some significant cuts and you cut the defense department, which hasn't been cut in 30 years,' said dean, a former vermont governor meanwhile, going over the cliff gives obama more leverage, 'because then all of sudden, middle class people's taxes are going to rise, and that's going to be bad for every politician in washington' 'maybe they'll actually get something done,' he said 'but i think, at this point, at this late hour, i think almost any deal they come up with is worse than going over the cliff' sen olympia snowe, r maine, told cnn's 'state of the union' that she expects congress will vote to extend tax cuts for incomes below $250,000 perhaps below $400,000 before midnight monday a senate agreement 'would build momentum' for the move in the house, she said 'i think it would be horrific for the country if at this time, the final days of this legislative session that already has reached historic proportions of failure, that we would now culminate in failure to extend these tax cuts,' said snowe, who is on her way out of office cnn's jessica yellin, dana bash, deirdre walsh, lisa desjardins, ted barrett and ashley killough contributed to this report
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(cnn) skier lindsey vonn is to take a sabbatical from world cup competition, but the american insists the break has nothing to do with her recent admission she suffers from depression last month the finest female skier of her generation had to spend a couple of days in hospital due to an intestinal infection that she said had affected her 'energy and strength' 'after talking with my family and consulting with my coaches and trainers, i've decided to take a break from the world cup circuit,' said vonn on her facebook page 'i believe that some time off the mountain will help me regain the physical strength that i require to compete at the level that i demand from myself i look forward to getting back on the mountain in the new year' alpine director of the us ski team patrick riml added: 'we support lindsey in the decision so that she can return to the world cup and compete in the world championships at full strength' this season vonn has won two downhills and two super gs, with her st moritz super g victory in switzerland delivering a 57th career world cup triumph to put her within five victories of record holder annemarie moser proell on the all time list but the american was below her best in the weekend races at val d'isere when her bid for a fifth straight win ended in a crash 'i want to be emphatic that this has nothing to do with my recent interview with people magazine,' added the 28 year old vonn on facebook, referring to her admission that she has suffered from depression and currently takes an anti depressant to manage the condition 'i had completed that interview weeks before i was in the hospital with the intestinal infection' in the magazine interview, vonn revealed that she had hit a low point four years ago 'i couldn't get out of bed anymore i felt hopeless, empty, like a zombie,' said vonn, who added: 'all the parts of my life are finally in sync i accept who i am, and i'm moving forward' last week vonn told cnn in an exclusive interview that was pondering taking legal action in her bid to race against the men after the international ski federation (fis) blocked her bid to challenge the sport's top male stars at a recent meeting in canada 'i don't want to make a big stink out of it but i feel like their response that i can't race with the men simply because i'm a woman was definitely gender biased so i'm going to do what i can and hopefully make something work 'so right now i'm looking into options my father is an attorney so i'm just seeing if there's any options, legally, that i can take'
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american skier lindsey vonn is to take a break from world cup circuit . vonn says break will help regain 'physical strength'. american iooking forward to 'getting back on the mountain in the new year'. alpine director of the us ski team patrick riml supports vonn decision
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shanghai, china (cnn) on saturday at 10 am it's show time for brenda zhang and her subtitle team they roll out of bed, meet each other online and chat, while their modems download the latest episode of 'prison break,' which just aired half a world away on friday night in america chinese netizens have a growing appetite for online english content once they have the show on their hard drives, the team spends the rest of the day creating subtitles for it in chinese before putting it back online for other fans to watch dozens of such groups exist in china they are voluntary and are translating a mix of media, from books and magazines to games, tv shows and movies the translated products are for an audience whose primary means of accessing foreign entertainment is the internet the members of these online translations groups participate out of a desire to improve their english for many there is also a passionate interest in overseas content and a desire to make it accessible to other chinese people 'this is a way to fulfill your life and do something you are interested in,' said zhang, a 24 year old who translates for a team that calls themselves 'showfa' 'i think chinese people need to know something different, to see how the foreigners think about life, think about love' aside from the international content made available on the web, largely by the translation groups, people in china have fewer opportunities to legally watch imported entertainment than in many developed countries while the viewing selections have been growing in recent years, beijing still issues quotas for the number of international films allowed in cinemas each year, while the limited amount of content permitted to air on state run tv is usually censored, poorly dubbed and not popular anymore translation team members download tv shows through different methods: watching directly from a web site or downloading from a translation group web site clips can also be downloaded through bittorrent file sharing sites such as xunlei through this method, groups post their 'seeds' on these sites, and people can download them the translation teams acknowledge that what they are doing is less than legal and say they do worry that someday they may be forced to quit (so far there are no reports of a group being shut down) 'we are living in this grey zone,' said deping wang, a former member of a team called 1000fr 'it is not legal, but at the same time, nobody can live without it this is the dilemma' many international media companies are concerned the groups are eroding their potential profit margins in china by illegally making the content available for free some, however, see the translation groups' efforts as a conduit for cultivating a market that will be willing to buy content if it is allowed to be distributed through official avenues in the future 'while there is still an issue on the translation right, we also take a broader view to look at its impacts on other parties such as it's providing a platform for a chinese audience who would otherwise not be able to understand or access the economist content,' henry luk, asia pacific regional director for the economist group, told cnn via e mail since 2006, a group calling itself the eco team has translated more than 8,000 articles from british newsmagazine the economist members collaborate with the translations, posting articles on their message board to be collectively copy edited the final versions are published on eco weekly a biweekly publication that can be downloaded and printed at no cost the eco team web site has more than 60,000 registered users, according to the group 'we want this magazine to be published in chinese,' said translator jerry bai at a recent party held by some of the eco team members in shanghai 'this is our only one wish' however, beyond the copyright issues that come up around the subtitle squads, bingchun meng, a media lecturer at the london school of economics who is studying the teams, sees them as an opportunity to understand the social dynamics of virtual groups 'these are fascinating communities,' meng said 'you think that everything online is more egalitarian and anti establishment, but what we see is the emergence of another kind of operation of power, but maybe the power doesn't come from the traditional source but from different venues' virtual communities the translation teams consist of loosely structured yet highly coordinated, even hierarchical, virtual communities often consisting of hundreds of participants around the world while some members occasionally meet each other offline, they mostly communicate through email, online forums or via instant messaging services, like qq and msn messenger within each team, there are leaders responsible for organizing the translation efforts of various sub groups assigned to different tv shows and movies in english and also other languages such as german and japanese leaders select the shows to subtitle by taking votes from chinese 'netizens' about the programs they want to see more experienced translators are given so called 'zero day' shows highly popular programs, like 'prison break,' that are recorded and uploaded by someone living abroad to a special ftp site immediately after the program meanwhile, back in china, a team is on standby, ready to download and subtitle the show as fast as they can for chinese fans to watch online and to see if they can beat rival translation gangs competition can be fierce to get ahead, some teams route content through servers in thailand and hong kong to circumvent slow speeds that can stymie downloads between the united states and china 'it can buy 10 minutes, and, you know, 10 minutes means a lot of things,' said wang, the former member of 1000fr, one of the first translation teams in china there are around a half dozen other subtitle groups that are well known, including ydy, or yidianyuan (garden of eden), 1000fr's main rival 'these two groups fight together to see who is the fastest to translate into chinese,' wang said 'two hours was one of our record translation times' before someone can be a translator, he or she must first go through an application process and take a language test wang said she had to translate 300 words in 15 minutes to become part of 1000fr teams also often have entire human resources departments responsible for recruiting new members, and there is never a shortage of applicants 'a lot of people apply a lot,' said zhang, who is responsible for bringing in new recruits for showfa's japanese subgroup 'there are a lot of tv series, and we need a lot of human resources' but just as quickly as new members come, they also go many of the translators are college students with plenty of time on their hands, often quitting once they graduate and have to get a job zhang finished school several years ago but still manages to find time to spend with her subtitle group who she says are also her best friends they also meet online every tuesday morning to translate another popular american show, '24' yet now on saturdays, zhang and the translators will have to come up with a different routine this season of prison break was its last 'we will take a break,' zhang said 'and wait for new shows'
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(cnn) sitting in front of the tv on friday, i watched in horror as the death toll climbed with each news report coming in on the mass shooting in an elementary school in newtown, connecticut the magnitude of the shooting shocked me it also took me back to five years ago, when i received a phone call on a blustery april morning that changed my life forever i was out shopping, and my cell phone had rung several times, but i had chosen to ignore the calls luckily, i answered the third call, which came in at 10:38 am my daughter emily, then a sophomore at virginia tech, was on the phone she said, 'mommy, i've been shot' clutching the phone, my knees buckling, i tried to make sense of what i was hearing emily quickly handed the phone to the emt who had triaged her and was waiting with her for an ambulance the emt assured me that emily was going to be fine, that there were very seriously wounded students that needed to be transported immediately and she was waiting with emily for the next ambulance she also shared that the situation on campus was 'very bad' the world soon knew how bad it was the incident at virginia tech on april 16, 2007, remains the worst mass shooting in us history in terms of casualties thirty two students and school staff were killed that morning by a dangerously mentally ill student with guns, including high capacity magazines the killer should have been prevented from purchasing firearms, but when he purchased his weapons, his mental health records were not in the fbi database against which background checks are run he used 30 round magazines, which had been outlawed up until 2004, when congress let the assault weapons ban expire shooting triggers 'mind battle' for columbine survivors we were one of the lucky families our daughter survived, when so many others did not eleven of the 17 students in her classroom were killed, along with her professor a classmate dialed 911 when they first heard the shooter, but dropped his cell phone when almost immediately, the killer burst into the classroom and began spraying bullets at everyone emily reached over and picked up the phone and kept the dispatcher on the phone during the entire ordeal by hiding the phone law enforcement repeatedly told me how brave emily was to keep them on the line law enforcement has also told me that the single most effective thing we can do to prevent gun violence would be to require all purchasers for all gun sales to undergo a background check then gov tim kaine appointed a panel of experts to investigate all aspects of the massacre and report back their recommendations recommendation vi 2 stated, 'virginia should require background checks for all firearms sales' sadly, that hasn't happened, and gun deaths now outpace motor vehicle deaths in my state america has witnessed mass shooting tragedies grow in frequency in the last five years to the point that, according to one report, there have been 16 mass shootings between february 22, 2012, and december 14, 2012, leaving over 80 dead and many injured i can't help but ache with sorrow, anguish and concern for all those families suffering the sheer agony that i saw the families of the 32 killed at virginia tech suffer and i can't help but be angered at the cowardly behavior from our elected leaders they have abandoned all sense of right and wrong, despite epidemic deaths from guns, and ignored their duty not only to keep our communities safe from gun violence, but to keep our children safe as well when i think of those killed over 60,000 americans have been murdered with guns since the shooting at virginia tech i have to wonder how many might be alive today if our elected leaders had taken to heart their responsibilities why is it that our elected leaders have not only ignored the pleas of survivors and family members of victims of gun violence, but those of our public safety officials police and law enforcement officers who put their lives on the line day in and day out only to listen to the gun lobby when determining public safety policy? what sense can that make when the gun lobby's sole purpose is to sell as many firearms as possible to make as much money as possible? do you own a gun that fell under the now expired federal weapons ban? we have come to a time when many say the unimaginable has happened again the mass shooting in the newtown school where 26 people were killed, including 20 children it is sheer senselessness my heart goes out with the utmost compassion to the families suffering so terribly from friday's massacre for those whose loved ones have been killed, there is no real closure; there are permanent holes in their hearts time may lend a helping hand to healing, but their lives have been changed irrevocably as my friend lynnette, whose son was murdered in the virginia tech shooting, laments, 'there is no ending to the heartache' i am brought to tears thinking of all we have seen, all we have not done and all we have let die the opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of lori haas
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lori haas: the magnitude of the newtown shooting shocked me . haas: it reminds me of when my daughter was injured in the virginia tech shooting . she says our elected leaders have abandoned all sense of right and wrong . haas: how many victims would be alive today if leaders took their responsibilities to heart?
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(cnn) his eyes stinging with pepper spray, a developmentally disabled 21 year old man was hit and forced to the ground before being taken into custody by california sheriff's deputies in an incident that left his family thursday demanding justice antonio martinez was taken to a hospital and detained for possible obstruction of justice, but there was no citation or charge filed on that or other counts, said san diego county sheriff's department spokeswoman jan caldwell his father is considering suing the department and the city of vista, california, the young man's sister, jessica martinez, said 'but really, all we want is for the sheriff's deputy who did this to my brother to get fired,' jessica martinez, 20, said 'that's all we want we want justice' the incident occurred tuesday evening in vista, where sheriff's deputies were looking into a domestic violence incident, caldwell said one of them saw martinez cover his head with his hood and, believing he might be involved in the incident, tried to talk with him, said the spokeswoman the 21 year old who weighs 158 pounds and stands 4 feet, 11 inches tall, according to a sheriff's department document didn't respond to the commands, she added martinez is well known around the vista neighborhood, where he lives and his family has a bakery, his sister said he was out walking between his home and the bakery when the deputy called out to him, at which point neighborhood men explained that the young man had down syndrome and wasn't doing anything wrong, according to jessica martinez the deputy didn't back off instead, while trying 'to gain compliance and prevent a possible escape,' he used pepper spray on antonio martinez, said caldwell from the sheriff's department the deputy began using a baton as an agitated crowd approached, the spokeswoman added the deputy hit antonio martinez with it, forcing him to the ground, then levied 'a couple more strikes to get his hands free,' sheriff's department capt joe rodi told cnn affiliate kgtv jessica martinez said she joined the crowd after a nearby business owner had run into her bakery, telling them police were beating up her brother 'i heard my brother screaming mine and my sister's name,' she said 'he was screaming for help 'my brother wasn't fighting he was crying and screaming he was scared' two deputies got on top of antonio martinez as he rubbed his eyes from the pepper spray, eventually handcuffing him and putting him in a police car, his sister said he was taken to tri city medical center in oceanside, california, where jessica martinez and her father found him with scratches but no broken bones the family asked to take antonio martinez home from the hospital, but a sheriff's deputy refused, jessica martinez said it wasn't until around 11:30 that night at the sheriff's department, after being brought back from the hospital that he was released, she said 'when i asked my brother if he was sad, antonio told me his heart hurt,' his sister said 'he's just really sad right now, and he doesn't want to go to the bakery any more' the san diego county sheriff's department has opened an investigation, according to caldwell rodi met with the family wednesday and acknowledged the situation should have been handled differently 'we made a mistake here,' rodi told kgtv troubling legacy of sandy hook may be backlash against kids with autism
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police: antonio martinez was between his home, family bakery when deputy approached . the developmentally disabled man, 21, didn't respond to calls and was pepper sprayed . he was hit and cuffed, despite others' pleas he had down syndrome, sister says . martinez was never charged, and a sheriff's captain says, 'we made a mistake here'
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(ewcom) this is the most exciting tv development news we've heard in awhile cbs tv studios is in the very early stages of a new version of the classic series 'the twilight zone' bryan singer ('x men') is attached as executive producer there is no writer and no attached network at this time so this project could go nowhere but the development wheels are turning creator host rod serling's original 1959 64 edition of 'the twilight zone' is considered one of the best shows of all time attempts to revive the series have largely struggled — there was a 1985 edition that ran for three seasons (two on cbs, one in syndication), and another in 2002 on upn that lasted only one season terence malick's 'to the wonder' trailer yet a potential revival now of this ground breaking anthology show makes sense sci fi and horror series are delivering big ratings (amc's 'the walking dead,' nbc's 'revolution') and there's several other genre projects coming to the small screen (nbc's 'hannibal' and 'dracula'; cbs' 'under the dome') networks have become less squeamish about edgy content, which has allowed producers to more realistically depict dark subject matter plus, fx already took a step toward successfully reviving the anthology format by launching american horror story, a drama with close ended seasons there's been a second 'twilight zone' movie mired in development for several years now too, with leonardo dicaprio attached as executive producer the film is reportedly about a test pilot who returns to earth after an experimental flight to discover it's 96 years in the future 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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cbs tv studios is in the early stages of a new 'twilight zone' series . bryan singer ('x men') is attached as executive producer . there is no writer and no attached network at this time
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london, england (cnn) when nina temple was diagnosed with parkinson's disease in 2000, then aged 44, she quickly became depressed, barely venturing out of her house as she struggled to come to terms with living with the chronic condition sing for joy is a choir made up of sufferers of neurological conditions plus friends, family and carers 'i was thinking of all the things which i wished i'd done with my life and i wouldn't be able to do and then i started thinking about all the things that i still actually could do and singing was one of those,' temple told cnn along with a fellow parkinson's sufferer, temple decided, on a whim, to form a choir the pair placed notices in doctor's surgeries inviting others to join them and advertised for a singing teacher by 2003, with the help of funding from the parkinson's disease society, the resulting ensemble 'sing for joy' was up and running, rehearsing weekly and soon graduating to public performances the group now consists of around two dozen singers, including sufferers of parkinson's and multiple sclerosis, others recovering from conditions including stroke or cancer, plus their carers, family and friends led by acclaimed jazz performer carol grimes, the group's genre defying repertoire ranges from cole porter classics to ethnic punk watch sing for joy perform » 'it's quite easy to get overwhelmed by the disease and having something that you do every week that makes you forget all your troubles and keeps you from feeling isolated is a great pleasure,' says temple but singing also has physical and neurological benefits for the choir's members a common symptom of parkinson's disease and similar conditions is voice loss and each week the group begins its rehearsals with vocal exercises worked out with speech therapists 'all neurological conditions affect the throat because it has so many muscles,' says sarah benton, another choir member with multiple sclerosis 'so singing, which makes you lift up your body and expand your lungs, is perfect for neurological diseases' while 'sing for joy's' diy style music therapy has provided obvious social, mental and physical benefits for its members, there is a growing body of clinical evidence suggesting that music can play a key role in aiding recovery or helping sufferers cope with a broad range of brain based conditions does music affect your mood or have particular physical or mental benefits? sound off below doctor wendy magee, international fellow in music therapy at london's institute of neuropalliative rehabilitation, describes music as a 'mega vitamin for the brain,' capable of influencing and improving motor function, communication and even cognition 'when neural pathways are damaged for one particular function such as language, musical neural pathways are actually much more complex and much more widespread within the brain,' magee told cnn 'music seems to find re routed paths and that is why it is such a useful tool in terms of helping people with different kinds of brain damage because it can help to find new pathways in terms of brain functioning' researchers in finland have demonstrated that listening to music for several hours a day can enhance the rehabilitation of stroke patients in another study, stroke patients who were taught to play the piano or drums made speedier progress in their general recovery than patients who received only traditional therapy at colorado state university, researchers have used musical and rhythmic cues as an effective tool to improve the movement and balance of parkinson's disease sufferers and those with other degenerative diseases melodic intonation therapy, in which musical exercises are used to improve speech, has proved an effective treatment for patients with aphasia, a disorder that results from damage to portions of the brain responsible for language musical memories also seem to be more resilient to neural degenerative conditions such as alzheimer's and dementia, enabling therapists to use familiar tunes to cue memories which might otherwise have been lost one american world war ii veteran whose dementia was so severe he couldn't remember his own name and would barely acknowledge his own wife was brought alive through ballroom dancing and the music of frank sinatra, the sufferer still able to lead his wife through the foxtrot as if it was the 1940s the power of music to enhance moods and emotions has long been harnessed by psychologists, but, as dr lauren stewart, director of a recently established course in music, mind and brain at goldsmiths university of london told cnn, 'recent advances in neuroscience and brain imaging technology are now radically transforming conventional music therapy into a more rigorous and research based clinical practice' professor michael thaut of colorado state university's center for biomedical research in music, who has helped pioneer a new research based approach known as neurologic music therapy (nmt), says recent developments amount to a 'paradigm shift' 'therapists in all fields have been doing things for decades; now they're trying to figure out the research to support their work,' thaut told cnn 'nmt started as a science and now it's turning into a clinical field and that's very exciting' for now nmt remains on the fringes of standard neurological rehabilitation but magee believes its application and a general move away from psychoanalytical approaches dominant in the past, could bring music therapy towards the mainstream and make it an ever more effective tool 'we are now starting to see the evidence for why we see things work that also means we can fine tune what we do because we understand more about the neurological processing behind it,' she said 'but we're still at the point where we need to build the evidence base and translate that evidence base into practice so we can convince funders that music therapy is an important part of rehab practice' for the members of sing for joy however, the proof of the therapeutic power of music is already self evident 'there is something about coming together and making a communal sound,' said sarah benton 'there is nothing like it and it's wonderful'
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(cnn) he used to be found slugging it out for major tennis titles on the centre court turf at wimbledon now mark philippoussis spends his time lapping up the surf in san diego after more than a decade in the pressure cooker atmosphere of top level tennis, and a stint as an eligible bachelor in a television dating show, the man who was known as 'the scud' because of his fearsome serve and aggressive approach now prefers a slower pace of life the 35 year old enjoyed a 14 year career in the game, his pair of davis cup titles with australia tempering the bitter sting of his two grand slam final defeats but philippoussis has swapped his racket for a board, and insists he is as dedicated to surfing as he was professional tennis 'the first wave i stood up on and rode to the beach, i thought, 'this is what i am going to do for the rest of my life' i knew right then and there i was just hooked,' he told cnn's open court show 'it's so hard to explain until you go out there and you surf you can't really explain what surfing does to you for me it's my meditation people do yoga, they go on their runs and they see it as their way to release and for me it is getting in the ocean 'some of the things i have seen in the ocean whales and dolphins on a wave i'm on, a dolphin underneath you it makes you feel so small but also at the same time that you are part of something so special it's an incredible thing, it's amazing surf' 'it's completely in the now, my mind's not wondering what i'm going to do later, what i did yesterday, it's only about being out there, being in the moment and surfing that wave, nothing else' if life is a beach for philippoussis now, it wasn't towards the end of his career when injury blighted his final attempts to snare the one thing his resume lacked a major title he lost twice in grand slam finals to compatriot pat rafter at the us open in 1998, before running into a young pretender called roger federer at wimbledon in 2003 the 'fed express' would go on to win the next five titles at the prestigious grass court major but though disappointment will forever linger in those twin failures, philipoussis regards his two davis cup triumphs as his finest achievement in both the successful 1999 and 2003 campaigns, philipoussis won the decisive rubber that handed his team, and his country, victory the first came against cedric pioline in front of a hostile crowd in france, while the second installment saw him beat juan carlos ferrero of spain in front of a partisan crowd in his home town of melbourne that commitment to the team, rather than the individual, is a typically australian trait, where representing your country inspires pride and every last ounce of effort 'it's the pinnacle of what you want to do as an athlete,' he said, 'especially in australia where we are so sports driven we love our sports with the olympics, with swimming, with everything we want to do, with the history 'davis cup has huge history with australia, with the names and how many times we have won the cup so you grew up watching a lot of those matches 'there's a tournament every week on the atp tour so obviously we want to do as well as we can, but if we don't the mentality can be easily, 'ok next week' with davis cup, well, it is every year, but it's every few months that you play that tie, and it's not just you, you are playing for your teammates, your coach, your captain, your country 'there's a lot of pressure there, the atmosphere at davis cup is like no other event and it's an incredible experience' his efforts in 2003 proved to be the final year philippoussis threatened tennis' top table, as persistent injuries and erratic form saw him slide out of the top 100 and turn his thoughts to life off court as such philippoussis, who completed various stints of modeling throughout his playing career, played the role of eligible bachelor for the 2007 television show 'the age of love' in which he had to choose one lady to date from a group of younger 'kittens' or older 'cougars' 'if i could sum it up in one sentence i would say it was quite an experience,' he explained 'it was fun, then extremely frustrating, then i kind of wanted to get off the show and it was one of those things that i look back on and i don't regret at all 'i did it, it was another experience in my life and it was fun would i want to do anything like that again? no absolutely not, but it was fun' his last competitive tennis match came in dallas in 2010 but now his main focus in life is to plan board meeting after board meeting, in the pacific ocean 'one of the amazing things about surfing is that every wave is different, every condition is different, every time i get up on the board is different but the most important thing for me is it's my passion, i want to try to get as good as i can 'i'm improving; i'm out there every day just like tennis, if you want to get better, you've got to get out there, so i am'
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(cnn) with a few quick strokes of a pen this week, brazilian president luiz inacio lula da silva signed into law a widely debated measure that aims to end hundreds of years of racial disparity whether the racial equality law will succeed in a nation where about the half the population consists of people of color, but most of the political and economic power resides in white hands, will not be known for years some observers say the law will just make matters worse because the inequalities in the nation of more than 201 million people are economic and social, not racial 'it makes brazil do what brazil has never done, which is racialize the debate,' said paulo sotero, director of the brazil institute at the woodrow wilson international institute for scholars 'the way to face it is not to define who is this or who is that, but to create opportunities' about 54 percent of brazilians are white, 39 percent are mixed race and 6 percent are black, according to the cia world factbook but those distinctions are lost on most brazilians, sotero and others say 'i have black ancestors, indigenous ancestors, portuguese ancestors, and i personally don't give a damn,' sotero said that's not to say that huge inequalities don't exist the country's gross domestic product the value of goods and services it produces was $2 trillion in 2009, the 10th largest in the world, according to the cia world factbook but per capita income for the same year was estimated at $10,200, the 105th highest in the world simply stated, most of the wealth being produced is not finding its way down to most brazilians it's people of color who bear the brunt of that inequality brazilians of african descent earn 58 cents for every $1 a white brazilian makes, according to the government's national household survey this in a country where one of every four brazilians lives below the poverty level 'the poor generally have darker skin,' sotero said but that's not because blacks are considered inherently inferior, but because they haven't had the opportunities, analysts say 'the country really favors a meritocracy,' said larry birns, director of the council on hemispheric affairs, a liberal washington think tank 'if you had the talent and you had the education, you could succeed,' birns said 'it just so happened that most of the time the whites had the education' peter hakim, president emeritus of the inter american dialogue policy institute, notes that 'if people move up the social ladder, they're not viewed by a racial prism' much discrimination has been based on economic class, not race 'it's a class and social issue that sometimes expresses itself as racial,' sotero said 'i'm not saying there is no racism yes, there is,' he said 'but in brazil there is no racial hatred' birns recalls that rich people would place ads in newspapers years ago seeking husbands for their daughters the ads would note that 'race need not matter,' he said 'the rich weren't particularly scornful of the blacks,' birns said 'they simply were scornful of those who were poor' still, though, people of color have faced barriers physical and otherwise 'not long ago,' hakim said, 'black people were required to use the service entrance to buildings now, that's not so' the brazilian senate approved the racial equality statute in june and lula signed it tuesday senators removed provisions for racial quotas in universities and businesses, but the law offers tax incentives for enterprises that undertake racial inclusion, the globo newspaper reported wednesday the law also defines what constitutes racial discrimination and inequality and says that anyone who considers himself or herself a black or mulatto is covered in addition, the law stipulates that african and brazilian black history be taught in all elementary and middle schools brazil will hold elections for a new president in october and some observers see adoption of the racial equality law as one of the last pieces of unfinished business before lula leaves office 'the law is one of a number of things that lula has done to face up to various brazilian dilemmas,' birns said 'he has placed issues on the agenda that previously had difficulty being there' enactment of the measure shows how far the country has come, hakim said 'until 10 or 12 years ago,' he said, 'brazil was very sensitive about race now brazil has begun to feel a little more relaxed about the whole thing' and the law is significant, hakim said, because brazil now is 'willing to admit racial discrimination' observers emphasize it would be a mistake to compare the racial situation in brazil with the united states for starters, the definition of who is black is significantly different 'in the united states, a person who has one drop of black blood is considered black,' sotero said, pointing out that president barack obama is labeled as black although his mother was white 'in brazil, it's just the opposite,' he said 'a person who has one drop of white blood is considered not black' brazil's initial pool of african natives also was much larger than in the united states about 900,000 slaves survived the trip from africa to the united states, sotero said, while 37 million slaves made it to brazil the sheer weight of that many slaves made them a larger part of brazilian society, he said slavery became illegal in the united states in 1865 when congress passed the 13th amendment to the constitution, while brazil outlawed slavery in 1888 sotero sees a major difference in the aftermath in the two countries, though, because much of the racism in the united states was codified into laws that were not overturned until the federal civil rights act of 1964 and the voting rights act of 1965, 100 years after the end of the civil war 'there were no jim crow laws in brazil, officially,' sotero said 'there was prejudice, but it was not categorized in law' says hakim, 'brazil has a longer history of the two races living side by side' compared with the united states, he said, 'the difference between blacks and whites in brazil was never that dramatic' as a result, he said, there's a big difference in how african descendants see themselves in each country 'blacks in the united states recognize themselves mostly as being black first,' he said 'in brazil, they see themselves as being black and brazilian 'in the united states, race tends to be all determining it's not the same in brazil there's lots of discrimination, but not this all too determining factor' but brazil's new law could increase racial tensions, sotero said, because people could start thinking more in those terms 'it's a very controversial measure because it mandates that people identify themselves as black or white,' he said 'most brazilians would have difficulties to put themselves in a category' or the law could turn out to be meaningless 'one of the things that could happen with it is nothing,' he said 'there are many laws in brazil that are not fully implemented because there are no resources' regardless, hakim said, passage of the law carries weight 'laws always have two sides,' he said 'there's the symbolic side progress is always slower' sotero agrees 'now we have to implement the law and see what happens'
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(cnn) syria announced tuesday that it is granting 'amnesty' to protesters accused of committing crimes but a report published by the state run news agency seemed to suggest the protesters were not actually being offered amnesty, as in a general pardon, but were having their punishments for alleged crimes decreased an announcement on state run television said syrian president bashar al assad issued a decree granting amnesty to protesters arrested for crimes committed before tuesday the amnesty includes 'all of those who belong to various political movements including the muslim brotherhood,' the alert on state tv said the announcement came after weeks of syrian officials describing some protesters as 'terrorists' trying to destabilize the country a report tuesday on the website of sana, syria's state news agency, said that in addition to granting general amnesty, assad's decree 'also pardons half penalties for felonies if there was no personal claim' the report says article 1 of assad's decree grants 'general amnesty for all crimes committed before may 31, 2011, according to the following' it then lists changes in punishments the death penalty will be replaced with a 'life sentence of hard labor or long imprisonment sentence according to the crime,' a life sentence of hard work will be replaced with '20 years imprisonment with hard labor,' and so on a call to the syrian embassy in washington for clarification was not immediately returned sana also carried a story tuesday with the headline: 'army and security forces arrest members of armed terrorist groups in al rastan, seize massive amounts of weapons and ammo' the syrian uprising, part of the so called arab spring in which protesters throughout much of the middle east and north africa have taken to the streets calling for reforms, has been met with a fierce crackdown by the government roughly 830 people have been killed in the protests, according to the syrian human rights information link that number does not include security personnel whom the syrian government says died in attacks by 'armed groups' the united states has imposed new sanctions on al assad and other senior syrian officials over human rights abuses, freezing any assets held in the country cnn's josh levs and arwa damon contributed to this report
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(cnn) a double from klass jan huntelaar saw ac milan warm up for next week's champions league clash with manchester united by defeating udinese 3 2 at the san siro, a result that moves them up to second place in the serie a table the home side took a seventh minute lead when dutch international huntelaar powered home a near post header from ronaldinho's superb cross and in form ronaldinho, who has been surprisingly left out of brazil's squad for next month's friendly international against the republic of ireland, also set up alexandre pato to tap in a second goal six minutes before half time however, the visitors pulled a goal back on the stroke of half time when antonio floro flores headed home antonio di natale's cross but man of the match ronaldinho helped restore milan's two goal advantage in the 57th minute when his free kick was flicked on by massimo ambrosini, for huntelaar to score from close range di natale made the last four minutes interesting when firing past goalkeeper dida, after beating the milan offside trap, but the home side held on to go above roma in the table eight points behind city rivals inter meanwhile, in the friday evening german bundesliga match, borussia moenchengladbach beat nuremberg 2 1 to move up to 11th place in the table
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(cnn student news) january 19, 2011 download pdf maps related to today's show: • pakistan • haiti • somalia transcript this is a rush transcript this copy may not be in its final form and may be updated carl azuz, cnn student news anchor: a former dictator shows back up in his home country 25 years after he was forced out of power what happened? we have the answer in today's edition of cnn student news! first up: pakistan quake azuz: first up, an early morning earthquake hits pakistan this happened around 1:30 am local time on wednesday in a remote area in southwestern pakistan officials said the quake had an initial magnitude of 72 that would mean it was a 'major' quake there were reports that it lasted 20 or 30 seconds one scientist said it's not uncommon for earthquakes to hit this region china & us relationship azuz: well, the leaders of the world's two largest economies get together in washington, dc we're talking about president obama and chinese president hu jintao the chinese leader is in the us for a visit the two presidents are scheduled to sit down today to talk about some of the issues that are important to both nations president hu landed in washington yesterday in addition to president obama, the chinese leader is scheduled to sit down with leaders in congress and business executives the issue of trade is likely to come up at all of those meetings the us and chinese economies are connected in a lot of ways, and each country has had some complaints about the other one's policies jill dougherty has more for us on the connections between the us and china and the current status of the relationship between these two world powers (begin video) jill dougherty, cnn foreign affairs correspondent: two nations oceans apart, locked in a complex relationship that will help chart the 21st century hillary clinton, us secretary of state: today, our relationship has gone global we debate and discuss nearly every major international issue dougherty: friends or rivals? a former deputy secretary of state says for the us, china is both richard armitage, former deputy secretary of state: they are a factor of life as the second largest economy in the world, by every measure, whether it's political, social, economic, and for that matter security and furthermore, they have very key interests of their own in areas that are extraordinarily important to us dougherty: spin the globe and you see china's growing competition with the us for access and influence from africa, where china craves oil and other resources, to latin america, in search of commodities and alternatives to its heavy investment in the us for many americans, china, for years, has meant bargains but increasingly, china means jobs for americans at home us treasury secretary timothy geithner: our exports to china are growing at twice the rate of growth of our exports to the rest of the world these exports support hundreds of thousands of jobs across the nation in all sectors us defense secretary robert gates: we welcome a china that plays a constructive role on the world stage dougherty: yet china's burgeoning military power is stoking concern in asia and the us gates: but questions about its intentions and opaque military modernization program have been a source of concern to its neighbors dougherty: washington says with power comes responsibility for now, china looks outward, mostly to benefit itself armitage: china's outreach, i believe, in the main is based on what they perceive is their economic and political interest however, it is the case that this compels them on occasion to deal with what we consider pariah regimes dougherty: the us really needs china's help in pressing iran and north korea on their nuclear programs but on every world issue, from terrorism to climate change to piracy on the high seas, washington also looks to beijing clinton: embracing the obligations that come with being a 21st century power will help to realize a future that will give the chinese people even more, in fact, unimagined opportunities but that means accepting a share of the burden of solving common problems, dougherty: and that, clinton argues, includes respecting human rights, releasing political prisoners and protecting ethnic minorities in tibet (end video) health care repeal? azuz: moving on to our next story today the us house of representatives, there's a vote scheduled today to repeal, or overturn, the controversial health care reform law during last year's midterm election campaigns, a lot of republicans said they'd try to overturn the law if they were elected they won a majority in the house, so this vote is a way for them to keep that promise most people though including most republicans don't expect the health care law to be completely overturned that's because an outright repeal has to be passed by the house and the senate, and democrats have a majority in the us senate shoutout stan case, cnn student news: today's first shoutout goes out to mr ireland and ms van gelder's class at palo verde high school in tucson, arizona! jean claude 'baby doc' duvalier is a former dictator of what country? is it: a) algeria, b) cuba, c) france or d) haiti? you've got three seconds go! duvalier ruled haiti for 15 years; he was forced out of the country in 1986 that's your answer and that's your shoutout! 'baby doc' returns azuz: 'baby doc' duvalier is back in haiti this week he showed up in the caribbean nation on sunday yesterday, he was taken into custody while authorities decided whether or not to officially arrest him human rights groups say that while duvalier was in power, thousands of haitians were killed or tortured he was also accused of taking money from the country's treasury no one's really sure why 'baby doc' he's the person waving returned to haiti one of his associates said it was connected to the anniversary of last year's earthquake duvalier was given control of the country by his father, who was known as 'papa doc' that's how the younger duvalier got the nickname 'baby doc' shoutout extra credit tomeka jones, cnn student news: time for a shoutout extra credit! which of these countries is part of the horn of africa? you know what to do! is it: a) somalia, b) liberia, c) tunisia or d) namibia? rewind the clock to three seconds go! of these options, only somalia is part of the horn of africa that's your answer and that's your shoutout extra credit! pirate proof azuz: the area around the horn of africa, specifically, the waters off the coast of somalia, is home to more pirate attacks than anywhere else in the world that's according to a new report that found 2010 was the worst year ever for piracy worldwide zain verjee looks at some of the ways companies and governments can protect themselves from pirates (begin video) zain verjee, cnn correspondent: the hope is this can ward off pirates it may seem laughable, but mannequins posing as guards in the dead of night could fool pirates and force them to flee there are other tactics, as one nato commander tells me larry trim, nato commander: barbed wire, perhaps, around their ship they have extra lookouts posted to look for somali pirates they have a routine where they can find fire flares, water hoses, etc verjee: warships try to stop pirates before they hit major shipping lanes like the gulf of aden the captain would have seen a skiff out there and then ordered out the marines to go and deal with the pirates trim: we take away their equipment we take away their mother ships, which is damaging to them, and then send them back to shore verjee: in mombasa, kenya, the greek commander of this warship supports operations around somalia for the european naval force, eu navfor he tells me what's tough captain vasileios efstathiou, eu naval force somalia: the area is really huge the area of operation is equal about the size of the united states verjee: just compare the size here a powerful warship like this one, completely outfitted with weapons and technology, is chasing around boats smaller than the size of this one out on the indian ocean deep in a building in central london, one private, maritime security firm has got a bird's eye view they're watching feeds, tracking vessels and weather patterns rauri dowds, maritime underwater security consultancy: we analyze them to try and create a picture of what's real and what's not verjee: they help steer ships in real time, sometimes to rougher waters where small pirate skiffs can't operate dowds: we always consider factors such as rainfall and most importantly the wind verjee: everyone i speak to tells me there's only one real solution for somalia that's not on the sea, but on the shore, where only a government that works can control its people for now, as somali pirates plan attacks, real men, and, oh, let's call them reinforcements, patrol the high seas hoping ships pass safely (end video) before we go azuz: we have another singing sensation for today's before we go segment maestro, please take your seat a quick look to make sure that the audience is paying attention and now, you make sure you have the perfect pitch, and let the performance begin something tells me this won't earn a standing ovation the crooning canine's owners say he practices at the piano three or four times every day it sounds painful! goodbye azuz: but i guess after a while, they just learned tune him out luckily, they're music and dog lovers otherwise, that little guy might be flat we hope you'll note that cnn student news returns tomorrow, when we pitch out more commercial free headlines bye bye!
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arbil, iraq (cnn) two united arab emirates based companies announced on tuesday that they will be investing in the iraq's autonomous region of kurdistan nechirvan barzani, prime minister of the kurdish regional government, called the project 'a significant contribution to the iraqi economy' four hundred and sixty one million square feet have been officially assigned to 'gas cities llc,' a joint venture between dana gas and crescent petroleum, both sharjah based companies, to establish a new venture: 'kurdistan gas city' kurdistan gas city will include industrial, residential and commercial buildings in an integrated city the expected initial investment in basic infrastructure is estimated at $3 billion, with further foreign direct investment exceeding $40 billion during the operations phase work will start on the project, which is designed to promote private sector investment in a variety of gas related industries, on september 21 gas city is structured to hold over 20 varieties of world scale petrochemical and heavy manufacturing plants, and hundreds of small and medium sized enterprises (smes), served by state of the art facilities mr nechirvan barzani, prime minister of the kurdistan regional government, said: 'dana gas and crescent petroleum have made a significant contribution to the iraqi economy through their work in the kurdistan region of iraq thus far, we are making significant progress in spurring on economic growth and creating opportunity for our people' hamid jafar, executive chairman of dana gas, explained the importance of this achievement saying: 'the kurdistan gas city is an enormous step forward in dana gas' strategy across the middle east, north africa and south asia' the kurdistan gas city is projected to generate job opportunities for nearly 200,000 iraqi citizens in infrastructure, industrial projects, support services and other business activities this is not the first project for dana gas and crescent petroleum in iraq's kurdistan region, the two companies are committed to a service agreement signed in april 2007 with the kurdistan regional government to build 180 kilometers of natural gas pipeline and two liquefied petroleum gas (lpg) plants, which are 80 percent complete the project is on track and will start pumping 150 million cubic feet of gas per day in the coming weeks, rising to 300 million cubic feet by early 2009 other companies from the uae showed similar interest in kurdistan region 'damac properties' one of the major private developers in the regions revealed on june 3 plans for a $16 billion residential, commercial and recreational project
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(cnn) in focus gulf football interests news of an english football deal sent the british media into a frenzy this week, when a private abu dhabi group announced a planned takeover of manchester city sheikha hanadi al thani talks about the real estate bubble in qatar with the likes of emirates, etihad and saudi telecom, the gulf has long had an interest in english football are they sound investments or a matter of prestige? mme investigates facetime with sheikha hanadi al thani, ceo, al waab city real estate development since 2005 when the world economic forum named her the 'young global leader of the year,' sheikha hanadi al thani has become an inspiration to women across the arab world she founded the first firm in qatar to conduct investment banking and is now the ceo of al wa'ab city, a property development that's set to open in 2010 she talks to mme about the real estate bubble in qatar and being a businesswoman in the gulf watch the show this week at the times (gmt) below: friday: 0815, 1845 saturday: 0545 sunday 0715
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on this week's mme we look at gulf interests in english football . we talk to sheikha hanadi al thani, ceo, al waab city real estate development . al thani, who started the first investment bank in qatar, talks about property
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(cnn) the us, european union and international security organizations friday called for an end to fighting between georgia and militant separatists that has dragged in russian forces russia's channel 1 shows heavy tanks purported to be on their way to south ossetia president george bush and russian prime minister vladimir putin discussed the conflict in georgia, the white house confirmed both men were attending the opening of the summer olympics in the chinese capital and spoke during a luncheon hosted by chinese president hu jintao white house spokesman tony fratto did not provide any additional details but putin, according to his spokesman, said: 'there are lots of volunteers being gathered in the region, and it's very hard to withhold them from taking part a real war is going on' white house spokeswoman dana perino said: 'i want to reiterate on [president bush's] behalf that the united states supports georgia's territorial integrity and we call for an immediate cease fire 'we urge all parties, georgians, south ossetians and russians to de escalate the tension and avoid conflict we are working on mediation efforts to secure a cease fire and we are urging the parties to restart their dialogue' the us military was also reviewing plans for the possible evacuation of the more than 2,000 of its citizens in the republic of georgia, two military officials said friday russian foreign minister sergei lavrov told his counterparts in the united states and germany and the european union's foreign policy chief that georgia was the aggressor and should immediately withdraw its troops from south ossetia the eu and the organization for security and co operation in europe (osce) are sending envoys to georgia to secure a cease fire, but a senior us state department official said the united states would only send a representative after a cease fire is in place the european union said it was working with other parties 'towards a ceasefire in order to prevent further escalation of this conflict' eu spokeswoman christina gallach told cnn: 'we think it is not acceptable to see these scenes of bloodshed and destruction' osce chairman in office, finnish foreign minister alexander stubb, said: 'the intense fighting in the south ossetian conflict zone risks escalation into a full fledged war 'war would have a devastating impact for the entire region i urge the georgians, south ossetians and russians to cease fire, end military action and stop further escalation we need to pull back from the brink of a full fledged war' nato secretary general jaap de hoop scheffer issued a statement friday saying he was seriously concerned about the recent events in the region, and he called on all sides to end armed clashes and begin direct talks watch more about nato's attempts to help georgia » carmen romero, a nato spokeswoman in brussels, said nato was in regular contact with georgia's president and was talking to russia britain also urged all sides to bring an immediate end to the violence 'we are monitoring developments we urge an immediate cease fire in the fighting in south ossetia and for a resumption of direct dialogue between all parties' georgia, formerly part of the soviet union, is now looking west and has ambitions of joining nato south ossetia has longed for and sometimes fought for independence since the 1920s when the soviet government made it an autonomous region within georgia after the collapse of the soviet union, georgia broke away from moscow in 1991 and south ossetia voted overwhelmingly for its own independence violence has been mounting in the region in recent days, with sporadic clashes between georgian forces and south ossetian separatists georgian troops launched new attacks in south ossetia late thursday after a top government official said a unilateral cease fire offer was met with separatist artillery fire an emergency session of the un security council on friday discussed the dramatic escalation of violence the session ended friday morning without a statement about the fighting 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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international organizations call for end to fighting in breakaway georgia region . fighting in south ossetia escalated friday; russian tanks moved to the region . president bush: the united states supports georgia's territorial integrity . georgia, formerly part of the soviet union, now has ambitions of joining nato
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los angeles, california (ap) the shoe phone on tv's 'get smart' wasn't just a sneaky spy gadget, it was a technological marvel: a wireless, portable telephone that could be used anywhere though it did require a dime to make a call today, almost everyone has a pocket sized version that also takes photos, shoots video, sends e mail and surfs the internet about the only thing it doesn't do is protect your feet 'get smart' comes to the big screen next week, along with a spate of new spy gadgets to help maxwell smart, agent 99 and the other spies at control the gadgets are just as goofy as they were in the original tv series, but because technology has caught up with the writers' imaginations, there's a big difference: many of the movie's doo dads actually exist 'our favorite thing is to take something that does sort of exist and just exaggerate it a little bit,' said matt ember, who co wrote the script the film shows a tiny ipod alongside spy worthy stuff such as a two way tooth radio and a digital 'spy fly' all of which are available now 'it's pushed to a level of success that perhaps it hasn't achieved in the real world, but it's real, it's out there, so that's fun' added co writer tom j astle, a self described science nut director peter segal said he originally couldn't believe such devices were real 'i said, `that's too silly i don't think people will buy it,'' he recalled telling the writers 'then they googled it and it came up as an actual thing' astle and ember saw the tooth radio in a magazine and thought it was a perfect fit for the film 'that's an example of taking inspiration from the old series in spirit,' astle said 'the inherent comedy of having a microphone in your mouth it's really close to your voice and it's easy to yell and be too loud' the inextricable link between gadgets and spy movies began with james bond in 1962, said tv historian tim brooks, author of 'the complete directory to prime time network and cable tv shows' the often preposterous devices bond used added levity to a genre that 'had always been deadly serious' during the early years of the cold war, brooks said back in the day, 'get smart' ratcheted up the goofiness level with bulletproof pajamas, a bunsen burner phone and other wacky gadgets that often didn't work when the show debuted in 1965, the nation was future focused and obsessed with the promise of technology the show played on that obsession, brooks said, introducing dozens of covert gadgets and props designed to make life easier for cold war era secret agents a cigarette lighter doubled as a 22 caliber gun a lipstick could record conversations or release poisonous gas then there was the famous shoe phone and the always dysfunctional 'cone of silence' that could (theoretically) keep conversations private, even in a crowded room 'it's nothing that you would expect to find or would even make sense in real life, and that's the gag,' brooks said 'it was part of what the show was about you'd watch wondering what's next, where's the phone going to be next time it was like a satire of our fixation with gadgets' the movie also takes liberties with some familiar devices, such as portable lasers, retinal scanners and a tricked out swiss army knife equipped with a flame thrower and a mini crossbow despite living in a high tech world, movie fans still love spy gadgets, the filmmakers said: just look at the success of the bond franchise, which will soon introduce its 22nd installment, and spy spoofs such as 'austin powers' part of it is the undercover element, part of it is a cultural love for technology, and part of it is wishful thinking 'human beings are tool users,' astle said 'we would like to believe that our government the good guys have within their power tools and electronic gadgets that will protect us that are beyond what we could do' 'there is some reality to it,' ember said 'we do have facial recognition software, but on the other hand, i'm not allowed to bring shampoo on an airplane'
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new film 'get smart' comes to the big screen next week . co writer says the film exaggerates many gadgets that can be bought online . the original tv show debuted in 1965, when the nation was 'future focused'. tv historian says the show was a satire of america's fixation with gadgets
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(cnn) an nbc reporter and his crew spoke tuesday of their overwhelming relief after being freed from kidnappers in syria who kept them bound, blindfolded and repeatedly threatened to kill them during a five day ordeal speaking from turkey, richard engel described on nbc's 'today' show how he and his crew were seized by a group of masked, heavily armed men shortly after crossing into northwest syria from turkey on thursday read more: syrian refugees on run: 'i want people to feel our pain' while the nbc crew members were bundled into a waiting container truck, one of the rebel fighters who had been escorting them into syria was executed on the spot, engel said then followed five days during which the team was moved among a series of safe houses and interrogation places, always blindfolded although they weren't physically harmed, they were subjected to 'a lot of psychological torture' and threats of being killed, engel said read more: refugee figures fail to give true picture of syria crisis 'they made us choose which one of us would be shot first when we refused, there were mock shootings they pretended to shoot him several times,' he said, referring to producer ghazi balkiz hearing a gun fired while blindfolded 'can be a very traumatic experience,' he said back in the united states, fears for their well being mounted the network sought word of where they were but kept their disappearance out of the news for fear of jeopardizing their safety while the crew was missing, there was no claim of responsibility, no contact with the captors and no request for ransom, the network said read more: syrian rebels gaining ground in aleppo, opposition says only on monday did the welcome news come that they had been freed after their kidnappers ran into a rebel checkpoint as they moved the hostages to another site two of their captors were killed in the ensuing firefight, but the nbc crew was unharmed the team spent the night with the rebels who rescued them before crossing the border into turkey on tuesday morning 'we're very happy to be here we're in good health we're ok,' engel told the 'today' show from antakya, still wearing the same clothes he was held in but smiling broadly read more: syrian regime approaching collapse, nato chief says engel, alongside balkiz and cameraman john kooistra, spoke of how they tried to use jokes to keep each other's spirits up during their long ordeal kooistra said that he had 'made good with my maker' and with himself, and that he had been 'prepared to die many times' engel also pointed out how fortunate they were to have been released unharmed while so many others in syria remain in captivity or fear for their lives syria's government has severely restricted foreign news organizations' access to the country read more: an afternoon with a syrian bombmaker nbc has not named all the crew members, but the opposition syrian observatory for human rights said there were two americans, a briton of jordanian origin, a turk and a german of syrian origin in the nbc team conflicting accounts have emerged of who was responsible for the crew's abduction and subsequent release engel said he had 'a very good idea' of who kidnapped them, saying it was the shabiha, a militia loyal to the government of syrian president bashar al assad he said their captors talked openly of their loyalty to the government and of their shia faith the majority of the rebels are sunni muslims engel said the nbc journalists were told they had been captured with the intention of exchanging them for iranians and lebanese held by the rebels read more: aleppo today tv becomes vital news source amid syria's chaos the observatory also cited a rebel who participated in the operation to release the nbc team as saying that gunmen loyal to the assad regime were behind the kidnapping however, nbc said earlier the abductors belonged to an unknown group that was 'not believed to be loyal to the assad regime' and mohammed cheikh omar, a brother of ammar cheikh omar, one of the captured members of the nbc team, told cnn that his brother said the kidnappers were a group claiming to be free syrian army ammar cheikh omar said the group that freed the crew was a free syrian army brigade called ahrour el sham the observatory named the rebel group that freed the crew as the freeman of the levant brigades in other developments: other hostages still held in syria a ukrainian journalist, ankhar kochneva, continues to be held by syrian rebels who have reportedly threatened to kill her unless a hefty ransom is paid the rebels have given the ukrainian government more time to meet their demands, the official ria novosti news agency reported tuesday and russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said tuesday that moscow was taking 'all the necessary steps' to free two russian citizens abducted in syria on monday, ria novosti reported their captors have demanded a ransom payment, the state run itar tass news agency cited the foreign ministry as saying the two russians, who work for a private company in syria, were seized near the port city of latakia, itar tass reported an italian engineer was kidnapped alongside them blasts shake palestinian refugee camp in damascus explosions rang out inside a densely populated palestinian refugee camp in damascus as clashes erupted again between rebel fighters and a pro government palestinian militia, the syrian observatory for human rights said the renewed fighting comes amid wide concern about the humanitarian situation in the yarmouk refugee camp, home to nearly 150,000 people syrian warplanes bombarded the camp sunday, hitting a school and a mosque and causing at least 15 deaths, the opposition local coordination committees of syria said since then, fighting between rebels and a palestinian faction reportedly led by ahmad jibril, a longtime leader of the popular front for the liberation of palestine general command, has rocked the camp one displaced yarmouk resident told the pro assad al watan newspaper that a large number of syrian armed forces were gathering to the west of the camp tuesday he said he believes this 'may be a lead up to a military operation to cleanse the camp of the militants' mohammad shtayyeh, a member of the central committee of the palestine liberation organization and head of the relief committee for the palestinians in syria, condemned the loss of life in yarmouk he said it was the responsibility of the syrian government to ensure the safety of palestinians in their country 'palestinian blood should not be part of the struggle for syria, and the palestinians are not part of it,' he told cnn speaking by phone to un secretary general ban ki moon on monday, syrian foreign minister walid al moallem warned the palestinian refugees against helping the rebels he 'stressed the need for the palestinians to refrain from supporting or harboring these armed group which are intruders to the camp and help expel them,' according to syrian state news agency sana unrwa, the un agency for the palestinian refugees, said that 'credible reports point to civilian deaths, injuries and destruction of property in yarmouk' thousands are fleeing the camp in search of safety, the agency said unrwa is now housing more than 2,600 displaced people in the damascus area, a number that is rising fast, it said initial reports suggest well over 2,000 palestinian refugees have also sought refuge in lebanon, it said the agency 'remains gravely concerned about the safety of the palestine refugee population in syria and appeals to all parties to refrain from actions that endanger civilian lives and property,' it said un humanitarian chief valerie amos said via twitter that she was horrified by the bombing of the camp 'senseless loss of life civilians must not be targeted,' she said us state department spokeswoman victoria nuland said the latest attacks 'mark a significant and alarming escalation of the conflict in syria all parties must stop unlawful attacks on civilians and comply with international law' palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas has urged combatants in syria 'to spare our camps and our people in syria' and not draw the palestinians into the civil war he also called on the world community 'to take immediate action' to protect palestinians in syria rebels and the government have gained and sought support from palestinians in syria many displaced palestinians have been living for decades in yarmouk, a nearly square mile district inside damascus about five miles from the center of the city formed in 1957, the urban enclave is the largest palestinian refugee community in syria, with more than 148,500 registered refugees, the united nations said at least 28 people have been killed across syria on tuesday, including nine in damascus, according the lcc two children are among the dead, the activist network said cnn's kareem khadder contributed to this report
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(cnn) surrounded by expensive pieces of chinese art purchased from auction houses in london and new york, wang zhongjun, china's 50 year old film mogul, appears the very model of a modern chinese entrepreneur luxuriating with his wealth, wang explains that all the success, money and pieces of art he has gathered thanks to his film and tv production company, huayi brothers media, wasn't very carefully planned 'our [company] goals weren't very clear so and we didn't know if it was a good idea or not [to make films] maybe we didn't find it difficult because our goals weren't clear,' he told cnn wang founded huayi brothers media group with his youngest brother wang zhonglei in 1994, originally doing advertising commissions it morphed into a film production company in 1998 and wang and his brother haven't looked back it has grown to become perhaps china's most influential film producer with over 50 films released, most of them huge box office hits in china the company also produces numerous tv shows and represents most of china's top acting talent the opulence and attention wang is now accustomed to 'people want to know me, hoping to find success and to meet famous people' is a long way from when he worked in the us delivering pizzas two years after returning to china he says he was making millions of dollars, something his friends back in the us couldn't believe 'they thought i was joking now everybody knows how fast business is growing in china,' said wang while tiny in comparison to hollywood, china's film and cinema industry is enjoying something of a boom and wang is bullish about china's homegrown market 'the media tends to think film companies aren't good business or aren't likely to grow,' he says to make sure it does grow and audiences can see their films, huayi brothers media are planning on building almost 200 cinemas this year in china; a country where dvds, mostly pirated copies, are still the main source of film watching 'china does have a big problem with intellectual property protection,' says wang 'knowing that intellectual property is not well protected, we need to make sure our main income comes from the box office follow up products won't generate much income' changing the types of films as well as the film watching experience is also on wang's agenda after over 50 releases, wang believes his company has gone some way to update the face of chinese cinema 'everybody followed what was considered to be a successful model like kung fu films in recent years though, chinese films have begun to prosper our company started making films that haven't been made before, like war films, spy films, comedies and disasters,' he said while keeping ticket sales high and collaborating with us big hitters like sony and disney, wang still has an eye on what's important, namely making films people want to see 'the most important thing is, regardless if it's an american or a chinese company; we have to make good films to keep our audience happy,' he said
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kabul, afghanistan (cnn) afghan president hamid karzai has criticized the timing of the us drone strike that killed the leader of the pakistani taliban last week, his office said in a statement karzai made the comments when he met with a us congressional delegation in kabul on sunday evening, the statement said the afghan president expressed hope that the death of the pakistani taliban leader, hakimullah mehsud, would not undermine cooperation between afghanistan and pakistan aimed at achieving a successful peace process mehsud, who had a $5 million us bounty on his head for his alleged involvement in a 2009 attack on a us base in afghanistan, was killed friday in a drone strike in northwestern pakistan, senior us and pakistani officials said last week the pakistani government condemned the use of drone strikes on its territory after mehsud's killing the us ambassador to islamabad was summoned to pakistan's foreign ministry on saturday mehsud's death happened as pakistani authorities were working on efforts to hold peace talks with the pakistani taliban there are fears that his killing could jeopardize the proposed talks in a different initiative, the afghan government announced plans last week to send a delegation to pakistan to meet with mullah abdul ghani baradar, a former afghan taliban leader who was released last month from detention by pakistani authorities the planned visit plays into efforts to pursue peace in war torn afghanistan, where nato and afghan troops have been fighting the afghan taliban for more than a decade the afghan taliban condemned the drone strike that killed mehsud as 'cowardly' and 'barbaric' in a statement posted on their website saturday, the site intelligence group said the statement urged the pakistani government and people to take measures to stop the attacks the pakistani taliban have voted to elect asmatullah shaheen, who is on pakistan's most wanted list, as their interim head, an official for the group said the group, also known as tehreek e taliban pakistan, will not be making an announcement on a new permanent leader for several more days, according to azam tariq, a member of the pakistani taliban's shura council, their centralized decision making body
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(cnn) having waited to be heard, amanda knox is finally speaking for herself five and a half years after her roommate meredith kercher was found murdered in the house they shared, the notorious american student has published her own book 'waiting to be heard' was released this week in conjunction with her first network television interview together a triumph of spectacle over substance but it could not have been otherwise this murder was transformed into tabloid entertainment almost from the moment the body was carried out of the house, in picturesque perugia, italy, the day after halloween 2007 amanda knox concedes being 'tone deaf' in days after roommate's murder knox doesn't know what happened that night and is unable to provide us with a single new clue that could unravel the gordian knot of police error, lies, national pride and xenophobic prejudice that turned a simple crime into an international mystery since she cannot offer that, her debut provides one thing only: performance in her first television interview, she gave the same answers she has always given to the main questions about how she could have showered in a house with blood on a bathroom floor and faucet, and then, a few days later, named an innocent man as the killer but this time the answers came with close ups of the quivering lip and brimming eyes all that emotion can't have distracted millions of viewers from the one thing that really matters: who did it? knox has a terribly high hurdle in winning hearts and minds she must overcome the challenge that confronts anyone convicted of a gruesome killing and then released without a substitute defendant millions of people believe she got away with murder her other problem is the one that's dogged her from the start if you want to, you can look at her and think she is acting in her first interview, she occasionally looked evasive, her gaze drifting away to many people that reads as shiftiness, but it can also have any number of more benign causes, including disorientation, ptsd or the very understandable nervousness that any untrained person would feel at being interviewed by a major television anchor for a national audience amanda knox says her behavior was 'tone deaf' after murder even in tears, she comes across as remote and cool and years of coaching by attorneys still haven't prevented her from saying tone deaf things such as expressing a desire to visit kercher's grave she cannot and probably never will provide a coherent explanation for why she named patrick lumumba, a demonstrably innocent man, as the killer i've always believed, based on the available descriptions of what went on in the police station before she signed a 'confession' putting him and herself in the house on the night of the murder, that the perugia polizia wanted the killer to be a foreign man after all, they were routinely arresting african, arab and albanian immigrants for drug and violent crimes that are increasing in what until recently was their homogeneous, walled umbrian mountain town when they saw what they thought was an appointment with an african immigrant on knox's cell phone, they screamed at and browbeat her without ever videotaping the interrogation until she gave in and agreed with them it's easy to envision that scenario if you believe, as i do, that all the evidence points to her innocence it's harder to accept if you think she might have been not just callous and blithe in the weeks before the murder and the days afterward, but an actual killer since she can't give us any real answers, was her book and her coveted interview worth all the money a reported $4 million and bated breath? in the publishing world, the reaction was summed up by an editor i know: 'that used to be presidential memoir money' but she spent four years in prison, wrongly accused, and endured outrageous and blatantly sexist abuse at the hands of the italians take the sickening episode, which she reveals in her book, of being stripped and given a gratuitous manual gynecological exam immediately after being arrested and before being sent to jail four million bucks can't repair having one's persona hijacked, remade into the likeness of a witch or a female charles manson, and broadcast around the world most of that money has probably gone to the lawyers anyway, a gaggle of men in suits, for whom greasing the wheels of justice even when that 'justice' is really about upholding the honor of police and prosecutors who made big investigative missteps and getting paid take precedence over figuring out what actually happened if anything was left over, it went toward hauling a middle class american family out the debt hole into which they plunged when they double mortgaged their houses to defend their kid in the end, this tragedy is about two very provincial families, one from suburban seattle, one from north london, who have no idea what happened and who will never get answers, no matter how much money gets thrown around, no matter how many television interviews are granted,or books written or even court reviews concluded no, they won't get answers until rudy guede whose fingerprints and dna were in the room, who is in prison for the killing and who has never denied being present while kercher bled to death explains what really happened in the meantime, the lesson for those families and others like them seems to be keep your kids home and lock your doors the opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of nina burleigh
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(cnn) jack quavis doesn't shy away from heated political discussions; in fact, he encourages them politics is an ever present topic in his one room barbershop in buffalo, new york jack quavis gives a customer a haircut at his buffalo, new york, barbershop he's the owner of taylor mae'd barber shop, an old fashioned place with one distinguishing feature customers can share their thoughts on camera about current events while quavis trims their hair 'i'm tired of the average person not being heard,' he said 'at the barber shop, guys will open up everybody's eager to talk about something' politics, though often a taboo subject at social events and many workplaces, is the topic of choice in his shop, said quavis there's one barber chair used for haircuts the others form a makeshift seating area photos and bumper stickers cover the walls, along with a handful of ponytails from past customers 'it's a small, cozy kind of place,' said quavis, one where visitors 'can speak their mind and not be ridiculed for it' men share opinions with quavis that they wouldn't be comfortable discussing with their closest friends, said the longtime new york resident 'they trust me' 'more or less, i'm not a threat to them i'm not going to judge them for their opinions' quavis, 46, founded taylor mae'd a decade ago and began recording videos of his conversations with customers in december 2008 in an introductory video on his web site, quavis explains his goal 'this is a chance to take a look and see what americans are passionate about' he also offers a warning: 'if strong opinions offend you, then maybe this isn't the web site for you' perhaps surprisingly, many customers allow their discussions to be filmed and shared online quavis posts his barbershop videos on cnn's ireportcom and his personal web site, all buzzed up though the men speak with obvious fervor, they manage to stay calm and still as scissors fly through their hair quavis heard plenty of political chatter when he worked as a bartender, but says those conversations were never as civil as those in the barbershop during a typical recorded conversation, quavis will ask about a current legislative issue, then let the customer talk as he goes to work often, the energetic barber will jump in to share his observations 'i try to keep them guided by what's going on in the news today,' he said on inauguration day, quavis recorded two interviews with customers both seemed excited to see barack obama as president and happy that george w bush was leaving office 'i'd give him a four out of 10,' said one customer, referring to bush's performance 'what'd he get a four for?' asked quavis 'just for taking the job,' he joked, making quavis laugh so hard that he had to stop shaving the man's head watch quavis and customers take on heated political topics » one of quavis' favorite topics these days is the ideological divide among politicians republicans and democrats on capitol hill have battled over health care reform for months now, seemingly unable to reach an agreement the barber talks quickly and passionately, letting a few choice words slip when he's on the subject 'our government's a joke right now,' he said 'if [politicians] stop being democrats and republicans and start being people, maybe these issues wouldn't be so tough don't vote along party lines, vote with what you think is true' several customers have echoed quavis' sentiments 'they've got to stop catering to big business and special interest groups got to listen to the people more,' said larry switzer, a frequent taylor mae'd patron who shared his thoughts on camera 'you would think that we would be in their special interest,' said quavis, chuckling as he trims switzer's hair, the two chat like old buddies his 400 square foot shop, which specializes in men's haircuts, sits on a busy road a few miles south from the heart of buffalo the bethlehem steel plant, which closed in 2001, looms down the street 'a couple thousand acres, sitting there wasted,' said quavis the economy has taken its toll on taylor mae'd as with many independent barbershops across the country, said quavis customers go longer between haircuts and stories of being laid off from jobs seem more and more common but, despite it all, quavis remains optimistic he's held a variety of jobs, but said he likes being a barber best 'it's the best job i've ever had,' he said 'i love the guys who come here; i love their opinions; i love what it's all about' tom ammo visits the barbershop once a week he drops by taylor mae'd every thursday morning with donuts and coffee, and he and quavis record a video talking about current events some days, the ironworker will spend a couple of hours at the shop 'there aren't many places you can do that,' said ammo 'barbershops are a dying breed the kind of barbershop where you can go in and hang out with the guys' ammo, 45, has known quavis since high school the men often talk about the government, but recently branched out to sports ammo now gives his predictions for upcoming buffalo bills nfl games during his weekly visit 'he's a people person,' said ammo, referring to quavis 'not too many people have the gift of gab and the ability to get people to talk' ammo said he's never liked public speaking, but finds being on camera a different experience 'i was petrified to do a speech in high school or talk in front of crowds,' ammo said 'but when he puts the cam on, i'm at ease and everything flows' quavis said his friends scoffed at the idea when he first decided to start recording videos, but he's starting to see a change in opinions 'slowly but surely, more and more people are coming around,' he said the barber says he doesn't affiliate with any political party 'i'm a realist, neither democrat nor republican' his opinions are often influenced by his customers' various viewpoints 'even if i disagree with something, if everyone else thinks it's the best for this country, i'll go ahead with it' washington politicians could learn a thing or two from taylor mae'd and other small barbershops, said quavis whether discussing the economy, health care, or another political topic, everyone seems to find a way to agree 'somehow or another, when men come into a barbershop, we manage to find common ground'
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at taylor mae'd barber shop, customers can share their thoughts on camera . the topic of choice is politics; though opinions differ, men find common ground . owner jack quavis is a 'people person' who puts customers at ease . ireportcom: finding common ground with a political opposite
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(cnn) zlatan ibrahimovic and samuel eto'o were both kept under wraps by their former team mates as inter milan held champions league holders barcelona to a dour group f goalless draw at the san siro thierry henry (left) finds no way past javier zanetti as inter milan and barcelona cancel each other out the quick return of the two strikers to their old clubs dominated talk in the build up to the match but neither player, or anyone else for that matter, was able to find the breakthrough as defences came out on top the visitors had the better of the chances, with lionel messi skipping inside two defenders forcing goalkeeper julio cesar into a fine save in the opening minute seven minutes later ibrahimovic had a decent chance to net against his former employers when he got in behind the inter defence, but his subsequent shot was poor messi had another effort soon after, his header being comfortably saved by cesar, before inter had their first sight of goal when maicon fired over from 20 yards out barca were back in the ascendancy towards the end of the half, and seydou keita missed the best chance of the period four minutes before the break xavi's chip found dani alves inside the area, and he drew out cesar before laying the ball back to keita with most of the goal to aim for however, the mali international fired wide of the far post to let inter off the hook barca survived a sare in the 65th minute when dejan stankovic fired just over from outside the box, before messi, put the ball over the bar from six yards out for barca after latching onto thierry henry's driven cross shot barca then had a loud penalty appeal turned down, believing stankovic had handled in the area, but those claims fell on deaf ears and the catalan giants were forced to settle for a draw meanwhile, in the other group match, dynamo kiev scored three goals in the final 20 minutes as they came from behind to beat russian debutants rubin kazan 3 1 the visitors took a shock 25th minute lead when alejandro dominguez lashed a free kick into the top left hand corner of the net kiev had to wait until the 70th minute to equalize when ayiila yussuf rose to head home junior gerson magrao's corner nine minutes later, kiev went ahead when andrei shevchenko's pass found magrao to fire home and kiev made the three points safe with five minutes remaining when oleg gusev lashed home a right footed shot in group e, both liverpool and lyon won their opening home matches 1 0 against hungarian side debrecen and fiorentina of italy respectively at anfield, dirk kuyt's 12th goal in 35 champions league games gave the premier league side a hard fought victory the dutchman is now liverpool's third highest scorer in the competition's history after he forced the ball home after goalkeeper vukasin poleksic had palmed out a fernando torres drive in lyon, the home side made a winning start to their campaign with a narrrow win over a 10 man fiorentina side who had striker alberto gilardino sent off at the end of the first half for elbowing jeremy toulalan miralem pjanic scored the winner from close range in the 76th minute after fiorentina goalkeeper sebastien frey had kept out kim kallstrom's cross
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(cnn) 'i have a crazy idea': those five words changed a simple meeting of school officials into the realization of kim ursetta's dream kim ursetta leads her kindergarten class at mathematics and science leadership academy in denver, colorado ursetta, then president of a local teachers' union, blurted out those words 18 months ago during a meeting in the office of denver, colorado's, schools superintendent the other officials in the room leaned in as ursetta leaped into a sales pitch that would turn an ordinary day into a highlight of her career 'i want to start a new kind of school,' she said, a union sponsored public school led by teachers, not a principal 'i started talking about 21st century skills and wanting to prepare our kids in math and science, especially our low income and ethnic minority students,' ursetta said 'we've been doing schools the same way in this nation for 150 years, so if we don't step up, then nothing is going to change' watch more about new school innovation » superintendent michael bennet now the state's freshman us senator did not say no to the idea, and ursetta walked out the door 'excited' and 'shocked' she immediately started 'pulling together a group of teachers to sit down with a blank sheet of paper and ask how you would do a school differently' see details about k 12 schools, teachers » three weeks ago, ursetta's dream became a reality, as mathematics and science leadership academy opened its doors to 142 kindergartners and first and second grade students in denver's mostly low income, largely hispanic athmar park neighborhood a board certified, 16 year teaching veteran, ursetta, 38, believes the lack of teacher flexibility ranks among the top barriers blocking the nation's children from receiving the best education possible as a teacher at traditional schools, ursetta said she and her colleagues weren't allowed to change the order of their lessons two of the school's 12 teachers take on administrative duties as 'lead teachers,' performing the traditional role of a principal although they follow school board approved curriculum and standards, instructors can easily rearrange lessons to 'make better sense for the kids' making better connections between different subject matter, ursetta said sometimes, for example, it makes sense to group ursetta's kindergarten students with first graders working on the same subject 'you normally would have to ask permission to do that,' she said 'but here, we just do it we're able to try different things to teach them instead of just following a script' the lack of quality school leadership is a big reason that experienced teachers leave their schools, ursetta said 'studies show when you take accomplished teachers and allow them to have a leadership role, that's when they see the most success scores just soar that's how we're focused here' race to the top creating conditions for innovation and reform is one of the stated aims of the new education initiative launched by the obama administration dubbed race to the top, the program is essentially a contest pitting states against each other to win a share of $435 billion in grant money from congressional stimulus legislation more school funding appears to be a popular idea among many americans, according to last month's national gallup poll sponsored by the professional educators group phi delta kappa thirty two percent of 1,000 general public respondents said adequate funding not teacher flexibility was the no 1 problem facing public schools to qualify for race to the top, the rules call on states to create 'data systems' linking student success with teacher performance that idea jangles nerves at the national education association the nation's largest teachers union where members fear it opens the door to measuring teacher performance by how students score on tests 'what we're really against is using a single [student ] test on a single day' to assess teacher performance, said nea executive director john wilson 'what we're more accepting of are multiple indicators,' and teacher performance 'observed in classroom should count as the major part of evaluation' unlike the controversial 2002 no child left behind program, which forced states to accept student testing standards in exchange for federal funds, race to the top is strictly a voluntary initiative but wilson said many teachers are reacting coolly to race to the top because they 'feel like it's too much like no child left behind and are looking for something different' teachers wonder if the program will undermine innovation and creativity, wilson said charter schools race to the top also aims to give a boost to charter schools special public schools that are given more independence in order to encourage innovation the program requires each state applicant to remove any limits to the number of charter schools however, in some cases, 'the rate of charter schools has been allowed to grow faster than folks can keep track of and standards begin to slip,' said us education department spokesman justin hamilton 'that's something we all need to be aware of' critics of race to the top question its emphasis on charter schools, prompting some officials to say the criteria are unfair to rural districts in mostly rural montana, state education chief denise juneau, a democrat, has complained about the charter school criteria in a letter to us education secretary arne duncan the idea 'does not make sense,' said juneau's letter, because rural and economic conditions in her state make it challenging to support current schools, let alone 'the duplication of infrastructure a charter school would mean in most communities' 'why does everyone believe that charter schools are the only point of innovation?' wilson asked 'there's so much going on in public schools that nobody ever talks about' 'it's so unprecedented' so far, at least eight states have changed their laws in hopes of winning some of the federal grant money, according to the us department of education 'it's so unprecedented,' said tim daly, president of the new teacher project, a nonprofit that advocates for high need students 'no one had any idea that states would take this competition so seriously i certainly didn't states had resisted reform for a million reasons' experts explain the shift in a word: recession the sagging economy has cut tax revenues the lifeblood of public schools 'the question is, is it the money or the prestige?' said daly 'are states doing this because they get money for this? or are many states shocked by how far they have slipped?' an independent panel of 50 to 80 experts will decide which states will get the grant money and how much an announcement is expected toward year's end, hamilton said 'it's a program to showcase for the nation the states that are doing things right,' hamilton said it's for states that are pushing the education envelope and getting our children to where they need to be to be the most 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teachers not principals run new colorado school focusing on math, science . 'if we don't step up,' then nothing will change, says teacher who started school . obama's 'race to the top' offers $435 billion in grants for school innovation . union chief: some teachers say it's too much like no child left behind
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(cnn) nikolay davydenko produced a ruthless display to beat us open champion juan martin del potro in straight sets to win the atp world tour finals in london on sunday davydenko had dispatched world number one roger federer in the semifinals and re produced the magic to see off the argentine 6 3 6 4 in one hour and 23 minutes at the o2 arena the victory in the elite, eight man end of season showpiece is the highlight of the 28 year old russian's career, going one better than 2008 when he lost in the final to novak djokovic of serbia davydenko, seeded sixth, had begun the week with a thrilling three set loss to djokovic in round robin play, but proceeded to rack up four straight victories, culminating in his emphatic win over fifth ranked del potro it earned him $15 million and he was delighted to have captured the first major trophy of a career marked by consistency but mostly in a support role to the game's very elite 'for me it was amazing coming here number seven and winning the tournament i surprised myself,' he said del potro looked weary after his epic three set semifinal win over swede robin soderling the previous night he dropped his service in the fourth ganme of the opening set and could claim only five points on his opponent's service as the russian eased to an early lead the second set was tighter, with del potro having a break point in the sixth game but at 4 4 davydenko made his move on del potro's service two blistering passing shots set up three break points and he claimed a 5 4 lead after a long rally serving for the title, he set up match point with an ace and took it when del potro could not return a fiece smash it capped a week of surprises at the new venue with world number two rafael nadal crashing out with three straight sets defeats and home hope andy murray edged out of the round robin by federer and del potro by the slimmest of margins soderling, who only came into the tournament as a late reserve for the injured andy roddick, and davydenko were the surprise qualifiers from the other group, with the latter going all the way after beating the australian, french, us open and wimbledon champions del potro acknowledged he had been beaten by the better man on the day 'congratulations you are a great champion,' he said now davydenko will eye his first grand slam title at the australian open in january, which will be the next major tournament test for the leading players earlier, in the doubles final, american pair bob and mike bryan beat max mirnyi and andy ram 7 6 6 3 to win their third atp finals title and claim the number one ranking in the world at the end of the season for the fifth time
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nikolay davydenko wins atp world tour finals title in london . russian beats juan martin del potro of argentina in straight sets . davydenko was beaten in last year's final by serbian novak djokovic . bryan brothers win doubles title to claim end of season top ranking
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(cnn) the us team took to the field for its clash against portugal with these words inscribed on its jersey patches: 'the american will to win is stronger than any opponent in your way' for 94 minutes on sunday, they persevered they were down, then they equalized, then they led but, with mere seconds to go, team usa's dogged determination was torpedoed by a header from silvestre varela what seemed like a sure win ended in a disappointing 2 2 draw 'a draw is just blah,' us goalie tim howard said now, the us team will have to find steelier resolve for its next contest, against soccer powerhouse germany on thursday a lot rides on that game, if the us wants to advance to the next round but before we get to that, let's look back at the drama and emotion of sunday's spectacle cheers, then silence from arkansas to alaska, american fans had flocked to brazil some made it all the way to the jungle heat of manaus where the game took place; others joined a crowd of about 20,000 people gathered in front of a big screen in rio de janeiro, chanting their belief in an american victory back at home, bars and streets were packed with people an unusual sight in a country that is ordinarily indifferent to soccer 'what's for dinner? portugal,' an oft repeated joke went portugal netted the ball first if one were to go by history, that would have been disastrous in 20 games, the us has never recovered when the opposing team scored the first goal but then, jermaine jones thumped in a stunning long range shot to bring the score to 1 1 the noise was deafening and when clint dempsey put the united states ahead 2 1, cheers erupted even on a flight from los angeles to new york all the us had to do next was bide time keep possession of the ball, keep an increasingly desperate portugal at bay they did until the end of the game and for four of the five minutes of stoppage time but varela's crushing late equalizer headed in from a pinpoint cross by portugal's talisman, cristiano ronaldo stunned the us supporters but shock soon turned to grudging satisfaction a tie isn't as bad as a defeat after all, portugal is ranked no 4 in the world; the us no 13 a tie also gives another point for the us, moving it closer to qualifying for the knockout stages 'you have to move on' the team captain certainly wasn't dwelling on the portugal game's cruel finale 'you're disappointed not to get three points but at the same time you have to take the positives from the game,' dempsey said the team now has its sights set firmly on germany that confrontation is an intriguing one for us coach jurgen klinsmann, who played for the german team that won the world cup in 1990 but he didn't show any conflicted loyalties in his comments sunday 'we have one day less to recover they played yesterday, we played today,' he told espn 'we played in the amazon, and they played in the very kind of location where they don't have to travel much everything was done for the big favorites to go and move on we have to do it the tough way, but we're going to do it the tough way' win or tie enough the key question for american fans is what their team has to do to get through to the next round the good news is that the us players have their fate in their own hands: a win or a tie would be enough to see them through a victory against germany on thursday, unlikely but not impossible, would put the united states top of the group with seven points a tie would also be good enough to qualify, leaving team usa second on five points, level with germany, which would finish top because of a better goal difference but a loss? in the event of a german win, things get a lot more complicated, but not necessarily catastrophic for the americans if portugal and ghana tie, the united states would stay in second place on four points (portugal and ghana only have one point each at the moment) if ronaldo leads portugal to victory, it would pull level with the united states at that point, it would all depend on goal difference the americans currently have scored one more goal than they have conceded the portuguese, meanwhile, have let in four more goals than they've scored portugal would need a big victory or an especially heavy us defeat to tip the goal difference to their advantage 'we have to make it' if ghana beats portugal, the margins are a lot slimmer ghana currently has a negative goal difference of just one so if ghana wins by more than one goal, and the united states loses by one or more goals, ghana would snatch second place it's all complicated math but klinsmann appears determined to make sure there isn't a need for it 'so we didn't make it quite yet,' he told espn 'we have to make it against germany' world cup 5 things: you'll need two screens today cnn's chris cuomo contributed to this report
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team usa faces germany in the final group game on thursday . a win or a tie would be enough to take the us to the knockout stages . a defeat would mean the team's fate rests on the result of the portugal ghana game
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(cnn) in focus: the business of education we talk to pnina rosenblum, the founder of the cosmetic company pnina rosenblum lt with rising unemployment, the mena countries are investing more into education than any other emerging region and western universities are cashing in over 40 prestigious schools have set up alliances and campuses in the middle east for the universities it means higher revenues for the students, it means a premier education close to home facetime: pnina rosenblum, pnina rosenblum ltd from a poor upbringing to a beauty queen, millionaire cosmetic mogul and member of the knesset pnina rosenblum has been an israeli icon for decades in 1989 pnina launched a cosmetics company that generates $8 million a year mme spent the day with pnina to find out how she fought her way to fame and fortune watch the show this week at the times (gmt) below: friday: 0815, 1945 saturday: 0545 sunday: 0715
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(cnn) canada announced wednesday that it will dispatch a warship to somalia's coast to protect un aid ships from pirate attacks the canadian frigate hmcs ville de quebec will escort ships carrying food aid to somalia 'canada is stepping up to the plate by tasking ville de quebec with the role of escorting world food programme ships to ensure their safe arrival at designated ports,' canadian defense minister peter mackay said in a government news release the united nations hunger program praised canada for answering its call for help, and said it hoped other governments would step forward to take over from canada once it completes its mission in a few weeks the hmcs ville de quebec is a 440 foot frigate armed with torpedoes, surface to air missiles and other weapons, and carries a twin engine sea king anti submarine helicopter ville de quebec, which can travel at speeds greater than 27 knots, will be dispatched after somalia's transitional government formally authorizes the mission, the government's news release said wfp asked the world's naval powers in mid june to help its ships reach the more than 2 million people in need of aid it put out the request weeks before french, danish and dutch warships ended their escort missions, which began in november pirate attacks on unescorted ships have been a growing problem in somalia three european freighters were hijacked off the horn of africa in june, adding to the 27 other reported attacks this year, according to the international maritime bureau, which tracks piracy wfp delivers 80 percent of its aid to somalia by sea, and wfp spokesman peter smerdon said that if there are no warships to escort the food supply, the program will have to rely on ground or air travel to deliver the food but both are dangerous and expensive the agency said that if there is no assistance from naval powers, piracy will increase, and so will death and malnutrition smerdon said that although somalia's food crisis hasn't yet reached the devastation of the early 1990s, 'we're worried it will be'
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canada to send 440 foot frigate to help aid reach ports safely . mission must be authorized by somalia's transitional government . 80 percent of un's food aid to somalia sent by ship . heavily armed pirates frequently hijack cargo ships off horn of africa
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london, england (cnn) the family of a british soldier serving in afghanistan has been forced from their home after a poisonous spider hitched a ride back with him and apparently killed their pet dog the camel spider's bite is not deadly to humans but can kill small animals lorraine griffiths and her three children, aged 18, 16, and 4, moved out of their house in colchester, southeast england, and are refusing to return until the spider is apprehended, the uk press association reported griffiths told the east anglian daily times that the spider appeared after her husband, rodney, returned from a four month tour of duty in helmand province, the arid southern afghan frontline in the fight against taliban extremists 'my son ricky was in my bedroom looking for his underwear, and he went into the drawer under my bed, and something crawled across his hand,' she told the paper she said their pet dog cassie confronted the creature, which they identified on the internet as a camel spider, but ran out whimpering when it hissed at her watch the family that has been terrorized by the spider » 'it seems too much of a coincidence that she died at the same time that we saw the spider,' she said the desert dwelling camel spider, actually an insect rather than an arachnid, can run up to 25 kilometers (15 miles) an hour and reach 15 centimeters (6 inches) in length its bite is not deadly to humans but can kill small animals
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uk family forced from home as poisonous insect hitches in from afghanistan . camel spider believed to have stowed away in soldier's luggage . family blames creature for death of pet dog cassie
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(cnn) a magazine photo spread of taliban fighters posing in the uniforms of 10 french soldiers killed last month has sparked an angry response one of the pictures in the french magazine paris match that has stirred controversy the latest edition of paris match includes photos of the taliban fighters and their commander, 'farouki,' wearing french uniforms, helmets and using french assault rifles and walkie talkies farouki, aged 30 35, claims in the accompanying story to have led his group in the august 18 ambush which killed 10 french troops and injured a further 21 in the sarobi district, 40 miles east of kabul it was the french army's single highest death toll in 25 years he said the area was 'our territory' and the attack was a 'legitimate' part of its defense farouki said it did not need a lot of planning, with the french soldiers only spotted a short time before the assault he said the soldiers had died for '[george w] bush's' cause and that if france did not return the rest of its troops home they would all be killed farouki said they would continue fighting till the last man see more on paris match's web site french defense minister herve morin accused the magazine of helping the taliban 'should we be doing the taliban's promotion for them?' he asked in the french daily newspaper liberation joel le pahun, father of one of the killed soldiers, told the newspaper the pictures were 'despicable' green mp daniel cohn bendit called them 'voyeurism' however, paris match editor laurent valdiguie defended the publication, saying it was 'legitimate' given the importance of the story the story's author, eric de lavarène, said only he and photographer véronique de viguerie met the group and he asked his questions via their 'fixer'
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photos of taliban in the uniforms of dead french soldiers provokes outrage . magazine paris match features photos of taliban and their commander . 10 french troops were killed and a further 21 injured in an ambush
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(cnn) this year's forbes rich list is notable for the absence of bill gates at the top after 13 years as the world's richest man, he has finally been toppled by his friend warren buffett who has an estimate fortune of $62bn the middle east's richest man: prince alwaleed bin talal alsaud the list which is a run down of the 1,125 richest people on the planet estimates a person's total net worth in us dollars based on the closing stock prices of the stock exchanges on which their company is listed the middle east's richest man is prince alwaleed bin talal alsaud, the 51 year old saudi who has an estimated net worth of $21bn he ranks 19th in the list and is considered to be the most active and successful investor in the middle east he took his investment vehicle, kingdom holding, public on the saudi stock exchange in july 2007 the company contains investments in well known global companies such as citigroup and news corp in the early 1990s, alwaleed made a risky bet on citigroup that paid off massively and has in recent years accounted for nearly half his fortune kuwaiti construction heir nasser al kharafi is the next richest in 46th place with an inherited fortune of $14bn he heads ma al kharafi & sons, one of the largest diversified conglomerates in the arab world americana, the company's lucrative food division is extremely successful and has exclusive franchise rights in the region for pizza hut, tgi fridays and other big global brands faiza, his sister was the first woman president of kuwait university naguib sawiris, the eldest son of telecoms billionaire and orascom telecom founder onsi sawiris ranks next in 60th place with a net worth of $127bn in addition to orascom telecom, his assets via european holding company weather investments include italian phone company, wind and leading greek telecom companies wind hellas and tellas his brother, nassef is in 68th place, with an estimated worth of $11bn and his father onsi who serves as chairman of orascom comes in at 96th place with $9bn e mail to a friend
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the middle east's richest man is prince alwaleed bin talal alsaud . he ranks 19th in the world in the forbes rich list . seven other billionaires from the middle east rank in the top 100
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kathmandu, nepal (cnn) monsoon flooding has left 50,000 people homeless in nepal and killed at least 74 people in northern india, according to officials monsoon rain has bought heavy flooding to southern nepal, pictured, and northern india the nepalese army thursday used helicopters to rescue residents in southeastern nepal who were stranded on treetops and roofs after monsoon flooding forced more than 50,000 people from their homes in northern india monsoon flooding destroyed mud huts and killed at least 74 people, officials said the deaths were in the state of uttar pradesh the latest casualties bring to more than 300 the number of people killed in india since the start of this year's monsoon season nepalese officials said at least four southern villages were inundated with water after the embankment on the saptakoshi river burst monday some 40,000 people were now living in government run relief camps; others had gone to other villages to stay with relatives, authorities said nepalese home ministry officials said there were unconfirmed reports of deaths related to the flooding but authorities could not reach the affected areas to verify those reports police and army troops had been using elephants, boats and helicopters to rescue stranded villagers in sunsari district, about 400 km (249 miles) southeast of kathmandu, since monday nepal amd india are in the midst of the annual monsoon season 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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heavy rains, flooding lash sourthern nepal and northern india . in nepal, flooding has forced as many as 50,000 from their homes . india officials say at least 74 people have died in the state of uttar pradesh
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(cnn) mohammed alshaya owns more high street brands than most fashion addicts could stuff in their closets mohammed alshaya, ceo of alshaya's retail division, tells mme he sees a new mindset in the gulf topshop, coast, next and river island are just some of the big names he's imported from the united kingdom to shopping centers in the middle east as chief executive of mh alshaya, he knows what sells: tried and tested western brands that will appeal to local shoppers and his empire is not limited to clothing in the past month, he's taken mothercare and the body shop to central eastern europe with the addition of the czech republic, hungary and slovakia, mh alshaya now operates in 16 markets including saudi arabia, kuwait, united arab emirates, bahrain, qatar, oman, lebanon, jordan, egypt, cyprus, turkey, poland and russia john defterios spoke with mohammed alshaya, and started by asking him for his thoughts on the gulf cooperation council (gcc) plans for a single currency (jd): i would imagine as a retail operation you'd be a huge proponent of a single currency within the gcc is it realistic within the next 4 to 5 years? (ma): i think it can be, as long as there is a will of the leaders to get together and decide it is a huge leap towards efficiency, conciliation, getting closer between the six countries one single central bank that governs and regulates is much better than the current six, i believe (jd): have you ever done any calculations of what impact it would have on your back office operations? (ma): not yet, but it will be great, i think (jd): you're one of the largest retail operations throughout the arabian peninsula with all this growth that we're seeing right now, it must have a direct impact on the retail sector what sort of annual growth are you experiencing? (ma): we're experiencing close to 25 percent annual growth, if not 30 percent in some cases, like in dubai (jd): do you have any sort of concerns that this is going to be a bubble like the 1970s where the money was not deployed correctly? it seems different from my vantage point, do you share that view? (ma): there is a new generation of people from the region that are leading businesses and strong leadership in the government that have mitigated any concern and if you see now the statistics, the gulf is the seventh largest economy in the world in ten, in 15 years time, it will be the fifth so i see a new mindset, a new attitude (jd): one of the other things i wanted to ask you about is your moves into other countries the alshaya group is very well known throughout the arabian peninsula, but you're moving into other markets, into eastern europe, specifically into russia do you have the expertise to go into these markets? (ma): well, yes we have the expertise, and the expertise is by really retaining good management, and traveling with them into new markets i'm not going to open shops myself we have a very strong team in russia; russians that are taking our investment into good projects like starbucks which we opened two months ago, two stores we acquired a business there so we have plans like mothercare, bodyshop, next (jd): so you can basically move this group into any city and have that potpourri of offers? (ma): we have the software we have the software to launch the retail portfolio into a new market (jd): obviously you're a family business you feel quite strongly about preserving culture and the family structure, and the need for family businesses to create jobs, because they represent 75 percent of all turnover in the gulf (ma): we have a social responsibility toward our people we have to make sure we have jobs for them if the government is not going to compete, and is going to take away some of the people who would be relevant to our business another issue that might challenge us to do that is the wealth creation whether (potential employees) would be attracted to be in a department store selling or in a coffee shop making coffee that, we will see e mail to a friend
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mme speaks with mohammed alshaya, ceo of mh alshaya's retail division . retail division seeing annual growth of 25 percent, up to 30 percent in dubai . group taking starbucks, mothercare, body shop into eastern europe, russia . on gcc single currency: it is a huge leap towards efficiency, conciliation
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(peoplecom) michael bublé is gearing up for his second wedding to the woman who's already his wife slightly more than a month after his march 31 wedding to argentine actress luisana loreley lopilato de la torre, the canadian crooner is going for double the fun in a sequel ceremony this weekend in his home country with 500 of their closest friends and family, no less 'we're both nervous, but we're excited,' bublé, 35, tells 'entertainment tonight canada' 'it's just another excuse to celebrate our love, have a few drinks and to dance all night' related: michael bublé's romantic italian holiday not that their first wedding was lacking, he says of his buenos aires ceremony, which was sealed with a celebration in a mansion outside the argentine capital 'it was a great night really, a beautiful night,' bublé says 'her family is so special and my family is so special that when they came together, we danced 'til 7 am' he adds that his wife, who sparkled in a violet dress and silver high heels, 'looked so gorgeous and, ah, we were just saying before the cameras turned on that everyone says, 'marriage nothing changes oh, it's just a piece of paper' but i love her more it's obviously more serious, and you make some promises that are more important to keep' but the newlywed wasn't just gushing about lopilato, 23 fresh off their three week long honeymoon, he quips, it was time for another vacation from each other 'if i look like i'm content, it's because she's been in argentina for a week and i've been [in canada],' he says, with a laugh 'we love each other so much, we totally need a break by the end [of the honeymoon], you want to kill each other' all kidding aside, 'i'm happy,' he says 'i think she feels the same way, too' see full article at peoplecom
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los angeles (cnn) the doctor convicted of causing michael jackson's death asked an appeals court this week to let him out of jail while the judges decide whether they will overturn his conviction the judge who presided over conrad murray's trial last year denied bail in a february hearing, saying his lawyers had not proven he was not a risk to flee the state or harm someone else with his questionable medical practices jackson died of an overdose of a surgical anesthetic and sedatives in his home while under dr murray's care on june 25, 2009 los angeles county district judge michael pastor, who sentenced murray to four years in prison for the involuntary manslaughter conviction, 'unjustifiably erred' by denying murray's request to remain free during his appeal,' murray lawyer valerie wass said in a motion filed this week with california's second district court of appeals read more: judge rejects e mail ban in michael jackson death lawsuit 'appellant respectfully requests that this court order his release on his own recognizance pending appeal, or alternatively, that it order his release on reasonable bail,' wass wrote murray, who has been in a los angeles county jail since a jury found him guilty in november 2011, is eligible for parole after serving two years murray is set to be freed october 28, 2013 unless he is let out early on bail or because of jail overcrowding pastor said he doubted murray would stick around for the appeal decision because he has 'resources' to flee and 'significant ties elsewhere,' including to grenada, where he was born, and trinidad, where he was raised but murray is a naturalized us citizen with children in the united states, including a 3 year old son in california, wass argued in her motion for bail the prospect of losing his life in the united states would prevent him from leaving the country, she said 'it would be all but impossible for appellant to flee' because he has become infamous from the media coverage of jackson's death and the trial, wass wrote as for resources, murray is broke, she said pastor also suggested murray was a danger to the public because of his dangerous attitude toward using propofol, the drug that killed jackson wass argued in the appeal that murray would not be practicing medicine since california suspended his medical license after he was convicted and he voluntarily surrendered his other medical licenses in texas and nevada 'he lacks the means and ability to prescribe or obtain pharmaceutical drugs,' she wrote prosecutors have until the end of december to file their response to murray's bail request read more: conrad murray gets bigger cell, but still unhappy murray is appealing his conviction on several points, including the contention that pastor erred in not allowing his lawyers to present evidence of jackson's financial troubles, which they argued would support their theory that the pop star's desperation led him to administer the fatal dose to himself wass argued that the judge's decision not to allow the defense to call beverly hills dermatologist dr arnold klein or his staff as witnesses denied murray a fair trial murray's lawyers contended that drugs given to jackson by klein in the weeks before his death contributed to his death the judge's refusal to sequester the jury in a hotel during the trial, which was televised live, 'may have improperly influenced the jurors,' wass argued another major issue in the appeal is the decision not to allow murray's lawyers to test the contents of a bottle found next to jackson's bed they contend it could reveal evidence to support their theory that jackson gave himself the fatal dose while murray was out of the room jackson's mother and three children are suing aeg, the promotion company they say hired murray and supervised murray's care of jackson as he prepared for comeback concerts in london in summer 2009 murray is expected to be a witness in the wrongful death trial scheduled for next april lawyer: conrad murray's suffering in jail a 'slow death'
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conrad murray's lawyer argues the trial judge erred by denying him bail while appealing conviction . a jury found murray guilty of involuntary manslaughter in michael jackson's death . jackson died of an overdose of a surgical anesthetic and sedatives under murray's care . murray has about 10 months left to serve unless he is freed early
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(cnn) the financial crisis has driven a wedge through europe, with two economies emerging and more dangerously a psychological split between the north and the south, european leaders have told cnn jean claude trichet, former president of the european central bank, mario monti, former prime minister of italy, and joaquin almunia, eu competition commissioner, joined cnn's richard quest to debate if the crisis had fractured the region, both economically and socially trichet, who headed france's banque de france before joining the ecb, said a two speed economy was emerging, but that could be seen as a 'major rebalancing' when he began at the ecb in 2003, germany was the sick man of europe due to its lack of competitiveness, trichet said the country has since emerged as the eurozone's power player, and a lead negotiator in the four year old financial crisis according to trichet, europe has been adjusting after 'countries that went too far too rapidly, had bubbles and so forthnow those countries that were growing extremely fast, abnormally fast, [and] a lot of them are correcting' however, member countries are not always going at the 'same time, at the same speed,' trichet said monti who stepped up as italy's 'technocrat' prime minister after the country's economic instability forced the resignation of silvio berlusconi, told quest his greater concern was the prospect of a two class europe read more: could euroskeptics spoil angela merkel's party? 'the crisis has been managed very, very poorly in my view as regards the psychology, and the eurozone crisis has generated a backlash against integration,' monti said this 'psychological conflict of north versus south and vice versa, this needs to be tackled' trichet echoed the concerns, telling quest such a split was 'absolutely unacceptable' 'if we had, in the past, fully implemented the rules including the stability and growth pact, and what was badly needed control and monitoring of competitiveness we wouldn't have two class europe,' he said almunia, meanwhile, said his fear was that 'after the crisis those who were, at the beginning of this crisis, at the bottom, would continue to be at the bottom' however, he added, that would not happen if the countries in recession 'do what they have started to do and continue to do [it]' germany's emergence as power player germany emerged as an economic force after labor reforms were implemented under its then chancellor gerhard schroder now, its export led economy drives the 17 nation eurozone, with chancellor angela merkel battling for third term in this weekend's federal elections a central figure during europe's crisis merkel's popularity remains high in germany, and her party, the christian democratic union, is expected to gain the most votes merkel's leadership during the crisis saw her named as the world's most powerful woman by forbes three years in a row efforts to combat the crisis included the implementation of bailout funds, closer fiscal cooperation and austerity measures read more: it's the economy, dummkopf when asked if germany is taking over europe, monti replied that the continent's largest economy would have more dominance if it had retained the deutsche mark 'because they would then become the only relevant monetary policy power in europe' as it is, germany remains shackled to the weaker countries in the euro, many of which continue to struggle with spiralling unemployment, high national debts and growing political instability greece, portugal, cyprus and ireland have received over 400 billion euros ($534 billion) in bailout packages from the euro area's rescue funds last year european finance ministers approved a 395 billion euro ($516 billion) lifeline for spain's banks, struggling after the property bubble went bust yet spain and greece still have unemployment above 27% portugal and ireland are also struggling with chronic unemployment anti austerity protesters in the worst hit nations have held demonstrations against government cuts and the lack of jobs, with many turning violent and eurostat's 2013 growth forecasts for eurozone nations show a growing chasm between the region's prosperous north and its struggling south read more: german finance minister, on the campaign trail germany is expected to post 04% growth this year while all the mediterranean countries' economies are likely to contract the imbalance had created a system 'where the creditor nations rule and impose their conditions and the others are subservient to that,' paul de grauwe, a professor at the london school of economics, told cnn 'at some point, these countries will not continue to accept this recipe' the common currency's future public opinion continues to support the political push to integrate the eurozone, almunia said discontent shown by the region's constituents is 'with the way the european institutions tried to solve the problems,' he said indeed, despite efforts to tie the bloc closer, debate continues around the potential for worst affected countries to exit the common currency such an outcome has been decried in the past but could, according to european school of management and technology faculty member jan hagen, be of benefit hagen said the bloc needed to 'go for strong political integration, to basically create a single market or a strong fiscal policy, or get rid of the euro ' otherwise, hagen said, 'my fear is people in these countries that have problems will turn violently against europe' meanwhile, according to monti, the region's leaders must work more closely together leaders who applaud decisions made in brussels only to criticize them from home turf are playing a dangerous game, he said 'this europe bashing is, of course, very dangerous because it's simply a dishonest game of shifting the responsibility where it does not belong,' monti told quest and, as trichet noted during the debate: 'this is no time for complacency for europe it's absolutely clear we have very hard work to do, very, very hard work, and things will remain difficult for a while' richard quest, oliver joy and irene chapple contributed to this report
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sydney, australia (cnn) 1 i owe my success to my father and mother my mother instilled a love of music and had all of her seven children taught a musical instrument my father put family first but worked very, very hard paul field, managing director of 'the wiggles' 2 the most inspirational book i have read is 'psalms; songs of the way home' by paul glynn 3 the best advice i ever received was 'the best thing a man can do for his children is to love their mother' 4 the advice i wish i'd had would have been not to worry so much about what others think though at times, this has been a great motivator 5 the thing that motivates me most is my family and the desire to be better and do better 6 the most important lesson that life has taught me is that everything is temporary we suffered the death of our daughter and that has had a profound influence on how i view life 7 i couldn't live without love and music! 8 the person i most admire is my wife 9 in another life i would have been a roadie for the rolling stones (the best view in the house) 10 the worst job i ever had: as a trainee manager for woolworths i had to open the store for the cleaners at 5 am i was singing in a band at the time and the store manager asked me to choose between retail and rock'n'roll he should never have asked!
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(cnn) the wiggles have been officially wiggling for 17 years now, entertaining children with music, television, videos and films that have become modern classics the wiggles have been entertaining children with colorful, clean cut songs since 1991 in australia, their annual end of year national tour sells over 120,000 tickets, while their us fans include john travolta, sarah jessica parker, matthew broderick, john fogarty, shaquille o'neal, chris rock, courtney cox arquette and cate blanchett and since 2003, in addition to their native english, they also wiggle in mandarin and spanish, reaching out to the taiwanese and latin american public, respectively anthony field, murray cook and greg page met at macquarie university in sydney, australia, where they were studying early childhood education and writing children's songs together with fellow musician jeff fatt, who played with anthony in the popular 1980s band the cockroaches, they formed the wiggles and released a self titled album on abc music in 1991 fifteen years and 27 dvd releases later, they had been awarded with 17 gold, 12 platinum, 3 double platinum and 10 multi platinum awards for sales of over 17 million dvds and 4 million cds worldwide they have also been awarded with highest selling children's video sales in 1995, 1996, 1998 and 1999 at the adsda awards the wiggles made their us debut at the famous wall mart in june 1999, while performing in shopping mall parking lots in 2003 they performed 12 sold out shows at madison square garden in new york city and performed to over 250,000 people in november 2005 that year also initiated a series of amusement park openings, from wiggles world at dream world on the gold coast of australia, to a second wiggly play centre to be launched in dallas, texas, usa
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anthony field, murray cook and greg page studied early childhood education . entertain children with music and visuals in english, mandarin and spanish . us fans include john travolta, sarah jessica parker, chris rock, cate blanchett
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london (cnn) a british businessman who is accused of having his wife killed during their honeymoon in south africa was given two more weeks to prepare his defense against extradition, a judge ruled thursday shrien dewani's next hearing will be february 8, the judge ruled he is free on bail until that date, when the timing of the extradition hearing will be set dewani is accused of hiring a crew of hitmen to kill his wife during a taxi ride in cape town, south africa in november dewani's wife, anni dewani, died in an apparent carjacking as the couple took a taxi ride in a crime ridden neighborhood of cape town dewani was allowed to leave south africa, but prosecutors there later accused him of hiring the hitmen to kill anni dewani's lawyers say he is innocent and will fight extradition granting him bail in december, british judge duncan ousely rejected concerns from the south african government that dewani would use his funds and international connections to flee before an extradition hearing ben watson, a lawyer for the south african government, cited hotel surveillance video that he said showed dewani twice meeting with a cab driver as the sort of evidence indicating dewani's involvement in a plot against his wife but ousely ruled that dewani, who did not attend the hearing, had a genuine interest in clearing his name and said he has cooperated with investigators from both england and south africa dewani's solicitor, andrew katzen, said he was 'delighted' with the outcome but declined further comment following the court hearing in documents, prosecutors detail meetings that dewani had with the taxicab driver during which he allegedly paid the driver 15,000 south african rand ($2,170) to have hitmen kill his wife and make it look like a carjacking 'the alleged hijacking was in fact not a hijacking, but part of a plan of subterfuge which shrien dewani, the husband of the deceased and the accused, had designed to conceal the true facts that the deceased was murdered at the instance of the husband,' south african prosecutors wrote in court documents the court documents do not say why dewani allegedly wanted his wife dead the driver, zola tongo, was sentenced to 18 years in prison in south africa after admitting to taking part in the killing cnn's antonia mortensen and nkepile mabuse contributed to this report
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shrien dewani is accused of staging a carjacking to have his wife killed . the killing took place in south africa, which is seeking his extradition from the uk . he denies staging the killing . he's next due in court on february 8
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beijing (cnn) the chinese economy continued its breakneck growth in 2010, expanding by 103%, according to government figures released thursday last year china's economic output eclipsed japan to become the world's second largest economy with just over $6 trillion, completing a decade long gallop that saw it jump the economies of france, the uk and germany china's growth in 2009 was 92% the us is the world's largest economy with an estimated $146 trillion gdp for 2010 interactive: the world's 10 largest economies the yearend figures come out as chinese president hu jintao makes a high profile visit to the us, being feted at a state dinner by us president barack obama the first such dinner for china in more than 13 years the summit has also highlighted a range of issues between the world's two largest economies, such as the global economic crisis, international security, the environment and human rights obama administration officials used the president's meeting with hu to highlight economic progress between the two countries, announcing beijing's approval of $45 billion in new contracts for us companies to export goods to china the contracts will support an estimated 235,000 american jobs, according to the white house the chinese economy grew 98% in the last quarter of 2010, according to china's national bureau of statistics consumer prices grew 33% year on year, ahead of china's 3% target but more troubling for beijing is the price of food rose 72% as the economy expands, inflation is a growing concern for china's economic minders, said professor patrick chovanec at tsinghua university in beijing china has implemented price controls on food 'but whether that deal with the underlying inflationary pressure is an entirely different problem,' chovanec said 'nothing china has done so far has really tackled that' two chief us economic concerns are china's currency, which critics say is widely undervalued, and increased access to us businesses in the burgeoning china market obama dismissed a reporter's question about us fear of china's rising power, saying that china's explosive economic growth is good for the world and, more specifically, american businesses we want to sell china 'all kinds of stuff,' he said 'we welcome china's rise,' obama said washington just wants to ensure it 'reinforces international norms and international rules, and enhances security and peace as opposed to being a source of conflict' while the meeting dealt with a range of topics, us officials continued to focus intensely on the fact that the government controlled people's bank of china is artificially undervaluing the yuan, bringing down the cost of chinese exports, which would give it an advantage in the international market cnn's helena hong, pauline chiou and kevin voigt contributed to this report
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the chinese economy grew 103% in 2010, according to government figures . the size of the world's second largest economy eclipsed $6 trillion . consumer prices grew 33% year on year; food prices grew 72% . inflation is a growing concern for beijing as the economy expands
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islamabad, pakistan (cnn) government airstrikes killed 20 taliban militants in the past 24 hours in northwest pakistan, a military source said monday residents sift through the rubble of a bombed out school near peshawar city the airstrikes were launched in the village of charmang, as part of an attempt to retake small pockets of bajaur agency, according to the source cnn could not confirm the casualties because of access and safety reasons the operation is going on in north and south waziristan, the source added, particularly to clear supply routes and prepare for a major operation against pakistan's taliban chief, baitullah mehsud, who has ties to al qaeda the pakistani military has been conducting an offensive against the taliban, centered in the swat region of north west frontier province also monday, a police officer and two civilians were killed when a suicide bomber drove an explosives laden vehicle into a police checkpoint near peshawar and on early sunday morning, a bomb blast destroyed a girl's school east of peshawar city, authorities said no one was in the school building at the time, but two people who live in houses near the school suffered minor injuries
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airstrikes launched in attempt to retake small pockets of bajaur agency . police officer, 2 civilians die in suicide attack on police checkpoint near peshawar . sunday: bomb blast destroys girl's school east of peshawar city
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(cnn) inter milan took a stranglehold on the serie a title with a 3 0 win over cagliari on sunday which saw them open a 10 point lead over city rivals ac mlan, who could only manage a goalless draw at bologna roma's later 1 0 win at fiorentina, with mirko vucinic scoring the only goal, saw them move into second place above milan, eight points adrift of inter but having played a game more milan's draw continue their disappointing form which began with a defeat in the derby match against reigning champions inter two weeks ago since then they have drawn their next two matches, with inter taking full advantage, although they are facing a renewed challenge from roma, who have gone 12 games without defeat goals from goran pandev, walter samuel and diego milito earned jose mourinho's inter side a comfortable victory in the san siro, taking the lead after just six minutes samuel eto'o, playing his first game since returning from africa cup of nations with cameroon, set up pandev to score at the near post the second came after 20 minutes as central defender samuel headed home a maicon corner cagliari had a goal chalked off for offside which tv replays showed should have stood and julio cesar pulled off a brilliant save to deny fellow brazilian nene there hopes of a revival were ended in the early stages of the second half as a neet move involving eto'o and the excellent pandev saw milito score the third milan had the better chances at bologna and ronaldinho hit the crossbar with a spectacular effort in the second half late on, captain mansion ambrosia also saw an effort rebound off the woodwork in other action, antonio di natale scored a hat trick for udinese in a 3 1 home win win over champions league aspirants napoli at the other end of the table, rock bottom siena lost 2 1 to sampdoria, who are also chasing a european place, while troubled lazio slipped into the relegation zone after a 1 0 defeat at home to catania in the german bundesliga, eintracht frankfurt jumped to seventh with a fine 3 2 away win over borussia dortmund benjamin kohler gave visitors frankfurt the lead in the eighth minute before mats hummels equalized nine minutes later lucas barrios made it 2 1 for dortmund in the 57th minute, but goals from sebastian jung and alexander meier saw frankfurt to three valuable points mainz kept their unbeaten home run intact as bo svensson's goal near half time saw them beat borussia monchengladbach in sunday's action in spain's la liga, nine man sevilla crashed to a 2 1 defeat at real zaragoza to slip out of the top four sevilla striker alvaro negredo scored an own goal to give zaragoza a winning lead and was then sent off for violent conduct real mallorca leapfrog them into fourth as they scored a 10th home victory in a row to beat villarreal 1 0
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inter milan go eight points clear in serie a with a 3 0 home win in the san siro over cagliari . arch rivals ac milan can only draw 0 0 at bologna to see their title hopes fade . roma win 1 0 at fiorentina to climb above milan into second place . sevilla slip out of top four in spain with 2 1 defeat to real zaragoza
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(cnn) ah gay paris, the city of lights, the fashion capital of the world (just ignore what new york hipsters have to say on the subject) cnn sent former model and entrepreneur charlotte collard, musician and presenter myleene klass and our very own natasha maguder a crack team of fashionistas if ever there was one to forage behind the scenes at this year's pfw
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(cnn) manchester city striker emmanuel adebayor has been handed a three match suspension for his stamp on arsenal's robin van persie last weekend adebayor has also been charged for his goal celebration in last saturday's defeat of arsenal the togo captain decided not to challenge the charge of violent conduct, so received a fast track punishment from the english football association, which means he will miss this weekend's manchester derby the 25 year old still faces another charge, of improper conduct, relating to city's 4 2 premier league victory against his former club on saturday adebayor hero or villain? adebayor raced the length of the field at city's eastlands stadium to celebrate in front of the visiting arsenal supporters after scoring the third goal, and was pelted with items including a plastic seat the hearing for the second charge has yet to be set by the fa blog: adebayor deserves to be banned the ruling body said in a statement on thursday: 'a regulatory commission today considered the charge of violent conduct issued against manchester city's emmanuel adebayor under the fast track disciplinary procedure following an incident with robin van persie during their fixture against arsenal on september 12 'taking into consideration mr adebayor's acceptance of the charge of violent conduct, the regulatory commission have ordered that he serve a three match suspension from all football, commencing september 17 'a separate charge of improper conduct will be considered at a later date' city have until september 30 to indicate whether the club and player will contest the second charge as well as missing sunday's eagerly awaited trip to old trafford to face premier league champions united, adebayor will also sit out next wednesday's league cup tie at home to fulham and the visit by west ham to eastlands on september 28 adebayor has been a key figure since his $41 million summer switch from arsenal, scoring in each of the club's first four premier league games two of them being the only goal of the match to help the team to a 100 percent record however, his ugly attack on the grounded van persie left his former teammate with facial injuries, and his ill advised goal celebrations have only further alienated from arsenal fans many of whom were happy that he left after the player publicly courted barcelona and ac milan last season city manager mark hughes faces a striker crisis this weekend, with only craig bellamy of his front line forwards likely to be available robinho, roque santa cruz and benjani have already been consigned to the injured list and carlos tevez is rated extremely doubtful to face his old club
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manchester city striker emmanuel adebayor handed three match ban by fa . the 25 year old togo captain will miss this weekend's manchester derby . adebayor charged with violent conduct for stamping on robin van persie . his ban leaves city short of strikers for sunday's trip to united's old trafford
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(cnn) luis suarez leading uruguay to a late victory over england grabbed headlines on the eighth day of world cup group play, but before that match began another team had an arguably more important victory colombia's 2 1 defeat of ivory coast means that the south americans will definitely go through to the knockout stage of the competition, regardless of the results of their final group match next week, against japan colombia becomes the third team guaranteed to go through through: netherlands chile colombia there are also three teams that definitely cannot qualify for the knockout stage defending champs spain are the highest profile early casualty, but they're not alone out: spain australia cameroon beyond that, things get more complicated friday sees four teams trying to book a place in the knockout stage, as italy face costa rica and france play switzerland all four teams won their first match remember, a team gets three points for a win and one for a draw if two teams have the same number of points, the one with the greater goal difference is ahead, so for example costa rica's 3 1 victory over uruguay puts them at the top of group d, while italy's 2 1 victory over england is good enough for second in theory, any of those four teams can still go through at this point, which is why italy's mario balotelli said he wants a kiss (on the cheek) from the queen if his side beats costa rica that would keep england's chances alive, if slim it may not be a surprise that group d is turning into the most complex battle so far its teams are, as a whole, the highest ranking in the world cup, with uruguay ranked seventh in the world, italy ninth, england 10th and costa rica 28th the france switzerland match for the top of group e is more likely to produce a group leader each team won their first match and has three points, so a draw will mean each has four and a victory for either side will give them six the other two teams in the group, ecuador and honduras, both lost their first matches and have no points, so they both have to fight for a big win to have much hope of going through if they draw, they get one point each and would only go through if either france or switzerland win tonight, and the winner of the ecuador honduras match also wins big in their last match of the group got that? world cup schedule of matches cnn's patrick sung contributed to this report
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three teams are now certain to go through to the next stage of the world cup . three others cannot get past the group stage . italy and costa rica are battling for a place in the final 16, but it's complicated . switzerland and france face off for bragging rights in their group
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(cnn) new sunderland owner ellis short insists that he will not interfere on the football side following his takeover of the english premier league club sunderland chairman niall quinn, left, and new owner ellis short at the club's final game of the season the american billionaire will buy out the controlling interest of the drumaville consortium headed by club chairman niall quinn, upping his stake from 30% to 100% based in texas, he has made the north east club the fourth in the premier league to have american owners, alongside aston villa, manchester united and liverpool his move came hot on the heels of news on wednesday that portsmouth owner alexandre gaydamak had agreed to sell his club to united arab emirates businessman dr sulaiman al fahim who was previously instrumental in the abu dhabi united group's takeover of manchester city short, who saw sunderland avoid relegation on the final day of the season last weekend, told the club's web site that he will be sticking to the financial side of the business and allowing former black cats striker quinn to deal with football operations 'niall runs the club,' the 48 year old said 'niall is a very smart footballer, very smart about the premier league and is a wonderful chairman of the club who knows more about football than i ever will, so i will be in the background and niall will be running the show 'i will be involved in things like finance with me coming in, you get all of these other good ingredients that are already in place at the club and can add to that a streamlined decision making process, a streamlined board and with some financial ability to make some moves and we think that is the missing piece that this club has needed' short funded sunderland's transfer business last summer, with former manager roy keane spending large before surprisingly quitting in december after a poor run of results his replacement ricky sbragia stood down last weekend after guiding the team to safety, and sunderland have now been linked with a move for wigan boss steve bruce short said he was prepared to further invest money in new players for next season 'it's a very big club with a lot of fans, a big stadium and a lot of revenue and when you are in a position where we are, trying to improve it, it takes money,' he said 'but if that money is invested wisely, and the personnel decisions that you make are good ones, then i'm not worried at all i fully expect that niall will be able to make good personnel decisions going forward' sunderland announced on thursday that veteran dwight yorke was one of seven players to be released ahead of next season the 37 year old trinidad and tobago international, who is out of contract, will depart the stadium of light along with striker david connolly, midfielder arnau riera, goalkeepers darren ward and nick colgan and young defenders peter hartley and niall mcardle meanwhile, prospective portsmouth owner al fahim has told fans he intends to build a 'great football club' once his takeover is completed pompey have accepted an offer from the arab property magnate, and a period of due diligence will take place in the next few weeks 'everything i have seen makes me sure that we can build a great football club in the years to come,' he told arabianbusinesscom 'portsmouth has incredible history, and its fans are some of the most loyal in the world of football i look forward not just to working with them, but listening to their views on how they want to take the club forward 'i am the investor, but this is their club and their community and it is a privilege to be taking charge'
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new sunderland owner ellis short insists he will not interfere with football matters . american billionaire will leave chairman niall quinn to run that side of club . sunderland release seven players including veteran dwight yorke . portsmouth's prospective new owner outlines his dreams for the club
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(cnn) genoa prevented city rivals sampdoria from moving into serie a's top three after triumphing 3 0 in a fiery derby on saturday that saw three players sent off the home side moved up to fifth place, just a point behind the blucerchiati omar milanetto put genoa ahead from the penalty spot in the 10th minute reto ziegler was ruled to have fouled rodrigo palacio, then the sampdoria player managed to hit his own post trying to clear giuseppe sculli's low cross giuseppe biava had a header tipped onto the crossbar by samp goalkeeper luca castellazzi, but he was then sent off just before halftime after receiving a second yellow card for deliberate handball marco rossi doubled the lead in the 53rd minute, passing the ball through castellazzi's legs after evading the hapless ziegler, who gave away his second penalty of the night in the 75th minute for a foul on sokratis papastathopoulos raffaele palladino made it 3 0 from the spot, while the visitors ended the game with nine men when fabrizio cacciatore was red carded with two minutes left as tempers flared in saturday's other game, top scorer antonio di natale returned from suspension to inspire udinese to a 2 0 win at home to struggling livorno he curled in a 29th minute freekick before antonio floro flores made it 2 0 with a header from aleksander lukovic's cross 10 minutes later, lifting udinese up to 12th and leaving livorno in the bottom three meanwhile, third placed ac milan will be without right back massimo oddo for the rest of this year due to a thigh injury suffered in the champions league clash with marseille the 33 year old was replaced by ignazio abate 28 minutes into the 1 1 draw at the san siro last wednesday, which left milan two points behind group leaders real madrid ahead of the final match away to swiss side zurich on december 8
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genoa prevent city rivals sampdoria from moving into serie a's top three . home side win 3 0 in derby that sees three players sent off and move up to fifth . antonio di natale returns from ban to inspire udinese to a 2 0 win over livorno . ac milan will be without injured right back massimo oddo for the rest of this year
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(cnn traveller) natural beauty, outdoor living and fine dining wendy saunt crams one week's activities into one memorable day sydney's opera house is recognized instantly the world over, but there are plenty of hidden gems to be found 0800: chinese food for breakfast might seem like something you would only do with a hangover, but yum cha think chinese tapas on trolleys is a sydney tradition head down to china town in haymarket and take your pick east ocean (421 429 sussex street) is a favorite with sydneysiders 0900: walk off your breakfast with some shopping you will see many international designers and a plethora of great home grown ones too, from sass & bide to collette dinnigan sieve through the grand queen victoria building (known as the qvb) and david jones department store in town, then head east across hyde park stopping off at the art deco anzac war memorial towards oxford street, where there are some great boutiques sydney is also a good place to buy opals and pearls 1130: continue east to the chi chi 'old sydney' suburbs of paddington and woollahra, where you will find some of the city's most beautiful architecture here the wrought iron balconies and the palm trees of the victorian terrace houses lend the city a seductive, new orleans feel stop for a coffee in one of the many fine coffee houses, then make your way up back up to oxford street and jump on the number 380 bus to bondi 1230: for the best view of bondi the quintessentialsydney beach get off the bus as it comes down the hill from here, it is a short walk to icebergs restaurant from its vantage point on the coastal cliffs at the southern end overlooking the sweep of bondi beach, the raging surf, and the gleaming white of the outdoor pool icebergs is sydney at its best tables at this renowned restaurant are hard to come by, so book ahead (wwwidrbcom) after lunch, do the bondi to coogee coastal walk, which traces three bays clovelly, tamarama and gordon's (a great snorkeling spot) and affords cliff top views before finishing up, an hour or so later, at coogee, a beach to the south once there, take your weary self down to wylie's baths, an outdoor sea water pool that has not changed since its inception in 1907, and get an al fresco massage (wwwmassagebytheseacomau from $25) 1600: the best way to see the city which is laid out along the contours of a vast and beautiful natural harbor is from the air depending on your budget, you can take in the views from sydney tower (100 market street, $2450), climb the harbor bridge (wwwbridgeclimbcom, from $179), or charter a helicopter (wwwsydneyhelicopterscomau, from $180) if you want to see it from the 'ground', charter a yacht and join the harbor's fray (wwweastsailcomau, from $625) 1800: after a quick change, head down to circular quay for sun downers at the opera bar with the harbor bridge to your left and the grand old opera house to your right, it is easy to see why it is the place for evening drinks house brut is a steal at aus$34 ($32); the bucket sized portions of fries a snip at aus$7 ($650) do not be late, though the view here at dusk is enough to make you want to stay in sydney forever 1900: while in the vicinity, see what is on at the opera house there is a huge program, from world music to musicals too(wwwsydneyoperahousecom) if that is not your scene, it is still worth taking a tour of the iconic building the last one is at 5pm, though ($32) 2100: with sydney famed for its cuisine, dining options are not in short supply billy kwong's is one of the city's foremost places, dishing up vast portions of fresh, light and ever so tasty chinese food in a tiny shanghai tearoom style restaurant (355 crown street, surry hills) for a taste of modern australian, take a taxi to the bathers' pavilion, a seafood restaurant in the western suburb of balmoral (4 the esplanade, balmoral beach) finally, tetsuya's with its famed $195 10 course degustation menu is ranked by restaurant magazine as the fourth best restaurant in the world (529 kent street, sydney) to sit at its hallowed tables, you need to book several months possibly even a year in advance 1100: still standing? then hit the late night bars the loft by the water (3 lime street, kings street wharf, sydney), arthouse hotel in the cbd (275 pitt street, sydney), ruby rabbit in city's clubbing district (231 oxford street, darlinghurst) and the tilbury in one of sydney's smartest suburbs (12 nicholson street, woolloomooloo) are all good choices and if you are at the latter, finish off your night with a pie at harry's cafe de wheels (cowper wharf road) another sydney institution click here to subscribe to cnn traveller copyright © 2008 ink publishing and cable news network, lp, lllp, a time warner company all rights reserved
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washington (cnn) justice department officials blocked liberals and people with democratic party ties from a highly selective program that funneled young lawyers into government jobs, according to an internal investigation released tuesday a bias against liberals existed in a justice program meant to hire young lawyers, an investigation found esther slater mcdonald, a political appointee at the justice department, 'wrote disparaging statements about the candidates' liberal and democratic party affiliations on the applications she reviewed and she voted to deselect candidates on that basis,' said the report by inspector general glenn fine mcdonald, who has left the department, refused to be interviewed for the investigation the report, the first official investigation to document politicization of the justice department during the bush administration, is an offshoot of the larger investigation of justice department politics triggered by the furor over the firing of nine us attorneys it found two of three members of a screening committee considered political views and experience when choosing new lawyers for the justice department honors program and summer law intern program the report found that mcdonald and michael elston, the chief of staff to deputy attorney general paul mcnulty, engaged in misconduct, an administrative violation the third member of the screening committee, career lawyer dan fridman, was cleared of any involvement in the politicization of the process elston was interviewed by the investigators, who asked him about the role of former justice department official monica goodling in politicizing the selection process elston told investigators he could not recall goodling telling him to select lawyers who appeared to share attorney general alberto gonzales' philosophy goodling testified before a house panel last year that she had told elston he should identify such candidates goodling directed elston to lead the selection committee in 2006 she and elston have both left the justice department she refused to be interviewed for the inspector general's report as a result of the controversy, the hiring process was changed in 2007 to insulate hiring decisions from political considerations both justice department policy and federal law prohibit discrimination in hiring for career positions on the basis of political affiliations the report did not find clear evidence that an earlier screening committee took political considerations into account it says data from 2002 shows a disparity in the hiring of liberal and conservative candidates, but there were no complaints about the committee's work from 2003 to 2006, when goodling put elston in charge of the process the report tuesday is the first of perhaps several to be issued as the broad ranging investigation into the role partisan politics has played in the justice department during the bush administration goodling is expected to be a central figure in later inspector general reports examining efforts to increase the influence of conservatives in the department the justice department office of professional responsibility, a separate watchdog office that monitors prosecutorial conduct, joined in the inspector general's investigation cnn's terry frieden contributed to this report
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(cnn) just along the river from london's economic heart the city of london lies the o2 arena, which over the last week has hosted a tennis tournament which has had record crowds as fans forget about the economic gloom that has gripped both britain and europe over the last few years 'when people are not doing very well, they need something to entertain them and this is a great distraction,' said dakin sloss, a tennis fan from silicon valley in california, who attended the atp world tour finals place a five kilometer ring around the now iconic setting, which was specially constructed to herald the arrival of the 21st century, and within it would fall inner london boroughs where unemployment is well into double digits, double that for the under 25s, and deprivation is very apparent britain officially crept out of its double dip recession last quarter, but like much of the europe, is gripped by the consequences of sluggish growth and demand dire outlook but within the o2 arena's confines there is no sense of austerity when the atp world tour finals came to the british capital for the first time in 2009, arguably the economic outlook was even more dire, but during its fourth staging this year the tournament celebrated its millionth paying customer and in many ways is a beacon for the heady success currently being enjoyed by tennis despite the global downturn but it's not just london, coming off unprecedented attendances at the 2012 olympics, and with their own 'home town' global superstar in the form of andy murray, where tennis has pulled in the big revenues 'the atp and its 62 tournaments are now generating more than half a billion dollars annually,' brad drewett, the tour's executive chairman and president, told cnn 'we are in our strongest financial position ever and we have the biggest and best group of corporate partners ever involved in the game,' he added increased revenues according to the atp, commercial revenues have increased 165 per cent since 2009 and during finals week, ricoh extended its support while the big announcement saw title sponsor barclays put its name to the tournament through 2015 with london confirmed as the venue in a two year extension six time grand slam champion boris becker believes that the global appeal of the sport has helped it ride the economic storm 'you have great stars in a truly international sport, not based on one continent, and whether you are from asia, africa, the americas or europe, you have your favorites,' said becker, who is working for barclays on their ball kids initiative 'tennis has a long history, we have survived wars and many different kinds of problems and in difficult times we come through, 'becker added attendances on the atp have remained steady at 44 million each year since 2009, excluding the four grand slams and davis cup matches, and television audiences have increased, with 800 million viewers plus four millions visitors to the official atp tour website each month neil harman, tennis correspondent of the times of london, believes the rivalry at the top of the men's game, with roger federer, novak djokovic and rafael nadal being joined by murray to form an invincible 'big four', is responsible for the sport's resilience in the face of difficult times golden opportunity 'tennis has this golden opportunity with the players you have got at the top of the game we didn't have that five years ago,' the times journalist told cnn and it's not just the men's game that is on an upward trajectory 'i have just come from istanbul (venue for the season ending wta championships) where the semifinal and final saw 16 and a half thousand people crammed inside the stadium' 'the fact is that women's tennis has two iconic figures at the top in serena williams and maria sharapova it's a potent combination' the success of the respective men's and women's tours is matched and in many ways surpassed by the four grand slams, with ambitious expansion plans in place for roland garros, home of the french open, and flushing meadows, which stages the us open prize money increases the australian open, first on the calendar in january, recently announced record prize money of $3068 million for 2013, up by $413m the eight singles players and top eight doubles pairings in london will share out $55 million between them, rising to $65 million by 2014, but the likes of djokovic and federer, who is president of the atp player council, flexed their industrial muscle this year to demand a more equitable share out of the cash at the slams for lower ranked players there was fleeting talk of a strike ahead of the australian open if demands were not met and the issue remains a cloud on the horizon on an otherwise sunny sky 'the future is incredibly bright for men's tennis,' foresees drewett, a 54 year old australian, who was a former top 40 player himself the atp world tour finals is the icing on the cake at the end of a long season, with qualification in the singles and doubles the main goal for the game's elite when they begin their 10 month season permanent home it's essentially the fifth grand slam and both becker and harman believe it will benefit from finding a permanent home in london, extended past 2015 'it's absolutely astonishing what has been achieved, what they have done with the stadium, the players all love it,' said harman former grand slam finalist greg rusedski, working for british television at the event, agreed 'i made two appearances in this tournament in hanover in the 1990s but this has moved on to another level' 'they have sought to find a proper home for this event,' said harman 'and there's not been a proper home since madison square garden in the 1980s' becker would like to see a permanent move: 'tennis is a sport which needs consistency and the reason the grand slams are so successful is everyone knows that at a certain time of the year in a certain place the big stars will turn up,' he said rusedski can also see no reason to move while the paris masters occupies its present place in the calendar 'players will not want to travel to rio de janiero, which has been touted as venue, at the end of a long season,' he said special setting it's a potent mix of setting and razzmatazz which defines the o2 experience for the crowd, with players emerging like gladiators to loud music and special effects from rihanna to rafael nadal: tennis' popstar makeover once the action is underway the crowd is kept in darkness, similar to watching a football match under floodlights, but they are kept in touch with match statistics and disputed line call replays on a giant four sided screen above the court aces, set and match points are signaled by a moving graphic display which circles the entire arena 'i have been to the masters series events in the states and grand slams but for setting this beats them all,' said sloss 'it's a fun arena to play in,' murray told gathered reporters after news of the two year extension emerged 'i think it works very well just now' his rivalry with djokovic promises to light up arenas around the world over the next few years 'novak and andy are two amazingly gifted athletes, and their talent and potential is limitless,' said drewett 'however, the game has never been more competitive and if you can get to the top, staying there is more difficult than ever' the chief of the men's game will be hoping that federer continues his late career heroics, beaten by djokovic in a classic 2012 final, and that nadal recovers from his injury problems for 2013 it's that ever shifting battle for supremacy, echoed in the women's game, which appears to drive interest and keep tennis immune from the problems which have afflicted other sports in tough times
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