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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Espanyol suffered a setback in their quest for European Champions League football on Monday as they surrendered a one-goal lead to lose 2-1 at home to Mallorca . The Barcelona-based team currently occupy fifth position in Spain 's La Liga and they took the lead against their tenth placed opponents when striker Alvaro Vasquez converted Jose Callejon 's pass . The match was level after 63 minutes when Cameroon forward Pierre Webo finished from a Sergio Tejera cross . Michael Laudrup 's Mallorca ensured they would move up to tenth place in the table when 23-year-old Emilio Nsue grabbed his fourth goal of the season with just seven minutes remaining . The result means Mauricio Pochettino 's Espanyol stay fifth , seven points behind Villarreal in the fourth and final Champions League place . Sevilla closed within two points of Espanyol after a comfortable 3-0 home win over Sporting Gijon . Goals from Luis Fabiano , Diego Perotti and Alvaro Negredo edged them into seventh , level on points with Athletic Bilbao . In Germany , MSV Duisburg booked their place in the DFB Pokal Cup competition after beating Energie Cottbus 2-1 thanks to goals from Stefan Maierhofer and Srdjan Baljak . Duisburg will face either Bayern Munich or Schalke in the final . They play on Wednesday . In the French Cup , Nice booked their place in the semifinals with a 3-2 away win over second division outfit Stade de Reims .
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Espanyol lose 2-1 at home to Mallorca in Spain 's La Liga . Sevilla thrash Sporting Gijon 3-0 with Luis Fabiano among the goals . MSV Duisburg reach the German Cup final after beating Energie Cottbus 2-1 . Nice beat Stade de Reims 3-2 to reach French Cup semifinal .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It seems no-one in South Africa can fail to be gripped by World Cup football fever . The running , tackling , shooting , offside-appealing proof comes with a clutch of grannies who have been playing in a fiercely competitive league around the Nkowankowa township , 600 kilometers north of Johannesburg . A squad of 35 nans down domestic duties twice a week to take to the field for their team Vakhegula Vakhegula , and compete against seven other teams in the region . Some of them even credit the beautiful game as having turned their lives around . `` I like to play soccer because it helps , '' said Nari Baloyi , who at 47-years-old , clocks in as one of the youngest players . `` We were sick , but now our temperatures , our blood pressures ... have gone down ... even our doctors are amazed when we go for a check-up . '' One of the more elderly members , Nora Makhubela , is convinced that football has given her a new lease of life following the setback of suffering six strokes . `` My life has really changed ... if I were to run with you I would beat you even though I 'm much older , '' she said , throwing down the gauntlet to the likes of Ronaldo , Messi et al. . `` My life has improved because of the football . I wish God could bless the person who came up with this great idea . '' The women contribute around $ 1 a month each for footballs , kit , and travel to the bi-annual regional tournament . Dozens of noisy fans cheer on the players , with the distinctive sound of the vuvuzelas -- a South African trumpet -- creating an atmosphere that would be welcome at any European Champions League tie . Makhubela is hoping her new-found love of the game extends long enough for her to be able to watch some of the matches when the World Cup begins in June . `` I pray every day to God to keep me alive until 2010 . I would really love to watch the games , '' she said . The team was formed three years ago to offer older women a chance to exercise and come together as a group , says community worker Beka Ntsanwisi . `` Some of them could n't even walk properly and if they did something in their free time they would be knitting or sewing and sitting all the time ... here they run , shout , fight with you ... it keeps them young , '' she said . David Maake said his job coaching the team is the best he 's ever had . `` With young boys you need more money to achieve many things ... here , I may come with my stress ... but I will laugh so much until I forget everything , '' he said . The team have even suggested they play a curtain raiser for the main event itself , a brainwave the footballing authorities have said they will give serious thought to . If the women do manage to take part as an hors d'oeuvre to the World Cup proper one thing is for sure , what they lack in skill they will make up for in enthusiasm .
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Grannies in a South African township have taken up football . The women have been inspired by World Cup fever in the country . Some women have reported improving health as a result of playing the game . The grannies may play a match as a curtain raiser to the tournament .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Lasith Malinga became the first bowler to claim a hat-trick of dismissals in two Cricket World Cups as his devastating spell of bowling helped Sri Lanka dismantle Kenya . Malinga took six wickets for just 38 runs including three in three balls as he became the second bowler in as many days to record a hat-trick at the tournament after West Indies ' paceman Kemar Roach 's feat against Netherlands on Monday . Minnows Kenya had no answer to his fierce spell of bowling , capitulating to 142 all out in Colombo before the hosts lost only one batsman as they recorded a nine wicket victory in just 18 overs . Kenya captain Jimmy Kamande won the toss and elected to bat but openers Maurice Ouma and Seren Waters fell before eight runs were on the board . Brothers Collins and David Obuya steadied the ship and despite riding their luck both recorded half centuries as Kenya edged to 102-2 . Collins reached 52 before he was bowled by Malinga and brother David soon followed , caught by Thilan Samaraweera off the bowling of Muttiah Muralitharan for 51 . That was the end of Kenya 's resistance as they lost their last five wickets for just 15 runs with Malinga their chief tormentor . The first victim of his hat-trick was Tanmay Mishra , trapped LBW by a dipping yorker before Peter Ongondo 's middle stump was removed by a similar delivery , traveling at 144 km per hour . Malinga secured his second World Cup treble with another vicious yorker that clattered into Shem Ngoche 's stumps . Just a few balls later Malinga claimed his sixth victim as he bowled Elijah Otieno to end Kenya 's innings on 142 . Sri Lanka wasted no time recording victory as Upul Tharanga smashed an unbeaten 67 and put on 72 with Tilkeratne Dilshan , before he was caught by Maurice Ouma off the bowling of Otieno . Captain Kumar Sangakkara hit a quick 27 not out off just 24 balls to seal a comprehensive victory for Sri Lanka , who bounced back in style after their defeat by Pakistan . But the co-hosts will undoubtedly face a much stiffer test in their next match when they face defending champions Australia on Saturday .
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Lasith Malinga takes a hat-trick against Kenya at Cricket World Cup . Malinga is the first bowler in history to take two World Cup hat-tricks . Sri Lanka crush Kenya after bowling opponents out for 142 . Hosts reach their target in 18 over to win by nine wickets .
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Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Abdullah al-Kidd -- a U.S. citizen -- was held in jail by the U.S. government for 16 days as a `` material witness '' in an ongoing terror investigation . He was never charged , and never called to testify . Now the Supreme Court will decide whether the Kansas native can hold former Bush administration officials -- especially onetime Attorney General John Ashcroft -- personally liable for wrongful arrest and detention . In oral arguments Wednesday , the justices appeared split along conservative-liberal lines about both the immunity question and the larger issue of when the government can hold in custody citizens it is unable to charge , for fear they may commit future crimes , including terrorism . Chief Justice John Roberts said allowing such a lawsuit to proceed would impose a `` heavy burden '' on government officials and police as they do their jobs , for fear `` if they guess wrong , it comes out of their pocket . '' But Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg called al-Kidd 's experience `` obvious mistreatment '' that perhaps should leave someone accountable . The case -- with its issue of the limits of `` preventive '' detention , especially in the wake of the 9/11 terror attacks -- is the only national security case the high court will address this term . Material witness laws allow officials to detain those who may have knowledge of crimes committed by others to ensure they would testify in criminal proceedings , including before a grand jury and at trial . American Civil Liberties Union lawyers representing al-Kidd say the government has warped the law to allow open-ended arrests and confinement of citizens , without being later held accountable for those wrongfully held . Al-Kidd was a college football player at the University of Idaho when he converted to Islam , changing his name from Lavoni Kidd . He eventually began volunteering at an Islamic charity led by a person being investigated for possible terrorism ties . He was never implicated in wrongdoing , but was interviewed repeatedly and voluntarily by the FBI . He was never told his testimony would be needed in any prosecution , nor was he forbidden to leave the country . Six months later , in March 2003 , al-Kidd was about to board a plane at Dulles International Airport outside Washington , headed for Saudi Arabia study region for his doctorate . But he was arrested by government agents armed with a material warrant . An affidavit submitted to a federal magistrate said al-Kidd had a one-way first class plane ticket , and that he was `` crucial '' to the prosecution of Sami Omar al-Hussayen . It was later revealed the ticket was two-way -- indicating he planned to return to the United States -- and he would fly coach class . In his lawsuit , al-Kidd says he was held in three prisons in Virginia , Oklahoma , and Idaho , under high security with convicted criminals . He says he was routinely shackled , strip-searched , and left naked in a freezing cell while male and female guards watched . He was freed after more than two weeks , but only after agreeing to surrender his passport and confine his travel , among other conditions . He now teaches in Saudi Arabia and did not attend oral arguments at the high court . Al-Hussayen , meanwhile , was charged with visa fraud and making false statements . He was acquitted one some of the charges but the jury deadlocked on others . He agreed to be deported to avoid a retrial . Al-Kidd later sued corrections officials ; that suit was settled out of court . But it is his separate suit against Ashcroft , holding him personally accountable as head of the Justice Department , that is the heart of the current legal fight . A federal appeals court had allowed his civil lawsuit to continue , but Ashcroft argues officials under his supervision obeyed the letter and spirit of the material witness law . An arrest warrant was properly obtained under the law they said , and even if there were improper motives behind this particular detention , Ashcroft would still enjoy `` absolute '' immunity . Previous lawsuits by a variety of civil liberty and human rights groups naming Ashcroft and other top Bush officials -- including Vice President Dick Cheney , Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld , and FBI Director Robert Mueller -- have almost unanimously been tossed out by federal courts on immunity grounds . In oral arguments , the justices debated the immediate intent of al-Kidd 's detention : Was it to ensure his assistance in an ongoing prosecution , or was it aimed at unlimited detention and investigation ? Al-Kidd claims investigators held him in a desperate attempt to implicate him in the investigation of his friend . Some members of the bench were clearly uncomfortable with the idea of blanket immunity for the highest government officials , whatever their reasons . `` Prosecutors can out of spite , out of pure investigative reasoning , out of whatever motive they have , just lock people up , '' said Justice Sonia Sotomayor , while clarifying that may not be what happened in al-Kidd 's case . Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was more blunt , calling some of the allegations `` very disturbing . '' `` We are talking about the attorney general and the attorney general 's immunity , '' she told the Justice Department lawyer arguing the case . `` But there are allegations here that this man was kept awake , the lights shining in his cell for 24 hours , kept without clothes . Now that does n't sound like the way one would treat someone whose testimony you want . Is there a remedy that he has for that obvious mistreatment ? '' On the other side , Roberts warned making it easier to sue for violations of the law would open the floodgates to endless lawsuits . `` The allegation can so readily be made in every case under the material witness statute ... that this is one of those ` bad intent ' cases , and the case has to proceed so that we can prove that . '' Roberts wondered what an officer faced with deciding whether to proceed with a terror investigation or similarly serious matter would think . `` If I 'm the officer in that situation , I say , ` Well , I 'm just not going to run the risk of having to sell the house ' '' because his decision could be overturned someday by a court . Justice Elena Kagan is not participating in the case because she helped brief the case for the government last year as solicitor general , just before joining the high court . That leaves the possibility of a 4-4 tie , which would give victory to al-Kidd , allowing his lawsuit to proceed . Ashcroft has the support of the Obama administration , which argued the case in the high court , as well as several former attorneys general . `` We think the way that one vindicates one 's rights is to use the process that is available to those that are arrested to seek their release , '' said Richard Samp of the Washington Legal Foundation , who filed the supporting brief . `` And in fact , Mr. al-Kidd did exactly that . He had a lawyer appointed for him . He went into court on several occasions and within 15 days after the time of his arrest he was released . '' But about 30 former federal prosecutors are backing al-Kidd . Lee Gelernt , the ACLU attorney , told CNN the government should not be allowed to do an `` end run '' around the law . `` Our client would like vindication for his own rights . He would like to see his reputation cleared . But I think , perhaps most of all in his mind , he would like to see the court say that this can not be done anymore and so it does n't happen to people in the future . '' The case is Ashcroft v. al-Kidd -LRB- 10-98 -RRB- . A ruling is due by late June .
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LONDON , England -- The British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has been asked to intervene after Iraqi international Nashat Akram was refused a work permit . Nashat Akram was hoping to become the first Iraqi footballer to play in England . Akram starred in Iraq 's Asian Cup-winning team last year and was set to play for Premier League Manchester City . But the 24-year-old can not come to the United Kingdom because a technicality in immigration rules for footballers . To gain a work permit , the player 's national side must be in the top 70 of the FIFA world rankings and Iraq has a highest ranking of 71 . Akram 's supporters say this is because Iraq can not play matches at home because of the security situation and are calling for the decision to be reversed . Keith Vaz , a member of the ruling Labour party , said : `` I shall be calling on the home secretary to review this decision . `` Here we have someone who wants to come and work legitimately , a role model for his country , whose presence here can heal divisions in Iraq . `` Parliament has given ministers the right to exercise their discretion and they should use it . `` This case sends out all the wrong messages . '' City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson told the club 's Web site : `` This is a big blow and a great disappointment to us . I have huge sympathy for Nashat . He is a very good footballer with an excellent international pedigree . `` He has now returned to the Middle East and we will keep in touch with him . He is somebody who we will maintain an interest in for the long term . '' City have already lost an appeal to the Home Office ruling , but the Iraqi government has now taken up the cause . Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh told the Associated Press a letter has been sent to the British Ambassador in Iraq . Midfielder Akram , who was born in Hilla , currently plays for Al-Ain in the United Arab Emirates . He came to international prominence with his performances in the Asian Cup and became a symbol of hope at home with posters featuring a smiling Akram plastered on walls around Baghdad with the slogan `` The dream came true because of our determination and zeal . '' Earlier this month , Watford midfielder Al Bangura , from Sierra Leone , was granted a work permit after a decision to deport him was overturned following a well-supported campaign by football fans and a local member of parliament , Claire Ward . E-mail to a friend .
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Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The United States is weighing a possible military role to help the Libyan revolt against leader Moammar Gadhafi , but top U.S. officials warn that the issue is controversial . Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a Senate panel Wednesday that `` there may well be a role for military assets to get equipment and supplies into areas that have a need for them '' and in areas where the United States is welcome . But she noted the Arab League statement issued Wednesday that rejected `` any foreign interference within Libya on behalf of the opposition , even though they have called for Gadhafi to leave . '' `` The tough issues about how and whether there would be any intervention to assist those who are opposing Libya is very controversial within Libya and within the Arab community , '' Clinton told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee . `` So we are working closely with our partners and allies to try to see what we can do and we are engaged in very active consideration of all the different options that are available . '' Two senior officials in the Arab League said the group 's members have agreed not to accept any foreign intervention in Libya ; they also agreed that they will consult with other Arab League members in order to protect Libyans ' security . But the league can not ignore the suffering of civilians and would consider the imposition of a no-fly zone in coordination with the African Union if fighting were to continue , said Hisham Yousef , chief of staff of the Arab League . Senator John Kerry , D-Massachusetts , called for the United States to impose a no-fly zone over Libya . While he noted that the Libyan people were n't asking for foreign troops , he said they `` do need the tools to prevent the slaughter of innocents on Libyan streets . '' Defense Secretary Robert Gates , speaking to a House committee , said creating a no-fly zone would have to begin with an attack on Libya . `` If it 's ordered , we can do it , but ... there 's a lot of , frankly , loose talk about some of these military options , and let 's just call a spade a spade . A no-fly zone begins with an attack on Libya to destroy the air defenses . That 's the way you do a no-fly zone , and then you can fly planes around the country and not worry about our guys being shot down , '' he told a House Appropriations hearing . `` But that 's the way it starts . '' The administration is far from arming any opposition power , primarily because U.S. officials still do n't know who the opposition is and what they are trying to achieve , senior U.S. officials said . The United States is trying to contact a variety of Libyans in an attempt to figure out who the opposition is , but officials said no single group or individual has emerged in a leadership role . Instead , the rebels appears to be composed of a wide and diverse group of Libyans , including civilians formerly allied with Gadhafi government , former military officers , longtime opponents of the regime and tribal leaders , the officials said . These various factions have divergent goals and perspectives : Some are focused on their individual neighborhoods , others take a more regional or national approach . The sole unifying factor is they all oppose Gadhafi , the officials said . The lack of a readily identifiable opposition leadership group can be traced to the fact that , during his nearly 42 years of iron rule , Gadhafi has not allowed an opposition center of power to form , the officials said . Though opposition members all want to replace Gadhafi , they may not all be committed to a future democratic Libya , the officials said . `` We are working to understand who is legitimate , who is not , but it is premature in our opinion to recognize one group or another , '' Clinton said Wednesday . `` We have to keep our focus at this point on helping the Libyan people . And I think it 's important to recognize that there is a great deal of uncertainty about the motives , the opportunism , if you will , of people who are claiming to be leaders right now . '' But pressure for international military intervention appears to be growing as the carnage mounts . Some protesters have charged that troops loyal to Gadhafi have fired on demonstrators , and military planes have bombed several sites held by the opposition . Libya 's ambassador to the United States estimated Monday that as many as 2,000 people may have been killed . `` I believe the global community can not be on the sidelines while airplanes are allowed to bomb and strafe , '' said Kerry , who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations committee . `` A no-fly zone is not a long-term proposition , assuming the outcome is what all desire , and I believe that we ought to be ready to implement it as necessary . '' Gates said taking such action would also require the United States to put more air assets near Libya , because enforcing a no-fly zone would require a great deal of equipment . `` It also requires more airplanes than you would find on a single aircraft carrier . So it is a big operation in a big country , '' Gates said . The U.S. military could speed up deployment of a second aircraft carrier if necessary to support a no-fly zone over Libya or other operations , according to Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead . The USS George H. W. Bush is scheduled to deploy from Norfolk , Virginia , later this spring , Roughead told reporters Wednesday , though it could leave earlier . `` That ship is ready , '' he said . He emphasized that it was not his decision to accelerate the deployment . `` That 's not my call . I get the forces ready to go and , so you know , that is an available asset , '' Roughead said . He also would not comment on whether a no-fly operation could be enforced over Libya from a single aircraft carrier . The carrier USS Enterprise is believed to be nearby in the Red Sea . `` That would depend on the tasking , '' Roughead said . Two amphibious ships moved into the Suez Canal Tuesday with humanitarian response supplies such as water treatment equipment and temporary shelter , Roughead said . Kerry also said he was working on an aid package for the Mideast , saying that a `` significant financial commitment by the U.S. '' will be critical to help what he called a `` monumental and uplifting transformation '' in the region . Clinton 's appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was originally slated as a defense of President Barack Obama 's budget for 2012 . She told lawmakers that it is important to continue counterterrorism programs in North Africa , noting that some members of al Qaeda had come from Libya . Clinton warned that one of the biggest U.S. concerns is that `` Libya could become a giant Somalia '' if the United States is not active in the region . CNN 's Charley Keyes , Adam Levine and Caroline Faraj contributed to this report .
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Los Angeles -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Despite stopping production on the sitcom `` Two and a Half Men , '' Warner Bros. . Television said Tuesday it will pay the show 's crew for the four episodes initially set to begin production this week . Warner Bros. spokesman Paul McGuire confirmed the payments will be made . According to TMZ , the payments will amount to about $ 2 million for the 200 core crew members . CBS halted production of the show , starring Charlie Sheen , after Sheen 's call to a radio show last week . On Monday , Sheen in interviews threatened to sue CBS over the action . He also told NBC he wanted $ 3 million per episode instead of the $ 2 million he was previously making , but later backed off that assertion , telling CNN 's Piers Morgan that his only hard-and-fast demand was that he and the crew get paid for another eight weeks of work . Sheen said he could `` sort of understand why '' show executives felt they had to intervene after a series of high-profile incidents he has been involved in , but reiterated to CNN that he felt his private life was his own business . He has also lashed out at the show 's co-creator , Chuck Lorre . CBS and Warner Bros. . Television said in a joint statement last week that `` Based on the totality of Charlie Sheen 's statements , conduct and condition , CBS and Warner Bros. . Television have decided to discontinue production of ` Two and a Half Men ' for the remainder of the season . '' Warner Bros. . Television is owned by Time Warner Inc. , the parent company of CNN . CBS previously placed the sitcom on `` production hiatus '' after the actor began rehab treatments . The show had been scheduled to resume taping on four more episodes this week . It 's not clear if `` Two and Half Men '' will return for a ninth season . Meanwhile , Sheen has reportedly demanded an apology from the Anti-Defamation League for comments the group 's director made last week . Sheen on Monday denied any anti-Semitic intent behind his earlier comments on Lorre , in which he said Lorre 's real name was Chaim Levine . `` I 've never had that in my past , '' he said . `` You can look as deep and as far as you want . '' But ADL National Director Abraham H. Foxman said in a statement last week , `` By invoking television producer Chuck Lorre 's Jewish name in the context of an angry tirade against him , Charlie Sheen left the impression that another reason for his dislike of Mr. Lorre is his Jewishness . This fact has no relevance to Mr. Sheen 's complaint or disagreement , and his words are at best bizarre , and at worst , borderline anti-Semitism . '' TMZ reported Tuesday that Sheen 's attorney sent the ADL a letter demanding a retraction because Sheen 's only intent was `` to address the man rather than his television persona . '' ADL spokesman Todd Gutnick told CNN that `` since Charlie Sheen has made this a legal issue with the Anti-Defamation League , we will refrain from making any further comment at this time . '' And a source close to Sheen 's ex-wife , Denise Richards , sought Tuesday to emphasize the couple 's two daughters , Sam and Lola , are with Richards , not with Sheen . The source asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the issue . On Monday during an interview at his home with TMZ , Sheen introduced the reporter to his two girlfriends , whom he called `` goddesses . '' `` Charlie 's so-called ` goddesses ' have never met the girls and they will not see them , '' said the source . `` Any impression that may be out there that the girls are running around Charlie 's house is inaccurate . ''
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New Delhi , India -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An Indian court has handed down death sentences to 11 people for their role in the 2002 burning of a train carrying Hindu activists in the western state of Gujarat . Twenty other people convicted of the same arson attack were sentenced to life in prison , public prosecutor J.M. Panchal said Tuesday . A life sentence in India runs for 20 years , and a prisoner can apeal after he has served 14 , Panchal said . The 20 who were sentenced to life have spent nine years in jail that will count toward their sentence , he said . A suspected Muslim mob attacked the Sabarmati Express near the town of Godhra on 27 February , 2002 , killing more than 50 people , most of whom were Hindu pilgrims . The Hindu pilgrims were returning from the north Indian town of Ayodhya where they had been demanding that the government build a temple on the ruins of a 16th century mosque . The train fire sparked days of rioting in which more than a thousand people , mostly Muslims , were killed . Defense attorney I.M. Munshi said he would appeal the convictions . `` I am not able to swallow it , '' Munshi said . `` This is not the final verdict . It 's always appealable , '' he said , referring to the rights of the convicts to challenge the sentencing in higher courts . Death-row prisoners in India can file appeals in the Supreme Court in New Delhi if their petitions are turned down by lower courts . A mercy petition to the Indian president is the ultimate option they have if the top court too dismisses their pleas . Police had charged 94 men for setting fire to the train . Sixty-three of the accused , including one of the main conspirators , were acquitted Tuesday due to lack of evidence , prosecutors said .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- America 's bid to spread basketball 's popularity will continue in the next two years , with Britain to stage men 's NBA and women 's WNBA pre-season matches along with Olympic build-up games for the U.S. international teams . London has hosted NBA teams for the past few years , with this week 's double-header between New Jersey Nets and Toronto Raptors the first during a regular season . However , the focus will soon move north of the UK capital to Manchester . The WNBA 's Atlanta Dream will launch the series of matches later this year , when they face an as-yet-unknown opposition in an exhibition contest on May 29 . It will be only the second match outside of the U.S. in the WNBA 's history , coming seven years after the first in Monterrey , Mexico . The U.S. squads will head into the London 2012 Games as gold medallists after both men 's and women 's teams emerged victorious from the 2008 tournament in Beijing , China . The opposition for next year 's preparation matches , which could see basketball superstars such as Kobe Bryant and LeBron James play at the 18,100-capacity Manchester Evening News Arena , have not yet been decided . `` It is a real ` who 's who ' of the basketball world . It will be fantastic preparation , '' NBA Europe senior vice president Sophie Goldschmidt told the UK Press Association on Monday . `` It will really tip off their 2012 campaign . Hopefully the people will really embrace them and support the team . '' In 2013 , Manchester will then become only the second British city to host an NBA pre-season match . Atlanta Dream head coach Marynell Meadors , whose team reached the play-offs the last two seasons , is looking forward to the new experience . `` It will be terrific for us . This will be our second pre-season game and five days later we open our campaign , '' she said . `` It will prepare us for travel . It will prepare us for playing someone different . We will learn something from it . '' Goldschmidt said the matches would help boost basketball in one of its developing countries . `` It is great to showcase our events , but it is about the legacy we will leave behind . With every event we bring there will be an integrated plan giving more young kids the chance to get involved in basketball , '' she said . `` We feel very positive about the future of the sport in Manchester and throughout the UK . ''
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Manchester will host the U.S. men 's and women 's Olympic basketball teams . The city will also stage NBA and WNBA pre-season matches in the coming years . U.S. basketball bosses hoping to boost sport 's popularity in the UK . Toronto Raptors and New Jersey Nets to play first regular-season NBA match in London .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A late Frank Lampard penalty handed Chelsea a vital 2-1 win over English Premier League leaders Manchester United to breath new life into the title race . Alex Ferguson 's side had taken the lead in the first half thanks to a thunderous strike from England forward Wayne Rooney but Brazil defender David Luiz drew Chelsea level . Then Russia international Yuri Zhirkov drew a foul from Chris Smalling in the 79th minute and Lampard blasted his spot kick high into the net to hand the defending champions a crucial win . United 's misery was compounded in injury time as Serbian defender Nemanja Vidic was sent off after earning a second yellow card and will now miss the trip to Liverpool on Sunday . The real victors were second-placed Arsenal who can close the gap on United at the top of the table to just one point if they win their game in hand . The Gunners still have to play United at home . Chelsea 's victory keeps alive their faint title hopes and moves them into the Champions League places in fourth but they still trail United by 12 points . After the game Ferguson took aim at referee Martin Atkinson telling Sky Sports : `` It was a bad one to concede the first goal but the penalty kick is so soft , deary me . We played well but we did n't deserve that . That 's three years in a row referee 's decisions have changed the game . '' Ferguson also thought Luiz should have been sent off after he blocked Rooney off the ball when he was already on a yellow card : `` It 's incredible , he 'd done Chicarito -LSB- Javier Hernandez -RSB- off the ball , late , nothing done , ref 's in front of it . He does Rooney clear as day and the ref does n't do anything . That changes the game . '' Carlo Ancelotti admitted Luiz may have been `` lucky '' but said United were still `` too far ahead '' for Chelsea to have any realistic chance of retaining their title . Ancelotti again chose to start $ 80.5 million striker Fernando Torres ahead of Didier Drogba , who began on the substitutes bench . Chelsea had the first chance as Florent Malouda connected with Ramires ' cross but his effort was right at United 's veteran Dutch keeper Edwin Van der Sar . Just before the half hour mark United broke the deadlock after Rooney found space outside the area and lashed a low shot into the bottom corner of the net . Chelsea nearly hit back before halftime as Lampard 's free kick was parried by Van der Sar but Branislav Ivanovic could n't convert the rebound . Eight minutes after the interval Chelsea were level as new signing Luiz popped up at the back post to fire a volley inside the post . After half chances at both ends the game was settled from the spot after substitute Zhirkov knocked the ball through Smalling 's legs and was tripped . Lampard hammered the ball into the roof of the net emphatically . Two minutes later Zhirkov almost made the game safe as he crashed a volley towards the bottom corner but Vidic managed to divert the ball onto the post and away for a corner . Fabio almost rescued United with a late run into the box but he could n't reach the ball to apply a finish and Chelsea held out for a confidence-boosting win . Elsewhere , Reading , who play in the second tier of English football , knocked Premier League Everton out of the FA Cup . Matt Mills struck the only goal as he pounced on a rebound to slam a volley into the net on 26 minutes . Reading were thankful to a stunning late save from Alex McCarthy who denied Leon Osman and ensured his side booked a quarterfinal clash with either Manchester City or Aston Villa , who play their fifth round replay on Wednesday .
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Chelsea beat Manchester United 2-1 in the English Premier League . Frank Lampard 's 79th minute penalty settles a pulsating match . Wayne Rooney had given United the lead before David Luiz equalized . Vidic sent off as United fail to pull away from second-placed Arsenal .
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Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The U.S. government stepped up its humanitarian relief effort for Libya on Friday , sending two C-130 military transport planes loaded with supplies to neighboring Tunisia . Each aircraft carried three pallets of aid supplies , including 2,000 blankets , 40 rolls of plastic sheeting and 9,600 10-liter water cans , according to a statement from the U.S. Agency for International Development . The supplies , meant to help up to 2,000 people , will be handed off to Tunisia 's Red Crescent organization for distribution , the statement noted . The relief operation -- designed to help those who have fled the Libyan violence -- is named Odyssey Dawn , Pentagon spokesman Col. Dave Lapan said . American authorities are considering multiple ways to assist in the crisis , but are currently focused primarily on humanitarian efforts , Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told reporters . The Obama administration remains deeply `` concerned with the ongoing violence ... initiated and perpetrated '' by the government of Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi , she said . Clinton noted , however , that there is currently `` a lot of confusion on the ground '' in Libya that makes it tough to understand exactly what is happening there . Addressing reporters on Air Force One , White House Press Secretary Jay Carney reiterated the administration 's position that Gadhafi needs to step aside . `` Col. Gadhafi has no legitimacy and should step down and should cease all violence , '' Carney said . `` We believe that that would result in a more peaceful Libya . '' The violence in Libya escalated Friday as pro-government forces took control of Zawiya , a city near Tripoli , according to state TV . One source reported the deaths of 15 people and injuries to at least 200 others . A doctor at a hospital in Zawiya told CNN `` there is a river of blood '' where the wounded were being treated . He described the situation as `` very bad , '' with the facility running out of medical supplies . Forces loyal to Gadhafi also clashed Friday with opponents of the regime in the eastern city of Ras Lanuf , opposition fighters and commanders said . Roughly 200,000 people have fled the intensifying violence in Libya , according to the International Organization for Migration . The number of people trying to leave , however , has declined heavily as armed government forces have intensified their presence on the Tunisian border and on roads leading up to it , the United Nations refugee agency has noted . A number of key congressional leaders have been pressuring the White House to establish a no-fly zone over parts of Libya to aid Gadhafi 's opponents and ease the humanitarian crisis . Gadhafi 's `` air defense systems are certainly old and it -LRB- should not be -RRB- a major challenge ... to impose a no-fly zone , '' Sen. John McCain , R-Arizona , asserted Friday . While the administration has shifted additional military resources closer to Libya , it has refused to commit to such a course of action so far . CNN 's Alan Silverleib and Barbara Starr contributed to this report .
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The U.S. government has sent two C-130 cargo planes to Tunisia . The airplanes have supplies meant to help with the humanitarian crisis in Libya . U.S. authorities are considering multiple ways to help , Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says . Sen. John McCain is among those pushing to create a no-fly zone in Libya .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- English club Arsenal will be without Robin van Persie and Theo Walcott for their Champions League last-16 second leg with Spanish champions Barcelona , but it is `` possible '' captain Cesc Fabregas could play . Van Persie injured his knee scoring in Sunday 's League Cup final defeat against Birmingham while Walcott sprained his ankle during the Premier League victory over Stoke City . But Fabregas , who played a key part in Arsenal 's thrilling 2-1 victory over Barcelona during the first leg in London , has an outside chance to make the second leg on March 8 . He limped off after just 14 minutes against Stoke with a hamstring strain but could be fit to face the club he left as a 16-year-old . `` Cesc is looking possible -LSB- for that game -RSB- , '' Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger told the club 's official website on Tuesday . `` He is making quick and good progress . It is possible . '' The news is more bleak on Dutch striker Van Persie , who is facing three weeks on the sidelines , meaning he will definitely be absent for Arsenal 's trip to Spain . Wenger added : `` Unfortunately , we had bad news on the scan and he will be out for the next three weeks for sure . `` It could be longer . The shortest delay we can imagine is three weeks -LSB- so -RSB- he is definitely out for Barcelona . '' England winger Walcott will also be absent , with Wenger confirming : `` He is out . We said from the day he got the injury against Stoke you could count three weeks . '' The clash with Barcelona has taken on added significance after Arsenal failed to end their six-year trophy drought thanks to a last-minute Carling Cup defeat against Birmingham at Wembley on Sunday . Arsenal are looking to avenge last year 's 6-3 aggregate defeat by Barcelona at the quarterfinal stage of Europe 's premier club competition .
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Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas could be fit to face Barcelona in the Champions League . Fabregas is currently sidelined with a hamstring injury . Robin van Persie and Theo Walcott definitely out of Arsenal 's trip to Spain . English club lead 2-1 from the first leg in London with the return leg on March 8 .
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Tokyo -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Toyota on Wednesday announced recalls involving more than 1.5 million vehicles worldwide for issues that could result in fuel leakage , the company said . One recall involves about 1.2 million units of 16 models -- including the Noah and other models -- within Japan and 140,000 Avensis and Tourer models overseas because of faulty fuel pipes that could cause fuel leakage , according to the company . A separate recall involves 245,000 2006 through 2007 Lexus GS300/350 vehicles , 2006 through early 2009 Lexus IS250 vehicles and 2006 through early 2008 Lexus IS350 vehicles sold in the United States to inspect the fuel pressure sensor installation , according to a company statement . `` Due to insufficient tightening of the fuel pressure sensor connected to certain engine fuel delivery pipes ... there is a possibility that the pressure sensor could loosen over time , '' the statement said . `` Lexus dealers will inspect the vehicle for fuel leakage and if no leakage is found , will tighten the fuel pressure sensor with the proper torque . If a fuel leak is confirmed , the gasket between the sensor and the delivery pipe will be replaced and the sensor will be tightened with the proper torque . '' The inspection and possible gasket replacement will be conducted at no charge to the vehicle owner , according to the company statement . Toyota said no accidents have been reported in relation to the recalls . CNN 's Junko Ogura contributed to this report .
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More than 1.3 million vehicles are recalled because of potentially faulty fuel pipes . An additional 245,000 Lexus cars in the U.S. are recalled for fuel pressure sensor inspection . Toyota says no accidents have been reported in relation to the recalls .
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Los Angeles -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Pop singer and actress Christina Aguilera was detained early Tuesday `` to ensure her safety '' after her rumored boyfriend was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence , authorities said . Aguilera , 30 , was a passenger in a car that was stopped about 2:45 a.m. -LRB- 5:45 a.m. ET -RRB- in West Hollywood , the Los Angeles County Sheriff 's Department said in a news release . `` The driver , Matthew Rutler , was determined to be driving while under the influence of alcohol and arrested , '' the release said . Aguilera was determined to be intoxicated , said Los Angeles County Sheriff 's spokesman Steve Whitmore . `` She was not capable of taking care of herself , '' he told reporters , but said she was `` very cooperative , not belligerent in any way . '' She was technically arrested on a public intoxication charge , Whitmore said , but `` there was never the intent to prosecute . '' Such actions are routine in such instances -- when a driver is arrested and a passenger is determined to be intoxicated . Since Aguilera was not able to care for herself `` and no one was available to ensure her safety , Aguilera was taken into custody , '' the statement said . The department `` stressed that she was not involved in any criminal activity . '' Aguilera will have a record of the misdemeanor arrest , Whitmore said , and was booked , fingerprinted , put in a jail cell and monitored . However , she will not face charges , he said . `` The law specifically allows for no desire to prosecute . '' Aguilera was released about 7:30 a.m. -LRB- 10:30 a.m. ET -RRB- after passing a sobriety test , he said . Rutler 's bail was set at $ 5,000 , he said , not the $ 30,000 reported on the sheriff 's website . He said Rutler was in the process of bailing out of jail Tuesday morning . The car was pulled over after authorities noticed it `` driving erratically , '' he said . Aguilera divorced Jordan Bratman earlier this year .
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NEW : Aguilera was arrested , but authorities wo n't prosecute , spokesman says . NEW : She was put in a jail cell to sober up overnight . Aguilera 's rumored boyfriend was arrested on suspicion of DUI .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Venezuela 's president has spoken with embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi about a proposal to bring an international mediation team to Libya , Venezuela 's information minister confirmed Wednesday . The two leaders conversed Tuesday , Minister Andrez Izarra said in a post on his Twitter account . `` All the contacts that Venezuela is making with the Arab world and the entire world is for peace in Libya . Tomorrow new developments , '' the tweet read . Earlier this week , Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said the United States ' criticisms of Gadhafi had a clear aim : military invasion . `` Let 's not get carried away by the drums of war , because the United States , I am sure that they are exaggerating and distorting things to justify an invasion , '' Chavez said Monday , according to Venezuelan state media . The United States has said all options are on the table . Speaking in Caracas Monday , Chavez proposed sending an international committee to Libya to mediate and help develop a peaceful solution to unrest in the North African country . `` Instead of sending marines and tanks and planes , why do n't we send a goodwill commission to try to help so that they do not continue killing in Libya ? They are our brothers , '' he said in a speech televised on the government-run network . Chavez and Gadhafi have a close relationship , having bonded partly over shared opposition to U.S. global influence . At a lavish Tripoli celebration commemorating 40 years of Gadhafi 's leadership in 2009 , the two leaders sat side-by-side during a two-hour military parade . That same year , a new football stadium in Benghazi was named after the Venezuelan leader . As rumors swirled about Gadhafi and his whereabouts last week , some suggested that he may be en route to Venezuela . Those reports proved to be false ; the Libyan leader later spoke publicly in his country 's capital . But the close ties between the two leaders remain strong . On Monday , Chavez said Gadhafi `` has been my friend and our friend for a long time '' in remarks broadcast on Venezuelan state television . `` We must be cautious . We know what our policy is : we do not support invasions , or massacres , or anything , no matter who does it . But there is no doubt that , regarding Libya , a campaign of lies is being woven -- the same that has been woven about Venezuela for a long time , '' he said . The U.N. Security Council over the weekend voted for tough restrictions and possible war crimes charges against the Libyan regime . CNN 's Nelson Quinones and journalist Osmary Hernandez Sosa contributed to this report .
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The Venezuelan leader proposes sending a goodwill commission to mediate in Libya . `` Let 's not get carried away by the drums of war , '' Chavez says . Gadhafi and Chavez have a close relationship . Chavez claims `` a campaign of lies is being woven '' about Libya .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It 's not often that a Nobel Peace Prize laureate gets fired , but the Bangladeshi government said Wednesday it did just that in dismissing Muhammad Yunus from a top post in the pioneering bank he founded . Grameen Bank 's general manager , however , disputed the government 's claim . K.M. Abdul Waddod , the general manager of the Bangladesh Central Bank 's regulation and policy department , said his bank , the regulatory authority in the South Asian nation , had sent for a second time a letter to the Grameen Bank chairman , urging the ouster of Yunus from his post of managing director because he was past retirement age . The government , which has a 25 % stake in Grameen , said that by the bank 's own rules , Yunus , now 70 , was required to end his service when he turned 60 . `` He did not inform us he is over that age , '' Waddod said . `` The bank did let him go . '' Muzammel Huq , the new government-appointed Grameen chairman , told CNN that he had received the letter of the central bank . `` The central bank has removed Professor Yunus as managing director of the bank and I 'll act accordingly under the bank 's law , '' Huq said . He said the deputy managing director of the bank will take over until Yunus ' post can be filled . But a Grameen Bank statement said Yunus had not been fired . `` This is a legal issue , '' said the statement signed by Jannat-E-Quanine , Grameen 's general manager . `` Grameen Bank has been duly complying with all applicable laws . It has also complied with the law in respect of appointment of the managing director . According to the bank 's legal advisers , the founder of Grameen Bank , Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus , is accordingly continuing in his office . '' Yunus pioneered microcredit financing and founded Grameen Bank nearly three decades ago in an effort to alleviate poverty by lending to the poor , who could not otherwise qualify for bank loans . Throughout this battle with the government , he has refused to resign from the bank that won him a Nobel prize in 2006 . Yunus ' supporters say the effort to remove him has little to do with age and much to do with the larger issue of microcredit and its primary vehicle in Bangladesh -- Grameen Bank . A recent television documentary alleged that Yunus illegally diverted Grameen money . Grameen denied the charges and investigators in Norway , a key bank donor , found no evidence of wrongdoing . But critics of microcredit have charged that lenders were making big money off of small loans . Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina minced no words when she compared Grameen 's operations to `` sucking the blood from the poor in the name of alleviating poverty . '' Yunus ' supporters also say that he is under fire for criticizing politicians and trying to form his own political party four years ago during an interim , unelected military-backed government . That party was later abandoned . The government , however , denies that the Grameen actions are politically motivated . CNN 's Harmeet Shah Singh and Moni Basu and journalist Farid Ahmed contributed to this report .
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The government says Muhammad Yunus was removed as general manager . But Grameen Bank says he was not fired . Yunus pioneered microcredit and won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 . His supporters say the government is out to get him .
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Djerba , Tunisia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Four more U.S. military flights were headed to Cairo from Tunisia on Sunday , evacuating Egyptians fleeing the Libyan conflict , a U.S. official said . One flight left early Sunday and three others will do so by Sunday afternoon , said Adam Lefringhouse , a defense attache at the U.S. Embassy in Tunis . On Saturday , U.S. military planes carried out similar evacuations , returning passengers to Egypt . There are a few thousand Egyptians left in Tunisia awaiting evacuation after more than 40,000 were taken home , said Firas Kayal , a spokesman for the United Nations refugee agency , on Saturday . Many countries , such as India and China , put in place well-organized evacuation operations for their citizens . But others , including Egyptians and Bangladeshis , have been left to fend for themselves . Kayal said Saturday more than 10,000 Bangladeshis are awaiting transport in Tunisia . Many of them have had to walk to the border because their money was stolen by soldiers and they could not pay for transportation costs . One man suffered a heart attack and died , aid officials confirmed . On Sunday , the British government said it will provide emergency evacuation flights to repatriate 500 stranded Bangladeshis . Three commercial charter planes will take the Bangladeshis home from Djerba airport later Sunday , the British government said . `` I have seen for myself the scale of the humanitarian situation on the Libyan border with Tunisia , '' said Andrew Mitchell , the International Development Secretary . `` I vowed that we would do everything possible to give those stranded shelter and get them back home as quickly as possible . '' Meanwhile , three people died and 14 were missing when they tried to get off a ship headed from Libya 's capital , Tripoli , to Crete , the Greek Ministry for the Protection of Civilians said Sunday . The ship was carrying about 1,280 passengers , mostly Bangladeshis . `` From the evidence gathered so far , it appears the passengers were trying to disembark the ` Ionian King ' -LRB- Cypriot flag -RRB- using a rope , '' the ministry said in a statement . The violence in Libya has generated an exodus out of the North African nation . Almost 200,000 people , a majority of them foreign workers , have fled Libya -- nearly 100,000 to Tunisia and a similar number to Egypt -- according to the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees . The numbers of people entering Tunisia daily from Libya dropped to 1,800 Thursday and Friday and stood at 3,000 Saturday . Previously , they averaged 10,000 to 15,000 people . Hovig Etyemezian , a field officer for the U.N. refugee agency , attributed the drop in part to fear and the manipulation of the flow of refugees by Libyan authorities . `` A lot of them were scared from leaving because of the fighting so they were staying in their houses , '' he said Saturday . `` We fear the regime might be blocking refugees from the border . '' The U.S. State Department said Saturday it would donate $ 3 million to the International Organization for Migration -LRB- IOM -RRB- as part of a joint U.S.-IOM partnership to help get home thousands of Egyptians and other nationals from Africa , South Asia and Southeast Asia . CNN 's Ivan Watson and Jomana Karadsheh contributed to this report .
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Many countries have well-organized evacuation operations . But some nationals , such as Bangladeshis , have been forced to fend for themselves . The British government says it will repatriate 500 Bangladeshis . Ministry : Three people die and 14 are missing from a ship headed to Crete from Tripoli .
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Beijing -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Beijing official blamed attempts to spark protests in China on people `` harboring illusions , '' saying citizens will not take to the streets because they want stability . `` Certain people at home and abroad are using the internet to instigate illegal gatherings in China and play the so-called street politics , '' said Wang Hui , director of the Information Office in Beijing . `` But sober-minded people can see that they have chosen the wrong place . It will never happen in Beijing . '' In recent weeks , there have been anonymous calls online for people to gather in public places in Beijing and a dozen other Chinese cities in what would be akin to the `` Jasmine Revolution '' that has hit parts of the Middle East . There have been no visible signs of street protests , but Chinese authorities have taken measure to avert them . Authorities have deployed heavy security in major streets , especially in Wangfujing , a busy shopping street in downtown Beijing . Wangfujing is one of the places designated for street protests . China has also tightened rules on foreign reporters , explicitly warning them that they risk detention , suspension of press cards and expulsion if they show up at proposed protest sites . `` The people want stability . Those who wish to bring chaos here are harboring illusions , '' Wang said at a news conference in the Chinese capital . `` They are doomed to fail . '' Last Sunday , some reporters were reportedly man-handled and detained in Wangfujing . Among them was a Bloomberg journalist who was reportedly beaten up by anonymous men . Wang said authorities are investigating the incident , but declined to comment further . `` The city government puts great attention to this case , '' Wang said . `` We do not wish such incidents to happen . '' Beijing officials distributed reprinted copies of reporting regulations in China , but said the rules have not changed . `` The important matter is that reporters must obtain prior consent from individuals , institutions and work units that you wish to interview , '' said Li Hongliang , deputy director of the city 's foreign affairs office . `` We welcome foreign correspondents to report in Beijing and present the international community a true image of China . '' Authorities now require foreign journalists to first submit formal applications before reporting in downtown Beijing . Li urged journalists to abide by Chinese regulations .
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Chinese official says people trying to spark protests are `` harboring illusions '' Authorities deploy heavy security in major streets . Calls for protests fail ; China tightens rules on foreign reporters .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Harvard University moved Thursday to allow ROTC programs to set up on campus , after years of restricting the U.S. military 's access because of its `` do n't ask , do n't tell '' policy . The Cambridge , Massachusetts , school barred Reserve Officers ' Training Corps programs from being based on its campus 40 years ago , at the height of the Vietnam War . For more than a decade , university leaders -- among them , former law school dean and current U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan -- have cited the military 's policy prohibiting gays and lesbians from serving openly as the chief rationale for continuing the ban . Harvard President Drew Faust cited the recent decision to overturn that policy as the genesis for the university 's new tact . She will sign an agreement Friday with Navy Secretary Ray Mabus to re-establish a home for ROTC on campus , the school announced in a press release . `` Our renewed relationship affirms the vital role that the members of our armed forces play in serving the nation and securing our freedoms , while also affirming inclusion and opportunity as powerful American ideals , '' Faust said in the statement . The full , formal recognition will take effect once repeal of the so-called `` do n't ask , do n't tell '' law , which had made it against military policy for homosexuals to serve openly , is complete this summer , according to the release . Harvard will appoint a director for the Navy ROTC program and take over direct financial responsibility for the cost of students to participate in the program . Congress voted to repeal the policy in December , setting off a three-part process . Last month , for instance , all four branches of the U.S. military began training required as part of the repeal . The university is setting up a committee , to be chaired by professor Kevin `` Kit '' Parker , a U.S. Army Reserve captain who served three tours in Afghanistan , to look into a host of issues , including bringing other military branches back onto campus . Harvard was one of the first six educational institutions , in 1926 , to host Naval ROTC programs , the Navy noted in a release . Once the change goes into effect , active-duty Navy and Marines personnel will meet on campus with students participating in the ROTC program . '' -LRB- Navy -RRB- ROTC 's return to Harvard is good for the university , good for the military , and good for the country , '' said Mabus , in a statement from the Navy . `` With exposure comes understanding , and through understanding comes strength . '' Harvard 's own policy regarding ROTC on campus was the subject of national attention eight months ago , when Kagan -- who was then a nominee for the high court -- came under criticism by Republican senators who complained that she actively tried to block military recruiters from Harvard Law School when she was dean . Kagan and the White House strongly defended her actions , saying that while she opposed the military 's policy , Kagan never kept recruiters off the university . Four months after taking the job as Harvard 's dean , in October 2003 , Kagan sent a campus-wide email to students saying that to give recruiters equal access to the campus `` causes me deep distress . I abhor the military 's discriminatory recruitment policy . '' She called the `` do n't ask , do n't tell '' policy `` a profound wrong -- a moral injustice of the first order . '' CNN 's Greg Botelho contributed to this report .
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NEW : The Navy secretary calls the move `` good for the university , good for the military '' Harvard 's president and the Navy secretary will sign a deal to return ROTC to campus . The school had banned ROTC , in part due to opposition to the `` do n't ask , do n't tell '' policy . Change will take effect this summer , once the repeal is implemented by the military .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A U.S. Navy ship came to the rescue of an oil tanker in the Indian Ocean on Saturday after four suspected pirates climbed aboard . The Japanese-owned MV Guanabara reported it was under attack Friday afternoon 328 nautical miles southeast of Oman , the Navy said . The Guanabara had 24 crew members aboard . The warship USS Bulkeley , assigned to the Combined Maritime Forces ' CTF-151 counter-piracy mission , was directed to intercept the Guanabara , supported by the Turkish warship TCG Giresun of NATO 's counter-piracy task force . After Guanabara 's master confirmed to the Bulkeley that his crew had taken refuge in the ship 's citadel room , or secure compartment , the Bulkeley 's specialist boarding team climbed aboard Saturday , detained the four men and secured the vessel , the Navy said . There was no exchange of fire at any time during the operation , and an SH-60 Seahawk helicopter supported the boarding team from the air , the Navy added . Officials said they are still deciding what to do with the suspected pirates . The U.S. Navy did not disclose the nationalities of those detained or where they were being taken . `` Through our mutual cooperation and shared coordination , CTF-151 and our partner organizations has prevented the kidnapping of legitimate mariners who sought only to go peacefully about their business , '' said CMF 's counter-piracy commander , Commodore Abdul Alheem . `` Today , there will be a merchant ship sailing freely that would not be doing so were it not for the efforts of CTF-151 . '' The Combined Maritime Forces is a naval partnership of 25 member nations including the United States that works to disrupt piracy and armed robbery and improve security in international waters off the Middle East .
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A team from the USS Bulkeley detained the four suspected pirates . There was no exchange of fire . Officials have not decided what to do with suspects .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Davis Cup champions Serbia will be without world No. 3 Novak Djokovic as they begin the defense of their title in the men 's team competition against India this weekend . The Australian Open champion led Serbia to an historic victory over France in front of a home crowd in Belgrade in the 2010 final , but has chosen to focus on his preparations for the U.S. hard-court season rather than join his teammates for the March 4-6 first-round world group tie . However , the 23-year-old insisted that his teammates -- world No. 18 Viktor Troicki , 45th-ranked Janko Tipsarevic and double 's specialists Ilija Bozoljac and Nenad Zimonjic -- remain favorites to secure victory on indoor courts in Serbia 's second city Novi Sad . `` Unfortunately , this time I wo n't be part of the Davis Cup team . Together with my teammates and captain , I decided to rest this time but I am confident that they will win this tie and they have my full support , '' Djokovic said in a statement on his official website . ' 100 percent ' fit Nadal returns to the fray in Davis Cup tie . `` I feel physically well , fit , and mentally motivated to do even more coming up to tournaments in Indian Wells and Miami where I have n't done well in the last years . So I really want to work hard and get some good results in the US , '' he added . The Indian team will be made up world No. 93 Somdev Devverman , Rohan Bopanna and doubles specialists Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes -- fresh from their final appearance in Melbourne . In other top tier Davis Cup ties beginning on Friday , world No. 1 Rafael Nadal is set to make a return to action for the first time since the Australian Open when 2009 champions Spain travel to underdogs Belgium . World No. 8 Andy Roddick will also make his first appearance in the Davis Cup since 2009 to lead the United States team against Chile , while defending champions France travel to Austria to play in the tournament 's most unusual venue -- an airport hangar on the outskirts of Vienna . Elsewhere , at the WTA Malaysia Open , former world no. 1 Dinara Safina suffered another setback in her bid to get back to the top of the women 's game on Thursday as she lost a tight three setter to fifth-seed Lucie Safarova . The Russian , who has dropped to 113 in the world rankings , took the second set off the Czech world No. 35 before eventually losing 6-3 4-6 6-3 in the second round of the hard court tournament . Second seed and former Wimbledon finalist Marion Bartoil -- the highest ranked player left in the draw following the shock first round exit of world no. 6 Francesca Schiavone -- progressed to the third round with a 6-2 6-1 win over Ekaterina Ivanova . There was also a win for fourth seed Jarmila Groth of Australia who defeated Japan 's Miskai Doi 7-6 6-3 but third seed Alisa Kleybanova was knocked out by world No. 150 Michaella Krajicek 3-6 6-4 6-3 .
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Novak Djokovic to miss Serbia 's opening Davis Cup tie to focus on U.S. hard-court season . Defending champions face India at home in world group tie without world No. 3 . Rafael Nadal returns to action in team competition this weekend after injury . Former world No. 1 Dinara Safina loses in second round of Malaysia Open .
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Mexico City -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A judge convicted 13 members of the Mexican military of crimes connected with trafficking cocaine and methamphetamine while on duty , the country 's defense secretary said in a statement . Three officers and 10 troops were convicted of drug and organized crime charges for their involvement in the transport of 928 kilograms of methamphetamine and 30 kilograms of cocaine , the statement said . That amount of drugs is worth more than $ 120 million , according to average price estimates in the United Nations 2010 World Drug Report . The defense secretary 's statement did not provide sentencing details . It called for the law to be applied `` to the full extent , '' adding that violations of laws and military rules would not be tolerated . Mexican President Felipe Calderon has deployed about 50,000 troops to the nation 's trouble spots since he began a crackdown on drug cartels shortly after taking office in December 2006 . CNN 's Krupskaia Alis contributed to this report .
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Defense ministry : 3 officers and 10 troops were charged with drug crimes . The drugs transported are worth more than $ 120 million , according to U.N. price estimates . Mexico 's president has deployed thousands of troops to combat drug cartels .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An opposition plan calling for an investigation into violence against protesters in Yemen and the departure of the president was being reviewed by the ruling party , a government official said , and was `` being received positively '' so far . The government official , who asked not to be named , told CNN late Wednesday the plan was being `` reviewed by the GPC -LRB- Ruling Party -RRB- leadership committee . '' The official 's comments came as the ruling party claimed that it is continuing a dialogue with the opposition -- but the opposition denied it . `` We will not have any dialogue with the ruling party . Our only demand is that this regime leaves and then we can talk about dialogue , '' said opposition bloc spokesman Mohammed Al-Qubati . The two sides both said that the opposition delivered a list of five points to the ruling party via a committee of Islamic scholars , but did not agree on whether it was a `` plan , '' as the government says , or `` advice for the ruling party , '' as the opposition says . Opponents of Yemen 's long-time President Ali Abdullah Saleh have been demonstrating against him since the beginning of the year , part of the wave of popular protests that has been crashing over the Arab world . Saleh 's party says the opposition `` points '' include a demand for an investigation into who was responsible for violence against protesters , and prosecutions , plus compensation for the victims ' families . They also want Saleh to step down and transfer power peacefully by the end of the year , according to the official . Saleh caused a stir Tuesday when he said in a public address that `` there is a control room working for the media and you know where it is -- in Tel Aviv . These events are managed by the White House . '' The comments referring to Washington were later edited out of a rebroadcast of his speech . Saleh called the White House on Wednesday `` to convey his regret for misunderstandings related to his public remarks that Israel and the United States have engaged in destabilizing activities in Arab countries , '' a White House statement said . In the call to John Brennan , U.S. President Barack Obama 's assistant for homeland security and counterterrorism , Saleh also said that he is `` firmly committed to meaningful political reform in Yemen and that he is reaching out to opposition elements in an effort to achieve reform through a democratic , inclusive , and peaceful process . '' U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley rejected Saleh 's remarks before the Yemeni leader retracted them . `` The protests in Yemen are not the product of external conspiracies , '' Crowley said on Twitter . `` President Saleh knows better . His people deserve a better response . '' Saleh 's stinging comments came as a powerful cleric -- labeled a terrorist by the United States -- joined the ranks of the Yemeni protesters Tuesday , leading them in prayer and telling them to stick to their demands . It marked the first time a radical Islamic voice had joined those calling for democracy . Sheikh Abdul Majid al-Zindani , a provocative cleric with a flaming red beard , was accused by Washington in 2004 of supplying weapons to al Qaeda . Last year , al-Zindani made a public plea to recruit millions of young men to fight jihad against Israel . But in Yemen , al-Zindani is a free and influential man and his support of the demonstrations could prove key . Saleh also fired the governors of five of the nation 's provinces , where anti-government protests have been raging for several weeks . All five were appointed to other positions , according to a decree released Tuesday . The protests continued Tuesday as thousands gathered outside Sanaa University in the capital . Even members of Saleh 's powerful tribal group were among the protesters calling for an end to the president 's rule . In a counterdemonstration , thousands of government loyalists descended on Sanaa 's Tahrir Square . Opposition to Saleh has solidified in the wake of violent confrontations between security forces and protesters Friday in Sanaa , Aden and elsewhere . Four people were killed and 26 were wounded in the clashes , according to medical officials . Amnesty International said it had reports that 11 people died in Friday 's protests , bringing the overall death toll since protests began to 27 . Saleh , in power since 1978 , has already said he will not seek re-election but his attempts to form a unity government have run into roadblocks . The country 's main opposition bloc rejected Saleh 's call for calm until elections to replace him are held . The bloc said its goal is simply `` the fall of the regime . '' The nation has been battling al Qaeda as well as a Shiite uprising and secessionist movement . High unemployment , lack of political freedoms and government corruption have also stoked Yemeni anger . CNN 's Gena Somra and journalist Hakim Almasmari contributed to this report .
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NEW : The governing party is receiving the opposition 's five points `` positively , '' an official says . Yemen 's government says it 's in dialogue with the opposition . The opposition denies it . Yemen protesters are demanding the president step down .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- President Barack Obama defended his proposed education spending increases Friday , telling an audience of students and teachers in Florida that such investments are necessary to spur future economic growth . `` If we want more good news on the jobs front , then we need to make more investments in education , '' Obama said . `` I am not willing to give up on any child in America . ... I do not accept failure . '' Obama 's proposed budget for fiscal year 2012 includes an 11 % hike in federal education spending , to more than $ 77 billion . Republican congressional leaders are seeking to reduce federal spending on education , with many arguing it should be primarily a state and local concern . Among other things , the administration has made a pledge to prepare an additional 100,000 science , technology , math and engineering teachers by the end of the decade . The White House also is pushing to make permanent the American Opportunity Tax Credit , which is worth up to $ 10,000 for four years of college . Seeking a political middle ground , Obama has also stressed the need for reform and , more specifically , the need to remove poorly performing teachers and school administrators . He continued to do so Friday , calling the status quo `` unacceptable . '' At the same time , however , the president also appeared to criticize at Republicans such as Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker , who is trying to strip teachers and other public sector workers of the bulk of their collective bargaining rights . Teachers are `` feeling beat up '' right now , Obama said . `` I want to be very clear here . We are proud of what -LRB- teachers -RRB- do each and every day . We need to honor teachers . '' The president appeared with Education Secretary Arne Duncan and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush , a Republican , at Miami Central Senior High School -- a previously underperforming school which has improved in recent years . The turnaround , Obama stressed , was done by implementing a reform plan in cooperation with the local teachers union . White House officials noted that the school was awarded nearly $ 785,000 in federal School Improvement Grant funds to help finance its turnaround plan . Obama has asked Congress for $ 900 million for a new round in the Race to the Top competition , which rewards states and localities that meet the administration 's standards for educational innovation and outcomes .
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Obama says more education spending is needed to spur future economic growth . Obama reiterates his call for reform , but also praises teachers . The president appeared with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush at a high school in Miami .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Ivory Coast defender Kolo Toure has been suspended by his club Manchester City after testing positive for a banned substance . The 29-year-old , who joined City from English Premier League rivals Arsenal in 2009 , learned of his failed drugs test from the English Football Association -LRB- FA -RRB- on Thursday . `` Manchester City confirm that the FA has informed Kolo Toure that an ` A-sample ' provided by him has tested positive for a specified substance , '' a statement published on the club 's official website read . It continued : `` As result of this , he has been suspended from participating in all first team and non-first team matches pending the outcome of the legal process . `` There will be no further comment from the football club at this stage . '' According to the World Anti-Doping Agency a specified substance is one which could have `` a credible , non-doping explanation . '' Punishments for a positive test range from a warning to a two-year ban from sport . Toure has made more than 50 appearances for City and was captain of the side last season . He is contracted at the club -- where his younger brother Yaya also plays -- until 2013 . Elsewhere in the Premier League , leaders Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has been charged with improper conduct by the FA over comments he made about referee Martin Atkinson on Tuesday . Following United 's 2-1 league defeat to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge Ferguson told MUTV : `` I must say , when I saw who the referee was I feared it . I feared the worst . He added : `` You want a fair referee , or a strong referee anyway -- and we did n't get that . '' The Scot criticized Atkinson for not sending off Chelsea goalscorer David Luiz for fouls on Wayne Rooney and Javier Hernandez , as well as for awarding what proved to be a decisive penalty late in the match . Ferguson already has a suspended two-game touchline ban hanging over him from 2009 when he said that Alan Wiley was not physically fit enough to referee in the Premier League . A statement on the FA website stated that Ferguson has until next Tuesday to respond to the charge .
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Manchester City ban defender Kolo Toure after he tests positive for drugs . Ivorian international could receive a warning or face up to a two-year ban from football . Alex Ferguson charged by FA for comments he made about referee Martin Atkinson . Manchester United manager lashed out at Atkinson after EPL defeat to Chelsea .
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Harf Sofyan , Yemen -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Security forces opened fire on anti-government protesters in northern Yemen on Friday morning , killing two people and injuring nine others , witnesses said . The forces fired into the protesters in Harf Sufyan city to try and disperse them , witnesses said . Three army planes flying over the crowd also attacked the protesters , witnesses said . The vast majority of the protesters were Houthi rebels , according to Mohammed Abdulsalam , a spokesman for the group . Since 2004 , the Houthis have waged a separatist revolt over who which religious sect will control the area . The Houthis are Shiite Muslims and followers of slain Shiite cleric Hussein al-Houthi . The majority of Yemenis are Sunnis . Elsewhere in Yemen on Friday , thousands of anti-government demonstrators in Sana'a called for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down as they continued to hold a sit-in demonstration outside Sanaa University . The crowd included students , women , tribesmen and members of the opposition In Aden Province . Thousands also continued to demonstrate against Saleh 's regime in the provinces of Taiz , Mareb and Jawf . Hakim Almasmari contributed to this report .
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Three army planes also attack the protesters , witnesses say . The majority of the protesters are Houthi rebels . The Houthis are Shiite Muslims and followers of slain cleric Hussein al-Houthi .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Ohio state Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would curb the collective bargaining rights of public workers and strip away their power to strike . Lawmakers approved the measure by a count of 17 to 16 , with six Republicans voting in opposition . The bill , known as Senate Bill 5 , is supported by Republican Governor John Kasich . It would curb a 1983 Ohio state law that affords collective bargaining rights to public employees . `` No surprise , '' said Senate President Tom Niehaus . `` I 've been saying for weeks that we have the votes to pass this bill . It reflects the diverse interests that our members have around the state of Ohio , '' he said . The near-500-page proposal was modified Tuesday with Republican-supported amendments cobbled into a single omnibus package . Modifications include new measures to settle workplace arbitration , limits on worker vacation and an end to their ability to negotiate health care and automatic pay raises based on seniority . The amended legislation would also restore collective bargaining rights on wages but ban strikes by all public-sector workers , imposing fines and terminating employment contracts for those who defy the ban . Democratic lawmakers described the proposal as union-busting . Their GOP counterparts argued that it 's needed to tackle an overreach of union influence they regard as an impediment to fiscal reform . `` It passed by the most narrowest of margin , '' said Democratic State Senator Joe Schiavoni . `` That really shows how much public outcry on this bill . That they can change a 27-year-old law in three weeks is scary . '' Meanwhile , protesting crowds gathered in Columbus , Ohio , chanting slogans like `` Shame on you ! '' following the Senate vote . Earlier Wednesday the measure sailed through a Senate Labor Committee following a last-minute GOP shuffle that resulted in the replacement of Republican Senator Bill Seitz . Seitz said he mostly supported the bill , and the need for collective bargaining reform , but disagreed with a provision that would allow employer management to `` impose its will on the final terms of the contract when fact-finding and mediation fail . '' `` That violates the fundamental principle that one can not be simultaneously a judge and an advocate in his own cause , '' he said , calling for an `` elected , independent , neutral '' party to adjudicate those cases involving state workers . The bill now moves onto the Republican-controlled House where lawmakers are expected to take up the measure on March 10 . Ohio , often considered a battleground for presidential politics , faces an $ 8 billion shortfall in the next two-year budget . CNN 's Julian Cummings contributed to this report .
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Ohio Senate passes bill to curb collective bargaining rights of public workers . Lawmakers approved the measure by a count of 17 to 16 ; six Republicans voted no . Legislation would also strip public workers ' power to strike .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Scottish Police Federation -LRB- SPF -RRB- has called for an end to the `` madness '' of Old Firm matches after a fractious clash between Glasgow rivals Rangers and Celtic . The Scottish Cup clash at Celtic Park on Wednesday was marred by three red cards for Rangers players and a series of running battles on the touchline . Celtic won the game 1-0 but manager Neil Lennon clashed with Rangers striker El-Hadji Diouf during the match and Rangers assistant manager Ally McCoist after the final whistle . Strathclyde Police said there were 34 arrests in the ground for sectarian offences , racial abuse and breach of the peace . The derby between the two old foes is especially incendiary due to the historical religious divide between the two clubs -- Celtic supporters are largely Catholic while Rangers supporters are usually of Protestant background . The trouble on Wednesday night led the head of the Scottish Football Association -LRB- SFA -RRB- to say he was `` saddened and deeply embarrassed '' by the scenes while SPF chairman Les Gray said police were struggling to cope . Mr Gray told CNN : `` We simply do n't have the money and resources to do this . Everyone involved needs to sit down and look at this . Something has to give . This madness can not go on . `` What happens on the pitch is reproduced throughout Scotland , on the streets , in pubs , in homes . You can not justify it . It ca n't keep on going . '' Scotland 's Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill was quoted by the UK Press Association as saying : `` There is a deep-rooted and unacceptable social issue involved -- which has a great deal to do with Scotland 's damaging relationship with alcohol , and little to do with football . `` The issue is far wider than clubs and the game . It is about a culture of violence fueled by alcohol . '' The SFA confirmed they had launched an investigation with chief executive Stewart Regan criticizing `` inflammatory and irresponsible behavior '' during the match . In a statement on the SFA 's website he said : `` As chief executive of this organization , I was both saddened and deeply embarrassed to witness the scenes that unfolded during what is supposed to be Scottish football 's flagship fixture : these images were broadcast around the world and shows our game in a poor light . `` I acknowledge the pressures of expectation on both clubs but last night 's behavior crossed the boundaries of acceptable conduct at a football match . `` The unedifying sight of two of the country 's most recognizable and respected coaches engaged in an angry confrontation was not only unsavoury but exacerbated an already incendiary atmosphere inside the stadium and throughout the West of Scotland . ''
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Scottish Police Federation call for an end to the `` madness '' of fractious Old Firm matches . Glasgow derby between Celtic and Rangers on Wednesday marred by violent scenes . Celtic manager Neil Lennon pulled apart from Rangers player and assistant manager . Scottish FA launch an investigation calling the scenes 'em barrassing '
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- With violence approaching their doorstep , 10-year-old Beverly Dempsey and her father had eight hours to gather their belongings into one suitcase apiece and evacuate Egypt during last month 's uprising . Her mother , a U.S. State Department employee , had to stay behind while they were relocated to temporary housing in Falls Church , Virginia , with other displaced diplomatic families . Jim Dempsey tries to make life as normal as possible for his daughter , who is attending school for the first time in the United States , having lived abroad since she was 2 . But her heart remains in Egypt , the place she 's come to regard as home . `` I really like it here , but it would have made me feel better if we were in Egypt because that 's where I want to be right now , '' she says . `` I want to go back really badly , but that does n't mean I do n't like it here . I just want to be able to say goodbye . '' The Dempseys are among the many diplomatic families wait in limbo for word on when they can return to Egypt . Jim Dempsey , an economic development consultant , says he is grateful to the U.S. government for making the transition as smooth as possible in a community that has been welcoming and supportive . But it 's been more than a month since they left Egypt and he 's anxious to resume the life he left behind . `` We 've been living in Egypt for four years . It 's our home . This is place is fine , but everything is there . We have a set of friends , we have a way of living , and all of that is disrupted . We have to adjust and do well , wherever you go , but you want to be at home . '' The two speak daily with Jim 's wife , a USAID employee on essential work in Cairo . She has told them things are still tense in the Egyptian capital -- there 's still the occasional gunfire ; roadblocks are still up ; people are hesitant to go far from their homes . But life is slowly returning to normal , with 70 percent of schools up and running , including Beverly 's school , Cairo American College , Dempsey says . Beverly 's room contains her most cherished mementos of the life she left behind : some stuffed animals , medals from her accomplishments as a swimmer , photos with her parents from their adventures in India and Ethiopia -- where they lived prior to Egypt . She also brought along a small statue of Ramses , the Egyptian pharaoh . `` I do n't have a lot of statues of things , and it was small but it also reminded me of the Great Pharaohs and how they lived through a lot of hard things , so I sort of related to them , '' she says . She misses her friends , her teachers , and `` all these amazing sights that most people are n't able to see . '' But most of all , she says , she misses her mother . `` It would have been easier for us all to adjust with my mom here because she sort of is the one who does a lot of things . She helps us shop , she helps us decorate ... and so cook . My dad 's not a very good cook . '' Jim Dempsey says that , given the situation in Egypt , he hopes to return sometime in the next month . `` We 're kind of waiting , trying to figure out what to do in the meantime . My job is to work as a single parent and take my care of my daughter . '' CNN 's Emanuella Grinberg contributed to this report .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Colombia 's soccer officials announced Wednesday they will suspend a defender for the Deportivo Pereira for two games and fine him $ 560 for kicking an owl on the Junior Barranquilla home field on Sunday . The bird , a mascot for the Junior Barranquilla team , had landed on the field during a game shortly before Luis Moreno trotted over to it and launched it aloft with his foot . It landed a few yards away . Monday , it died . `` The animal was practically a symbol for the Barranquillera fan and , given that the aggression occurred in their own stadium and in direct view of all the assistants , such an attitude can validly be interpreted as being within the range of public provocation that is regulated by the disciplinary code of the Colombian Football Federation , '' soccer officials said in a statement . Newspaper reports quoted Moreno as apologizing for the act .
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Colombia 's Luis Moreno also fined $ 560 after kicking an owl . Bird was `` practically a symbol for the Barranquillera fan , '' soccer officials said . Owl , which landed on field during game , died a day after incident .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Cristiano Ronaldo grabbed a hat-trick as Real Madrid crushed Malaga 7-0 to close the gap on Spanish league leaders Barcelona . The Portuguese striker ended his four-match goal drought in style as Jose Mourinho 's side reduced Barca 's advantage at the top of La Liga to seven points . Second-bottom Malaga had no answer to a powerful attacking display and finished the game with nine men after defender Manolo was sent off and Cala limped off injured after they had made all their permitted substitutions . Malaga coach Manuel Pelligrini , who was replaced at Real Madrid by Mourinho , chose to rest some of his best players and the decision came back to haunt him at the Bernabeu . France international Karim Benzema began the rout after 27 minutes when he diverted Xabi Alonso 's free kick into the net . Angel Di Maria added a second nine minutes later after capitalizing on a missed interception to slot the ball into the bottom corner . Just before the break Marcelo slammed Di Maria 's pass into the corner of the net to make it 3-0 . There was no let up after the interval as Ronaldo rounded off a flowing move to register a fourth before Benzema got his second with a header from Marcelo 's cross . Manolo handled in the area to give Real a penalty and was shown a second yellow card by the referee . Ronaldo made no mistake from the spot . And the striker completed his hat-trick by converting Sergio Canales ' cross at the near post with 13 minutes remaining before asking to be substituted .
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Real Madrid beat Malaga 7-0 in Spain 's La Liga . Cristiano Ronaldo scores a hat-trick as Real close gap on leaders Barcelona . Karim Benzema scores twice as Real move to within seven points of Barca .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Kim Byung-ki has just seen his sister for the first time in 59 years , a sibling he thought was dead until last year . They reunited over the weekend for the first time since the Korean War tore apart their family . Kim , his sister and Kim 's son started crying immediately on seeing one another , said Kim 's son , Kim Jong-hwa . They could n't stop . The family took part in family reunions that began October 30 and will end Friday at Mount Kumgang , the two Koreas ' joint mountain resort in the North . Many burst into tears at the reunions , which involve 100 people from each side . Elderly men in suits and women in traditional Korean silk hanbok dresses sat at numbered tables in a large restaurant . Some sat , spoke and exchanged photographs ; others simply looked bewildered as they clutched hands and stared into faces unseen for six decades . The relatives have been separated from since the 1950-53 Korean War . `` After a while , my father said they need to stop crying and smile , so the memories of the meeting could be better . He said they should say goodbye smiling , not crying . It was hard to see that , '' Kim Jong-hwa said . Kim 's father was n't immediately available for comment . `` We were very happy to meet her and learn about how she had lived , '' Kim Jong-hwa said of his aunt . `` I felt relieved to hear she had worked as a nurse and later became a doctor , that probably means she had a better life '' than many North Koreans . `` Still , it broke my hear to see her and think of the difficulties she might have gone through , '' Kim said . `` She told us that when the North and South Korean family meetings started , she was upset that no one in her family had looked for her , '' he said . `` It was a shock for us to hear she felt that way , '' Kim said . `` We did our best to explain to her we thought she had died during the war and that we would have tried to look for her , had we known she was still out there . When she left , she said she understood , but I wondered what she really thought and how she really felt . '' The elder Kim had not seen his sister since 1951 , when she was 15 years old . He was a police officer during the war and often was away from home . When he returned one day , `` She was gone . I asked where she was and she had been kidnapped -LSB- by North Korean soldiers -RSB- . After that , we did n't know where she was , '' Kim said . `` My mother was just waiting for her to get back . She was old . She could n't go out to look for her . Even if she wanted , she did n't even know where she could search , '' Kim added . `` It was a vague hope . She wondered , will it be today ? Will it be tomorrow ? She just waited . '' Kim 's wife , Kwon Bong-sook , shared her memories of those traumatic years : . `` All the family was alive then . Three generations lived at the house and people waited for her to come back . '' `` But time passed , we were n't able to think . There were shootings , bombs , the men went to the army . ... I did n't even know if my husband was alive . '' `` Life was hard then . That was how we lived then . My brother and my father were also gone . Everything was taken from us . We did n't have food . '' `` There were bombs . It was not a proper life . We just tried to survive . After this , we thought she died . We could have never imagined she survived . '' Last year , the South Korean Kim got word through government channels that his sister was alive , in North Korea . No mail , telephone or e-mail exchanges exist between ordinary citizens across the Korean border , so the siblings pinned their hopes on the government-sanctioned reunions . Millions of Koreans were divided by the war . It ended in a truce , but without a formal peace treaty . The prickly relationship between the countries has since had periodic conciliatory moves and flare-ups . Some 80,000 South Koreans have registered with their government to join one of the infrequent reunions , but 40,000 people are thought to have passed away or given up hope , according to the South 's Ministry of Unification . Numbers are unknown in the secretive North . The first family reunions took place following a landmark summit between the two Koreas in 2000 . Since then , 17,100 people representing 3,500 families have been reunited on 17 separate occasions . Journalist Manisha Tank contributed to this report .
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Until last year , Kim Byung-ki thought his sister was dead . He had not seen her since she disappeared at age 15 . The siblings were divided by the Korean War . The South Korean man reunited with his sibling over the weekend .
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Jerusalem -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Israeli police arrested two suspects Saturday in connection to a deadly wildfire raging in the country 's north , though a police spokesman said it appears the fires started out of negligence . The fires have killed 41 and injured 17 others . Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the suspects are being questioned at a local police station but police now believe the fires were due to negligence rather than arson . As the police probe unfolded , firefighters continued to battle three major blazes fueled by shifting winds . The fire , the worst in Israel 's history , is still not under control , Rosenfeld said . The flames spread over 10,000 acres around Haifa , Israel 's third largest city , threatening businesses , tourism and one of Israel 's greenest regions , Mount Carmel . `` If you look over the hills at Haifa , you can see smoke billowing over the sea , '' said Rosenfeld , adding that the winds have forced authorities to close down roads to the coastal area . About 17,000 people have been evacuated , but residential areas are not under threat , he said . On Saturday , Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referred to the help Israel received from other nations , including Egypt , Turkey and Jordan , as `` heartwarming , '' the Jerusalem Post reported . `` One thing is clear , the Israeli people are standing together and many , many countries are together with Israel . This is no small thing , '' Netanyahu said during a press conference . `` This is surely a point of light in this our festival of lights Hanukkah , '' he said . Israeli 's military noted in a statement Saturday that firefighters from Bulgaria and Greece had joined Israeli personnel on the blaze 's frontlines . Netanyahu 's office said that so far , several nations have committed 10 airplanes and three helicopters to help Israel fight the raging fire , including four from Greece , one from Cyprus , two from Turkey , two from Russia and one from France . These are in addition to several Israel Defense Forces aircraft , including two to four charged with surveying the region from above . British Prime Minister David Cameron instructed the Royal Air Force to deploy two helicopters from Cyprus to help put out the fire , British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Friday . Netanyahu spoke Saturday morning with the president of Switzerland to recruit additional air support , his office said . Five U.S. Defense Department aircraft will leave for Israel this weekend to help fight the fire . They include three C-130 firefighting aircraft from the U.S. Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard and two C-130s from the U.S. European Command , which will depart Ramstein Air Base in Germany carrying 20 tons of fire retardant , the U.S. Agency for International Development said . The agency said it has already chartered commercial aircraft to deliver 45 tons of fire retardant and 12,000 liters of foam to suppress the flames . A team of experts from the U.S. Forest Service 's Disaster Assistance Support Program is also heading to Israel , the agency said . Hague expressed his condolences to the families of the victims and to the thousands who have had to be evacuated because of the blaze . `` This tragedy is all the more sad as it comes as the Jewish community around the world celebrates Hanukkah , a time of hope and joy , '' Hague said . `` The UK will continue to do whatever it can to help . '' Two funerals took place Saturday after another eight were held Friday for those killed , Rosenfeld said . Most of the 41 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 . 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 IDF said the victims will be buried with full honors in military ceremonies . Israeli firefighter spokesman Yoram Levy said shifting 29 kph -LRB- 18 mph -RRB- winds made the inferno harder to control as flames neared a neighborhood in Haifa , a major tourist destination on the northern coast . 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 . Though Israel is known for its military might , it has been criticized for failing to properly handle the blazes . CNN 's Paul Colsey contributed to this report .
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NEW : Firefighters from Bulgaria , Greece among international forces aiding fight . Fires , fueled by shifting winds , are still not under control . Two suspects have been arrested . The fire has killed 41 people and injured 17 .
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Boston , Massachusetts -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Massachusetts court added $ 81 million in punitive damages Thursday to $ 71 million in compensatory damages it had already awarded to the family of a woman who died of lung cancer . Suffolk Superior Court ruled earlier this week that Lorillard Tobacco Company lured black children into smoking by providing them free cigarettes . The plaintiff , Willie Evans , said the company handed out Newport cigarettes to children like his mother , Marie Evans , during the late 1950s and early 1960s in the Orchard Park neighborhood of Boston . `` It 's certainly bittersweet , '' Evans said . `` If I had my choice , I would have preferred the tobacco company not to have given my mother cigarettes as a 9-year-old child . '' Marie Evans died at age 54 after suffering from small cell lung cancer , according to the criminal complaint . Her family said that Lorillard `` developed techniques to manipulate and control the nicotine delivery of its cigarettes so as to create and sustain addiction in smokers , including Marie Evans . '' according to the complaint . Lorillard says those claims are unfounded . The company is the third largest manufacturer of cigarettes in the United States , according to a company statement . It said it plans to appeal . `` Lorillard respectfully disagrees with the jury 's verdict and denies the plaintiff 's claim that the company sampled to children or adults at Orchard Park in the early 1960s , '' said spokesman Gregg Perry . Jurors listened to a video deposition from Evans recorded three weeks before her death in 2002 in which she described receiving cigarettes from Lorillard when she was a child . `` Hopefully this does allow other people to come forward , and gives them confidence to move their cases forward , '' Evans said after tearfully embracing his attorney when the verdict was read . But Lorillard contends that Evans ' `` 50-year-old memories were persuasively contradicted by testimony from several witnesses , '' Perry said . The jury had deliberated for approximately two hours on Thursday , after listening to expert financial and forensic testimony .
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NEW : Jurors listened to a video deposition from Evans recorded three weeks before her death . A Massachusetts court adds $ 81 million in punitive damages . The court ruled that Lorillard lured children into smoking by providing free cigarettes . Marie Evans died at age 54 after suffering from small cell lung cancer .
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Paris -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The French finance ministry came under a large-scale cyber attack in December that targeted G20 documents , France 's Budget Minister Francois Baroin told French radio on Monday . Baroin told Europe 1 an investigation was underway and that there were unconfirmed leads . `` It seems what was targeted was the organization of the G20 -LRB- conference -RRB- , '' Baroin said . Paris Match magazine reported earlier Monday that the finance ministry had come under an unprecedented cyber attack and that 100 computers were affected . The G20 met in Paris last month . The Group of 20 was established in 1999 to bring together industrialized and developing economies to promote global economic stability .
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The ministry faced a large-scale attack in December , a minister says . G20 documents seem to have been the target . Paris hosted a G20 summit last month .
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Tehran , Iran -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Iran 's supreme leader praised the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia Friday and said they echo his country 's revolution more than three decades ago , state media reported . `` Today , developments in North Africa , -LRB- including -RRB- Egypt , Tunisia and some other countries have a special meaning for the Iranian nation , '' Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said during a Friday prayer sermon , according to Press TV . `` This is what was always referred to as the Islamic awakening created by the victory of the great revolution of the Iranian nation . '' Iran 's revolution in 1979 toppled the shah of Iran and ushered in an Islamic republic . But the ferment in North Africa has been fueled by secular concerns . Protests against corruption and poor living conditions in Tunisia forced the ouster of the country 's president . Demonstrations in Egypt have called for the departure of President Hosni Mubarak . Khamenei said Tunisia 's former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali had been dependent on the United States and the Central Intelligence Agency . He called the Mubarak regime , which has diplomatic relations with Israel , a `` lackey of the Zionist regime . '' He referred to Egyptians ' fight for `` dignity and honor '' and said that Mubarak 's biggest transgression was to make Egypt an American tool . The Islamic Republic of Iran has been adversaries with Israel and the United States since the Iranian revolution occurred . Khamenei said Iran 's enemies have been launching a psychological war against it for the past 32 years , and he said the country 's enemies have been trying to undermine the Islamic revolution since the 2009 presidential election . President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won a second term in what was regarded by many Iranians as a rigged election . That poll that stoked popular protests in Iran .
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Iran 's revolution in '79 toppled the shah . Supreme leader calls Mubarak a Zionist `` lackey '' Ben Ali had been dependent on United States , Khamenei said .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- South Korea will attempt a second time to send a group of North Koreans back to the communist North on Monday , according to the Red Cross . The effort comes three days after North Korea refused accept the same group . The North rejected the first attempt by the South to repatriate 27 of the North Koreans over four defectors , who decided remain behind in South Korea . The North has demanded the return of the whole group of 31 -- including the defectors , according to South Korea 's official news agency Yonhap . The North Koreans accidentally crossed over into South Korean waters on a fishing boat in early February . The defections have become a new point of tension between the Koreas . Defection is a crime in North Korea that carries the death penalty , according to Yonhap . North Korea on Monday proposed working-level Red Cross talks regarding repatriation , according to a South Korean Red Cross news release . South Korea has accepted the proposal for talks but rejected a key demand by the North . The North Korean Red Cross plans to bring three family members of the four North Korean defectors to the meeting , according to the news release , and demand that the South Koreans bring the four defectors to the meeting with them . The South Korean government reaffirmed its intention Monday not to repatriate the four North Korean defectors , Yonhap reported . `` There is no change in our basic position that a decision made based on the free will of a person must be respected , '' said South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman Chun Hae-sung in the Yonhap report . South Korea 's intelligence agency questioned the North Koreans for about a month since they crossed over in early February before deciding to release the group , the Korean Red Cross said . There are currently more than 20,000 North Korean defectors in South Korea , according to the South 's Unification Ministry . The number of annual defectors has risen dramatically since the turn of the century and continues to climb . Defectors who are forcefully repatriated to the North after attempting to cross over into third countries such as China , Mongolia or Southeast Asia are commonly sent to prison camps as a punishment . Many defectors who live in South Korea fear for the lives of their family or relatives who remain in the North . CNN 's Jiyeon Lee contributed to this report .
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Four members of a group of 31 North Koreans have defected to the South . North Korea is demanding the return of the whole group , including the defectors . The South Korean government firmly refuses to return the four defectors .
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Miami -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- State investigators concluded there were `` no safety threats '' at the home of a 10-year-old girl two days before she was found dead in her adoptive father 's pick-up truck near her seriously ill twin brother , according to a report released Monday by Florida child welfare authorities . Both of the twins ' adoptive parents -- mother Carmen Barahona and father Jorge Barahona -- are charged with first-degree murder in the girl 's death . They also each face seven counts of aggravated child abuse and seven counts of child neglect , with the mother being so charged Saturday and the father charged on all the counts Monday . James Loftus , director of the Miami-Dade Police Department , told reporters Monday that the girl died and the boy was found only after an extended period of `` systemic long-term abuse . '' `` This is , in my experience , one of the saddest commentaries on the human condition that I 've ever seen , '' Loftus said , calling the parents ' alleged behavior `` subhuman . '' `` It 's depressing , it 's sickening . '' Jorge Barahona earlier pleaded not guilty on charges of attempted first-degree murder with a weapon and aggravated child abuse with a weapon in the case . Days before the twins were found , the Florida Department of Children and Families received tips alleging poor treatment of children at the Barahona household in Miami-Dade County . Records indicate a 7-year-old also lived in the home . One caller on February 10 claimed that the 10-year-old girl and another child had been `` tied by their hands and feet with tape , and made to stay in the bathtub all day and night as a form of punishment , '' with the tape removed only so they could eat , according to a copy of the report released Monday . Then , on February 12 , authorities began looking into another claim that one of the Barahonas ' children needed stitches after being hurt on the face and lip . Carmen Barahona applied a bandage but did n't take the child to the hospital . The mother said the child fell -- though the report notes that `` the injury is not consistent with the story . '' Investigators went to the home and late that night filed a report , in which they did not find any reasons for concern for the children 's well-being . `` There is no reason to believe that the family is about to flee or refuse access to the children , '' investigator Bridget Moore said in the `` initial in home safety assessment '' report . `` The home was observed , and there were no hazardous conditions . '' The report concluded with an assessment that the risk to the children was `` moderate , '' with no risk of abuse . `` There are no concerns for the safety of the children while in the care of the parents , '' the investigator writes . Two days later , on February 14 , authorities say Jorge Barahona parked his pest-control truck alongside I-95 . A roadside ranger said he found Barahona beside the truck and his adopted son ill inside the vehicle , which was filled with toxic chemicals . The boy was taken to a hospital to be treated for severe burns . The body of the Barahonas ' adopted daughter , Nubia -- who was the boy 's twin sister -- was later discovered in the back of the truck in a plastic bag . The Florida Department of Children and Families held its fourth of five scheduled meetings Monday afternoon to examine how authorities had handled the case . In one instance , a caller told Florida authorities that he knew the Barahonas , and he was worried about the couple 's twins . The contents of that phone call , which was made two days before the twins were found , was released last week by the department . The caller said he was worried that something sinister had happened to the 10-year-old girl because the Barahonas could not explain where the girl was . '' -LRB- Jorge Barahona -RRB- does n't come out with a straight answer , which is worrying me so much that something might have happened to that little girl , '' said the caller , who was not named . During Monday 's press conference , Katherine Fernandez Rundle -- the state attorney for Miami-Dade -- said the surviving children in the Barahonas ' home `` clearly are key witnesses '' in the case , describing their cooperation with investigators thus far as `` very courageous . '' Rundle said a decision has n't been made yet on whether prosecutors would seek a death sentence in this case , though she signalled that this scenario appeared likely . `` If there ever was a case that the death penalty would apply , it would seem to apply to this one , '' she said .
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NEW : A Florida man , like his wife , is charged with murder and child abuse . NEW : A police director calls the behavior `` subhuman , '' pointing to `` long-term abuse '' A state investigator found no reason for concern in the household . A 10-year-old girl was found dead in plastic bag , her twin brother was burned .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Formula One legend Jackie Stewart is recovering in hospital after falling ill whilst flying back from attending the Geneva Motor Show . The 71-year-old Scot -- who won the world drivers ' title in 1969 , 1971 and 1973 -- was given medical assistance by cabin crew after passing out on the flight , before being taken by ambulance to Hillingdon Hospital in west London . Stewart 's son Paul told the BBC : `` I 've just spoken to him in hospital . He seemed absolutely fine but obviously something happened and we need to establish what . `` I should think he 'll just be checked over and hopefully it will be nothing more sinister than that . '' Confirming Stewart 's arrival , a hospital spokeswoman told reporters : `` Jackie Stewart was taken unwell on a flight to Heathrow . At the moment he is undergoing check-ups and his condition is stable . '' Meanwhile , Stewart 's private secretary , Oliver Anderson , added : `` Jackie is fully conscious and having precautionary medical checks . We are expecting a full recovery from him . '' As well as his three world titles , Stewart won 27 races during a Formula One career between 1965 and 1973 . He also ran his own Stewart team from 1997-1999 , winning one race .
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Formula One legend Jackie Stewart is recovering in hospital after falling ill . The 71-year-old was flying back from attending the Geneva Motor Show . Stewart won the world drivers ' title in 1969 , 1971 and 1973 and 27 races in total .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Real Madrid reduced Barcelona 's Spanish league lead to two points with a comfortable 2-0 victory at home to lowly Levante on Saturday , reaching a remarkable milestone for coach Jose Mourinho . First-half goals from Karim Benzema and Ricardo Carvalho were enough to give Mourinho 's team a 19th victory in 24 La Liga games this season . The victory extended Real 's unbeaten home La Liga run under Mourinho to 12 matches -- now 148 in total since his only career home league defeat when in charge of Porto on February 23 , 2002 . Mourinho has carried his incredible record through spells with English club Chelsea and European champions Inter Milan into his first season at the Santiago Bernabeu . Spanish titleholders Barcelona will seek to bounce back from Tuesday 's Champions League defeat by Arsenal and last weekend 's surprise draw with Sporting Gijon when Athletic Bilbao visit the Camp Nou on Sunday . Benzema , meanwhile , staked his claim for a starting place against his former club Lyon this coming Tuesday , when Real travel to France seeking revenge for last season 's last-16 defeat in Europe 's top club competition . Lyon warm up for Real clash with win . The 23-year-old has been vying for a place with loan signing Emmanuel Adebayor in the absence of the injured Gonzalo Higuain , and he scored his third league goal this season from close range after a superb run down the right by winger Angel Di Maria . Real dominated after that sixth-minute opener , and the second goal came four minutes before halftime when veteran Portugal defender Carvalho diverted in a vicious Cristiano Ronaldo free-kick for his third La Liga goal since leaving Chelsea in August . Second-half substitute Adebayor thought he had made it 3-0 in time added on , but Ronaldo was ruled to have been offside as he sought to pounce on a blocked shot from another replacement , Mesut Ozil . `` I liked that my team played a serious match . These games ahead of Champions League matches can be complicated because players may focus more on the European competition , '' Mourinho told reporters . `` The team played well and was very focused . We knew Levante would make it tough . They were organized in defense , but we scored early and had things under control . Winning and resting players is what mattered . '' The defeat left Levante two points above the bottom three , with the Valencia-based team hoping to avoid an immediate return to the second division . Third-placed Valencia lost ground on Madrid following a 0-0 draw at home to Sporting Gijon , who ended the day above 16th-placed Levante on goal difference . That result means fellow Champions League hopefuls Villarreal can draw level on 48 points with a win at home to bottom club Malaga on Sunday . Fifth-placed Atletico Madrid won 1-0 at Real Zaragoza in Saturday 's late match , thanks to Sergio Aguero 's second-half winner . The Argentine striker broke the deadlock with a flash of brilliance in the 65th minute as he received Diego Forlan 's pass , burst into the penalty box and fired a low shot across the keeper and into the far corner . Zaragoza could have snatched a point , but Nigerian striker Ikechukwu Uche and on-loan Argentine midfielder Nicolas Bertolo both saw late efforts rebound off the Madrid crossbar . Zaragoza remained a point above third-bottom Osasuna , who host sixth-placed Espanyol on Sunday .
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Second-placed Real Madrid beat Levante 2-0 to keep Spanish title hopes alive . Karim Benzema and Ricardo Carvalho score in the first half at Santiago Bernabeu . Valencia lose ground on top two teams after being held 0-0 by Sporting Gijon . Fifth-placed Atletico Madrid win 1-0 at Real Zaragoza in Saturday 's late match .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Japan recovered from having a player sent off to snatch a last-gasp 3-2 win over Asian Cup hosts Qatar in Doha and reach the semifinals on Friday . Masahiko Inoha 's late goal ended Qatar 's hopes of qualifying for the last four of the competition for the first time , and maintained Japan 's dream of earning a record fourth title . Albert Zaccheroni 's team will next face either Group D winners Iran or Group C runners-up South Korea , who face off on Saturday . `` After we lost a man we still had more possession , '' the Italian coach told the Asian Cup website . `` It was a great comeback and I could see the good mentality from our players . `` Even though we were a man down , normally teams think about defense , but we did n't -- we had the bravery to keep attacking . '' Qatar , ranked 105th in the world , had reached the knockout stage for just the second time in seven appearances and looked capable of going one better than 2000 's last-eight showing when substitute Fabio Cesar made it 2-1 straight after Maya Yoshida 's 62nd-minute dismissal . Exiled Iran coach aims for historic goal . But Japan battled back as Shinji Kagawa equalized with 20 minutes to play , and the striker was also involved when Inoha scored at the death . Qatar took the lead in the 12th minute when Uruguay-born striker Sebastian Soria beat the offside trap , cut inside past defender Inoha and fired past goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima . Japan , the second-highest ranked team at the 16-team tournament behind fellow 2010 World Cup qualifiers Australia , leveled in the 28th minute through Kagawa . The 21-year-old , who plays for German league leaders Borussia Dortmund , headed home a cross by Shinji Okazaki as the teams went to the break on equal terms . But that balance of power was disrupted 17 minutes after halftime when Yoshida fouled Yusef Ahmed on the edge of the penalty area and Cesar curled in a low effort from the resulting freekick . However , Kagawa claimed his second as he went past Mesaad Ali and beat goalkeeper Qasem Burhan , then his late burst into the box resulted in the ball running free to fullback Inoha for the goal that put Japan through . Qatar coach Bruno Metsu said he would let his players recharge before the beginning of qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup in June . `` We will use the time to let the players rest and raise their morale , because they were disappointed to lose . We can be proud of how we played , '' the Frenchman said . `` We frightened them and we were very skilful . We have shown the whole world that Qatar is a strong team . We showed that we can play good football , although we still made mistakes and we conceded goals because of these mistakes . '' Group A winners Uzbekistan beat Group B runners-up Jordan 2-1 in Friday 's second quarterfinal in front of 16,000 fans at Doha 's 40,000-capacity Khalifa Stadium . Uzbekistan will next face either Australia or defending champions Iraq after reaching the semis for the first time , having made it to the last eight in 2004 and 2007 . After a goalless first half , the `` White Wolves '' scored twice in two minutes after the break as striker Ulugbek Bakaev netted on 47 and 49 . The 32-year-old , who played for Russain club CSKA Moscow earlier in his career , broke the deadlock with a header from captain Server Djeparov 's free-kick and then stole in at the near post to convert a low cross . Jordan , also seeking to reach the semifinals for the first time , hit back through Bashar Bani Yaseen in the 57th minute when the defender pounced on a loose ball to score from close range .
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Japan defender Masahiko Inoha scores last-minute goal to settle quarterfinal clash . `` Blue Samurai '' will next face either three-time winners Iran or South Korea . Hosts Qatar had twice led but Japan striker Shinji Kagawa responded with two goals . Group A winners Uzbekistan beat Group B runners-up Jordan 2-1 in second quarterfinal .
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-LRB- Mother Nature Network -RRB- -- Cobblestone streets , sidewalk cafes and public art have helped Quebec City earn the moniker , `` Paris without the jetlag . '' The thriving urban agriculture scene , local boutiques and restaurants , electric buses and green hotels should inspire a new nickname : `` Europe without the carbon footprint . '' Quebec City is one of the oldest cities in North America . Situated on the banks of the St. Lawrence River , it was founded in 1608 as one of the first significant settlements in Canada . The Historic District of Old Quebec -- an area of cobblestone streets , picturesque churches and upscale shops -- was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985 . Once dubbed `` The Most Sustainable City in Canada , '' Quebec City has undertaken numerous green initiatives , including a citywide composting program to reduce waste that was launched in 2010 . The city 's two major festivals -- Festival d'été de Québec -LRB- Summer Festival -RRB- and Carnaval de Québec -LRB- winter carnival -RRB- have made commitments to the environment that include onsite recycling and composting , reusing construction material from past installations and choosing sites that are accessible by bicycle and public transportation . These efforts have helped put the French-speaking city on the map as a historic and eco-friendly destination . Experience ` la ville verte ' -LRB- the green city -RRB- . Quebec City is a walkable destination and it 's possible to explore most of the major tourist sites on foot . For longer distances -- or to avoid the steep steps between Upper Town and Lower Town -- hop on one of the electric minibuses . Introduced in 2008 , the minibuses are smaller than conventional buses , making it easier to navigate the narrow roads in the historic districts . Rent a bike at Cyclo Services and use pedal power to see the city . There are almost 250 miles of bike baths winding through the city . Outdoor fun on Lake Superior 's North Shore . Sleep green . The Chateau Frontenac sits on the cliff of Cap-aux-Diamants overlooking the St. Lawrence River . Its castle-like appearance has earned the 618-room hotel a Guinness World Record for `` Most Photographed Hotel in the World . '' The Chateau Frontenac has also earned accolades for its commitment to the environment . The Hotel Association of Canada awarded the hotel a four Green Key rating for green initiatives that include recycling kitchen grease and donating used household goods to local charities . Overnight guests driving hybrid vehicles can take advantage of free parking at the hotel . Not a guest ? The hotel is still worth a visit . Sign up for a historic guided tour . Led by costumed interpreters , the tours offer a glimpse into the history and majesty of the historic property . Tree hotels : A youthful escape , revisited . A former Holiday Inn , Hotel Pur has been transformed into a modern boutique hotel complete with green cleaning products , comprehensive recycling and composting programs , furnishings made from recycled materials and restaurant/room service meals made with ingredients from local producers . For the best views , request a room overlooking the neo-Gothic St. Roch church . In honor of its commitment to the environment , L'Hôtel du Vieux Quebec became the first hotel in the province to earn the Award of Excellence for Energy and Environment from the Hotel Association of Canada . The 45-room hotel was built in 1774 and has served as a convent , tavern and apartment building before becoming the only carbon neutral hotel in Quebec City . Catalina Island : A world away from L.A. See green . Quebec City boasts an impressive number of parks and green spaces . The largest is the Plains of Abraham , a 235-acre park that 's home to an arboretum , formal garden , hiking/biking trails and exhibits that highlight the park 's history . The Museum of Civilization offers a series of rotating exhibits that explore environmental issues . The permanent exhibit , Earth Unveiled , is an interactive look at the planet . The museum also has a green roof that 's open to the public . Buy green . Quebec is proud of its heritage and nowhere is this more apparent than in the boutiques along Le Petit Champlain Quarter , a pedestrian street in Old Quebec that 's reputed to be the oldest commercial district in North America . The district is operated as a co-op with merchants and artists owning most of the buildings . The shops that line the narrow cobblestone streets are the best places to find goods produced in Quebec , from oil paintings and woodcarvings to jewelry and pottery . Even the liquor store -- called Société des alcools du Québec or SAQ -- has jumped on the `` buy local '' bandwagon . The location adjacent to the Chateau Frontenac stocks more than 250 local brands from iced apple cider and maple syrup liqueur to caribou , a potent mix of brandy , vodka and sherry . 7 tips for lighter luggage . Eat and drink green . Quebec City is known for poutine , a combination of French fries , gravy and cheese curds . The local fast food chain , Chez AshTon , is a great place to indulge in the artery-clogging dish . AshTon uses locally made cheese curds and potatoes grown on Isle d'Orleans , giving their poutine local flair . At Panache , the menu changes with the seasons . Chef François Blais creates upscale French-Canadian cuisine using local ingredients such as bison , rabbit , quail and clams that led to Panache being named Best New Restaurant . The restaurant is located in a former maritime warehouse that boasts exposed beams and stone walls that were original to the building in the 1800s . Across the St. Lawrence River and less than 20 minutes from Quebec City , Ile d'Orléans is an agri-tourism haven . Nicknamed the `` Garden of Quebec , '' the island is just 20 miles long and boasts a dizzying array of food producers . Stop at Cidrerie Verger Bilodeau to sip iced cider , a regional favorite made from the juices of frozen apples ; see how maple syrup is made at Cabane à sucre l'En-Tailleur ; and taste the artisanal cheeses at Les Fromages de l'isle d'Orléans , which are made using techniques that date back to the 17th century . Jodi Helmer is the author of `` The Green Year : 365 Small Things You Can Do to Make a Big Difference . '' © Copyright 2010 Mother Nature Network .
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Quebec City 's historic charm has earned the city the moniker `` Paris without the jetlag '' The eco-friendly city could be called `` Europe without the carbon footprint '' Hotels and restaurants have worked to offer local , sustainable products .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At one time , teens Carlos Gonzalez , 16 , and Juan Carlos Echeverri , 15 , were classmates at Cathedral High School in El Paso , Texas . Like many who live along the border , both boys had strong ties to El Paso , and especially to neighboring Ciudad Juarez , Mexico . That 's where they found themselves on Saturday , where they were gunned down at a car dealership by unknown assailants . Gonzalez and Echeverri were both U.S. citizens , the Cathedral principal told CNN . A third youth , 16-year-old Cesar Miramontes of Juarez was also killed in the incident . `` Like many kids involved in this border reality of straddling two cultures , he had a lot of stress about what 's going on in Juarez , '' the high school principal , Brother Nick Gonzalez , said of Gonzalez . The two are not related . The young Gonzalez , the principal said , was `` mischievous , but a good kid . '' His family , which had lived in Juarez , had recently started renting an apartment in El Paso for safety reasons . Juarez is a flashpoint in the drug cartel turf wars that have left thousands dead over the past four years . There were more than 3,000 killings recorded in Juarez alone in 2010 . Moving to the United States , for any child , is a cultural shift , and `` I think he struggled with that , '' the principal said . Echeverri went to school with Gonzalez at Cathedral their freshman year , before he returned to Juarez to attend school there , the principal said . The shooting happened at 4:22 p.m. Saturday at a car dealership , where the teens were looking at cars , said Arturo Sandoval , spokesman for the Chihuahua state attorney general 's office . Police recovered at least 18 bullet casings at the scene from an AK-47 , an automatic weapon commonly used by drug traffickers in the city . `` We believe -LRB- Echeverri -RRB- and the two others had been friends for a long time . He was here in the city to visit them , '' Sandoval said . Virginia Staab , a spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department , said Monday that U.S. authorities are actively looking into the incident and had not yet confirmed the citizenship of any of the victims . Even though the killings happened in Juarez , they re-open wounds for the students and the community of El Paso , Nick Gonzalez , the principal , said . Seemingly everyone knows someone who has been killed , extorted , kidnapped or robbed , he said . Just because the violence is on the Mexican side of the border , does n't make it a Mexican problem , he said . `` It is not a ` them ' problem , it is an ` us ' problem . We need to find out how to help kids cope , '' he said . `` Just because there is a border does n't mean that the emotions and pain do n't cross over . '' Monday 's killings marked the first time that a current student at Cathedral High School was killed in the Juarez violence . But alumni have been killed before , and , just before Christmas , the father of a student -- a successful orthopedic surgeon in Juarez -- was kidnapped and killed . The fatal shootings come on the heels of numerous similar violent incidents in recent months in Juarez . In one 48-hour span last week , for instance , at least 14 people were killed -- including a municipal police officer and a newspaper vendor who police believe was targeted due to her job , according to Juarez Police spokesman Adrian Sanchez .
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Three teens killed Saturday at a car dealership in Ciudad Juarez . Two of the victims were U.S. citizens , a school principal says . Ciudad Juarez has been beset by severe violence in recent months .
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Los Angeles -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A prosecutor in the involuntary manslaughter case against Dr. Conrad Murray asked the judge Thursday to delay the trial , which is set to begin in a month . Murray , who is charged in the death of pop star Michael Jackson , invoked his right to a speedy trial within 60 days of his arraignment , but the prosecution complained the defense has not met its duty to share information about potential witnesses . `` I do not take notes when talking to a witness , '' defense lawyer Michael Flanigan told Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor during a hearing Thursday . Judge Pastor scolded Flanagan and his co-cousel Ed Chernoff for not providing more details to the prosecution about the testimony they expect from the 93 people listed as potential defense witnesses . `` There are sanctions , including monetary and continuances , and also including preclusion of a witness , '' the judge warned . Judge Pastor appeared caught by surprise at Murray 's arraignment last month when defense lawyers invoked his right to hava a trial within 60 days . Flanagan , outside of court Thursday , said the defense will be ready when jury selection is scheduled to start on March 24 . `` The defendant has a right to go to trial within 60 days , '' he said . `` I do n't think there 's any obligation for him to be completely ready 30 days before he 's set to go to trial , if that were the true then what would we do the last 30 days ? '' Judge Pastor ordered Murray 's lawyers to create written summaries of what they 've been told by witnesses in interviews . `` I guess we 'll have to go out and take some more statements and tell the prosecution a little buit more about where we 're coming from , '' Flanagan said . Judge Pastor set a hearing for Monday morning to consider the prosecution request for a delay . The judge also delayed making a decision until next week on allowing a new lawyer to join Murray 's defense team until he can determine if there is a conflict of interest . The lawyer , Nareg Gourjian , had worked on Michael Jackson 's child molestation defense . Murray wants Gourjian to replace Joseph Low , who left the defense team earlier this month . Gourjian 's former law firm , headed by lawyer Mark Geragos , raised the possible conflict of interest because the firm represented Jackson for two years starting in 2003 , when he was charged with child molestation . Geragos , and Michael Jackson estate 's lawyer , Howard Weitzman , appeared in court Thursday to discuss the matter . But Judge Pastor asked them to return next week to meet privately because it involves `` very sensitive material . '' Gourjian told the judge last week that he was `` in no way involved '' in the Jackson case because he was `` a brand-new lawyer '' busy working on the a murder case at the time . Jackson died on June 25 , 2009 from what the coroner ruled was an overdose of the surgical anesthetic propofol .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- More than 170,000 homes are without power in Queensland after a massive cyclone slammed into the already flood-ravaged northern Australian state , according to the emergency services minister . Some areas could be without power for weeks . Neil Roberts told CNN that said that no serious injuries have been reported since Tropical Cyclone Yasi roared ashore , but emergency crews are still working their way across the affected region . So far , the worst-hit towns seem to be in an area roughly 90 miles -LRB- 150 kilometers -RRB- south of Cairns , he said . Cyclone was ` absolutely terrifying ' Queensland Premier Anna Bligh described conditions for local TV networks , and said that many coastal cities are enduring power outages . In Cairns , only 34 % of homes had electricity . Townsville , south of Cairns , only has power in about 15 % of homes . Farther down the Queensland coast , electricity is out in half of Mackay and Proserpine , and the entire town of Ingham was without power . Bligh said the tens of thousands of power outages were caused by downed lines and a transmission break . Electrical supply lines running into coastal communities have been cut south of the town of Innisfail . `` It is not clear yet why it has been cut and we wo n't know until we are able to get into the air and check all along that system , '' Bligh said . `` I should say that requires checking 400 kilometers -LRB- 248 miles -RRB- of line and 500 transmission towers . '' It could take weeks to repair the problems , Bligh said , an assessment affirmed by Queensland 's emergency services minister . Tropical Cyclone Yasi is now a Category 2 storm , significantly diminished but still able to bring strong winds and heavy rain into interior areas of the country , according to CNN meteorologist Jenny Harrison . Yasi is moving toward the west . Wind speeds could reach up to 77 miles per hour -LRB- 125 kilometers per hour -RRB- and very heavy rains could cause localized flooding Thursday and in days to come , she said . Joe Vella , a resident of Cairns , said that wind gusts when Yasi came ashore sounded like a sledgehammer hitting his house -- and that it went on for four hours . `` Our hearts were in our throats thinking what was going to happen , '' he told CNN . Tropical Cyclone Yasi made landfall late on Wednesday night , local time , as powerful Category 5 storm , the highest designation on Australia 's classification system . Thousands of people left their homes ahead of the storm , which forecasters warned was one of the worst the country has ever seen . Earlier , Queensland 's Premier , Anna Bligh , warned residents they may have to cope alone for several days . `` I ca n't sugarcoat this for people . It 's going to be a tough 24 hours . For some it 's going to be a tough couple of days , '' she said at a news conference . `` They need to prepare for the worst-case scenario , and that might mean they have to be self-sufficient for a couple of days . Carl Butcher , another Cairns resident , said before the storm , `` I have all my rations ready to go , batteries , candles . The authorities have been very proactive in informing us about this system . We have known about it for a week . That is more than enough time to prepare for it . '' CNN Meteorologist Jennifer Delgado said heavy rain in Queensland could continue until Friday . There are serious concerns for six adults in Port Hinchinbrook , who apparently ignored advice to evacuate the storm surge zone before calling to request help from the emergency services . Police , who are in contact with them via telephone , said the group are currently hunkered down on the second floor of an apartment block , but the tidal surge is expected to reach the top of the first floor . The state 's premier , Anna Bligh , had urged residents in the threatened areas to take sensible precautions and to stay inside once the storm hit . `` It will be a display of the awesome power of nature , but it is not something you want to go outside and watch , '' she said . The cyclone threatens more devastation for Queensland , where 20 people died and thousands of homes were wrecked in severe flooding in January , which affected 3.1 million people . Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced a one-off tax aimed at helping to for pay the estimated AUS $ 5.6 billion -LRB- US $ 5.58 billion -RRB- in damage caused by that flood . CNN 's Pauline Chiou , Hilary Whiteman and Bryony Jones contributed to this report .
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NEW : Queensland emergency minister : More than 170,000 homes are without power . NEW : Australian officials say it could take weeks for power to be restored in some areas . NEW : Tropical Cyclone Yasi is now a Category 2 storm . The storm had strengthened to the highest level on Australia 's cyclone classification system .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Egyptian women called for a Million Woman March on Tuesday , International Women 's Day , demanding `` fair and equal opportunity for all Egyptian citizens -- beyond gender , religion or class . '' `` We are not after minority rights . We are not after symbolic political representation , '' they said in a statement on Facebook . Women were very visible among demonstrators who toppled Egypt 's President Hosni Mubarak last month , which feminists called a breakthrough for Egyptian society .
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Women seek equal opportunities for all Egyptians . Feminists praise the role women played in the revolution that toppled Mubarak .
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-LRB- CareerBuilder.com -RRB- -- Charlie Sheen 's latest controversy shows that one of the easiest ways to damage your career or end your job is to say bad things about your boss . Over the past 10 years , he 's faced accusations of violence and threats against ex-wife Denise Richards and currently estranged wife Brooke Mueller . And most recently , the dicey details of his alleged drug and alcohol fueled binges have become a fixture in the national media . Watch : Sheen denies hitting women . By and large , his employers have tended to ignore his private life . But even Charlie Sheen ca n't badmouth his boss and get away with it . On February 24 , Sheen called into syndicated radio program `` The Alex Jones Show , '' during which he went on an angry rant about -- among other things -- `` Two and a Half Men '' creator Chuck Lorre . Sheen called Lorre a `` turd '' and a `` clown . '' A day after the outburst , production of `` Men , '' which was in the middle of filming its eighth season , was immediately stopped . After all of his antics , Sheen lost his job apparently for calling his boss names . You do n't have to announce your hatred for your manager on a syndicated radio program to get fired . Comments on Facebook , Twitter or even at the water cooler can cost you your job . Here are six examples of why it 's never a good idea to bad mouth the boss , and an expert 's advice on how you can better handle your frustrations . 1 . Gen. Stanley McChrystal was forced to resign from his post as the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan last summer , after his off-color comments about both Vice President Joe Biden and the Obama administration in general were published in an article for Rolling Stone . 2 . A British newspaper reported a U.K. woman was fired after posting on her Facebook page , `` OMG I HATE MY JOB !! My boss is a total pervvy -LRB- sic -RRB- w ** ker , always making me do s ** t stuff just to p ** s me off !! W ** ker ! '' The women had apparently forgotten that she was friends with her boss on Facebook . A few hours after she posted her rant , her boss replied with a comment of his own , which ended , `` And lastly , you also seem to have forgotten that you have two weeks left on your six-month trial period . Do n't bother coming in tomorrow . I 'll pop your P45 in the post and you can come in whenever you like to pick up any stuff you 've left here . And yes , I 'm serious . '' 3 . In June 2010 , Andrew Kurtz , a 24-year old Pittsburgh Pirates ' mascot , was fired after posting a comment to his Facebook page about team president Frank Coonelly 's decision to extend the contracts of two of the Pirates ' managers . Within hours of Kurtz posting the comment -- `` Coonelly extended the contracts of Russell and Huntington through the 2011 season . That means a 19-straight losing streak . Way to go Pirates '' -- Kurtz was fire , according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . 4 . Four women who worked for the town of Hooksett , New Hampshire , lost their jobs in 2007 , after they were caught discussing a rumor that their boss , town administrator David Jodoin , was having an affair with another female employee . Two of the women subsequently made an appeal to get their jobs back , claiming they had been wrongfully fired , but the appeal was denied . 5 . In a bit of a twist , Brazilian football team Palmeiras fired its manager after he made a comment on Twitter that he hoped one of his players -- who 'd skipped practice with no explanation -- would be traded to a rival team . 6 . Dawnmarie Souza , a Connecticut employee of American Medical Response , was fired after badmouthing her boss on her Facebook page . Among other insults , Souza implied that her boss should have been a psychiatric patient . Souza 's firing prompted the National Labor Relations Board to file a case against AMR in October 2010 , on the grounds that AMR 's policy against workers discussing the company negatively on the Internet was in violation of NLRB guidelines . The case was settled in early February , and AMR agreed to amend its policies . The lesson to be learned from all of these outbursts is one of communication , says Kerry Patterson , co-author of the New York Times best-seller `` Crucial Conversations : Tools for Talking When Stakes are High . '' CareerBuilder.com : Jobs before they were president . `` Employees typically badmouth their boss when they are angry and do n't know how to confront their boss about the issue , '' he says . `` One of the problems with badmouthing is you typically communicate emotions harsher than you actually feel and will most likely regret your words later . '' A better approach , Patterson says , is to directly address the issue you 're having . `` Regain your composure and choose to problem solve , rather than badmouth . With the right set of skills , you can respectfully confront your boss before you act out in ways that could eventually cost you your job . '' The following are Patterson 's guidelines for constructive confrontation . • Do n't address the matter when you 're irritated : `` This is ineffective because at that point our goal is no longer to be constructive , it 's to punish . Before opening your mouth , ask yourself , ` What do I really want ? ' '' • Establish respect : `` Begin by clarifying your respect and your intent . Help your boss understand that your intent is to provide a different viewpoint you feel will help achieve your mutual goal . '' • Remain objective : `` Describe your concerns with facts first . Do n't lead with your judgments or conclusions . Start by describing in non-judgmental and objective terms the behaviors that are creating problems . If your boss becomes defensive , pause for a moment and check in . Reassure them of your positive intentions and allow them to express any concerns they have . '' • Give your boss a turn : `` Finally , having shared your concerns , encourage your boss to share their perspective . Invite dialogue . The result of your openness will be a greater openness on your boss 's part as well . '' & copy CareerBuilder.com 2010 . All rights reserved . The information contained in this article may not be published , broadcast or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority .
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You can get fired for posting a negative comment about your boss on Facebook . Confront your boss before you act out in ways that could cost you your job . Begin the conversation by clarifying your respect and your intent . After you 've voiced your concerns , encourage your boss to share his perspective .
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Cairo , Egypt -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- American citizens who want to leave Egypt on a U.S. government flight should report to the airport as soon as the nightly curfew ends , according to official Twitter messages from the Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs . Tweets warning Americans to leave began appearing just before 10 p.m. ET , cautioning that further delay was not advisable . More than 1,900 U.S. citizens and their family members have left Egypt since an evacuation operation began Monday , according to a statement from the U.S. State Department . Evacuation flights had been scheduled to run through Thursday . The State Department said late Wednesday that additional government flights after Thursday are unlikely . Americans who want to leave should should not wait for a call from the U.S. Embassy , according to the Bureau of Consular Affairs ' website . They should go to Cairo International Airport and report to the HAJ Terminal 1 , Hall 4 as soon as possible . Chartered planes organized by the U.S began flying out nonemergency American personnel and their relatives on Monday . The State Department also has been providing passage for any U.S. citizen wishing to leave Egypt . The department had said Americans should arrive at Cairo International Airport during non-curfew hours . A media note from the State Department warned U.S. citizens to move carefully in the streets and to avoid demonstrations along the way . The U.S. Embassy had been assisting in the evacuation of citizens with expired passports . Any American with out-of-date paperwork could go directly to the airport , as long as the passport in question had expired within the past 10 years , according to the State Department . Americans with passports that expired more than 10 years ago were advised to go to an embassy to get a replacement . The State Department said Wednesday that the U.S. Embassy in Cairo would remain open during non-curfew hours . Americans flying out of Cairo were part of a wave of foreigners who scrambled to leave Egypt on Wednesday , as the demonstrations that gripped Egypt for more than a week turned violent . British carrier BMI said it has organized an extra flight to help British nationals get back to the UK . The British Foreign Office said it was sending a charter flight to Cairo on Wednesday to fly back British citizens with no other way to get home . Greece has sent military aircraft to evacuate 215 Greeks from Egypt , the official Athens News Agency said . Other countries , including China , Canada , India , Thailand and Australia were attempting to get stranded citizens out of Egypt . A plane carrying 212 Chinese citizens stranded in Egypt arrived in the country Tuesday night , said China 's state media . Two hours earlier , a plane carrying 268 Chinese nationals had arrived in Beijing from Egypt , Xinhua news agency said . Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said her government would provide an emergency flight that will depart from Cairo on Wednesday , a statement from her office said . The flights are part of a broadening effort by governments worldwide to transport their citizens out of the country . About 52,000 Americans are believed to be in Egypt -- more than 2,600 of whom have asked to be evacuated , the State Department said . They 'll be asked to sign documents promising they will reimburse the government for the flights . Exact costs had n't been determined , but a State Department official said it should be comparable to a one-way commercial flight from Egypt to the evacuation points .
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NEW : State Department warns that evacuation delay is not advisable . NEW : The department says U.S. citizens wanting to leave Egypt should go to airport after curfew . 1,900 Americans and their families have been evacuated , the department says . The U.S. Embassy in Cairo remains open to help Americans who want to evacuate .
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Rome -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi called into a television talk show Monday night during an episode discussing claims that he had paid prostitutes for sex , lashing out at the program 's host for running a `` television brothel . '' The heated exchange with host Gad Lerner on the program , called `` L'Infedele '' -LRB- `` Unfaithful '' -RRB- , ended with Berlusconi hanging up after a nearly two-minute tirade . `` I 'm watching a disgusting show , '' Berlusconi said after being introduced , going on to call the program despicable , foul and repulsive before being interrupted by Lerner . `` Then , you 've already insulted us enough , '' the host retorted . After more cross-talk during which Berlusconi appeared to ask Iva Zanicchi , a member of the European Parliament , to get up and leave the show , Lerner again asked Berlusconi to calm down . `` I beg you to moderate the tone of your voice , '' he said . Berlusconi then apparently hangs up . Find out what Italian women think of the scandal . Prosecutors are investigating claims that Berlusconi paid for sex with an underage girl and say three of his associates -- Nicole Minetti , Emilio Fede and Lele Mora -- helped arrange liaisons for him . Milan prosecutors started the investigation in December after Berlusconi called police and urged them to release the girl from jail , where she was being held on charges of theft . The girl , identified as nightclub dancer Karima El Mahrough , was 17 at the time of the alleged activity , from February until May . Both she and Berlusconi have denied they ever had sex . El Mahrough said she did not know Berlusconi well , but that she did receive 7,000 euros -LRB- about $ 9,300 -RRB- from him the first time they met , on Valentine 's Day 2010 , because a friend told Berlusconi she needed help . The prime minister has characterized the allegations against him as political mud-slinging . Berlusconi 's attorneys have called the investigation `` absurd and groundless '' and a `` grave interference '' in Berlusconi 's private life .
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi lashes out at a TV talk show in call-in . He calls the program a `` television brothel '' Berlusconi is being investigated over claims he paid for sex with an underage girl .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Two sailors were killed and a third injured during a training exercise at California 's Camp Pendleton on Monday morning , according to a spokesman . The accident occurred at 8 a.m. when the 7-ton bulk water tanker the sailors were driving rolled over , said Cmdr. Greg Hicks , a U.S. Navy 3rd Fleet spokesman . Hicks said the names of the victims are being withheld until their families can be notified . Meanwhile , the injured sailor was taken to a nearby hospital where he is listed in stable condition , Hicks said . The U.S. Marine Corps will conduct the investigation because it happened on their base , he said . A Marine Corps instructor was killed during a January 14 training exercise at Camp Pendleton when the amphibious assault vehicle he was riding in capsized and sank .
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Vehicle rolls over during a training exercise at California 's Camp Pendleton . Marine Corps will investigate because accident happened on its base . In January , a Marine Corps instructor died when his assault vehicle sank .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in Providence , Rhode Island , Wednesday to demand that Mayor Angel Taveras take back the termination letters he sent to every educator in the city last week . The protesters carried placards and chanted `` We 'll never be defeated , '' in support of the Providence Teachers Union . In a 4-3 decision , the Providence City School Board , voted last week to adopt Taveras ' plan to fire 2,000 teachers and staff to give budget writers more flexibility to make cuts . A final decision on how many of them will end up losing their jobs wo n't be made until the board and the mayor decide specifically how to fill a multimillion-dollar budget gap . The move has outraged veteran teachers and union leaders . Taveras `` has done more to demoralize and disrespect teachers in 30 days than I think anyone could possibly do in the history of teaching , '' union President Steve Smith told CNN affiliate WPRI . Taveras , however , said his mind is made up . `` People will have their voices heard -- however my resolve has not changed , '' Taveras told WPRI . Taveras has insisted that he values the city 's `` gifted teachers , '' but felt compelled to give notice to municipal employees of `` potential changes to their employment status '' prior to a March 1 deadline . The mayor cites budgetary problems for the layoffs , not quality of the teachers . The U.S. Department of Education , has twice singled out Providence for its educational reform initiatives , according to Smith .
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Hundred of Providence teachers union supporters demonstrate against terminations . Providence mayor sent termination letters to 2,000 teachers and staff last week . Actual layoffs wo n't be known until mayor and city council decide how to balance budget . Union leader : Mayor demoralized and disrespected teachers .
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New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Nine Ohio veterans have tested positive for hepatitis after undergoing routine dental work at a Dayton clinic , according to Ohio Veterans Affairs Communications Officer Todd Sledge . After a dentist at the Dayton VA Medical Center admitted to not washing his hands or changing gloves between patients during an 18-year period , 375 veterans were tested for hepatitis and HIV . Seven of the 375 have since tested positive for Hepatitis C and two for Hepatitis B , according to Sledge . Test results are not complete . The clinic had said all necessary care and treatment will be provided free to a veteran , should they test positive . Sledge had said the clinic is taking full accountability . Dentist Dwight Pemberton voluntarily retired on February 11 . No additional information on other employees involved in the case has been released , according to Sledge . With Pemberton 's retirement , he no longer faces administrative action by the clinic , Sledge said . Last year the clinic closed for a month for `` re-education on infection control standards '' for the staff . Veterans could still receive care at other facilities found through the medical center , Sledge said . The center is taking an `` ongoing in-depth look at a lot of aspects surrounding the allegations , '' Sledge said . `` When someone brings those things to your attention , you need to review what practices are happening . '' More information and a list of labs in contractual agreement with the Dayton center is available by calling the VA 's hotline at 1-877-424-8214 . CNN 's Tina Burnside contributed to this report .
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Hepatitis tests for hundreds follow dental treatment . VA dentist voluntarily retires . Dentist admitted to not washing hands or changing gloves between patients during 18-year period .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Pakistan were indebted to an inspired bowling performance from their captain to survive a major scare from minnows Canada and maintain their 100 per cent record at the Cricket World Cup . Shahid Afridi took five wickets in a devastating spell as Canada were bowled out for 138 chasing a modest Pakistan total of 184 . At 104-4 Canada looked to be on target to match Ireland 's stunning win over England on Wednesday before Afridi decimated their middle and lower order , adding a superb run out to his five wickets . Canada lost their final six wickets for just 36 runs as Pakistan surged to the top of Group A with three wins from three matches . But it could have been a very different story had Afridi not rescued his side after they toiled against Canada 's bowling attack . . Pakistan lost wickets at regular intervals in their innings with their top three batsman failing to make more than 16 . Misbah-ul-Haq and Umar Akmal put together a partnership of 73 before the latter fell for 48 to the bowling of Balaji Rao . Afridi added 20 off 17 balls before he was dismissed by Rizwan Cheema . Harvir Baidwan was the pick of Canada 's bowlers , recording figures of 3-35 . Balaji Rao , Rizwan Cheema and Jimmy Hansra took two wickets each . Canada were reduced to 16-2 in their reply but recovered to 104-4 with Hansra well set . But Afridi changed the game with a ruthless display of spin bowling . He accounted for Ashish Bagai , Hansra , Cheema , Tyson Gordon and Baidwan before removing Balaji Rao with a direct hit as the batsmen attempted a single . Wahab Riaz polished off the match by bowling Henry Osinde . Earlier , South Africa thrashed the Netherlands by 231 runs as they recorded their second victory in the competition to top Group B. Hashim Amla and AB De Villiers both hit centuries as South Africa raced to an impressive 351-5 off their 50 overs . In reply the Netherlands were bowled out for just 120 as spinner Imran Tahir took three wickets . Robin Peterson and Jacques Kallis took two apiece .
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Pakistan survive a scare from Canada at the Cricket World Cup . Canada bowled out for just 138 chasing Pakistan total of 184 . Shahid Afridi takes five wickets to make it three wins from three for Pakistan . South Africa thrash the Netherlands winning by 231 runs to top Group B .
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Tripoli , Libya -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- `` Indescribable '' violence rippled through the Libyan city of Zawiya on Friday , according to a witness who said pro-government forces gunned down peaceful protesters there . The witness said battalions of forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi attacked protesters with mortars and machine guns as they were demonstrating in the city 's Martyrs Square , and they assaulted an ambulance , killing its occupants . `` We buried nine people so far , '' the witness said . `` The attack was indescribable . Direct gunfire was opened on people . '' It was unclear who controlled the city . People in Zawiya , west of Tripoli , and `` their public leadership have secured and took control over the city from the armed terrorist elements , '' state TV reported . Libyan government spokesman Majid al - Dursi told CNN that `` Zawiya has been captured , Zawiya has been liberated . '' However , the witness said protesters retained some control inside the city , which security forces were surrounding . `` They -LRB- Gadhafi 's forces -RRB- have n't been in control and they never were in control , '' said one rebel fighter , who said his forces lost seven men in fighting in Zawiya on Friday , versus what he said were some 20 casualties among government fighters . Referring to Gadhafi , he said , `` All the man has left is his lies . '' By late Friday , the situation was quiet , he said . `` However , we 're surrounded by three areas -- the east , the west and the south . '' At least 15 people died and 200 others were wounded in the city , according to one doctor , who said there was `` a river of blood '' at the hospital where the wounded were being treated . `` The situation is very bad , '' he said , adding that the facility was short of medical supplies . It was not clear if the casualties at the hospital were wounded during the Martyrs Square confrontation . The doctor said the wounded started arriving at the hospital Friday morning , and most of the wounds were from gunshots . In the capital city of Tripoli , security forces aboard flatbed trucks shot tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse crowds of protesters who had formed after Friday prayers in the Tajura neighborhood , witnesses said . Government officials would not allow CNN into Tajura , whose outskirts were patrolled by a heavy security presence . Security forces were searching cars along the Corniche , a main street in the city . Protesters had said they were hoping to march from the Corniche to the center of the city but were unable to do so . Witnesses said anti-government protesters hid journalists in abandoned buildings and helped move them from location to location so that they could report firsthand in safety . Near Green Square , in the center of the city , anti-government protesters emerged from a mosque to find pro-government supporters outside . Police intervened and fired shots in the air to head off a confrontation , ushering the anti-government protesters back into the mosque for their safety . In the eastern city of Ras Lanuf , meanwhile , forces loyal to Gadhafi fought with opposition members Friday , opposition fighters and commanders said . Thuds could be heard in the distance , indicating heavy fighting around the city itself . `` It 's a war , '' said CNN 's Ben Wedeman , in Ras Lanuf . `` The protests are now over . '' He described seeing truckloads of people `` organizing themselves in a rather haphazard way '' and headed toward the front with no command-and-control structure . `` It 's complete chaos , really , '' Wedeman said . Such clashes have spurred throngs of people to flee the country . The number of people trying to leave the country has declined in recent days , however , as heavily armed government forces have intensified their presence at the Tunisian border and on roads leading up to it , the United Nations refugee agency said Friday . `` We are concerned that the presence of the forces and the large drop in evacuees could mean that people are being prevented from leaving , '' said Sybella Wilkes , a spokeswoman for the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees . Roughly 15,000 people had been crossing the border every day , but that number plunged to fewer than 2,000 per day on Thursday and Friday . In all , 200,000 people have fled Libya , according to the International Organization for Migration , which has been working with the U.N. refugee agency on mass evacuations . Meanwhile , a doctor on the northwestern town of Misrata said it was attacked by forces loyal to Gadhafi . The assailants fired at doctors and ambulances , the doctor said . `` We are holding our city , we are trying to protect our city , '' the doctor told CNN Friday morning . `` We are doing our job in the hospital and trying to treat everybody . This morning , they shot at our ambulances . One of them exploded ... they shot at our doctors . '' At least 40 people were killed in the city and 300 wounded , the doctor said . While CNN has staff in some cities , the network can not independently confirm reports for many areas in Libya . CNN has gathered information through telephone interviews with witnesses . Musa Ibrahim , a spokesman for Gadhafi 's regime , has denied reports of attacks on peaceful protesters and military installations . In an interview late Friday , Gadhafi 's son Saif Gadhafi told CNN that reforms will not begin until `` militias '' in the east have been defeated . He called international efforts to persuade his father to give up power `` a big mistake , '' and said his father remains a popular figure in the country . `` Even if we were to hold tomorrow an election , my father would win with a big majority , '' he said . Gadhafi 's aerial attacks have prompted the West to step up discussions about imposing a no-fly zone over the country . U.S. military and diplomatic officials have said enacting a no-fly zone would be complicated and risky , and international support is not strong . `` If it 's ordered , we can do it , '' Defense Secretary Robert Gates said earlier this week , but imposing a no-fly zone `` begins with an attack on Libya to destroy the air defenses . '' The United States is exploring a `` full range '' of options , Obama said Thursday . Analysts said the Iraq war has prompted nations to be more cautious . `` We went into Iraq with a very dubious understanding of the situation on the ground , '' Christopher Hill , a former U.S. ambassador to Iraq , told CNN . `` So I think there is some concern about whether refugee reports are entirely accurate in a sort of macro sense . '' He added , `` I think what the president is trying to do is to try to build diplomatic support and see where we can go with this . And I think it would be highly problematic if he just jumped into something . '' The Arab League has rejected international intervention , saying Libya is facing `` an internal affair that is decided by the people and their governments . '' But the league can not ignore the suffering of civilians and would consider the imposition of a no-fly zone in coordination with the African Union if fighting were to continue , said Hisham Yousef , chief of staff of the Arab League . The protests have left more than 1,000 people dead and many more injured , according to the United Nations . Libya 's ambassador to the United States has estimated that the death toll was about 2,000 . The United Nations has proved to be a sore point for the Libyan government . On Friday , . the United Nations said it was studying Libya 's request to install a more loyal diplomat as its ambassador . A letter from Libya 's government asked that former Foreign Minister Ali Abdussalam Treki be approved as its envoy . Treki would replace Mohamed Shalgham as ambassador in New York . Shalgham and his deputy , Ibrahim Dabbashi , have denounced Gadhafi and requested that he stop leading Libya . A separate letter from Libya to the United Nations demanded that Shalgham and Dabbashi be denied the right to speak for Libya . In emotional scenes last week , the New York-based ambassadors were hugged by fellow ambassadors after the Libyans criticized Gadhafi and pleaded in the Security Council chamber for international assistance to the country . U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky said the situation `` is complicated '' and that the world body 's legal office was looking into the dueling diplomats ' situation . The International Criminal Court said Thursday that Gadhafi and some of his sons and advisers are under investigation for alleged crimes against humanity . Venezuela 's president has said Gadhafi is receptive to the idea of an international commission coming to the country . The two heads of state spoke this week . `` I consulted with him . I asked him if he was willing to accept a commission of countries , '' Hugo Chavez said on state-run VTV Thursday night . CNN 's Nic Robertson , Ben Wedeman , Jill Dougherty , Catherine E. Shoichet and Salma Abdelaziz contributed to this report .
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NEW : `` They never were in control '' of Zawiya , a rebel soldier says . A doctor reports casualties in Zawiya ; `` indescribable '' violence , a witness says . Tear gas and rubber bullets are used in Tripoli , witnesses say . Forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi clash with fighters in eastern Libya .
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Frankfurt , Germany -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The man suspected of shooting and killing two U.S. Air Force servicemen in Germany was seeking revenge because of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan , according to a warrant issued on Friday for the suspect . The suspect , Arid Uka , is a recently radicalized Muslim who seems to have been influenced by local radical Islamist websites , according to German authorities . Prosecutors say Uka shot and killed two U.S. servicemen and wounded two others in the attack Wednesday on a U.S. military bus at Frankfurt Airport . The arrest warrant for Uka lists two accusations of murder , three allegations of attempted murder and two accusations of causing severe bodily harm . The 21-year-old man said he was motivated to carry out the attack after seeing a video on the internet the day before , which he claimed showed U.S. soldiers raping Muslim women , according to a German intelligence official who viewed a record of the suspect 's interrogation . The suspect confessed to the shooting , and said that he acted alone with no helpers , the German intelligence official said Thursday . He was friends on Facebook with several pro-al Qaeda extremists from a group based in Bonn , Germany , that is known to German intelligence officials , according to the official . He also had links to an Islamist preacher named Pierre Vogel and someone named Nessery , who was arrested about two months ago in Afghanistan , according to a U.S. official with direct knowledge of the investigation . The gunman was a postal worker at the airport , but worked outside the secure area . The U.S. official said Uka did n't appear to punch into work Wednesday -- having apparently canvassed the area beforehand , helping him get around the extensive uniformed and plain-clothes security that typically patrol the Frankfurt airport . Another U.S. official on Thursday said that Uka was `` not on the radar screen '' of American authorities prior to the attack . The suspect is from Mitrovica , a town in northern Kosovo , that country 's interior minister , Bajram Rexhepi , told CNN . He cited the U.S. Embassy in Pristina as his source . The U.S. official with knowledge of the probe said Uka was a 1-year-old toddler when he moved to Germany , and that authorities believe Uka 's relatives had suffered in the 1990s during the Serb crackdown on ethnic Albanians . He has passports from both Germany and Yugoslavia , the latter of which was issued prior to Kosovo 's declaration of independence from Serbia in 2008 , Rexhepi said . Uka told interrogators that he lived with his family in high-rise public housing in a poor area of Frankfurt , the German intelligence official said . He said he did not have a friendly relationship with people in the neighborhood and did not interact with others there . He said his father was very strict and harsh with him , according to the official . On Wednesday , he allegedly approached a bus , which was parked outside Terminal 2 and was clearly marked as a U.S. military vehicle , German police said after the shooting . According to the warrant , Uka asked a recruit where he was being deployed . The airman replied that he and his comrades were headed to Afghanistan . Uka then shot him in the back of the head with a handgun . The suspect then entered the bus , screamed `` Alahu Akbar , '' and opened fire , killing the driver , the warrant says . Uka then shot two other passengers , wounding one in the head and the other in the chest , the warrant says . The suspect tried to shoot another serviceman but his gun jammed , it says . The suspect fled then fled into the terminal , where he was taken into custody by German federal police , according to the warrant . The suspect used a 9 mm handgun that was illegally purchased , Rhein said . One of the dead airmen was a vehicle operator at Ramstein , and the second was part of a security forces team based in the U.K. , an Air Force spokesman said . The bus was occupied by 15 members of a security forces team that was on its way to Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany before deploying to Afghanistan , the spokesman said . Zachary Cuddeback was one of those killed , his grandfather , Daniel Cuddeback , told CNN . It 's not clear if he was the vehicle operator or the member of the security forces team . A statement from his family described Cuddeback as a hockey player and `` Army brat '' with especially strong roots in Missouri in Virginia who joined the Air Force in 2009 after a year at Old Dominion University . The U.S. Defense Department on Thursday identified the other victim as Senior Airman Nicholas J. Alden , 25 , of Williamston , South Carolina . He had been assigned to the 48th Security Forces Squadron based out of the Lakenheath air base in Great Britain . The two wounded airmen were in a Frankfurt hospital , one in critical condition and the other in serious condition , an Air Force spokesman said . President Barack Obama told reporters Wednesday he was `` saddened and outraged '' by the attack . `` We will spare no effort in learning how this outrageous attack took place , '' he said . German Chancellor Angela Merkel said how upset she was by the incident , expressed her condolences to the troops ' families and stressed that Germany will `` do everything we can to try and find out quickly what happened . '' FBI agents were on the scene shortly after the shooting occurred , said Tom Fuentes , a former FBI assistant director and CNN contributor . The FBI 's main office in Germany is in the capital Berlin , he said , but it has a sub-office in Frankfurt . The offense is a federal crime both in the United States and in Germany , he said , and could be prosecuted in either location , although that will be determined later . However , the investigation will meet U.S. constitutional standards , he said . Authorities will be investigating the suspect 's background and associates , likely subpoenaing telephone and e-mail records , Fuentes said . CNN 's Ashley Hayes , Barbara Starr , Aaron Cooper and CNN investigative journalist Paul Cruickshank contributed to this report .
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The suspect 's motive was revenge against the U.S. military for its Afghanistan operations . Nicholas Alden , 25 , a senior airman from South Carolina , was killed , the military says . The suspect , Arid Uka , left Kosovo at age 1 and was an ethnic Albania , a U.S. official says . Uka allegedly confessed and says he acted alone , a German intelligence official says .
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Islamabad , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Some 200 houses were damaged in a southwestern province of Pakistan after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 struck Wednesday , officials said . The mud-walled houses were damaged in districts close to the epicenter , said Ahmed Kamal , spokesman for the country 's National Disaster Management Authority . Hundreds of tents , blankets and ready-to-eat meals were sent to the affected area , he said . The earthquake occurred at 1:23 a.m. Wednesday -LRB- 3:23 p.m. Tuesday ET -RRB- at a depth of 84 kilometers -LRB- 52 miles -RRB- , the U.S. Geological Survey said . It was centered 45 kilometers -LRB- 30 miles -RRB- west of Dalbandin , and 1,035 kilometers -LRB- 640 miles -RRB- west-southwest of Islamabad , the USGS said on its website . There were no reports of injuries or deaths , Kamal said . The United States , China and Australia had offered aid to Pakistan , but it had not been initially accepted , Kamal said . `` The offer was appreciated but not accepted because its not required yet , '' he said . Arif Mahmood , director of the Pakistan Meteorological Department , put the epicenter at 320 kilometers -LRB- about 200 miles -RRB- southwest of Quetta near Kharan , Balochistan , and said it had been felt in Punjab , Sindh , and Balochistan provinces in Pakistan , as well as parts of Iran and India . Mahmood predicted major aftershocks . `` Earthquakes with such magnitudes in the past have brought on aftershocks , '' he told CNN from Islamabad . An official at Quetta 's Civil Hospital said a female cardiac patient suffered a fatal heart attack during the earthquake . He said two residents raced to the hospital but they proved not to have been injured , just scared . Malik Muhammad Iqbal , the police chief of Balochistan province , said he was aware of no injuries . `` Things in the headquarters started shaking and books fell off the desks , '' Balochistan Police Inspector Sultan Mehmood told CNN in a telephone interview . `` We left the headquarters running into the streets -- scared for our lives . '' In Karachi , Faraz Leghari , director general police , said he had heard no immediate reports of casualties or building damage . USGS initially reported the quake at 7.4 . Quakes of 7.0 to 7.9 are classified as major ; anything over 8.0 is classified as great . In Dubai , about 500 miles southwest of the epicenter , a reporter said he felt a moderate shaking that lasted for about 30 seconds . Usman Zahid , a night manager at Serina Hotel in Quetta , Pakistan , felt the quake . He said it was `` frightening '' and estimated that it lasted about 20 seconds . It left `` broken glass in the kitchen '' and made a chandelier swing , but caused no major damage , he said . People with Twitter accounts in New Delhi , Jaipur and Dehradun -- all in India -- felt the quake . People with Twitter accounts in Bahrain said they felt the quake . In Dubai , `` I was just getting ready to go to bed , '' said Leone Lakhani . She said she texted her friends in Abu Dhabi and Bahrain . `` It 's not uncommon for this region to have earthquakes , '' said Kurt Frankel of the Georgia Institute of Technology . It is where two tectonic plates come together , he said . CNN 's Aliza Kassim , Reza Sayah and Journalist Nasir Habib in Islamabad contributed to this story .
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Mud-walled houses near epicenter were damaged . USGS cites a magnitude of 7.2 . The quake occurred 640 miles west-southwest of Islamabad . It caused glass to break in a hotel in Quetta .
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Algiers , Algeria -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Baton-wielding Algerian security forces clashed Saturday with protesters who defied a ban and took to the streets of the capital demanding political reform . Eleven individuals and eight policemen were injured , two seriously , the official Algerie Presse Service reported . Police arrested nine protesters , the news service said . Algeria 's largest opposition party , Rally for Culture and Democracy -LRB- RCD -RRB- , last week called the demonstration to demand the release of detainees , the lifting of a state of emergency that has been in place for almost two decades , and the restoration of individual and collective freedoms . `` We asked to do a march , in a legal way , but they told us : ` You are the opposition and you do n't have any rights in your country , ' '' said Said Saadi , head of the RCD . Saadi said the government wants Algerians to `` kneel in front of them . But we do n't kneel . '' The government called the demonstration `` small '' with about 250 people and said it was `` unauthorized . '' Security forces prevented journalists from photographing the demonstration or interviewing organizers . Anti-government protests erupted in Algeria in early January after weeks of similar demonstrations in neighboring Tunisia that eventually ended 23 years of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali 's rule . In Algeria , the protests broke out over spiraling food costs . The opposition blames the government of failing to use the north African nation 's energy wealth to better the lives of ordinary people . A law adopted in 2001 indefinitely bans all demonstrations in Algiers , according to the monitoring group Human Rights Watch . A nationwide state of emergency in effect for nearly two decades allows the government to ban any event that is `` likely to disturb public order and tranquility . ''
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NEW : 11 individuals , 8 police injured , Algeria 's official news agency reports . Security forces clashed with demonstrators in Algiers . Protesters are demanding the government lift restrictions . A state of emergency in place for almost two decades bans such protests .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- English Premier League leaders Manchester United crashed to their second defeat in a week as Dirk Kuyt 's first-ever Liverpool hat-trick earned them a comfortable 3-1 victory at Anfield . United had lost just once this season prior to last Tuesday 's visit to Chelsea , but a 2-1 defeat at Stamford Bridge followed by Sunday 's reversal , means they now lead Arsenal by three points at the top -- although the Gunners have a vital game in hand . United were missing their first choice central defensive pairing of Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand , and their absence showed as the home side deservedly took a two-goal half-time lead . Dutchman Kuyt broke the deadlock in the 34th minute after some superb play from Luis Suarez . The Uruguayan striker twisted and turned in the area , skipping around three challenges before getting to the by-line and knocking the ball across the area for Kuyt to apply the simplist of finishes from in front of goal . And , just five minutes later , Liverpool doubled their advantage when United winger Nani inexplicably headed Suarez 's cross from the right back towards goal -- and an unmarked Kuyt was on hand to nod home his second from close range . United went close to pulling a goal back in the second half when Dimitar Berbatov 's close-range header hit the chest of Raul Meireles on the goal-line . And they were made to pay for that miss when Kuyt completed his hat-trick , again from close range , converting a 65th-minute rebound after goalkeeper Edwin Van der Sar had parried Suarez 's free-kick into his path . United pulled one back in the final minute when substitute Javier Hernandez nodded home Ryan Giggs ' right-wing cross from close range , but the goal had no impact on the final outcome and Liverpool were able to give a second-half debut to record signing Andy Carroll -- the most expensive English player in history following his $ 55m deadline day transfer from Newcastle . The result lifts Liverpool back up to sixth place in the table , six points behind fourth-placed Chelsea although they have played two matches more . Meanwhile , United 's poor away form , they have won just four matches on their travels , continues to hinder their title chances . The late afternoon game saw struggling Wolverhampton draw 3-3 at home to Tottenham in a thrilling see-saw encounter . The home side took the lead when Kevin Doyle flicked home a close-range header but England striker Jermain Defoe scored two superb goals from outside the area to give Tottenham the lead . Remarkably they were Defoe 's first Premier League goals of a season disrupted by injuries . However , Wolves were level before half-time after Doyle added his second from the penalty spot after Alan Hutton had tugged back Nenad Milijas . In an end-to-end match , another fine strike -- this time from Roman Pavlyuchenko -- looked to have given Spurs the three points that would have seen them move above Chelsea into fourth place . But a superb back post header from substitute Steven Fletcher with just three minutes remaining ensured the honors finished even , although a draw helps neither side at opposite ends of the table . Wolves remain second bottom of the table with 29 points , although only nine points separate ninth place Newcastle with bottom team Wigan Athletic . Meanwhile , Tottenham remain fifth , level on points with Chelsea although they have played a game more than their London rivals .
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Dirk Kuyt 's first-ever Liverpool hat-trick sees his team beat Manchester United 3-1 . United lead the Premier League table by three points but Arsenal have a game in hand . The defeat is United 's second in a week following their 2-1 reverse at Chelsea . Wolverhampton score a late equalizer to draw a thrilling game with Tottenham 3-3 .
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Djerba , Tunisia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- U.S. military planes headed for Cairo took off from Tunisia Saturday , evacuating Egyptians fleeing the Libyan conflict , a deadly war spurring a massive refugee flight . Two Marine planes left the airport in the Tunisian island of Djerba with a total of 132 Egyptians on board , the U.S. State Department said . Two additional Air Force C-130s are en route to Djerba and will take another group of Egyptians home . All four U.S. planes are expected to arrive in Cairo by Saturday night , U.S. officials said . Two Italian military cargo planes landed at the Djerba airport delivering humanitarian aid . There are at least 10 other evacuation flights scheduled for Saturday -- six British , three Spanish and one Italian -- said Firas Kayal , a spokesman for the United Nations refugee agency . Nine of the flights are to evacuate Egyptians and the other is for Malians . There are a few thousand Egyptians left in Tunisia awaiting evacuation after more than 40,000 were taken home . Kayal said there are also three ships preparing to evacuate people . The violence in Libya has generated an exodus out of the North African nation . Almost 200,000 people , a majority of them foreign workers , have fled Libya -- nearly 100,000 to Tunisia and a similar number to Egypt -- according to the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees . The numbers of people entering Tunisia daily from Libya dropped to 1,800 Thursday and Friday and stood at 3,000 Saturday . Previously , they averaged 10,000 to 15,000 people . Hovig Etyemezian , a field officer for the U.N. refugee agency , attributed the drop in part to fear and the manipulation of the flow of refugees by Libyan authorities . `` A lot of them were scared from leaving because of the fighting so they were staying in their houses , '' he said Saturday . `` We fear the regime might be blocking refugees from the border . '' A Sudanese man who crossed into Tunisia said Libyans had been confiscating phones and SIM cards of people fleeing . He said people are afraid to make the journey because of the fighting and the cost for bus or taxi transport to the border has spiked . However , he said , Libyans are not stopping traffic toward border . Raoul Gernali , a Filipino engineer who had been working on a Libyan water project , said Libyan soldiers at the Tunisian border stole his laptop , money and mobile phone . Because of complications with his group 's flight home , he and his Filipino colleagues have had to spend three days at the airport . Many countries , such as India and China , put in place well-organized evacuation operations for their citizens . But others , including Egyptians and Bangladeshis , have been left to fend for themselves . The U.S. State Department said Saturday it would donate $ 3 million to the International Organization for Migration -LRB- IOM -RRB- as part of a joint U.S.-IOM partnership to help get home thousands of Egyptians and other nationals from Africa , South Asia and Southeast Asia . Kayal said more than 10,000 Bangladeshis are awaiting transport in Tunisia . Many Bangladeshis have had to walk to the border because their money was stolen by soldiers and they could not pay for transportation costs . One man suffered a heart attack and died , aid officials confirmed .
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NEW : Two planes headed for Cairo take off from Djerba , Tunisia . NEW : A total of 132 Egyptians are on board . Italian cargo planes deliver humanitarian aid . Many people are afraid to flee because of the fighting .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Utility companies will return Sunday to restore power in parts of Rayne , Louisiana , after a tornado pummelled the region , killing at least one person . A Louisiana mother who died sheltering her child during the tornado was identified early Sunday as Jalisa Granger , a sheriff 's office official said . The 21-year-old 's body was found by `` a family member who lived nearby '' who went to check on her , said Maxine Trahan , a spokeswoman for the Acadia Parish Sheriff 's Office in Rayne , Louisiana , adding that the `` child was OK . '' Granger was killed when a tree fell on her house in the storm . Eleven people were injured , she said . `` There 's a lot of damage out there , '' Trahan said . `` Most residents were evacuated , leaving for other relatives ' homes . About 20 -LRB- who were -RRB- evacuated did n't have somewhere to go , but were taken to the local fire department . '' Utility companies will be returning to the area Sunday morning to help restore power , she said . The storm that killed Granger was one of at least two twisters tied to a weather system that has caused major damage in the state and wreaked havoc on Mardi Gras festivities . The National Weather Service confirmed that tornadoes hit the city of Rayne , about 80 miles west of Baton Rouge , and the nearby city of Crowley on Saturday morning . Packing winds between 111 and 135 mph , the tornado was 300 yards wide and produced damage over a 5-mile stretch , according to the weather service . The northwest section of Rayne was especially hard hit , with video from CNN affiliate KATC showing several buildings leveled , lots reduced to rubble and large trees knocked down . Petijean said the city 's electricity infrastructure was badly damaged , with power going out for all its 10,000 residents soon after the tornado came through . In addition , several houses were knocked off their foundations and there were reports of gas leaks , which led to mandatory evacuations of about 1,500 residents in the city 's northwest , Petijean said . The mayor said a curfew was imposed in part of the city , with people asked to stay indoors until 6 a.m. Sunday while authorities check to ensure all is safe . Some of those evacuated are being cared for by the Red Cross . The impact zone is an area about one to two square miles , said Rayne police dispatcher Whitney Thibodaux . Among the buildings affected were a public housing units and Rayne High School , with damage to the computer room , library and gym . Three people , meanwhile , suffered injuries when the twister hit Crowley , according to the National Weather Service . Debris was reported along a 2-mile-long damage path on Interstate 10 , and there was damage to a Waffle House , car wash and several residences . About 150 miles to the east , meanwhile , revelers and residents of New Orleans were soaked much of Saturday as steady rains fell on the city . This weekend -- the last one before Ash Wednesday -- is traditionally one of the busiest in The Big Easy , with people partying and enjoying Mardi Gras festivities . The weather forced several changes to the Mardi Gras schedule , including the delay of the Krewe of Endymion parade from Saturday to Sunday , according to a release from the New Orleans Police Department . Other parade-related festivities were pushed up to start earlier Saturday , given the rain-soaked forecast for Saturday afternoon and beyond . The rain stopped later Saturday in New Orleans and the weather service 's forecast called for sunny conditions Sunday , with high temperatures in the lower 60s . A flood advisory remains in effect through Monday morning for numerous communities along the Mississippi River , including parts of Chicot and Desha counties in Arkansas ; Adams , Bolivar , Isaquena , Washington , Madison and Wilkinson counties in Mississippi ; and Claiborne , East Caroll , Jefferson , Tensas and Warren parishes in Louisiana . There were also flood warnings in effect for the Atchafalaya River at Morgan City , Louisiana , through Sunday afternoon ; the Tchefuncte River in Covington , Louisiana , through Monday at noon ; and the Bogue Falaya River at Camp Covington , Louisiana , through Tuesday morning . CNN 's Rick Martin , Craig Bell , Tina Burnside and Jacqui Jeras contributed to this report .
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Jalisa Granger , 21 , dies when a tree hits her house in Louisiana , the sheriff 's office says . After steady rain Saturday , sun and warmth are forecast Sunday in New Orleans . Flood warnings are in effect for towns along several rivers , including the Mississippi . The tornado had winds as strong as 135 mph and damaged a 5-mile stretch .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Arsenal were held to a frustrating goalless home draw by Sunderland in the English Premier League Saturday as they missed the chance to close to within a point of leaders Manchester United . Gunners manager Arsene Wenger was left fuming after late decisions went against his title-chasing team at the Emirates . Andrey Arshavin had the ball in the net , but it was ruled out for offside as TV replays showed the opposite . The Russian international was also pulled down by Titus Bramble as he closed on goal , but strong penalty appeals were turned away . `` It 's really disappointing and it 's very difficult to take a decision like that in a game of this importance , '' Wenger told Sky Sports . `` We have to take it on the chin and continue to fight . But it 's absolutely disappointing and unacceptable , '' added Wenger . Arsenal , who were surprisingly beaten in the English League Cup final Sunday , now face a testing trip to Barcelona for their Champions League second leg tie . They will be missing Theo Walcott and Robin van Persie and waiting on the fitness of captain Cesc Fabregas after their 2-1 win in the first leg . Young midfielder Jack Wilshere was also injured in the Sunderland draw and could also miss out on the trip to the Nou Camp . Manchester United , who still lead Arsenal by three points at the top , go to arch-rivals Liverpool Sunday . In the evening kickoff , Manchester City consolidated third spot , seven points behind United , with an unimpressive 1-0 home win over Wigan . David Silva scored the only goal just before halftime as his shot was fumbled by Wigan goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi . Wigan are bottom , four points from safety after only one win since Boxing Day . In other action Saturday , Birmingham came down to earth with a bump after their cup heroics as they were beaten 3-1 at home by fellow strugglers West Bromwich Albion and slip into the bottom three . Bolton came from behind twice and saw visitors Aston Villa miss a penalty before claiming a dramatic 3-2 win . Gary Cahill scored twice for Bolton with substitute Ivan Klasnic grabbing the winner . There was another five-goal thriller at Craven Cottage where Fulham beat Blackburn 3-2 after a late controversial penalty from Bobby Zamora . Everton beat Newcastle 2-1 at St James Park while West Ham 's revival continued with a 3-0 win over Stoke , their scoring rounded off by German international Thomas Hitzlsperger , who has been a big influence since returning from long-term injury . The victory lifts the Hammers out of the bottom three in a congested relegation battle .
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Arsenal held 0-0 at home by Sunderland in a setback to their EPL title hopes . Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger fumes at refereeing decisions . Birmingham beaten 3-1 at home by fellow strugglers West Bromwich Albion . West Ham pull out of relegation zone with 3-0 win over Stoke .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- More than two dozen children were among the hundreds raped by armed rebels in the war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo , the United Nations said . Twenty-seven minors , including one boy , were among the victims , the U.N. said Friday . One attempted rape was also reported . The children were among 240 people raped by Rwandan and Congolese rebels who raided villages in North Kivu province between July 30 and August 3 , aid groups said . Attackers blocked roads and prevented villagers from reaching outside communications . Many homes were also looted . Many of the victims were raped by two to six men , according to the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo -LRB- MONUSCO -RRB- . MONUSCO , the United Nations peacekeeping force in the country , raised the number of victims after earlier reports put it at 156 . Since the rapes were first publicly reported on August 22 , more victims have come forward , the force said . The United Nations has said it did not learn about the attacks until August 12 , when it was alerted by International Medical Corps . International Medical Corps said it first told the United Nations about the rapes on August 6 . A July 30 internal U.N. e-mail that was relayed to relief agencies working in the area warned that the rebels had taken over the villages , and had already committed one instance of rape . The town of Mpofi , 52 kilometers from Walikale , had just fallen into the hands of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda , a rebel group . `` A woman was raped there , '' the e-mail said in French . `` Humanitarian workers are said not to go there . '' On August 10 , the United Nations posted an online bulletin saying that 25 women had been raped in the villages , contradicting statements made by U.N. military spokesman Madnoje Mounoubai and special representative Roger Meece . Asked to explain the discrepancy , deputy U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters this week : `` We are aware of the existence of a number of e-mails and we are trying to trace exactly how those e-mails were responded to . '' He said that about 80 peacekeepers were conducting patrols in an area about four times the size of Manhattan . `` The question is -- how much area could they cover , and were they able to get into the areas where they needed to be , where the relevant information was ? '' U.N. officials have said they will toughen efforts to stop rapes in the region . `` The recent mass rapes underscores the need for an end to impunity for perpetrators of such crimes , '' said Margot Wallstrom , a U.N. special representative for sexual violence in conflict . These attacks reinforce that `` you can not have a policy of zero tolerance backed by zero consequences , '' she said .
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Twenty-seven minors , including one boy , were among the victims , the U.N. says . The children were among 240 people raped by rebels who raided villages . The Rwandan and Congolese rebels attacked residents between July 30 and August 3 .
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Islamabad , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Pakistan will review blasphemy laws to prevent them from targeting innocent people , a government official said . The government will form a committee of scholars to revisit the law , said Shahbaz Bhatti , the federal minister for minority affairs . It will submit its suggestions and procedures , which will be implemented to stop the law 's misuse , the minister said Thursday . `` After the formation of the committee we will ... . find the way that whether through the legislation or some other procedural way we can stop the blasphemy law , '' Bhatti said . On pardoning of Asia Bibi , a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy of Islam , Bhatti said the president will wait for the judicial proceedings . Bibi 's lawyer has said that the proceedings might take years because the case is still in high court and may later go to the Supreme court . Religious parties are planning protests after Friday prayers . The parties have been upset since the governor of Punjab province helped file a mercy petition with President Asif Ali Zardari 's office requesting a pardon for Bibi . Parties including the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal ur Rehman -LRB- JUI-F -RRB- party will hold the rallies on Christmas Eve , said Moulana Amjad Khan , party spokesman . A Pakistani court in November found the 45-year-old woman guilty of defiling the name of the Prophet Mohammed during a 2009 argument with Muslim fellow field workers . The offense is punishable by death or life imprisonment , according to Pakistan 's penal code . But an investigation by a Pakistani government ministry found the charges stemmed from `` religious and personal enmity '' and recommended Bibi 's release . Zardari has said he would pardon Bibi , but a court has ruled that the president ca n't act until the sentence is confirmed by a higher court -- a process her lawyer says could take two to three years . About 2 million Christians live in Pakistan . The Islamic nation has a population of about 170 million , according to government statistics . as religious parties plan Friday rallies to protest possible changes .
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Federal government to form a committee of scholars to revisit the law . Religious parties are planning rallies on Christmas Eve . A Pakistani court found a 45-year-old woman guilty of defiling the name of the Prophet Mohammed .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- One in 50 children is homeless in the United States every year , according to a report released Tuesday . The National Center on Family Homelessness estimates more than 1.5 million children are without a home . The report , by the National Center on Family Homelessness , analyzed data from 2005-06 and found that more than 1.5 million children were without a home . `` These numbers will grow as home foreclosures continue to rise , '' Ellen Bassuk , president of the center , said in a statement . The study ranked states on their performance in four areas : the extent of child homelessness , the risk for it , child well-being and the state 's policy and planning efforts . The states that fared the poorest were Texas , Georgia , Arkansas , New Mexico and Louisiana . Connecticut , New Hampshire , Hawaii , Rhode Island and North Dakota performed the best . Homeless children have poor health , emotional problems and low graduation rates , the study found . `` The consequences to our society will play out for decades , '' Bassuk said . `` As we bail out the rest of our nation , it is also time to come to their aid . '' The report offers recommendations such as improved support to ensure that children 's schooling is not interrupted when they lose their homes , and services to address the trauma of homelessness . Other highlights in the report , `` America 's Youngest Outcasts : State Report Card on Child Homelessness : '' • 42 percent of homeless children are younger than 6 . • African-American and Native American children are disproportionately represented . • More than 1 in 7 homeless children have moderate to severe health conditions , such as asthma . • Approximately 1.16 million of homeless children today will not graduate from high school .
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The National Center on Family Homelessness analyzed data from 2005-06 . Study says 42 percent of homeless children are younger than 6 . States that fared poorly were Texas , Georgia , Arkansas , New Mexico and Louisiana .
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Sydney , Australia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Rising floodwaters cut off the last ground route into the eastern Australian city of Rockhampton on Monday , as police pegged the number of people affected by prolonged flooding at 200,000 . Flooding also put increasing pressure on the southern Queensland cities of St. George and Surat , even as floodwaters receded in the communities farther to the north , including Emerald . Police said ten people have died as a result of flooding since November 30 . The latest fatality involved an occupant of a car that tried to cross flooded ground between Muttaburra and Aramac in western Queensland , according to police . Police have not recovered the man 's body , but they presume he drowned after the car was swept away by swift waters Sunday . Two other people in the car were rescued unharmed . Police , emergency services and military crews continued working to resupply Rockhampton and other communities with supplies , even after the last road leading into the town succumbed to flooding , acting Assistant Police Commissioner Alistair Dawson said . Although the regional airport is flooded , helicopters ferrying supplies are landing on a dry portion of runway . Resupplying the city of 75,000 is crucial , he said . `` We think that Rockhampton could be isolated probably for anywhere along about a week or so , '' he said . The airport , which closed Sunday , is expected to remain closed for weeks , according to Emergency Management Queensland . The seasonal flooding afflicting Queensland intensified about a week ago after monsoon rains caused rivers to spill their banks and reach record levels . Forecasters said it could be days before conditions improve . Water levels were expected to crest at 9.4 meters -LRB- 31 feet -RRB- in Rockhampton on Wednesday , CNN meteorologist Ivan Cabrera said . In Emerald , north and west of the current flooding threat , waters have begun to recede even though thousands of homes still have floodwater nearby , Dawson said . `` It 's a slow journey for these people , and it 's a heartbreaking journey , '' Dawson said . Dawson warned residents who have been allowed to return to their homes about placing valuables outside to dry , saying some people could be tempted to take such items . He also warned would-be thieves against such acts , noting additional police have been deployed to affected communities . Dawson also warned people not to drive through flooded communities , saying that could produce waves that could push water into homes that have so far escaped interior damage . Emergency officials said they are working with their counterparts in other Australian states to bring in crews to assist with the flooding and relieve Queensland employees and volunteers fatigued by days of working the floods . Prime Minister Julia Gillard urged residents to stay away from floodwaters . On Friday she toured the devastation and said the flooding in Queensland will cost `` hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars . '' Journalists Sarah Wiley and Michael Best contributed to this report .
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NEW : Police say 10 people have died in flooding since November 30 . Police : City of 75,000 now cut off by floodwaters . Forecasters expect water levels will crest on Wednesday . Australian prime minister says damages could cost `` hundreds of millions of dollars ''
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-LRB- Health.com -RRB- -- Donna Landrigan had been acting strangely for almost a month . Weeks of pounding , wall-to-wall headaches had left the normally calm and confident 35-year-old mother of three feeling confused , anxious , and doubting . `` She could n't function , '' recalls Dan Landrigan , Donna 's husband . `` She could n't do anything , and she had these really intense levels of paranoia . '' Over-the-counter medications did nothing to relieve her headaches , and visits to the doctor and a local emergency room were similarly fruitless . Donna 's state of mind continued to deteriorate . The breaking point finally came on a December night in 2008 , when she stood in the middle of the kitchen floor and screeched at the top of her lungs . `` It was a bloodcurdling scream , '' Dan recalls . Later that night , Dan found his wife slumped on the concrete floor of the garage , moaning . That chilling evening marked the beginning of a medical odyssey that would ultimately involve four hospitals , experts in three states , and 10 months of guessing , testing , doubting , and hoping . Something was attacking Donna 's brain . She 'd spend five months in a drug-induced coma before doctors knew what it was . Health.com : Your life-saving guide to bad headaches . Buying time . An ambulance rushed Donna to the ER after she collapsed , but she was quickly transferred to the intensive-care unit -LRB- ICU -RRB- at nearby Highland Hospital , in Rochester , New York . Neurologist Nick Johnson , M.D. , was there when she arrived . `` She was psychotic and required restraints , both physical and emotional , '' Johnson says , referring to tranquilizers . `` She was trying to hurt herself and the people around her . '' Johnson was perplexed . After hearing her symptoms , he at first suspected encephalitis , a swelling of the brain usually related to an infection . He tested Donna for more than a hundred viruses and bacteria that can cause the condition , but everything came back negative . In no state to return home , Donna was admitted to the hospital for tests and observation . Two weeks later , Johnson and his team had a breakthrough when an electroencephalogram , or EEG , revealed recurring seizures in Donna 's brain that were unaccompanied by physical symptoms -- a serious condition , known as nonconvulsive status epilepticus , that kills 56 percent of the people it affects . But their relief at having finally arrived at a diagnosis was short-lived ; the seizures failed to respond as expected to a slew of drugs . Health.com : 20 medical mysteries and miracles . Shortly thereafter , Dan walked into the hospital to visit his wife and found her bed empty . Unbeknownst to him , doctors had used a powerful anesthetic to put Donna in a coma and had transferred her to an ICU on another floor . `` The doctors explained to me that if they continued to let her brain seize like that , it would eventually wear out and start shutting down , '' Dan says . `` They induced the coma . That was the only way they could buy more time to seek and find out what was wrong . '' As Dan remembers it , the scene that greeted him when he saw Donna in a coma for the first time was like something out of `` ER '' or `` Grey 's Anatomy , `` not real life . `` It was kind of freaky , '' he says . `` You do n't expect to see that with a loved one . Everything just comes slamming right at you . It 's very overwhelming to walk in and witness it alone . '' Health.com : TV doctors bring unethical behavior to prime time . An elusive tumor . By mid-January , Donna 's condition had n't improved , and she was transferred to a larger facility in Rochester . The doctors at Strong Memorial Hospital decided to take a more aggressive approach , deepening her coma with the drug pentobarbital . But after six weeks Donna was even worse . Her blood pressure had plummeted and she had developed hypothermia -- common complications of lying in the ICU for so long . `` I still have the image of walking into the room and seeing despair on the nurses ' faces , '' says Dan , who visited Donna on all but four days during the ordeal . `` I got terrified that maybe we were taking a turn for the worse . '' In reality , the doctors were getting warmer . They began to speculate that an antibody produced by Donna 's own immune system -- a protein that usually fights disease -- was damaging her brain . To confirm their hunch , they sent samples of Donna 's cerebrospinal fluid -LRB- CSF -RRB- to the Mayo Clinic , in Rochester , Minnesota . The test results provided a glimmer of hope : Pathologists had found an antibody -- they just did n't know what it was . Health.com : ` Indescribable , crazy pain ' : I survived dengue fever . Experts at the University of Pennsylvania eventually identified the mysterious antibody as a type that targets receptors in the central nervous system that are involved in memory and neuron function . -LRB- The antibody can also attack nerve cells in the brain , which would explain Donna 's seizures . -RRB- These so-called anti-NMDA receptor antibodies usually arise in response to a type of tumor called a teratoma . Teratomas tend to appear in ovaries and testes and can contain cells and tissues of all kinds , even embryonic body parts such as hair and teeth . Once again , the doctors ' optimism waned quickly as they struggled to locate the tumor . Meanwhile , chemotherapy had no apparent effect . Even though they could n't find a tumor , the doctors decided that the only remaining option to save Donna 's life was to remove her ovaries and hope for the best . A few days after Donna underwent surgery to remove her ovaries and fallopian tubes , Dan got a call on his cell phone from one of Donna 's doctors . `` We found a tumor , '' she told him , sounding choked up . It was indeed a teratoma , a benign but messy jumble of hair cells , nerve tissue , and teeth . The antibodies created by Donna 's body to fight the nerve tissue in the teratoma were inadvertently attacking healthy tissue in her brain . With that , Donna became one of about 100 people in the world to be diagnosed with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis . In many ways her case is typical . The vast majority of patients who develop this rare condition are women , and most experience psychiatric symptoms , memory problems , and seizures . Ovarian teratomas are the culprit in most cases , but not all . But no one has experienced seizures for as long as Donna did and survived , according to Johnson . A slow recovery . Once the tumor was removed , Donna 's doctors started the slow , painstaking process of tapering off the drugs and bringing her out of her five-month coma . On Memorial Day 2009 , Donna awoke briefly and smiled when she heard the nurses in her room mention French fries . `` Donna , do you like French fries ? '' they asked her . She mouthed the word `` yes . '' Donna took about four weeks to become fully alert and conversant . Her first memory upon waking , she says , was hearing that Michael Jackson was dead . -LRB- Ironically , Jackson suffered cardiac arrest after overdosing on propofol , the drug that Donna 's doctors used to induce her coma . -RRB- It was June 2009 , and she remembered nothing since October of the previous year . Health.com : Michael Jackson 's death : why cardiac arrest is deadlier than heart attack . The seizures have stopped , but Donna , now 36 , is still struggling with the aftereffects of the coma . Now , more than a year after waking up , she is at home but in a wheelchair , suffering from nerve damage and muscle spasms . She had hoped that she would be walking by now . `` I like to believe it 's temporary , '' she says . Three-quarters of the people who have contracted anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis have recovered fully or with minor neurological problems . Johnson , who took care of Donna for the duration of her illness , is grateful that she seems well on her way to joining that group . `` This was a very unusual outcome , especially for someone with seizures that long , '' he says . Copyright Health Magazine 2010 .
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Donna Landrigan spent five months in a drug-induced coma . Doctors found a teratoma tumor , a benign jumble of hair cells , nerve tissue , and teeth . Most patients who develop this rare condition experience psychiatric symptoms .
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Anchorage , Alaska -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Alaska 's famed Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race officially gets under way Sunday after a ceremonial start to a 1,000-mile competition that takes mushers through some of the harshest conditions imaginable . Sixty-two teams are competing this year and will travel more than 1,150 miles across the Arctic for a chance at $ 50,400 and a new truck . They sped through Anchorage Saturday to the sounds of racing paws and cheering crowds . An official `` restart '' of the race is set to take place Sunday in Willow , Alaska , about 70 miles north of Anchorage . The competition will end in Nome . `` You know , some people were put on earth to be lawyers , construction , you know whatever . I was put on earth to race , train and promote sled dog racing , '' said Lance Mackey , 40 , who is gunning for his fifth consecutive win . He won the 2010 race in eight days , 23 hours , 59 minutes and 9 seconds . Mackey 's stepson , Cain Carter , is competing in the Iditarod for the first time this year . The teams face strong winds and temperatures well below zero that will test the strength of the dogs and the stamina of their owners . The Iditarod race from Anchorage to Nome first ran in 1973 . `` This is my job . It is my hobby ; it is my passion ; it is everything that I love , '' Mackey said .
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62 teams are competing this year and will travel more than 1,000 miles . At stake is $ 50,400 and a new truck . The competition will end in Nome .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Are we alone in the universe ? Findings by NASA 's Kepler space telescope are making that seem less likely . NASA scientists have announced Kepler has spotted five planets about the size of Earth , orbiting stars in our galaxy . These planets are orbiting in what is known as the habitable zone , which puts them at a distance from their suns where liquid water could exist . Liquid water is a key ingredient for life to form . `` In a generation we have gone from extraterrestrial planets being a mainstay of science fiction , to the present , where Kepler has helped turn science fiction into today 's reality , '' said NASA Administrator Charles Bolden . The Kepler science team also announced the telescope found six planets , all larger than Earth , orbiting a single sun-like star . That star is some 2,000 light years from Earth . To date , the telescope has detected more than 1,200 planet candidates . The fact that so many planets have been found in the Milky Way galaxy `` suggests there are countless planets orbiting sun-like stars in our galaxy , '' said William Borucki , Kepler 's principal investigator . Kepler does not actually see the planets themselves . The telescope sees tiny decreases in light from the stars as planets transit across their suns . The five Earth-sized planets are orbiting stars cooler and smaller than our sun , and further analysis is still necessary to officially confirm they are planets .
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NASA 's Kepler space telescope has spotted Earth-sized planets in our galaxy . There are five plants in distances from their suns where liquid water could exist . Liquid water is a key ingredient for life to form .
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Praxedis G. Guerrero , Mexico -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Authorities on Friday denied published reports that Marisol Valles Garcia -- the 20-year-old criminology student who made headlines when she became the police chief in the town of Praxedis G. Guerrero , Mexico -- had left the country for the United States and was seeking asylum . Valles Garcia grabbed international attention last year when she took over the top job in a police force whose officers have been abducted and killed . Praxedis Mayor Jose Luis Guerrero told CNN that Valles Garcia is on personal leave because her 8-month-old baby is sick . He said she is expected back at work Monday . `` Marisol , in fact , still works here and she 's still getting paid . She comes back on Monday , '' said the mayor . Praxedis is one of the most violent municipalities in the border state of Chihuahua . It is located about 35 miles southeast of Ciudad Juarez , one of the bloodiest cities in world . Andres Morales , town secretary in Praxedis , also said reports that Valles Garcia has fled were false . He told CNN she is on leave taking care of her son , who he said is suffering from bronchitis . He called stories about her seeking asylum `` unfortunate rumors . '' Mexico 's El Diario newspaper reported early Friday that Valles Garcia had received death threats and fled to the the United States . It cited Jorge Gonzalez Nicolas , the attorney general for the northern district of Chihuahua , as its source for the report . The newspaper said that she was seeking asylum , attributing that to anonymous sources . Meanwhile , the news service Agence France-Presse also reported that Valles Garcia had fled to the United States and was seeking asylum . The agency cited an anonymous relative as the source of its report . A spokesman for the attorney general , Arturo Sandoval , said the El Diario story citing his boss was wrong . `` He did not give a press conference , '' Sandoval told CNN . `` We deny reports that Nicolas said she fled to the United States . '' The spokesman said he did not know whether Valles Garcia has left Mexico or not . Still , some questions linger . Guerrero , the mayor in Praxedis , said Valles Garcia is not answering her phone and several of her neighbors told CNN it is an open secret she has fled to the United States . Many said they were afraid to give their names to a reporter , as violence related to drug cartels is rampant in the region . Last year , Valles Garcia was the only person who accepted the top police job . There was good reason for the fear . Around the time she took the post , a 59-year-old local mayor , Rito Grado Serrano , and his 37-year-old son , Rigoberto Grado Villa , were killed in a house in which they were hiding in nearby Ciudad Juarez . Another area mayor was killed in June . Nationwide , the Mexican government says there have been more than 34,600 drug-related deaths since President Felipe Calderon began a crackdown on cartels in December 2006 . CNN 's Nick Valencia contributed to this report .
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Marisol Valles Garcia is police chief in a violent Mexican municipality . A newspaper and a news service say she has fled to the U.S. , seeking asylum . Mexican authorities deny the reports and say she is on personal leave . Valles Garcia was just 20 years old when she accepted the police chief 's position .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Chelsea 's British record-signing Fernando Torres said on Friday he left Liverpool because the Merseyside club are not yet ready to match his ambitions . The $ 80 million striker arrived at Liverpool in 2007 but despite scoring 81 goals for the Reds he was unable to fire the team to a major trophy during his three-and-a-half years at Anfield . `` I think they have great ambition and they are doing the right things to get back , '' the 26-year-old said of his former club at a press conference . `` But it will take time . I did n't have that time . When I was an Atletico Madrid fan growing up , I could n't understand it when a big player left . But with time I could understand they did the best for themselves , their families and their careers . '' The Spanish international is expecting a hostile reception from the away fans when he makes his Chelsea bow against his former team at Stamford Bridge on Sunday , but he hopes they will be able to remember what he did for Liverpool . `` I 'm not asking them to understand me but I 'm sure over time they will see what I did there . I understand they will be angry and will not understand my decision . Maybe in a few days or weeks I will explain all the reasons . `` Football is like this . From one day to the other , people can love you or hate you . '' The former Atletico Madrid captain also revealed he would not celebrate if he was to net a debut goal for the English Premier League champions against his former employers . `` First I have to play , and then I have to score but I have big respect for Liverpool fans so I do n't think I will . '' Torres became the most expensive Spanish player in the sport 's history with his transfer-deadline day move to London , but he insists his large price tag will not be a burden . `` I have been in this situation before when I signed for Liverpool . Big money means big expectation . I 'm more than ready for the challenge . I 'm excited about a new life and new era . '' Meanwhile , Rafael Benitez , the man who brought Torres to Liverpool for $ 32 million in 2007 , has revealed the World Cup winner was valued at $ 122 million when he was in charge of the club . `` I think last year we were talking about $ 122 million , '' Benitez , who recently left European champions Inter Milan , told the BBC . `` People were talking about maybe you receive an offer from another club . They were talking about $ 122 million . '' Benitez , who left Liverpool by mutual consent in June 2010 , said his former charge can recapture his top form for Chelsea . `` He was not playing at the same level the last time , but he is still a very good player . It is big money but could -LRB- have been -RRB- even better . ''
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Fernando Torres claims he left Liverpool because the club is still rebuilding . Chelsea 's record-signing hopes the Liverpool fans will understand his decision . Former Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez believes the striker was worth $ 122 million .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Davis Cup champions Serbia have progressed to the quarterfinals of the men 's team tournament after a comfortable 4-1 win over India in Novi Sad . World No. 18 Viktor Troicki sealed victory for the Serbs in front of their partisan home supporters with a 6-4 6-2 7-5 success over India 's highest-ranked singles player Somdev Devvarman . And Janko Tipsarevic added the icing on the cake by thrashing Karan Rastogi 6-0 6-1 in the final singles rubber . Serbia led 2-1 going into the deciding day , following Troicki 's five-set win over U.S. Open doubles finalist Rohan Bopanna on Friday and Saturday 's doubles victory for Ilija Bozoljac and Nenad Zimonjic . India 's only triumph came courtesy of world No. 93 Devverman who beat 45th-ranked Tipsarevic in straight sets on day one of their first-round world group tie . Both teams were missing their best players for the tie , with world No. 3 Novak Djokovic -- who led Serbia to victory over France in the 2010 final -- and Indian doubles pairing Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi having opted out . Next up for Serbia will be Sweden , after the Scandanavians built up an unassailable 3-0 lead in the best-of-five match tie over Russia on Saturday . Russians Dmitry Tursunov and Igor Andreev won both Sunday 's reverse singles rubbers over Simon Aspelin and Joachim Johansson respectively in Boras , but it was too late for them to progress any further in the event . Philipp Petzschner was the hero for Germany after the world No. 67 defeated big-serving Ivo Karlovic of Croatia 6-4 7-6 7-6 in their tie 's deciding rubber in Zagreb . Marin Cilic had delighted the home crowd by defeating Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-2 6-3 7-6 in Sunday 's opening rubber , but Petzschner kept his nerve to see Germany through . Germany will now face France , who battled past Austria 3-2 in Vienna as Jeremy Chardy scored the decisive point with a 2-6 7-6 6-3 6-3 win over Martin Fischer . Earlier , world No. 10 Jurgen Melzer beat Gilles Simon 7-6 3-6 1-6 6-4 6-0 to level the tie at 2-2 ahead of the deciding rubber . World No. 8 Andy Roddick , playing in the Davis Cup for the first time since 2009 , secured the United States their quarterfinal berth with a 3-6 7-6 6-3 6-3 win over Paul Capdeville of Chile to put the Americans 3-1 ahead . John Isner completed the job in Santiago , beating Guillermo Rivera 6-3 6-7 7-5 to give the visitors a 4-1 overall victory . The U.S. team will now face 2008 and 2009 champions Spain in the last eight , after the team lead by world No. 1 Rafael Nadal and comprising of two other top-10 players David Ferrer and Fernando Verdasco , booked their place in the final after racing to a 3-0 lead over Belgium in Charleroi on Saturday . Nadal made it 4-0 with a 6-4 6-2 victory over Olivier Rochus , although the home side claimed a point on the board by winning the final singles rubber . Argentina had already secured their place in the last eight after going 3-0 up against Romania in Buenos Aires on Saturday . The teams shared the reverse singles rubbers to give the home side a 4-1 win and they now play Kazakhstan , who provided the biggest upset of the weekend in their first appearance in the World Group , beating the Czech Republic 3-2 in Ostrava just hours after finding out their hotel rooms had been burgled . Andrey Golubev , ranked 43 , shocked Tomas Berdych 7-5 5-7 6-4 6-2 in the day 's first reverse singles , before world No. 63 Mikhail Kukushkin defeated Jan Hajek 6-4 6-7 7-6 6-0 to seal the decisive point for the visitors . Meanwhile at the WTA Malaysia Open , Australia 's Jelena Dokic won her first title on the women 's tour since 2002 when she beat world No. 31 Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic . Former world No. 4 Dokic showed glimpses of the greatness that saw her reach the Australain open quarterfinals in 2009 to defeat her fifth-seeded opponent 2-6 7-6 6-4 in Sunday 's final , winning her sixth career singles title in the process .
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Reigning Davis Cup champions Serbia progress to the quarterfinals of the competition . Serbia complete a 4-1 victory over India by winning both reverse singles in Novi Sad . Croatia , USA , Germany , Spain and Argentina are also through to the last eight . Kazakhstan provide the shock of the first round with a 3-2 win over the Czech Republic .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Veteran director Barry Levinson has been tapped to direct a `` political thriller '' based on the 1995 bombing of a federal courthouse in Oklahoma City . Sources with knowledge of the project say the tentative title of the film is `` O.K.C. '' The script is being written by Clay Wold and is based on the story of his brother , who was a young legal clerk on the defense team for Timothy McVeigh . Among Levinson 's directing credits are `` Good Morning , Vietnam , '' `` The Young Sherlock Holmes '' and `` The Natural . '' Oklahoma City was the site of the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil before September 11 , 2001 . The 1995 bombing of the state capital 's federal building left 168 dead . McVeigh , a white supremacist anti-government activist and former U.S. soldier , was executed for the attack in 2001 . CNN 's Douglas Hyde contributed to this report .
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Oklahoma City is the site of the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil before September 11 , 2001 . The 1995 bombing of the state capital 's federal building left 168 dead . The tentative title of the film is `` O.K.C. , '' sources with knowledge of the project say .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Manny Pacquiao 's career will be defined by Floyd Mayweather , even if the Filipino ca n't give boxing the fight it has long been clamoring to see . That 's the view of Sports Illustrated 's boxing correspondent , Bryan Armen Graham . He says he is optimistic that Pacquiao and Mayweather can finally reach a deal to settle who is the best pound-for-pound fighter in the sport . Pacquiao 's next fight is in May next year while Mayweather is due in court next month to answer charges of domestic violence . Should he retain his liberty , Graham thinks a showdown in December 2011 is a possibility . And according to Graham , the danger for eight-division world champion Pacquiao is that his legacy will be affected just as much by a failure to meet Mayweather in the ring than if the fight goes ahead . He told CNN : `` If Manny gets through his next fight scheduled for May 7 and if Floyd resolves his problems I think there is actually a good chance . I 'm as optimistic as I have been in long time for that fight to come off late in the year , maybe December . `` But the truth is there are a lot of theories about Floyd maybe waiting for Pacquiao to be past his prime , like Sugar Ray Leonard did with Marvin Hagler in the eighties . `` Manny Pacquiao , I think he is a once in a generation type talent . I know there are people calling him greatest of all time and you always kind of rush to judge these things when you see someone so spectacular in their prime . `` Its really unprecedented what he is doing but I think we are probably going to have to wait until all is said and done until we really make judgments on his career . `` One thing for sure though is if the Floyd Mayweather fight does n't happen he -LSB- Pacquiao -RSB- might be defined just as much for not having that fight . '' Pacquiao , who is a congressman in the Philippines , is due to announce who his next opponent will be at his 32nd birthday celebrations on Friday with Shane Mosley , Juan Manuel Marquez and Andre Berto in the frame . Graham explained : `` There is Shane Mosley , the former WBA welterweight champion , Juan Manuel Marquez , the current WBO lightweight champion , and a dark horse candidate is Andre Berto , the former Olympian , who is undefeated but has not really fought anybody of note and has the lightest resume of the three . '' -LSB- Mosley -RSB- is the best known but at the same time he is also coming off two really bad performances . He lost 11 of 12 rounds against Floyd Mayweather in May and he had a very , very listless controversial draw -LSB- with Sergio Mora -RSB- in September . `` He is 39-years-old and he probably does n't deserve a shot against the pound-for-pound champion , but deserves seldom has anything to do with it in boxing . '' Pacquiao made history by becoming the first fighter to claim titles in eight weight divisions after his victory over Antonio Margarito secured the vacant WBC super-welterweight belt . According to reports in the Philippines , Pacquiao is currently ironing out a query over his taxes arising from fights in 2009 . He recently moved his next fight from April to May due to his political responsibilities in the country .
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Floyd Mayweather will define Manny Pacquiao 's career even if fight ca n't be made , says pundit . Sports Illustrated 's boxing editor Bryan Graham Armen optimistic fight will happen . Pacquiao poised to announce his next opponent on Friday . Mayweather due in court in January to answer domestic violence charges .
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-LRB- Wired -RRB- -- Maybe Apple approved Skyfire , an iPhone web browser that plays Flash videos , to prove a point : Flash is losing relevance . Despite widespread excitement over the first app to work with Adobe 's plug-in , it turns out that Skyfire is n't very useful . My hands-on time with the app , which came out Wednesday -LRB- and quickly `` sold out , '' according to the developer 's press release -RRB- , was an eye-opening experience . The app 's primary function is to take websites that use embedded Flash video and automatically transcode that video into HTML5 so that it 's viewable on the iPhone , iPad or iPod Touch . CNNMoney : iPhone Flash app pulled from Apple . To test it , I had to find a popular website loaded with Flash video . The search was difficult . I looked at several video-heavy websites , only to realize they were already HTML5-ready . Examples include The Onion , DailyMotion , ESPN , CollegeHumor and CNET . The biggest video websites -- YouTube and Vimeo -- have moved to HTML5 , too . I also found a report showing 54 percent of web video is now HTML5 compatible . -LRB- Note that Skyfire only displays Flash video -- not games , animations , ads , etc. -RRB- . Eventually a Twitter follower pointed me to a website where Skyfire really came in handy : CWTV . When Skyfire detected I was trying to play a Flash video , a play button popped up at the bottom of the browser , and the app did its job : Within 5 seconds I was streaming an episode of `` Smallville . '' -LRB- Hurray , I guess . -RRB- . There are some other Flash-dependent websites that work well on Skyfire , like the `` Daily Show '' and `` Colbert Report . '' But the browser did n't play all Flash videos . I loaded the TED Talks website , which is a gallery of Flash videos , and Skyfire did n't transcode the videos . I tried playing a Flash video on CNN.com , and Skyfire did n't transcode it , either . But it does n't matter so much in those cases , because there are already iOS apps for both TED Talks and CNN , which are capable of playing their videos . Another major exception is Hulu , whose videos are encoded in Flash . But it 's not Skyfire 's fault that you ca n't view Hulu videos . Because of licensing terms , the company does n't allow mobile devices to stream Hulu videos for free , as you could with a computer by visiting Hulu.com . Instead , the company wants you to pay a monthly subscription fee through the Hulu iOS app . If you try visiting Hulu.com through Skyfire , you get a message saying it 's not supported . Frankly I had a tough time finding reasons to use Skyfire . My hands-on testing of the app made me feel that Flash does n't matter anymore -LRB- not nearly as much as it used to before the iPad hit stores in April -RRB- . But Skyfire was a hot seller when it launched Wednesday -- so hot that the developers pulled it from the store because of traffic overload , then labeled it `` sold out . '' All this leads me to conclude that the underlying reason is the one big chunk of the web that 's still not available on the iPhone or iPad : free porn . Indeed , many porn-streaming websites still rely on Flash . That makes me believe that the tipping point for Flash to become irrelevant is when the most-popular porn sites shift to HTML5 . My `` research '' tells me that day is n't far away . In the meantime , Skyfire may have only limited utility for most of the web , but it makes a fine porn browser . Subscribe to WIRED magazine for less than $ 1 an issue and get a FREE GIFT ! Click here ! Copyright 2010 Wired.com .
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Despite widespread excitement , it turns out that Skyfire is n't very useful . The app 's primary function is to transcode that video so it 's viewable on Apple products . Some Flash-dependent sites that work well on Skyfire , are `` Daily Show '' and `` Colbert Report ''
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Los Angeles , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Rapper T.I. begins serving an 11-month sentence in an Arkansas federal prison Monday , while the drug case against his wife is set for a hearing in a Beverly Hills , California courtroom . T.I. , whose real name is Clifford Harris , was on his way from Atlanta , Georgia , to the Federal Correctional Center in Forrest City , Arkansas , Monday morning , according to his lawyer 's office . It 's the same prison where the rapper served seven months last year on a federal weapons conviction . `` Tiny '' Tameka Cottle 's name was on Monday 's court calendar for arraignment on a drug charge , according to the judge 's clerk , but it was unclear if she would travel from Atlanta to California to attend . The couple 's latest legal troubles began when a Los Angeles County Sheriff 's deputy stopped them on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood two months ago for a traffic violation . They were arrested after suspected illegal drugs were found . The district attorney decided last week not to prosecute Harris , 29 , but Cottle , 35 , was charged with misdemeanor drug offense . She is accused of possessing MDMA , commonly known as ecstasy , according to the court filing . The rapper 's arrest and a failed drug test the next day convinced a federal judge last month to send Harris back to prison for violating his probation on a federal weapons conviction . Harris was given until Monday , November 1 , to begin serving his 11-month sentence .
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T.I. starts his 11-month prison term Monday . Arraignment for the rapper 's wife , `` Tiny '' Cottle , is also Monday . The couple 's latest legal woes stem from a West Hollywood traffic stop .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Add R&B star Usher to the list of entertainers giving up the paychecks they earned performing for members of embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi 's family . `` I am sincerely troubled to learn about the circumstances surrounding the Nikki Beach St. Bart 's event that took place on New Year 's Eve 2009 , '' Usher said in a statement Monday . `` I will be donating all of my personal proceeds from that event to various human rights organizations . '' According to U.S. diplomatic cables posted by WikiLeaks , the Caribbean island was the site for a New Year 's Eve party thrown by Mutassim Gadhafi , Libya 's national security advisor and one of the dictator 's sons . Usher , along with Beyonce , were the entertainment in what the cables called a $ 1 million personal concert . Beyonce said through a representative last week that she had donated the money she received to earthquake relief in Haiti . The same Gadhafi son on the same island a year earlier paid $ 1 million to hear Mariah Carey sing on New Year 's Eve 2008 , the cables said . She sang four songs . In a statement released last week , Carey said she was `` naive and unaware of who I was booked to perform for . I feel horrible and embarrassed to have participated in this mess . '' Carey added in her statement that she plans to donate proceeds from a new song , `` Save the Day , '' to human rights organizations . `` Going forward , this is a lesson for all artists to learn from , '' she said . `` We need to be more aware and take more responsibility regardless of who books our shows . Ultimately we as artists are to be held accountable . '' Between the cables posted on WikiLeaks and artists ' own admissions , no less than five performers have entertained the Gadhafis at a host of international locales . Last week , Canadian pop singer Nelly Furtado acknowledged on her Twitter account that she performed for members of the Gadhafi clan . `` In 2007 , I received 1million $ from the Qaddafi clan to perform a 45 min . Show for guests at a hotel in Italy , '' read a tweet on Furtado 's official account Monday . `` I am going to donate the $ . '' In 2006 , the Gadhafis brought pop star Lionel Richie to Libya to perform . The concert marked the 20th anniversary of a U.S. raid on the North African country . U.S. President Ronald Reagan ordered the attack after Libya was implicated in the fatal bombing at a West Berlin nightclub that left one American service member dead . CNN reached out to representatives of Richie for comment , but received no response . CNN 's Douglas Hyde contributed to this report .
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Top entertainers perform for family members of Libyan leader . Concerts are held in Caribbean , Europe and North Africa . Many of the artists are paid $ 1 million .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Guatemalan authorities must act to stop the high numbers of women being killed in their country and ensure that the perpetrators are brought to justice , Amnesty International said . The human rights organization Monday urged Guatemala to shore up its fight against impunity and address the more than 685 killings of women reported in 2010 alone . Amnesty International 's call comes ahead of International Women 's Day on Tuesday . `` Women in Guatemala are dying as a consequence of the state 's failure to protect them , '' Sebastian Elgueta , Guatemala researcher at Amnesty International , said in a statement . `` High levels of violence and a lack of political will , along with a track record of impunity , mean authorities are both unable to pursue perpetrators , or just do n't care . Perpetrators know they will not be punished . '' The Central American country 's culture of impunity is a legacy of its 36-year civil war that ended in 1996 , the organization said . There were hundreds of thousands human rights violations that were never accounted for , Amnesty said . In a speech last year , Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom said his country has made strides in protecting women . `` Today we have tribunals specialized in femicide , we have offices for attention -LRB- to women 's rights -RRB- , we have centers , but once again , this will wo n't be enough until we finally defeat the social scourge of women 's murders , regardless of the reason , justification or other type of cheap excuse , '' Colom said . Passing laws is not enough , Elgueta said . `` The government must initiate effective investigations into killings , improve police training and ensure prosecutions are effective , '' he said . The special tribunals have not been effective , Amnesty said . `` The gender of the woman is often a determining factor in the motive of the crime , the way in which the authorities respond to the case and the way women are killed , '' the organization said . Rosa Franco has been fighting for justice after her 15-year-old daughter , Maria Isabel Franco , was raped and killed in December 2001 . But no one has been arrested in the case , Amnesty said . Franco has received death threats and harassment because of her search for justice , the organization said . The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights took Maria Isabel Franco 's case on the grounds that it was being unjustifiably delayed by authorities . `` If the police had started the investigation early , maybe they would 've found Maria Isabel alive , '' Rosa Franco told Amnesty . `` Their attitude , not only in the case of my daughter , but in the cases of thousands of women who have been killed , has been terrible . '' On Tuesday , some 60 organizations will march down the principal streets of Guatemala City to commemorate International Women 's Day , the state-run AGN news agency reported . The march will start in front of the supreme court . `` With this activity , Guatemalan women will demand the respect and the meeting of their needs and urge plans to solve the problems of poverty , discrimination , lack of opportunities , among others , '' activist Sandra Moran told AGN . Professor Ana Silvia Monzon told the news agency that university students will join the march in memory of Emilia Quan , a young sociologist who was killed in November .
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More than 685 killings of women were recorded in Guatemala in 2010 . Amnesty International is calling on the government to act . Guatemala has a culture of impunity , Amnesty says .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Emblazoned on a long , tall , concrete barrier in the midst of a rocky Middle Eastern landscape is this spray-painted message : `` Mirror , mirror on the wall . When will this senseless object fall ? '' Messages of peace , marriage proposals and jokes are among the most popular graffiti requests . It 's one of more than 900 graffiti messages that have been spray-painted by Palestinians on the controversial wall that separates Israel and the West Bank . The painters take orders through a Web site that lets customers get a message on the wall . For the equivalent of $ 40 , a Palestinian will spray paint the message and send three digital photos of it . Anything goes -- marriage proposals , jokes , notes to friends -- as long as it is n't extremist , hate-filled , or pornographic , said Faris Arouri , one of the founders of the site . `` Trying to imagine a clear view between Palestine and Israel , '' one message reads . `` If all humans are equal , why do they have to live separated ? '' says another . And another simply shouts : `` Get along with each other ! '' `` This is an alternative way to send your message to whoever you 're sending it to , '' Arouri told CNN from Ramallah . `` It is there physically and it will stay there until someone sprays over it or someone decides to demolish that wall ... Hopefully it wo n't stay forever , because hopefully this wall will be removed sometime soon . '' The Israeli government began building the barrier in 2002 , about two years after renewed violence erupted in Israel , the West Bank and Gaza . In some areas , it takes the form of a tall concrete wall ; in others , it is more of a fence . Israel says the barrier has been successful in preventing terrorist attacks by Palestinians . But Palestinians say it amounts to an illegal land grab of Palestinian territory because it does not match the line of Israel 's border with the West Bank before the 1967 Six Day War . The barrier cuts so far into West Bank territory at some points that the West Bank settlement of Alfei Menashe and five Palestinian villages are actually now on the Israeli side of the wall . Palestinians in those villages contend they are cut off from both Israel and the West Bank because they are not allowed to travel into Israel and they must pass through military checkpoints to reach other West Bank villages . The Sendamessage Web site says other families cut off by the barrier are deprived of their livelihoods . The site describes how the wall separated a family from the hotel they owned and kept farmers away from their 500 olive trees . Israel 's supreme court has twice ruled that the government must reroute sections of the barrier to avoid infringing on the lives of thousands of Palestinians . Arouri represents a Palestinian non-profit group , the Peace and Freedom Youth Forum , that works on the social and political issues facing young people in the West Bank . About two-thirds of the money raised through the site goes to the group , which uses it to pay for projects like building a playground , buying bicycles , or establishing laundry facilities for university students in Bir Zeit , near Ramallah . The group says it only works with organizations that are legal in the Palestinian territories and allowed to operate by the Israeli government . The rest of the money goes to the group 's partners in the Netherlands , who maintain the Web site , accept payments , and manage the paperwork . First conceived at a Dutch-Palestinian workshop in Ramallah two years ago , the site has gone on to attract customers from around the world . There have been 910 orders so far , said Justus van Oel , a Dutch screenwriter who volunteers his time maintaining the site in the Netherlands . Spray-painting on the wall is a peaceful way for Palestinians to protest the barrier , Arouri said . `` You 're not only defying the existence of the wall , but you 're also showing the international community our refusal , first of all , to such a structure , '' he said . `` Also , it 's an attempt to humanize the Palestinian society in the eyes of the world , showing that the Palestinians are not just militants who are violently resisting occupation . '' There are other benefits to the project , too , Arouri said . The rest of the world can get a glimpse , however small , into the Palestinians ' lives behind the wall -- and the Palestinians get a sense that they 're not forgotten , Arouri said . `` There 's no big concept , '' van Oel told CNN . `` The wall wo n't fall because texts are on it , but the people behind the wall , they will have a face . It 's also about beauty and poetry . It inspires people . '' Poetry is indeed on the wall , as are emotional pleas to take the wall down . Marriage proposals are a frequent order , Arouri said , but so are jokes and funny messages . `` We had a series of obviously French -LRB- people -RRB- making silly jokes about each other , because the names were just being repeated and repeated , '' he said . `` We also got a message supposedly from a dog , asking the neighbor 's dog to come out and play in the sun . '' The diversity of the messages is something Arouri says he finds incredible . `` We 've covered most of the aspects of human life , '' he said . Caspar Nieuwenhuis , a Dutch theater director , used the site to propose to his girlfriend . His plan was to feature a picture of the spray-painted proposal on a Dutch news broadcast about the wall and make sure his girlfriend , a journalist , was watching -- but the picture never aired . `` Then I thought , well , I have this photo of a Palestinian boy who 's writing my proposal on the wall , '' Nieuwenhuis wrote to CNN . `` I 've got a notebook -LRB- computer -RRB- . I could save the photo -LRB- onto -RRB- my desktop and show it to my girlfriend , just that plain and simple . `` So I did . And when she saw this , she said ` yes ' and cried , '' he said . Nieuwenhuis said he heard about the site through van Oel , a friend , and liked the idea right away . `` I thought it was a brilliant idea to have something beautiful written on an ugly wall , '' he told CNN . The Sendamessage Foundation is also planning to spray-paint an entire letter written by South African human rights activist Farid Esack next month . It 's looking for customers to sponsor a portion of the letter in exchange for having their name signed onto the end . In the letter , Esack compares the situation in the Palestinian territories to South Africa under apartheid , the Web site says .
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Web site takes orders for graffiti messages to be sprayed on Israeli barrier . Security barrier separates Israel from Palestinian West Bank . Messages of peace , marriage proposals , jokes among most popular slogans . Activists says spray-painting is a form of peaceful protest for Palestinians .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- French international Karim Benzema scored twice for Real Madrid as Jose Mourinho 's side defeated Racing Santander 3-1 in the Spanish Primera Liga on Sunday . The away victory lifts Real , who were without top-scorer Cristiano Ronaldo , back to within seven points of leaders Barcelona at the top of the table . Emmanuel Adebayor , who is on-loan from Manchester City , tapped home a simple goal to give the visitors the lead after 23 minutes , although the Togo striker was later to miss a penalty kick . Benzema , 23 , scored his first of the match after latching onto a through-ball from playmaker Mesut Ozil in the 28th minute . The home side then missed a penalty of their own before Kennedy Bakirciouglu got one back with 20 minutes remaining . Real made sure of the win five minutes later , when Benzema scored his seventh league goal of the season after good work from Argentina winger Angel di Maria . Elsewhere , Athletico Bilbao moved into fifth position after a 2-0 success over Sevilla at San Mames , a victory which ended a run of four successive defeats . An own-goal from Argentine defender Federico Fazio put the Basque side ahead just after the hour mark , before a penalty from Andoni Iraola wrapped up victory with two minutes left . Bilbao leapfrogged Espanyol , who went down 1-0 away to Levante thanks to a first-half goal from Felipe Caicedo . Sporting Gijon earned another three points in their battle against relegation after a 2-0 triumph over Getafe . The match was over by half time thanks to first-half strikes from Miguel de las Cuevas and Andre Castro . Malaga are bottom of the table after a last minute goal from Sergio condemned them to a 1-0 defeat at home to Osasuna , who moved up to 14th position . Meanwhile , Almeria moved above Malaga as they came from behind to win 2-1 at Hercules .
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Two goals from Karim Benzema helped Real Madrid to a 3-1 win over Racing Santander . The result means Real are seven points behind leaders Barcelona in second place . There were also wins for Athletic Bilbao , Levante , Sporting Gijon , Osasuna and Almeria .
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New Delhi -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- `` Slumdog Millionaire '' child star Rubina Ali says her home was gutted by a fire that tore through her Mumbai slum . `` There was fire everywhere , there was so much chaos , my house was completely burned down , the whole slum was burned down , '' Rubina told CNN on Sunday . The 12-year old said she was watching TV Friday when her neighbors started yelling `` fire , fire ! '' She then grabbed everything she could get her hands on and ran out . `` But my awards are gone , my memories are gone , '' she said . Ali was referring to the numerous awards she received for her role as the young Latika in the critically acclaimed film that nabbed multiple Academy Awards . . Rubina said the her family is now living in a temporary shelter . Rubina 's father Rafiq Qureshi said they plan to move into a new home provided by a trust set up by the film 's director Danny Boyle next month . `` They were in transit . They were just about to move to an apartment the Jai Ho Trust has allotted for them , '' said trustee Nirja Mattoo said . `` But as the building is new , they were waiting for the water and electricity to be installed . But unfortunately this incident happened . '' Mattoo confirmed Rubina and the family were still residing in the Garib Nagar slum when the fire broke out . `` Our social worker has been meeting Rubina and her family and assessing the situation , '' Mattoo said . `` They lost everything except for an LCD TV and some clothes . '' Rubina said she is grateful for the support she and her family have been receiving from the trust .
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Rubina Ali , 12 , says she lost her movie awards . She played the young Latika in `` Slumdog Millionaire '' She and her family are moving into a new home provided by a trust .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Inter Milan are once again five points behind rivals AC Milan at the top of the Italian Serie A table after crushing Genoa 5-2 at the San Siro on Sunday . But the defending champions had to come from behind to claim the three points , Genoa leading 1-0 at the break after Rodrigo Palacio fired home following good work from Abdoulay Konko . However , Inter were a different side in the second-half and three goals in seven minutes completely turned the match around . The home side leveled in the 50th minute when Giampaolo Mazzini slotted home Maicon 's cross and they took the lead a minute later when Samuel Eto'o converted a rebound after Goran Pandev 's shot was fumbled by goalkeeper Eduardo . And Eto'o added his second goal just six minutes later with a superb individual effort , the Cameroon striker 's 18th goal of the season . Goran Pandev made it 4-1 in the 68th minute , after being set-up by Eto'o and Wesley Sneijder , and Yuto Nagatomo netted his first goal for the club to complete the scoring . Mauro Boselli 's late header proved little more than a consolation goal for the visitors . Meanwhile , third-placed Napoli lost more ground on the top two after being held to a goalless draw by lowly Brescia at the San Paolo , with coach Walter Mazzarri sent to the stands in the first half for arguing with the referee . The Naples side are now eight points off the top and just two points ahead of fourth placed Lazio , who saw off Palermo 2-0 thanks to an early double from Giuseppe Sculli . Ever-improving Udinese are just a point behind Lazio in fifth place after a 1-0 win over bottom side Bari courtesy of Antonio Di Natale 's second-half penalty , his 22nd goal of the season . In other matches , Adrian Mutu scored twice to help Fiorentina to a comfortable 3-0 win over Catania , while an injury time goal from Gaston Ramirez helped Bologna to a 2-2 draw against Cagliari . On Saturday , Gennaro Gattuso scored the only goal as table-toppers Milan saw off struggling Juventus 1-0 , the Rossoneri 's seventh win of 2011 . In Sunday 's two German Bundesliga games , Mainz claimed a superb 4-2 victory at Hamburg to move above defending champions Bayern Munich into fourth place in the table . Meanwhile , struggling Werder Bremen moved out of the bottom three with a vital 3-1 win at Freiburg .
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Inter Milan are once again five points behind AC Milan at the top of the Serie A table . The defending champions come from behind to crush Genoa 5-2 at the San Siro . Third-placed Napoli lose more ground on the top two after being held 0-0 by Brescia . Mainz win 4-2 at Hamburg to move above Bayern Munich into fourth in the Bundesliga .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Costa Rica and Nicaragua both must refrain from sending or maintaining civilians , security forces or police in a disputed border area , the International Court of Justice ordered Tuesday , offering each side something it could claim as a victory . Tensions between the two countries have flared over Calero Island , a parcel of land on the Atlantic coast , since last year . In November , Costa Rica 's foreign ministry said the country had filed a lawsuit in the court to end a situation that `` threatens imminent and irreparable harm '' to Costa Rica . The suit asked the court to stop `` the construction of a canal on Costa Rican soil , '' the ministry said then . Nicaragua has claimed it has never entered Costa Rican territory and has only worked on its land . The court 's order was a provisional measure while the case is before the judges . It may be several years before a final ruling is made . The barring of any persons from the disputed area was a unanimous decision . The court did not order Nicaragua to refrain from dredging . By a 13-4 vote , the justices said that Costa Rica could send personnel to the area to protect the environment , but only in a manner that wo n't escalate tensions . The judges also ordered Nicaragua and Costa Rica to `` refrain from any action which might aggravate or extend the dispute before the court or make it more difficult to resolve . '' Finally , all the judges agreed that both countries will inform the court of their compliance with the order . The International Court of Justice is the United Nation 's high court , based in The Hague . Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla praised the court 's ruling , calling the decision `` just . '' `` First , because it sends a clear message that borders can not be redefined in a unilateral manner , or through force , and second , because it creates the conditions ... that allow for two friendly nations to return to dialogue , '' she told CNN en Espanol .
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NEW : The court allows Nicaragua to continue dredging . The court order bars both sides from sending civilians or security forces there . It allows Costa Rica to protect the area 's environment . The two countries have disputed the territory since last year .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The first ever regular season NBA game was played in Europe this weekend , as the New Jersey Nets took on the Toronto Raptors at London 's O2 Arena . The British capital proved to be lucky for the Nets . The east coast team won both legs of the two-game tie -- they claimed the first 116-103 on Friday and the second 137-136 in triple overtime on Saturday . Despite basketball not enjoying the same high-profile in Great Britain as it does across North America , fans packed the 18,600 capacity venue -- which played host to an exhibition between the L.A. Lakers and the Minnesota Timberwolves a year ago -- to watch the two highly competitive games . In order to make sure anyone new to basketball understood what was going on , an announcer explained who the players , teams and coaches were and gave a commentary to explain the scoring to the crowd . But aside from this , the game followed exactly the same format as any other NBA game would , with the points scored counting towards the Nets and the Raptors standings in the league this season . There was also the same high energy half-time and time-out entertainment taking place on the court , with the two teams ' mascots present to entertain the crowds . And just like any big sporting event held in the United States , the event was attended by a host of celebrities . Football stars Didier Drogba and David Luiz of Chelsea were spotted courtside , as were Jack Wilshere , Samir Nasri , Gael Clichy and Cesc Fabregas from English Premier League rivals Arsenal . Part of the reason for the games being played in London was to promote basketball in Britain ahead of the 2012 Olympics -- to ensure the sport attracts the same large crowds as it did at the previous Games in Beijing . However , as part of the NBA 's aim to expand across the globe , this might not be the last time we see games in the lucrative franchise decided on foreign soil . NBA commissioner David Stern has hinted that more games could be held in London and elsewhere in Europe and Asia -- where demonstrations have also been held previously . He even said that there could be European based teams playing in the NBA in the future . It certainly does not seem like the players would mind traveling to London again . Raptors and Italy star Andrea Bargnani said : `` The crowd was unbelievable . It 's great the Olympics are going to be here . '' The Nets ' Brooke Lopez added : `` It was fantastic for the city of London to experience it and see two really fantastic NBA games . It gave them great exposure to the game of basketball and hopefully they want to see more . ''
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New Jersey Nets and Toronto Raptors played at London 's O2 Arena . It was the first regular-season NBA game to be held in Europe and more could follow . The Nets beat the Raptors in two close games played on Friday and Saturday . The O2 Arena venue will host the basketball competition at the London 2012 Olympics .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Chelsea have closed the gap on leaders Manchester United at the top of the English Premier League after a John Terry header and a Frank Lampard double gave them a comfortable 3-1 win at Blackpool on Monday . Terry was left unmarked to nod home Lampard 's 20th minute corner to put the defending champions on their way to a second victory in a week -- following last Tuesday 's 2-1 home success over United . Blackpool were unlucky not to level before half-time when midfielder Jason Puncheon 's fierce low drive was tipped onto the post by goalkeeper Petr Cech . But Lampard doubled the advantage just past the hour mark when he converted from the penalty spot after substitute Salomon Kalou was tripped in the area by defender Ian Evatt . And the England midfielder was on hand again four minutes later when he slid the ball home after Kalou 's pass had split Blackpool 's defence wide open . But Blackpool continued to battle away and they scored a late consolation goal when Puncheon found the corner of the net after being set-up by James Beattie . The result means Chelsea stay in fourth place , nine points behind United although they do have a game in hand . However , Blackpool remain in relegation trouble and they lie in 15th place , just two points and three positions above the relegation zone . Meanwhile , in Spain 's Primera Liga , Deportivo La Coruna beat Real Sociedad 2-1 to improve their chance of avoiding relegation . Deportivo 's victory means they are up to 13th position , five points clear of the bottom three , while Sociedad are ninth and look clear of relegation danger .
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Chelsea consolidate fourth place in Premier League after beating Blackpool 3-1 . A Frank Lampard double and John Terry 's header gave the visitors three points . The result moves Chelsea to within nine points of Manchester United at the top . Blackpool remain in 15th place just two points above the relegation zone .
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United Nations -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Thirty Congolese women on the border of Angola and Congo were held in a dungeonlike prison and systematically raped by uniformed men , according to U.N. officials . The Congolese women were part of a group of 150 people who had recently been expelled from Angola . The United Nations said the women reported they were held for nearly two weeks in early October and raped . The U.N. said three people in the group were killed , including two men and a woman , who died after being repeatedly raped . Those who survived and were released then returned to the Congo in the nude and with no belongings , according to the United Nations . The rapes were first reported to the United Nations on Saturday . In another region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo , Western Kasai , at least 20 Congolese women also reported being raped , the United Nations said . The U.N. Office for Humanitarian Affairs said 1,200 expulsions have been reported from Angola . While these expulsions are legal , OCHA spokesman Maurizio Giuliano said they are concerned about the human rights violations of the deportees . The organization encouraged expulsions to happen in a timely fashion with respect for human rights . U.N. officials were scheduled to meet Wednesday in the region to discuss the possibility of sending a team to investigate these claims further . These reported rapes come after nearly 500 people were systematically raped during rebel attacks this summer in the Democratic Republic of the Congo .
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Thirty Congolese women raped on Angola-Congo border by uniformed men , U.N. officials say . Women were part of group of 150 people who had been expelled from Angola , U.N. says . United Nations says women reported being held for nearly two weeks and raped .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A quick-hitting Northeast snowstorm that began coating the nation 's capital Wednesday has forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights for travelers in New England and the Eastern Seaboard , according to airline spokesmen . Winter storm warnings were in effect Wednesday from the southern Appalachian mountains to coastal Massachusetts and were expected to expire Thursday morning , said CNN meteorologist Sean Morris . Snow was falling about an inch an hour in Washington , D.C. , which was expected to receive 4 to 6 inches Wednesday evening , he said . Federal employees and most schools in Washington ended business early on Wednesday . New York is expected to receive 8 to 12 inches of snow starting about midnight , Morris said . Boston should also see 8 to 12 inches , with the heaviest snow falling Thursday morning , he said . Nashville and central Tennessee got 2 to 4 inches of snow Wednesday , Morris said . The snowfall was even prompting airlines to pre-emptively cancel flights . Among the biggest cancellations were Delta Airlines ' 575 flights between Washington , D.C. , and Boston , said spokesman Anthony Black . American Airlines/American Eagle spokesman Ed Martelle said the two airlines cancelled 280 flights for Wednesday and 65 more are cancelled for Thursday between Washington , D.C. , and Boston . United cancelled 276 flights Wednesday and proactively cancelled 71 more for Thursday , and Continental cancelled 322 flights Wednesday and 108 more for Thursday , said Christen David , spokesman for both airlines . Southwest Airlines canceled more than 100 flights Wednesday in the Northeast , said spokeswoman Brandy King . Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley wants people to stay off the roads . `` This is a serious traffic hazard and challenge , '' O'Malley said at a press briefing from the state 's operation center in Hanover . Maryland officials said 1,600 maintenance workers and 1,400 pieces of equipment would be on the roads all night battling the storm . The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for the area until early Thursday morning . Snow accumulations could reach 10 inches . One problem that could hamper snow removal is the lack of sand and chemical preparation for roadways , due to the recent heavy rains . `` We have not been able to successfully pretreat the surfaces , '' O'Malley told reporters after a briefing with Maryland public safety and transportation officials . Maryland has not activated the National Guard , but they are ready for deployment if needed , officials said . In Florida , the National Weather Service has dispatched survey teams to investigate damage caused by storms that moved across the state Tuesday evening . They found that a tornado near Boca Raton had snapped and uprooted trees , CNN meteorologist Morris said . In St. Petersburg , Florida , 90 mph straight-line winds damaged a gas station and injured one person , Morris said . A tornado near Alva , Florida , destroyed and damaged six mobile homes , and straight-line winds between 60 and 90 mph damaged several homes near Groveland , Florida , Morris said . This snowstorm comes after many had just dug themselves out of a blizzard that walloped the Northeast earlier this month . The storm that hit in early January closed hundreds of schools , stopped the rail system between New York City and points north for days and grounded hundreds of flights . Connecticut , Rhode Island , New Hampshire and Vermont reached up to 30 inches , while most areas got 8 to 16 inches of snow . CNN 's Eric Fiegel contributed to this report .
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NEW : Hundreds of flights are canceled Wednesday and even for Thursday . Two tornadoes in Florida damage homes and injure one person . Snow will cover many states in the East Wednesday and Thursday , forecasters say .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A vast winter storm on Tuesday blasted much of the nation with nearly horizontal blowing snow , cloaking trees and power lines with ice up to an inch thick , forcing airports to close and complicating the travel plans of fans headed to this weekend 's Super Bowl in Texas . A mix of blizzard , ice , hard freeze and high wind warnings sprang up across most of the Lower 48 states as the system pressed eastward , from New Mexico to Maine . Forecasters said as many as 100 million people in the United States would feel its effects . Blizzard warnings were up late Tuesday in eight states -- from eastern Kansas to western Ohio . The mass of frigid precipitation , in its relentless northeasterly march , formed an arc that was centered in the Great Lakes region and stretched from northeastern Kansas in the west to the edge of Chesapeake Bay in the east . The stem of the storm brought needed rain to much of the Southeast , but unwelcome ice and hard freeze warnings in other places , as far south as Corpus Christi , Texas . Parts of the Florida Panhandle , southwestern Georgia and southeastern Alabama were under a tornado watch . High-wind warnings were posted in eastern Tennessee and western Virginia , with gusts of 55 mph forecast in Gatlinburg , Tennessee . The National Weather Service forecasts and advisories through Wednesday night read like the Abominable Snow Monster 's Christmas list : Up to 14 inches of snow in South Bend , Indiana , with winds up to 30 mph ; Up 13 inches of snow and a low of 12 below zero in Ottumwa , Iowa ; as much as 13 inches of new snow in Berlin , New Hampshire , by Wednesday night ; hard freeze warnings in Houston and Galveston , Texas . In Chicago , part of a fiberboard roof panel behind home plate at Wrigley Field , home of the baseball Cubs , broke away in the high wind , the ball club said . Police roped off nearby streets and sidewalks as a precaution , the club said . Drifting and blowing snow closed parts of interstate highways in Oklahoma and Missouri , while police in St. Louis stopped patrolling in advance of the worst of a storm that was expected to leave as much as 30 inches of snow in parts of Missouri and Illinois , and up to an inch of ice in places . `` Do not travel ! Stay inside ! '' the National Weather Service warned . `` Strong winds and blinding snow will make travel nearly impossible . This is a life-threatening storm . '' Ice is the larger threat in a band that extended from south of St. Louis to western Connecticut and parts of New Jersey . In those regions , more than an inch of ice could accumulate , downing trees and power lines . All of western Maryland was under a freezing rain advisory . An ice storm warning covered 29 counties in central and southern Indiana . In the city of Greenwood , a command center was set up to deal with downed trees and other hazards that might impede first responders during emergencies . By Tuesday evening , a quarter-inch of ice had accumulated on trees in the area , with at least a half-inch expected , Fire Chief James Sipes told CNN affiliate WAVE of Louisville , Kentucky . `` The last time we had an event of this nature was in 1988 , '' Sipes said , `` and it caused substantial damage . '' The nasty weather is even threatening festivities surrounding the Super Bowl , set for Sunday in Dallas . Icy conditions forced Dallas-Fort Worth Airport to temporarily close Tuesday morning . The airport reopened after a two-hour closure with one runway in operation , airport officials told CNN . Nearby Love Field was also forced to close and was expected to reopen by 2 p.m. -LRB- 3 p.m. ET -RRB- . `` We had thunderstorms , we had rain , we had freezing rain , ice pellets , sleet -- the only thing we did n't have was hail and sunshine , '' said Ed Martelle , the spokesman for AMR Corp. , which owns American Airlines . In Illinois , all major thoroughfares from I-70 and further north were covered with -- or had patches of -- ice and snow , according to the state Department of Transportation . In Missouri , whiteout conditions forced the closure of I-70 through the middle part of the state . `` This is not a good time to be on the road , '' Missouri highway department official Don Hillis said . `` Almost all of the state is covered with snow and some areas are receiving ice , making some roads impassable . '' The Oklahoma Department of Public Safety reported that westbound Interstate 40 in Seminole and Okfuskee counties was closed Tuesday afternoon with 4-foot snow drifts . The department said some arterial roads and all secondary routes in parts of eastern Oklahoma were nearly impassable . The Will Rogers Turnpike , I-44 in northeast Oklahoma , also was closed , and the National Guard was rescuing people trapped in their cars , the department said . Tow trucks were running as much three hours behind in some parts of the state , it said . In Tulsa , even police cars and ambulances got stuck in the snow . The snowfall also collapsed part of a roof at the Hard Rock Casino Tulsa , according to Amanda Clinton , a spokeswoman for the Cherokee Nation , which owns the casino . No one was injured . Those who ventured out did so against the advice of government and emergency officials , who urged people to stay off the roads and inside , and prepare for the worst . Up to 16 inches of snow are expected in parts of Michigan , with winds up to 40 mph causing significant drifts , according to CNN affiliate WILX in Lansing . Winds were gusting at 33 mph at Detroit City Airport Tuesday night , with the temperature at 17 degrees . Michigan 's emergency management department has posted an advisory for residents to `` have essential supplies ready to stay safe at home , at work and in their vehicles . '' As the storm approached , governments vowed they would be ready for what was being described as a storm of historic proportions . Missouri , Illinois , Oklahoma and Kansas declared states of emergency so they could bring extra resources to bear . Missouri mobilized 600 National Guard troops to help cope with the storm . Illinois put 500 troops on notice that they might be needed as the storm intensifies . Iowa also activated some guard members . Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe also declared a state of emergency and activated National Guard troops to help move supplies to the northwestern portion of the state , where power outages are expected as snow , ice and high winds move in . Warming centers set up by the Salvation Army were running and busy in Fayetteville and Bentonville , according to CNN affiliate KFTA . `` We are known for wild weather swings in Arkansas , but to have snow , ice and severe thunderstorms in the same day is rare , '' Beebe said . In Chicago , where snowfall of 15 inches or more happens but once every two decades , according to the National Weather Service , officials outfitted 120 garbage trucks with plows to supplement the city 's usual fleet of 274 trucks , said Jose A. Santiago , executive director of the city 's Office of Emergency Management . The White House press office issued a statement saying President Barack Obama had told the Federal Emergency Management Agency to be prepared to help state and local governments with widespread power outages and other issues arising from the storm . Thousands of flights were canceled Tuesday . Airports in Oklahoma City and Tulsa , Oklahoma , were effectively closed . United , Continental and American Airlines announced that flights were suspended after 5 p.m. -LRB- 6 p.m. ET -RRB- out of Chicago O'Hare International Airport and that flights scheduled for Wednesday also have been suspended . Delta Air Lines said more than 1,350 flights , most of them to or from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport , were canceled on Tuesday , and 800 Wednesday flights had also been canceled . JetBlue scrubbed 371 Tuesday flights and 794 total . US Airways canceled 687 flights . Plummeting temperatures were expected to filter in behind the system , dropping to below zero in the upper Plains states over the next few days . Parts of the Texas Panhandle and western Oklahoma also will experience some of the coldest air this season , CNN meteorologist Sean Morris said .
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NEW : Frigid precipitation stretches from Plains to Eastern Seaboard . NEW : Most of the Lower 48 states affected by severe weather advisories . NEW : Tornado watches up in Florida Panhandle , south Georgia and Alabama . NEW : Section of roof blows away at Chicago 's Wrigley Field .
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Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The current large-scale U.S.-South Korean naval exercise off the west coast of Korea has multiple purposes . After last week 's North Korean attack on a South Korean island , the most important is to send a message to Pyongyang that Washington and Seoul have the capability -- and the will -- to respond with devastating force to any further acts of aggression . A second is to strengthen the U.S.-ROK -LRB- Republic of Korea -RRB- joint capability to coordinate such a response , as well as to reinforce their anti-submarine capabilities that were so obviously inadequate last March , when North Korea torpedoed a South Korean naval vessel on the high seas . In light of the fact that past North Korean misbehavior has not produced serious consequences for Pyongyang , it may be difficult to convince the North that `` this time we 're serious . '' There was a South Korean artillery response to the shelling last week , but it was apparently flawed in execution and did not produce much damage . What is needed is to credibly promise a harsh response to future attacks , yet not trigger North Korean escalation or a preemptive war on the assumption that an effort to destroy the North is looming . Despite its labeling the current situation an `` ultra-emergency wartime situation , '' the North Korean regime is not suicidal , and one ought not assume it will take actions that will predictably bring destruction down on its head . But its apparent and dangerous belief that it can act with impunity has been reinforced over many years . It comes not only from the measured South Korean response after the ship sinking , and from the absence of truly punishing actions after it reneged on commitments not to test intercontinental ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons . Even assassination attempts against South Korean presidents and the blowing up of a civilian Korean airliner in years past produced little by way of lasting consequences for the North . Fear of precipitating a second Korean War has proved an effective deterrent against strong U.S.-ROK retaliation . This time , Washington and Seoul seem determined not only to demonstrate the resolve to strike back -LRB- albeit proportionately -RRB- if necessary , but to strengthen existing UN-sponsored sanctions against the DPRK -LRB- Democratic People 's Republic of Korea -RRB- that will effectively curtail the North 's illicit activities as well as squeeze individuals in the elite structure . Another dimension of the current exercises , which include the aircraft carrier George Washington and its strike group , is to demonstrate to China that , its strident objections to naval operations in the Yellow Sea notwithstanding , the United States not only has the right to operate in international waters but will do so in defense of its national interests . The point is not to stick a finger in China 's eye ; Washington would far prefer to cooperate with Beijing than to appear to challenge it in order to change North Korean behavior . But the U.S. has argued to China for a long time -- to little effect -- that its coddling of Pyongyang was not producing better behavior . Rather , it was enabling the North to pursue its contrarian ways , producing stalemate in the nuclear talks , the sinking of a South Korean naval vessel , and now a calculated attack on a South Korean island that killed civilians as well as military personnel . Thus , the American message to Beijing is : `` If you can not help bring North Korea to cease its provocative behavior , we will be forced to take actions that , while not aimed at you , will discomfit you . '' If this leads China to more seriously strive to rein North Korea in , all the better . Moreover , China shrilly insisted a few months ago that no U.S. naval exercises should take place in the Yellow Sea -- and especially that no aircraft carrier should enter those waters . In the face of that position , at some point the U.S. had to exercise its freedom of navigation rights . But the choice of timing -- not ideal with a Chinese state visit to Washington planned for January -- was dictated by Pyongyang 's actions . Some observers say the only way to change North Korean behavior is to engage it . In fact , the United States is quite willing to engage the North , including in serious negotiations . But it is not willing to look the other way in the face of Pyongyang 's aggressive military behavior and its blatant violation of its most basic pledges and UN resolutions regarding denuclearization . And it is not willing , as the North appears to want , to accept the DPRK as a de facto nuclear weapons state by sitting down with Pyongyang absent a demonstration by the North that it is committed to denuclearize -LRB- even if doubts abound regarding implementation -RRB- . If the North does something meaningful to lower tensions with the South and to demonstrate `` sincerity '' about abandoning nuclear weapons , the prospects for resumed six-party denuclearization talks will improve . Meanwhile , however , the United States will continue to show strong support for its South Korean ally to counter Pyongyang 's threatening actions . The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Alan D. Romberg .
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The U.S. and South Korea are conducting naval exercises in the Yellow Sea . Alan Romberg says these are a message to North Korea that it could provoke retaliation . He says incidents of North Korean aggression have so far met with little military response . U.S. also wants to demonstrate its freedom to project power in international waters , he says .
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Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Transportation Security Administration on Friday ordered re-testing of all radiation-emitting full-body scanners after an internal review showed calculation errors , missing data and other discrepancies on paperwork by contractors who routinely check the machines ' radiation levels . As recently as Wednesday , the agency vouched for the safety of the machines , with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano telling a Senate committee that independent studies concluded the machines are `` more then safe . '' `` The amount of radiation is approximately -LRB- the same as that received -RRB- as two minutes in the air , '' Napolitano said . The TSA reiterated that position Friday , characterizing problems as `` record-keeping errors . '' But Sen. Susan Collins , R-Maine , said the TSA found problems with more than one-quarter of the reports it reviewed , `` including gross errors about radiation emissions . '' `` That is completely unacceptable when it comes to monitoring radiation , '' Collins said . `` If TSA contractors reporting on the radiation levels have done such a poor job , how can airline passengers and crew have confidence in the data used by the TSA to reassure the public ? '' The TSA said all `` backscatter '' full body scanners will be re-tested by the end of March , the TSA said . It will also require contractors to re-train machine testers , while increasing TSA oversight over the tests . Further , the TSA said it would ask the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health -LRB- NIOSH -RRB- to update its 2008 report . The announcements came as the TSA , responding to public pressure , posted raw data about radiation tests on its website . The agency also promised to post all future radiation checks on the web site for public review . The TSA said its internal review looked at randomly selected reports generated over the last two years at 15 airports . The tests are conducted by manufacturers and contractors . `` These reports confirm that each piece of technology reviewed meets all national safety standards , '' the TSA said . But , the TSA said , the reports contained `` inaccuracies . '' Those inaccuracies included `` calculation errors not impacting safety , '' no reading of background radiation levels , and missing `` non-measurement related information . '' TSA spokesman Nicholas Kimball said Friday that numerous independent tests have confirmed that body scanners are safe , `` but these record-keeping errors are not acceptable . '' `` We 're taking a number of steps to ensure the mistakes are n't repeated and the public will be able to see for themselves by reviewing all future reports online , '' Kimball said . Marc Rotenberg , president of a privacy rights group and a critic of the full-body scanners , said the latest development is `` more evidence '' that the TSA should suspend use of the machines . A House government oversight subcommittee will hold a hearing on TSA oversight of the full-body scanners on Wednesday .
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The TSA characterizes problems as `` record-keeping errors '' A senator says the TSA found problems with a quarter of reports reviewed . A House subcommittee will hold a hearing on TSA oversight of the scanners next week .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Hundreds turned out in two Saudi Arabian cities Friday to protest on what had been billed as a `` day of rage , '' according to activists , though a planned demonstration in the Middle Eastern nation 's capital failed to materialize . The protests -- both made up largely of Shiite Muslims calling for the release of Shiite prisoners -- occurred despite a Saudi government ban on all kinds of public demonstrations . Demonstrators in Hofuf , a city about 300 kilometers -LRB- 185 miles -RRB- east of the Saudi capital of Riyadh , began their march after Friday prayers , two activists told CNN . They asked not to be identified because of security concerns and fear of reprisals . Three demonstrators were arrested by Saudi security forces , the activists said . The streets of Qatif , a predominantly Shiite city in eastern Saudi Arabia where several protests have taken place in recent days , were quiet early Friday . Ibrahim al-Mugaiteeb , a Saudi human rights activist , told CNN that he saw `` no people in the streets and virtually no security presence . '' But by Friday night , about 200 people were out demonstrating near Qatif , according to a Shiite activist . Saudi security forces were out and observed them , but there were no apparent arrests as the march ended peacefully . In the Saudi capital , Mohammed al-Qahtani , who heads the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association , told CNN that authorities had set up checkpoints on roads leading to the planned staging ground north of Riyadh near a courthouse . `` So far , I 'm seeing no protesters out there , '' he said earlier Friday . These demonstrations came a day after more than 100 people had gathered in Qatif , according to two witnesses and an activist . At some point , the witnesses said , Saudi security forces shot to disperse the crowd . It was unknown if the forces fired rubber bullets or more lethal ammunition . Those injured were taken to Qatif Central Hospital for treatment , the activist and witnesses said . A human rights group in Saudi Arabia condemned the action , calling the use of force by police `` deplorable . '' '' -LRB- The group -RRB- condemns , with the loudest and clearest words , the use of all kinds of force to disperse demonstrators particularly when live ammunition was used last night against the demonstrators in Qatif , '' the Human Rights First Society said in a statement released Friday . Last week , about 24 protesters were detained in Qatif as they denounced `` the prolonged detention '' of nine Shiite prisoners held without trial for more than 14 years , Amnesty International said . The protests in Saudi Arabia come as unrest brews in parts of the Middle East and North Africa and has caused major changes in places like Egypt and Tunisia . Some in the majority Sunni kingdom have followed similar demands across the Arab world for more freedom and democracy . Still , one expert said he would be surprised if the demonstrations gained traction among the Saudi majority , noting that there does not appear to a high level of animosity toward the nation 's rulers as there are in other countries . `` The big difference is that people in Saudi Arabia do n't want a revolution to happen -- they just want more reforms and liberalization , '' said Christopher Boucek , a Saudi expert with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace think tank . `` I really think the vast majority of the people there , no matter what they think of the government , they probably like the King , '' he added . `` King Abdullah is still very popular . '' CNN 's Elise Labott contributed to this report .
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NEW : Scores of people protest in Hofuf and 3 are arrested , two activists say . NEW : Another protest takes place in the eastern city of Qatif , an activist says . The protests came a day after three people were hurt in other demonstrations . An analyst says the Saudi king is still popular and he does n't expect a revolt .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and midfielder Samir Nasri have both been charged with improper conduct by governing body UEFA following the London club 's European Champions League elimination at the hands of Barcelona on Tuesday . The French duo are alleged to have made comments to Swiss referee Massimo Busacca after Barcelona 's 3-1 second leg win at the Camp Nou on Tuesday . `` UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Arsenal FC coach Arsene Wenger and the English club 's midfielder Samir Nasri , '' read a UEFA statement . `` Both are to face charges of improper conduct , and their cases will be heard by the UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body on Thursday March 17 . '' Was Wenger right - did the referee kill the game ? The Gunners were angered by Busacca 's decision to issue Dutchman Robin van Persie with a second yellow card in the 56th minute for kicking the ball away following an offside decision , although the striker claimed to have not heard the referee 's whistle . At that point the match was level at 1-1 after Lionel Messi had given Barca the lead on the stroke of half time , only for makeshift defender Sergio Busquets to head the ball into his own net in the second half . Messi returns to haunt Arsenal . Once the visitors were reduced to 10 men Barcelona took control and a Xavi strike coupled with a Messi penalty helped the Catalans to a comfortable success . Wenger , 61 , and Nasri , 23 , are both alleged to have made comments to Busacca in the tunnel at the end of Tuesday 's match .
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Arsene Wenger and Samir Nasri have both been charged with improper conduct by UEFA . Charges relate to alleged comments made to the referee after Arsenal 's 3-1 defeat . Arsenal angered by referee Massimo Busacca decision to send off Robin van Persie . Van Persie was shown a second yellow card for kicking the ball after an offside decision .
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London , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Within seconds of the Clarence House announcement , social media was abuzz with news of the royal engagement . `` Prince William '' and `` Kate Middleton '' quickly shot to the top of Twitter 's trending topics , where comments on the social network were mainly congratulatory . Some tweeters were already agog with excitement about the wedding day . Amy Patel -LRB- therealamypatel -RRB- tweeted , `` Does Kate Middleton have to pick a traditional wedding dress ? - ca n't wait to follow the royal wedding planning ! '' and Adam Huckle Films -LRB- adamhucklefilms -RRB- posted , `` Better buy a fancy hat . '' Angeldirecto was already keen for memorabilia : `` Somebody send me a tea towel or a plate w / their faces ! '' The shadow of Diana , Princess of Wales could be perceived in some comments . Evangeline Holland -LRB- evangelineh -RRB- posted , `` I hope Prince William and Kate Middleton will have a -LRB- relatively -RRB- normal marriage . '' Prince William engaged to Kate Middleton . Others expressed their hopes that the wedding would be a modest affair . Didi Vonmonied -LRB- MissDeeN -RRB- said , `` So will Kate and Wills have a budget wedding ? In these times of austerity , we need to watch the pennies , '' while Matt Davies -LRB- matt_davies -RRB- said , `` Given that ` we 're all in this together ' and most of us will be homeless by next summer , the royal wedding will be a toned down affair , yes ? '' Some of Prince William 's fans , such as Ewa Pandjaitan -LRB- EP2410 -RRB- , expressed distress at the news . `` Oohhh , heart broken , '' she said . `` My my my . '' User omg_ilubit expressed wry disbelief : `` What ? Prince William is engaged ? I do n't remember him proposing to me . '' The announcement also saddened some of Kate Middleton 's male fans . Tweeter Tommy Rose -LRB- tomdotcom1 -RRB- posted , `` Sad times . The prospect that one day I would be able to marry Kate Middleton was the only thing keeping me going . :--LRB- '' Who is Kate Middleton ? Other supporters took a more positive view . Nick M -LRB- niknakm -RRB- posted , `` Kate Middleton is going to be the hottest queen ever ! '' Some British-based tweeters hoped for an extra day off to celebrate the couple 's marriage : Tweeter James Farrier -LRB- jamesfarrier -RRB- said , `` I know what we 're all thinking - congrats William and Kate Middleton ... but more importantly ... #extrabankholidaynextyear ? '' The announcement was followed by a swift flurry of updates on Wikipedia to reflect the engagement . Facebook groups , including `` Congratulations Prince William & Kate Middleton '' and `` Wedding Of The Century ! Kate & William , '' also quickly sprang up to congratulate the couple . Prince William : A life in the spotlight . But some remained untouched by the announcement . Tweeter Nicola -LRB- refusion -RRB- tweeted , `` Dear twitter , I do n't care about the fact that Prince William and Kate Middleton are getting married . Please stop talking about it . '' With the world 's eyes on the happy couple and the media storm only likely to intensify , she 's unlikely to get her wish until well after the wedding .
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-LRB- Rolling Stone -RRB- -- A quick glance at Billboard 's Dance/Club Play Songs chart shows many unsurprising names : Britney Spears , Rihanna , Taio Cruz , Kylie Minogue and Florence + The Machine . Up above all of them , at the No. 1 spot , is Yoko Ono with a dance remix of her super obscure 1972 album track `` Move On Fast . '' It 's her sixth consecutive No. 1 dance hit . `` Those are all incredibly creative people on the chart with me , '' Ono tells Rolling Stone . `` I respect Lady Gaga very much . I feel a touch guilty that I 'm up there . But it 's all right , that happens . '' Rolling Stone : John Lennon and Yoko Ono 's final years together . Producers have been remixing tracks from Ono 's deep catalog of avant-garde music for the past decade . `` At first I was prejudiced against the idea , '' she says . `` I had the pride of a rocker . People can get very elitist very quickly , and that 's how I was . '' When she was first approached about remixing `` Walking On Thin Ice '' she was especially resistant because that was the song John Lennon was working on when he died . `` I was like , ` No , never ! Do n't change anything ! ' '' she says . `` It was a very sensitive subject for me . '' Rolling Stone : Yoko Ono 's Plastic Ono Band concert with Lady Gaga , Iggy Pop and more . About 10 years ago she relented and allowed a variety of artists -- from Pet Shop Boys to Basement Jaxx to Felix Da Housecat -- to create dance remixes of her work for the albums Open Your Box and Yes , I 'm A Witch . `` When I first heard the songs I cried they was so beautiful , '' she says . `` I was so dumb to be against it . Musically , it was as very , very rich experience for me to hear it . '' The album was a critical and commercial success , leading to the release of Move On Fast -LRB- The Remixes -RRB- , which hits shelves on March 12th . The set features remixes of her catalog by Richard Morel , Digital Dog , Wawa , Chris The Greek and many more . `` I never thought I would go into the dance charts , '' says Yoko . `` I respect these producers so much now . I think one day the dance field is going to be very important musically . I mean , it 's a high art now ... I just feel great that people are dancing . I great and I feel it . '' Ono rarely steps foot into a dance club , even though many of them now regularly play her music . `` I did go to a few clubs just so people can be like , ` Yes , Yoko was there ! '' she says . `` But it does get a bit nerve wracking to go to those places . I would love to be dancing every night until dawn , but somehow it 's not conducive for my life right now . '' See the original article on RollingStone.com . Copyright © 2010 Rolling Stone .
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Yoko Ono allowed artists to create dance remixes of work on two albums . `` Move On Fast '' is her sixth consecutive No. 1 dance hit . `` When I first heard the songs I cried they was so beautiful , '' Yoko says .
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Islamabad , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on a funeral procession that killed at least 37 people in northwest Pakistan . More than 50 others were wounded when the bomber detonated explosives during a funeral on the outskirts of Peshawar , said police official Kalam Khan . He said a hand grenade was found at the site after explosion . Security forces promptly defused it . The attack occurred at the funeral of the wife of a member of a pro-government militia group , said Muhammad Ejaz Khan , a senior city police official . A few hours after the blast , a spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban said his group was behind the blast . `` We will keep continuing such attacks on all those who support U.S. and the Pakistan military , '' said spokesman Ihsanullah Ihsan , referring to pro-government militia groups . Journalist Nasir Habib contributed to this report .
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NEW : A grenade is found at the site of the blast , police say . NEW : The Taliban says it will continue to attack those who support the United States . The incident occurs at a funeral in northwest Pakistan . Police say the woman was the wife of a member of a pro-government militia group .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The last chapter in the story of the space shuttle Discovery ended Wednesday as the shuttle landed at Kennedy Space Center in Florida . Discovery touched down just before noon ET as planned . Crowds of onlookers cheered . The announcer on NASA TV called it `` the end of a historic journey '' and added , `` To the ship that has led the way time and time again we say , ` Farewell , Discovery . ' '' Discovery retires having logged more than 148 million miles in orbit during 39 flights . It spent 365 days in space during its lifetime . Discovery 's first launch was August 30 , 1984 . The shuttle undocked from the International Space Station at 8:37 a.m. on Monday , completing a 13-day mission to outfit the space station . The nearly three-decade shuttle program is scheduled to end later this year .
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NEW : The shuttle landed just before noon ET . Discovery 's first launch was August 30 , 1984 . Discovery has logged more than 148 million miles in orbit .
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Camp Verde , Arizona -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Testimony continued Tuesday at the trial of a self-help speaker charged in the death of three people at a sweat lodge in Arizona , with a volunteer saying she and others received little training on how to assist people . Jennifer Haley , who served at the 2009 event near Sedona , took the stand for the third day Tuesday to talk about how she and other `` Dream Team '' members tried to help ceremony participants , some of whom vomited . One reportedly was burned after coming in contact with hot rocks , according to testimony . Author James Arthur Ray is charged with three counts of reckless manslaughter in connection with the October 2009 incident at a spiritual retreat outside Sedona . If convicted , he could face up to 10 years in prison on each count . Haley described hosing people off , and spoke of one man named Dennis who repeatedly said he did n't want to die . Prior to the beginning of the sweat lodge ceremony , Haley testified , Dream Team members received only about 10 minutes of training . Haley , who was a participant in a 2007 ceremony , said Ray told the group `` to expect that anything could happen : There could be throwing up , some people could get delirious ... anything could happen ; it could get a little crazy ... expect it , it was normal . '' Haley also testified they were not told how to help anyone who was unconscious . She said she performed CPR , despite having no training , on a man who appeared to not be breathing . The witness was outside the sweat lodge during the incident . `` There was no suggestion anything could go wrong , '' said Haley , who on that day assisted all three people who died . Eventually , Haley testified , a nurse and doctor rendered aid . Under cross-examination , Haley said participants had a choice of whether to have their heads shaved , which they were encouraged to do in order `` to let go of their vanity . '' The defense is trying to show participants had free will during their time at the event . Haley also said ceremony participants had been warned about how hot the lodge would be and that Ray never told anyone who left during the event they would have to return . A man who burned his hand voluntarily returned to the lodge . A nearby cooling station included fruit , water and fortified water . Haley also said that Ray was unhappy with volunteers , including Lizbeth Marie Neuman , who drank wine one evening before the ceremony , saying it was prohibited . Neuman , 49 , of Prior Lake , Minnesota , died nine days after the ceremony . Asked by a defense attorney if the wine episode had anything to do with Neuman 's death , Haley said , `` I believe that her feeling shameful absolutely had everything to do with her dying in that sweat lodge because she was more than that . '' On Friday -- the fourth day of the trial -- a woman testified that Ray dismissed her alert about the failing condition of a woman who was one of three people who eventually died . Speaking in Yavapai County Superior Court in Camp Verde , Laura Tucker said she twice told Ray -- the second time more loudly and urgently -- she was worried about Neuman , whom she had helped support , during a brief break in the ritual . '' -LRB- Ray -RRB- said Liz has done this before -- she knows what she 's doing , '' Tucker said , claiming that Ray did not check on Neuman despite her concerns . Kirby Brown , 38 , of Westtown , New York , and James Shore , 40 , of Milwaukee , died the night of the event . At least 15 others who took part in the ritual fell ill , but more than 40 others were uninjured . Ray , 53 , had conducted his Spiritual Warrior Retreat for six years at a cost of about $ 10,000 for participants . The so-called sweat lodge -- which was 5 feet tall and 23 feet wide , and built to accommodate up to 75 people -- was the site of a purification ritual for participants modeled on Native American customs . Prosecutors argue that the lodge -- made of willow trees and branches , and covered with tarpaulins and blankets -- was heated to a perilously high temperature , causing the participants to suffer dehydration and heatstroke . Ray poured water over heated stones in a pit in the center , in order to create steam . The sweat lodge ceremony consisted of eight rounds , with each round lasting 10 to 15 minutes . While they were not prevented from leaving , participants have said they were encouraged to wait until the breaks between rounds . Ray encouraged participants to hydrate throughout the retreat and warned them the sweat lodge would be very hot , his attorney has said . Participants signed a release form saying that the retreat activities could include a sweat lodge with enclosed spaces and high temperatures , Luis Li said in his opening statement last week . But prosecutors maintain Ray psychologically pressured participants to remain in the lodge even when they were n't feeling well , contributing to their deaths . Under cross-examination Friday , Tucker acknowledged signing a release form that warned of an `` inherent risk '' of injury in some activities in Ray 's program . InSession 's Michael Christian contributed to this report .
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James Ray did n't make people return to lodge if they left , witness says . A ceremony volunteer says she received no extensive medical training . A survivor says she told Ray her worries about another woman , but he brushed her off . Ray is charged with three counts of reckless manslaughter .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The lawyer for Joran Van der Sloot , the Dutch national accused of killing a 21-year-old woman in Lima , Peru , last year , said Monday he has asked the court to charge his client with the lesser offense of manslaughter . `` In his statement to the police , Joran admitted that he committed the crime , but it was not in the way that the police said it happened , '' said attorney Maximo Altez . `` We have submitted a motion to show that he should n't be charged with aggravated murder , but with violent emotion murder . '' `` Violent emotion murder '' is the equivalent of manslaughter in the United States . Van der Sloot faces up to five years in prison if convicted on the lesser charge and a minimum of 15 years if found guilty of first-degree murder . Altez gave a copy of the motion , dated late last year , to `` In Session . '' A judge has not yet made a ruling on it , he said . Van der Sloot has been charged with first-degree murder and robbery in the case of 21-year-old Stephany Flores . Authorities found Flores ' body in a Lima hotel room registered to him in June last year . He is perhaps best-known as the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of an American teenager in Aruba . Van de Sloot was arrested twice in connection with the Natalee Holloway case , but was not charged . Police have said Van der Sloot admitted that he attacked Flores on May 30 after she read an e-mail on his computer connected with the Holloway case . After killing Flores , police say , Van der Sloot took money and bank cards from her wallet and fled to Chile , where he was arrested June 3 . He was returned the next day to Peru . `` My client ... admits having murdered the victim , but not with ferocity , for profit or pleasure , nor any of the other element -LRB- s -RRB- that make up this murder , but only by violent emotion that overtook him at the time he was attacked by the victim , '' Altez 's motion read . The lawyer contends there is no evidence of robbery . Van der Sloot also faces federal wire fraud and extortion charges in the United States , where prosecutors say he demanded more than $ 250,000 from Holloway 's family in return for disclosing the location of her body . `` I hope he remembers that there 's a hold on him and that he faces up to 20 years for extortion here in the U.S. , '' said John Kelly , the attorney for Holloway 's mother . He said Van der Sloot is a `` prolific liar . '' Van der Sloot is being held at the Miguel Castro Castro Prison . He is spending his time teaching English to the guards and is still in solitary confinement , his lawyer said . CNN 's Susan Candiotti contributed to this report .
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Defense lawyer has asked judge for lesser charge . Joran Van der Sloot is accused of killing 21-year-old Stephany Flores in Lima , Peru , last year . If found guilty of first-degree murder , Van der Sloot would spend a minimum of 15 years in prison .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Lionel Messi returned to haunt Arsenal as his two goals helped Barcelona into the quarterfinals of the Champions League after a 3-1 win in Spain . The Argentina striker scored four goals to knock the English club out of last year 's competition and he starred again as the Spanish champions secured their place in the last eight with a 4-3 aggregate win . Messi opened the scoring just before halftime before the English club pulled level thanks to Sergio Busquets ' own goal . Robin van Persie was shown a second yellow card for shooting on goal after the referee 's whistle had gone -- the striker claimed he could n't hear it amid the noise from 95,000 fans in the stadium . Barcelona then took control as Xavi edged them ahead from a flowing move before Messi grabbed his second from the penalty spot after Laurent Koscielny tripped Pedro . Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was involved in a furious confrontation with the referee upon the final whistle while the statistics showed his side had failed to register a single shot on goal , compared to Barca 's 19 . Blog : Wenger was right , the ref killed the game . Arsenal had been boosted by the return of injured duo Van Persie and captain Cesc Fabregas before the game but they were on the back foot for the majority of the first half . And they lost goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny after only 16 minutes when he damaged a finger saving Dani Alves ' free kick . Manuel Almunia replaced him . Dutch striker Van Persie was then involved in an altercation with Alves and was shown a yellow card . Just before the break Messi broke the deadlock , with help from an unlikely source . Fabregas ' risky back heel was intercepted by Andres Iniesta , he fed Messi and the striker clipped the ball over Almunia before smashing a volley into the net . Out of nothing Arsenal equalized on 53 minutes when Busquets inadvertently headed Nasri 's corner into his own net and at that stage , the English side were going through . But Van Persie was shown a second yellow card for shooting on goal after being flagged offside . The striker claimed he could n't hear the referee 's whistle , which was blown less than a second before he struck his shot . Within 16 minutes of Van Persie 's dismissal Arsenal were 3-1 down . First Xavi finished off a neat move after David Villa 's pass , then Pedro was fouled by Koscielny and Messi scored from the penalty spot . Almunia made a string of vital saves to keep Arsenal in it before the visitors had a late chance to steal the tie when Jack Wilshere put substitute Nicklas Bendtner through on goal but the Danish striker 's first touch was poor and he lost possession . After the game both Van Persie and Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger criticized the referee . On his sending off Van Persie told Sky Sports : `` I ca n't understand that view from the ref . One second from his whistle to my shot is a joke . `` He 's been a joke all evening . I do n't know why he 's here tonight . In my opinion that ref killed the game . There were 95,000 people jumping up so how could I hear his whistle ? '' Wenger added : `` He -LSB- the referee -RSB- must never have played football at all to do that . I told him what I think about his decision face to face . There 's not a lot more to say about that . '' In the evening 's other match Shakhtar Donetsk thrashed Italian giants Roma 3-0 in Ukraine to run out 6-2 winners on aggregate . Goals from Tomas Hubschman , Willan and Eduardo settled proceedings for Shakhtar , who led 3-2 from the first leg in Italy . Marco Borriello missed a penalty for Roma with the score at 1-0 .
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Barcelona beat Arsenal 4-3 on aggregate to reach Champions League quarterfinals . Lionel Messi scores twice and Xavi once as Barca win 3-1 at the Camp Nou . Arsenal incensed at Robin van Persie 's dismissal for kicking the ball away . Shakhtar Donetsk beat Roma 3-0 in Ukraine to go through 6-2 on aggregate .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A tug boat lookout was on a cellphone call to his mother 's house when the barge it was ferrying collided with an anchored tour boat in the Delaware River last summer , according to a report released Monday by the National Transportation Safety Board . Two tourists died and 26 other passengers were injured in the July 7 collision between the barge and the tour boat near Philadelphia . The safety board report is a factual finding in an ongoing investigation and does not offer a conclusion as to what caused the accident . The accident occurred shortly after the tour boat , the DUKW 34 , had dropped anchor to deal with a mechanical problem that caused smoked to pour out of the engine . Around 2:37 p.m. , a barge propelled by the tug boat , the Caribbean Sea , collided with the tour boat , causing it to sink in 55 feet of water . According to the report , the Caribbean Sea 's master was off duty and below deck . The mate was on navigation watch . The report states that , according to telephone records , the mate made a call to his mother 's house at 2:32 p.m. . The call , according to the report , lasted until 2:38 , one minute after the accident occurred . The report also states that that between noon and the accident , when the mate was on navigation watch , he made 13 phone calls and answered six . In radio recordings released by the U.S. Coast Guard last year , an unidentified voice is heard yelling early in the incident , `` Hey ferry , ferry , ferry ! Whoa , whoa , whoa , whoa , whoa ! '' DUKW 34 crew members told investigators that they made radio calls to the tug boat Caribbean Sea that were not answered prior to the collision , the National Transportation Safety Board has said .
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NTSB releases preliminary report on collision between Philadelphia tour boat and barge . The mate on lookout duty was talking to his mother when the accident occurred , it says . Two tour boat passengers were killed and 26 were injured .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Everton hit back from going a goal behind to earn a 1-1 home draw with Birmingham City , a result that lifts the visitors out of the bottom three of the Premier League table . English League Cup winners Birmingham came into the match third from bottom and they took a vital lead in the 17th minute . Jean Beausejour was on target with a close-range header after out-jumping defender Tony Hibbert from a Jordon Mutch cross -- the Chilean 's second goal in as many matches . But Everton levelled just before half-time when Dutchman John Heitinga curled a superb shot into the top corner , after Birmingham failed to clear Leon Osman 's corner . Everton enjoyed the majority of possession and chances after the break . Louis Saha 's shot was stopped by Mutch 's brave block while Birmingham goalkeeper Ben Foster saved well from Jermaine Beckford 's close-range strike . The result means Everton move up a place to ninth in the table , while the point sees Birmingham rise above West Ham on goal difference to 17th place .
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Everton hit back from going a goal behind to earn a 1-1 draw with Birmingham . John Heitinga levels with a superb strike after Jean Beausejour put Birmingham ahead . The result lifts Birmingham out of the bottom three into 17th in Premier League .
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