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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- President Obama issued a presidential order on Friday authorizing emergency funds to Pakistan 's flood victims , the White House announced Friday . The president said the use of the Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund was in the United States ' interest . Up to $ 33 million can go toward the country 's crisis . Pakistani disaster officials said Wednesday that recent floods have killed about 1,677 people and 17 million have been affected nationwide . The United Nations , meanwhile , warned that a crisis is building in the eastern province of Balochistan , where nearly 2 million people are affected . Mengeshe Kebede , the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ' representative to Pakistan , said there is a `` humanitarian tragedy '' taking place in Balochistan , with imminent threats of water-borne diseases and food shortages . `` We need to scale up our activities in the province , or else I think we are heading for a major humanitarian disaster there , '' Kebede said . `` I have worked in humanitarian situations globally , and worked in refugee camps in Africa during emergencies , but to be honest I had never seen a situation as devastating as I saw in Balochistan , '' he said .
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Obama approves urgent emergency funds for Pakistan 's flood victims . Nearly 1,700 people have died in disaster . Humanitarian crisis developing in Balochistan province .
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LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The archbishops of Canterbury and York are recommending that churches stop sharing the chalice at communion over swine flu fears , the Church of England said Thursday . The Church of England 's leaders are recommending parishoners do n't share the chalice . The archbishops wrote a letter to all Church of England bishops with the recommendation . It follows government advice not to share `` common vessels '' for food or drink so as not to spread the virus . In the Anglican Church , worshippers commonly drink from the same chalice during communion . The chalice is wiped before the next person drinks from it . For churches that still wish to offer both bread and wine , the archbishops recommend the priest dip communion wafers in the chalice before handing them out to those taking communion . `` The Department of Health have recently advised us that ` in a pandemic it makes good sense to take precautions to limit the spread of disease by not sharing common vessels for food and drink , ' '' the archbishops write in the letter . `` In the light of this advice , we recommend those presiding at Holy Communion suspend the administration of the chalice during this wave of pandemic flu . For those who still wish to offer in both kinds , we recommend the practice whereby the presiding minister , whose hands should have been washed with the appropriate alcohol-based rub before handling the elements and the vessels , personally intincts all wafers before placing them in the hands of communicants . '' Watch more on Australian vaccine trial '' The archbishops note that this practice is widely observed in Anglican churches throughout Africa . `` Communicants receiving in this way need to be confident that the clergy and all assistant ministers follow the relevant guidance on hygiene , '' they write . The Archbishop of Canterbury is the spiritual leader of the worldwide Anglican Church , the second-largest Christian denomination after the Roman Catholic Church .
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Archbishops of Canterbury and York recommend churches stop sharing chalice . Follows government advice not to share `` common vessels '' for food or drink . Church says move is to help stop spread of swine flu .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Baseball 's League Championship Series ' start Friday with the New York Yankees taking on the Texas Rangers for the American League title . The winner will go to the World Series against the victor in the National League Championship series between the Philadelphia Phillies and San Francisco Giants . The Phillies-Giants series starts Saturday and will be televised on Fox . TBS analyst Ron Darling spoke to CNN about compelling people and stories that will interest even the most casual fans and about how the baseball we 'll be watching is radically different than the game we saw just a few years ago . This is an edited transcript : . CNN : Has this been an extraordinary post-season for pitching , or does it always improve in the playoffs ? Ron Darling : I think what has been extraordinary is that all the pitchers , whether they came through trades -LRB- Phillies with Roy Halladay and Roy Oswalt ; Texas with Cliff Lee -RRB- or up through the farm system like the San Francisco Giants , or a free agent like CC Sabathia in New York , the great thing about it is they all deliver . Sometimes the great Braves pitchers would falter during the '90s , but none of these guys has faltered . In fact they 're having some of the greatest games in the history of post-season play . Whether it 's Tim Lincecum 's 14 strikeouts , Cliff Lee and his ability to throw complete games and strike out hitters without walking anybody , and of course Roy Halladay 's no-hitter . CNN : What were your thoughts on the Texas Rangers celebrating their division series win over Tampa Bay with ginger ale instead of champagne because their star , Josh Hamilton , is recovering from drug and alcohol abuse ? Darling : I thought it was one of the special moments of the post-season . There are a lot of people affected by alcoholism and drug addiction in this country , and a lot of people feel alone in their battle against those two addictions . And to see an entire ball club get behind their player 's problem and have empathy and sympathy for his problems was just one of the special things . Remember their manager -LRB- Ron Washington -RRB- tested positive last season -LRB- for cocaine -RRB- . They could have abandoned the manager ; instead , it brought them closer together . They 've been one of the great stories and to know that they wanted one of their best players to celebrate in the clubhouse because they knew he could only do it with ginger ale to me is a just a beautiful gesture . CNN : You played with Dwight Gooden and Daryl Strawberry , who both struggled with addiction . How hard has it been for Josh Hamilton to overcome his addiction to play so well ? Darling : I think trying to battle addictions is hard enough if you 're working 9-5 and you 've got a family and you 're trying to stay out of harm 's way . When you 're a young athlete on the road with a lot of free time on your hands , I think it ups it exponentially . I know Hamilton has a caretaker who helps him out on the road , but I think it 's taken a lot of stick-to-itiveness by Josh . You know he 's had a second chance , had a couple of hiccups , but he 's made the most of it . Addiction is a sickness ; we should look at it like that . I think we should welcome what he 's done . He 's not only a great player , but he 's also become a leader on that team and that 's the most interesting part of that to me . CNN : Besides Hamilton , who are some other players people will enjoy watching if they flip on the game ? Darling : In the National League , you have to look at the little guys , Shane Victorino and Placido Polanco , for the Phillies . Sometimes these games allow them to shine when most of the publicity goes to the home-run hitters . On San Francisco , Andres Torres , their centerfielder , had a remarkable season . He 's a player who floundered and later in his career found his role and had a great season . The Giants closer Brian Wilson had a remarkable year . I know he has the funny hair and funny beard , but there 's nothing funny about how he gets saves . The New York Yankees ' Brett Gardner and Curtis Granderson , batting at the bottom of the order , will have a big series . For Texas , the casual fan may not know about Nelson Cruz , but he has about as much pop in his bat as anyone in the game and he 's a good fielder and throws well . -LRB- The playoffs -RRB- could be a good forum for the country to learn what a good player he is . CNN : Why have there been so many errors in this post-season ? Darling : There have been 31 errors so far , and what we should read into it is that the game has changed . You can overlook an error when a lot of home runs are being hit and a lot of runs scored . That 's not happening as much anymore . Every play is critical , and if you 're talking about this being the season of the post-season pitcher , every time an error is made , it 's going to be crucial in determining the game . There have been errors before , but over the last 10 seasons , you could overcome it with offensive output . But when the games are 3-1 every night , you ca n't afford those errors . And those players that in the past you put in the lineup because of their offensive abilities and you hoped they would catch the ball but figured they 'd make up for it with their offense , those days are gone and those players are gone . If you are in the minor leagues and not working on your fielding , you 're going to have a hard time getting to the major leagues . CNN : Because of steroid testing , do you think these lower-scoring , well-pitched games are going to be the norm going forward ? Darling : Watch these series . There 's going to be lots of steals , bunting and infield hits , all of those things that we saw a lot in the '70s and early '80s that went away . You 're still going to have guys hit the ball out of the ballpark . But how many home runs are guys going to hit off Halladay , Lee , Lincecum and Sabathia ? It 's not gon na happen .
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Ron Darling says it 's amazing how well so many pitchers have performed in playoffs . He says Rangers ' celebration after winning division series was special moment . Rangers celebrated with ginger ale so star Josh Hamilton , a recovering addict , could join . Darling says players who can hit but not field well will have a hard time making major leagues .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- During her darkest hours in captivity , former Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt considered death preferable to her ordeal , she said in an interview with CNN 's `` Connect the World . '' Betancourt , who was kidnapped in 2002 during her campaign for the presidency and rescued in 2008 , wrote about her experience in a new book , `` Even Silence Has an End . '' She recalled that late in her captivity at the hands of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia , or FARC , she became very ill . FARC declined to give her medication , and had her lie in a hammock for months , she said . Betancourt had seen other hostages die in similar circumstances in the jungle . `` And because I was in so much in pain in my body and I was kind of unplugging mentally , in the sense that I could n't just concentrate on anything , I thought that perhaps it was a good moment to just , you know , '' Betancourt said , referring to dying . In that moment , she said , she preferred death because it would reunite her with her father . `` And , also , I thought that it could be a liberation thing for my children , because they had to stop their lives , '' Betancourt said . That feeling was just one episode in her 6 1/2 years in captivity . Writing the book , she said , brought her to `` very deep memories , to places I thought I had forgotten and to situations that were very painful . '' The writing process would leave her physically exhausted at the end of the day . Betancourt was freed in a high-profile helicopter rescue mission in July 2008 . Colombian commandos posed as humanitarian aid workers to free the group , which included three U.S. military contractors and 11 Colombian police and military members . Her book is not the first to touch on her time as a hostage . In a memoir published last year , the U.S. military contractors rescued along with Betancourt painted an unflattering portrait of the dual citizen of France and Colombia , describing her as someone who hoarded belongings and let her temper flare during their time in the rebel camp . For her part , Betancourt admits that she was not the most popular . `` We hear the news and they talk about the hostages and the only name that comes up on and on and on is mine , '' she said . `` By not having their names , it was just another humiliation . It was just another torture for them , not knowing if people knew they were there , what was happening with their families . '' The guerrillas who held them were also keen on keeping the hostages divided . This , she suspects , was so that they would not unite and attempt an escape together . Much of the guerrillas ' treatment of their hostages was meant to be cruel and designed to strip away their identities , Betancourt said . `` So , for me , it was important to preserve my dignity in the sense of preserving my soul , preserving the things that I thought were important for me to give . And that was a struggle , '' she said . One way she did this was by showing defiance . When her captors ordered the hostages to identify themselves by numbers , she refused . Although her fellow hostages started counting off , when it came to be her turn , she just answered , `` Ingrid Betancourt . '' `` I did n't want to be a number . I did n't want to be an object , '' she said . `` They were referring to us like cargo . And I thought that was horrible . And I did n't want them to get away with that . So I think I was a little like a troublemaker , in some aspects . '' That streak also partly led to divisions between her and the other hostages , she said . After such lows , how did Betancourt survive the long years ? `` To put it in just one word , I think it was love , '' she said . `` The love of my children and the love of my mother . '' Reflecting on the current political situation in Colombia , the former candidate said that the country is in better shape than when she was abducted . There remains , however , what she called a crucial problem : a disconnect between those who live in the cities very comfortably , and those in the countryside who are affected by the violence of the FARC and other rebel groups . `` We have 4 million misplaced people in Colombia . And that 's because of the war , '' she said .
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Ingrid Betancourt says she favored death over captivity at one point . She was kidnapped in 2002 and rescued in 2008 . She described herself as a bit of a troublemaker during her captivity . Betancourt admits she was not the most popular captive .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Glamorous tennis star Ana Ivanovic has reached the quarterfinals of the Generali Ladies Linz tournament -- despite being penalized a game for taking too long in the toilet . The former world No. 1 , who was given a wildcard entry into the Austrian event after the late withdrawal of the injured Serena Williams , had been leading 1-0 in the second set on Thursday when she needed to leave the court . When she finally returned , the 22-year-old Serbian -- whose last tournament win came in Liz in 2008 -- discovered that her opponent Barbora Zahlavova Strycova had been awarded the next game of the second-round match . `` I 'm really embarrassed because I had yogurt right before I walked on . Do n't ever have yogurt before you have to play ! '' Ivanovic , among the sport 's top earners despite her recent lack of form , explained at her later press conference . `` When I left the court I was really feeling sick . I said I really have to go to the bathroom and he -LSB- the umpire -RSB- said I could n't go now before her serve , but I said I have to . Then he said I could go on my own time . `` When I came back he said for every 20 seconds I got a point penalty . He said I was gone a long time and it added up to a game . I was not sure about the rules and just had to keep on playing . `` I could not argue because he said that 's how it is . It turned out to be good . I think I was so consumed with trying to feel a little bit better , but I think in normal circumstances it would make me really mad . '' Ivanovic went on to triumph 6-3 6-2 , and the seventh seed will next face Julia Gorges for a place in the semifinals . The unseeded German upset fifth seed Petra Kvitova 6-2 6-1 as the 20-year-old Czech left-hander joined compatriot Strycova in exiting the tournament . Second seed Daniela Hantuchova came back from 3-1 down in the first set to beat Spain 's Carla Suarez Navarro and set up a quarterfinal with Patty Schnyder . The Swiss left-hander shocked eighth-seeded Czech Klara Zakopalova 6-2 6-0 . Greek qualifier Eleni Daniilidou also made it through after defeating Austrian wildcard Sybille Bammer 6-1 7-6 -LRB- 7-2 -RRB- , and she will next play German sixth seed Andrea Petkovic . Meanwhile , third seed Shahar Peer reached the quarterfinals of the HP Japan Women 's Open with a hard-fought 3-6 6-1 6-3 win over local player Ryoko Fuda in Osaka on Thursday . The Israeli will next play Czech seventh seed Iveta Benesova , who defeated Italy 's Alberta Brianti 6-1 7-5 . Japanese veteran Kimiko Date Krumm earned a clash with top seed Samantha Stosur as the 40-year-old beat compatriot Aiko Nakamura 6-2 6-0 . American Jill Craybas thrashed Ukraine 's Olga Savchuk 6-1 6-1 , and the 36-year-old will next play French second seed Marion Bartoli .
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Ana Ivanovic penalized a game after needing an emergency toilet break in Austria . Serbian blames her pre-match snack of yyogurtafter leaving the court against rules . Seventh seed recovers to reach quarterfinals , where she will play Julia Gorges of Germany . Israeli third seed Shahar Peer reaches the last eight at the HP Japan Women 's Open .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Viva Chile . Late last winter , Chile was shaken first by a 8.8-magnitude earthquake and , later , looting and military police hitting the streets . In August , the San Jose mine collapsed , threatening the lives of 33 men trapped a half-mile underground and further testing the upstart South American country 's psyche weeks ahead of its bicentennial commemoration . But this week , Chile came alive -- in the eyes of its citizens , as well as the world . Copiapo , which could have been the site of mass mourning had the miners ' rescue effort gone awry , instead became home to a patriotic festival . The strong national pride was omnipresent : from the red , white and blue Chilean flags that permeated the rescue site to the chants that rang out as the miners rose to the surface . It was clear , too , many miles away -- whether it was the hugs and tears of joy among the throngs watching the scene on a flickering big-screen TV set up in a Santiago city square , the champagne corks popping at the Chilean embassy in Washington , or countless bite-sized conversations in the vast reaches of cyberspace where the Chilean miners were a top trending discussion on Twitter . `` What emotion ! What happiness ! What pride to be Chilean ! '' wrote Chilean President Sebastian Pinera , on his own Twitter page . Like many emerging countries , Chile has not been without its challenges . It continues to emerge from the shadows of dictator Augusto Pinochet 's rule from 1974 to 1990 , when up to 30,000 people vanished or were killed because of their political beliefs . Economic disparities and political divisions still exist , with the global recession having a real impact in this Andean nation . Yet , its past and recent challenges notwithstanding , Chile has also emerged as a model in Latin America and the world , given its solid economic base and fervent democracy . `` Chile is ... a country with really strong institutions , '' said Peter DeShazo , director of the Americas Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies . `` And it 's economy has done really well . '' While it could have been a calamity , the San Jose mine rescue effort instead turned into a celebration , not just of the miners ' survival but also the nation 's collective ability -LRB- with help from international friends -RRB- to safely extricate them . Thus , this week 's rescue effort gave Chileans a good reason and made-for-TV stage to show off their longstanding patriot fervor to the world . `` Chileans , in general , have a strong sense of national identity , '' said Susan Purcell , director of the University of Miami 's Center for Hemispheric Policy . `` And with this episode , it 's like they did everything right . '' Since Pinochet , Chile has experienced significant economic growth and steady inroads combating corruption and poverty . But until now , Chile rarely had been front-and-center in most everyday discussions of Latin America , which are more likely to be dominated by Brazil 's booming development , communist Cuba , Colombia 's civil war and Venezuela under leftist leader Hugo Chavez . Thus , while international policymakers and business leaders have seen -LRB- and , in some cases , been party to -RRB- its development , the mine collapse and rescue effort were many people 's first sustained exposure to Chile , its people and its potential . `` Chile should be held up as a model , but it often is n't , '' said Purcell . `` I do n't know if -LRB- the rescue -RRB- changes the image of Chile , or it creates an image of Chile . '' Led by President Pinera , the rescue effort and Chile were very much intertwined . Government officials frequently appeared before TV cameras , Chilean flags abounded and patriotic chants rang out regularly . The loudest and emotional could be heard when the miners emerged : `` Chi ! Chi ! Chi ! Le ! Le ! Le ! Los mineros de Chile ! '' That was no accident , said Nara Milanich , a professor at New York 's Barnard College specializing in Chile . Pinera , who had seen his popularity drop since taking office last March , took control of the situation and played to the cameras , she said . Camp Hope sprung up , as a temporary home to miners ' families as well as the scores of global media who descended on the scene . `` They are so conscious that the world is watching , '' said Milanich . `` This is as genuinely Chilean as Baywatch is genuinely American . This is a TV show . '' Still , for all the production set-ups and political posturing , Milanich said that Chileans ' joy was true and widely felt . While the release came at a critical time for Chileans , who wrestled with `` soul-searching '' after the quake and during the bicentennial commemoration , it reflected citizens ' deep-rooted sense that Chile is worth celebrating . And in Latin America -- especially given Chile 's rivalry with Andean neighbors Bolivia and Peru dating back to the 19th century War of the Pacific -- such self-congratulation among Chileans is almost expected and sometimes resented . `` I do n't think Chileans suffer from an inferiority complex , '' said Kristen Sorensen , a professor at Bentley University in Massachusetts . `` In some sense , they have a superiority complex . ''
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Experts say that Chileans have long boasted a strong sense of national identity . The miners ' rescue effort is described as a made-for-TV production showcasing Chilean excellence and pride . The rescue has been many people 's introduction to Chile .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Ever thought of trekking through northern New Mexico with a llama to marvel at the vibrant aspens ? Or zipping through the color-splashed mountains of Georgia , 2,000 feet above ground ? If not , maybe it 's time to embark on a fall foliage adventure that stretches beyond scenic drives and hikes . But hurry , the leaves are changing -- and falling -- fast . Hike with a llama . Avoid the crowds and travel with El Paseo Llama Expeditions in Taos , New Mexico , for a unique fall adventure . `` The area outside Taos , New Mexico , is a great place to see the aspens turn gold while llamas do the heavy lifting . Kids who are small enough can even ride the llamas , '' said Rich Beattie , executive editor of TravelandLeisure.com . El Paseo 's llamas will pack gear and carry riders weighing up to 60 pounds . Novice to advanced hikers are welcome , as the company offers excursions along an range of trails through the Sangre de Cristo Mountains , the Southern Rockies and the Rio Grande Gorge . El Paseo Llama Expeditions ' offerings range from half-day hikes all the way to eight-day/seven-night expeditions . Prices start at $ 74 per person and vary based on the number of days , people and equipment . Travel + Leisure : America 's best fall color drives . Join a Segway tour . Why walk when you can glide ? Segway of Manchester in Manchester , New Hampshire , is offering a smooth ride to leaf peepers with its fall foliage tour . `` No , the Segway never caught on , but it still makes for a fun way to tour a destination , especially when you 're driving around looking at fall colors , '' Beattie said . Segway through color-splashed Manchester with tour guides two - or three-hour tours . Two-hour tours are $ 69 ; three hours are $ 99 . Hang glide for an aerial view . Experience the vibrant fall patchwork of yellows , reds and oranges from a new perspective : 2,000 feet above ground . Lookout Mountain Hang Gliding , about 40 minutes from Chattanooga , Tennessee , in Rising Fawn , Georgia , offers foliage enthusiasts the chance to learn to fly . No experience is necessary : Lookout has plenty of training packages designed for all levels . If you 're looking for just a day of fun , try the Introductory Experience package , a full day of instruction that involves ground training and flying from small hills about 10 to 15 feet high . By the afternoon , you will be flying tandem with an instructor 2,000 feet above Lookout Valley . For ages 12 and up ; $ 199 . Travel + Leisure : Best affordable fall foliage towns . Take a peaceful balloon ride . Napa Valley 's incredible wines are n't the Northern California region 's only draw . Float through the air with Napa Valley Balloons as you experience ultimate tranquility thousands of feet above ground . The typical ride starts with a continental breakfast provided by Napa Valley Balloons and a brief pilot orientation . Then you 're off , up in the air , looking over corridors of autumn-hued vines , mountains and one of the most beautiful valleys in the world . After the hour balloon ride , passengers are greeted with fine Napa sparkling wines at a champagne breakfast . Standard rate is $ 240 per person . It 's not just in Napa either . `` It 's an experience you can have all over the country , from Napa , California , to Asheville , North Carolina , and upstate New York , '' Beattie said . Board a steam train . Train lovers , rejoice ! Witness the changing leaves in total comfort as you stare out your window on a steam-engine train ride . The Steam Railroad Institute in Owosso , Michigan , is offering a fall foliage ride on October 23 between Owosso and Alma , Michigan . Coach tickets are $ 99 . `` Steam engines still evoke a certain nostalgia , '' Beattie said . Train lovers can find fall rides across the country in states from Connecticut and West Virginia to Indiana and beyond .
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Hang glide over colorful mountains near Chattanooga , Tennessee . Take in the autumn patchwork of California 's Napa Valley from a hot air balloon . Let a llama tote your gear during fall foliage hikes near Taos , New Mexico .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The wife of an American reportedly shot dead by gunmen believed linked to a Mexican drug gang gave an eight-hour interview and provided a detailed statement to federal and state authorities in Mexico , she said Monday . Tiffany Hartley told CNN 's `` American Morning '' she gave a detailed account of what happened on September 30 , from the time she and her husband David left their McAllen , Texas , home until she left a sheriff 's office that night . She said she is scheduled to meet with authorities again Monday to finish up the statement . Hartley recounted the incident Monday , saying she and her husband headed to Falcon Lake , which straddles the U.S.-Mexico border , that day to `` enjoy a day on the lake . '' The two decided to ride their personal watercraft to the Mexican side of the lake to see a historical church there , she said . But she said the couple was confronted by three boats , and gunmen aboard began firing shots at them when they tried to flee the area . She said she saw her husband shot , and attempted to pull him on board her watercraft . `` After they shot David I turned my Jet Ski around so I could go and help him , '' she said . But a boat approached her and the person on board pointed a gun toward her , then left . She attempted to get her husband on board , but fled when she saw the boats returning . She said she had to pass the three boats while attempting to get back to the U.S. side of the lake . By the time she got there , she could not see what was taking place back at the scene , she said Monday . `` The boats chased me pretty much all the way to the U.S. border or past it , '' she said . David Hartley 's body has not been found , despite extensive searches by both U.S. and Mexican authorities . Brian Quigley , spokesman for the U.S. Consulate in Matamoros , Mexico , said Saturday that Tiffany Hartley is `` fully cooperating in assisting Mexican prosecutors with their investigation . '' Her Friday interview with officials from the federal attorney general 's office and prosecutors from Mexico 's Tamaulipas state was held in the FBI field office in McAllen . It took place the day after Mexican authorities said they were suspending the search for David Hartley . `` Mexican authorities told the U.S. Consulate that the suspension of the search was only temporary and would continue at a later date , '' Quigley said . `` We are going to hold them to that . '' Tiffany Hartley 's mother , Cynthia Young , said earlier that she , Tiffany Hartley and the woman 's father met with Mexican and American officials Friday , and the family was told that the Mexican government was `` restrategizing '' how it was handling the search for Hartley 's body . Tiffany Hartley met with Rolando Armando Flores Villegas , the lead Mexican investigator in the death of her husband , days before Flores was killed . His severed head was delivered to authorities in a suitcase last week . However , authorities vowed to continue to search . On Friday , Tamaulipas state attorney general spokesman Ruben Dario Rios said the suspension was a `` temporary recess so that we can better assess the strategies we are using to find the body . '' Responding to local reports that threats of imminent gun battles by the Los Zetas drug cartel might have led officials to suspend the search , Dario Rios said , `` Negative . '' Zapata County , Texas , Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez Jr. has said Mexican authorities may have been trying to intimidate Tiffany Hartley during the in-depth interview Friday and scare her into not pushing them to continue the investigation . But Tiffany Hartley denied that Monday , saying authorities just wanted detailed information about the day -- `` where we had stopped and who we talked to , that kind of thing . I did n't feel like it was an interrogation , and I really hope they do continue the search and continue their investigation . '' She said she did not get a sense that authorities were questioning her account . `` We just want David back , '' Tiffany Hartley said . '' ... I think they do want to find whoever , but ultimately I do n't really care if they find the person because I know in time , they 'll have their day -LSB- of judgment -RSB- . '' A report issued by a Texas-based think tank last week suggested that Hartley 's death may have stemmed from a case of mistaken identity in the ongoing war between two Mexican drug cartels . The Stratfor report , which cites anonymous sources , noted that David Hartley worked for an oil and gas company with operations in Reynosa , Mexico . The couple had lived there for two years and had only moved to McAllen within the past few months , the report said . The truck they drove to Falcon Lake on September 30 still had a license plate from Tamaulipas state . The couple drove their personal watercraft to the Old Guerrero area of the lake , which the report said is a `` known battleground in the ongoing war in the Los Zetas and Gulf cartels . '' The sources told Stratfor both cartels have been known to conduct surveillance and countersurveillance operations on personal watercraft , so Zetas scouts identified them as possible Gulf spies , because of their license plate and their method and direction of travel on Falcon Lake . They were then apparently confronted by `` Zetas enforcers , '' Stratfor said . The sources told Stratfor the attack was unauthorized by senior Los Zetas members and `` a damage control campaign is currently under way ... to identify and eliminate those who engaged the Hartleys without proper authorization . '' Protocol involves prompt disposition of a body to ensure no evidence can be brought against the group , the report said . Falcon Lake is about 70 miles west of the Hartleys ' home in McAllen . CNN 's Eric Fiegel contributed to this report .
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NEW : Tiffany Hartley is set to finish her statement Monday . She says she did not feel intimidated or interrogated . She gave an eight-hour interview to authorities . `` We just want David back , '' she says .
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New Haven , Connecticut -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A man convicted of killing a mother and her two daughters during a brutal 2007 Connecticut home invasion can be `` quite likable , '' but has struggled with drug addiction for years , a defense attorney told jurors Monday . The same jurors who convicted Steven Hayes of capital murder and other charges convened Monday for Hayes ' penalty phase . They will decide whether he should be sentenced to death for the slayings of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters , 17-year-old Hayley Petit and 11-year-old Michaela Petit . Attorney Patrick Culligan told jurors in his opening statement they will hear testimony from `` people who know Steve Hayes , whose lives have crossed paths with Steven Hayes ... to try to give you some insight , some understanding of who Steven Hayes was prior to the crimes of July 23 , 2007 . '' Some of the testimony , he warned , will not be flattering to Hayes , but he said that despite his long history of criminal convictions and drug abuse , Hayes could be `` quite likable . '' `` There is no presumption at this point that the death penalty is the appropriate punishment , '' Culligan said . '' ... You must keep an open mind . '' Culligan said testimony would also focus on Hayes ' behavior in prison in the past , noting that he has been incarcerated for `` most of his adult life '' because of his addiction . `` At the conclusion -LSB- of testimony -RSB- , you 'll come to know much more of the ` who ' about Steven Hayes , '' Culligan told jurors . '' ... Hopefully , you 'll also have a fuller understanding of his role in these crimes ... these most horrible and tragic crimes . '' Hayes , 47 , was convicted earlier this month of 16 of the 17 charges against him , including nine counts of murder and capital murder and four counts of kidnapping . Jurors acquitted him of an arson charge . During the penalty phase , jurors will determine whether the mitigating evidence the defense is expected to present outweighs the aggravating factors in favor of the death penalty . Jurors are allowed to consider evidence they heard during the guilt phase of the trial . They can also consider new testimony or evidence that attorneys introduce during the sentencing phase -- which might include the defendant 's long history of prior convictions and anything that casts Hayes in a positive light . Hayes himself could testify . `` All of the evidence presented in the guilt phase may be considered in this phase ... and the state is relying on that evidence , '' prosecutor Michael Dearington told jurors in his opening statement . The only new testimony presented in the penalty phase by the prosecution concerned Hayes ' prior convictions -- two in 1981 and others in 1993 , 1996 and 2003 , all for third-degree burglary . The prosecution rested just before the court took a lunch break Monday . The killings took place in the New Haven suburb of Cheshire , a brutal attack that shocked the well-to-do community and drew nationwide attention . The home of Dr. William Petit was invaded in the middle of the night by Hayes and another man , Joshua Komisarjevsky , prosecutors say . Komisarjevsky will be tried separately . Connecticut State Police Detective Anthony Buglione , who interviewed Hayes after the crime , has testified that the duo beat Petit bloody and left him in the basement . According to testimony , the two men then went upstairs and found Hawke-Petit and Michaela asleep in the master bedroom . After tying Hawke-Petit to her bed , they led the girl to her room , tied her to her bed and put a pillowcase over her head , Hayes told Buglione . They then found Hayley Petit in her room and did the same , he said . After finding evidence of a bank account containing $ 20,000 to $ 30,000 , they decided to have the mother go to the bank in the morning and withdraw money from her account , Buglione testified . Hayes is accused of taking Hawke-Petit to the bank while Komisarjevsky allegedly stayed behind . When Hayes and Hawke-Petit returned with the money , the two men allegedly set the home on fire and fled . Inside the home , authorities said , Hawke-Petit , 48 , was found raped and strangled . Her two daughters , one of whom had been sexually assaulted , died of smoke inhalation . Petit , the sole survivor , escaped to a neighbor 's home . William Petit has said he will not offer a victim impact statement during Hayes ' penalty phase , saying in a statement he `` regretfully '' decided against doing so because Connecticut 's law on victim impact statements is unclear and could provide convicts with grounds to appeal their sentences . Culligan noted in his remarks to jurors Monday that `` There was another person involved in this crime : Joshua Komisarjevsky . '' He said jurors will hear about Komisarjevsky in the suspect 's own words , much of it from his writings to author Brian McDonald . Judge Jon Blue has suggested the penalty proceeding could last as long as four weeks , though the relatively quick pace of the guilt phase of Hayes ' trial has led some to speculate the penalty phase could also be quick . Hayes ' attorneys had sought to introduce testimony regarding the comparative cost of life imprisonment versus execution , but Blue barred the subject .
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NEW : Defense attorney tells jurors to keep an open mind . NEW : Prosecution offers testimony on Steven Hayes ' prior convictions . NEW : Defense says Hayes has struggled with drug addiction for years . Hayes could face the death penalty for killing a mother and daughters .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Former captain Imran Khan says Pakistan should not abandon their tour of England despite allegations that members of their national team were involved in a betting scam . Cricket legend Khan told CNN that he was `` shocked and embarrassed '' by the scandal which has left preparations for the team 's upcoming one-day international series with England in disarray . `` The tour should definitely continue but if some players have indulged in wrongdoing or committed a crime they should be punished and sent back -LRB- home -RRB- and replaced . Can cricket survive in Pakistan ? `` But a tour should never be abandoned because this reflects as if the whole team is involved or the whole cricket structure , '' added the former all-rounder who led Pakistan to World Cup triumph in 1992 . Khan appeared to have been greeted his wish when International Cricket Council -LRB- ICC -RRB- president Sharad Pawar appeared to rule out any immediate action against Pakistani players . `` We have discussed it within the ICC and have decided to wait for the police investigation report , '' Pawar , an Indian cabinet minister , told AFP Monday . `` After that we have to take a viewpoint of the two boards , in this case the Pakistan Cricket Board and the England and Wales Cricket Board . `` If anything is established , it will be viewed very seriously by the two boards and the ICC . '' Khan , who is at home in Pakistan helping with flood relief efforts , said the reports which surfaced Sunday in the British tabloid newspaper The News of the World had left people around him `` upset and demoralized . '' The paper claimed it paid agent Mazhar Majeed $ 230,000 for advance information about three no-balls by bowlers Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif in the fourth and final Test between Pakistan and England at Lord 's . It went on to further claim that the players colluded in the alleged betting coup . Khan added : `` There was a feeling of shock and embarrassment especially for Pakistanis living in Britain . `` I guess I went through all those sentiments , but I have to say these are still allegations which I hope turn out not to be true . '' Khan , who has forged a political career since retiring from cricket , said he had never been approached by betting syndicates during his 21-year career , 10 of them as Pakistan captain . `` It seemed so impossible a team would throw a match , '' he said . Meanwhile , betting expert Mark Davies told CNN that illegal bookmakers in Asia were behind such scandals and that calls to limit legal betting on cricket were wide of the mark . `` This is about transparency in betting of which there is none on the sub-continent , '' he said . `` Ultimately , it 's about fraud and corruption and these people have no place in sport , '' he added .
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Imran Khan urges Pakistan to complete their England tour despite betting scam allegations . Khan `` shocked '' by reports players had deliberately bowled no-balls in Test series . Former captain Khan says if allegations are true players should be severely punished . NEW : ICC president Sharad Pawar says they will wait for police reports before acting .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A judge issued bench warrants for the arrest of actor Randy Quaid and his wife , Evi , after the couple failed to appear for a court hearing in Santa Barbara , California , Monday morning , a court spokesman said . The Quaids were ordered to appear for a hearing on burglary charges filed last month after police were called to a Montecito , California , residence to investigate a report of squatters . According to a press release from the Santa Barbara Sheriff 's department , a representative for the owner of the property came by the house to check the security alarm because it had gone off earlier that day , and then discovered that someone had been resting their head in the property 's guest house . The Quaids were n't around at the time , but upon their return later that evening the couple told police that they have `` owned the property since the 1990s . '' According to the statement , the owners had documentation that another buyer had purchased the property from the Quaids several years earlier . A contractor who worked on the residence told police he believes the couple caused more than $ 5,000 in damages in the guest house , and the Quaids were charged with residential burglary . The judge revoked their $ 50,000 bond when they failed to show up for Monday 's hearing , the court spokesman said . Another hearing was set for next Tuesday . CNN 's Brittany Kaplan contributed to this report .
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The judge issued an arrest warrant after the Quaids failed to appear in court . Randy and Evi Quaid are charged with burglarizing a home they once owned . A new hearing was set for next Tuesday .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Salvation Army major was shot dead in front of his three children on Christmas Eve in North Little Rock , Arkansas , authorities said . Maj. Philip Wise , 40 , was gunned down Thursday . He was found lying by the back entrance of a Salvation Army facility , said police spokesman Sgt. Terry Kuykendall . Wise apparently dropped two bell ringers off at home and returned to the Salvation Army building with his three children , ages 4 , 6 and 8 . Two men carrying handguns approached them and demanded money before shooting Wise , Kuykendall said . The suspects fled on foot . Police received a 911 call at 4:17 p.m. Pulaski County Coroner Garland Camper said Wise 's wife , Cindy , made the call from inside the building . `` My heart goes out for the family , losing their dad , and I guess having to witness it during this time of year , '' Camper told CNN affiliate KARK . `` It 's definitely going to be hard on the kids . '' Wise had been active in the Salvation Army for 16 years and was assigned to the Baring Cross neighborhood of North Little Rock for the past three years . Area Commander Maj. Harvey Johnson said the Salvation Army will hold a news conference on Christmas Day . `` We would hope that whoever the perpetrators are would step forward , '' he said . The Salvation Army , an international movement , is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church . It is perhaps best known for its donation centers and bell ringers who collect money for the needy during the holiday season .
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Maj. Philip Wise , 40 , is gunned down in front of his three children . Police : Two men carrying handguns approach dad , kids and demanded money . Coroner : `` My heart goes out for the family '' Shooting happens Christmas Eve in North Little Rock , Arkansas .
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LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- DJ and pop star Boy George has been denied a visa to enter the United States , his Web site said Tuesday . In 2007 , George spent five days cleaning the streets of New York to fulfill a community service sentence . U.S. immigration authorities denied the visa because George , 48 , faces trial in November in London on charges of false imprisonment relating to an April 2007 incident , according to a statement from Boy George 's management , posted on his site . `` George is astounded at the decision and is having his lawyers here in the States look at it in the hope that someone will change their mind , '' the statement read . Boy George , whose real name is George O'Dowd , was charged in London last November with false imprisonment following a complaint from a 28-year-old man , police said . The incident happened in East London the previous April , police said . George is free on unconditional bail and is not barred from traveling as he awaits trial , his management said . His upcoming schedule includes a series of U.S. club dates in July and August . George is best known as the singer of '80s pop group Culture Club , with hits including `` Karma Chameleon '' and `` Do You Really Want to Hurt Me ? '' He quit the band in 1987 and embarked on a short solo career before reinventing himself as a club DJ and launching a fashion label , B-Rude . In August 2007 , George spent five days cleaning the streets of Manhattan to fulfill a community service sentence for falsely reporting a break-in at his New York home . George 's management said the denial of his U.S. visa had nothing to do with that case .
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48-year-old Boy George on trial in London in November . Performer faces charges of false imprisonment relating to 2007 incident . George is free on unconditional bail and is not barred from traveling . Due to play series of U.S. club dates in July and August .
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United Nations -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The security situation in war-ravaged Darfur shows no sign of improvement as fighting has intensified between rebel groups and the Sudanese government , the United Nations Security Council was told Tuesday . `` We are alarmed , '' U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice said after hearing the report . `` This deteriorating security situation is unacceptable and it needs to be effectively addressed . '' U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pointed out in his latest report that incidents of violence over recent months have surpassed bloodshed in the same time period last year by far . `` May was in fact the deadliest month in Darfur since UNAMID -LSB- joint United Nations-African Union mission -RSB- has deployed , '' Rice said . About 400 people lost their lives in May and another estimated 160 died by the government 's aerial bombardment in June , officials said . Envoy Ibrahim Gambari said U.N. staffers and aid agencies are frequently denied access by the government in Khartoum to the areas where fighting is taken place . Ban criticized the Sudanese government for failing to investigate and prosecute cases where peacekeepers are attacked . `` The Darfur process is at a critical juncture , '' Gambari said . `` At precisely the same time as as the security situation has deteriorated , prospects for a negotiated settlement appear to have improved slightly . '' The Liberation and Justice Movement -LRB- LJM -RRB- is currently meeting with the Sudanese government in Doha . `` This has provided an important boost to the process , '' Gambari said . The rebel Justice and Equality Movement -LRB- JEM -RRB- , however , has walked out on the Doha talks and started attacking the government again , Gambari told the council . The faction of the Sudan Liberation Movement -LRB- SLM -RRB- under Abdul Wahid has tried to take advantage of this renewed fighting and attacked the Sudanese forces as well . The rebels have said the government favors Arabs over black Africans . The two big movements , JEM and SLM are not participating in the talks , sabotaging the peace process . Gambari asked the Security Council to appeal again to the movements to join the negotiations so that an arrangement can be hashed out before the end of this year . The Security Council has to decide later this week if the mandate of UNAMID will be extended for another year . Ban recommended that the mission continues to `` expand the work that it has painstakingly begun . ''
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Fighting is intensifying in the Darfur region of Sudan . Two large rebel groups wo n't participate in talks . Still , prospects for negotiations have improved .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A personal phone conversation by an air traffic controller likely contributed to the cause of a deadly midair collision over the Hudson River last year , the The National Transportation Safety Board said . A single-engine plane and a sightseeing helicopter collided on August 8 , 2009 near Hoboken , New Jersey . All nine people aboard the two aircraft were killed , including several Italian tourists visiting New York from Bologna . In a statement released Tuesday , the NTSB said the air traffic controller 's personal phone call `` distracted him from his air traffic control duties , including the timely transfer of communications for the accident airplane to the Newark Liberty International Airport -LRB- EWR -RRB- tower and correcting the airplane pilot 's incorrect read-back of the EWR tower frequency . '' The on-duty personal phone conversation might not have been the first for the air traffic controller . An NTSB report says the controller 's personal call might not have taken place `` if the front line manager had corrected the controller 's performance deficiency involving an earlier nonpertinent telephone conversation . '' In addition , the board said , the `` front line manager , who was not present in the air traffic control tower at the time of the accident , exercised poor judgment by not letting staff know how he could be reached while he was away from the tower and by not using an available staffing asset to provide an additional layer of oversight at the tower during his absence . '' The NTSB said another probable cause was the limitations of the `` see-and-avoid '' concept . `` The see-and-avoid technique of averting mid-air collisions was not effective because of the difficulty the airplane pilot had in seeing the helicopter until the final seconds before the collision , '' the NTSB said . The safety board said contributing factors included both pilots ineffective use of their aircrafts ' electronic advisory system to maintain awareness of other air traffic ; inadequate procedures of the Federal Aviation Administration for transferring communication among air traffic facilities near the Hudson River ; and FAA regulations that did not provide for adequate vertical separation of aircraft operating over the Hudson River . `` The helicopter 's climb above 1,000 feet was not consistent with company procedures and decreased the vertical separation between the aircraft , '' the statement said . NTSB Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman said the collision could have been prevented . `` While traffic alerts go a long way in helping pilots `` see and avoid '' other aircraft , these technologies are not , in and of themselves , enough to keep us safe , '' Hersman said in the statement . `` Strong operating procedures , professionalism , and commitment to the task at hand -- these are all essential to safety . '' The NTSB said it made recommendations to the FAA about changes in a `` special flight rules area '' surrounding the Hudson River corridor near New Jersey and New York . Suggestions include revising federal regulations to specify altitudes for aircraft conducting local operations .
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9 people died from a two-aircraft collision over the Hudson River last year . NTSB : The `` see-and-avoid '' technique was not effective . The agency says an air traffic controller 's personal phone call `` distracted '' him .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The glamour shots capture them in fashion-model poses -- sprawled on a couch or lounging by the pool , smiling and sensuous . Filomena Domingos da Costa , from left , Anita Pedro and Maria Restino Manuel are competing for the unusual title . But these women are n't typical pageant contestants : Each lost a limb after stepping on a landmine in their native Angola . On Wednesday , they compete for the unusual title of Miss Landmine Angola 2008 . Organizers say they want the pageant to restore the women 's pride and raise awareness about the prevalence of landmines left over from Angola 's three decade-long civil war . Undetonated mines still maim 300 to 400 people a year in the county , according to the United Nations . `` I 'm completely enthusiastic about participating , '' said one of the contestants , 25-year-old Paulina Vadi . `` I think that it will give society a wake-up call to be more attentive to disabled people in general . '' Vadi was a fourth-grader when she went to a field to gather fruit . A sudden military attack sent her running for cover . She stepped on a Russian-made mine and lost her right leg . That was 11 years ago . Now Vadi lives with her mother and three school-aged children . She works as a street vendor , selling beer and soda . She said she entered the pageant because she wants to be able to return to school . The contestants represent Angola 's various provinces and range in age from 19 to 33 . Their profiles list not only their ages and favorite colors but also when they were injured and what kind of mine claimed their limbs . Most were maimed while tending fields , and they are now unemployed . Vadi 's photograph has her reclined atop a safe , a tiara on her head and a stack of cash in her left hand . Her sash reads , `` Huila , '' the province she is representing . All the contestants will receive governmental help to go back to school or to start a small business . The winner gets a new prosthetic limb . Angolan organizers expect to crown two winners Wednesday : one picked by a panel of a dozen officials from the Angolan government and foreign embassies , the other through an online poll . So far , organizers said , close to 9,000 viewers from about 30 countries have voted for their favorite participant on the Web site , www.miss-landmine.org . Pageants for contestants who face physical challenges are nothing new . The United States has Ms. Wheelchair America . And contestants from around the globe compete each year in Miss Deaf World . The Angolan pageant -- with its motto of `` Everyone has a right to be beautiful '' -- focuses on a problem that is particularly severe in that country . Thousands of Angolans have been maimed by mines buried during a bloody 27-year civil war . The war began shortly after the country 's independence from Portugal in 1975 and ended six years ago , killing 1.5 million people . Warring sides buried millions of landmines to depopulate areas , slow the movement of opposing forces and defend towns , bridges and power lines . Despite an extensive de-mining program since the end of the war , Angola remains one of the most mined countries in Africa . The mines are so prevalent that their legacy was immediately obvious when Norwegian artist Morten Traavik first visited the southern African nation in 2003 , a year after the war ended . `` The whole country was littered with landmines left over from the conflict , '' Traavik said . `` You virtually could n't move anywhere because most of the country was n't even surveyed for landmines , let alone cleared . '' While there , Traavik judged a neighborhood beauty contest in the capital of Luanda -- and got the idea for the landmine pageant . Finding money for it proved difficult . Traavik said several nongovernmental organizations turned him down , with one labeling his idea a `` freak show . '' `` That says more about your own attitudes toward the disabled people -- and how you think Africans are supposed to be and look like -- than it does our project , '' he said . Soon after , Traavik won the blessing of the Angolan government . And he eventually was able to change the minds of people who were initially reluctant , said Becky Thomson , mine action program manager for the nongovernmental group Norwegian People 's Aid . `` I think one of the reasons quite a few of us changed our initial reservations and are seeing it in a different light is very much linked to the fact that when you see the photographs , you see that the women are profiled with dignity , '' Thomson said . `` That is really important . '' Indeed , dignity is what spurred several of the women to participate . Contestant Ana Diogo is a 32-year-old widowed mother of three who lost her leg to an Italian-made mine in 1984 . Diogo is unemployed , selling tomatoes on the streets when she can find any . She said she hopes the pageant will give her a chance at a better life . Her dream job ? `` Anything , '' she said . E-mail to a friend .
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Pageant goal is to restore pride to women who lost limbs to Angola 's landmines . Organizers also want to raise awareness about danger of buried landmines . Winner gets a new prosthetic limb ; all contestants will get government help . Thousands of Angolans have been maimed by landmines during 27-year civil war .
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-LRB- The Frisky -RRB- -- Though rumors have been spreading for months , Rachel Bilson and Hayden Christensen only recently announced that their engagement is dunzo . The two had been planning to tie the knot since December 2008 , after meeting on the set of `` Jumper . '' Bilson cites distance as one of the couple 's biggest struggles , with her in California and Hayden in Canada . Though , I think it has something to do with that disgusting rat tail Hayden had to sport in `` Star Wars . '' Or perhaps she was never able to get over her love for Seth Cohen , I mean Adam Brody . These two are in good company since we found nine more stars who decided divorce rates were not in their favor and never quite made it to the altar , even after getting engaged . The Frisky : 8 totally inappropriate celebrity engagements . 1 . Tara Reid must never want to be the bride because so far she has stepped out of two engagements . Her first fiancé was `` TRL '' host Carson Daly , but when the countdown to their wedding neared the big day , the couple became kaput . Then almost a month away from her 2010 wedding with internet entrepreneur Michael Axtmann , Tara released a statement saying the couple was through . 2 . Jennifer Love Hewitt ended a 13-month engagement to Ross McCall back in January of 2009 . I think it was officially the day she shot cupid . The Frisky : 10 super top-secret celebrity weddings . 3 . Even supermodels suffer canceled weddings . Rachel Hunter 's fiancé , hockey player Jarret Stoll , got cold feet just seven weeks before the wedding . It could n't have been fun for them to inform the guests . 4 . Kayne West is a marriage dropout . He ended his engagement to Alexis Phifer after a year and a half . The Frisky : Why does everyone hate Julia Roberts ? 5 . I guess Swiss financier Arpad Busson was n't the multimillionaire of Uma Thurman 's dreams after all . She broke off their yearlong engagement because she was n't `` in a rush to do anything , '' she told People magazine . 6 . No one was laughing when Christina Ricci called off her wedding plans after a big fight with her comedian fiancé Owen Benjamin . The Frisky : 30 things every woman should quit doing by 30 . 7 . Mary-Louise Parker and Jeffrey Dean Morgan never quite made it to the wedding planning phase of their engagement , but the two reportedly remained friends after they split . That 's more than her ex Billy Crudup can say . 8 . No one was really surprised when Jamie Lynn Spears broke off her shotgun engagement to baby daddy Casey Aldridge . Maybe she learned something from her big sis after all . The Frisky : 10 stars who -LRB- maybe -RRB- have secret babies . 9 . Jennifer Morrison and Jesse Spencer decided it would be best for them not to play `` House '' off set . They ended their engagement after appearing on the cover of InStyle Weddings . Eek . TM & © 2010 TMV , Inc. | All Rights Reserved .
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Tara Reid has stepped out of two engagements . Kayne West ended his engagement to Alexis Phifer after a year and a half . Jamie Lynn Spears broke off her shotgun engagement to baby daddy Casey Aldridge .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As the relief effort in flood-hit Pakistan intensified Monday , officials were bracing themselves for an outbreak of disease among the millions affected by the country 's worst deluge in 80 years . Rushing floodwaters and mudslides triggered by monsoon rains have engulfed large swathes of northwestern Pakistan since Thursday , killing an estimated 1,500 people said Information Minister Mian Ifthikar Hussain on Monday . Now government officials are concerned a lack of drinking water is spreading conditions such as cholera and gastroenteritis in affected areas such as the Swat Valley in Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa Province , Agence France-Presse reported . `` We estimate that about 100,000 people , mostly children , have been hit by cholera and gastro diseases , '' Syed Zahir Ali Shah , health minister for Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa , was quoted by AFP as saying . iReport : Are you there ? Send pictures , video . `` Our priority is to first evacuate them to safe areas and then provide them with medical treatment , '' he added . But the rescue and recovery efforts could become more complicated as monsoon rains continued to fall across much of Pakistan Monday . `` Anything they get will aggravate an already devastating situation , '' said Brandon Miller , a meteorologist with CNN International . The Pakistan Meteorological Department said Monday that it expects enhanced monsoon activity for the first two weeks of August . It forecast widespread rain in the next four days in Sindh , Punjab , Kashmir , Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa , northeast Balochistan and Islamabad . Areas along the Indus River will be badly affected due to extremely high flood conditions , the department has said . Special : Impact Your World . Tens of thousands of people remain trapped on rooftops and in higher areas trying to escape rising floodwaters , according to the United Nations . `` We 've got the government sending boats and helicopters to try to reach people and bring them to safety at the same time as trying to deliver emergency relief , '' said Nicki Bennett , a senior humanitarian affairs officer for the U.N. Damaged roads and bridges have made rescuing stranded residents difficult , she said , noting that even a U.N. warehouse where the organization stores food , blankets , soaps and bucks is partially underwater . The Pakistani military , which has deployed dozens of helicopters and boats across the region , said 25 bridges have been destroyed and some 36 miles -LRB- 58 kilometers -RRB- of road washed away in Swat and Shangla districts . Despite these difficulties , senior commanders in the region told reporters that tens of thousands of people had been rescued from Shangla , Peshawar , Nowshera and Charsadda . In the hardest-hit province , Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa , authorities estimate that 800 people have died and more than 100 are still missing , the World Health Organization said . `` The actual figures could be higher as communication networks in many areas are still disrupted , '' it said in a report . About 15,000 families in the province need emergency assistance , such as food , clean water , shelter and medical services , the organization said . `` As the water level recedes , measures to prevent water-borne diseases will also become a priority , '' it said . U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon late Sunday authorized $ 10 million in emergency aid . This follows an earlier pledge by the United States to send helicopters , boats , pre-fabricated bridges and water-filtration units . The European Union and China have also committed to provide humanitarian aid . A Pakistani Red Crescent official told CNN that the number of people affected by the floods has risen to nearly 2.5 million people , with infrastructure receiving major damage . Rushing water also has washed away thousands of acres of crops , government buildings , businesses , schools , bridges and homes , officials said . CNN 's Reza Sayah , Nazneen Akbari and Matiullah Mati contributed to this report .
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NEW : Up to 1,500 people killed in floods said Information Minister Mian Ifthikar Hussain . Pakistani Red Crescent says 2.5 million people in northwestern Pakistan affected . Officials fear an outbreak of gastro conditions due to lack of drinking water . Destroyed bridges , roads hampering rescue efforts in flood-hit areas .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The United Nations humanitarian chief urged Sudan to allow aid workers into a Darfur refugee camp that has been closed for nearly two weeks , limiting access to 80,000 displaced people . Sudanese authorities prevented aid agencies from entering Kalma camp and its surrounding areas after violence broke out earlier this month . The closure came despite reassurances that restrictions had not been imposed . `` I am extremely concerned about the welfare of the IDPs at Kalma camp , to whom we have not been able to deliver relief for 13 days , '' John Holmes , U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs , said Friday . `` Deliveries of food and fuel for water pumps have for example not been possible . Sanitation is also a major concern as it is the middle of the rainy season . Many thousands of IDPs from Kalma remain unaccounted for . '' Darfuris who live at the camp rely on aid groups for food , water , health , nutritional support and shelter . Tensions escalated at the camp last week after thousands of displaced Darfuris took to the streets to protest what they called unrepresentation in the latest round of peace talks in Doha , Qatar . Officials demanded that the joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force , UNAMID , hand over six local leaders who sought protection with the peacekeepers . The peacekeeping force said it will not do so unless the government pledges to give them a fair trial . The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says constraints on aid agencies in the region have been steadily increasing since March 2009 , when 11 international aid groups were expelled from Darfur . Two staff members from the International Organization for Migration were also expelled last month . `` The United Nations has been in close contact with the relevant Sudanese authorities to restore access to both Kalma and Eastern Jebel Marra , but until today progress has not been forthcoming , '' Holmes said . `` If access is not urgently restored , the situation risks deteriorating rapidly . '' Darfur , a province of Sudan , has suffered the worst humanitarian crisis in the world , according to aid groups . United Nations officials estimate that 300,000 people have died in the past seven years and more than 3 million displaced amid fighting between rebels and government forces . The Darfur conflict started when two rebel groups -- the Sudan Liberation Army and Justice and Equality Movement -- started attacking the government in 2003 . The groups accused Khartoum of favoring Arabs and oppressing black Africans . Government forces have been backed by the Janjaweed , a militia accused of murdering , raping , and burning homes in Darfur .
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Sudan prevents aid agencies from entering camp after violence breaks out . The Darfur refugee camp has been closed for nearly two weeks . Closure limits access to 80,000 displaced people .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Bolivian government on Wednesday defended itself from accusations that it has not invested enough in a southwestern province that has found itself under siege by protesters for two weeks . About 6,000 of the 160,000 residents of Potosi , the capital of the province of the same name , have mounted a blockade that has cut off all roads , train and air traffic with the rest of the country . The protesters are demanding several projects , including construction of a modern airport , new roads and a cement factory . They are also in a boundary dispute with a neighboring province , Oruro . Some protesters also launched a hunger strike , which has been joined by Felix Gonzalez , Potosi Province governor , and other officials as well as union leaders . On Wednesday , the civic organizations in charge of the blockade said the only mediator they will accept is Bolivian President Evo Morales . The government did not immediately respond to that demand . But the country 's interior minister reiterated that the government will not use force to end the siege . `` In the government 's strategy , the only solution to this problem is dialogue , '' Minister Sacha Llorenti said . `` Under no circumstances are we going to fall into any type of provocation . We are not going to use force precisely because some radical sectors want this to have a disastrous ending . '' Presidential spokesman Ivan Canelas made the strongest defense yet against the protesters claims . The federal government has budgeted $ 577 million for new roads in Potosi province , a sum higher than for many other provinces , Canelas said , according to the state-run ABI news agency . The government has also built schools , stadiums and parks in the province under a federal program , he said . The country 's minister of mines also made a plea , saying that the region 's mining projects , and the royalties that it gains from them , are suffering from the blockade . According to reports from the city of Potosi , the town suffers more each day from shortages of food and hundreds of people are stranded inside , ABI reported . Canelas accused some opposition political leaders of trying to `` provoke situations of confrontation without thinking in the interests of the people of Potosi . '' He mentioned that the United Nations has weighed in on the matter , denouncing publicly the violation of the human rights of the people of Potosi who are trapped in the city . `` The human rights of free movement and access to education , health and the rights of children are violated with attitudes of violence emerging from the pressure tactics , '' Canelas said . For their part , the protesters say that Morales has abandoned them after they supported his presidential bid four years ago . The leftist Morales , who is indigenous , relied on a broad base of support among indigenous people and the poor -- nearly always one and the same in Bolivia -- for his election victory . Whites in Bolivia account for only 15 percent of the population , according to the CIA World Factbook . About 30 percent of the population is Quechua and another 25 percent are Aymara , both indigenous groups . Mestizos , who are of mixed white and indigenous ancestry , account for 30 percent of the population .
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Protesters in Potosi have blocked the city off for two weeks . At issue are investments in infrastructure and a boundary dispute . Protest leaders say that the only mediator they will accept is the president . The government says it will not resort to force to end the siege in Bolivia .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- African soccer star Emmanuel Adebayor has revealed that he is quitting international football in the wake of the deadly gun attack on the Togo team bus in Angola in January . Adebayor was national captain , but said on Monday that he no longer wanted to represent his country following the events which saw two people killed and several injured after rebels fired on the bus en route to the Africa Cup of Nations . `` I have made the very difficult decision to retire from international football , '' the 26-year-old striker told the Web site of his English club Manchester City . `` I have weighed up my feelings in the weeks and months since the attack , and I am still haunted by the events which I witnessed on that horrible afternoon on the Togo team bus . `` We were just footballers going to play a football match and represent our country , yet we were attacked by people who wanted to kill us all . It is a moment I will never forget and one I never want to experience again . '' After deciding not to take part in the tournament , Togo were suspended from the next two stagings of the two-yearly event and fined $ 50,000 . Adebayor returned to England later in January after taking time out to recover from the ordeal , and his 13 goals this season have helped City claim fourth place in the Premier League to be on the brink of earning a place in Europe 's top club competition . `` Togo have some very talented players , and I dearly hope the players who remain will be able to put their memories of Angola behind them and go on to be a success for the nation , '' the 2008 African Footballer of the Year said . `` I have enormous belief in each and every one of them : players , coaches , staff and their families . The people who were on that coach together will forever be joined by a special bond -- we are all brothers . `` I will always have the team and the people of Togo close to my heart , and wish them every success in the challenges that they will face in the future . '' Adebayor has played 38 times for his country since making his international debut in 2000 , scoring 16 times . `` Despite the events in Angola , I have some very good memories of my international career , '' he said . `` I feel very proud to have been trusted with the position of captain of the Togolese football team . Leading your country in international competition is the ultimate honor for any player . ''
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Emmanuel Adebayor quits international football in wake of deadly gun attack on Togo bus . Two people died following incident ahead of January 's Africa Cup of Nations . Togo subsequently banned and fined for pulling out of tournament in Angola . Adebayor reveals his decision on Web site of his English club Manchester City .
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Havana , Cuba -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro said he acknowledges the persecution of gays and lesbians during the Revolution in his country , according to a newspaper interview published Tuesday . Throughout the 1960s and '70s , Cuba sent openly gay men to labor camps without charge or trial . `` They were moments of great injustice , great injustice ! '' Castro told journalist Carmen Lira Saade from the Mexican daily La Jornada . `` If someone is responsible , it 's me . '' His comments came in the second installment of a two-part interview . The first half of the interview -- a wide-ranging , five-hour conversation at his home -- was published Monday . `` We had so many and such terrible problems , problems of life or death , that we did n't pay it enough attention , '' Castro said of the way gays and lesbians were treated . In 1979 , Cuba decriminalized homosexual acts and more recently , there have been efforts to legalize same-sex unions . The former leader , whose popular Revolution seized power in 1959 , ruled the island nation until ill health forced him to transfer power to his younger brother Raul Castro in 2006 . In the La Jornada interview , Fidel Castro also talked about the impact of the five-decade U.S. embargo on Cuba . `` The biggest problem was always medicine and food , which is true even today , '' he said . While the embargo prevented Cuba from trading with much of the world , it also encouraged the country to be more creative , Castro said . `` The fight , the battle that we had to carry out , led us to make greater efforts than we would have made without the blockade , '' he explained . The United States imposed the embargo against Cuba in 1961 after Castro 's government began seizing private land and nationalizing private companies , and Havana levied heavy taxes on American goods .
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Cuba sent openly gay men to labor camps with no charges in the '60s and '70s . Fidel Castro acknowledges `` persecution '' of gays and lesbians during the Revolution . Castro says the U.S. embargo against Cuba encouraged his country to be creative .
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New Haven , Connecticut -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A court clerk at the trial of Steven Hayes , who was convicted of capital murder in a 2007 Connecticut home invasion , read Tuesday from writings of Hayes ' alleged accomplice describing the incident in graphic detail . `` I swung again , and then again ... a look of stunned shock in his eyes , '' wrote Joshua Komisarjevsky about the nighttime attack with a bat on Dr. William Petit , who was sleeping on the porch when the attack began that July night , and proved to be the lone survivor . Prosecutors allege Hayes and Komisarjevsky invaded the Petit home , beat Hawke-Petit 's husband bloody , strangled Hawke-Petit , set the house afire and tried to flee . The crime shocked the well-to-do New Haven suburb of Cheshire and drew national attention . The writings , read aloud to the jury by a court clerk during Tuesday 's penalty phase of Hayes ' trial , were selected from a 40-page letter Komisarjevsky wrote to author Brian McDonald in 2008 . They describe the men moving on to the bedrooms where Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters , 17-year-old Hayley Petit and 11-year-old Michaela Petit , lay sleeping . `` All were compliant , '' he wrote . `` This time I took a risk , pulled the trigger , and the chamber was loaded . ... The Petit family passed through their fears and into terror . ... It was captivating , validating that this pain in me was real . ... I was looking right at my personal demon , reflected back in their eyes . ... Hayley is a fighter ; she tried time and time again to free herself . ... Mr. Petit is a coward ; he ran away when he thought his life was threatened , and ran away to leave his wife and children to madmen . ... I was cheated of my retribution , and so was Steve . ... I am what I am ; I make no excuses . ... I 'm a criminal with a criminal mind . '' Police testified that , after finding evidence of a bank account containing $ 20,000 to $ 30,000 , the two forced Hawke-Petit to go to a bank in the morning and withdraw money from the account . Prosecutors said Hayes took her to the bank while Komisarjevsky stayed behind . When Hayes and Hawke-Petit returned with the money , the two men allegedly set the home afire and fled . Inside the home , authorities said , Hawke-Petit , 48 , was found raped and strangled . Her two daughters , one of whom had been sexually assaulted , died of smoke inhalation . Petit , the sole survivor , escaped to a neighbor 's home . Komisarjevsky added in his writings , `` I 'm ultimately responsible for my own actions . ... Had Mr. Petit fought back in the very beginning , I would have been forced to retreat . ... You 're the first line of defense for your family , not law enforcement . '' Petit , who was in the courtroom , showed no visible reaction as these passages were read . Afterward , outside the courthouse , he told reporters , `` I really do n't want to dignify the ravings of a sociopath who appears to be a pathological liar as well . '' Referring to the 11-year-old , Komisarjevsky continued , `` I tasted her fear . '' After she was dead , he wrote , he took `` blackmail pictures '' of her body that he `` intended to use against Mr. and Mrs. Petit . ... What I was not prepared for was my demons getting the better of me . '' The reading continued : `` How could I have gone oh so far , far wrong ? ... Michaela , angel of my nightmares , my pain to yours does not compare . ... You call me from beyond the grave . ... If only I could simply lie here and will myself to die . ... Michaela , Hayley , and Jennifer , forgive me ; I am damned . ... I ca n't believe I lost control ; I hate myself/I love myself . ... I stand condemned . '' Komisarjevsky added , `` My forthcoming death sentence will be an action of mercy . '' Prosecutors had objected to the defense 's plan to read excerpts of Komisarjevsky 's letters and journal , calling the writings `` fiction and fantasy . '' `` It 's kind of like ` The World According to Josh , ' '' prosecutor Michael Dearington told Judge Jon Blue . But Hayes ' attorney , Tom Ullmann , said the writings show that Komisarjevsky -- who is to be tried separately -- `` is the mastermind here ... and Mr. Hayes ' culpability is less . '' Blue denied the prosecutors ' motion to bar the writings , saying , `` Mr. Hayes is fighting for his life at this stage , and he 's allowed great latitude . '' Hayes , 47 , was convicted earlier this month of 16 of the 17 charges against him -- including nine counts of murder and capital murder and four counts of kidnapping -- in the deaths of Hawke-Petit and her two daughters . After hearing testimony in the penalty phase , the same jurors who convicted Hayes must decide if he should be executed . Earlier in the day , the writings read like a how-to manual on breaking into homes . `` My fundamental trademark is cat-type burglaries , '' Komisarjevsky wrote . `` I 'm a burglar ; everybody knows I 'm a burglar . ... You 'd be surprised what people contract me to steal . '' `` As my skill progressed over the years , I 've reached the point where I can get into a house without any tools , only night vision , '' Komisarjevsky wrote . When he believes a home 's occupants are sleeping heavily , `` I make my way to the breaker room and start shutting down the electricity . ... I have night vision ; they have darkness . '' Four journals were found in Komisarjevsky 's cell , testified Rafael Medina , a detective with the Connecticut State Police major crimes unit . In the journals , which were seized by authorities , Komisarjevsky discusses the Cheshire case , he said . Medina testified that what he read in the journals led him to believe Komisarjevsky was communicating with McDonald , whom Medina described as `` a book author . '' Visitor logs showed that McDonald had visited Komisarjevsky once , he testified . In the penalty phase , jurors are allowed to consider evidence they heard during the guilt phase of the trial . They can also consider new testimony or evidence that attorneys introduce , which might include the defendant 's long history of prior convictions and anything that casts Hayes in a positive light . Hayes himself could testify . The defense offered testimony Monday from witnesses who had interacted with Hayes through work , from his apartment complex or because of his drug addiction . That testimony continued Tuesday with Philip Theeb , a building contractor who said he knew Hayes through his girlfriend and gave him work as a painter . Theeb described Hayes as a hard worker and said he loaned Hayes his truck on the weekend the attack took place , but `` on Monday morning he failed to show up . '' He told jurors he had met Komisarjevsky before , and tried to call him after Hayes did not show up . When he first heard from the police , he said , he thought Hayes `` had done something stupid . '' When he heard what Hayes was accused of , Theeb said , he was `` shocked . ... I could n't believe it . '' William Petit has said he will not offer a victim impact statement during Hayes ' penalty phase , saying in a statement he `` regretfully '' decided against doing so because Connecticut 's law on victim impact statements is unclear and could provide convicts with grounds to appeal their sentences . After Wednesday , when just one witness is scheduled to testify , no testimony will occur as the judge and attorneys work on jury instructions . Testimony is to resume Monday .
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NEW : `` I swung again , and then again '' Portions of letter from Joshua Komisarjevsky read in court . Defense : Komisarjevsky , who is to be tried separately , was `` the mastermind '' Hayes was convicted of capital murder in the 2007 home invasion .
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Hickory , North Carolina -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- North Carolina authorities have been in contact with Zahra Baker 's biological mother in Australia and have asked for the medical records of the missing 10-year-old girl . `` We 're in the process of getting medical information from Australia , and we 're in the process of getting medical records here , '' said Clyde Deal , the deputy police chief of Hickory on Monday . Officials did not specify what kind of medical records they were seeking . Dental records are sometimes used to identify a body . Although authorities believe Zahra is dead , her remains have not been found . Burke County Sheriff John McDevitt has said that Zahra 's disappearance is being investigated as a homicide . Zahra was reported missing October 9 and no one other than a family member has reported seeing her since September 25 , when a woman reported seeing her at a furniture store , Deal said . Police have been searching for the girl in and around the city of Hickory . `` We 're speaking to her on a regular basis , '' Deal said of Zahra 's biological mother . `` She 's very concerned , and she 's very appreciative of everything being done to solve this case . '' The deputy police chief said authorities are not clear on the circumstances of the split between the mother and father . Police said last week that the girl 's stepmother , Elisa Baker , admitted to writing a fake ransom note that was left at the family 's home . She was arrested October 10 on unrelated charges , including writing worthless checks . More recently , authorities charged her with obstruction of justice , a felony , after she admitted writing the fake note , according to Hickory Police Chief Tom Adkins . Elisa Baker remains jailed on those charges . Her bail has been set at a combined $ 70,000 , an amount her lawyer called excessive . Police said the girl 's father , Adam Baker , also faces bad-check charges , but has not been arrested . He is assisting police in their search . `` Every time we ask him to be somewhere , he 's there , '' Deal said . The disappearance of Zahra -- a freckle-faced youngster who uses a prosthetic leg and hearing aids -- has made international news . The girl lost her leg to bone cancer , according to CNN affiliate WCNC . Family members and neighbors have told reporters that Zahra 's stepmother had abused her . Her attorney , Scott Reilly , vehemently denied those allegations during an interview Monday . `` Whatever investigation was done , there was never anything substantiated regarding child abuse by Elisa Baker , '' he said . `` The lady saying they were keeping Zahra in the attic , and they thought it was squirrels , that lady has squirrels in her head , '' Reilly said , referring to a woman who spoke to the media . `` She had no business saying things that were untrue . Someone else says she was kept in a locked room and only allowed to come out five minutes a day to eat . Those people -LSB- reporting that information -RSB- should have their media credentials revoked . '' Earlier , a relative said that the alleged abuse was reported to the state Department of Social Services but the relative did not know the outcome . The state office said such a report would have been handled by a county office but that the agency is barred from commenting because of strict confidentiality laws . Reilly said he has filed a motion to reduce Elisa Baker 's bond , and a hearing has been set for Wednesday . HLN 's Beth Carey and Natisha Lance contributed to this report .
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Police did not specify what kind of records they are seeking . Zahra , 10 , was last seen September 25 . Police are investigating her disappearance as a homicide .
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New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A former JetBlue flight attendant -- who reportedly cursed a passenger over a plane 's public address system , deployed the plane 's emergency evacuation slide , and used it to dramatically exit a flight at JFK airport in August -- pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted criminal mischief as part of a plea deal with prosecutors . Steven Slater pleaded guilty to second-degree attempted criminal mischief , a felony , and fourth-degree attempted criminal mischief , a misdemeanor . Under terms of the plea deal , he must enter a yearlong mental health program . During the program , he must take assigned medications and not get arrested . If he does not comply , he could receive between one and three years in jail . If he successfully completes the program , Slater can apply after one year to vacate the guilty plea to the felony charge and will receive a year of probation , according to terms of the plea deal . He must also pay $ 10,000 in restitution to JetBlue , the cost of repairing or replacing the chute . `` I want to thank everyone for their support and kindness that got me through to this day , '' Slater said after the hearing . `` The public interest in this was surprising , unexpected and encouraging . At the end of the day , I am a grown adult and must accept responsibility for my actions . Therefore , I am looking forward to moving forward with my life and I 'm very grateful to the court for making these arrangements which allow me to do so . '' JetBlue suspended Slater immediately after the August 9 incident and he resigned from the airline last month . Terms of the deal were announced and Slater entered the plea Tuesday in Queens Supreme Court . Slater defense attorney Daniel Horwitz said last month he was negotiating a plea deal with Queens prosecutors . `` We look forward to resolving this matter amicably with the district attorney , '' Horwitz said . And Queens District Attorney Richard Brown had said his office is considering `` an alternative sentencing program , at the defendant 's request . '' Brown initially charged Slater with reckless endangerment , criminal mischief and criminal trespass , all of which could theoretically carry a seven-year sentence in prison . Slater at first pleaded not guilty . Slater 's first court-appointed attorney had said a passenger hit Slater on the head with either the overhead bin or luggage , triggering his outburst . But some passengers who were on board the flight raised questions about that account . Slater 's apparent `` Take this job and shove it '' action generated hundreds of thousands of fans on the internet . Hollywood public relations veteran Howard Bragman agreed to represent Slater amid speculation the former flight attendant 's notoriety could lead to a television contract . `` The court is the first issue , '' Bragman told CNN . `` I want to resolve that and then we 'll deal with the rest . '' CNN 's Allan Chernoff contributed to this report .
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NEW : Former flight attendant Steven Slater pleads guilty . Slater must enter mental health program . He could face 1 to 3 years in jail if he does not comply with terms . Slater reportedly cursed on the plane 's P.A. system , then exited via the emergency slide .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Six counties in eastern North Carolina have been declared federal disaster areas after heavy rains from Tropical Storm Nicole earlier this month caused extensive flooding and subsequent damage . Gov. Bev Perdue 's office said it received notice Thursday afternoon that the federal agency had issued the declaration , which makes business and homeowners affected by the floods in Beaufort , Bertie , Craven , Hertford , Onslow and Tyrrell counties eligible for low-interest loans and grants . `` In a time when the economy is down and our people are struggling , it 's hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel after losses like these , '' Perdue , a Democrat , said in a press release . `` Now families can take some hope from the fact that they will have help replacing some of those losses . '' Eight people died in early October after Tropical Storm Nicole interacted with another low-pressure weather front to dump heavy rain from the Carolinas north to Cape Cod . North Carolina was especially hard hit . In Bertie County , for instance , waters that reached as high as stop signs caused the full or partial closure of scores of roads . And many businesses and several historic homes in the town of Windsor ended up partially submerged . County , state and federal emergency officials last week surveyed the storm 's impact in 21 North Carolina counties , according to Perdue 's office . They found damage to 420 homes -- including 60 that were destroyed -- and 80 businesses . Homeowners who qualify for federal assistance in the six affected counties can receive up to $ 240,000 to repair or replace their homes and personal belongings . Emergency management officials said that , based on preliminary estimates , they do not believe the state of North Carolina will qualify for federal funding to recoup costs for emergency measures or pay for repairs to roads , bridges or other infrastructure , according to the governor 's office .
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FEMA has declared federal disaster areas in six North Carolina counties . Those who qualify can receive up to $ 240,000 to repair or replace homes . Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Nicole hit eastern N.C. in early October . 420 homes were damaged , including 60 that were destroyed .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Ever since the early days of AOL Instant Messenger -LRB- and ICQ for all you diehard chatters out there -RRB- , the internet has provided us with a splendid way to reach out to others , connect with them across the channels of humanity and completely and utterly waste their time . Picture this , if you will : Whilst clicking dejectedly through your Gmail , waiting for those Facebook invites to come pouring in -LRB- ca n't spend Saturday night watching `` My So-Called Life '' and crying -- you did that last weekend -RRB- , you decide to send a chat to your friend , interrupting her glassy-eyed computer monitor staring contest . A blinking window title . A little bloop sound . And , unlike with e-mail , Facebook messages , texts and even phone calls , comes an expectation that she shall answer NOW . And let me tell you something : More often than not , you 're likely annoying the hell out of her . Why ? Well , according to recent research from Nielsen , Americans spend a collective total of about 160 million hours per month instant messaging -- so the odds are pretty good . Yes , chat is a wonderful way to pass the time during work -LRB- `` I will cleverly fool my boss into thinking I 'm hard at work by feverishly typing -- a detailed account of how I crowd-surfed into the arms of the riot police when they came to break up that illegal show last night '' -RRB- , to make plans on the fly or to communicate with that dude one cubicle over -LRB- `` My vocal chords are so weary ... Let 's just have this meeting via iChat , mmk ? '' -RRB- . But it 's also the bane of many a computer-bound drone 's existence . Read on for five ways you 're potentially leading your co-workers , friends and casual acquaintances to hit `` Block . '' You 're a downer . you : hi ... your friend : heyo . you : i 'm really depressed . your friend : um , why ? you : well , my boss yelled at me because i would n't take my headphones off , but i was listening to this really get-up-and-go jam by the vaselines and it was really impelling me to get up and go , but he did n't get that . you : also my cat died this morning , but he 's somewhere in the wall because he climbed in there last week so i can only tell by the smell . you : also , that girl i had been seeing is n't returning my calls because the same cat peed all over her new silk dress . you : actually , since he 's dead , do you think that would be reason enough to call her again ? your friend : brb . You 're dull . you : hey . your friend : hi ! you : what 's up ? your friend : ehh , not much . my boss just spilled coffee all over his shirt and yelled , `` fudge ! '' it was pretty funny . who says , `` fudge ! ' after age 7 ? you : ha . your friend : what 's up with you ? you : nothing . your friend : oh . you : yeah . so what 's up ... ? You over-share . you : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX0D4oZwCsA?cnn=yes . your friend : oh , cool . i 'm at work . i 'll watch it later . you : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX0D4oZwCsA?cnn=yes . your friend : nice . i ca n't open stuff like that at work . you : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX0D4oZwCsA?cnn=yes . your friend : dude , seriously . not everyone is an unemployed freelance writer who spends most of his day crying , eating cereal out of the box and reading The Daily What . respect , dude , respect . you : harsh , man . just for that , i 'm not showing you this naked lady that looks like homer simpson . your friend : wait ... You 're always invisible . you : hi . your friend : oh , dude . i thought you were n't online . you : i 'm hiding from some people . what 's up ? your friend : well , i 've been e-mailing you for like the last hour about that project . are you done yet ? seriously , man , we need to turn it in TOMORROW and you have n't done anything yet . can you send me what you have ??? -LSB- Sent at 11:14 AM on Thursday -RSB- your friend : hello ??? -LSB- Sent at 11:52 AM on Thursday -RSB- your friend : hello ??? dude , you 're not fooling ANYONE . ANSWER ME ! You put up annoying statuses . you : hey ... your friend : hey , lady . you : what 's going on ? -LSB- your new status message - i hate my job and my life and everyone i know 11:19 AM -RSB- . your friend : uh ... gtg .
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Thanks to online chatting , the internet has provided us with a splendid way to communicate . Being a downer , dull or putting up annoying statuses can put at risk of being blocked . Americans spend about 160 million hours per month instant messaging .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A U.S. soldier accused of killing civilians in Afghanistan will face a court-martial on murder and other charges , as recommended by an Army officer . The document approving the recommendation for the court-martial of Spc. Jeremy Morlock was signed by the officer in charge Friday . It was obtained by CNN , along with other documents , that summarize last week 's hearing at an Army-Air Force installation outside Tacoma , Washington , where prosecutors presented evidence against against Morlock . Base officials would not confirm the authenticity of the document , which has not been publicly released . Morlock is one of five members of the Army 's 5th Stryker Brigade who is accused of premeditated murder in a series of incidents between January and May . He has been charged with three counts of premeditated murder and several other charges , including obstruction of justice , assault and using drugs . Morlock 's attorneys argued during last week 's hearing that he was operating at `` diminished mental capacity '' because of the use of drugs , including hashish and pain medication . But the recommendation from the investigating officer found `` no evidence that the accused was behaving in an erratic , impaired or irrational manner '' at the time of the killings . In addition to the five men charged with murder , seven other soldiers from the same unit face charges ranging from conspiracy and interfering in a military investigation to drug use -- specifically hashish -- while in Afghanistan .
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NEW : Spc. Jeremy Morlock will face court-martial . NEW : Recommendation was approved and signed by officer in charge . Documents containing court-martial recommendation obtained by CNN . Morlock is one of 5 soldiers charged with murdering Afghan civilians .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An international court cleared the way Tuesday to try a former politician and militia leader for crimes against humanity and war crimes including murder , rape and pillaging . The International Criminal Court -LRB- ICC -RRB- in The Hague , Netherlands , knocked down an appeal by Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo , ruling that the court may admit his case to trial . Bemba 's defense challenged his case 's admissibility on the grounds that the Central African Republic -LRB- CAR -RRB- -- the country the alleged crimes occurred in -- investigated the case and made a `` decision not to prosecute . '' The ICC decided that the CAR 's action does not prohibit the case from being tried , according to a news release issued by the court Tuesday . Bemba , a former vice president in the Democratic Republic of Congo , is accused of leading his militia in attacks on civilians in the CAR for almost five months , according to the International Federation for Human Rights -LRB- IFHR -RRB- . Under his leadership his Movement for the Liberation of Congo -LRB- MLC -RRB- allegedly murdered , raped and pillaged in the neighboring country `` during the period approximately between 26 October 2002 and 15 March , 2003 '' , according to the ICC .
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Court rejects appeal by Bemba . He is accused of leading his militia in attacks on civilians in the CAR for almost five months .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A letter written by a Louisiana State University student leader and published Monday in a New Hampshire newspaper is taking Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal to task for his out-of-state travels . The letter in New Hampshire 's Keene Sentinel tells readers : `` Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is spending more time in your state than the one he was elected to represent . I read almost daily about his trips to other states , which makes me believe that he is more interested in running for president than running the state of Louisiana . '' J Hudson , the letter 's author , is a 21-year-old political science and communications major as well as LSU 's student body president . The reason he wrote the letter , he said , is because he tried through traditional means of arranging a meeting to discuss education cuts with Jindal -- but to no avail . `` We tried to set up meetings with Governor Jindal . We got an e-mail sent back to us from his executive assistant , telling us that his schedule was very tight , '' Hudson said . `` But a few days after that , I started reading he was in Florida , New Hampshire , New York , Wisconsin . No wonder he has no time , he 's all over the United States and not in Louisiana . '' Jindal was in New Hampshire on October 14 and in several other states recently to attend political fundraising events . Kyle Plotkin , Jindal 's press secretary said in a statement Monday : `` The Governor has spent over 90 percent of the days since taking office in Louisiana , traveling to every parish multiple times . It 's good for Louisiana for the Governor to share with business and other leaders across the country our success in outperforming the national economy . '' In the letter , Hudson said he wanted to ask the governor `` why he 's imposing devastating budget cuts that will result in the firing of one-third of the university 's faculty and reduce enrollment by 8,000 . '' LSU , the victim of numerous budget cuts in recent years , is bracing for as much as a $ 62 million reduction in the future due to the state 's financial crisis . Hudson said it 's that crisis facing his school that has him trying to track down the governor . `` Governor Jindal , Louisiana higher education is about to be devastated . It will take a generation for our universities to recover . On behalf of the students whose hopes for a brighter future will soon be crushed , I beg you to return to Louisiana and fix your state 's serious problems . You 've neglected your constituents long enough , '' Hudson said in the letter . Plotkin said the governor 's chief of staff and policy director have already met with Hudson to discuss education funding . `` It 's great he and other students are getting involved in the political process and we hope they continue to be part of the conversation . We have an open dialogue with the higher education community about the state 's budget challenges and we 're working to mitigate reductions to classrooms , '' Plotkin said . `` The reality though is that higher education officials are not delivering the value our students deserve . That 's why we 've encouraged higher education administrative officials to prioritize reductions so that they come mainly from administrative overhead , not teaching and research . '' Hudson said he believed legislators should change state policy to better protect higher education and perhaps find other areas to make budget cuts in . Despite taking the meeting request to the public stage , Hudson said the governor 's been doing a good job and he bears no ill will towards him . `` I 'm very satisfied with his role . He can really speak for the people and protect the interests of the citizens of our state , with our natural disasters and the Gulf oil spill , '' he said . `` All I 'm asking is just for a meeting , a 30-minute meeting on how to protect the flagship institution of our state . '' Hudson said he would consider voting for Jindal if he should run for president , if he spends more time at home . `` We need him in this state . Look , I 'm not saying he would n't be a great presidential candidate if he ever went into something like that , but take care of your home first , and then you can move on to whatever presidential aspirations you have . ''
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A university student leader thinks Gov. Bobby Jindal should spend more time at home . The student wrote a letter published in a New Hamshire newspaper . The letter says Jindal `` is spending more time in your state '' than his home state . A spokesman for the governor says he 's spent 90 percent of his time in Louisiana .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Police arrested another teen Thursday , the sixth suspect jailed in connection with the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl on a northern California high school campus . Jose Carlos Montano , 18 , was arrested on charges of felony rape , rape in concert with force , and penetration with a foreign object , said Richmond Police Lt. Mark Gagan . Montano was arrested Thursday evening in San Pablo , California , a small town about two miles from the city of Richmond , where the crime took place . Montano , who was held in lieu of $ 1.3 million bail , is accused of taking part in what police said was a 2 1/2 - hour assault on the Richmond High School campus . Police said as many as 10 people were involved in the rape in a dimly lit back alley at the school , while another 10 people watched without calling 911 . The victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition , but was released Wednesday . Four other teenage suspects were arraigned Thursday on charges connected to the rape . Cody Ray Smith , described by the court as older than 14 , pleaded not guilty to charges of rape with a foreign object and rape by force . Two other juveniles , Ari Abdallah Morales and Marcelles James Peter , appeared with Smith at the Contra Costa County Superior Court , but did not enter a plea . The court described Morales as younger than 16 , and did not give an age for Peter . All three juveniles , who wore bulletproof vests at the hearing , were charged as adults . A fourth person , Manuel Ortega , 19 , appeared separately without an attorney and did not enter a plea . He did not wear a protective vest . Another person , Salvador Rodriguez , 21 , was arrested Tuesday night , but he was not in court Thursday .
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Another arrest made in gang rape outside California school . Investigators say up to 20 people took part or stood and watched the assault . Four suspects appeared in court Thursday ; three wore bulletproof vests .
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BOGOTA , Colombia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- More than 50,000 residents of northern Colombia remained homeless Monday after the rain-swollen Magdalena River broke through dikes and flooded towns and surrounding areas . Floods hit Valle de Cauca , Colombia , last month . Floods are blamed for 67 deaths in Colombia since September . In the town of Plato , the water flooded 4,000 homes and buildings , leaving 40,000 people homeless , Mayor Jose Rosales Cortina told El Tiempo newspaper . The floodwaters washed away 50 houses , he said . No fatalities have been reported in this weekend 's flooding . `` Everything is collapsing -- the economic system , the health system , public services , '' Rosales Cortina said in an interview on CNN affiliate Caracol TV . `` We need help , '' one anguished woman said on the newscast . `` Do n't you see that the town is totally flooded ? We do n't have anything in this town . No one helps us here . '' The flooding has hit several other riverside cities in Magdalena , one of Colombia 's 32 state-like `` departments . '' Municipalities in other departments also have been flooded . In Plato , about 560 miles north of Bogota , the Magdalena River broke through a levee Saturday . The suddenness of the flooding surprised many residents . Water reached the rooftops of many homes and power was lost in most of the city . `` The water roared . It roared , '' said resident Noris Padilla . `` The current took you away . You could n't hold onto anything . It took away eight houses here . '' Alvaro Padilla said on Caracol TV that he went underwater to look inside his house , which had water nearly to the roof . `` The furniture , the bed , the television , everything is under water , '' he said . Thousands of homeless residents have taken shelter in hospitals , schools and sports venues . Police in Plato , which has 70,000 residents , have restricted access to the city because of looting . Caracol showed a resident carrying a rifle overhead as he waded through chest-high water . `` First of all , they steal our electric wiring . They take our roofs . They take all that away . So we have to stay here , '' the man said , pointing to his weapon . At a nearby school , La Escuela Urbana Mixta San Rafael , a man was treading water near the building 's front wall as he spoke with a reporter on a boat . `` The computers , the fans , all that is underwater , '' he said . Magdalena Gov. Omar Diaz Granados said officials have delivered 2,500 food baskets , 1,000 hammocks , 1,000 awnings , 5,000 sleeping bags and 10 rolls of plastic to make shelters . Plato Mayor Rosales said eight of the city 's 11 districts were flooded , including several government buildings , the courthouse , a clinic and the city 's main Catholic church . The priest had taken refuge on the second floor of the parish house . Even though some food has been delivered , Rosales said , some people are hungry . `` There is still no official tally , but the losses are in the multimillions , '' Rosales told El Tiempo , `` There are stores , houses and farms destroyed . In sum , people who lost it all . '' In the town of Pedraza in Heredia department , 4,000 people fled to higher ground after the Magdalena ripped a 150-foot hole in a retention wall . Water reached the rooftops of more than 330 homes and flooded the town 's school and church , El Tiempo said . At least 2,500 residents lost everything . In Bolivar department , 1,500 families were flooded out in the town of Regidor . Nationwide , the Colombian Civil Defense said , nearly 1 million people have been left homeless since Colombia 's rainy season started in mid-September . The rainy season has lasted longer than usual . Officials say flooding has killed 67 people and injured 94 this year , Caracol Radio reported . Eighteen people remain missing in 27 departments .
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Floodwaters from Magdalena River reach rooftops in northern Colombia . The river broke through levee and `` roared '' through a town , residents say . Floods in Colombia blamed for 67 deaths since rainy season began in September .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Tiger Woods will have a new putter in his hands as he bids to make golfing history by becoming the first player to win the British Open at the same venue three times in a row after earlier triumphs at St.Andrews in 2000 and 2005 . The troubled world number one begins his challenge at the home of golf on Thursday morning as he tees off with England 's in-form Justin Rose and Colombia 's Camilo Villegas and will have a new addition to his golf bag . Woods told gathered reporters Tuesday that he was forsaking the club which had helped him to 13 of his 14 majors in favor of a heavier putter to tackle the greens of the Old Course . `` I 've always struggled on slower greens and the one I 've gone to this week comes off faster and I 've had to make very little adjustment , '' he said . Woods has played three practice rounds in windy conditions on the Scottish coast , having arrived on Sunday . The American took part in a charity pro-am event in Ireland at the beginning of last week and would normally have gone straight to St.Andrews , but instead flew home to see his two children . Woods again refused to comment on reports of a divorce settlement with his Swedish wife Elin . He went into self-imposed exile from golf at the beginning of the year after revelations of marital infidelity provoked unfavorable headlines . Facing persistent questioning from reporters on his private life , Woods claimed it would have no effect on his performance this week . '' -LRB- The scandal -RRB- does n't impact it at all . I 'm here to play a championship , '' Woods said . `` This is the Open Championship at St. Andrews . This is as good as it gets . It 's the home of golf . I 'm just like every other player in this field . '' Woods is without a win since his return to the circuit in April , but has finished shared fourth in both the U.S Masters and the recent U.S. Open . He told his personal website that despite his winless streak , he was happy with his general game as he bids for a 15th major crown . `` I have been driving it on a string . The club feels so good in my hands , '' Woods said . `` I went back to my fundamentals with my putting and my stroke feels good . '' Woods won at St.Andrews in 2000 by eight shots and five in 2005 but missed the cut in last year 's British Open at Turnberry . Despite being installed as favorite with bookmakers , Woods appears to have lost his aura of invincibility , but three-time major winner Padraig Harrington said that could all change quickly . `` Tiger finishing fourth in a major is considered a failure -- it is amazing what expectations can do because in those two performances he could have won both , '' he told UK 's Press Association . `` But if he comes out and wins , wins , wins then players will be intimidated by him , '' he added . European Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie , second to Woods on the Old Course in 2005 , also believes Woods can do a ` three-peat ' at St.Andrews if he can use his new putter to good effect . `` It would be the tough guy to bet against him on a course that is entirely suited to his strength , which is putting , '' he told Press Association . Woods ' great rival Phil Mickelson is second favorite with most odds makers but comes into the tournament off the back of missing the cut in the Scottish Open at Loch Lomond and a mediocre record at the British Open , with a best of third place in 2004 . Mickelson also has another chance to overtake Woods as world number one , but only a victory and his fifth major title will definitely secure him top spot .
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Tiger Woods forsakes old putter as he bids for third straight win at St.Andrews . World number Woods has used the putter for 13 of his 14 major wins . Woods is without a win since being embroiled in a sex scandal . Fellow American Phil Mickelson is challenging Woods for top spot in rankings .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- I am a product of the `` The Black Church . '' It shaped me into who I am today : a Christian pastor aware of God 's amazing grace and love . When I announced I was gay , the church limited that grace and love . Although I had no doubt that God loved me , I discovered that God 's love and the church 's love can be two different things . To be Christian is to be inclusive of people who love one another . This is why I support same-sex marriage . As a pastor , I have counseled countless heterosexual and homosexual couples , and have observed that no matter the race , background or sexual orientation of the couple , a healthy relationship requires commitment , genuine respect and mutual love . Though my partner and I had a commitment ceremony in 2003 , and obtained a marriage license this past July in Washington D.C. , we learned that marriage is more than our religious convictions and our commitment , but also about laws that will protect us . Marriage equality is not about religious rights , but the right to equal benefits . At the end of 2003 , the U.S. Government Accountability Office identified 1,138 federal provisions where marital status is a factor in determining or receiving benefits , rights and privileges . These include next-of-kin hospital visits and medical decisions where one partner is too ill to be competent ; automatic inheritance in the absence of a will and inheritance of jointly owned real and personal property through the right of survivorship . These benefits allow all marriages access to the social and emotional supports that can produce healthy families and communities . I affirm the role of religion in our society . But no matter how powerful religion is , in the United States , the laws of the church and the laws of the government are intentionally separate . Another view from the pulpit : Same-sex marriages will hurt families . In 1968 , 73 percent of Americans disapproved of marriage between blacks and whites . Then , it was argued that interracial marriage would hurt families and dismantle societal structures . In 1967 , the Supreme court ended race-based restrictions on marriage in Loving vs. Virginia . Today , support of interracial marriage is stronger than it has ever been . So is support of same-sex marriage . Like interracial couples , gay couples are seeking equality under the law , asking their government for these rights , not individuals , or religious bodies . If same-sex marriage is about love and religion is about love , then in this debate , love must go both ways . We must not be hateful in our disagreements over marriage . Verbal and emotional abuse should have no place in our sacred places of worship . The pulpit should not be used as a place of abuse even if one disagrees with same-sex marriage . Jesus never mentioned homosexuality in his 33 years of life . But in Mark 12:31 , he did emphasize , '' ... thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself . There is none other commandment greater than these . '' The apostle Paul said : `` Be kindly affectionate one to another with brotherly love ; in honor preferring one another . '' I wonder what the debate over same-sex-marriage would be like if we applied this basic scripture ? True equality can begin when we see others as we see ourselves . I believe there is room to disagree , but just because we do n't agree on my legal rights does not mean I am not entitled to them . The gay community must also learn how to love those who disagree with them . If heterosexual couples and gay couples could see their commonality , equality would not just be the law of the land , but it could be a new law for humanity that governs our fragile future . The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of O.C. Allen .
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O.C. Allen says he is a product of `` The Black Church , '' which helped shape him into a pastor . When he announced he was gay , he found that God 's love and the church 's love can differ . He and partner married ; he says he realized marriage about right to equal benefits under law . Allen : Gay and heterosexual couples must see their commonality .
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Kabul , Afghanistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An anti-insurgent provincial governor who had survived Taliban assassination attempts was among 20 people who died Friday in an explosion at a northern Afghan mosque during prayers , a government official said . The blast in Afghanistan 's Takhar province killed Kunduz provincial governor Mohammad Omar , who recently sounded an alarm about the threat of insurgents during an interview with CNN . The bombing also wounded 35 others , with most of those killed and injured engaged in prayer , said Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Zamarai Bashari . `` It is a terrible incident , '' said Bashari , who said police were trying to find out more details about the strike and who is responsible . The NATO-led command condemned the attack , saying that `` it 's unconscionable that anyone would attack a mosque . '' `` It 's clear the insurgents have no respect for the most holy of Islamic places , '' said U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Greg Smith , spokesman for NATO 's International Security Assistance Force , or ISAF . The U.S. Embassy in Kabul deplored the act , saying `` whoever was responsible '' for striking a house of worship `` has demonstrated a clear lack of disregard for the Afghan people and for the peaceful religion they practice . '' The mosque was bloodied and its roof was shattered , eyewitness Mujib Rahman said , but there were different early accounts on how the strike was carried out . Gen. Daoud Daoud , commander of the Afghan Interior Ministry 's northern zone , said a suicide attacker apparently sitting next to the governor detonated a bomb . Faiz Mohammad Powhidi , a Takhar governor spokesman , told CNN that a pre-placed mine exploded . He explained that governor had been visiting his family and attending Friday prayers weekly in his native province of Takhar , which borders Kunduz . Omar , who was a Pashtun , had survived several assassination attempts by the Taliban , and his brother was slain a few months ago . He told CNN on Sunday that for the last two years , the security situation has deteriorated in Kunduz because insurgents decided to destabilize northern Afghanistan , which , until recently , had been relatively stable during the nine-year-old Afghan conflict . The Takhar blast and the Thursday killing of a German soldier in the north illustrates a growing unrest that contrasts with the first years after the Taliban 's collapse in 2001 . In those days , the north was much more secure than the predominantly ethnic Pashtun south and east of the country . Omar told CNN that the insurgents were trying to use Kunduz as a launchpad to destabilize northern Afghanistan and the wider Central Asian region and lamented the lack of police available to battle insurgents . `` Currently 40 percent of Kunduz province is under Taliban control , '' he said . German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle conveyed his regrets to the Afghan government in a letter . `` Yesterday we suffered the death of a Bundeswehr soldier , '' he said . `` Today the news reaches us of another attack in which the governor of Kunduz , Mohammad Omar , was killed . I wanted to express my condolences on the part of the federal government . '' Other violence rippled across the country on Friday . Three coalition soldiers in southern Afghanistan were killed : one in an insurgent attack and two others in improvised explosive device attacks . NATO does not give the nationalities of service members who are killed , but the British Defence Ministry said one of its soldiers was killed in Helmand province in the south Friday . NATO-led forces killed five armed men in eastern Afghanistan 's Khost province . The command is investigating allegations of civilian casualties in the latter incident , ISAF said .
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NEW : NATO , U.S. Germans condemn attack . The slain Kunduz governor previously survived assassination attempts . The mosque is bloodied and its roof is shattered . 20 are dead and 35 are wounded from the attack .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Four Americans were killed in a small plane crash in northwestern Mexico , the president of the volunteer organization Flying Samaritans said Saturday . The plane had been headed on a medical mission in the Mexican state of Baja California and lost radio contact with the ground on Friday afternoon , said Flying Samaritans President Victor Jones . The wreckage of a Beechcraft A36 plane and the bodies of the four volunteers were discovered Saturday `` after an extensive ground , air and water search , '' Jones said in a statement Saturday . The wreckage was located in rough terrain about 30 miles south of Ensenada , Mexico -- a city on the Pacific coast -- where the plane had departed Friday afternoon en route to San Quintin , Mexico . Jones said that Mexican authorities found four bodies in the wreckage . Radio contact with the plane was lost shortly after the pilot reported to the Ensenada airport on Friday when it was about 10 miles south of the airport , Jones said . He identified the victims as : James Thornton , a plastic surgeon ; Graciela Sarmiento , a doctor ; Andrew Theil , a non-medical support staffer ; and Roger Lyon , the pilot . Flying Samaritans transports medical and support personnel to clinics in Baja California -- which is just south of California , the American state -- where they provide free medical services and supplies to those who lack medical care . CNN 's Chuck Johnston contributed to this report .
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Radio contact with the plane was lost Friday afternoon . Victims are volunteers who were on a medical mission . Wreckage and bodies are discovered in northwestern Mexico .
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New Haven , Connecticut -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A man convicted of capital murder in a 2007 Connecticut home invasion has attempted suicide several times since his arrest and has said he wants to receive the death penalty , a forensic psychiatrist testified Wednesday . Steven Hayes , 47 , was convicted this month of 16 of the 17 charges against him -- including nine counts of murder and capital murder and four counts of kidnapping -- in the deaths of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters , 17-year-old Hayley Petit and 11-year-old Michaela Petit . Prosecutors allege that Hayes and Joshua Komisarjevsky invaded the Petit home in Cheshire , beat Jennifer Hawke-Petit 's husband bloody , strangled Hawke-Petit , set the house afire and tried to flee . On cross-examination , Dr. Paul Amble said his panel did not address the question of whether the defendant 's suicide attempts were sincere . But in his opinion , Hayes was `` making decisions that were rational , given his situation '' when he said he wanted to receive the death penalty . `` I want to plead guilty to everything now , because I just want it over now , '' Hayes told an evaluation team , the assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine testified to a jury considering whether to sentence Steven Hayes to death . Hayes described a plan to `` look like a monster '' to the jury , expressing no remorse , in an attempt to move the jurors to sentence him to death , Amble wrote in his evaluation of the defendant . In March , Hayes told a psychologist that he no longer wanted to commit suicide `` but intended to let the state do it , '' Amble said . Judge Jon Blue had asked Amble to evaluate Hayes to determine whether he was competent to stand trial . Hayes `` described five overdose attempts '' that he felt Connecticut corrections staff was aware of , Amble said . The last such attempt came January 31 , when Hayes `` took a fairly large amount of thorazine ... nearly twice the lethal limit , '' Amble said . The incident forced a delay in Hayes ' trial , which had been set for February 1 . Thorazine is an antipsychotic medication that can also be prescribed to treat anxiety , as it was in Hayes ' case . Asked to describe his mood on a scale of zero to 10 , Hayes ranked it at zero and described symptoms of helplessness and hopelessness since his arrest shortly after the killings , Amble testified . He said Hayes told him he had tried to strangle himself with a sock but failed because he could n't tighten it enough to cut off circulation . Hayes told his evaluators that he had considered other ways to end his life , such as `` putting my head in the toilet and doing a back flip '' to break his neck , but opted against doing so out of fear that he might only paralyze or otherwise injure himself , according to the evaluation carried out by Amble . Hayes told the evaluation team in March that `` he wanted to essentially encourage the jury to vote in favor of the death penalty ... perhaps by taking the stand and looking like he has no remorse , '' Amble said . `` His desire was to actively seek the death penalty . '' He said Hayes has lost more than 60 pounds since his arrest and complained of not sleeping well and of nightmares . His psychiatrist in prison has diagnosed him with `` adjustment disorder '' and `` major depression , '' Amble said . Prosecutor Michael Dearington asked Amble whether Hayes truly wanted to be executed . `` I do n't know , '' the doctor said . `` I 'm not here to say I can exactly divine his thoughts , only what he said . '' Komisarjevsky is to be tried separately , but on Tuesday , a court clerk read from Komisarjevsky 's writings providing graphic descriptions of the incident . `` I am what I am ; I make no excuses , '' Komisarjevsky wrote . `` I 'm a criminal with a criminal mind . '' But he also appeared to express remorse , at one point writing , `` Michaela , Haley and Jennifer , forgive me ; I am damned . ... My forthcoming death sentence will be an action of mercy . '' Police testified that in the 2007 home invasion , Hayes and Komisarjevsky found evidence of a bank account containing $ 20,000 to $ 30,000 and forced Hawke-Petit to go to a bank in the morning and withdraw money from the account . Prosecutors said Hayes took her to the bank while Komisarjevsky stayed behind . When Hayes and Hawke-Petit returned with the money , officials said , the two men set the home afire and fled . Inside the home , authorities said , Hawke-Petit , 48 , was found raped and strangled . Her two daughters , one of whom had been sexually assaulted , died of smoke inhalation . Petit , the sole survivor , escaped to a neighbor 's home . Amble was the only witness to testify on Wednesday , and no further testimony is scheduled until Monday , after the judge and attorneys spend the rest of this week working on jury instructions . .
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NEW : Steven Hayes wanted to `` look like a monster '' to the jury . Doctor testifies Hayes said he wants to be executed . He says Hayes has been diagnosed with major depression . Hayes was convicted of capital murder in the 2007 home invasion .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Somali gunmen on Wednesday released a British aid worker kidnapped last week while working for Save the Children . The aid worker , named as Zimbabwe-born Frans Barnard , was freed after tribal elders negotiated with his captors , Save the Children confirmed . Barnard was safe and well and had been moved to a more secure place in Somalia , Save the Children said in a statement . No ransom had been paid by the organization to secure Barnard 's release , it said . `` Save the Children 's policy is not to pay ransoms and we did not pay a ransom to secure Fran 's release . The release was negotiated by the clan elders and we are extremely grateful to them , '' Save the Children said . `` We believe Frans was abducted by an independent group of criminals with no political affiliation or support from other groups in the region . '' Save the Children chief executive Justin Forsyth earlier told BBC radio Barnard had been looked after by his kidnappers . `` He is well , he is in good spirits and he is on his way to a place of safety , '' he said . British Prime Minister David Cameron welcomed news of Barnard 's release and said the government had been in close contact with Save the Children . `` Let me praise the professionalism of Save the Children and also thank the Somali clan members who were involved in his release , '' Cameron told lawmakers . `` I 'm sure it will be good for him to be back with his family after what must have been a very , very frightening and difficult few days . '' Barnard was kidnapped along with a Somali aid worker from a guesthouse compound in the town of Adado , near the Ethiopian border , last Thursday . The Somali national was released soon afterwards . Save the Children is an international organization based in the United Kingdom . It works to improve the lives of children worldwide . The group said it had been assessing the feasibility of starting up an humanitarian program to help malnourished and sick children and their families in the area . Somalia has not had a stable government since 1991 , and fighting between rebels and government troops has escalated the humanitarian crisis in the famine-ravaged country .
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British aid worker Frans Barnard released by gunmen in Somalia . Barnard 's release was negotiated by tribal elders . Save the Children says no ransom was paid to the kidnappers .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Italian striker Giuseppe Rossi helped himself to a double as Villarreal secured their first Spanish Primera Liga win of the season with a 4-0 thumping of Espanyol on Sunday . The 23-year-old opened the scoring in the 23rd minute and added his second goal from the penalty spot . Midfielder Borja Valero and Brazilian international Nilmar were also on target as Villarreal warmed up in style for their Europa League match against Dinamo Zagreb next Thursday . In other matches on Sunday , former Danish legend Michael Laudrup is still waiting for his first victory as Real Mallorca coach , after his side lost 2-0 at Sporting Gijon . However , there was better news for Laudrup 's former club Getafe . The Madrid-based side , who finished sixth in La Liga last season . secured their first win of this campaign with a 4-1 thumping of promoted Levante . The most remarkable match came at Zaragoza as the home side found themselves 5-0 down to Malaga after just 34 minutes . Zaragoza did eventually claw some respectability back but Malaga were comfortable for their 5-3 victory . Meanwhile , Saturday 's matches saw a minor sensation as champions Barcelona were stunned 2-0 at home by newly-promoted side Hercules .
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Villarreal secure their first Spanish Primera Liga win of the season on Sunday . They thrash Espanyol 10-man 4-0 with Italian striker Giuseppe Rossi scoring twice . Real Zaragoza are beaten 5-3 at home by Malaga who are 5-0 up after 34 minutes . On Saturday , champions Barcelona were stunned 2-0 by promoted Hercules .
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New Delhi , India -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- India 's home minister said Friday that security and maintenance issues have been squared away ahead of the staging of the Commonwealth Games , which are beset by a myriad of problems . P. Chidambaram told CNN that all security issues have been addressed and that every participating team has categorically said they are fully satisfied with security . The minister also said the midnight Friday deadline to clean up the venues has been met . He said 10 of the 11 village venues have been taken over by security , and another will be taken over shortly . More than 1,000 cleaners entered the athletes ' village Friday , armed with brooms , mops and other cleaning supplies to get the facility into shape . Organizers are scrambling to pull together the Commonwealth Games , which are to start October 3 in New Delhi . India 's ability to host the games was questioned after a bridge collapse and criticism of the athletes ' village as uninhabitable and filthy . Some countries have threatened to pull out of the competition . Commonwealth Games President Mike Fennell was to meet Indian Cabinet Secretary K.M. Chandrasekhar in New Delhi late Friday afternoon to discuss the troubled preparations for the games , which take place every four years among members of the former British empire . The list of countries that will compete has been in flux , as teams awaited updates on construction and hygiene at games sites . Canada , New Zealand and Scotland had delayed their teams ' departures for the event . A spokesman said Friday that Scotland 's team would depart for India the next day , and the New Zealand Olympic Committee said its athletes would depart two days later than planned . `` I am certainly pleased to arrive in Delhi with the news that Australia has moved into the village to get ready for the arrival of their athletes and with the confirmation late yesterday that England and Wales will be on their way to Delhi shortly , '' Fennell said in a news release Friday afternoon . He was to tour the village on Friday for a firsthand look . Welsh athletes were reassured by the games ' organizers , the Commonwealth Games Council for Wales said . `` The advance party will now be moving into our accommodation , and we look forward to welcoming our athletes in the coming days , '' the Welsh council said in a news release . Worldwide criticism and stepped-up involvement by higher-level Indian officials at the last minute appeared to help the games turn the corner . A private cleaning company also was hired to do the deep cleaning of the athletes ' housing . Earlier in the week , photos showed soiled rooms that included excrement and animal footprints . Construction concerns also spread after a pedestrian bridge collapsed at a stadium Tuesday , injuring 27 people . Ceiling tiles fell off the same stadium Wednesday . Australia 's Olympic Committee leader said Friday that the Commonwealth Games should not have been awarded to India , considering how preparations have gone , but the clock is ticking and it 's time to move ahead . `` I do n't think it is a cultural thing , '' committee President John Coates told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation , `` When you agree to host an Olympic Games , you are required to provide the basics in terms of health and hygiene for the athletes . I 'm very aware , having hosted a games , and I do n't think you reduce yourself to the lowest common denominator . '' The problem is that the Commonwealth Games ' parent organization does n't have enough resources to help organizing cities track progress , Coates said . He compared the resources of the Commonwealth Games Federation and those of the International Olympic Committee . The Commonwealth Games Federation has five staff members ; the Olympic Committee has hundreds . Security questions also emerged after two visitors from Taiwan were injured by gunmen who fired on a tourist bus in New Delhi on Sunday . In Australia , a travel advisory has been issued for India , warning of a high risk of terrorism in New Delhi . Such concerns led New Zealand cyclist Greg Henderson to announce his withdrawal from the games on Friday . `` It was just mainly a decision my wife and I made involving the safety and security of the games , '' he said from Melbourne , Australia , where he was training for other events . Photos of soiled rooms at the games venues made them uneasy , he said . `` I did n't think it was a risk I would like to take , '' Henderson said , also referring to security concerns and his being the father of a 13-month-old girl . A handful of other athletes have withdrawn from the games over safety and hygiene concerns . They include Australia 's Dani Samuels , the world discus champion , and Canadian archers Kevin Tataryn and Dietmar Trillus . CNN 's Ben Brumfield in Atlanta , Georgia , and Mallika Kapur in New Delhi , India , contributed to this report .
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NEW : Home minister says all security issues have been addressed . India should n't have been awarded the games , Australian Olympic chief says . The list of countries that have agreed to compete is growing . The event is to start on October 3 in New Delhi .
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London , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- There are many off-field aspects to the modern-day World Cup which makes the experience complete for soccer-crazy fans ; from the unveiling of a tournament mascot to themed merchandise such as computer games and event specific kits for the teams taking part . Another crucial element to this list of tournament treats is the release of the all-important official World Cup football . The 2010 edition of the event , which will kick off in South Africa on June 11 , is no different , with football 's world governing body FIFA commissioning German sport manufacturer Adidas to create the hallowed orb . The ball has been named `` Jabulani '' -- a Zulu phrase which means `` to celebrate '' -- and uses eleven different colors to represent the eleven players on a team , as well as the eleven official languages and tribes of South Africa . Not since 1986 has the World Cup used a leather ball -- and the `` Jabulani '' is far removed from its more simple parent with eight thermally-bonded panels used in its construction . It is thought that demand will be high for the spheres come June , and in anticipation 1,760 a day are being produced using complex processes such as high-frequency forming , vacuuming and thermal bonding , which Adidas says give the product `` ground-breaking '' performance . Chelsea and Germany captain Michael Ballack for one seems to be a fan , after he told reporters `` the ball does exactly what I want it to do '' on its release . Whether the ball will help Ballack 's side go two better than their third-place finish in 2006 , to pick up their fourth world title , remains to be seen .
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The new 2010 World Cup ball is named `` Jabulani '' , which means `` to celebrate '' in Zulu . Adidas rrigorously tested the ball in their specially made wind tunnel in Scheinfeld , Germany . World Cup footballs have not been made out of leather since the 1986 edition of the tournament in Mexico .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Mexican authorities are offering a $ 1.2 million -LRB- 15 million pesos -RRB- reward for information on 14 children who may have been taken from orphanages by child traffickers , according to a release from the attorney general of Mexico . The attorney general also is offering about $ 400,000 -LRB- 5 million pesos -RRB- in the search for three people in the `` Casitas del Sur '' case , a statement said Friday . The children disappeared in February 2009 from the Casitas del Sur orphanage in Mexico City and from homes in Nuevo Laredo and Quintana Roo , the statement said . CNN 's Claudia Dominguez contributed to this report .
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Fourteen children disappeared at Mexican orphanages . Three people are being sought in the case .
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Editor 's note : The staff at CNN.com has recently been intrigued by the journalism of VICE , an independent media company and website based in Brooklyn , New York . VBS.TV is Vice 's broadband television network . The reports , which are produced solely by VICE , reflect a transparent approach to journalism , where viewers are taken along on every step of the reporting process . We believe this unique reporting approach is worthy of sharing with our CNN.com readers . Brooklyn , New York -LRB- VBS.TV -RRB- -- Before you complain again about living in 2010 and not yet having a jetpack to fly you to work , consider taking a trip to Mexico . There 's only one person in the world who produces a complete flying rocket belt from start to finish -- from the parts to the fuel that powers it . His name is Juan Manuel Lozano and he lives in Cuernavaca , a city two hours south of Mexico City . So VBS sister technology channel Motherboard.tv traveled to visit him at his company , TAM -LRB- Tecnología Aeroespacial Mexicana -RRB- . A self-taught scientist and inventor whose technologies have traveled the world from Turkey to Switzerland , from Boeing to the U.S. Navy , Lozano considers his biggest achievement not his jetpack , but a machine that produces pure hydrogen peroxide that he uses as fuel for most of his inventions . Apart from his rocket belt , he 's assembled a rocket bicycle , rocket motorcycle , rocket dragster and a personal helicopter . Then there 's the hydrogen-peroxide-powered rocket belt . While at least one company has recently promised to bring personal flying machines to market , these conveyances only rely on propellers , not jets . But the real thing ai n't cheap . If you ca n't afford the system , priced at around U.S. $ 125,000 , you can pay him to drop by your party for only $ 20,000 . See the rest of Backyard Rocketeer at VBS.TV . Among many other projects , Lozano 's working with a group of scientists on a car that will run on seawater , converted into hydrogen peroxide by electrolytic cells powered by solar energy . It 's a project , he says , that will completely transform transportation and energy in the near future . Lozano and his daughter -- the only woman to fly a jetpack -- take his creations for test-drives in their backyard . While he could n't fly for us -LRB- he recently broke his ribs and shoulder while taking his rocket bike for a spin at 80 mph -RRB- , he gave us a tour of his workshop to share with us his favorite machines and a philosophy of invention built on hard work , self-teaching , and lots of jet fuel .
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Mexican scientist devises , builds , tests jetpacks in his backyard . Juan Manuel Lozano has traveled world with inventions ; worked with U.S. Navy , Boeing . Lozano 's other creations include rocket bicycle , rocket motorcycle , personal helicopter .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Saudi man wanted in connection with terror activities has surrendered to authorities , a Saudi Interior Ministry spokesman told CNN Tuesday . He is Badr M. Alshehri , whose name is on the list of those most wanted by Saudi Arabia , said Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki , a spokesman for the kingdom 's Interior Ministry . Alshehri was on the list of 85 wanted people , the Saudi Press Agency reported . `` Alshehri 's return to the Kingdom was arranged and coordinated by Saudi security forces and security agencies in Pakistan , '' said Al-Turki , who could n't comment on where Alshehri was when he surrendered . Al-Turki told CNN that Alshehri had reached out to his family in Saudi Arabia and told them `` he wanted to surrender himself to Saudi authorities and come back to the kingdom . '' According to Al-Turki , Alshehri 's family then got in touch with Interior Ministry and began coordinating how the surrender would happen . He 's been in Saudi Arabia now for a few days .
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Pakistan helped coordinate the surrender . Alshehri has been back for a few days . There are dozens of people wanted by the Saudis .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Al Jazeera , the Qatar-based satellite TV network , claims its live broadcasts of the 2010 FIFA World Cup were jammed from a location inside Jordan . `` This resulted in millions of viewers throughout the Middle East and North Africa to -LSB- sic -RSB- suffer from frequent disruptions of the broadcast , '' Al Jazeera said Thursday . The global network said it based its accusation on the findings of `` teams of independent international technology experts '' who investigated the interruptions . A Jordanian government source `` categorically denied '' Al Jazeera 's claim and called it `` absolutely baseless and unacceptable , '' according to a report by Jordan 's official Petra News Agency . An Al Jazeera spokesperson said : `` This action targeted Al Jazeera and was intentionally designed to deprive millions of fans across the region from enjoying this global event . It is alarming that the source of the interruption is in fact from inside the Arab world , and we will be in touch with the Jordanian government to demand a full inquiry to uncover the details of this incident . '' The Jordanian government source , quoted by Petra , responded : `` The government is ready to cooperate with any team of independent experts to examine the facts , and is certain that any such examination will prove these allegations false . '' Shawn Powers , assistant professor at Georgia State University and associate director for The Center for International Media Education , told CNN the technology required to carry out jamming of this type and scale is highly likely to have been owned by a government -- and used with the government 's knowledge . According to Powers , Jordan 's motivation for possibly interrupting Al Jazeera broadcasts could stem from the troubled history between Qatar and Jordan . `` It is a bigger deal than just a spat about soccer . It is a way to stop the rise of Qatar . Jordan and Qatar are competing nation states for influence in the region . By discrediting Al Jazeera -- that 's good for them -LSB- Jordan -RSB- because it takes away a potent weapon of the Qatari government , '' Dr. Powers said . Jordan fist took action against Al Jazeera in 1998 after the network accused the Jordanian government of conspiring with Israel against the Palestinian territories . Jordan reacted by shutting down Al Jazeera 's bureau in Amman and recalling the Jordanian ambassador in Qatar . Similar spats have taken place with Jordan accusing Al Jazeera of excessive criticism of Jordan 's King Abdullah and his government . The 2010 FIFA World Cup was staged in South Africa in June and July .
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Millions suffered frequent disruptions of the broadcast , says Al Jazeera . Accusation based on `` teams of independent international technology experts '' Jordanian government denies the charge .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- They may be famous , but even the world 's biggest names go weak at the knees for their favorite football team . Football Fanzone talks to Alastair Campbell -- former spin doctor of ex-British prime minister Tony Blair -- about his ` manic ' love for English Premier League new boys Burnley . Where does your love of Burnley come from ? I was born in Keighley in Yorkshire and Burnley were the big team in that region at the time and they were the ones I fell for . My first game was in 1961 when Burnley were reigning league champions . I started going regularly when I was about five or six . How did you keep up to speed with all things Burnley when you were in office at No. 10 ? I still managed to get to a lot of games during that period . Saturday at three pm was the one time when the Downing Street switchboard knew there was no point bothering me . Tony -LSB- Blair -RSB- and Gordon -LSB- Brown -RSB- both follow football pretty closely so I think they understood it . I think Tony maybe sometimes thought it was a little over the top . Were there any occasions when Burnley came ahead of any high-level meetings ? When we played Scunthorpe -- the game we won to get promoted to the First Division under Stan Ternant in 2000 -- up until then I 'd been in Northern Ireland . Bertie Ahern -LSB- Taoiseach of Ireland at the time -RSB- was a big Manchester United fan and he had tickets for a game the next day . I said to him : `` Bertie , I 've got to be at this game , these talks can not drag on and on . '' As it happened I left early and by the time I 'd landed in Manchester things had wrapped up , so he got to his game as well , but I did sneak off early it has to be said . What does it mean to you to have Burnley back in the Premier League ? It 's fantastic . When we were relegated from the top division in 1974 I did n't think we 'd come back . We had to win a game against Leyton Orient in 1987 to stay in the Football League . I honestly think if we 'd lost that we 'd have gone into oblivion so to be back is just incredible . It means a lot to everyone who has followed Burnley through such bad times . Just how special was that win over Manchester United in Burnley 's first home game of the season ? Playing Manchester United as our first game back was the best possible start to the season . Its true they had a bit of an off day , but we played well , and we 've played teams who are better on paper but we 've beaten them on merit . Our wage bill is the smallest in the league by a mile , we 've got a small stadium , we 've got the smallest squad and we 're the smallest town that has ever produced a Premier League football club , so with all that it 's quite an uphill battle to stay up but I think we will , and by playing good football . Who is your favorite player of all time ? It has to be Leighton James , he coincided with the period when I was really fanatical . He was one of these players that when he got the ball you just leaned forward a bit and you thought something is going to happen here and quite often it did . The other player I 'd pick is Martin Dobson , who is now Head of Youth development at the club . He was such an elegant player . What is your most memorable moment as a Burnley fan ? There are loads . Beating Leeds 4-1 away when Don Revie was in charge of them , is right up there . It was proving impossible to beat Leeds and we absolutely hammered them . The Orient game , obviously , was the most emotional for every Burnley fan . Both play-offs at Wembley have been great , too . I 've got loads of bad memories too , but I think it 's the bad memories are what make the good memories even more special .
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Alastair Campbell fell in love with Burnley in 1961 , at the age of four . Ex-PM Tony Blair thought his love for Burnley was sometimes `` over the top '' Local rivals Blackburn Rovers are the club Campbell loves to hate .
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London , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In the latest edition of Fanzone 's look at famous soccer fans , South Africa captain and Portsmouth midfielder Aaron Mokoena tells all about his favorite team and their bitter rivalry with the Kaizer Chiefs . Who do you support and why ? In South Africa my favorite football team is Orlando Pirates . I played for professional team Jomo Cosmos but I always love Orlando Pirates because that 's was the team that I grew up supporting . How did you start supporting them ? My elder brother , he made me support Pirates and used to take me to watch the games . That really made me fall in love with the team . They had so many good players as well . That 's why I fell in love with the club . Do you remember your first game ? It was Orlando Pirates against Kaizer Chiefs , the biggest derby game in South Africa , I went to watch and it was unbelievable ; really , really amazing . That was the derby of Soweto , I think it was probably 1990 . That is a game that everyone wants to watch . It 's like Manchester United versus Manchester City or Liverpool . It 's a game that you ca n't miss . How are they doing at the moment ? They 're still doing well . Lots of youngsters ... it 's been generations after generations . The generation they have now are more younger players . They 're adapting well and doing very well . What is the most memorable game from Orlando Pirates you 've seen ? They won the African Champions League in 1995 . It was the first team in South Africa to win such a tournament . That tournament is the toughest tournament to play ... and they did extremely well , they won the cup . That really stands out for me . Is Kaizer Chiefs the team you love to hate ? Not that I do hate Kaizer Chiefs but as they are the arch rivals to Orlando Pirates , I tend to have a soft spot for Pirates but not for Kaizer Chiefs . I would go back to South Africa and play for Kaizer Chiefs to be fair but I do n't hate them , they are really professional . But between Pirates and Chiefs , I would always choose Orlando Pirates . Would you play for Orlando Pirates ? Has that opportunity come up ? I have been so fortunate to sit down with the owner of Orlando Pirates and he said , `` Look the moment you retire from your football in Europe make sure you come down to Orlando Pirates '' -- so it 's an opportunity that is there for me . I am an ambassador for `` Education -- One goal for all '' and I spoke to him at the launch two months ago at the Emirates stadium and that 's when we had a chat . He 's a really respectable person in South Africa and him saying that meant a lot to me .
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Mokoena grew up watching Orlando Pirates with his brother . The first game he saw was the derby match between Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs . His proudest moment supporting the club is when they won the African Champions League .
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Las Vegas , Nevada -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- I am and always will be completely against any food that has been altered genetically for human consumption . And never , in the 30-plus years I have been a restaurant chef , has one customer requested a genetically modified organism for dinner . This is why I was alarmed to learn early this month that the Food and Drug Administration announced with `` reasonable certainty '' that a new genetically modified Atlantic salmon awaiting approval posed `` no harm '' to humans who might soon have the opportunity to buy it and eat it as though it were a fish from nature . The announcement brings this `` Frankenfish '' one step closer to your table . But make no mistake . The creation of this fish is just another tactic for big industry to make bigger , faster profits with no consideration for the impact it will have on our personal health and the health of our environment and ecosystem . The fish , an Atlantic salmon , contains growth hormone from a Pacific species , the Chinook salmon , as well as genetic material from another species , the ocean pout , that causes the `` transgenic '' salmon to grow at twice the normal speed . The claim made by its developer , AquaBounty Technologies , is that this altered fish is as safe to consume as farmed Atlantic salmon . This argument does n't convince much , since farmed salmon are n't really that safe to eat . They have been found to have higher concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls than wild salmon , which gets into their bodies from the concentrated fish meal used to create their feed . AquaBounty also plans to sell the eggs of its fish to fish farms . As we have learned over time , farmed Atlantic salmon is horrible for the environment . The fish are grown in overcrowded , open-net pens in the ocean , placing an unnatural stress on the surrounding ocean environment as well as on the fish themselves . In those conditions it becomes necessary to use antibiotics on an already unstable fish in order to control bacterial infections and other diseases -- and to protect the investment of carnivorous fish farming . The byproducts of all this -- a wonderful stew of feces , unconsumed fish food and dead fish called , sweetly , `` effluent '' -- create a suffocating blanket that spreads across the ocean floor , resulting in a massive dead zone surrounding the farming area . It kills clams , oysters , eel grasses -- where young fish feed and grow -- and more . If the point of genetically engineering fish is to produce more salmon faster , introducing these fish into the fish farm scenario will only magnify an already big problem . And it will create a larger demand for smaller species of wild fish to be used for fish feed necessary to support these constantly feeding frankenfish . Wild species do n't stand a chance . It has also been proven that escapes from fish farms into the natural population are inevitable . These transgenic fish have a voracious appetite that has no regard for season or feeding cycle . What could happen ? Well , estimates of farmed salmon escapes in British Columbia from 1991 to 2001 total at least 400,000 fish . The wild salmon population is already severely endangered . If escaped , the farmed -- and now free-swimming aggressive gluttons -- will compete for the food that is essential for wild stocks to survive , further threatening this already endangered species -LRB- nearly all Atlantic salmon sold now comes from fish farms -RRB- . What process has the FDA used to determine whether the genetically modified fish is safe for human health and the environment ? We did not know during most of the agency 's evaluation process . FDA regulations allow genetically modified animals to be evaluated under the same rules as veterinary pharmaceuticals . So the information given to the agency by the applicant is confidential ; in the case of this fish , the information was not posted on the FDA website until the announcement on safety was made in early September . The FDA will hold a public meeting on February 21 to discuss how the fish should be labeled . I do n't trust this fish . It is an overweight fish being introduced to an already obese society . Protecting a greedy company 's `` confidential information '' should not be acceptable when you are introducing the first genetically modified animal for human consumption into the marketplace . And I 'm terrified to consider that rules are being considered that would allow this fish to be created and then distributed without any kind of mandatory label stating that it is a genetically modified product . In restaurants , chefs are in a position to assure their guests that the food being served to them is not only delicious but also wholesome and safe to consume . How do we do this when there is no required labeling indicating that a fish has been manufactured by science and not a product of nature ? If these genetically engineered salmon are approved , it will set a worldwide precedent . It will open the door to other kinds of genetically modified animal foods that may pose health or environmental dangers , and the true extent of these might not reveal themselves for years to come . At the very least , given the amount of data that we have seen to date , the creation of these frankenfish for mass consumption should not be approved . It 's simply against nature and is a huge step back in the worldwide movement to eat local , organic and sustainably . Bon appétit -- enjoy your dinner . The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Rick Moonen .
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Chef Rick Moonen opposes genetically modified organisms for public table . FDA set to OK modified salmon that its developer says is as safe as farmed salmon , he says . But farming already a health , pollution problem , he says ; fast-growing fish compounds it . Moonen : Approval with no required labels would set back sustainability movement .
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-LRB- Travel + Leisure -RRB- -- Eight centuries ago , Marco Polo anointed Hangzhou `` the most splendid city in the world . '' Today it 's one of China 's best-preserved destinations , thanks to the careful stewardship of its pagodas and pavilions , mountain-fringed West Lake , and terraced plantations growing the region 's famous longjing green tea . Here , an essential guide to the best hotels , restaurants , and sights for the modern-day explorer . Stay . The second property in China from those wizards of the luxurious exotic , Amanresorts , Amanfayun -LRB- doubles from $ 580 -RRB- includes 42 residences in traditional courtyard dwellings . Do n't miss the spa , with its Japanese-style deep soaking tubs , though an early morning walk to the neighboring Lingyin Buddhist temple is just as invigorating . A 25-minute drive away , Banyan Tree Hangzhou -LRB- doubles from $ 550 -RRB- abuts the 2,800-acre Xixi National Wetland Park . All 72 spacious suites and villas are decorated with Chinese antiques -LRB- porcelain snuff bottles ; calligraphy brushes -RRB- and are scattered across the grounds like a traditional village , complete with arched bridges and a lagoon . Hangzhou 's latest entry this fall is also the city 's first Western luxury hotel group : the Four Seasons Hotel Hangzhou -LRB- doubles from $ 372 -RRB- will have hand-painted silk panels and such high-tech touches as plasma TV 's in its 78 guest rooms and three villas . Travel + Leisure : America 's Best and Worst Airports . Eat . You 'll want to book several days ahead for a table at Dragon Well Manor -LRB- set meal for two $ 118 -RRB- . Dai Jianjun is one of the country 's most obsessive locavore chefs : his 10-course dinners , served in eight wooden pavilions in a landscaped garden , raise the bar for organic , farm-to-table cuisine in China . Seasonal dishes may include preserved mustard greens with pine nuts , slow-braised pork belly , and ham-infused duck soup . A number of restaurants offer views of West Lake , but West Lake One -LRB- dinner for two $ 45 -RRB- stands out with its covered terrace and extensive menu featuring dishes from throughout China . Regional specialties include longjing xiaren , shrimp cooked with longjing tea . Also facing the lake , the Hyatt Regency 's atmospheric , antiques-filled 28 Hubin Road -LRB- dinner for two $ 66 -RRB- serves classic Hangzhou fare , such as beggar 's chicken and Dongpo rou -- a fork-tender pork dish named after the city 's 11th-century poet Su Dongpo . Travel + Leisure : World 's Strangest Places to Get Married . Sip . Aside from its pagodas and picturesque landscapes , Hangzhou is also synonymous with longjing , a locally grown green tea prized for its light , sweet taste and aroma . Guo 's Villa is a perfect respite from the tourist throngs along West Lake . Inside the low tiled wall is a garden with lotus-covered ponds and a courtyard where locals gather for tea and gossip . Tea fanatics might head to Old Dragon Well Imperial Tea Garden to pay homage to the 18 bushes set aside for the Ch ` ing dynasty emperor Qianlong . Nearby is Longjing village , where you 'll see plenty of tea farmers peddling their wares . But head straight to our favorite : the hospitable Qi Family will pour you a cup of their green elixir before you buy . See . A short stroll from the train station , pedestrianized Hefang Road is a collection of Ch ` ing dynasty houses -LRB- and replicas nearby -RRB- . Visit Huqingyu Tang , a 130-year-old medicine shop where traditional pharmacists fill prescriptions made with ancient remedies -LRB- ginseng , angelica -RRB- in an elaborately carved central hall . Close by , on the edge of the verdant , waterway-filled Xixi National Wetland Park , the National Wetland Museum -LRB- free admission -RRB- will open an Arata Isozaki -- designed viewing platform later this year . Travel + Leisure : Worldwide Guide to Restaurant Tipping . Facts . When to Go : Visit during autumn and spring , as summer months are sweltering and winter temperatures often dip below freezing . Avoid peak-season crowds during Chinese New Year -LRB- January or February -RRB- and National Day -LRB- October -RRB- . Getting There : Hangzhou is a 100-minute train ride from Shanghai ; express trains launching next month will take 38 minutes . From Hong Kong , take the two-hour flight on Dragonair -LRB- dragonair.com -RRB- , which departs three times weekly . T+L Tip : Beyond West Lake , Hangzhou is a sprawling city . Arrange a car and driver through your hotel to access hard-to-reach destinations . Planning a beach getaway ? Do n't miss Travel + Leisure 's guide to Affordable Beach Resorts . Copyright 2010 American Express Publishing Corporation . All rights reserved .
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Here is a guide to the best hotels , restaurants , and sights in Hangzhou for visitors . Hangzhou is one of China 's best-preserved destinations . Terraced plantations grow the region 's famous longjing green tea .
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ON PUGET SOUND , Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When commercial diver Kenny Woodside takes to the depths , he enters a world of murky low light and dangerous currents . Diver Kenny Woodside descends to the murky depths to retrieve an abandoned net . Until recently Woodside and about 100 hundred other divers searched Puget Sound for sea cucumbers and urchins to sell to buyers in Asia , where the items are considered delicacies . But demand for the fishermen 's catch dried up with the worldwide economic crisis and left many of these divers without a reason to go out on the water . `` The fishing industry has slowed from a full-time job to just a couple months a year , '' said Doug Monk , the captain of the boat from which Woodside dives . `` The red sea urchin market is almost non-existent . '' But thanks to a small piece of the federal stimulus recovery plan , Monk , Woodside and about 40 other fishermen will get back to work hauling in a very different catch : lost fishing nets . While many stimulus projects have come under fire as pork barrel spending , backers of the nets program say it is a model for helping those battered by the economic downturn while completing needed public works . Thousands of the large nets stretch across the floor of Puget Sound , where they create an environmental hazard . Some of the nets were lost by fishermen to the rocky coastline decades ago but continue to catch and kill . According to the Northwest Marine Conservation Initiative , the nets are responsible for killing tens of thousands of marine life , mammals and birds every year . The nets , some of which extend larger than a football field , can also tangle the propellers of boats and pose a danger to scuba divers . After struggling to find funding , the group received $ 4.6 million in stimulus funds to recover most of the nets that litter the unique Puget Sound ecosystem . The only reason the nets have remained underwater for so long , said Ginny Broadhurst , director of the Northwest Marine Conservation Initiative , is because the damage they are doing to the environment is invisible from the surface . `` If you had nets strung along the streets that are catching bunny rabbits and squirrels , we would n't be discussing whether we should be removing them . We would be pulling them . It would be immediate , '' said Broadhurst . `` When those threats are underwater it 's so much harder to know what impacts they are having . '' But pulling those nets is no easy task . Divers swim close to 100 feet down to an environment that is anything but friendly . Instead of using scuba equipment , they breathe through air hoses running from the boat above . When the divers find the fields of nets , they begin the labor of cutting them free piece by piece and all by hand . Removing one net can take days . Watch the divers at work '' The nets are then pulled to the boat waiting on the surface . In just a few hours on the water , the divers can pull free about 1,000 pounds of nets . Inside are the bones of countless fish and birds , along with several species of protected sharks and crabs . Anything still alive is cut free and thrown back in the water . Then , biologist Jeff June notes what they have brought up . So far , he says , the group has identified 112 distinct species trapped in the nets . The fishing nets themselves are considered toxic after the years of catching so much sea life . The divers seal them in heavy duty plastic bags and , once on shore , take the nets to a landfill . But biologist June said the group is working on a plan that would have the nets burned , creating energy from lost fishing nets . Over the next 18 months the group expects to pull some 3,000 nets from Puget Sound . And in that time the fishing industry could bounce back from its slump , allowing Doug Monk and his crew to return to catching urchins and sea cucumbers . But , the boat captain said , recovering the fishing nets has greater meaning than just riding out a rough economy . `` We feel we are doing a good thing , '' he said . '' -LSB- With -RSB- harvest diving we are taking from the resources ; here we are giving them back . ''
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Worldwide economic downturn has hit fishing industry hard . Stimulus money is paying fishermen to haul up lost nets in Puget Sound . Nets kill thousands of marine life , birds , mammals each year . Some of the nets are longer than a football field .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A team of South Korean scientists have produced the polymers used for everyday plastics through bioengineering , rather than through the use of fossil fuel-based chemicals . It is believed that the technique may now allow for the production of environmentally-friendly plastic that is biodegradable and low in toxicity . The research focused on Polylactic Acid -LRB- PLA -RRB- , a bio-based polymer which holds the key to producing plastics through natural and renewable resources . Polymers are molecules found in everyday life in the form of plastics and rubbers . `` The polyesters and other polymers we use everyday are mostly derived from fossil oils made through the refinery or chemical process , '' Professor Sang Yup Lee , who lead the research , said in a press statement . `` The idea of producing polymers from renewable biomass has attracted much attention due to the increasing concerns of environmental problems and the limited nature of fossil resources . PLA is considered a good alternative to petroleum-based plastics , as it is both biodegradable and has a low toxicity to humans . '' Until now PLA has been produced in a two-step fermentation and chemical process of polymerization , which is both complex and expensive . The team used a metabolically engineered strain of E. coli and developed a one-stage process . `` By developing a strategy which combines metabolic engineering and enzyme engineering , we 've developed an efficient bio-based one-step production process for PLA and its copolymers , '' said Lee . `` This means that a developed E. coli strain is now capable of efficiently producing unnatural polymers , through a one-step fermentation process . `` Global warming and other environmental problems are urging us to develop sustainable processes based on renewable resources . `` This new strategy should be generally useful for developing other engineered organisms capable of producing various unnatural polymers by direct fermentation from renewable resources . '' The research team from KAIST University in Seoul and the Korean chemical company LG Chem published their findings in the journal `` Biotechnology and Bioengineering '' .
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Korean scientists develop a plastic not derived from fossil fuel chemicals . Bio-based polymers make the plastics biodegradable and less toxic . Research team is from KAIST University and Korean company LG Chem .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu , who has stopped well short of agreeing to a continued freeze on building Israeli settlements in the disputed West Bank territory , indicated Sunday he might be willing to compromise . The settlements issue is a major sticking point between Israel and the Palestinian Authority , which recently resumed direct peace talks for the first time since 2008 . `` I do n't know if there will be a comprehensive freeze , '' said Netanyahu , according to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz . `` But I also do n't know if it is necessary to construct all of the 20,000 housing units waiting to be built . In any case , between zero and one there are a lot of possibilities , '' Haaretz reported the prime minister said at a weekly cabinet meeting . Last year , Israel instituted a 10-month moratorium on building Israeli settlements in the West Bank . Netanyahu is under pressure from the Palestinians and the from the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama to extend the freeze , which is currently set to expire toward the end of September . Netanyahu 's conservative coalition government wants the prime minister to end the moratorium . Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Netanyahu met in Washington for direct talks earlier this month . The two pledged in front of the cameras to move the peace process forward , but privately were said to have gotten stuck on the question of whether the Israeli settlements should continue . Abbas and Netanyahu are scheduled for a meeting Tuesday in Egypt , where U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and George Mitchell , the U.S. special envoy for Middle East peace , are also expected to attend . Netanyahu said that if all sides are serious in their efforts , it would be possible to arrive at a framework for lasting peace within the year . `` Just as we are asked to recognize the Palestinian national state ... we also demand and expect the Palestinians to recognize a Jewish state , the State of Israel , as the national state of the Jewish People . This is the true foundation of peace , '' he said .
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Netanyahu under pressure to extend 10-month moratorium on building in West Bank . The settlements issue has emerged as a major sticking point in peace negotiations . Abbas and Netanyahu are scheduled for a meeting Tuesday in Egypt .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Taiwanese golfer Yani Tseng became the youngest woman to win three major trophies after claiming a tense one-shot victory at the British Open in England on Sunday . The 21-year-old broke down in tears as she overcame a jittery approach to the final green at Royal Birkdale to make history as the first player from her island to win the event . Her ambitious long drive into the first fairway bunker at the par-five 18th gave Katherine Hull -- Tseng 's fellow first-round leader -- the chance to take the tournament to a playoff . But the Australian -- who matched Tseng with an eagle at 18 on Thursday -- was well short of the pin with her chip from off the back of the green , and then her birdie putt slid just past the hole . Tseng clinched her second major title this season with a solid six-foot putt for par , which Hull could only match , for a winning total of 11-under-par of 277 . `` I was so tired , there was so much pressure out there and it 's been an unbelievable day . Even when I holed the putt at the last I had to ask my caddie ` Did I win ? , '' a relieved Tseng told reporters . `` The last four holes were very hard and Katherine pushed me all the way . She 's an awesome player . '' The 2010 Kraft Nabisco championship winner closed with a one-over 73 after faltering with three bogeys and two birdies , while Hull cut her four-shot overnight lead with a four-birdie 70 . Neither player could beat par in the last five holes , with Tseng 's last birdie of the day coming on the par-five sixth . `` I 'm disappointed but there are also a lot of positives to take from this week , '' the 28-year-old Hull said after only her second top-10 finish in 24 majors . `` I never gave up but it 's just a pity I could n't make a birdie at one of the three long holes at the end . '' Na Yeon Choi eagled 18 to finish in a tie for third with In-Kyung Kim on 281 , carding 68 to her fellow South Korean 's 71 -- which ended with a birdie . American veteran Cristie Kerr finished equal fifth after South Korean duo Amy Yang and Hee-Kyung Seo closed with birdies to join her on 282 .
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Yani Tseng survives a tense final round to win Women 's British Open by one shot . Taiwanese golfer 's four-stroke lead was eroded by Katherine Hull with five holes to play . Neither player broke par after that as Tseng recovers following bunkered tee shot at 18 . The 21-year-old became the youngest woman to win three major trophies .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Togo captain Emmanuel Adebayor has labeled as `` outrageous '' the controversial decision to ban his side from the next two Africa Cup of Nations . Togo , who pulled out of this year 's finals after a terror attack on their team bus left three dead , were hit with the shock ban and a $ 50,000 fine by the Confederation of Africa Football -LRB- CAF -RRB- on Saturday . Why Togo ban rubs salt into open wounds . Manchester City star Adebayor reacted furiously to the news and claimed that CAF 's Cameroonian president Issa Hayatou had `` completely betrayed '' the Togo squad and called for him to quit . He told L'Equipe : `` Mr Hayatou has served Africa extensively , but now he must escape . This decision is outrageous . '' Adebayor , who was not injured in the attack and has now returned to his club side , went on : . `` They do not care about the voice of the world . It was our head of state -LRB- Faure Gnassingbe -RRB- who sent us to the African Nations Cup to defend the colors of our country . `` He said the threat surrounding our squad had not gone and told us to return to our country . We are only ambassadors . We were obliged to return , and there was nothing we could do . '' Togo 's French coach , Hubert Velud , called on FIFA president and UEFA chief Michel Platini to intervene . `` I am curious to know if Blatter and Platini will endorse this decision , '' he said . `` If they let this go , it is the gateway to completely dysfunctional football . I officially launched an appeal to international bodies to see their reaction . '' Three people were killed in the attack , which took place while Togo traveled to the team hotel two days before their opening match earlier this month . Communications chief Stanislas Ocloo and assistant coach Abalo Amnalete were shot dead and goalkeeper , Kodjovi Obilale , was among the injured . Togo wanted to continue despite the attack but quit on their national government 's orders . The attack raised fears about security for the World Cup , which takes place in South Africa later this year . CAF has decided the decision to recall the team was political interference , leading to Saturday 's suspension for the tournaments in 2012 and 2014 . CAF said in a statement : `` The executive committee and its president renewed their sincere condolences to the families of victims involved in this tragic terrorist attack which happened January 8 , 2010 . `` The attack was condemned by CAF and also a total support was given to the Togolese team . `` At that time , CAF said they have understood perfectly the decision of players not to participate in the competition . `` Meanwhile , following a decision taken by players to participate in the competition , the Togolese government decided to call back their national team . `` The decision taken by the political authorities is infringing CAF and CAN -LRB- African Nations Cup -RRB- regulations . `` Therefore , a decision has been taken to suspend the Togo national team for the next two editions of Africa Cup of Nations , with a fine of U.S. dollars 50,000 handed to the Togolese national football association , in conformity with article 78 of Africa Cup of Nations Angola 2010 . '' Two men arrested over the attack were said to be members of the Forces for Liberation of the State of Cabinda , an armed wing of a separatist group that has claimed responsibility for the attack and has threatened to strike again . Cabinda is a disputed oil-rich enclave in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and was the site of eight matches in the African Cup of Nations tournament . The Africa Cup of Nations tournament is one of the biggest sporting events in the world this year , and Angola 's first since a 2002 peace deal ended decades of civil war in the southern African country .
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Togo captain Emmanuel Adebayor slams decision to ban his team from next two Africa Cup of Nations . Adebayor says decision by CAF ` outrageous ' and calls on their president to quit . Togo pulled out of tournament this month after terrorist attack on their bus killed three . African governing body CAF decided decision to recall team was political interference .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Defending champion Rafael Nadal crashed to a shock defeat by Ivan Ljubicic in the semifinals of the Indian Wells Masters tournament in California on Saturday . The unfancied Croatian 20th seed came from behind to beat the former world No. 1 3-6 6-4 7-6 -LRB- 7-1 -RRB- in the outdoor hardcourt event , which the Spaniard also won in 2007 . The 31-year-old beat third seed Nadal for the second time in seven meetings , with his other victory back in 2005 . Ljubicic , who reached a career-high third in the world rankings in 2006 , will face American seventh seed Andy Roddick in Sunday 's final . Roddick defeated Swedish sixth seed Robin Soderling 6-4 3-6 6-3 in a showdown between two big servers in the later semifinal to earn his first shot at the Indian Wells title . Now ranked 26th , Ljubicic followed up his surprise win over world No. 2 Novak Djokovic in the fourth round to reach his first ATP Tour final since winning the Lyon tournament in October . The result ended Nadal 's strong return to form in his first tournament since retiring hurt in his Australian Open quarterfinal against Andy Murray in January .
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Defending champion Rafael Nadal beaten by Ivan Ljubicic in semifinals of Indian Wells event . Croatian 20th seed comes from behind to win 3-6 6-4 7-6 -LRB- 7-1 -RRB- in California . Ljubicic follows up his fourth-round victory over world No. 2 Novak Djokovic . He will play American seventh seed Andy Roddick in Sunday 's final .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The upsets continued to the last at Indian Wells as veteran Croatian Ivan Ljubicic beat home hope Andy Roddick 7-6 -LRB- 7/3 -RRB- , 7-6 -LRB- 7/5 -RRB- to win the first Masters 1000 tournament of his career . Big-serving Ljubicic celebrated his 31st birthday on Friday and becomes the oldest first-time winner of a Masters event . He had been beaten in three finals , in Paris and Madrid in 2005 and at Miami in 2006 -- the same year he reached his best-ever ranking of number three in the world . But over the last few years , Ljubicic has slipped down the rankings and the victory is his first since Lyon last October and was the 10th ATP title of his career . It was thoroughly deserved as he beat world number two Novak Djokovic and defending champion Rafael Nadal before seeing off eighth seed Roddick in two tiebreak sets . `` Looking at my career in general , I did feel like I was missing it , '' Ljubicic told the official ATP Tour Web site . `` It 's really a fantastic feeling to finally have it . It gives something special to your career . '' He certainly showed he has plenty of quality tennis left in him this week , with victories over world number two Novak Djokovic and number three Rafael Nadal en route to his clash with eighth-ranked Roddick . For once , it was Roddick who was outserved as Ljubicic fired 20 aces and was particularly dominant in the tiebreakers . After claiming the first set , where both men had to come back from 0-40 down on the service in a one game , Ljubicic was rock solid in the second . Ljubicic carved out a 5-1 lead in the tiebreaker and made it 6-2 to set up four match points . He wasted one with a double fault and Roddick , urged on by a home crowd , saved two more . But Ljubicic produced one more service winner for the best win of his career . . `` He served great , '' said Roddick . `` He had complete control over all four spots , '' Roddick added . `` He hit 'em . The men 's ATP tour now moves to Miami for another big Masters 1000 event where Britain 's Andy Murray will look to defend his title .
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Croatian Ivan Ljubicic becomes oldest first time winner of Masters 1000 event . The 31-year-old beats Andy Roddick 7-6 7-6 to win the Indian Wells tournament . Ljubicic fires 20 aces to overpower eighth seed and home hope Roddick .
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Bullying is in our schools , and now it 's online . Why do kids do it ? What can be done to put an end to it ? Do n't miss an `` AC360 ° '' special report in collaboration with Cartoon Network : `` Stop Bullying : Speak Up , '' starting Monday night at 10 ET on CNN . -LRB- Parenting.com -RRB- -- An estimated 25 percent are -- and the signs can be tricky for parents to detect . That 's why the American Academy of Pediatrics has developed a new policy that recommends doctors discuss bullying during checkups . Parenting.com : Handling elementary school social struggles . `` A kid who is being picked on has often been told , ` Do n't you dare tell anyone ! ' But when he 's given permission to talk by a more neutral adult , he 'll readily share his experiences , '' notes Robert Sege , M.D. , chief of ambulatory pediatrics at Boston Medical Center . Parenting.com : 8 discipline mistakes parents make . `` And sometimes the symptoms of bullying appear to parents like something else . I see moms all the time who bring their child in because he 's been doing poorly in school and ca n't seem to focus . They think it could be an attention disorder when the child is actually being picked on . '' Tell us how your child has been affected by bullies . More red flags : . Changes in behavior -- your kid becomes moody , withdrawn , spacey , jumpy , anxious . Physical ailments such as stomachaches and bad dreams , or unexplained bruises and torn clothes . Parenting.com : Getting through to a moody tween . An inexplicable drop in grades or a sudden reluctance to go to school . Need help ? Check out Stop Bullying Now -- it 's a site designed to help both parents and kids cope with big , bad meanies . Try a FREE TRIAL issue of Parenting Magazine - CLICK HERE ! Copyright 2010 The Parenting Group . All rights reserved . Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited .
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One-fourth of all children are bullied . Red flags include changes in behavior , physical ailments and a drop in grades . The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends doctors discuss bullying during checkups .
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-LRB- CNN Student News -RRB- -- March 23 , 2010 . Download PDF maps related to today 's show : . • Haiti • China . 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 : Happy birthday , Roger Bannister -- first man to run the mile in less than four minutes . In more than twice that time , you 'll be up to speed on today 's headlines . I 'm Carl Azuz . First Up : Health Care . AZUZ : First up , it 's the biggest expansion of the United States health care system in more than forty years . And by a vote of 219-212 , the U.S. House of Representatives passed a health care reform bill late Sunday night . This is the same bill that the Senate passed last December . This means that when President Obama signs it , it 's law . The House also passed a set of changes to the Senate bill . We 're gon na get back to that in just a second . But first , you know this health care issue has been controversial . We want you to check out some of the reaction to last night 's vote . REP. NANCY PELOSI , -LRB- D -RRB- HOUSE SPEAKER : Thirty-two million more Americans having access to health care . $ 1.3 trillion saved for the taxpayer and accountability for the insurance companies so they can not come between patients and their doctors . REP. JOHN BOEHNER , -LRB- R -RRB- HOUSE MINORITY LEADER : Shame on us . Shame on this body . Shame on each and every one of you who substitutes your will and your desires above those of your fellow countrymen . BARACK OBAMA , PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES : This legislation will not fix everything that ails our health care system , but it moves us decisively in the right direction . This is what change looks like . AZUZ : Okay , so the House passed the bill . Now what ? Well , President Obama is expected to sign it today . Again , as soon as he does that , the Senate bill becomes law . But how about those changes passed by the House ? Those still need to get through the Senate . That process ca n't start until the president signs the original bill . Some analysts are saying that the package of changes could inspire a pretty heated battle in the Senate . We 're going to have more on that as the debate gets going . Another thing that 's going to happen when the president signs the health care bill : lawsuits . At least ten states are planning to file suits arguing that parts of the health care bill are unconstitutional . President Obama 's administration says it expects to win any lawsuits filed against the bill . Promo . AZUZ : Well , this debate , dominating headlines for months . You see our home page here , CNNStudentNews.com . Now that a health care bill has been passed , some people are calling it a milestone ; others are calling it a mistake . That is what our blog , which you see right here , is asking : milestone or mistake ? You can vote in our Quick Poll , comment on the subject . You know where to find it ; it 's at CNNStudentNews.com . In fact , I have a couple comments for you right now . Brian says `` it is a good idea because it 'll keep insurance companies from raising prices . '' Daniel , on the other hand , he 's saying `` it 's not the answer to the problems our current system has . '' We want you to share your thoughts -- and firstnames only -- at our blog . Word to the Wise . TOMEKA JONES , CNN STUDENT NEWS : A Word to the Wise ... subsidize -LRB- verb -RRB- to help or assist by providing money . source : www.m-w.com . Student Loan Reform . AZUZ : Sunday night , the House of Representatives also approved a plan for the government to be the main supplier of student loans . Right now , you can get loans from the government or from private companies . But the government actually subsidizes some of those private loans ; it gives the companies money to guarantee them . This new proposal would cut those subsidies out . Ali Velshi gives us a little background on how loans work right now and how this would change the process . ALI VELSHI , CNN ANCHOR AND CHIEF BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT : Right now , the government provides about $ 31 billion in student loans . The private enterprise banks -- private banks , basically -- provide about $ 67 billion . In many cases , they 're guaranteed by the government . But really , you can see the private enterprise gives about twice as many loans as the government does . Now the plan , according to the bill , is basically for the government to rub out the middleman , to stop sort of subsidizing or guaranteeing these loans and be the lender directly to people with loans . AZUZ : This proposal still needs to go through the Senate . It 's not a done deal . Supporters argue that it would save the federal budget more than $ 60 billion over the next 10 years . One congressman said it would make college more affordable and keep jobs in America . But critics of the plan say it 'll actually put jobs at stake , including thousands of employees at those private lending companies , those banks . Critics also argue that the change will cause delays in the loan process , because they say the government does n't have enough people to handle all the loans . Shoutout . MATT CHERRY , CNN STUDENT NEWS : Time for the Shoutout ! Who were the 42nd and 43rd presidents of the United States ? Were they : A -RRB- Ronald Reagan & George H.W. Bush , B -RRB- George H.W. Bush & Bill Clinton , C -RRB- Bill Clinton & George W. Bush or D -RRB- Jimmy Carter & Ronald Reagan ? We 'll give you five seconds on this one -- GO ! Bill Clinton was number 42 and George W. Bush was 43 . That 's your answer and that 's your Shoutout ! Haiti Relief . AZUZ : Those two former presidents are working together to try and help victims of January 's devastating earthquake in Haiti . The natural disaster killed more than 200,000 people -- was completely catastrophic -- left more than a million others homeless . Presidents Clinton and Bush were in the Caribbean nation yesterday , meeting with government officials and others who are involved in the relief efforts . They were there on behalf of the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund , which they started to raise money for this recovery process . According to its Web site , the organization has raised more than $ 37 million so far . In addition to the meetings , Mr. Bush and Mr. Clinton spent part of yesterday 's visit touring some of the camps for Haiti 's homeless . U.S.-Israel Relations . AZUZ : There 's been some tension between the U.S. and Israel lately . You 've heard about this on our show . It 's especially focused over Israel 's plans to build new settlements in East Jerusalem . This is an area that 's disputed between Israelis and Palestinians . The U.S. , which is trying to help create a Middle East peace plan , wants Israel to stop construction there . In a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee , or AIPAC , Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the U.S. has a responsibility `` to give credit when it is due and to tell the truth when it is needed . '' But she said the relationship between the U.S. and Israel is still strong . U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON : For President Obama and for me , and for this entire administration , our commitment to Israel 's security and Israel 's future is rock-solid , unwavering , enduring and forever . AZUZ : Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also spoke at the conference . He 's scheduled to sit down with President Obama for a meeting at the White House sometime today . Google . AZUZ : A showdown could be looming between China and Google . Yesterday , the Internet company announced it has stopped censoring , or restricting , its search results in China . A company official said , `` We very much hope that the Chinese government respects our decision , though we are well aware that it could at any time block access to our services . '' Back in 2006 , when Google launched Google.cn , its search engine in China , it agreed to a Chinese demand for the company to censor some of its search results . At the time , Google argued that offering Chinese users some information was better than nothing . But after alleged cyber-attacks against Google last December , the company stopped the self-censorship , although that only lasted for about a day . Now , it seems China will have to decide how it plans to react to this latest announcement . Blog Report . AZUZ : A list was posted temporarily at a Wisconsin middle school . It showed the names of students who had failing grades , and about 500 of you had something to say about it ! Sabrina does n't think `` it 's fair to post someone 's grade where anyone can see it . '' She says `` it 's embarrassing and humiliating . '' A lot of you agreed with that . As you can see , our quick poll showed that about two-thirds of you oppose an F-list . Rachel says she does n't `` see this working at her school . The students would tell the parents ; the parents would get angry and contact the principal . '' But Diana supports the idea , saying `` the parents should help their students get off the list and not complain to the school . '' And Spencer writes , `` The principal did the right thing . He motivated half the kids to get off the list . It hopefully gets the people who do n't usually care to care about their grades . '' If you have no idea what we 're talking about , watch this story in our archive . Go to CNNStudentNews.com . Click archive . Select the show from March 17th ! Before We Go . AZUZ : And finally , if you have a fondness for fromage , you 're gon na love today 's Before We Go segment . Take a big whiff . You know what that smells like ? Victory ! That 's because this is the world 's best cheese ! The Swiss gruyere took top prize at the 2010 World Championship Cheese Contest in Wisconsin . The judges praised the big cheese for its creamy texture and lightly fruity taste . After beating out 2,300 other entries ... Goodbye . AZUZ : ... We guess this cheese stands alone . A muenster pun like that is as gouda way as any to end today 's show . For CNN Student News , I 'm Carl Azuz .
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Find out what comes next after the passage of a health care reform bill . Learn about a proposal that would change how student loans are funded . Follow the steps that led to a showdown between China and Google . Use the Daily Discussion to help students understand today 's featured news stories .
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-LRB- CNN Student News -RRB- -- March 26 , 2010 . Download PDF maps related to today 's show : . • Iowa • Dubai , United Arab Emirates • Chicago , Illinois . 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 : Fridays are acceptable ! Just does n't have the same ring , especially on the most awesome day of the week ! Well , I 'm Carl Azuz . I welcome you to CNN Student News ; we 're kicking things off right now ! First Up : Health Care . AZUZ : First up , follow the bouncing health care bill : It 's in the House , then the Senate , then the House again . It 's hard to keep up with . But another health care reform bill -- the set of changes to the legislation that 's already law -- moved move from the Senate back to the House yesterday . Now the House , as you might remember , had dealt with this legislation before . But because the Senate made adjustments to it , the House had to pass the new version . Well , it did last night , and it will become law when President Obama signs it . It 'll cost more than $ 60 billion in addition to the $ 875 billion health reform law . Democratic leaders had put these changes on the fast track . Part of the reason for the quick turnaround is recess . Congress is scheduled to start its two-week Easter break today . Meanwhile , President Obama is working to convince the American people of the benefits of the health care law he 's already signed . Here , you see him speaking at an event in Iowa yesterday . But there have been some strong reactions to this law and to the political debate surrounding the entire health care issue . And those reactions have raised concerns about security for some members of Congress . Threatening messages , vandalized offices , even gunshots fired at one congressman 's campaign office . It 's been reported by Democrats and Republicans , and leaders of both fo those parties are speaking out against it . REP. JOHN BOEHNER , -LRB- R -RRB- MINORITY LEADER : I know many Americans are angry over this health care bill and angry at Democrats here in Washington for not listening . But as I 've said before , violence and threats are unacceptable . They have no place in a political debate . REP. JAMES CLYBURN , -LRB- D -RRB- MAJORITY WHIP : We 're giving aid and comfort to these people , and this stuff gets ratcheted up . We in this Congress have got to come together in a bipartisan way and tamp this foolishness down . Do n't Ask . AZUZ : Okay , moving from health care to another controversial issue . Teachers , you might want to preview this next segment . It deals with the military 's controversial `` Do n't Ask , Do n't Tell '' policy . It 's a law ; went into effect in 1993 . It keeps gays and lesbians from openly serving in the U.S. military . The Obama administration wants to end the law , and Defense Secretary Robert Gates is already taking steps toward doing that . Now , some military officials are concerned about the impact that getting rid of the law will have on troops . Secretary Gates says there 's a lot to consider . ROBERT GATES , U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY : I do not recommend a change in the law before we have completed our study . There is a great deal we do n't know about this in terms of the views of our service members , in terms of the views of their families and influencers . There is a lot we have to address in terms of what would be required in the way of changed regulations , in terms of benefits . Shoutout . MATT CHERRY , CNN STUDENT NEWS : Today 's Shoutout goes out to Mr. Willis 's classes at Carmel High School in Carmel , Indiana ! Where would you find the world 's tallest building ? You know what to do ! Is it : A -RRB- Dubai , B -RRB- New York , C -RRB- Paris or D -RRB- Kuala Lumpur ? You 've got three seconds -- GO ! Dubai is currently home to the world 's tallest building , the Burj Khalifa . That 's your answer and that 's your Shoutout ! Debt Crisis . AZUZ : You might 've been able to tell from that map we had in that Shoutout : Dubai is in the United Arab Emirates , so this next story takes place in the Middle East . The company that built the Burj Khalifa is called Dubai World , and it 's getting a $ 9.5 billion bailout from the government of Dubai . Now that 's important , because Dubai world owes more than $ 23 billion in debt . The Burj Khalifa , it 's towering ; you see it here . It cost $ 1.5 billion . Dubai World has also spent money to build artificial islands and luxury homes . Dubai is a very wealthy part of the world . Financial experts thought it would n't be affected by the global financial crisis . But , like everywhere , it was . Last November , Dubai World said it was having problems paying off that multi-billion dollar debt . And now , the company says it could take 5 to 8 years to pay everything off in full . Women 's History Month . AZUZ : As CNN Student News celebrates Women 's History Month , we want to wish a happy birthday to Sandra Day O'Connor . She was born on March 26th -- today ! -- in 1930 . Her birthplace : El Paso , Texas . While serving in the Arizona state senate , O'Connor became the majority leader . She was the first woman in U.S. history to hold that position . That 's not her only famous first . In 1981 , O'Connor was nominated to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court , and she became the first female , Supreme Court justice . Exploring the achievements of women in government , like Justice O'Connor , just one of the activities in our Women 's History Month materials . They 're completely free . You can find them in the Spotlight section . The address is everybody 's favorite Web site : CNNStudentNews.com . Is this Legit ? TOMEKA JONES , CNN STUDENT NEWS : Is this legit ? The limbic system is the part of the human brain that controls emotions . Legit ! It includes the amygdala and hippocampus . Emotional Intelligence . AZUZ : So , the emotions that are controlled by your limbic system do n't just affect how you feel . They can play a role in how you act and what kinds of decisions you make . Yesterday , we talked about creative intelligence . There 's also something called emotional intelligence ; it 's learning about your feelings and how to manage them . But should those lessons be taught in school ? That is the question that Alina Cho now considers . -LRB- BEGIN VIDEO -RRB- . ALINA CHO , CNN CORRESPONDENT : Along with math and science ... KEVIN SCHRANZ , CLARENDON HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL : And so , what you 're going to do is put on your blindfolds . CHO : ... This is part of the curriculum at Clarendon Hills Middle School near Chicago . SCHRANZ : When everyone has their blindfolds on , I 'm going to have three people take off their blindfolds . CHO : An exercise in boosting self-esteem . SCHRANZ : Tap two people who you think can make you laugh . UNIDENTIFIED MALE STUDENT # 1 : It 's a different kind of enjoyment than a subject . It 's more like a spirit lifter , and it makes you feel good inside . CHO : But what does that have to do with being smart ? ASHLEY MERRYMAN , CO-AUTHOR , `` NURTURESHOCK '' : I think that 's a horrible idea . Do you get graded then for being angry ? I mean , what does that mean in terms of real life ? ROGER WEISSBERG , PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS , AUTHOR , `` EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE '' : Emotional intelligence is a different way of being smart . CHO : Roger Weissberg , professor of psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago , is the man behind the groundbreaking research on which the best-selling book `` Emotional Intelligence '' is based . The concept : EQ is just as important as IQ . Weissberg says it turns out kids who get good social and emotional training score 11 percentage points higher on tests than kids who do n't . Why ? Why ? WEISSBERG : Well , I think there are a variety of reasons . They can overcome obstacles when they reach them . Some of this involves academic tenacity , teaching kids self-discipline and self-control . CHO : A learning process that starts in kindergarten . These are second graders role-playing . UNIDENTIFIED MALE STUDENT # 2 : I feel proud because I just learned how to draw a dinosaur in computer lab . UNIDENTIFIED MALE STUDENT # 3 : That is great . Can you teach me ? UNIDENTIFIED MALE STUDENT # 2 : Yes . CHO : What is the real world benefit of this ? WEISSBERG : One real world benefit is kids behave better in school . Another real world benefit is they 're less likely to fight . Another benefit is they 're less likely to do drugs . KATHLEEN JIRASEK , ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER : I believe that this is the future . These children are our future . And so , I believe by teaching them this , they will be the leaders . CHO : Research also shows great leaders tend to be funny and the best doctors are empathetic . But can emotional intelligence be taught ? Should it be ? MERRYMAN : You 're not telling me that you ca n't learn how to behave with your peers ? CHO : What you 're saying is , do we really need a class for this ? MERRYMAN : I do n't think we need a class for this . CHO : Others argue getting along is just as important as getting good grades , and that the really smart thrive at both . WEISSBERG : This is not academics versus social and emotional development . That 's a false choice . This is teaching kids to be socially , emotionally and academically skilled . -LRB- END VIDEO -RRB- . Before We Go . AZUZ : Before we go , we 're about to run wild ! As if horses are n't supposed to hang out in a parking lot ! Maybe it 's some sort of `` no loitering '' rule . Or is it the first cross-species game of tag ? No , that 's it . It sounds a lot more interesting than `` horses run wild , humans hilariously give chase . '' The problem with this whole thing was it was a stampede that worked its way into a suburban area . Goodbye . AZUZ : And as some folks who live in that area might be saying , `` Oh well , there goes the neighborhood ! '' Nah , we 're just horsin ' around . We 're sure the new residents are totally stable . You guys have a great weekend . Hope you forgive us . For CNN Student News , I 'm Carl Azuz .
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Hear how Democrats and Republicans are responding to threats against lawmakers . Find out why a company in Dubai is getting a bailout from its government . Consider whether emotional intelligence should be addressed in school . Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News .
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-LRB- CNN Student News -RRB- -- March 22 , 2010 . Download PDF maps related to today 's show : . • Fargo , North Dakota and Moorhead , Minnesota • Iceland • Nigeria . 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 : It 's our first show of spring ! And one of the rites of the new season : 10 minutes of commercial-free headlines . Here to take you through it , I 'm Carl Azuz . First Up : Health Care . AZUZ : First up , the question that dominated the weekend in Washington : Who has the votes on President Obama 's health care reform bill ? 216 was the magic number in the U.S. House of Representatives . That means Democrats who supported the bill needed to get at least 216 votes for it to pass . Republicans and Democrats who opposed the bill needed at least 216 votes against it to stop it from becoming law . That vote was expected to happen last night . But when we recorded today 's show , it had n't happened yet . You can get the latest details at CNNStudentNews.com . And , of course , we 'll have a lot more on this for you tomorrow . Let 's back up and talk about what was happening leading up to yesterday 's scheduled vote . Democrats were rallying to try to wrap up those 216 votes . Some were guaranteeing the bill would go through , calling it a historic day . But Republicans , who have been opposed to the bill , promised to keep fighting to try and stop it from becoming law . One Republican said if the bill did pass , they would try to repeal it . Tension was high outside the Capitol building over the weekend , too . As you can see in these pictures , protesters rallied to speak out against the bill . The House of Representatives was actually voting on two things yesterday . The first was the health care reform bill that the Senate already passed . If the House approved that , it would go straight to President Obama for his signature ; it would become law . The second thing the House was voting on was a set of changes to the Senate bill . And if that was approved , it would still have to get through the Senate before it could become law . Again , for the latest on all of this : CNNStudentNews.com . Tuesday 's show will have details as well . Word to the Wise . AMANDA MOYER , CNN STUDENT NEWS : A Word to the Wise ... crest -LRB- verb -RRB- As a verb , crest means to reach the highest point or level . source : www.dictionary.com . Midwest Flooding . AZUZ : People in North Dakota and Minnesota are keeping a close eye on the Red River . Forecasters said that it crested yesterday at around 37 feet . That 's nearly 20 feet higher than flood stage . Around Fargo , North Dakota , 700,000 sandbags are guarding the city against the river 's waters . In fact , more than a million sandbags were stacked between Fargo and Moorhead , Minnesota . Those sandbags can be removed once the river goes back below 30 feet , but the National Weather Service says that probably wo n't happen until next Sunday . The governor of Minnesota , Tim Pawlenty , says that planning for a possible flood might have helped keep the Red River at bay . GOV. TIM PAWLENTY , -LRB- R -RRB- MINNESOTA : We 're very confident in the flood fight . Again , there will be damage , there will be some flooding . But we believe it 'll be a manageable event , in large part , because of the incredible preparation , skill and leadership of Minnesotans all across this state who rallied to fight this flood and put maximum preparations in place to have an effective flood fight this year . AZUZ : Now , Chris Welch shows us how scientists try to plan for these flood situations . Check it out . -LRB- BEGIN VIDEO -RRB- . CHRIS WELCH , CNN ALL-PLATFORM JOURNALIST , MINNEAPOLIS , MINNESOTA : This is Chris Laveau , and his job is critical . As a hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey , he helps determine how high the river will go . CHRIS LAVEAU , USGS HYDROLOGIST : This instrument , we put it in the water and it actually sends a sound pulse down into the river , and it returns information on the speed of the particles and actually the depth . WELCH : The data they collect here actually goes straight to the National Weather Service and plays a big part in forecast development . The crest prediction was lowered a half foot Friday and again Saturday , thanks in part to the findings of the USGS . LAVEAU : The channel was moving water through a little bit more efficiently than we thought . WELCH : The technology they use is new within the last decade . What used to take half a day can now be done in an hour . They send their findings here , to the river forecast center near the Twin Cities . SCOTT DUMMER , CHIEF HYDROLOGIST , USGS : We 're the technical experts and the modelers . We come up with a technical forecast . WELCH : Less ice on the river and less precipitation were factors in the lower crest outlook , plus the colder weather back in Fargo translates to less snow melt . But lower temps do n't make Laveau 's job any easier . LAVEAU : The equipment does n't want to work as well . We do n't want to work as well . But we get out here and we get the job done because it 's important . WELCH : Chris Welch , CNN , on the Red River , near Fargo , North Dakota . -LRB- END VIDEO -RRB- . Iceland Eruption . AZUZ : Heading across the Atlantic Ocean to Iceland , a country that has more land covered by glaciers than all of Europe . And underneath the country 's fifth-largest glacier : this ! A volcano that started erupting over the weekend . Not unusual for Iceland ; it sits on a volcanic hotspot . It 's had 21 eruptions in the past 47 years . But this is the first time that this particular volcano has erupted since 1821 , and experts say there was not a lot of warning . Hundreds of people were evacuated ; police declared a state of emergency . One scientist said there 's just no way to know how long the eruption will last : could end today , could go on for a year or two . But he did add this is a small eruption . Iraq Vote . AZUZ : Well , figuring out the results of Iraq 's parliamentary election wo n't take a year or two , but it is going to take a while longer . The votes from the election -- it was on March 7th -- are still being tallied . But Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is calling for a recount . He says it 's to `` preserve the integrity of the electoral process . '' Right now , the race is too close to call . Based on partial results , al-Maliki 's party is leading in some of Iraq 's provinces , but it 's losing the overall vote . Iraq 's electoral commission has rejected the demand for a recount . A spokesman for the commission says there have to be `` compelling reasons '' for it , and they do n't think there are any . The final election results are expected to be announced on Friday . Shoutout . TOMEKA JONES , CNN STUDENT NEWS : Today 's Shoutout goes out to Mr. Dunston 's social studies classes at Bethune Middle School in Decatur , Georgia ! Gorillas belong to what scientific genus ? You know what to do ! Is it : A -RRB- Theropithecus , B -RRB- Suricata , C -RRB- Papio or D -RRB- Gorilla ? You 've got three seconds -- GO ! Gorillas are classified in genus gorilla . Surprise , surprise . That 's your answer and that 's your Shoutout ! Search for Gorillas . AZUZ : Gorillas are in the family of `` great apes . '' And according to the World Wildlife Fund , the Cross River gorilla is the most endangered great ape in Africa . For a while , people thought the species had already gone extinct . Christian Purefoy takes us into the forests of Africa to learn about the dangers facing these gorillas and the people who are trying to help them . -LRB- BEGIN VIDEO -RRB- . CHRISTIAN PUREFOY , CNN CORRESPONDENT , LAGOS , NIGERIA : We 're searching West Africa 's last rainforest for its last remaining gorillas . JOSEPH NJAMA , ECO-GUARD : These are the teeth of the gorilla . Look at them biting it , you see , forcing it to break . PUREFOY : It 's a rare sign that there are actually any gorillas left here . Our trackers , who are ex-poachers now turned gaurdians for the gorillas , only see them maybe twice a year . Sightings are so rare that these pictures shot last year are thought to be the only known images of the gorillas . The difficult terrain of these mountains has helped keep the gorillas out of sight and hidden from poachers . Somewhere out there in the forest is the Cross River gorilla . It 's the rarest in the world and also the most endangered ; they think there 's maybe 300 in Nigeria and Cameroon alone and just 35 in these Mbe mountains . The local communities of the Mbe mountains have come together to try and protect the gorillas , but disagreement over exactly how is proving divisive . But as we continued our search , we found signs of life : a gorilla nest only two to three weeks old . In your research , how important are these nests ? INAOYOM IMONG , WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY : It 's very important because we rarely see them , and the only way we can get information on the population is by finding nests such as this to give us an idea of the population size and to give us an idea the ranging behavior of the gorillas . PUREFOY : We did n't see any gorillas , but that is a hopeful sign ; the more these gorillas fear humans and stay hidden , the better their chances of survival . Christian Purefoy , CNN , the Mbe Mountains , Nigeria . -LRB- END VIDEO -RRB- . Before We Go . AZUZ : Before we go , if you 've ever wondered what it takes to put together a basketball court , the answer is about 10-and-a-half hours ! We do n't have that kind of time , so we 're speeding things up for you . This is the Bradley Center in Milwaukee , Wisconsin . This is how workers transformed it from a hockey arena to a basketball stadium overnight ! We 're not sold on hiring these guys the next time we need to set up a party . Goodbye . AZUZ : But we are courting the idea . That sinks our last points for the day , but CNN Student News will get your Tuesday show on the rebound . Join us when we begin our final four shows of the week tomorrow .
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Examine the importance of the number 216 in the U.S. House . Hear how technology helps scientists predict flood patterns . Search the African rainforest for an endangered ape species . Use the Daily Discussion to help students understand today 's featured news stories .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Tea Party favorites won two primary elections over more mainstream Republicans on Tuesday , demonstrating again the clout of the conservative political movement on the political right . Now the question is whether the right-wing candidates can also defeat Democratic rivals in November 's congressional elections , when the stakes are higher and the full electorate is deciding . The results in Delaware and New York highlighted the last major day of primary voting before the upcoming election in just under seven weeks . Voting in seven states and the District of Columbia included embattled veteran U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel 's victory in his New York Democratic primary despite allegations of ethics violations , and D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty 's bid to hold off a major primary challenger . In addition , former Gov. Robert Ehrlich won the Republican gubernatorial primary in Maryland to set up a rematch against Martin O'Malley , the Democrat who ousted him in 2006 . In Delaware , conservative political commentator Christine O'Donnell easily defeated nine-time U.S. Rep. Mike Castle in the Republican U.S. Senate primary , giving the Tea Party movement another major victory over a candidate backed by the national GOP . `` We the people will have our voice heard in Washington , D.C. , once again , '' a beaming O'Donnell told exuberant supporters at her victory party in Dover . O'Donnell won more than 53 percent of the vote in the bitter campaign that displayed internal Republican warfare between conservative Tea Party supporters and the more moderate party structures . Castle was backed by the national Republican Party , while O'Donnell received the endorsement of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as well as $ 150,000 in late funding from the Tea Party Express . O'Donnell , running as a Washington outsider , insisted the Republican establishment was trying to drive her out of the race and hand victory to Castle , whom she refers to as `` the anointed one . '' In response , conservative stalwart Bill Kristol , who fears O'Donnell is incapable of winning the Senate seat in November , said : `` I know Sarah Palin . I respect Sarah Palin . And with all due respect -- Christine O'Donnell is no Sarah Palin . '' In her victory speech , O'Donnell made a plea unity , saying : `` If those same people who fought against me work just as hard for me , we will win . '' Later , she told CNN that she can win without the support of the national Republican Party . `` They do n't have a winning track record , '' O'Donnell said of the national party . `` If they 're too lazy to put in the effort that we need to win , then , so be it . '' The National Republican Senatorial Committee offered its congratulations to O'Donnell immediately after the result was determined . `` We congratulate Christine O'Donnell for her nomination this evening after a hard-fought primary campaign in Delaware , '' said a statement by Rob Jesmer , the NRSC executive director . However , a top Republican official told CNN on Tuesday night that O'Donnell will have to show she can generate viable support before the national party will give her money . `` It is now incumbent on Sarah Palin , -LRB- U.S. Sen. -RRB- Jim DeMint and the Tea Party Express to help support her , '' the official said on condition of not being identified by name . `` They got her here . Now make it happen . '' O'Donnell will face Democrat Christopher Coons , the New Castle County Executive , in November for the seat formerly held by Vice President Joe Biden . In New York , conservative Carl Paladino defeated Rick Lazio in the Republican gubernatorial primary to set up a November showdown with Democrat Andrew Cuomo , the son of former Gov. Mario Cuomo . Paladino received Tea Party support in defeating Lazio , who also was supported by some conservative groups . The New York governor 's post has proven hazardous in recent years . Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned amid a prostitution scandal , and his successor , David Paterson , decided against running for another term due to allegations of wrongdoing involving World Series tickets and a domestic abuse case involving an aide . In New Hampshire , conservative candidate Ovide Lamontagne saw an early lead vanish in his bid to upset former state Attorney General Kelly Ayotte , the candidate favored by establishment Republicans . The winner will run in November to succeed retiring Republican Sen. Judd Gregg . Ayotte gave up her state post to run for the Senate nomination with encouragement from national Republicans . Considered the favorite in the seven-candidate contest for months , Ayotte instead found herself with a razor-thin lead with Lamontagne , a Manchester attorney and the 1996 Republican nominee for governor , with 52 percent of the returns accounted , according to AP figures . Local Tea Party groups , the conservative New Hampshire Union Leader newspaper and DeMint , the influential conservative senator from South Carolina , all backed Lamontagne . Unlike O'Donnell in Delaware , though , Lamontagne did n't get Palin 's endorsement . Instead , Palin backed Ayotte , calling her a `` Granite Grizzly '' and `` the true conservative running for the U.S. Senate in New Hampshire . '' However , Palin 's endorsement and Ayotte 's support from many national Republicans may have backfired in fiercely independent New Hampshire . Victories by O'Donnell and Paladino , and the possibility of a triumph by Lamontagne in New Hampshire , showed the strength of the Tea Party within the political right , after similar results ousted GOP incumbents or insiders in Idaho and Alaska . However , the Republican infighting also raised questions about GOP unity heading into November . Rangel , meanwhile , received help from former President Bill Clinton in defeating five challengers in the Democratic primary for the House seat he has held for 40 years . Despite allegations by the House ethics committee that Rangel committed financial wrongdoing and harmed the credibility of Congress , he raised more money than his opponents and easily won the vote in his Harlem district . The situation was reversed in Washington , where Fenty swept into office in 2006 promising to fix the District of Columbia 's struggling schools . However , the AP figures showed he trailed City Council Chairman Vincent Gray with 28 percent of the votes counted , in part because of union opposition to his education reform efforts . `` We 've got an uphill battle because we made tough decisions , '' Fenty said before the vote . `` We 'll continue to make those tough decisions because they 're right for the people . But we 're not naive . We know this has cost us a little political popularity that we came into the polls with . '' The race is being closely watched far beyond the District of Columbia because the outcome could carry significant implications for the national debate over education reform . Fenty brought in Michelle Rhee as chancellor of D.C. Public Schools , and she has since become famous for changes that that have become a model of education reform advocated by the Obama administration . Rhee shut down two dozen schools , fired hundred of educators -- including more than 100 teachers this summer -- for poor performance , and overhauled the teacher evaluation system to include , for the first time , student performance as a measure of success . Local and national teachers unions have fought her efforts . CNN 's Jessica Yellin , Paul Steinhauser , Mark Preston , Kate Bolduan , Kevin Bohn , Mary Snow and Tom Cohen contributed to this report .
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Victories by O'Donnell , Paladino raise questions over Republican unity . O'Donnell says she can win without support of national Republicans . Veteran Rangel wins primary despite allegations of ethics violations . Tuesday was the last major primary day before the November elections .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Cindy Goodman was having dinner with a group of girlfriends one night when the conversation took a surprising turn . Summer at the beach may seem like fun , but more Americans are afraid to take time off . Goodman asked her friends where they planned to go this year for their summer vacation . Nowhere , they answered . They were afraid to take time off because they did n't want to risk losing their jobs , she says . `` It 's going to be an interesting summer , '' says Goodman , a Miami Herald business columnist . `` The people who still have a job are really feeling overwhelmed and overworked . They 're afraid to take vacations , but at the same time , they need them more than ever . '' The bad economy is n't just depleting bank accounts . It 's cutting into people 's vacation time . Americans typically take time off and kick back during the summer . This year may be different . People are worried that a temporary vacation could lead to permanent time off , Goodman says . `` I do n't think anyone is going to be fired for taking two weeks off , but they might think that they 'll think of another way of doing my job without me , '' says Goodman , who wrote about people 's vacation fears for her blog at http://worklifebalancingact.blogspot.com . How to take time off without guilt . Americans had a difficult time taking vacations even before the economy slumped . Numerous articles and studies draw the same conclusions : Americans do n't know how to pry themselves away from the workplace . This year , Expedia.com , the travel reservation company , conducted a survey that compared Americans ' vacation habits with their counterparts in other countries . The survey said about 34 percent of Americans do n't take all the vacation time they earn each year . In contrast , 22 percent of French citizens and 24 percent of Germans do n't take all the vacation allotted to them . Japanese workers are the least interested in using all of their vacation days , according to the Expedia survey . About 92 percent of Japanese workers do not take all of their vacation days . Christine Louise Hohlbaum , author of `` The Power of Slow : 101 Ways to Save Time in Our 24/7 World , '' says even when Americans manage to take vacations , they still do n't completely leave their office , because of technology . `` You can take a BlackBerry on vacation and still have a conversation with clients anywhere else in the world , '' Hohlbaum says . `` It 's wonderful for innovation , but not so great for leisure . '' But workers who do n't take vacation hurt themselves and their companies , Hohlbaum says . Overworked employees get sick more often and place themselves at risk for long-term illnesses such as heart disease . Companies suffer because their employees are too tired or ill to be productive , she said . Workplaces are full of exhausted employees who have already checked out in their cubicles , Hohlbaum says . `` If people are overworked , they 're surfing the Internet , '' she says . `` They 're not contributing to the bottom line . '' Hohlbaum says she talked to a computer technician who found a way to take more time off but be more productive . He started a walking group for his colleagues during lunch hour . He and his colleagues were transformed . `` It was an amazing experience , '' Hohlbaum says . `` They bonded . It helped people relax and when they got back to work , they were much more productive . '' She suggests that other workers follow his example . Explain the upside of the idea to the boss : The company benefits from well-rested workers because they 're more productive . Set performance goals with your boss to prove taking time off will allow you to thrive and will result in greater productivity , she says . Some workers , however , find that their biggest skeptic may be internal ; they do n't know how to take it easy anymore , Hohlbaum says . `` If you 're so used to being purposeful , make leisure time your purpose , '' Hohlbaum says . Alternative ideas . Goodman , the Miami Herald columnist , offers some of her own tips for taking time off . If you 're too afraid to ask for an extended vacation , plan four-day weekends or time off around holidays . Goodman says she 's going to take a four-day vacation around the Fourth of July . But there was a time when she traditionally took two-week vacations during the summer . `` I have the same kind of fear that everyone else has , '' Goodman says . `` I want to take time off , but I do n't want to miss too much work time . I want to keep my column in the paper every week . ''
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People fear that vacationing in recession could lead to permanent time off . Blogger says stressed-out workers need vacations more than ever . Poll : 35 percent of Americans do n't take all the vacation they receive in a year . Expert advises how to explain to your boss why you should have a vacation .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Australia captain Ricky Ponting insists it is `` absolutely possible '' that his side can regain the Ashes by thrashing England 5-0 . Ponting 's side surrendered the famous urn to their bitter rivals last year when England won the Test series 2-1 on home soil . But the last time England travelled to Australia as holders , in 2006 , they were beaten in all five Test matches . And Ponting , 35 , now believes his new-look side -- who have won eight of their last ten Test matches -- are capable of a repeat performance when the series gets underway in November . Asked if Australia could whitewash England Ponting told reporters : `` It 's absolutely possible . There 's no reason why not . We 've learnt from a lot of the mistakes that we 've made . `` There 's no doubt we made some mistakes in the last Ashes series in England that cost us the series . But we know now that we 're a more experienced and probably a better team now than we were then . '' Many of Australia 's so-called ` golden generation ' have retired in recent years including leg spin bowler Shane Warne , seam bowler Glenn McGrath and batsmen Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer , leaving Ponting to mould a younger side . They have been in good form of late but were recently held to a 1-1 Test series draw by Pakistan when the two sides met in England . Yet England are already 2-0 up in their own four Test series with Pakistan , with two games played . When the teams last met England won a seesaw series 2-1 , thanks to a dramatic victory at the Oval in the final Test when Jonathan Trott scored a century on his debut . And Trott suggested Ponting may have put unnecessary pressure on his team by talking up their chances of a resounding victory . Speaking ahead of the third Test with Pakistan , he told reporters : `` I do n't know Ponting that well -- I do n't know his character or what he would be meaning saying stuff like that . `` But if I were to say something like that I 'd find it put pressure on me and the team more than if we just go about our business like I know we will . ''
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Australia captain Ricky Ponting says his side can beat England 5-0 in the Ashes . England are the current holders of the famous urn after a 2-1 series win in 2009 . England batsman Jonathan Trott says Ponting 's comments may put Australia under pressure . Ashes series starts in Australia on November 25 .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The United States will face Turkey in the finals of the world basketball championships after defeating Lithuania 89-74 Saturday . NBA star Durant set the tone for his team 's semi-final win by pounding Lithuania with a 17-point scoring blitz in the first eight minutes . By the final buzzer he had also added nine rebounds to his 38 points . After defeating world number one Argentina on Thursday , the Lithuanians looked as if they had already played their final , offering little resistance for an on-song American team . Having grown accustomed to coming back from slow starts throughout this tournament Lithuania would not have been too concerned about falling behind early , trailing USA 23-12 at the end of the opening quarter . Any hopes that Lithuania had off staging another of their famous comebacks dimmed with the USA still well in control , 42-27 when the half-time buzzer sounded . The US 's intensity did not let up following the break , assuring the Lithuanians would not come within nine points of them throughout the quarter to still be leading comfortably 65-53 with a quarter remaining . In the other semifinal on Saturday hosts Turkey edged Serbia 83-82 in a thrilling match .
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The United States beat Lithuania 89-74 . NBA star Kevin Durant scored 17-points in the first eight minutes . Hosts Turkey edged Serbia 83-82 in a thrilling match .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It is the strange `` tail '' of Graeme Swann , his cat and a brush with the law that has made the England cricket team `` paws '' for thought before trash talking each other on Twitter . Swann , the world 's top ranked spin bowler , appeared in court earlier this week charged with a drink-driving offence and it is the details that emerged during the hearing that provoked such mirth in England 's dressing room . Nottingham magistrates court heard how the 31-year-old told police officers he had been to buy a screwdriver so he could release his cat who was trapped under the floorboards of his home . The trial was adjourned until October , but after the England team arrived in London to begin training ahead of the third Test with Pakistan , two of Swann 's teammates joked about the affair on their Twitter accounts . Kevin Pietersen , England 's flamboyant batsman , who was born and raised in South Africa , posted : `` 2 hours with @Swannyg66 -LSB- Swann -RSB- this am and I 'm still not having this ` cat ' story !! Haha . '' A short time after , Swann updated his account by tweeting : `` Such a shame my teammates are so remedial in their ` banter ' . Must be because they 're all south African ... '' Fast bowler Jimmy Anderson , who has nearly 55,000 followers on Twitter , got in on the act too . He tweeted : `` Swanny has turned up this morning with a tag round his ankle . Not sure what that 's for . '' The players may have enjoyed their online banter but on the pitch England toiled on the opening day of the third Test against Pakistan at the Oval . England won the toss and chose to bat , hoping to add to their 2-0 series lead , but were dismissed for just 233 as Wahab Riaz took five wickets on his Test debut . Opening batsman Alastair Cook 's miserable run of form continued as he was dismissed by Mohammad Asif for just six . Captain Andrew Strauss was Riaz 's first victim as he was caught behind by Kamran Akmal for just 15 , before the pace bowler went on to claim the scalps of Jonathan Trott , Pietersen , Eoin Morgan and Stuart Broad . Wicketkeeper Matt Prior gave England 's total some respectability with a forceful 84 not out and he was ably assisted by Broad , who made 48 . Saeed Ajmal trapped England 's last batsman , Steve Finn , LBW as Pakistan dismissed the hosts with more than an hour 's play remaining . Imran Farhat and Yasir Hameed started Pakistan 's reply strongly , adding 48 , before Farhat was bowled by Anderson in the final over of the day .
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England cricketers joke around on Twitter at bowler Graeme Swann 's expense . Swann appeared in court on a drink driving charge this week . Spinner claimed he had been to get a screwdriver to rescue his cat who was trapped . England struggle on opening day of third Test with Pakistan .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Spin-bowler Monty Panesar has earned a recall to England 's Test cricket squad for the Ashes series against Australia , due to begin on November 25 in Brisbane . Panesar , who was part of England 's victorious Ashes team in 2009 , is named in a 16-strong party after enjoying a successful domestic campaign for Sussex , in the English county championship . Another player making his England return is Chris Tremlett , who has not played for his country since a match with India in 2007 , and was last involved with the international squad on a tour of New Zealand in 2008 . He gets the nod ahead of Yorkshire 's Tim Bresnan , who has been an ever-present in England squads this summer . The other contentious position was the deputy wicketkeeper spot with uncapped Steven Davies preferred to Craig Kieswetter , who struggled with the bat for his county Somerset this season . Kevin Pietersen , who was left out of England 's one-day international squad for the latest series to gain match practice , is also included in a party captained by Andrew Strauss . England and Wales Cricket board -LRB- ECB -RRB- national selector Geoff Miller is confident they have selected a competitive squad for the series , saying in an official statement : `` We believe we 've selected an outstanding Test squad for what will be a fiercely contested Ashes series in Australia . Miller also commented on the two returning bowlers , saying they both deserved their opportunities in Australia . `` We feel that following an excellent season with Sussex Monty Panesar deserves his opportunity to assume the role as England 's second spinner behind Graeme Swann , '' said Miller . `` We feel that Chris Tremlett 's inclusion will add a real threat of pace and bounce to our bowling attack given the conditions in Australia . '' Strauss is quietly confident that his team can retain the Ashes which they won back in a tight series last summer . `` I am excited by the Test squad we have selected for the upcoming Ashes series as I firmly believe we have a number of match winners across all areas of the squad , '' he said . `` It 's exciting to have the Ashes as our sole focus from this point on and I know every member of this Ashes squad will be relishing the challenge of retaining the Ashes in Australia . `` To captain England in an Ashes series Down Under is a huge honor and something I am looking forward to with enormous anticipation . '' England Ashes Test squad : Andrew Strauss -LRB- C -RRB- -LRB- Middlesex -RRB- Alastair Cook -LRB- VC -RRB- -LRB- Essex -RRB- James Anderson -LRB- Lancashire -RRB- Ian Bell -LRB- Warwickshire -RRB- Tim Bresnan -LRB- Yorkshire -RRB- Stuart Broad -LRB- Nottinghamshire -RRB- Paul Collingwood -LRB- Durham -RRB- Steven Davies -LRB- wk -RRB- -LRB- Surrey -RRB- Steven Finn -LRB- Middlesex -RRB- Eoin Morgan -LRB- Middlesex -RRB- Monty Panesar -LRB- Sussex -RRB- Kevin Pietersen -LRB- Hampshire -RRB- Matt Prior -LRB- wk -RRB- Sussex -RRB- Graeme Swann -LRB- Nottinghamshire -RRB- Chris Tremlett -LRB- Surrey -RRB- Jonathan Trott -LRB- Warwickshire -RRB- .
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Monty Panesar has been recalled to England 's cricket squad for the Ashes against Australia . Chris Tremlett has also been selected for the southern hemisphere tour . Andrew Strauss : `` To captain England in an Ashes series Down Under is a huge honor ''
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- David Haye is to defend his world heavyweight title in an all-British clash with former Olympic gold medallist Audley Harrison . The two former friends and sparring partners will go head-to-head on November 13 in Manchester , England , and announced the bout at an ill-tempered press conference . Haye won the World Boxing Association 's heavyweight crown when he defeated Russian Nikolay Valuev in November last year . He then successfully defended his title against American veteran John Ruiz in April . Harrison shot to prominence when he won a gold medal in the super heavyweight division at the Sydney Games of 2000 but has struggled to fulfill his potential since . The 38-year-old won the European Boxing Union 's heavyweight title when he beat fellow Brit Michael Sprott in April . Haye recently failed to negotiate a fight with either Vitali Klitschko , the World Boxing Council heavyweight champion , or his brother Wladimir , the holder of the World Boxing Organization and the International Boxing Federation heavyweight belts . Haye told the press conference : `` I do n't believe Audley deserves a shot but fortunately , or unfortunately for him , there 's enough people who want to see him finally destroyed . `` I get more emails to fight Audley Harrison than anyone else in the world . People want me to close the curtain on the joke that is the Audley Harrison show . `` Audley has known me for years , he knows how devastating I am in the ring . He knows it first hand from sparring sessions . I 'm no joke . `` I 'm the most devastating fighter on the planet . This is the time your career gets well and truly finished . '' The bout is the most high-profile all-British heavyweight clash for 17 years , since Lennox Lewis stopped former champion Frank Bruno to defend his WBC crown in Cardiff . Harrison , who will get his first chance at a world title since turning professional after his Olympic success , told the press conference : `` He -LSB- Haye -RSB- is a guy I groomed . I have tasted his punches and power and he never hurt me in a training session . `` This is my destiny - on 13 November Audley Harrison will be champion of the world and of that there is no doubt . If David Haye thinks I 've taken this fight strictly for a payday , he is in for a rude awakening . ''
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WBA heavyweight champion David Haye is to fight ex-Olympic gold medallist Audley Harrison . All-British clash is to take place on November 13 in Manchester . The pair used to be friends before a public war of words erupted last year . Haye says fans have been begging him to finish Harrison 's career once and for all .
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London , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The International Cricket Council said Saturday it has launched an investigation into claims of a new betting scandal involving the Pakistan national team . The allegations , which emerged Saturday in the British tabloid The Sun , relate to the third One-Day International between England and Pakistan , held in London on Friday . `` A source informed The Sun newspaper that a certain scoring pattern would emerge during certain stages of the match and , broadly speaking , that information appeared to be correct , '' ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat said in a statement . `` We therefore feel it is incumbent upon us to launch a full enquiry into this particular game , although it is worth pointing out at this stage that we are not stating as fact that anything untoward has occurred , '' Lorgat said . `` Only in the fullness of the investigation can that be established . '' The Sun reported `` illegal bookies in India and Dubai apparently knew in advance what would happen '' during the game so they could make bets . The paper said its undercover team was able to pass details to ICC inspectors before the match began at the Oval cricket ground in south London . `` Cricket chiefs then watched as Pakistan 's score mirrored the target that bookies had been told in advance by a fixer , '' The Sun reported . It is not thought the overall result was fixed -- only scoring rates in parts of Pakistan 's innings , the paper said . It said the investigation centers on a person `` within the team camp '' who is believed to be the ringleader , taking money from bookies and ensuring their orders are carried out . Pakistan won the game by 23 runs . The claims follow a separate alleged scam , also involving the Pakistan team during its ongoing tour of England . The tabloid News of the World reported that Pakistan players deliberately bowled `` no balls , '' or fouls , at specific points in a game with England in late August , and that the alleged ringleader of the scam made 150,000 pounds -LRB- about $ 230,000 -RRB- . London 's Metropolitan Police have questioned four players over the allegations . They passed their evidence in that case Friday to prosecutors , who will decide whether to press charges . The ICC provisionally suspended three of the players questioned by police and charged them with various offenses under the council 's anti-corruption code .
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The International Cricket Council has launched an investigation . A newspaper reported new betting claims against the Pakistan national team . The paper says bookies knew in advance about scoring patterns .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- From the start of the tragedy , aid agencies warned that not enough help was flowing into flood-devastated Pakistan . Now , seven long weeks into the steamrolling crisis , the United Nations and private charitable organizations are sounding the alarm again as large chunks of the country remain submerged and about 20 million people are in need of assistance . Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced Friday that the United Nations is seeking another $ 1.594 billion for flood victims , bringing the total to more than $ 2 billion . The world body has already received about 70 percent of $ 460 million it initially requested . `` In the floods ' wake , we are seeing hunger , misery and desperation , '' Ban said . `` Children becoming malnourished . Skin diseases on the rise because of the lack of soap and clean water . Nowhere for families to shelter from the sweltering sun . `` Diarrhea could spread quickly in these conditions . Clean water and sanitation equipment must reach even more people . Millions of children and pregnant women are especially at risk . They need access to critical health care . Pakistan is not facing just one humanitarian crisis -- but many at once . Different responses are required . '' He called the Pakistan floods `` the worst natural disaster the United Nations has responded to in its 65-year history . '' The global spotlight may have shifted away , but floodwaters are still raging through the heart of Pakistan , creating new crises every day , said Valerie Amos , U.N. under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs . `` An immense tragedy continues to unfold , '' Amos said . `` The human implications of what will happen if not enough is done are terrible . Many millions have already lost everything and have nothing to go back to . ... What I will be doing is asking our supporters to dig deeper and to do more . '' But even the new appeal may not be enough as the U.N. food agency said Friday that it needs $ 600 million for emergency food supplies until next July . So far , it has only received $ 103 million . The World Food Programme is aiming to feed 6 million people every month while transitioning to recovery activities such as food-for-work programs that will help rehabilitate damaged agricultural lands and infrastructure and restore livelihoods , the agency said . It estimates that at least 17 million acres of farmland from north to south are under water and hundreds of bridges and roadways have been destroyed . On top of that , markets have been disrupted and food prices have skyrocketed , leaving many Pakistanis unable to feed themselves or their families , the WFP said . `` No one could have predicted the scale and enormity of this catastrophe where women and children are facing a dangerous downwards spiral of hunger and malnutrition , '' WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran said in a written statement . `` We need to scale-up now and we need to scale-up quickly . '' The scale of the devastation was visible from a helicopter this week . From the sky , the landscape below was brown with wide rivers of murky water while specks of bright blue tarpaulins and tents dotted dry land . `` The road to recovery will be long and arduous and Pakistan will need all the help it can get to build back from this disaster , '' Sheeran said . Hunger is just one of Pakistan 's myriad problems . Public health experts remain concerned about disease outbreaks . As of a week ago , the United Nations reported more than 700,000 cases of acute diarrhea , at least 800,000 acute respiratory infections , nearly a million cases of skin disease and almost 183,000 suspected malaria cases . `` All of the elements conducive for this to happen are present -- poor sanitation and water supplies , and people are living in cramped conditions in open camp settings , '' said Sylvain Groulx , a project coordinator with Medecins Sans Frontieres , sometimes referred to as Doctors Without Borders , in northern Sindh province . `` Health authorities here have confirmed that there is usually an increase in the number of people who seek medical assistance following Eid , and we are expecting that the health system will be overburdened in the coming days , '' Groulx said in a news release . Eid al-Fitr , which marks the end of Ramadan , was celebrated last weekend .
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NEW : The United Nations seeks $ 1.6 billion more for flood victims . Pakistan 's crisis continues to unfold . About 20 million people were affected by the massive flooding .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says in a new book that while Bill Clinton was in the White House , a key component of the president 's nuclear launch protocol went missing . `` The codes were actually missing for months . This is a big deal , '' says General Hugh Shelton . `` We dodged a silver bullet . '' In his book `` Without Hesitation , '' the retired Army general writes , `` Even though movies may show the President wearing these codes around his neck , it 's pretty standard that they are safeguarded by one of his aides , but that aide sticks with him like glue . '' He adds that President Clinton `` assumed , I 'm sure , that the aide had them like he was supposed to . '' What apparently was missing was a card with code numbers on it that allows the president to access a briefcase -- called the `` football '' and kept by an aide always near the president -- containing instructions for launching a nuclear attack . Once a month , Defense Department officials conduct an in-person verification to make sure the president has the right codes . At least twice in a row , Shelton writes , a White House aide told the Pentagon checker that the president was in a meeting but gave a verbal assurance that the codes were with him . Then one month around the year 2000 , according to Shelton , when the time came to replace the codes with a new set , `` the president 's aide said neither he nor the president had the codes -- they had completely disappeared . '' Shelton writes that all this happened very likely without Clinton 's knowledge . CNN called and e-mailed a spokesman for President Clinton Thursday , but there was no immediate response . Fran Townsend , who served as homeland security advisor to President George W. Bush and who is a CNN contributor on national security issues , said Thursday , `` I ca n't imagine a more serious breach , if something like that were ever to be lost or be compromised . `` That 's the command and control capability of the president to launch a nuclear attack . '' But if an unauthorized person found or obtained the codes , she said , it is very unlikely that they could execute a launch , because they are only one part of the launch protocol . Another part of that protocol is the `` football , '' containing the actual launch instructions . Townsend said it 's a multi-layered system . `` Even if you had a piece that was required , it would be very difficult for one person to execute the command and control of this thing , '' Townsend said . `` There are plenty of things to be concerned about . I just find it difficult to imagine somebody could execute this thing , if they found a piece to it . '' Shelton says the president was given new codes within minutes when the previous codes could not be found , and the procedures have since been changed , so that the Pentagon aide who carries out the monthly check is required to wait at the White House until he or she can visually confirm the codes are in the possession of the president or an aide who is with him .
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Former Joint Chiefs chairman says it happened during the Clinton administration . Shelton says a card giving the president access to nuclear launch instructions went missing . New codes were quickly given to Clinton , Shelton says . Efforts to contact a Clinton spokesman were unsuccessful Thursday .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Top seed Caroline Wozniacki secured the eighth WTA Tour title of her career after a straight sets victory in the final of the inaugural Danish Open in Copenhagen on Sunday . The local favorite , who is at a career-high third position in the world rankings , was always in control against seventh-seeded Czech Klara Zakapolova , sealing a 6-2 7-6 success . Zakapolova threatened a comeback when she led 4-2 in the second set , but the Dane rallied to take it to a tie-break , which Wozniacki won to add the title to her triumph at Ponte Vedra earlier this year . Meanwhile , Svetlana Kuznetsova and Agnieszka Radwanska will contest the final of the WTA event in San Diego after both players won their semifinal matches in straight sets . Two-time grand slam champion Kuznetsova -- who is unseeded after dropping out of the world 's top 20 following a disappointing year -- eased to a 6-4 6-0 victory over fifth-seeded Italian Flavia Pennetta . `` I was hitting the ball hard but I was also playing with spin and mixing it up and not letting her dictate , '' Kuznetsova told the official WTA Tour website . `` I 'm playing better and I 'm happy about that . I was struggling in the first set but I made my way through it and played much better in the second set . I 'm happy to be in my first final this year . '' The Russian will now face Radwanska after the fourth-seeded Pole saw off the challenge of Daniela Hantuchova 6-4 6-2 to reach her first final in 10 months .
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Top seed Caroline Wozniacki win the inaugural WTA Danish Open title on Sunday . The local favorite defeats Czech Klara Zakapolova 6-2 7-6 in the final in Copenhagen . The 20-year-old is ranked third in the world and was winning her eighth WTA title . Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Flavia Pennetta 6-4 6-0 to reach the final in San Diego .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Identical twins Bob and Mike Bryan carved their place in tennis history as they wrapped up a record-breaking career doubles title in Los Angeles . The Bryans had been tied on 61 with legendary Australian pair Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde since winning the Madrid Open title back in May . But at the Farmers Classic they finally broke out of the tie with the ` Woodies ' with a battling 6-7 6-2 10-7 victory over Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien Rojer . It was their sixth title at the hard court tournament in Los Angeles but they were made to work hard for their win , which is also their sixth title of the year . Pat Cash meets the Bryan brothers . After the opening two sets were tied , the Bryans raced to a 5-0 lead in the tiebreak set decider only to see Butorac and Rojer claw back to seven points each . But the 32-year-old Americans kept their nerve to win the final three points and close out a memorable victory , celebrating with their traditional chest-bumping ritual . Woodforde was courtside to see his record broken and paid tribute to the Bryans . `` For many , many years you 've been traveling in elite company . Thanks to the victory today you 're in rarefied air , '' Woodforde said . `` Our run sort of ended because I elected to retire , but I know you two will continue for years to come . The floodgates will open entirely , so I know 70 , 80 will come . '' Mike Bryan said they had never believed they could break the mark at the start of their career . `` The Woodies put a record way out there -- 61 was Mount Everest when we started , '' he said . `` We love what we do . To get this , one of their many records , is special . '' `` We really looked up to the Woodies , '' Bob Bryan added . `` They did n't have the power and big serves , but they had the poaching and the technique . '' The brothers have included eight grand slam men 's doubles titles in their incredible tally and will now target the all-time record of 79 set by the famous partnership of Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver .
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Bob and Mike Bryan set new record with 62nd career victory at ATP event in LA . Bryans had been tied with Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde since May . Mark Woodforde watched the Bryans set new record at Farmers Classic . Bryans are 32-year-old identical twins who have won eight grand slam titles .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Former NFL linebacker Junior Seau was arrested on a domestic violence charge in Oceanside , California , shortly after midnight Monday , just hours before he drove his car off a cliff in nearby Carlsbad , authorities said . The domestic violence incident began when Oceanside police were called to Seau 's residence to investigate a report of an assault late Sunday night , police said . The alleged victim is Seau 's 25-year-old live-in girlfriend , who had minor injuries that did n't require medical treatment . The girlfriend told police that Seau assaulted her during a verbal argument , authorities said . Seau was n't at the residence when the police arrived , but he later agreed to return home after he called his girlfriend and spoke to officers on the scene , police said . Seau drove home and was arrested at 12:20 a.m. Monday on the charge of spousal assault with injury , police said . He was released on bail , police said . Some time later Monday morning , Seau drove his white Cadillac SUV off a cliff and landed on the beach at Carlsbad , police said . Seau was conscious and talking to paramedics when he was transported to nearby Scripps La Jolla Hospital for treatment , authorities said . Law officers are investigating the cause of the accident , in which Seau was the vehicle 's only occupant , police said . Carlsbad is 35 miles north of San Diego , California , where Seau played most of his career . Drafted into the NFL in the first round in 1990 out of the University of Southern California , Seau debuted with the San Diego Chargers , establishing his Hall of Fame potential as a Pro Bowl staple . He left San Diego before the 2003 season to join the Miami Dolphins and spent parts of the last four seasons with the New England Patriots before retiring in January . Seau amassed 1,526 tackles , 56.5 sacks and 18 interceptions in his 20-season career . Off the gridiron , Seau was the star of `` Sports Jobs with Junior Seau , '' a reality show on the Versus network that followed him as he took on various occupations , from baseball batboy to bullfighter to pro hockey equipment manager . The Versus website portrays Seau , 41 , as `` taking on the coolest , dirtiest and most fascinating jobs in sports . NFL legend Junior Seau will get beat up , worn down and well schooled . '' The retired NFL star , who is divorced and the father of four children , is also head of a namesake San Diego-based nonprofit organization , which has donated nearly $ 4 million for services and scholarships to children and young adults . He 's also a restaurateur , with two establishments called Seau 's in Southern California . Born Tiaina Baul Seau Jr. in San Diego , he was a Parade magazine football All-American out of Oceanside High School .
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NEW : Seau was earlier arrested for allegedly assaulting his 25-year-old live-in girflriend . Authorities are investigating the cause of cliff accident . Seau was the only person in his SUV . He retired in January after 20 years in the NFL and recently has been star of a reality show .
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Fort Hood , Texas -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The distant rumble of big guns on Fort Hood 's artillery range rattles the ceiling tiles in the small military courtroom . But the sounds of war training do n't interrupt the intensity inside the military hearing as dozens of witnesses here recal that day last November when 13 people were shot to death and 32 wounded on the base in central Texas . Training with Paladin howitzers is part of everyday life at Fort Hood , the country 's largest Army base . Most of the shooting victims were preparing to ship out to the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan . But nothing prepared them for what happened to them at home -- dodging bullets as a gunman cut down their buddies . The prosecution put up more than two dozen witnesses in the first three full days of the Article 32 hearing . Prosecutors have set aside two more weeks , and scores more witnesses are expected . The Article 32 hearing will reconvene in November for defense attorneys to make their case . Then an Army colonel , -- the Investigating officer presiding over this hearing -- will decide if there is enough evidence to push the case along toward a court martial with a possible penalty of death upon conviction . During live video testimony from Afghanistan , fighter jets roared overhead as soldiers described how their safe and secure base suddenly became a bloody battleground . Capt. Melissa Kale was speaking from Kandahar , Afghanistan , on Friday . But her thoughts were back at Fort Hood trying to get a wounded buddy out of the line of fire . `` I was unable to pull her . She did n't move . I had to leave her there , '' Kale said , crying . Many of the victims are haunted by their memories , with multiple accounts of hearing a scream of `` Allahu Akbar '' -- Arabic for `` God is great '' -- before the fast firing of a handgun , a laser-sight flickering across faces , signaling who might be next to fall . `` It was a nightmare that reoccurs every day , '' said Spc. Megan Martin , who also spoke via video-link from Afghanistan . She rejected any thought of trying to postpone her deployment just a few weeks after the shooting . `` I wanted to carry out the mission as my fellow soldiers would have wanted me to . '' Martin said . During the shooting , some tried to fight back , others pretended to be dead or tried to hide . There were multiple accounts of one man trying to rush the gunman , holding a chair above his head , only to be cut down at close range . `` You ca n't stay here and die , '' Spc. Logan Burnett said he told people trying to hide from the bullets . He told how he tried to knock down the gunman with a folding table . `` I turned to throw it at the shooter . At that point I was hit in the hip , '' Burnett said Friday . He was shot two more times . The man accused of the attacks , Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Hasan , is wheeled into the courtroom each morning by Army police wearing blue uniforms , their holsters empty . Hasan is in a wheelchair , partially paralyzed from being shot four times by police who rushed to the shooting scene . Hasan sits impassively , wearing the same Army fatigues and high-lace-up combat boots as the judge and most of the lawyers . But Hasan is easy to spot on the far left of the defense table , wearing a fleece watch-cap pulled low in the back , over his ears , and almost down to his thick eyebrows in front . Some days he complains of the cold and the guards carry an Army blanket to drape over his shoulders . At the start of proceedings Friday he gave a quick grin to one of his defense lawyers but then sat expressionless . He writes on a legal pad , and occasionally braces his arms on the arms of the wheelchair and pushes his body up to readjust his position . The courtroom is paneled with dark wood . There are only 45 spectator seats and many were empty on Friday . There is tight security with journalists selected by lottery to be able to attend in person . Other journalists can see the proceedings in a viewing room with a problem-plagued video feed provided by the Army in in a temporary press center set up 200 yards away . The defense tried unsuccessfully to have the hearing closed to the public or postponed . Still untouched is any discussion of motive . Hasan 's lawyers have been asking many of the witnesses whether they thought the firing was random or targeted . The presiding officer , Col. James Pohl , said even he found that confusing . `` I just do n't know what you mean by ` random , ' '' Pohl said . One Friday witness , because of his injuries , was unable to raise his right arm when he took the oath . He said the shot felt like he 'd been hit by a baseball bat in the neck . Witness after witness told how they still carry bullets in their bodies , how they must face additional operations or how their physical therapy continues , how they may go to psychological counseling . The prosecution has two more weeks to present evidence . Then the court will recess as Fort Hood marks one year since the shootings . The base is planning a variety of activities that week , including a private event for families of the victims , and an awards ceremony to honor members of the military and civilians who performed with exceptional courage that day . The following week , if more testimony is waiting , the hearing will resume .
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A military hearing is underway at Fort Hood for the suspect in last year 's shootings on the base . A prosecution parade of witnesses began last week . Most of the shooting victims were preparing for Iraq or Afghanistan when they were hit .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When the English Premier League announced plans to play a regular-season , competitve match on foreign soil -- dubbed the `` 39th game '' - there was almost unified outcry from the many factions involved in the English game . Most newspapers and commentators attacked the move as indelible proof of the division 's growing greed and unbridled ambition to find consumers in every corner of the globe . The plan was ridiculed and then quietly dropped . But for Richard Scudamore -- the chief executive of the English Premier League -- it was n't so much to do with avarice but , rather surprisingly for a league regarded as one of the most successful sporting franchises on the planet , survival . `` People think that it is inevitable that the world will throw itself at the Premier League , '' he later told The London Times . `` We are competing in a fiercely competitive cultural marketplace ... they -LSB- foreign markets -RSB- have still to decide which sports they are going to be interested in . '' There were no such anxieties with those heading basketball 's top division . Next March will see the NBA stage its first ever regular season games in London . Whilst soccer 's ubiquity as the global game has long been taken for granted , basketball , through the NBA , has slowly begun to take over the world . This week a further bridgehead on the traditional home of football was taken as the L.A. Lakers cruised into the British capital to play a pre-season exhibition match against the Minnesota Timberwolves . The arena was a sell out , just one of a four-stop , glitzy European tour taking in Paris , Milan and Barcelona . In the front row at the London game , a host of Premier League stars like Arsenal 's Cesc Fabregas watched on as Kobe Bryant -- whose $ 25 million a year wages dwarfs even the Spaniards pay packet -- stole the show with a brief six-minute cameo . It was the fourth season running the NBA has staged a pre-season tour of Europe , a dress rehearsal for the regular season games due to take place in London next March . By ripping up the rule book , basketball is outmaneuvering football in key markets like China , Africa and the Middle East . Football 's position as the world 's most popular sport is under threat . `` We 've seen a lot of success in China in the past few years , especially with -LSB- Houston Rocket 's center -RSB- Yao Ming , '' explained Sophie Goldschmidt , senior vice president for NBA Europe . `` We have seen positive growth in our regions , the Middle East and Africa . In the Middle East basketball is the fastest growing team sport . Football is still dominant but we have seen a huge surge and we are launching an Arabic language website too . '' The example of China is telling . Long seen as the next great market for FIFA , football 's global governing body , with its 1.3 billion potential fans , the game 's organization has been mired by accusations of match-fixing and bribery . Earlier this year the former head of the Chinese Super League , Nan Yong , and his deputy Yung Yimin , were arrested on charges of match fixing and bribery . The scandal has been a huge boon for basketball , and in particular the NBA , in China . It has overtaken football as the most watched sport in the country -- the NBA estimates 450 million people now tune in -- and more than 300 million play the game . `` The NBA in China is massively successful and puts football to shame , '' explains Rowan Simons , author of Bamboo Goalposts , a book about his attempts to set up amateur football clubs in China . `` The NBA set up NBA China , selling 11 per cent -LSB- worth $ 253 million -RSB- to ESPN and Disney . It has several hundred employees . The head of NBA China is Tim Chen -LSB- former CEO of Microsoft China -RSB- . `` It 's a big investment play for hearts and minds of Chinese sports fans . They are working with the Chinese government to get a basketball court into ever village in China , '' added Simons . `` Marketing , franchised teams , sponsorship , AEG building the stadiums ; it 's all coordinated in one NBA push . Then you look at football . Internationally , football has no representation in China . Manchester United has one office in Hong Kong . '' The reason why the NBA has avoided some of the problems that football has faced , according to Goldschmidt , is down to the NBA 's centralized structure and subsequent dominance of the global game . Whilst FIFA entrusts a single Football Association -LRB- FA -RRB- to develop the game in each country , the NBA has n't been encumbered with the same restraints . `` Football has done an amazing job ... and if sport 's growing everyone is a winner , '' concedes Goldschmidt . `` But the NBA is very different . A great thing for the NBA is that it has the best players in the world ; -LSB- whereas -RSB- you have lots of great leagues in football . We have a different structure . Because of that centralized control we can control and develop our brand . '' But according to some , there are far bigger shifts that explain the growing popularity of basketball at the expense of football . Namely , increased global urbanization . `` The war between football and basketball is actually dozens of individual civil wars between city and country , urban and rural , '' explains Os Davis editor of the ballineurope.com website . `` Basketball programs , facilities and equipment for youth , pros and even casual play are available in metropolises from Barcelona to Moscow as outdoor playing fields slowly disappear . `` Football is , and probably always will be , the game of the people , but basketball is the sport of the modern world : internationalized , well-marketed , fast-paced and urban . '' The success of this summer 's football World Cup in South Africa , the single most watched sporting event on the planet , proves that football is still in the box seat when it comes to global popularity . But , equally , the success of this week 's NBA tour in Europe , not to mention it 's wider successes in Asia , show that it ca n't take its position for granted . '' -LSB- In ten years time -RSB- I think there will be associated leagues under the NBA umbrella on different continents and , likely , an NBA division in Europe , '' David Stern , the commissioner of the NBA , told CNN in London shortly before the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the LA Lakers 111-92 . `` The world will be playing enormous , enormous amounts of basketball . '' Even in the `` Beautiful Game 's '' backyard , football should watch its back .
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Next March will see the NBA stage its first ever regular season games in London . `` Basketball is the sport of the modern world , '' Os Davis editor of the ballineurope.com . Premier League 's plan to play a 39th game abroad was `` quietly dropped '' `` In the Middle East basketball is the fastest growing sport , '' NBA 's Sophie Goldschmidt .
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Princeton , New Jersey -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- President Obama has recently blasted the influx of money from undisclosed donors flowing into the midterm campaigns . He repeated a claim , which major media outlets have not been able to substantiate , that foreign funds may have been used in the United States . At a recent rally in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , the president said `` American people deserve to know who is trying to sway their elections . '' `` You do n't know : It could be the oil industry . It could even be foreign-owned corporations . You do n't know because they do n't have to disclose . '' In making these attacks Obama is returning to a central theme that animated his 2008 campaign : the need to change the campaign finance system . As a candidate , Obama railed against the way that money influenced politics . He reiterated a long-standing theme of reform-candidates that unless the political process changed , policies would remain the same and Americans would never gain confidence in their government . But Obama broke from these principles almost as soon as he made the argument . During the campaign , Obama disappointed many campaign reform advocates when he announced that he would not use public funds in the general election campaign so that he could raise an unlimited amount of money in his race against Sen. John McCain . In 2004 , President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry dealt a blow to the public finance system when they did n't use public funds in their primary election campaigns . But Obama took this decision a step further , rendering one of the more successful Watergate-era reforms ineffective . Ironically , when he announced his decision he said , `` If we do n't stand together , the broken system we have now , a system where special interests drown out the voices of the American people will continue to erode our politics and prevent the possibility of real change . That 's why we must act . The stakes are higher than ever , and people are counting on us . '' His campaign then raised an unprecedented amount of money , much of which came from large donors . After starting his presidency , Obama showed minimal interest in reform . He left the `` broken system '' alone . Obama shelved substantive campaign reform proposals as he turned his attention to the economic crisis , health care reform and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq . Obama 's actions followed a pattern of candidates running on campaign finance reform as an issue , then putting it aside once they get into office . Who wants to anger powerful interest groups and donors right before taking on their policy agenda ? The president 's plate , moreover , was so full from day one that it was a lot to ask him to take on something as charged as campaign finance . Nonetheless , at the moment when the president arguably had the most political capital to move forward with an issue as difficult as campaign finance reform , Obama succumbed to these familiar and predictable fears . There have been a few exceptional moments when presidents acted differently . In 1978 , for instance , President Jimmy Carter followed through on his promise to try to clean up government in the wake of Watergate . He supported legislation that created stricter ethics rules for executive branch officials and established the Office of the Independent Counsel to investigate alleged corruption . While the reforms turned out to be flawed and produced numerous unintended consequences , Carter 's actual choice in 1978 marked an unusual moment when a president took reform seriously . Carter 's reform built on the historic campaign finance reforms that Congress passed in 1974 . Not only did Obama downplay campaign finance reform , but he subsequently embraced a legislative strategy that depended on cutting deals with powerful interest groups such as the pharmaceutical industry so that lobbyists would `` buy into '' legislation rather than oppose it . The strategy worked politically with health care reform although , according to Ryan Lizza 's recent account in The New Yorker , it weakened the chances for passing climate change legislation through the Senate . The Supreme Court 's Citizen United decision was certainly damaging to reform efforts . So too were many other factors , such as Federal Election Commission decisions and tax laws that have allowed donors to contribute large amounts of funds without disclosure . President Obama , however , certainly should n't claim to be an innocent bystander . While he has pushed for significant lobbying and transparency reforms , the major reform groups concluded in January 2010 that the `` Obama administration has not pursued public policy reforms in the campaign finance area . '' Both parties have stood silent as the nation 's campaign finance system erodes . At best they have supported relatively mild reforms like the McCain-Feingold legislation , that have left huge holes for money to flow into the system -- and which was weakened by another Supreme Court decision in 2006 . According to Craig Holman of the nonprofit group Public Citizen , `` This is a low point for the campaign finance reform movement -- I 've never seen it lower . '' This a difficult challenge given that the conservative majority on the Supreme Court is clearly hostile toward reform . But the president and Congress must consider stronger regulatory mechanisms and the possibility of restoring a system of public finance for campaigns . Until presidents and congressional leaders decide to make campaign finance reform a priority issue the relationship between money and politics wo n't change . This is unfortunate since the way that politics works profoundly influences the type of policies that government can produce . The power of money in politics was there for all to see when interest groups were able to gut key cost control measures during the health care debate . Like most presidents before him , both Democrats and Republicans , Obama is now witnessing the consequences of accepting the status quo , and the flow of money is only likely to grow . As Jan Baran , a former general counsel for the Republican National Committee told The New York Times , `` This year is practice for 2012 . '' The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Julian Zelizer .
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President Obama is criticizing influx of campaign money from undisclosed donors . Julian Zelizer says Obama campaigned in 2008 for finance reform . Once in office , president dropped the issue to focus on other things , Zelizer says . Obama chose to live within existing system rather than reform it , he says .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The maker of Benadryl and Tylenol has added another popular over-the-counter drug to its growing list of recalled products . The latest recall affects Tylenol 8-hour caplets 50 count , sold in the United States and Puerto Rico . The lot number is BCM155 . Complaints of a musty or moldy odor led to the recall , McNeil Consumer Healthcare said . The odor , the company believes , is caused by the presence of trace amounts of a chemical called 2,4,6-tribromoanisole . McNeil said the `` risk of adverse medical events is remote . '' Adverse event reports are consumer complaints of a serious side effect associated with the use of a medical product , according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration . Adverse events could include death , hospitalization , disability and other health complications . The Johnson and Johnson subsidiary said customers should call 1-888-222-6036 or use the website www.mcneilproductrecall.com for information on how to receive a refund or replacement product . The company has issued several recalls this year of non-prescription cold and pain drugs such as Tylenol , Benadryl and Motrin -- prompting a Congressional inquiry . In November , five lots of Tylenol Arthritis Pain 100 count with the EZ-open cap were recalled for unusual odor leading to nausea , stomach pain , vomiting and diarrhea . In December , the recall was expanded to include all product lots of Tylenol Arthritis Pain caplet 100 count bottles with the red EZ-open cap . In January , the recall was widened to an undisclosed number of Tylenol , Motrin and other over-the-counter drugs after complaints of consumers feeling sick from an odor . In May , 50 children 's versions of these nonprescription medicines were also recalled because of quality and safety concerns . Following the pediatric medicine recall , Johnson and Johnson suspended production at McNeil 's facility in Fort Washington , Pennsylvania , that manufactured the children 's drugs . Last month , Johnson and Johnson CEO William Weldon delivered both a mea culpa and clear admission to lawmakers that his company let the public down through numerous recent drug recalls .
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Some 50-count , 8-hour Tylenol caplets are affected . The drug maker says the `` risk of adverse medical events is remote '' The company has a history of recalls involving drugs such as Benadryl and Motrin .
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Srinagar , India -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Indian authorities Tuesday slapped a curfew on Srinagar and other towns after the arrest of a major separatist leader in an attempt to stave off violence that has killed over 100 people in the last four months . Masarat Alam Bhat , the general secretary of the hard-line All Parties Hurriyat Conference -LRB- APHC -RRB- group and a close aide of the octogenarian separatist leader , Syed Ali Shah Geelani , was arrested Monday evening in a Srinagar suburb . Bhat has been evading arrest since June when he launched the so-called `` Quit Kashmir campaign '' which set off a sequence of shutdowns , protests , marches and curfews that have virtually brought life in Indian administered Kashmir to a standstill for over four months . The accompanying clashes between pro-independence protesters and Indian security forces have left 108 dead and hundreds others wounded , some of them crippled for life . `` We arrested him yesterday evening , '' said police officer Muzaffar Ahmad . Bhat was immediately taken to an undisclosed location in Srinagar for questioning . Authorities described Bhat 's arrest as `` a major success . '' The hard-line separatist leader , Syed Ali Shah Geelani , reacting to Bhat 's arrest said , `` Arrests and detentions are part and parcel of the freedom movement . The arrest is painful but the struggle will continue . '' Fearing trouble in the wake of his arrest , authorities imposed a curfew in Srinagar and other major north Kashmir towns and deployed police and paramilitary forces to prevent violence , according police . The mountainous Kashmir region is divided among Pakistan , China and India . In the past , India has poured thousands of security forces into its part of Kashmir to fight what India called a Pakistan-inspired insurgency . However , since the defeat of the insurgency , Indian forces have found themselves fighting Kashmiris who say they have suffered oppression and want independence from Hindu-dominated India .
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Bhat launched pro-independence protests . Kashmiris want independence from India . Security forces imposed curfews in fear of violence after Bhat 's arrest .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Hoffenheim have continued their dream start to the German Bundesliga season , beating Schalke 2-0 to remain top of the table with three wins out of three . The home side went into the half-time break with a one goal advantage , thanks to a header from Ghana defender Isaac Vorsah , who powered home a cross from captain Andreas Beck . It was Vorsah 's second successive goal following his winning strike against St Pauli two weeks ago . And the points were sealed when German international goalkeeper Manuel Neuer was left helpless when Sejad Salihovic 's free-kick struck the post , bounced off his chest , and flew into the net . The result leaves Hoffenheim with a 100 per cent record , although four other sides are also in that position going into the weekend 's Bundesliga fixtures . However , big-spending Schalke , who gave a debut to Dutch international striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar , are still without a point and struggling near the foot of the table , increasing the pressure on coach Felix Magath who nearly took the Blues to the Bundesliga title last season . `` I am satisfied with the game , we produced a good performance , '' Magath told AFP . `` Unfortunately , we conceded two goals , that is unfortunate , but it can happen . '' Kaiserslautern , Mainz , Hamburg and Hanover can all join Hoffenheim at the top of the table on Saturday if they win their respective matches . Meanwhile , defending champions Bayern Munich take on Werder Bremen on Saturday .
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Hoffenheim keep up their dream start to the German Bundesliga season . The league leaders secure their third straight victory with a 2-0 win over Schalke . An Isaac Vorsah header and a late Manuel Neuer own goal ensured the hosts ' victory . Schalke , who gave a debut to Klaas-Jan Huntelaar , have now lost all three matches .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Germany captain Michael Ballack has suffered a fractured left knee cap following a heavy challenge while playing for Bayer Leverkusen against Hanover on Saturday . The 33-year-old former Chelsea and Bayern Munich midfielder limped off after 30 minutes of the Bundesliga clash and is expected to be out of action for up to two months . The injury means Ballack has already been ruled out of the Euro 2012 qualifiers against Turkey and Kazakhstan . It is a further blow to Ballack , who missed the World Cup finals with an ankle injury and was subsequently left out of the Germany squad for this month 's ties against Belgium and Azerbaijan . Germany national coach Joachim Loew released a statement saying : `` I feel sorry for Michael that he must accept a new health setback . Of course I wish him a quick and speedy recovery . '' Meanwhile , Mainz joined Hoffenheim at the top of the Bundesliga table with a 2-1 home victory over Kaiserslautern on Sunday . The visitors went into the interval with the lead courtesy of a well-taken goal from Croatian striker Srdjan Lakic . But Niko Bungert levelled after 71 minutes and Mainz collected all three points with a deflected strike from teenager Andre Schuerrle . The result means Mainz have won all their three opening matches and they stand on nine points , trailing Hoffenheim at the top only on goal difference .
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Germany captain Michael Ballack has suffered a fractured left knee cap . Ballack sustained the injury while playing for Bayer Leverkusen against Hanover . Ballack is ruled out of the Euro 2012 qualifiers against Turkey and Kazakhstan . Mainz defeat Kaiserslautern 2-1 to remain 100 per cent in the Bundesliga this season .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Manchester City began their Europa League Group A stage campaign with a comfortable 2-0 victory at Red Bull Salzburg on Thursday . The Premier League big spenders opened the scoring in the seventh minute when Spanish international David Silva converted his first goal for the club after being set-up by Jo . And Brazilian striker Jo , who is back in favor at the club after spending the last 18 months out on loan , doubled City 's advantage in the second half from close range . The result leaves Roberto Mancini 's side top of the group after the other game in Turin , between Juventus and Polish side Lech Poznan , ended in a thrilling 3-3 draw . Artjoms Rudnevs scored a hat-trick for the visitors '' his final effort coming in injury time '' to earn a fine draw for the visitors , after they had initially wasted a two-goal advantage . Two Gieorgio Chiellini goals and a superb Alessandro Del Piero effort looked to have earned Juventus all three points . There was another hat-trick man in Group B , this time Bayer Leverkusen striker Patrick Helmes was the hero in a 4-0 home win over Rosenborg . Stefan Reinartz was the other player on target for the Bundesliga side . In the other group match , defending champions Atletico Madrid suffered a surprise 1-0 defeat in Greece against Aris Salonika , for whom Spanish striker Javito scored against his compatriots . In Group C , Sporting Lisbon came away from Lille with an impressive 2-1 win courtesy of first half goals from Simon Vukcevic and Helder Postiga . The other match saw Levski Sofia twice come from behind to defeat Belgian side Ghent 3-2 . Group D favorites Villarreal are bottom of the table after their first game , with the Spanish side losing 2-0 at Dinamo Zagreb . The other match between Bruges and PAOK of Greece ended in a 1-1 draw . Dutch side AZ Alkmaar lead Group E after their opening 2-1 home victory over Sheriff Tiraspol , while Dynamo Kiev and BATE Borisov of Belarus shared four goals in the other match in Ukraine . Brazilian striker Vagner Love scored twice for CSKA Moscow in their 3-0 Group F success at Swiss side Lausanne . Meanwhile , the other group match produced a cracker with Sparta Prague edging Italian side Palermo 3-2 in a thrilling affair . There was another hat-trick , this time in Group G , where 2008 winners Zenit St Petersburg won 3-1 at Anderlecht , with Alexander Kerzhakov netting all three for the Russian side . The other group match also ended 3-1 , with AEK Athens defeating Hajduk Split . Bundesliga side Stuttgart are without a point domestically so far this season , but they cruised to a 3-0 Group H win over Young Boys on Thursday . The other group match saw Spanish side Getafe recover from going a goal down to defeat Odense 2-1 . Group I saw the evening 's biggest scorers , with Metalist Kharkiv of Ukraine winning 5-0 at Debrecen . They top the group from PSV Eindhoven and Sampdoria , who drew 1-1 in the other match . A late goal from Nene saw Paris St Germain produce a superb 1-0 victory at Seville in Group J , while a seven-goal thriller saw visitors Borussia Dortmund just edge Karpaty Lviv 4-3 in Ukraine . David Ngog scored twice , one from the penalty spot , as Liverpool eased to a 4-1 win over Steaua Bucharest in Group K , while Napoli and Utrecht played out the only goalless draw of the evening . Finally , in Group L , Porto lead the way after beating Rapid Vienna 3-0 . They head Besiktas , who claimed a last-gasp 1-0 home win over CSKA Sofia .
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Manchester City begin Europa League campaign with a 2-0 win at Red Bull Salzburg . David Silva scores his first goal for the club with Brazilian forward Jo also on target . The other Group A match between Juventus and Lech Poznan ends in a 3-3 draw . Patrick Helmes scores a hat-trick for Bayer Leverkusen in their 4-0 win over Rosenborg .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Bayern Munich coach Louis Van Gaal has signed a one-year contract extension with the German champions . The Dutchman 's current deal was due to expire at the end of the Bundesliga season but the club confirmed on Monday that Van Gaal 's new contract will take him through until June 2012 . Bayern won the title last season but have endured a tough start to the current campaign . They are sitting ninth in the table after losing two of their opening six games and were defeated at home by league leaders Mainz on Saturday . But chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge told the club 's official website that they were keen for the coach to stay despite Bayern 's patchy form . `` I always prefer doing things which might not have been expected , '' he said . `` People are always extending contracts after victories , so this sends out a very good signal to the world at large about our opinion of the coach 's value , even though we lost to Mainz . '' Speaking ahead of Bayern 's Champions League tie with Swiss team FC Basel on Tuesday , Van Gaal said : `` My first priority is always the sporting perspective . Winning things is always important , and you can win things with a top club like Bayern Munich . '' The 59-year-old led Bayern to the Champions League final for the first time since 2001 last season , where they were beaten 2-1 by Inter Milan , then coached by Jose Mourinho . Van Gaal said his `` outstanding '' relationship with his playing staff and the board were major factors in his decision to commit . He added : `` I could n't wish for anything better . The chemistry 's right . You get to know each other properly in difficult situations . We 're seeing it again right now . `` These are tough times , but the board is keeping the faith -- the faith which took us to the Champions League final in Madrid . '' Rummenigge said Bayern valued their coach highly : `` He does a superb job every day . We 're recognizing that with this contract extension . '' Bayern 's captain -- Dutch midfielder Mark van Bommel -- welcomed the news . He said : `` The coach signing a new deal is a very good sign . He 's doing a great job . '' One of Germany 's stars of the World Cup , Thomas Muller , echoed the comments of his captain . `` Van Gaal been extremely important for me so far , he 's made a huge contribution to my career . That settles the matter , which is good for him , for us and for the club as a whole . ''
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Louis Van Gaal signs a contract extension with German champions Bayern Munich . The Dutchman 's deal runs until the end of June in 2012 . Bayern won the Bundesliga last season and were beaten in the Champions League final . Van Gaal unconcerned about Bayern 's patchy start to the season .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- France have slipped to 27th place in the FIFA world rankings , their lowest position since football 's governing body introduced the table in 1993 . The drop reflects a slump in the team 's fortunes on the field , including a disastrous performance at the 2010 World Cup . Les Bleus , world champions in 1998 and finalists in 2006 , were knocked out in the group stage in South Africa without winning a game after a campaign overshadowed by infighting , which led to Nicolas Anelka being sent home following a spat with coach Raymond Domenech . Anelka 's team-mates then went on strike in protest at his expulsion , resulting in bans for the Chelsea striker , captain Patrice Evra , star winger Franck Ribery and midfielder Jeremy Toulalan . Things have n't gone much better under new coach Laurent Blanc , with the French losing their opening 2012 European Championship qualifier to Belarus in Paris before steadying the ship with a 2-0 win over Bosnia Herzegovina . World champions Spain remain top of the FIFA rankings , with beaten finalists the Netherlands in second . Germany are third after moving ahead of five-time World Cup winners Brazil and Argentina are fifth . England have gone up to sixth after impressive wins over Bulgaria and Switzerland in their first two Euro 2012 qualifiers . Elsewhere Montenegro , FIFA 's newest national team , moved into the top 50 for the first time -LRB- 40th -RRB- after winning their first two qualifiers . And Cyprus have surged up 20 places to their highest ranking of 43rd after a shock 4-4 draw with Portugal earlier this month .
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France slide six place to lowest-ever 27th in latest FIFA world rankings . The French were knocked out of World Cup in group stage and lost first Euro 2012 qualifier . Germany have moved up to third and England have moved up to sixth in table .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Filippo Inzaghi rescued a point for AC Milan as they drew 1-1 against Catania at the San Siro , Saturday . The goal was Inzaghi 's 123rd for the club and puts him just one behind the club record of 124 held by Dutchman Marco van Basten . Milan , who opened their 2010 Champions League campaign with a 2-0 win over French side Auxerre in midweek , failed to spark in a disappointing display . Ciro Capuano gave Catania the lead in the 27th minute before Inzaghi equalized just before half time . Fiorentina lost for the second weekend running , beaten 2-1 at home by Lazio . Nineteen-year-old Adem Ljalic handed Fiorentina the lead when he scored from the penalty spot in the 19th minute . But goals from Argentine Cristian Ledesma in the 32nd minute Czech international Libor Kozak scored the winner after 67 minutes sealed Fiorentina 's fate . The result leaves them languishing near the bottom of the table in 17th place . Meanwhile in Spain 's La Liga , Michael Laudrup enjoyed his first win in charge of Real Mallorca as they beat Osasuna 2-0 at home on Saturday . Mallorca registered their first goal of the season with a Chori Castro penalty after 25 minutes , awarded for a handball by Osasuna 's Miguel Flano . The islanders made sure of the win deep into injury time with a goal from by Dutch midfielder Jonathan de Guzman . The result moves Mallorca up to seventh in La Liga . Elsewhere , Espanyol moved up to third place in the table after they defeated Almeria 1-0 , courtesy of a Jose Callejon goal after 47 minutes . Athletic Bilbao came from two goals down to draw with Sporting Gijon . Gijon were two nil up within 25 minutes thanks to goals from Miguel de las Cuevas and Argentine Gaston Sangoy . But Bilbao responded with goals from Carlos Gurpegui in the 29th minute followed by an equalizer on the hour mark from Spanish international Fernando Llorente .
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Wins for Real Mallorca , Espanyol and Athletic Bilbao snatch draw with Sporting Gijon . In Italy , AC Milan record disappointing 1-1 draw with Catania . Fiorentina slump to second successive league defeat against Lazio .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Everton scored in the last minute of stoppage-time to claim a 3-3 draw against Manchester United in the Premier League at Goodison Park on Saturday . United , who did not field the former Everton player Wayne Rooney , looked to be cruising to a comfortable 3-1 victory after goals from Darren Fletcher , Nemanja Vidic and Dimitar Berbatov had erased Steven Pienaar 's opener for Everton . But with 90 minutes up , Everton scored two late goals , the first a header from Tim Cahill and the second by Mikel Arteta , to secure a point for Everton manager David Moyes 's men . Everton , who were third from the bottom of the table at the start of the day , had taken the lead on 39 minutes when a misjudged clearance from United defender Patrice Evra left Arteta clear on goal . Arteta 's effort was saved by Edwin van der Sar , but Leon Osman found the unmarked Pienaar who guided the ball to the back of the net . But Everton 's advantage was short-lived as United swept forward and found an equalizer moments later . The Portuguese winger Nani curled a cross from the right into the danger area and Fletcher popped up to steer home the leveler . United maintained their momentum after the restart and Nani was the creator once more , his pinpoint cross picking out Vidic whose downward header flew past Tim Howard in the Everton goal . Victory seemed all but assured on 66 minutes when Paul Scholes split the Everton defense to release Berbatov , who controlled before burying a low shot beyond Howard . But Cahill 's header gave Everton hope and moments later Arteta 's deflected shot flew in to give the home side an improbable point in what was Sir Alex Ferguson 's 700th Premier League game as a manager . Ferguson said : `` Football can do that to you . In a game of a completely comfortable position we 've thrown it away , simple as that . '' Meanwhile Premiership leaders Chelsea maintained their perfect start to the season with a 3-1 win over West Ham . Two goals from Michael Essien and a Salomon Kalou strike helped the Blues to a relatively comfortable win against a struggling West Ham at Upton Park , East London . Carlo Ancelotti 's men preserved their two-point lead at the top of the table with their fourth win of the season , condemning West Ham to their fourth defeat and a place at the bottom of the table . Arsenal stayed in touch at the top with a 4-1 rout of 10-man Bolton at the Emirates stadium in North London , with summer signings Laurent Koscielny and Marouane Chamakh both getting on the scoresheet for Arsene Wenger 's side . Koscielny had fired the Gunners , second in the table , into a 1-0 lead on 24 minutes but Wanderers hit back through Johan Elmander on the stroke of half time after good work by South Korea international Lee Chong-Yong . Moroccan international Chamakh restored Arsenal 's lead however , capitalizing on good work from skipper Cesc Fabregas . Bolton 's task was made harder when Gary Cahill was given a straight red card for a wild lunge on Chamakh before goals from Alex Song and and Carlos Vela sealed the points . At Eastlands , Manchester City 's faltering form continued as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Blackburn Rovers . A dreadful mix-up between England goalkeeper Joe Hart and Kolo Toure saw City fall behind , Nikola Kalinic sneaking in to put Blackburn 1-0 up . However City got back on level terms early in the second half when former French international Patrick Vieira netted a vital equalizer for Roberto Mancini 's team . Newly promoted Blackpool earned their second victory of the season with a 2-0 defeat of Newcastle at St James Park . A Charlie Adam penalty and a late goal on the counter from DJ Campbell helped Ian Holloway 's Tangerines to all three points .
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Everton score in stoppage-time to draw 3-3 with Manchester United . Premiership leaders Chelsea beat West Ham 3-1 . Arsenal stayed in touch at the top with a 4-1 rout of 10-man Bolton . Manchester City were held to a 1-1 draw by Blackburn Rovers .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Patrice Evra has failed in his appeal against a five-match supension from the French national team . The French Football Federation imposed the ban for Evra 's part in the France squad 's training boycott during the World Cup finals in South Africa . Manchester United left-back Evra , who was captain of the side , contested the suspension but on Thursday , his punishment was upheld by the FFF appeals commission . An FFF statement read : `` The superior appeals commission , which met today to consider the appeal by Patrick Evra , decided to uphold the sanction of five matches of non-selection for the France team handed down on August 17 by the federal disciplinary commission . Evra 's lawyer Jean-Yves Foucard told reporters : `` Patrice Evra wanted to express himself , which he did at great length , and the commission listened to him very attentively , and asked good questions . `` Patrice explained that he fulfilled his role with transparency and honesty , always trying to smooth the differences between the players and the staff , and particularly the coach . You can understand , you can imagine that these relationships were not simple . '' Evra was one of four players banned following France 's World Cup debacle in which they failed to qualify for the last 16 of the competition , collecting just one point in three matches . Nicolas Anelka , who was sent home after a row with coach Raymond Domenech was handed an 18-match suspension , while Franck Ribery received three and Jeremy Toulalan a single game . Only Evra appealed against his ban and the result means that he is not eligible to play for France until their friendly match against Brazil in February .
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Patrice Evra fails in his appeal against a five-match ban from the French national team . Evra was one of four players banned for their part in boycotting training during World Cup . Manchester United defender was the only player who appealed against his ban . He will not be eligible to play for his country until friendly match against Brazil in 2011 .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Years before the first Gulf War , Saddam Hussein was slaughtering Iraq 's Kurds with bombs , bullets and gas . Kurdish refugees fleeing Saddam Hussein 's chemical weapons attacks in 1988 . The Reagan White House saw it as a ruthless attempt to put down a rebellion by a minority ethnic group fighting for independence and allied with Iraq 's enemy , Iran . But Peter Galbraith thought it was something worse . `` A light went off in my head , and I said , ` Saddam Hussein is committing genocide , ' '' said Galbraith , who was on the staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at the time . An unabashed idealist , Galbraith was known for tackling unconventional issues . `` If you 're going to be idealistic in life , you 're going to be disappointed , '' he said . `` But that 's not a reason to abandon idealism . '' Galbraith was one of the first Westerners to witness the effects of the slaughter . During a fact-finding trip for the Senate in 1987 , he saw something troubling . `` When we crossed from the Arab part of Iraq into the Kurdish part of Iraq , the villages and towns that showed on our maps just were n't there , '' he said . Bulldozing Kurdish villages was just the first phase of Hussein 's war against the Kurds . In 1988 , it escalated with chemical weapons . `` Thousands , maybe tens of thousands of people were killed in those attacks , and then Iraqi troops moved into those villages and gunned down the survivors . '' Galbraith wanted to invoke the U.N. 's Genocide Convention , which requires countries to prevent and punish such crimes . `` We could not stand aside and allow Saddam Hussein to commit genocide against the Kurds of Iraq . '' With the support of his boss , Democratic Sen. Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island , Galbraith drafted a bill -- the Prevention of Genocide Act -- that would cut off U.S. foreign aid to Iraq and impose a trade embargo . `` That would have been an appropriate response to a dictator who is gassing his own people , '' Galbraith said . `` I thought with a name like that it would garner a lot of support . '' But the compelling name was not enough . So Galbraith went back to the region to gather more evidence . Watch as Galbraith describes his fight to end the slaughter '' Tens of thousands of Kurds had fled to Turkey . Survivors described blinding , burning clouds of poison gas that dropped people in their tracks . `` These people do n't make up these stories . These are real stories . And if you talk to them , if you simply talk to them ... you know that they 're telling the truth , '' Galbraith said . His report was still not enough to persuade the White House to punish Saddam . Watch as Galbraith discusses genocide '' The Reagan administration had invested several years cultivating Iraq as an ally against Iran , their mutual enemy , and as a market for U.S. products , including more than $ 1 billion a year in farm exports . The Prevention of Genocide Act would end the diplomatic courtship and hurt U.S businesses . Read once-secret documents from the Reagan administration . `` I had a fellow who worked for one of the Louisiana senators call me up really in tears , '' Galbraith said . `` And when I talked about genocide against the Kurds , he talked about the genocide that I was committing against the rice farmers of Louisiana . '' Although then-Secretary of State George Schultz warned Iraq that use of outlawed chemical weapons jeopardized the two countries ' budding relationship , Schultz 's spokesman said imposing economic sanctions would be premature . Watch as George Schultz explains the administration 's position '' To Galbraith , `` that was a morally repugnant statement . '' The Reagan administration also claimed Galbraith 's bill used `` inaccurate terms like genocide . '' But for Galbraith , this was no time for semantics . `` Should we have waited until he used chemical weapons again ? Should we have waited until instead of 5 percent of the Kurdish population was murdered -- 10 ? 15 ? '' In the end , the House of Representatives killed Galbraith 's sanctions bill with backing from the Reagan administration . Politics had trumped principle . Galbraith calls the U.S. policy `` appeasement . '' `` We were not able to modify Iraq 's behavior , '' Galbraith said . `` And guess what ? '' Two years later , in August 1990 , Iraq invaded Kuwait , its oil-rich neighbor to the south . This time , the U.S. compared Saddam to Hitler . And with Kuwait 's oil at stake , the U.S finally screamed bloody murder .
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Years before the first Gulf War , Saddam Hussein was slaughtering Iraq 's Kurds . Peter Galbraith was one of the first Westerners to see the effects of the killing . A Senate staffer at the time , he tried to invoke the U.N. Genocide Convention . The House killed his sanctions bill with backing from the Reagan White House .
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CNN -- The Williams team has called on Formula One bosses to review the safety-car rules after Sunday 's controversial European Grand Prix in Spain . Nine drivers were given post-race penalties for speeding while the safety car was on duty following a horrific crash involving Red Bull 's Mark Webber , who was lucky to escape the incident unhurt . After seeing Williams driver Rubens Barrichello incur a five-second penalty after finishing fourth in Valencia , the team 's technical director Sam Michael said the sport needs to reassess the rules . `` In this regard the -LSB- safety car -RSB- regulations probably need a review , rather than clarifying , '' he told Formula One 's official website . `` From a personal perspective , I was in favor of the old system when you could duck and dive into the pits under the safety car in order to win advantage , but I also appreciate that the current rules are there to promote safety . '' Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo told the team 's official website that he hopes motorsport 's ruling body , the FIA , takes `` necessary decisions '' in a race he described as `` unacceptable . '' Lewis Hamilton of McLaren was also penalized in Spain for illegally overtaking the safety car to retain second position before pitting . Championship leader Hamilton was later able to take a delayed drive-through penalty without losing his second place , allowing him to earn 18 valuable points . Vettel cruises to victory in Valencia . Fernando Alonso , who finished eighth in Valencia , said the controversial incident involving Hamilton gave Ferrari a disadvantage over one of his team 's closest rivals . `` It was unfair -- we respected the rules and did n't overtake under the yellow flag , '' Alonso told reporters . `` They gave the penalty but a bit too late -- 20 laps to investigate one piece of overtaking . '' This is not the first controversial incident this season regarding the safety-car rules . Confusion surrounded the Canadian Grand Prix after Mercedes driver Michael Schumacher passed Alonso during the end of lap 78 while the safety car was still on the track . Latest F1 championship standings . Despite the seven-time world champion pleading his innocence , the FIA stewards deemed the move illegal , handing him a post-race 20-second drive-through penalty which saw the German fall from sixth place to 12th . Last week the FIA attempted to clarify the incident by saying that no driver is allowed to overtake the safety car when it is deployed at the beginning of , or during , the final lap . However , the incidents at the European Grand Prix have now cast further doubt on the way the sport is governed . Montezemolo said the race was in danger of damaging the sport 's credibility . `` Ferrari , which showed itself to be competitive in the European Grand Prix , paid a price that was too high for respecting the rules , '' he told Ferrari 's official website . `` Meanwhile , those who did n't follow the rules were penalized by the race officials in a way that was less severe than the damage suffered by those who did respect them . '' `` That is a very serious and unacceptable event that creates dangerous precedents , throwing a shadow over the credibility of Formula One . ''
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Williams ' Sam Michael calls for the FIA to reassess the current safety-car rules . Ten drivers were penalized for not following the current safety-car rules at the European GP . Ferrari said last weekend 's race in Valencia has thrown the sport 's credibility into doubt . Schumacher had already been penalized for overtaking whilst the safety car was on duty .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Mercedes are set to introduce a raft of measures to revive Michael Schumacher 's flagging Formula One fortunes for the upcoming Spanish Grand Prix . The seven-time champion returned to F1 this season after retiring in 2006 but has struggled so far , accumulating only ten points in the opening four races of the campaign . But Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn says changes to Schumacher 's car , including a new chassis and improved weight distribution , could help reignite his bid for a record eighth championship in Barcelona . `` It 's not a new chassis per se , it 's a chassis we used in testing , '' Brawn was quoted as saying on the official F1 Web site . `` The one he had got damaged during the first few races , and we repaired it as best we could at the races . But now we are back at base we are going to re-introduce the test chassis , and he will be using that in Barcelona . `` It has taken Michael a little time to settle into these cars and particularly the tires . These tires are very different to what he had last time he was racing . '' Schumacher is being outperformed by Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg , who has battled his way to second in the standings . But Brawn is confident the 41-year-old will be pushing the front runners soon . `` It 's foolish to say Michael is where he wants to be , but he 's very determined to succeed , '' Brawn said in comments attributed to Reuters.com . `` I think these frustrations are just going to make him try even harder . `` We 've not had a fantastic start but we are still in there because no-one else is really dominating either - there is still plenty of opportunity . `` He is so determined , and you can see that in his driving . The bits where it 's not quite working are not because of -LSB- lack of -RSB- skill or bravery , it 's because the technique needs tuning , and the car needs tuning . `` It 's odd places where he 's losing time and that 's why we think he 'll sort it out and we 'll sort it out . '' The Spanish Grand Prix gets underway in Barcelona on May 9 .
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Mercedes team principal says changes will be made to Michael Schumacher 's car . Schumacher has struggled on his return to Formula One . The German has picked up just ten points so far .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Titleholders Inter Milan gave newcomers Tottenham a Champions League lesson on Wednesday night before the English club 's young winger Gareth Bale underlined his status as one of football 's most promising prospects . Inter moved three points clear at the top of Group A after leading 4-0 inside 35 minutes , but needed to withstand a late onslaught as Wales international Bale scored a second-half hat-trick . The Italians went ahead after just 68 seconds as captain Javier Zanetti calmly sidefooted past Heurelho Gomes from a Samuel Eto'o pass , and the Brazilian goalkeeper was sent off six minutes later for bringing down winger Jonathan Biabiany . Eto'o buried the resulting penalty once Gomes finally departed , having been twice shown a red card , as the Cameroon striker beat replacement keeper Carlo Cudicini for his 13th goal in 12 games this season . Inter midfielder Dejan Stankovic made it 3-0 in the 14th minute with a shot from the edge of the area as Inter 's crisp passing once again bamboozled the Tottenham defense . Eto'o , reveling in his central role in the absence of the injured Diego Milito , scored his second with a shot which deflected under Cudicini 's body after he ran on to teenager Philippe Coutinho 's measured throughball . While the 18-year-old Coutinho showed his class in the first half , he was upstaged by Bale in the second . The 21-year-old took the ball from inside his own half before lashing a fierce left-foot shot past Inter keeper Julio Cesar seven minutes after the break , and repeated the effort in the 90th minute as he easily outpaced the 37-year-old Zanetti . Bale then sealed his first Tottenham treble with yet another left-foot shot from almost the same position after being teed up in the area by Aaron Lennon , but Inter held on for victory and seven points from three outings . Werder Bremen boosted Tottenham 's hopes of reaching the second round by coming from behind to draw 1-1 away to Dutch champions Twente , leaving both teams on on two points . Midfielder Theo Janssen put the hosts ahead in the 75th minute , but Austrian forward Marko Arnautovic equalized against his former team five minutes later . Barcelona , the 2009 champions , returned to winning ways with a 2-0 victory over Copenhagen . Argentine superstar Lionel Messi scored in each half to put the Spanish team a point clear of the previously unbeaten Danish side at the top of Group D. David Villa hit the crossbar before the diminutive forward broke the deadlock from with a ferocious shot from just outside the area in the 19th minute , and Messi then had an effort ruled out for offside before halftime . Barca survived a scare as Copenhagen 's Dame N'Doye also smashed a shot against the bar , while Dani Alves hit the post for the Catalans before Messi sealed the win from close range right at the end . Copenhagen are four points ahead of Rubin Kazan , with the Russian champions drawing 0-0 away to Panathinaikos to end the Greeks ' run of two defeats . Manchester United shrugged off the absence of wantaway striker Wayne Rooney to beat Turkish side Bursaspor 1-0 at home and move two points clear in Group C. With England star Rooney out injured , Portugal midfielder Nani staked his claim to take over as the team 's key player with a superb seventh-minute winner in front of a crowd of more than 72,000 . Scottish club Rangers held onto second spot after being held 1-1 at home by Valencia , with the Spanish side coming from behind to earn the draw as U.S. international Maurice Edu scored for both teams . The midfielder nodded in a 34th-minute opener from a cross by Vladimir Weiss , but turned villain just after halftime when he headed Tino Costa 's free-kick into his own net . Lyon took control of Group B , with the French side beating 10-man Portuguese champions Benfica 2-0 for a third successive victory . Forward Jimmy Briand headed home the opener in the 22nd minute , then the visitors had Argentine midfielder Nicolas Gaitan sent off for a second yellow card just before halftime . Briand turned provider six minutes after the break , with Argentine forward Lisandro Lopez scoring at the second attempt after his initial header was blocked . Veteran Spanish striker Raul helped lift Schalke 's spirits as he continued his remarkable scoring run in Europe in a morale-boosting 3-1 win over Hapoel Tel Aviv . Schalke , struggling in the German league 's relegation zone , moved three points clear of Benfica with a second victory of the competition , with Raul netting twice to equal Gerd Muller 's record of 68 in European club matches . The 33-year-old Real Madrid star has now scored in 15 successive seasons , his first coming in the third minute and his second in the 58th before Jurado made it 3-0 soon after . The Israelis managed a late consolation through Itay Shechter , but lie rock bottom after three defeats .
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Inter Milan lead 10-man Tottenham 4-0 before halftime before Gareth Bale 's hat-trick . Lionel Messi scores both goals as Barcelona beat Copenhagen 2-0 in Group D . Manchester United beat Bursaspor 1-0 in absence of wantaway star Wayne Rooney . Lyon notch third successive Group B win , beating Portuguese champions Benfica .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The CEO of the Hungarian company behind a huge toxic spill on Thursday said he does n't know whether he 's responsible for the disaster , but added , `` I have moral duties and I will fulfill them . '' Zoltan Bakonyi , the chief executive of the MAL aluminum plant , spoke with CNN 's Diana Magnay a day after he was released from jail pending trial . Bakonyi was detained on Monday , accused of public endangerment and harming the environment . `` It 's said I should be responsible although I do n't feel it , '' Bakonyi told Magnay . He insisted that MAL was in compliance with all Hungarian safety regulations and pointed out that he has only been CEO for two years . Bakonyi argued that the problems presented by the reservoir and the accumulation of toxin in it stretched back 25 years or more . But he added that it is his `` moral duty '' is to `` help '' and put his energies `` 120-percent into the aid effort . '' Bakonyi categorically denied that a hole was present in the reservoir in the days or weeks before the spill happened . Bakonyi said he had visited the reservoir in the weeks before the spill happened . But , he said he had n't seen the photo released by the The World Wildlife Fund showing one of the pools of sludge -- a byproduct of the process to turn bauxite ore into aluminium oxide -- leaking into a nearby field . The WWF says the photo was taken in June . Bakonyi also denied the spill was a consequence of overproduction or improper payment of workers . He maintained that there was no way to anticipate the accident . `` The only way anyone could have imagine this happening , '' he said , `` was in a terrorist attack . '' MAL has `` an idea '' about how the spill occurred , but Bakonyi wo n't comment on what it is . He says no statement on causes will be released until Hungarian authorities complete their own investigation . The Hungarian government announced Wednesday that MAL would resume operations by the end of the week . Meantime , as cleanup operations continued , workers were racing to complete three emergency dams designed to contain a possible second toxic spill from the plant . Hungarian emergency services officials said more ruptures and cracks are evident in the dam walls , and that it 's just a matter of time before they break and spill an additional 500,000 cubic meters of toxic red sludge across the countryside . Nine people died after a river of mud engulfed the villages of Kolontar , Devecser , and Somlovasarhely last week . More than 100 people were injured and many times that number had to be evacuated . The sludge from the spill reached the Danube -- Europe 's second-largest river -- within days , raising fears of wider contamination in Hungary and countries downstream , including Croatia , Serbia , Bulgaria , Romania and the Ukraine . But water rests released Friday found that the pH level of the Danube water was only slightly higher than normal . EU toxins experts still have nothing conclusive on the exact chemical composition of the sludge . Aluminum and bauxite processing normally involves compounds that include arsenic , cyanide , cadmium and chromium . CNN 's Diana Magnay contributed to this report .
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CNN 's Diana Magnay spoke to Zoltan Bakonyi , CEO of MAL aluminum plant . Bakonyi faces charges of public endangerment and harming the environment . Bakonyi denied there was evidence of reservoir leak before spill happened . Workers continue to prepare for possible new dam break .
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Editor 's note : The staff at CNN.com has been intrigued by the journalism of VICE , an independent media company and website based in Brooklyn , New York . VBS.TV is Vice 's broadband television network . The reports , which are produced solely by VICE , reflect a transparent approach to journalism , where viewers are taken along on every step of the reporting process . We believe this unique reporting approach is worthy of sharing with our CNN.com readers . Viewer discretion advised . Brooklyn , New York -LRB- VBS.TV -RRB- -- In his appearances on VBS.TV , correspondent Ben Anderson has taken us to some dangerous and far-flung places -- conflict-ridden sites imbued with human suffering and the scars of injustice . Whether he 's touring former slave forts in Senegal with legendary boxer David Haye , dodging insurgent bullets in Afghanistan or exposing the network of oppressed immigrants that helped build Dubai , Ben 's willingness to venture into the unexplored pockets of the globe always make for fascinating reporting . It was a quite a change for us , then , when Ben took the subway to Brooklyn and pulled up a comfy chair with Time Executive Editor and Time.com Managing Editor Jim Frederick , himself an intrepid reporter and the author of `` Black Hearts : One Platoon 's Descent Into Madness in Iraq 's Triangle of Death . '' Called `` harrowing , '' `` a testament to a misconceived war , '' and as Ben so aptly puts it in quoting the New York Times , `` a mix between ` In Cold Blood , ' ` Black Hawk Down , ' with a bit of ` Apocalypse Now ' , '' the book attempts to explain how the United States ' overthrow of Saddam Hussein , an event which the U.S. government promised would bring so much hope for the future of Iraq , eventually led to the unprovoked murder of four of the nation 's innocent citizens at the hands of three U.S. soldiers . See the rest of VBS Meets Jim Frederick at VBS.TV . Black Hearts tells the story of a unit of the Army 's 101st Airborne division deployed to Iraq 's `` triangle of death '' in 2005 . Hastily assembled , the soldiers found themselves in a civil war zone infested with IEDs . Their outposts were at a physical and psychological remove from the Green Zone , where U. S. troops enjoyed homey comforts such as video games and well-stocked mess halls . With their resources already stretched to capacity and near-daily attacks from Sunni insurgents thinning their ranks at an alarming rate , the soldiers dealt with their stress in a variety of ways . Some took to not sleeping ; others drank and did drugs . Many developed a hatred of Iraqi civilians -- and on March 12 , 2006 , three 101st Airborne soldiers snuck into an Iraqi home , raped a 14-year-old girl , incinerated her body , and murdered her mother , father and 6-year old sister .
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Jim Frederick tells story of U.S. Army 's 101st Airborne Division in Iraq . Group of soldiers deployed to infamous `` triangle of death '' in 2005 . Disciplinary , psychological deterioration led to `` most heinous '' war crime .
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LONDON , England -- Dubai will stage the world 's richest golf tournament as part of the European Tour 's 2009 schedule . Lofty ambition : The world 's richest golf event was launched at the world 's tallest hotel in Dubai . The Dubai World Championship , to be held at Jumeirah Golf Estates on November 19-22 of that year , will have a prize pool of $ 10 million -- with $ 1,666,660 on offer for the winner . The Tour 's Order of Merit will be renamed The Race to Dubai with a prize pool also of $ 10 million , and is expected to start in January from 2010 instead of late November on the current calendar . The top-ranked player will receive $ 2 million , the runner-up $ 1.5 million and the third-placed player $ 1 million , with prizes down to the 15th player , who will earn $ 250,000 . European Tour chief executive George O'Grady said : `` This is so much more than a tournament sponsorship . It is a long-term partnership which will see the European Tour and Dubai joining together to significantly enhance the game worldwide and take golf to a new level for spectators everywhere . '' The first five years of the Tour 's new partnership with Leisurecorp , the company developing Dubai 's leading residential golf community , will also see the building of a new international headquarters for the governing body and the creation of a global property company to develop new tournament venues around the world . The inaugural event will run on either the Fire or Earth course , both of which were designed by former world No. 1 Greg Norman . The Jumeirah complex also includes a Water course designed by Vijay Singh and a Wind course carrying the names of Norman , Sergio Garcia and American designer Pete Dye . The agreement signed between Leisurecorp and the European Tour includes an option to extend for a further five years . O'Grady added : `` The scale of this agreement is testament to the vision of Dubai and its ruler His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum , who has recognized the dynamic role golf can play in developing the global profile of this amazing city . `` It is also testament to Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem -LRB- chairman of Leisurecorp 's parent company Dubai World -RRB- , who has been instrumental in turning that vision into reality . `` The Race to Dubai will bring a new dimension to the European Tour , creating great drama and theatre throughout the year as all the best players in the world are given the opportunity to compete in the world 's richest tournament . `` Moreover , as the European Tour has become ever-more global in its outlook , it has become increasingly important to us to have an international base in a strategically-placed location . `` Dubai is a massively important and growing hub , with outstanding air links to all our locations , and the perfect place for us to offer a tailor-made service to all our members through the Center of Excellence at the European Tour International Headquarters . '' As with the current season-ending Volvo Masters at Valderrama in Spain , the Dubai World Championship will be restricted to the leading 60 players on the European money list . The money on offer exceeds what is currently on offer at the four major tournaments . The British Open is the richest of those at the moment at $ 8.6 million , with the Masters , U.S. Open and U.S. PGA all just under $ 7 million this year . The U.S. Tour 's Players Championship is the richest single event , offering a purse of almost $ 9 million . E-mail to a friend .
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The European Tour will feature the world 's richest golf event in Dubai in 2009 . The Dubai World Championship will have a prize purse of $ 10 million . The Tour 's Order of Merit money list will be renamed the ` Race To Dubai '
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- England wicketkeeper Matt Prior will miss the crucial fourth Test against West Indies in Barbados on Thursday after his wife gave birth to their first child , a baby boy . England cricketer Prior dashed from the Caribbean to be with wife Emily following the birth of their first child . Prior rushed home from the Caribbean to be with his wife Emily after hearing the news in the early hours of Monday morning . The Sussex star was due to temporarily quit the tour on March 2 , the due date for the birth , but his premature departure will give reserve wicketkeeper Tim Ambrose the chance to impress . Prior regained his England place from Ambrose after an impressive season with the bat and gloves for his county side Sussex last season . England are 1-0 down in the series after losing the first Test and then failing to secure victory in the third Test in Antigua as West Indies battled to a draw . They are already without injured all-rounder Andrew Flintoff , who has a hip injury and there were doubts over off-spinner Graeme Swann , who has an elbow problem . Meanwhile , respected West Indian umpire Steve Bucknor has announced he will quit officiating in international matches next month . The 62-year-old Jamaican will stand in the third Test between South Africa and Australia starting on March 19 in Cape Town and his last match will be a one-day international between the West Indies and England at Barbados on March 29 . Bucknor has umpired 126 Test matches since 1989 . In cricket action on Monday , Pakistan captain Younis Khan scored a century as his side reached 296 for three wickets against Sri Lanka on the third day of the first Test in Karachi . Khan was unbeaten on 149 at stumps as his team replied to Sri Lanka 's massive 644 for seven declared . Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera both hit double centuries as they notched up a Test record fourth wicket partnership of 437 in their innings .
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England wicketkeeper Matt Prior returns home early from West Indies tour . Prior 's wife Emily gave birth to their first child , a baby boy , overnight Sunday . Pakistan captain Younis Khan hits a century in first Test against Sri Lanka . Test umpire Steve Bucknor will quit match officiating at end of next month .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Members of the Indonesia military may have been involved in the torture of two men in the country 's province of Papua , a government official said on Friday . The incident came to light after a video surfaced showing men burning the genitals of a naked and bound man , and holding a knife to the nose and neck of another bound man on a dusty road while interrogating them . `` The investigation is still going on but initial reports I received from the armed forces commander , show that there were elements of the military who were involved in those excessive , unprofessional acts , that were clearly a violation of human rights , Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Djoko Suyanto told CNN . The video is believed to be from the Indonesian province of Papua , nearly 3,500 kilometers east of the capital , Jakarta . Papua has long had a low-level insurgency that demands independence from Indonesia , saying the government is trying to take its land to steal resources . But both victims in this case were unarmed farmers , the Alliance of Papuan students told CNN . The scenes were recorded on a cell phone , and the imagery brought stiff condemnation from human rights groups who believe the video is possible evidence of Indonesian armed forces torturing members of independence movements . Human rights groups say that while they have n't determined the authenticity of the video , they have clues that the persecutors are members of the Indonesian armed forces . For example , the weapon being used in the video appears to be a standard military issue and the questions posed by the interrogators are consistent with those of Indonesian security forces , said Phil Robertson , deputy director of Human Rights Watch 's Asia division . Human Rights Watch is concerned that the government will let the case linger without a resolution . Another video surfaced this year showing a disemboweled Papuan political activist being taunted by men in police uniforms . Police denied allegations that their forces disemboweled him . They said he was injured in a firefight , and no officer has been disciplined in that incident . The indigenous Free Papua Movement was established in 1965 to push for the secession of Papua from Indonesia . The group disputed the terms under which Papua became a part of Indonesia that year . Papua has the largest gold mine in the world , operated by the U.S.-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold , but members of the freedom movement say locals have not received fair economic benefits from any of the mining operations on their homeland .
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A group says both victims were unarmed farmers . Initial reports cite human rights violations . Papua has a low-level independence insurgency .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko shrugged off taunts from WBC challenger Shannon Briggs on Monday after the American threatened to end his fellow veteran 's days in the boxing ring . If trash talk counts , then the 38-year-old Briggs has a fighting chance of inflicting the Ukrainian 's third career defeat in his fifth defense of the belt in Germany on Saturday . He barely let his 39-year-old opponent get a word in at the start of a press conference in the older Klitschko brother 's adopted home city of Hamburg . `` I really feel for you , but you have made a bad choice . You are going to meet an adversary that you have never met before . I can hit , box and dodge my opponent 's punches , '' boasted Briggs , who lost to Lennox Lewis when he challenged for the WBC title in 1998 . `` I have never prepared so well for a bout . When I have finished with Vitali , they can bring on Wladimir immediately . '' Klitschko , who has previously hinted that this will be his final year of boxing , was relaxed when he had the chance to reply to his rival , who briefly held the WBO title in 2006 . `` It is not easy to find an adversary for me or my brother . Shannon accepted immediately to fight me and I thank him for that , '' he said . `` But when I hear him say he is going to propel me into retirement , that just makes me laugh . `` I am ready and I am going to show that I deserve to wear this belt , which has been worn by -LSB- Mike -RSB- Tyson , Lewis and Muhammad Ali . '' Klitschko is less pleased with WBA champion David Haye , who has opted to face fellow British fighter Audley Harrison on November 13 rather than fight either of the Ukrainian duo this year . `` David Haye is just chicken , to be honest . He 's got a big mouth but nothing more . David Haye is the world 's biggest trash talker , '' he told the Fanhouse website . `` But he 's smart enough to understand that if David Haye made the contract with Vitali or Wladimir Klitschko , and he got inside the ring with either one of us , then it would be the finish of his boxing career . ''
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Shannon Briggs talks up his chances of winning the WBC title from Vitali Klitschko . American claims that he will end his fellow veteran 's boxing career on Saturday . Ukrainian confident that he will be successful in his fifth defense in Hamburg . Klitschko calls WBA champion David Haye `` chicken '' for avoiding him and his brother .
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Vitali Klitschko has confirmed that he will defend his world heavyweight boxing title against former champion Shannon Briggs on October 16 in his adopted home city of Hamburg . The Ukrainian last put his WBC belt up for grabs in May against Albert Sosnowski in what he has said will be his last year as a professional fighter . The 39-year-old , who has successfully defended the crown four times , will face the American , 38 , for the first time as he seeks to extend his 40-2 career record . `` I am really happy that I will have a fight in Hamburg again , the place where I started my professional career . The o2 World is a great arena and the fans in Hamburg are real box experts and will make a perfect atmosphere , '' Klitschko told his website . `` Shannon Briggs is not only big at talking but also big in the ring and a very tough challenger . He is more experienced than me , has more professional fights on his record and is one of the hardest punchers in the division . I will be very well prepared together with my trainer Fritz Sdunek . '' Briggs , nicknamed `` The Cannon , '' has a record of 51-5 with 45 victories by knockout -- 27 in the first round . He has previously beaten former world champions George Foreman , Ray Mercer and Sergej Liakhovich . `` For a long time I have been trying hard to fight a Klitschko . Most of their opponents are scared to death when they step into the ring . I will put a lot of pressure on Klitschko and take the fight to him . Klitschko can enjoy his belt for a few more weeks ; after October 16 it will be mine ! '' Klitschko 's younger brother Wladimir , the IBF , WBO and IBO champion , will face former WBC titleholder Samuel Peter of Nigeria in another Germany-based bout in Frankfurt on September 11 . Britain 's WBA beltholder David Haye , who both Klitschkos have accused of being scared to fight them , may next fight former Olympic champion Audley Harrison , according to promoter Barry Hearn . Hearn , whose son Eddie is involved in the talks with Haye 's manager Adam Booth , said the fight would be a boost for British boxing . `` In the heavyweight division , there is nothing else out there as far as British fight fans are concerned , Harrison-Haye is enormous , '' he told Sky Sports News . `` The fantastic thing about David Haye is that he 's burst on the scene and done a fantastic job against -LSB- Nikolay -RSB- Valuev , boxed the ears off -LSB- John -RSB- Ruiz and put him into retirement . He 's hot . `` Audley Harrison , in my opinion , is a bigger draw . People do n't know what to expect from Audley Harrison , he 's been talking a great fight for years , never delivered it . He 's at that last-stage saloon -- every fight fan in England wants to see this fight . ''
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WBC champion Vitali Klitschko will return to adopted home city of Hamburg for defense . Ukrainian faces American fighter Shannon Briggs in Germany on October 16 . His brother Wladimir is preparing for title clash with Samuel Peter on September 11 . WBA champion David Haye reportedly in talks for bout with Audley Harrison .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- John Lennon would have turned 70 years old this month , and were the late Beatle alive today , he might be sitting in a rocking chair in Cornwall , England , with wife Yoko Ono waiting for a postcard from their son , Sean , Ono said in an exclusive interview with CNN 's Anderson Cooper . But eventually his spirit for activism would have roused him out of his retirement rocker , Ono added . `` I 'm sure that , if he got to be 70 , then he would have forgotten all of that : No , we have to do something now . And I 'm sure this is when he would have been totally activist , '' Ono said . The wide-ranging three-part interview continues with the second installment on Cooper 's `` AC360 '' Wednesday night . In the interview , Ono spoke about being unfairly blamed for the breakup of the Beatles and how she ca n't forgive Mark David Chapman , the maniacal fan who fatally shot Lennon in 1980 . She also strolled with Cooper through Central Park 's Strawberry Fields , dedicated to Lennon and named after the song `` Strawberry Fields Forever , '' written by Lennon and fellow Beatle Paul McCartney . Lovers of Lennon 's music should celebrate his 70th birthday anniversary , which occurred October 9 , by remembering his expansive spirit , Ono said . `` I know that people loved him for what he has given them because he did give a lot . And all his beautiful ideas , they 're not like seeds in their hearts that grow : We all have this huge , huge forest of ideas that we share , '' she said . `` I would say that let 's not think about the fact that he passed away , but let 's think about , you know , we should celebrate that he was here . The fact that he was here really helped the world . `` So I want people to remember that and not when he passed away . But of course he did pass away , and I do n't know , but by saying that I think -- concentrating on his birthday -- I think somehow I changed the kind of configuration of things , '' Ono said . Ono continues to live in the Manhattan apartment building , the Dakota , where the couple and their son , Sean , lived . It was outside that building where Chapman gunned down Lennon after Lennon had earlier given him an autograph . Ono marked Lennon 's birthday by visiting her memorial to him : the Imagine Peace Tower in Iceland , a tower made of light , which she visits every year . She selected the Atlantic island country `` because Iceland is the top north in the map . And north is wisdom and power , and the wisdom and power from the north would just go spread all over the world , '' she said . Now 77 , Ono has been remastering Lennon 's music , and she performed with her Plastic Ono Band during Iceland 's memorial celebration . She recalled how she first learned of Lennon 's death -- in the hospital where he was taken for his bullet wounds . It 's a time she does n't care to ponder . `` When I went to the hospital and I was waiting and the doctor came and he was carrying something of John 's , like , his ring , and that 's when I thought , ah , what is it , what is it ? Just funny feeling about it , and when he said that he passed away , I said no , he did n't , he 's alive , You know , very , very upset about it . I just refused to think that he died . '' Whenever Lennon 's murderer is up for parole , Ono speaks out against his release . `` I 'm very concerned about that because , you know , he 's not a very stable person , '' she said . She 's skeptical of any portrayal of Chapman as a `` very , very agreeable '' person . `` So now that he 's very charming or something , well , he was perfectly charming then too . So I do n't really have a trust for him -- for what would happen when he comes out , '' she said . Chapman killed Lennon on December 8 , 1980 . At the time , Lennon was 40 ; Chapman , 25 . `` Well he got the autograph from John that very day , '' Ono said . `` You know , we were going to go to the studio , and John was a very , very astute person in that sense . To go to studio right -LRB- on -RRB- time . Not an hour later or two hours later . Most musicians did n't really care , but he was very prompt about those things . So we had the car , I got in the car , and I saw that John was still signing autographs . `` I said , ` John , we have to go now , ' and he said , ` Yeah , OK , Yoko , ' '' she added . Forgiveness for the murder remains a difficult matter , she said . `` Well , I do n't really know , I have to think about that , '' Ono said . `` But Sean especially and me too -LRB- are -RRB- still living a very strong situation . It did n't suddenly go away . ... So it 's a very difficult situation and we ca n't get out of it . '' Part of Beatles lore is that Strawberry Fields was actually an orphanage near Lennon 's childhood home , and whenever Lennon acted like a bad boy , his mother and aunt threatened to send him there , Ono said . `` He was having a love-hate relationship with Strawberry Field . It was a very big thing in his life , '' Ono said . `` So then he made a song out of it . See , by having a very painful memory and changing that into a song , and then that was changed to here , into a park . '' Over the years , Ono has been characterized by some as the overbearing wife who caused the breakup of one of the most famous bands of the 20th century . Born in Japan , she blames racism as well as sexism for the unfounded charge , she said . The Beatles had long been having internal problems , she said . `` I think I was used as a scapegoat , and it 's a very easy scapegoat , a Japanese woman and whatever , '' Ono said . `` Sexism , racism , but also just remember that the United States and Britain were fighting with Japan in World War II . '' While she was stung by such characterizations , she and Lennon went on to enjoy a full marriage . Asked if the finger-pointing hurt her , Ono responded , `` Well , it did in a way . But you know , it was sort of like a distant thing in a way , because John and I were so close . And we were just totally involved in each other and in our work . `` You know , '' she added , `` I just kept on being -- getting ideas . And he was , too . So that was much more exciting . '' Watch Anderson Cooper 360 ° weeknights 10pm ET . For the latest from AC360 ° click here .
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CNN 's Anderson Cooper interviews Yoko Ono in a three-part exclusive airing this week . `` We should celebrate that he was here , '' Ono says of Lennon . She does n't trust Lennon murderer Mark David Chapman . Blaming her for the Beatles ' breakup is due to racism and sexism , Ono says .
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Princeton , New Jersey -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In the aftermath of 9/11 , Americans were angry , fearful and scrambling for answers . In the days that followed the terrorist attacks , President George W. Bush and Congress prepared their response , starting to work on stronger counterterrorism measures and preparing for a war in Afghanistan , where the Taliban had housed al Qaeda networks for many years . A few Americans turned their rage against Muslims who were living in the United States . Within a few days , Muslims , as well as individuals mistakenly perceived to be Muslims , were attacked . The Sikh owner of a gas station in Mesa , Arizona , was killed by a man who went on to shoot a Lebanese clerk at another gas station . Near Dallas , Texas , a man shot and killed a 46-year old Pakistani who owned a small grocery store . In Cleveland , Ohio , a man drove a Ford Mustang right through an Islamic center . Nine years after 9/11 , there is a lot for Americans to contemplate as they look back . Although people have focused a lot of attention on Bush 's appearance before a group of New York firefighters at ground zero , another highly significant moment took place on September 17 . That day , at the Islamic Center in Washington , the president delivered a powerful message about the need to keep America 's response to 9/11 from turning into a war against Muslims . This message was as important to his war on terrorism as the strategy of regime change , or pre-emptive war . Unfortunately , this is a principle that has been slowly and dangerously undermined in recent weeks as a result of the controversy over a proposed Islamic cultural center and mosque a few blocks from ground zero . Speaking at an emotionally charged moment , just six days after the attacks , Bush told the audience that it was vital for Americans to understand that the terrorists did not represent the Muslim tradition . `` Those who feel like they can intimidate our fellow citizens to take out their anger do n't represent the best of America ; they represent the worst of humankind , and they should be ashamed of that kind of behavior , '' Bush said . The president reiterated his firm commitment to protecting the constitutional rights and honoring the important role of the Muslim community in the United States . In no uncertain terms , Bush said : `` The face of terror is not the true faith of Islam . That 's not what Islam is all about . Islam is peace . These terrorists do n't represent peace . They represent evil and war . '' America , he said , `` counts millions of Muslims amongst our citizens , and Muslims make an incredibly valuable contribution to our country . Muslims are doctors , lawyers , law professors , members of the military , entrepreneurs , shopkeepers , moms and dads . '' Many Muslim leaders were impressed by the president 's speech as well as by how most Americans were responding to the trauma . `` Americans have shown great maturity , '' Sayyid Syeed , the secretary general of the Islamic Society of North America , told the media . He reported the calls he was receiving expressing support for his community greatly outweighed the hate crimes . Over the coming years , Bush stuck with the argument that he made on September 17 . While Bush would come under criticism for many aspects of his war on terrorism -- including policies such as the use of interrogation tactics that critics called torture -- he continued to be very clear in his defense of Muslims . The president returned to the Islamic Center on June 2007 , reminding his audience of his earlier speech : `` We gather , with friendship and respect , to reaffirm that pledge -- and to renew our determination to stand together in the pursuit of freedom and peace . We come to express our appreciation for a faith that has enriched civilization for centuries . '' Bush 's philosophy is now under fire . In response to the proposal to build an Islamic center near ground zero in New York City , a heated national debate has unfolded about Muslims in America . While some focused their criticism on whether this was a proper project so close to the site of the attacks , many others turned it into a different kind of discussion . Some national Republican leaders , including Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich , have made provocative comments , helping to make it a national issue . Gingrich warned of the `` radical Islamists '' he said were behind the project , comparing it to Nazis putting up a sign next to the Holocaust Museum in Washington . At the local level , the debate has taken an even more dangerous turn . A Florida pastor , Terry Jones , announced he would burn copies of the Quran . Even when he came under criticism from a broad spectrum of leaders , including Gen. David Petraeus , he did not at first desist . Rather than listening , he said , `` Maybe it 's time to send a message to radical Islam that we will not tolerate their behavior . '' Palin did condemn the pastor by tweeting that `` book burning is antithetical to American ideals , '' but then tied the two issues together when she went on to say that `` people have a constitutional right to burn a Koran if they want to , but doing so is insensitive and an unnecessary provocation -- much like building a mosque at ground zero . '' Although the pastor agreed to cancel the Quran burning after a call from Secretary of Defense Robert Gates warning it would put American lives at risk , the incident stoked the fires of hatred . If this kind of inflammatory rhetoric continues , it will erode a central and crucial principle in the war on terrorism . It also contradicts the nation 's constitutional and pluralistic traditions -- the very traditions we want to defend from terrorism -- while doing irreparable harm abroad . When Bush spoke at the Islamic Center , he took a pivotal step in defining how he wanted to defend the nation and go about punishing the aggressors who killed thousands of civilians . His message can not be forgotten . Should local and national debate move in a different direction , we will be paying the cost as a nation for decades to come by destroying our image in the Muslim world , thus playing into the hands of the terrorists . We 'd be abandoning the very best ideals that our country has to offer . The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Julian E. Zelizer .
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After 9/11 , a few Americans lashed out at innocent Muslims . Julian Zelizer : President George W. Bush rightly condemned such attacks at the time . He says that principle has been ignored by some GOP politicians . Zelizer : Attacking Islam is at odds with U.S. Constitution and key values nation is seeking to defend .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Another wonder strike from in-form Dutch winger Arjen Robben proved enough to give Bayern Munich a narrow 1-0 Champions League semifinal first leg win over Lyon , in a match which saw both sides reduced to 10 men . Robben , who scored a hat-trick in Bayern 's 7-0 thrashing of Hannover , continued where he left off last weekend by scoring the only goal in the 69th minute . Picking the ball up 25 yards from goal , Robben 's impressive strike took a slight deflection off the head of teammate Thomas Muller to wrong-foot goalkeeper Hugo Lloris . Bayern were the better of the two sides , but they suffered an early setback when midfielder Franck Ribery , whose name has been linked to an alleged sex scandal in his native France , was sent off for a late challenge on Lisandro in the 37th minute . Ribery lunged in with studs showing , catching Lisnadro on his ankle , and Italian referee Robert Rosetti had no hesitation in producing a straight red card , meaning the Frenchman will now miss the second leg in Lyon next week . However , nine minutes after the break , Lyon 's man advantage disappeared when Jeremy Toulalan , who had been booked for a foul on Robben just three minutes earlier , was shown a second yellow card for a high challenge . Lyon had endured a long trip by road and rail to get to Munich and , like Barcelona in Milan 24 hours earlier , they appeared tired and lethargic throughout the majority of the match .
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Bayern Munich defeat Lyon 1-0 in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal . In-form Arjen Robben scores the only goal with a spectacular long-range strike . Franck Ribery and Jeremy Toulalan are sent off as both team finish with 10 men .
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