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Hong Kong , China -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Surging inflation in China has the government worried enough that it 's adopting new measures , state media said Wednesday . Government actions might include food subsidies , price limits , reinforced punishment for speculating on food , and steps to prevent hoarding , China Daily said . Mayors also might be forced to account for insufficient vegetable supplies and volatile prices . Inflation in China is rising so quickly that it 's sending shoppers across the border , to Hong Kong . Mainland Chinese are returning with necessities such as meat and produce , as much as they can carry on a train ride . While in Hong Kong , which is a day trip from parts of mainland China , shoppers also can save by grabbing a meal at McDonald 's . The fast-food chain is raising menu prices in China by as much as 1 yuan -LSB- 15 cents US -RSB- per item because of rising food costs . McDonald 's is keeping prices in check in Hong Kong . The chain , with more than 1,000 outlets in China , is raising prices there for the first time this year , Xinhua said . In 36 Chinese cities , the average wholesale prices for 18 kinds of vegetables have surged by 62.4 percent from a year earlier , the Ministry of Commerce said . Chinese doing marketing in Hong Kong also are loading up on necessities such as toilet paper , diapers and shampoo . With their hands full , they shop busily at supermarkets , sundry stores and produce markets , especially near train stations . One woman described significant savings , such as oranges selling for about twice the price in China , as compared with Hong Kong . Last week , the state-run Xinhua news agency said that China 's consumer price index had hit a 25-month high of 4.4 percent in October . The government 's full-year inflation target is 3 percent . China 's Ministry of Commerce has sold 62,400 tons of pork and 210,000 tons of sugar from reserves since the end of September , in an attempt to stabilize food prices . The ministry also says it will work with other government agencies to try to cool inflation , according to China Daily . China is under pressure as capital flows into the economically vibrant country , the newspaper said , citing Central Bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan . The country drew about $ 7.7 billion in foreign direct investment in October , up 7.9 percent from a year earlier , China Daily said . Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China , which generally governs itself . The Hong Kong dollar is pegged to the U.S. dollar , unlike China 's yuan , or renminbi .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As the United States works with Israelis and Palestinians to sustain Mideast peace talks , another diplomatic effort to forge a two-state solution is quietly but quickly moving to the center of American foreign policy . In about 100 days , the people of South Sudan are to vote on whether to declare independence from the government in Khartoum . That deadline was set when the two sides signed the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2005 , which promised this option . There is little suspense as to the outcome : Every reliable source indicates that South Sudan will vote for separation , dividing Africa 's largest country and taking with it some 80 percent of known Sudanese oil reserves . No , the critical choice that leaders in both North and South face is between a future of peaceful coexistence or a return to chaos and war in a place tragically familiar with both . While there are obviously differences , these situations in the Mideast and Sudan have more in common than the painful process of division . Each features disputes over land and resources , religious and ethnic differences , and conflicting narratives of bloodshed and loss . Time is a critical element in every peace process . And with its referendum fast approaching , Sudan , too , faces the tyranny of the onrushing calendar . The deadline for the Southern referendum promised in the peace agreement , January 9 , 2011 , is not negotiable . But exactly how the North and South will simultaneously separate while remaining interconnected must be . Southern Sudan may possess most of the known petroleum reserves , but the pipelines to market for that oil run through the North . Millions of Southerners displaced by the war will continue to live in Khartoum , and Northerners will live in the South . Every dry season , herders from the North 's Arab Misseriya tribes cross into what will likely become the country of Southern Sudan and then return . The Nile will continue to flow northward , regardless of borders and politics . Boundaries must simultaneously be demarcated and accommodating . And the parties need to finalize the details fast enough to ensure that violence can not fill the vacuum . The last war between North and South lasted for decades and claimed millions of lives . Earlier this year , then-Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair told Congress that , over the next five years , Southern Sudan is the place where `` a new mass killing or genocide is most likely to occur . '' And while we try to prevent the next potential wave of genocide , we can not ignore the fact that Darfur 's tragedy remains unresolved . Even as America asks how it can help Southern Sudan prepare for the likely burdens of statehood , it must also consider the Sudan that remains . Attention to Darfur must not be a casualty of our necessary fixation on the North-South crisis . Recognizing the urgency of the situation , the administration has launched a heightened campaign of diplomatic engagement . President Obama joined U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Vice President Ali Osman Taha of the North and Salva Kiir , leader of the South , in New York last week to highlight the imperatives of peace , while he has also reinforced the American diplomatic presence in the region . Congress must also weigh in . I have written legislation to put Congress on record to reinforce the American commitment to see the peace agreement through , to lay the groundwork for what will come and to reinvigorate the Darfur peace process . One painful lesson from years of Mideast peacemaking is that even when the elements that will constitute an accord may seem clear from the outside , the compromises and choices that will make it possible are difficult to accept , sequence and execute . Time in Sudan is short and the stakes are high . Although the Sudanese themselves will own their future , America must now help North and South Sudan to find a peaceful path forward . The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of John Kerry .
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John Kerry : South Sudan likely to vote for independence , raising specter of more war with North . Congress must commit to laying groundwork for peace between North and South , he writes . Senator says the situation resembles Middle East in its complexity and pitfalls . Commitment to revive peace process in Darfur also essential , Kerry writes .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Manchester United have warned French side Le Havre they will take action against them unless they stop repeating claims that the English Premier League champions offered financial inducements to Paul Pogba 's family in order to lure the teenager to Old Trafford . Manchester United have vehemently denied any wrong-doing in the signing of Paul Pogba -LRB- left -RRB- . United have grown angry at the sustained assault by Le Havre , which came in the wake of a transfer ban imposed on Chelsea last week for a similar infringement of the rules . Now club officials have written to the French club , and made them aware in the strongest terms that they must either put up , or shut up . `` In response to the wholly unfounded comments widely reported in the media of Le Havre President , Jean-Pierre Louvel , Manchester United wish to categorically confirm that as a matter of club policy and in accordance with the applicable football regulations , we do not offer inducements to the parents of players who sign for the club such as monetary payments or the purchase of houses , '' said United in a statement on their official Web site . `` Manchester United have today written to Le Havre to put it on notice that action will be taken if such allegations are repeated in relation to the transfer of Paul Pogba . '' Le Havre had claimed the matter was being referred to FIFA for their investigation although , as yet , the world governing body have not acknowledged receipt . When the Pogba issue was first raised last week , United officials suggested that there was no contract for the 16-year-old to break , therefore the Red Devils could not be offering inducements to do so . However , they have been annoyed by Le Havre 's allegations of impropriety , which has prompted the stinging outburst . `` Manchester United are entirely satisfied that the transfer of Paul Pogba has been conducted in accordance with the regulations set down by the world governing body , FIFA , '' the statement added . `` Manchester United are ready to defend any claim brought against them by Le Havre to FIFA . `` It is to be noted that all contractual documentation relating to the player 's registration with the club have already been fully ratified by the Football Association and the Premier League . ''
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English champions Manchester United issue warning to French side Le Havre . Le Havre claim United had offered inducements to sign teenager Paul Pogba . But United have threatened legal action if Le Havre continue their allegations .
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LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Zinedine Zidane is sure of the quality most necessary to create a successful team : mutual respect . Zidane : the ex-footballer identifies mutual respect as the most important quality that players need to exhibit within a team . It is a telling observation from a man whose incredible achievements on the football pitch were only slightly marred by explosions of rage that often seemed to be provoked by a perceived lack of respect from others . `` When you have 23 players -LRB- in a football team 's squad -RRB- , everyone has their personality , one is stronger , one more shy , one more reserved , one more arrogant , '' he tells CNN . `` But the most important is respect between all of us . '' The French maestro , who hung up his boots two years ago , certainly enjoyed the respect of his teammates . Former coaches and fellow players speak in reverent tones about him . In large part , this is due to his sublime talent -- few would argue with the summation that he was the most gifted footballer of his generation . Yet this immense ability was accompanied by a shyness and humility notoriously absent among many of today 's top sportsmen , and by an intense professionalism that bordered on obsession . Aimé Jacquet , the coach of the French national team that Zidane guided to victory in the 1998 thanks to two headed goals in the final against Brazil , says the player was gifted with `` an internal vision . '' `` He can make the ball do whatever he wants . But it is his drive which takes him forward . He is 100 per cent football , '' he told the British newspaper The Guardian . It was this dedication that allowed the French-born son of Algerian immigrants to escape his tough upbringing in a deprived suburb of Marseilles and make it on the big stage . Starting out as a 17-year-old for French side Cannes , Zidane went on to play for Bordeaux , the Italian team Juventus and finished his career at a Real Madrid side packed with many of the world 's top talent . Under the tenure of President Florentino Pérez the club made a host of big-name transfers including Portuguese international Luis Figo , Brazil star Ronaldo , Zidane and David Beckham . Zidane says great teams need clear and defined leaders that the players can rally behind . At Real he identifies former teammate and current club captain Raúl González as such a player . Nicknamed the Galácticos , the Madrid team frequently underperformed , however , under the sagging weight of expectation and an excess of big egos . Zidane did n't allow Real 's inconsistencies to hold him back , however . By the end his career , he had won almost every major honor in the game including the World Cup and European Championships with France and the crown of FIFA World Player of the Year a record three times . In 2004 , Forbes magazine named him the 42nd-highest paid athlete in the world , with earnings of $ 15.8 million a year . `` People tell me today , ` yeah , it 's easy for you ' and I say no , because when I started no-one knew me . I had the skills of course but I made that path myself , and for everything you have to do that . '' And it is this same mental toughness that has allowed him to shrug off the taunts of the racists and emerge a national hero in a country whose immigrant community has enjoyed an uneasy relationship with the state . Zizou , as he is known affectionately in France , has tried to stay above the murky world of race politics , only once being drawn into defending his Algerian heritage after a small-minded attack on his father 's war record . This came after the World Cup win over Brazil , when a member of the far right political party the Front National suggested Zidane 's father was `` a harki '' -- an Arabic word for Algerians who fought alongside the French in Algeria 's bloody independence struggle . After a 2001 friendly match between France and Algeria had to be abandoned when angry young French Arabs invaded the pitch , Zidane was forced to break his silence , publically repudiating the libel . He still seems reluctant to be turned into a spokesman for France 's North African community -- he tells CNN he would prefer to be thought of as an `` example '' for immigrant children rather than as a hero . Even so , his heritage is clearly something he remains deeply connected to . So that when he was famously sent off in the final of the 2006 World Cup after a headbutt on Italian defender Marco Materazzi in the last act of his career , it was an alleged slur against his family that provoked the attack . The headbutt was shocking but not entirely unexpected . Throughout his career , Zidane was prone to flashes of temper on the pitch -- he was sent off 14 times in his years as a professional footballer . Nevertheless , it was an ignoble end for such a prodigious talent . Zidane has refused to apologise to Materazzi because he says that would be like condoning the Italian 's comments -- exactly what Materazzi said is still in dispute , and two years on , he remains philosophical and largely unrepentent about the incident . `` When people say I should n't have finished the World Cup on that note , I do n't look at it that way , '' he says . `` My career is much more than that moment . ''
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French ex-footballer Zinedine Zidane won every major honor during his career . His talent and modesty won him the respect of his teammates and managers . The son of Algerian immigrants , he grew up in a poor suburb of Marseilles . He retired in 2006 after he was sent off in the World Cup final against Italy .
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LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A veteran of over 20 years of mountain climbing , Dave Bunting has been in some pretty tight scrapes . Soldier mountaineer Dave Bunting on Mount Everest . His team tried to summit via the mountain 's notorious West Ridge in 2006 . He and his climbing partner once watched in terror as a huge avalanche careered down a Himalayan mountainside straight for them . They were miraculously spared when the wall of snow parted on either side of the promontory where they were standing at a distance of just 50 meters . On another occasion he spent an agonizing night hanging precariously over a 3,000-foot -LRB- 900 meter -RRB- drop during an electrical storm in the Alps . He estimates he was electrocuted `` half a dozen times '' during the course of the night . Faced with the fearsome power of nature mountaineers like Bunting rely on one indispensable ally -- other mountaineers . Teamwork is essential in climbing . The first successful ascent of Everest was as much about the bond of trust that existed between modest New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and his diminutive Sherpa , Tenzing Norgay , as their individual talents . To illustrate this point , when Bunting -- a warrant officer in the British Army -- was compiling a team of soldiers to attempt an ascent of Everest 's notorious West Ridge the first quality he and the rest of the selection panel looked for was not climbing expertise , but compatibility . `` A lot of people think that when you go and do something like that , you immediately look for all the best climbers in the army , '' he says . `` But what we based our selection process on , compatibility was first . '' Of course , all team sports rely upon a strong dynamic between the individual members . But there can be few disciplines in which the stakes are as high as in mountain climbing , where your life often literally rests in someone else 's hands . Bunting , 40 , led the expedition of 21 army mountaineers to Everest 's West Ridge two years ago . It was a daunting undertaking . Of over 2,200 climbers who have made it to the top of the world 's tallest peak since it was first conquered , only 19 have done so via this route . The ridge is rarely attempted because of its steepness and because its position leaves it exposed to high winds and the risk of avalanche . The army 's summit attempt took three and half years in the planning and preparation and was the subject of a documentary , ` Everest : Man v Mountain . ' Much of this build-up involved establishing strong bonds between team members . Practice climbs , social events and corporate-style teambuilding days were all employed to try to instil an atmosphere of mutual trust within the group . An essential factor on a mountain as significant as Everest , Bunting says . `` You are massively wrapped up in emotions there because you 've spent three and a half years preparing for it , '' says Bunting , who now runs his own outdoor events company in the Bavarian Alps . The prestige of getting to the top of Everest can sometimes blur a climber 's moral judgement , leading to acts of single-mindedness that border on the downright callous . During the same season as Bunting 's army expedition , David Sharp , a 34-year-old British climber died of cold , exhaustion and lack of oxygen on his descent from the summit . As details of Sharp 's death became public it emerged that 40 climbers had passed him , making no attempt to save the stricken climber as he lay stranded in the scant shelter of a rock alcove on the mountain 's northeast ridge . The incident drew much soul-searching in the mountaineering world , with Sir Edmund Hillary complaining to New Zealand 's Otago Daily Times of the `` horrifying '' attitudes it revealed . '' -LRB- On Everest -RRB- a lot of people are out for themselves completely , '' says Bunting . He says this selfish streak is exacerbated by the fast turnover of commercial climbing expeditions , which often meet for the first time just a couple of weeks before a summit attempt , meaning there is little opportunity to build team morale . By contrast , among Bunting 's army mountaineers the needs of the group were always put before personal ambition . He gives an example : . `` As we went for the summit there were a number of support teams , one of whose job it was to break trail from base camp right the way up to 7,500 metres , clambering through two foot of snow . `` Each step you take at those altitudes is absolutely horrendous . There 's a clip in the documentary of one of the lads breaking trail , every step up to his knees in snow , and you hear him say : ` Well , this is our job so we 've got to get on with it . ' `` A brilliant demonstration of teamwork . '' The biggest test of this togetherness came when Bunting was left the unenviable task of telling his team of ambitious young soldiers he was abandoning the summit attempt because of a high risk of avalanches . `` Two or three of the guys were pretty pissed off , to be honest . `` Instead of getting wrapped up in emotions -- because Everest is a very emotional place -- I looked at it in very black and white terms . I could n't risk sending my team up the mountain with that kind of real and present danger involved . '' This clear-headed thinking meant his team braved one of the most dangerous climbs in the world and made it back down again , together .
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LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- She is one of the world 's most likeable and photogenic leaders , has her own YouTube channel , and is determined to change the face of learning in the Middle East . Queen Rania 's down-to-earth personality has won hearts and minds all over the world . She is also , according to you , the most inspirational leader featured on CNN 's `` The Spirit of ... '' in 2008 . Thousands of CNN Web site users voted to award her the honor for her matchless energy working with Jordan 's young people , ahead of luminaries such as peace advocate Kofi Annan , activist Wangari Maathai and environmentalist James Lovelock . This is Queen Rania 's second award in as many months . In November , she was presented with the first ever YouTube Visionary Award for her bold use of the video-sharing network to discuss stereotypes about Islam and the Arab world . The channel fielded questions from young people about all aspects of Islamic culture . She could not be present to personally receive the honour at YouTube 's Live event in San Francisco , but her pop-culture-savvy pre-recorded acceptance speech showed her to be possibly the coolest queen alive . She delighted viewers with a lighthearted top-ten list of reasons for registering her own YouTube channel , which included , `` Because I did n't have enough friends on Facebook , '' and `` Because anything Queen Elizabeth can do I can do better . '' The experimental venture gained her a faithful online following , and since then the channel has become a platform for entertaining , non-hostile debate . It is exactly this willingness to set aside her royal image and interact with the public that her fans say has shown Queen Rania 's dedication to bringing about change . She first entered the international spotlight 15 years ago after marrying Abdullah II bin al-Hussein , the then future king of Jordan . In 1999 , she was proclaimed Queen , the world 's youngest at age 28 . She wasted little time in applying herself to various causes , and soon made her name as an engaging advocate for women 's rights and moderate Islam , and as a heavy investor in youth . The 38-year-old mother of four has said that she cares about her people as if they were her own children , and wants to ensure as many of them as possible get the most out of school . Queen Rania may be light-hearted in some of her approaches , but she is very serious when it comes to revitalizing education in the Middle East . She has made closing the Middle East 's `` knowledge divide '' -- the gap in knowledge that has grown as a result of people in richer countries having more access to computers , the Internet and education than those in poorer countries -- a top priority over the next few years in the hope that it will unlock the economic potential of the region 's population . Queen Rania certainly has a challenge on her hands . Earlier this year , the Arab League Educational Cultural and Scientific Organisation revealed that nearly one in three between the ages of 15 and 45 is illiterate . Alongside promoting equal rights for men and women and the importance of literacy , Queen Rania has strived to convince both the education and private sectors that existing education systems need reinvigoration . She has repeatedly called for creative instruction and explorative learning to be embraced in the classroom . In April of this year , Queen Rania launched the Madrasati -LRB- `` My School '' -RRB- project , which encourages Jordanians to get their neediest schools back on their feet . Under the program , communities are working with the public and private sectors to raise funds and recruit volunteers to renovate school facilities and provide school supplies and equipment . This is expected to improve the learning environment for children , and ultimately have a ripple effect on the neighborhoods where the schools are located . Queen Rania 's campaigns in various areas have helped to inspire other Middle Eastern policy-makers to see globalization in a more positive light -- a truly inspiring leader .
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Queen Rania voted `` The Spirit of ... '' most inspirational leader of 2008 . Online readers acknowledge her work with education , women 's rights and Islam . Queen Rania personally encourages open dialogue through her YouTube channel .
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LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Is it possible to have a building that can make you happy , sad , or even angry ? The Experience Music Project in Seattle has appeared in the Forbes list of ugly buildings . Does it affect your mood ? Alain de Botton thinks it is . The Swiss-born British writer , modern-day philosopher , and author of international bestseller `` The Architecture of Happiness '' , believes there is more to buildings and architecture than we may think . Taking on 19th Century French writer Stendhal 's motto that `` beauty is the promise of happiness , '' de Botton analyzes human surroundings and considers how our needs and desires are transferred into architecture . He also discusses the amount to which architecture can affect our personal happiness . De Botton told CNN he felt that a beautiful building , or likewise , an ugly structure , could affect how we feel . `` Beauty has a huge role to play in altering our mood . When we call a chair or a house beautiful , really what we 're saying is that we like the way of life it 's suggesting to us . It has an attitude we 're attracted to : if it was magically turned into a person , we 'd like who it was . `` It would be convenient if we could remain in much the same mood wherever we happened to be ... but unfortunately we 're highly vulnerable to the coded messages that emanate from our surroundings , '' he said . But , how do buildings manage to cast their bricks and mortar over our emotions ? `` One might say that architecture suggests a mood to us , which we may be too internally troubled to be able to take up . Its effectiveness could be compared to the weather : a fine day can substantially change our state of mind -- and people may be willing to make great sacrifices to be nearer a sunny climate , '' de Botton said . De Botton believed that structures communicate with us in various ways . `` This book focuses our minds on the idea that buildings speak -- and on topics which can readily be discerned . They speak of democracy or aristocracy , openness or arrogance , welcome or threat , a sympathy for the future or a hankering for the past . '' So , indeed your own house could be making you happy or sad , de Botton suggests . `` They -LRB- houses -RRB- tell us of certain moods that they seek to encourage and sustain in their inhabitants . While keeping us warm and helping us in mechanical ways , they simultaneously hold out an invitation for us to be specific sorts of people . They speak of particular visions of happiness , '' he said . De Botton said there are `` thousands '' of public buildings which are ugly and could possibly force a negative , saddening , or even potential anger-producing mood upon us . What are some examples ? De Botton is quick to mention the new Westfield mall opening in Shepherd 's Bush , London , which he describes as a `` monument to human idiocy '' which represents a `` large , confused shed , which offers the wider community nothing but a windowless façade clad in nauseating green paneling , with an utter indifference to symmetry , proportion or beauty '' . And what other buildings could be considered a structure of sadness ? Certainly , Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen 's Experience Music Project building in Seattle has to be a nominee -- featuring in the Forbes list of the top ten ugliest buildings in the world . Elsewhere , London 's Millennium Dome -LRB- or 02 Arena -RRB- and Cleveland 's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , are other well-known candidates for buildings that could destroy one 's day , after featuring in various `` ugly '' lists . At the other end of the scale , de Botton has some ideas about structures we should cast our eyes upon to make us happy . While all of this is rather subjective , de Botton said there were some aesthetic values that were universally appreciated . He was particularly fond of the highly-detailed yet serene Senate House in Bloomsbury , London , and also the Georgian-style architecture of Bedford Square , also in London . It 's fair to say though , that not everyone in the architectural world is as optimistic about the power of architecture over people . In a debate with architect Robert Adam organized by building.co.uk , Adam attacked de Botton 's ideas . After questioning de Botton 's use of the word `` us '' when presenting some opinions , Adam said he did not believe that people were culturally aware enough to take notice of such details . `` I would n't call myself a pessimist because it would mean I feel bad about popular culture , which I do n't . What I think we have at the moment is people who are unprepared to take on the language of the greater part of the population , '' he said . We want to know what you think . Do you believe buildings can influence the way we feel ? Give us your examples of buildings that make you happy or sad in the Sound Off box below and we 'll publish the best .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Arsenal came back from two goals down to claim a 4-2 victory over Bolton at the Emirates Stadium which saw them climb to the top of the English Premier League . Bolton , who had been beaten 2-0 by the Gunners on Sunday , raced into an early lead through Gary Cahill who finished well from close range to direct his shot past Arsenal goalkeeper Manuel Almunia in the seventh minute . Owen Coyle 's side then doubled their advantage from the penalty spot through Matthew Taylor after Arsenal midfielder Denilson had fouled Lee Chung-yong inside the area . But Arsene Wenger 's young side kept their composure and pulled a goal back before halftime through Tomas Rosicky who lashed an angled shot past Bolton goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen . Arsenal grabbed a controversial equalizer in the 52nd minute when Cesc Fabregas latched on to Andrey Arshavin 's pass to slip the ball through Jaaskelainen 's legs but there had appeared to be an earlier foul when William Gallas appeared to catch Mark Davies on the ankle . The turnaround was complete when Thomas Vermaelen fired home Arsenal 's third after Abou Diaby had knocked down a corner into the path of the Belgian defender . Arsenal scored their fourth -- and the goal required to send them top of the table -- in the 85th minute when Eduardo slipped in Arshavin and the Russian made no mistake to fire the ball past Jaaskelainen . Wenger 's side are level on points with Chelsea on 48 points , and are level with a goal difference of 34 , but the Gunners go top having scored more goals than their London rivals . Elsewhere , Liverpool produced a defiant performance to help ease the pressure on Rafael Benitez with a 2-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield thanks to a brace from Dirk Kuyt . The Holland international gave Liverpool the lead in the sixth minute with a low shot from the edge of the area which flew past Heurelho Gomes ' right-hand after he had been set up by Italian playmaker Alberto Aquilani . Liverpool , who were without the injured Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres , showed their defensive discipline to keep out Spurs and should have been out of sight by the time they were awarded an injury-time penalty after David Ngog was brought down by Sebastien Bassong . Kuyt scored the first effort only to be ordered to re-take by referee Howard Webb , but the Dutchman held his nerve to send Gomes the wrong way and keep Liverpool in the race for the fourth Champions League place . Meanwhile Aston Villa beat Blackburn Rovers 6-4 in a thrilling English League Cup semifinal second leg tie to go through 7-4 on aggregate and secure a Wembley final against either Manchester United or Manchester City . A Nikola Kalinic brace had Rovers ahead , but Stephen Warnock slotted in before Christopher Samba was sent off . James Milner converted the subsequent penalty and a Steven Ngonzi own-goal and Gabriel Agbonlahor and Emile Heskey 's strikes seemed to seal it . Volleys from Martin Olsson and Brett Emerton gave Rovers hope before Ashley Young curled home to wrap up the win for Martin O'Neill 's side .
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Arsenal came back from two goals down to claim a 4-2 victory over Bolton at the Emirates Stadium which saw go top of the Premier League . Liverpool produced a defiant performance to help ease the pressure on Rafael Benitez with a 2-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur . Aston Villa beat Blackburn Rovers 6-4 in a thrilling English League Cup semifinal second leg tie to go through 7-4 on aggregate .
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Los Angeles , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- `` Big Bang Theory '' star Kaley Cuoco suffered a big bang when she fell from a horse last weekend , according to her representative . `` She did break her leg , but is expected to make a full recovery , '' said Melissa Kates . `` She will not be working this week and there was already a planned hiatus for next week . '' Cuoco , 24 , told CNN last month that she keeps horses on her San Fernando Valley , California , ranch . `` I 'm all about the horses , riding , nature and just the quiet side of life , '' she said . She plays the lead role of Penny on the CBS hit sitcom . CNN 's Brittany Kaplan contributed to this report .
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Her rep says Cuoco already planned to be off next week . Cuoco said she 's `` all about horses ''
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For 25 agonizing minutes , journalist Norm Beaman did not know whether his wife had perished in wild fires sweeping southern Australia , after he lost mobile phone contact following an explosion and a scream . Firefighters battle a blaze in Labertouche , about 125 kilometers west of Melbourne . Beaman , a veteran reporter for Channel 7 news , was racing home to his property on Mount Disappointment , north of Melbourne , talking to his wife , Annie , as she tried to defend their home from the fires that have left dozens dead . `` She was being stoic , putting up a fight , but when the hay and machinery shed next to our house exploded , she frantically screamed : ` I 'm jumping in the dam , ' and that was the last I heard of her for 25 minutes , '' he told CNN . Beaman , held back at a roadblock , argued with police to be let through to try to find Annie , but they refused -- eventually dispatching an officer to investigate . Watch Beaman describe his anguish '' . Annie , meanwhile , had been found by neighbors who took her to shelter in the smoldering ruins of another property -- only to face a return of the flames . `` She and some of the neighbors on top of this mountain huddled together in a burnt-out paddock with blankets over their heads and let the fire ... and it curled back over them but they escaped . '' Beaman said he eventually made it through to his home after persuading officers manning the roadblock to turn a blind eye . `` I eventually pleaded on humanitarian grounds in fairly direct terms with a policeman and asked him to turn his back for 30 seconds and he did and I got through , '' he said . `` A lot of my neighbours have lost everything , but miraculously , my house is still standing and it 's now got bodies sleeping on every square inch . '' Photos : Bushfires leave path of destruction '' Beaman said his 22-year-old son Cameron , a news cameraman , was also fearing the worst for his mother as he was dispatched to film the area from the air and was so overcome with emotion he had to be taken off the job . Watch survivor describe fire `` like a 747 '' '' `` He could n't stand the thought of his mother perishing while he filmed and he had to be dropped off out of the chopper and another cameraman take over . '' Beaman was among the survivors of Australia 's raging wildfires recounting their harrowing tales . The death toll continued to rise as rescue workers discovered more bodies . Some victims died in cars while trying to flee the flames . Others had stayed put inside houses that were burned to their shells . One man 's car caught on fire as he fled the town of Kinglake . `` Both of us had to get out -- get into the car -- just took off into the smoke , '' said one man . `` There 's flames coming inside the car . '' `` It was terrifying , '' said a woman . `` This was not ordinary . It was an absolute inferno . '' `` I lost two kids , mate , '' a grieving father said . `` Nothing will bring them back . '' `` I 've heard of sad stories of flames going over cars and maybe one person surviving , '' Dr. John Coleridge of Victoria 's Alfred Hospital told reporters on Sunday . `` I suspect today they will find lots of cars with people who have n't survived . '' Hospital officials treating burn victims said the wounds were the worst they have seen since the terrorist bombings in the Indonesian island of Bali in 2002 . Northern Australia , on the other hand , is grappling with a much different problem . Sixty percent of the state of Queensland was flooded , officials reported , and residents were warned to be on the lookout for crocodiles in urban areas . -- CNN 's Barry Neild contributed to this report .
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Norm Beaman was racing home to his property when he lost touch with wife . Phone contact went dead after an explosion next to their property . Reporter was held back by police roadblock as wildfire ravaged his home .
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Los Angeles , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Zsa Zsa Gabor 's recovery from hip replacement surgery last month has been slower than predicted , but her daughter disputed a report that the actress `` suffered a setback '' Saturday . `` She is no different than she was from yesterday or the day before , '' Francesca Hilton , who was at her mother 's hospital bedside , said Saturday . She was awake watching TV and eating , Hilton said . Gabor 's husband , meanwhile , told CNN that she `` went into shock '' Saturday morning , delaying her release from Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center that had been planned for this weekend . The 93-year-old actress is now expected to go to her Bel Air , California , home Monday , Prince Frederic Von Anhalt said . Von Anhalt said Hilton would not know of her mother 's condition because he has told doctors not to talk to her . The stepfather and stepdaughter have had a cold relationship in recent years that included a legal fight over a mortgage on Gabor 's Bel Air mansion . The German prince , 67 , married Gabor 24 years ago . Francesca Hilton , 64 , is Gabor 's only child , the product of her second marriage to hotel magnate Conrad Hilton . Gabor , who suffered a broken hip in a fall from her bed July 17 , underwent surgery July 19 . Von Anhalt initially predicted she would leave the hospital just a few days after the surgery . Gabor 's fall happened as she reached to answer the phone while watching the television game show `` Jeopardy , '' which is `` a must-see show '' for the actress , her husband said . Gabor has been frail and `` pretty much confined to a wheelchair '' since a 2002 car accident , he said . The crash occurred when the car in which she was riding with her hairdresser slammed into a light pole on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles . The glamorous Hungarian-born actress , the second of the three celebrated Gabor sisters , is most famous for her many marriages . Among her other husbands was Oscar-winning actor George Sanders . Her more prominent films include John Huston 's 1952 Toulouse-Lautrec biopic , `` Moulin Rouge ; '' `` The Story of Three Loves , '' 1953 ; `` The Girl in the Kremlin , '' 1957 ; and Orson Welles ' classic `` Touch of Evil , '' 1958 . In 1989 , Gabor was sentenced to 72 hours in jail for slapping a Beverly Hills police officer after a traffic stop . She also had to perform community service at a battered women 's shelter . The other Gabor sisters were Magda , the oldest , who died in 1997 five days shy of 83 , and Eva , the youngest , who died in 1995 at 76 . Magda , an occasional stage actress , also was married to Sanders at one time . Eva is probably best remembered for her role as a socialite turned farmer 's wife on the 1960s TV sitcom `` Green Acres . ''
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Gabor 's daughter says her mom is eating and watching TV . The actress ' husband says a setback delayed her release Saturday . Gabor is now expected to go home Monday . The 93-year-old actress suffered a broken hip in July .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The San Francisco Giants won their first World Series title since 1954 on Monday , after the California-based team beat the Texas Rangers 3-1 away at the Arlington Ballpark to secure a 4-1 victory in Major League baseball 's best-of-seven-game contest . After narrowly missing out in the `` Fall Classic '' in 1962 , 1989 and 2002 , the result marked the Giants ' sixth overall World Series win , but only their first since the franchise moved from New York to the west coast city in 1958 . The game was the end of an incredible season for the Giants -- who qualified for the final by beating the Atlanta Braves and defending National League Champions the Philadelphia Phillies -- after they clinched a play-off place on the last day of the six-month regular season . But it was a disappointing night for the Rangers , who were appearing in the World Series final for the first time in the team 's 50-year history . Is the Giants ' triumph bad for baseball ? Veteran shortstop Edgar Renteria -- who produced the winning hit in the final game of the 1997 series for the Florida Marlins -- sealed the win for the Giants with a three-run homer in the seventh innings , and the 35-year-old Colombian was subsequently named the series ' Most Valuable Player . `` I did n't forget that we were playing a great offensive team like Texas , '' Renteria told the Giants ' official website . `` That 's why I told my teammates , ` Keep playing , ' because we know they can tie the game right away . '' But the Texas-based team were unable to catch the eventual winners , and American starting pitcher Tim Linecum was also invaluable for the Giants , striking out 10 and scattering three hits over eight innings , allowing just one home run to Rangers player Nelson Cruz -- his side 's only score . `` I felt pretty collected , '' Linecum said . `` From the first inning on , my adrenaline kind of just dissipated and I was able to calm down . I was very poised out there . '' The Rangers had hoped for more on their World Series debut , but the team who had not won a play-off game until three weeks ago admitted they were beaten by better players . `` Not much worked for us this series . We won one game , '' Ian Kinsler of the Rangers told his side 's official website . `` They pitched better than us . They did everything better than us . ''
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San Francisco Giants beat Texas Rangers 3-1 to win best-of-seven World Series 4-1 . Calfornia-based Giants ended fans ' 56-year wait for a championship pennant . It is the franchise 's sixth in total but first since it moved from New York in 1958 . Rangers were playing in the first World Series final of the team 's 50-year history .
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Conakry , Guinea -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Guinea once again has postponed the second round of voting in its presidential election , the new head of the West African country 's National Independent Electoral Commission announced Friday . Gen. Siaka Toumani Toure , the Malian general who replaced controversial commission chief Louseny Camara on Tuesday , said it `` is not possible '' to hold the run-off vote between the two candidates , Cellou Dalein Diallo and Alpha Conde , on Sunday as planned . No new date was set for the next round of voting . The ballot was initially scheduled to be held two weeks after the first round voting , which occurred June 27 . Diallo won 44 percent and Conde 18 percent . The second round already had been postponed three times because of technical problems , mismanagement and internal disputes . Camara had been accused by Diallo 's UFDG party of supporting Conde and stealing ballots from a populous Conakry suburb where Camara served as poll administrator . Camara has denied the accusations , but on Thursday he was sentenced to a year in prison and fined 2,000,000 Guinean francs -LRB- about $ 300 -RRB- by Conakry courts for fraud in the first round . `` We have no comment yet about the new delay , '' said Moustapha Naite , a spokesman for Alpha Conde 's RPG party . And Oury Bah , the vice president of UFDG , said , `` We agree with the new delay because there are many problems to fix . '' Experts are worried that the delay might spark renewed violence , which could threaten the democratic transition . Both sides have blamed the other for attacking its activists . Bah said that renewed violence between supporters of Conde and Diallo after a UFDG rally on Thursday in Conakry killed one UFDG supporter and injured some 30 more . `` Yesterday our supporters were attacked by elements of RPG . ... One is now in a coma and another died this morning , '' Bah said . Naite denied this claim and said RPG supporters were the victims of poisoned water sold at a rally for Conde in Conakry on Friday . `` Today all we can say is that at our meeting we have over 60 people laying in the hospital because of poisoned water that they sold at the Palais du Peuple , '' Naite said , referring to Friday 's gathering place for RPG supporters . Two people were killed Tuesday in clashes between police and supporters of UFDG , who were demanding the replacement of Camara as the electoral commission head . Bah saw Tuesday 's violence as evidence that parts of the government are biased against UFDG . `` The security forces are not neutral , '' he said . Prime Minister Jean-Marie Dore `` and his minister of security do not want elections . '' Guinea has been ruled by a military junta since a coup after the death of longtime autocrat Lansana Conte in December 2008 .
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Guinea delays presidential run-off for fourth time . No new date has been set . The head of Guinea 's electoral commission was replaced this week . Deadly clashes occurred this week between supporters of rival candidates .
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Salt Lake City , Utah -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The elderly parents of Elizabeth Smart 's accused kidnapper testified Wednesday that he was a troubled boy who grew increasingly self-absorbed as a man . `` Brian 's a very intelligent person and used that to its full extent in the harassment of the other children and my wife , '' said Shirl Mitchell , the defendant 's father . The elderly witness made his way through the courtroom with a walker , apologizing for being some 30 minutes late because his taxi driver dropped him off outside the wrong courthouse . The testimony Wednesday painted a picture of a troubled family history , and a Brian David Mitchell who alienated his parents as a boy and shunned his own children as an adult . Mitchell faces a federal kidnapping charge for abducting Smart in 2002 and holding her for nine months . Smart , now 23 , testified earlier in the week that Mitchell told her she was divinely selected to be his wife , kept her tethered to trees in a mountain camp , and raped her repeatedly during the ordeal . He could face life in prison if convicted . In his opening statement , defense attorney Parker Douglas described his client 's life as mirroring his father 's in many ways , including unusual and fervent religious beliefs , but he noted that Shirl Mitchell was never formally diagnosed with a mental illness . During his testimony Wednesday , the elder Mitchell said his son had been troubled since `` in the womb , '' and was conceived under `` unfortunate psychological circumstances for me and my wife . '' He was asked whether he had a special connection to his son . `` I did n't have too much connection , maybe that 's the trouble , '' he replied . `` He sort of alienated himself , isolated himself , in his own little world , you know . He was n't very responsive to me . '' The father also testified about a time when Brian was 9 or 10 , when his father dropped him off in a city park in an effort to teach him a lesson . `` I said , ` Now you 're going to find your way home , and see how it is to be on your own . ' '' His son was gone until nightfall , he said . He 'd made money taking photographs for Japanese tourists , and used his earnings to go to a double feature at the movies . `` This is typical of Brian . He 's smart ; ` I 'm going to make them worry about me , I 'll just stay away all day , ' and he did , '' his father testified . Irene Mitchell , the defendant 's mother , testified only briefly Wednesday afternoon . She struggled with many questions , saying she 's in the process of losing her memory . `` I remember my son as a little boy , '' she said , `` and what he is now is not the same person . '' She said his behavior toward her became so frightening that she obtained a protective order . During cross examination , she was asked to read from a letter from her son during the time his appearance changed . `` My hair and beard are part of a new act . Sorry I ca n't be a sweet-looking boy all the time , '' the letter reads . A sister of Mitchell 's , Kayleen Hill , testified that her brother appeared to blame his own children for his lack of accomplishment , and told her they were undeserving of his love . Mitchell eventually put the children from his first marriage , Travis and Angela , up for adoption , while preventing his own family members from adopting or having contact with them , according to testimony Wednesday . Hill said she 'd been encouraged for a time when her brother became active in the Church of Latter-day Saints and appeared to live a healthier lifestyle than he had before . While married to Wanda Barzee , however , he once again began to isolate himself from the family and became increasingly narcissistic . `` Once he started doing his wanderings with Wanda , especially , he became very distant , '' she said . `` He would kind of be looking down on other people . He felt that he had a special connection with God . '' Prosecutors have held that Mitchell is not sincere in his professed religious beliefs , and is a masterful manipulator . Defense attorneys so far have called 10 witnesses over two days , including Mitchell 's parents , two of his sisters and several friends . They hope to show that Mitchell was so mentally ill when he snatched the Salt Lake City teen that he did not know that what he was doing was wrong . Their case could include testimony by Mitchell himself , as well as his wife , Barzee , who is serving up to 15 years in prison as part of a plea deal with prosecutors that hinges on her willingness to testify against Mitchell . Barzee was not called to the stand in the government 's case , but appears on the defense 's witness list .
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Brian David Mitchell was a troubled child who grew distant from family , his father testifies . His sister says Mitchell gave up his children but blocked his family from adopting them . Defense attorney describes Mitchell 's life as mirroring his father 's in many ways . Mitchell could face life in prison if convicted in Elizabeth Smart 's kidnapping .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Two people were killed and around 100 were injured when a magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck central Serbia overnight , the Ministry of Internal Affairs said Wednesday . The earthquake happened at 1:56 a.m. -LRB- just before 9 p.m. ET -RRB- . The epicenter was near the city of Kraljevo , about 80 miles south of the capital , Belgrade . Serbia 's interior minister visited Kraljevo Wednesday to inspect the damage . Many buildings were damaged , including the hospital in Kraljevo , but no patients were hurt , the ministry said , adding parts of the city were without electricity or water .
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Around 100 were injured . The quake happened just before 2 a.m. -LRB- 9 p.m. ET -RRB- . Its epicenter was in central Serbia .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly plant in Texas was on lockdown Friday morning because of a `` potential security situation , '' according to a news release . The Pantex Plant in Carson County , Texas , `` has activated its Emergency Response Organization to respond to a potential security situation , '' the release said . The event , which was not described , occurred around 8 a.m. the release said . `` The plant is in a lockdown status and the situation is being evaluated in order to facilitate security actions . Pantex employees are sheltered in place , '' it said . Damien Lavera , a spokesman for the National Nuclear Security Administration , said Pantex is responding to a concern reported by an employee . Lavera said the plant management is in control of the situation , which he said should be resolved quickly . Further details were not immediately available . The Pantex plant is the nation 's only nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly facility , the release said . The facility is managed and operated by B&W Pantex for the U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration , according to the plant 's Web site . It is about 17 miles northeast of Amarillo , Texas .
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`` Potential security situation '' led to lockdown , plant says in release . Pantex Plant is the nation 's only nuclear weapons assembly , disassembly facility . Plant supplies U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration .
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Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The unsolved murder of human rights activists in Russia . Their detention , torture and murder in Iran . Their jailing in China and Vietnam . Attacks on journalists in the Philippines , Pakistan , Mexico and Somalia . Coups in Africa and Central America . All isolated incidents around the world that together made 2009 a grim milestone in world freedom , according to a United States think tank that tracks liberty around the globe . Declines in freedom around the world outweighed gains last year , for the fourth year in a row , Freedom House says in its annual survey published Tuesday . `` This represents the longest continuous period of deterioration in the nearly 40-year history '' of the report , writes this year 's author , Arch Puddington . There were only 116 electoral democracies around the world in 2009 , the group found -- the lowest number since 1995 . But the world is doing relatively well at democratic elections , compared with some other indicators . `` Governments are more likely to permit relatively honest elections than to allow an uncensored press , a robust civil society , and an independent judiciary , '' Puddington writes . The report is not all doom and gloom . There was progress in Iraq , the Balkans , Malawi and Togo , Freedom House said . And taking the long view , the world was more free in 2009 than when revolutions swept the communist world 20 years earlier . The Central and Eastern European democracies born in 1989 have largely retained their freedom , despite economic pressures stemming from the worldwide recession . But much of the former Soviet Union is in a dire state . Central Asia is the least free region in the world , according to Freedom House , and contains two of the nine countries that got the survey 's `` worst of the worst '' rating . Central Asia 's former Soviet republics of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are on that list , along with North Korea , Libya , Sudan , Myanmar -LRB- also known as Burma -RRB- , Equatorial Guinea , Eritrea and Somalia . Ten other countries and territories fared only slightly better . They are Belarus , Chad , China , Cuba , Guinea , Laos , Saudi Arabia , Syria , the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia , and Western Sahara , which is fighting for independence from Morocco . Freedom House groups countries into three categories : free , partly free and not free . A total of 89 countries were rated free in 2009 . That 's 46 percent of the 194 countries and territories in the survey , representing 46 percent of the world 's population . Freedom House listed 58 countries as partly free . That 's 30 percent of the world 's countries , with 20 percent of the global population . The group said 47 countries were not free -- just under one in four of the countries in the world , but just over one in three of the world 's people . China is home to more than half the people in the `` not free '' category , Freedom House said . Freedom House describes itself as a nonprofit , nonpartisan organization that supports democratic change , monitors freedom , and advocates for democracy and human rights . It has been publishing its annual report since 1972 .
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Freedom declines outweighed gains in ' 09 , Freedom House says in annual survey . Number of electoral democracies low , group says , but it calls voting rights relatively good . Progress seen in Iraq , the Balkans , Malawi and Togo . 46 % of 194 countries , territories in survey rated free , 30 % partly free , 24 % not free .
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-LRB- The Frisky -RRB- -- When I first heard that a show was premiering on MTV called `` World of Jenks , '' I assumed that it would A -RRB- be about a group of guys who like to punch each other in the privates à la `` Jackass '' or B -RRB- star a stuffed monkey à la `` Warren the Ape . '' Luckily , neither is the case . Instead , `` World of Jenks '' is something MTV , despite its usual flash and pop , is really amazing at creating : documentary television . So who is Jenks ? The Frisky : James Franco would tell you if he was gay . Andrew Jenks is a 24-year-old documentary filmmaker who first got attention when he was a sophomore at NYU for his film `` Andrew Jenks , Room 335 . '' In his movie , Jenks moves into a retirement community . The New York Post raved at the time , ` It 's almost impossible to believe that a kid could produce a documentary like this . It 's a gorgeous , hilarious , sad , wonderful , unblinking look at the joy of life -- even at the end of it . '' The Frisky : Book claims Lady Gaga had eating disorder , affair . Next , Jenks made a movie called `` The Zen of Bobby V , '' about the Mets former manager Bobby Valentine who 's moved on to managing baseball in Japan , for ESPN Films . In each episode of the new `` World of Jenks '' on MTV , Jenks will spend a week with a person who lives a unique life -- be it a homeless woman , an NFL cheerleader , rapper Maino , a mixed martial artist , an army recruit , or a teen with autism . And I 'm not just excited about the show because Jenks is adorable in that floppy-haired , long-nosed Andy Samberg/Daniel Vosovic of `` Project Runway '' way . The Frisky : Plus-size actress Gabby Sidibe gets cover of `` Elle '' magazine . As a journalist who reads 98 percent non-fiction , fascinating people and hidden subcultures always intrigue me . Especially when they 're reported on in an honest , sympathetic way . Which Jenks can obviously do . He says about his new show , `` Every episode is about really trying to understand that person 's entire story . Once you are really with someone the entire time for a few days , you start to really get who they are . '' Amen to that . MTV documentary shows are generally outstanding . `` True Life '' is one of the most underrated series on TV , and I 'm happy that `` Teen Mom '' is finally attracting a lot of attention-and a zillion tabloid covers . Here 's hoping `` World of Jenks '' will be equally engaging in that tradition . The Frisky : 12 celebs who deny getting breast implants despite radical pics . TM & © 2010 TMV , Inc. | All Rights Reserved .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The sculptures speak for themselves : Piñatas in the shape of decapitated heads bearing gunshot wounds adorn the walls of El Paso 's Public Library in Texas . Artist Abel Saucedo says the exhibit , `` Ciudad Juarez es the .1 '' has drawn mixed emotions from viewers . The exhibit , called `` Ciudad Juarez es the .1 , '' is the work of local artist Abel Saucedo , 24 , a recent arts graduate of the University of Texas in El Paso . Saucedo grew up in El Paso and Ciudad Juarez across the border in Mexico , and says violence is now a normal part of life on the border . `` Every time you have a conversation here violence is brought up . It 's on the front page , it 's part of everyone 's life , it 's a reality . I decided to use a piñata because it 's a way to identify with my culture , '' Saucedo said in a phone interview . The collection , which Saucedo describes as post modern conceptualism , contains four individual piñata sculptures in the shape of cartoon heads a bit larger than life size . The heads look as if they have been severed at the bottom of the neck and they are adorned with red paint and shot wounds on the forehead . They are all men -- one has glasses , one a golden tooth , one is smiling , and one has a mustache . `` They do n't represent anyone in particular , just the violence in the border , '' Saucedo said . `` I got a pressure gun and shot each piñata so it would look like a gunshot . I also filled the pressure gun with red paint so it would drip down the face , '' Saucedo said . The pieces , which took Saucedo six months to complete , were received with mixed emotions . `` I have had all kinds of responses . People like them , they think it 's a great idea . People think its offensive , sad , it 's humorous , but people say it 's the truth . In art I 've learned that everything everyone says , it 's an opinion , '' said Saucedo . El Paso Library spokesman Jack Galindo said the library had only one official complaint -- a man said he was `` very offended '' by the pieces . The library receives around 1,592 visitors per day . `` As a person living here in the community , as an artist , this is my opportunity to speak , and it 's tragic . My family and friends have had to move , it 's tragic . I feel it 's my responsibility as an artist to represent those feelings , '' said Saucedo . Enrique Torres , spokesman for the Mexican state of Chihuahua 's Joint Operation said the violence is as brutal as ever . `` We have anything from one dead a day to six or seven . Criminal groups have changed their strategy . They used to operate in high profile vehicles and large caliber weapons , now they use low caliber weapons and older model compact vehicles which are harder to detect , '' said Torres . Chihuahua 's Joint Operation oversees 7,000 Mexican soldiers operating in Juarez working alongside 2,300 federal Police and local police forces . `` Ciudad Juarez es the .1 '' will run until July 31 .
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Artist says piñatas in shape of decapitated heads represent border violence . Abel Saucedo used pressure gun with red paint to create gunshot wounds . Saucedo says violence is a `` way of life '' in U.S.-Mexico border communities . `` Ciudad Juarez es the .1 , '' is on display at El Paso 's Public Library in Texas .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- World number one Rafael Nadal says 2010 has been a dream year so far , after the Spaniard recovered from a knee injury in 2009 to reclaim his French Open and Wimbledon crowns , and the world number one ranking . `` It 's just amazing for me you know , more than dream because I was 11 months without winning a tournament , so that was n't an easy time for me , '' he told CNN 's Open Court . The 24-year-old said he was so happy with his success as he was not sure if he would ever return to the top of tennis after his knee problems forced him out of the sport last year . After being knocked out in the fourth round of the 2009 French Open by Sweden 's Robin Soderling , preventing him from winning a fifth consecutive title in Paris , Nadal 's ongoing knee problem also stopped him from competing and defending his title at Wimbledon . Home hopes distant ahead of U.S. Open . `` It was a hard month after that retirement from Wimbledon . It was probably one of the hardest months of my career , '' he said . `` I worked very hard to build my level but I have doubts and at moments I did n't know if I 'm going to be another time at my best . '' Nadal 's injury worries also coincided with problems off the court , as he struggled to come to terms with his parents ' divorce . However , he refuses to blame any of his losses on his family situation . `` It was n't an easy moment for me , but it happened very often these moments for everybody so just accept that and accept the change . `` I always suffer for my mum , for my dad , for my sisters , so that makes me think more than things on tennis but it 's not for that reason I lost the matches . '' In fact , Nadal , who is coached by his uncle Toni and still lives on his home island of Majorca surrounded by relatives , credits his close-knit family for his happiness and for keeping him grounded . `` The family is very important . They make me feel good always because if I won , when I started to be famous the relationship never changed with my friends and family , '' the eight-time grand slam champion said . `` I am very lucky because when I come back home I have a completely normal life . I can relax , playing golf , fishing -- doing what I want . I know when I finish a tournament , I am going to relax at home . '' But even though he is happiest at home with his family , Nadal admits that he copes with the attention he receives being the world 's best tennis player much better now than he did at the start of his career . `` I was shy when I was a kid , I was very shy , but now I think I 've improved a lot . `` I can speak ok with the media and with the people . My English is still bad but I feel a little bit better now than before . ''
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Rafael Nadal speaks exclusively to CNN 's Open Court . World number says 2010 has been a dream so far . Spaniard says he was n't sure if he would ever get back to top of game after knee injury . Nadal credits his family for giving him a normal life .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Few people can forget the moment quake victim Anna Zizi , 69 , was dragged from the rubble , singing at the top of her voice , her face caked in dirt and debris . Amidst the heartache and anguish brought by the devastating earthquake , music has proved a source of comfort for Haitians at home and abroad . Those living in France , in particular , say the sounds of kompa help bring their hearts closer to home and soothe their souls . `` For Haitian people , kompa music is like a cure . It helps us to forget stress and the bad times in life , '' said Original H , a popular Haitian kompa group in Paris , in a statement emailed to CNN . `` Even in the saddest moments Haitian people always sing . Haitian people always laugh . Their hearts hurt , but they really want to continue to live , '' said Michel Marchand , presenter of `` Kompa Boulevard , '' a program on France-based Radio Espace FM . Kompa musician Mikael Guirand of the celebrated band Carimi felt the power of his music first-hand . Guirand was in a meeting in the Digicel tower in Port-au-Prince , the country 's tallest building , when the quake struck . He made it out unharmed , but his family 's home and his father 's business were both destroyed . Despite the overwhelming despair that followed , Guirand told CNN that devastated fans threw their arms around him in the streets , overjoyed to see musicians like him had survived . `` To have people with no home crying to see that we made it alive is insane , '' Guirand said . `` That shows how highly they value the music ... it gives them hope . '' In France , kompa musicians are now rallying for their homeland and performing in charity concerts . `` Since the tragedy we 've participated in several events and projects to raise funds including ' A Gesture for Haiti ' , '' said Original H . That event brought together leading French artists , including renowned singer Charles Aznavour , to produce a special song and music video . `` We have all family and friends in Haiti , and most of us have lost someone . It is an unforgettable disaster and sometimes we feel helpless for our nation , '' Original H told CNN . Radio Espace and KompaParis.com , a Web site dedicated to kompa , are now helping lead the way organizing and promoting several festivals in France . In the days after the earthquake both groups also used their sites and broadcasts to help Haitians in France find family back home . The popularity of kompa music in France bodes well for the success of these upcoming events . Radio host Marchand thinks one of the key reasons is because of kompa 's exuberant , live performances . `` Kompa is very popular in France , '' he said . `` It 's because Haitian people play live music , not just in a studio , or to sell it on a shelf . '' Kompa music is considered an integral part of Haitian culture , first emerging on the Caribbean island about 60 years ago , distinguishing itself from the Dominican Republic 's brand of merengue , both in spelling and in style . The Haitian meringue is nearly identical to the Dominican merengue but it is a slower tempo and is usually performed in a minor key . Fans describe it as a jazz derivative with pulsing beats , twisting rhythms and soulful Creole singing . `` Kompa is a genre of Haitian music invented by saxophonist Jean-Baptiste Nemours , derived from the meringue and close to calypso , '' explained Vanessa Francklin of KompaParis.com . `` Kompa wants to be open , warm and festive . -LSB- It has -RSB- bold brass , heavy bass , very inspired guitars , keyboards and percussion sounds with fire , '' she continued . `` The music is honest , vibrant , and has things to say . This is the music of a people that has long suffered and still suffers , '' she finished . As Kompa 's profile grows worldwide , many of its musicians are hoping it will not only now help raise funds , but cast Haiti in a more positive light . Bands are also writing special songs dedicated to disaster relief , including Tabou Combo , one of the more famous kompa bands in Haiti , their new song is called `` Haiti Will Never Die . '' `` A lot of people are getting to know who we are as Haitians through our music , '' added Guirand . `` We are not only miserable as you see on TV . Our music shows we are rich in culture . '' Stephanie Busari contributed to this article .
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In France , Haitians turn to the sounds of kompa for comfort . Kompa musicians are organizing performances to raise funds for victims . Kompa is an energetic jazz-derivative , accompanied by Creole singing .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Nearly 700 people in a small town within Lagos , Nigeria , will be moved to a relief camp due to heavy flooding that has plagued the region since September , according to a state governor . Babatunde Raji Fashola made the announcement Monday while on a tour of flood-impacted areas . In all , 681 people from the town of Ajegunle will be relocated to camps specially built for relief efforts , he said . The flooding began last month when the Ogun River rose above its banks after the opening of a dam . No casualties have been reported . While speaking to affected residents , Fashola emphasized that the area is in a flood plain and that people must be ready to move . He said that the government alone ca n't solve the problem and they need help from everyone in the area to get through the flooding and limit the damage , asking residents to refrain from using flood-stricken roads . `` We have to wait for this water to subside , '' Fashola said . `` Nature will take its course , but what we can do as a people is work together to mitigate the advanced consequences . '' The commissioners for Special Duties , Health and Environment will work together with emergency management officials to relocate the displaced residents , Fashola said .
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The flooding began last month in the Lagos region . Flood victims will be moved to relief camps . Official asks residents to help limit the damage while water subsides .
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Los Angeles , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Former `` Survivor '' producer Bruce Beresford-Redman , accused of killing his wife , will stay behind bars at least another 12 days when a federal judge will hear his argument for bail . Beresford-Redman was taken into custody by U.S. marshals in Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoon on a warrant from Mexico , the U.S. attorney 's spokesman said . U.S. Magistrate Suzanne Segal set November 29 as the date for his bail hearing , but his defense lawyer acknowledged getting him out while he waits for a decision on his extradition will not be easy . `` We know we have an uphill battle , but we think we have enough evidence to convince a judge to do so , '' defense attorney Richard Hirsch said . An `` aggravated homicide '' warrant , unsealed Tuesday , accused Beresford-Redman of killing his wife , Monica Beresford-Redman , `` by asphyxiating her '' at a Cancun , Mexico , resort on April 5 . Beresford-Redman was arrested without incident at his Rancho Palos Verdes home , officials said . Monica Beresford-Redman 's sister , Jeanne Burgos , was in court when her former brother-in-law was brought before the judge in a Los Angeles federal courtroom . She said it was a sad moment . `` There is just a hope to go where we need to go so justice is served , but really there is no happy ending here , '' Burgos said . Beresford-Redman 's lawyer predicted it could take a year before a decision is made by U.S. courts about Mexico 's request for extradition . `` We believe we have sufficient evidence to raise a doubt in the judge 's as to whether our client is responsible for this crime , '' Hirsch said . The couple and their two young children were staying at the Moon Palace Resort . Monica Beresford-Redman 's body was found in a resort sewer on April 8 . The initial investigation suggested she `` died of strangulation , because of the bruising , '' Mexican regional police spokesman Adrian Cardena said . The extradition request cited as evidence several witness statements , including one from two British teenagers who were in the hotel room below where the Beresford-Redmans were staying . The boys wrote that they were awakened by `` screams , crying for help and extremely loud banging from the room above '' at 6 a.m. on April 5 . `` It sounded like a woman in extreme distress '' and lasted for 15 minutes , their statement said . The document , which used her maiden name , said the couple `` had been having marital troubles for some time before her murder . '' `` The marital problems continued in Cancun , '' it said . `` In a conversation from Cancun on April 4 , 2010 , Monica Burgos told her sister , Ferreira Burgos , that she had found evidence that -LSB- Beresford-Redman -RSB- was still in contact with the woman with whom he was having the affair . '' Bruce Beresford-Redman was charged with his wife 's slaying in May and an extradition request from Mexico was delivered to the U.S. government in June . The arrest was delayed when his lawyers in Mexico filed an `` amparo '' with a federal court in Mexico City , a document arguing there is not probable cause to charge him , a defense lawyer said . Hirsch , in a summer CNN interview , accused the state judge in Mexico of `` a rush to judgment '' in charging Beresford-Redman , saying , `` It appears that this case is being handled in a manner outside the normal procedures in Mexico . '' The producer was briefly detained by police in Mexico after his wife 's body was found in April . His passport was taken by investigators , and he was told not to leave Mexico until the inquiry was concluded . Beresford-Redman returned home in May , without the knowledge of investigators , to take care of family business and see his children , his lawyer said . He has lived in his Rancho Palos Verdes home with his children since May , although his parents have temporary legal custody of the children , ages 3 and 5 . Bruce Beresford-Redman built his career as a Hollywood reality television show producer . He worked for several seasons on the popular CBS show `` Survivor , '' in which contestants compete against each other in a variety of extreme outdoor scenarios . He was nominated for three Emmy Awards as a producer on the show and was last credited as a producer in 2004 . He also worked on NBC 's `` The Contender '' and `` The Restaurant , '' as well as MTV 's `` Pimp My Ride , '' according to entertainment media company IMG . Monica Beresford-Redman , a native of Brazil , owned a restaurant in Los Angeles .
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NEW : A bail hearing is set for November 29 for Briuce Beresford-Redman . NEW : His lawyer says the extradition process could take a year . NEW : `` There is no happy ending here , '' victim 's sister says . Bruce Beresford-Redman allegedly asphyxiated his wife at a Cancun resort .
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Manila , Philippines -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The son of a Philippines provincial governor is voluntarily turning himself in for questioning in the massacre of at least 57 unarmed civilians , a CNN affiliate reported Thursday . Andal Ampatuan Jr. -- who is the mayor of Datu Unsay and the son of Maguindanao Governor Andal Ampatuan -- has agreed to face questioning , reported Patricia Evangelista of ABS-CBN . Ampatuan was not identified by authorities as a suspect in the killings in the southern Philippines , though victims ' survivors and local media reports had done so . Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo `` is enraged by these barbaric acts , '' spokesman Cerge Remonde said . `` She has literally thrown the full force of the law and has mobilized the security and police forces of the state to go after the perpetrators . '' Philippines authorities had disbanded a paramilitary force in the southern Philippines suspected of playing a role in the massacre , the country 's state-run media reported Wednesday . Remonde said the deaths were the result of a political clan war , not Muslim secessionism in that troubled region of the country . `` So far as this case is concerned , this is a limited clan political rivalry , which has been going on for some time now , '' Remonde said . The death toll grew Wednesday after 11 more bodies were recovered from a rural area of Mindanao and buried . Arroyo has declared Wednesday a national day of mourning . Arroyo 's government is under intense pressure to find those responsible for planning and carrying out the abduction and killing of the group of about 60 politicians , lawyers and journalists -- and reportedly some bystanders . Suspicion has fallen on the Ampatuan family , key allies of the Arroyo administration in the Maguindanao region of the southern Mindanao province . Ampatuan family members have not commented on the slaying allegations . Remonde appeared to blame the Ampatuan clan , adding : `` There is , however , a move now by the administration party to expel the suspected clan . '' Those killed include the wife and two sisters of a local politician who plans to run for the spot vacated next year by Maguindanao 's governor , Andal Ampatuan . While the investigation is ongoing , a spokesman for the country 's national police has said that Andal Ampatuan Jr. has been linked to the crime , according to local media reports . `` According to the initial reports , those who were abducted and murdered at Saniag were initially stopped by a group led by the mayor of Datu Unsay , '' National Police spokesman Chief Superintendent Leonardo Espina said , according to ABS-CBN News . The massacre is the worst politically motivated violence in recent Philippines history . On Monday morning , in daylight , a group of about 100 gunmen stopped a convoy carrying supporters and family members of local politician Ismael `` Toto '' Mangudadatu , witnesses and officials say . Mangudadatu had sent his wife and sisters to file paperwork allowing him to run for governor of Maguindanao in May after he had been threatened and told not to file the papers himself . He said the threats came from allies of Governor Ampatuan . The number of people kidnapped and killed was still unclear , as recovery continued at the mass grave site in Maguindanao . A car traveling behind the convoy was mistaken for being a part of the politician 's contingent , a local official told the Philippines GMA News Network . The car was instead heading to a hospital , according to Tom Robles , head of the Tacurong City Employees Union , who spoke to GMA News . The driver and four passengers -- including a government employee who had suffered a mild stroke and his wife -- were rounded up and killed along with the members of the convoy ahead of them , Robles said . A police official confirmed that the car and the bodies of three of the passengers were among those recovered at the grave site , GMA reported . The state-run Philippines News Agency said the ruling Lakas-Kampi-CMD -LRB- Christian , Muslim , Democrats -RRB- was to meet Wednesday to discuss whether to remove the Ampatuan clan members in Mindanao from the party as a result of the killings . `` In our opinion , they were not able to fulfill their obligations to the party , '' said former Defense Secretary Gilberto `` Gibo '' Teodoro , Lakas-Kampi-CMD national president and the party 's standard bearer in the 2010 elections , in a radio interview , according to PNA . Ampatuans hold leadership positions in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao , including governor of the region , governor of Maguindanao and mayor of Datu Unsay . `` Like many others , I am appalled and outraged by it , and I join the rising chorus of indignation against it , '' Arroyo said . `` This is not a simple election feud between opposing clans ; this is a supreme act of inhumanity that is a blight on our nation . The perpetrators will not escape justice . The law will haunt them until they are caught . ''
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NEW : Authorities did not identify Ampatuan as a suspect . Datu Unsay mayor led group that initially stopped civilians , police cite reports as saying . Ampatuans hold leadership positions in Mindanao . Authorities disband paramilitary force in the southern Philippines .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Seven NATO troops died after attacks in Afghanistan on Sunday , the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force said . Five troops died following an insurgent attack in eastern Afghanistan , ISAF said , though it did not provide details about the attack . Another ISAF service member died following an improvised explosive device attack in southern Afghanistan , ISAF said Sunday , after earlier announcing the death of another servicemember in an IED attack in the southern part of the country . It was not clear whether those two troops died as a result of the same attack . Sunday marked the deadliest day for NATO forces in Afghanistan since October 14 , when 7 NATO troops were killed . There have been 34 coalition casualties in Afghanistan so far this month , according to a CNN count . ISAF did not disclose the identifies of the service members killed , citing its policy of deferring casualty identification procedures to relevant national authorities . But the British defense ministry said in a statement Sunday that one of its soldiers died Sunday in southern Afghanistan . The soldier was assigned to 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment and was serving as part of Combined Force Nad ' e Ali -LRB- South -RRB- , according to the statement . The soldier died in an improvised explosive device attack in the southern Nad ' e Ali area of Helmand Province . The soldier was part of a security patrol , Task Force Helmand spokesman Lt. Col. David Eastman said in a statement . Next of kin have been informed , Britain 's Ministry of Defence said .
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Troops killed in insurgent attacks , NATO says . The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force does not give identities of the dead .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Felipe Massa has revealed that he hopes to be at his home Brazilian Grand Prix -- but he wo n't be behind the wheel of his Ferrari . Felipe Massa has been given the all-clear to begin training as he bids to return to the race track . The 28-year-old had aimed to be able to return to racing before the end of this Formula One season , but is resigned to getting fit for 2010 following his horrific crash in July . Massa is now able to begin his rehabilitation after having plastic surgery on Monday to repair the broken bone in his cranium that resulted when a loose spring from Rubens Barrichello 's Brawn hit him in the helmet during qualifying in Hungary . The operation , at the Sao Paulo 's Albert Einstein hospital , took around four and a half hours , Ferrari revealed on its official Web site . Massa told UK newspaper The Guardian that his next step was to head to Europe to use a simulator and drive go-karts as part of his fitness evaluation . He had hoped to return to action at Interlagos -- where his 2008 world championship dream was crushed by Lewis Hamilton despite winning the race -- on October 18 , but said that he would only be there as a spectator . `` That was the race I wanted to come back in , but it 's difficult to say if it would 've been possible . It will be difficult to watch it , but I will be there , '' Massa said . He told Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera that he still held a slim hope of driving in the final race of this season in Abu Dhabi on November 1 . `` In 2010 I 'll be back for sure and 100 % , but it would be a dream to drive in Abu Dhabi , '' Massa said . Massa will be replaced by Giancarlo Fisichella for the final five races of 2009 , with the veteran Italian having been released from his contract by Force India to take over from test driver Luca Badoer . He said he had never doubted that he would that he would get behind the wheel of a Formula One car again . `` It is my life , '' Massa , who is expecting his first child in November , told The Guardian . `` For me , the worst thing that happened was not being able to race . If you ca n't drive that 's terrible . `` But my wife has already asked me , at least 10 times , ` Are you sure you do n't feel any doubts or worries ? ' `` Always , I say , ` No , because this is what I like to do . ' If I do n't drive then I am not the same person . Ever since I was a small boy this is my life . This is what I like to do . `` So I really hope , and expect , nothing will change inside me when I go back into the car and start pushing myself to the maximum again . ''
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Formula One star Felipe Massa has had successful plastic surgery on his skull . The Brazilian driver plans to attend his home grand prix in mid-October . Massa suffered horrific head injuries after a freak accident in Hungary in July . Ferrari have brought in Force India 's Giancarlo Fisichella to replace him .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Mercedes-Benz will head up their own Formula One team next season after the German car manufacturer confirmed they have taken a 75.1 percent share in Brawn GP -- with Ross Brawn remaining as team principal . Mercedes engines powered Brawn 's Jenson Button to the world championship this season -- while the team also claimed the constructors ' championship . Meanwhile , Lewis Hamilton , Button 's predecessor as world champion , was also sitting behind a Mercedes engine in his McLaren . The partnership between McLaren and Mercedes has been in place since 1995 and ended its 15th season together in 2009 . The new team will become known as Mercedes Grand Prix , with Brawn in control , while Mercedes-Benz Motorsport vice-president Norbert Haug will work with the F1 team and the engine team of Mercedes-Benz High Performance Engines . As part of the deal , Mercedes ' parent company Daimler AG relinquished their 40 per cent stake in McLaren , but will remain their engine suppliers for the next six seasons . Daimler AG chief executive Dr. Dieter Zetsche explained in a press release : `` Mercedes-Benz is the most valued and best-known premium automotive brand in the world . `` This brand looks for competition of the utmost quality in all relevant fields in order to continually improve its performance in the face of such new challenges . `` Due to the new Formula One environment , we will face the competition in future on the most important motor sports stage with our own Silver Arrow works team . `` Our new Silver Arrow Formula One team is a great sporting and technical chal-lenge and we will tackle this with sporting spirit and full of enthusiasm . '' The move could have ramifications for the out-of-contract Button , with Mercedes believed to favor an all-German partnership of Nico Rosberg and Nick Hiedfeld . Such a move could see Button link up with Hamilton at McLaren and the 29-year-old was believed to have toured McLaren 's Woking factory last week . Brawn , who has previously baulked at meeting Button 's wage demands , was thrilled with the deal after forming Brawn GP following the withdrawal of Honda from the sport . `` We are honored to be representing such a prestigious brand as Mercedes-Benz in Formula One next year and will be working together to do our best to reward their faith in our team , '' said Brawn on the team 's official Web site . `` Brawn GP has been through an incredible journey over the last 12 months . From fighting for our survival to forging a strong relationship with Mercedes-Benz High Performance Engines , winning both the constructors and drivers world championships , and now accepting Daimler 's offer to buy our team , which will secure its future , '' he added .
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Mercedes-Benz will head up their own Formula One team from next season . The German car manufacturer take a 75.1 percent share in the Brawn GP team . As part of the deal , Mercedes relinquish their 40 per cent stake in the McLaren team .
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BAGHDAD , Iraq -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Iraq 's main political parties Sunday reached a deal designed to allow non-U.S. foreign troops to stay in the country past the end of the year , when a United Nations resolution authorizing their presence expires . Iraqi and British soldiers during an Iraqi army training session in Basra last week . The deal would set a deadline of July 31 , 2009 , for all non-U.S. foreign troops to withdraw , according to Abdul Hadi al-Hassani , a lawmaker with the main Shiite parliamentary bloc , who spoke to Iraqi state television on Sunday . The agreement awaits approval by Iraq 's Parliament , which is expected to vote on the measure on Monday , several Iraqi lawmakers said . The emergency negotiations came after lawmakers Saturday rejected a similar proposal that would have been law . Sunday 's proposal , by contrast , was drafted as a resolution that would empower the Cabinet to authorize international troop presence without requiring Parliament to pass a law . Washington and Baghdad have already worked out a separate agreement that will keep U.S. troops in Iraq but tighten restrictions on them . Countries other than the United States that have troops in Iraq could be left with no legal cover for their presence there if Baghdad does not act swiftly . Iraq 's Cabinet had approved a draft law authorizing non-U.S. foreign troops Tuesday , the first step in passing legislation , but it fell at the next hurdle -- Parliament . That left lawmakers scrambling Sunday for a way to give foreign troops legal cover quickly . Lawmakers expect Sunday 's agreement to cut through the problem , because a resolution can be passed in a single day , while it takes at least a week to pass a law . British government lawyers , meanwhile , are studying `` all possible options '' to legally extend the presence of British troops in Iraq beyond New Year 's Day in case Iraq 's Parliament rejects the new compromise . Britain has the second-largest contingent of foreign troops in Iraq -- about 4,100 -- after the United States , which has about 142,500 . All other countries combined have only several hundred troops in the country . Britain and Iraq announced last week that British troops would begin leaving Iraq in May 2009 , while a `` handful '' of British military personnel would remain after that date to continue naval training for Iraqi sailors , primarily to protect oil platforms . The United States reached a security agreement with Iraq in November . That deal , which was ratified by the Iraqi Parliament , calls for American troops to leave Iraqi cities by June 2009 , and to be out of Iraq by the end of 2011 . Beginning New Year 's Day , U.S. commanders will have to get prior Iraqi government approval for any operations . American military personnel who commit crimes while not on duty or who commit grave crimes while on duty would be subject to Iraqi legal jurisdiction under the new agreement . The U.S. security agreement does not govern the presence of troops from other coalition countries . The Parliament 's rejection of the Cabinet 's proposed law allowing foreign forces to remain in Iraq after January 1 came after heated arguments that lasted for days . The session became so contentious that Parliament 's speaker threatened to resign , lawmakers said . Some political blocs , notably the Sadrists , oppose any extension of the presence of foreign troops in Iraq . That group , headed by Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr -- an anti-Western cleric -- is demanding an immediate withdrawal of foreign forces . CNN 's Jill Dougherty and Jomana Karadsheh contributed to this report .
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NEW : Deal would permit non-U.S. troops to stay into 2009 . NEW : Agreement would set July 31 withdrawal deadline for those troops . U.K. examining options in case Iraqi Parliament does n't OK deal . Sadrists oppose any extension of the presence of foreign troops in Iraq .
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Miami , Florida -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The father of a 2-year-old Florida boy has admitted to the near-fatal beating of his son while teaching the child how to box , officials said Wednesday . Lee Willie Dejesus , 23 , of Homestead was arrested Tuesday and charged with aggravated child abuse and child neglect , according to the criminal complaint against him . Miami-Dade police said the incident occurred Monday night when Dejesus was watching the child while his mother was at work . Dejesus told police that he put on boxing gloves and struck the child about 15 times on his face , head , torso and shoulders over a period of 15 minutes , punching him so hard at one point that the boy fell off the bed and struck his head on the tile floor . The child was rushed to Children 's Hospital where he underwent surgery for bleeding on the brain . The boy -- identified by CNN affiliate WSVN as Willy Brown -- was on life support Wednesday and not expected to recover from his injuries , said Ed Griffith , spokesman for the Miami-Dade state attorney 's office . Griffith said the boy `` may be brain dead , '' and the attorney 's office expects to file first-degree murder charges against Dejesus as early as Wednesday night or Thursday . The complaint alleges that Dejesus waited to call for medical help for as long as an hour after the boy became unresponsive . He eventually called 911 after the boy 's lips became blue , according to the complaint . Dejesus initially told police that the boy was beaten by a babysitter before admitting he did the beating , the complaint says . He is being held at a pretrial booking facility on $ 50,000 bond on the aggravated abuse charge and $ 7,500 on the child neglect charge , jail records show . In Session 's Aletse Mellado contributed to this report .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Michaele Salahi , best known for crashing a White House state dinner with her husband last year , suffers from multiple sclerosis , according to a new book released Wednesday . Salahi 's wafer-thin frame has often prompted rumors of anorexia , including from her castmate Lynda Erkiletian in the Bravo reality show , `` The Real Housewives of DC . '' However , according to the book , the 44-year-old has suffered from multiple sclerosis for nearly 17 years . According to a news release , `` Cirque du Salahi : Be Careful Who You Trust '' will also dissect how the media got the story of the White House gate-crashing `` wrong from the get-go . '' The Virginia couple slipped through White House security and shook hands with President Barack Obama in November despite not being on the guest list for a state dinner for the prime minister of India . They also had their pictures taken with Vice President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh . The book claims to lay out details on when and why the Salahis were invited to the dinner . Author Diane Dimond apparently also outlines the reasons why the couple did not publicly offer an explanation . `` On attorney 's advice , and because of their ` iron-clad ' contracts with Bravo , -LRB- the network on which she appears for `` The Real Housewives of DC '' -RRB- , the Salahis felt they could not defend themselves -- not even when called before a committee of the United States Congress . Only now , that the danger of a possible federal indictment has faded with time , do they feel they can tell their side of the story . '' Under questioning from the House Homeland Security Committee in January , husband , Tareq Salahi , repeated over and over again , `` On the advice of counsel , I respectfully assert my right to remain silent and decline to answer your question . '' The book says the couple has received death threats , subjected to late night TV ridicule and , in one instance , `` Michaele barely escaped flipping her car during a high speed chase with paparazzi . '' `` We hope now that the book is out , America does n't look upon us as criminals and crashers any longer , '' the couple said in a statement . `` We also want America to know that you can still have a full , exciting and productive life even if you or your loved one is battling a debilitating , chronic disease such as MS. '' Multiple sclerosis is a potentially debilitating disease in which the body 's immune system eats away at the protective sheath that covers the nerves . This leads to an interference in communication between the brain and the rest of the body . It affects 400,000 people in the United States , according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society .
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Salahi has suffered from multiple sclerosis for nearly 17 years , book says . Couple are best known for slipping into a state dinner . Book says it will lay out when and why the Salahis were invited .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A kidnapping suspect provided information that led to the discovery of the bodies of a missing Ohio woman , her 10-year-old son and a family friend , authorities said Thursday . The remains of Tina Herrmann , 32 , her 10-year-old son , Kody Maynard , and her 41-year-old friend Stephanie Sprang were found in trash bags placed in the hollow of a tree , Knox County Sheriff David Barber said . Hearses left a wilderness area northwest of the town of Fredericktown in Knox County . Herrmann 's daughter , Sarah Maynard , 13 , was found alive Sunday morning in Mount Vernon , about 50 miles northeast of Columbus . Matthew Hoffman , 30 , who lives in the home where Sarah Maynard was found , provided the information that led to the discovery of the three bodies , Barber said . Hoffman currently faces a kidnapping charge in the abduction of Sarah Maynard , Barber said . Hoffman has experience as a tree trimmer , the sheriff said . `` I have never experienced anything this big , this serious and this tragic , '' said Barber , who announced the news at a somber press conference . When asked if officials took the death penalty off the table in order to receive information on the location of the bodies , Knox County prosecutor John C. Thatcher replied that he could not say whether Hoffman had confessed to the killings . The county coroner will conduct autopsies and provide information to prosecutors , officials said . Thatcher said he is not sure yet what charges the evidence will support , but he expects to take the case to the grand jury within four to six weeks . A judge on Tuesday set a $ 1 million bond for Hoffman , who is accused of keeping Sarah bound and gagged in his basement , authorities said . The suspect has a November 23 preliminary hearing on the kidnapping charge , authorities said . A message left Thursday night with public defender Bruce Malek was not immediately returned . Barber said earlier this week that authorities were fortunate to find Sarah , but he said blood evidence found in Herrmann 's home coupled with the amount of time the three have been missing had made the situation more serious . The girl was at the Herrmann residence , but Barber did not indicate whether she saw the slayings . The bodies were found about 20 miles from the Herrmann home . Sarah Maynard was found in an early morning raid involving a SWAT team and was released from the hospital Monday , after being evaluated and treated for injuries that were not thought to be life-threatening , the sheriff said . `` Sarah is with family and is doing well . '' said Barber . `` She is a very brave little girl , '' he said . The disappearance of the three residents November 10 prompted a weeklong search throughout the rural region . But , in the end , the crucial information came down to Hoffman , Barber said . `` His information led to the location of the bodies , '' the sheriff said . `` We are a small community here . We became close to the victims ' families , '' Barber said Thursday . `` We have to take care of the survivors . '' Police said Tuesday they did not believe Hoffman was working with an accomplice . When asked whether the incident was a home invasion , Barber said it was not , but added that `` either they knew Hoffman or Hoffman made himself known to them . '' Herrmann failed to report to work at a Dairy Queen in Mount Vernon , in central Ohio , on November 10 , Barber told CNN affiliate WBNS . A deputy twice went to her home in Howard , about nine miles east of Mount Vernon , and saw her pickup there . No one answered the door , though lights were on in the home . A Dairy Queen manager went into the home on November 11 and found blood inside , Barber told the station . Asked about Hoffman 's criminal record , Barber said he served prison time for an arson conviction in another state . Dawna Davis , who lives next to Hoffman , said she did not trust him . `` He was just different . He was odd . He just climbed trees and watched us , '' she said about Hoffman .
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NEW : Prosecutor says he ca n't comment on whether suspect confessed . Bodies of two women and a boy , 10 , were found a week after they disappeared . Matthew Hoffman , 30 , held in kidnapping of girl , gave information , sheriff says . 13-year-old daughter of one of the victims was found safe in a police raid .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has rejected suggestions that the United States has adopted too soft a stance on climate change negotiations with China . Protesters march through Sydney , Australia on June 13 to urge more government action on climate change . IPCC Chairman Rajendra Pachauri has told CNN that the U.S. is right to absolve China from setting firm caps for national cuts in carbon emissions . His comments came after U.S. climate change negotiator Todd Stern was quoted in China Daily as saying , `` We do n't expect China to take a national cap at this stage . '' `` I feel that 's a very pragmatic view , '' Pachauri told CNN . `` I do n't think you 'd expect any of the emerging markets to take an actual cut or even a commitment to reduce the rate of growth . '' Stern was in China last week for high-level talks with his counterpart , Xie Zhenhua , vice chairman of China 's National Development and Reform Commission -LRB- NDRC -RRB- . In a press briefing on Friday , Stern described the talks as `` very constructive , '' and emphasized that the while the U.S. would n't demand specific cuts in China 's carbon emissions , it expected a `` considerable '' reduction `` to where they would otherwise be . '' Pachauri told CNN that developed countries would be best advised to lead by example and promise specific cuts of their own . `` It does n't make sense to be tough because , let 's face it , the developed world really has not lived up to what was expected of them . I think there 's a far more productive strategy , a constructive approach would be to first make a commitment to reduce emissions in the developed world , get the emerging markets to take some fairly ambitious action within their own territories , and then we move from there onwards . '' `` If you just keep pushing the Chinese that they 've got to make some kind of a commitment for cuts or reductions in emissions intensity , you 're not going to get anywhere , '' he added . China has demanded that developing countries cut their emissions by at least 40 percent from 1990 levels by 2020 . It also wants rich countries to donate up to one percent of their annual gross domestic product to help poorer countries tackle climate change . `` I think that 's an opening gambit in a set of negotiations which in all will ultimately be decided by compromise from all those that are involved . I do n't think it defines what 's going to happen ultimately , '' Pachauri said . `` China will be certainly be persuaded to accept something lower , I have no doubt about it , '' he added . Last week , Japan became the latest developed country to publicly commit to specific cuts in carbon emissions . Its vow to reduce emissions by 15 percent on 2005 levels by 2020 was lambasted as lacking ambition , and is a fraction of the cut scientists say is necessary to prevent dangerous climate change . `` I think that 's not going to be the final word , '' Pachauri said of the Japanese commitment . `` Who knows where the developed world as a whole will end , whether it will be 20 percent or 25 percent or more , but all of this is at least in the realm of possibility given the positive direction that I see coming out of Bonn . '' Two weeks of talks in Bonn ending last Friday brought together delegates from 182 countries to lay the groundwork for a global climate change deal to replace the Kyoto Protocol , which expires at the end of 2012 . It 's one of a series of meetings scheduled in the lead up to the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen on December 7 , seen as the most important climate change talks since the Kyoto deal was adopted in 1997 . Pachauri told CNN the progress made at the latest round of talks in Bonn bodes well for a global deal in December . `` I think the whole spirit of the discussion it seems to me as being far more productive than one would have anticipated , particularly given the fact that the U.S. is now engaged fully in this part of these discussions in an active way , '' he said .
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IPCC chairman noted `` positive direction '' of climate change talks in Bonn . Delegates met in Bonn last week to lay groundwork for global climate deal . Climate talks in Copenhagen in December aim to forge post-Kyoto agreement . Pachauri : `` I do n't see what a tougher stance -LRB- with China -RRB- would do ''
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- More than 100 students at St. Francis Preparatory School in Queens , New York , have fallen ill recently . Some have tested positive for swine flu , health authorities say . New York high schooler Arianna Anastos and dad Chris talk with CNN 's Anderson Cooper about the outbreak . At least 50 people in the United States have contracted the virus , officials say . Some of those who tested positive at the New York high school recently went to Cancun , Mexico , for spring break . By Tuesday , the number of deaths believed attributable to swine flu climbed to as many as 152 -- all of them in Mexico . -LRB- Twenty-six cases , including seven deaths , have been confirmed in the country . -RRB- . St. Francis student Arianna Anastos , 16 , was n't on that spring break trip to Mexico , but her friends were . She started exhibiting flulike symptoms and was hospitalized last weekend . CNN 's Anderson Cooper spoke Monday night with the teen and her father , Chris , on `` AC 360 ° . '' Anderson Cooper : Arianna , how are you feeling right now ? Arianna Anastos : I 'm feeling a lot better now . Cooper : When did you first start to feel sick -- and what did you feel like ? Arianna : I felt sick on Thursday . I was really dizzy . And I started having a fever and a cough . And I -- I had trouble breathing . Cooper : How bad did the fever get ? Arianna : About 103 by Saturday . Cooper : So then what did you do about it ? Arianna : I went to the hospital with my mom . And we waited for about an hour . And I got tested by the strep throat test and the nose swab . Cooper : You -- you have n't been to Mexico . How do you think you got it ? Arianna : Probably from someone else . I mean , like , you know , people touch the railing on the school , like , and then I touch them , so any possible way . Cooper : Chris , you must have been incredibly concerned . How ... did you deal with this ? Chris Anastos : Well , it was terrible . On Saturday morning , she looked like she was run over by a truck really . It really scared us . But ... Cooper : What do you mean by that ? ... How did she look ? Anastos : Well , she was on the couch lying down with her eyes closed , could not move , could not even open her eyes . I had a wet towel over her eyes to keep her temperature down . ... Cooper : Arianna , you went to the hospital on Saturday . ... Did they give you Tamiflu ? Arianna : Yes . Cooper : So how soon after taking the Tamiflu did you start to feel better ? Arianna : After two pills , I started feeling better . Cooper : How do you deal with the fear about spreading it ? I mean , Arianna , were you worried that you might give it to other family members ? Arianna : Yes . I mean , my parents would , like , come into the room , but they would wear masks and gloves . And they would n't allow anyone into the room . And they would n't allow me , like , to touch anything in the house , or else my mom would , like , spray it with Lysol . So , you know , no one got sick . ... . Anastos : We took every precaution we could to prevent the spreading . And , obviously , we were -- my wife and I and my other daughter did not get it . So it worked for us . Cooper : So -- so , they gave you masks at the hospital , and you made sure to wear those around the house ? Anastos : Yes . Yes . They -- they really did a good job . They explained to us what we needed to do . They gave us the equipment . And we just followed directions , and nothing happened to us . And Arianna is almost 100 percent . Cooper : Well ... . I 'm glad , Arianna , that you 're feeling better . It 's amazing what a difference two pills can make . And I 'm glad you were able to get the Tamiflu . Arianna : Yes . Cooper : And I 'm glad you 're feeling better , and I 'm glad no one else in your family caught this .
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More than 100 students at New York high school fell ill with flulike symptoms . CNN 's Anderson Cooper interviews teenager who was sick . Teen did n't go to Mexico , but some of the ill students went recently to Cancun . Dad : `` She was on the couch lying down with her eyes closed , could not move ''
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Salt Lake City , Utah -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When Wanda Barzee shared her story of an abusive marriage in a church-sponsored counseling session in 1985 , Brian David Mitchell took her hand to comfort her . `` And we 've held hands ever since , '' Mitchell 's wife testified Thursday . Barzee , 65 , scanned the room , bit her lip , and breathed heavily as she waited for her testimony to begin . When she raised her right hand to take the witness oath , the heavy chain of her shackles appeared . Barzee struck a deal with state and federal prosecutors last year and is serving a 15-year prison sentence for her involvement in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart . In spite of Barzee 's agreement to testify , prosecutors in Mitchell 's federal trial did not call her to the stand , and she instead began her testimony for the defense Thursday afternoon in a Salt Lake City courtroom . In a flat voice and sometimes rambling , Barzee recounted the start of her relationship with Mitchell ; a journey that eventually led her to the mountainside camp where she watched over a tethered teenage girl her husband said was his chosen bride . `` I was married to my first husband for 20 years , raising six children , and it was a very abusive situation . And I never healed from that situation , '' Barzee said of her first marriage . `` Brian was so supportive of me , he became my best friend , '' she said . `` He said he was abused , also . '' `` We were both going through a divorce , so normally it was n't approved by the church that we date , '' Barzee continued , but she said they received rare consent from leaders at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to pursue the relationship . The two wed nine months later , on the day Mitchell 's divorce became final . The first year of marriage , she said , was `` hellish , '' with a volatile and possessive Mitchell often storming off from their apartment in fits of anger . He told her he was `` consumed by fear and doubt , '' and sometimes simply screamed into a pillow for long periods . She struggled through , because of a bishop 's blessing that said Satan would do everything in his power to separate the two , but that the Lord would give Barzee the strength to fight back . Religious counsel and Bible readings gave her the remedy : `` I started to be more silent , and I learned to be submissive and obedient . '' Also called to testify Thursday was Tim Mitchell , Brian Mitchell 's younger brother by six years , who described the defendant as an intelligent and resourceful big brother who built model airplanes , devised flying rockets , and endeavored to build a roller coaster in the family 's back yard . Once , Tim Mitchell recalled , Brian constructed a hot-air balloon from cloth and sent it flying ; it landed squarely on top of their home and set the roof on fire . As Brian grew , he struggled with failed relationships , smoked marijuana and drank . That changed one night when the brothers discussed their religious beliefs by a campfire , and the younger one professed his devotion to the Mormon faith . `` He became a little bit tearful and said , ' I think what you 're saying is true ' and ' I kind of lost my way . ' I remember he had a pack of cigarettes and he tossed them in fire and said he wanted to change his life , too . '' For a time , Brian did change , said Tim Mitchell , though his relationships with family members were often strained and laced with suspicion . Then , Barzee entered his life . `` All of a sudden we heard he does n't have a job anymore , and he 's moved up to Idaho , and he 's living in a trailer up there . '' After a chance encounter in a Salt Lake City grocery store sometime later , Brian explained he and Barzee were wandering the country , ministering to the homeless . Tim Mitchell expressed his concerns : `` I said , ' I think you 're going off on the wrong way , I think you 're drifting away from the church . I think maybe you 've been deceived by a false spirit . ' '' Their contact was limited after that , until it ceased entirely about five years before the kidnapping of Smart . The brothers encountered each other at their mother 's house , and Brian asked to be called `` Daveed . '' His younger brother refused . `` I just kept calling him Brian . '' `` I started feeling that this is really starting to look like a mental illness and I sent a letter encouraging him to get some help , '' said Tim Mitchell , who works as a mental health counselor . Defense attorneys are mounting an insanity defense for Brian Mitchell , 57 , hoping to prove that mental illness clouded his mind to such a degree that he did not understand that his actions were wrong when he abducted and held Smart . Their case has so far consisted of family members and friends of the defendant , and could include Mitchell himself . Barzee will continue her direct examination Friday morning .
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Wanda Barzee testifies for the defense in the trial of Brian David Mitchell . Mitchell faces federal charges in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart . Barzee testifies of a `` hellish '' first year of marriage to Mitchell . Religious counsel , Bible readings taught her to be more submissive , she says .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The midterm elections made it clear that Americans want a government that works for the people . The 112th Congress will be faced with a choice : Work with the president and the people to deliver results , or pursue an obstruction agenda that will leave individuals and businesses with an even less sustainable economy and future than they face today . If Congress chooses the collaboration path , members can tackle one issue that will enhance our national security , create jobs and help stabilize the climate -- an issue with bipartisan roots that touches every corner of this nation : clean energy . Our nation 's energy challenges are pressing and immediate . Unlike countries in Asia and Europe , the United States has neglected to join the global clean energy marketplace . We have no long-term clean energy plan , and so we have few domestic clean energy technologies or industries . While the world surges ahead , we risk being left behind , dependent on yesterday 's energy solutions to solve today 's energy challenges . We know what steps to take . We must reduce our dependence on oil . The transportation sector alone is 95 percent dependent on oil . American taxpayers spend from $ 500 million to $ 1 billion a day on foreign oil , 39 percent of which is imported from `` dangerous or unstable '' nations , according to a Truman National Security Project report . We must redouble our efforts to pass national clean energy and efficiency standards to meet our energy needs using homegrown , low-carbon sources . In turn , these actions will lower costs to consumers , create jobs , and spur an export market for innovative energy technologies . We must use public dollars and the government 's credit enhancement power wisely , to leverage private capital for clean energy research , development , production , transmission , storage and deployment . We must confront climate change , which jeopardizes our economic prosperity by leaving us acutely vulnerable to increased water shortages , widespread drought and floods , and food insecurity . We can solve these problems . If the United States adopts a progressive energy strategy that combines market creation , financing for new industries and technologies , and infrastructure development , we can end our dependence on dirty fossil fuels , protect public health , and provide a solid foundation for economic growth and prosperity . Even without comprehensive climate and clean energy legislation , the next Congress can take concrete steps to strengthen the U.S. market for clean energy , providing critical stability and certainty for investors , business , and consumers . These polices have all previously been introduced in the House or Senate , with bipartisan and business support . None will contribute significantly to the federal deficit . Congress can : . -- Spur clean energy innovation , manufacturing , deployment , and export through an ambitious renewable electricity standard , extensions of the successful Treasury grant program -LRB- 1603 -RRB- and Section 48c manufacturing tax credit , and by establishing a Clean Energy Deployment Administration -LRB- CEDA , or `` Green Bank '' -RRB- to leverage private sector investment for the deployment of clean energy . -- Encourage home and business owners to invest in energy efficiency and boost employment in the beleaguered construction sector by passing HOME STAR and Building Star . Those programs would reward consumers for installing energy-efficient equipment . -- Increase the $ 75 million liability cap for offshore oil damages , and pass other measures to enhance the accountability of oil exploration companies and give these companies an incentive to conduct their operations more safely . The United States can and must also act on the international stage to limit the consequences of climate change and enhance our national security . Congress can show a commitment to the U.S. goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions , take concrete steps to reverse widespread deforestation that contributes 18 percent of these emissions globally , and provide short-term financing to allow the poorest countries in the world to adapt to the impacts of climate change . This is not a partisan agenda . The midterm elections reaffirmed that the clean energy agenda is a positive political agenda . In California , voters overwhelmingly supported the nation 's only cap-and-trade policy even in the face of a well-financed attack led by a coalition of out-of-state fossil fuel industries . In defeating Proposition 23 , California voters across the political spectrum forcefully chose new technologies and new jobs over a retreat to last century 's polluted air and fossil fuel dependence -- showing broad bipartisan support for the most comprehensive emissions reduction measures the country has ever seen . Co-chairman of the `` No on 23 '' campaign , former Secretary of State George Shultz said it best : `` Those who wish to repeal our state 's clean energy laws through postponement to some fictitious future are running up the white flag of surrender to a polluted environment . '' In Michigan , voters elected Gov. Rick Snyder , who campaigned as a `` good green Republican '' who believes that `` Michigan needs to be a leader in the innovative movement toward alternative and cleaner energy . '' The clean energy economy is here for the long term . This Congress must decide if America will lead it . The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the writers .
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Gordon and Caldwell : New Congress can create jobs , end fossil fuel dependence . Clean energy is bipartisan issue , they write . We need clean energy industries . Policies that encourage clean energy have been introduced with bipartisan support , they say . Authors : U.S. must act to keep up with international markets , help national security .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A U.S. Navy destroyer helped two Iranian civilian sailors found Thursday floating in a life raft in the Persian Gulf . A merchant vessel spotted the raft and launched a flare , the U.S. Fifth Fleet said in a statement . The USS Oscar Austin located the raft about 1,000 yards outside of Iranian territorial waters , the Navy said . `` After providing the two distressed mariners food and water , a rigid-hulled inflatable boat from Oscar Austin towed the life raft closer to the ship in the event the men required any urgent aid or further assistance , '' according to the Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet . The Iranians said their boat sank the night before , and they were unaware of what became of their shipmates , the statement said . An Iranian Coast Guard vessel retrieved the two sailors , and its crew thanked the Austin crew for their assistance . `` We 're glad that we were able to coordinate the rescue of the mariners with the Iranian Coast Guard , '' said Lt. Cmdr. Steve Ansuinni .
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U.S. Navy assists two Iranian sailors . The two were found in life raft in Persian Gulf . Iranians thanked USS Oscar Austin for assistance .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Sebastian Vettel made Formula One history as he won the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to clinch the title . The 23-year-old German becomes the youngest champion in the sport 's history and his triumph completes the double for Red Bull who won the constructors ' category . Fernando Alonso went into the final round with an eight-point lead in the standings ahead of Vettel 's teammate Mark Webber of Australia , but they finished seventh and eighth respectively to see their title hopes ended . Vettel was winning his fifth race of the season and he dominated from pole position to hold off 2008 champion Lewis Hamilton whose McLaren teammate Jenson Button took third . Drivers ' Championship -LRB- after 19 rounds -RRB- : . 1 . Sebastian Vettel -LRB- Ger -RRB- Red Bull 256 points . 2 . Fernando Alonso -LRB- Spa -RRB- Ferrari 252 . 3 . Mark Webber -LRB- Aus -RRB- Red Bull 242 . 4 . Lewis Hamilton -LRB- GB -RRB- McLaren 240 . 5 . Jenson Button -LRB- GB -RRB- McLaren 214 . 6 . Felipe Massa -LRB- Bra -RRB- Ferrari 144 . 7 . Nico Rosberg -LRB- Ger -RRB- Mercedes 142 . 8 . Robert Kubica -LRB- Pol -RRB- Renault 136 . 9 . Michael Schumacher -LRB- Ger -RRB- Mercedes 72 . 10 . Rubens Barrichello -LRB- Bra -RRB- Williams 47 . Constructors ' Championship : . 1 . Red Bull 498 points . 2 . McLaren 454 . 3 . Ferrari 396 . 4 . Mercedes 214 . 5 . Renault 163 . 6 . Williams 69 . 7 . Force India 68 . 8 . Sauber 44 . 9 . Toro Rosso 13 .
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Red Bull 's Sebastian Vettel becomes youngest F1 world champion . 23-year-old German wins Abu Dhabi GP to overtake Fernando Alonso in the standings . Vettel 's Red Bull teammate finishes third in the title race with Lewis Hamilton fourth . Red Bull win constructors ' title from McLaren with Ferrari third .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A tour bus driver has been confirmed dead , while hopes dimmed for possible survivors of rock slides unleashed by Typhoon Megi last week in Taiwan . Tour bus driver Tsai Chih-ming , 19 Chinese tourists and a Chinese tour leader went missing Thursday along the Suhua Highway , in northeast Taiwan . Sections of the scenic highway , which is perched along a cliff on the island 's eastern coast , gave way . Tsai 's remains were positively matched with a DNA sample from his daughter , official Taiwanese media said Tuesday . Identification is pending for several other sets of remains that have been found . Confirmation of the driver 's death brought Megi 's death toll to 14 in Taiwan , its Central News Agency said . The typhoon injured nearly 100 others on the island last week . Family members of the missing Chinese tourists have asked Taiwanese officials to expand the search , hoping to at least find remains . Three dozen family members arrived on the island from southern China on Monday night . `` I was expecting to see my sister alive two days ago , but the chance of finding anybody alive is dim , '' Zhou Lifang said of missing tourist Zhou Suhua . `` But I 'm still waiting for my sister , no matter herself or her body , '' she told China 's state-run Xinhua news agency . `` The rescue team should expand its search areas . '' The Taiwanese military has deployed helicopters , patrol boats and divers as part of search efforts . The navy was weighing whether to also dispatch a mine sweeper to further the search , the Central News Agency said . `` I 'm moved by local rescue workers , because they are risking their lives to search for the missing , '' said missing tourist Wu Rika 's sister-in-law , Zhao Hongbing . `` But from what I saw today , I think the local rescue authorities should mobilize more people and use more large machinery . I do n't know when we can see our relatives with the current rescue force , '' she told Xinhua . Typhoon Megi struck the Philippines earlier last week , affecting an estimated 258,800 people and leaving thousands homeless . The typhoon made landfall in China 's southeastern province of Fujian on Saturday , affecting nearly 650,000 people and destroying 500 houses , China 's Xinhua news agency said . About 270,000 people had evacuated . Damage in Fujian from the strongest typhoon of the year was estimated at 1.59 billion yuan -LRB- $ 238 million -RRB- .
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Identification is pending for several other sets of remains . Nineteen tourists from southern China are among the missing . Confirmation of the driver 's death brought Megi 's death toll to 14 in Taiwan .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Nine-man Inter Milan surged nine points clear of city rivals AC Milan at the top of Serie A with a dramatic 2-0 win in the San Siro on Sunday night . Diego Milito gave the reigning champions the lead in the 10th minute , but they were forced to much of the game with 10 men after Wesley Sneijder was sent of in the first half . Goran Pandev 's 65th-minute goal sealed the win for Jose Mourinho 's side , who then saw Brazilian star Lucio shown red in stoppage time before Ronaldinho saw his penalty saved at the end of a dramatic derby which could go a long way to deciding the outcome of the title race . Sneijder hit the outside of the post before Inter took the lead as Goran Pandev 's ball sent Milito clear to beat Dida in the Milan goal . Dutchman Sneijder saw red on the half hour mark as his sarcastic gesture after Lucio had been pulled down saw him given his marching orders under strong protest . Milan tried hard to level at the start of the second half as Julio Cesar saved a close range Clarence Seedorf header from a David Beckham corner before Ronaldinho was just wide with a volley . Beckham , who earned a yellow card in the first half , sent in a series of dangerous crosses from the right , but it was Inter who sealed the win through Pandev 's superb curling free kick . In injury time Lucio was sent off for a second booking as he conceded a penalty but Ronaldinho 's effort was saved by Cesar to complete a miserable night for his team . Earlier on Sunday , Napoli won 2-0 at Livorno to move to within a point of third-placed AS Roma while Palermo beat Fiorentina 3-0 to go fifth .
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Inter Milan beat AC Milan 2-0 in top of the table clash in San Siro . Inter end match with nine men after Wesley Sneijder and Lucio sent off . Goals from Diego Milito and Goran Pandev seal crucial victory . Napoli beat Livorno 3-0 to step up bid for Champions League place .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Spanish club Sevilla have been rocked by the news that defender Sergio Sanchez has been ruled out for an indefinite period due to a heart problem . The 23-year-old has been advised to stop all physical activity and must have further medical tests . The news comes just two years after Sevilla midfielder Antonio Puerta collapsed during a game and later died due to cardiac arrest . Sanchez joined the club in July 2009 from Spanish rivals Espanyol , whose captain Dani Jarque died at the age of 26 when his heart stopped after a pre-season training session in August . Another Spanish player , Ruben de la Red of Real Madrid , has been unable to play since collapsing during a Copa del Rey tie in October 2008 with what doctors suspect is a heart-related problem . Sanchez has returned to his home city of Barcelona to be with his family before being examined by doctors . `` Imagine -LSB- how we feel -RSB- considering what we have been through here , '' coach Manuel Jimenez told Sevilla 's Web site . `` With the precedents that there are it 's wise to be cautious , and you have to congratulate the doctors and cardiologists who examined him . '' Captain Andres Palop was also worried about his teammate 's condition . `` The dressing-room is concerned , we were not expecting news like that , '' he said . `` The important thing is his life , they 've taken these measures for his own good . We hope that the specialists help him to remain active . The good thing is that it was detected in time . '' Sanchez has made seven Primer Liga appearances for high-flying Sevilla this season , plus three in the Champions League .
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Sevilla defender Sergio Sanchez ruled out for an indefinite period due to a heart problem . Pre-season signing from Espanyol told to stop all physical activity and have tests . Shock news comes two years after Sevilla midfielder Antonio Puerta collapsed and later died . Espanyol captain Dani Jarque died at the age of 26 due to a heart attack in August .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Rory McIlroy has been handed a fitness boost ahead of the prestigious WGC-Accenture World Match Play Championship in Arizona next week . The Northern Irishman was forced to see a back specialist following last weekend 's Dubai Desert Classic , after suffering some discomfort during the tournament -- in which he finished sixth . However , McIlroy , who is playing on the US PGA Tour this season , has been told his problem is nothing more than a slight nerve impingement -- and some rest should see him fit to play in the Tucson event . McIlroy 's spokesman , Martin Hardy , told Press Association Sport : `` He just needs to rest for a day . McIlory has been told his problem could be linked to the hip movement in his swing and the 20-year-old added : `` The physios go backwards and then forwards and that puts a little strain on the lower back . `` I do all the exercises I can to make everything stronger around the joints and it is a matter of resting and managing my schedule so that I am not playing too many weeks in a row . ''
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Rory McIlroy handed a fitness boost ahead of WGC-Accenture World Match Play . The Northern Irishman saw a back specialist after last weekend 's Dubai Desert Classic . The 20-year-old is suffering from a slight nerve impingement and should be fit for Arizona .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Ivory Coast have reportedly sacked coach Vahid Halilhodzic despite the Bosnian having guided the African team to this year 's World Cup finals . Russia coach Guus Hiddink is among the favorites to take over for football 's showpiece tournament starting in June , according to a report from the British Press Association which was carried on the Web site of world ruling body FIFA on Saturday . It said the 57-year-old Halihodzic , who took charge in 2008 , had been axed after the Ivorians failed to live up to their favorite status at the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola last month and lost in the quarterfinals to Algeria . `` This Saturday I brought Vahid Halilhodzic 's contract to an end because one of the aims that was set for him was not reached and that was to win the 2010 African Nations Cup , '' Cote d'Ivoire football federation president Jacques Anouma reportedly said on national television . Hiddink 's contract with Russia expires on June 30 , two weeks after the finals start , and he has a free period before taking over the reigns with Turkey in August . The Dutchman was also linked with the vacant Nigeria coaching role , which subsequently went to former Sweden manager Lars Lagerback , who signed a five-month contract on Friday . Hiddink recently revealed to Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf that Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba , who played for him in a brief spell while coaching English club Chelsea , had sounded him out about taking the job . `` The interest from Ivory Coast is real , but first I have to analyze the situation , '' Hiddink said . `` I need to solve some matters before making my decision . `` Drogba asked me in the name of the players to accept the invitation . The Ivorian federation is also very interested . ''
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Ivory Coast have reportedly sacked coach Vahid Halilhodzic ahead of World Cup finals . Bosnian pays price for Elephants ' shock quarterfinal exit at Africa Cup of Nations . Russia coach Guus Hiddink linked with role before taking up job with Turkey in August .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Russia coach Guus Hiddink has been named as Turkey 's new national team manager after agreeing a two-year contract starting in August . The 63-year-old , who announced last week he was leaving his post with Russia after failing to win a place at the 2010 World Cup , will aim to guide Turkey through the upcoming qualifiers for Euro 2012 . The Dutchman had a short tenure at English Premier League club Chelsea in 2009 when he led the side to the Champions League semifinals and lost only one match during his 22 games in charge . The Turkish Football Federation announced on Wednesday that Hiddink will take over in August , having decided not to renew his contract with Russia which expires on June 30 . `` Turkish Football Federation president Mahmut Ozgener and TFF vice-president Lutfi Aribogan flew to Amsterdam to finalize the negotiations with Hiddink , '' it said on its Web site . `` The experienced coach agreed to a two-year contract with an option for a further two years . '' The TFF said former Turkey captain Oguz Cetin and ex-goalkeeper Engin Ipekoglu would be among Hiddink 's coaching staff , which will also include one of his fellow Dutchmen . Hiddink steered Russia to the semifinals of Euro 2008 , but last November his team were beaten in a World Cup qualifying playoff by Slovenia . He has previously managed club sides Real Madrid and Valencia as well as taking South Korea and the Netherlands to fourth place at World Cups in 2002 and 1998 , and Australia to the second round in 2006 . One of his most successful periods was at Dutch club PSV Eindhoven , where he won six domestic league titles and four cups . The Turkish national team has been without a coach since Fatih Terim 's departure in October , following a failed 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign . Turkey are in Group A for the Euro 2012 qualifiers with Germany , Austria , Belgium , Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan .
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Russia coach Guus Hiddink has been named as Turkey 's new national football boss . Hiddink will begin a two-year contract when his stint with Russia ends on June 30 . The 63-year-old Dutchman has previously led Chelsea , Real Madrid and the Netherlands . Turkey have been without a coach since Fatih Terim 's departure in October .
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Conakry , Guinea -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- After three days of violence throughout the country that killed at least nine people , injured dozens more and pushed the ruling military junta to declare a national state of emergency , calm returned to Guinea on Thursday . Military units are now deployed around the country to `` preserve the peace , tranquility and national unity , '' said Gen.Nouhou Thiam , army chief-of-staff , on state radio . The state of emergency will last until the West African country 's Supreme Court finalizes results from a November 7 runoff between longtime opposition leader Alpha Conde and former prime minister Cellou Dalein Diallo that put Conde on top with 52.52 percent of the vote . Since the provisional results were announced on Monday night , supporters of Diallo , largely from the Peul ethnic group , have clashed with Conde supporters and security forces . Many shops in areas effected by violence reopened Thirsday , and automobile and pedestrian traffic resumed to near-normal levels . It was a remarkable turnaround from 24 hours earlier , when military police were clashing with civilians in broad daylight throughout the capital city of Conakry . French radio RFI reported that strife-torn cities in the northern Fouta Djallon region such as Labe , Dalaba and Pita had calmed by Thursday as well . But residents of Conakry 's impoverished suburbs of Cosa , Hamdallaye , Enco5 and Bambeto -- areas of majority Peul supporters of defeated candidate Diallo -- are wary of the near future . Many residents reported gunfire throughout Tuesday night as roving military units continuously fired into the air . `` The daytime is calm , the violence happens at night . Last night I heard a lot of gunshots . I could not sleep , my wife and children were sleeping under the bed to avoid stray bullets , '' said Youssouf Bah , a Hamdallaye resident . `` The military was around , opening fire . When we woke up this morning , some families complained that the military was entering houses , '' Bah added . Guinea 's military has long been scrutinized for alleged human rights abuses . Last September security forces opened fire on civilians protesting military rule , killing more than 150 and injuring more than 1,000 , and allegedly raping hundreds of women , according to the U.S. government and human rights groups . Guinea , rich in minerals , is one of the poorest countries in Africa . It has never held free and fair presidential elections until this year .
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Guinea 's November 7 election was followed by growing conflict between political groups . Three days of violence this week left nine dead and dozens injured . The ruling junta declared a state of emergency Wednesday , deploying military units . By Thursday , calm had returned to the West African nation .
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Port-Au-Prince , Haiti -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Protesters angry over the government 's handling of a cholera outbreak clashed Monday with peacekeepers in two towns in northern Haiti , where the outbreak began last month . In Cap Haitien , schools and banks were closed , residents set fire to tires at entrances to the town and gunfire ricocheted through the streets , residents and officials told CNN . Vincenzo Pugliese , a spokesman for MINUSTAH , the United Nations ' stabilization mission in Haiti , said anti-riot police were coping with the demonstrations , which he said began in the morning in at least two locations and had not caused any fatalities among peacekeepers or the population . `` Apparently , some people were injured by bottles or stones , '' he said . `` We are facing the consequences of a cholera epidemic and in two weeks the elections , so the population is scared , '' he said . `` It 's a volatile situation . '' He pointed to the fact that demonstrations began in separate areas as evidence that the outbreak was not spontaneous . `` Right now , security forces ... seem to have control already of the situation , '' he said . In addition , a police station was torched , the U.N. peacekeeping force said . An employee at the office of Tortug Air told CNN that the four daily flights typically scheduled between Port-au-Prince and Cap Haitien had been canceled due to `` political tension . '' She declined to be named . `` It 's not safe to walk in the streets , '' Marc George , a resident of Cap Haitien , told CNN by telephone . `` All the schools and banks are closed . People are fighting the soldiers of MINUSTAH . '' The demonstrations began after rumors spread that a Nepalese contingent of peacekeepers may have spread the disease , he said . `` So they attack them , '' he said . `` The people were shooting . '' But Imogen Wall , a U.N. spokeswoman , denied that its peacekeepers were responsible for the outbreak . Cyrus Sibert , a journalist with Radio Souvenir FM , said he was aware of six injuries , one of them a child who was fatally shot . `` Many people from the slum area , they are burning tires , throwing rocks and bottles , '' he said . `` And they are very mad against MINUSTAH . And there are rumors that MINUSTAH is responsible for the cholera . And the cholera killed many people in Cap Haitien . Now taxi drivers are afraid to bring people to the hospital . It is very difficult to find a taxi driver when someone is sick . '' He said trash trucks were picking up the dead . In the town of Hinche , northeast of the capital , about 400 demonstrators protested the peacekeepers , six of whom were injured , Pugliese said . Radio RCI reporter Jean Wesley said protesters threw rocks at MINUSTAH peacekeepers who , in turn , threw them back and also opened fire , wounding a protester . Haitian police were patrolling the town looking for the rock throwers among the protesters , some of whom had set tires afire , he said . The cholera outbreak , which was first confirmed last month in northwest Haiti , had spread across much of the country by Monday , killing close to 1,000 people and entering the makeshift camps teeming with people who were made homeless in January 's massive earthquake , officials said . In all , 917 people were dead and 14,642 hospitalized as of Friday , the Ministry of Public Health said on its website . In the capital alone , 27 were dead and more than 600 hospitalized , officials said . `` It 's a really worrying situation for us at the moment , '' said Stefano Zannini , head of mission for Medecins Sans Frontieres in Haiti , over the weekend . `` All of the hospitals in Port-au-Prince are overflowing with patients and we 're seeing seven times the total amount of cases we had three days ago . '' In the slum of Cite Soleil in the northern part of the capital , hundreds of people had sought treatment for the illness , he said . `` Patients are coming from everywhere , throughout the city , slums and wealthier areas . '' If the numbers continue to increase at the current rate , he said , `` then we 're going to have to adopt some drastic measures to be able to treat people . We 're going to have to use public spaces and even streets . I can easily see this situation deteriorating to the point where patients are lying in the street , waiting for treatment . At the moment , we just do n't have that many options . '' Zannini noted that the situation in Port-au-Prince has been dire since the January 12 earthquake hammered what was already the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere , killing more than 200,000 people and shattering its already weak infrastructure . `` Since the earthquake , every available space that was n't damaged has been filled by camps where people are living in extremely precarious conditions , '' he said . `` Just to find an empty area in this city is a major logistical challenge , so for us to find room to treat people is very complicated . '' The group , known in English as Doctors Without Borders , has more than 100 international staff and more than 400 Haitian staff working in cholera treatment centers throughout the country , with more on the way , `` but it 's just not enough , '' he said . `` We are close to being overwhelmed . '' A scientist with the U.S.-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said he had been in several hospitals `` that I would not characterize as overflowing ... but some places are busier than others . '' Still , Haiti is particularly vulnerable to such an outbreak , said Dr. Robert Quick , a medical epidemiologist with the CDC 's waterborne-disease prevention branch and one of 34 CDC personnel in the country . `` It 's a country that has not seen epidemic cholera for decades , '' he told CNN in a telephone interview . `` So it 's an immunologically naive population , meaning that literally everyone is susceptible to infection . It 's a resource-poor country where hygiene and sanitary conditions are not what they could be , so this is a combination that can result in what we 're seeing now -- an outbreak with many cases . '' The CDC workers were providing technical assistance , data and training to Haitian health care workers , he said . There is some reason for optimism , said Dr. Alex Lassedue of Project Medishare , in Port-au-Prince . `` Cholera is easy to treat ; it 's easy to prevent , '' he said . `` There is a great possibility to contain the number of cases . '' The government was undertaking one such effort -- a public awareness campaign that uses cartoons to underscore in a graphic way that residents should wash their hands after using the bathroom to prevent cholera 's spread . Such education could prove key , because this is the first such outbreak in living memory in Haiti , so public knowledge about the disease and how to avoid it is scant . `` This means there are a lot of misconceptions and rumors flying around , which has caused panic in the population , '' Zannini said . `` Some people are staying away from the cholera treatment centers or are afraid to have them in their neighborhoods because they think they help spread the disease . We 've been trying to explain that the opposite is true : The closer a center is to a population , the better . '' Though the disease can kill , it can also be treated successfully -- usually within two days , he noted . Anyone entering or leaving a cholera treatment center is sprayed with chlorine to prevent the further spread of the bacteria . But completion of treatment does not necessarily mean the end of concern . Many of those treated wind up going back to the camps , which shelter 1.4 million people in and near Port-au-Prince . There , hygiene , sanitation and clean water are hard to come by -- conditions that are conducive to further spread of the illness . If Haiti 's cholera epidemic follows a pattern similar to that of the last cholera epidemic in the Americas , it could produce hundreds of thousands of additional cases over the next several years , Dr. Jon K. Andrus , deputy director of the Pan American Health Organization , told reporters last week . `` We have to prepare for a large upsurge in cases , '' Andrus said . `` We have to be prepared with all the resources that are needed for a rapid response . '' The hemisphere 's last cholera epidemic began in Peru in 1991 and spread to some 16 other countries , from Argentina to Canada , he said . From 1991 to 1997 , Peru alone saw more than 650,000 cases . A similar pattern in Haiti could produce some 270,000 cases , which means public health officials likely face long-term challenges in Haiti . `` The bacteria have a foothold in the rivers and the water system , so it will be there for a number of years , '' he said . Still , he said , the cholera epidemic need not interfere with the Haitian general elections scheduled for November 28 . `` There is no reason to expect the elections to have a negative impact on the cholera epidemic , '' said Andrus . `` And in fact , the Ministry of Health is planning to use the occasion to disseminate prevention messages to the population . It will help prevent the spread of infection . '' The United Nations , which has appealed to international donors for $ 164 million in aid , said it anticipates as many as 200,000 people to be sickened with cholera over the next six to 12 months . A PAHO spokeswoman acknowledged that such estimates are `` guesses . '' Symptoms of cholera , an acute , bacterial illness caused by drinking tainted water , can be mild or even nonexistent . But sometimes they can be severe : leg cramps , profuse watery diarrhea and vomiting , which can cause rapid loss of body fluids and lead to dehydration , shock and death . Such an outbreak would be unlikely to occur in a developed country like the United States because it has water-treatment facilities and sewage systems , according to the CDC 's Quick . `` We may get imported cases , but they 're not going to take hold and turn into an outbreak . It 's just not as likely , '' he said . CNN 's Ivan Watson contributed to this story from Port-au-Prince .
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Unrest spreads to second town in north . Flights canceled to Cap Haitien . Gunfire ricochets in streets , protesters clash with peacekeepers . `` The population is scared . ... It 's a volatile situation , '' says U.N. official .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- China continued their domination in the swimming pool at the 16th Asian Games , claiming five of the six golds on offer on the second day as 14-year-old Ye Shi Wen announced her arrival on the world stage . The much talked about teenager thrashed the opposition to win the women 's 400m individual medley by more than four seconds . She touched in four minutes 33.79 seconds to leave compatriot and Asian record holder Li Xuanxu with silver . Taiwan 's Cheng Wan-jung took bronze . Ye is tipped for future stardom and is already targeting next year 's world championships and the 2012 London Olympics . `` This is the first time that I have won a gold medal at such a big event , so it means a lot to me and my family , '' she told AFP . Ye won the 200m medley at China 's national championships earlier this year and won three World Cup races in Beijing last month . By the finish of the second day of competition in Guangzhou , the hosts were well clear in the medals table with 37 golds , with Korea next best on 13 . China 's women 's gymnasts duly emulated the gold medal of their male counterparts in the team competition , their 10th successive victory at the Asiad . Japan took the silver and Uzbekistan the bronze . The Asian Games has an eclectic mix of sports and dance sport is debuting with the hosts also proving their dominance in the ballroom . They added five more titles to the five they collected on the previous day . India 's first gold came for Pankaj Advani as he won the singles title in the English Billiard competition .
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Hosts China continue to dominate Asian Games leading medals table with 37 golds . 14-year-old Ye Shi Wen claims gold in the swimming in 400m medley . India 's first gold comes from Pankaj Advani in the English Billiards .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A 12-year-old girl allegedly kidnapped in South Carolina is back home after federal agents arrested the man accused of taking her , the FBI said Friday . FBI agents found Jesus Alanda Lozada , 26 , and Julieta Yoselin at a home in Atlanta , Georgia , late Thursday night . Yoselin had last been seen Monday in the parking lot of a drug store in Clemson , South Carolina . Authorities thought that Lozada , a friend of Julieta 's family , might be taking the girl to Mexico . The investigation led authorities to Atlanta . Lozada was being held in Atlanta , the FBI said .
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FBI arrests suspect in kidnapping of 12-year-old . The girl has been returned to South Carolina .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- South Korea will stage its first Formula One grand prix in 2010 , motorsport 's governing body , the International Automobile Federation -LRB- FIA -RRB- , announced on Monday . Work is in progress at the 5.6 km site of the future South Korean Grand Prix in Yeongam county . The 19-race season will open in Bahrain on March 14 and the final race will take place in Brazil . After missing out on staging a grand prix in 2009 , Canada will return to the circuit in 2010 with a June 13 date if agreement could be reached with Formula One Management which holds the sport 's commercial rights . If that is not completed then the Turkish Grand Prix will be moved back one week to the June 6 slot . South Korea is spending millions of dollars on a track in Yeongam county and officials are confident the Korean Grand Prix , set for October 17 , will quickly make its mark . Work is in progress at the 5.6 km site , 320km south of Seoul , where seating to accommodate 135,000 spectators is being built . Organizers say the main circuit will include Asia 's longest straight stretch of 1.2 km which will allow speeds of up to 320km per hour . Seoul has hosted the Olympic Games , the Asian Games and a football World Cup , but never a Formula One race , despite a major domestic auto industry . The 19-race schedule for the 2010 Formula One championship which gets under way in Bahrain on March 14 : . March 14 , Bahrain Grand Prix . March 28 , Australian Grand Prix . April 4 , Malaysian Grand Prix . April 18 , Chinese Grand Prix . May 9 , Spanish Grand Prix . May 23 , Monaco Grand Prix . May 30 , Turkish Grand Prix . June 13 , Canadian Grand Prix ** . June 27 , European Grand Prix at Valencia , Spain . July 11 , British Grand Prix . July 25 , German Grand Prix . August 1 , Hungarian Grand Prix . August 29 , Belgian Grand Prix . September 12 , Italian Grand Prix . September 26 , Singapore Grand Prix . October 3 , Japanese Grand Prix . October 17 , South Korean Grand Prix . October 31 , Abu Dhabi Grand Prix . November 14 , Brazilian Grand Prix . ** Subject to the completion of contract negotiations with Formula One Management . If these are not completed then the Turkish Grand Prix will be moved to June 6 .
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South Korea will stage its first Formula One grand prix in 2010 , FIA announce . The Korean Grand Prix is set for October 17 in a 19-race Formula 1 calendar . Season opens in Bahrain on March 14 and the final race takes place in Brazil .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The federal Bureau of Land Management said Friday that it had only one ranger on duty and that it failed to follow its own procedures in permitting an off-road race in Southern California where eight spectators were killed in a crash . `` This tragic accident was a call for us to take an unvarnished look at what went wrong and what BLM can do to improve safety and oversight of these types of races , '' said acting Bureau of Land Management State Director Jim Abbott . Since the crash during an August 14 event in Johnson Valley , near San Bernardino , the agency has taken steps to ensure all approval procedures are carefully followed , it said in a statement . The California Highway Patrol is leading the investigation into the incident , which left eight people dead and nine injured when a truck taking part in the 200-mile event crashed into a crowd of spectators along the track . The driver did not face charges , the highway patrol said at the time . The Bureau of Land Management is investigating whether sanctioning body Mojave Desert Racing violated any safety regulations , spokeswoman Jan Bedrosian told CNN . Since the crash , the agency has approved 20 permits from organizers for events across the California desert , Bedrosian said . Four were denied , and five from Mojave Desert Racing were suspended , she said . Messages for Mojave Desert Racing were not immediately returned Friday . Daniel Hesser , public information officer for the California Highway Patrol Inland Division , said the investigation is continuing and there was no timetable for submitting findings . `` We 're talking to everyone we can , '' he said . The August race was part of an amateur series on a course in the Lucerne Valley area of San Bernardino County , east of Los Angeles . Mojave Desert Racing urges spectators to stay back 100 feet from the 50-mile course , but a Highway Patrol spokesman said there were `` no delineations '' for the course . Images from the night of the crash show trucks speeding within feet of spectators . The bureau found its procedures for race events are appropriate , but said that offices did not always carry them out . `` Adherence to these procedures was inconsistent throughout the five BLM field offices in the 11-million acre California Desert , '' it said in a statement . There was no pre-race review or detailed look at the August race 's operating plan , Bedrosian said . And only one ranger was on duty . `` Obviously , the one was not adequate that night , '' Bedrosian said , adding that some events now are being staffed by three to five federal rangers . The department has only 38 rangers in the desert and is `` spread awfully thin , '' Bedrosian said . But it is committed to permitting and staffing events to ensure they are conducted in a safe manner , she added , . Bob Abbey , national director of the Bureau of Land Management , said that a directive to field offices stresses event safety . `` If our field offices can not fulfill or complete all the required steps in authorizing this event , then no permit will be issued , '' he said . The report concludes with specific action items . These include providing adequate Bureau of Land Management ranger and recreation staffing at all events , requiring companies to compensate the bureau for processing and administering permits that take up more than 50 hours of staff time , and requiring more oversight from the bureau 's district and state offices to check for policy compliance and program consistency . `` Everyone looks at this with a shared sense we all need to do better , '' Bedrosian said .
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Bureau of Land Management did n't follow own procedures , internal report says . Federal agency says it has taken steps to follow permitting procedures . Eight people died in crash during off-road event in Southern California .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Manchester United midfield star Cristiano Ronaldo escaped injury after wrecking his Ferrari on the way to training on Thursday , the Premier League and European champions have confirmed . Ronaldo 's Ferrari was a complete write-off after his accident on the way to training . `` Cristiano was involved in an incident this morning . No other cars were involved , '' a United club spokesman told PA Sport . `` He 's fine and is training as normal with the team this morning . '' According to reports , the 23-year-old 's Portuguese international 's vehicle was written off in the crash . Greater Manchester Police said in a statement . `` At about 10.20 am police were called to the A538 Wilmslow Road near to Manchester Airport following reports of a road traffic collision . `` Officers attended and discovered a Ferrari had collided with a barrier . No one is believed to have been injured . Inquiries are continuing . '' The accident happened in a tunnel near Manchester Airport with Sky News showing pictures of the badly damaged sports car . Reports said one of the wheels had come off in the incident and was found about 200 meters behind the vehicle . Ronaldo was able to climb out of the vehicle and was spoken to by police at the scene according to PA. . Ronaldo , in line to be crowned FIFA 's World Player of the Year later this month , made a substitute appearance on Wednesday night in the 1-0 League Cup semifinal first leg defeat at Derby County . United face a crunch Premier League clash on Sunday at Old Trafford against Chelsea -- the team they beat on penalties last year to become European champions . United have since been crowned world champions .
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Portugal winger escapes injury after wrecking his Ferrari on way to training . Manchester Utd . confirms accident , says Ronaldo later trained as normal . Police : Car collided with a barrier .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The blog `` Stuff White People Like '' is wildly popular with fans who 've embraced the hilarious , satirical sendup of the white middle class that -- according to the list -- have an ongoing love affair with things such as coffee -LRB- No. 1 -RRB- , organic food -LRB- No. 6 -RRB- , yoga -LRB- 15 -RRB- and the Toyota Prius -LRB- 60 -RRB- . Blogger-turned-author Christian Lander is the force behind `` Stuff White People Like . '' The site also has spurred an outpouring from those who view it as offensive and racist . Now devotees and detractors alike have more to discuss with the release of the book `` Stuff White People Like : A Definitive Guide to the Unique Taste of Millions '' by the blog 's creator , Christian Lander . Filled with photos and some content from the blog , the guide includes new entries exclusive to the book . Lander also worked with a designer to create things such as flow charts on `` How to Name a White Child '' and `` White Career Trajectories '' as well as a test of the reader 's `` whiteness . '' As befitting the genius behind such a site and book , Lander is a bit of a ham -LRB- actually , make that Canadian bacon since he hails from Toronto , Ontario -RRB- . Watch Lander talk about what he likes '' The origins of `` Stuff '' date from January 2008 , he said , because of an instant messenger conversation between him and his friend Miles about the HBO drama `` The Wire . '' Miles , who is Filipino , tossed off that he did n't trust any white person who did n't watch the series . That exchange started a back-and-forth between the two about what white people were doing instead of watching the show . `` We said , ` Oh , they are going to plays , they 're doing yoga , they 're getting divorced , ' '' recalled Lander , who could n't pass up the gold mine of ideas and started blogging . `` The goal was to literally make Miles and a few of my friends laugh , and it just took off . '' Within six weeks , Random House came calling , and a book deal was finalized . CNN talked to the blogger-turned-author about his `` whiteness , '' whether he is like Stephen Colbert but instead mocks earnest , left-wing types , and why `` Stuff White People Like '' will never make the list of `` Stuff White People Like . '' CNN : Where do you get your ideas ? Christian Lander : Farmers ' markets . CNN : How do you get your ideas at farmers ' markets ? Lander : Keeping my eyes open . I just see what people are up to . And the mirror is another good place to look for inspiration . I really make fun of myself . CNN : So what makes you an authority on white people ? Lander : Look at me -LSB- laughing -RSB- . I mean , I have liberal arts degrees ; I look like this . I 'm on the inside . CNN : Do you ever worry about offending people ? Lander : No . I 'm glad when I offend people with this because it 's not offensive . What 's been great about it is the title draws people in , and right away they are like , `` What is this ? Am I going to get offended by this ? '' Then they read it , and it 's not what they expect . People see the title and they expect `` Stuff White People Like '' to be entries like mayonnaise , or dancing poorly , these old stereotypes that are really outdated and are n't even funny anymore . You 're sort of expecting it to be the lame white guy stuff and you go , `` Oh my God , this is all the stuff I actually like . '' It 's playing off white stereotypes , but it 's not stereotypes in a demeaning way . CNN : If those are old stereotypes , could your stuff be considered `` new stereotypes '' ? Lander : No , because they 're true -LSB- laughing -RSB- . I consider these valid observations . It 's an update on this idea of a yuppie . In the '80s , the idea of the yuppie was really about just consumerism : I have an expensive BMW , I have these things , and it 's buying , buying , buying . I think that that attitude is still there , but the materials changed into where it 's `` My carbon footprint 's lower , my music taste is better , I visited more countries than you . '' The quest for status is still there . CNN : What are some of the entries that elicited the most negative responses and really pushed people 's buttons ? Lander : One was written by Miles . Now Miles is Asian , and I ca n't stress that enough . He wrote post No. 11 , which is `` White People Like Asian Girls . '' That has been by far the most commented on . The other ones have all been pretty level in terms of drawing responses from people . CNN : What are some of the things that have been rejected from the list ? Lander : People send in stuff all the time , and one of the things is that people just do n't get what I am going for here . They send in -LSB- suggestions such as -RSB- guns , NASCAR , trailer parks -- these old stereotypes that are not what I 'm after . The one I reject a lot is people say , `` Well , you know what , ` Stuff White People Like ' should be on the list of ` Stuff White People Like . ' '' I 'm just like , `` All right , postmodern hero , you 're not the first person to send this in . I 'm not putting it on the list . '' CNN : Entry No. 92 is book deals , so we are assuming you like that one . What are some other things on the list you like ? Lander : There are things that I like that I am ashamed that I like . My favorite entry , which I wrote and where I attack myself the most , is `` Knowing What 's Best for Poor People . '' That was one that definitely applies to me , and I sort of recognize the ego that 's behind that one and how ridiculous that one is . CNN : What 's some stuff white people do n't like ? Lander : Other white people . That 's it . The wrong kind of white people . CNN : Who are the wrong kind of white people ? Lander : Anyone you blame for everything that 's wrong in America are the wrong kind of white people . Not only do they hate them because they create all of these problems , but if those kinds of people start liking anything on this list , they immediately become unacceptable . CNN : Stephen Colbert made the list , and he 's renowned for making fun of the right wing . Do you consider yourself a type of Stephen Colbert for the lefties ? Lander : I do n't know because Stephen Colbert , in his heart of hearts , is a lefty and so am I. I consider myself a self-aware , left-wing person who 's not afraid to recognize the selfishness and contradictions that come on the left . I think a lot of people who are on that side really fail to do that a lot of the time . I think the people I write about here are very , very self-righteous and believe that everything they do is right , and they are very resistant to cast a critical eye to themselves . It was really fun for me to write in a cathartic way , sort of like I am attacking my own pretentiousness and my own ridiculousness . It 's just amazing because these people are so self-aware but so unaware at the same time .
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Popular `` Stuff White People Like '' blog now a book . Blog and book have its fans and detractors . Author says , `` It 's playing off stereotypes ''
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho has claimed he did not assault a journalist after his side 's 1-1 draw with Atalanta . Mourinho had been accused of `` physical and verbal aggression '' towards Corriere dello Sport 's Andrea Ramazzotti and had been criticized by the Italian Sport Union of Journalists -LRB- USSI -RRB- . The Portuguese coach denied hitting Ramazzotti , but did admit to a verbal spat with the reporter after the Serie A clash on Sunday . `` I do n't like journalists near the team bus after a game , '' Mourinho said . `` I came out of the bus and I insulted him twice . But I did not try to hit him , there was no physical contact . '' Mourinho did not attend the post-match press conference as he was serving a one-game touchline ban . Inter president Massimo Moratti confirmed earlier this week he would investigate the incident . A previous statement from the USSI following the incident urged Inter president Massimo Moratti , and the country 's governing sporting bodies to investigate . It read : `` The physical and verbal aggression of Inter coach Jose Mourinho towards our colleague Andrea Ramazzotti marks one of the lowest and alarming moments in the relations between football and sporting press . `` Mourinho was already cited , prior to the Champions League game with Rubin Kazan , for his uneducated and disrespectful tone that he used towards certain colleagues . `` This aggression marks an irresponsible and unacceptable escalation . USSI expresses not only its indignation , but a strong concern for gestures and the unspeakable behavior that only increases tensions and controversies . `` It asks president Moratti to intervene energetically so that a member of his club -LRB- Mourinho -RRB- adapts to the great tradition of civility of the club and of the Moratti family . `` It asks as well of the FIGC -LRB- Italian Football Federation -RRB- that the sporting justice panel intervenes to examine the behavior of Mourinho for eventual sanctions . ''
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Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho has claimed he did not assault a journalist after his side 's 1-1 draw with Atalanta . The alleged confrontation happened following the 1-1 Serie A draw at Atalanta on Sunday . The Italian Sport Union of Journalists -LRB- USSI -RRB- have condemned Mourinho 's alleged actions .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Felipe Massa will not be returning to Formula One this season , his Ferrari team have officially announced . Massa is still showing the scars of the horror crash at the Hungarian GP in July . The Brazilian has been out of action since a freak crash in qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix left him with life-threatening head injuries . The speed of his recovery from a fractured skull has prompted speculation he could take the wheel of the Ferrari for the season-ending race in Abu Dhabi on November 1 . Indeed Massa was back on the track in a private test at Ferrari 's Maranello headquarters in Italy on Monday , but the team insist that is merely a stepping stone for next season . `` This is in no way a proper test session and looking at the stopwatch will not be on the agenda - there will be plenty of time for that in 2010 , when , alongside Fernando Alonso , he will begin development work of the new single-seater , '' read a statement on the team 's oficial Web site www.ferrari.com . Ferrari did reveal that a medical check up that Massa underwent in Paris last Friday proved `` rather positive '' but emphasized it did not signal a dream return . `` Felipe and the team want to proceed gradually and without any hurry to recover as well as possible from the effects of the accident that happened in Budapest back on 25th July . `` Therefore talk of a proper return to Formula One can wait until the start of the 2010 season and only at that time will the medical checks be carried out , as required by the FIA in order to allow someone who has been injured to return to racing . '' Giancarlo Fisichella will continue to deputize for Massa for the remaining two races of the season in Brazil and Abu Dhabi , driving alongside Kimi Raikkonen of Finland . Raikkonen is leaving the team at the end of the season to be replaced by two-time world champion Alonso , who will carry Ferrari 's hopes for 2010 alongside 2008 title runner-up Massa . The 28-year-old Massa was hit in the head by a spring which fell from the Brawn GP car of fellow Brazilian Rubens Barrichello . There were fears for his life in the immediate aftermath of the horror crash as he lay in an induced for coma in a military hospital in Budapest . Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher was slated to replace him in a sensational return to Formula One , but the German superstar had to cut short his comeback due to a neck injury . Test driver Luca Badoer proved a below-par replacement and Fisichella , who will stay at the Ferrari next season as the reserve driver , jumped ship from Force India for the drive .
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Ferrari say Felipe Massa will not be returning to F1 circuit this season . Brazilian has been recovering from injuries he received in horror crash in Hungary . Massa will be doing private test at Ferrari headquarters on Monday .
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New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An accused international arms dealer , now in U.S. custody for allegedly agreeing to sell millions of dollars of weapons to a Colombian narco-terrorist organization , pleaded not guilty Wednesday in a U.S. courtroom to four counts of terror-related crimes . Viktor Bout , the alleged dealer , could face life in prison if found guilty , the Manhattan U.S. Attorney said . The charges he faces are conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals ; conspiracy to kill U.S. officers or employees ; conspiracy to acquire and use an anti-aircraft missile ; and conspiracy to provide material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization . In this case , that would be the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC . Bout appeared before U.S. District Judge Shira Sheindin wearing a brown tee shirt , black track pants and black sneakers . He was given headphones for translation to Russian , but Bout , who speaks six languages , spoke English to the judge and his attorney . He stood and said `` good day '' when the judge entered , and nodded that he understood his rights . The hearing lasted about 10 minutes . `` The so-called ` Merchant of Death ' is now a federal inmate , '' said U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara . Bharara said if Bout is convicted on all counts , he 'll face a mandatory minimum of 25 years in prison and a maximum sentence of life in prison . Bharara also announced an unsealed guilty plea of an alleged Bout associate , Andrew Smulian , on the charges . The Justice Department said that between November 2007 and March 2008 , Bout agreed to sell millions of dollars of weapons to the FARC , called the `` world 's largest supplier of cocaine '' and dedicated to the violent overthrow of the democratically-elected Colombian government . The weaponry allegedly included `` surface-to-air missile systems ; armor piercing rocket launchers ; AK-47 firearms ; millions of rounds of ammunition ; Russian spare parts for rifles ; anti-personnel land mines ; C-4 plastic explosives ; night-vision equipment ; ` ultralight ' aircraft that could be outfitted with grenade launchers and missiles ; and unmanned aerial vehicles . '' Drug Enforcement Administration agents led a sting operation by posing as FARC members , and Bout was arrested in Thailand in 2008 , where he remained in custody until Tuesday . Bout had agreed to sell the weapons to two confidential sources working with the Drug Enforcement Administration , the government said . In a meeting recorded in Thailand in March 2008 , Bout said he could have the materiel airdropped to the FARC and offered to sell two cargo planes as well , the government alleges . Bharara said Bout indicated that he wanted the weapons to be used against U.S. personnel in Colombia . He indicated that the United States was his enemy and that the FARC 's battles against the United States were his as well , the government said . He was arrested after that meeting by Thai officials . Bout arrived in New York late Tuesday , after being extradited from Thailand . The Russian citizen and former Soviet military officer is being held in a high-security prison in Manhattan until his trial , the Justice Department said . Bout allegedly began building his arms business as the Soviet Union disintegrated in the early 1990s . He acquired surplus Soviet planes and started shipping arms and ammunition to conflict zones , according to the U.S. Treasury Department . Bout -- who has gone by many other names , including `` Victor Anatoliyevich Bout , '' `` Victor But , '' `` Viktor Budd , '' `` Viktor Butt , '' `` Viktor Bulakin '' and `` Vadim Markovich Aminov '' -- is accused of supplying weapons to war zones around the world , from Sierra Leone to Afghanistan . But he has repeatedly said he has broken no laws and that the allegations against him are lies . Attorney General Eric Holder said Bout 's `` alleged arms trafficking activity and support of armed conflicts in Africa has been a cause of concern around the world . '' `` His extradition is a victory for the rule of law worldwide . Long considered one of the world 's most prolific arms traffickers , Mr. Bout will now appear in federal court in Manhattan to answer to charges of conspiring to sell millions of dollars worth of weapons to a terrorist organization for use in trying to kill Americans . '' The Russian government issued a terse reaction Tuesday on Bout being sent to the United States . `` It is very deplorable that the Thai government succumbed to the outside pressure and conducted the illegal extradition of Viktor Bout , '' Russia 's Foreign Ministry said . Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said : `` We as a country will continue assisting Viktor Bout as a Russian citizen in every possible way . '' CNN 's Sally Garner and Susan Candiotti contributed to this report .
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NEW : Viktor Bout pleaded not guilty in court Wednesday . The suspected arms dealer faces life in prison if convicted . The charges allege his involvement with the FARC .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The chief of the national police in Ecuador , Freddy Martinez , said Friday that he was resigning effectively immediately . His departure comes a day after a chaotic uprising by police officers left President Rafael Correa trapped for several hours in a hospital . Troops loyal to the president arrived at the hospital and rescued him Thursday evening ; two police officers were killed . The police officers said they were angered by a new law that would take away their bonuses and reduce their compensation . The president , who was roughed up and hit by tear gas , said the law would do no such thing and said the police officers had not even read it . Hours after the rescue , Correa repeated his claim that compensation issues were merely a pretext for police to kidnap him and try to overthrow his government . `` It was an attempt and a perfectly coordinated conspiracy , '' he said late Thursday . On Friday , a group of South American leaders condemned the disturbance as an `` attempted coup '' and praised troops for rescuing the country 's president in a shootout with police . In a statement issued after an emergency meeting in Argentina , the group of presidents and top officials pledged to send their foreign ministers to Ecuador later Friday to show support for Correa . Two people died in clashes between police and the military after hundreds of troops arrived at a hospital outside the country 's capital to rescue Correa on Thursday night , Ecuador 's Red Cross reported . At least 88 people were injured in unrest throughout the country . The violent standoff between police and troops lasted for nearly an hour , said Freddy Paredes , a reporter for CNN affiliate Teleamazonas who watched the shootout from a hospital room . Correa , wearing a military helmet and a gas mask , escaped in a wheelchair as gunfire rang out , he said . `` The police are very fearful , because the president has announced that there will be no forgiveness nor forgetting for the police that were insubordinate , '' Paredes said . Correa said late Thursday that those responsible would be held accountable . `` It has been a very sad day . I send a warm embrace to those who were injured . I pray to God that nobody dies . Because of what happened , we now need to purge our National Police , '' he said . The disturbances occurred as Correa threatened to dissolve the National Assembly over a dispute about several laws , including public service and education . Violence erupted early Thursday when police officers took to the streets , claiming a new law would take away their bonuses and reduce their compensation . Government officials tried to quell the rebellion , insisting that the security forces had been misinformed and warning that the nation 's democracy was in danger . When the president tried to negotiate with them , the protest turned violent . A tear gas grenade was thrown , and Correa was led away , holding a gas mask to his face . Correa , who is recovering from knee surgery , said angry police tried to suffocate him . `` They made me bend my knee to the point that I could not walk , '' he said Thursday night . He stressed that a law passed Wednesday by the National Assembly did not cut compensation bonuses of police , as some had asserted , and he accused his political opponents of misinforming and manipulating the public about the legislation . Thursday night , he said that police -- `` not one of them '' -- had read the law . `` When they demanded that I revoke the law to let me out , I told them , ` Do n't waste time with me . I leave as president of a dignified nation , or I leave as a cadaver , ' '' he said , his voice hoarse from shouting into a microphone . `` Of course , the law will not be revoked , '' he added , stabbing his finger into the air . Speaking to a jubilant crowd outside the presidential palace , Correa said former president Lucio Gutierrez and other political opponents were behind the day 's unrest -- which he repeatedly called an attempted coup . But in an interview earlier Thursday with CNN en Espanol , Gutierrez sharply denied that claim . Angry police said Thursday that they were overworked and underpaid . `` We work 14 hours a day , '' a uniformed officer said on Ecuador TV . `` We are the ones who never protest . '' Both of the men killed in Thursday night 's clashes were police officers , the Red Cross said . Correa thanked his supporters -- in particular his bodyguards -- for standing behind him and said the rebel police effort to oust him had failed . `` Nobody has supported the police as much as this government , nobody has increased their salaries as much , '' he said . `` After all we 've done for the police , they did this ! '' Correa said the actions of the police left him `` profoundly sad , like there was a knife in my back . '' The government declared a one-week state of emergency Thursday afternoon and put the military in charge of security . The military said it will support the president and the nation 's democratic institutions . When the Union of South American Nations convened an emergency meeting in Buenos Aires , Argentina , to discuss the situation , the presidents of many South American nations -- including Venezuela 's Hugo Chavez , Bolivia 's Evo Morales and Colombia 's Juan Manuel Santos -- were in attendance . After the meeting , Chavez accused the United States of being behind the unrest in Ecuador . `` The Yankee extreme right is trying right now , through arms and violence , to retake control of the continent , '' Chavez said . Earlier Thursday U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued a statement expressing support for Correa . `` The United States deplores violence and lawlessness , and we express our full support for President Rafael Correa , and the institutions of democratic government in that country , '' she said . Correa was elected president in 2006 and took office in 2007 . The socialist president earned a doctorate in economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2001 . CNN 's Catherine E. Shoichet and Rafael Romo in Atlanta , Georgia , and journalist Martha Sandoval in Quito , Ecuador , contributed to this report .
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NEW : Police chief resigns in Ecuador . Police actions were a `` perfectly coordinated conspiracy , '' Ecuador 's president says . Correa was rescued by the Ecuadorian army in a shootout .
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Lisbon , Portugal -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Calling it a significant step forward for the alliance and European security , President Obama announced Friday that NATO will develop a missile defense system to safeguard most of Europe and the United States . The agreement , according to the president , followed a year of talks to determine the best ways to coordinate efforts to protect members of the 61-year-old alliance . The system would be `` strong enough to cover all NATO European territory and populations , as well as the United States , '' Obama told reporters in Lisbon , Portugal . The missile defense plan `` offers a role for all of our allies in response to the threats of our times , '' the president said . `` It shows our determination to protect our citizens from the threat of ballistic missiles . '' Obama addressed reporters during the first day of what he promised would be a `` landmark summit '' featuring leaders of NATO 's 28 member countries , as well as Russia . By the time it wraps Saturday , the alliance aimed to produce a set of new initiatives intending to reinvigorate and redirect NATO 20 years after the end of the Cold War . NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced Friday that heads of state had agreed to a new mission statement , calling it the alliance 's `` road map for the next 10 years . '' Crafting this so-called strategic concept had been a top priority of the meeting , which Rasmussen last month deemed `` one of the most important summits in the history of our alliance . '' `` This strategic concept reconfirms the commitment by NATO members to defend one another against attack , and that will never change , '' Rasmussen said in Lisbon . `` But it also modernizes the way NATO does defense in the 21st century . '' The document , prepared from recommendations made by a panel led by former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright , sought to build upon NATO 's work in Afghanistan to redefine the alliance as a `` global '' actor that would work with regional partners to combat threats outside Europe . Under the new plan , NATO will bolster its role in counterinsurgency efforts , as well as the stabilization and reconstruction of key countries , according to Rasmussen . The defense alliance will also develop `` a standing capability to train local security forces '' and create a civilian arm to deal with other nations and groups . Obama added Friday that NATO , under Rasmussen , was also looking at how to deal with threats like improvised explosives and cyber defenses , all serving a commitment that `` an attack on one NATO member is an attack on all . '' Afghanistan will be front and center on Saturday 's agenda , with NATO members working with others who have committed resources to the nation and its government to `` align our approach , '' according to Obama . He said that includes having Afghan forces transition , between 2011 and 2014 , taking over the security and governance mission in the country and forging a `` long-term partnership '' beyond that . Russia 's relationship with NATO and the United States is also a chief focus Saturday . Obama said that starting then , NATO will work with Russia `` to build our cooperation with them in this area ... recognizing that we share many of the same threats . '' In an exclusive interview with CNN 's Chris Lawrence , Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said he hoped that Russia 's deepening partnership with NATO would cause Moscow to take a `` more civilized approach '' in dealing with its neighbors . Russian troops have occupied Georgian territory since its invasion in 2008 . Saakashvili , whose country 's bid to join NATO has been stalled for several years , said that he hoped the alliance 's involvement would prompt Russia to withdraw its troops from Georgia . `` Once Russia becomes less paranoid , more cooperative , more self-confident in a nicer way -- because I think lots of things have emerged from their almost paranoid sense of insecurity -- hopefully , the small neighbors of Russia hopefully will feel themselves more safe , '' said Saakashvili , who met with Obama on Friday . Obama reiterated his belief that the U.S. Congress should pass the New START nuclear control treaty , which the U.S. and Russia agreed on last spring but has not been ratified by either nation 's legislatures . U.S. Senate Republicans have held up a vote on START , citing a heavy workload , in the lame duck session before a new Congress comes in next year , and concerns about the strength of the U.S. nuclear arsenal . Obama said Friday that NATO leaders had called passage of the treaty -- which , among other things , would restart mutual nuclear inspections and limit the arsenal in the two countries -- critical to European and global security . `` A failure to ratify -LSB- this treaty -RSB- ... will put at risk the substantial progress that has been made in advancing our nuclear security and our partnership with Russia , '' Obama said . The search for a new mandate for the entire alliance comes at a time that 16 of the 28 NATO members have announced cuts in defense spending . NATO officials said leaders are expected to agree at the summit on a list of the top 10 spending priorities , including helicopters , transfer aircraft , technology to combat improvised explosive devices and increased medical capabilities . The outcome of the war in Afghanistan is intrinsically tied to the future of the NATO alliance , a new analysis from the RAND Corporation suggested . The report , published Friday , warns that the U.S. lead in the war could undermine any future willingness to fight together if needed . `` In an alliance that finds achieving consensus is central , having one partner clearly overshadow all others highlights the real limits of the transatlantic alliance , '' the report said . The difficulty and length of engagement will weigh on decisions by alliance members to intervene or aid in the future . `` The scope of NATO 's future roles abroad may be more limited , such as focusing on humanitarian assistance or training , advising , and assisting nations that seek support . While these efforts may entail long-term commitments , they would fall well short of committing combat forces , '' wrote the RAND authors , Andrew Hoehn and Sarah Harting . The new strategic concept will cite current security challenges facing NATO members in the 21st century , such as terrorism , cyber warfare and piracy . Rasmussen has encouraged NATO members to be more agile in order to respond to 21st century threats and to continue to invest in military technology despite the global economic downturn . He urged allies to `` cut fat , not muscle '' and pool military spending . The United States is pushing for a realignment of military spending priorities . `` We have proposed and hope to have accepted a set of capabilities that the alliance , in a time of dwindling resources , will decide it must fund , '' U.S. Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder told reporters earlier this week . `` Those are capabilities that deal with ongoing operations in Afghanistan , but also capabilities to deal with 21st century threats , including beefing up our cyberdefenses and embracing the deployment of missile defenses to protect European territory and populations against the growing threat of ballistic missiles . '' Obama also will hold a summit with European Union leaders , seeking to reaffirm a partnership with Europe that many feel has gone adrift as the United States expands its partnerships in Asia . Jobs and economic growth are expected to top the agenda at a time of growing tension between U.S. and European countries over the way to fix the global economy . While the United States has pushed for stimulating economic expansion with more government spending , many European allies are tightening their belts . The future of some 80,000 U.S. military forces in Europe will also be discussed . European leaders are looking for Obama to keep U.S. troops at their current levels , although the Obama administration has urged Europe to share more of the burden of its own defense . CNN 's Adam Levine contributed to this report .
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NEW : NATO members agree on a new mission statement for next 10 years . NEW : Georgian president hopes NATO will spur Russia to be `` more civilized '' NATO leaders , among others , are meeting for a two-day summit in Portugual . One goal for the leaders is to reinvigorate the NATO alliance , 20 years after the Cold War .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Four buildings on The Ohio State University campus were evacuated Tuesday after the FBI 's Columbus , Ohio , bureau notified the university it had received an anonymous message that explosives were placed in the buildings , authorities said . The buildings are the William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library , the McPherson Chemical Lab , Smith Laboratory and Scott Laboratory . Classes in the three academic buildings involved were canceled , and all four buildings were closed until at least 5 p.m. or until the investigation is complete , according to Vernon Baisden , the university 's director of public safety . Officials did not say whether any explosives had been found in the buildings . The university was notified of the threat at 8:19 a.m. and activated its Buckeye Alert System at 8:41 a.m. , according to a message posted on the Ohio State website . Nearby streets were closed to vehicle traffic , university Police Chief Paul Denton told reporters . Local , state and federal authorities were assisting in the investigation , Baisden said , but he said officials could release few details about specifics . Aerial footage showed authorities with dogs entering one of the buildings . Students and employees `` responded in an orderly fashion , '' Baisden said , `` and we have no reports of any real confusion , other than the fact that everybody was wondering what was going on . '' Asked whether the threat was targeting labs , Baisden noted that labs are located in many locations on the Ohio State campus .
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The buildings will remain closed until at least 5 p.m. , officials say . The FBI notified university officials of the threat . The university activated its alert system .
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Dublin , Ireland -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Ireland and the European Union are engaged in a strange and increasingly public tug of war . Dublin has been adamant that it does n't need money from abroad to stay afloat despite a crisis in its banking sector . However , the republic 's central bank governor admitted Thursday that the country was likely to accept a loan from the European Union and International Monetary Fund . Speaking on the phone from Frankfurt , Ireland 's Central Bank governor Patrick Honohan told Irish broadcaster RTE that a loan worth `` tens of billions of euros '' is `` definitely likely to happen . '' `` Market conditions have not allowed us to go ahead without seeking the support of our international collaborators so that is what 's ahead , '' he said , ahead of high-level talks between the Irish government and the IMF and ECB talks in Dublin Thursday . They are there to investigate what aid , if any , is needed and whether all that is required is a loan guarantee . So it 's a loan , not a bailout ? The central bank governor was very specific in his terminology . `` When you are talking about the IMF , the IMF talks about loans -- not bailouts . Loans get repaid so there has n't been a bailout from the IMF . Shareholders in the IMF -- which are governments -- get their return on the money that they have advanced to the IMF , '' Honohan said . Before Honohan 's statement , all talk was about the pressure the European Union was putting on Ireland to accept a rescue package as the euro took a battering on contagion fears . The worry was -- and still is -- that Ireland 's problems could exert further pressure on other ailing countries , namely Portugal and Spain , which are already struggling to pay their debuts . Relief in Ireland would bring yields on Portuguese and Spanish government bonds back to normal levels would mean they pay less on interest and more , hopefully , toward reducing their own deficits . IHS Global Insight estimates banking-related costs will eventually mount to some 30 percent of Irish GDP . `` On a banking crisis ` Richter scale ' this is a ` very severe crisis ' of about seven to eight out of 12 , '' director of sovereign risk Jan Randolph said in a briefing note . For comparison , that is less severe than the Iceland banking crisis -LRB- 10 to 12 -RRB- , but more serious than the banking tremors in the UK and the U.S. -LRB- four to five -RRB- . So why was Ireland resisting aid ? As recently as Wednesday , Ireland 's finance minister Brian Lenihan was insisting that the country 's banks had `` no funding difficulties . '' By Thursday , he was being quoted as saying that a substantial contingency fund from the EU and IMF would be a `` very desirable outcome . '' The government has resisted the idea of a financial aid package because it would inevitably come with strings attached . The country 's low 12.5 percent corporation tax rate was a point of contention . Ireland has said the tax is `` non-negotiable '' despite complaints from other EU members that the tax gives the country and an unfair advantage when it comes to attracting business . Ireland 's 2011 budget is due out on December 7 and the government has been keen to stress that it will include sufficient spending cuts to get the country back in shape without outside help . How did Ireland get into this mess ? Ireland recorded stunning economic growth during what is known as the `` Celtic Tiger '' era from around 1993 to 2007 when the global financial crisis hit . Irish banks , like others around the world , loaned money to people who in some cases could n't pay it back . Cheap loans created extra demand for housing and as prices surged the construction industry raced to build more . `` The building frenzy was , in reality , driven by the ambitions and actions of developers and speculators , supported by banks hungry for quick profits , pro-growth local authorities afraid to be left behind , and a government greedy for the indirect , cyclic taxes the construction sector generated , '' according to a recent report from the National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis -LRB- NIRSA -RRB- . According to central bank figures released on November 17 , the number of mortgage loans in arrears has jumped by 11 percent since the end of June . At the end of September , more than 40,000 mortgage loans had been in arrears for more than 90 days . Combined , the mortgage loans are worth $ 7.8 billion -LRB- $ 10.6 B -RRB- . CNN 's Hilary Whiteman contributed to this report .
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Ireland bailed out its struggling banks , putting the government under intense budget pressure . Central bank governor says an EU-IMF loan is `` definitely likely '' Dublin reluctant to call the loan a `` bail-out '' Problems caused by cheap loans which fueled demand for housing .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Defending champions Inter Milan face the prospect of losing the Italian league lead to their bitter city rivals after being held 1-1 by Palermo in Sicily on Saturday evening . Jose Mourinho 's team could not reproduce the form that saw them so convincingly knock his former team Chelsea out of the Champions League on Tuesday . Inter moved two points clear of second-placed AC Milan , who can go top of Serie A for the first time this season with victory against Napoli on Sunday . The Nerazzuri took the lead after only 11 minutes against Palermo , with Argentina forward Diego Milito scoring a penalty after Lucio was fouled by Cesare Bovo . But Edison Cavani leveled just 13 minutes later after good work by Fabrizio Miccoli , earning a point that put Palermo two points ahead of Juventus in fourth place and extended their unbeaten home run to 23 matches . Inter , who had a 10-point advantage over Milan earlier in the season , have now won just once in their last seven league matches . Roma consolidated third in the table with a 4-2 win at home to Udinese , moving to within four points of Inter , who they face next weekend . Montenegro striker Mirko Vucinic scored a hat-trick , with two goals in the final 25 minutes killing off the visitors after Antonio Di Natale had drawn them level with a second-half double . Fiorentina moved to within a point of seventh-placed Genoa after crushing the Rossoblu 3-0 at home with goals from Mario Santana , Alberto Gilardino with a penalty and teenage substitute Khouma Babacar .
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Inter Milan face prospect of losing Italian league lead to their bitter city rivals . Defending champions move two points clear of AC Milan , who face Napoli on Sunday . Palermo go two points ahead of Juventus in fourth place . Roma consolidate third place with 4-2 victory over Udinese with Mirko Vucinic treble .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In-form England striker Wayne Rooney scored the opening two goals as Manchester United crushed AC Milan 4-0 to reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League . Park Ji-sung and Darren Fletcher were also on target for the English Premier League champions as United secured a convincing 7-2 aggregate success . All the talk beforehand was of Milan midfielder David Beckham 's return to Old Trafford for the first time since United sold him to Real Madrid in 2003 . And the England star was given an emotional reception by the United fans when he came on as a second-half substitute . However , Milan were already 3-0 behind when Beckham was introduced by Milan coach Leonardo and , despite some nice touches and a couple of dangerous crosses , was powerless to help Milan back into the match . Rooney took his personal tally for the season to 30 with goals either side of half-time . The opener came in the 13th minute when Rooney rose between two Milan defenders to head home a Gary Neville right-wing cross . And the second came just 54 seconds after the break when Rooney broke clear through the middle to get a decisive touch to Nani 's superb cross with the outside of his foot . The tie was firmly killed off when Korean Park finished off a Paul Scholes pass and the scoring was completed when Darren Fletcher converted at the far post with two minutes remaining . `` It was a disappointing night because we lost the game but returning here is always special , '' Beckham told ITV Sport . `` It was unbelievable . I have to say thank you . It was really incredible . It was nice to be back , a disappointing night but nice to be back . ''
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Wayne Rooney scores twice as Manchester United crush AC Milan 4-0 . Park Ji-sung and Darren Fletcher also on target for a 7-2 aggregate success . Milan 's David Beckham receives a superb ovation from the Old Trafford crowd .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The latest round of Champions League matches finds a string of top European managers on the verge of being dumped out of the competition - a failure that could cost them their job . Bayern Munich boss Louis Van Gaal and Rafael Benitez at Liverpool are staring an early exit in the face after a disastrous run of results , while Manuel Pellegrini at Real Madrid and even Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho are in danger of crashing out of the money-spinning tournament at the first hurdle . So how do coaches cope with the unique pressure that comes with a high-profile job in football , and are the skills needed to be successful in soccer applicable to other areas ? Andy Barton , a mental performance consultant at The Sporting Mind clinic , says the first , and fundamental , characteristic all proficient gaffers need is self belief . `` All the top managers have different styles but the common denominator is the confidence they have in themselves , '' he said . `` You need a true understanding of the game but also people . You need an ability to motivate players to get them geed up just to the right level , you need to know that certain people need a certain kind of attention . '' The skill-set top level coaches display can be adapted to almost any workplace , Barton claims . `` In business , you need to be able to man-manage and inspire people , set goals for them , help them overcome obstacles , give them self-belief and to give them a kick up the backside when they need it . There are a lot of parallels between high-level sports coaching and people who are successful in a business environment . '' Barton says the beautiful game has recently woken up to the benefit that sports psychology can offer , and the key to success is to keep things simple . `` You have to concentrate on the moment , one game at a time or one half at a time . If a coach is thinking two games ahead or about the consequences of winning or losing he 's not going to be effective . If coaches ca n't get themselves in the right frame of mind they 're not going be able to do it to their players . '' The mind games between coaches can be fascinating viewing for fans , but Barton says the verbal volleys are becoming an increasingly important part of the game . He points to Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez and his infamous rant about Alex Ferguson , the manager of rival side Manchester United . Benitez convened a press conference where he criticized Ferguson 's supposed `` arrogance '' in wanting match-scheduling and refereeing to suit his team in England . `` When Benitez attacked Ferguson it bounced off as if nothing happened and had a really detrimental effect on Benitez . He appeared agitated , frustrated and stressed . Ferguson just swatted him away as if he was an annoying fly . That suggests Ferguson feels far more in control and that 's going to ripple down to his players - they feel more confidence because their coach seems the more dominant of the two . '' Barton also stresses the importance of touchline body language as a measure of control for managers , and the trust they must have in their players to carry out their demands to the letter . `` Players do respond to body language , '' he added . `` Jose Mourinho has very positive body language , even when he was sitting back with his arms round the back of the chairs . It 's something that says to the players `` I 'm in control . '' `` But trust is very important too . If you do n't trust your players you 're probably not going to get that much out of them anyway , so you do have to get to that level where you can let them get on with it . '' Andy Barton is a mental performance consultant at The Sporting Mind clinic .
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Sports psychologist Andy Barton says self-belief is key for any manager . Alex Ferguson is a master of the mind game , according to Barton . It is vital under-fire managers take one game at a time , he says . Inter boss Jose Mourinho provides a great example of positive body language .
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CNN 's Soledad O'Brien looks at how some are fighting debt from the pulpit in `` Almighty Debt : A Black in America Special , '' premiering at 9 p.m. ET on October 21 . Over the last couple of months , CNN has highlighted diverse perspectives on faith in the black community in an opinion series , `` The Black Pulpit . '' Explore some of those viewpoints below : . Black churches and the role of empowerment The Rev. DeForest `` Buster '' Soaries Jr. is the senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens in Somerset , New Jersey . He is featured in CNN 's documentary , `` Almighty Debt '' and explained what he thinks of as the black churches ' role of empowerment . `` What is irrefutable is that without a deep and authentic faith and a passion for the institutional development of that faith , African-Americans could have never sustained the fortitude necessary to survive and succeed in the American experience . '' Heavenly minded , financially empowered Bishop T.D. Jakes , best-selling author and senior pastor of the legendary 30,000-member Dallas-based church , The Potter 's House , writes `` As a faith leader , entrepreneur , and philanthropist , I 've always had one foot in both the practical and the spiritual worlds . Prayer is good , but you also have to be able to manage your checkbook . '' Finding refuge in Buddhism Myokei Caine-Barrett is the first woman of African-Japanese descent to be ordained as a minister in the Nichiren Shu Order . She shares how she found refuge in Buddhism and how it helped her be a bridge . `` Buddhism has been the mainstay of my life , enabling me to understand life 's reality and providing a practice of faith to deal with that reality . '' Authentically black and truly Catholic Dr. C. Vanessa White , an assistant professor of spirituality and the firector of a program that prepares African-American lay Catholic men and women for ministry in the church , says `` What has helped black Catholics survive in the midst of almost insurmountable odds is a spirituality that bridges both our African-American experience and our Catholic faith . '' Churches played vital role in historically black colleges ' success Michael Lomax , president and CEO of the United Negro College Fund , writes `` I vividly remember being introduced to the historic role churches played in black education . ... The churches ' investment in black education paid dividends , not only to the students , but also for America . '' Gaining freedom through faith and good works The Rev. Jesse Jackson writes in his opinion piece , `` My faith tradition has always been inextricably bound with the tradition of the civil rights movement . The blood , sweat and tears of `` the movement '' have run through my life ; they touched and entangled me with an indelible spirit of never giving up , always trying to serve . ''
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Professor writes of how to bridge both the African-American experience and the Catholic faith . T.D. Jakes : `` Prayer is good , but you also have to be able to manage your checkbook . '' Myokei Caine-Barrett , of African-Japanese descent shares how she found refuge in Buddhism .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A company due to take over the management of one of the venues used in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa has pulled out of the deal after miscalculating the running costs . The Sail Stadefrance Operating Company -LRB- SSOC -RRB- -- a partnership between South African events company Sail and French consortium Stadefrance -- were due to take up a 30-year lease on Cape Town 's Green Point Stadium on November 1 this year . But Cape Town 's residents could now end up paying for the $ 600 million stadium -- as the management of the venue transfers to the city in January 2011 . SSOC chairman Morne du Plessis said that the company had incorrectly anticipated the amount it would take to run and maintain the stadium , estimated at around $ 6 million per year . `` In the light of unresolved matters that affected the viability of the lease we have advised the city that SSOC would not be in a position to enter the lease , '' du Plessis told the official website of the city of Cape Town . `` Shareholders were not prepared to enter the lease under circumstances that projected substantial losses . '' The SSOC had been managing the stadium on behalf of the city since January 2009 , apart from during the World Cup when the tournaments ' organizing committee were in charge . Eight World Cup matches were held at the 68,000-seat Green Point , one of five new stadiums built for the World Cup this summer . Tournament CEO Danny Jordaan promised South Africans that the new facilities would not become `` white elephants '' and would leave a legacy for generations to come . `` To ensure a lasting legacy and the commercial viability of the stadiums , they will be used for both rugby and soccer , '' Jordaan said before the World Cup . `` This country has also used sports stadiums for major political rallies , concerts and church events . They can , therefore , also be used for outside of sport , '' he added . And despite the setbacks with the future of the Cape Town stadium as well as the burden it may place on the city 's taxpayers , acting executive mayor of the city Alderman Ian Neilson has assured residents that future events will take place there as planned . This includes national football team Bafana Bafana 's upcoming match against the U.S. on November 17 . `` While the current management deal has now fallen through , we also see new opportunities and will now engage directly with the relevant sporting codes in the City on how we jointly take forward the future of the Cape Town Stadium , '' Neilson told the city 's official website .
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Company pulls out of a deal to take over the running of Cape Town 's World Cup stadium . SSOC were due to take up a 30-year lease on the venue on November 1 . City of Cape Town will now take charge of the $ 600 million stadium . Mayor promises events will continue to take place in the stadium as planned .
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London , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The largest collection of Smurf memorabilia , the longest dog tongue , and the most football management rejection letters could only be together in one place -- the annual list of Guinness World Records . All of them have made the 2011 edition , released Thursday . The Smurf collection involves 1,061 different items owned by Stephen Parkes , 44 , of Nottingham , England . He said he began collecting them in 1976 when he was 10 , and that today he will pay as much as 500 pounds -LRB- $ 780 -RRB- for a rare item . `` It 's great to get in the book , although I think I 'm going to get a fair amount of stick -LRB- criticism -RRB- from friends when they see the photos , '' Parkes said . Patrick Rielly of Scotland saw the bright side after setting a record for the most rejection letters -- 46 -- from professional football clubs across Britain . `` I might have not got my dream job , but now I have a world record , '' he said . `` Every cloud has a silver lining ! '' The 2011 book , published internationally Thursday , is the annual edition of a best-selling record book that has sold 115 million copies to date . This year 's records include the longest-lasting lightning storm -LRB- on Saturn for eight months -RRB- ; the longest hair -LRB- 18 feet , 5 inches -RRB- ; and the heaviest living woman to give birth -LRB- American Donna Simpson , at 531 pounds -RRB- . Mario 's Cafe Bar in Bolton , England , set a record that may whet a person 's appetite -- or ruin it altogether . It has the largest commercially available English breakfast , a traditional filling and greasy meal . Mario 's version includes six slices of bacon , six sausages , four eggs , six slices of bread , five black puddings , mushrooms , a can of beans , and tomatoes . It weighs 6 pounds , 7 ounces and costs 10.95 pounds -LRB- $ 17 -RRB- , but anyone who can eat it within 20 minutes gets it free . With a breakfast like that , diners may need a workout . For inspiration they can look to British man Stephen Buttler , who broke the record for the most push-ups with claps in one minute -- 73 , or 1.2 push-ups per second . Animal records are always a feature , many of them even stranger than the world 's smallest cow at 33 inches from hind to foot in West Yorkshire , England . A Pekingese dog from Texas named Puggy set the record for the longest dog tongue , measuring 4.5 inches , nearly the same length as his body . His owner said she adopted Puggy eight years ago after he was abandoned . `` From being a stray dog , being dumped , to being a Guinness World Record holder is just phenomenal , '' owner Becky Stanford said . `` I just ca n't believe it . '' A feisty Jack Russell terrier from California is in the book for popping 100 balloons in the fastest time by a dog -- just 44.49 seconds . The dog , Anastasia , showed her talent for the first time at a New Year 's party , her owner said . `` When Anastasia sees balloons in public , she starts with a small whine and builds to a squeal , '' said Doree Sitterly . `` She 'll then begin screaming like a banshee and is difficult to control . She is focused on popping balloons only and nothing else . '' Other animal records include the oldest gorilla in captivity , Colo , who lives in the United States and is now 53 . The oldest sheep is an Australian named Lucky , who is 24 , and the longest rabbit is Darius , who lives in Britain and is 4 feet , 3 inches . `` Animal achievements are among the most popular records in our book , so for 2011 , in addition to the usual chapter on record-breaking creatures in the wild , we 've added an entire new chapter focusing on our favorite pets , zoos , and farm animals , said Craig Glenday , editor-in-chief of Guinness World Records .
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The 2011 edition is out Thursday . The longest dog tongue and largest collection of Smurfs are among the records .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Linguists announced Monday they have identified an endangered language known as Koro that is spoken by about 800 people in northeast India . The language was unknown to science and recently came to light during an expedition by linguists traveling in India on fellowships for National Geographic , the linguists said in telephone interviews . Koro belongs to the Tibeto-Burman language family , which is composed of a group of about 400 languages spoken primarily in east , central , south and southeast Asia and includes Tibetan and Burmese , according to linguist K. David Harrison . Some 150 Tibeto-Burman languages are spoken in India alone , but no other language has been identified as closely related , said Harrison , an associate professor of linguistics at Swarthmore College in Swarthmore , Pennsylvania . Like most languages , Koro is unwritten and transmitted orally . It is neither a dialect nor a sister language close to Hruso-Aka , despite being considered such by both Hruso and Koro people . Koro shares some vocabulary with other languages spoken in the region but shares more features with languages spoken farther east , such as Milang and Tani , the linguists said in a news release issued by National Geographic . Harrison and another National Geographic Fellow , Greg Anderson , led the expedition , called Enduring Voices , which brought Koro to light . Enduring Voices documents vanishing languages and cultures and assists with language revitalization . Harrison and Anderson , director of the Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages , in Salem , Oregon , focused on Arunachal Pradesh , a remote area of northeast India that is considered the black hole of the linguistic world . It is a language hotspot where there is room to study rich , diverse languages , many unwritten or documented . A permit is required to visit , few linguists have worked there and a reliable list of languages has never been drawn up . `` On a scientist 's tally sheet , Koro adds just one entry to the list of 6,909 languages worldwide . But Koro 's contribution is much greater than that tiny fraction would suggest , '' Harrison writes in his book , `` The Last Speakers . '' `` Koro brings an entirely different perspective , history , mythology , technology and grammar to what was known before . '' In the news release , the linguists described their discovery as bittersweet : Of the approximately 800 people who speak Koro , few are under the age of 20 , meaning the language is endangered . `` We were finding something that was making its exit , was on its way out , '' Anderson said . `` And if we had waited 10 years to make the trip , we might not have come across close to the number of speakers we found . '' The team set out in 2008 in Arunachal Pradesh to document Aka and Miji , languages spoken in a small district there . The expedition went door to door among homes propped up on stilts to reach potential speakers of those little-known languages . While recording the vocabularies , they detected a third language -- Koro . It was not listed in Indian language surveys , Indian censuses or standard international registries . `` We did n't have to get far on our word list to realize it was extremely different in every possible way , '' Harrison said . The inventory of sounds and the way these sounds were combined to form words were distinct from other languages spoken in the region . An Aka speaker would call a pig `` vo '' and a Koro speaker would call a pig `` lele . '' `` Koro could hardly sound more different from Aka , '' Harrison writes . `` They sound as different as , say , English and Japanese . '' Anderson and Harrison said Aka is the traditional language of the region 's historic slave traders , and they hypothesized that Koro may have sprung from the slaves ; though they said more study is needed to determine the origin . The project reports that a language becomes extinct every two weeks . By 2100 , it is estimated that more than half of the 6,910 languages spoken on earth will vanish . The team will return to India to continue studying Koro in November .
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Koro is spoken by only about 800 people , few of them under the age of 20 . Linguists traveling in northeast India came upon the language . Koro was not listed in any Indian language surveys or other sources . Koro 's sounds distinctly different from other tongues spoken in region .
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Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The inspector general at the Department of Homeland Security is asking airports to deliver personal information on workers who have access to secure or sensitive areas . A memo sent to airport security badge offices by a senior analyst at the department is asking for the names , Social Security numbers , birthdates and 13 other personal data points in a review of the Transportation Security Administration 's credentialing process . The procedure for obtaining the information and the number or type of workers to be covered were not immediately known Thursday . The request is not timed to the busy Thanksgiving travel season . It appears to be a test of TSA security procedures . The information is due to the Department of Homeland Security by November 22 . Airports Council International , which has 575 members worldwide , is urging its member airports to hold off on sending the information until more guidance is available . A Homeland Security annual performance plan called for the information . `` TSA has the statutory responsibility for requiring employment investigations , including a criminal history record check and a review of available law enforcement databases and other records for individuals who have unescorted access to the secure areas of airports and aircraft , '' it said . A transportation official familiar with the request told CNN it came in late Wednesday afternoon , giving airports just two business days before the busy Thanksgiving week to comply . One major U.S. airport may have as many as 40,000 to 50,000 badged workers , the official said . Airports submit monthly information to the TSA , but the request this week requires additional information and the agency is not being flexible , the official said . `` This is going to require some heavy lifting by the airports , '' the official told CNN . Airports are already dealing with increased security and are preparing to handle the holiday crush , the official said .
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NEW : Airports must provide more worker information than usual . Homeland Security seeks personal info on airport workers . Data will be collected on employees with access to secure airport areas . Council urges member airports to get more information before complying .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Each morning of his federal kidnapping trial , Brian David Mitchell sings . In the last few days , he has chosen a holiday theme , with `` Silent Night '' or `` Joy to the World ' rising from the defense table as Mitchell closes his eyes and rocks slightly -- lost , it appears , in hymns and psalms . The 12 people weighing his fate have witnessed the spectacle from the jury box . They will soon have to determine whether the man accused of snatching 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart from her bed at knifepoint and holding her captive for nine months is legally insane , as his lawyers claim , or a calculating kidnapper . Mitchell 's attorneys are mounting an insanity defense , which requires them to prove he was so mentally ill when he snatched Smart that he did not understand the wrongfulness of his actions . U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball has adjourned the trial until after the Thanksgiving holiday , when Mitchell 's defense team will continue its case , and present expert testimony in support of the insanity claim . Mitchell 's attorneys have called witnesses to describe his increasingly isolated and odd behavior . But many have also described the 57-year-old as intelligent and resourceful ; someone with a salesman 's knack for persuasion . Through tears Friday , Mitchell 's legal wife said again and again that she 'd been manipulated by him . Wanda Barzee was called to the stand as a defense witness , but it was her cross examination by the prosecution that dramatically punctuated the week of proceedings . She is currently medicated and undergoing therapy for her own mental illness . Barzee , who is serving a 15-year sentence for her role in Smart 's abduction , said she was present while Mitchell kept Smart tethered to a metal cable at a mountain camp above Salt Lake City . Barzee said Mitchell played on her strong religious convictions , using `` revelations '' and `` priesthood blessings '' to sway and appease her . When she complained about his heavy drinking , Mitchell said he 'd had a divine revelation that condoned it , she testified . Her heart broke at the thought of sharing him with other wives . He placed his hand on her head and delivered a blessing , telling her weakness would result in eternal consequence , she claimed . He smoked and read Hustler Magazine , ` because in order to rise above all things , he told her they had to sink below them . `` He 's a good liar , is n't he ? '' Assistant U.S. Attorney Felice Viti asked . Barzee agreed : `` He 's a great deceiver . '' The battle over Mitchell 's mental state has played out in state and federal courts over the years . In February 2005 , after failed plea negotiations with Utah prosecutors , Mitchell began his courtroom singing , according to court documents . Later that year , a state court found him incompetent to stand trial . His doctors diagnosed him with `` narcissistic personality disorder , '' and said his illness fell `` within the psychotic spectrum . '' In 2008 , a federal grand jury indicted Mitchell and Barzee on charges of kidnapping and transportation of a minor across state lines for sexual purposes . The following year , Elizabeth Smart herself took the witness stand at a hearing in federal court to determine Mitchell 's competency . U.S. District Court Judge Dale Kimball issued a 149-page written order , finding Mitchell well enough to stand trial . Kimball carefully cited testimony from Mitchell 's caretakers at Utah State Hospital 's forensic unit , where Mitchell was confined after his arrest . A nursing director testified that Mitchell 's unwillingness to work towards restoring his mental competency `` was a huge red flag that he was faking , '' and that `` there was a distinct correlation between Mitchell 's singing and his court appearances . `` During his three-year stay at the hospital , Mitchell read dozens of books , yet he never asked for a religious text , '' noted Kimball . `` He especially enjoyed the show Charmed , '' pulling his chair close to the screen whenever the women at the center of the witchcraft drama were scantily clad , the caretakers said . Kimball adopted a skeptical view of Mitchell 's convictions , writing that `` the record is replete with examples showing that Mitchell 's religious beliefs are not fixed but , rather , used strategically . `` For instance , Mitchell 's claim to be a prophet , the Davidic King , or the One Mighty and Strong , manifests only when it serves his own self-interested purpose . When he encountered law enforcement officer or people from whom he could obtain money , food or shelter , he made no such grandiose claims , '' wrote Kimball . `` Mitchell has accurately read and exploited the vulnerability in the system , which protects mentally incompetent persons from standing trial ... stalling the process of his legal case for nearly seven years , '' the judge concluded . The ruling cleared the way for Mitchell 's trial to begin about two weeks ago in Salt Lake City 's federal courthouse . On the second day of the defense case this week , Mitchell 's elderly father made his way to the witness stand with the help of a walker to describe his son 's character traits . `` Brian 's a very intelligent person and used that to its full extent in the harassment of the other children and my wife , '' he said . The father described him as a sexually curious boy who `` got in trouble playing doctor '' with other children around the age of 8 or 9 . To educate his son , the father showed him an old medical book with detailed pictures of genitalia . But the plan backfired , the father said , and Mitchell promptly got into trouble again for playing doctor `` with the rest of the neighborhood . '' `` It was ill-advised because it was too explicit , really . I should have known better , but I was n't always very careful , '' the elder Mitchell testified . Court documents reveal signs of sexual deviance that continued into Mitchell 's teens . He was arrested for exposing himself to a 4-year-old girl in the neighborhood . The probation officer assigned to his case called Mitchell 's behavior `` bordering on psychotic , '' and referred him to a psychologist who diagnosed `` Behavior Disorder of Adolescence . '' Another counselor at the time described Mitchell as an `` excellent manipulator . '' Tim Mitchell , the defendant 's younger brother , said he watched as a troubled Mitchell grappled to turn his life around and embrace the Church of Latter-day Saints before beginning a steady mental slide , alienating his family and church leaders . `` I said , ' I think you 're going off on the wrong way , I think you 're drifting away form the church . I think maybe you 've been deceived by a false spirit , ' '' Tim Mitchell testified . His brother suddenly asked to be called `` Daveed , '' but he refused . `` I just kept calling him Brian . '' Their relationship ended after that . `` I started feeling that this is really starting to look like a mental illness and I sent a letter encouraging him to get some help , '' testified Tim Mitchell , a mental health counselor . Mitchell met his wife , Barzee , at a church-sponsored counseling session in 1985 , the woman testified Thursday . As she shared her story of an abusive marriage , Mitchell took her hand to comfort her . `` And we 've held hands ever since , '' she testified . But eventually , he began to seek out other `` celestial wives , '' she said . In a low , rambling voice that sometimes failed her , Barzee described collapsing crying in her husband 's arms when he told her of a revelation to take more wives . When attempts to find a willing bride failed , Mitchell declared they were to use force , she said . `` I was told that we were commanded to take 14-year-old young women and we were to snatch them out of the world and train them up in the ministries of God . '' She had concerns about this , she said . `` I knew that the Lord had all power to provide the young women if that was his will , and I know of the pain and suffering that I had been through being separated from my children and I did n't want the young women to be taken away from their family and their friends . '' Nevertheless , she strived to be obedient . Mitchell began to `` stalk out '' young girls while panhandling in town , Barzee testified , and on the morning of June 5 , 2002 , he arrived at their camp with Elizabeth Smart in tow . Smart has described him as preoccupied more with the sexual than the spiritual , raping her multiple times per day , and demonstrating with Barzee the finer points of certain sex acts . If the defense evidence regarding Mitchell 's state of mind meets the burden of `` clear and convincing '' in the jury 's estimation , he could walk the streets of Salt Lake City again somedayt . If not , he will face a sentence of life behind bars . The defendant himself may not be present to face jurors as they deliver his verdict ; he watches the proceedings on a security camera monitor each day , expelled from the courtroom for his steadfast refusal to stop singing .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- UEFA have promised a `` full and thorough investigation '' into the violence that forced Italy 's Euro 2012 qualifying match with Serbia to be abandoned on Tuesday night . Disturbances around the ground in Genoa meant kick-off had to be put back 35 minutes and once the match started Serbian supporters threw flares onto the pitch and let off fireworks . Referee Craig Thomson stopped play after just six minutes when visiting fans hurled a flare towards Italy goalkeeper Emiliano Viviano and the match was quickly called off . Police and firefighters struggled to contain the Serbian fans , who threw objects at their Italian counterparts , cut protective netting and tried to smash Perspex barriers . AFP reported that 16 people had been hospitalized and 17 arrested on what Italy coach Cesare Prandelli told reporters had been a `` night of torment . '' On Wednesday AFP said Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini told reporters : `` I have just received a phone call from Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic , who presented a formal apology from the government . '' Jeremic vowed `` to intensify the search for those responsible and to capture the criminals who will be punished to set an example , '' Frattini added . European football 's governing body said that sanctions open to them include disqualifying Serbia from Euro 2012 and excluding them from future competitions . UEFA 's statement read : `` Following the abandonment of yesterday 's UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match between Italy and Serbia at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris in Genoa after only six minutes of play , UEFA has confirmed it has immediately opened a full and thorough disciplinary investigation into the incidents of serious disorder witnessed at the match and the circumstances surrounding it . `` Once the full dossier is completed , with the assistance of both the referee and delegate reports , the matter will be put before the independent UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body for further review and possible sanctions . `` The sanctions that are available to the Control and Disciplinary Body can be found in the UEFA Disciplinary Regulations , edition 2008 , Article 14 , and range from a reprimand or fine , up to a stadium closure or `` disqualification from competitions in progress and/or exclusion from future competitions '' . `` The proposed date for the meeting of the Control and Disciplinary Body to hear this case is Thursday 28 October . ''
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UEFA promise full investigation into violence at Euro 2012 qualifier between Italy and Serbia . Match was abandoned after six minutes of play as Serbian fans threw flares and fireworks . Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic apologizes to Italy , it is reported .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Pirates have commandeered a Taiwanese-flagged fishing boat off the coast of Africa , the European Union 's Naval Force in Somalia announced on Friday . The naval force said the Feng Guo No. 168 departed from Port Louis , Mauritius , on October 1 , with 14 crew members onboard , including a Taiwanese captain and sailors from Vietnam , China and Indonesia . The vessel was hijacked in the Gulf of Aden , about 250 nautical miles from Madagascar . That location makes the incident the southernmost act of piracy since the European Union began its first-ever naval response , Operation ATALANTA , in December 2008 , according to the naval force . The force said the operation exists to combat piracy and protect vulnerable ships in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean , especially merchant vessels carrying humanitarian aid from the World Food Program and the African Union Mission in Somalia . Somali pirates now hold 18 ships and 383 hostages after snatching the Feng Guo No. 168 , the naval force said .
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Pirates take over Taiwanese boat with 14 crew on board , says EU 's naval force . The hijacking is farther south than any since EU started anti-piracy action in December 2008 . Somali pirates are now holding a total of 18 ships and 383 hostages , EU says .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Rutgers University football player remained in intensive care Monday after suffering a spinal cord injury while making a tackle in the fourth quarter of a game against Army on Saturday . Junior defensive tackle Eric LeGrand has no movement below his neck due to the injury at the C3 and C4 level of the spinal cord , according to a statement from the university 's athletics department . Doctors at Hackensack University Medical Center performed emergency surgery on LeGrand overnight Saturday to stabilize his injured spine , the university said , but hospital officials declined to comment Monday about LeGrand 's injury or condition , citing patient privacy laws . Generally , the higher up on the spine an injury occurs , the more the nervous system is affected . LeGrand 's injury occurred in the middle of the neck . Doctors said Monday that with many spinal cord injuries , the first 72 hours after surgery give a good indication of how much function a patient may recover . `` Eric is in good spirits , and we are praying for a full recovery , '' LeGrand 's family said in statement . The Scarlet Knights ' head football coach , Greg Schiano , affirmed the family 's optimism . `` Eric , his family and the Rutgers Football family believe he will recover , '' Schiano said . `` We ask our fans and the entire Rutgers community to believe and pray for Eric as he begins the recovery process . '' One of those fans praying for LeGrand is former Penn State University football player Adam Taliaferro . Ten years ago , Taliaferro made a tackle in a game against Ohio State that would alter the course of his life . `` Unfortunately , I had my head down a little bit , '' Taliaferro said , recalling the hit that shattered his C5 vertebrate -- slightly lower on the spinal cord than LeGrand 's injury . `` I went to roll over to get up , and nothing happened . I said , ` Doc , I ca n't move . ' '' After his injury , Taliaferro says , he was mentally in shock . His family and teammates helped him stay positive , but his doctors were cautious . They never told him he would n't walk again , but they never said he would , either . `` They do n't want to give you false hope , but I was under the impression that said , ` Hey , I am going to get through this thing , ' '' Taliaferro said . The weeks went by -- no movement . Until finally , five weeks after his injury , Taliaferro wiggled a toe . `` When I got that movement , that 's when I really started to believe that I was going to walk again , '' he said . Four months later , Taliaferro took his first steps . Today , a decade later , he says he walks `` pretty normally '' and works out routinely to maintain the movement he has recovered . He says the benefit of being a football player aided his recovery . `` You 're used to working hard . You 're in the best shape of your life , '' he said . On Sunday , Taliaferro watched the footage of LeGrand 's injury sustained as he made an open field tackle on a punt return . Immediately after the collision , LeGrand is seen on his back with his legs sticking straight out at a 45-degree angle , unmoving except for a shake of his head . `` I watched him moving his head , and like myself , he was probably trying to get up , '' Taliaferro said . `` I certainly 100 percent understand what he was going through laying there . '' Last season , as a backup defensive tackle , LeGrand played in all 13 games , according to the Scarlet Knights online roster . In 2008 , LeGrand played his first collegiate game against North Carolina . At Colonia High School in New Jersey , LeGrand was a starter on his high school football team .
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Eric LeGrand has no movement below his neck . Doctors performed emergency surgery overnight Saturday . His family is praying for a full recovery .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Mexican federal police have arrested a man who authorities say could have been involved in the March shooting deaths of three people with ties to the U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez , Mexico , the country 's public safety ministry said . Jose Guadalupe Diaz Diaz , known as `` El Zorro , '' is also suspected in the slaying of a federal police officer , the ministry said in a statement Thursday . Authorities are investigating the 32-year-old 's `` likely participation in the killings of three people linked to the U.S. Consulate '' in Juarez , the ministry said . The statement did not specify how Diaz allegedly participated in the shootings . Thursday 's statement from Mexican security officials described Diaz as a leader of the Aztecas gang , a street gang affiliated with the Juarez cartel . Mexican authorities have arrested several others they accuse of being connected to alleged killing of three people with ties to the Juarez consulate . The shootings occurred March 13 when consulate employee Lesley Enriquez and her husband , Arthur Redelfs , were gunned down as they left a birthday party in their white SUV . Jorge Alberto Salcido Ceniceros , the husband of another consulate employee , was killed in a separate vehicle . In addition to his possible involvement in the shootings , Thursday 's statement alleged that Diaz was responsible for the distribution and sale of drugs in several locations in the border state of Chihuahua . Also in this week 's operation , authorities arrested Reynaldo Diaz Diaz , known as `` El Rey . '' The ministry said he provided security for the Aztecas gang , and was suspected in slayings and drug distribution . Police seized a number of weapons including a hand grenade , more than 1,700 rounds of high-caliber ammunition and five bullet-proof vests , the ministry said .
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Authorities say `` El Zorro '' is also suspected in the slaying of a federal police officer . Security officials have not said how he allegedly participated in the shootings . They describe him as a leader of the Aztecas gang . Another suspect is also arrested .
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Havana , Cuba -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Fidel Castro threw his support behind his younger brother and successor , President Raul Castro , in some of his most explicit comments yet about the state of affairs in Cuba . In a meeting with students , Castro said he was `` pleased , because the country is working , despite all of the challenges , '' according to state-run website Cubadebate . Raul Castro has begun a radical shakeup of the Soviet-style economic model , announcing the elimination of 1 million state jobs and the expansion of private business . He called for a meeting of the Communist Party next April , the first Congress in almost 14 years - to decide how to `` modernize '' the economy without giving up on socialism . Fidel Castro has studiously avoided all mention of domestic affairs since illness forced him to step down in 2006 . He re-appeared on the public stage in July , but has focused on international issues , fueling speculation that he was at odds with his brother over the economic changes . Fidel met with students on Wednesday , but the question and answer session was only made public on Thursday . One of the students asked him about the planned Communist Party Congress , referring to his capacity as the first secretary of the party , the only official title that he still holds . Fidel responded that he was not involved as the first secretary , but as `` a soldier of ideas , '' according to Cubadebate . He said : `` I got sick and did what I had to : I delegated my duties . I ca n't do something if I 'm not in the condition to dedicate myself to it all of the time . Not even I knew if I would make it out of that . '' It was not clear if that means he will step down as first secretary .
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Castro said he was `` pleased , because the country is working , despite all of the challenges '' Until now , he has avoided mention of domestic affairs . Illness forced Fidel Castro to turn over power to his brother Raul .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Hertha Berlin have reacted to their slump to the bottom of the German Bundesliga by announcing that coach Lucien Favre has been relieved of his duties . Lucien Favre has paid the ultimate price for Hertha Berlin 's dismal start to the Bundesliga season . Hertha 's 5-1 defeat to Hoffenheim , a result which left them rooted to the foot of the table , was their sixth consecutive league reverse . The club were also knocked out of the German Cup by second division 1860 Munich last week and were held to a 1-1 draw by Lithuanian side Ventspils in their opening Europa League group fixture 10 days ago . Favre 's assistant Harald Gamperle has also been relieved of his duties with youth-team coach Karsten Heine appointed on an interim basis . `` Coach Lucien Favre and Harald Gamperle have been relieved of their duties effective immediately , '' said a statement on the club 's official Web site . `` The training of the team will be controlled on an interim basis by Under-23 coach Karsten Heine . '' Favre took charge just over two years ago and , after consolidating their position in the top flight in his first year , he then led them to an unexpected fourth-placed finish last term . Hertha were even still in the race for the Bundesliga title with two games of the season remaining . However , the loss of key players Andrei Voronin , Marko Pantelic and Josip Simunic this summer and the failure to find adequate replacements has contributed to a terrible start to the season which has cost the Swiss his job . Hertha 's only league win this year came on the opening day of the season , when they defeated Hannover 1-0 . Since then they have been beaten by Borussia Monchengladbach , Bochum , Werder Bremen , Mainz , Freiburg and Hoffenheim . Crowd figures have also slumped from an average of over 50,000 last season to under 40,000 for their last home game against Freiburg as fans became disillusioned with their side 's dramatic slump . Explaining the decision , general manager Michael Preetz told a news conference : `` We are caught in this downward spiral , we have tried to get out of it but unfortunately it has not been possible . `` After the last two large defeats in the Bundesliga we find ourselves in a situation where it has become necessary for Lucien Favre and Harald Gamperle to leave . The board is fully behind my decision . ''
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Hertha Berlin sack coach Lucien Favre after dismal start to Bundesliga season . Hertha 's 5-1 defeat to Hoffenheim left them rooted to the foot of German table . The club have lost six league games in a row and slumped out of German Cup .
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WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As the deadline nears for U.S. troops to exit major Iraqi cities , units in Mosul are in the midst of a months-long operation to sweep out extremist fighters . U.S. troops have a deadline of June 30 to exit major Iraqi cities . The decision on whether to keep troops in the restive northern city beyond June 30 has been a sticking point between the United States and Iraq . Parts of the city remain under insurgent control and high-profile attacks continue , unlike the vast majority of the country . `` We still have a major operation going inside of Mosul with all forces assisting and helping out . We expect that to end here within about 30 to 45 days , and then there will be a decision to be made , '' the top U.S. commander in Iraq , Gen. Raymond Odierno , told reporters at the Pentagon on Friday . `` I was just up there Saturday , and we conducted a joint assessment , '' he said . `` There 's some problems that we have to work through but , in fact , there 's potential that they -LSB- Iraqi forces -RSB- can handle the mission '' when they take over in July . Despite concerns about the continuing violence , the government of Iraq said last week it will not extend the deadline for U.S. combat troops to leave Iraqi cities . The joint operation to clear Mosul of insurgents has been going on for 75 days , neighborhood by neighborhood , according to Odierno . `` It 's going to take us another 30 days to finish that , '' he said . Mosul has become the last major fighting ground in Iraq as insurgents , mainly al Qaeda , were pushed north out of Baghdad during the U.S. troop `` surge '' that started in 2007 . Insurgents were able to entrench in the city as U.S. and Iraqi forces cleared and held Baghdad and other regions . A number of U.S. troops were moved out of Mosul to help with surge operations farther south , leaving Mosul and surrounding areas mainly to Iraqi forces and a smaller U.S. military contingent . While Odierno said the current operations are `` having a good impact , '' in Mosul , continued high-profile attacks haunt commanders there . On May 1 a suicide bomb was detonated near a coffee shop , killing at least six people . Five U.S. soldiers were killed on April 10 when a suicide bomber breached the outer security barrier of Iraqi National Police headquarters in southern Mosul . It was the single deadliest attack on U.S. troops in more than a year , the U.S. military said . Odierno noted the tactic of using women as suicide bombers is being used by insurgents in Mosul . `` We 've seen a few in Mosul -- a couple of attacks were connected by Tunisian foreign fighters that came in , we think , through Syria . We actually detained the leader of the cell , so now we 're learning more and more about it , '' he said . U.S. and Iraqi forces are also facing a recent increase of attacks in Baghdad , which Odierno and other U.S. military officials pin on al Qaeda trying to again foment sectarian violence . `` We 're trying to get inside of these cells . We 're trying to understand where they 're coming from and we have been successful . We are picking people up , '' the general said . He said the United States has improved its intelligence sharing with the Iraqi forces over the past six months , helping to impair the ability of the insurgents to move around . `` Their -LSB- Iraqi forces ' -RSB- strength is the human intelligence . Our strength comes in other ways . And so we 're trying to combine those together so we can work toward solving this problem , '' he said . But with 45 days left until the security agreement with Iraq takes U.S. troops in Baghdad off the streets and back to their bases , there is some uncertainty about how Iraqi forces will contain the current violence . Odierno remains positive . `` There 's a potential that this could actually work , if the Iraqis are able to maintain in the cities and we 're able to , then , to spend more of our time in the support zones outside of the cities , '' he said . `` We actually could come up with , actually , a stronger method of going after these forces . But we 'll have to wait and see . ''
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Parts of restive northern city remain under insurgent control , attacks continue . Iraq says it will not extend June 30 deadline for U.S. troops to leave cities . Mosul last major battleground since troop surge forced insurgents out of Baghdad . Top U.S. commander in Iraq says potential exists for Iraqis to handle mission .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Argentina will be missing striker Diego Milito for the final two World Cup qualifiers against Peru and Uruguay as Diego Maradona 's struggling team battle to reach the finals in 2010 . Diego Milito has had only a bit-part role for Argentina despite his good form for Inter Milan . Milito is expected to be sidelined for the next month after injuring his thigh while playing for Italian champions Inter Milan on Saturday . The 30-year-old was replaced by Mario Balotelli 25 minutes into the 2-1 victory against Udinese at the San Siro , and scans have shown that he suffered a first-degree strain in his right thigh . The Albiceleste go into Saturday 's home clash with Peru on a run of four defeats in the last five games which has left the team outside the top-four automatic qualifying spots . While bottom side Peru have no chance of qualifying , Wednesday 's opponents Uruguay lie just a point behind Argentina in sixth and will be hoping to at least clinch the play-off position in the South American zone . Milito has made a flying start to his career with Inter this season , scoring five goals in his first seven games , but he has had only a bit-part role in Argentina 's qualifying campaign so far . Coach Maradona , who can call on the likes of Lionel Messi , Sergio Aguero , Carlos Tevez and Ezequiel Lavezzi up front , has retained Boca Juniors striker Martin Palermo in his squad . Palermo scored both goals in the 2-0 friendly win over Ghana last week , and was also on target for his club at the weekend in a 3-2 victory against Velez Sarsfield . Enzo Perez is also added to the 26-man squad after making his debut against the Africans , along with Estudiantes teammate Juan Sebastian Veron and Velez Sarsfield defender Nicolas Otamendi . Colon goalkeeper Diego Pozo , Newell 's Old Boys defender Rolando Schiavi , Boca duo Federico Insua and Luciano Fabian Monzon and Huracan midfielder Mario Bolatti are also included among the home-based players .
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Argentina striker Diego Milito ruled out of the final two World Cup qualifiers . Thigh injury means Milito misses matches against Peru and Uruguay . Coach Diego Maradona names Boca Juniors forward Martin Palermo in squad . Argentina battling to qualify for next year 's finals in South Africa .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Juventus missed the chance to go top of Serie A as they were held to a last-gasp 1-1 draw by Bologna on Sunday . David Trezeguet celebrates his goal but Juventus were eventually held to a 1-1 draw by Bologna . An equalizer by Brazilian Adailton in injury time earned the visitors a late point after David Trezegeut had given Juve a 25th-minute lead . The French striker profited after Jonathon Zebina 's charge into the box which saw his shot come back off Bologna goalkeeper Emiliano Viviano and fall into his path . Diego then set up Trezeguet for a chance which flew just wide . Juve had been on top in the first half but after the break home keeper Gianluigi Buffon was called into action on several occasions . He saved a Giacomo Tedesco shot and Adailton put the rebound over the bar , but three minutes into added time saw Tedesco send a high cross into the box and Adailton volleyed home . `` It 's a missed opportunity , '' Juve coach Ciro Ferrara told reporters . `` We have been naive . '' `` When they equalized we had no-one defending , we have given them too much freedom . `` We tried to attack in order to kill the game and that gave them a chance to hit back . '' Sampdoria head Juventus by one point with 15 points from six games after their 1-0 win over champions Inter Milan on Saturday . Inter are on 13 points with Fiorentina , who beat Livorno 1-0 in Saturday 's late game . In other action on Sunday , AC Milan continued their disappointing start to the season with a 0-0 home draw against Bari . Out of sorts Brazilian ace Ronaldinho missed their best chance when he blazed a first half rebound over the bar . The draw left them in 11th place , seven points adrift of Sampdoria . AS Roma needed an injury-time equalizer from Daniele De Rossi to earn a 1-1 draw away to Catania . Takayuki Morimoto gave the home side the lead in the 22nd minute , with Italian international De Rossi leveling in a goalmouth scramble . Serie A 's top scorer Antonio Di Natale continued his fine run as he converted in Udinese 's 2-0 win over Genoa while Atalanta are off the bottom with a 1-1 draw at Chievo .
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Juventus held to a 1-1 home draw by Bologna to miss chance to top Serie A . Adailton scores injury time equalizer after David Trezeguet put Juventus ahead . AC Milan held to goalless draw by Bari in late game to continue poor start . Sampdoria head table by a point from Juve after beating Inter 1-0 on Saturday .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The captain of the Italian national football team , Fabio Cannavaro , has hit out at his treatment at the hands of the world 's media after being cleared of doping by the Italian Olympic Committee -LRB- CONI -RRB- . Fabio Cannavaro has been cleared of doping by the Italian Olympic Committee . The Juventus defender , who led his country to World Cup victory in 2006 , failed a drugs test two days after treating a wasp sting with a cream containing cortisone on 28 August . The case against the 36-year-old , whose insect-allergy means that untreated stings could prove fatal , was dropped by CONI 's anti-doping prosecutor Ettore Torri after documentation detailing the situation was provided by his club . Torri has a notorious reputation for his hard line stance against doping in sport , having previously charged those who argued positive tests were the result of legitimate circumstances . After the results were announced , Cannavaro criticized how the story had been reported by many areas of the press . `` You get stung by a wasp and then find yourself in the newspaper as if you had been doping , '' Cannavaro said . `` Some newspapers and television channels went too far -- this is the second time in my life that I 've found myself gratuitously in the newspapers for a story like this . `` I hope this story does not follow me beyond today . My career has always been distinguished by respect for the rules , '' the footballer told Gazzetto dello Sport . Cannavaro was previously cleared of a similar charge in 1999 , when he was videoed inserting a drip into his arm before he went onto to help Parma beat Marseilles to win the Uefa Cup . `` I did n't have any doubt -LSB- about the outcome -RSB- . `` I am sorry that a matter of this kind stirred up such a fuss . `` My personal history and my career show my respect towards sports and the ethical principles which support it , '' Cannavaro added . Italy sealed their place at the 2010 World Cup with a 2-2 draw against Ireland on Saturday , despite Cannavaro 's absence through suspension . Italy play Cyprus at home on Wednesday and have been buoyed by the news that talismanic forward Francesco Totti has said he would consider coming out of retirement for the World Cup . The injury-prone 33-year-old Roma captain retired from international play after lifting the world Cup in Germany . But he told Gazzetta dello Sport : `` It depends on coach -LRB- Marcello Lippi 's -RRB- choices and my condition . I owe -LRB- Lippi -RRB- a lot . ''
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Fabio Cannavaro is cleared of doping by the Italian Olympic Committee -LRB- CONI -RRB- . The Juventus defender led his country to World Cup victory in 2006 . Case was dropped by hard line anti-doping prosecutor Ettore Torri . Cannavaro criticizes how the story had been reported by world 's press .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Conflicting reports about a shooting Thursday at Maryland 's Johns Hopkins Hospital -- including incorrect information that the suspect had been disarmed and apprehended -- were prevalent in the hours immediately after the incident , highlighting the confusion that initially reigned at the scene . By Thursday evening , Baltimore police said they 'd determined that Paul Warren Pardus , 50 , of Arlington , Virginia , shot a Johns Hopkins doctor late Thursday morning after becoming distraught over an update he had received about his mother 's medical condition . Pardus then retreated to his mother 's room , where he fatally shot his mother and then himself , Baltimore police said . The doctor suffered non-life-threatening wounds and is expected to recover , according to police . But earlier , details about Pardus ' name , how he died , and even whether he died -- at one point a hospital spokesman said he 'd been apprehended , when police said he had n't -- had been reported differently . People who heard about the incident during the first few hours may be surprised to learn how it turned out . A recap of the reports can help show how the information evolved . -- A shooting was reported at Johns Hopkins at about 11 a.m. By noon , police said that a doctor had been critically injured . Local TV stations were reporting that a suspect had barricaded himself in a room , and that authorities were evacuating the building . -- Shortly after noon , a hospital spokesman said the suspect had been `` subdued and disarmed . '' The hospital said the facility was on lockdown , and that people were being asked to stay in their rooms . -- By 12:40 p.m. , a police spokesman had said authorities had no suspect in custody , disputing an account given by the hospital . A tactical unit was in the hospital , and the suspect was in a fixed location , police said . The police spokesman also said the wounded doctor , who earlier was listed in critical condition , had suffered non-life-threatening injuries and would recover . -- The hospital spokesman then clarified that the suspect had been `` isolated , '' and that he did n't know whether the suspect had been apprehended . -- By 12:45 p.m. , police had said the situation had been `` contained , '' and that only portions of the hospital had been evacuated -- which fit with the hospital 's explanation that some people were being asked to stay in their rooms . People outside the hospital , including employees who had left the building , were scared and confused . One worker told a local reporter that her mother , who also worked there , apparently was still inside , having been told to stay put . `` We ca n't really do anything . We have to wait until they find out what 's going , '' she said . `` I really am scared . '' Another employee , Cynell Robertson , told WBAL that the moments after the doctor was shot were frightening . `` My boss came running in to tell me to stay put where I am at , -LSB- and that -RSB- there 's a guy running around with a gun and we did n't know what he 's going to do , '' Robertson told WBAL before 2 p.m. -- Shortly after 1:30 p.m. , a police spokesman said for the first time that the suspect was inside a room with what they believed was a family member , and that the suspect was an African-American male in his mid-30s . Authorities were `` still trying to gain control of the suspect , '' though the situation was contained , he said . -- Around 1:45 p.m. , police said they had shot and killed the suspect . About a half-hour later , however , police said the suspect had killed himself in a homicide-suicide . -- By about 3:20 p.m. , Baltimore 's police commissioner had said that the suspect was Warren Davis , 50 . Davis , according to the commissioner , apparently had killed his mother and then shot himself . The incident began , the commissioner said , when the suspect became distraught while he was getting an update on his mother 's medical condition . He pulled a pistol out of his waistband , shot the doctor , and then retreated to his mother 's room , the commissioner said . -- By 5:20 p.m. , police said that the suspect had been using an alias , and that his real name was Paul Warren Pardus . Police said they still believed that the slain woman , Jean Davis , 84 , was Pardus ' mother . By evening , police explained how they had found Pardus : At about 1:30 p.m. , after nearly two and a half hours with no contact with the gunman , officers used a robot to peer into the room . When they detected no movement , police entered to find the suspect and his mother dead , Baltimore Police Commissioner Frederick Bealefeld said .
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Thursday 's shooting at a hospital in Baltimore triggered conflicting reports . By Thursday evening , police determined that a murder-suicide had occurred . A doctor was shot by the suspect earlier . During the incident and immediately afterwards , confusion reigned at the scene .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Every holiday needs a song . And National Unfriend Day is no exception . Country singers Brad Paisley and Darius Rucker rang in the celebration on `` Jimmy Kimmel Live '' last night with `` The National Unfriend Day Soundtrack . '' To all the friends I 've un ` ed before Who sent me quizzes about Jersey Shore You made my life a hell With your stupid LOL To all the friends I 've un ` ed before . To all the guys from grammar school Posting shirtless pictures by their pool Your fat and sweaty back Really makes me want to yak To all the friends I 've un ` ed before . Our time on earth goes by so quickly We have to make each moment great So I can not waste one more minute Reading your dumb status update . Kimmel used his show on November 11 to declare today National UnFriend Day -LSB- NUD -RSB- -- a new holiday he hopes will inspire Facebook users to unfriend their social-networking contacts that are n't real friends . `` NUD is the international day when all Facebook users shall protect the sacred nature of friendship by cutting out any ` friend fat ' on their pages occupied by people who are not truly their friends , '' the show 's website states . It seems to be working , at least in terms of creating buzz about unfriending . Wednesday morning , #unfriend was trending on Twitter and there were several articles out this morning on the ways and reasons to unfriend someone . Here were some of the comments on Twitter -LSB- typos not ours -RSB- : . Vaibhavyadav : @jimmykimmel Its easier to deactivate the facebook profile than to unfriend 463 people . Gosh its liberating ! #NUD . purelyjess : Going to take exactly 5 minutes to #unfriend all of the people I do n't know -LRB- or no longer know -RRB- on Facebook . It 's long overdue lol . Of course , it may backfire a bit for Kimmel . And possibly others . tysondavis1 : @jimmykimmel in honor of national unfriend day , I am removing you from twitter . Thanks jimmy ! _ Lenito : It 's national `` Unfriend day '' Well that explains why my followers dropped ! ah well another reminder of how unpopular I am . Some of the `` unfriending '' logic being preached on the internet today ? 1 . They 're your mom . 2 . You do n't actually know them . 3 . You 've hidden them on your newsfeed because their status updates are too annoying . 4 . They send you invite after invite after invite to everything from quizzes and games to lame charity cause parties . 5 . You were friends in high school ... and have n't spoken since . Looking to take part in the unofficial holiday ? Unfriending on Facebook is easy . Simply go to that unfriend 's profile page , scroll down to the bottom of the left sidebar and click the second link that says `` Remove from Friends . '' On Twitter go to the person 's page and click `` unfollow '' under their username . Watch CNN Newsroom weekdays 9am to 3pm ET and weekends . For the latest from the CNN Newsroom click here .
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Brad Paisley and Darius Rucker ring in National Unfriend Day with soundtrack . Jimmy Kimmel declares holiday to promote unfriending on social networks . People to unfriend ? Your mom , high school friends and annoying status updaters .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Two teams of scientists say they have found a key area of the H5N1 bird flu virus which seems to be vital to its ability to copy itself , and hope the discovery could lead to new drugs to fight the infection . Human-to-human transmission of avian flu is rare , but in some cases , the virus has passed from poultry to humans . The discovery is generating excitement among scientists who are looking for a new weapon against the bird flu virus that typically kills more than half its human victims . Two separate groups of scientists -- one in China , one in France -- used a highly technical process to identify protein that seems to be involved in its ability to replicate itself . That gives researchers a new target , as they try and develop new medications . The announcements , detailed in the British-based journal Nature , come at an uneasy time for those who follow the bird flu strain called H5N1 . So far this disease is mainly affecting birds in some countries and the number of human cases remains small , but the virus has shown no sign of growing milder since it first infected people back in 1997 . It continues to decimate bird flocks in sporadic outbreaks , mostly in Asia , and occasionally breaks into the human population . China 's Ministry of Health reported eight human cases last month , including four deaths . Since 2003 , the World Health Organization has confirmed 404 human cases worldwide . Nearly two-thirds of the victims have died . While H5N1 does n't make headlines the way it did in 2005 , health officials say the continuing severity of the infections means the alarm is still on . Influenza viruses , in general , spread easily . If H5N1 were to acquire the genetic ability to pass easily from person to person , it could turn into a major catastrophe . Many countries have stockpiled both vaccines and antiviral medications , for such a scenario . The same medications that are used to treat regular flu , oseltamivir -LRB- Tamiful -RRB- and zanamivir -LRB- Relenza -RRB- , also seem to be effective against H5N1 . But that 's no reason to rest easy . All flu viruses tend to mutate rapidly , which is why the flu vaccine one year , wo n't protect you against the next year 's flu . Those rapid mutations mean the virus tends to develop a resistance to any widely used medication . Dr. Anthony Fauci , Director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease , told CNN , `` It always happens that eventually , sooner or later , the -LSB- flu -RSB- virus will develop varying degrees of resistance . You just hope that it 's kept to a minimum . '' The findings in Nature may lead to another option to fight bird flu , but an actual new drug is years away . A vaccine could be effective , but they first have to know what strain of flu they 're fighting . The current strategy of health officials around the world is to try to contain isolated cases before they spread . The best case scenario would be , that this H5N1 killer remains primarily a disease for the birds .
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Experts say they have found key component of the H5N1 bird flu virus . It is hoped this will lead to better medication to fight the infection . China reported its first human-to-human infection in 2005 . Since 2003 , the World Health Organization has confirmed 404 human cases .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Villarreal have sacked coach Ernesto Valverde following Sunday 's 2-0 Spanish Primera Liga defeat at home to Osasuna . Valverde only took over at Villarreal in the summer following Manuel Pellegrini 's departure to Real Madrid . However , the Yellow Submarines , who finished fifth last year , have had a disappointing season and are 10th in the table following Sunday 's loss . `` Villarreal have cancelled their contract with coach Ernesto Valverde after the defeat against Osasuna , '' the club confirmed in a statement on their official Web site . `` The club thank the coach for his services and wish him the best of luck in his sporting career . '' Villarreal , who have been linked with former Getafe coach Michael Laudrup , have said they will name Valverde 's replacement in the next few days . Despite a recent draw against Barcelona at the Nou Camp , Valverde has paid the price for an inconsistent season which has also seen the club crash out of the Spanish Cup to second division side Celta Vigo . The 45-year-old becomes the sixth coach to lose his job in the Spanish top flight this season following the departures of Abel Resino -LRB- Atletico Madrid -RRB- , Juan Carlos Mandia -LRB- Racing Santander -RRB- , Marcelino Garcia Toral -LRB- Real Zaragoza -RRB- , and Hugo Sanchez and Jose Angel Ziganda -LRB- both Xerez -RRB- . Meanwhile , on the pitch , Sevilla moved up to fourth place in the table as a double from Alvaro Negredo -- the second a superb chip -- earned them a 2-1 home victory over third-placed Valencia . David Navarro headed a late consolation for Valencia but they were unable to prevent Sevilla moving to withing three points of them . In earlier matches , European-chasing Getafe were held to a 0-0 by a Racing Santander side who played almost the entire second half with 10 men after Jose Moratan was dismissed for two bookings . And Atletico Madrid were jeered off by their own fans after slumping 2-0 at home to Malaga , their ninth defeat of the season .
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Spanish Primera Liga side Villarreal dismiss coach Ernesto Valverde . Valverde becomes the sixth coach to be sacked in the Primera Liga this season . Sevilla move up to fourth place in the table after a 2-1 home win over third-placed Valencia .
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Seoul , South Korea -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An experienced diver and master sergeant in the South Korean navy died Tuesday while conducting rescue efforts for 46 seamen who were aboard a patrol ship when it sank , a military official said . The 53-year-old chief master sergeant lost consciousness while underwater in the Yellow Sea , the official said . He was taken aboard a U.S. Navy ship , the USS Salvor , but could not be resuscitated . The 1,200-ton patrol ship Cheonan was carrying 104 sailors when an apparent explosion caused it to capsize Friday night in the Yellow Sea near a disputed maritime border between North and South Korea . Fifty-eight sailors were rescued shortly after the ship capsized , but hopes are fading for the remaining 46 . No bodies or survivors have been found since the 58 . U.S. divers were on the scene Tuesday and were observing the situation , according to the official . The U.S. divers plan to enter the water on Wednesday , he said . Efforts were under way to pump air into the ship 's stern , and ropes were also being attached to the ship to provide divers with some guidance while underwater , the official said . Visibility is poor -- only about a meter -LRB- 3 feet -RRB- -- and the current is about 5 knots -LRB- 5 mph -RRB- . South Korean divers were struggling to gain access to stern of the ship , where most of the missing crew members are believed to be , South Korea 's Yonhap news agency reported Tuesday . Defense officials told the news agency access to the stern was hampered by the current . Monday evening was the end of a 69-hour window during which rescuers believed the sailors could survive . Divers have knocked on the hulls of different parts of the ship with hammers , but raised no response . South Koreans have held out hope the crewmen might be rescued , but by Tuesday hopes for a happy ending were fading . Meanwhile , officials were no closer Tuesday to determining the cause of the explosion that sunk the Cheonan . The country 's defense minister has said it could have been caused by an old mine . Kim Tae-young told a meeting of the parliamentary defense committee on Monday that one of the many North Korean sea mines placed during the 1950-53 Korean War could have triggered the blast . Yonhap has quoted military officials as saying that the explosion tore a hole in the rear of the ship , shutting off the engine . Citing accounts of rescued sailors who handled the ship 's radar , Kim said they reported no signs of a torpedo attack ahead of the explosion . The navy plans to salvage the vessel , which was carrying missiles and torpedoes , to determine what caused the incident , Yonhap reported . President Lee Myung-bak has called for a thorough investigation into the cause of the explosion . Baengyeong Island , the Seoul-administered island near the scene of the accident , is a flash point maritime border area between the Koreas . Given Baengyeong Island 's proximity to North Korea , North Korean involvement was feared , but South Korean officials have played down that scenario . North Korea 's official media has yet to mention the incident , according to Yonhap , but accused the United States and South Korea of conducting a maritime drill for the purpose of invading North Korea . `` Military tension is intensifying on the Korean Peninsula due to the brazen moves by the U.S. and its war-mongering puppets to provoke a war , '' North Korea 's official Korean Central News Agency said , as reported by Yonhap . Journalist Andrew Salmon contributed to this report for CNN .
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NEW : U.S. divers plan to enter water on Wednesday , official says . Diver lost consciousness while underwater during rescue and could not be revived . Rescue teams searching for 46 South Korean sailors missing after Friday explosion . 58 seamen were rescued soon after blast ; no bodies or survivors found since then .
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BAGHDAD , Iraq -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The U.S. military closed its detention facility in southern Iraq on Thursday after a plane carried the last remaining prisoners to another facility in Baghdad . Iraqi detainees walk around Camp Bucca detention centre on May 20 , 2008 . The United States has been releasing detainees or transferring custody to the Iraqi government , a goal spelled out in the bilateral security agreement negotiated last year between the two nations . Since February , the Americans have released about 750 detainees from its detention facilities and transferred 200 more to Iraqi authorities each month , the military said . Camp Bucca , in the southern port city of Basra , was one of three prisons operated by U.S.-led forces in Iraq . The other two are Camp Cropper , adjacent to the Baghdad airport , and Camp Taji , just north of the capital . Both camps are scheduled to be handed over to the Iraqis next year . The last 180 detainees from Bucca were airlifted by military transport early Thursday morning to one of those two other facilities . A total of 8,305 detainees still remain in U.S. custody , about half the number at the start of the year . `` I 'm pleased to say the Camp Bucca detention facility is now closed , '' said Brig. Gen. David Quantock , the commander of the task force handling the detainee releases and transfers .
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U.S. miliary closes Camp Bucca , a detention center in southern Iraq . Last remaining prisoners were transferred to another center in Baghdad . Closure is in accordance with bilateral security agreement negotiated last year . Two remaining camps set to be handed over to the Iraqis next year .
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HARARE , Zimbabwe -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Zimbabwe 's health system , once the envy of many African nations , is `` in a state of collapse '' -- with many hospitals either completely shut down or unable to admit new patients , a leading doctors ' group said Thursday . Doctors and nurses in Harare protest at the state of Zimbabwe 's collapsing health system . The failure of medical services has forced doctors to turn away pregnant women and the sick . And with a cholera epidemic sweeping through the capital city of Harare and surrounding areas , medical officials say they fear they will be faced with hundreds of normally preventable deaths in the coming days . The four main hospitals in Harare have stopped admitting patients because of a medicine shortage , said the Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights . Another hospital in the second largest city of Bulawayo -- 439 km -LRB- 272 miles -RRB- from Harare -- is facing a similar shortage . `` Sick people in need of attention are being turned away , '' the group said . In many hospitals , maternity services have been scaled back -- meaning women who need to deliver babies by Caesarian section `` will needlessly die during childbirth , '' it said . The hospitals , like everything else in the country , are a victim of the country 's collapsing economy under President Robert Mugabe , the group said . Meanwhile , the Zimbabwean government has asked a group headed by former U.N. chief Kofi Annan to postpone a visit meant to highlight the country 's humanitarian crisis , calling it a `` partisan '' attempt to boost the opposition . Annan was set to arrive in Zimbabwe this weekend with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and rights activist Graca Machel , wife of former South African president Nelson Mandela . The trio wanted to find ways to ease the plight of Zimbabweans , nearly half of whom are in need of emergency food aid . But the state-owned daily newspaper , The Herald , says the three -- who belong to a group of senior statesmen known as the Elders -- were trying to boost the opposition party , the Movement for Democratic Change -LRB- MDC -RRB- , in power-sharing talks with Mugabe . With the political crisis showing no signs of abating , Zimbabwe 's inflation rate has skyrocketed to the world 's highest : 230 million percent . Independent analysts put the figure in billions . Doctors and nurses are reluctant to come to work because of the poor pay and poor equipment . Those who can are leaving Zimbabwe for neighboring countries or to Europe and Australia , the group said . The group held Mugabe 's government responsible for the cholera epidemic that broke out early last month in the capital city and has since spread to other parts of the country . The government has not been able to dispose of sewage properly , nor has it been able to provide chemicals to treat water to make it potable , the group said . Residents are `` surrounded by flowing raw sewage , '' and many have been forced to resort to drink contaminated water from rivers , the group said . The pandemic , it said , `` has caused hundreds of preventable deaths . '' The government has not released official figures of cholera-related death . But some private doctors say that in Harare , the number is at least 200 . Earlier this week , a state-owned newspaper said 44 people had died since Friday in the southern border town of Beitbridge , about 600 km -LRB- 372 miles -RRB- from Harare . The country 's health ministry insists the disease has been contained . It said the lack of proper infrastructure in the impoverished nation is behind the outbreak , and that it has dispatched teams of health workers to educate the masses and provide them with water tanks . But medical activists disagree . Non-governmental aid groups are providing water and water purification tablets to the most affected communities . But they can not reach everyone . The government should declare the cholera outbreak a national disaster and solicit international assistance , the group said . `` Definitely the government is not capable , '' said Dr. Douglas Gwatidzo , who is part of the doctors ' group . '' It does not have the capacity to control the spread of cholera or to put a stop to it at the moment . '' On Tuesday , doctors and nurses demonstrated against the government 's failure to prevent the collapse of the health system . Baton-wielding police officers broke up the rally . Meanwhile , a unity government in Zimbabwe has yet to materialize . The main political opposition party refuses to join one unless Mugabe meets several conditions . The party , the Movement for Democratic Change -LRB- MDC -RRB- , and Mugabe 's party , ZANU-PF , signed a power-sharing resolution in September , but the agreement has failed to ease political tensions . The MDC accuses Mugabe of grabbing all key ministries such as home affairs , information , local government , foreign affairs and defense . It said it wants an `` equitable '' distribution . The stalemate continues . -- CNN 's Nkepile Mabuse contributed to this report .
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Main hospitals in Harare stops taking patients due to medicine shortage . Doctors Group : Mugabe 's govt . responsible for recent cholera epidemic . Zimbabwe ask group headed by ex-U.N. chief Kofi Annan to postpone visit . State-owned newspaper calls visit a `` partisan '' attempt to boost the opposition .
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LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- With foreclosures and bankruptcy affecting millions of homeowners , CNN 's Larry King on Tuesday talked to several experts in the real estate industry to get advice on handling the mortgage meltdown . Barbara Corcoran says homeowners have ways of getting mortgage companies to pay attention to them . His panel on `` Larry King Live '' was made up of real estate expert Barbara Corcoran , correspondent Michael Corbett , developer Jorge Perez , real estate magnate Donald Trump and financial expert Robert Kiyosaki . Larry King : Is this a good time to sell a house ? Barbara Corcoran : Of course it 's not a good time to sell a house . The question is , if you must sell a house , how do you unload it , considering the enormous competition that 's out there ? Watch the panelists respond to questions '' King : Suppose you have to sell . Corcoran : There 's one way you can always sell a house in any old market . You can intentionally under-price it . If you go out to your own marketplace and intentionally under-price your home 20 percent to 25 percent less than you think it 's worth , or that a credible appraiser tells you it 's worth , you will sell that house within the week . There 's no such a thing as an unsellable house . It 's always a question of numbers . King : What 's the biggest mistake people facing foreclosure make ? Michael Corbett : The biggest mistake right now is when you get that default notice , you ignore it . People think that if they just ignore it , it will buy them more time . It 's absolutely the opposite . The first thing they should do when they get those notices is contact either the lender or go to HUD -LSB- the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development -RSB- . Get a certified counselor . There 's free counseling out there for people , because if you just go ahead and ignore these notices , they automatically trigger legal action . And that moves it faster . If you want to buy some time , call the lender , call a counselor . King : Let 's take a call from Tuscaloosa , Alabama . Caller : I have a loan with Countrywide , and they will not refinance our interest-only loan , because they say our debt-to-income ratio is too high , and their workout department wo n't even look at us because we 've never been behind on our mortgage and we 're not currently behind . It 's going to reset in August . What can we do ? Corbett : Unfortunately , a lot of the mortgage companies and the banks do n't want to talk to you . It 's very sad , until you 're actually in arrears . Their loss mitigation or their workout department , they do n't want to help you until you 're two months or three months in debt . King : Barbara has a solution . Corcoran : I have a solution , and it 's a fall-back solution , but it sure gets attention . You can make an appointment , or not make an appointment , go over there with the deed to your property and the keys to your front door and say , OK , I 've had it . Here 's my deed , here 's my keys , and you 'll get attention . One other thing , you should always put your requests by certified mail . By law , the banks do n't have to answer phone calls . But by law , they have to answer certified mail , and a lot of people do n't use it . King : We have an e-mail question from S.O.S. in California : `` I got a condo in April of 2005 for $ 500,000 . Now it 's only worth about $ 400,000 . Could I refinance it to get a better interest rate , or should I try to negotiate with the mortgage company to adjust the payment ? '' Jorge Perez : I would definitely negotiate with the mortgage company . Lenders are having tremendous problems right now . They have a huge amount of REOs , real estate-owned properties , and they do not want your house or condominium . We are advising all the people that we know that have those problems to go talk to their lenders , and they will talk to their lenders . I think one of the biggest problems , nevertheless , is that a lot of people borrowed on variable rate interests when they had mortgages at 1 and 2 percent that grew up over time . And their jobs have not gotten better , and now they 're paying much higher interest rates than when they got their mortgages . And this is a big , big problem in real estate today . King : We have an e-mail question from Debbie in Orlando , Florida : `` What 's a family to do if they lose their home to foreclosure ? How can they find a suitable place to live ? Are n't they going to be rejected as renters on grounds of poor credit ? '' Donald Trump : This is now the time to go out and try making a deal , try buying a house . The banks are there . It 's already financed . You do n't really need the money because it 's already financed . They are already in . They are already wet . I do n't recommend renting now . I recommend now is the time to buy . Buying is much better than renting . King : Even if you 've been foreclosed ? Trump : Absolutely . You can make deals . So many people are being foreclosed . Millions and millions of people . It 's no longer got that horrible stigma . This is the time to go out and make a deal . The money has already been put in . It 's not like they are putting in new money . The money has already been put in . They own a house . They want somebody to live in that house . King : What 's your advice , Robert ? Robert Kiyosaki : Back in the '80s , I got my butt kicked in the market . That 's when interest rates were about 18 percent to 20 percent and I was trying to make deals at 18 percent to 20 percent . And it really taught me a good lesson that I had to get smarter . So when I got pounded in the late '70s and early '80s , I at that point said I better get smarter , and today , I have made millions of dollars because of a bad experience . But if you 're not -- if you do n't learn from the experience and you think the government is going to bail you out , then you 've wasted a big opportunity to learn something .
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Barbara Corcoran : Under-pricing is a way to sell a home . Michael Corbett : Do n't ignore mortgage default notices . Jorge Perez , Donald Trump : Now 's the time to negotiate , buy a house . Robert Kiyosaki : Meltdown is time to learn to not rely on bailout .
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MEXICO CITY , Mexico -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Mexican officials said they have identified two suspects in this week 's slayings of two Americans in northern Mexico . Mourners carry the coffin of Benjamin LeBaron , 32 , on Thursday in the Mexican state of Chihuahua . A security camera at a toll booth near the municipality of Galeana captured images of the suspects , Chihuahua state Attorney General Patricia Gonzalez Rodriguez said Thursday , the state-run Notimex news agency reported . Gonzalez declined to name the suspects , other than to say they belong to a crime organization known as `` La Linea '' -LRB- The Line -RRB- . The toll booth cameras show four trucks or sport utility vehicles in which 12 suspects were riding , she said . No arrests had been reported by Friday . Benjamin LeBaron , 32 , and his brother-in-law , Luis Widmar , who was in his mid-30s , were beaten and shot to death after armed men stormed into their home Tuesday morning in Galeana . Arturo Sandoval , a spokesman for the Chihuahua attorney general 's office , said earlier this week that a note was found on LeBaron 's body but he could not confirm the contents . Local media reported the note indicated the slayings were in retribution for the capture of 25 drug suspects in a nearby town . LeBaron 's younger brother , Eric , was kidnapped in May and returned unharmed a week later . The kidnapping prompted LeBaron to become a nationally recognized anti-crime activist who moved the local community to take a stand . `` There are no leaders here , or we are all leaders , '' LeBaron 's brother Julian LeBaron told CNN affiliate KINT-TV in El Paso , Texas , this week . `` If they kill my brother , another three will take his place . And if they kill us , another hundred will take their place . We are not giving up . No way . '' The LeBaron brothers belonged to the `` Community of LeBaron '' in the municipality of Galeana , a township founded by ex-communicated Mormons . CNN 's Mayra Cuevas-Nazario contributed to this report .
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Gunmen killed Benjamin LeBaron and brother-in-law this week in northern Mexico . Security camera at toll booth captured images of two suspects , news agency says . No arrests have been reported in the Americans ' slayings . Note reportedly found that says killings were retribution for drug arrests .
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LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- California 's director of adult prisons is recommending against `` compassionate release '' for a terminally ill former Manson family member , a spokeswoman said . Susan Atkins is led from a Los Angeles grand jury room after her indictment in the 1969 `` Manson murders . '' Suzan Hubbard , director of the Division of Adult Institutions , decided that Susan Atkins ' request should not be sent to the sentencing court for consideration , said Terry Thornton , spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation . Hubbard 's recommendation is advisory and will not necessarily prevent Atkins ' release . The court -- not the department or the state Board of Parole Hearings -- has the final say on whether Atkins should be released , Thornton said . `` They 're the only ones legally who can recall the sentence , '' she added . Atkins , 60 , was convicted in the 1969 slayings of actress Sharon Tate and four others . She had been incarcerated at the California Institution for Women in Corona , California , but has been hospitalized since mid-March . Her request is now before the Board of Parole Hearings , which is conducting an independent investigation and will hear the case during its monthly public meeting , Thornton said . The next meeting is scheduled July 15 . Atkins had been held for years at the Corona prison , which earlier determined that she met the criteria for compassionate release under the law , and sent her request to the corrections department . The Board of Parole Hearings will receive public comment , discuss the request in closed session and then announce its recommendation . The board also can decide whether to refer the request to the sentencing court . The court , based in Los Angeles , can either grant or deny Atkins ' request . It also can recall her life sentence and resentence Atkins to a lesser term , allowing for her to be paroled . In 2007 , the department received 60 compassionate release requests , Thornton said . Ten were approved . Citing privacy rules , prison officials would not disclose the nature of Atkins ' illness . Her husband and attorney , James Whitehouse , has been quoted as saying she has terminal brain cancer , according to a blog called Manson Family Today . She also has had a leg amputated , the Los Angeles Times has reported . Atkins , known within the Manson family as `` Sadie Mae Glutz , '' has been in prison since 1971 and has been denied parole 11 times . She is California 's longest-serving female inmate . Tate and three houseguests were slain in August 1969 by killers who burst into her Benedict Canyon home . A teenager who was visiting the home 's caretaker in his cottage on the property also was killed . According to historical accounts of the murders , Atkins stabbed Tate , who was 8 1/2 months pregnant , and wrote the word `` pig '' in blood on the door of the home the actress shared with her husband , director Roman Polanski . The following night , Leno and Rosemary LaBianca were slain in their home in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles . The two-day crime spree sent shock waves throughout Los Angeles . All of the killers remain behind bars . Atkins also was convicted in the earlier murder of music teacher Gary Hinman . Atkins , like family leader Charles Manson , received a death sentence . Her punishment was changed to life in prison when the California Supreme Court ruled the state 's death penalty unconstitutional in 1972 . Atkins is a born-again Christian , according to a Web site maintained by her husband . During her incarceration , the site says , Atkins has worked to help at-risk youth , victims of violent crimes and homeless children . Last month , authorities dug for buried bodies at the Inyo County , California , ranch where Manson and his followers once lived , after police became aware that testing had indicated humans might be buried there . Nothing was found , police said .
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Decision puts case in parole board 's hands , spokeswoman says . Susan Atkins is serving life sentence for role in Manson family murders of late 1960s . Web site quotes Atkins ' husband as saying she has terminal brain cancer .
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-LRB- CareerBuilder.com -RRB- -- 2009 has given employers and employees a run for their money -- literally . Budgets have been cut , layoffs made and furloughs instituted , and benefits and perks have evaporated . At the beginning of the year , 38 percent of employers said the economy would force them to make administrative cuts sometime during 2009 , according to a survey by CareerBuilder.com . Sixty-five percent of those employers indicated that they would cut back company social events , 61 percent anticipated curtailing business travel , 25 percent expected to scale back on health-care benefits and 11 percent planned to reduce wellness benefits . Other areas where companies planned to cut spending included special office perks , such as coffee , ice machines or discounted vending -LRB- 34 percent -RRB- , incentive trips -LRB- 28 percent -RRB- and philanthropic activities -LRB- 21 percent -RRB- . Such perks and benefits being taken away make for a tough situation for employees . Not only are they working harder to keep their jobs , but workers have to do more for less . While some argue that it 's hard to keep employees motivated in this situation , others say that they should n't focus on incentives , but rather think about the bigger picture . `` When perks and benefits are taken away , management often does this to allocate resources where they 're needed , elsewhere . The money being saved by not buying bagels every Friday or purchasing Christmas gifts for employees may be going towards your salary , '' said Tom Gimbel , founder and CEO of LaSalle Network , a staffing and recruiting firm . `` If you had to choose between taking a salary cut and not having free coffee versus being let go , most employees would likely take the former . '' Urmil `` Tracy '' Marshall , coordinator for the Office of Diversity and International Affairs at Fort Valley State University in Fort Valley , Georgia. , agrees that it 's important not to focus on what is being taken away . She said that due to budgetary constraints , furloughs were implemented at the school ; but rather than get discouraged , she focused on the positive . `` I reminded myself how blessed I was to even have a job , '' Marshall said . `` We need to remind ourselves of our priorities in life , placing a greater emphasis on what we have -- not what we do n't . '' Communication is key . Although it 's understandable for employees to be upset , frustrated and discouraged when benefits or perks are taken away , Kevin Sheridan , founder and CEO of HR Solutions , which specializes in helping organizations to keep employees engaged , said that employees are less likely to be upset if management communicates with employees . In fact , 82 percent of employees surveyed in HR Solutions ' International Normative Database say that it 's important that their organization allow them to choose from a variety of benefits to meet their individual needs . The survey consisted of more than 3.3 million responses from 2,400 organizations . `` If an organization 's leadership team simply decided amongst themselves which benefits would be best to cut , employees will commonly become upset and their engagement will be negatively affected , '' Sheridan says . `` Open communication is a key driver of engagement , and employees will immediately recognize the fact that they had no voice in the situation . If leadership had simply asked employees which benefits were important to them , this situation may be avoided . '' Attitude is everything . Despite having to deal temporarily with a few displaced benefits or perks , there are benefits to sticking around with your employer until those things are reinstated . `` It 's a good time to remember that the perks were never the reason that you liked the job . No one gets up in the morning saying , ` I 'm really excited to go to the office because there 's free coffee , ' '' said Paul Glen , author and management columnist . `` If people feel that the -LSB- cuts -RSB- are being made in a good-faith effort to save jobs , they will be even more loyal than before , since they believe that the company is working on their behalf -- not just for executives . '' Additionally , according to the HR Solutions survey , 37 percent of employees have thought of resigning in the last six months . Twenty-three percent said they thought about leaving because of pay ; 18 percent because of a supervisor or manager ; 15 percent because of career advancement ; and 5 percent because of benefits . Thirty-nine percent considered it for other reasons . `` This statistic is especially important because many organizations have cut benefits over the last six months , and it illustrates that the majority of employees have not thought of resigning as a result of adjusted benefits , '' Sheridan said . `` These employees recognize the advantages of sticking around with a company , benefits or not , for advantages such as career development and compensation . Also , as soon as the economy picks up , many benefits programs will be re-evaluated ; employees sticking around with these organizations will not remain without benefits forever . '' Workers should also remember that there could be consequences to abandoning a job just because you lost free coffee or a transportation reimbursement . If you 're thinking about leaving your job for such reasons , make sure that your missing perks outweigh any possible career advancement or opportunities you would receive if you stayed . `` In this economy , it may be very hard to find another job , and there 's no guarantee that one will have free coffee , either , '' Glen said . `` Also , at the new job , even if it is good , the employee will have less tenure and is more likely to be cut in future layoffs . '' If you 've had benefits or perks taken away in recent months and need help staying motivated , remember these five tips from our experts : . 1 . Get over it . `` The longer you talk about it to fellow employees , the longer you will have bad feelings , cause others to have bad feelings and be less productive yourself , which is not what will help the company be able to restore what has been taken away , '' said Aubrey Daniels , author of `` Oops ! 13 Management Practices That Waste Time and Money -LRB- and What to Do Instead -RRB- . '' 2 . Find motivation . Sheridan encourages employees to find motivation through career planning with supervisors , interacting with co-workers or being proud of where they work . For example , an employee could volunteer to act as a sounding board for job candidates considering employment at the organization . 3 . Create your own perks . Nancy Irwin , a motivational speaker and author , said employees can take turns bringing in coffee , bagels or potluck lunches to help fill the void of things that have been cut . 4 . Understand what 's still offered and take advantage . Darcy Eikenberg , president and chief creative officer of Coach Darcy LLC , recalls a client who did n't sign up for a course because she thought training costs had been eliminated . She realized that a co-worker was taking the course and getting it paid for from tuition reimbursement , an area that had n't been cut . `` Do a deep dive into your company 's programs , policies and even discounts because there 's probably something you can use now , '' she said . 5 . Focus on the solution , not the problem . Concentrate on actions today that will affect your organization 's success and growth tomorrow , said Jonathan Berger , director of human resources at Direct Agents , an interactive advertising company . `` Take this time as an opportunity to offer new ideas to your managers and take an active and entrepreneurial role in helping your company overcome straining times . If you do a good job , you may be rewarded for your efforts when things improve , '' he said . `` In addition , by taking on new challenges and opportunities , you can further develop your skills and make yourself a more valuable asset to any organization . '' & copy CareerBuilder.com 2010 . All rights reserved . The information contained in this article may not be published , broadcast or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority .
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In a survey , many businesses said they would have to make large cuts in employee benefits . Management should communicate these issues to help employees adjust said , Kevin Sheridan . Darcy Eikenberg recommends for employees to dig deep and and find benefits still available . Concentrate on actions today that will help your organization succeed , said Jonathan Berger .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A suspicious piece of luggage that was about to be loaded onto a flight in Namibia was a `` test device '' from a U.S. company that sells products designed to test security , German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said in a news conference Friday in Hamburg , Germany . Namibian police on Friday warned that whoever is responsible for planting the device among the luggage of an Air Berlin flight Wednesday would be severely dealt with , warning that Namibia was not to be used as an unauthorized testing ground for aviation security . `` The preliminary investigations have revealed that the suspicious parcel does not contain any explosive substances ; however , it is an explosive simulation training device , manufactured by an American-based company , ` Larry Copello Incorporated , ' '' Lt. Gen. Sebastian Ndeitunga , Namibia 's top policeman , told reporters Friday at a news conference in Windhoek , the capital . The device is a training aid to help screeners identify explosive devices , Larry Copello , founder and CEO of Larry Copello , Inc. , told CNN Friday . Copello described the device as `` non-hazardous ... not a threat to anyone . '' Copello said his company sells such devices to law enforcement agencies , governments and corporate clients , but did not know to whom this particular device was sold . He learned of the Namibia incident on Thursday when the FBI called him . He said he is cooperating with the investigation . An official with the U.S. Transportation Security Administration said Friday that they are working with German and Namibian authorities to determine the origin of the device and the reason it was to be transported on the plane . `` We applaud the vigilance of the aviation security authorities who discovered the device and took quick action to ensure that it did not pose a threat to the aircraft and passengers , '' the TSA official told CNN . A U.S. official said Friday that there does n't seem to be any connection with any U.S. government entity . The discovery of the bag at Windhoek Hosea Kutako International Airport in Namibia delayed flight 7377 to Munich , Germany , on Wednesday and raised security concerns , a spokeswoman for the airline , Air Berlin , said Thursday . De Maiziere said he believed the device was from a U.S.-based company , but did not know which company . He said no one was warned in advance about the test device . The bag contained a functioning electronic clock with wiring attached , but no explosives . `` Air Berlin has confirmed that there was no explosive material in the laptop bag found in Namibia , '' Sabina Teller , a spokeswoman for Air Berlin , told CNN . `` The luggage was found in the airport , at no point was on the plane . It had no luggage label , so it was impossible to know where it was going , which company it was supposed to fly with or who it belonged to , '' she said . De Maiziere said authorities are investigating the bag 's origin and its intended destination . After the bag was discovered , the flight 's 296 passengers and all bags were given additional security checks . The plane later landed safely in Munich after a six - or seven-hour delay , Air Berlin spokeswoman Silke Manitz said . Germany raised its threat level Wednesday , saying concrete evidence had emerged of a possible attack planned in Germany later this month . It said there was evidence of persistent efforts by Islamists to launch an attack . A senior German counterterrorism source told CNN on Thursday that the German Interior Ministry warning was linked to recent threats to the country from al Qaeda in Pakistan . Interior Minister de Maiziere addressed the threat level Friday by reiterating that people should go about their lives as usual . CNN 's Laura Perez Maestro in London ; Ben Brumfield in Atlanta , Georgia ; Diana Magnay in Hamburg , Germany ; John Grobler in Namibia ; Nkepile Mabuse in Johannesburg , South Africa ; and Jeanne Meserve in Washington contributed to this report .
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Manufacturer says device was not hazardous . ` Training device ' that delayed German flight was from a U.S. company , police say . Namibian police say responsible party will be punished .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Heikki Kovalainen prevented practice for the inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from being an all-British affair as he topped the timesheets after the second session . With three minutes of the session remaining , and with Lewis Hamilton poised to edge out Jenson Button at the top of the standings , Kovalainen ensured it would be a McLaren one-two rather than a British one-two that led the way ahead of Sunday 's race . Conditions for the second 90-minute period were markedly different to those in the first as outgoing world champion Hamilton pipped new title-holder Button by just 0.096 seconds . Earlier , as the drivers acclimatised themselves to the new Yas Marina circuit , they basked in temperatures of 35 degrees Celsius . It was still 31 degrees when the second session began at 5pm local time , but on this occasion the following 90 minutes would be played out under a setting sun for the first time in F1 history , and ultimately floodlights as day shifted into night . Ultimately , it was Finn Kovalainen who led the way with a time of one minute 41.307 seconds , over 2.5 seconds quicker than Hamilton 's best earlier in the day . But that was no surprise as the 20 drivers grew accustomed to the track , culminating in the Finn ending up quicker than his McLaren team-mate by just 0.197 seconds , with Brawn GP 's Button 0.234 seconds down on Kovalainen . Sebastian Vettel , looking for a small degree of consolation for the year by finishing second to Button in the championship , was fourth quickest in his Red Bull , 0.284 seconds behind Kovalainen . Toyota 's Kamui Kobayashi , who is deputising for the injured Timo Glock , was fifth , followed by Toro Rosso 's Sebastien Buemi and Red Bull 's Mark Webber , winner in Brazil last time out . The top 10 was completed by Brawn 's Rubens Barrichello , who himself has designs on finishing runner-up to his team-mate , with Williams ' Nico Rosberg ninth and Kimi Raikkonen in his Ferrari 10th . BMW Sauber 's Robert Kubica finished bottom of the timesheets , but that came after blowing an engine after 13 laps . That is likely to incur a 10-place grid penalty for the race as he has already used the permissible eight engines for the season . Meanwhile , the Williams team have confirmed Cosworth will be their new engine supplier from next season . After recently ending their contract with Toyota ahead of schedule , the news is unsurprising as Williams have long been touted to again join forces with Cosworth after previously working with them in 2006 . Team principal Frank Williams told reporters : `` Cosworth have impressed us with the quality of their technical team and convinced us their program will deliver a competitive Formula One engine . `` In addition , like Williams , Cosworth is an independent company whose owners share our passion for racing and engineering . `` We believe that , working together , we will develop not only a competitive racing car for 2010 , but also a long-term partnership that can take on the best in Formula One . ''
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Heikki Kovalainen tops timesheets in practice for Abu Dhabi Grand Prix . Kovalainen edges out Lewis Hamilton and world champion Jenson Button . Williams team have confirmed Cosworth will be their new engine supplier .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo has dismissed claims that his team 's cars carry subliminal tobacco advertising as `` ridiculous . '' Reports last week quoted several health professionals as suggesting the red , white and black barcode on Ferrari 's Formula One cars and Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso 's overalls were a link to Marlboro cigarettes . Tobacco advertising in F1 was outlawed in 2005 , yet reports claimed a spokesman for the European Public Health Commissioner said the barcode constituted potential subliminal marketing . The Times newspaper quoted John Britton , a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians , as saying the barcode resembled the lower half of a packet of Marlboro cigarettes , and that it was `` creeping branding '' . Under a law passed in both Britain and Brussels in 2002 , it is an offence for a tobacco company to sponsor a sporting event . Phillip Morris , the owner of Marlboro cigarettes , is a long-standing sponsor of Ferrari , but Montezemolo has described the stories as `` pointless . '' He told Ferrari 's official Web site : `` Frankly , I find this argument completely pointless and it is verging on the ridiculous to claim that the color red or a graphic design which shows a bar code could induce people to smoke . `` At a time when , on the other side of the Atlantic they are fighting to provide a more equal health service , in the old continent of Europe , so called experts are racking their brains to come up with theories that have no scientific basis : I think there are more important matters to think about than a bar code . `` Therefore , it 's best not to waste any more time replying to this sort of nonsense or to those who are instrumental in wanting to stoke up the story . ''
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Ferrari dismiss claims they subliminally advertise cigarettes as ` ridiculous ' Health professionals suggested the barcode design on their cars promoted Marlboro . Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo calls the reports ` completely pointless '
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Four people , including three children , were found dead inside a home in a peaceful , family-oriented northwest Florida neighborhood Saturday , police said . A Florida medical examiner is working to determine exactly what caused the death of the adult and three children , who are believed to be two 6-year-olds and a 3-year-old toddler , Tallahassee police spokesman David McCranie said . Police have launched a homicide investigation , given the condition of the dead . `` There 's obvious violence in the home , '' said McCranie . `` How that violence transpired , we 're not sure . '' Investigators have talked with neighbors , friends and relatives of the dead , who were found in a single-family residence . McCranie said that police are not yet identifying the relationship between the dead . `` I really do n't believe it , that I 'm not going to see those little girls running around , up and down the street anymore , '' neighbor Darius Mount told CNN Tallahassee affiliate WCTV . McCranie said police found the bodies in a home in a `` typical suburban Tallahassee neighborhood . '' The subdivision , `` no more than one to two square miles '' in size , he said , was built within the last five years . `` There are a lot of kids , and it 's quiet , peaceful , '' McCranie said . As of early Saturday evening , there were no official suspects in what McCranie called an `` active , ongoing investigation . '' He said that authorities hope to have more information Sunday about the investigation . `` Right now , it 's putting all the pieces of the puzzle together , '' McCranie said .
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Police start a homicide probe after finding 4 people dead in Tallahassee . Police believe two of the victims were 6-years-old , and another was age 3 . Authorities are trying to determine a cause of death , have n't named a suspect .
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Lisbon , Portugal -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The most important NATO summit in its 61-year history -- according to NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen -- began Friday in Lisbon , Portugal . NATO was founded by the United States and 14 other nations after World War II . But it has grown to 28 members , and is now seeking to shed its Cold War identity by adopting a new `` strategic concept , '' framing new threats the alliance faces and the means to combat them . But getting 28 nations on the same page about how to address a range of new evolving threats will not be easy . The document to be considered this weekend is the product of a set of recommendations from a group of experts led by former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright . The last strategic concept was drafted in 1999 . The new document reflects new realities for NATO and the world . The original NATO existed during the Cold War for the collective defense of 15 nations against Soviet aggression . U.S. Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder likes to call that NATO 1.0 . NATO 2.0 marked the period between the end of the Cold War and the present . This stretch saw NATO enter wars in Bosnia and Kosovo and embrace former Soviet republics in Eastern Europe that were looking West . At Lisbon , NATO hopes to move into what Daalder calls 3.0 status , meant for operating in a globalized world . NATO still has the core mandate to provide collective security for all its members , said Daalder , but now must address new threats to Europe 's security -- threats not as much from Russia , but from possible terrorist attacks , cyber attacks , attacks on energy infrastructure and piracy on the high seas . This new definition of what constitutes a threat calls into question the future of Article Five of the NATO charter , which considers an attack on one member an attack on all . For an alliance whose mantra is `` collective security , '' the provision is the critical binding agent . Article Five was invoked for the first time after September 11 , 2001 , when all NATO members agreed the attack was a visible threat to the security of the entire alliance . But the definition of what constitutes a threat to all NATO allies is becoming less recognizable , say some experts . NATO 's makeover also expands its battlefield well beyond Europe . The mission in Afghanistan is the largest and most recent example . But NATO is also providing support to efforts to combat piracy in the Indian Ocean and there is serious talk that the alliance could send forces to the Middle East if the Israelis and Palestinians ever reach a peace deal . The expansion of NATO 's role into a global force , however , is somewhat at odds with the economic realities facing its members , more than half of which are cutting defense spending . NATO officials worry such a reluctance to invest in the alliance not only diminishes Europe 's ability to contribute , it also increases the likelihood of the United States going it alone . Kurt Volker , who served as NATO ambassador from 2008-2009 , said not all NATO members want to be the world 's policemen . `` In some ways , the United States and Europe are pulling in opposite directions , '' Volker said . `` The United States sees problems and strategic issues outside the NATO area they want NATO to address and wants a more global NATO . But a lot of European countries still view NATO as about Europe and the European space . '' At Lisbon , the United States wants NATO leaders to agree to plans for a missile defense shield to defend against ballistic missiles . The Bush administration plan to deploy a long-range anti-missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic angered Russia , which feared the goal was to undermine its nuclear deterrent . The Phased Adaptive Approach proposed by the Obama administration would deploy a continent-wide interceptor-missile system clearly aimed at defending against any missile threat posed by Iran . That 's more palatable to Russia , but NATO-member Turkey , which could be one of the sites for the radar systems , does n't want to upset its growing ties with Iran . Cooperation on missile defense is just one way NATO will seek to close the post-Cold War chapter of its history . When NATO leaders meet this weekend with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev , they plan to endorse a new Russia/NATO partnership to work on issues such as terrorism , Afghanistan and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction . Since the late '80s NATO has struggled with how to transform its sometimes schizophrenic relationship with Russia , its former enemy . At times , Russia has played nice . It was instrumental in helping end the Bosnian war and even sent forces under U.S. command . When the dust settled in Kosovo , Moscow sent troops as part of NATO 's KFOR mission . But Russian troops still occupy Georgian territory after clashes there in 2008 and Moscow still maintains a sphere of influence over other countries in its neighborhood . The Soviet Union may be no longer , but fear of the Russian bear still looms large in Eastern European members of NATO who want protection from a resurgent Russia . NATO officials acknowledge there are trust issues to overcome with Russia . Still , they hope the substantial common interests NATO shares with Russia make cooperation possible . In Lisbon , NATO and Russian officials hope to release a joint assessment of threats and lay out their priorities for cooperation . Still , Volker said , ambiguity in the relationship between Russia and NATO remains . `` We never did a good job in making clear there is no reason why Russia could n't be a member of NATO , '' said Volker . `` If they really became a democracy and market economy , if they believe in freedom , rule of law and human rights , why the heck not ? '' NATO 's mission in Afghanistan is a litmus test for the future of NATO , say some experts . The military campaign against the Taliban has regained momentum and the summit is expected to announce plans for a transfer of control to Afghan forces by the end of 2014 . But the ability of NATO to build the Afghan government has proven less successful . While NATO forces are increasingly successful against the Taliban , it remains very unclear whether Afghan President Hamid Karzai 's government will be able to sustain the `` holding and building '' of the provinces once they are transferred . NATO 's presence in Afghanistan has lasted nine years . But while all NATO allies have contributed in Afghanistan , their commitments are sometimes limited or inconsistent . Even larger countries like Germany , Italy and Spain have caveats that their troops only serve in areas of limited combat . Many others have withdrawn entirely in the face of public opposition . If Afghanistan ends well , NATO allies in Europe may well consider future missions beyond its borders . If the mission fails , Europe could conclude the experiment was a mistake and stick closer to home and the United States could conclude that NATO is not a reliable partner . The Albright panel warned early in its recommendations that `` Threats to the alliance come from the outside , but the organization 's vigor could be as easily sapped from within . ''
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Most important NATO summit in its 61-year history , says secretary general . NATO to address new threats to Europe 's security : terrorists , cyber attack , piracy . NATO 's mission in Afghanistan is a litmus test for the future of NATO , say some experts .
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Atlanta , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A federal judge pleaded guilty Friday to two counts of drug possession and another charge , admitting he had paid a stripper to buy drugs for the two to use together . Senior U.S. District Court Judge Jack Camp Jr. admitted to giving money to a woman to buy drugs , according to prosecutors . He pleaded guilty to two counts of drug possession , federal prosecutors said . He also pleaded guilty to one count of conversion of government property for giving the woman a government-issued laptop . As part of a plea deal , Camp did not plead guilty to a firearms possession charge included in the initial federal complaint . The plea came shortly after Camp , 67 , retired from the judiciary . Federal prosecutors accused Camp of giving Sherry Ann Ramos , 26 , money to buy drugs including cocaine , marijuana and roxicodone , which the two then frequently used together . FBI agents arrested Camp on October 1 after he tried to buy drugs from an undercover officer . Camp 's attorneys issued a statement saying the judge took responsibility for his actions and would spend the next several months trying to understand the `` uncharacteristic nature of his actions . '' He will be sentenced March 4 .
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A federal judge has pleaded guilty to drug charges . Prosecutors say Jack Camp gave a stripper money to buy drugs . Camp has resigned from the judiciary .
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Salt Lake City , Utah -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The estranged wife of the man accused of kidnapping then-14-year-old Elizabeth Smart from her family 's Salt Lake City home in 2002 testified Friday that the defendant manipulated her into doing things by saying his orders were divine law . `` I was told that no matter how difficult I found the load to bear , I needed to follow the law or suffer eternal consequences , '' said Wanda Barzee about her husband , Brian Mitchell . Mitchell played to his wife 's strong religious beliefs , telling her that divine revelations required she carry out acts that included participating in the kidnapping , she said in her second and final day of testimony in her husband 's trial . `` I was told that we were commanded to take 14-year-old young women and we were to snatch them out of the world and train them up in the ministries of God , '' said Barzee . She is serving a sentence of up to 15 years after striking a plea deal last year with state and federal prosecutors for her role in the abduction and agreeing to testify for the prosecution . But the prosecution did not call her , the defense did . Mitchell used the revelations to explain his heavy drinking , his engaging in oral sex with Smart and his demand that she `` demonstrate sexual activity '' in front of Smart , said Mitchell . `` He never expressed any remorse about kidnapping Ms. Smart , did he ? '' Prosecutor Francis Viti asked . `` No , '' Barzee responded . Barzee said she helped Mitchell in his meticulous preparation for Smart 's abduction , from setting up the bucket that the girl was to use as her bathroom to setting up the tent in which the girl was to be raped . `` I was told that I needed to listen to the plan of my husband , '' she said . Asked if that meant she `` needed to be submissive and obey ? '' Barzee responded , `` Yes . '' Mitchell told her prior to the Smart abduction `` that I needed to take seven wives into my heart and home , '' Barzee said , adding that the news upset her greatly . One such attempt involved a fellow church member named Kelly who was eight months pregnant with another man 's child , said Barzee , who added that she agreed to Kelly becoming another wife to Mitchell . Mitchell ultimately ended the marriage with Kelly for reasons that Barzee said were unclear . An attempt to recruit a shoe store worker named Julie to become one of Mitchell 's wives failed , she said . During the winter of 2001 , Mitchell revealed a new divine order , Barzee said . `` We were given the commandment to take young girls , between the ages of 10 to 14 years old . '' Mitchell would go downtown to `` minister , '' which she said meant to beg , `` and stalk young girls out -- try to find out where they lived . '' On June 4 , 2002 , the night of the abduction , she and Mitchell fought , Barzee said . `` I just knew how drastically my life was going to change , '' she said , adding that she was `` devastated '' by the prospect of taking the girl by force . Barzee , who had taken medication for mental illness prior to marrying Mitchell , said she stopped taking it when they were together at his insistence . She said her biggest fear was losing Mitchell and that she was terrified of being alone . Barzee wept when recounting having been forced by Mitchell to cook her 10-year-old daughter 's pet rabbit and serve it to her . `` Brian had me tell her that it was chicken , '' said the mother of six from a previous marriage . Barzee 's testimony came after her husband was escorted from the courtroom after he began singing hymns , as he has been doing throughout the trial . Mitchell faces life in prison if he is convicted of kidnapping and transporting a minor across state lines for sexual purposes . Barzee is being held at a federal medical center in Fort Worth , Texas , where she has been receiving mental health treatment , including medication .
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Wanda Barzee says she regrets having succumbed to her husband 's demands . Brian Mitchell played to her strong religious beliefs , estranged wife says . Witness says she was ordered to cook her daughter 's pet rabbit , then serve it to her .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Real Madrid snatched a 3-2 victory at Valencia to remain five points behind Spanish leaders Barcelona , who triumphed 1-0 in the Catalan derby with Espanyol earlier on Saturday night . Real , missing the suspended Cristiano Ronaldo , needed an 83rd-minute winner from substitute defender Ezequiel Garay as all five goals came in the second half at the Mestalla . Madrid had twice gone ahead through Garay 's fellow Argentinian Gonzalo Higuain but Valencia -- who won last season 's corresponding fixture 3-0 -- battled back through Spain striker David Villa and Joaquin Sanchez . Sergio Ramos headed against the post in the first half , but Real suffered a big blow when fellow defender Pepe was stretchered off just before the interval after the Portugal international fell awkwardly . Higuain , who turned 22 on Thursday , headed the opening goal from Karim Benzema 's cross nine minutes after the break , but Villa leveled six minutes later as he headed in off the underside of the crossbar from Jeremy Mathieu 's cross to make up for David Navarro 's close-range miss just beforehand . Marcelo then set up Higuain for his eighth goal this season -- all of which have come in the past seven games -- but substitute Joaquin beat goalkeeper Iker Casillas at his near post in the 80th minute . However , Garay 's glancing header from Xabi Alonso 's free-kick kept Real in touch with Barca , who have played one more match . The Spanish and European champions needed a controversial penalty from Zlatan Ibrahimovic to edge past their city rivals Espanyol at the Nou Camp . The Swede slotted his 11th league goal this season , one behind top scorer Villa , after Xavi went down in the area despite minimal contact from former Barcelona youth player Raul Baena six minutes before halftime . The hosts started with Thierry Henry in the absence of injured European player of the year Lionel Messi , but the Frenchman and Ibrahimovic were unable to take advantage of several chances . Pep Guardiola 's team will now head to Dubai for the FIFA World Club Cup , where they will meet Atlante in the semifinals following the Mexican team 's 3-0 win against New Zealand champions Auckland on Saturday . Espanyol suffered a fifth straight defeat , but can not end the weekend in the relegation zone thanks to Real Zaragoza 's 2-1 defeat at home to Athletic Bilbao earlier on Saturday . The Basque side bounced back from last weekend 's 2-1 home defeat to Valencia to go seventh above Sporting Gijon , who host fourth-placed Sevilla on Sunday . Sevilla are one point behind Valencia , who trail Barcelona by 11 and Real by six .
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Real Madrid win 3-2 at Valencia to remain five points behind Spanish leaders Barcelona . Substitute defender Ezequiel Garay heads late winner as all five goals come in second half . Fellow Argentine Gonzalo Higuain twice put Real ahead against third-placed Valencia . Barcelona win Catalan derby against Espanyol thanks to controversial penalty .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Nigeria 's short-list of targets for the vacant national manager 's job has been cut by one after Bayern Munich coach Louis Van Gaal distanced himself from the role . The Dutchman was named alongside Russia boss Guus Hiddink , former Ghana coach Ratomir Djukovic , ex-England under-21 manager Peter Taylor and Bruno Metsu as the Nigeria Football Federation 's preferred candidates to replace the demoted Shaibu Amodu . The 58-year-old has previous international experience following a two-year spell in charge of the Netherlands , but made it clear that he wants to see out his contract with German giants Bayern , which runs until June 2011 . `` I have had an offer from Nigeria now , but I have rejected it , '' Van Gaal told German television channel Liga Total . `` It was not the first time I have received an offer from Nigeria , but I think that Bayern is a big challenge for me . '' However , Van Gaal told German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that he would one day like to coach another national side . `` I think Bayern could be my final club . I would like to play a part in the World Cup , or similarly at a UEFA Euro tournament , '' he said . `` I am looking forward to experiencing these tournaments . '' The NFF announced last Friday that Amodu 's third spell in charge had come to an end despite the 51-year-old leading the Super Eagles to the semifinals of the Africa Cup of Nations , where they lost to Ghana . Amodu has been relegated to handling the `` B '' team ahead of the 2011 African Nations Championship . The NFF said on its Web site that its list of candidates must be screened and whittled down to a final group of three by the end of February . Hiddink 's future as Russia coach is uncertain after the team failed to qualify for the World Cup in South Africa in June , and his contract runs out this year , but media reports suggest the Dutchman does not want the Nigeria job . Frenchman Metsu is now head of Qatar 's national team , but made his reputation by guiding Senegal to a shock win over champions France at the 2002 World Cup . Djukovic took Ghana 's Black Stars past the group stage of the 2006 World Cup but quit after a second-round defeat by Brazil , then had a two-year spell with China 's under-23 Olympic team before taking charge of his native Serbia 's under-21 side last July . Taylor has been without a job since October when he was sacked by English third division team Wycombe . He has had two separate spells with the England under-21 side , and was caretaker manager of the senior side for one match against Italy in 2000 when he gave David Beckham the captain 's armband . Meanwhile , Benin have sacked coach Michel Dussuyer after failing to progress past the first round of the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola last month , finishing third in Group C after a draw and two defeats . The Frenchman 's players and staff have also been dismissed by the Benin Football Federation . `` A decision has been made to dissolve the national team and its technical supervision , '' it said in a statement . `` In the decision , taken by members of the executive committee , they took into account the indiscipline , lack of patriotism and lack of team results at the African Nations Cup . `` The federation , in conjunction with the sports ministry , will set up a new code of conduct and now start out on a new basis with all players who are called into the national team in the future . '' Pre-tournament favorites the Ivory Coast , who surprisingly lost to Algeria in the quarterfinals , will play fellow World Cup qualifiers South Korea in a friendly in England on March 3 . The match will be played at the Loftus Road , ground of London club Queen 's Park Rangers .
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Bayern Munich coach Louis Van Gaal distances himself from vacant Nigeria manager 's role . Dutchman was named in Nigeria Football Federation 's list of five preferred candidates . NFF also wants to talk to Guus Hiddink , Bruno Metsu , Peter Taylor and Ratomir Djukovic . Nigeria demoted Shaibu Amodu to lesser role after losing Africa Cup of Nations semifinal .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Two armed groups raped more than 150 women in a village in the volatile North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a four-day spree , a United Nations official said Monday . The attacks happened last month and members of a U.N. human rights team said it confirmed the attacks . `` Victims of the attack , which occurred on 30 July in the village of Bunangiri are receiving medical treatment and have also been provided psycho-social care , '' the U.N. officials said in a statement . In the statement U.N. officials said the culprits were insurgents loyal to the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda . The ethnic Hutu militia has been linked the genocide in Rwanda in 1994 and has been been battling Congo government forces recently . Aid group International Medical Corps said it is treating the women and had more details about the rape spree that they say went on for days . `` The incident began when armed men entered a local village , urging the population not to flee by convincing them that they were only there to find food . However , after dark another group of armed men reportedly arrived , and over the next four days the armed actors raped women throughout the area , '' the organization said in a statement . The women were attacked by two to six armed men and sometimes in front of their husbands and children , the medical organization said .
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Rape spree lasts four days , group says . U.N. says militants loyal to Hutu militia group committed the attacks . In some cases , the women are assaulted in front of children .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Sudanese rebel commander , accused of being involved in the 2007 deaths of a dozen peacekeepers in Darfur , voluntarily arrived in the Netherlands Sunday for an International Criminal Court hearing at the Hague this week , officials said . Sudanese rebel commander Bahar Idriss Abu Garda was summoned to appear before the ICC . Bahr Idriss Abu Garda , of the Zaghawa tribe of Sudan , is charged with three war crimes allegedly committed on September 29 , 2007 , when 1000 rebel-led soldiers surrounded and stormed an African Union peacekeeping base in Haskanita , in North Darfur , the international court said . Twelve peacekeepers were killed and eight were wounded in the overnight attack , the deadliest single attack on AU peacekeepers since they began their mission in late 2004 . Abu Garda , who faces charges of murder , directing attacks on peacekeepers and pillaging , was summoned to appear at the pretrial hearing at 3 p.m. Monday . The court confirmed Abu Garda voluntarily arrived at the Hague Sunday afternoon on a commercial plane , and that no arrest warrant was necessary . The court has put a gag order on Abu Garda to prevent him from speaking publicly about his case . Three other suspects , including Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir , were also summoned , but remain at large . `` The voluntary appearance of Abu Garda might serve to encourage other suspects currently at large to come before the Court to be heard with all guarantees of a fair trial , '' said Silvana Arbia , registrar of the international court . The attack on the AU peacekeepers came months before the 7,000-strong force was replaced by a U.N. peacekeeping force of 26,000 troops . The U.N. force , known as UNAMID , is a joint operation between the United Nations and the African Union . It took over formally at the end of 2007 . The conflict in Darfur began in 2003 after rebels in the western region of Sudan began attacking government positions . Sudan 's government responded with a fierce military campaign that led to some 200,000 deaths and forced 2 million people to flee their homes , according to the United Nations .
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Bahr Idriss Abu Garda faces charges in deaths of peacekeepers in 2007 . 12 killed when a soldiers stormed North Darfur African Union peacekeeping base . Abu Garda scheduled to appear at the pretrial hearing at 3 p.m. Monday . Three other suspects , including Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir , are at large .
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KABUL , Afghanistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Afghanistan is postponing its presidential elections until August 20 due to security and logistical concerns , the country 's election commission said Thursday . Afghan President Hamid Karzai 's five-year term is coming to an end this year . The balloting was originally scheduled for late May , but the independent election commission laid out several reasons for the delay . Security is a factor , the commission said . It also cited a lack of trained staff , incomplete voter registration and the weather . It is difficult to campaign or distribute ballots during the rough winter months in the rugged landscape . The elections are a critical moment for Afghanistan as President Hamid Karzai 's five-year term ends . He was elected in December 2004 in largely peaceful polling . But since then , the Taliban militant movement has regrouped , international troop deaths have increased and there has been an increase in terror attacks , mostly in eastern and southern Afghanistan . Afghanistan has already registered 3 million voters and is holding voter drives to register more . The United States will deploy additional troops in coming months to provide much-needed security in the run-up to the election . The country expects to hold parliamentary elections in 2010 . Meanwhile on Wednesday coalition forces fighting in southern Afghanistan killed four militants , the U.S. military said . Coalition soldiers were targeting a Taliban leader in the Zabul province when militants fired on them , according to a military statement . Soldiers returned fire , killing the four militants . Soldiers then searched their compound and confiscated several assault rifles . This operation comes as the U.S. military is contemplating adding three brigades to the war effort in Afghanistan . Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday that the troop build up could happen by this summer . CNN 's Atia Abawi contributed to this report .
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Afghan presidential elections come as President Hamid Karzai 's five-year term ends . Afghanistan has registered 3 million voters , holding voter drives to register more . U.S. troops will deploy extra troops to provide security in run-up to the election .
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