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Abidjan , Ivory Coast -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- First came a political row over the rightful winner of Ivory Coast 's presidential election . Saturday , two men laid claim to the West African nation 's highest post . Incumbent Laurent Gbagbo defied international appeals to step aside and was sworn in as the new president in a formal ceremony inside the presidential palace that was broadcast live on television . Less than an hour-and-a-half later , his rival , Alassane Ouattara , told reporters that he , too , had taken the oath of office and asked Prime Minister Soro Guillaume to form a new government . Abidjan , under a 7 p.m. curfew , saw an eerie calm fall Saturday evening . But the political chaos heightened fears that the Ivory Coast -- known as Cote d'Ivoire in French -- would once again plunge into the unrest and bloodshed suffered after a civil war broke out in 2002 . The Constitutional Council declared Gbagbo the winner Friday , invalidating earlier results from the Independent Electoral Commission which handed Ouattara the victory with 54.1 % of the vote . The Constitutional Council said Gbagbo had won the election with 51.45 % of the vote to Ouattara 's 48.55 % . It tossed out votes it said were marred by fraud in northern regions that were considered Ouattara strongholds . It was the job of Y.J. Choi , the special envoy in the Ivory Coast of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon , to review and sign off on the results . Choi said that , even if Gbagbo 's complaints were taken into consideration , Ouattara was the winner . `` Having evaluated all the tally sheets , 20,000 of them yesterday evening , we are in a position to know what happened really , '' Choi said in a telephone interview from Abidjan . `` With absolute certainty , we know that Ouattara won the election . '' With his credibility in question , Gbagbo defied calls from international leaders to respect the will of Ivorian voters by taking the oath of office in front of a room full of supporters and military commanders . `` These past days I have noticed serious cases of interference , '' Gbagbo said . `` The sovereignty of Cote d'Ivoire , is not negotiable . My responsibility is to defend it . '' Meanwhile , the African Union stepped into the fray and said it would entrust former South African President Thabo Mbeki to help determine a rightful end to the dispute . `` The purpose of this mission is to facilitate the rapid and peaceful conclusion of the electoral process and the efforts to find a way out of the crisis in -LRB- the Ivory Coast -RRB- on the basis of relevant -LRB- African Union -RRB- decisions and instruments and through consultations with the concerned actors , '' said a statement from the intergovernmental organization . French President Nicolas Sarkozy appealed for calm and urged military and civilian officials to respect the will of the people . U.S. President Barack Obama warned Gbagbo : `` The international community will hold those who act to thwart the democratic process and the will of the electorate accountable for their actions . '' Ouattara , a former economist for the International Monetary Fund who served as prime minister , had been banned from previous races . Gbagbo 's critics said the incumbent stoked tensions by accusing Ouattara of masterminding the civil war . Ouattara has denied the allegation . Once a prosperous nation and a driving force in West Africa , the Ivory Coast spiraled downward into instability after fighting erupted between the government-held south and discontented Muslim rebels living in the north . Thousands of people died in the conflict . Ouattara enjoys popular support in the rebel-held north and now , with both candidates claiming they are president , the potential exists for more bloodshed . The streets of Abidjan have already seen violent clashes in the past few days . Journalists Francois Xavier Menage and Eric Agnero contributed to this report .
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Laurent Gbagbo was named president by one council in the Ivory Coast . Another commission named former Prime Minister Alassane Ouattara the winner . The political chaos has raised fears of unrest and bloodshed in the West African nation .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Manchester United claimed a controversial 2-0 victory at home to Tottenham on Saturday night to keep up the pressure on English Premier League leaders Chelsea . United stayed within five points of the defending champions , who came from behind to beat Blackburn 2-1 earlier in the day , following a bizarre incident late in the match at Old Trafford . Nani was allowed to put the ball into the Tottenham net while goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes was trying to take a free-kick , after the Portugal midfielder handled when he went down having vainly claimed a penalty . The linesman instantly flagged , but referee Mark Clattenburg over-ruled him and awarded United a second goal to the fury of the visiting team -- who have been on the wrong side of several controversial decisions at Old Trafford in the past decade . United boss Alex Ferguson said Nani had correctly played to the whistle . `` Nani looked back and looked at the referee , and the referee said play on , so what can he do but put the ball in the net , '' Ferguson said . `` You can look at the referee and look at the linesmen and blame them , but the goalkeeper should know better . He 's an experienced goalkeeper . I thought he made a mess of it . `` I thought it was a penalty first of all and I think Nani felt he handled the ball . But the referee did n't blow for it . '' Fifth-placed Tottenham extended their historically dreadful run at United 's home ground to 21 years without a victory , but had been in the match until the 84th-minute incident . Park Ji-Sung hit the base of the Spurs post in the eighth minute , but Dutch midfielder Rafael van der Vaart rattled his compatriot Edwin van der Sar 's woodwork with an even more spectacular effort just after the half-hour mark -- a day after the goalkeeper 's 40th birthday . United took the lead five minutes later as Tottenham paid for poor defending , with Serbia center-back Nemanja Vidic stealing in unmarked to head home Nani 's curling free-kick . Van der Sar then did well to keep out a fierce shot from Luka Modric , but Tottenham lacked the potency to equalize despite their smooth passing game , with boss Harry Redknapp bringing on Roman Pavlyuchenko and Peter Crouch to replace Robbie Keane and Van der Vaart . Chelsea , still missing injured England midfielder Frank Lampard , needed an 84th-minute winner from Branislav Ivanovic to see off Blackburn , who earlier in the week announced the club is poised to be the first in the Premier League to have Indian owners . Zimbabwean striker Benjani Mwaruwari had headed a 21st-minute opener for his first goal for Rovers , from El-Hadji Diouf 's cross , but former France striker Nicolas Anelka leveled three minutes before the break after Didier Drogba nodded down Florent Malouda 's cross . Blackburn could have led again in the 81st minute but striker Jason Roberts missed a golden chance , and the Londoners immediately pounced for the winner as Serbian defender Ivanovic headed home Yuri Zhirkov 's cross . `` Blackburn could have scored before our goal and we were a little bit lucky , '' Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelotti told reporters . `` To win here was important because they were better . We were not great again . Blackburn put us under some pressure and we were not able to play our football . '' Arsenal claimed second place on goal difference above Manchester United after snatching victory at home to bottom club West Ham , with Alex Song heading a late winner following an end-to-end London derby . France midfielder Samir Nasri hit the crossbar with a long-range free-kick and England winger Theo Walcott struck the post after coming on as a substitute , while former England goalkeeper Robert Green kept the visitors in the game with a series of fine saves . But Cameroon international Song finally broke the deadlock with two minutes to play with a diving effort from fullback Gael Clichy 's cross . Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger told reporters that captain Cesc Fabregas should be available for Wednesday 's Champions League trip to Ukraine 's Shakhtar Donetsk despite suffering a hamstring twinge . However , Manchester City 's hopes of a first league crown since 1968 were dented by a second successive defeat , this time at lowly Wolverhampton , which left the club eight points behind Chelsea . Beaten 3-0 by Arsenal last weekend , City went ahead in the 23rd minute with a penalty from Emmanuel Adebayor -- who was partnered up front by Mario Balotelli in the absence of injured captain Carlos Tevez . But Serbia midfielder Nenad Milijas equalized on half an hour and David Edwards -- who headed against the post in the first period -- gave Wolves a first win since the opening day of the season with a 57th-minute strike . But Wolves remained second from bottom on goal difference below Liverpool , who travel to Bolton Sunday . Everton moved up to seventh place with a 1-0 win at home to Stoke City , with Nigeria striker Yakubu scoring his first goal since April in the 67th minute . Fulham climbed to eighth with a 2-0 victory against Wigan , with U.S. international Clint Dempsey netting both goals in the first half for the home side .
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Manchester United third on goal difference after beating fifth-placed Tottenham 2-0 . Win marred by late controversy surrounding second goal scored by Nani . Chelsea earlier maintained five-point lead with 2-1 victory away to Blackburn . Arsenal claim second place after snatching late 1-0 win at bottom side West Ham .
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Miami , Florida -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Tomas continued to lose brawn in the Caribbean Sea on Monday morning after pummeling the island of St. Vincent over the weekend , the National Hurricane Center said . As of 5 a.m. ET Sunday , Tomas , a tropical storm with sustained winds of 50 mph -LRB- 85 kph -RRB- , was located about 135 miles -LRB- 220 kilometers -RRB- northeast of Curacao , according to the Hurricane Center . The storm was moving west at about 14 mph -LRB- 22 kph -RRB- . Tropical storm-force winds extended outward up to 175 miles -LRB- 280 kilometers -RRB- from the center of Tomas . Tomas moved over the Caribbean Sea after leaving heavy rain and wind on St. Vincent . More than 1,000 people entered shelters on St. Vincent as Tomas struck the island , an emergency official said . Two people were injured , including one critically , when they tried to repair roof damage during the storm , said Michelle Forbes , acting director of National Emergency Management . Tomas also left downed trees that blocked many roads , Forbes said , and large areas of the island lacked power . More than 100 homes sustained roof damage , she said , and authorities expected the number to rise . The main hospital on the island , Milton Cato Memorial Hospital , lost power temporarily but was able to get a generator up and running , according to Forbes . Tomas was forecast to continue heading west over the next day or two . The Hurricane Center said restrengthening could begin by late Tuesday . A projection map shows the storm turning north later this week . Tomas could approach Haiti on Friday , possibly as a hurricane . Tomas could deal a harsh blow to Haiti as the impoverished nation is still recovering from a devastating earthquake in January and is currently dealing with a cholera outbreak . But `` Tomas could still hit anywhere from the Dominican Republic to eastern Cuba , '' CNN meteorologist Taylor Ward said . CNN Radio 's Matt Cherry contributed to this report .
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NEW : Tomas ' maximum sustained winds slow to 50 mph -LRB- 85 kph -RRB- . A projection map indicates Tomas could hit Haiti later this week . Two people were injured on St. Vincent .
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New Delhi , India -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- After harsh criticism and controversy , the 2010 Commonwealth Games will officially begin Sunday in New Delhi , India . It 's the first time India has hosted the international sporting event between countries of the former British Empire . Britain 's Prince Charles , representing his mother , Queen Elizabeth , arrived in the Indian capital Saturday . He , along with Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil , will officially declare the games open at a ceremony at Jawarharlal Nehru Stadium . Excitement filled the air in New Delhi after days of fears that India simply would not be ready in time . Athletes had expressed alarm over the poor condition of their village . Others charged shoddy construction and slammed the government for corruption . The games afforded India an opportunity to promote a shiny image as an emerging power . The government spent billions on a new international airport , additional metro lines and fresh landscaping along dingy Delhi roads . Still , India remains a country with millions of poor people , who this week felt brushed aside as the new India tried to put its best face forward . People like Shanti , a 65-year-old beggar , who said she was detained by police for sitting on the side of a street , where she always sits , hoping that passers-by will drop a few coins in her hands . Or Mala Mangla , who sells balloons on the streets . She said police have told her to disappear for at least a month . India , they said , was trying to hide them from foreign visitors . They said beggars have been warned to stay off the streets . So have vendors and children who are commonly seen going from car to car begging . And shanties have been torn down . `` There has been a very strong movement by the government . . to get rid of the filth and to portray the beautified and shining India , '' said Maushmi Basu , a migrant worker activist . Police and government officials contacted by CNN did not return calls . The Indian government maintains that it respects the rights of the poor . But there are also laws against begging and putting up structures without proper permits and begging is illegal in New Delhi . The games have been a tough act for a nation that has never hosted such a large international event . Months earlier , Parliament was forced to deal with accusations of corruption in the planning of the games . Two weeks ago , gunmen fired on a tourist bus in New Delhi and injured two Taiwanese tourists . A car blaze turned out to be a crudely manufactured bomb . And a militant group warned that it planned to target the games . Indian law enforcement authorities responded with a heightened security plan , placing thousands of extra forces on the streets of the capital . If all that were n't enough , two days before athletes were scheduled to begin arriving , complaints rang out across the globe about their shoddy living quarters . `` You know , construction dust is still there , filth , excrement , it really is disgusting in parts and it really requires a professional deep clean throughout the entire complex , '' said Michael Hooper , chief executive officer of the Commonwealth Games Federation . As if to amplify Hooper 's complaint , a pedestrian bridge leading to Nehru stadium collapsed that same day . India 's image was slipping faster than a rocket . Two world-class athletes canceled their trips , citing security and health concerns . Entire teams threatened to do the same , while others delayed their arrival date . Indian officials went to work on a massive clean-up effort . In the end , athletes from 71 countries showed up and have settled in . India still wants to make a lasting impression on its visitors . Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit said she hoped the Commonwealth Games would leave a legacy that will ultimately make life more comfortable for the residents of India 's sprawling capital -- rich and poor . Organizers certainly hope that with opening ceremonies Sunday , the glow will wipe out the gloom . CNN 's Moni Basu contributed to this report .
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The opening ceremony is Sunday . It follows days of criticism that India was unprepared . New Delhi 's poor say police have ordered them out of sight . The games are a chance for India to shine on the global stage .
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Monai , Indonesia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Saluhu stares at the mass grave where his youngest son is buried . He struggles to comprehend the split second that changed his life forever . He relives the moment he started to run inland with his family after feeling Monday 's earthquake and hearing the distant roar of the tsunami . `` My youngest son 's hand slipped out of my wife 's hand when the tsunami hit us . It just slipped , '' Saluhu says . `` We did n't know where he was . We could n't see a thing -- it was pitch black . '' Nine-year-old Warisman is one of 30 victims in the village of Monai on the Indonesian island of South Pagai , one of the areas worst hit by the tsunami . Most of those who died had run into the village church , around 350 meters inland , thinking it was far enough . It was n't . All that remains of the church are the foundations and small pieces of concrete and steel , ripped apart as if it were paper . The villagers tell us the tsunami hit approximately six minutes after they first felt the earthquake . For some it simply was n't enough time to flee to higher ground . It 's hard to overstate how remote these Indonesian islands are . Aid agencies are struggling to reach them , and harsh weather and torrential rain kept one aid ship out at sea for 16 hours before it was safe to dock near the devastated area . The Monai villagers say an aid helicopter dropped rice and water to them Thursday , but a CNN crew was the first to actually land there . Their food is almost completely gone . There is no shelter from the harsh storms , and the majority of the survivors are still hiding in the hills -- too scared to return to their destroyed village at sea level .
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Villagers fled to village church , but it was n't far enough . 30 die in the remote village of Monai . Most survivors are still hiding in the hills .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- California voters rejected the legalization of marijuana Tuesday , according to a CNN projection based on exit polling . Supporters of Proposition 19 argued that the `` prohibition '' of marijuana -- much like that for alcohol decades ago -- has created a violent criminal black market , led today by international drug cartels . But opponents prevailed Tuesday . They asserted that even if the proposition were to pass , federal law still prohibits individuals and groups from manufacturing , distributing and possessing marijuana for recreational use . U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said he will continue to enforce that federal law . Opponents also said that driving under the influence of marijuana would be a public threat . Supporters said the measure could have generated tax revenue from the $ 14 billion-a-year marijuana business in California and save the state hundreds of millions of dollars annually by ending the arrests of 61,000 Californians a year for misdemeanor marijuana possession . California has already legalized medical marijuana . Legal cannabis for the rest of us ? A measure that would have legalized medical marijuana in South Dakota also failed , according to another CNN projection based on exit polling . Results were still pending for a similar medical marijuana measure in Arizona . A total of 14 states and the District of Columbia have already legalized marijuana for medical care only . Meanwhile , among the many initiatives on ballots Tuesday , four states -- Utah , Arizona , South Carolina and South Dakota -- approved a measure that will guarantee workers the right to vote by secret ballot on whether they want union representation , according to CNN projections based on exit polling . The anti-union measures are considered pre-emptive strikes against a federal legislative proposal that would allow unions to organize workers by relying on sign-up cards instead of secret ballots , The proposed Employee Free Choice Act would allow unions to organize workers with a `` card check . '' Business groups have opposed this draft legislation because , they claim , employees could be coerced into checking yes on a card to unionize . Workers rights groups say the proposed `` majority sign-up '' law would reduce opportunities for employers to threaten or fire workers wanting a union , said spokeswoman Zoe Bridges-Curry of the advocacy group American Rights at Work . Meanwhile , Colorado voters were projected to reject an anti-abortion amendment that would have defined a `` person '' as `` every human being from the beginning of the biological development of that human being , '' according to a CNN analysis of exit poll data . Arizona and Oklahoma voters passed a measure Tuesday allowing residents to opt out of President Barack Obama 's federal health care reform and its requirement that people have insurance , according to a CNN projection based on an analysis of exit poll data . But in Colorado , voters rejected a similar measure that would give voters the option of not participating in the federal health care reforms , including the insurance requirement , according to a CNN projection based on exit polling . The approvals were a rebuke of the administration 's controversial health care reforms . Experts question whether such state laws could be implemented because they seek to pre-empt federal law , and the matter could eventually end up in court , said Jennie Bowser , an elections analyst with the conference . Voters in many states cast ballots on other controversial measures Tuesday , including balancing budgets . In all , 37 states offered 160 ballot proposals , and the initiatives had no single unifying theme this November , unlike in 2004 and 2006 , when voters saw same-sex marriage dominate ballots , according to the National Conference of State Legislatures . Among its nine initiatives , California offered a proposition that could reduce government gridlock by lowering the minimum needed for the legislature to approve a state budget , making it a simple majority instead of a two-thirds majority . Only two other states require two-thirds . Among other controversial or interesting measures : . Under Rhode Island Question 1 , voters were projected by CNN to reject changing the official state name from `` State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations '' to simply `` Rhode Island . '' In the wake of scandal in the governor 's office , Illinois voters approved a constitutional amendment -LRB- HJRCA 31 -RRB- that will allow for a recall of a governor and a special election to choose a replacement -- a process that exists in 18 other states . For the measure to pass , the `` yes '' votes must total at least 60 percent of those voting on this question or a majority of those voting in the overall election . Arizona voters were projected by CNN to approve Proposition 107 , which called for an affirmative action/discrimination ban . The amendment to the state constitution would prohibit the state from granting preferential treatment or discriminating against any individual or group on the basis of race , sex , skin color , ethnicity or national origin .
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California voters reject legalizing marijuana , CNN projects . Medical marijuana measure fails in South Dakota , CNN projects . Arizona , South Carolina and South Dakota approve anti-union measures , CNN projects . Colorado rejects definition of `` person '' in anti-abortion measure , CNN projects .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Former French national coach Raymond Domenech is suing the French Football Federation -LRB- FFF -RRB- for unfair dismissal , demanding 2.9 million euros after his sacked in the wake of France 's disastrous World Cup campaign . Domenech was fired by the FFF in September for `` serious error '' and -- under French law -- a person dismissed under such circumstances has no right to severance pay , although they can dispute the charge before an employment tribunal . Domenech 's lawyer , Jean-Yves Connesson , told AFP : `` We are requesting 2.9 million euros spread over two payments . `` The first is for 400,000 euros and includes compensation for dismissal . The second is for professional and moral prejudice and is worth three years salary , '' He added : `` You do n't manage a collective crisis by sacking one individual . An amicable parting of ways was a possibility . `` The federation came up with totally unfounded reasons for the sacking , and went through with it in an irregular , brutal and aggressive manner . '' Domenech lost his job after France failed to qualify from the group stages in South Africa , amid player unrest that saw his squad boycott a training session . However , Connesson believes his client has a good chance of winning his case . He told AFP : `` We ca n't forget Domenech is the only coach to have qualified France for three consecutive major international tournaments -LRB- two World Cups and one European Championships -RRB- . `` And we sack him for a serious error ! Those are not valid reasons and we want to prove that in front of a judge . `` It is difficult for him to bounce back . Stained by the accusations of serious error means that 17 years of his career has been erased by the stroke of a pen . ''
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Former French national coach Raymond Domenech is suing French Football Federation . Domenech is demanding 2.9 m euros following his dismissal for unfair dismissal . Domenech was dismissed following France 's disastrous World Cup finals campaign .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday a closed Texas food processing plant tested positive for a bacteria that has been linked to the deaths of four people . The Texas Department of State Health Services on October 20 ordered SanGar Fresh Cut Produce to immediately stop processing food and recall all products shipped from its San Antonio plant since January . The move came after state laboratory results showed Listeria monocytogenes , a bacteria that can cause severe illness , in chopped celery at the plant . Four people died when they contracted listeriosis after consuming celery that had been processed at the SanGar plant , said Carrie Williams , a department spokeswoman . State health authorities came to this determination while investigating 10 cases in which people with serious underlying health problems contracted listeriosis over an 8-month period . Six of those cases -- in Bexar , Travis and Hidalgo counties -- were linked to chopped celery processed at the SanGar plant , the state health services department said . Four of those people died , as did one other person who authorities believe got listeriosis from another source not connected with SanGar products . The FDA inspected the company 's premises and said it issued a summary of its findings to the company on October 26 . It said it found the bacteria in processed celery and in multiple locations in the plant , including food contact surfaces . The listeria found in samples `` matches the DNA fingerprint of the clinical cases of listeriosis reported by the Texas Department of State Health Services , '' the FDA said in a statement . SanGar had independent Quanta Lab of Selma , Texas , test the plant for listeria . Results came back negative , SanGar attorney Jason Galvan told CNN . `` The FDA and the state have not turned over to us the documentation supporting their findings , '' Galvan said . `` We can not comment on these most recent findings until the documentation is provided for independent evaluation by our experts . '' Still , the company in recent weeks brought in an independent listeria expert to look at protocols , said Galvan . The entire facility , including its machines , were cleaned , said Galvan . About 100 SanGar workers have been idled by the plant closing , and the company needs to reopen soon if it is to survive , Galvan said . A November 17 administrative hearing on its status is scheduled , and SanGar is working with the agencies on reopening , he said . `` We 're pretty optimistic about having the company up and running before the hearing , '' the attorney said . `` We 're not going the litigation route . '' In October , SanGar denied wrongdoing , saying it has had `` an excellent record of safety and health '' over the past three years . State health inspectors said they believe the bacteria found in the chopped celery may have contaminated other products at the company 's plant . SanGar processes a wide variety of products -- including three varieties of lettuce , peppers , carrots , cucumbers and various cut-up fruit , as well as salad , fruit and soup mixes , according to the company 's website . They are distributed primarily in sealed packages to restaurants , hospitals , schools and other large institutions that serve food . Besides the bacteria , inspectors found a condensation leak above a food product area , dirt on a food-preparation table , and hand-washing problems at the San Antonio plant , the state health department said . The FDA said Wednesday inspectors found several other problems , including hoses making contact with food , bagged carrots being stored on a wet floor , a lack of adequate drainage areas , foods not being stored at the proper temperature and a failure to safely clean utensils and equipment . Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium found in the soil , in water and in animals that carry it without showing signs they are sick , according to the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . It can get into vegetables from soil or manure that is used as fertilizer . The strain of bacteria is relatively resilient -- with an incubation period of three to 70 days , Williams said -- and some foods can be contaminated after cooking but prior to packaging . The bacteria have been tied to listeriosis , which sickens about 2,500 Americans and contributes to the death of 500 people annually , the CDC reports . The Texas health department is taking the lead in the investigation , with assistance from the Food and Drug Administration and the CDC . The state justified its closure of the SanGar plant , citing Texas law that authorizes such actions if conditions pose `` an immediate and serious threat to human life or health . ''
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FDA says lab results at Texas plant tested positive for listeria . Four people died after eating celery processed at Sangar plant , officials say . The company says it has cleaned facility , machines and imposed new protocols .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Bad weather forced NASA to delay the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery by at least a day Thursday . Mission managers will meet Friday at 5 a.m. ET to re-evaluate weather conditions , NASA said . It was the latest in a series of delays for the 39th and final voyage for Discovery , the agency 's oldest shuttle . Discovery 's six crew members were scheduled to deliver a pressurized logistics module that will help provide more storage to the space station . `` We 've gotten into a configuration now on the space station where we have a lot of stuff and we do n't have a lot of space to put it in , '' said Royce Renfrew , lead space station flight director for the mission . The latest launch attempt had been set for Thursday afternoon . Before that , it was expected to blast off Monday , but Discovery was delayed to repair helium and nitrogen leaks in its system . A planned Tuesday liftoff was canceled so engineers could fix a glitch to a backup system that controls a main engine . With 38 voyages to date , Discovery has flown more missions than any other orbiter in the fleet . It also made history along the way , NASA said . Discovery flew the first female shuttle pilot , the first African-American spacewalker and the first sitting member of Congress to go to space . CNN 's Faith Karimi contributed to this report .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Hill Harper , star of the CBS series `` CSI : NY , '' founded the Manifest Your Destiny Foundation to empower young people through mentoring , scholarship and grant programs . Harper , who is also a best-selling author and a graduate of Harvard Law School and the Kennedy School of Government , served on the Blue Ribbon Panel that selected this year 's Top 10 CNN Heroes . He recently spoke to CNN about the Heroes campaign and his philanthropy . Below are excerpts from that interview . CNN : Why did you decide to name your organization the Manifest Your Destiny Foundation ? Hill Harper : Well , the name comes from the subtitle of my first book -LSB- `` Letters to a Young Brother : Manifest Your Destiny '' -RSB- and so what I wanted to do was take some of the profits from that and create this foundation . I started to find that a lot of our young people just do n't have mentors . They do n't have individuals to help them navigate their journey . `` Manifest your destiny '' means what it is : If you have a dream , if you have a goal , let 's figure out how to get you there . The foundation started in 2005 , and to date we 've had 120 kids go through the program . But we 've had nearly 2,000 kids be touched by the program , whether it 's us going out and speaking to groups of kids and donating books or having them come to our toy drives and then getting some kind of lessons . CNN : One of your programs specifically targets teens between eighth and ninth grades . Why is that ? Harper : I 'm very proud of the Summer Empowerment Academy because , if you look at the data with the dropout rates , a lot of times you can predict who 's not going to make it through high school . An eighth-grader , coming out with a 2.8 -LSB- grade-point average -RSB- or below , their chance of dropping out of high school -- if you 're a male , particularly an African-American male -- is almost 80 percent . And so we want to catch these kids who are potentially falling through the cracks as they make this transition , to really bolster their foundation for getting through high school and getting on to college . It 's free to all the students . Right now it 's in Los Angeles alone , but we 're looking to expand it nationally . CNN : Did you have any mentors who helped you succeed ? Harper : My father , obviously , and my mother were inspirations . My uncle , Frank Harper , he was an absolute mentor for me . I had a professor in college , professor Martin Martell , he pushed me . He said I was n't working hard enough even though I was doing well , and he said : `` Well is n't good enough . We want you to excel . We want you to be excellent . '' So I had people who really pushed me , and most of us , we either rise or fall based on the expectations that are placed upon us . And I think there 's too many of our young people out there where we 're not expecting enough of them . We 're expecting less . And even when we look in the mirror , oftentimes we 're expecting less and less of ourselves . And so what 's that about ? So I really am in that camp of `` let 's go for it . '' Let 's go big . Dream big , and then double your dreams , and you still have n't dreamed big enough . CNN : Turning to CNN Heroes , what was it like being on the Blue Ribbon Panel ? Harper : I really enjoyed it . It was very humbling but at the same time inspiring , because everyone -- even the individuals that were n't ultimately chosen -LSB- for the Top 10 -RSB- -- were very inspiring . It reinforces that there are so many out there doing good things for others that you 'd never know about or hear about . That 's why CNN Heroes is a very special and a much-needed thing . CNN : You 've been to `` CNN Heroes : An All-Star Tribute '' before . How does it compare to other awards shows you 've been to ? Harper : I love it because you get into Hollywood awards season and oftentimes it feels like Hollywood is giving Hollywood awards . This is giving out awards to people who are n't connected in any way shape or form to Hollywood or anything like that -- there 's no nepotism or old-boy or old-girl network . We are literally celebrating what 's best and what 's right , people who are serving others . I just really enjoyed being there . CNN : Why is it important to recognize everyday people changing the world ? Harper : Because at the end of the day , that 's the only way the world is going to change . Change happens from the bottom up -- all of us as individuals deciding that we will and we do have an impact . We 've just come through voting season , and so many people think , `` My vote does n't matter . '' What if the people who are CNN Heroes felt that way : `` I ca n't change the world . '' These people prove that no matter how much you have or do n't have , you can have a positive impact and better the human condition and this world so we all win . Their image just reminds us of that and challenges me to be a better person . CNN : What is a hero to you ? Harper : For me , it 's someone who is living with courage . The root is ` cor ' which means heart , and to me all of the CNN Heroes represent courage because they are living from the heart . And that 's what they inspire me to do .
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Hill Harper is encouraging youth through his Manifest Your Destiny Foundation . The `` CSI : NY '' star says we 're not expecting enough out of young people these days . Harper says CNN Heroes inspire him to be better : `` Change happens from the bottom up ''
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New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- America 's job crisis is a result of decades of shopping on credit and underinvesting in research to fuel new industries , says analyst Fareed Zakaria . In a recent cover story in Time magazine and in a special on CNN this weekend . Zakaria traces the growing loss of faith in the American dream and the ways that technology and globalization have put millions of middle-class jobs at risk . The author and host of CNN 's `` Fareed Zakaria GPS '' spoke to CNN on Thursday . Here is an edited transcript : . CNN : What can we do about the threat to American jobs ? Fareed Zakaria : The first thing we have to do is to stop doing what we 've been doing for almost 20 years , which is pretending we do n't have a problem . We 've been kicking the can down the road , we 've blamed other people , blamed other countries for these issues . And most important , we 've deluded ourselves that there is no crisis because we 've kept the economy going by overconsuming . From the 1950s , America had a very stable pattern of consumption . Consumer expenditures made up between 60 and 65 percent of GDP -LSB- Gross Domestic Product -RSB- -- in the 1950s , the 1960s , the 1970s , that was the pattern . Then in the early 1980s , that starts going up , and it goes up to 70 percent of GDP by 2001 and it stayed there ever since . Now this would n't be a problem if we actually had that money , but we have been consuming using borrowed money for the last 20 years . So the average American household now has 13 credit cards , 40 percent of which have an outstanding balance . Debt has gone from $ 700 billion in 1974 to $ 14 trillion now . This is completely unsustainable . A fundamental way to think about it is that we have to shift this economy from an over-reliance on consumption and move it more toward investment . CNN : How do we do that ? Zakaria : Let 's talk about what we need first . One of the things I 'm struck by in talking to corporate CEOs -- these are all real free-market types -- but they all agree that the key to getting growth and middle-class jobs back is that we make massive investments , investments in technology , investments in research and development , investments in infrastructure . That is in a sense , investing in the middle class , because that is investing in the industries of the future , the industries that will create middle-class jobs . We used to spend 3 percent of GDP on research and development . We do n't do that now even though Obama has raised it a lot . I would argue that we actually need to do a lot more than we did in the 1950s , because in the 1950s there were millions of jobs for semiskilled labor , manufacturing jobs , making steel , making cars . All those jobs are under enormous competitive pressure from both technology and globalization . And so we need jobs in the new industries , industries of the future , knowledge based industries , scientific industries . To get those jobs and to make sure that American companies dominate them will take huge investments . CNN : Should they be government investments ? Zakaria : That 's what 's produced the semiconductor industry , it was government investment . That 's what created the internet . Al Gore may not have created the internet , but DARPA certainly did . That 's the Defense Department venture capital group . And GPS , the technology that 's now fueling the next internet revolution , the mobile revolution , that was also a U.S. Defense Department project . Those are now producing hundreds of billions of dollars for the private sector , all started by government funding . Zakaria : The middle class is being hollowed out . There 's another urgency . We 're falling behind . Just today in the news , on the front page of The New York Times , China has developed the fastest computer in the world . Why was that ? Was it because of unfair trade practices or an undervalued currency ? No . It was because the government of China has made massive investments in technology ... in many of these areas we 've lost a lot of ground . CNN : How can the United States pay for this ? Zakaria : I do n't believe in a free lunch . For 20 years we 've pretended that we can have our cake and eat it , too . We could have tax cuts and prescription drugs for the elderly and a war in Iraq and Afghanistan and nobody has to pay for it . The government did it just as individuals did it -- by borrowing . This is going to cost money and you 're going to have to raise revenue . The best revenue raising device is a consumption tax , sometimes called a value added tax , or a national sales tax . Every industrialized country in the world has it . We are the only ones who do n't . If we were to have a 5 to 7 percent consumption tax , it would be the lowest in the industrialized world . It would raise a lot of revenue . You could set it up so that the revenues from that tax would only go into investment , none of it is for current expenses . And if there is a consequence of this tax , which is that Americans consume a little less , that ai n't the worst thing in the world either . CNN : You wrote in your piece in Time about immigration and skilled labor . How is that a part of the equation ? Zakaria : Perhaps the most intelligent investment we can make is in human capital , particularly in talented people in science , math and computers . So what do we do ? Well we can try to revitalize science education in America , which we must do , but it 's going to be a long slog . We 've fallen quite far behind . But we have been this amazing magnet -- the brightest students in the world come to America because we have the best colleges and universities in the world , and we are also seen as a place in which people find it attractive to study and work . But then , after we train all these hundreds of thousands of students from all over the world , the cream of the crop , we throw them out of the country , we tell them do n't you dare work here , because that would mean you would invent here , and hire people here , create new companies here , file new patents here , pay taxes here . No , no , no , go back to your country . We 've trained them often at taxpayer expense . Someone getting a computer science degree at the University of California at Berkeley is being trained at the California government 's expense and is then thrown out of the country . We do n't reap any benefits from it . This is a great investment strategy for the future of China and India . But it 's a terrible investment strategy for the United States . CNN : What can be done ? Zakaria : -LSB- New York Mayor Michael -RSB- Bloomberg has suggested that everyone who gets a science or math PhD in this country should be given a green card along with their degree . And I think that 's a wonderful idea . We should frankly make it incredibly easy for these people to stay here . They are the people who overwhelmingly create jobs . ... Within a year or two they begin to pay back into the system at multiples of what they might have ever cost . And yet because of the usual political paralysis and dysfunction , it is right now unthinkable that we would ever enact a program like that . On the contrary , we 're trying to throw more people out . CNN : You do n't think there could be consensus on this in Washington right now ? Zakaria : The problem in Washington is that the minute one side suggests something , the other side demagogues it . So the incentive to come to the center is vanishing . The minute you try to come to the center , if you 're a Republican , Rush Limbaugh will denounce you , Glenn Beck will denounce you . There will be a primary opponent in your district who will be able to raise money . CNN : Will Tuesday 's election change that ? Zakaria : No . I fear it will actually exacerbate it . A lot of Republicans will get elected , will tell you they are mad as hell about the deficit , and the solution is to cut taxes . This is insanity , cutting taxes will create an even larger deficit . This is math , this is not politics . ... In the face of the problems we have , to have one more experiment in the idea that if we cut taxes , this will somehow goose the economy , we 've been there done that . -LSB- President George W. -RSB- Bush had this massive tax cut and it produced almost no growth . What it did produce was an $ 800 million hole in the budget . CNN : How does education fit into the picture ? Zakaria : The countries that have been able to maintain a manufacturing base , such as Germany , are really worth studying . The Germans have high taxes , they have lots of regulations , they have strong unions and yet they 've seen their imports increase year after year . They 've weathered the economic crisis very well , they 've had 15 months of falling unemployment numbers , and why is that ? Because they have really focused on scientific education , technical education , apprenticeship programs , retraining . They focus on high-end manufacturing , they train and retrain their workers . We do n't have any such systems in America . We need there to be more of a coordinated effort by government , business and educational institutions -- a triangle of training . We 've been too cavalier about letting skills of higher manufacturing erode among American workers . That work has not gone to India or China , that work has gone to Germany and Canada and Japan , other high wage , high income countries .
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For decades , Americans have been overconsuming on credit , says Fareed Zakaria . He says government has to fund major investments in research and development . Zakaria says investment will have to be paid for through new revenues . `` Restoring the American Dream '' airs Saturday 9 p.m. ET/PT , Sunday 10 a.m. ET/PT .
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Denver , Colorado -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet claimed victory in his bid for a full term Wednesday , but his Republican opponent has yet to concede the race . `` I am humbled by your support , '' the Democratic incumbent told supporters in Denver . `` I wo n't let you down . '' Bennet was appointed in 2009 to replace Ken Salazar , now the Obama administration 's interior secretary , and was seeking a full six-year term this year . With 90 percent of the vote , he led Republican challenger Ken Buck by about 6,400 votes out of nearly 1.6 million cast . Bennet fended off a primary challenge from former House Speaker Andrew Romanoff in August and was a top GOP target this year . Buck , a former Weld County district attorney who garnered an upset primary win with Tea Party support , had not yet conceded the race . Before Bennet 's announcement , his campaign was still reviewing in what counties still had returns outstanding , and the number of provisional ballots remaining . `` We will have further comment later today , '' the campaign said .
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`` I wo n't let you down , '' Bennet promises . Buck has yet to concede the race . Bennet was running for a full term after his 2009 appointment .
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Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- President Barack Obama called the next House Speaker -- Republican Rep. John Boehner of Ohio -- on Tuesday night after mid-term election results gave the GOP majority control of the chamber starting next year . The White House said Obama also called the two top House Democrats -- outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California and outgoing Majority Leader Steny Hoyer -- and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell , R-Kentucky . While Republicans won a House majority , Democrats retained their Senate majority , though it will be much narrower than the current 59-41 advantage . In his discussions with Boehner and McConnell , Obama told the two he was looking forward to working with them and Republicans `` to find common ground , move the country forward and get things done for the American people , '' according to the White House statement . Boehner 's team issued a statement on the call from Obama , saying the two had a `` brief but pleasant conversation . '' `` They discussed working together to focus on the top priorities of the American people , which Boehner has identified as creating jobs and cutting spending , '' the Boehner statement said . `` That 's what they expect , '' Boehner was quoted as telling Obama in the call , according to the statement . Earlier , Boehner told a victory rally that `` it 's clear tonight who the real winners are , and it 's the American people . '' `` With their voices , the American people are demanding a new way forward in Washington , '' Boehner said , calling for conservative policies favored by the Tea Party such as cutting spending and reducing the size of government . Before the election , Obama criticized Boehner for saying recently that `` this is not a time for compromise '' if Republicans win control of the House . CNN 's Ed Henry and Dana Bash contributed to this story .
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Boehner is expected to be the next House Speaker . Obama says he hopes to work together with House Republicans . Boehner tells Obama that American people expect job creation and spending cuts .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Rangers and scientists have made contact for the first time in more than a year with critically endangered gorillas threatened by a war in the Democratic Republic of Congo , a national park announced Tuesday . Young gorillas play in Congo 's Virunga National Park in an undated photograph . The Congolese government and rebels agreed to allow the survey team into the gorilla section of Virunga National Park , which rebel fighters loyal to Laurent Nkunda have controlled since September 2007 . Only about 200 mountain gorillas were estimated to be living in the park at last count , out of an estimated 700 in the world . The team of rangers beginning a planned monthlong survey spotted a group of gorillas Tuesday known as the Humba family group . The Humba group had nine members at last count , said Pierre Peron of Virunga National Park , and experts are eager to see how many it now includes . Hundreds of rangers had fled the fighting between Nkunda 's ethnic Tutsi rebels and the Congolese army and allied militias , leaving scientists with no reliable information about the endangered gorillas . Take a closer look at the animals '' But more than 100 rangers have returned , park spokeswoman Samantha Newport told CNN last week . At least nine mountain gorillas are known to have been killed last year , including an infant female . Before the rebels took control of the park , 72 of the gorillas were accustomed to human contact . Another 130 or so were not , making it impossible to accurately count them . The gorilla sector of the park lies in a strategically crucial area near the border of Uganda and Rwanda . The U.N. Educational , Scientific and Cultural Organization has designated Virunga National Park as a `` world heritage site . '' Africa 's oldest national park , it was formerly known as Albert National Park .
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Rangers return to park after fleeing Congo fighting 14 months ago . At last count , Virunga National Park had 200 of the world 's 700 mountain gorillas . Fighting threatens gorillas in park , which rebels control .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Republicans appeared to have regained the majority of U.S. governorships Tuesday night , capturing 10 in states where the previous executives were Democrats , according to CNN projections of exit poll data . But Democrats scored two takeaways , including in California , where CNN projected that Jerry Brown will defeat Republican Meg Whitman for the governorship now held by Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger , who is stepping down under term limits . Brown returns to the governor 's mansion in California 28 years after his last term ended . The other takeaway state was Hawaii . GOP women made major inroads , as New Mexico 's Susana Martinez , South Carolina 's Nikki Haley and Oklahoma 's Mary Fallin all defeated their Democratic opponents . A widely publicized battle in New York ended with a projected Democratic victory as state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo slid past Republican favorite Carl Paladino , according to CNN analysis of exit poll data . Son of former Gov. Mario Cuomo , the younger Cuomo squared off against Paladino , a businessman and developer , after the Tea Party-endorsed candidate scored an upset victory over former Rep. Rick Lazio earlier in the GOP primary . Cuomo added to Democratic wins in New Hampshire , Maryland and Arkansas , according to the projections . But governorships in Kansas , Oklahoma , Tennessee , New Mexico , Pennsylvania , Wyoming , Michigan , Wisconsin , Ohio and Iowa all have gone from Democrat to GOP , according to CNN analysis of exit poll data . Republicans , however , lost Rhode Island . But Democrats did n't win it either . That 's because Independent Lincoln Chafee , a former Republican , was projected by CNN to defeat Republican John Robitaille and Democrat Frank Caprio for the governorship , which had been vacated by Republican Gov. Don Carcieri because of term limits . Chafee becomes Rhode Island 's first governor since 1857 who is neither a Republican nor a Democrat . Often overshadowed during midterm campaigns , governorships can impact national politics by their influence in the redistricting of state electorates . Republicans needed a net gain of only three governorships Tuesday for a majority nationally . If the eight-state pickup margin holds , the GOP will have gained a national gubernatorial majority plus five . Tennessee became the first Republican pickup Tuesday evening , when Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam edged past Democrat Mike McWherter . Haslam will succeed Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen , who was precluded from running again by term limits . In Michigan , Republican Rick Snyder defeated Democratic Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero in Michigan . In Pennsylvania , CNN projected Tom Corbett , who had an 8-percentage-point lead with 84 percent of precincts reporting , as the winner over Democrat Dan Onorato . In Wisconsin , Republican Scott Walker was CNN 's projected winner over Democrat Tom Barrett . In Kansas , Sam Brownback won easily over Democrat Tom Holland . In Wyoming , Republican Matt Mead was the projected winner over Leslie Petersen . In Oklahoma , Fallin defeated another woman , Democrat Jari Askins . In Ohio , Republican John Kasich , a former congressman turned pundit , defeated Democratic incumbent Ted Strickland , who was seeking a second term . In Iowa , Republican former Gov. Terry Branstad , who had the job in 1980s and 1990s , defeated Democratic Gov. Chet Culver . And in New Mexico , also a contest between female candidates , Martinez defeated Diane Denish in a race to replace Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson . Addressing her cheering supporters Tuesday night , Martinez hit repeatedly on one theme : `` You were the ones telling me how desperately we needed to move New Mexico in a new direction , '' she said . `` At the end of the day , New Mexico chose a new direction . '' In South Carolina , Haley became the state 's first female governor by defeating Democratic opponent Vincent Sheheen in a tightly contested race . Haley , a 38-year-old state representative , is supported by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Tea Party activists , and has promised to tackle unemployment and excess government spending by way of a 10-year plan . During a bitter campaign run-up , Sheheen hammered Haley on reports of late tax payments while campaigning on the scandal surrounding the former governor . The governor 's race in South Carolina had earned a prominent stage among a series of high-profile gubernatorial elections that some analysts speculate could be a bellwether for future presidential politics . Nevada , Arizona , Alaska , Georgia , Idaho , Utah , Texas , Nebraska , South Dakota , Alabama and South Carolina returned Republicans to their governor 's mansions ; Colorado , Arkansas , New Hampshire , New York , Massachusetts and Maryland did likewise for Democrats . In Texas , incumbent Gov. Rick Perry defeated Democrat Bill White , and Democratic incumbents held on to governorships in Arkansas and New Hampshire , based on projections . In New Hampshire , incumbent John Lynch bested Republican challenger John Stephens , while in Arkansas , Democrat Mike Beebe has defeated GOP nominee Jim Keet . Democratic incumbents also held on in Massachusetts , where Gov. Deval Patrick was projected to defeat Republican Charlie Baker , and in Maryland , where Gov. Martin O'Malley was projected to prevail over Bob Ehrlich . In Baltimore , O'Malley thanked state employees and campaign workers , pledging to `` move Maryland forward '' by creating jobs and in what he described as a `` new economy . '' In South Dakota , Republican Lt. Gov. Dennis Daugaard edged past Democrat Scott Heidepriem . In Georgia , former U.S. Rep. Nathan Deal , the Republican candidate , defeated former Gov. Roy Barnes , according to a CNN projection based on exit poll data . Deal narrowly defeated Tea Party favorite and former Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel for the state 's Republican nomination . The national spotlight turned on the Georgia race when national GOP heavyweights Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney endorsed Handel , while Mike Huckabee and Newt Gingrich backed Deal . In Vermont , GOP Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie was up against Democratic challenger Peter Shumlin . Dubie ran uncontested in the GOP primary , while Shumlin , a state senator , could n't declare victory in his crowded primary until a recount was certified almost three weeks after the voting . According to Vermont law , if no gubernatorial candidate wins a majority of the vote on Election Day , the responsibility of electing the governor falls to the state legislature , with each state senator and representative casting one vote . Democrats currently hold a decisive 117 to 55 lead in the legislature . In Nevada , Republican Brian Sandoval , who had beaten scandal-plagued incumbent Gov. Jim Gibbons in the primary , defeated Democrat Rory Reid . In Arizona , incumbent Republican Gov. Jan Brewer defeated Democrat Terry Goddard . In Alaska , Palin 's successor as governor , former Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell , beat Democrat Ethan Berkowitz , a former state representative . In Hawaii , Democrat and former Rep. Neil Abercrombie won back the governorship for his party by defeating Republican Lt. Gov. Duke Aiona . Republican Gov. Linda Lingle left the seat due to term limits .
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NEW : Republicans have knocked Democrats out of 10 governorships so far . NEW : Democrats score two takeaways from Republicans in California and Hawaii . Tea Party favorite Nikki Haley wins in South Carolina , CNN projects . Susana Martinez wins in New Mexico .
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New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Judson Box has never known exactly how his son , Gary , died on September 11 , 2001 . But an unexpected find nine years later has given him a glimpse into his son 's final hours . Gary , then 35 , had been working as a firefighter in Brooklyn for roughly five years when the terrorists attacked . He did not speak to his father the day of the attack and his body was never recovered , leaving the circumstances of his death a mystery . On September 11 , 2009 , Gary 's sister , Christine , was visiting the Tribute Center when an employee asked her if she was looking for someone specifically . She mentioned her brother Gary , and the employee showed her to a picture of a firefighter in the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel that had a caption bearing Gary 's name . But it was not Gary . It was a photo of Brian Bilcher , another member of Gary 's fire squad who also perished on 9/11 . The discovery compelled Gary 's father to dig deeper , clinging to the possibility that there could be a similar picture of his son out there . Box scoured photo archives of the National 9/11 Museum and the memorial 's website , which allows users to upload photos from 9/11 directly to the site . After searching one night for more than five hours , Box went to sleep , physically and emotionally exhausted . The next morning , his wife , Helen , called him into the living room as he was eating breakfast . She showed him a photo of a firefighter running through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel toward the Towers alongside cars stuck in traffic . This time , it was Gary . `` I was out of out control , emotionally , '' Box said . `` Thanking God , being so happy that I had something to see . '' Eager for more answers , Box contacted the National 9/11 Museum and Memorial in an attempt to track down the photographer . Several months later , the museum gave him the e-mail address of Erik Troelson , a Danish businessman who was stranded in the tunnel on his way to a meeting when he snapped the picture of Gary . Having entered the tunnel before the first plane hit , Troelson was unaware of the tragedy that was taking place outside . `` Suddenly , the girl in the car in front of us got out crying , '' he said . `` Then we turned on the radio and heard the events as they unfolded . '' Soon after , firetrucks started racing through the tunnel , but a car with blown-out tires jammed traffic , he said . `` Some of the bigger trucks got stuck , so the guys started walking briskly past us , '' Troelson said . `` Gary Box was one of the guys . '' Box and Troelson corresponded via e-mail for months , with Troelson doing his best to recall the day 's timeline of events . On Tuesday , the National 9/11 Museum and Memorial foundation arranged for a surprise rendezvous between the men at their annual fundraiser . They shared an emotional moment onstage . Afterward , they spoke at length , with Box expressing his gratitude . `` I think I said about 300 times thank you and God bless you , that 's all I could say , '' Box said . `` I think I told him I love you , and I do n't tell anybody that . '' Nine years after September 11 , Box said he still feels the pain of that day . He does n't have the means to make large donations to the museum , but has sought to promote their cause through his story . `` We need that in this country because too many people forget , '' Box said of the museum . `` I wish everybody could get what I got . ''
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Gary Box died on 9/11 without speaking to family ; his remains were not recovered . Visit to Tribute Center prompts family to look for photos of him from that day . Search yields picture of the firefighter running through a tunnel toward attacks . Box 's father meets Danish businessman who took picture : `` I think I told him I love you ''
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The crew of the International Space Station marked the 10th anniversary of continuous human occupation of the orbiting science laboratory with a typical workday , pausing only briefly for a chat with NASA chief Charles Bolden and questions from international reporters . `` It 's kind of mind-boggling when you stop and think about what you 've done , '' Bolden told the crew . Bolden is a former NASA astronaut who flew on four space shuttle missions prior to the station 's 2000 opening . The football-field sized platform passed the 10-year mark early Tuesday , some 57,361 orbits of Earth after the first crew came aboard , according to NASA . On October 25 , the station eclipsed the previous record for constant human living in space , passing the Russian space station Mir . Since the first module , the Russian-built Zarya , launched on November 20 , 1998 , 103 vehicles have traveled to the station , bringing 196 people to visit or live long-term and conduct science experiments and other work , according to NASA . The station has traveled more than 1.5 billion miles -- the equivalent of eight round trips to the Sun . Human habitation of the station began in 2000 . Bolden said the international flavor of the station 's construction , supply system and staffing do more to prove that humans can get along than many earthbound diplomats , Bolden told the astronauts . `` You 're part of an amazing legacy there on the station , '' he said . People need look no further than the anniversary to recognize the station 's most remarkable accomplishment , said astronaut Shannon Walker . `` Ten years of constant habitation in space is an amazing achievement in and of itself , '' she said . But the station has also produced advances in science , medicine and environmental technology that are helping change life on Earth , according to NASA . The agency says more than 600 science experiments have been conducted aboard the station , with results helping produce new strategies to deliver cancer drugs , advances in vaccine development and a possible treatment for a form of muscular dystrophy , among other things . The commemoration of the anniversary was clouded by the station 's uncertain future . While the 15 nations involved in the space station program have agreed in principal to continue operating it for another decade , the United States is scheduled to retire its space shuttle fleet after two more flights -- cutting off a main supply route to get materials to the station . While Russian spacecraft and commercial providers are expected to take up some of the slack and help keep the station operating for another 10 years , station crew members acknowledged that the shuttle 's retirement will make the station 's mission more challenging . `` I think it 's not a real problem to supply the station with consumables and some other items , but I think it 's a real problem to deliver the results , '' Russian cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri said during a news conference with reporters . `` Now we can deliver only digital data , but sometimes it 's necessary to bring back some physical items . ''
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Monday was the 10th anniversary of a constant human presence aboard the station . It 's now the longest continuously lived-in space vehicle in history . The station 's future is uncertain as the U.S. prepares to end its shuttle program .
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Copiapo , Chile -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Once a star soccer player , Frankie Lobos loves being out on the field , in the open air . But the soccer legend fell on hard times , and became a miner . `` Being on the football field is what I have spent my life doing , '' he says . `` I never wanted to be a miner . Then I was in a mine for 69 days with little chance of surviving . '' He was one of 33 miners trapped when his mine collapsed in August . Lobos feared the mine would be his tomb . `` We did n't have days in the mine , '' he says through a translator . `` It was just one long night . A night of complete darkness . '' Alone , in the dark and starving . `` Imagine it , a spoon and a half of tuna every 24 hours , then every 48 hours , at the end it was every 72 hours . There was no water left , only the water that was in the machines and we could n't drink it , '' he recalls . They were running out of everything . The men blindly scrounged for cigarette butts from the mine floor . The only thing they had in abundance was fear . Then , 17 days after the collapse , a drill bore through , bringing both excitement and hope . `` It was chaos . All of us agreed to be calm , but it was n't possible . That was when we returned from the dead , '' he says . He had only one wish . `` All we hoped for was to see our families again . I dreamed of them every day . I saw all their faces . That was what gave me the will to survive , '' he says . And the family shared his will , toughing it out for weeks in the tent camp near the mine , and raising his spirits over a video conference system . Lobos feared he would never return to his soccer field , right up until the moment the first rescuer arrived in the mine . But it turned out that the miner and the rescuer had already met . Rescuer Miguel Gonzalez also played professional football in Chile -- against Lobos , the man he was about to save . `` He told me ' I played against you , ' '' when he arrived . `` I chatted with him about it , about playing with him and I said , ` Make my rescue quick . I want to be with my family . ' '' His ascent was quick -- so quick that at one point he panicked , thinking he was falling back into the mine . Gonzalez 's rescue of Lobos is not the end of their intertwined destinies . The men will meet once more on the football field in a face off between the miners and the rescuers . President Sebastian Pinera set up the match and joked that the winners get to stay a night in La Moneda , the presidential palace , while the losers have to go back to the mine . Lobos expects to be on the winning side . His glory days may be behind him , Lobos says , but never bet against a Chilean miner .
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Frankie Lobos once played pro soccer , but fell on hard times . He ended up in the Chilean mine that collapsed . When his rescuer arrived , it turned out they had met before .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A widely anticipated meeting of North Korean ruling party members went off anticlimactically Tuesday , with only the announcement that leader Kim Jong Il was reappointed general-secretary of the party . The Korean Workers ' Party last convened its delegates more than four decades ago . On Monday , Kim 's youngest son , Kim Jong Un , was promoted to the rank of general , a sign of the transitioning of power to the next generation that was nevertheless buried in the last paragraph of an article by state-run media . Opinion : Change in the wind ? That kind of mystery surrounds the man who is widely expected to become the secretive communist nation 's next leader . `` They do n't release the information , so no one can know , '' said Kang Cheol-hwan , a North Korea defector and activist . `` When he was little , he studied in Bern -LRB- Switzerland -RRB- , in a school for the elite . He got an international education . '' Vice guide to North Korea . Little else is known about Kim Jong Un . Two photos of him consistently circulate in news reports outside of North Korea . That 's because he 's been kept off the radar by the North . Before Kim 's promotion to general on Monday , North Korea 's state-run media did n't mention him -- there were no family photos showing him as a youngster and no images of him by his father 's side , learning to lead . He is Kim 's third and youngest son . He 's 27 or 28 years old . His grandfather , Kim Il Sung , ruled for nearly 50 years , and a mythic cult of personality was woven around him . His son , Kim Jong Il , took over after Kim Il Sung died of a heart attack in 1994 . Kim Il Sung called himself the `` Great Leader , '' and Kim Jong Il calls himself the `` Dear Leader . '' Kim Jong Il served a 20-year apprenticeship at his father 's side . But with Kim Jong Il , now 68 , and in poor health after suffering a stroke , analysts think succession plans have accelerated . In January 2009 , South Korean intelligence reportedly intercepted a message circulated around North Korean embassies globally , stating that Kim Jong Un was being prepared for succession . Since then , there has been no further confirmation from any North Korean official source . Recent foreign visitors to Pyongyang , however , say ordinary North Koreans know his name . Schoolchildren are being taught a song called `` Footsteps , '' praising Kim Jong Un , though not by name . What is life like inside North Korea ? He was also rumored to have been elevated to the powerful National Defense Committee ahead of Tuesday 's party meeting . State media had said the party would assemble to discuss policies , strategies , and tactics . `` North Korea is not a country where Kim Il Sung to Kim Jong Il or from Kim Jong Il to Kim Jong Un pass power from one person to another person . The succession goes from one power collective to another collective , '' said Lee Woo-young , a professor at the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul , South Korea . `` I see little possibility for clash domestically between different groups . '' One key question if Kim Jong Un does inherit leadership : Can he sustain his grandfather 's and father 's legacy , even as North Koreans go hungry while the country pours money into its nuclear program and military ? Kim Jong Il prioritized the military and bypassed the party . He might now be preparing a more dovish course , given the catastrophic economic conditions his country faces after a decade and a half of military confrontation , said Suh Jae-jean , president of Seoul 's Korea Institute of National Unification . Kim Jong Il introduced his `` Red Banner '' policy in 1996 , a more militant tack than his father 's blend of Stalinism and Korean self-reliance . North Korea has acknowledged producing roughly 40 kilograms of enriched plutonium -- enough for about seven nuclear bombs , according to the U.S. State Department . The U.N. Security Council last year condemned North Korea 's launch of a long-range rocket , saying it violated a resolution banning ballistic missile testing . The North expelled U.S. nuclear experts and U.N. nuclear inspectors after the rebuke . Journalists Andrew Salmon and Tomas Etzler contributed to this report .
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Kim Jong Un is widely expected to inherit power from his father . The younger Kim has been kept off the radar by the secretive North . Before Kim 's promotion to general on Monday , state-run media did n't mention him . Analysts think his father 's health has sped up succession plans .
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London , England -- Petra Nemcova is a former Victoria 's Secret supermodel-turned-philanthropist . Despite her riches , Nemcova , who grew up with few luxuries in communist Czechoslovakia , told CNN that her most important work is her charity , the Happy Hearts Fund . The model set up the foundation after her near-death experience in the 2004 Asian tsunami . While Nemcova survived by clinging to a palm tree for eight hours , her long-term partner did not . Here , Nemcova shows CNN around Prague and tells of her love for the `` Golden City , '' what she learnt from growing up in a communist country and how she keeps smiling -- despite life 's setbacks . CNN : Tell us about the first time you came to Prague . Petra Nemcova : The first time was to visit my aunt and even if Prague is in the same country as my town , it felt like a real journey . For us it was like going somewhere very special , far away , because under the Communist regime you did n't travel that much and Prague was `` wow . '' I was overwhelmed and amazed by the beauty of Prague and every time I arrive in Prague , even now , I 'm still amazed . The lighting at night ; the incredible architecture ; the details ; the history ; there was a lot to learn about and a lot to discover . It was a very special experience . The following time I went to Prague was during my early career in the fashion industry and I was traveling once , twice a week from my town to Prague . I would wake up at 5.45 in the morning , take the bus for one hour , then a tram to school . After school I would take a five-hour train to Prague . So it was quite intense at that time , but it was a great experience and it taught me a lot about being independent . CNN : How would you describe Prague , in five words ? Petra Nemcova : Prague is a city of romance , of incredible architecture and history . Some people call it the `` golden city , '' some people say it 's the heart of Europe -- although maybe the French do n't like that very much ! Paris is bigger obviously and a bit more hectic and Prague is smaller and has more of a village-y feeling compared to Paris . Prague has more of a calming vibe . It 's not rush-rush-rush . I think when people come here they are surprised by the beauty of Prague and also the vivid colors . I think they may imagine Prague more in gray colors because of the communist association . But since then a lot of reconstruction has been done . Before Prague was shades of grey and black , which was quite mysterious , but now it 's more happy and pretty . In five words it 's historical , inspirational , creative , romantic and beautiful . CNN : What was your childhood like ? Petra Nemcova : Growing up in the Czech Republic -- at the time Czechoslovakia -- was a beautiful childhood because I did n't understand the whole concept of communism . I was only 11 when communism fell down and when the Velvet Revolution happened . I had a really beautiful childhood ... I did n't have the great luxury things , we had very little and we counted every penny . But our parents gave us something more valuable than money -- they gave us so much love and that 's priceless . We did n't get the opportunity to travel all over the world and were able to travel only within the communist countries . So we went around our country to see different castles , little towns and I loved it . So that made us richer . It also made us appreciate nature because we spent every weekend in nature . And the values you learn there are priceless too . You do n't step on flowers , kick on mushrooms , you really respect nature . And the value of appreciation came from not having anything and then having a little bit . Having a clementine for Christmas -- it was an incredible joy and every time I smell a clementine , it brings me back to my childhood . But it was harder for my parents . Because if you were n't part of the system then you did n't get a job and an apartment and it would be really difficult for you . My parents had these passports where every time they would go to these communist meetings they would get a stamp and if you did n't get enough stamps throughout the year , you would get in trouble . CNN : What happened to you in the 2004 tsunami ? Petra Nemcova : I lost my partner and physically , my pelvis was broken four times , I was drowning many times throughout the experience . There were hard moments throughout that experience and some sweet ones . Seeing the compassion of other people risking their lives for strangers , there was just a lot of love around in that moment . That 's what happens actually if you live through disasters , it brings people together , it shows that we are capable of that compassion , but unfortunately it just goes away after some time . CNN : Tell us about your foundation , Happy Hearts ? Petra Nemcova : Happy Hearts is a foundation that I established after the tsunami . It helps children improve their lives after natural disasters through educational and sustainable initiatives . We build or rebuild a school , add computer labs inside and then we build businesses to sustain the school . The education is really a key not just for the children to recover faster from the disaster but also to help them , their families and communities get out of poverty . We help over 23,000 children a year . We give them hope and not just for them but for their parents and communities . The schools elevate the whole community . After the tsunami we went to other countries where disasters happened and one of them was in Indonesia . We work with local partners on the ground and have been able to build 33 kindergartens after the 2005 earthquake and that 's something incredible because it really changed so many lives . Our other project is in Peru , where there was an earthquake in 2007 and we have a commitment to build three schools a year . CNN : If you only had 24 hours in Prague , what would you do ? Petra Nemcova : First of all I would take my friends and family and I would walk around and go to the Charles Bridge because that is my favorite place . Then I would stop by some exhibitions of some new artist . And then I would go and sit down for some tea perhaps at the Musical House . In the evening I may go to a typical Czech pub and afterwards for a concert because I really love them ; they put my mind at ease and inspire me . CNN : How creative is the city ? Petra Nemcova : Many people know about Kafka and some of the other famous writers . But there is a lot of interest in music here and in different types of art . That 's perhaps because art was suppressed during communist times and you were only allowed to read certain authors . That 's why there is such a hunger now for everything that was forbidden . Not just Czech authors but also a lot of American authors because especially anything from U.S. was big taboo and you could not see any movies and you could not listen to any music . I discovered Stevie Wonder seven years ago and I 'm still working on learning and seeing more of the great movies . CNN : If Prague were a person , who would it be ? Petra Nemcova : I think Prague would be our former president Vaclav Havel . He is a proud person and Prague is a proud city ; he 's an artist and Prague is artistic ; he 's an achiever and Prague has achieved so much . He is someone people admire , as they do Prague .
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Czech supermodel and philanthropist shows CNN around her `` Golden City , '' Prague . Nemcova : `` Prague is like former president Vaclav Havel : Admirable , artictic and proud '' Nemcova also talks about growing up under communism and surviving the 2004 Asian tsunami .
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-LRB- EW.com -RRB- -- Moviegoers have grown increasingly intense about avoiding '' spoilers '' -LRB- probably because of all the information that spills out of the Internet . -RRB- . In that light , `` Secretariat , '' a benignly inspirational Disney sports drama about the legendary racehorse who won the Triple Crown in 1973 , offers a fascinating test case for how much spoilers sometimes do n't matter . Going into the movie , we absolutely know that Secretariat , the chestnut Thoroughbred who galloped to triumph through a rare combination of total speed and maximum stamina , will win his three big races -LRB- the first time a horse had done so in 25 years . -RRB- . Yet there he is , in his famous blue-and-white blinker hood , pounding the track at the Kentucky Derby , starting way in the back -LRB- as was his style -RRB- , then overtaking one horse after another , the camera following right on his hooves . And damned if , at that moment , we are n't as excited as children , our hearts in our throats as he thunders to victory , almost as if we had no idea what was coming . When Secretariat is running his races , the movie has a hokey , old-fashioned appeal . It uses a fantastic gospel anthem to stoke our feelings , the Edwin Hawkins Singers ' 1969 rendition of '' Oh Happy Day . '' And that song , with its funky-sublime syncopation , its waves of lordly joy , makes us feel that , yes , Secretariat really was a miracle horse , a competitor graced by Someone Up There . Off the racetrack , however , `` Secretariat '' is a sketchy and rather innocuously upbeat movie . The director , Randall Wallace -LRB- `` We Were Soldiers , '' -RRB- often seems to be aiming for the same Christian demographic that helped make a hit out of `` The Blind Side . '' I personally have no objection to a horse film that views a creature as magnificent as Secretariat with religious awe , but in this case the uplift has a downside . The film is so insistently square it undercuts the very drama it 's out to capture . The central figure , Penny Chenery -LRB- Diane Lane -RRB- , is a housewife who knew nothing about running a horse farm when she took over the management of her ailing father 's Meadow Stables in Virginia . Penny wins Secretariat in a coin toss -LRB- though the film suggests it 's her womanly vantage that leads her to foresee how the horse 's bloodlines will give him racing strength . -RRB- . It 's a pleasure to see her take charge , fighting her way up in a racehorse world thick with the corruptions of men . Lane , wearing Pat Nixon 's hair , makes Penny devoutly traditional but never prim ; it does n't scare her that she 's in over her head . She recruits the eccentric trainer Lucien Laurin , played by John Malkovich , and the actor , wearing crazy hats and spouting French whenever he gets angry , makes us feel his horse fervor . Penny , in her devotion to Secretariat 's racing career , tears her family life apart . Yet this central conflict comes to very little . -LRB- Dylan Walsh plays her husband with just enough mild testiness to make you wish he 'd shown more . -RRB- . Penny 's obsession remains flawless , noble , benevolent . The only real drama is that -LRB- spoiler ! -RRB- Secretariat occasionally loses . As long as he 's winning , though , this pleasantly rote movie will rouse you . B - . See the full article on EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2010 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. . All rights reserved .
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`` Secretariat '' is a Disney sports drama about the racehorse who won the Triple Crown in 1973 . When Secretariat is running his races , the movie has a hokey , old-fashioned appeal . Director Randall Wallace aims for the Christian demographic that supported `` The Blind Side ''
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Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A malfunctioning launch control center for a portion of the nation 's nuclear missiles remained offline Wednesday as investigations continued into a weekend computer problem that disrupted communications with more than 10 percent of America 's land-based nuclear missiles . Early indications are that Saturday 's disruption to one of the launch control centers linked to Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming lasted longer than an hour , Lt. Col. John Thomas said . The problem appears to be very similar to glitches at two other nuclear missile sites in the late 1990s . The United States has 450 land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles in its nuclear arsenal . The 50 Minuteman III missiles involved in Saturday 's incident are all currently at `` normal operating capability , '' said Thomas , the director of public affairs for the Air Force 's Global Strike Command . But while those missiles are typically controlled by five underground launch control centers , only four are currently online , he added . The fifth control center remains offline and is believed to be the source of a computer hardware problem that caused a communications disruption Saturday . It has been electronically isolated from the launch system while the problem is investigated and solved , Thomas said . It 's not unusual for a missile squadron to take one of its five launch control centers out of service to perform maintenance , Thomas explained . In fact , he said , an entire squadron of missiles can be controlled by just one control center or even from a command aircraft flying nearby . Thomas said that as soon as computer messages started telling the squadron commanders at Warren Air Force Base that a problem existed over the weekend , closed-circuit television security cameras were used to check each silo and make sure no obvious problems existed . Then , Air Force personnel from Warren were sent to all 50 silos , in a `` not insignificant effort , '' to visually inspect them and make sure they were secure . Some of the missile silos are hundreds of miles from the base . The investigation is still going on , Thomas said , but early indications are that a computer component on the fifth launch control center continually tried to communicate with the missiles in the silos when it was n't supposed to . He compared it to five people with walkie-talkies and one of them sitting on the button , making it impossible for the other four to use theirs . Once the fifth launch control center was isolated , the other four established communications with all 50 missiles , and the squadron was back to normal , Thomas explained . The process of isolating the problem and getting the other control centers linked back to the missiles took more than an hour , he said . Because of redundancies in the nuclear force , several military officials have said , the president always had the ability to order the missiles to launch . As for the cause , Thomas said it appears the computer hardware problem is very similar to problems in the late 1990s at the two other Air Force bases that control America 's intercontinental ballistic missile forces : Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota and Malstrom Air Force Base in Montana . The circumstances of those incidents were much like what happened at the Warren base , he said . The Air Force and Strategic Command , which would take charge of the missiles if the president were ready to launch them , is investigating the incident . Thomas said that right now , investigators are `` not ruling anything out . '' But he said there is `` no indication of intentional of malicious activity . '' Defense Secretary Robert Gates is monitoring those investigations closely , Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said .
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One launch control center for the nation 's nuclear missiles is offline . The problem began over the weekend . The United States has 450 land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles .
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Bukavu , Democratic Republic Of Congo -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Many of Congo 's rape survivors took to the streets Sunday to speak out against sexual violence in a country where it has become a weapon of war . `` My heart is in pain , why are you raping me ? '' sang the rape victims , many of whom left hospital beds to join the march in eastern Congo . `` They have had enough , enough , enough , enough , '' said Nita Vielle , a Congolese women 's activist , of the women marching . `` Enough of the war , of the rape , of nobody paying attention to what 's happening to them . '' The United Nations has named the Democratic Republic of Congo the `` rape capital of the world , '' with 15,000 women raped in eastern Congo last year . The attacks occurred in parts of the country where armed rebel groups moved into areas considered to be pro-government but lacking in army or police protection , according to the U.N. Margot Wallstrom , the U.N. secretary-general 's special representative on sexual violence in conflict , said recently that one distraught Congolese woman had told her that `` a dead rat is worth more than the body of a woman . '' `` It was an expression of how human rights violations against women are still the lowest on a fool 's hierarchy of war time horrors , '' she said . Sunday 's march was organized by the World March of Women in association with local women 's groups . Organizers hoped the march would combat the stigma attached to rape victims and draw international attention to the problem of rape as a war tactic . `` It 's just great to have so many women out on the streets , '' said Celia Alldridge , a representative from World March of Women . `` We believe that women should not be made prisoners in their own homes . '' Among throngs of marchers , many clad in bright traditional garb and carrying homemade signs , one Congolese marcher echoed that sentiment . `` I tell you , it 's a wonderful thing to see all the women together , just for one reason -- for the peace of the women of Congo , '' said Mary Georges . `` This is the freedom of the Congo women . '' Last month , a U.N. report slammed Congo 's security forces for failing to prevent a wave of mass rapes over several days during the summer . The preliminary report confirms the rape of at least 303 civilians between July 30 and August 2 in the Walikale region of Congo 's North Kivu province . The report points to serious shortcomings in the preparedness and response of the local detachments of the Congolese army and the police stationed in the area . It also notes that their failure to prevent or stop the attacks was compounded by subsequent failings on the part of U.N. stabilization mission forces in Congo . The report said the force had not received any specific training in the protection of civilians , and suffered from a number of operational constraints , including a limited capacity to gather information , as well as the lack of a telecommunications system in the area . `` The scale and viciousness of these mass rapes defy belief , '' said U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay . `` Even in the eastern part of DRC where rape has been a perennial and massive problem for the past 15 years , this incident stands out , '' Pillay said , `` because of the extraordinarily cold-blooded and systematic way in which it appears to have been planned and executed . ''
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Rape is a weapon of war in Congo . Eastern Congo has 15,000 rape victims just from last year . The march aims to combat a societal stigma attached to rape victims . Many women left hospital beds to join event .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The International Criminal Court has opened a probe into the North Korean shelling of Yeonpyeong Island last month and the March sinking of a South Korean warship , allegedly by a North Korean submarine , to evaluate if the incidents constitute war crimes , the court said Monday . `` The office of the prosecutor has received communications alleging that North Korean forces committed war crimes in the territory of the Republic of Korea , '' the court said in a written statement . `` The prosecutor of the ICC , Luis Moreno-Ocampo , confirmed that the office has opened a preliminary examination . '' A preliminary investigation will determine if the criteria are met for opening an investigation under the Rome Statute , the court said . That statute set up the court and governs it . North Korean forces launched an artillery barrage that killed four people on South Korea 's Yeonpyeong Island on November 23 . Pyongyang accused the South of provoking the attack , which also injured 18 people , because shells from a South Korean military drill landed in Northern waters . In March , 46 South Korean sailors died when the warship Cheonan sank in the Yellow Sea . South Korea , as well as an international investigation conducted by South Korea , U.S. , Swedish , British and Australian officials , have blamed a North Korean torpedo for sinking the ship . North Korea has denied culpability . The International Criminal Court , located in The Hague , Netherlands , has had jurisdiction over `` war crimes , crimes against humanity or genocide '' committed on South Korean territory since 2003 , the statement said . South Korea is a signatory of the Rome Statute and has been a party since November 2002 , although it did not take effect in South Korea until February 2003 , the court said . North Korea is not a party to the treaty ; neither is the United States . The court investigates and prosecutes those accused of crimes including genocide , crimes against humanity and war crimes . Other preliminary investigations are being conducted into situations in Afghanistan , Colombia , Ivory Coast , Guinea , Georgia , Honduras , Nigeria and the Palestinian territory , the court said . Investigations are taking place into situations in the Democratic Republic of Congo , Northern Uganda , Sudan 's Darfur region , the Central African Republic and Kenya . It is unclear what might happen if the court decides prosecution is warranted . The ICC has no police force and relies on countries who are party to the Rome Statute to turn suspects in . In March 2009 , the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur in western Sudan . However , al-Bashir has thus far managed to evade custody . Several ICC signatory countries have not cooperated in arresting him . The African Union has warned against his arrest , claiming it will destabilize Sudan . Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo , a former vice president in the Democratic Republic of Congo , went on trial last month in the ICC . Prosecutors allege Bemba led a militia in attacks on civilians in the Central African Republic between October 2002 and March 2003 .
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A preliminary investigation will determine whether a probe will be opened . The international court is looking into the sinking of a South Korean ship in March . The court also is probing the shelling on Yeonpyeong Island last month .
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Jerusalem -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Police who are investigating a major wildfire in northern Israel have detained a 14-year-old boy who admitted smoking a water pipe in the woods near his village , police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said . The wildfire killed at least 42 people and forced the evacuation of thousands of others before it was extinguished Monday , police said . The boy said he threw coals from his pipe in the woods , but then panicked and ran to school after the fire started . Two other teenagers who had been detained Monday have been released , Rosenfeld said . About 1,500 firefighters are still in the area and on standby , police spokesman Rosenfeld said . The fire , which broke out Thursday , forced the evacuations of about 17,000 people and scorched over 10,000 acres around Haifa , Israel 's third largest city , threatening businesses , tourism and one of Israel 's greenest regions , Mount Carmel . The developments came a day after the Israeli Cabinet approved a plan to speed aid to those affected . `` I do not want delays , '' Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday . `` I do not want bureaucracy . I want processes to be shortened . I want quick solutions . I want all of the people -- within days -- to be able to return to their homes or to alternative housing , until the reconstruction work is finished . '' The Cabinet has approved a series of steps aimed at kick-starting a quick response for victims . The Finance Ministry will allocate 60 million shekels -LRB- $ 16 million -RRB- in aid to local communities affected by the fire . Netanyahu instructed that more funding be considered if necessary . The plan will include compensating local governments for damages `` in order to meet the costs of evacuating and absorbing populations , firefighting efforts , clean-up and dealing with infrastructures , '' according to a government statement . The government said Israel 's Housing Administration will station mobile structures in the communities to stand in for homes and public structures that were destroyed . A plan will also be formulated to restore animal and plant life affected in the Carmel Nature Reserve . Most of the 42 victims were cadets in Israel 's prison service who arrived Thursday to help evacuate 500 inmates from the Damon prison near Haifa . Among the dead , 40 were apparently burned alive when their bus , traveling along a narrow mountain road , was engulfed by the fast-moving blaze , the Jerusalem Post reported . Police said late Monday that a policewoman had died of her wounds , bringing the death toll to 42 . In an interview with the newspaper , a firefighter spokesman said the bus was gone in less than three minutes . `` The bus had no chance . They tried to escape but were burned alive , '' the spokesman said . `` It was a horrific scene . '' The Israeli military said the victims would be buried with full honors in military ceremonies . Built on the slopes of Mount Carmel about 50 miles north of Tel Aviv , Haifa 's metropolitan area is also host to historical sites that date to Biblical times . The fire has also threatened a sensitive ecological area near the Hai Bar nature reserve . Known as Mount Carmel 's `` Little Switzerland , '' the reserve is home to a wildlife preservation project that seeks to bring back native species mentioned in the Old Testament . CNN 's Paula Hancocks contributed to this report .
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NEW : Israeli policewoman dies , bringing death toll to 42 . A 14-year-old boy admits to throwing pipe coals into the woods . The wildfire forces the evacuation of some 17,000 people . The Israeli government approves funding for victims .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Tearful relatives sent messages of love and concern Wednesday night to a 12-year-old girl who authorities believe was abducted by the boyfriend of her dead mother . Virginia police said earlier that someone may be helping Jeffrey Scott Easley , 32 , subject of a felony abduction warrant in the case of Brittany Mae Smith . Police are `` still actively searching '' for Brittany , and believe she and the suspect may be camping in the region , Roanoke County Police Chief Ray Lavinder told reporters . More than 375 tips have come in . `` I prayed for you everyday since I found out you were gone and will continue to pray until you are found and returned to us , '' Brittany 's cousin , Kim Stephenson , said at an evening press conference . Brittany is believed to be with Easley , who met the girl 's mother on the internet , authorities said . They do not know if Brittany went with Easley willingly . The pair may be seeking refuge in another state , the chief said . `` As to what relationship Jeff Easley and Brittany may have between them is irrelevant , '' Lavinder said . `` With a child , consent is irrelevant in the eyes of the law . She is a victim . '' Authorities provided images of two tattoos , including a red star , Easley is believed to have . Authorities also showed an image of a blue dome tent they believe Easley purchased December 3 at a local Walmart . Easley and Brittany are believed to have bought several other items at a Salem , Virginia , Walmart before they disappeared . Lavinder said the key is finding a silver 2005 Dodge Neon four-door sedan with Virginia tag XKF-2365 that belonged to the girl 's dead mother . `` For someone just to drop off the face of the earth -- I think that someone has to be providing them some money or some other support for them to remain unlocated , '' Lavinder said Wednesday . Authorities launched a search for the seventh-grader Monday after officers found the body of Brittany 's mother , Tina Smith , 41 , inside the family 's Salem home . Tina Smith 's co-workers contacted police after the woman failed to show up for work Monday morning . Smith 's death is being investigated as a homicide , Roanoke County spokeswoman Teresa Hall told HLN Wednesday . She would not provide details of an autopsy . Lavinder asked Easley to safely return Brittany so that she could attend Tina Smith 's funeral . `` I thinks it 's important that she be able to say goodbye to her mother , '' he said . Police are examining social media sites that may have been used by Easley and Tina Smith . A friend of Brittany Smith told the Roanoke Times that the missing girl called her several weeks ago . Brittany was afraid her mother 's live-in boyfriend `` would come over and take her away and hurt her mom , '' Rebecca Kilian , 13 , told the Times on Tuesday . Kilian told the Times that Brittany asked her to stay on the phone until her mom got home . Virginia State Police are working with North Carolina , Alabama , West Virginia , Kentucky , Ohio and Florida to issue alerts in their states for the missing vehicle and Easley and Brittany Smith , authorities said . Police are `` confident '' that the girl is with Easley , Lavinder said . He described Easley as a `` friend of the family '' who `` developed a relationship '' with her . Easley moved in with Smith and her daughter in October , the chief said . After finding Tina Smith 's body , police soon got information that Brittany Smith 's whereabouts were unknown , leading them to issue the statewide alert . `` We found out pretty quickly that -LRB- Brittany -RRB- had not shown up for school . Nobody seemed to know where she was , '' said Roanoke County Police Lt. Chuck Mason Monday , according to CNN affiliate WSET of Lynchburg , Virginia , adding that police were concerned her disappearance `` has something to do with the homicide . '' Easley , a 265-pound white male , is 5 feet , 11 inches tall , has brown hair and hazel eyes , the Amber Alert says . Brittany Smith is 5 feet tall , weighs 100 pounds , and has straight brown hair and brown eyes . Hall said authorities do n't yet have a specific search area , as they are uncertain which direction Easley might be heading or how far he might have gotten . They have asked anyone with information to call 911 or Roanoke County police at 540-777-8641 .
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NEW : Relatives plead for girl to come home . Police release photos of a blue tent , tattoos . A felony abduction warrant is issued for Jeffrey Scott Easley . The death of the girl 's mother is considered a homicide .
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Los Angeles -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Los Angeles Police want to question a `` person of interest '' in the theft of nearly all of legendary tennis champion Pete Sampras ' trophy collection from a public storage facility . The 14-time Grand Slam titleholder learned that 51 of his 64 championship trophies -- including those marking his first Australian Open cup , five season-ending ATP World Tour titles , two Davis Cup wins and other memorabilia -- were among the coveted items stolen . The theft occurred about one month ago , police said . `` It was a very highly secure storage center , '' said Lt. Robert Edgar , who supervises a Special Burglary Section at Los Angeles Police headquarters . He declined to give further details about the investigation or the potential market value of the stolen items . Sampras , his wife , actress Bridgette Wilson-Sampras , and their two sons recently moved from their Thousand Oaks , California , estate to Brentwood . Their Thousand Oaks property on the grounds of the Sherwood Country Club is listed for $ 25 million . Sampras held the No. 1 ranking on the Association of Tennis Professionals from 1993 to 1998 . Those six trophies are also missing . He defeated Andre Agassi at the 2002 U.S. Open before retiring the following year with the most grand slam wins in tennis history . Roger Federer later surpassed his record with 16 major titles .
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Sampras and his family recently moved to a new home . As many as 51 trophies were stolen . The items were taken from a storage facility .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Renault Formula One team will race under the name and colors of the legendary Lotus brand next year after a change in its ownership . The team will be known as Renault Lotus GP after the French manufacturer sold its 25 % stake in the team to Lotus Cars , which is owned by Malaysian carmaker Proton . Renault will continue its involvement in the sport , but as an engine supplier rather than a competing marque . The announcement means two teams will race with the Lotus name and iconic black and gold colors next season , with Tony Fernandes ' Team Lotus retaining its place on the grid under its rebranded title . Piquet duo win Renault libel case . Fernandes used the name Lotus Racing for this year 's debut season , having acquired licensing rights from Proton . `` We 're well aware that there has been a lot of controversy around the usage of our brand in F1 , '' Group Lotus chief executive Dany Bahar said in a Renault team press release on Wednesday . `` I 'm delighted to be able to formally clarify our position once and for all : we are Lotus and we are back . '' Fernandes insisted the future is bright for his British-based Team Lotus and criticized Bahar for electing to use a black and gold color scheme . Team Lotus stand by Trulli and Kovalainen . `` Dany Bahar has done us a favor . Never felt better about our future and Team Lotus . Looks like they are trying to hijack our black and gold idea , '' the 46-year-old Air Asia owner said via social networking website Twitter . Team Lotus chief technical officer Mike Gascoyne reiterated his colleague 's enthusiasm . `` Rest assured , we are Team Lotus and we are here to stay , '' Gascoyne said on Twitter . `` Lotus , just like buses , you wait for ages and then two come along at once . '' Renault , which supplied world drivers ' and constructors ' champions Red Bull in 2010 , confirmed it will provide engines and technology to three teams in 2011 .
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Renault will be known as Renault Lotus GP for the 2011 Formula One season . The Proton-owned Group Lotus has acquired a major steak in Britain-based team . Team Lotus will also race in the 2011 season , in the same black and gold colors . It brought the legendary brand back to the F1 grid in 2010 after acquiring licence for name .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- What happened in Yangon 's University Avenue as the light began to fade last Saturday took many serious Myanmar watchers by surprise . Not only was Aung San Suu Kyi released from house arrest at the very point the military regime 's containment order expired , but within a very short space of time some tens of thousands of her supporters had gathered at her gates , among them many young people who had had no exposure to her before . Any idea that Suu Kyi , a Nobel peace laureate , has been successfully sidelined in Burmese politics by her uniformed oppressors evaporated . Even so , harping on the occasion as a `` Mandela moment . '' the international media provided a distorted picture . With some deft camera work and biased reporting it would be perfectly possible to sell a lie , say , that everyone in the United Kingdom is a Manchester United football fan . Not true , of course , just as any suggestion that the whole of the Burmese people , except for the senior military , is squarely behind Aung San Suu Kyi would be a misrepresentation . There are those doing quite nicely under the regime , thank you very much , there are ethnic minority members whose principal dream is autonomy , not national democracy , and there are those with little or no interest in politics . Ms. Suu Kyi is not about to assume the reins of government . Even so , it has become obvious that , politically , Aung San Suu Kyi does still command perhaps a greater following inside Myanmar than any other person or entity , whatever the outcome of the sham elections conducted a week earlier . So the question is , what will she do with such momentum behind her ? The only certainty is she must tread carefully . While rebuilding her badly fractured party , the National League for Democracy , may seem a priority , how she goes about it could decide whether or not she remains at liberty . Any idea that the State Peace and Development Council -LRB- the military junta 's formal title -RRB- is running out of steam is misbegotten . Senior General Than Shwe and his colleagues have , over the last few years , expended enormous energy shoring up their position -- promulgating a new constitution and choreographing the first elections in 20 years as well as building themselves a brand new and secure capital at Naypyidaw . The generals and the generals alone hold all the actual power . Should Aung San Suu Kyi resume where she left off in 2003 and campaign against the regime , addressing mass rallies up and down the country , then the generals ' patience will snap , and the gates of her lakeside villa will once again be locked . Or something worse could occur . Conversely , if Aung San Suu Kyi , once she has recuperated her physical strength , does not return to the hustings , then that would seem to some like moral cowardice , as she would be the first to admit . There is perhaps another way . To remain at liberty and to stand any chance of effecting real change within Myanmar -LRB- something she has singularly failed to do thus far -RRB- , Aung San Suu Kyi might be well advised to step back from the cut-and-thrust of daily politics and begin taking on the role of eminence grise , for which her personality is well suited . Let others rebuild the NLD -LRB- if such is to be permitted -RRB- while she operates as an intermediary between all the parties concerned , including the `` international community '' and the junta itself . Critics of this view will say that while Suu Kyi has always sought dialogue with the generals , they have never wanted to talk to her . But I suspect there may have been a meaningful sea change . Everything revolves around the trade sanctions imposed on Myanmar by the United States and the European Union -LRB- including Britain , the former colonial power -RRB- . Sanctions have failed , driving the junta into the arms of China . The generals , however , would rather be beholden to no one at all , East or West , and they will be aware that Aung San Suu Kyi has revised her opinions , to the chagrin of some activists . Whereas when sanctions were introduced in the 1990s she countenanced them , now it seems , from recent statements she has made , she has swung to the view that sanctions hurt the ordinary people of Myanmar far more than their rulers . Could it be that the room for maneuvering improbably extended to Suu Kyi at the present time is tied to this ? If anyone could persuade the West to drop sanctions , then that person is Aung San Suu Kyi . And , on the premise that politics follow economics , that would be good news indeed . A more prosperous Myanmar achieved through inward investment and all the values that come with that could also be a Myanmar where actual social and political change finally becomes a possibility . The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Justin Wintle .
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Justin Wintle says excitement over Aung San Suu Kyi release shows her political potency . The military junta likely will limit her , he says , but she can use her sway to influence change . He says she should step back from activist politics and help broker end to sanctions . Wintle : Her help in ending sanctions could foster climate for real political change .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Newcastle United have sacked manager Chris Hughton , the first English Premier League dismissal of the season . The 51-year-old Hughton led the club back to the Premier League at their first attempt , following relegation the previous season , and had guided them to 11th place in the table . The Magpies have produced some superb results in recent weeks , notably a 1-0 victory at Arsenal and a 5-1 destruction of north-east rivals Sunderland . However , Sunday 's 3-1 defeat at West Bromwich Albion meant the club have now gone five games without a win , although they did claim a 1-1 home draw with Chelsea during that period . Explaining their decision , the Newcastle board of directors issued a statement saying : `` The board now feels an individual with more managerial experience is needed to take the club forward . '' Hughton , who became Newcastle 's eighth manager in six years when he was promoted from first team coach following the club 's relegation in 2008-2009 , had never held a managerial post before . However , he proved a popular figure with Newcastle supporters , who have been critical of owner Mike Ashley 's running of the club in recent years . The mild-mannered Hughton , who has worked without an assistant since October , was unusually angry following Sunday 's loss to WBA , locking his players in the changing room for an hour after the match . However , his post-match media comments made little indication that he was expecting to be sacked . Newcastle have put former player Peter Beardsley in temporary charge ahead of an appointing Hughton 's replacement . Meanwhile , Italian Serie A side Brescia have sacked coach Giuseppe Iachini after a run of 11 league games without a win which has left them fourth bottom of the table . The club have picked up only three points in the last three months and Saturday 's 3-0 defeat at leaders AC Milan proved the final straw for the board .
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Newcastle United sack manager Chris Hughton after 3-1 defeat at WBA . The 51-year-old Hughton is first Premier League dismissal of the season . Hughton loses his job despite leading the club to 11th in table following promotion .
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-LRB- Oprah.com -RRB- -- Grandma 's waiting for me on a lone bench in the heat , just beyond her building 's shaded front entrance . She 's wearing denim capris and a lightweight cable-knit sweater that precisely matches the yellow patent leather moccasins on her feet . Saucer-sized sunglasses block out her face , and her silvery hair is cut short and chic . I did n't want to meet Grandma out here . At 86 , she 's declared herself done with sunscreen . Could n't we meet at her room instead ? `` It 's not a room , '' she snapped . `` That 's offensive . This is n't a nursing home . It 's my apartment . '' More specifically , it 's the senior living residence she 's come to rule . Social dominance is n't something I ever expected from my grandmother . Except when spending time with the family , she 's mostly kept to herself . After my grandfather 's heart stopped beating in 1965 , Grandma gradually did away with the supper clubs and bowling leagues . Friends who still had husbands , she felt , could n't empathize , and so she isolated herself . There were kids to feed , bills to pay , clocks to punch . Dating ? No chance . Grandma did interact with new men all the time , but as a saleswoman . She picked out shirts and ties , pocket squares and cuff links , like she had for her husband , but in a way that would never again leave her vulnerable to loss . The wall Grandma had built around herself did n't start crumbling until eight years ago , when she moved in to a senior residence in suburban Detroit . Instantly there were people to deal with -- everywhere and at all times . Grandma was the new girl . Seven decades removed from high school , and she was once again confronting the notion of how to fit in . Her first year there , instead of spending winter in Florida with my aunt like she usually did , Grandma opted to stay in Michigan , where it was freezing , primarily so she would n't come back to dining hall exile . Oprah.com : Becoming a grandmother . A lot has changed since then . Now Grandma holds an important elected seat on the residents ' council , and enforces behavioral standards at the tables where she eats her meals and plays her card games . When one woman dared wag a finger at her over a perceived canasta infraction , Grandma almost snapped it off . When a new resident wanted to sit at Grandma 's dinner table , Grandma said the matter had to be put to a vote . Grandma , it seems , had morphed into a senior citizen Mean Girl . Grandma wants to show me her people . When she leads me inside , a hierarchy emerges . Here , there are two types of women : standers and sitters . Mobility is the first obvious social signifier . The more one gets around , the more people one talks to ; the more people one talks to , the more friends one makes . Earlier in life , this might be called schmoozing or flirting . Here it 's called `` Thank God I Can Still Move . '' But sitters , too , have their own pecking order . I notice a group clustered near a woman with a lion 's mane of white hair , some chunky orange jewels hanging around her neck . And while she clearly commands a certain respect among her clique , she lacks the mojo of a stander like Grandma , who never stops to sink into the couches where sitters sometimes doze off . `` In the lobby ! '' she says , indignant . `` It makes it look like old people live here . If they want to sleep , they should go back to their beds . '' Grandma 's not shy about publicly vocalizing her disgust for slackers who reflect poorly on the group . When she tells a neighbor her hair looks like a `` dishmop , '' the woman actually replies , `` Thank you for letting me know . '' Under her breath , Grandma tells me , `` Here , they appreciate my honesty . '' No , she is n't shy with criticism -- Grandma informed me recently that my girlfriend moved out because I 'd never make enough money to satisfy a woman , and that my writing had possibly peaked . But she 's never really trained her sharp tongue on anyone but family . Her willingness to unleash it here is a measure of her newfound confidence in her position . On the way to current events class , we meet a man who tells Grandma she `` really fills out her outfit , '' as good a catcall as you 'll get around here . Earlier , Grandma explained her position on male attention . `` I allow some of the men here to flirt with me , '' she said . `` I tease them , but what do I need a man for ? Your grandfather 's been gone for 45 years . After him , there 's nothing else . '' It 's obvious she puts some effort into self-presentation , though , as do the other ladies here . Wardrobe matching now serves the same purpose as showing skin once did ; sync the beading on your cardigan with the details on your brocade socks and you 'll really start turning heads . Oprah.com : The perfect recipe for family . Once class begins , Grandma scolds a woman sitting behind us who believes she is whispering , but whose busted hearing aid has made it impossible for her to gauge what a whisper is . `` We have a speaker ! '' Grandma barks . Everyone applauds . The man at the lectern , who is well into his tenth decade of life , continues part two of his three-part series on the collapse of the economy : `` It 's hard for young people today , '' he says , `` to earn a decent wage . '' Grandma bumps my shoulder with hers . I 'm unsure whether the contact is commentary on my occupational status or evidence of a balance issue . Before dinner , as she does every night , Grandma occupies a table just outside the dining room . `` I hold court , '' she says , and almost as soon as she says it , people begin to congregate around her . Every seat is saved for the regular cast -- all standers , no sitters . When a woman who is n't part of the group tries to claim a chair , just for a minute so she can tie her shoe , Grandma tells her she 'd better move on , and swiftly ; the seat is spoken for . `` Everyone 's happy where they are , '' Grandma says . `` If you try to take anybody 's seat , they 'll kill you . '' At dinner I 'm quick to say hi to the latest addition at the table , the woman most recently voted in . Her magenta sweater set perfectly matches the detail work on her cane , which marks her as a potential player . The other ladies quickly jump into a conversation about what they should name their Wii bowling team ; one suggests the Cougars . Then they try to peer-pressure the new girl into ditching her cane for a walker . Essentially , it 's the same conversation younger women have about losing their virginity : all about what other people will think , how it will change you , and how to manipulate a new apparatus without getting hurt . `` You 'll get used to it , '' they tell the new girl . `` It 's only hard at first . '' I keep waiting for Grandma to speak up , but she 's surprisingly above the fray , working very hard at cutting up a friend 's food . `` Macular degeneration , '' Grandma tells me . The queen bee precisely tracks everybody 's ailments . Grandma turns the woman 's plate into a diagram for manageable eating , separating the tuna salad from the wax beans from the roasted potatoes , grouping each thing into a perfectly formed triangle . If she 's newly emboldened to boss around people outside the family , it seems she 's also found genuine strength in being needed , in rediscovering the moxie it takes to give . When the meal is over , Grandma ambles to the corner of the room to retrieve a friend 's walker . Grandma should n't be getting around without her own walker , but I think she finds it useful here to demonstrate that she still can . On her way back , she stops to speak with a woman whose face looked normal yesterday but today resembles a mask of rotten plums . She has fallen and bruised herself severely . Grandma did this once , too . I 'm watching , actually fearing that my new alpha grandma is about to administer some tough love . I 'm ready to see tears . But as Grandma walks back toward me , I notice that the woman , so brutally and freshly injured , is somehow ... smiling . I ask Grandma what she could possibly have said . `` I 've learned compassion here , '' she tells me , simply . She knows I 'm stunned . `` I smile at everyone now . I 'm finally at peace . You should come to choir practice tomorrow . I want you to hear me sing . '' Oprah.com : 8 trick holiday situations and how to overcome them . Subscribe to O , The Oprah Magazine for up to 75 % off the newsstand price . That 's like getting 18 issues FREE . Subscribe now ! TM & © 2010 Harpo Productions , Inc. . All Rights Reserved .
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Howie Kahn 's grandmother takes control of her senior residence in suburban Detroit . `` I allow some of the men here to flirt with me , '' she says . Mobility is the most obvious social signifier . Grandma : `` I 've learned compassion here . I smile at everyone now ''
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Florida authorities issued an alert late Wednesday night for a 12-year-old girl that police believe was abducted in Virginia by the boyfriend of her dead mother . The Amber Alert in Florida listed information about Brittany Smith and the man police believe abducted her . Authorities in Virginia launched a search for the seventh-grader Monday after officers found the body of Brittany 's mother , Tina Smith , 41 , inside the family 's Salem home . Tina Smith 's co-workers contacted police after the woman failed to show up for work Monday morning . Virginia police said earlier that the girl was abducted by Jeffrey Scott Easley , 32 , who met the girl 's mother on the Internet . They do not know if Brittany went with Easley willingly . The pair may be seeking refuge in another state , Roanoke County Police Chief Ray Lavinder told reporters . Police have obtained a felony abduction warrant for Easley . Along with Florida , police in Virginia say they are working with authorities in North Carolina , Alabama , West Virginia , Kentucky and Ohio to issue alerts in their states for the missing vehicle and Easley and Brittany . Tearful relatives sent messages of love and concern Wednesday night to the 12-year-old girl . `` I prayed for you everyday since I found out you were gone and will continue to pray until you are found and returned to us , '' Brittany 's cousin , Kim Stephenson , said at an evening press conference . Police have said the key is finding a silver 2005 Dodge Neon four-door sedan with Virginia tag XKF-2365 that belonged to the girl 's dead mother . Easley , a 265-pound white male , is 5 feet , 11 inches tall , has brown hair and hazel eyes , the Amber Alert says . Brittany Smith is 5 feet tall , weighs 100 pounds , and has straight brown hair and brown eyes . They have asked anyone with information to call 911 or Roanoke County police at 540-777-8641 .
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Relatives plead for the girl to come home . A felony abduction warrant is issued for Jeffrey Scott Easley . Authorities are also looking to issue alerts in other states .
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Dar Es Salaam , Tanzania -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Jakaya Kikwete is heading into his second term as president of Tanzania , after elections left one opposition politician warning that voter apathy could threaten Tanzania 's young multiparty democracy . Meanwhile , the losing presidential candidate of another opposition party contended the country 's intelligence forces were involved in rigging the election . The acting head of the Tanzania intelligence unit responded by accusing that candidate of lying and by saying all claims of vote rigging were baseless . Although the election took place on October 31 , official results were announced on Friday . Incumbent President Kikwete garnered 5.3 million votes out of 8.6 million cast to earn a second five-year term . Of Tanzania 's 20 million registered voters , only 8.6 million voters -LRB- 42.8 percent -RRB- turned out to cast ballots , according to elections officials . That left Ibrahim Lipumba , leader of the Civic United Front -LRB- CUF -RRB- party , to blame voter apathy and Tanzania 's National Electoral Commission , saying unless it comes out with a way to bolster the electoral system , the country 's nascent democracy will be undermined . Lipumba 's remarks came in a concession speech he made on behalf of losing political parties . This vote was the fourth general election since multiparty democracy was restored in Tanzania in 1992 , and observers and monitors have commended the exercise as a free one , but still not fair . A European Union observer team censured the electoral commission on Wednesday , saying its delays in issuing election results were the cause of chaos in some constituencies . On Thursday , Martina Kabisama of Tanzania Civil Society Consortium for Election Observation -LRB- TACCEO -RRB- , comprising 17 organizations , said the elections were free , but not fair . He cited a low level of awareness on the part of election supervisors , problems in the permanent voter register , and use of outdated computers as among factors affecting the election . The first runner-up in the presidential vote -- Wilbrioad Slaa of the Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo -LRB- Chadema -RRB- organization -- had 2.3 million votes while Lipumba collected 695,667 votes . Slaa did not appear when vote results were being announced Friday , having stated that the country 's intelligence was involved in rigging the election . That was followed by a denial from the country 's top intelligence official . There were seven candidates in this year 's general election . For his part , Kikwete accepted his win , saying he would cooperate with all the parties to build the nation . `` We are all winners , and there is no point for any of us to fight over poles while we are building the same house , '' he said .
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Voter turnout is low at only 42 percent . An opposition leader warns that voter apathy could affect Tanzania 's democracy .
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Islamabad , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The death toll from a plane crash Sunday in Karachi , Pakistan , rose to 12 after an official confirmed the deaths of four people who were on the ground . The four laborers were sleeping in an under-construction building that the plane crashed into , said Pervez George , a spokesman for Pakistan 's Civil Aviation Authority . Additionally , a man on a motorcycle was critically injured when the plane crashed , George said . The plane crashed early Sunday in the southern port city , killing eight Russian nationals on board and sending flames shooting through the sky , a Pakistani official said . The cargo plane took off at 1:45 a.m. -LRB- 3:45 p.m. Saturday ET -RRB- from the Jinnah Karachi International Airport for Khartoum , Sudan , and went down a few minutes later in the Gulistan-e Johar section of Karachi , an area where many Pakistani naval officers live . The plane appeared to hit several buildings that were under construction . The pilot appeared to deliberately bring the plane down in a less densely populated residential area in order to save lives , . Masood Raza , a Karachi district government official , told CNN affiliate GEO News in Pakistan . `` If the plane would have crashed in a -LRB- more crowded -RRB- residential area , it would have been a very big disaster for the city of Karachi , '' Raza said . The Russian-made cargo plane was carrying relief supplies , including tents , to Africa before it went down . The plane arrived in Karachi on Saturday from Fujairah , United Arab Emirates , George said . A witness told CNN that he saw fire on one of the plane 's wings before it crashed . Firefighters , rescue personnel and area residents rushed to the scene , with jet fuel fanning the large flames and huge plumes of smoke . The blaze was put out by 4 a.m. , according to George , but rescue personnel continued to comb through the rubble looking for other people possibly killed or hurt . Bystander Mohammed Raees told GEO News that he was injured after flaming parts of a building hit him and the motorcyle he was preparing to ride . Hospital sources told the CNN affiliate that Raees had burns over 60 percent of his body .
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Four workers on the ground were killed in the crash . The pilot probably saved lives by guiding the plane to a less crowded area , an official says . The plane hit buildings under construction in an area housing Pakistani naval officers . All 8 killed onboard were Russian crew members of the Sudan-bound aircraft .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Three people have been charged in last year 's theft of the famous `` Arbeit Macht Frei '' sign at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland , a prosecutor said Friday . The prosecutor , Robert Parys , said he could not immediately confirm details about those charged , but Poland 's official PAP news agency reported the main suspect is a Swedish man , Anders Hoegstroem . Prosecutors say Hoegstroem incited two Poles to steal the sign , which sat atop the entrance to the camp , PAP reported . He pleaded not guilty , and would face a sentence of 10 years in prison if convicted , the news agency reported . Hoegstroem was arrested in February in Stockholm , Sweden , and the Swedish court allowed him to be transferred to Poland in April , PAP said . The sign reading `` Arbeit Macht Frei '' -- German for `` Work Sets You Free '' -- was emblematic of the Nazi camps of World War II . It was stolen in December of last year , prompting outrage around the world . The sign was found 70 hours later in a village near Torun , roughly 210 miles -LRB- 340 kilometers -RRB- to the north , and had been chopped into three parts , PAP reported . The men managed to remove the heavy iron sign by unscrewing it from one side and pulling off on the other , police spokeswoman Agnieszka Szczygiel said at the time . More than 1 million people died in gas chambers or were starved to death in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp complex ; about 90 percent of the victims were Jews .
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The `` Arbeit Macht Frei '' sign was emblematic of Nazi camps . The men are accused of stealing the sign last December . The sign was later recovered , chopped into three pieces .
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Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Superfluous -LRB- su-PER-flu-us -RRB- : Adjective . Unnecessary or needless ; difficult to pronounce for a president with a split lip . President Barack Obama grappled with the word Sunday evening at a White House event for this year 's Kennedy Center honorees as he read from an opinion by legendary Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes . `` It 's this lip . It 's hard to say , '' Obama said to chuckles from the audience . `` You try it when you 've had 12 stitches . '' The Chart : What happens when you split your lip . Obama got a dozen stitches in his lip after being elbowed during a pickup basketball game the day after Thanksgiving . He received applause from the crowd when he finally managed to pronounce the word , included in a 1926 dissent from Holmes in defense of the arts . `` To many people , the superfluous is necessary , '' Holmes wrote . `` The theater is necessary . Dance is necessary . Song is necessary . The arts are necessary . They are a necessary part of our lives . '' To that , Obama added , `` The men and women here tonight embody that idea . Tonight it is my honor to offer them the appreciation of a grateful nation . '' This year 's Kennedy Center honorees include country-and-western singer-songwriter Merle Haggard ; ex-Beatle Paul McCartney ; veteran Broadway composer Jerry Herman ; dancer and choreographer Bill T. Jones ; and television host and actress Oprah Winfrey , a fellow Chicagoan and an early Obama supporter . At a reception in the East Room of the White House prior to the awards ceremony , the president applauded this year 's honorees . `` Each of these honorees help us understand the human experience -- to illuminate our past , to help us understand our present , and to give us the courage to face our future , '' said Obama . While the president spoke of each honoree 's accomplishments he used a single sentence to sum up his take on the reigning queen of daytime talk , . `` Michelle and I love Oprah , '' he said . Winfrey , a woman accustomed to celebrating others ' accomplishments , was visibly moved by Sunday 's recognition . `` It feels like you on your very best day , '' she told CNN . `` It feels like when every single thing in your life comes together in one moment to say , ` Wow . That actually happened for me . ' '' Winfrey also smiled when asked about the president 's praise for her earlier in the evening . `` He said he loved me , '' she said . `` He said he loved me . '' Among the president 's guests were actress Julia Roberts , Winfrey 's friend Gayle King , actors Alec Baldwin and Sidney Poitier and singer and former Kennedy Center honoree Diana Ross . CNN 's Padmananda Rama and Lauren Pratapas contributed to this report .
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President 's struggle drew chuckles at White House event . `` You try it when you 've had 12 stitches , '' Obama says . Honorees for Kennedy Center awards range from Merle Haggard to Oprah Winfrey .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- English club Liverpool qualified for the knockout stages of Europe 's second-tier Europa League on Thursday along with Paris St. Germain , Besiktas and Dynamo Kiev . Liverpool continued their minor revival since the arrival of new American owners , but allowed second-placed Steaua Bucharest to come from behind and earn a 1-1 draw . Serbia international Milan Jovanovic headed in a 19th-minute cross from Dutch winger Ryan Babel , but Spanish goalkeeper Jose Reina allowed the home side to level with half an hour to play as he failed to keep out a header by Eder Bonfim . That kept Roy Hodgson 's team three points clear ahead of the final Group K match at home to Utrecht on December 15 . The Dutch club are five points behind their upcoming opponents following a 3-3 draw at home to Napoli -- who have also drawn four of their five matches . Balotelli double helps Manchester City qualify . Edinson Cavani scored a hat-trick to help the Italian club come from 3-1 down and end their hosts ' hopes of progressing , while the Serie A outfit can through to the last 32 by winning at home to the Romanians next month . Paris St. Germain qualified with a 4-2 victory over Sevilla that lifted the French side two points clear of the second-placed Spaniards in Group J. Mathieu Bodmer and Guillaume Hoarau scored from two early corners by Nene before the Brazilian midfielder made it 3-0 , then Mali striker Fredi Kanoute netted a double for the visitors . Hoarau 's second goal just after halftime left Sevilla needing a point from their final game at home to Borussia Dortmund to progress . The Germans kept their hopes alive with a 3-0 win at home to pointless Ukrainian side Karpaty Lviv . In Group L , Turkish side Besiktas went through with a 2-1 win at Bulgaria 's CSKA Sofia . Portugal 's Porto , who had already qualified , ensured top spot with a 3-1 win at Rapid Vienna , as Colombian striker Falcao scored a hat-trick to move top of the goal charts with seven . Russian club CSKA confirmed top spot in Group F , winning 5-1 at home to bottom Swiss club Lausanne for a fifth straight win . Czech side Sparta Prague will go through in second after drawing 2-2 at Palermo , with the Italian side having two players sent off . In Group D , Spanish side Villarreal moved into top spot with a 3-0 win at home to Dinamo Zagreb , with Italian striker Giuseppe Rossi scoring twice including a first-half opener from the penalty spot . The Croatians had Igor Biscan sent off in the 87th minute for handball , but Marcos Senna missed the subsequent spot-kick . Previous leaders PAOK Salonika are a point behind Villarreal , and two above next month 's opponents Zagreb , following a 1-1 draw with Club Bruges . The Greeks led through Adelino Vieirinha 's 25th-minute effort , but gave the bottom-placed Belgians a point through Stefan Scepovic 's late equalizer . In Group E , Ukraine 's Dynamo Kiev booked a last-32 berth with a 4-1 win at previously unbeaten BATE Borisov of Belarus , leaving both teams on 10 points . Dutch side AZ Alkmaar and FC Sheriff were eliminated after a 1-1 draw in Moldova left both teams with four points .
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Liverpool reach last 32 of Europa League with a game to spare after draw in Romania . Paris St. Germain qualify from Group J with a 4-2 victory over Spain 's Sevilla . Turkish side Besiktas go through from Group L with a 2-1 win at CSKA Sofia . In Group E , Dynamo Kiev booked berth with 4-1 win at previous leaders BATE Borisov .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It turns out that the military regime in Myanmar is soccer-crazy and even pondered buying world-famous club Manchester United , according to a U.S. diplomatic cable obtained by WikiLeaks and published by the Guardian newspaper in Britain . The suggestion to buy United apparently came from the grandson of Than Shwe -- the highest-ranking figure in Myanmar 's junta . `` One well-connected source reports that the grandson wanted Than Shwe to offer $ 1 billion for Manchester United '' says the cable , which was written in June 2009 . Turns out Than Shwe is a United fan . Myanmar was at the time recovering from the effects of a devastating typhoon , and Than Shwe decided not to press the idea . The cost of buying the club would have been similar to U.N. estimates of the funds needed to recover from the typhoon . `` The Senior General thought that sort of expenditure could look bad , so he opted to create for Burma a league of its own , '' the cable said . -LRB- Myanmar is also known as Burma , especially in the West . -RRB- . And so was created the Myanmar National Football League . Owners were chosen for the eight professional teams and told to pay players ' salaries and build stadia . The cable says one team spends $ 155,000 a month on players ' wages and that several players from Africa and Argentina were recruited to the league . The embassy 's contact was asked why owners would spend so much money in building teams . `` When the Senior General asks someone to do something , you do it with no complaints , '' he said , according to the cable . He added that several owners would receive incentives from the regime , such as construction contracts , new gem and jade mines , and import permits . The same cable says it `` has been a huge success , with high attendance and wide national TV and radio coverage . '' The embassy 's contacts said the creation of the football league `` may be a way for the regime to distract the people from ongoing political and economic problems . '' As for Than Shwe 's grandson , his dream of sitting in the directors ' box at Old Trafford , the stadium where Manchester United plays , may have been dashed . But in an astute political move , a business tycoon named Zaw Zaw made an important signing for his club , Delta United . `` Contacts confirm that Zaw Zaw hired Senior General Than Shwe 's grandson to play on the team , '' reads a separate cable .
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General 's grandson suggested he buy Manchester United , cable says . General , who is a soccer fan , thought $ 1 billion purchase would look bad . He created a soccer league in Myanmar .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An official with the Vatican criticized the decision to award the Nobel prize for medicine to British doctor Robert G. Edwards for his work on in vitro fertilization , Italy 's official news agency ANSA reported Tuesday . Ignazio Carrasco de Paula , president of the Pontifical Academy for Life , said giving the award to Edwards was `` completely inappropriate , '' according to the news agency . He said Edwards ' work had created a market for human eggs and created problems of embryos being frozen , the news agency said . Edwards , known as the `` father of the test tube baby , '' won the Nobel Prize for medicine on Monday . His contributions to developing in vitro fertilization -LRB- IVF -RRB- `` represent a milestone in the development of modern medicine , '' the award committee said . `` As early as the 1950s , Edwards had the vision that IVF could be useful as a treatment for infertility , '' which affects about 10 percent of all couples worldwide , the committee said . `` He worked systematically to realize his goal , discovered important principles for human fertilization , and succeeded in accomplishing fertilization of human egg cells in test tubes -LRB- or more precisely , cell culture dishes -RRB- . His efforts were finally crowned by success on 25 July , 1978 , when the world 's first ` test tube baby ' was born , '' the committee said . His work has led to the birth of about four million babies , the committee said in praising his work . The prize is worth 10 million Swedish kronor -LRB- about $ 1.5 million -RRB- . Born in Manchester , England , in 1925 , Edwards is based at Cambridge University in England . The announcement marked the beginning of a week of prizes , to be awarded for physics , chemistry , literature and peace . The prize in economics will be announced next Monday . CNN Melissa Gray contributed to this report .
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NEW : A Vatican official criticizes the choice of award recipient . Robert G. Edwards , who pioneered in vitro fertilization , wins the prize . The announcement kicks off a week of Nobel Prize awards in Sweden . His contributions represent a `` milestone , '' the committee says .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The International Cricket Council has pointed to a lack of `` compelling evidence '' to support match-fixing claims relating to a one-day match between England and Pakistan in September . British newspaper The Sun claimed it had proof that bookmakers knew details of scoring patterns in Pakistan 's innings before the match at The Oval in London began . That allegation prompted the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board , Ijaz Butt , to claim there was talk in bookmakers circles that England 's players had been paid `` enormous amounts of money '' to lose the match . Butt later withdrew his comments after the England team threatened to take legal action against him . Now the ICC 's anti-corruption and security unit -LRB- ACSU -RRB- has dropped its investigation into the match , saying there is n't strong enough evidence . A statement on the ICC 's official website read : `` The ACSU has verified all the available information and concluded that there was no compelling evidence to suspect individual players or support staff . `` The investigation is now complete but if new and corroborating evidence comes to light then clearly the ACSU will re-open the matter . '' The ICC said they would not comment on the case featuring three Pakistan players -- Salman Butt , Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif -- who are currently suspended after claims of spot-fixing during the Test series with England , but they did maintain their determination to clean up the game . ICC President Sharad Pawar said : `` We have stressed that we will not tolerate any form of corruption in cricket and that we will work tirelessly to root out those who have acted in a way which brings cricket into disrepute . `` The future of our great sport depends on the public maintaining their confidence in the games they are watching . We owe it to every player , administrator , every cricket lover to win this battle against a very small minority who may wish to corrupt this game . '' The ICC also said its Pakistan Task Team will work with the PCB to `` carry out any reforms which may be deemed necessary to restore confidence in the administration of the game in Pakistan . '' The ICC also confirmed their intention to pave the way for a world Test championship starting in 2013 . It would mean a playoff between the top four ranked Test teams every four years . `` We have agreed in principle to exciting and far-reaching proposals to tackle this most important issue , '' said ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat . `` The proposals , especially introducing more meaningful context , means we now have the potential to follow international cricket that is even more exciting . ''
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International Cricket Council drop investigation into claims a one-day match was ` fixed ' ICC say there is no `` compelling evidence '' England v Pakistan game was tainted . Pakistan won the 50-over match at The Oval in London on September 17 . ICC paves the way for a Test world championship starting in 2013 .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Hosts India surged into second place in the medals table on Sunday with a mini-gold rush which at last drew large crowds to the crisis-ridden Commonwealth Games . The Major Dhyan Chand stadium was packed to its 19,000 capacity to see India 's field hockey team thrash neighbors Pakistan 7-4 , with Sandeep Singh starring , to reach the semifinals of the competition . `` All credit to the crowd , '' India coach Jose Brasa told AFP . `` Their support was tremendous , something I have never seen before in any match . '' They will now play England with world champions Australia taking on New Zealand . The athletics stadium was also over two-thirds full as women 's 800m runner Tintu Luka won her semifinal in thrilling fashion and could win a rare track and field gold for India on Monday . But golds did come for Somdev Devvarman in the men 's tennis final and more followed in the wrestling , the most notable from Sushil Kumar in the 66kg category , and shooting events . By the end of the day , India had won 29 gold to England 's 26 , but still well behind powerhouses Australian , who have 61 . Two more followed for the Aussies in the cycling events as Allan Davis and Rochelle Gilmore won their respective road race titles . Sadly , the crowds did not flock to the roadside in New Delhi to watch world class performances from both , particularly Davis , who left pre-race favorite Mark Cavendish of the Isle of Man a well-beaten seventh in a brutal finish in blazing heat . In the track and field , England 's Leon Baptiste made his international breakthrough by claiming the men 's 200m title while Kenya 's Boaz Lalang led a clean sweep of the medals in the event for the East African country . His compatriot and world record holder David Rudisha was one of a number of leading stars to skip the Games as Lalang took full advantage . Another top class performance came from European champion Dai Greene in the men 's 400m hurdles as he completed a golden double . But there was more controversy involving officialdom as the women 's 200m final failed to go ahead after fastest qualifier Elena Artymata of Cyprus was disqualified for running out of her lane . She appealed but it was turned down and she will not take her place in Monday 's final .
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Hosts India win a clutch of gold medals at the Commonwealth Games . Highlight of Sunday for India is a 7-4 field hockey win over arch-rivals Pakistan . Australia win both road race titles in cycling through Allan Davis and Rochelle Gilmore . Boaz Lalang leads clean sweep of the medals for Kenya in men 's 800m race .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Lerone Clarke of Jamaica held off the challenge of England 's Mark Lewis-Francis to win the men 's 100 meters title at the Commonwealth Games on Thursday . The 29-year-old stormed over the line in 10.12 seconds , 0.08 faster than Lewis-Francis . Trinidad and Tobago 's Aaron Amstrong took the bronze in 10.24 . Clarke took advantage of the absence of his better-known countrymen Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell to claim his Jamaica 's first gold of the Delhi games . But it could have been even better for the Caribbean nation had Oshane Bailey not missed the final after pulling up with a hamstring injury after the semifinals . Lewis-Francis blamed a loose block for his failure to improve on the silver he won at the European Championships earlier this year . `` That 's one of the hardest races I 've done this season , there 's just that little bit of disappointment knowing what could have been , '' he told BBC television . `` This is an amazing season for me , I want to say one thing : I would 've won that . `` My block slipped , that 's why it looks like I 'm so far behind . I had to run deep within just to get a medal . There 's a lot more there . '' Meanwhile , Australia 's Sally Pearson won the women 's 100m in 11.28 seconds , but was later disqualified for a false start . Although no medals ceremony has been held , the official results list on the Games web site promoted Nigeria 's Osayemi Oludamola into the gold medal position , with Natasha Mayers of St Vincent and the Grenadines -LRB- 11.37 -RRB- taking silver and England 's Katherine Endacott getting the bronze . The Australian Commonwealth Games Association is appealing the decision . Leading sprinters Veronica Campbell-Brown , Shelly-Ann Fraser and Kerron Stewart , all from Jamaica , were not competing in Delhi . There was better news for Australia in the swimming pool , with Alicia Coutts claiming her third gold medal of the Games . Coutts had already won the 200m individual medley and 100m freestyle titles . `` It 's an amazing feeling , '' she told reporters . `` I did n't think I would get one gold , let alone three - I 'm stoked . `` My first win was a huge confidence booster and it 's powered me through these Games . '' Chad Le Clos , an 18-year old from South Africa set a Games record as he added the men 's 400m individual medley gold to his 200m butterfly title . Elsewhere , there were golds for Brent Hayden of Canada in the 100m freestyle and England 's Rebecca Adlington in the women 's 800m freestyle .
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NEW Australia 's Sally Pearson disqualified after winning gold in the women 's 100m . Nigeria 's Osayemi Oludamola promoted into gold medal position . Lerone Clarke wins men 's 100 meters in Delhi in 10.12 seconds . Mark Lewis-Francis of England comes second in 10.20 after his block slipped .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Friday marks the debut of the Tech Check podcast from CNN.com . The weekly podcast offers a roundup of the week 's technology news , with members of CNN.com 's tech team working to make sense of , and sometimes make light of , the top stories from the digital world . The breezy , quick-hitting podcast uses a roundtable format to break down the latest from Apple , Google , Facebook and other technology-related newsmakers , with a focus on consumer news . Topics regularly covered by the Tech Check team include social networking , technology innovation , mobile phones and other gadgets , video gaming and the internet at large . Features include a User Comment of the Week , culled from reader comments on the website or to the @cnntech Twitter feed , and the Tech Fail of the Week , which pokes fun at a tech company or player that missed the mark . Tech Check will be hosted most weeks by producer and writer Doug Gross , with a rotating cast of characters that include writer John D. Sutter , associate producer and tech-section contributor Stephanie Goldberg , tech section producer Brandon Griggs and writer Mark Milian , checking in from CNN 's San Francisco bureau . The podcast will be streamed every Friday morning on CNN.com / TECH , in an RSS feed and on CNN.com 's podcast page , and be available on iTunes for free download .
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CNN 's Tech Check podcast debuts . Weekly podcast offers roundtable discussion of the top technology stories . Podcast is posted Fridays on CNN.com / TECH and available free on iTunes .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A New York teenager with a 7,000-a-month texting habit now has a lot more to text about . Brianna Hendrickson , 13 , of Brooklyn won this year 's LG U.S. National Texting Championship by accurately typing the phrase `` Old McDonald had a farm , Ei , ei , oh ! And on this farm he had a champ . W/a txtr here , and BFF there . Here a text , there a text , erywhere a text-text ! '' in 60 seconds . Brianna took home $ 50,000 and will compete in the LG Text For Good Challenge , where she will have the chance to double her prize money and win an additional $ 50,000 for a charity of her choice , the technology company said . `` I was really nervous when I saw the final phrase and worried my fingers would n't be fast enough , '' Brianna said . `` Hearing my name announced was amazing and shocking all at the same time . '' The final showdown pitted Brianna against two other teenagers and 48 year-old Joanne Rach from Chicago , Illinois . Rach won LG 's national texting competition for parents and caregivers . Finalists who competed in New York City had already messaged their way through preliminary competition , such as on-site texting challenges at concerts , text alerts on TV shows or texting from online tournaments . They endured blindfolds , complex phrases and marathon texting during the competition this week . About 500,000 texters participated in preliminary rounds of the competition this year , LG said .
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Brianna Hendrickson , 13 , of Brooklyn wins the texting title . She can win more money for herself and charity during another challenge . Contestants ' accuracy , speed and dexterity are tested .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The spacewalk Tuesday was meant to replace a video camera and update cable connections to a module of the International Space Station . However , the question every space buff wanted an answer to is : `` What was that I just saw floating away ? '' Two objects drifted away during astronauts Fyodor Yurchikhin and Mikhail Kornienko 's six-hour assignment . When the first one swam by , even NASA was befuddled as to what it was . `` Meanwhile here on the ground in Houston , flight controllers have been taking a look at the object seen floating away earlier in the spacewalk around 12:44 a.m. Central time , '' said the voice on the live NASA feed of the spacewalk . `` Still working to identify exactly what that object was , but they were able to determine that it does seem to have floated below the space station and it should not pose any sort of a problem for the space station as far as posing a debris threat . '' Later , NASA spokesman Rob Navias said the object may have been a clamp used to attach cables , and it might have been left outside during a previous spacewalk . An hour or so after the first fly-by , a small round object made its way into the darkness of space . `` Team here moving the cameras to follow another object that seems to have floated away , '' the NASA voice said this time . `` A small round object that you can see in the middle of the screen here ... Possibly a washer or something similar . '' Navias said officials will do a photographic analysis to figure out what it was . But , he said , `` It 's not unusual at all to have one or two objects float away during the course of a six-and-a-half hour procedure outside an orbiting space station . '' The astronauts replaced a video camera that will monitor the docking of future Automated Transfer Vehicles , or supply ships . They will then attach cables connecting the rest of the station to the Russian Rassvet research module . CNN Radio 's Matt Cherry contributed to this report .
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First object may have been a clamp , NASA says . Objects floating during a spacewalk is not usual , spokesman says . A second object , possibly a washer , floats away . The six-hour task will replace a camera and update cable connections .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- If you 've picked up Apple 's iPhone 4 , you 're probably aware of the new features that can benefit gamers on the go : a higher-resolution display , an integrated gyroscope to complement the accelerometer -LRB- for six-axis motion control -RRB- , longer battery life and faster Wi-Fi . Out of the box , the iPhone 4 also supports the 250,000-plus downloads available at the App Store -LRB- part of iTunes -RRB- , many of which are great games that cover a multitude of genres . Here are three recommended digital diversions that take advantage of the iPhone 4 's impressive specs . These games also work on past iPhones , the iPod Touch and the iPad . `` Madden NFL 11 '' Company : EA Mobile Suggested age : Everyone Price : $ 7.99 Rating : 3.5 stars out of 4 . Using the iPhone 4 's `` retina '' display -- given its name because Apple claims that its pixel density is so high , the human eye is unable to distinguish individual pixels -- EA Mobile 's `` Madden NFL 11 '' is one of the best-looking HD games on the platform . Play as or against all 32 NFL teams , take advantage of the new Total Defensive Control feature that lets you pause the action to position your defense however you like , and use your fingertip to draw routes on the field . You can even save your best moves and call them as audibles . As with this year 's console versions of the game , the GameFlow feature does away with the playbook -LRB- on its default setting -RRB- , so you can spend less time picking plays and more time playing . `` Madden NFL 11 '' offers four game modes in all , including a meaty Season Mode to play through an entire 16-game schedule -LRB- and make player trades -RRB- . The game also features head-to-head Bluetooth support for wireless matches with a friend in the same room . Although it 's a bit on the pricey side -- especially compared with Gameloft 's `` NFL 2011 '' game for just 99 cents -- EA Mobile 's pocket football game is a great buy . `` N.O.V.A. '' Company : Gameloft Suggested age : Teen Price : $ 4.99 Rating : 3.5 stars out of 4 . In `` Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance '' -LRB- `` N.O.V.A. '' -RRB- , you play as a retired Marine hero , Kal , who is reluctantly re-enlisted to fight for humankind 's survival against aggressive aliens . Played from an immersive first-person perspective , the 3-D shooter takes place in multiple environments , ranging from spaceships to dense jungles to a bustling alien city . Consider it the closest thing to `` Halo '' for your pocket . With more than a half-dozen high-tech weapons at your disposal , plus superhuman powers , you can tackle the solo campaign or create a free account to log online and indulge in multiplayer modes with up to three others . Along with enhanced graphics , the game makers recently added gyroscopic support to better control the action by tilting the iPhone 4 in various directions . `` Zen Bound 2 Universal '' Company : Secret Exit Suggested age : Everyone Price : $ 2.99 Rating : 3 stars out of 4 . If you prefer a more cognitive experience , `` Zen Bound 2 Universal '' is a relaxing yet challenging puzzle game . While listening to the original 45-minute musical score -LRB- or your own tunes , if you prefer -RRB- , use the iPhone 4 's gyroscope and accelerometer to rotate the phone and `` wrap '' the rope around various objects to reach the assigned length -- while `` coloring '' the objects on all sides . More than 100 increasingly difficult levels are packed into this download , including all levels from the original `` Zen Bound '' along with new game play modes .
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`` Madden NFL 11 '' is one of the best-looking HD games on the platform . Consider `` N.O.V.A. '' the closest thing to `` Halo '' for your pocket . `` Zen Bound 2 Universal '' is a relaxing yet challenging puzzle game .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Former Real Madrid and Spain midfielder Ruben de la Red officially announced his retirement from football in an emotional press conference on Thursday . De la Red has not played since he collapsed during a Copa del Rey match in October 2008 , with what has since been diagnosed as a heart problem . The 25-year-old , who was a part of Spain 's victorious Euro 2008 squad , will stay at the club and begin a new career as a coach at the Bernabeu . `` I wish to send my support to all those players out there whose careers were also cut short . I am also very grateful to all the people who have supported me , '' said de la Red , who was visibly emotional as he addressed the Spanish media . `` I 've fought against this in vain and doctors have advised me to stop . I always dreamt of becoming a football player and to be successful at this club , which is the greatest in the world . `` I am very excited and anxious to start this new stage in my career thanks to the club . I will be able to continue to work at a place I regard as my home . I will try to learn the skills of a coach and I will give my all to be successful . '' De la Red is a product of the Real Madrid youth system and made his debut for the Spanish giants in 2004 , before being sold to Getafe in 2007 with an option for Los Blancos to re-sign the player . It was an option Real took up after the midfielder impressed for Getafe during their run to the 2007-08 UEFA Cup quarterfinals . He also earned three caps for Spain , scoring his only international goal in a 3-1 win over Greece in the group stages of Euro 2008 .
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Ruben de la Red has officially announced his retirement from football . The 25-year-old has not played since 2008 due to a heart condition . The former Spain international will now join Real Madrid 's coaching team .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Panama Canal reopened Thursday after heavy rains and flooding prompted its closing for only the third time in its storied 96-year history . Officials closed the canal around noon Wednesday after heavy rain in the Chagres River area , caused water behind the Gatun Dam -- which creates Lake Gatun , a significant part of the canal -- to rise . The canal was reopened 17 hours later . The last time the canal closed was in 1989 , after the United States invaded Panama to topple strongman Manuel Noriega . Landslides forced the canal to close for several months from late 1915 to mid-1916 , just months after it opened . The 48-mile canal is a key conduit for shipping between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans . The canal was built from 1904 to 1914 by the United States , which had sole control over the channel across the Panamanian isthmus until 1979 . Then , after 20 years of joint U.S.-Panama control , the Panamanian government assumed administration on December 31 , 1999 .
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Panama Canal reopens after heavy rains and flooding . Canal has been closed only twice before , in 1915-16 and 1989 . Canal stretches for 48 miles between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans .
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Lagos , Nigeria -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Nigeria 's Independent National Electoral Commission is urging would-be voters to turn out for the scheduled voter registration session in January , in hopes for a `` free fair and credible elections in 2011 , '' a Commission spokesman said Thursday . `` This reassurance is necessary against the backdrop of the theft of some Direct Data Capture machines at the Lagos airport , '' said Kayode Robert Idowu , a Commission spokesman in a press statement . On Tuesday , 20 voting machines were stolen at the Lagos airport , out of a total of 6,000 brought into the country by Zinox Technologies Ltd. , Idowu said . Sixteen machines have been recovered so far and security agents are investigating the case , he said . The equipment , meant for registering voters for the upcoming election in Nigeria , is comprised of laptops and webcams . It was stolen from a clearing point at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport , said Idowu . The equipment was the first consignment ordered to help register voters for the 2011 elections . The presidential election is expected to take place in April 9 . President Goodluck Jonathan , who became president after the death of Umaru Yar ` Adua earlier this year , is running for election to the office . He will be challenged in the primaries by another former vice president of Nigeria . Atiku Abubakar is the consensus candidate put forward by a bloc of leaders from Nigeria 's influential Northern Political Leaders Forum , which announced in September that it would name someone to take on Jonathan in the presidential primaries for the People 's Democratic Party . Abubakar served as vice president under Olusegun Obasanjo from 1999 to 2007 . Under Nigerian `` zoning '' rules , power must shift to between regions and ethnic groups every eight years . Jonathan -- who is from the Niger Delta , in the south -- was part of the joint ticket with Yar ` Adua , who was from the north . He was elected in 2007 . Because Jonathan took office after Yar ` Adua 's death in May , the northern leaders say the presidency should rotate back to the north . Jonathan disputes that . Voter registration for the presidential election will be January 15-29 .
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Equipment stolen from an airport clearing point . The presidential election will be April 9 . Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar will challenge President Goodluck Jonathan . Most of the equipment has been recovered .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- China 's top foreign policy official met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il Thursday and the two sides `` reached consensus '' about defusing tensions on the Korean peninsula , officials said . The meeting marks the first between Kim and a top official from China since the flareup between the two Koreas . `` The two sides reached consensus on bilateral relations and the situation on the Korean Peninsula after candid and in-depth talks , '' said Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu . She did not elaborate on what Kim discussed with the official , Dai Bingguo , during the latter 's visit to Pyongyang . Tensions on the Korean peninsula escalated following North Korea 's shelling of South Korea 's Yeonpyeong Island last month , as well as the March sinking of a South Korean warship -- allegedly by a North Korean torpedo -- and recent revelations that it is enriching uranium for nuclear weapons . North Korean officials have been pushing for the resumption of six-party talks including China and Russia . China has also called for `` emergency '' talks among all the six countries -- North Korea , South Korea , China , the United States , Japan and Russia -- to address the tensions on the Korean peninsula . But the United States has thus far refused , looking first for proof that North Korea is serious about not stoking military tensions and serious about stifling development of its nuclear program . For the second day in a row , the head of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff called on China to use its influence instead to rein in North Korea to prevent a full-blown crisis . China is North Korea 's strongest ally and largest trading partner . `` I actually believe that because these provocations continue and seemingly at a frequent interval , that the danger is going up and that steps must be taken to ensure that they stop , '' he said at a news conference in Tokyo . `` Much of that volatility is owed to the reckless behavior of the North Korean regime , enabled by their friends in China . '' CNN 's Jo Kent contributed to this report .
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NEW : Mullen calls North Korea 's behavior `` reckless '' The meeting between the two nations is the first since the flareup . Official : `` The two sides reached consensus '' Mullen challenges China to use its influence with North Korea .
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Nairobi , Kenya -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Supporters and members of the gay and lesbian community in Kenya blasted the country 's prime minister Monday after he said anyone engaging in homosexual activity should be arrested . `` The gay community is very scared as the Prime Minister 's statement will incite more violence against visible gays , '' David Kuria , a spokesperson for the Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya told CNN . Prime Minister Raila Odinga made the comments Sunday while attending a rally in the Kibera neighborhood of Nairobi . `` The constitution is very clear on this issue and men or women found engaging in homosexuality will not be spared , '' Odinga said during the rally . `` If we find a man engaging in homosexuality or a woman in lesbianism , we 'll arrest them and put them in jail , '' Odinga said . Homosexuality is a crime in Kenya and has a jail term of up to 14 years . The country 's new constitution disallows same-sex unions . Gay rights have been a source of contention in Kenya in the past . In February an armed group raided a government health center that provides HIV/AIDS services to the community . The group insisted they were trying to `` flush out the gays , '' according to a Human Rights Watch report . A spokesperson of the prime minister 's office , Dennis Onyango told CNN that the comments made by Odinga were off the cuff and were not a directive to arrest anyone . Kuria said the comments triggered state-sponsored homophobia . `` All the years of hard work we 've done to curtail intimidation , violence and blackmail towards homosexuals has now been adversely reversed , '' said Kuria . Lawrence Mute of the Kenya National Human Rights Commission says that the prime minister 's comments unwisely encourage hate crimes based on assumed sexuality . `` Under the bill of rights , people should be treated equally regardless of their sexual orientation , '' Mute said . Lillian Leposo contributed to this report .
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Prime minister says gays , lesbians to be arrested . Activist : `` Gay community is very scared '' Odinga made remarks at Nairobi rally . Homosexuality is a crime in Kenya carrying a 14-year jail term .
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Saugus , Massachusetts -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The image is still vivid after 65 years . Bob Attubato and his fellow sixth-grade classmates rushed to the window just in time to see a crippled twin-engine bomber trailing smoke and flames over their school . `` Suddenly , we heard this unearthly sound coming over the school , '' Attubato recalled . `` It just reverberated through the building . '' As the class stood there and watched , the plane 's wing and engine broke off and it disappeared from view . A loud explosion followed . Attubato later learned that the pilot , Army Air Force Maj. Doak Weston stayed with the B-25 until it crashed on a nearby golf course , giving his five-man crew time to bail out and missing nearby homes . The event faded with time , but Attubato never forgot that day . He and others campaigned to honor the heroic pilot . One of these was Dave Paquin , whose father was one of the surviving crew members . Sgt. Frederic Paquin parachuted from the burning plane that day , landing in a tree . Dave Paquin said his father used to joke about that being the only tree he climbed down that he never climbed up . Paquin 's father died 15 years ago , but he still feels a debt of gratitude to Weston . `` My father owes his life to him , '' he said . Recently , the mayor of Melrose , Massachusetts -- where Weston 's plane crashed on the golf course -- agreed to honor the pilot 's heroism . `` In Massachusetts , we have many great historic events and some for whatever reason just get passed by , '' Melrose Mayor Robert Dolan said . `` I just could n't imagine that this individual does n't have some remembrance for what he has done . '' On September 24 , 2010 -- 65 years to the day of the accident -- the city held a ceremony on the eighth tee at the Mt. Hood Golf Club in Melrose , overlooking the site of the crash . Aside from the occasional golf cart passing by , it is a quiet , peaceful spot . At the conclusion of the service , Dolan lifted a sheet off a small stone engraved with the names of Weston and the crew he saved . Helping him to unveil the monument was Michael Weston , who was only 3 when his father died . He was overwhelmed by the city 's gratitude . `` I 'm just very impressed , '' he said . `` It 's just made me very happy . '' Weston traveled with his family from California to attend the service . Until coming to Melrose , he said , they never had a full appreciation of what Doak Weston had done or what his sacrifice meant to this community . Weston graciously accepted the thanks given to him by the veterans and residents who lined up after the service to shake his hand . He said he knows their gratefulness is really directed at his father . They want to honor the memory of a man who gave his life for others . Michael Weston has the same feelings towards the father he never really knew . `` There are lots of people who follow that instinct to do the right thing for their fellow man , '' he said . `` That 's what he stood for to me . ''
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Maj. Doak Weston piloted a B-25 as it went down north of Boston , Massachusetts . He stayed with the plane until it crashed , avoiding buildings and allowing his crew to bail . Witnesses and survivors rallied to have Weston 's sacrifice honored . A ceremony was held at the crash site , 65 years to the day after the crash .
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-LRB- Mashable -RRB- -- Android smartphone market share trails iPhone market share by a scant 9 percentage points in a recent study from analysis giant Nielsen . According to statistics on overall U.S. market share , Android is the single fastest-growing mobile platform . By contrast , Apple 's iOS shows an ever-so-slight decline . Other operating systems , including BlackBerry and Windows Mobile , show sharp declines over the past quarter . Still , BlackBerry is the top mobile OS by the numbers , with around 30 percent of the total market share . Last month , Nielsen 's stats showed that Android was the preferred platform of new smartphone buyers , suggesting that big-budget marketing campaigns for devices such as the Droid lineup and HTC 's Evo were paying off . In fact , Androids outsold iPhones for the first time ever in the first half of 2010 . Nevertheless , these stats still show iOS devices as the leading smartphones in the Android-versus-iPhone battle . Today , Android has 19 percent of the mobile OS market , while Apple 's iOS smartphones have 28 percent . Age also plays a role in which device a given smartphone user is likely to choose . Members of the under-35 crowd were more likely to be seen with an Android than were older folks . And BlackBerry held sway with users over 45 . Apple dominated when it came to smartphone users ages 44 and under . Based on these trends , we fully expect BlackBerry devices to sink below iPhones in popularity within the next quarter . And we 're sure it wo n't be too long before Android and iOS are neck-and-neck in competing for smartphone dominance . Do you think the consumer actions behind these trends are based more on device performance and facts or more on personal bias and marketing ? We 'd love to get your opinions in the comments . © 2010 MASHABLE.com . All rights reserved .
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Android market share trails iPhone by scant 9 percent , says Nielsen . Apple 's iOS shows an ever-so-slight decline . BlackBerry is the top mobile OS , with around 30 percent of total market share .
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Dabola , Guinea -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Violence and voter intimidation in Guinea 's eastern region has forced the displacement of thousands of ethnic Peul who support presidential candidate Cellou Dalein Diallo , according to an official for the Red Cross in Guinea and local officials of Diallo 's party . The West African nation 's long-awaited , much-delayed second round presidential runoff between Diallo and Alpha Conde is scheduled for Sunday . But more than a week of violence and intimidation that has forced thousands of people to leave their homes in the towns of Siguiri , Kouroussa and Kissidougou in eastern Guinea has soured what would be the nation 's most credible democratic presidential vote in its 52-year history . Are you there ? Share images and video with CNN iReport . Ananie Kashironge , head of media relations for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Conakry , the nation 's capital , told CNN on Tuesday that 2,800 people were displaced on October 29 and 30 alone . In addition , commercial trucks filled with ethnic Peul and all their possessions have been leaving the eastern towns of Siguiri -LRB- about 800 kilometers from Conakry -RRB- and Kouroussa -LRB- about 580 kilometers from Conakry -RRB- every day for the past 12 days , and local officials for Diallo 's UFDG party say a total of 15,000 to 20,000 Peul have been displaced around the country . Most of the displaced people have traveled west to the Fouta Djallon region , where they have relatives , the officials say . After a rally for Conde in Conakry on October 22 in which dozens of supporters fell sick after drinking contaminated water and yogurt , ethnic Malinke people attacked Peul in Upper Guinea , especially in Siguiri and Kouroussa , for days . Those displaced spoke of Malinke men looting and burning Peul-owned businesses and demolishing homes where Peul lived in Siguiri . Officials for Diallo 's party said they registered the deaths of three Peul in Siguiri , one who had been fatally beaten and two who had died after being struck by stones . Conde , whose father is from the Malinke ethnic group , draws much of his support from the majority Malinke region of Upper Guinea , where most of the violence happened . Diallo , an ethnic Peul , has his base of supporters in the northwestern Fouta Djallon region . Sabo Camara , the campaign director for the UFDG party in Dabola , a town on the border of the Fouta Djallon and Upper Guinea regions where many Peul have stayed or passed through , said the violence seemed planned . `` They do n't want -LSB- the Peul -RSB- to vote and we heard that they even put out a communique on local radio saying that if -LSB- the Peul -RSB- stay there until election day they will kill all of them , '' Camara told CNN on Monday . `` We estimate that 15 to 20,000 people have passed through or stayed in Dabola '' since October 22 , '' he added . `` Many told us that meetings had been organized , and razors and knives distributed to get rid of the Peul by force . '' One displaced man said those who forced them out made no secret of the reason . `` They told us , ` Come election day not a single Peul will vote here , ' which is why they chased us away , '' said Thierno Barry , who left Siguiri with his family and all their belongings and was heading for his village of origin in the Fouta Djallon region . And a displaced Peul woman traveling from Siguiri who asked not to be named for safety reasons told a similar story . `` They gave out a list of people from the Peul ethnic group and said that they have to leave before the election or they will be killed , '' she said . Camara said the authorities in Siguiri and Kouroussa , members of a military junta who has ruled Guinea since December , 2008 , did not do anything to stop the violence . `` We are under the impression that the authorities are complicit . Otherwise how can there be such trouble for four , five days without the authorities intervening , '' he said . Cheik Kaba , a Malinke businessman in Kankan , an upper Guinea city some 120 kilometers from Siguiri , told CNN that anti-Peul violence had spread to Kankan but had been contained because of local peace efforts . Conakry supporters of Conde 's RPG party `` called us to say that -LSB- the Peul -RSB- poisoned RPG members . ... Everyone wanted to destroy everything here , but we reasoned with them and made them understand that it is our country and Guinea belongs to everyone , so they left them alone , '' Kaba said . Dr. Mohamed Saliou Camara , professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida and author of a book on Guinea 's independence leader , told CNN recently that `` ethnicity becomes truly a problem when politicians resort to it to compensate for their lack of viable ideological platform and political program to meaningfully mobilize the electorate . '' The number of displaced people has once again complicated efforts to hold a credible second round of presidential elections . Siaka Toumani Sangare , the retired Malian general in charge of Guinea 's electoral commission , told journalists at a press conference on Monday that the government was taking measures to ensure that those displaced will be able to vote . But with thousands of displaced people now in remote villages with electoral cards left behind in Siguiri and Kouroussa , it will be very difficult for the inefficient Guinean government to reach all those affected . `` We are very scared because this is a dangerous precedent , a very dangerous precedent , '' Sabo Camara said . `` If people who have lived in a place for 30 years , 40 years , 50 years , are told to leave the houses they have built , the businesses filled with their goods , it 's really quite worrying . ''
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Ethnic Peul have been targeted , Red Cross and local officials say . The Peul and the Malinke support different candidates for president . The long-delayed second round of presidential elections is Sunday .
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Salt Lake City , Utah -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The jury began deliberations Thursday in the trial of Brian David Mitchell , accused of kidnapping 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart in 2002 . The jurors will decide whether Mitchell , 57 , was legally insane when he snatched Smart at knifepoint from her bedroom on June 5 , 2002 . Smart testified at the monthlong trial that he led her to a makeshift camp in the canyons above her home , `` sealed '' her as his spiritual plural wife and raped her . U.S. District Dale Kimball instructed jurors that in order to acquit Mitchell under the insanity defense , they must determine he was mentally ill and that his illness was so severe it kept him from knowing right from wrong . Defense attorneys mounted the insanity defense for Mitchell , trying to convince jurors that Mitchell was so delusional he could not understand his actions were wrong when he abducted Smart . Several mental health experts testified for the defense , offering diagnoses that ranged from delusional to psychotic to paranoid schizophrenic . When a defendant acts out in court . Prosecutors produced their own mental health experts , who testified that Mitchell was little more than a narcissistic pedophile who used religious dogma and claims he received revelations from God to get what he wanted . Smart spent nine months with Mitchell and his legal wife , Wanda Barzee , at makeshift camps in the Utah mountains and at a homeless camp outside San Diego , California . Now 23 , Smart was the star witness for the prosecution . She said Mitchell raped her nearly every day of her captivity , some days more than once . She initially was kept tethered between two trees and treated `` like an animal , '' she testified . Later , she was allowed to accompany Mitchell and Barzee into town , but was forced to wear flowing religious robes and a veil . She was not permitted to speak to other people , she said . Mitchell claimed to be a prophet named Immanuel David Isaiah , who would take 49 wifes and battle the Antichrist in the end times . Afterward , his family would hold exalted positions in the new kingdom . Smart said her job was to teach the new wives how to perform sexually . She said Mitchell claimed she was preordained to be his wife but never spoke of his destiny with outsiders . Many times , she said , he used his revelations to justify drinking , smoking or viewing pornography . Mitchell , Smart and Barzee were stopped by police in Sandy , Utah , on March 12 , 2003 . Smart was reunited with her family , and Mitchell and Barzee were charged by state authorities . When those cases bogged down over whether they were mentally competent to stand trial , the case moved to federal court . Barzee , 64 , reached a plea bargain and is serving 15 years in prison . She testified for the defense and described Mitchell as a manipulator who took advantage of her religious beliefs . CNN 's Lena Jakobsson and Ann O'Neill contributed to this report .
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Defense and prosecution have rested their cases in the trial of Brian David Mitchell . Jury will decide if Mitchell 's mental problems kept him from knowing right from wrong . Defense said Mitchell is so delusional that he could not understand his actions . Prosecutors produced mental health experts who said Mitchell knew his actions were wrong .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Years after his death , baseball legend Honus Wagner hit a home run for a group of nuns , who will use proceeds from the sale of his extremely rare baseball card to do charitable work . Texas-based Heritage Auctions conducted the internet auction , which concluded Thursday night with a winning bid from Doug Walton , whose family owns seven stores in the Southeast specializing in sports cards and collectibles . `` I have been in the market for this card for a long time , '' Walton told CNN . `` It is the Mona Lisa of baseball cards . '' Walton paid $ 262,900 , Heritage said , with $ 220,000 of that going to the School Sisters of Notre Dame . The card 's price beat initial estimates by $ 162,900 . Both the card and the account of how it came to be sold make for compelling stories . Like other stars of the early 20th century , Wagner , a Hall of Famer with the Pittsburgh Pirates , appeared on tobacco company cards . The T206 cards were made between 1909 and 1911 . Wagner 's likeness was removed , either because he opposed being associated by young fans with tobacco or because he was n't being paid enough by the company , said Chris Ivy , director of sports sales for Heritage Auctions . Only 50 to 60 T206 Wagner cards are believed to exist . One in near-mint condition sold for $ 2.8 million in 2007 . The Catholic order , which has a facility in Baltimore , Maryland , obtained the card when the brother of one its nuns died earlier this year , leaving several baseball cards to the congregation . Neither of the siblings has been identified . Never mind that the card 's sides had been trimmed to fit in a scrapbook , that it was laminated and lost some paper on the back , leaving it in poor condition . It 's an authentic T206 Honus Wagner card . `` The fact that this was in her brother 's collection since the 1930s and no one knew it '' makes its history special , Ivy told CNN . The Catholic missionary and teaching order said Wagner 's name `` is blessed to us now . '' `` We 're very grateful to have the extra funds to help the School Sisters of Notre Dame where we minister in more than 30 countries , '' said Sister Virginia Muller , treasurer of the order 's Atlantic-Midwest area , in a statement . Walton , managing partner of Walton Sports Cards and Collectibles , said he 's tried three previous times to buy a Wagner card , but was outbid . He plans to have the card make the rounds of the company 's stores in Tennessee , Florida and South Carolina . He concedes he paid about $ 60,000 more than the card is worth , but `` the back story made me spend the extra money on it . '' About 75 percent of his pursuit of the T206 card was emotion , he said . `` I 'm a very stubborn person . ''
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Rare Honus Wagner baseball card sold at auction . Catholic nuns will receive $ 220,000 to do charitable work . Buyer has been in the market for card for a long time .
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Salt Lake City , Utah -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A federal appeals court cleared the way Friday for the resumption of the trial of Brian David Mitchell , the man charged in the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart . Mitchell , 57 , is charged with snatching then-14-year-old Smart at knife-point from her family 's Salt Lake City home early on June 5 , 2002 . In court papers , his lawyers have indicated they will raise an insanity defense . The three-judge panel vacated the temporary stay it issued Thursday , which halted the trial just after the defense had begun its opening statements in a Salt Lake City federal courtroom . The trial will resume Monday at 8:30 a.m. , the court said Friday . Defense lawyers asked for a mistrial so the proceedings could be moved to another city , arguing `` serious error and irreparable harm '' could come because of juror belief in Mitchell 's `` factual guilt '' before hearing any evidence . Smart is scheduled to be the prosecution 's third witness following her mother , Lois , and sister , Mary Katherine . Smart was abducted before dawn on June 5 , 2002 , and led to a campsite that `` was her prison for the next four months , '' Assistant U.S. Attorney Felice Viti said in his opening statements Thursday . She was stripped , dressed in a robe and brought into a tent for an impromptu `` wedding . '' And then , the prosecutor said , she was raped . In the months that followed Smart 's disappearance , her anguished parents , Ed and Lois , became a familiar sight in the media as they continued to plead for their daughter 's safe return . But no one expected what happened in March 2003 , when Smart was found walking down a street in the Salt Lake City suburb of Sandy in the company of Mitchell and his wife , Wanda Eileen Barzee . Mitchell , a drifter and self-described prophet who called himself Emmanuel , had done some handyman work at the Smarts ' home . Utah prosecutors charged Mitchell with six felony counts of kidnapping , sexual assault and burglary . But in July 2005 , a Utah district judge ruled him incompetent to stand trial , leaving him in custody at the Utah State Hospital . The state case against Mitchell was put on hold when federal authorities stepped in . A grand jury in 2008 indicted Mitchell and Barzee . Judge Dale Kimball in March found Mitchell competent to stand trial . Barzee , 64 , pleaded guilty in federal court in November 2009 to kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor and was sentenced in May to 15 years in federal prison . She also pleaded guilty but mentally ill in state court to conspiracy to commit aggravated kidnapping in an attempt to kidnap Smart 's cousin a month after Smart was kidnapped . She was given a sentence of one to 15 years , to be served concurrently with the federal sentence and given credit for the seven years she had spent in custody . As part of her plea agreement , Barzee agreed to cooperate in the state and federal cases against her husband . However , her name does not appear on a witness list filed by federal prosecutors -- and does appear on a list of witnesses filed by the defense . Mitchell 's attorneys earlier attempted unsuccessfully to move his trial , saying it should be held outside of Utah because publicity in the case had prejudiced the pool of potential jurors against him and jeopardized his right to a fair trial .
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NEW : The trial will resume Monday morning . An appeals court lifted its temporary stay on the trial . The judges rejected the defense request for a mistrial . Brian David Mitchell is charged with kidnapping Smart in 2002 .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An abandoned car sits in the Mexican desert outside Juarez , Mexico , the doors and trunk wide open . Under a blanket in the trunk is a body . Hands tied together . A bullet in the head . This was freelance journalist Jeff Antebi 's introduction to the war between rival drug cartels in Juarez . The 40-year-old photographer , also known as the founder of the music company Waxploitation , traveled there to observe and document the violence that has gripped what many call the most deadly city in the Western Hemisphere . `` When I arrived in Juarez , '' says Antebi , `` within an hour , over the police scanners , a body has been found . And maybe 30 minutes later , another body . `` And then another body . And by the end of the day , it was 10 . The next day , 10 . The next day , 10 . '' More than 2,000 people have been murdered in Juarez so far this year , according to police . Just this week , two students from the University of Texas at El Paso were shot and killed there . The Mexican government estimates that as many as 28,000 people have been killed by the cartels since 2007 , when Mexican President Felipe Calderon declared war on the cartels . Army troops entered the fight , and the level of violence from the cartels escalated dramatically in response . `` The cartels kill indiscriminately , '' says Antebi . He arrived on the scene last December , just in time for the Christmas season . In the past , he had photographed many places where people live in poverty and despair , from the Gypsy camps of Europe to the slums of Haiti and Brazil . But in Juarez , he says , there is a unique sense of dread . `` The average ordinary resident of Juarez , their life is in danger every day . '' `` You just never know if some distant cousin , perhaps , has done something , and someone is exercising revenge on them by killing you , '' he says . As a precaution , Antebi traveled with a local reporter familiar with the lay of the land . And he avoided being out on the streets at night . `` The cartels , '' he says , `` own the night . '' While visiting crime scenes throughout the city , Antebi discovered a chilling fact about police . `` Only in Juarez do the good guys wear masks . '' Police officers routinely wear ski masks when out in public , or investigating crime scenes , to conceal their identities and protect the safety of their families . For that reason , Antebi says , he was careful to not photograph unmasked police officers . `` Those photos might be used to target law enforcement personnel when they are off duty . '' There was another reason to be careful when photographing officers . `` You might be taking a photo of a policeman who is secretly working for a cartel , '' Antebi says . `` That 's something that makes murder scenes so ominous . '' Politicians are also at risk of becoming targets . This summer , Antebi returned to Juarez to photograph the national elections . Elections held amid conflict are of particular interest to Antebi . He has photographed elections in Afghanistan and Southern Thailand , among others . But Antebi says the violence of the Mexican election season was eye-opening . `` Two weeks before the elections , several candidates in the state of Chihuahua were assassinated . '' And other politicians , says Antebi , received gruesome threats . `` The prime candidate for mayor of Juarez , '' he says , `` had a severed head left on the front door of his house . '' The result , according to Antebi , is that few politicians dare to openly challenge the cartels . Journalists are in danger as well . Mexico 's National Commission on Human Rights says 65 journalists have been murdered since 2000 . A recent front-page editorial in El Diario , the biggest daily paper in Juarez , has sparked national controversy . `` What do you want from us , '' the editorial asks the cartels . `` You are currently the de facto authorities in this city . ... Tell us what you expect from us as a newspaper . '' The editorial was published after the assassination of one of the newspaper 's photographers . Antebi says the government is trying to crack down on the cartels , and has arrested many key figures over the last two years . But he believes those efforts have only provoked even greater violence . `` It 's a very sad city to be in , '' he says .
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Journalist Jeff Antebi is documenting the drug cartel wars in Juarez , Mexico . Antebi does not photograph unmasked policemen ; identifying them could get them killed . The government says 28,000 people have been killed by the cartels since 2007 . Antebi : `` The cartels kill indiscriminately ''
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Palm oil plantations have a pretty bad reputation among eco warriors . Often the rows of oil palms replace primary rainforest , after it 's been mercilessly cleared by logging companies , sometimes illegally . But now the growing pressure from consumers and environmental groups has started to result in changes on the plantations . The owners are not ripping up the multi-million dollar farms , but some are at least making a nod towards a more sustainable way of growing palm oil . The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil -LRB- RSPO -RRB- is a recent initiative to give the industry a better reputation , and brings together representatives from the entire supply chain of palm oil , from the producers and the banks that finance them , to the retailers , and even the consumers . To become certified , plantations must adopt a raft of one hundred greener measurers , including set aside areas along rivers where jungle can regenerate . Some plantation managers are taking it further though , planting endangered trees , enriching these buffer zones with species that are fast disappearing elsewhere in Southeast Asia . The planting will never replace the tens of thousands of hectares of lost jungle , but it is a significant departure from past attitudes . Geoffrey Cooper is one of the last European planters left in the Malaysian palm oil industry . He talks like an evangelical environmentalist , which belies his background as a plantation manager for more than a quarter of a century , in both Asia and Africa . He grew up in Malaysia after his parents arrived from Scotland in the mid 1950s when his father took up a plantation engineer 's job , and is passionate about his work . But what inspires him even more is the chance , as he sees it , to leave a legacy of environmental creation . Cooper manages a 10,000 hectare estate , formerly a sugar plantation , know as `` United International Enterprises '' for United Plantations -LRB- UP -RRB- , about three hours north of the capital , Kuala Lumpur . UP is Danish-controlled and in 2008 was the first plantation company in the world to become certified by the RSPO . Cooper thinks despite the terrible reputation the industry has earned , it is possible to take some small steps to start making palm oil more sustainable . `` We 've got to start somewhere , we can turn the clock back there 's no doubt about it . And we as a group are committed to do that and so are some other big plantation players in the country , '' says Cooper . `` We 'll be looking at getting 300 to 500 diverse tree species and I expect we will plant something like 20,000 trees in our gene bank area , from the current 7,500 already planted since the past two and a half years . '' He 's consulted a local `` tree guru '' James Kingham on most of the plantings . Kingham is also a former planter , but now runs a rare tree nursery comprising 3 million seedlings of rare and endangered trees . `` I am one of the guilty ones , the very guilty ones , where we have felled thousands of acres when I was with a big company in Johor -LSB- to make way for palm oil trees -RSB- , '' says Kingham . `` So I wanted to start something different , something for the future . Back then no one was talking about climate change , it really started as a hobby . '' But now his hobby could be vital to stop some of these trees becoming extinct . Kingham is also being courted by the biggest publicly listed plantation conglomerate in the world , Sime Darby . Kingham says this giant company , with more than half a million hectares of plantations , is buying 200,000 seedlings from him each year . RSPO criteria mean plantations have to have 2 to 4 percent of their acreage set aside ; Sime Darby is stocking some of these areas with rare trees . It may take more than 50 years for the seedlings to reach their maximum height , with some growing to more than 75 meters . Specimens like the Shorea Macrantha are critically-endangered ; there are perhaps just a few hundred left in the wild . Paradoxically , now they are flourishing in an otherwise ecologically barren setting . In terms of processing the palm fruit , measures are being taken towards being a little greener . Each palm tree produces 12 to 14 bunches of bright red fruit per year , each containing 3000 to 5000 fruits each the size of a walnut . Approximately 5 liters of palm oil is derived from 20 kilos of fruit . On Cooper 's estate of 1.4 million palm oil trees a biogas plant was installed in 2008 , which ferments the waste into methane gas that is used to power all the machinery via the mill 's electrical generators . The palm oil industry still has a very long way to go to become green , but Cooper admits consumer pressure is having a positive effect on plantation companies by making them improve their attitude towards conservation and sustainable practices . `` We as planters are very well placed to do something constructive . Let 's face it we need a bit of pressure , we need a bit of direction and we ¹ re well placed to do something about it now , '' he says .
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Plantations in Malaysia are taking steps to make palm oil less destructive . Planting of rare tree spieces on plantations is one method . New criteria means plantations have to 2 to 4 percent of land for native trees . Geoffrey Cooper , plantation manager , says planters are in good place to be constructive .
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MADRID , Spain -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A powerful car bomb exploded outside a regional television station in Spain 's Basque region Wednesday after police got a warning call from the separatist group ETA , authorities said . Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero says ETA is losing all the battles . The blast occurred in the city of Bilbao around 11 a.m. -LRB- 5 a.m. ET -RRB- . The warning came an hour ahead of the bombing and gave police enough time to evacuate the area , including some 500 people working at the government-run Basque regional TV , known by its initials EiTB , and in other nearby offices . There were no immediate reports of casualties , but the blast shattered the glass facade of the TV station 's new headquarters . It was the first major attack blamed on ETA since police arrested two of its suspected top leaders recently . ETA is blamed for more than 800 deaths in its long fight for Basque independence and is listed as a terrorist group by the European Union and the United States . Last month during an anti-terrorism raid in France , authorities captured the man then considered to be the overall chief of the Basque separatist group . Authorities said the suspect , Mikel Garikoitz Aspiazu , 35 , alias `` Txeroki , '' was in charge of both ETA 's military and political , or policymaking , wings . Just three weeks later , on December 8 , police arrested Txeroki 's alleged replacement , Aitzol Iriondo Yarza , 30 , the new suspected head of the ETA commandos . He was also arrested in France , ETA 's traditional rear guard base just across the border from Spain . Watch the explosion '' After that , Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said ETA was more `` isolated '' than ever and he ruled out fresh talks with them . `` The end of ETA can be seen only with the push from the rule of law , '' Zapatero said in an interview on December 18 with CNN affiliate Cuatro TV . He said police had arrested 365 ETA suspects in the past two years , notably the two recent suspected top ETA leaders and their alleged ETA chief predecessor , who was detained last May , also in France . On Wednesday after the Bilbao blast , Zapatero told an audience in southern Spain that `` ETA can attack but it is going to lose all the battles . '' Top Spanish officials have repeatedly warned that ETA is not yet finished . An ETA communique during the autumn threatened many targets , including government-run media outlets . The previous major car bomb blamed on ETA was on October 30 at the University of Navarra in Pamplona , which injured 27 people and caused extensive damage . The Bilbao bomb comes two years after ETA 's car bomb at Madrid 's airport that killed two men and destroyed a parking garage . There are about 600 ETA convicts or suspects in Spanish jails and 150 others in French jails , authorities in the two countries have told CNN .
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Bomb explodes outside a television station in Spain 's Basque region . Police got a warning call from the separatist group ETA . The warning came an hour ahead of the bombing ; police evacuated area .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Counting was under way Sunday in Myanmar 's first election in 20 years , a poll that critics say is aimed at creating a facade of democracy . Polls closed Sunday and officials results were not immediately available , though critics say that the outcome was all but certain to be favorable to the ruling military junta . Riot police roamed streets in the city of Yangon , the former national capital that is also known as Rangoon . Election workers for the Union for Solidarity and Development -LRB- USD -RRB- had campaigned in the countryside , where many rural residents did n't know how to vote . The party is supported by the governing junta of mostly of ex-military members . `` These are our candidates for this region , '' a USD election worker told one resident . `` It is not important to put down the name of the party , but the people have to know our symbol and make their mark right here . '' Because many citizens in rural areas know so little about the political process , election workers said they also had to show people how to vote . `` I am not just campaigning for our party , '' the election worker said . `` I am educating the people on how to vote . Many people do n't know how to vote . '' Their word is very influential -- especially in rural areas , where most people in the nation live . `` I do n't know anything about the election , '' one woman said . `` If someone tells me what to vote , I will follow that guideline . '' Opposition parties like the National Democratic Force -LRB- NDF -RRB- are complaining that a lack of money is keeping them from running and campaigning in most areas of the country . An NDF representative said the party will only contest in about 15 percent of constituencies . Several residents said they did not expect any change as a result of the election . `` Nothing will change after the election , '' a farmer said . `` The government is not trying to convince us . We do n't matter to them because we are poor . '' Not that it seems to matter to him . `` I do n't care who will be elected , '' he said . `` I do n't know whom I will vote for because I have no knowledge of politics . '' Government critics say the election is a sham , and Nobel Peace Prize-winning democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi has rejected voting in the elections , her lawyer said . The National League for Democracy , Suu Kyi 's party , announced in March that it would not participate . A new law forced the NLD to choose between honoring Suu Kyi as its leader and risking the party being declared illegal , or ejecting Suu Kyi from the party and contesting the elections . `` Since NLD is not participating in this coming election , she does n't want to vote , '' her lawyer Nyan Win said in October . Suu Kyi 's party won a landslide election victory in 1990 , but the military junta rejected the results . This year , the generals refused to allow international monitors to oversee the election and recently overhauled Myanmar 's constitution in a way critics say is aimed at tightening the regime 's grip . The constitution now requires more than 100 military nominees in parliament . Myanmar , also known as Burma , has been under military rule since 1962 . In October , the military regime rejected international monitoring of Sunday 's elections . `` Since we have many experiences in election , we do n't need experts on this issue , '' said Thein Soe , chairman of the election commission . `` And since we have all ambassadors who are representing their countries , we do n't think we need to invite any special group to observe the election since all the ambassadors are here and can watch it on election day , '' he added . U.S. President Barack Obama strongly criticized the elections in a statement Sunday . The elections , he said , `` were neither free nor fair , and failed to meet any of the internationally accepted standards associated with legitimate elections . The elections were based on a fundamentally flawed process and demonstrated the regime 's continued preference for repression and restriction over inclusion and transparency . '' Opinion : Why the U.S. must not give up on Myanmar . One of the biggest flaws was the imprisonment of more than 2,100 political prisoners , who were denied the opportunity to participate , Obama said . The biased electoral commission left opposition candidates sidelined , he said , and the junta has denied registrations for some ethnic parties and canceled the vote in certain ethnic areas . U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also criticized the country 's rulers on Sunday . Speaking during a visit to Australia , Clinton said the country was holding `` flawed elections that once again expose the abuses of the military junta . '' And in a statement issued later Sunday , she said the generals `` missed an opportunity to begin genuine transition toward democratic governance and national reconciliation . '' `` Burma 's leaders must come to realize -- after five decades of sustained internal conflict , economic mismanagement , and international pariah status -- that Burma needs a better way forward , a way that does not rely on suppression but rather strives to create a truly democratic and prosperous future for the Burmese people , '' Clinton said . The United States continues to insist on the `` immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners , '' including Suu Kyi , and will maintain its sanctions against leading members of the regime , she said . Suu Kyi has spent most of the past 20 years under house arrest , and the regime recently passed a law that made her ineligible to run because of a court conviction . The Nobel laureate has called the law unjust . A Myanmar court convicted Suu Kyi in August 2009 for breaching the terms of her house arrest after American John Yettaw swam uninvited to her lakeside house in Yangon and briefly stayed there . In February , a court rejected her appeal for release . Suu Kyi 's current house arrest is due to end in mid-November , but her lawyers are skeptical that the military junta will release her . Her supporters have said her latest conviction was a way to remove her from the election campaign .
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Obama says voting was not free or fair . Voting ends in Myanmar 's first election in 20 years . Election workers for the ruling junta 's party showed people how to vote . Opposition parties say they do n't have the money to campaign effectively .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Jo Myong Rok , a top North Korean military officer , died of heart disease Saturday , the country 's official news agency reported . He was 82 . Jo , the vice marshal of the Korean People 's Army and a loyal follower of leader Kim Jong Il , `` devoted his whole life to the sacred struggle for the freedom and independence of the country and the victory of the cause of socialism , '' according to the Korean Central News Agency . Jo made history in 2000 when he became the first North Korean military officer ever to enter the U.S. Pentagon . He met with then-Defense Secretary William Cohen . That same trip , Jo also met with President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright . Jo was a veteran of the 1950-1953 Korean War , serving as a fighter pilot for the Korean People 's Army , according to KCNA . He was appointed vice marshal in 1995 . An obituary issued Saturday by Pyongyang called Jo 's death `` a great loss to the party , the army and the people '' of North Korea , KCNA reported . A state funeral is planned for Wednesday , according to KCNA . Jo 's casket will lie in state in the Central Hall of Workers beginning Monday .
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Jo Myong Rok was vice marshal of the Korean People 's Army . He died of heart disease Saturday . His death is `` a great loss , '' Pyongyang says .
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Port-Au-Prince , Haiti -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A cholera outbreak in Haiti continues to spread to previously unaffected areas in rural communities , killing 442 people and hospitalizing 6,742 others , the Pan American Health Organization said Wednesday . Health authorities are concerned that the situation may worsen as Tropical Storm Tomas approaches the impoverished nation , still recovering from a devastating January earthquake that killed 250,000 people and left 1 million homeless . Tomas is projected to pass over Haiti on Friday . Health officials set up six cholera treatment centers in Port-au-Prince , the nation 's capital . Four of the centers are fully operational , the Pan American Health Organization said . Four more are planned . Officials hope to create 2,000 beds in the treatment centers , the health agency said . In addition , the agency said , cholera treatment tents will be established at 14 hospitals in Port-au-Prince as soon as Tomas clears the island nation . Cholera is an intestinal infection caused by ingestion of bacteria-contaminated food or water . The infection causes watery diarrhea and vomiting , which can quickly lead to severe dehydration and death if not treated promptly . About 80 percent of cases can be cured by rehydrating the patient , the Pan American Health Organization said . The disease is one of the leading causes of death in the world , particularly in developing countries . There are an estimated 3 million to 5 million cholera cases and 100,000 to 120,000 deaths every year worldwide , the health agency said .
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NEW : Cholera causes up to 120,000 deaths worldwide every year . Tropical Storm Tomas could worsen the situation , officials say . The storm is forecast to pass over Haiti on Friday .
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Jakarta , Indonesia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Deaths in Indonesia mounted on Saturday from the volcanic eruption spewing scorching ash and gas , and the country 's leader is stationed near the scene to coordinate relief efforts . At least 81 people are now dead after the powerful Friday eruption at Mount Merapi , in Central Java , bringing the total number of deaths to about 120 people since the volcano began erupting October 26 , hospital officials said . Friday 's flare-up is being called Merapi 's largest so far , unleashing ash clouds and gas that have reached villages in areas many thought were safe from the volcano 's eruptions . Volcanic ash has also hindered air travels with delays , cancellations and altered flight paths . International airlines have canceled at least 50 flights on Saturday from the capital , Jakarta , about 280 miles away from the volcano . President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has temporarily moved to the nearby big city of Yogyakarta to help direct relief operations . `` Our burn unit has been working overtime to handle the volcano 's victims , '' Banu Hermawan , a spokesman for Dr. Sardjito Hospital in Yogyakarta . `` The forensic team is also working hard to identified bodies with severe burns . '' Another hospital official said only 11 people have been identified because many of the victims were severely burned . Yudhoyono has instructed the military to assist relief efforts by building facilities and field hospitals in the area . He has also ordered the Coordinating Ministry for People 's Welfare , which oversees several ministries , to coordinate faster and more efficient relief . The president announced that residents will receive compensation for livelihoods and animals lost to the eruptions . The government will buy endangered cows on the volcano , he said . Many of those who live on its slopes raise cattle and risked their lives by staying or returning to feed their cows . The children 's charity Plan International has launched an appeal to help 20,000 people fleeing the mountain . `` People were fleeing in panic and only have what they could carry , '' said Nono Sumarsono , acting country director of Plan International , said Friday . He said there is an urgent need for food , water , mats , blankets and hygiene kits -- items that the group is already distributing . Workers are also in the process of getting emergency latrines and setting up temporary schools for children . Mathias Eick , regional information officer with the European Commission 's humanitarian aid department , said Friday that many residents were expecting a minor outbreak , but the eruptions had become much worse . Lava balls have rained down on villages and houses have burned , Eick said . Streets and cars are covered in ash , and people are wearing face masks . `` This is a major humanitarian crisis , '' he said . Merapi continues to spill hot ash cloud and rumbles consistently , according to data from the Indonesian Volcanology Technology Development and Assessment Agency . The data also indicates the hot ash cloud that hit a village near the crater was around 450-600 degrees Celsius -LRB- 842-1 ,112 degrees Fahrenheit -RRB- . The 3,000-meter -LRB- 9,800-foot -RRB- Merapi is famously unpredictable . An eruption killed two people in 2006 and another killed more than 60 villagers in 1994 . About 1,300 people died when Merapi erupted in 1930 . In addition , last week a 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia 's coast , triggering a tsunami and killing at least 449 people . Hundreds more were injured . CNN 's Kathy Quiano and Joe Sterling contributed to this report .
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The president is directing relief in Yogyakarta . Some flights have been canceled in Jakarta . The ash cloud that hit a village was 450-600 degrees Celsius . About 120 people have died since Mount Merapi started erupting on October 26 .
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Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In Washington , most speeches by representatives of other countries are , well , diplomatic , carefully written to avoid controversy . A speech by Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski at the German Marshall Fund of the United States on Wednesday broke that mold . Speaking off-the-cuff for much of it , Komorowski gave a frank and , at times , sarcastic evaluation of U.S.-Polish relations . Citing Wikileaks disclosures of State Department cables , which some Polish officials believe show the United States put relations with Russia ahead of Poland 's security interests , Komorowski said : `` Like in marriage -- from time to time its worth taking your wife for a date . '' Translation : The United States should not take Poland for granted . `` It 's like a mantra that 's mumbled , some slogans are specifically repeated , and quite often there is no practice behind them , '' the Polish President said . `` Today I spoke with President Obama about it . Perhaps I used slightly different words but I want to repeat the same : I simply believe that very much has gone the wrong way in Polish-American relations . And this can be testified to by leaks from different American cables . '' Komorowski also complained about the requirement that he submit visa form to visit the United States . Referring to 18th century Polish heroes of the American Revolutionary War , he said : `` Pulaski and Kosciusko today would also have to fill in the visa forms if they wanted to come to the United States . '' Komorowski said , when he filled in his U.S. visa form , he was asked `` whether I am involved in prostitution or if perhaps I was involved in genocide or whether I was a terrorist . '' `` Well , I do n't take it as an insult , '' the Polish president added . `` I 'm not a prostitute . But I have to tell you when I had to answer the question whether I was a terrorist my hand shook a little . Because I do not want to lie . I do not want to lie to the United States . `` But I had some doubt . At the time of the Communist regime I was considered to be a terrorist . It was the language of some of the charges formulated by the prosecutor in the Communist state . So I did not know : Should I write the truth or lie in that form ? So my suggestion is to skip that form . ... It 's not understandable for us . It 's nonsense . It spoils a lot in Polish-American relations . ''
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Polish president complains of having to submit visa form to enter the United States . Cables indicate the United States may have taken Poland for granted . Komorowski : `` Very much has gone the wrong way in Polish-American relations ''
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Police in southern Afghanistan have arrested the father-in-law of a woman whose nose and ears were chopped off after she was accused of bringing shame to her family . Authorities in Oruzgan province said Haji Sulaiman , 45 , was the one who held Bibi Aisha at gunpoint and ordered five others -- including her husband -- to cut her . Juma Hemat , the Oruzgan police chief , said the arrest took place about two weeks ago and that Sulaiman confessed to the crime . Read a behind-the-scenes with Aisha then and now . `` The file of Sulaiman was completed by police and submitted to the attorney general 's office in Oruzgan province , '' he said . ` Bibi ' and ` Haji ' are both honorifics -- ` Bibi ' meaning ` lady , ' and ` Haji ' a term of respect for someone who has performed the pilgrimage to Mecca that is required of all able-bodied Muslims . Read more about Aisha 's story . `` When they cut off my nose and ears , I passed out , '' Aisha said , describing the attack to CNN in March . `` It felt like there was cold water in my nose . I opened my eyes , and I could n't even see because of all the blood . '' Aisha said her mutilation was an act of Taliban justice for the crime of shaming her husband 's family . At 16 , she was handed over to her husband 's father and 10 brothers , whom she claims were all members of the Taliban in Oruzgan . `` I spent two years with them and became a prisoner , '' she said . She eventually ran away but was caught by police in Kandahar . And although running away is not a crime , in places throughout Afghanistan , it is treated as such if one is a woman . Eventually her father-in-law found her and took her back to her abusive home . She was taken to a Taliban court for dishonoring her husband 's family . The court ruled that her nose and ears must be cut off , an act carried out by the six men in the mountains of Oruzgan , where they left her to die . But she survived . She was brought to the United States where she received reconstructive surgery and a new life . CNN 's Matiullah Mati contributed to this report .
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The man ordered five others to cut the woman 's ears and nose , police say . Aisha says the mutilation was an act of Taliban justice . A court orders the sentence as punishment for her running away . She receives reconstructive surgery .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An Illinois woman walked away from a car crash that killed her husband , authorities believe , but they have found no trace of her other than footprints in the snow leading to a road . A search was in its third day Tuesday for Tanya Shannon , 40 , of Ransom , Illinois , according to the LaSalle County , Illinois , Sheriff 's Office . Ground operations began at 9 a.m. with air operations starting at noon , Sheriff Tom Templeton said . `` They 're looking , '' he told CNN sister network HLN . `` They 're expanding their search area just a little . '' Shannon was last seen along with her husband Dale Shannon , 41 , at a Christmas party Saturday night in Streator , about 17 miles west of Ransom , relatives told CNN affiliate WGN and the Chicago Tribune . `` They were dancing together , really cutting up a rug , '' Dale Shannon 's sister Donna Baker , who was at the party , told the Tribune . She said the couple -- married 20 years with four daughters ages 4 to 15 -- left the party arm in arm . Her brother was sober , she told the newspaper , and was driving his wife 's car . About 1:45 a.m. Sunday , a deputy on patrol in a rural area of Brookfield Township found a one-car traffic accident , the sheriff 's office said in a statement . `` The deputy found a male occupant of the vehicle in the driver 's seat deceased , '' the statement said . `` Evidence at the scene indicated that a second person was also in the vehicle at the time of the accident . Further investigation revealed that the second person was possibly the wife of the deceased driver . '' The car slid backwards into a pole , Templeton said , with enough force to break the backs of both the front seats . A relative told the Tribune Dale Shannon 's back was broken . Footprints were reportedly found leading from the car to a nearby road . But there , Tanya Shannon 's trail ends . `` There 's nothing for us to believe there 's any issues other than exactly what happened , a traffic accident that claimed her husband 's life , that she was at least able for a period of time to walk away from and move up to the roadway , '' the sheriff said . `` And once she was on the roadway , that 's where we lost track of her . '' He said he could n't speculate on whether or how badly Tanya Shannon was injured in the crash . `` She was at least able to get up to the road , '' he said . Police have her cell phone , he said . Police have not ruled out the possibility that Tanya Shannon was picked up by someone . But `` if she was able to walk and able to move , how come she has n't contacted any of her family ? '' Templeton told WGN . Tanya Shannon was last seen wearing a red dress -- described by the Tribune as a ball gown -- and a gray fleece hooded jacket , police said . The dress should have made her easy to spot in the rural , snowy landscape . `` We were told from the family she was an extremely loving mother , '' Templeton told the Tribune . For her to just leave with no warning `` would be incredibly out of character , '' Templeton said . `` To be out in the elements as they were that night , dressed only as she was , it 's very doubtful that you can survive terribly long . '' The crash site was remote , Templeton told the newspaper . A nuclear power plant lies to the north , but the area is surrounded by farmland . `` It 's crazy , '' Baker told WGN . `` We 're holding on to every ounce of hope we have , just to hope for -LRB- a -RRB- safe return . ... It 's been like a nightmare you ca n't wake up from . If anybody has anything , seen anything , please , please contact us , because these four girls need something . '' Search and rescue operations have so far involved dogs and aircraft from the Illinois State Police , along with more than 50 searchers , according to WGN and the sheriff 's office . Tanya Shannon is described as being 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighing 125 pounds , with shoulder-length strawberry-blond hair and green eyes , according to the sheriff 's statement . She also wears glasses . It 's very mysterious what might have happened to Tanya , '' Baker told the Tribune . `` We checked the area hospitals and nothing , so we do n't know if someone picked her up and took her somewhere . We just do n't know . '' Templeton said he 's never seen a case like this in his 12 years as sheriff . `` Anything that 's even remotely close has been gone over several times , '' he told the newspaper . Anyone with information regarding Tanya Shannon 's whereabouts is asked to contact the LaSalle County Sheriff 's Office . Ransom is about 70 miles northeast of Peoria , Illinois .
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Search for Tanya Shannon stretches into third day . Her husband died in a car crash early Sunday . Footprints thought to be hers were found leading to a road .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The latest legal battle over same-sex marriage is in the hands of a panel of California federal appeals court judges . Proposition 8 , a 2008 measure approved by California voters that defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman , was the focal point of Monday 's Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals hearing . Opponents of the measure want the court to uphold a federal district judge 's August decision , which ruled that the proposition violated the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution . Supporters note that the proposition was approved by 52 percent of voters , and argue that it protects the `` institution of marriage . '' `` I believe it 's to preserve the institution of marriage for the purposes that it has always served , '' attorney Charles Cooper said , arguing that the key reason marriage exists in society is `` that sexual relationships between men and women naturally produce children . '' Attorney Theodore Olson , representing opponents of Proposition 8 , argued that the measure is unconstitutional and denies `` the fundamental right of ... citizens to marry . '' `` California has engraved discrimination on the basis of sex and sexual orientation into its fundamental governing charter , '' he said . Ultimately , the judges ' decision could hinge as much on who 's arguing the case as what their arguments are . The first half of Monday 's hearing focused on the legal standing of the parties appealing the federal district judge 's decision . That 's because Proposition 8 is in a `` paradoxical situation , '' CNN legal analyst Jeff Toobin said . `` The usual defendants when you challenge a law of the state are the governor and attorney general of that state . But the governor and attorney general of California , Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jerry Brown , both agree with the plaintiffs that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional , '' he said . So in their place , other groups have stepped in to defend the measure . The question , Toobin explained , is `` do they have the legal right to be there ? '' Along those lines , the three-judge panel opened Monday 's hearing with tough questioning of parties seeking to appeal the decision , including ProtectMarriage.com and Isabel Vargas , deputy clerk and deputy commissioner of civil marriages for Imperial County , California , where voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 8 . `` What 's your best case to allow for your standing in federal court ? '' one judge asked attorney Cooper , representing ProtectMarriage.com . `` Your honor , I do n't have a case , '' Cooper responded , referring to relevant past court decisions . Cooper later urged the panel to consider the California Supreme Court 's earlier ruling in favor of Proposition 8 `` if you do n't agree with me that we have standing . '' Later Judge Stephen Reinhardt questioned attorney Robert Tyler , who represented Vargas , about how a deputy clerk , instead of the clerk , could have legal standing in the appeal . Tyler told the court that the county clerks are local officers , but they perform state functions such as civil marriages . Monday 's hearing was the latest in a long-running battle over same-sex marriage in California . The state 's high court had allowed same-sex marriage , but then the 2008 Proposition 8 voter referendum passed with 52 percent of the vote . The California Supreme Court subsequently allowed that initiative to stand , saying it represented the will of the people . Two same-sex couples filed a federal challenge , saying the law violated 14th Amendment constitutional protections of due process and equal protection . On August 4 , U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker agreed , ruling that the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage violated the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution . `` Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage license , '' Walker , who was appointed to the federal bench by former President George H.W. Bush , wrote in his 136-page opinion . `` Indeed , the evidence shows Proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the California Constitution the notion that opposite-sex couples are superior to same-sex couples . '' Same-sex marriage is currently legal in five states and in the District of Columbia . The five states are Massachusetts , Connecticut , Vermont , Iowa and New Hampshire . Walker 's landmark ruling led to a swift federal appeal that could ultimately reach the Supreme Court . CNN 's Catherine E. Shoichet and Michael Martinez contributed to this report .
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A panel of judges hears arguments over whether the measure is constitutional . Opponents of Proposition 8 say it denies same-sex couples ' rights . Supporters say it protects the institution of marriage . A federal judge 's earlier ruling says the proposition violates the Constitution .
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Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At first glance , it 's a hoax : a storefront for a Museum of Unnatural History , complete with a bizarre animal skeleton visible through the front window and unicorn tears for sale . It 's perfect for luring in curious children . But when volunteers get kids past the upside-down coyote hanging from the ceiling and the owl with an elephant trunk , they shape young minds with after-school tutoring , writing workshops and books written by kids . `` I think the kids are tricked in and then , as they are talking to the person at the front desk , they are learning about what 's going on in the tutoring center , '' said Gerald Richards , the chief executive of 826 National , the nonprofit network of tutoring centers that look nothing like classrooms . The Washington `` museum , '' which set up shop in the Columbia Heights neighborhood in October , was the latest branch to open . Each of the eight centers has an imaginative storefront that helps raise money and encourage creativity among students . In Seattle , kids are lured into the writing lab by the Greenwood Space Travel Supply Co. , which sells intergalactic peace treaties and travel cups . In Ann Arbor , Michigan , Liberty Street Robot Supply & Repair sells robot emotion upgrades , fruit powered clocks and robodentures . The original chapter opened eight years ago at 826 Valencia St. in San Francisco 's Mission District . -LRB- As it spread , the original address inspired the name 826 National . -RRB- It was co-founded by Dave Eggers , author of `` A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius , '' and founder of the publishing house , McSweeney 's . Early on , organizers at 826 Valencia St. learned the space they 'd rented was zoned for retail , so they needed to come up with something to sell . The space looked a bit like an old pirate ship . `` Someone thought , ` Why do n't we sell pirate gear and see what happens ? ' '' Richards said . Since then , it has been fronted by The Pirate Supply Store , where shoppers can purchase hooks , peg legs and plank-by-the-foot . Now , Richards said , profits from stores account for 20 percent of the teaching that goes on in the writing center . And the imagination enticements work . 826 National is on track to serve 24,000 students this year through its tutoring centers and school outreach programs . Sisters Teah and Janea Green have been visiting 826DC most afternoons since it opened . `` This place is awesome , '' said Janea , 10 , as she worked on her multiplication homework with volunteer Matt Lemanski . `` I really , really need help with my homework and my parents are busy sometimes . '' `` Sometimes we do poetry , sometimes we do math , '' said Teah , 9 . When she does n't have homework , she works on the story she is writing about a mermaid named Katopia . Writing is the primary focus at 826 centers , which also work with middle school and high school students . It also publishes books written by students . Their latest , `` I Live Real Close to Where You Used to Live , '' is a collection of student letters to First Lady Michelle Obama . It will be in bookstores on December 15 . The letters run the gamut from asking if Obama cooks with an Easy-Bake Oven at the White House , to a suggestion that she use robots to keep drugs off the streets . The book is a companion to one that came out last year that contains letters to President Barack Obama , `` Thanks and Have Fun Running the Country . '' Profits from the book sales are used to support the tutoring centers . Kathleen Yancey , an English professor at Florida State University , said the 826 National centers complement the learning that goes on in classrooms . Schools are about college and job readiness , and tests that prove it , Yancey said . Those demands do n't leave much time for playful reading or imaginative writing , even if it could help some students learn . `` If you want people to engage in activity , you find a way for them to have fun with it . 826 is a genius at that , '' said Yancey , a past president of the National Council of Teachers of English . `` If -LSB- students -RSB- do n't take any pleasure in it , they wo n't actually practice it . When they have fun , they wo n't quit on you . '' Fun is what draws students in , too . `` It 's OK to be strange , '' said Richards , the 826 leader . `` It 's OK to be magical , it 's OK to be whimsical . ''
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826 National is a network of writing centers tucked behind imaginative storefronts . A new 826 chapter , 826DC , opened recently in Washington . A new book written by 826 National kids features letters to Michelle Obama .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Fluminense-playmaker Dario Conca has been named Brazil 's player of the year for the second consecutive season , after he helped the Rio de Janeiro-based side to their first domestic title in 26 years . Argentine Conca created 18 goals over the course of the season , more than any other player in the league , and played a leading role as the club secured only its second Brazilian championship . A goal from striker Emerson was enough to give O Tricolor a 1-0 victory over relegated Guarani on Sunday , and ensure Muricy Ramalho 's team finished the season top of the standings . Ramalho has now won the league in four of the last five seasons , after he won a trio of titles in a spell with Sao Paulo between 2006 and 2009 . Conca , who has never been capped by Argentina , expressed his determination to build on this season 's title triumph . `` I 'm pleased to be considered a fans ' favorite at Fluminense and I hope to win a lot of titles here , '' the 27-year-old told the official FIFA website . The midfielder also stated he has enjoyed playing for the club and hopes to represent Fluminense for the rest of his career . `` I 've had the support of the fans , the squad and the coaching staff . I feel really at home at Fluminense and I 'm treated so well here . If it were up to me , I 'd finish my career here . '' Turning his attention to the international scene , Conca revealed he hopes his achievements in Brazil will catch the eye of Argentina coach Sergio Batista . `` I dream of playing for my country 's national team , it would be a huge honor . I left Argentina at a very young age and that makes things a bit trickier . `` But I 'm still very optimistic and I 'm hoping that Fluminense 's good campaign this year will boost my chances . ''
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Dario Conca has been named Brazil 's player of the year for a second consecutive year . Conca played an integral role in Fluminense 's Brazilian championship success . It was the Rio de Janeiro club 's first league title for 26 years .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Manchester United have qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League as Group C winners , despite being held 1-1 at home to Valencia on Tuesday . United went into the match on the verge of creating history . No side had ever gone through all six group games without conceding a goal -- but a clean sheet against their Spanish visitors would have seen the Premier League giants achieve that feat . However , that dream died in the 32nd minute when Michael Carrick lost the ball to Alejandro Dominguez -- who perfectly teed up Pablo Hernandez to give Valencia the lead . With both teams already qualifying for the knockout stages , a Valencia win would have seen them go through as group winners . And they remained on course for the three points until the 63rd minute when Anderson scored a rare goal to earn United a draw , the Brazilian midfielder reacting quickest after Park Ji-sung 's shot was parried by goalkeeper Vicente Guaita . Scottish champions Glasgow Rangers finished third in the group -- and take the Europa League place in the process -- after drawing 1-1 at Bursaspor . Top scorer Kenny Miller opened the scoring for the visitors in the 19th minute when he superbly lashed home a left-footed shot from 12 yards out . But the Turkish hosts collected their first-ever Champions League point when Sercan Yildirim stabbed the ball past goalkeeper Allan McGregor with 11 minutes left . Defending champions Inter Milan had already qualified for the knockout stages , but their run of poor form continued as they were thrashed 3-0 at Werder Bremen in Group A . A Sebastian Proedl header and a Marko Arnautovic volley sealed the points for the Bundesliga side , with Claudio Pizarro adding the third near the end . A victory would have seen Rafael Benitez 's side go through as group winners , but their heaviest defeat in Europe for five years allowed Tottenham to win the group on 11 points after a thrilling 3-3 draw at FC Twente . An end-to-end encounter saw Spurs go ahead when 40-year-old goalkeeper Sander Boschker completely missed a Peter Wisgerhof backpass , allowing the ball to dribble into the net . The home side levelled with a twice-taken Denny Landzaat penalty , but Jermain Defoe put the London side ahead early in the second half from close range . A Roberto Rosales header brought Twente on level terms again , but another Defoe goal looked to have sealed the points for Tottenham . However , a superb Nacer Chadli free-kick ensured the match finished all-square . The result meant that Twente qualified for the Europa League in third place but Werder Bremen go out of Europe altogether despite beating Inter . Tournament favorites Barcelona ended their Group D campaign with another victory , as a second-string side eased to a 2-0 home win over Rubin Kazan . Andreu Fontas put Barca ahead with a deflected effort and Victor Vazquez sealed the win eight minutes from time . The result means Barca finish top of the group with 14 points , while Russian side Rubin finished third to reach the Europa League . That result ensured FC Copenhagen went through in second place regardless of the outcome of their match against Panathinakos , but the Danish side went through in style -- winning 3-1 to become the first team from their nation to reach the last 16 stage . A Martin Vingard strike , a Jesper Gronkjaer penalty and a Djibril Cisse own goal secured the victory , with Cedric Kante grabbing a consolation goal for the Greek side , who finished bottom of the group to go out of Europe . German Bundesliga strugglers Schalke have saved their best form for Europe this season and they finished top of Group B after a 2-1 success at Benfica , who will now go into the Europa League . Lyon have qualified in second place , but the French side needed a late Alexandre Lacazette goal to earn a 2-2 home draw with Hapoel Tev Aviv . The Israeli side would have finished third but for conceding two minutes from time , a goal which means their European adventure is over for this season .
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Manchester United qualify for the last 16 of Champions League as Group C winners . United top group despite being held to a 1-1 home draw by Spanish side Valencia . Holders Inter Milan qualify second in Group A after a heavy 3-0 defeat at Werder Bremen . Barcelona end their Group D campaign with a comfortable 2-0 win over Rubin Kazan .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A death row inmate who says he did not commit the murders he was convicted of asked the Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday to grant him a new trial . Damien Echols maintains his innocence 16 years after he and two other teens were convicted of murdering . three Cub Scouts -- Michael Moore , Christopher Byers and Steven Branch . The court , which heard his request for a new trial Thursday morning , is likely to rule in two or three weeks , court representative Stephanie Harris said . Echols spoke to CNN from death row recently about the new evidence that he says will prove his innocence . `` I miss the things that most people take for granted , things people do n't want , like rain , '' Echols told CNN in a face-to-face interview . `` To go out and touch it and get wet , or to feel snow . I loved snow my entire life , and I have n't had that in almost 20 years now . '' On May 6 , 1993 , police in the rural community of West Memphis , Arkansas , found the bodies of the young boys , bruised and mutilated , their arms and legs hogtied with their own shoelaces . Echols , along with 16-year-old Jason Baldwin and 17-year-old Jessie Misskelley , were found guilty a year later . Echols received a death sentence , while Baldwin and Misskelley were sentenced to life in prison . The three teens became known as the West Memphis 3 . His lawyers want to present DNA evidence not available at the time of the trial , as well as testimony that supports arguments that Echols and the two others did not commit the crime . Meanwhile , no execution date is set for Echols . `` We are asking the Arkansas Supreme Court to right a terrible wrong , overturn their convictions and grant Damien as well as Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley a new trial , '' said Dennis Riordan , the lead attorney on the case . The West Memphis 3 have gained advocates , including unexpected support from some of the parents of the victims . Last year , Pamela Hobbs , mother of victim Steven Branch , told CNN that she was once convinced of their guilt . Then she began to consider the DNA evidence . She now says she believes the prosecution 's case was flawed . Capi Peck formed Arkansas Take Action , a Little Rock-based group trying to raise awareness about the West Memphis 3 . In the past few weeks , the group has brought in celebrities such as Eddie Vedder of the rock group Pearl Jam and actor Johnny Depp to a public rally . Echols says police questioned him a day after the bodies of the second-graders were found in the woods , near where they used to hunt turtles . A month later , the teens were arrested . Prosecutors successfully argued the defendants were involved in a satanic cult . They said that punctures and cuts on the boys ' bodies indicated a ritual sacrifice . In addition , prosecutors secured a confession from Misskelley , although his defense attorneys argued that he had a learning disability and an IQ of 70 . They also claimed that it was not only riddled with inconsistencies but was coerced . Neither his parents nor his attorney was present when he was questioned . His confession came during the last hour of a 12-hour police interrogation . His attorneys tried to convince the Arkansas Supreme Court that new evidence not available during the trial exonerates Echols . DNA testing indicated that a hair found on the shoelace used to tie up one of the victims is consistent with a hair from Terry Hobbs , the stepfather of victim Steven Branch , Echols ' lawyers said . Police have never considered Hobbs a suspect and Hobbs maintains that he had nothing to do with the murders . Asked whether he killed the boys , Echols responded , `` To constantly have to answer that question and to constantly have people asking you that question is like being kicked in the stomach over and over again . '' CNN 's Deborah Feyerick and Stephanie Chen contributed to this report .
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NEW : The Arkansas Supreme Court is likely to decide in two or three weeks . Damien Echols is appealing his conviction for the murders of three Cub Scouts in Arkansas . He spoke to CNN from death row about new evidence that supports his claim of innocence . Echols ' appeal rests heavily on DNA tests that do n't link him to the crime scene .
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New Delhi , India -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Australia warned its citizens Monday that next month 's Commonwealth Games in India carry a `` high risk of terrorism . '' Australia issued the travel advisory a day after two Taiwanese nationals were wounded in a shooting at a popular tourist site in India 's Old Delhi . `` Australians in New Delhi should be aware that the Commonwealth Games will be held in a security environment where there is a high risk of terrorism , '' the advisory said . Commonwealth Games building goes to wire . It added that New Delhi has seen at least 14 major terrorist attacks since 2000 in public places , such as markets and train stations . Police in New Delhi insist Sunday 's shooting was not targeted at the games . `` It was a local mischief , '' police spokesman Rajan Bhagat said Monday . Security has , however , been stepped up in the Indian capital , he added . `` We assure full security not only for the Games but also for the city , '' Bhagat said . The games will be held from October 3 to October 14 . Meanwhile , two of India 's largest cities -- Delhi and Mumbai -- are on red alert after the shooting . Gunmen on a motorcycle fired multiple rounds at a tour bus , Karnail Singh of Delhi police told CNN-IBN . Police said the shooting happened near a mosque in one of the most populated parts of Old Delhi . The two gunmen fled , prompting the red alert . `` Both the injured are Taiwanese nationals , '' Singh said . `` One of the bullets grazed the head of one tourist , and one has been hit in the stomach . '' A media outlet in India received a claim of responsibility for the attack , but police are treating the claim with caution . Police think the attack is more likely to be the work of a criminal gang than a terror attack , they said . Police are still searching for the attackers , authorities said . CNN 's Harmeet Shah Singh contributed to this report .
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NEW : Indian police say they have stepped up security . The warning came a day after 2 tourists are shot . Gunmen on a motorcycle fire multiple rounds at a tour bus . Both victims are Taiwanese nationals .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Cold weather frosting much of the country spared Florida 's citrus crop Tuesday , but more near-record lows expected overnight will pose another challenge . `` We came through last night in pretty good shape , '' said Andrew Meadows , a spokesman for Florida Citrus Mutual . `` We had some reports of mid-20s scattered across the citrus belt but it was n't for any duration . '' Fort Lauderdale recorded its lowest temperature on record for December 7 , dropping to 40 degrees Tuesday morning . The old record was 42 , set in 1841 . The National Weather Service issued hard freeze warnings for Tuesday night into Wednesday morning for much of the Florida panhandle , with freeze warnings and watches extending as far south as Hollywood . Parts of Alabama and Georgia were also under a freeze warning . Meanwhile , parts of North Carolina , Virginia , West Virginia , Maryland , Pennsylvania and Vermont were under winter weather warnings Tuesday for additional snow . Some areas have already received as much as a foot of snow . At least one death was blamed on the cold in South Carolina . In Marion County , the coroner said Tuesday that a 47-year-old man found dead Monday outside a home in Mullins apparently died of hypothermia . The unusually early cold weather is the result of a blocking pattern over the Atlantic Ocean that is helping to allow freezing air from Canada to flow into the eastern half of the country , said CNN meteorologist Rob Marciano . `` Basically , the cold weather pattern is going to remain for the next two weeks , '' he said . `` There will be a couple of days where it will warm up before we get the next surge of cold . '' The sprawling system has dumped snow from Minnesota east to Virginia , with more expected Tuesday and Wednesday . While nothing as drastic as snow is forecast for Florida , the prospect of another near-freezing night had Salvation Army officials in Fort Lauderdale preparing for twice as many homeless people to make use of their shelter . `` The first cold night , not so many come in , '' said Sally Gress , director of development for the Salvation Army office in Fort Lauderdale . `` We 're expecting about 100 as people realize how cold it is . It 's cold and it 's getting colder . '' In Coral Springs on Florida 's west coast , Michigan resident Rob Brown was reveling in what he considered to be warm weather as he worked in a long-sleeved T-shirt at the family Christmas tree stand . For the past 15 years , Brown 's family has cut trees from their farm in Greenville , Michigan , to sell in south Florida . `` You work , you do n't break a sweat , '' he said of the weather . But his customers are n't so fond of the conditions , he said . `` The colder weather definitely does put them more in the Christmas spirit , but I think it 's too cold for them . They wake up in the morning and it 's 35 degrees and they think it 's the end of the world , '' he said . Although the chilly temperatures left the Deep South shivering , the upper Plains states were bearing the brunt of the cold snap . Overnight lows in parts of Montana and North Dakota dipped into negative territory Tuesday morning , and they bottomed out in the teens across broad areas of the Upper Midwest . `` We had above-normal temperatures for much of the fall and I think this is the first really good winter outbreak of the year and people just are n't really used to it , '' according to Brian Korty of the National Weather Service , who said there may be a silver lining to the early cold . `` Usually when you get a very cold December across the eastern part of the country , usually the pattern flips and very often you will see a warm January and February . '' CNN Radio 's Greg Black and CNN 's Ed Payne contributed to this report .
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NEW : At least one death is attributed to the cold . The Florida citrus crop escapes damage in the season 's first cold snap . Another round of freezing temperatures is forecast for overnight .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Real Madrid saw off city rivals Atletico Madrid 2-0 on Sunday night to maintain their leadership of Spain 's La Liga . First half goals from Ricardo Carvalho and Mesut Ozil within the space of six minutes settled an incident-packed derby in which both sides carved out a string of chances . It left Real a point clear of champions Barcelona , who beat Getafe 3-1 in an earlier kickoff in which both teams ended with 10 men . Former Chelsea defender Carvalho took advantage of a deflected pass to run through to score the Real opener while German international midfielder Ozil scored direct from a free kick . Barcelona kept the pressure on with a display of superb attacking football with Lionel Messi putting them ahead midway through the first half after a fine pass from David Villa . Villa added the second before halftime and it was 3-0 after the break as Messi set up Pedro Rodriguez . Manu del Moral pulled a goal back from the penalty spot after Barca 's Gerard Pique handled in the penalty area and was sent off for his second bookable offence . Getafe later had Derek Boateng sent off for a second yellow card . Third-placed Villarreal kept up their title challenge with a 4-1 home win over Athletic Bilbao to maintain their 100 per cent home record . Villarreal fell behind when Fernando Llorente headed home but Nilmar quickly equalized . Santi Cazorla put Villarreal ahead before halftime and with Athletic down to 10 men after Jon Aurtenetxe was shown red , Guiseppe Rossi added a third and Jefferson Montero completed the scoring .
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Real Madrid beat Atletico Madrid 2-0 to stay top of Spanish standings . Goals from Ricardo Carvalho and Mesut Ozil give Real victory . Barcelona thrash Getafe 3-1 with Lionel Messi scoring opener . Vilarreal keep pace with 4-1 home win over Athletic Bilbao .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Gene Robinson , the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church , said Saturday that death threats and continued worldwide controversy about his selection contributed to his decision to retire in January 2013 . Robinson 's announced retirement surprised many of those attending the annual diocesan convention in Concord , New Hampshire . The bishop , who has served in the post in New Hampshire since early 2004 , said he is energized about his next two years of ministry and support of clergy and congregations as the process of naming his successor moves forward . But turning 66 in 2013 and the `` constant strain '' from the church schism were factors in his decision , Robinson said in prepared remarks . The bishop said he is in his fifth year of sobriety after receiving treatment for alcohol abuse . `` The fact is , the last seven years have taken their toll on me , my family , and you , '' he told those attending the convention . `` While I believe that these attitudes , mostly outside the Diocese , have not distracted me from my service to you , I would be less than honest if I did n't say that they have certainly added a burden and certain anxiety to my episcopate . '' Conservative factions in the Anglican Communion , a 77 million-member denomination worldwide that includes the Episcopal Church , have opposed the ordination of gay bishops . Robinson 's appointment prompted a semi-official moratorium on naming new gay bishops , but they revoked that ban last year . In May , the Episcopal Church consecrated its first openly lesbian bishop in the face of objections from some conservative Anglicans . A number of Episcopal dioceses broke with the official church structure , forming the breakaway Anglican Church in North America in protest of the church 's stance on homosexuality . After his selection in 2003 , Robinson told CNN he was prepared to serve as bishop . `` The only thing that is sort of weighing on my heart is knowing this is very difficult for many people in our church , and for those people for whom this is confusing or disturbing , '' he said . `` I 'm very sorry about that . But I am feeling very calm about moving forward , that this is in fact what God wants for me . Although he has often spoken about his sexual orientation , the bishop told the audience Saturday that he does n't always wanted to be identified with it . `` New Hampshire is always the place I remain , simply , ` the Bishop , ' '' he said . `` This is the one place on earth where I am not ` the gay Bishop . ' I believe that you elected me because you believed me to be the right person to lead you at this time . The world has sometimes questioned that , but I hope you never did . '' Robinson , who is in a same-sex relationship , said he has evangelized gay and lesbian people in order to `` make the case for God and God 's Church . '' He also made reference Saturday to the recently publicized suicides of gay and lesbian teenagers . '' -LSB- They -RSB- have taken their own lives because religion tells them they are an abomination before God and who believe their lives are doomed to despair and unhappiness , '' the bishop said . `` I go tell them a different story . ''
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Gene Robinson , openly gay bishop in New Hampshire , announces retirement . He says schism within Episcopal Church , death threats are factors . He will continue serving as bishop until January 2013 .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Ethiopian distance running legend Haile Gebrselassie has shocked the world of athletics by announcing his retirement . The 37-year-old dropped out of Sunday 's New York City marathon with a knee injury then told reporters he had run his last race . `` I never think about to retire . But for the first time , this is the day , '' he said . `` Let me stop and do other work after this . '' Gebrselassie , a two-time Olympic 10,000 meters champion , is the world marathon record holder after setting a time of two hours three minutes 59 seconds in Berlin in 2008 . He was the star attraction in New York , but pulled out in obvious pain on the Queensboro Bridge while in the leading group at 16 miles . `` I do n't want to complain anymore after this , which means it 's better to stop here , '' he said . Gebrselassie , who has set a host of world bests over several distances in his storied career , had told his twitter blog that he was struggling with a knee problem , but gave no hint he would quit the sport . His compatriot Gebre Gebremariam triumphed on his marathon debut to win in two hours eight minutes and 14 seconds . The 2009 cross-country world champion pulled clear of Kenya 's Emmanuel Mutai in the closing stages . Another Kenyan , Moses Kigen Kipkosgei , was third . Kenya 's Edna Kiplagat claimed her first major marathon title as she took the women 's race .
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Haile Gebrselassie quits athletics after dropping out of New York marathon . Marathon world record holder Gebrselassie was the star attraction in the Big Apple . Compatriot Gebre Gebremariam wins on his marathon debut .
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New Delhi , India -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- President Obama praised `` the father of your nation '' Mahatma Gandhi and noted his influence on Martin Luther King and the non-violent resistance that typified the American civil rights movement in his address to the Indian Parliament Monday . `` I am mindful that I might not be standing before you today , as president of the United States , had it not been for Gandhi and the message he shared and inspired with America and the world , '' the president said . Earlier at a joint news conference with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in India 's capital , New Delhi , Obama said the relationship between the United States and India is `` stronger , deeper and broader '' than ever . The opportunities for cooperation between the nations will only grow as India gains economic power , Obama said . `` India is n't emerging . It has emerged , '' the president said . He described a `` growing trust '' between the two largest democracies in the world , as they work to boost trade . `` We make some of the best products in the world and we want to sell them to a growing Indian market , '' Obama said . At the same time , those economic exchanges offer Indians the opportunity to build their businesses as well , he said , citing solar technology as an example for the potential to create jobs in the United States and India . `` We should n't be resorting to protectionist measures . We should n't be thinking of it as a one-way street , '' added Obama , who said India is not an economic `` bogeyman . '' Singh said likewise : `` India is not in the business of stealing jobs from the United States of America . '' He called economic ties between the countries a win-win situation , as Obama did . On Saturday , the president unveiled about $ 10 billion in contracts for U.S. exports to India . It is Asia 's third-largest economy and one of the world 's few growth markets . Promoting broader trade relations with India is a delicate balancing act for Obama , given American frustration with the outsourcing of jobs to the country . India 's biggest challenge is infrastructure , said Singh , who said his country will need $ 1 trillion in infrastructure investments over the next five years . He expressed hope that United States will contribute toward that . He also lauded American technology , saying that India needs U.S. know-how in the civilian as well as military fields . Obama praised India 's military support , saying that it had contributed to the war in Afghanistan and efforts to leave terrorists no haven . The president and first lady Michelle Obama arrived New Delhi on Monday , with the prime minister greeting them on arrival . The Obamas had a full day of events scheduled , starting with a wreath-laying at a memorial for Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi and ending with a state dinner with Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil . In between , Obama is slated to address Parliament . The Obamas are on the third and final day of their visit to India . After India , Obama will travel to Indonesia , then to the G-20 meeting in South Korea and APEC -LRB- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation -RRB- summit in Japan . The Obamas are on a 10-day Asian tour .
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NEW : Gandhi inspired Martin Luther King , Obama says . Trade between the nations is a two-way street , the president says . `` India is n't emerging . It has emerged , '' Obama adds . On the trip , Obama has unveiled about $ 10 billion in contracts for U.S. exports to India .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Authorities in Norway have launched an investigation into whether the United States conducted illegal surveillance in the Nordic country , the Ministry of Justice told CNN Thursday . Officials from Norway 's Ministry of Foreign Affairs talked to the number two at the American Embassy in Oslo , James Heg , about the allegations on Wednesday , a spokeswoman said . `` Because here at the Foreign Ministry , we have not been informed about this '' alleged surveillance , she said , asking that her name not be used . `` We wanted to know ... . what these activities included , '' she said . `` These questions were , however , not fully clarified in this meeting , which is why we now have to seek further clarification of the matter , '' she said . `` Any violation of Norwegian law is not accepted , regardless of who may be responsible , '' she told CNN . The investigation follows a report by Norway 's TV2 claiming that the U.S. Embassy in Oslo has been conducting an `` illegal systematic surveillance of Norwegian citizens . '' The channel claims the embassy has hired former police officers and defense staff to take pictures and register people who behave in a suspicious way in order to stop attacks on American targets in Norway . U.S. State Department spokesman Philip J. Crowley acknowledged the surveillance program at a press briefing in Washington on Monday , but said Norwegian authorities had been informed . `` The surveillance detection program is something that we 've put in place over the last decade . We recognize that our posts around the world are prospective targets and tragically there 's a lot of intelligence and actual attacks to back that up , '' he said . `` All of our activities in Norway are fully consistent with and with the cooperation of the host nation government , '' he added . But some key Norwegian authorities deny they had any knowledge of the operation . Justice Minister Knut Storberget has asked the Norwegian police and the Norwegian Security Police to clarify if they had any knowledge of the U.S. Embassy 's alleged surveillance program . `` I wish to bring as many facts as possible to the table . On Norwegian soil , Norwegian law must be followed , '' Storberget said in a statement . Martin Bernsen , a spokesman for the Norwegian Police Security Service , told CNN that they knew of `` a certain surveillance activity taking place , but not at this scale . `` What we can say is that it is only Norwegian police that should conduct police work on Norwegian territory , '' he added . The U.S. Embassy in Oslo responded to the allegations by saying : `` Norway is a friend and ally . We are prepared to work intensively to address any questions the Norwegian government might have on this or any other matter . '' TV2 's report on Wednesday came after a two-year investigation , it said . The station reported that for the last decade , around 15 to 20 individuals have been working in shifts , 24 hours a day at a secret location in Oslo , located close to the embassy . The Surveillance Detection Unit -LRB- SDU -RRB- is said to have been collecting personal information such as vehicle registration numbers and personal information about individuals behaving suspiciously . These reports were then collected in a database called SIMAS , where information is shared between different U.S. authorities and posts , TV2 reported . A TV2 reporter asked Crowley about SIMAS at the State Department briefing on Monday . Crowley did not specifically acknowledge its existence , but said information was shared . `` It is possible when you look at a networked entity like al Qaeda that they might be casing a post in Europe , in the Middle East , in Africa , and so we have a database that shares intelligence and assessment , '' Crowley said . Several hundred Norwegian individuals may be in the SIMAS database , according to TV2 , which said those people may encounter problems if trying to enter the U.S.
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Baghdad , Iraq -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At least 63 people were killed and 285 others were wounded in a series of explosions across the capital Tuesday , police said . The blasts included 14 car bombs , two roadside bombs and mortar attacks in at least 17 neighborhoods of the capital , most of them in Shiite neighborhoods , police said . In an earlier report , police said there had been three roadside bombs and a sticky bomb : a device typically placed on a vehicle . Explosions struck the Shiite neighborhoods of Kadhimiya in the northwest ; Amil , Bayaa and Shulaa in the southwest ; Ur and Zuhour in the northeast ; Sadr City , Kamaliya and Amin in the east ; and Abu Dhsir in the southern part of the city . Other blasts struck mixed Sunni-Shiite neighborhoods , including Waziriya , Yarmouk , Jihad and Eghraiat . `` We are aware of multiple explosions in the Baghdad area with resultant casualties , '' the U.S. military said in response to a query from CNN . `` At this time , no request for -LSB- U.S. Forces - Iraq -RSB- support has been made but we are providing intelligence , surveillance , and reconnaissance coverage over some of the explosion sites . '' A U.S. military spokesman , Lt. Col. Eric Bloom , said the strikes are typical of al Qaeda in Iraq attacks . During the height of the Iraq war , sectarian violence tore through Baghdad on a daily basis in Sunni and Shiite neighborhoods . Also Tuesday , the Committee to Protect Journalists protested Iraq 's move -- carried out Monday -- to close Al-Baghdadiya TV 's offices in Baghdad and Basra . The decision came after the Cairo , Egypt-based satellite channel broadcast demands of gunmen who attacked a church in Baghdad on Sunday . The hours-long standoff ended after Iraqi security forces stormed the Sayidat al-Nejat church . In all , 58 people died , and 75 others were wounded ; most of the casualties were women and children , the officials added . The Al-Baghdadiya bureau chief in Cairo , Abdelhamid al-Saih , told the journalists group that the shutdown was illegal since there was no judicial order and that he believed authorities were using the broadcast as a pretext to close the offices because the channel had previously given Iraqis the opportunity to criticize the government . `` We are concerned by the closure of Al-Baghdadiya TV and demand that -LSB- the government 's Communications and Media Commission -RSB- explain under what authority it has stormed the station 's offices and censored it , '' said Mohamed Abdel Dayem , Middle East and North Africa program coordinator for the Committee to Protect Journalists . `` We call on the authorities to allow the station to resume its operations immediately . '' According to the committee , the government commission said in a statement that the attackers had `` contacted the station and selected it to be the exclusive platform for their inhumane practices with the purpose of disrupting Iraq 's national unity and to inflame religious discord . '' It said , `` the station 's broadcast of demands ` amounts to incitement to violence ' and that Al-Baghdadia 's coverage was not objective , creating a threat to the military operation by providing attackers with information about ongoing operations to rescue the hostages . '' CNN 's Arwa Damon contributed to this report .
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NEW : Journalists group criticizes closure of TV offices . Shiite neighborhoods are hit in a wave of explosions . The explosions struck areas across the city . U.S. has received no requests for support , military says .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Somali pirates have released two vessels they 've held for several months , apparently after ransoms were paid , officials and news agencies reported Saturday . On June 28 , pirates hijacked the MV Golden Blessing , with 19 Chinese sailors onboard . They took control of the vessel , which flew under the Singapore flag , about 60 nautical miles off the northern coast of Somalia . The 14,445-ton tanker , carrying a load of glycol ethylene , was released Saturday , according to the European Union Naval Force Somalia -LRB- EUNAVFOR -RRB- . The vessel had been en route from Saudi Arabia to India . EUNAVFOR provided no other details . There were conflicting numbers on the paid ransom , but Andrew Mwangura , programs coordinator of the Kenya-based Seafarers Assistance Programme , said it was less than $ 7 million . China 's transport agency , however , said on its website that the Golden Blessing had been `` rescued . '' Meanwhile , a South Korean oil tanker and its 24 crew members seized April 4 also were released Saturday , according to Yonhap , the South Korean state news agency . The pirates said they had been paid $ 9.5 million , Mwangura said . Somali pirates captured the Samho Dream about 600 nautical miles -LRB- 690 miles , 1,111 km -RRB- north of the Somali coast -- 300 nautical miles -LRB- 345 miles , 556 km -RRB- outside the area in which EUNAVFOR operates . The Combined Maritime Forces -- a cooperative effort by several countries to patrol international waters -- has warned that pirates in the Somali Basin and Gulf of Aden are venturing further from their home waters , `` revealing their desperation to find easier commercial targets . '' The 300,000-ton Samho Dream was seized in the Indian Ocean while en route to the United States from Iraq . The ship was carrying five South Korean and 19 Philippine crew members along with about $ 170 million worth of oil . The freed vessel is now en route to Louisiana , Mwangura said .
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Two vessels released by Somali pirates . Ransoms in the millions of dollars were apparently paid . Countries have warned that pirates are venturing farther from home waters .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Two students from the University of Texas at El Paso were shot and killed Tuesday night in Ciudad Juarez , Mexico , Chihuahua state investigators said late Wednesday . The students , identified as Manuel Acosta Villalobos , 25 , and Eder Diaz Sotero , 23 , were gunned down in a hail of more than 30 bullets while driving a Nissan Sentra with Texas plates , Chihuahua State police spokesman Arturo Sandoval said . `` I have confirmed that Eder was from the United States and was a U.S. citizen . The other boy was a Juarez native , '' Sandoval said . The university president , Diana Natalicio , issued a statement about the slayings that was published by The Prospector , the school 's student-run newspaper , on its website . `` Our hearts are heavy today with the news of the deaths of UTEP students Manuel Acosta and Eder Diaz . We offer our deepest condolences to the families and friends of these two men as they deal with the tragic loss of their loved ones , '' Natalicio said . The Prospector identified Acosta as a senior computer information systems major and Diaz as a sophomore sophomore pre-business major . The Prospector also said that two other university students were killed in violence in Juarez on May 25 .
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One was U.S. citizen , the other a native of Juarez , police say . Two other university students killed in similar violence earlier this year .
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London -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Protesters enraged by a Parliament vote to triple university tuition rate caps , attacked a car carrying Prince Charles and Camilla , Duchess of Cornwall , Thursday night . The demonstrators broke a window and tossed paint on the car , however neither royal family member was injured in the attack . ` We can confirm that their Royal Highnesses ' car was attacked by protesters on the way to their engagement at the London Palladium this evening , '' a spokesman for the prince said . `` Their Royal Highnesses are unharmed . '' A wire photo of the royal couple , dressed in evening wear , shows startled expressions on their faces as they sit in their Rolls-Royce before exiting for a Royal Variety Performance . The high-profile incident came late in day of violent protests that left at least 12 officers and 43 demonstrators hurt . The attack followed a vote in the House of Commons to approve a plan to raise the existing cap on tuition rates charged by universities from # 3,000 to # 9,000 . In U.S. dollars , that 's a nearly $ 10,000 increase -- from roughly $ 4,700 to $ 14,000 . Lawmakers approved the plan in a 323-302 vote . The measure awaits approval by the House of Lords and a signature by the queen before it can become law . The vote ended hours of debate inside Parliament and an all-day protest by thousands of demonstrators outside who said the plan will price many students out of a university education . Supporters say the tuition cap hike is needed to cut the government 's massive deficit . Parliament Square was relatively quiet late Thursday as mounted police pushed back the last knot of protesters . `` Extreme violence currently being directed towards officers is hindering attempts to allow nonviolent protesters to leave the containment area , '' police said . Prime Minister David Cameron said the level of violence was unacceptable . In recent weeks , the proposal has spawned multiple public protests , set off tremors within the nation 's coalition government and prompted a back-seat revolt among some Liberal Democrats in Parliament . Liberal Democrats are lesser partners in a coalition government ruled by Conservatives . The London protest started out peacefully Thursday , but grew more tense with the winding down of debate in the House of Commons . By late afternoon , police on horseback attempted to push back throngs of protesters moving on Parliament . Students reacted by throwing sticks and setting off fireworks . After the vote , riot police were called out to quell disturbances in Trafalgar Square , including the setting afire of a Christmas tree . Before the fire was set , a demonstrator was seen climbing the tree . One officer was hospitalized after falling from his horse and another suffered a serious neck injury after being knocked unconscious , the Metropolitan Police said . Four other officers required unspecified hospital treatment . The police service announced the arrest of 26 protesters on charges ranging from arson and assaulting a police officer to drunk and disorderly conduct . London 's Metropolitan Police condemned many of the protesters . `` This has nothing to do with peaceful protest . Students are involved in wanton vandalism , including smashing windows in Oxford and Regent Streets , '' the department said late Thursday on its website . `` Innocent Christmas shoppers are being caught up in the violence and disruption . Protest organizers had urged demonstrators to show restraint . Earlier this month , police arrested a total of 153 people following another protest at Trafalgar Square during which students damaged a police van , set small fires and spray painted and smashed government building windows . One final-year student , standing in front of police lines outside Parliamen on Thursday , told CNN he was there out of solidarity with students who may be priced out of a place at university . `` We 're all here because we 're passionate about this . We feel betrayed , '' he said . Prior to vote , another protester screamed , `` Nick Clegg ... you 're a sellout ! You have betrayed us ! '' The protester was referring to the British deputy prime minister and Liberal Democratic Party architect of the coalition government . The government is headed by Prime Minister David Cameron , a conservative . Clegg supports the tuition increase plan . At least a dozen other party members , including deputy party leader Simon Hughes , said they oppose it . Supporters say the tuition cap hike is needed to help pay down the government 's massive debt . They argue the increase is not mandatory , that universities would not be bound to charge university students the full # 9,000 . Under the new plan , students would n't have to start paying off their school loans until they begin earning at least # 21,000 , about $ 32,600 , a year . Students currently must start paying off their loans once they reach a # 15,000 -LRB- roughly $ 23,300 -RRB- threshold . CNN 's senior international correspondent Dan River contributed to this report .
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12 officers , 43 protesters injured in scuffles . London police decry `` wanton vandalism '' Protesters attack car carrying Prince Charles and Camilla . Riot police called to quell violence after British parliament approves tuition cap hike .
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Philadelphia , Pennsylvania -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Three and a half years ago , I ran a mile with nine men who were living at the Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission in Philadelphia , . Wanting to start a running club at this homeless shelter came from passing this facility on my morning run and seeing a group of men congregating outside on the corner . I was quickly drawn to them as they reminded me a lot of my dad , who I love dearly but unfortunately has suffered from addiction to drugs , alcohol and gambling for much of his life . My dad and I have always had a very special , sarcastic rapport and one of the hardest things I have gone through was being a teenager and not being able to figure out a way to save my dad from his gambling addiction , which ended up tearing apart our family . Chilean miners to attend CNN Heroes tribute . To save myself from the despair , I ran a lot , and 10 years later is when I finally found the road that made my life make sense and it started with these nine guys . I thought in some spiritual cosmic way that I could vicariously help my dad by helping these men . Running does n't discriminate . It does n't matter whether you 're white , black , rich , poor , homeless or not . I wanted to share this sport with these guys in hopes they would reap the same benefits I did -- better self-esteem , confidence and discipline . But , it did n't take long to see that it was turning into so much more . An environment had been created where people , regardless of race , religion or socio-economic status , were treated with respect , appreciation and genuine care and concern for each other . It was an environment that had been missing from their lives , and it was amazing to watch the changes in attitude and behavior that were occurring . A vision quickly formed about building a program . It would start with running , and through dedication , hard work and commitment , we would connect our members to job training and educational programs , employment partners and housing opportunities , but only when our members were ready for those steps . Each person would also have the opportunity to earn approved grant money to move his or her life forward . Today , Back on My Feet has operations in five cities -LRB- Philadelphia ; Baltimore , Maryland ; Washington ; Chicago , Illinois ; and Boston , Massachusetts -RRB- and works with 29 homeless shelters . The organization has more than 400 active members and has helped close to 450 individuals find a better road in life . We are expanding to five more cities in 2011 , of which four have been chosen -- Indianapolis , Indiana ; Dallas , Texas ; Minneapolis , Minnesota ; and Atlanta , Georgia . It 's amazing how we forget that as people , we have similar traits , whether we 're homeless or not . Maslow 's hierarchy of needs explains this best . When we are hungry , our No. 1 priority becomes looking for food . When it 's cold outside , we seek shelter . Right above those needs is an innate desire to be recognized , valued , appreciated , loved and cared for . These desires , just like those of food and shelter , do not become less important as we grow older . Think about the reasons why you may have quit a job or a relationship . Chances are feeling unappreciated or undervalued is one of them . The only way for real change to happen in someone 's life is for that person to voluntarily participate in making those changes . Many programs try and force people to do things , but when does forcing anyone to do anything ever have long-lasting sustainable results ? Take this simple example . Let 's say you have a 6-year old who hates vegetables and wo n't eat them . So , you tell him if he does n't eat his vegetables that he wo n't be able to play with his favorite toy . As long as you are there to enforce that rule , your 6-year old may very well eat his vegetables . But what happens when he is at a friend 's house and that rule does n't apply ? This method does not solve the problem . You have to figure out a way to get your kid to want to eat his vegetables and that is done by giving the vegetables value in a way that your child can relate to . What if instead you told your child that it is vegetables , not candy or soda , that will make him big and strong like his dad or older brother ? Back on My Feet takes this approach to the homeless community . We do not offer food or shelter , which in turn means we do n't use threat tactics around those basic human needs . The choice to get up at 5:30 a.m. and come out to run is one that is voluntary . Everyone -- those who are homeless and those who are not -- are there because they want to be . They are there because they have found an environment that offers them respect , value , appreciation and friendship . When you offer that to someone , it is extraordinary what can happen . While Back on My Feet 's first priority is to help people discover their potential and capabilities to get them on a road filled with hope , happiness and prosperity , its mission is to also remind us that while there are many differences between us , there are more similarities . By focusing on those similarities , we are reminded that we are all on the same team . I am humbled every day by the people invested in Back on My Feet 's mission , and together we have the ability to make real , positive , sustainable change in the world ... one mile at a time . The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Anne M. Mahlum .
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Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Senate Democrats conceded Thursday they do n't have the votes to pass the DREAM Act , a bill that would have offered a path to citizenship for some illegal immigrants who entered the United States as children . Democrats voted to pull the measure from consideration , a move that jeopardizes the chances for passing the hotly contested bill during the current lame-duck session of Congress that ends in early January . While supporters say the measure that passed the House on Wednesday could still come up , each passing day reduces the likelihood for introducing and debating the act as legislative leaders battle over priorities in the waning days of the session . Senate Republicans opposed the bill , standing by their pledge to block any legislation during the lame-duck session until the chamber approves bills to extend the Bush tax cuts and fund the government . The so-called Development , Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act would have affected immigrants who entered the United States illegally as children under the age of 16 and have lived in the country for at least five years . Other requirements include graduating from high-school or obtaining a General Education Development diploma and demonstrating `` good moral character . '' Even then , only a six-year conditional status would be awarded . Before moving to the next phase , the students would need to meet additional requirements -- attending college or serving in the military for at least two years , and passing criminal background checks . Proponents , including President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders , say the bill offers legal standing to young people brought to the United States who have bettered themselves and served their new country , while opponents claim it is a form of amnesty for illegal immigrants . A White House statement Thursday praised Senate Democratic leaders for pulling the bill so that the chamber can take up the version passed by the House . Noting that eight House Republicans voted with Democrats to pass the measure , the statement by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said the proposal `` should get bipartisan support in the Senate as well , and in light of the vote in the House , this is the right way to move forward to get that . '' Rep. Luis Gutierrez , D-Illinois , a major supporter of the DREAM Act , said Thursday that `` we now have the weekend and into next week to launch a national mobilization to get the votes to enact this important bill . '' CNN 's Craig Broffmann and Ted Barrett contributed to this report .
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NEW : White House says putting off the vote was the right move . The bill would offer a path to citizenship for some illegal immigrants . It mainly would affect illegal immigrants who entered the U.S. as children . Senate Republicans opposed the measure .
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Beijing -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A day before the Nobel committee honors an imprisoned Chinese dissident with its peace prize , China ratched up the rhetoric calling the award `` an interference '' in its internal affairs . `` The Nobel committee has to admit they are in the minority , '' said Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu on Thursday . `` The Chinese people and the overwhelming majority of people in the world are against this . '' `` This is not an issue of human rights ; it is an issue of interference of internal affairs , '' she said . China has responded furiously since the Nobel committee announced its Peace Prize winner on October 8 . Officials have repeatedly called Liu Xiaobo -- currently serving an 11-year sentence for `` inciting subversion '' -- a common criminal and the award a Western plot against China . `` Liu Xiaobo broke Article 105 , a crime of instigating the subversion of state power , '' Jiang said Thursday . `` He went beyond general criticism of the state . '' `` Developing country to country relations should follow certain principles , '' she added . `` I think the Norwegian government should give careful thought to this . '' Meanwhile , several foreign news websites -- including CNN and BBC -- appeared to be blocked in mainland China Thursday . Also , Amnesty International said it had received report that Chinese diplomats in Norway have been pressuring Chinese residents into joining anti-Nobel demonstrations when the award ceremony is held Friday . However , the human rights group did not say how it learned of this , only offering that it has been `` informed by reliable sources . '' Several nations have indicated they will not attend the ceremony in Norway . The Nobel committee , which said it had sent out 65 invitations to embassies in Oslo , counted 19 countries that had declined so far -- including China , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Pakistan , Iraq and Iran . It is unclear , officially , how China 's stance has affected nations who have said they are not attending the award ceremony . But some have speculated that some nations are not attending the ceremony in an effort not to offend China or complicate business relationships it has with Beijing . Russian officials have said they are not going to attend the ceremony because its ambassador has a previous commitment . An official from the United Nations said the U.N. is not going to attend the ceremony , but said that is not unusual . The U.N. was not formally invited and usually does not attend the ceremony unless someone from the organization wins the award , the official said . Despite the Nobel committee 's announcement that Iraq will not show up at the ceremony , an official said that might not be true . Labeed Abawi , Iraq 's deputy foreign affairs minister , said officials had not yet decided if they would attend the ceremony . -- CNN 's Jo Kent , Richard Roth , Jomana Karadesh , Matthew Chance and Steven Jiang contributed to this report .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Most Americans probably still believe the biggest threat to our national security is terrorism . We 're debating increasingly intrusive security measures , and not long ago we heard about a homegrown terrorist in Oregon who wanted to cause a huge explosion at a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony . Yet Mexican drug cartels are arguably as dangerous and deadly as terrorists , and they were operating far inside our borders well before 9/11 . The decision to go into Afghanistan was an easy one to make ; or at least it was in 2001 . Shortly after the 9/11 attacks , America learned all about al Qaeda . We were prepared to do whatever it took , spend whatever it cost , and deploy tens of thousands of our soldiers , sailors , Marines and airmen to effectively and efficiently do the job . It seems like the job they 've been doing is working , to an extent . We have n't experienced a large terrorist attack on U.S. soil since 9/11 and al Qaeda is a shadow of its former self . But do we know for a fact that our presence in Afghanistan is the exact thing that 's preventing more terrorist attacks ? Maybe , and maybe not . Most people do n't want to take chances , and most people would say that terrorism is still the biggest threat to our national security . I beg to differ . Let 's switch gears for a minute to the drug war in Mexico , where more than 30,000 people have been killed since President Felipe Calderón came into office and the annual body count goes up every December . Granted , most of the people being tortured , kidnapped or killed have historically been criminals involved in the drug trade . However , that 's changing . We 're seeing more and more innocent bystanders , including children , being gunned down as collateral damage . The big concern , of course , is whether the violence is going to spill over into the United States . But there are two real problems with this debate . First , no standardized definition exists as to what constitutes border violence spillover . It really is in the eye of the beholder , which means that if you ask a Texas city mayor and an Arizona rural border county sheriff whether they 're seeing it , you 're likely going to get two very different answers . The second problem is that we 're too focused on spillover in the border area to realize that Mexican drug cartels have deeply infiltrated every corner of the United States , and they did so well before terrorism and religious extremists entered our national consciousness . According to the U.S. Department of Justice 's National Drug Intelligence Center , members of Mexican cartels are operating in more than 270 U.S. cities and thousands of smaller communities . Those same cartels dominate drug trafficking operations in places like Los Angeles , Phoenix , Houston , Chicago , Detroit , Denver , Atlanta and Newark , New Jersey . Violent gangs across the country act as their proxies and sell Mexican drugs like marijuana , crystal methamphetamine , brown powder and black tar heroin , and Colombian cocaine in our cities and neighborhoods from San Diego to Syracuse , New York . So why do n't we hear more in the media about the activities of Mexican cartels on U.S. soil ? Mostly because cartels like to keep a low profile and blend in . Drawing attention to cartel operations in the United States is very bad for business and our law enforcement officers can generally be depended on to do their jobs . A big shootout in a San Diego shopping district or downtown Houston between dozens of heavily armed cartel gunmen and the U.S. Army is n't going to happen any time soon . But that does n't mean drug-related violence is n't happening in the United States , and sometimes well away from the border . In 2009 , five mutilated bodies were found outside a drug stash house in a well-to-do northern Alabama county . Dozens of law enforcement officers have been shot at and many severely injured by heavily armed men who work for Mexican cartels defending marijuana crops in states like Oregon , Tennessee and North Carolina . Closer to the border , last year , gang members from `` Los Palillos '' were indicted in the kidnapping , torture and murder of nine people in San Diego County . Two of those victims were dissolved in vats of acid after they were killed . This is the real and current major threat to our national security -- tens of thousands of violent Mexican cartel members who are living and operating under our noses in our cities , communities and public lands . We 've spent more than $ 365 billion on the war in Afghanistan since 2001 , and about 1,400 military members have lost their lives in the process . We 've committed only $ 1.6 billion to the drug war in Mexico -- only a few hundred million of which has actually been spent since 2007 -- and our military is n't allowed to step one foot in-country unless it 's for training purposes . In a time when our national deficit is skyrocketing and the collective belt is tightening , we need to take a good look at our priorities when it comes to national security . So can our commitments to Afghanistan and Mexico be compared ? Maybe , maybe not . We know the number of innocent Americans who died as a result of terrorist attacks on U.S. soil . But we also have a rough idea of how many Americans die every year as a result of using drugs being peddled by Mexican cartels operating in our country . I can assure you that the number of American drug casualties is much higher . We also need to take into account the cost of interdicting even a small percentage of those drugs at the border , as well as the environmental toll that domestic marijuana cultivation is taking on our nation 's landscape . Afghanistan and Mexico ca n't be compared in the ways we 're fighting those wars , but they certainly can in the ways our government chooses to assess and protect us from the threats they pose . The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Sylvia Longmire .
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Sylvia Longmire : Huge number of Mexican drug cartel members in U.S. since well before 9/11 . We fight in Afghanistan , she writes , but should fight deadly and dangerous cartels at home . Longmire : More Americans die from overdose and drug violence than in terror attacks . $ 365 billion for Afghan war ; she says , $ 1.6 billion for drug war in Mexico with little spent so far .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The latest release of White House tapes from the Richard Nixon Presidential Library shows how Watergate increasingly consumed Nixon as his second term was getting underway , the library 's director said Thursday . Much of Nixon 's tapes about Watergate have long been made public , but on Thursday , the library released additional White House recordings from February 1973 to March 1973 , plus some from early April 1973 , director Timothy Naftali said . The Watergate political scandal , resulting from a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters , eventually led Nixon to resign , the only president to ever do so . `` Watergate is truly heating up for the administration by the end of this particular release of tapes , in March of 1973 , and you can see it taking more of the president 's time , '' said Naftali , who was a Cold War and presidential historian before joining the National Archives , which runs the Nixon library . `` The tapes are a magnificent aural history of two very busy and important months in the life of President Nixon 's second term , '' Naftali added . On Thursday , the library opened a trove of records at the facility and online , and the new information includes 265 hours of White House tapes . The library , in Yorba Linda , California , also released more than 140,000 pages of presidential records and 75 hours of video oral histories . About 2,500 pages of formerly classified national security records have also been made public , and some of them have been posted on the library 's website -LRB- www.nixonlibrary.gov -RRB- , including one about covert actions in Chile and another about an understanding with British Prime Minister Edward Heath on the use of British bases and U.S. nuclear weapons . `` I am agreeable to the amendments as proposed and shall consider the understandings existing between our governments with regard to consultation on the use of nuclear weapons , as so amended , to remain fully in effect , '' Nixon said in a letter to Heath . One memo is written January 17 , 1973 , by current anchor and former Nixon aide Diane Sawyer , who says she understands that a decision is forthcoming on the `` fate '' of Donald Johnson as administrator of Veterans Affairs -LRB- now Veterans Administration -RRB- . Johnson resigned in 1974 under pressure from Congress and veterans ' groups for alleged mismanagement . `` Do you have information which would enable us to provide the Star with a leak ? '' Sawyer wrote to Larry Higby , assistant chief-of-staff . The memo contains handwritten notes stating `` Approve saying ... '' or `` Disapprove because ... '' The newly available materials are pieces to a larger mosaic about the Nixon presidency , Naftali said . `` This release is significant for people interested in how our government thought about the Vietnam cease-fire and its durability , and it 's very significant about the release of American POWs from southeast Asia , '' Naftali said . `` It 's sort of the first release that has materials relevant to the U.S. government 's handling of the Wounded Knee incident , '' when followers of the American Indian Movement seized the South Dakota town for 71 days starting in February 1973 , Naftali said . `` And there 's very significant material about the management of U.S. policy toward the Middle East , '' Naftali said .
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NEW : Some of the 2,500 pages of formerly classified records are now online at the library website . The Richard Nixon Presidential Library is in Yorba Linda , California . The library , part of the National Archives , opens more than 140,000 pages of presidential records . Nixon is the only U.S. president to ever resign , in 1974 .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Virginia police detectives talked Sunday for the first time with a 12-year-old Virginia girl and the man who allegedly kidnapped her and has been deemed a prime suspect in her mother 's death . Roanoke County police Detective John McPhail said that Sunday morning he and three colleagues discussed the death of 41-year-old Tina Smith with Jeffrey Scott Easley , currently in police custody in San Francisco , California , on warrants for abduction , credit card theft and credit card fraud . While police are investigating Tina Smith 's death as a homicide , they have not said how she died . They also talked with Brittany Mae Smith , Tina 's daughter , who police had been searching for since Monday . McPhail said the girl `` will be heading back to Roanoke soon , '' but did not disclose when exactly that might happen . McPhail addressed reporters in front of San Francisco 's Hall of Justice at 2 p.m. -LRB- 5 p.m. ET -RRB- Sunday , a day after he and his three fellow detectives arrived in California from Virginia . All four have been assigned a particular aspect of a case that involves both the abduction of Brittany Smith and the death of her mother . He did not disclose what police talked about with Easley or Brittany Smith , saying that the investigation was still ongoing . Roanoke County Police Chief Ray Lavinder said Saturday that Easley is a `` very good suspect '' in the death of Tina Smith -- his girlfriend and Brittany 's mother -- who was found dead inside her Salem , Virginia , home last Monday . Police believe that Tina Smith was killed sometime between the morning and evening of December 3 , Lavinder has said . On that same day , surveillance video shows Easley and Brittany Smith shopping for a blue , domed tent at a Walmart in Salem . Lavinder said that authorities believe the two left Virginia , heading west toward California , on that night or early Saturday , December 4 . They traveled more than 2,300 miles in Tina Smith 's silver 2005 Dodge Neon four-door sedan , later located in a parking lot adjacent to San Francisco International Airport after authorities had found Brittany Smith and Easley . A tipster in a Safeway supermarket in San Francisco spotted the pair after seeing their images earlier on CNN , said San Francisco Police Officer Albie Esparza . The two had been holding up a cardboard sign and asking for money , Lavinder said . On Sunday , McPhail said that he and the other Virginia detectives visited the supermarket , as well as the area within walking distance where the tent had been found and Easley and Brittany Smith had been staying . Esparza said Brittany was turned over to California 's Child Protective Services division after she was found . She has no visible injuries and has been in touch with family members , according to Lavinder . Easley did not resist arrest , he added . The chief has said Easley met Tina Smith online this summer , then moved into the family home in October . Police issued an Amber Alert for Brittany on Monday after finding the body of her mother . Tina Smith 's co-workers had called to express concern that she had n't shown up for work . Authorities in Florida and Alabama followed suit with Amber Alerts in subsequent days , and notices went out to law enforcement nationwide . Authorities said they do not know if the girl went west willingly with Easley . Regardless , with Brittany Smith safely located , Virginia authorities say they have now turned their focus to the homicide investigation . They are also trying to get Easley back east , though an extradition hearing has n't taken take place in California courts . He could go to Virginia relatively soon if he waives extradition , or the process may be delayed weeks if he contests his return .
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Virginia police meet with Jeffrey Easley and the girl he allegedly abducted . They also went to the San Francisco supermarket where the two were found . The girl and suspect were soliciting money outside the California store Friday . Easley is a `` very good suspect '' in the death of Tina Smith , the girl 's mother , police say .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Arsenal have secured their passage to the knockout stages of the Champions League with a 3-1 win over Partizan Belgrade in Group H. Theo Walcott came off the bench to score a crucial second-half goal for the Gunners as they made sure of second place in the group . Arsene Wenger 's team dominated possession for much of the match but their finishing lacked precision against a poor Partizan side . Robin Van Persie opened the scoring for the home side after half-an-hour smashing home a penalty kick after he had been brought down by Jovanovic . Samir Nasri should have doubled their lead two minutes into the second half after the ball broke to him in space in the penalty area , but he fired high over the bar . Arsenal were made to pay for the French midfielder 's profligacy four minutes later when Cleo scored for the visitors when his deflected shot beat keeper Fabianski . Wenger responded by sending on Theo Walcott who then delivered the vital second goal , taking advantage of some sloppy Partizan defending to volley home from six yards in the 73rd minute . Nasri made up for his earlier miss three minutes later , driving the ball low past Stojkovic after some neat work from Alex Song . The only disappointment for Arsenal was Bacary Sagna 's red card -- for a foul on Aleksandar Lazevski -- with four minutes remaining . Second half goals from Razvan Rat and Adriano ensured Shakhtar Donetsk claimed top spot in the group as they beat Braga 2-0 at home . The Ukrainian champions finished with 15 points . Arsenal has to settle for second place with 12 points . In Group E , Bayern Munich finished top of the table with 15 points after a comfortable 3-0 home win over Basel . The Swiss side 's hopes of progressing to the knockout stages were ended by two quick goals by Bayern in the first period . Franck Ribery opened the scoring after 35 minutes with Anatoliy Tymoschuk doubling the lead two minutes later . The French star made it 3-0 five minutes after the break when he side-footed home after Thomas Muller 's low cross from the right . Roma , who only required a point to secure second spot behind Bayern , were on course to grab all three until their hosts CFR Cluj scored a late equalizer . The Serie A side took the lead after 21 minutes as the Romanian side gifted them possession in their own half . Fabio Simplicio then sent through Marco Borriello who slotted the ball past Eduard Stancioiu in goal . But Lacina Traore equalized for the home side with only two minutes of normal time remaining . But the point could n't stop Cluj finishing bottom of the group with only four points from their six games . Chelsea 's slump in form continued as they lost 1-0 to Marseille at the Stade Velodrome , but still topped Group F with 15 points . Marseille , who had already secured second place , scored a late winner as Brandao turned the ball past Petr Cech in the 81st minute . Spartak Moscow beat their hosts MSK Zilina 2-1 to finish the group stage in third place with nine points . Slovakian champions Zilina took the lead in the 48th minute with a goal from Tomas Majtan , but Spartak struck back six minutes later as Alex struck home confidently , while Ibson made sure of three points in the 61st minute . Meanwhile in Group G , Real Madrid hammered Auxerre 4-0 as Karim Benzema scored a hat-trick . The Frenchman striker opened the scoring after 12 minutes heading home a Cristiano Ronaldo cross . Ronaldo then made it 2-0 shortly after halftime smashing the ball into the roof of the net after latching onto a pass from Marcelo . Benzema bagged his second in the 72nd minute firing low past Olivier Sorin and claimed a third two minutes before time . The win means Madrid finish on top of the group with 16 points , while AC Milan were second with eight points . In the other match in Group G , caretaker manager Frank de Boer registered his first win for Ajax as they overcame AC Milan in the San Siro . Jol quits Ajax amid Newcastle rumors . The visitors were unlucky not to be ahead at half time as the Serie A leaders failed to find any rhythm . But Ajax made the breakthrough 12 minutes into the second half thanks to a goal from Demy De Zeeuw . Toby Alderweireld made it 2-0 after 66 minutes to ensure three points and a place in the Europa League .
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Arsenal beat Partizan Belgrade 3-1 to advance to the knockout stages of Champions League . Shakhtar Donetsk claim top spot in Group H after 2-0 win over Braga . Benzema scores hat-trick for Real Madrid as they demolish Auxerre 4-0 . Chelsea slump in form continues as they lose 1-0 to Marseille but still top Group F .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Australian Formula One driver Mark Webber has aimed a verbal attack at his own Red Bull team , saying they are giving more support to teammate Sebastian Vettel as the pair both scrap for the 2010 world title . Webber has led the world championship for large parts of the season , although he now sits in second and trails leader Fernando Alonso by 11 points with just two races of the season remaining . The 23-year-old Vettel is also among a group of five drivers who are still in the race to claim the sport 's biggest prize . The German is in fourth place , 14 points behind Webber and 25 behind Alonso . However , 34-year-old Webber believes his world championship challenge has been `` inconvenient '' for his team , who are bidding to win both their first constructor 's and driver 's championships . Is Ferrari 's Fernando the fastest on the grid ? `` I think I was n't supposed to be in the hunt at all , so it 's been maybe quite inconvenient , but I 've enjoyed every minute of it , '' Webber told a news conference . Webber was in a frank mood , and pulled no punches when asked whether he believed his team gave the 23-year-old more support . `` It 's f ****** obvious , is n't it ? Of course , '' he said . `` When young , new charges come on to the block that 's where the emotion is . That 's the way it is . `` I have had a great opportunity with a great car to do some great things this year . I 've got favorites in life . Favorite people I like to be with . That is human nature . '' Webber is also not expecting support from his teammate in pursuit of his first driver 's championship . `` If it has n't happened by now , it 's never going to happen . Nothing has changed between Seb and I over the last five or six races . The only thing different is that Fernando is leading . '' `` Obviously Seb has never led this year and I have . We 'll see on the Monday after Abu Dhabi if we have taken the right approach . '' The relationship between the pair has been under scrutiny all season , with the issue coming to a head after they crashed when Vettel tried to pass Webber at this season 's Turkish Grand Prix . Both will line up on the grid for the Brazilian Grand Prix , which takes place on Sunday at the Interlagos circuit in Sao Paulo .
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Mark Webber believes his Red Bull team favor his teammate Sebastian Vettel . Webber said he thinks his world title challenge has be `` inconvenient '' Both Webber and Vettel are both behind Fernando Alonso in the driver 's standing .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Protection from the Sahara 's howling dust storms may have helped the Sphinx maintain its steady gaze over the millennia . Newly discovered walls on the Giza plateau were part of an enclosure to protect the Sphinx from wind-borne sand , Egypt 's Supreme Council of Antiquities says . According to some texts , the walls were built by King Thutmose IV -LRB- 1400-1390 BCE -RRB- because of a dream he had during a hunting trip , the council 's secretary general , Zahi Hawass , said Tuesday . `` In the king 's dream the Sphinx asked the king to move the sand away from his body because it choked him , '' Hawass said in a written statement . For the favor , the Sphinx promised to make Thutmose IV king of Egypt . Until the discovery of sections of the walls buried in the sand on the eastern and southern side of the giant figure , archaeologists believed there was a wall only on its north side . The new sections are part of a larger wall , Hawass said . One wall runs north-south and is 282 feet -LRB- 86 meters -RRB- long , while the other runs east-west and is 151 feet -LRB- 46 meters -RRB- long . Both walls stand about 3 feet -LRB- 1 meter -RRB- tall . Researchers also may have found the remains of a wall dating to the time of King Khafre , whose pyramid is the second largest in Giza . Khafre 's burial complex boasted an unprecedented profusion of statues , among them the Sphinx , according to National Geographic . Carved from bedrock in front of Khafre 's pyramid , the Sphinx depicts the pharaoh as a human-headed lion , wearing the headdress of the pharaohs .
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Walls are found along two more sides of the Sphinx . They were used to protect the giant carving from the wind . The Sphinx is near the Khafre pyramid .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Qantas passenger jet landed safely in Singapore on Friday after turning back due to engine problems shortly after takeoff , Australian Transport Safety Bureau spokesman Neville Blyth told CNN . `` I saw flames five minutes into flight and we could see flames through the left-side window , '' said passenger Terence Sim . It is the second Qantas jet in two days to return to Singapore as a result of engine trouble . In Friday 's incident , the Boeing 747-400 was carrying 412 passengers and 19 crew members and was headed to Sydney , Australia , according to a Qantas spokesman , who would not provide his name , citing company policy . On Thursday , a Qantas Airbus A380 jet made an emergency landing at Changi Airport after one of its four engines shut down as it started a flight to Sydney . As the plane headed back to the airport , part of the engine 's covering , or cowling , tore off . Airbus announced Friday that it asked all operators of A380s with Rolls-Royce engines to inspect them as a precaution . The Australian Transport Safety Bureau says it has deployed investigators to examine the cause of Thursday 's engine failure on the Airbus A380 and is currently gathering more information regarding Friday 's incident . None of the passengers aboard the Boeing 747-400 also had been aboard the Airbus A380 , according to the Qantas spokesman .
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NEW : Passenger says he saw flames outside the jet 's left-side window . Qantas passenger jet lands safely in Singapore . Australian Transport Safety Bureau has deployed investigators to Singapore . Boeing 747-400 is the second jet to return there as a result of engine trouble in two days .
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London -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A British businessman who is accused of having his wife killed during their honeymoon in South Africa will be allowed to leave jail on bail , a judge decided Friday . Shrien Dewani is accused of hiring a crew of hitmen to kill his wife during a taxi ride in Cape Town , South Africa in November . British Judge Duncan Ousely rejected concerns from the South African government that Dewani would use his funds and international connections to flee before an extradition hearing . Ben Watson , a lawyer for the South African government , cited hotel surveillance video that he said showed Dewani twice meeting with a cab driver as the sort of evidence indicating Dewani 's involvement in a plot against his wife . But Ousely ruled that Dewani , who did not attend the hearing , had a genuine interest in clearing his name and said he has cooperated with investigators from both England and South Africa . Dewali 's solicitor , Andrew Katzen , said he was `` delighted '' with the outcome but declined further comment following the court hearing . Dewani , who is jailed in London 's Wandsworth Prison , will be allowed to stay at his parents ' home . He will be required to report to a police station in Bristol every morning . A court hearing has been temporarily scheduled for Jan. 20 , but it is unclear when South Africa will submit a formal extradition request . Dewani 's lawyers say he is innocent and will fight extradition . Dewani 's wife , Anni Dewani , died in an apparent carjacking as the couple took a taxi ride in a crime-ridden neighborhood of Cape Town . Dewani was allowed to leave South Africa , but this week prosecutors there accused him of hiring a crew of hitmen to kill his wife . `` The alleged hijacking was in fact not a hijacking , but part of a plan of subterfuge which Shrien Dewani , the husband of the deceased and the accused , had designed to conceal the true facts ... that the deceased was murdered at the instance of the husband , '' South African prosecutors wrote in court documents . In the documents , prosecutors detail meetings that Dewani had with the taxicab driver where where he allegedly paid the driver 15,000 South African rand -LRB- $ 2,170 -RRB- to have a crew of hitmen kill his wife and make it look like a carjacking . The court documents do not say why Dewani allegedly wanted his wife dead . The driver , Zola Tongo , was sentenced to 18 years in prison in South Africa after admitting to taking part in the killing . CNN 's Nkepile Mabuse contributed to this report .
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Businessman accused of arranging fatal hit on his wife in South Africa is granted bail . The couple 's cab driver told authorities of the alleged murder plot . South African authorities want Dewani extradited .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A California company is voluntarily recalling 60 packages of walnuts sold only in southern California because they may be contaminated with salmonella . The product being recalled is : El Guapo Nuez Entera / Shelled Walnuts sold in 1-ounce packages , UPC 4498933144 , date code 5527 . The code date is embossed on the front of the package under the El Guapo banner . The company , Mojave Food Corporation , said it is recalling the product because they were informed by the walnut supplier of the salmonella concern . No illnesses have been reported . Consumers are asked to destroy the product , and contact the Mojave customer service number at 1-800-995-8906 , ext. 114 , for a replacement or reimbursement . Salmonella infections are caused by bacteria and if necessary can be treated with antibiotics , although some strains have become resistant to these drugs , according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website . Most people infected will develop diarrhea , fever and abdominal cramps within a few days of infection , and their illness can last up to a week . Most recover without any treatment , but some may suffer dehydration and in severe cases require hospitalization . The youngest and oldest patients and chronically ill people with compromised immune systems are at highest risk for severe complications , according to the National Institutes of Health .
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The walnut was sold in stores only in Southern California . They have been recalled because they may be contaminated with salmonella . Consumers are asked to destroy the product .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A judge could decide next week whether some or all of the details in search warrants related to the death of a 10-year-old disabled North Carolina girl will be made public . Police found some of Zahra Baker 's remains on November 11 , just over a month after her stepmother Elisa Baker reported her missing . While Elisa has been charged with obstruction of justice -- for writing a fake ransom note and leaving it at the family 's Hickory home -- no one has been charged directly in her death . Meanwhile , the investigation has continued , with detectives requesting numerous warrants related to the case . They asked for an additional 15 sealed warrants on Wednesday in Catawba County court , on top of the many they requested previously . A motions hearing is scheduled for Monday , December 13 , to determine if details of any , some or all of the sealed warrants will be released . Some of the search warrants obtained by the Hickory , North Carolina , police were made public earlier this month , giving a glimpse into the grisly events that could have led to the death of the freckled-face girl , who lost part of her left leg at age 5 to cancer . According to one of the search warrants , a tipster told police that Zahra had been at a North Carolina home with two men and one of the men said `` he had done something very bad and needed to leave town . '' One of the men was associated with Zahra 's stepmother but was not Zahra 's father , the tipster said . The tipster also told police that Zahra had been raped by both men and that she had blood on her private area and legs , the search warrant said . The tipster told police that he got the information about the alleged rape from a friend who was told about it from his sister . Police went to the home to see if they could confirm the fourth-hand information and found a mattress at the side of the house that `` had a large dark stain in the middle , '' the search warrant said . The tipster said the men did not admit to killing the girl but did say that they `` might have hit her in the head , '' the search warrant said . Police were also told by an attorney for Elisa Baker that the girl was dismembered . In one search warrant , dated October 27 , police say they were looking for `` latex gloves used while the body of Zahra Baker was dismembered . '' They also were searching for `` white trash bags used to store body parts , '' the warrant said . In that warrant , police were seeking to search the Hickory home that Zahra lived in with her stepmother and father Adam Troy Baker . Besides the obstruction of justice charge , Elisa Baker is accused of writing worthless checks . Police have said she had been cooperating with investigators , including going with them to a search site . Adam Troy Baker was arrested in late October in nearby Catawba County on eight charges : five counts of writing bad checks and three counts of failing to appear in court . Authorities said the charges were unrelated to Zahra 's disappearance , and he was later released on bail . InSession 's Jessica Thill contributed to this report .
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A key hearing related to the investigation of Zahra Baker , 10 , will happen Monday . A judge could decide to release search warrants from detectives probing her death . Zahra 's remains found November 11 ; over a month after she was reported missing . A tipster had suggested Zahra may have been raped , per earlier released warrants .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A California man who spent a month of the run with his 15-year-old niece is now in a San Francisco jail , and the girl back is home with her parents , according to police and relatives . Charles David Berlinghoff , 44 , was caught this weekend , four weeks after the Shasta County Sheriff 's office urged the public and law enforcement to be on the lookout for him . At that time , the police issued statements indicating his niece , Jean Marie Berlinghoff , was with him and `` is believed to be endangered . '' The girl , meanwhile , was reunited with her family at 8 a.m. Sunday , according to police . Her father called the meeting very emotional , full of hugs and tears . `` I was able to put my arms around her and hug her , '' Jake Berlinghoff told HLN 's Jane Velez-Mitchell on Monday . `` Amazing is an understatement . I ca n't put to words how happy I was to see her again , and how happy her mom was to see her . '' That feeling was the opposite of the parents ' feelings in previous weeks , while their daughter 's whereabouts and condition were unknown . Charles Berlinghoff had been in and out of his extended family 's life , even losing regular contact for a full decade , his brother told HLN . In 1998 , Charles Berlinghoff pleaded no-contest to one count of child molestation -- part of a deal in which three other child molesting counts were dropped , according to California court documents . But his brother said that the extended family did n't know about that sex offense , a charge that the judge in 2002 expunged from his record . On November 12 , the Shasta County Sheriff 's Office issued a statement saying that Jean Marie and her uncle were missing , having last been seen in North Redding , California , traveling together in a 1987 gray Oldsmobile . A felony arrest warrant for child stealing -- when a person entices , takes or hides a child from his or her lawful guardian -- was put out soon thereafter for Charles Berlinghoff . Police said that an additional arrest warrant , details of which were not released , was obtained December 6 by Shasta County detectives . The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children got involved , helping publicize information about the girl and her alleged abductor on transit and other signs in northern California . A $ 10,000 reward was offered for information leading to Jean Marie 's recovery and her uncle 's arrest , and authorities were on the look-out for the car . While on the run , Charles and Jean Marie spent much of their time staying in homeless shelters and eating in soup kitchens , Jake Berlinghoff said . Their run ended when one of Jean Marie 's cousins , who lives in San Francisco , spotted the pair Saturday while shopping for a jacket , said Jake Berlinghoff . The cousin called 911 and trailed the pair from a distance before police arrived . Jake Berlinghoff said that he was `` ecstatic '' when he got word that Charles was in custody and his teenage daughter was safe , adding that a tearful Jean Marie told him `` she was happy to be home . ''
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Charles David Berlinghoff , 44 , is in a California jail on a child-stealing warrant . Police say he ran off with his 15-year-old niece , prompting a month-long search . The two spent much of their time at homeless shelters , the girl 's father says .
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MADRID , Spain -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A firefighter who was trapped in a fast-moving forest fire in eastern Spain Tuesday and hospitalized with severe burns , died Friday near Barcelona , the Catalan regional government said on its Web site . Spain is plagued by forest fires every summer , when dry weather sets in along with high temperatures . He was the sixth firefighter this week to die from forest fires raging around Spain . The 31-year-old man was with a group of firefighters battling a forest fire in Horta de Sant Joan in eastern Tarragona province Tuesday , when winds suddenly shifted , trapping them . Four firefighters in the group were killed immediately , authorities said , while several others were injured . The 31-year-old firefighter , who worked for the regional Catalan government , had burns on more than 50 percent of his body . The Horta de Sant Joan fire was brought under control midday Friday , the Catalan government said , after burning 1,020 hectares , or 2,520 acres . On Thursday , a 44-year-old firefighter died while driving a fire truck to fight a forest fire in eastern Teruel province , the regional Aragon government said on its Web site . The Aragon region borders the Catalan region . Some 7,000 hectares -LRB- 17,300 acres -RRB- have already burned in Teruel province and Friday there were still various fronts to the fire , CNN partner station CNN + reported , from the scene . Aircraft , including planes and helicopters , were being used to fight the fires in the Aragon region , along with hundreds of firefighters in the hilly terrain , much of it with difficult access . On Thursday , more than 800 Spanish troops were also fighting numerous forest fires across Spain , the Environment Ministry said . Spanish media reported that a fire in the town of Mojacar , in southern Almeria province , forced the Thursday night evacuation of 3,000 people . Spain is plagued by forest and brush fires every summer , when extremely dry weather sets in along with high temperatures . In 2005 , 11 people were killed when they were trapped by a fast-moving fire in Guadalajara province , east of Madrid . CNN 's Al Goodman contributed to this report .
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Aircraft being used in Aragon and Catalonia to battle the fires . Four firefighters died Tuesday in eastern Catalonia , not far from Teruel . Spain is plagued by forest and brush fires every summer .
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Los Angeles -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The first commercial spacecraft to return from a low-Earth orbit landed in the Pacific Ocean Wednesday about 500 miles off the coast of southern California . SpaceX launched the spacecraft , called the Dragon , atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral , Florida , at 10:43 a.m. Wednesday . The spacecraft orbited Earth at more than 17,000 mph and then splashed down at 2 p.m. Eastern . The successful mission marked the first time a commercial firm recovered a spacecraft from a low orbit -- a feat performed by only six nations or government agencies : the United States , Russia , China , Japan , India and the European Space Agency . The landing was also the first flight under NASA 's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program to develop commercial supply services to the International Space Station . NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said he deemed the mission a success . `` These new explorers are to spaceflight what Lindbergh was to commercial aviation , '' Bolden said . `` While rocket launches from the Cape are considered a common occurrence , the historic significance of today 's achievement by SpaceX should not be lost . `` This is the first in a new generation of commercial launch systems that will help provide vital support to the International Space Station and may one day carry astronauts into orbit . This successful demonstration flight is an important milestone in meeting the objectives outlined by President Obama and Congress , and shows how government and industry can leverage expertise and resources to foster a new and vibrant space economy , '' Bolden said .
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NASA official cites `` historic significance of today 's achievement by SpaceX '' The commercial firm SpaceX launches the Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket . Hours later , the spacecraft splashes down in the Pacific Ocean off California .
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Raleigh , North Carolina -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- More than 1,200 mourners , including hundreds who loved and admired Elizabeth Edwards from a distance , packed a Raleigh church Saturday to pay respects to the activist and estranged wife of a failed aspirant to the presidency . Elizabeth Edwards died Tuesday at the end of a six-year battle with cancer . She was 61 . `` She has been a lighthouse to all of us . She 's always been that source of light to us . Every lesson she has taught us has become part of our ethic , '' said Edwards ' oldest daughter , Cate , in a eulogy to her mother . Among those lessons , Cate Edwards jokingly said , was `` you 'll always regret prints , you 'll never regret solids . '' Cate Edwards read from a letter her mother wrote her children in anticipation of death . She said her mother was always more concerned about others than she was herself , and had even tried to cheer up friends and family about her cancer fight and impending death . Mourners included Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry , who in 2004 picked Edwards ' husband , John , to be his vice presidential running mate in an unsuccessful bid for the White House . John and Elizabeth Edwards separated earlier this year after the former North Carolina senator admitted to fathering a child out of wedlock while the couple was married . John Edwards entered the church Saturday , holding hands with Cate , and the Edwards ' two other children , Jack and Emma . Cate Edwards was preceded at the lectern by her mother 's longtime friend Hargrave McElroy , who made the audience laugh with tales of Elizabeth 's competitive nature , particularly with games . She also noted Edwards ' love of Christmas , describing how the Edwards family , including John Edwards , decorated their Christmas tree last Saturday , just three days before she died . A friend of Edwards ' family said Saturday that Elizabeth Edwards did not plan the funeral or instruct on many details . One family friend said the mood has been somber : `` We all thought we 'd have more time to say goodbye . '' In addition to the eulogies by McElroy and Cate Edwards , another friend , Glenn Bergenfield spoke , remembering when Elizabeth Edwards told staffers about her cancer . According to Bergenfield , she rubbed their backs as they sat on the couch , then turned to them and told them they had on awful shoes , and outlet shopping was necessary , right then and there . Others in attendance included North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue ; U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan -LRB- D-North Carolina -RRB- ; Vicki Kennedy , the wife of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy ; John Podesta , a former Clinton administration chief of staff and current head of the Center for American Progress ; members of North Carolina 's congressional delegation ; and more than 100 former campaign staffers . It was a public ceremony because Edwards was known for insisting , much to the dismay of staffers , that all of her events be open to the public , according to a friend . Edwards did not plan the funeral or instruct many details , so the family decided a public funeral was what she would have wanted , even it added some chaos to the ceremony . The `` public '' mourners included several hundred people who packed a balcony inside the church , as well another 150 supporters who gathered a few blocks away from the church for a counter-demonstration against a group of picketers from the controversial Westboro Baptist Church . The Kansas-based congregation is known for its extremist opposition against homosexuals , Jews and other groups and regularly holds protests at funerals for fallen U.S. service members , saying the war 's dead are God 's punishment for the country tolerating gays and lesbians . In the end , only five Westboro congregants showed for the protest , which took place in a cold , steady rain . Following the service at Edenton Street United Methodist Church , Edwards was to be buried at Raleigh 's Historic Oakwood Cemetery , according to the cemetery 's office manager Sharon Freed . That ceremony was private , according to a memorial website for Edwards . Earlier this week , Freed told CNN about the proximity of the burial to Edwards ' son Wade , who was buried at the cemetery after dying in a 1996 car crash . `` He is already interred there in a space . And she will be interred there beside him , '' Freed said . Four of Elizabeth Edwards ' pallbearers were childhood friends of her son . They include Tyler Highsmith , Michael Lewis , Charles Scarantino and Ellis Roberts , who was an aide to John Edwards when he was in the U.S. Senate . Other pallbearers include longtime friend Bill Spiegel , B.A. Farrell , an Edwards confidant and adviser , and her hospice doctor , Michael Chernier . Trevor Upham , Cate Edwards ' fiance is also a pallbearer . Edwards , who had four children and had worked as a bankruptcy lawyer in Raleigh , was diagnosed with breast cancer shortly after her husband lost his bid for vice president in November 2004 . In 2006 , after her initial cancer diagnosis , she wrote `` Saving Graces : Finding Solace and Strength from Friends and Strangers , '' which chronicled the aftermath of her son 's death and her battle with the disease . In 2008 , months after withdrawing from the presidential race , John Edwards admitted that tabloid claims about an extramarital affair with former campaign videographer Rielle Hunter were true . Eventually , he also admitted to fathering a child with Hunter -- an allegation he initially vociferously denied even after conceding the affair . John Edwards said the affair happened in 2006 while his wife 's cancer was in remission . He claimed he informed his wife at the time and asked for her forgiveness . In an interview with the Detroit Free Press after her husband admitted to his affair , Elizabeth Edwards said the incident helped her focus on resuming her role as an advocate for the poor and for health care reform . She also said it pushed her to refocus on her role as a mother . In a September interview on `` The Nate Berkus Show , '' Edwards was asked what she sees when she looks at her estranged husband , John Edwards . `` I see the father of my children , and that 's very important to me , '' she said . `` Particularly since I have a terminal disease , this is the person who at some point will take over the primary parenting , and it 's important to me that he heal , if he needs to . '' The memorial website for Edwards states , `` In lieu of flowers , donations may be made to the Wade Edwards Foundation , which benefits the Wade Edwards Learning Lab . '' According to the site , the learning lab is a computer and learning center in Raleigh that provides services free of charge . CNN 's Jessica Yellin , Martin Savidge , Bill Mears , John King , Shannon Travis , Sarah Baker and Raelyn Johnson contributed to this report .
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Edwards eulogized by her daughter , friends . Edwards remembered for her love of Christmas , competitive nature . Protest by controversial church fizzles . Edwards will be buried next to her son Wade ; four of his childhood friends are pallbearers .
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