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Tokyo -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Japanese officials ' concerns over food contamination expanded beyond the country 's borders Tuesday as tests detected radiation in ocean water offshore . Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said that high levels of radioactive substances were found in seawater near the plant , but said that the results did not represent a threat to human health . `` There should be no immediate health impact . If this situation continues for a long period of time , some impact can occur , '' Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano told reporters . The impact such radiation could have on marine life was unclear . Japanese authorities were scheduled to measure radioactivity in waters around the plant on Tuesday and Wednesday , the International Atomic Energy Agency said . Earlier seawater radiation monitoring detected levels of iodine-131 that were 126.7 times higher than government-set standards , the electric company said on its website . Its monitors detected cesium-134 , which has a half-life of about two years , about 24.8 times higher than the government standards . Cesium-137 was found to be 16.5 times higher than the standard . The electric company detected these levels in seawater 100 meters -LRB- 328 feet -RRB- south of the nuclear power plant Monday afternoon . Radioactive particles disperse in the ocean , and the farther away from the shore a sample is taken , the less concentrated the contamination should be . Because of the huge amount of dilution that happens in the ocean , there 's not much chance of deep-water fish being tainted , said Murray McBride , a professor at Cornell University who studies soil and water contamination . `` I think the ocean can handle that a lot better than the physical environment and population centers , '' said Jim Walsh , an international security expert at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a CNN consultant . `` We do n't want any of this to happen , but better it go out to sea than stay in Japan . '' Winds have largely blown radioactive material emitted by the plant offshore since an earthquake and tsunami crippled cooling systems at the plant March 11 . But tests have detected contamination of food grown near the plant . The Japanese government has banned the sale of raw milk from Fukushima Prefecture , where the plant is located , and prohibited the sale of spinach from neighboring Ibaraki Prefecture after finding levels of radioactive iodine and cesium higher than government standards , the country 's health ministry reported . And officials in Fukushima halted the distribution of locally grown vegetables outside the prefecture . The government has also banned sales of spinach and milk from parts of Gunma and Tochigi Prefectures , according to the prime minister 's office . On Tuesday Edano said contamination had not been detected in other agricultural products . `` The products which are being grown in these areas are being monitored and the monitoring will continue , '' he said . He urged consumers to `` try not to panic , '' noting that the government had stopped shipments of any farm products they believed could be contaminated . Edano has stressed that officials believe the levels of radiation in food -- while above the legal standards -- do not pose any immediate health risk , saying they were mostly dangerous only if consumed repeatedly over one 's lifetime . On Monday a spokesman for the World Health Organization said short-term exposure to food contaminated by radiation from Japan 's damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant poses no immediate health risk . Tests have also detected radiation in tap water . On Monday , authorities in the village of Iitake urged residents to avoid drinking tap water that tests showed contained more than three times the maximum standard of radioactive iodine . Water in other jurisdictions showed lesser signs of contamination , although far below levels of concern under Japanese law , according to the International Atomic Energy Agency website . The U.N. agency said it had received reports from Japan 's government that six out of 46 samples tested positive for the iodine-131 radioactive isotope . Iodine and cesium isotopes are byproducts of nuclear fission in reactors such as the ones damaged in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that devastated northern Honshu , Japan 's main island . Although iodine-131 has a radioactive half-life of eight days , cesium-137 's half-life is about 30 years . The decision to prohibit produce sales is another potentially devastating blow to a part of northeast Japan hit by the earthquake , tsunami and other potential fallout from the Fukushima plant . Edano has said farmers will be compensated for revenue lost by the restrictions . `` Primarily this is due to the nuclear reactor accident , so we assume -LRB- Tokyo Electric Power Company -RRB- will be held responsible for compensation . The government might take some supplementary action , '' he said . Fukushima ranks among Japan 's top producer of fruits , vegetables and rice . Ibaraki , south of Fukushima , supplies Tokyo with a significant amount of fruits and vegetables and is Japan 's third-largest pork producer . For radiation to be an issue for rice , the contamination would have to be more severe and prolonged that what has been seen so far , said McBride , the Cornell University professor . Soil contamination was a huge issue around Chernobyl , but the radiation emitted from the Fukushima Daiichi plant is n't anywhere near that level , he said . `` We 're not at that stage ; that 's the scenario you have to consider if contamination gets severe enough , '' McBride said . CNN 's Jo Kent , Steven Jiang , Martin Savidge , Paul Ferguson , Thom Patterson , Matt Smith and Elizabeth Landau contributed to this report .
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High levels of radioactive substances have been found in seawater . The impact on marine life is unclear , and tests are expected to continue . Tests also reveal radiation in milk and spinach . Japan 's chief Cabinet secretary urges consumers `` not to panic ''
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Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Chinese President Hu Jintao wrapped up his visit to the U.S. capital Thursday , telling an audience of American business leaders that Beijing is seeking closer ties and greater trust with the United States on a range of issues . He sought to assuage concerns about China 's rising economic and military power , declaring that his country `` will never seek hegemony or pursue an expansionist policy . '' The Chinese leader was unapologetic , however , about Beijing 's position on the politically sensitive status of Tibet and Taiwan , calling it a matter of Chinese territorial integrity and a `` core interest . '' We are building `` a socialist country under the rule of law , '' he asserted . He said relations between Washington and Beijing need to be governed by a belief in `` equality '' and `` mutual respect . '' Hu made his remarks at a luncheon hosted by the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations , the U.S.-China Business Council , and several other organizations . Earlier in the day , Hu traveled to Capitol Hill , where congressional leaders used the occasion to raise strong concerns about Beijing 's commitment to human rights and economic issues such as the protection of intellectual property . Hu met with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid , D-Nevada , and House Speaker John Boehner , R-Ohio , among others . Neither man attended Wednesday night 's White House state dinner in honor of the Chinese leader . Earlier in the week , Reid called Hu a `` dictator '' -- a word that was later recanted by his spokesman . Reid refused to answer CNN 's Dana Bash when she asked him what he expected `` to accomplish with a man you called a dictator . '' Boehner noted that concerns related to tensions on the Korean peninsula also were raised during Thursday 's talks . We had `` a good meeting , '' Boehner said . `` I would hope that the dialogue on all of these subjects would continue . '' Disagreements over human rights -- including China 's treatment of imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo -- were `` raised very strongly , '' according to Rep. Howard Berman of California , the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee . `` I would not indicate there was great engagement ... other than a general recognition by the president of China that they have a ways to go , '' Berman told reporters . On Wednesday , Hu met with President Obama behind closed doors at the White House for several hours as top officials from both countries worked to address issues tied to the global economic crisis , international security , the environment and human rights . Obama administration officials used the president 's meeting with Hu to highlight economic progress between the two countries , announcing Beijing 's approval of $ 45 billion in new contracts for U.S. companies to export goods to China . The contracts will support an estimated 235,000 American jobs , according to the White House . The two leaders acknowledged continuing differences on human rights , but pledged to keep working on the matter in a `` frank and candid way , '' according to Obama . Human rights remains a touchy subject in China , as censors in the Asian nation made clear during Hu 's visit by blacking out CNN 's news broadcast each time the topic of human rights was mentioned . Even when Hu spoke about human rights , it was blacked out . Censors also blacked the network out in China whenever a CNN report mentioned or showed video of Liu . Footage of anti-China protesters near the White House was similarly blacked out . Obama has nevertheless hailed Hu 's visit as a chance to lay a foundation for the next 30 years of Sino-American relations . `` At a time when some doubt the benefits of cooperation between the United States and China , this visit is ... a chance to demonstrate a simple truth , '' Obama said Wednesday . `` We have an enormous stake in each other 's success . In an interconnected world , in a global economy , nations -- including our own -- will be more prosperous and more secure when we work together . '' Hu declared the relationship between the two powers to be one of `` strategic significance and global influence . '' Under `` new circumstances , and in the face of new challenges , China and the United States share broad common interests and important common responsibilities , '' he said . `` China and the United States should respect each other 's choice of development path and each other 's core interests . '' The formal state dinner for Hu on Wednesday evening was the third such occasion of Obama 's administration . Among the 225 dignitaries who attended were former presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton ; former secretaries of state Madeleine Albright , George Schultz and Henry Kissinger ; Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer ; actor Jackie Chan ; Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire ; and designer Vera Wang . Herbie Hancock and Lang Lang provided entertainment after the dinner . The last White House state dinner for China was in October 1997 , when Clinton welcomed President Jiang Zemin and his wife , Wang Yeping . While Hu was at the White House , he joined Obama in a meeting with key business leaders . The list of corporate executives taking part in the discussion included Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs , HSBC 's John Thornton , Intel 's Paul Otellini , Motorola 's Greg Brown , Microsoft 's Steve Ballmer , GE 's Jeff Immelt and Boeing 's Jim McNerney . Hu later met with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vice President Joe Biden at the State Department . He was scheduled to head to Chicago on Thursday after the meetings on Capitol Hill . During a news conference with reporters Wednesday , Obama said he had received a promise from Hu to establish a more `` level playing field '' for U.S. trade . China 's currency , Obama said , remains undervalued -- a key factor in America 's trade imbalance with Beijing . The two countries need to develop a `` win-win situation as opposed to a win-lose situation , '' he said . Hu conceded that key differences remain over economic policy , but he promised that Beijing would continue making attempts to resolve those differences . Obama noted that he and Hu agreed on the need to reduce tension on the Korean peninsula and prevent further provocations from Pyongyang . A Korean peninsula with no nuclear weapons remains a key goal for both leaders , Obama stressed . Obama also defended his administration 's decision to engage with China despite differences over hot-button issues such as human rights . Obama said that `` China has a different political system than we do '' and is at a `` different stage of development . '' `` I have been very candid with President Hu about these issues , '' he told reporters , and `` occasionally , they are a source of tension . '' Hu defended his country 's human rights record , arguing that `` China recognizes and also respects the universality of human rights . '' At the same time , he said , it is important to account for `` different national circumstances . '' `` We will continue our efforts to improve the lives of the Chinese people '' and promote `` democracy and the rule of law , '' he said . But Washington , he indicated , should respect the principle of `` noninterference '' in domestic affairs . CNN 's Alan Silverleib , Ben Rooney , Tom Cohen and Aaron Smith contributed to this report .
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Hu Jintao tells business leaders China is not pursuing an expansionist policy . Congressional leaders discuss human rights and economic issues with Hu . The session follows Hu 's meeting Wednesday with President Obama .
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Bulawayo , Zimbabwe -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Zimbabwe 's prime minister Thursday said the country will hold an election in `` 12 months '' and he wants an outcome that ca n't be contested . `` In 12 months time we have an election in this country . Let it be free and let it be peaceful , '' said Morgan Tsvangirai , speaking in Bulawayo -- about 450km south-west of Harare -- to his Movement for Democratic Change -LRB- MDC -RRB- party supporters ahead of a congress set for Friday . At the congress new MDC leadership will be elected to prepare for general elections in which Tsvangirai will lock horns with President Robert Mugabe . Tsvangirai predicted the MDC will win , ending the coalition government that has ruled Zimbabwe since 2009 . `` We are the next government of this country responsible to deal with unemployment which is over 85 percent . We have to resuscitate the economy and make it one of the best in Africa , '' added Tsvangirai . Tsvangirai and Mugabe formed a fragile coalition government in 2009 after a disputed , violent election in 2008 . But the coalition has been marred by disagreements between the former political foes . `` People 's will must be respected -LRB- in the next elections -RRB- . The outcome of the polls must not be contested , '' said Tsvangirai . `` Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF took this country to its knees in 30 years . We have a duty in the next government to bring it back , '' added Tsvangirai , critical of his coalition partner and his party . Zimbabwe experienced a decade of negative economic growth before the formation of the coalition government , he noted . Mugabe has indicated that he wants an election this year to end the coalition government . But earlier this week , the country 's finance minister said the economy was not performing well enough to finance an election this year . Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga is expected to attend the MDC congress on Friday as `` the guest of honor '' . Odinga , a fierce critic of Mugabe , was Kenya 's opposition leader before joining President Mwai Kibaki in a 2008 power-sharing deal following contested elections that sparked tribal violence in that country . A similar deal was later agreed to in Zimbabwe by Tsvangirai and his long-time rival Mugabe . This will be the first time that Odinga has visited Zimbabwe since being appointed prime minister .
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Tsvangirai seeks end of current coalition government . Zimbabwe 's finance minister says the country 's poor performance can not finance elections this year . Tsvangirai says his party will form the next government and resuscitate the economy .
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London , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A fishing ship whose crew had to be rescued from a fire is limping to port in the United Kingdom , the Maritime and Coastguard Agency told CNN Wednesday . Ninety-eight crew members were rescued from the Athena early Wednesday , while 13 remain on board to keep the fire under control and pilot the ship to port , the agency 's Claire Johns said . The container ship Vega -- which happened to be nearby when the Athena caught fire -- is accompanying the ship to Falmouth , England , where both ships are due Thursday night , she said . The rescued crew members are aboard the Vega . The rescue operation was complicated by Athena 's distance from land -- some 230 miles -LRB- 370 kilometers -RRB- southwest of the British Isles of Scilly and 270 miles -LRB- 435 kilometers -RRB- west of the Pointe Du Penmarche in Brittany , France . Because they can carry only so much fuel , British Royal Navy helicopters only had about 20 minutes over the rescue scene before having to return , according to the agency . A plane was also scrambled from France to help with communications during the rescue , the Coastguard said . The company that owns the ship does not know the cause of the fire yet , a representative said . `` Hopefully tomorrow when the firefighters come on board -LRB- it -RRB- will be completely extinguished and cleared and then we will know more about what happened , '' Sue Philbrow told CNN by e-mail from the Faroe Islands , where the ship is registered . Five ships responded to the emergency call to pick up crewmembers , who include Chinese , Russian , Peruvian and Scandinavian personnel , among others . The Athena is a fishing ship that processes fish on board . CNN 's Eileen Hsieh and Richard Allen Greene contributed to this report .
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NEW : The ship owner does n't know the cause of the fire . Most of the crew is rescued from the Athena . It 's heading for Falmouth , England , under its own power . The vessel caught fire more than 200 miles from land .
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Kabul , Afghanistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The head of a Kandahar prison where a mass escape occurred this week was among 20 people arrested Thursday on suspicion of assisting the jailbreak , a senior prison official told CNN . Suspicions have run high that -- given the ease and scale of the escape -- there was some inside help at the prison . Guards as well as officials on duty during the night of the escape were arrested . `` The escape of the prisoners are not possible without authorities ' cooperation , '' said Gen. Amir Mohammad Jamshid , the chief director of jails in Afghanistan . Ghulam Dastagher Mayar , the chief director of the Kandahar jail , is among the arrested officials . Monday 's break was the second escape at the prison in three years . In 2008 , as many as 1,000 prisoners -- nearly half of them Taliban members -- escaped after militants detonated a truck bomb against the side of the prison compound . Afghan authorities said Tuesday they have recaptured 65 of the more than several hundred inmates who slipped out of the prison through a nearly quarter-mile tunnel dug beneath the compound . A massive search operation continues to find the others -- many of them insurgent fighters , said the Kandahar governor 's office . The Taliban issued a statement taking responsibility for the escape from the prison in Kandahar , the Taliban 's birthplace . Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahed said digging the tunnel took five months . The escape took four and a half hours , he said . The Taliban claimed 541 prisoners escaped . The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force said the number of escaped prisoners was closer to 470 . The Taliban said 106 of the escapees were military commanders , but there was no immediate government confirmation of the claim . The prison houses some of the country 's most dangerous Taliban prisoners , and the escape was an embarrassment for the Afghanistan government and its Western allies , said CNN National Security Analyst Peter Bergen .
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Director of Kandahar 's prison is among 20 held . The escape was an embarrassment to authorities . The Taliban claimed responsibility for the escape .
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New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Russian cargo pilot and his Nigerian broker were found guilty on Thursday of conspiring to traffic more than $ 100 million worth of cocaine into the United States and Europe from ports in West Africa . Federal prosecutors say Konstantin Yaroshenko , 42 , and Chigbo Peter Umeh , 43 , were arrested in Liberia in May after trying to bribe high-level Liberian government officials -- including the son of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf -- in an effort to safeguard the route they used to bring Colombian cocaine to market . Sirleaf 's son , the country 's national security agency director , and his deputy had been working with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency as undercover agents , unbeknownst to the two alleged traffickers , prosecutors said . The men were convicted on conspiracy charges related to at least three large trans-Atlantic shipments of cocaine that were to transit through Liberia , according to a statement from the U.S. attorney 's office in New York . `` This is absolutely a trend we 're seeing coming through West Africa and on to Europe , '' said Dawn Dearden , a spokeswoman for the DEA . She cited market incentives as a primary motivator for the shipments ' meandering routes , often considered vulnerable to international scrutiny . `` What you can get for a kilo in Europe is a lot more than what you can sell it for in South America , '' said Dearden . Prosecutors say at least one 4,000-kilogram shipment -- itself worth more than $ 100 million -- was supplied by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia , commonly known as FARC , a leftist rebel group funded by way of narcotics sales and kidnappings . The cocaine , often grown in the FARC-controlled stretches of rebel-held Colombia , was to be first delivered to Venezuela before heading to Liberia , a way-station for further distribution . Prosecutors say the pair agreed to make payments in the form of cash and cocaine to facilitate the transfer of the narcotics for at least one shipment to New York by way of a commercial airline flight from Ghana . Umeh , who prosecutors said served as a broker between suppliers in South America and distributors in West Africa , faces a minimum of 20 years in federal prison . Yaroshenko , a pilot who -- according to the U.S. Justice Department -- transported thousand-kilogram quantities of cocaine through South America , Africa , and Europe , will face a minimum term of 10 years in federal prison . The 42-year-old-cargo pilot was held in the same pre-trial detention facility in New York as suspected Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout . The so-called ` Merchant of Death ' is now in U.S. custody awaiting trial on charges that he agreed to sell millions of dollars of weapons to the FARC . Meanwhile , Russian officials have argued that Yaroshenko 's apprehension and incarceration `` directly violate norms of international law . '' `` We are talking about kidnapping of a Russian citizen on the territory of a third country , '' a Russian Foreign Ministry statement said in July . `` The actions of the U.S. special services at forcibly and secretly transferring of our citizen from Monrovia -LRB- Liberia -RRB- to New York can be qualified as outright lawlessness . '' Yaroshenko 's arrest marks the first prisoner transfer from Liberia to the United States in connection with a narcotics-related charge in more than three decades , according to the U.S. Justice Department . The two men are scheduled to be sentenced in U.S. federal court in New York on July 28 .
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A Russian and a Nigerian were convicted in connection with $ 100 million worth of cocaine . The men were convicted on conspiracy charges related to at least three large shipments . Konstantin Yaroshenko and Chigbo Peter Umeh were arrested in May . They tried to bribe Liberian government officials , including the son of Liberia 's president .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- On the first anniversary of an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling platform , which triggered the biggest oil disaster in U.S. history , BP filed suit Wednesday against the manufacturer of the rig platform 's blowout preventer . `` BP has sued Cameron for its faulty design and manufacture of the blowout preventer -LRB- BOP -RRB- and its negligence in the maintenance and modification of the BOP , a critical safety device that failed to prevent the blowout of the Macondo well , '' BP spokesman Scott Dean said in a statement . `` When activated in a loss-of-control situation , a BOP , through one of its preventers known as the blind shear rams , is designed to cut through drill pipe that may be across the BOP and seal the well to contain the hydrocarbons and keep them from flowing to the rig , '' Dean said . A report released March 23 determined that the oil spill was caused by a piece of drill pipe trapped in the rig platform 's blowout preventer , a device intended to stop oil from flowing into the Gulf . The report was commissioned by various U.S. agencies , including the Interior Department and the Department of Homeland Security . The Interior Department has said a much broader report that relies on additional sources of data , including eyewitness accounts and photos , will be released this summer . Meanwhile , officials in Louisiana Wednesday called on BP to make good on its promises to make everything right . `` We continue to call on BP to fulfill the promises of their ads , '' said Gov. Bobby Jindal . `` We continue to call on BP to truly make it right , here in Louisiana . We have 300 miles of our coast that continue to be oiled . '' Jindal said he has called on BP `` not to wait five years , 10 years , 20 years , '' to make key payments as part of the Natural Resources Damage Assessment process . `` We know those payments could be hundreds of millions , maybe even billions of dollars . We again call on BP to make these payments within days , not weeks , not months ... so we can proceed with restoring our coast . `` We stood here with some leaders from BP toward the end of last year and they made promises -- promises about replanting oysters , promises about building a saltwater hatchery -- and those promises have still not been kept . '' Jindal said he was also calling on both BP and the U.S. Coast Guard to continue to clean up the shoreline , noting that `` 40 % of the Louisiana coastline that had been oiled during this spill continue to be oiled today . '' The oil spill has prompted a flood of lawsuits against BP , Transocean and Halliburton from a variety of plaintiffs , including owners of Gulf businesses who say they suffered heavy financial losses because of the spill . Transocean owned the Deepwater Horizon oil rig . Halliburton installed the rig 's cement casing . The plaintiffs also include Transocean shareholders who contend the company falsely claimed it had remedied past safety problems with its blowout preventers before the Gulf spill . Dean said BP is filing suit `` as part of the legal process to ensure that all parties involved in the Macondo well are appropriately held accountable for their roles in contributing to the Deepwater Horizon accident . '' Billy Nungesser , president of Plaquemines Parish , was among the officials joining Jindal at a news conference . `` We need to see the sense of urgency , '' Nungesser said . `` I stand here today , a year later , and I still ca n't look you in the eye and tell you who 's in charge , '' he said , repeating a statement he made Tuesday night in an interview with CNN 's `` In The Arena '' host Eliot Spitzer . `` We need to make sure we begin coastal restoration this week -- not next year , not the following year , '' Nungesser added . Jindal and other officials remembered the 11 people killed on the Deepwater Horizon , saying they were heroes . In a statement , BP Chief Executive Bob Dudley said , `` We remember 11 fellow workers and we deeply regret the loss of their lives . '' The company said its thoughts are with their families , friends and colleagues . `` We also remember those who were injured and affected in other ways by the accident and the subsequent oil spill , '' Dudley said . `` We are committed to meet our obligations to those affected by this tragedy and we will continue our work to strengthen safety and risk management across BP . '' On its website , BP lays out numerous steps it has taken , including payments made . The company says it paid nearly $ 400 million in response to more than 150,000 individual and business claims . It also paid $ 1.14 billion to federal , state and local governmental entities to cover claims , response and removal costs and payments . In 2010 , BP paid $ 5 billion into a $ 20 billion trust designed to satisfy claims adjudicated by the Gulf Coast Claims Facility , and the company `` is committed to making additional payments of $ 1.25 billion each quarter until the end of 2013 , '' it says . CNN 's Eric Gershon contributed to this report .
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NEW : BP claims blowout preventer had faulty design and manufacture . Gov. Jindal : Some BP promises `` have still not been kept '' `` We need to see the sense of urgency , '' a parish president says . 11 victims are remembered as heroes .
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Bangkok , Thailand -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Fighting raged on along the turbulent Thai-Cambodian border Friday , one day after a military source said local commanders from both sides had agreed to a cease-fire . Thai military spokesman Col. Sansern Kawekumnerd said Friday that another Thai soldier died and four soldiers were injured in the fighting . At least six Thai soldiers and one civilian have been killed in the clashes that started last week . Cambodia has said three of its troops have been killed in the fighting . The cease-fire agreed upon Thursday was forged at the unit commander level but not at the higher levels of the militaries , a Thai military source said . The source , who asked not to be named because he is not authorized to speak publicly , had said if peace persisted , higher-ranking commanders might meet on Friday . The commanders would be Thailand 's 2nd Region commander , Lt. Gen Tawatchai Samutsakorn , and Lt. Gen. Chea Mon , Cambodia 's 5th Army Region commander . Cambodia 's government spokesman could not be reached for comment . Clashes between the two started April 22 as both sides accused each other of trying to seize ancient temples . Thailand calls the temples Ta Kwai and Ta Muen , while Cambodia calls them Ta Krabey and Ta Moan . Much of the border between the two countries remains in dispute . Both sides claim the disputed temples are in their country . Indonesia has offered to provide observers to the border area and help both sides resolve the crisis diplomatically . Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya met with Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa in Jakarta , Indonesia , on Thursday . Indonesia holds the chair of the the Association of Southeast Asian Nations -LRB- ASEAN -RRB- . Natalegawa also said Thailand welcomes the deployment of an Indonesian observer team to the disputed area . This idea was first agreed upon in an emergency meeting of ASEAN 's Foreign Ministers in February , also in Jakarta . The observers have not been deployed , after Thailand later stated their presence was not needed . `` I just want to reassure that Thailand will work very earnestly and in a very serious manner with Indonesia in the role of Indonesia as a great facilitator , '' the Thai foreign minister said . United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged both nations to pursue `` an effective and verifiable cease-fire . '' In February , fighting flared up along another disputed border area between the two nations , prompting the U.N. Security Council to issue a statement calling on both sides to implement a cease-fire . Those clashes stemmed from a longstanding conflict related to the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple . Both Cambodia and Thailand lay claim to the temple , which sits atop a cliff on Cambodian soil but has its most accessible entrance on the Thai side . CNN 's Kocha Olarn and Kathy Quiano contributed to this report .
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A Thai military spokesman says another soldier died from the clashes . Military source : Unit-level commanders agreed to a cease fire Thursday . Ancient temples are at the core of the dispute . Indonesia offers to help resolve the crisis .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Bosnian striker Edin Dzeko finally broke his English Premier League duck for Manchester City , as his goal helped Roberto Mancini 's side to a 1-0 victory at Blackburn Rovers . Dzeko moved to City from German club Wolfsburg in January for a fee reported to be in the region of $ 44.5 million but had gone nine league games without scoring before the trip to Ewood Park . His close range 75th minute winner saw City pull four points clear of Tottenham in the fourth qualification slot for the lucrative Champions League tournament , while Rovers slipped deeper into relegation trouble . Manager Steve Kean 's side are now just one point above the drop zone , and have now gone ten games without a win . After the game Dzeko told Sky Sports : `` I 'm very happy that this goal helped my team to win the game . Maybe this was one of the most important goals in the last month . I think it is a new beginning for me at City . '' City dominated the first half , with Spain international David Silva hitting the post with only three minutes on the clock . England international Gareth Barry then had a header cleared off the line by ex-Real Madrid defender Michel Salgado before Rovers ' striker Jason Roberts claimed a penalty after what looked like a trip by Vincent Kompany . Aleksandar Kolarov tested Blackburn 's goal when he sent a dipping shot narrowly over the bar . Rovers ' best chance came when Zimbabwean striker Benjani headed over from 12 yards . Rovers were far better in the second half and put City under intense pressure but could n't find a breakthrough , and they were made to pay when Dzeko came on as a substitute . He 'd only been on the field for three minutes before a Silva cross was deflected into his path and he guided the ball high into the net from eight yards out . Martin Olsson forced City keeper Joe Hart into an injury time save from a fiercely hit free kick , but Mancini 's side held out until the final whistle for their second win in a row after they defeated bitter rivals Manchester United in the FA Cup semifinal . In Spain , Real Zaragoza climbed out of the relegation zone in La Liga with a crucial 1-0 win over rock-bottom Almeria . Diego Alves was the unlucky party , as Florent Sinama-Pongolle 's shot hit the post , then the Almeria keeper and bounced back into the net . Zaragoza move into 16th , one point above the drop zone , while Almeria are now nine points adrift of safety .
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Edin Dzeko breaks his Premier League duck as Man City beat Blackburn 1-0 . Bosnian striker had gone nine games with an English league goal . City move clear of Spurs in fourth while Blackburn are deep in relegation trouble . Real Zaragoza beat struggling Almeria 1-0 in Spain 's La Liga .
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Jakarta , Indonesia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The trial of 12 men charged in a deadly attack against a minority Muslim sect began Tuesday under heavy security in West Java . `` We deployed about 1,095 personnel , '' said Senior Commissioner Budiarto , the operations head of the police department in Banten province . Two water cannons and three armored vehicles were also on standby . Budiarto , like many in Indonesia , go by one name . Hundreds of people , mostly students from nearby Islamic boarding schools , prayed and chanted outside the courthouse in support of the defendants . The men are on trial for a February 6 incident in which a mob of about 1,000 people , wielding knives and stones , attacked about 25 members of the Muslim minority sect , Ahmadiyah , in Cikeusik village in the province . Three people were killed and six others injured . The crowd opposed the presence of the Ahmadiyah in the village and demanded the group stop its activities . Amateur video of the incident obtained by Human Rights Watch showed people pummeling what looked like lifeless bodies with sticks and rocks . The video has been posted on the Internet , fueling public outrage . In a televised statement , Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono condemned the violence against Ahmadiyah and ordered a thorough investigation . Human rights activists , however , have called on the government to revoke a ministerial decree issued in 2008 that bans the community 's religious activities . Many Muslims consider the Ahmadiyah a deviation from the orthodox Islamic faith . Followers of Ahmadiyah believe Mirza Ghulam Ahmad , the founder of the religious movement in India , was Islam 's last prophet . Orthodox Muslims say Mohammed was the last prophet . The Setara Institute for Peace and Democracy , a local think tank , noted in a recent report a marked increase in the number of attacks against Ahmadiyah and other minority religions in Indonesia in recent years . The most populous Muslim country in the world , Indonesia has previously been touted as an example of tolerance and democracy in the Islamic world . But a 2009 study from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life in Washington suggested it was actually among the most restrictive countries when it comes to religion . Last week , Human Rights Watch issued a statement , urging authorities to ensure proper security at the trial . `` For the Cikeusik trial to be a step toward ending religious violence in Indonesia , the police need to ensure the security of everyone in the courtroom , '' said Elaine Pearson , deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch . `` Witnesses brave enough to testify , as well as judges and prosecutors , should not have to face intimidation . ''
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Hundreds chant outside the courthouse in support of the defendants . In February , a mob of about 1,000 attacked 25 members of the Ahmadiyah sect . Video shows people with knives and stones taking part . Rights groups want the government to revoke a decree banning Ahmadiyah .
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Mexico City -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Eight drug traffickers belonging to Mexican drug lord Joaquin `` El Chapo '' Guzman 's organization have been captured , including a man presumed to be Guzman 's relative and confidant , officials said Wednesday . Federal police captured Victor Manuel Felix , alias `` El Senor , '' who worked for the Sinaloa cartel and was the leader of one of its financial networks , anti-drug police chief Ramon Eduardo Pequeno said . Felix is believed to be Chapo 's `` consuegro '' -- a Spanish word for the father-in-law of one 's son or daughter . Felix and seven others were captured in what was called Operation Beehive . Some 500 kilos of cocaine and $ 500,000 were seized as a result of the arrests , which took place last Friday in the states of Jalisco and Quintana Roo , as well as in Mexico City , authorities said . Police from Mexico , Ecuador and Colombia worked jointly in the investigation that led to the arrests , Pequeno said . Guzman is one of Mexico 's most-wanted drug kingpins , and has made Forbes Magazine 's list of the world 's billionaires , with a net worth of about $ 1 billion . The Mexican federal police investigation revealed those arrested participated in international drug trafficking and organized crime , police said . The agency conducted undercover operations that led to the discovery of the details of the illegal activities in Ecuador and Mexico . In the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil , the organization had a cell comprised of members from Colombia , Ecuador and Mexico , who used various houses to gather and store drugs before shipping them to Mexico and the United States , the federal police said . Acting on this information , Ecuadorian police seized about four tons of cocaine and arrested nine suspects in Ecuador .
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Police arrested Victor Manuel Felix and seven other members of the Sinaloa cartel . Felix is the father-in-law of one of Joaquin Guzman 's children . Guzman is one of the most-wanted men in Mexico .
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Abidjan , Ivory Coast -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The U.S. Embassy consular section in Abidjan may reopen Monday , but it initially will provide limited services , according to the State Department . The department continues to warn American citizens against traveling to Ivory Coast despite the arrest of former President Laurent Gbagbo , who defied calls to step down after an electoral commission declared he lost a presidential election in November to Alassane Ouattara . A violent power struggle followed the standoff , with supporters loyal to both sides taking to the streets in protests since December . Hundreds have been killed , according to the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross . Ouattara has been recognized internationally as the legitimate winner . `` Contacting the Consular Section before making a visit would be prudent under the circumstances , '' the State Department said in a statement Thursday . `` We need to reiterate that because of the conditions in the country , the Embassy has severely diminished capacity to assist U.S. citizens and that in the event of a temporary flare-up in violence sheltering in place is often your best option . '' The statement claims there are continued reports of lawlessness in various neighborhoods of Abidjan , the nation 's largest city and commercial center .
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Consular section expected to reopen on or about Monday . State Department continues to warn against travel to Ivory Coast . Statement indicates there are continued reports of lawlessness in Abidjan .
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London -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Piracy , mostly in the dangerous waters near Somalia , has surged this year and may be at an all-time high , according to a new report Thursday . There have been 142 pirate attacks worldwide in the first three months of this year , according to the report from the International Chamber of Commerce 's International Maritime Bureau . And 97 of the attacks came off the coast of Somalia , the organization said . `` Figures for piracy and armed robbery at sea in the past three months are higher than we 've ever recorded in the first quarter of any past year , '' said Pottengal Mukundan , director of bureau that has monitored piracy since 1991 . During these attacks , 18 vessels were hijacked and 344 crew members were taken hostage . In the first three months of 2011 , seven crew members have been killed and 34 injured , according to the report . One of the deadly attacks occurred in February when four Americans were killed after Somali pirates hijacked their 58-foot yacht off the coast of Oman . U.S. prosecutors announced this week that they had indicted a man believed to be one of the leaders of that pirate attack .
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Most of the pirate attacks are occurring near Somalia , group says . Seven people have been killed during these attacks . One of the attacks was in February on a yacht where four Americans were killed .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The former leader of Ivory Coast may have to face international charges for alleged crimes committed during his time in office , President Alassane Ouattara announced Wednesday , as he outlined his plans to bring peace and security to his nation . Ouattara told reporters that he was setting up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission , similar to those created after civil wars or conflicts in other countries , in order to bring to justice anyone who committed atrocities during the most recent strife or even before that . `` Reconciliation ca n't be done without justice , '' Ouattara said in a news conference at the Golf Hotel , where he was holed up for months in the violent aftermath of the disputed presidential election . `` All Ivorians are equal in the eyes of the law , no matter their politics , their origin , their religion or their race , '' he said . Former President Laurent Gbagbo has been moved out of the Golf Hotel , where he was held after his arrest Monday , and is now under guard in a villa elsewhere in the country , Ouattara said . `` He is safe , and we will treat him with consideration , '' the president said . `` He is under house arrest in a villa . The president of the U.N. Security Council , Colombian Ambassador Nestor Osorio , said Wednesday that Gbagbo was taken to a presidential residence in the northern part of the country . `` We must respect his rights as a former leader , and make sure that the consideration he deserves due to his former title is truly respected , and of course that his physical safety and health is also preserved , '' Ouattara said . As for charges against Gbagbo , that will be up to the Ivorian justice minister , Ouattara said , adding that international counts would be determined by an international prosecutor . The president also vowed that even members of the Republican Forces -- the troops loyal to him -- who were found to have committed crimes would be brought to justice . `` All the soldiers -- even those in the Republican Forces -- identified as being pillagers will be dealt with , '' the president said , in response to a journalist 's question about reports of Republican Forces troops participating in raids and pillaging in Abidjan . Human Rights Watch published a scathing report Saturday about abuses perpetrated by pro-Ouattara forces on their offensive to Abidjan . People interviewed by the monitoring agency `` described how , in village after village , pro-Ouattara forces summarily executed and raped perceived Gbagbo supporters in their homes , as they worked in the fields , as they fled or as they tried to hide in the bush . '' `` Ouattara should fulfill his public pledge to investigate and prosecute abuses by both sides if Côte d'Ivoire is to emerge from this horrific period , '' said Daniel Bekele , Africa director at Human Rights Watch . Also under investigation is the massacre in the western Ivorian town of Duekoue , where the International Committee of the Red Cross said 800 people were slaughtered . The United Nations blamed many of the deaths on Ouattara 's forces . Ouattara said the minister of justice has already begun a probe into those killings , the Human Rights Commission would be sending representatives in the next few days to look into the matter as well , and he has scheduled a meeting with the chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court . `` I condemn this massacre , '' Ouattara said Wednesday . `` The people responsible for these killings , whoever they are , will be judged . '' `` I am revolted , indignant at the number of dead , '' he added . As many as 27,500 people took refuge after the massacre in a Catholic mission in Duekoue , according to Amnesty International , and humanitarian conditions there are deteriorating rapidly . `` They are trapped in overcrowded and appalling conditions , having fled their homes after atrocious abuses were carried out by both parties to the conflict , '' said Véronique Aubert , Amnesty International 's deputy director for Africa . The human rights group also warned that supporters of Gbagbo in Abidjan and elsewhere were at risk of violent reprisals following the former president 's capture . One eyewitness reported to the group that a policeman belonging to Gbagbo 's ethnic group was taken from his home and shot dead at point blank range , an Amnesty International statement said . `` Dozens of young people are going into hiding in Abidjan out of fear for their lives , '' Aubert said . `` In the western part of the country , people suspected of being pro-Gbagbo are also terrified . Many are hiding in the bush after their villages were burned down . They need to be protected . '' On Wednesday , the International Rescue Committee said in a statement that rapes , sexual assaults , beatings and harassment of Ivorian women and girls by armed men had increased by `` alarming numbers . '' `` Women and girls are being brutally raped by armed men , often in front of their family members , '' said Liz Pender , an IRC women 's protection expert , who has been meeting with groups of Ivorian women and girls who fled to Liberia in recent weeks to escape the violence in their homeland . `` One woman told me she was forced to watch as several men took turns raping her sister , sometimes with a stick , and that she did n't survive the attack . '' The refugee women who took part in Pender 's group discussions said fear of rape or sexual slavery were the primary reasons they fled to Liberia , according to the IRC statement . It provided no details on the identities or political ties of the armed men carrying out the assaults . Ouattara has blamed much of the bloodshed in the aftermath of the election on forces loyal to Gbagbo , and said his government has begun a two-month program to root out weapons across the country . He 's also demanded that the militia members and mercenaries who worked for the former leader surrender their arms immediately . But he faces a daunting task in forging a peaceful and stable path forward . Chief among his challenges , said longtime observers , will be to unite the severely divided nation and ensure justice for those who committed grave human rights violations in the nation 's political vacuum -- including those in his own camp who stand accused of heinous acts . Most of the blame for the bloodshed rests squarely on the shoulders of Gbagbo , whose refusal to cede power plunged Ivory Coast into crisis , said Jendayi Frazer of the Council on Foreign Relations and a former U.S. assistant secretary of state for African Affairs under former President George W. Bush . The International Criminal Court in The Hague , Netherlands , is now poised to investigate alleged war crimes instigated by Gbagbo . Ouattara will have to delicately balance such a probe with reconciliation . After all , said expert Alex Vines , Ouattara did not win in a landslide . Gbagbo won 45.9 percent of the vote and as such , Ouattara will have to reach out to his rival 's supporters , perhaps even welcome them into his government without jeopardizing justice , said Vines , head of the Africa program at the British think tank Chatham House . But even more significant may be the way Ouattara handles his own dirt . Though he emerged in the Western media as the good versus Gbagbo 's evil , Ouattara , too , has been accused of having blood on his hands . In the United States , Ouattara 's critics questioned his right to rule . `` It is now clear , based on U.N. reports coming from Cote d'Ivoire , that mass killings have occurred at the hands of Alassane Ouattara , '' Sen. Jim Inhofe , R-Oklahoma , said earlier this month . `` This calls into question his legitimacy to lead that country , '' said Inhofe , who has visited Ivory Coast nine times and made no secret of his support for Gbagbo . `` Ouattara is on a rampage , killing innocent civilians , and he must be stopped before this becomes another Rwanda . '' Human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson said Ouattara 's moment in the spotlight could quickly dim without adequate investigations into the abuse allegations against forces loyal to him . `` Mr. Ouattara should also be investigated because of the evidence that his troops did commit rapes and abuse en route to Abidjan , '' said Robertson , a former president of the U.N. special court for Sierra Leone . Such a probe could answer questions about what amount of control Ouattara exerted over the forces fighting under his name and whether he deliberately failed to stop them , Robertson said . In his favor , Ouattara has been viewed for some time as a hardworking man , an honest politician who favors transparency . He hailed from northern lands dominated by Muslim immigrants who came to work in Ivory Coast and eventually grew into influential businessmen and traders . The U.S.-educated Ouattara quit his International Monetary Fund job to run for president in 2000 and might have met Gbagbo on the ballot then , except that he was marked as an outsider -- his mother was from Burkina Faso -- and barred from participating in the election . The pro-Gbagbo newspaper Notre Voie accused Ouattara of backing a failed 2002 coup against Gbagbo 's government , which triggered the 2002 civil war . Ouattara 's critics blame him for the deep split that Ivory Coast has yet to mend . Vines said the rebels who fought in the 2002 civil war , the Force Nouvelles , formed a large part of the pro-Ouattara forces fighting Gbagbo 's troops in the latest crisis . The United Nations has repeatedly cited the armed group for breaking the arms embargo imposed on Ivory Coast , and human rights groups have sounded alarms about its abuses . The moral high ground in Ivory Coast , said Vines , is that the election result is clear and in favor of Ouattara . `` After that it gets gray and in the last few weeks , it 's gotten very opaque indeed , '' he said about the recent spate of killings , especially the massacre in Duekoue . Ouattara , said Robertson , must conduct a swift inquiry into the allegations and punish the perpetrators . Otherwise , Robertson said , Ouattara will `` himself be vulnerable to prosecution in The Hague . ''
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NEW : Sexual assaults by armed men increase , international agency says . The International Criminal Court is poised to investigate Laurent Gbagbo . Human rights monitors accuse pro-Ouattara forces of atrocities , as well . Ensuring justice in Ivory Coast will be critical to its future , experts say .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Hopes for a Libyan cease-fire were raised briefly this week when it was announced that longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi had agreed , in principle , to the African Union 's `` road map '' proposal for peace . Gadhafi 's opposition later rejected the proposal , but its leaders said they would be open to any other proposals the African Union might make . African Union delegates join an international conference on Libya 's future on Wednesday . Could the African Union be the key to peace in Libya ? What is the African Union , anyway ? Here 's what you need to know : . 1 . The African Union is relatively new . The African Union was formed in 2002 , replacing the Organization for African Unity , which had been in place since 1963 . Its membership is composed of every African nation except Morocco , which withdrew from the OAU in 1984 because it took exception to the OAU 's inclusion of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic . `` The main overriding idea was to give more prominence to Africa , to make it an organization that had real teeth , that could push Africa on the international stage , that gave it a more unified voice to Africans , '' said Richard Downie , deputy director of the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies . The diplomatic boost is just one of the reasons the African Union was created . Economic prosperity was another -- the African Union is working toward the formation of a central bank and its own currency similar to the euro -- and there was a desire for Africa to be able to respond to its own security crises with peacekeeping troops and humanitarian aid . `` The idea going forward is that the AU will take more of a lead in trying to come up with solutions to Africa 's security problems rather than relying on the international community or the United Nations , '' Downie said . 2 . The African Union has been more effective than its predecessor . The African Union seems to have taken a much more active role than the Organization for African Unity ever did , implementing policies to reduce poverty and corruption . And one of if its most visible actions in recent years has been sending peacekeeping troops to Somalia and Darfur . The OAU had been criticized for sitting idly while humanitarian crises developed in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo . `` The general perception of the African Union is that it has been considerably more effective than its predecessor , particularly on peace and security questions , '' said John Campbell , the Ralph Bunche senior fellow for Africa policy studies at the Council on Foreign Relations . `` It 's considerably more -LRB- of an -RRB- activist than its predecessor was . '' Downie agrees that the African Union has been more successful , but that 's not saying much considering the Organization for African Unity `` had a pretty awful reputation . Basically , it became a bit of a running joke as an organization that stood up for dictators . '' 3 . The African Union is struggling financially . Maxwell Mkwezalamba , the African Union 's commissioner for economic affairs , recently expressed concern about the organization 's ability to pay peacekeepers in Somalia , Sudan and possibly Ivory Coast and North Africa if soldiers were ever needed there . `` The AU does not have adequate funds to finance soldiers in those countries , '' he told The East African newspaper this month . `` Our expenditure budget is currently constrained to meet the ever rising demand for intervention . '' The African Union has had financial problems since its inception , Downie said . `` A lot of countries have either struggled to pay their fees to keep this thing running or just kind of accidentally forgotten to pay the fees at all , '' he said . Filling in the gaps have been a select few of the African Union 's 53 members . It has been reported that five of the continent 's most prosperous countries -- Algeria , Egypt , Libya , Nigeria and South Africa -- cover three-fourths of the group 's budget . 4 . When it comes to Gadhafi , the African Union might be biased . With Gadhafi funding such a large chunk of the African Union 's running fees -- about 15 percent since the group was founded -- there 's a bit of a conflict of interest , Downie said . Gadhafi 's oil riches have also helped some of the same leaders who are on the five-man panel trying to negotiate a cease-fire . `` Some of these leaders are indebted to Gadhafi , and therefore maybe they 're not the most honest brokers when it comes to negotiating a cease-fire , '' Downie said , using South Africa 's Jacob Zuma as an example . Gadhafi funded South Africa 's African National Congress for many years when it was a liberation movement fighting apartheid . Another thing to keep in mind is that Gadhafi , frustrated with the Organization for African Unity , helped lead the charge for the African Union when it was just getting started . He also served as its chairman for one year , from 2009 to 2010 . So it might not be surprising if the African Union was to lean in his favor . `` Do n't you think it 's sort of interesting that in the case of Libya , the Arab League favored outside intervention to protect Libyans , and the African Union did not ? '' Campbell asked . 5 . The African Union is respected by many , but it still has much to prove . Outside Africa , Campbell said , many countries and international groups have a favorable opinion of the African Union . `` But remember , we 're talking here about something like motherhood and apple pie -- in other words , everybody favors regional organizations , particularly regional organizations in Africa , that try to deal with peace and security questions , '' he said . The United States has an ambassador to the African Union , and Downie said that 's proof that the group is `` gaining prominence and seriousness . '' `` In diplomatic terms , this is an organization that you have to talk to and consider , '' he said . Although the financial problems are something to keep an eye on , especially without Gadhafi , the African Union has shown good intent and seems to be going in the right direction , Downie said . `` This is an organization that we will have to take more notice of in the coming years , '' he said .
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The African Union 's cease-fire proposal was rejected by the Libyan opposition Monday . The organization was created nearly 10 years ago with Moammar Gadhafi 's help . The African Union has provided the continent with a diplomatic and economic boost . But some experts say its history with Gadhafi creates a conflict of interest .
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Abidjan , Ivory Coast -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The European Union announced a recovery package of 180 million euros for the Ivory Coast on Tuesday as residents of the African nation attempted to adjust to life with a clear leader and relative stability after months of bloodshed . Forces arrested former President Laurent Gbagbo after storming his residence on Monday . Gbagbo defied calls to step down after an electoral commission declared he lost a presidential election in November to Alassane Ouattara . Ouattara has been recognized internationally as the legitimate winner . A violent power struggle followed the standoff , with supporters loyal to both sides taking to the streets in protests since December . Hundreds have been killed , according to the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross . Andris Piebalgs , EU commissioner for development , announced the recovery package on Tuesday . `` We will stand by Ivory Coast and its people by immediately starting to work with the government of President Ouattara to support him in getting the country on the right track towards reconciliation , democracy , economic recovery and sustainable development , '' he said . The funding will provide support to ensure basic needs for citizens such as health , water , sanitation and to support the agricultural sector , Piebalgs said in a statement . It also will clear the Ivory Coast 's debt accumulated through the European Investment Bank . Top military brass pledged their support to Ouattara in a ceremony Tuesday at a hotel in Abdijan . Gen. Phillipe Mangou , Gbagbo 's former army chief of staff , said on state television that the generals were received by Ouattara and given orders to take measures to restore order in the country . All security personnel should rejoin their posts Wednesday morning , Mangou said , to help the country return to normal . He also appealed to citizens who participated in the unrest to lay down their weapons and return to work , saying that those who fail to do so will be considered outlaws . The United Nations ' World Food Programme said it was planning airlifts in the coming days `` to provide life-saving food assistance to tens of thousands of internally displaced people '' in Ivory Coast , as well as Ivorian refugees in neighboring Liberia . `` We need to open up a humanitarian lifeline to the many Ivorians who are now the victims of alarming shortages of food , water and other basic needs , '' said Josette Sheeran , World Food Programme executive director . The organization will airlift food from Niger and Mali into western Ivory Coast and Monrovia , Liberia , as part of a plan to transport 15,000 metric tons of cereals , vegetable oil and other items , it said in a statement . U.S. President Barack Obama called Ouattara on Tuesday `` to congratulate him on assuming his duties as the democratically elected president , '' the White House said in a statement . Obama offered Ouattara support in his efforts to unite the nation , restore security and the economy and reform the security forces , the statement said . In addition , `` the two leaders ... reiterated the importance of ensuring that alleged atrocities are investigated and that perpetrators -- regardless of which side they supported -- are held accountable for their actions '' in Ivory Coast , the White House said . The two also committed to support the United Nations commission of inquiry and the International Criminal Court in investigating abuses . Gbagbo rejected an offer to teach at an American university and have supporters in Ouattara 's cabinet , as well as immunity from International Criminal Court prosecution , an African diplomat with knowledge of the situation told CNN Tuesday . Gbagbo had only 200 troops left and no way to restock the basement refuge of the presidential palace when he was captured , the source said , declining to be named discussing sensitive details . The Ivorian forces who stormed Gbagbo 's residence could simply have thrown a grenade into the basement , but Ouattara had given specific instructions that he was not to be killed , the source said . `` Finally , we have reached the dawn of a new era of hope , '' Ouattara said in a televised address Monday . `` We had hoped this transfer had been different , but we have to focus on today . '' Ouattara said he would set up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to investigate allegations of human rights violations . U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed Ouattara 's plan for the commission , according to a statement from his spokesperson . In a phone call with Ouattara on Monday , Ban underlined the expectation that any further bloodshed will be avoided now that Gbagbo is in the hands of Ouattara 's forces . `` The Secretary-General calls on all parties to work together to put an end to this tragic chapter , which could have been avoided had Mr. Gbagbo respected the will of the people at a far earlier stage , '' according to the statement . Ouattara urged his countrymen to lay down their weapons and said he has asked the justice minister to start legal proceedings against Gbagbo , his wife and his colleagues . Gbagbo was being held at the Golf Hotel , which has served as Ouattara 's headquarters during the turmoil . Ouattara 's government remains responsible for Gbagbo 's physical safety , according to the U.N. statement . Gbagbo asked for and is receiving U.N. protection , according to Alain Le Roy , under-secretary-general of the U.N. Department of Peacekeeping Operations . Le Roy said forces are also ensuring the security of the former leader 's wife . `` I understand from President Ouattara that he wants President Gbagbo to go on trial in Ivory Coast , '' said the U.N. official . Fighting largely ended soon after Gbagbo 's arrest , Le Roy said . `` To my knowledge , most of the fighting has stopped , '' he said , adding that `` there are pockets of resistance here and there . '' Le Roy -- along with the Ivory Coast 's ambassador to the United Nations , Youssoufou Bamba , and the French Embassy -- said forces loyal to Ouattara made the arrest . Authorities are trying to move carefully and follow legal procedures to bring Gbagbo to trial , said a senior U.S. official with knowledge of the events . The official declined to be named because of the sensitivity of the situation . The arrest is a `` step in the right direction to return Ivory Coast to normality , '' the source said , adding that the city of Abidjan is a wreck , with `` death squads , militias roaming -LRB- and -RRB- burning bodies on the streets , which is posing a major humanitarian challenge . '' The fighting left Abidjan with sporadic power and sanitation , and residents said dead bodies were left on the streets . Even after Gbagbo 's arrest , Abidjan looked like a ghost city , with few venturing outside after all the violence . Parts of the city were still grappling with food and water shortages on Tuesday , but some signs of normalcy surfaced as traffic flowed on the streets . Speaking from inside the Golf Hotel , Gbagbo told his supporters to stop fighting . `` I hope that people lay down their weapons and return to a normal state of civil rule so that the crisis can conclude as quickly as possible , '' he said . Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga , who served as the African Union 's main negotiator in Ivory Coast , said he hopes Ouattara will be merciful as president . `` Gbagbo 's capture should be a lesson to African leaders to respect the will of the people as expressed in the ballot , '' he said . `` I urge President Ouattara to be magnanimous in victory and grant him and his people amnesty . '' Ouattara should also exercise inclusivity in the formation of his government , Odinga said . At least tens of thousands of people have fled into neighboring Liberia to escape the fighting , according to Oxfam , an international aid organization . The International Committee of the Red Cross said that 800 people had been shot dead in the western cocoa-producing town of Duekoue during the conflict . A U.N. official put the death toll at 330 . Ban predicted last week that the outcome of the crisis in Ivory Coast would set the tone for other nations in Africa . `` What happens in Cote d'Ivoire has huge implications for the continent that will have 16 presidential elections this year , '' he said , using the French name for the country . CNN 's Dan Rivers , Jack Maddox , Sarita Harilela , Carol Jordan , Mariano Castillo , Niki Cook , Matthew Hoye , Alan Silverleib and Zain Verjee contributed to this report .
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NEW : Obama calls President Alassane Ouattara . EU announces recovery package for Ivory Coast . Military leaders pledge support for Ouattara . Laurent Gbagbo rejected immunity , influence and a university position , a source says .
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Kabul , Afghanistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Hundreds of inmates , many of them insurgent fighters , slipped out of a southern Afghanistan prison early Monday through a nearly quarter-mile tunnel dug beneath the compound from the outside . The Taliban issued a statement taking responsibility for the escape from the prison in Kandahar , the Taliban 's birthplace . Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahed said digging the tunnel took five months . The escape took four and a half hours , he said . The Taliban claimed 541 prisoners escaped . The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force said the number of escaped prisoners was closer to 470 . The Taliban said 106 of the escapees were military commanders , but there was no immediate government confirmation of the claim . Police recaptured eight of the escapees , the Kandahar governor 's office said . Monday 's break was the second dramatic escape at the prison in three years . In 2008 , as many as 1,000 prisoners -- nearly half of them Taliban members -- escaped after militants detonated a truck bomb against the side of the prison compound . The prison houses some of the country 's most dangerous Taliban prisoners , and the escape was an embarrassment for the Afghanistan government and its Western allies , according to CNN National Security Analyst Peter Bergen . `` It 's , I think , quite a black eye for the U.S. and NATO and the Afghan government , who have put quite a lot of resources into trying to improve the prison systems , and here you have this massive prison break , with sadly , some pretty hardcore Taliban prisoners who escaped , '' he said . Waheed Omer , a spokesman for Afghan President Hamid Karzai , called the mass escape `` bad news and a disaster . '' Although the Taliban said some of the escapees were military commanders , it 's unlikely the escape will have a significant impact on military operations in Afghanistan , said Thomas E. Gouttierre , director of the Center of Afghanistan Studies at the University of Nebraska in Omaha . `` I do n't think I would see this as a big blow to Western efforts in Afghanistan , '' he said . Instead , he said Afghanistan 's government is likely to bear the brunt of criticism for failing to anticipate or prevent the escape , especially after previous escapes at this and other prisons . In the 2008 escape , militants used a truck loaded with about two tons of explosives and driven by suicide drivers to blast holes in the mud brick walls of the prison . A gun and rocket battle followed , lasting several hours and ending with militants rushing into the prison on motorcycles to free prisoners , according to Taliban accounts of the attack . Nine guards , seven prisoners and one civilian were killed in the attack , according to the provincial government . Security forces said they tried to track down the escaped prisoners , but said the large Taliban presence in the region and the numerous hideouts located there made it difficult to hunt down militants . Kandahar is the birthplace of the Taliban and has been the site of fierce fighting between international forces and insurgents . It has been the site of numerous anti-Western demonstrations , recently over the burning of the Quran , Islam 's holy book , by a pastor in the United States . On April 15 , the police chief of Kandahar province was killed when a man wearing a military uniform detonated a bomb at the entrance to the police headquarters . In February , 10 people died when mines exploded at a playground during a picnic hosted by a former police commander . In a separate incident , 19 people , including 15 police officers , died when armed attackers targeted police headquarters . After attacks on the country 's ministry of defense , the assassination of the police chief and now Monday 's prison break , Kandahar resident Kari Ghar said it 's `` impossible to call this system a government . '' `` This is the worst possible weakness of the Afghan government that almost every single political prisoners escape from the central jail in Kandahar , '' Ghar said . CNN 's Nick Paton Walsh contributed to this report .
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NEW : Kandahar resident : `` Impossible to call this system a government '' Taliban claims 106 of the escapees were military commanders . Afghan president 's office calls jail break a `` disaster '' The Taliban claims to have facilitated the prison break by digging a tunnel .
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Madrid , Spain -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A total of 37 former Cuban political prisoners landed in Madrid on Friday from Havana , boosting to 115 the number of former Cuban prisoners who have come to Spain since last July , a Spanish Foreign Ministry statement said . The latest group includes Cuban dissident Orlando Fundora , arrested in 2003 among a well-known group of 75 dissidents . He was released later and has now decided to seek medical help in Madrid , said a Foreign Ministry diplomat , who by custom is not named . The other 36 released this week include dissident Nestor Rodriguez , the diplomat said . The latest arrivals are the last of a group of political prisoners whose release was negotiated last year among the Cuban and Spanish governments and the Cuban Catholic church , the statement said . Since July 2010 , a total of 115 former Cuban prisoners and 647 of their relatives have arrived in Spain , the statement said . On Friday , the plane chartered by the Spanish government landed at 8 a.m. -LRB- 2 a.m. ET -RRB- at Madrid 's Barajas airport and carried the 37 former prisoners and 208 of their relatives . There was no news conference at the airport . Instead , non-governmental organizations that have helped the former prisoners with lodging boarded almost all of them and their families onto buses which headed to 15 destinations across Spain , including Barcelona and Malaga , the diplomat said . Centers in Madrid are already at capacity with other former prisoners , the diplomat said , and that 's why most of the latest arrivals were sent elsewhere .
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Latest group includes 37 former Cuban political prisoners and their relatives . They are the last of a group of political prisoners whose release was negotiated last year . They boarded buses headed for 15 destinations around Spain .
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Milan , Italy -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Rescue crews continued their search Thursday for more than 200 people after the boat they were in capsized in the Mediterranean Sea . The boat was carrying about 300 people , survivors told rescue officials , according to Italian Coast Guard spokesman Cosimo Nicastro . It sank Tuesday about 62 kilometers -LRB- 39 miles -RRB- west off Lampedusa in Maltese waters , the Italian Coast Guard said . By Thursday , officials had rescued 53 people , and recovered 15 to 20 bodies , he said . `` We are following with sorrow and concern what is happening in Lampedusa , '' Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said . Many of the survivors came from African countries , such as Eritrea , Somalia and Niger , the Italian daily newspaper , Corriere della Sera said . Many others were fleeing the war in Libya , the newspaper said . The incident is the latest in a number of tragic ends in what has become a steady flow of people who set sail from Africa -- especially Tunisia -- to the Italian island of Lampedusa . According to Demetrios Papademetriou , president of the Migration Policy Institute , more than 22,000 migrants have landed on Lampedusa in the past few weeks . Though owned by Italy , Lampedusa 's closest shore is Tunisia . `` Of course , it 's a crisis , but the Europeans do not want to call it a migration crisis , '' he said . According to International Organization for Migration , the majority of unauthorized immigrants arriving in Lampedusa are Tunisian . Some 2,000 other African migrants have arrived on the island after sailing from the Libyan coast , the agency said . A popular uprising in Tunisia led to the ouster of its president , Zine al-Abedine Ben Ali , in January . While protesters succeeded in spurring a regime change there , many Tunisians are not seeing the kind of transformation they were imagining . Italy 's foreign minister has estimated as many as 300,000 Libyans could try to leave and could potentially end up in his country . CNN 's Mariano Castillo , Neil Curry and Lisa Sylvester contributed to this report .
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Survivors say the boat was carrying about 300 people . It capsizes off Lampedusa in Maltese waters . 53 people have been rescued . Many of them came from African countries , newspaper reports .
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Omagh , Northern Ireland -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Catholic police officer was killed in a blast on Saturday in Northern Ireland , said police and politicians at the scene . Police said an explosive device detonated under a car in the Highfield Close area of Omagh , Northern Ireland , in the afternoon . The victim -- Ronan Kerr -- was 25 years old and had recently joined the Police Service of Northern Ireland . `` Tonight , tragedy has returned to Omagh , '' PSNI Chief Constable Matt Baggott told reporters . `` I have no words to describe the awfulness of this afternoon , and my abhorrence and anger at this wasted life . And I know that anger and abhorrence is shared by all decent people in Northern Ireland and across Ireland and across the world . '' Thirteen years ago , a bombing in Omagh killed 29 people and wounded more than 300 . `` This heinous crime will not succeed in its evil intent of destroying the peaceful and democratic future to which the people of Northern Ireland are so clearly committed , '' said Irish President Mary McAleese . `` My thoughts and prayers are with his family , friends and colleagues at this time . '' The head of the Catholic church in Ireland , Cardinal Sean Brady , similarly condemned the killing . `` The deliberate taking of innocent human life is always wrong , '' he said . `` I implore the perpetrators of this shameful killing to realise the futility of their actions , and to call off this senseless campaign . '' Northern Ireland was the scene of frequent violence between pro-Irish and pro-British forces over a period of three decades . About 3,000 people were killed before a power-sharing deal known as the Good Friday Agreement was reached in 1998 . Some dissident groups remain active .
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The Irish president and the head of the Catholic church in Ireland offer their condolences . The incident occurred in Omagh , site of a deadly bombing in 1998 . The victim was a Catholic police officer . The officer recently joined the Northern Ireland police service .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Police in New Hampshire are searching for a missing mother after her baby daughter was discovered in an abandoned car with its engine running and hazard lights flashing , authorities said . Krista Dittmeyer , 20 , has not been seen since Saturday , when the 14-month-old was found alone in her car , parked in the parking lot of a ski area at Mount Cranmore , New Hampshire , according to Conway , New Hampshire , police spokesman Christopher Perley . The car was discovered early Saturday morning by an unidentified passerby who noticed the flashing hazard lights . When the witness `` approached the car , they found that it was unoccupied , it was running , the driver 's door was slightly ajar and there was a baby in the back seat , '' Perley told reporters Monday . The witness alerted police and the baby was taken to nearby Memorial Hospital , where it was determined to be in good health and then reunited with its grandmother , Perley said . Police also conducted a thorough search using fire and rescue personnel , New Hampshire Fish and Game staffers and police dogs . A murky pond has been drained and an air search was conducted Monday with no sign of Dittmeyer , Perley said . `` We do n't have any information that leads us to believe that she 's not alive , and we 're going to continue to investigate as if we can reunite her with her family , '' Perley said in a Monday press conference . Dittmeyer , who lived with roommates in Portland , Maine , had no history of mental illness and no criminal record , Perley said . `` She would never , ever , ever , leave her in a car by herself , '' Dittmeyer 's friend Kathy Pratt told CNN affiliate WMUR , referring to Dittmeyer 's daughter . Dittmeyer , who last spoke with her family at 8 p.m. on Friday , has friends in the North Conway area . `` We know that she would do whatever it takes to get back here and be with her daughter , '' her sister , Kayla Dittmeyer , told WMUR . Police are testing physical evidence found at the scene , along with two vehicles -- one of them Krista Dittmeyer 's black Nissan Sentra , Perley said in the press conference . Authorities are also executing multiple search warrants and applying for a warrant for Dittmeyer 's cell phone records , he said . `` We are mobilizing every resource that we have and we are continuing to mobilize additional sources to reunite Krista with her family , '' Perley said .
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Krista Dittmeyer , 20 , has not been seen since Saturday . Her 14-month-old daughter was left in her running car . Relatives say she never would have left the child alone .
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Sanaa , Yemen -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Five people were killed in clashes between rival forces in the Yemeni capital Sanaa as nationwide protests against the government continued Wednesday . Of the dead in Sanaa , two were loyal to Gen. Ali Muhsen Al-Ahmar , who has defected to the opposition , a government security official said . The other three were regime soldiers . Government forces were sending in armored vehicles as reinforcements to the demonstrations in Sanaa , the official said . Thousands of Yemenis took to the streets in Aden , Taiz , Hodeida and Dhamar . In addition to the dead in Sanaa , two people were killed in Aden , according to medical staff at the city 's Naqeeb Hospital . Meanwhile , Yemen 's attorney general threatened to resign unless the government went after the killers of anti-government protesters last month . Abdullah Al-Olufi said `` those who were responsible for killing almost 60 protesters and injuring hundreds of others should be identified and brought to justice soon . '' `` If the security authorities do n't identify those responsible for the massacre including those who were masked , I will step down , '' Al-Olufi said as public and external pressure mounts on President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down . Protests erupted in Yemen this week despite an attempt by Persian Gulf nations to decrease tensions . The Gulf Cooperation Council has urged Saleh to transfer powers to his vice president , a move that falls short with the protesters who returned to the streets for marches . Opposition leaders vowed not to back down . The Joint Meeting Parties bloc , Yemen 's largest opposition group , said the Gulf initiative `` does not clearly state that Saleh must step down and only focuses on Saleh 's transferring power . '' `` We all know the VP is not strong and will never be able to tell Saleh no , even if all his powers are transferred , '' said senior bloc official Hasan Zaid . Saleh , in power since 1978 , said he welcomes the council 's efforts to help resolve the political crisis in his country . He has said he intends to step down but only under a peaceful and constitutional transition process . He has already promised not to run in the next round of elections . The United States , which has been allied with the Saleh government in its fight against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula , has welcomed past Gulf council initiatives to resolve the crisis in Yemen . Journalist Hakim Almasmari contributed to this report .
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In all , seven deaths are reported in clashes that erupted nationwide . A defected general leads forces clashing with the regime . Yemen 's attorney general theratens to resign unless previous deaths are probed .
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Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An Emirati blogger who has called for reform in the United Arab Emirates is being held in Al Wathba prison in Abu Dhabi , his wife said Wednesday . Ahmed Mansoor is being treated well , according to wife Nadia , who said she spoke to him Tuesday evening . Mansoor 's attorney , Abdul Hamid Al Kumity , said he is not aware of any charges against his client , but will meet with the prosecutor 's office Wednesday . Dubai police have told Al Kumity that two bottles of whiskey were found in Mansoor 's house . Alcohol is available at hotels and select stores in the UAE , but Muslims are not allowed to buy or possess it . Mansoor 's wife acknowledged that here was alcohol in their house , but said they do n't drink . The alcohol , in a small unopened box , was probably a gift from friends or family , she said . About 10 men , including two wearing police uniforms , picked up Mansoor from his apartment Friday afternoon , according to his wife . The men also took Mansoor 's passport and laptop and left without telling her where they were taking him or why . Fahad Salem al-Shehhi , a friend of Mansoor 's who helped him with his website , was detained Saturday evening , said activist Mohammed al-Mansoori . Al-Shehhi was taken from the Emirate of Ajman , where he was living temporarily while his wife studies there , al-Mansoori said . Al-Shehhi has been without a passport for seven years , he said . The third , Nasser bin Ghaith , an Emirati writer who also maintains a website , was detained Sunday , al-Mansoori said . Officials in the UAE have not responded to persistent queries regarding the detentions . Mansoor has no criminal record or prior incidences with the law , according to Al Kumity . Mansoor was part of a group of 133 nationals who petitioned the president on March 9 for direct elections . The group included academics , former government officials , journalists and activists . The petition was addressed to President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the members of the Supreme Council of the seven Emirates that form the UAE . In addition to elections , the group asked that the Federal National Council be granted legislative powers . The body only works in an advisory capacity and has no regulatory powers .
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Attorney for blogger is not aware of any charges against him . About 10 men pick up Ahmed Mansoor from his apartment , his wife says . Dubai police promises to look into the matter . Mansoor was part of a group that petitioned the president for direct elections .
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-LRB- Fast Company -RRB- -- The iPad is changing how folks read stuff online -- no surprise if you think how different a gizmo it is to a PC . But a new study shows it 's moving online reading into primetime TV hours , which is big news . Is evening reading coming back , just in a digital style ? The study comes from internal data acquired by ReadItLater , a web service that lets users bookmark web content for perusal at a different time . Though you may think this slightly colors the dataset , the way this service works gives the company unique access to time-coded data on how iPad users -LRB- and traditional computer users -RRB- read content online . By looking at how traffic moves through their servers , normalized for global time differences , the ReadItLater team worked out how traditional PC users spread their online reading out during the day . As you may expect , given how deeply into our everyday lives the computer has penetrated , the curve of content consumption is pretty stable -- not much happens in the wee small hours of the day , then as people wake and go to work there 's more traffic , with a small peak spread out around traditional lunch hours and another around 8 p.m. after the evening meal . When you look at iPhone and iPad user traffic , distinct from `` normal '' PCs , everything is suddenly very different . iPhone users have distinct peaks in their reading habits , timed to correspond with the morning routine of breakfast , then a commute to work , the end of the work day and homeward journey , and then last thing in the evening . This matches the iPhone 's status as a handy , portable , always-on Net browser that 's good for quick content consumption . But it 's with the iPad that the statistics get very odd indeed : With minor usage spikes first thing in the morning , at lunchtime and then dinner time , the main bulk of iPad text content consumption is from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. . Fast Company : iPad 2 rumor round-up . This is prime-time TV 's slot , and it seems that as well as settling back on the sofa to watch TV , people are taking their iPad with them too . The data does n't reveal if folk are multitasking -LRB- spending some time ogling their favorite shows , some looking data up on the Web -RRB- or are ignoring the TV altogether -- but the data will still be of concern to TV execs who expect uninterrupted attention from TV watchers , in order to maximize ad revenues . Plus it 's something of a return to a traditional leisure hour image : People settling down on the couch after the evening meal to read the paper or a book , possibly to listen to the radio at the same time . Remembering a study last year that showed how much time users devote to reading magazines on an iPad , we have to wonder is the iPad causing a renaissance in reading -- just digitally , and with Web content as well as digital books content ? Fast Company : More technology coverage . If this is true , then Rupert Murdoch 's Daily iPad newspaper is arriving with pinpoint timing . And the hordes of Android tablets that have just arrived should accentuate the effect . This is thus something that PR and advertising executives need to pay careful attention to , because the attention focus of the average consumer may be switching away from the TV to their other -LRB- newer -RRB- powerful glowing screen -- in their laps . Copyright © 2010 FastCompany.com , a unit of Mansueto Ventures , LLC . All rights reserved .
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Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The U.S. is preparing new sanctions against members of the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad who are overseeing the violent crackdown against protesters , according to several senior U.S. officials with knowledge of the action . A new Treasury Department executive order targeting senior officials accused of human rights abuses would involve an asset freeze and travel ban , as well as prohibiting them them from doing business in the United States . On Monday , National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor said the United States is `` pursuing a range of possible policy options , including targeted sanctions , to respond to the crackdown and make clear that this behavior is unacceptable . '' The move comes as the Obama administration weighs its options on how to step up pressure against the al-Assad regime . Sanctions are among `` a range of possible options '' to pressure the Syrian government to stop attacking protesters , White House spokesman Jay Carney said Monday . `` What we have seen is that sanctions can put pressure on governments and regimes to change their behavior , '' Carney said . A meeting of the Deputies Committee at the White House on Friday explored what additional unilateral sanctions the United States could impose against Syria and other actions the U.S. could take , including a possible on-camera statement by President Obama . There have been numerous reports of deadly violence over the past several days . On Sunday , at least three protesters were killed when security forces and secret police raided the town of Jableh on Syria 's western coast and fired at demonstrators without warning , according to a witness and demonstrator . Security forces surrounded a mosque that was being used to treat the wounded , preventing 18 seriously wounded people from being hospitalized , according to a doctor inside . On Saturday , at least 10 people died after Syrian security forces opened fire on mourners at funeral processions in Douma and the southern town of Izraa , according to witness accounts . Amnesty International reported at least 75 deaths across the country Friday . The decision to step up pressure comes amid increased fears of further bloodshed . `` We are worried he is dropping all pretenses of reform and carrots and sticks and is going to go out hard with all sticks , '' one official said . `` We are expecting him to increase the crackdown . '' On Friday , the White House released a statement by Obama condemning `` in the strongest possible terms the use of force by the Syrian government against demonstrators . '' `` This outrageous use of violence to quell protests must come to an end now , '' Obama said . The State Department is expected to call in the Syrian ambassador to the U.S. to protest the violence , and Robert Ford , the U.S. ambassador to Syria , was protesting the crackdown to foreign ministry officials in Damascus , officials said . The administration had taken a somewhat muted response to the crackdown in Syria out of fear of destabilizing the al-Assad regime . Officials have voiced concern about possible sectarian tensions if al-Assad 's Allowite minority were to be overthrown and have expressed little confidence about Syria 's fragmented opposition , leaving uncertainty about what type of government would replace al-Assad . The U.S. has also been under pressure from Israel and allies in the Gulf like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates , who fear that al-Assad 's departure could produce a more radical Syria and encourage further revolutions , officials said . However , as the crackdown in Syria has intensified , several U.S. officials and Western diplomats have described the regime as increasingly brittle and predicted that it would be hard for Assad to survive . Officials acknowledge that the United States has little leverage on Syria , which has proved immune to U.S. pressure during the protests . The Bush administration imposed strict sanctions against Damascus in 2004 , including banning almost all imports and exports between the two countries and measures against individual officials believed to be supporting extremists fighting U.S. forces in Iraq . It is unclear how effective a new round of sanctions would be . `` It is n't the same with Egypt , where we had relationships with the military and other institutions , '' one official said . `` We had aid we could use as a lever . There is n't a lot we can do with Syria . We are pretty maxed out with sanctions . '' Officials said the U.S. would be urging its European allies , who have also become increasingly concerned about the violence in Syria , to follow suit with measures of their own that could be more effective , given that Syrian officials have more assets in Europe and travel there more frequently . But the sanctions would mark a shift in U.S. policy toward al-Assad , whom the Obama administration had hoped would be a reformer and had tried to engage . Since Obama took office , the U.S. has eased some of the sanctions imposed by the Bush administration , and this year Obama returned a U.S. ambassador to Syria after nearly six years . The U.S. is also lobbying the United Nations to address Syria 's human rights abuses . On Tuesday , the United Nations Security Council is expected to take up the issue , and Washington is seeking to block Syria 's efforts to join the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva , where members are meeting Friday . U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen , R-Florida , chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee , has said she will soon introduce legislation updating the Syria Accountability and Liberation Act to strengthen U.S. sanctions , including authorizing U.S. assistance to support a transition to democracy in Syria .
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Senior officials might be hit with asset freeze , travel ban . Washington concerned about increased violence against protesters . Syria has proved immune to U.S. pressure during protests . Administration had feared destabilizing Bashar al-Assad regime .
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-LRB- RealSimple.com -RRB- -- The shocking discovery of an affair nearly devastated their marriage , but a series of couples support seminars helped repair and strengthen their bond . Angie and Greg Cooper Duluth , Georgia Married 20 years . One afternoon in the fall of 2002 , Greg sat down at the family 's computer with the intention of researching their upcoming trip to Walt Disney World . He never got that far . Once he woke up the monitor , he made a bewildering discovery : The screen displayed the in-box of an unfamiliar e-mail account registered to his wife , Angie , 43 . Perplexed , he called her into the room . Angie realized she had forgotten to close her old account and knew it was time to come clean . `` It 's over , '' she said . `` But please do n't read the e-mails . '' Angie then made a startling confession : For nearly a year , she had had an affair . It had ended only seven months earlier . `` I was sick to my stomach , '' says Greg , 46 . `` I thought , I 'll never get over this . We 're getting a divorce . '' Angie , an insurance account manager , and Greg had been growing apart for years . Before the birth of their sons , Nicholas , 17 , and Aidan , 10 , the couple had liked to curl up on the couch to watch Marx Brothers classics and while away hours perusing local flea markets for antiques . That had changed : Angie was spending her time either at work or at home with young Aidan , while Greg , a photographer , busily coached Nicholas 's soccer team and led his Cub Scout pack . `` I did n't feel important to Greg beyond being our children 's caregiver , '' says Angie . `` I just felt lonely and trapped . '' She was flattered when , in the spring of 2001 , the married father of one of her son 's friends began flirting with her . When he took her aside at a neighborhood gathering and proposed they meet privately , Angie agreed . `` I never wanted an actual relationship with him . I was drawn to the craziness of it , seeing what we could get away with , '' she says . Eventually the affair fizzled out . But for reasons she ca n't explain , Angie never deleted the e-mails or the account she had used to correspond with her lover . RealSimple.com : 10 ways to make your marriage divorceproof . After Greg learned about the affair , he furiously warned the man , whom he knew casually , never to come near Angie or their sons again . -LRB- The man and his family moved away a few weeks later . -RRB- Angie said she hoped to reunite with Greg , but he told her he was dead set on divorcing . That 's what he said , anyway ; emotionally he was ambivalent . `` I stayed awake for two nights , thinking , I still love her . I ca n't end it , '' says Greg . Ultimately he told her he wanted to stay together -- but acknowledged he had no idea how to reconcile . For months they slept in the same bed but rarely spoke to each other except in their therapist 's office . Aidan was too young to notice the change in his parents ' behavior , but Nicholas , aware of their unhappiness -LRB- though not the cause of it -RRB- , became quiet and withdrawn . Greg began suffering from anxiety and insomnia . His moods swung from anger to grief . `` It was terrible to watch him trying to cope , '' says Angie . `` I knew it was because of my actions . '' Close friends even suggested the couple consider divorce , but Angie was n't ready to call it quits . In July 2003 , she searched online for marriage support groups and found Retrouvaille , a Catholic seminar that promises to help couples communicate better . She signed them up for the next three-day session . At first Greg was n't thrilled . `` I envisioned a group where everyone just aired their grievances , '' he says . `` How could that help ? '' But he agreed to try it . There they met some couples who had gone through the program after experiencing infidelity and had come back as mentors . `` We were encouraged to see others who had survived the same thing , '' says Angie . Over the next year , the couple attended more seminars , including one in October 2004 where they discussed the reason behind Angie 's affair for the first time . It was revelatory , says Greg : `` I had no idea Angie had the affair because she felt lonely . I thought she had done it because she did n't love me . '' Now they mentor other couples at Retrouvaille , an experience Greg has found so rewarding that he 's returned to graduate school to become a marriage and family therapist . He and Angie check in with each other constantly about how the other is doing . When Greg began worrying recently that his course load would force them to spend a lot of time apart , he spoke up . And she reassured him : `` I reminded Greg that it 's all the things we 've been through together that have led to this new career . I told him I love him and believe in him , and we will be fine . Neither of us is going anywhere . '' Get a FREE TRIAL issue of Real Simple - CLICK HERE ! Copyright © 2010 Time Inc. . All rights reserved .
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Angie Cooper had been having an affair for one year before her husband found out . Angie : `` I did n't feel important to Greg beyond being our children 's caregiver '' Greg : Did n't know Angie was lonely -- thought she did n't love love me . Relationship seminars helped heal Greg and Angie 's emotional wounds .
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Tokyo -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Thousands of Japanese filled evacuation shelters or joined foreigners seeking a way out of the country Thursday in the aftermath of last week 's devastating earthquake , tsunami and resulting nuclear crisis at stricken reactors . Cold , snowy weather in parts of the Asian nation further heightened the hardship of a nation facing what its leaders call its biggest disaster since World War II . Fears of possible nuclear catastrophe were evident . After rallying Wednesday , stocks in Japan fell early Thursday , with the Nikkei 225 index , the most prominent measure of stocks traded in Tokyo , down about 2 % in early trading . Concerns spread far beyond Japan 's borders , with U.S. stock markets falling and the U.S. military dispatching a radiation-sniffing aircraft to determine if toxic clouds were rising from disabled reactors . Nearly 13,000 people are dead or missing and several hundred thousand have been left homeless from Friday 's earthquake and tsunami . An extraordinary television address Wednesday by Emperor Akihito showed the magnitude of the catastrophe . Such a speech by a sitting emperor is usually reserved for times of extreme crisis or war , and Emperor Akihito 's direct appeal to the public was the first time he has spoken to the public amid such a crisis . `` I truly hope the victims of the disaster never give up hope , take care of themselves , and live strong for tomorrow , '' said the dignified and understated Emperor Akihito , in a calm and poignant oration delivered from the Imperial Palace . `` Also , I want all citizens of Japan to remember everyone who has been affected by the devastation , not only today but for a long time afterwards -- and help with the recovery . '' The 77-year-old ceremonial but deeply revered chief of state underlined Prime Minister Naoto Kan 's earlier assertion that Japan is going through its worst crisis since World War II . The emperor delivered his speech on the same day that white smoke and a new blaze at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant added to radiation fears . `` Currently , the entire nation is putting forth its best effort to save all suffering people . However , under the severe cold weather , evacuees are having a very difficult time because they lack food , water , and energy sources , '' he said . `` Also , I am deeply concerned that the current nuclear plant situation is critical . I truly hope that with so many people working together to help , the situation will not worsen . '' On Thursday morning , helicopters operated by Japan 's self-defense forces made four passes over the plant 's No. 3 reactor to dump water . Public broadcaster NHK reported that at least 12 water-cannon trucks would be brought in , so that forces could try to douse the reactor from the ground , . While Japan has called for anyone living within 12 miles of the disable nuclear plant to evacuate , Great Britain and the United States dramatically expanded their evacuation warnings Wednesday , telling their respective citizens within 50 miles to either stay indoors or move away . It was the first time since the nuclear crisis began that the United States and Japanese governments have differed on advising what their citizens should do . Before Wednesday , the United States had urged American citizens in Japan to follow the recommendations of the Japanese government . A cloud of smoke seen at the stricken plant sparked fear there might have been a breach in the containment vessel in the nuclear plant 's No. 3 reactor , government officials said . Earlier explosions and fires also had hit other reactors at the plant . Officials asked workers at the plant to evacuate Wednesday after the cloud rose above the plant and radiation levels spiked . The levels later fell and authorities allowed the workers to return , the Tokyo Electric Power Company said . Tests on tap water in Fukushima city , 80 kilometers -LRB- 50 miles -RRB- away found radiation -- though at levels not harmful to the human body , and later tests showed no radiation in the water , government officials said . Officials have been working to resolve cooling problems at four of Fukushima Daiichi 's six reactors in the wake of the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and ensuing tsunami . Japanese authorities could not rule out the possibility of a meltdown at the troubled reactors . Workers have been pumping sea water into reactors in an effort to prevent further damage . A meltdown occurs when nuclear fuel rods can not be cooled , thus melting the reactor core and causing a release of radioactivity . In the worst-case scenario , the fuel can spill out of the containment unit and spread toxic radioactivity through the air and water . That , public health officials say , can cause both immediate and long-term health problems , including radiation poisoning and cancer . As the government and workers scrambled to stabilize the plant , the search continued for survivors from last week 's cruel combination of natural disasters . By Wednesday night , the National Police Agency reported 4,314 deaths . Another 8,606 people are missing and 2,282 were injured , the agency said . The number of dead is expected to go up as rescuers reach more hard-hit areas . Public broadcaster NHK has reported that 450,000 people were living in shelters , where people grieved over lost loved ones and worried about relatives who are missing from villages and towns inundated by the tsunami waves off the east coast of Honshu . Thousands of people packed Narita International Airport in Tokyo , with some sitting on floors . `` We just headed for the mountains directly away from the nuclear power station , '' Richard Struthers , who lives about 70 kilometers -LRB- 43 miles -RRB- from the Fukushima plant . He said he is `` taking no chances '' with his baby son . Boris Suban of Moriya -- about 210 kilometers -LRB- 130 miles -RRB- from the nuclear plant -- decided to travel across the country to Hiroshima prefecture -- a location he admits is ironic . U.S. planes dropped atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II . ` We thought that the reactor is not safe and too near , '' Suban said . `` Plus , if the panic spreads , we will be unable to leave Japan and get the full exposure sitting on our sofa . '' Meanwhile , across the country , emergency workers from Japan , foreign governments and international aid groups continued to scour tangled and displaced piles of debris , searching for survivors . Scores of countries , regions and international organizations have offered assistance , according to the Japanese foreign affairs ministry . Rescue work is being complicated by the hundreds of aftershocks that have rocked Japan since Friday 's quake . Since the initial earthquake , the U.S. Geological Survey has reported about 35 quakes with magnitudes of 6.0 or greater , and more than 200 others greater than 5.0 . John Roos , the U.S. ambassador to Japan , said the U.S. military has delivered over 7,000 pounds of food and water to the disaster area so far and more than $ 5.8 million of U.S. aid has come to Japan . He said nine U.S. ships are assisting in the relief operations , and helicopters and other aircraft have now flown over 50 missions to conduct survivor recoveries , transport passengers , and distribute food and water supplies in the most needy areas . Donations rolled in . Delta Air Lines is pledging $ 1 million in cash and `` in-kind support '' to disaster relief efforts , for example . Meanwhile , the crisis has rekindled debate and concern over nuclear power . Energy Secretary Steven Chu told members of Congress Wednesday that the Obama White House still backs the further development of American nuclear power -- a stance opposed by some key congressional Democrats . Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero announced Wednesday that the government will review safety at all of Spain 's nuclear power plants . The massive quake was the strongest in recorded history to hit Japan , according to USGS records that date to 1900 . CNN 's Kyung Lah , Stan Grant , Jill Dougherty , Anderson Cooper , Kevin Voigt , Jiyeon Lee , Michael Martinez , Holly Yan and Sean Morris contributed to this report .
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NEW : Britain joins the US in urging residents within 50 miles to evacuate . NEW : Water is dropped from above on the Fukushima Daiichi plant 's No. 3 reactor . Nearly 13,000 are dead or missing , police say . Emperor Akihito : ` Remember everyone who has been affected ... and help '
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Boston -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- More than 2,000 women in Boston are homeless , but CNN Hero Roseanna Means is giving them something they can count on -- free , quality medical care . Means is the founder of Women of Means , a nonprofit organization that sends volunteer doctors and nurses into homeless shelters in and around Boston . She recently spoke with CNN 's Danielle Berger about the impact of her team 's efforts . Below are excerpts from that interview . Danielle Berger : Your program focuses on women . Why women , not men ? Roseanna Means : There are so many things that women have to deal with more so than men do -- reproductive years , and then mammograms , then menopause . A lot of women 's health is preventive care , and if women lose out on those screening tests , their lives are in danger . In the world of homelessness , there are lots of emotional issues , psychiatric issues , women who have been beaten up so many times they ca n't connect the dots . They do n't have an address . They do n't have a phone . They 're all sitting in a shelter together , but they 're not necessarily friends . There 's not a common bond of , `` We 're all in this together . '' Everybody is struggling . Everybody 's isolated . Everybody 's miserable . Berger : How does that affect how they access medical care ? Means : Their default position is , `` I 'm just going to wait until it 's a crisis -LSB- and -RSB- I have to go to the emergency room . '' And so , what we 're able to do by intervening -- in kind of a casual , compassionate , friendly and welcoming way -- is create a relationship so that when it comes time , I can say : `` You know , I think you need to go to the hospital . And one of our people will go there and make sure you get there safely . '' And we 'll write a note to make sure that the doctor on the other end knows what 's going on . Then they 're not costing so much to the system . And everybody benefits . The cost of medical care now is going sky-high because people use emergency rooms inappropriately , or because they 're waiting too long to deal with something that could 've been dealt with through preventive care and better management . Berger : How does Women of Means grow beyond Roseanna Means ? Means : We now have physicians who , five or six years ago , came through as students to learn about our program . And now , they 've graduated . They 've become doctors . And they remember what it was like to work in these shelters with us . And when we are looking to place a woman with a primary care doctor who understands what these women are living with , we can call up one of these former students and say : `` Remember when you did your rotation at Rosie 's Place -LRB- a Boston Shelter -RRB- ? Well , we 've got a woman here who really needs to have someone who knows her issues . And we 'd like you to take her on . '' And they will . It 's great . See the full story on CNN Hero Roseanna Means : Doctor fills health care gap for homeless women .
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CNN Hero Roseanna Means gives homeless women in the Boston area free medical care . She says women have more health issues than men , and they 're often victims of assault . Means : Preventive care can help these women cope and save costs to the health care system . Do you know a hero ? Nominations are open for 2011 CNN Heroes .
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-LRB- CNN Student News -RRB- -- March 21 , 2011 . Download PDF maps related to today 's show : . • Libya • Japan : Disaster-affected Areas • Haiti . Transcript . THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT . THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED . CARL AZUZ , CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR : Military action is underway in the skies over Libya , and the U.S. is one of several countries involved . It 's our first story in the week 's first edition of CNN Student News . First Up : Libya Civil War . AZUZ : It 's called `` Operation Odyssey Dawn , '' and the goal is to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya . The United Nations Security Council voted for that no-fly zone late last week . The coalition responsible for enforcing it is made up of forces from the U.S. , Great Britain and France , among others . After the Security Council 's vote , Libya 's government declared a cease-fire in its fighting with rebel forces . And it invited representatives from other nations to come to Libya to make sure the cease-fire was real . Coalition forces were convinced that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi was not following the rules of the cease-fire . On Saturday , the coalition attacked . You can hear the sounds of gunfire in the capital city of Tripoli . A U.S. commander said missiles landed near the capital and around other cities as part of these attacks . The fighting between Colonel Gadhafi 's forces and rebels raged on in other cities , like Benghazi . Here , you can see a fighter jet that was shot down over Benghazi on Saturday . Admiral Michael Mullen , the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff , said on Sunday that coalition forces had taken out most of Libya 's air defense systems . But Admiral Mullen also said the U.S. role in `` Operation Odyssey Dawn '' would be limited , saying `` we 're not going to put any boots on the ground . '' Colonel Gadhafi ? He 's harshly criticized the other countries getting involved with the civil war in Libya . He called the coalition forces `` terrorists '' and promised a `` long-drawn war . '' But Sunday , a spokesman for the Libyan military called for another cease-fire . Soundcheck . U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA : Today , we are both also delivering assistance and support to the Japanese people at their greatest hour of need . The ties that bind our nations to Japan are strong . In the United States , we forged an alliance of more than sixty years . The people of Japan are some of our closest friends , and we will pray with them , and stand with them , and rebuild with them until this crisis has passed . Disaster in Japan . AZUZ : We 're starting to see some new effects of the nuclear crisis in Japan that resulted from a tsunami triggered by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake . Yesterday , the government health ministry banned the sale of spinach from the area near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant . Officials made that decision based on radiation levels that were over the government limit . There were already bans on the sale of raw milk and restrictions on produce from the area surrounding the nuclear plant . Workers inside that power plant were starting to see some signs of progress over the weekend in their efforts to cool down these nuclear reactors . But officials say `` even in the best scenario , there will be a lot of bumps ahead . '' One they came across Sunday was the possibility that they might need to release radioactive gas into the air . They would do that in order to release some of the pressure that 's building up inside one of the reactors . The tsunami knocked out the plant 's cooling systems , and getting those back online is crucial . Allan Chernoff has a household comparison that helps explain why . ALLAN CHERNOFF , CNN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT , NEW YORK : To get a sense of the challenge confronting the Japanese at the Daiichi nuclear plant , consider this situation in a kitchen : a pot with no water on top of a high flame . Obviously , this dangerous situation could cause a fire in here . Well , stay with me . Those spent nuclear rods can generate tremendous heat , up to 2,100 degrees . Enough to melt them , burn them and send radioactive material into the atmosphere . They have to be kept under water , just like spaghetti when we 're cooking . Now , those rods are normally kept under 30 feet of water , but according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission , in at least one of the pools in Japan , the rods are exposed ; there 's virtually no water or no water at all . So , how do we resolve this situation ? Well , if we do n't take the pot off the flame , we add water . And that is exactly what the Japanese are trying to do right now ; any way they can , even dumping it from helicopters . They are trying desperately to get water into that pool to avoid a nuclear disaster . Allan Chernoff , CNN , New York . AZUZ : There was some good news on Sunday when rescue workers found an 80-year-old woman and her 16-year-old grandson . They 'd been trapped in their home for nine days . The news gave hope to other people whose loved ones are still missing . But as Gary Tuchman explains , the search efforts are not easy . -LRB- BEGIN VIDEO -RRB- . GARY TUCHMAN , CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT : Kesennuma , Japan . The scene behind me here is one of chaos , confusion ; it is surreal . If you see the video we took , you wo n't believe it . At least , we did n't when we saw it in person . So much debris , so much rubble . It 's impenetrable . It is like a canyon . When we went down there , it 's like climbing a mountain . Cars , boats , houses : pushed out of different neighborhoods , pushed out of different areas and blocking fire officials , military officials . They 're looking for survivors , the possibility of survivors , or trying to find bodies . We met a woman today who told us her father was at the second floor of his house , made the decision to stay in the second floor when the tsunami siren sounded . Well , anyway , at this point , they ca n't get to the house . It appears the house is still there , but there 's so much rubble surrounding the house , there 's no way to check if this man survived . It 's just an absolutely incredible scene . It 's hard to imagine what the people here in northeastern Japan are going through . The death toll is rising rapidly . We know it will continue to rise . We ourselves , just myself and my crew , found a body in the back of a car . This is how they 're finding bodies , the officials . There 's so much rubble down there they ca n't get to . It 's very likely that it will be weeks or months before they come anywhere close to knowing what this death toll is . And the aftershocks continue . Last night , while we were sleeping , we felt at least six or seven sizable aftershocks , and that only increases the anxiety that people feel here in northeastern Japan . This is Gary Tuchman , CNN , in Japan . -LRB- END VIDEO -RRB- . Impact Your World . AZUZ : A lot of you have been asking on our Facebook page about how you can help the victims of this crisis . In the Spotlight section on our homepage , that 's CNNStudentNews.com , click on `` Impact Your World . '' You 'll get a list of the organizations helping out with relief efforts and learn how you can be part of them . For more information about what 's going on in Japan or about any of the stories we cover in our show , you can always check out the In-Depth section at CNNStudentNews.com . Haiti Elections . AZUZ : Haiti : a nation still struggling to recover from a devastating earthquake that hit it more than a year ago . It 's also trying to resolve a presidential election from last November . None of the candidates got enough votes for an outright victory . Yesterday , Haitians headed to the polls to vote in a runoff election . One candidate is a former law professor and first lady . The other is a Haitian entertainer . There were some problems early on at a couple polling locations : missing ballot boxes , and not enough ink to mark who had voted . But officials said those issues were resolved by later in the morning . The final results of the runoff are scheduled to be released in mid-April . Shoutout . TOMEKA JONES , CNN STUDENT NEWS : A big Gilles-Sweet Shoutout today is dedicated to Mr. Schulenberg 's class in Fairview Park , Ohio ! Which word best describes the moon 's orbit around the Earth ? You know what to do ! Is it : A -RRB- Circular , B -RRB- Helical , C -RRB- Elliptical or D -RRB- Square ? You 've got three seconds -- GO ! The moon moves around the Earth in an elliptical orbit . That 's your answer and that 's your Shoutout ! Super Moon . AZUZ : Well , if you looked outside and thought the moon looked bigger and brighter than usual this weekend , it 's because it was ! Because of that elliptical orbit around the Earth , full moons look different . And this full moon this past Saturday was the closest one to Earth in 18 years . It 's called a super perigee moon . Perigee being the point on the moon 's orbit when it 's closest to Earth . The opposite point -- when it 's at its farthest point from Earth -- is called apogee . If you did n't get a chance to see the special event over the weekend , you 're just gon na have to be patient . The next super perigee moon will show up in the year 2029 . Before We Go . AZUZ : We had to do some digging to find today 's Before We Go segment . But it 's nothing compared to what these folks are going through ! It 's the 33rd International Intercollegiate Mining Competition . Three days of hauling , pounding , drilling , all to show off a mastery of mining . 33 teams come from colleges all over the world for the annual event . How do you get through three days of intense , physical competition ? Goodbye . AZUZ : It 's simply a case of mine over matter . We 're gon na cart ourselves out of here . But CNN Student News returns tomorrow . You know the drill . We 'll see you then . Bye bye !
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Get up to speed on a coalition operation involving airstrikes against Libya . Understand the challenges of assessing the toll of a disaster in Japan . Gaze up at a moon that appears bigger because it is literally closer to Earth . Use the Daily Discussion to help students understand today 's featured news stories .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At least 98 people have been killed by the earthquake in New Zealand and the death toll could rise , Prime Minister John Key said Thursday , as hundreds remain missing -- among them , nearly 30 Japanese students . As more bodies are recovered and as the identification process continues , authorities acknowledge that the number of fatalities will rise . Some 431 people have been admitted to hospital emergency rooms since the quake , according to Iona Wassilieff with New Zealand 's National Crisis Management Center . Authorities say another 1,000 people have been treated for minor injuries . Currently , 27 Japanese students are among those missing , according to Japan 's Ministry of Foreign Affairs . Most of that group is from Toyama Foreign Language College ; two are students from another language school in Tokyo and five are on personal study trips from other parts of Japan . Japan 's Asahi Shimbun newspaper interviewed two victims from Toyama Foreign Language College who were pulled from the rubble in New Zealand . Kento Okuda and Norika Masutani are both 19-years-old and students at the language school , and now both are patients at Christchurch Hospital . Okuda said he was in the cafeteria having lunch on the fourth floor when he felt the first , big shake , according to the paper . The floor gave way and he felt himself falling , but said he had no no idea how far he fell . The entire building was dark , he said , and he realized he could n't move his right leg because it was trapped under heavy rubble . Masutani was also on the fourth floor when the quake hit , Asahi Shimbun said . She said she panicked when the floor gave way . Both Masutani and Okuda told the paper that , after the quake , all the students caught in rubble tried to talk to each other and do a count of who was able to talk and who could n't . Many of their fellow Japanese students did not respond . Masutani told the paper that aftershocks progressively brought more rubble down around her , shrinking the void she was in . She smelled smoke and gas , she said , adding , `` I was scared that a fire was coming . '' But a rescue team located Masutani and pulled her out , according to Asahi Shimbun . She has bruises and sprains , but no major injuries . Okuda told the paper he heard the rescue team approaching him . He lost his leg but said but that he had no details on when it was cut off or when he was pulled from the rubble . `` The reason why I survived in the dark for hours is that we could talk to each other . Please help my classmates , '' Masutani told the paper , referring to the missing students believed trapped under the rubble . Officials have given up hope of rescuing at least 100 people who were trapped in the Canterbury TV building in downtown Christchurch . Police said they were `` 100 % certain '' no one still trapped in the building was still alive . Officials fear that people who remain trapped inside the Pyne Gould corporation building are dead , according to CNN 's Anna Coren . House-to-house searches are the priority Thursday for rescue workers in Christchurch , authorities explained at a news conference early Thursday morning . Christchurch has been divided into a grid pattern , Collins and other officials said . Urban search-and-rescue teams with paramedic and building-assessment training have fanned out across key neighborhoods searching for earthquake victims . Meanwhile , New Zealand 's Red Cross says roughly 900 people took shelter in welfare centers overnight Wednesday . Also Wednesday , confusion over the status of an Australian woman who was trapped in rubble was resolved . Anne Vos , who spoke to the outside world by mobile phone while trapped beneath rubble , is recuperating in a hospital in New Zealand , according to Dana Robertson with the Australian High Commission in Canberra . Vos made calls to the media and her family in Australia Tuesday before she was rescued from the rubble of the Pyne Gould Corporation Building in the central business district , according to Australian and New Zealand media . `` A couple of hours ago , I thought I 'd had it , '' she told New Zealand network TV3 Tuesday . `` I thought it was ` Goodbye Anne . ' '' `` I 've managed to wiggle out a bit because I could n't breathe . Now I 've got a wee bit of air here . I rang my kids to say goodbye . `` My daughter was crying and I was crying because I thought ` This is it . ' You 've got to tell them you love them . ... I 'm not going to give up ... '' she said . Earlier , news outlets reported she had been rescued , but others said later that rescuers had confused her with someone else . Another woman named `` Ann '' was pulled from the same ruined building on the same day . Ann Bodkin took cover under her desk in the same building when the quake struck . She was trapped in her office building for 24 hours . `` The sun came out the moment she was removed from the building , '' said Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker . `` It was like God turned on the lights . '' Rescue workers applauded as Bodkin was pulled alive from the rubble . She was one of about 30 people rescued Wednesday from the Pyne Gould building and the Canterbury Television building , the two blocks most severely damaged in the quake . The quake toppled buildings onto buses , buckled streets and ripped the facades of iconic churches , including the Christchurch Cathedral and the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament . It also cut power for most of the city , leaving rescuers working overnight under floodlights . `` This is just heartbreaking , '' Prime Minister John Key said . `` This may be New Zealand 's darkest day . '' As the rescuers scrambled to reach survivors , the Web turned into a crisis center as Google offered a service for people searching for loved ones . Google 's crisis response service provided a place to find information , including telephone numbers and incident reports . The initial quake , which struck early Tuesday afternoon , was followed by a series of aftershocks , the New Zealand Ministry of Defense said . A U.S. emergency official was in Christchurch as part of a delegation working with the New Zealand government on disaster response . `` I was at the airport when the earthquake struck , '' said Tim Manning , deputy administrator for the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency . Manning said he was working with the U.S. Embassy to find citizens who need assistance and providing help to New Zealand officials . Southern New Zealand has been hit by a series of quakes since September 4 when a 7.1-magnitude temblor struck the area . The earthquake hit in the predawn hours , with the deserted streets helping to keep injuries to a minimum . There were no deaths from that quake . The September quake struck deeper below ground and farther away from Christchurch than Tuesday 's temblor , causing less damage despite the higher magnitude , officials said . The U.S. Geological Survey said Tuesday 's earthquake was part of the `` aftershock sequence '' from the September earthquake . `` It 's a nightmare . A lot of people were just getting back on their feet after the original quake , '' said Kevin Fenaughty , data center manager for GNS Science , an earth-science research institute . CNN 's Anna Coren , Kyung Lah and Hilary Whiteman contributed to this report .
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NEW : Death toll rises to 98 . Japan 's Asahi Shinbun interviewed two students pulled alive from the rubble . 27 Japanese students are still missing amid Christchurch devastation . Authorities are conducting house-to-house searches for victims .
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New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Two teeth that appear to be human were discovered by investigators Friday in a thicketed and remote oceanfront stretch of Long Island , according to police . The teeth were found near where a human skull was uncovered in Nassau County last week , and are the latest discovery in an ongoing search that has found 10 sets of human remains since December . From those remains , authorities have identified at least eight bodies . Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano said Friday 's find takes authorities a step closer to bringing `` this killer to justice , '' though he added that a medical examiner will have to determine if the teeth are indeed human . Earlier Friday , police spokesman Kevin Smith cautioned against media speculation regarding a possible killer , saying that the two sets of human remains found in Nassau County have yet to be classified as a criminal homicide matter . `` Anybody who is making a profile -LRB- of a possible killer -RRB- , its pure speculation , '' Smith said in reference to the human remains found in that county . His words were in sharp contrast with those of authorities in neighboring Suffolk County , where eight other sets of human remains have been found . That county 's police commissioner , Richard Dormer , said the remains found in Suffolk could be the work of a serial killer or killers . Dormer first mentioned the possibility of a serial killer in January , when the total number of bodies found was four . Those bodies were all women prostitutes uncovered within a quarter-mile of each other , according to Dormer . `` Common sense tells us it 's not a coincidence , '' Suffolk County Detective Lt. Gerard Pelkofsky said at the time . Since then , authorities have discovered six additional sets of human remains in the two counties . They appeared to be in various stages of decomposition , police said . Officials have yet to identify the latest sets and have provided few other details regarding the discoveries . Friday 's find of the teeth came as police fanned out across brush and bramble-filled areas that border a Long Island highway in a remote area near the Town of Oyster Bay . Earlier this week , police divers scoured the sea floor with metal detectors and long poles during an underwater search for evidence in the possible serial killer case . `` It could be a piece of jewelry , it could be a piece of apparel , anything of interest , '' said Harold Jantzen , the Suffolk County marine deputy inspector . That search was in the same area where the first four bodies were uncovered in December . The area , near private docks in upscale Oak Beach , is also where 23-year-old Shannan Gilbert was last seen in May of last year . The missing New Jersey woman 's disappearance prompted the initial search . She was reported missing after attending a private party at a home in the Oak Beach community . No sign of her has been found . Police said Gilbert , like the other four women found in Suffolk County , had advertised prostitution services on Internet sites such as Craigslist .
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NEW : Two teeth that appear to be human are discovered by investigators . NEW : The teeth are found near where a human skull was uncovered in Nassau County . NEW : Nassau County official says this is a step toward bringing `` this killer to justice ''
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in the murder of two British men , found shot dead at 3 a.m. Saturday in Sarasota , Florida , police say . Sarasota Police have identified the victims as James M. Cooper , 25 , and James Thomas Kouzaris , 24 , both from England . The juvenile , who police said was arrested previously this month on a charge of aggravated assault with a handgun , was arrested 24 hours after the murders at 3 a.m. Sunday . Where he was arrested was not disclosed . Police were alerted to the incident by a 911 caller who said `` a person was lying on the ground covered in blood '' at the scene , on a one-way residential street with no businesses . Sarasota Police Chief Mikel Hollaway said officials are trying to determine why the men were there . `` We have our suspicions , but at this time it would be unfair to state those , '' he said . `` I believe they were there of their own volition . '' The neighborhood where the British men were found is a housing project in north Sarasota called Newtown , Hollaway said . The teen suspect in the case lives near the crime scene , police said . Although the housing authority has worked to improve the complex , `` it has its problems , '' Hollaway said . `` This is an isolated incident . '' The murders were the first homicides of the year , he said . The two men were believed to be friends who recently graduated from college and were in Sarasota to celebrate , police said . `` On behalf of the city of Sarasota , we want to express our condolences for the families of the two victims who were obviously on holiday from the United Kingdom , '' Sarasota Mayor Kelly Kirschner said .
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NEW : Police are trying to determine why the men were at a housing project . Two men found shot dead Saturday in Sarasota , Florida . Shooting occurred in a residential area on a one-way street .
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Bangkok , Thailand -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Clashes over a disputed area along the Thai-Cambodian border erupted for a fourth consecutive day Monday , resulting in the death of a Thai soldier , a military official said . Four other Thai soldiers have been killed since the fighting started Friday , according to Col. Sansern Kaewkumnerd . Authorities have evacuated thousands of people from nearby villages . Each side blames the other for the violence , which first broke out last week near two temples in the Phanom Dong Rak district of Thailand 's Surin province . Cambodia 's government has said three of its troops have been killed . On Monday , Sansern accused Cambodians of trying to seize two ancient temples , Ta Kwai and Ta Muen Thom . The fighting on the ground has been coupled with a war of words in recent days . On Sunday , Sansern accused Cambodian troops of opening fire first and said Thai troops responded to protect their country 's sovereignty . Cambodian officials could not be immediately reached for comment . A statement from the country 's defense ministry Saturday described the clashes as an `` assault by Thai infantry units , '' accusing Thailand of flying spy planes into Cambodia and attacking with heavy weapons . Thailand 's foreign ministry issued statements Saturday accusing Cambodia of `` firing heavy weapons at innocent Thai civilians . '' U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday that the United States `` remains deeply concerned about clashes between security forces along the Thailand-Cambodia border . '' The U.S. government is speaking directly to Thai and Cambodian officials , and also supports efforts by Indonesia , the chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations , to work with both countries on a resolution , Clinton 's statement said . In February , at least 10 people were killed when fighting flared up in another disputed border area between the two nations , prompting the United Nations Security Council to issue a statement calling on both sides to implement a cease-fire . Those clashes , which lasted four days , stemmed from a longstanding conflict related to the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple . Both Cambodia and Thailand lay claim to the temple , which sits atop a cliff on Cambodian soil but has its most accessible entrance on the Thai side . At the time , each nation accused the other of firing first . CNN 's Kocha Olarn contributed to this report .
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NEW : Clinton says the United States is `` deeply concerned '' Each side blames the other for the violence , which erupted near two temples . Thousands have been evacuated from nearby villages .
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Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Football player Albert Haynesworth has been charged with misdemeanor sexual abuse involving a waitress at a Washington hotel bar . A defensive tackle for the Washington Redskins , Haynesworth , 29 , allegedly stuck a credit card down the front of a server 's dress and fondled her breast , according to prosecutors . Court papers do not identify the waitress but say the incident happened around 2 a.m. on February 13 at a rooftop lounge atop the W Hotel . An indictment was returned Tuesday by a grand jury in Superior Court of the District of Columbia . An arraignment has been scheduled for May 10 . According to a news release , Haynesworth could face up to 180 days in jail and a maximum fine of $ 1,000 if convicted . Haynesworth 's defense attorney , A. Scott Bolden , called the indictment `` disappointing , regretful and a difficult case for the government to prove . '' `` The indictment is merely a charge , not a conviction , '' Bolden said . `` And in fact , my client maintains his innocence because he is innocent . We will vigorously continue to fight these charges , and I fully expect him to be exonerated from any wrongdoing . '' Earlier this year , Haynesworth also was charged with assaulting a motorist after a traffic incident in Reston , Virginia .
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NEW : Haynesworth denies the accusation through his lawyer . Tackle indicted , set to be arraigned May 10 . Prosecutors say football player fondled a waitress .
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Borno , Nigeria -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Nigeria will proceed with national gubernatorial elections Tuesday , despite continuing violence that has raised fears that an Islamist group will step up attacks against voters . Bomb blasts Monday in Nigeria 's northeastern state of Borno killed three people and wounded dozens , police said . In one of three blasts , a bomb thrown from a motorcycle on which two young men were riding detonated , resulting in the three fatalities , said Michael Zukoma , police commissioner for Borno state . Nigerian police told CNN that Boko Haram , an Islamist sect that has challenged Nigeria 's government , is responsible for the attacks , which they described as an attempt to intimidate voters who this month re-elected President Goodluck Jonathan , an Ijaw Christian from the south . The explosions occurred a day after the Nigerian Red Cross reported that rural villages had held mass burials in northern Nigeria . Witnesses say that violence in the wake of Jonathan 's election has resulted in hundreds of deaths , though there is no official death toll . The government has provided few details . This month 's election of Jonathan , who is from the majority-Christian southern part of the country , sparked violence in the Muslim-dominated north last week . Concerns about ongoing violence led Nigerian election officials last week to delay the planned gubernatorial elections in two of Nigeria 's 36 states . Voters in Kaduna and Bauchi states will go to the polls Thursday . Northern Muslims in some areas charged that the presidential election was rigged . Armed protesters in the region took to the streets chanting the name of former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari , the main opposition front-runner . The last election , four years ago , was widely condemned for rampant vote rigging , violence , theft of ballot boxes and intimidation . While this month 's presidential election was marred by violence , reports of underage voting and logistical problems , observers said they considered it an improvement . After he was declared the victor , Jonathan warned that persistent post-election violence could threaten the stability of the country . `` These acts of mayhem are sad reminders of the events which plunged our country into 30 months of an unfortunate civil war , '' Jonathan said last week . Jonathan was referring to a period of unrest in the 1960s that spawned a civil war in Nigeria . Nigeria is Africa 's largest oil producer and its most populous nation , with 150 million people .
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A bomb blast on Monday kills 3 people . President Goodluck Jonathan calls for peace . Police blame Boko Haram , an Islamist sect , for the attacks . Northern Muslims in some areas charge the presidential election was rigged .
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Kabul , Afghanistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Afghan authorities said Tuesday they have recaptured 65 of the more than 400 inmates who slipped out of a southern Afghanistan prison a day earlier through a nearly quarter-mile tunnel dug beneath the compound . A massive search operation continues to find the others -- many of them insurgent fighters , said the Kandahar governor 's office . The Taliban issued a statement taking responsibility for the escape from the prison in Kandahar , the Taliban 's birthplace . Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahed said digging the tunnel took five months . The escape took four and a half hours , he said . The Taliban claimed 541 prisoners escaped . The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force said the number of escaped prisoners was closer to 470 . The Taliban said 106 of the escapees were military commanders , but there was no immediate government confirmation of the claim . Monday 's break was the second escape at the prison in three years . In 2008 , as many as 1,000 prisoners -- nearly half of them Taliban members -- escaped after militants detonated a truck bomb against the side of the prison compound . The prison houses some of the country 's most dangerous Taliban prisoners , and the escape was an embarrassment for the Afghanistan government and its Western allies , said CNN National Security Analyst Peter Bergen . `` It 's , I think , quite a black eye for the U.S. and NATO and the Afghan government , who have put quite a lot of resources into trying to improve the prison systems , and here you have this massive prison break , with sadly , some pretty hardcore Taliban prisoners who escaped , '' he said . Waheed Omer , a spokesman for Afghan President Hamid Karzai , called the mass escape `` bad news and a disaster . '' Although the Taliban said some of the escapees were military commanders , it 's unlikely the escape will have a significant impact on military operations in Afghanistan , said Thomas E. Gouttierre , director of the Center of Afghanistan Studies at the University of Nebraska in Omaha . `` I do n't think I would see this as a big blow to Western efforts in Afghanistan , '' he said . Instead , he said Afghanistan 's government is likely to bear the brunt of criticism for failing to anticipate or prevent the escape , especially after previous escapes at this and other prisons . In the 2008 escape , militants used a truck loaded with about two tons of explosives and driven by suicide drivers to blast holes in the mud brick walls of the prison . A gun and rocket battle followed , lasting several hours and ending with militants rushing into the prison on motorcycles to free prisoners , according to Taliban accounts of the attack . Nine guards , seven prisoners and one civilian were killed in the attack , according to the provincial government . Security forces said they tried to track down the escaped prisoners , but said the large Taliban presence in the region and the numerous hideouts located there made it difficult to hunt down militants . Kandahar has been the site of fierce fighting between international forces and insurgents . It has been the site of numerous anti-Western demonstrations , recently over the burning of the Quran , Islam 's holy book , by a pastor in the United States . On April 15 , the police chief of Kandahar province was killed when a man wearing a military uniform detonated a bomb at the entrance to the police headquarters . In February , 10 people died when mines exploded at a playground during a picnic hosted by a former police commander . In a separate incident , 19 people , including 15 police officers , died when armed attackers targeted police headquarters . After attacks on the country 's ministry of defense , the assassination of the police chief and now Monday 's prison break , Kandahar resident Kari Ghar said it 's `` impossible to call this system a government . '' `` This is the worst possible weakness of the Afghan government that almost every single political prisoners escape from the central jail in Kandahar , '' Ghar said . CNN 's Nick Paton Walsh contributed to this report .
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Taliban claims 106 of the escapees were military commanders . Afghan president 's office calls jail break a `` disaster '' The Taliban claims to have facilitated the prison break by digging a tunnel . Kandahar resident : `` Impossible to call this system a government ''
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Coach Jose Mourinho has told his Real Madrid players to heed the wisdom of Albert Einstein ahead of Wednesday 's Champions League semifinal first leg against Spanish arch-rivals Barcelona . Having been crushed 5-0 by Barca in this season 's first `` Clasico '' clash in the Catalan capital in November , Mourinho has successfully resorted to more defensive tactics to earn a draw at the Santiago Bernabeu and then victory in the Spanish Cup final last Wednesday . Real 's strategies in those matches bore more resemblance to the Portuguese coach 's winning formula against Barca while in charge of Inter Milan in last season 's Champions League semis than the all-out attacking blitz that saw Madrid crush Valencia 6-3 on Saturday . `` Each competition is independent of the other and each match has its own story , '' Mourinho told reporters on Tuesday . `` It 's the Champions League . We have to give our best without being influenced by what happened before . The billion-dollar grudge match . `` I do n't have a magic potion to beat Barcelona . I work very hard and very seriously , and I spend many hours trying to help the people around , but a few months ago we lost 5-0 and I was the manager then . '' Mourinho , seeking to become the first coach to win the European title with three different clubs , hinted that he will again try to stifle Barca 's attacking potency as he quoted the world 's most famous physicist . `` I told my players there was someone called Albert , Albert Einstein , who said that there is a force more powerful than steam , electricity and atomic energy : will . And this guy Albert was not stupid , '' the 48-year-old said . `` For me there are no favorites . It 's the Champions League semifinals -- two rival teams who know each other very well . Two teams with long traditions , whose players know what it is to be successful , who know how to win things and play big matches . '' Is Mourinho the master of mind games ? Captain Carles Puyol has returned to Barcelona 's squad to boost coach Pep Guardiola 's defensive options , but key midfielder Andres Iniesta has been ruled out with a calf injury . Puyol missed Saturday 's 2-0 win over Osasuna and the Copa del Rey final defeat by Real , having gone off with a thigh injury during the previous weekend 's El Clasico clash in Madrid . Iniesta , who scored Spain 's winner in the 2010 World Cup final , is expected to be back for the following week 's second leg , Guardiola told reporters on Tuesday . Argentina center-back Gabriel Milito was named in the squad despite going off against Osasuna , but fellow defenders Maxwell , Adriano and Eric Abidal are sidelined along with forward Bojan Krkic . Messi record as Barcelona bounce back . Guardiola has called up fullback Martin Montoya and midfielders Thiago and Sergi Roberto from the reserve team . Mourinho has welcomed back loan striker Emmanuel Adebayor and winger Angel Di Maria , who missed Saturday 's 6-3 win at Valencia due to injuries . But injured midfielders Sami Khedira and Fernando Gago missed training along with suspended defender Ricardo Carvalho , meaning France international Lassana Diarra has a chance of taking one of the holding roles .
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Jose Mourinho tells his players that willpower can overcome the most powerful forces . Real Madrid play Barcelona for the third time this month in first leg of semifinal . Mourinho guided Inter Milan to victory over Barca in last-four stage in Europe in 2010 . Spanish champions boosted by return of captain Carles Puyol but Andres Iniesta is out .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Hawaii 's Governor Neil Abercrombie said the tsunami has caused tens of millions of dollars in damage and he plans to visit some of the damaged areas Tuesday . The tsunami that devastated Japan brought powerful waves to the Hawaii islands last week . Abercrombie has signed a `` state of disaster proclamation '' because of the damage . The proclamation will allow the state to get federal funds .
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Hawaii 's governor says he will tour damaged areas . Governor is seeking federal funds to help rebuild .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Somali pirates hijacked a yacht with four Americans onboard in the Indian Ocean , U.S. military officials said Saturday . The identities of the Americans were not immediately known , but the yacht , the S/V Quest , is owned by Jean and Scott Adam , according to Ecoterra International . It is not clear whether the Adams -- who were on a worldwide cruise -- are onboard . The U.S. military is prepared to intervene in the situation if necessary , said Rear Adm. Charles Gaouette , deputy commander of the U.S. Navy 's Fifth Fleet , based in Bahrain . `` They were part of a sailing group that set sail from the southern tip of India into the western Indian Ocean , '' he said , adding that the situation is being monitored with U.S. Central Command . Gaouette said there is no reason to believe the hijacked yacht has been taken to the coastline of Somalia yet , though pirates in the region have been known to do so . Another U.S. official , who asked not to be named due to the sensitivity of the situation , said the United States is determining what military assets are in the region and the capabilities of the personnel onboard . The official said that the pirates are believed to be onboard the yacht with the Americans , and the next step would be to determine whether the military could keep the yacht from reaching the shore -- either by blocking or harassing it . Authorities said the yacht was en route from India to Oman when it was captured Friday . The Adams ' website documents their worldwide voyage , which started in late 2004 . It includes trips to New Zealand , China , Cambodia and Panama . `` If the owners are onboard , it would be a sad log for the couple on their seven-year world journey , '' Ecoterra said . The Adams were traveling with a group of somewhere between 14 and 30 other yachts taking part in what 's called the Blue Water Rally , said Scott Stolnitz , a boater who described himself as a longtime friend of the couple . Stolnitz said Scott Adam had told him several weeks ago that he was concerned about pirate activity in the area , which he had never visited before , but was determined to traverse the world himself as opposed to shipping the boat -- as some other yacht owners have done . `` They weighed their options and decided they would join the rally for safety , '' Stolnitz said . On their website , the Adams say their mission `` is to allow the power of the Word to transform lives ... -LRB- and -RRB- seek fertile ground for the word and homes for our Bibles . '' A post earlier this year said they would refuel in Djibouti waters , another pirate flash point . `` Djibouti is a big refueling stop , '' said the post , which is not dated . `` I have no idea what will happen in these ports , but perhaps we 'll do some local touring . '' Piracy has flourished off the coast of Somalia , which has not had an effective government for two decades . In April 2009 , pirates seized the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama , leading to a standoff in the Indian Ocean . U.S. forces moved to rescue American Capt. Richard Phillips after seeing a pirate aiming a weapon on his back , officials said at the time . Three pirates were killed and one was arrested . The Somali man arrested was sentenced to more than 30 years in prison . CNN Pentagon Correspondent Barbara Starr contributed to this report .
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NEW : A friend of the yacht 's owners say they were worried about piracy . The yacht is owned by an American couple . The yacht was hijacked in the Indian Ocean en route from India to Oman . U.S. officials say they are monitoring the situation .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Astronaut Mark Kelly visits U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords twice a day , witnessing and aiding her recovery from a devastating bullet wound suffered nearly four months ago . Friday , the Arizona congresswoman will witness her husband 's own inspiring moment : Commanding the space shuttle Endeavour on its last launch . Doctors have cleared Giffords , who was shot in the brain at a January 8 event in Tucson , to attend the scheduled launch in Florida , a source close to her said Sunday . The source told CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen that Giffords will be accompanied by a nurse . There will be no doctor or medical assistance on board . The source was not sure what kind of plane Giffords will be going on , but it will not be a commercial airliner . `` She 'll probably be going either Wednesday or Thursday , '' the source said . Asked by `` The CBS Evening News With Katie Couric '' what Giffords ' reaction was to the decision allowing her to go , Kelly replied , `` I think she said , ` awesome ' and she pumped her fist . '' Kelly 's comments on the flight and his wife 's recovery will be broadcast on CBS Monday evening . The network Sunday released excerpts of the conversation . Giffords , who is recovering at TIRR Memorial Hermann hospital in Houston , wo n't meet with the media or make a statement while she is at Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the 36th shuttle mission to the International Space Station . Doctors and friends have spoken of Giffords ' strong recovery . She speaks in short sentences , walks with a cart for therapy and has full use of her left side . Kelly told CBS that Giffords ' `` personality 's a hundred percent there . You know , it 's difficult for her to walk . The communication skills are difficult , at this point . '' Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz of Florida , one of those present at the hospital when Giffords first opened her eyes after surgery , recently said her friend `` continues to make remarkable progress , has a little bit more mobility now ... is a lot more responsive , interactive and initiating speech . '' Gabrielle Giffords for Senate ? Earlier this month , CNN 's Sanjay Gupta visited Giffords ' Arizona medical team , including Dr. Peter Rhee , the trauma chief at University Medical Center , where Giffords was treated . `` I 'll tell you she 's not going to be 100 % , I know that for a fact . She has a scar on her head , she 's going to have multiple scars on her . And what you see on the outside is also reflective of what goes on inside underneath it as well , '' said Rhee . `` So while we cover it up , there are a lot of things that are permanently damaged that wo n't ever come back . Is she going to be the same as she was before ? I think she 's going to have permanent changes in thoughts and memories and feelings and emotions , so we 'll have to see how that pans out in the future . But I think she 'll be doing very well . '' Family from Giffords shooting wants ammo limit . Kelly will be commanding a crew of four other Americans and one astronaut from the European Space Agency . Liftoff is scheduled for 3:47 p.m. ET Friday . According to a senior administration official , President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama and their daughters Malia and Sasha also will watch the launch in person .
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NEW : Rep. Giffords will travel with a nurse , a source close to her says . The congresswoman continues to recover from a brain injury after a gunshot to the head . Her husband is Capt. Mark Kelly , commander of Friday 's scheduled space shuttle mission . Giffords wo n't be making any public remarks while attending the launch .
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United Nations -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Sri Lankan government cried foul Tuesday after a U.N. panel said it has found credible allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by both sides during the final stages of the country 's civil war . A government spokesman called the panel 's report `` unacceptable , '' while Sri Lanka 's External Affairs Ministry said the report is `` fundamentally flawed '' and based on `` patently biased material . '' The Tamil National Alliance , the main Tamil opposition party in parliament , once dubbed as a `` proxy '' to Tamil Tiger rebels during the conflict , said it concurs with the findings . In the U.N. report released Monday , the three-member panel recommends the government of Sri Lanka immediately conduct an investigation into the alleged violations of international law and take other measures to `` advance accountability . '' In a statement , U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon 's spokesman said Ban `` sincerely hopes that this advisory report will make a contribution to full accountability and justice so that the Sri Lankan government and people will be able to proceed towards national reconciliation and peace . '' Human rights groups have already alleged that both government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels violated humanitarian laws and that thousands of civilians were killed during the war , which ended in May 2009 after the government declared victory . The rebels had fought a 26-year bloody separatist war that left thousands dead and large numbers of others internally displaced , according to the United Nations . The U.N. panel started investigating in September 2010 and submitted its report April 12 , the United Nations said . The decision to release the report now was made in order to be transparent and serve the public interest , Ban 's spokesman said . Sri Lanka 's government `` strongly rejected '' the report by what it called an `` illegal advisory committee . '' In a response posted last week on the country 's official government news portal , it called the report `` biased , baseless and unilateral . '' The report focuses on the final phase of the military campaign to defeat the rebels , a phase that has been shrouded in controversy in part because local and international media were barred from access to the battle zones . Sri Lanka 's government and the rebels have denied war crimes allegations . Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has also said `` not one civilian was shot dead '' by government troops . The panel , however , said its findings reveal `` a very different version '' of events than that maintained by the government . It said it found `` credible allegations , which if proven , indicate that a wide range of serious violations of international humanitarian law and international humanitarian rights law was committed both by the government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE -LRB- rebels -RRB- , some of which would amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity . '' In the war 's final stage , which lasted from September 2008 to May 2009 , the Sri Lankan army advanced into an area of northern Sri Lanka known as the Vanni , where about 330,000 people were trapped by fighting . The report said the government used `` large-scale and widespread shelling '' that left large numbers of civilians dead . Some of the shelling happened in no-fire zones where the government had encouraged civilians to congregate , the report said . Government forces also shelled a U.N. hub , food distribution lines and near ships belonging to the International Committee of the Red Cross that were picking up the wounded and their relatives from beaches , the report said . The government also shelled hospitals on the front lines , some of them repeatedly , the report said . `` Most civilian casualties in the final phases of the war were caused by government shelling , '' it said . While government forces screened civilians for suspected rebels , some civilians were summarily executed and some of the women may have been raped , the report said . Others disappeared , and some of those detained in camps were tortured , it added . The rebels , meanwhile , used civilians as hostages or human shields during the fighting , the report found . Tamil Tiger rebels also used forced recruitment -- including of children as young as 14 -- and forced civilians to dig trenches and other military positions , blurring the distinction between combatants and civilians and exposing the latter to further harm , it said . Starting in February 2009 , the rebels also started `` point-blank shooting of civilians '' who tried to flee the conflict zone , the report found . `` I pray to God every day to give strength and courage to the secretary general of the United Nations , for him to do the right thing for the sake of tens of thousands of men and women , young and old , able and disable , -LRB- who -RRB- died in vain or have disappeared without trace , '' Father S.J. Emmanuel , head of the Global Tamil Forum , said from London . `` In my opinion for any meaningful and sustainable reconciliation to succeed , accountability for the past is mandatory . '' Sri Lanka 's president has already appointed a Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission , saying it would be sufficient to investigate allegations of war crimes , but the U.N. panel called the commission `` deeply flawed '' and ineffective . `` The government 's notion of accountability is not in accordance with international standards , '' the panel said . Instead , the panel recommended the government start `` genuine investigations '' into the allegations . It also said Sri Lanka should take other immediate measures including facilitating the recovery and return of human remains to their families ; provide death certificates for the dead and missing ; release all displaced people and facilitate their return ; and disclose the fate and location of people reported to have been `` forcibly disappeared . '' For suspected rebels , the panel said , the government should publish the names of all those detained ; allow detainees regular access to family members and legal counsel ; and either charge or release detainees . The United Nations itself did not escape some criticism . The panel recommended a review of U.N. actions during and after the war , looking at how it implemented humanitarian and protection mandates . Ban 's spokesman said he would `` respond positively '' to that recommendation . Journalist Iqbal Athas contributed to this report .
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The opposition party says it concurs with the findings . The UN panel says both the government and rebels likely committed war crimes . It recommends an immediate Sri Lankan investigation . The report focuses on the final stages of the war , which ended in May 2009 .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Barcelona will parade their incredible six-trophy haul from 2009 as they begin the New Year with a home league clash against Villarreal on Saturday in the Camp Nou . Barca won an historic treble of Spanish league , Spanish Cup and and Champions League titles last season , their first under former captain Pep Guardiola . The Catalan giants added to the tally by scooping the Spanish and European Supercups and rounded off 2009 with victory in the World Club Cup last month , beating Estudiantes of Argentina in the final . They begin 2010 on course to repeat the initial treble and have a two-point lead over arch-rivals Real Madrid as La Liga resumes after a brief festive break . In celebration of their success , Barca have invited players who left the club in the summer , including Inter Milan striker Samuel Eto'o , to take part in the pre-match parade . Brazil star Dani Alves is keen for his teammates to maintain their winning spree and is hungry for more trophies . `` We 'll do everything we can to make sure that this book has more than one page , '' he told the official club Web site www.fcbarcelona.com . `` We 've achieved some really important stuff , but now we 've got to keep on working hard and improving things , '' he added . Guardiola 's team face possibly nine matches in a busy month and are also missing players on Africa Cup of Nations duty . Jeffren and Seydou Keita miss out through injury against Villarreal who drew 3-3 at the Camp Nou last season after being 3-1 down . Gonzalo Rodriguez is ruled out , but Villarreal , who are on a fine run of form , should be otherwise full-strength . Big-spending Real Madrid resume their campaign with an away trip to Osasuna on Sunday .
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Barcelona celebrate 2009 success with six-trophy parade before home clash with Villarreal . Barca remain on course to repeat success as they head Spanish League by two points from Real Madrid . Real Madrid resume their La Liga campaign away to Osasuna on Sunday .
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Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For hours on March 21 , U.S. Air Force Maj. Kenneth Harney of Lexington , Kentucky , and Capt. Tyler Stark of Littleton , Colorado , were the focus of nearly every U.S. service member in the Mediterranean Sea region . Nearly a dozen aircraft , a platoon of Marines and even Libyan civilians worked to rescue Harney and Stark after their F-15 crashed in eastern Libya . Most details about the mission , including their names , were a closely held secret by the military . But earlier this month , with little notice , their identities and details of their rescue came out during a welcome-home ceremony at their air base . For the first time , the men spoke publicly to a small group of friends , family and Air Force personnel . The Air Force public affairs office posted pictures and video of the event on its official website , even after U.S. military public affairs officers involved in Operation Odyssey Dawn in Libya told CNN their names would never be made public . `` You feel the weight of not only the Air Force , but the entire military , focusing on you , making sure you get home , '' Stark said recently in a video prepared by the Air Force . U.S. still not ready to recognize Libyan opposition . The men were part of a the 48th Fighter Wing normally based at RAF Lakenheath , a Royal Air Force base that has hosted U.S. Air Force units for years in Suffolk , England . But on March 21 they took off from the U.S. air base in Aviano , Italy , in support of the no-fly zone enforcement over Libya . At some point they ran into trouble . `` We soon find ourselves in a situation where we are forced to eject over potentially hostile territory , and over the country of Libya . Something that neither one of us would ever have thought that we 'd have to do , '' Harney , the pilot of the Strike Eagle said . The Air Force is still trying to figure out why the plane crashed and a post-incident investigation is ongoing , but four days after the crash , Vice Adm. Bill Gortney , director of the Joint Staff at the Pentagon , told reporters that the military was `` confident that it is not a result of hostile fire . '' Homes destroyed in battle for Misrata . After the ejection , Harney -- `` Meso '' to his fellow fliers -- and `` Mask '' Stark became separated . `` When you find yourself alone , and you 're isolated , in a country where there 's hostiles , you are scared , '' said Harney , a veteran of both the Afghan and Iraq wars . Stark was found by Libyan civilians who protected him from possible retaliation by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi , and eventually he was taken safely back to Europe . Details of how he was taken out of Libya have yet to be disclosed . Harney 's rescue came more quickly . He stayed in communications with another F-15 pilot still in the air over Libya . Eventually an MV-22 Osprey carrying Marines who were part of a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel , or TRAP , team landed near his position . `` As that back door opened , I see a group of young Marine recon units jump out , and that was probably the best feeling I 've ever felt in my entire life , '' Harney said . He was flown to the USS Kearsarge for a quick medical check then a short time later sent home with Stark to RAF Lakenheath , where friends and family welcomed them with hugs and a rendition of `` God Bless America . ''
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Two Air Force fliers went down over Libya on March 21 . Both were rescued , with the military keeping quiet on details . Now , an Air Force video from their welcome-home ceremony provides some of the story . `` You feel the weight of ... the entire military ... making sure you get home , '' says one .
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-LRB- CNN Student News -RRB- -- April 28 , 2011 . Download PDF maps related to today 's show : . • Afghanistan • Hawaii . Transcript . THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT . THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED . CARL AZUZ , CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR : I 'm Carl Azuz , and in today 's show , we 're talking about the U.S. economy , education , defense -- could be a presidential Cabinet meeting . And we 're gon na be talking about the cabinet , too . CNN Student News starts right now ! First Up : Afghanistan Violence . AZUZ : First up , violence in Afghanistan , where a gunfight broke out at an air force compound in Kabul . Eight U.S. service members and an American contractor were killed in the shooting Wednesday . Coalition officials said an Afghan military pilot started the gunfight . The Taliban said it 's responsible for yesterday 's shooting . The Taliban is the group that the U.S.-led coalition removed from power when the Afghanistan war started in 2001 . A Taliban spokesman said the group had worked with the shooter . But coalition authorities -- and the shooter 's brother -- denied that . The shooting happened at the North Kabul International Airport . Officials say it started as an argument between the Afghan pilot and an international colleague . That argument led to the gunfight . Defense Dept. Shift . AZUZ : Some changes getting ready to happen inside President Obama 's administration . In fact , it 's going to be one of the biggest shifts since Obama took office . And it starts with this man : Defense Secretary Robert Gates . Secretary Gates has been leading the Defense Department since George W. Bush was president . He stayed on at President Obama 's request , but he 's planning to retire later this year . And this is who President Obama wants to replace Secretary Gates : name is Leon Panetta . He 's currently the director of the CIA . He also served as former President Bill Clinton 's chief of staff . President Obama plans to nominate Director Panetta to be the new defense secretary . The U.S. Senate has to confirm him for that position . Obama Birth Certificate . AZUZ : That was n't the only announcement at the White House yesterday . President Obama publicly showed off his birth certificate , which says that he was born in Honolulu , Hawaii . Okay . Why ? Well , there are two requirements to be U.S. president . You have to be at least 35 years old , and you have to be a `` natural born '' citizen . Some people had doubts that President Obama was born in the U.S. . They wanted to see this : his long-form birth certificate . Because without that proof , their argument was that he might be constitutionally ineligible to be president . This issue 's gotten a lot of attention in the media recently . The White House released the birth certificate yesterday to try to put an end to the questions . Shoutout . TOMEKA JONES , CNN STUDENT NEWS : Today 's Shoutout goes out to Ms. Cormican 's enrichment class at Clinton Township Middle School in Clinton , New Jersey ! What is the term for financial aid that companies get from the government ? Here we go ! Is it : A -RRB- Subsidy , B -RRB- Commodity , C -RRB- Liability or D -RRB- Security . You 've got three seconds -- GO ! Financial aid given out by the government is called a subsidy . That 's your answer and that 's your Shoutout ! Gas Prices , Oil Profits . AZUZ : Subsidies are usually designed to help companies or industries that produce things for the public . For example , farmers might get money from the government to grow crops . This next report from Lisa Sylvester is about subsidies for the oil industry . With gas prices increasing , so are the questions about whether those subsidies should continue . -LRB- BEGIN VIDEO -RRB- . LISA SYLVESTER , CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT : The oil and gas industry rakes in billions of dollars in profits a year . Last year , Exxon Mobil made more than $ 30 billion ; Chevron , $ 19 billion ; ConocoPhillips , more than $ 11 billion ; and Royal Dutch/Shell , $ 20 billion . Meanwhile , it 's costing consumers a load of money just to fill up their tank . UNIDENTIFIED MALE : There 's no reason for the price to continue to go up , because there 's lots of gas . I mean , lots of oil , I hear . SYLVESTER : Average price for regular gasoline is $ 3.87 a gallon . But in cities like Washington , D.C. , gas at some stations is already at the $ 5 mark or higher . Those prices are expected to contribute to huge first-quarter profits for oil companies . On top of the mega-profits , the oil industry enjoys $ 4 billion in federal tax breaks . There 's now a growing chorus to end those subsidies . FADEL GHEIT , FINANCIAL ANALYST , OPPENHEIMER AND COMPANY : The oil companies do not need subsidies , especially when you have $ 100 oil . It 's outrageous for an oil company or oil lobbyist to ask for a subsidy when you have this high level of profitability . SYLVESTER : The American Petroleum Institute represents the largest oil companies . API 's senior economic adviser , Rayola Dougher , says when profits are up , it 's the shareholders who benefit . She says they are , for the most part , regular joes . RAYOLA DOUGHER , ECONOMIC ADVISER , AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE : And at the end of the day , the final earnings , the profits to these companies , broadly go to tens of millions of Americans . Anybody with a 401 -LRB- k -RRB- , a pension plan , retired firefighters , teachers . These are the folks that , at the end of the day , benefit from these earnings . About 98.5 percent of the stock of these companies is broadly owned by the American people . SYLVESTER : The American Petroleum Institute says taking away those subsidies would be like a tax on the companies and could cost American jobs . But it is a hard case to make when so many Americans out there are getting squeezed at the gas pump , when we are seeing $ 5 a gallon for gasoline , and when the companies are making billions in profits . Lisa Sylvester , CNN , Washington . -LRB- END VIDEO -RRB- . Southern Storms . AZUZ : This next headline is one you 've heard a lot lately , and not one we like reporting : the southern U.S. recovering from another round of severe weather that plowed through the region yesterday . At least 12 deaths were reported . Hundreds of thousands of people lost power . This is what some Arkansas residents woke up to Wednesday morning : damaged buildings , downed trees , no power . That 's from another storm system that moved through the South Tuesday night . And this severe weather may not be over . The National Weather Service issued tornado watches for parts of the South yesterday , as the storms worked their way east . In fact , there were 25 tornado warnings across parts of Alabama last night . And officials said a tornado hit the city of Cullman . These images you 're seeing are some of the damage that was caused . Show Your Teacher Appreciation . AZUZ : We 've been asking you to head to CNNStudentNews.com and send us your iReports for Teacher Appreciation Week . Keep at it , do n't give up ; Teacher Appreciation Week is next week . There 's just something we want you to remember : You need to be at least 13 to send us an iReport . Also , you can show your teacher appreciation on our blog ! I just put the post up last night , and you know where to find it : CNNStudentNews.com ! Do n't Fail Me Preview . AZUZ : CNN 's `` In America '' series explores different aspects of U.S. society . The newest documentary we worked on focuses on something you are all very familiar with : education . I had the chance to sit down recently with CNN 's Soledad O'Brien . She 's the correspondent for the `` In America '' programs , and we talked about what this new program is all about . -LRB- BEGIN VIDEO -RRB- . AZUZ : Soledad O'Brien , you 've worked on CNN 's `` In America '' series . We 've seen `` Black in America , '' `` Latino in America . '' Your latest report is titled `` Do n't Fail Me . '' What 's the story behind that title ? SOLEDAD O'BRIEN , CNN ANCHOR , SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT : It really is an `` Education in America '' series . `` Do n't Fail Me '' is the story of three students who represent different geographical and also socio-economical areas in the United States . And what we wanted to look at in that particular title was really the position students , American students , are in today . You know , American students rank 17th and 25 in math and science , respectively , in this country , when you look at all industrialized nations . Those are terrible , terrible , terrible statistics . And so , the question was : How do you change that ? How do you move the United States back up to number one , where we used to be several decades ago ? The question is really these three students , who are great students , ambitious students , motivated students . Who , their plea is very much `` do n't fail me . '' Sometimes teachers fail students , sometimes systems fail students , sometimes students fail themselves ; they 're not ambitious . In this particular case , we 're looking at the entire educational system . Is it failing these young people ? -LRB- END VIDEO -RRB- . AZUZ : Those of you who participated in FIRST Robotics will wan na check this out too ; that 's part of this program . You are not going to want to miss it . `` Do n't Fail Me '' airs on May 15th -- that 's a Sunday night -- at 8 p.m. ET on CNN . And if you want to check out my full interview with Soledad O'Brien , learn what else she has to say about the upcoming documentary , you can check that out on our home page : CNNStudentNews.com . Before We Go . AZUZ : All right , before we go , we 've got time for a speedy lesson . UNIDENTIFIED MALE : Take your foot off the brake and we 'll go forward . AZUZ : Move forward , all right . This ai n't driver 's ed . It 's pace car 101 . Rachel Gilbert 's been a big NASCAR fan for 50 years . And since she 's turning 100 years old today -- happy birthday -- her family got her an amazing gift : the chance to tool around the track in a pace car . Ms. Gilbert has n't been behind the wheel of any car in about 16 years , but it was smooth sailing as she revved it up to about 50 miles per hour . Goodbye . AZUZ : Maybe this 'll be her new motor -- mode or -- method of transportation . She probably bragged that she was going more than 50 , but that 's just rev-isionist history . Especially since the course tracked her speed . We were gon na drive through a few more of these puns , but we got ta learn to pace ourselves . So we 'll brake for now . For CNN Student News , I 'm Carl Azuz . See you later .
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Learn about the details of a deadly gunfight at an Afghan airport . Consider the debate over continuing subsidies to the oil industry . Check out a CNN documentary that looks at science education in the U.S. Use the Daily Discussion to help students understand today 's featured news stories .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A deadly 2009 `` sweat lodge '' retreat in Arizona left participants so sickened that the scene resembled `` a battleground '' with people vomiting , foaming at the mouth and with their eyes nearly popping out , according to one survivor who testified Thursday . `` I saw people agonizing , '' said Lou Caci , a participant from Winnipeg , Manitoba . `` It looked like a battle ground . People are just laying there . '' Caci , who earlier testified he fell at one point and badly burned his arm on the heated rocks , continued his testimony Thursday in the trial of self-help guru James Arthur Ray . Ray is accused of manslaughter in the deaths of three persons at his October 2009 `` Spiritual Warrior '' retreat in the desert . Killed were Kirby Brown , 38 , of Westtown , New York ; James Shore , 40 , of Milwaukee , Wisconsin ; and volunteer Lizbeth Marie Neuman , 49 , of Prior Lake , Minnesota . At least 15 others who took part in the sweat lodge ceremony became ill , but more than 40 others were uninjured , and defense lawyers have argued that the deaths were accidental . James Ray 's attorneys have also argued that exposure to an unknown toxin , perhaps a pesticide , could have caused the fatalities . The event participants paid up to $ 10,000 to seek `` new areas of consciousness , '' according to this week 's testimony . The lodge -- made of willow trees and branches , and covered with tarpaulins and blankets -- was heated to perilously high temperatures , causing the participants to suffer dehydration and heatstroke . 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 . Under questioning by the prosecution , Caci recounted how he re-entered the sweat lodge and came across one participant , Neuman . She was among those who died . `` Seeing the way Liz was I knew there was something terribly wrong . I was a bit apprehensive about being back in there just because of the pain I had in my arm . We finished the last ceremony and I was more focused on staying awake , '' Caci told the court . `` She was a heavy-set woman and I could n't quite get her out . So a fellow named Randy helped me , '' Caci said . `` I was lifting her little by little . She was heavy . Randy was helping me . We would go , ` One , two , three ' -- and we would lift . I think her face dragged on the ground a little bit , but we helped her out . ''
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Self-help guru James Arthur Ray is on trial for manslaughter of three persons . They died participating in a `` sweat lodge '' retreat in the Arizona desert . One participant says he saw people vomiting and foaming at the mouth .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Bomb blasts Monday in Nigeria 's northeastern state of Borno killed three people and wounded dozens , raising fears that an Islamist group will step up attacks against voters on the eve of national governorship elections , police said . In one of three blasts , a bomb thrown from a motorcycle on which two young men were riding detonated , resulting in the three fatalities , said Michael Zukoma , police commissioner for Borno state . Nigerian police told CNN that Boko Haram , an Islamist sect that has challenged Nigeria 's government , is responsible for the attacks , which they described as an attempt to intimidate voters who this month re-elected President Goodluck Jonathan , an ljaw Christian from the south . The explosions occurred a day after the Nigerian Red Cross reported that rural villages had held mass burials in northern Nigeria . Witnesses say that violence in the wake of Jonathan 's election has resulted in hundreds of deaths , though there is no official death toll . The government has provided few details . This month 's election of Jonathan , who is from the majority-Christian southern part of the country , sparked violence in the Muslim-dominated north last week . Concerns about ongoing violence led Nigerian election officials last week to delay the planned gubernatorial elections in two of Nigeria 's 36 states . Northern Muslims in some areas charged that the presidential election was rigged . Armed protesters in the region took to the streets chanting the name of former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari , the main opposition front-runner . The last election , four years ago , was widely condemned for rampant vote rigging , violence , theft of ballot boxes and intimidation . While this month 's presidential election was marred by violence , reports of underage voting and logistical problems , observers said they considered it an improvement . After he was declared the victor , Jonathan warned that persistent post-election violence could threaten the stability of the country . `` These acts of mayhem are sad reminders of the events which plunged our country into 30 months of an unfortunate civil war , '' Jonathan said last week . Jonathan was referring to a period of unrest in the 1960s that spawned a civil war in Nigeria . Nigeria is Africa 's largest oil producer and its most populous nation , with 150 million people .
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NEW : All three fatalities came from a single bomb blast . Governorship elections slated for Tuesday . Police blame Boko Haram , an Islamist sect , for the attacks .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An explosive device hidden inside a newspaper exploded when a Vacaville , California , man picked it up near his doorstep Sunday morning , a city official said . The wounded man was airlifted to a hospital , and residents of a dozen neighboring homes were evacuated , Vacaville city spokesman Mark Mazzaferro said . It was not immediately known if the victim was targeted or if any other bombs may be hidden at other homes , Mazzaferro said . His condition was not immediately known . No other explosive devices have been located , but a bomb squad from Travis Air Force Base and federal investigators are combing the neighborhood with explosives-sniffing dogs in the Brown 's Valley section of the town , he said . Residents have gathered at a community center while the search and investigation is conducted , he said . CNN 's Chuck Johnston contributed to this report .
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New Delhi , India -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Famed Indian spiritual guru Sri Sathya Sai Baba was laid to rest Wednesday as hundreds of thousands of followers bid a tearful farewell to the ascetic they revered as a living god . Hymns rang through his ashram at his hometown of Puttaparthi in southern India as his body was sprinkled with petals and holy water before a private burial behind a maroon curtain . Hindu funerals generally involve cremation , but infants and saintly figures are buried . Sri Sathya Sai Baba died Sunday at age 85 of respiratory failure . A number of luminaries attended the funeral conducted with full state honors . On Tuesday , Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Italian-born head of his Congress party , Sonia Gandhi , paid their tribute as they filed past the guru 's saffron-robed body placed in a glass casket and sat beside it as a mark of respect . Recognizable with his trademark puff of dark hair , Sri Sathya Sai Baba claimed to be a reincarnation of Sai Baba of Shirdi , one of India 's greatest spiritual leaders , who died in 1918 . Devotees believed Sri Sathya Sai Baba had supernatural powers . However , critics accused him of fraud and sexual abuse -- allegations he denied . In a hospital bulletin on Sunday , doctors did not use the word ` death ' to announce his passing . It said he was `` no more with us physically '' and that he left `` his earthly body . '' In his condolence message on the day Sri Sathya Sai Baba died , Singh remembered the spiritual leader for inspiring millions to lead a meaningful life regardless of their religions . `` His teachings were rooted in the universal ideals of truth , right conduct , peace , love and nonviolence , '' Singh said .
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Sri Sathya Sai Baba is buried in a state funeral . A multitude of devotees and politicians attend the rites in southern India . The spiritual leader died on Sunday at age 85 . Critics have accused him of fraud -- allegations he denied .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Zack Snyder evidently had an awesome idea for a video game . But for some reason , he decided to do it as a movie first . I mean , it 's playing in movie theatres , so I guess you would have to call it a movie , albeit a sorry excuse for one . Snyder has accrued some status with younger fans through his boldly stylized retakes on George Romero 's `` Dawn of the Dead , '' Frank Miller 's `` 300 '' and Alan Moore 's `` Watchmen . '' So far , the raw material has been distinctive enough to camouflage Snyder 's increasingly threadbare bag of tricks : toggling between slow and fast motion , extreme close-ups and vertiginous long shots . He feeds back the kind of bastardized cinematic effects that comic books , pop videos and games took from film in the first place . It 's a high-impact , low-return aesthetic that promotes a tawdry gloss above character and story . Talking of which , `` Sucker Punch '' is Snyder 's first stab at original material . And when I say `` stab , '' I mean he prods at it anxiously with a long blade , as if he wants to make sure it 's well and truly dead . If Snyder has any call on the attention of a reasonably intelligent adult -- and on the evidence of this sleazy atrocity , that 's a mighty big `` if '' -- it 's as a pioneer of a post-narrative cinema , in which sensation and spectacle are paramount and situation is as fluid as a digital composite . Here he conjures giants , zeppelins , and dragons all in the blink of an eye . But are these things enough when they come out of thin air ? Clearly not , as `` Sucker Punch '' falls back repeatedly on the hoariest of melodramatic cliches . And so we 're treated to orphaned sisters abused and -LRB- in one case -RRB- murdered by an evil stepfather , who commits the surviving girl -LRB- Emily Browning -RRB- to an asylum and bribes the warden to arrange a lobotomy . All this within the first three minutes . Browning - -- known only as `` Baby Doll '' -- contrives a mental escape route into an alternative reality , a bordello/burlesque house . But this , too , is a dangerous place controlled by rapacious men . She finds another rabbit hole in performing interpretative dance routines -LRB- which we never see -RRB- that transfix her captors , while projecting herself and her fellow inmates - -- including Abbie Cornish and Vanessa Hudgens -- into virtual reality adventure game scenarios : a Shaolin temple duel ; a WWI assignment behind enemy lines ; a ticking time bomb ; etc. , etc. . iReporter : One out of five for `` Sucker Punch '' On some level , these episodes are configured as empowering fantasies ; the girls are pulling the triggers , after all . They 're also heavily fetishized affairs involving high heels , suspenders and plenty of skin . Kudos to Snyder -LRB- who co-wrote the screenplay with Steve Shibuya -RRB- for letting his imagination run wild . It 's just a pity that imagination is so drastically circumscribed by the lurid `` ho couture '' culture of shoot-em-ups and soft porn . In the end , what can you say about a filmmaker who thinks nothing of laying a cover of the Eurythmics ' `` Sweet Dreams '' -LRB- lyric : `` Some of them want to abuse you '' -RRB- over scenes of a man menacing two young girls ? Or the Pixies ' magisterial `` Where Is My Mind '' over the committal scene ? That Snyder is unafraid of overstatement ? Or that he imagines an audience as lobotomized as his benumbed Baby Doll ? See , the suckers here are the poor mugs who leave their dollars at the door . And for what ? A seedy , desaturated , overstimulated simulation of a real movie . Schlock treatment for comatose gamers , and a bomb with a bright pink cherry on top .
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`` Sucker Punch '' stars Emily Browning , Abbie Cornish , Vanessa Hudgens . Browning 's character escapes into an alternative reality , a bordello/burlesque house . Tom Charity calls it `` a seedy , desaturated , overstimulated simulation of a real movie ''
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- FBI agents are traveling to Peru to study a laptop belonging to Joran Van der Sloot -- who was arrested twice in connection with the Natalee Holloway case , but was not charged -- according to a Lima court document . The Alabama teen disappeared during a high school graduation trip to Aruba in 2005 . Van der Sloot was the last person to be seen with Holloway . A source close to the case told InSession the FBI will be searching for any clues that can help solve the Holloway case . 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 . The Lima court document says the unnamed FBI agents will meet March 14 with two agents of the Peruvian National Police High Technology Crime Division at the Peruvian National Police Headquarters in Lima . During the meeting they will have access to the computer 's hard drive and will be able to conduct forensic examinations on it . Van der Sloot , a Dutch national , faces charges in another case . He is accused of 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 . Van der Sloot 's attorney and a representative for the Flores family are expected to be present March 14 . The lawyer for Van der Sloot said Monday he has asked the court to charge his client with the lesser offense of manslaughter in Flores ' death . `` 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 .
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Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When President Obama unveiled his revamped national security team in the East Room , he quickly joked about how badly Defense Secretary Robert Gates has been itching to finally get serious about retirement . `` When I took office , Bob Gates had already served under seven presidents , and he carried a clock that counted down the days , hours , and minutes until he could return to Washington state with his wife , Becky , '' Obama said . He added that he felt lucky to get Gates to keep pushing the exit date back to deal with wars in Afghanistan and Iraq as well as some major budget decisions confronting the nation . First it was Obama during the presidential transition in December 2008 getting Gates to stay on for just one more year for continuity 's sake . Then that grew to staying on for first 2 1/2 years of the administration . Senior officials tell me that Obama had even been hoping to somehow persuade Gates to stay on through all four years of the first term for the good of the country , but the president finally gave in and then set his sights to twisting the reluctant arm of CIA Director Leon Panetta to delay his own retirement to take the top spot at the Pentagon . Obama shuffles familiar faces in key security roles . As Obama noted to laughter about his lobbying of Gates , `` At some point along the way , Bob threw out that clock . '' It was an apt metaphor , because top defense analysts say the clock is ticking on the Obama administration as its first -- and possibly only -- term in office winds down . `` The timing right now is really critical in terms of how the resources will get sorted out , '' said David Berteau , head of the defense industrial practice at the Center for Strategic and International Studies . Berteau is referring to the fact that Panetta and the rest of the new team will have just 18 months to deal with the arduous task of somehow squeezing hundreds of billions of dollars out of the planned Pentagon budget for the next decade or so -- it 's pretty much impossible to find a way to get the numbers in Obama 's deficit-cutting plan to add up without significant defense savings . And they have to do this while winding down two very expensive wars in Afghanistan and Iraq , trying to help finish the mission in Libya , preparing for possible conflicts anywhere from Syria to North Korea , all the while trying to figure out how things will settle down in the Mideast . No wonder Panetta had to have his arm twisted to take this job , and he even joked to the crowd that the departing Gates was easy to spot at the event because he was the `` guy with the big smile next to me '' on the platform . Panetta immediately noted the mind-numbing change the world has witnessed in recent months . `` As the son of immigrants , I was raised to believe that we can not be free unless we are secure , '' he said . `` Today we are a nation at war . And job one will be to ensure that we are the strongest military power in the world to protect that security that is so important to this country . '' Panetta 's other big task will be trying to deal with the competing goals of protecting America 's military superiority and drastically reducing the Pentagon 's $ 550 billion annual budget . The former White House chief of staff and budget director in the Clinton administration said he is committed to finding that balance . New men , new missions at Pentagon and CIA . He called it `` a time for hard choices . '' `` It 's about ensuring that we are able to prevail in the conflicts in which we are now engaged , '' Panetta said . `` But it 's also about being able to be strong and disciplined in applying our nation 's limited resources to defending America . '' Panetta emphasized that `` none of this will be easy , '' and administration officials say privately this is a major reason why the president was so heavily focused on picking experienced old hands to round out the new -LRB- ish -RRB- national security team , with Gen. David Petraeus nominated to replace Panetta at the CIA . While some critics have dismissed the changes as a game of musical chairs , it 's worth noting the people filling those chairs are heavily respected on both sides of the aisle . When was the last time you heard a Republican touting the `` honesty and integrity '' of an Obama nominee as House Intelligence Chairman Mike Rogers , R-Michigan , did ? `` While I 'm sorry to see Mr. Panetta go -LRB- from the CIA -RRB- , his talent and leadership will be put to great use leading the Defense Department , '' Rogers said . `` Mr. Gates is leaving huge shoes to fill at the Pentagon , and I ca n't imagine a better candidate to replace him . '' There has also been praise for the selections from Republicans like Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina , a senior member of the Armed Services Committee who will vote on the nominations of Panetta and Lt. Gen. John Allen , who has been nominated to replace Petraeus as the allied commander of the war in Afghanistan . Obama also nominated the highly respected Ryan Crocker to serve as the new U.S. ambassador in Afghanistan ahead of the July deadline that is fast approaching , which the president has held up as a pivot point for starting to bring home U.S. troops . Besides being experienced , many of these players know each other very well . When the war in Iraq was falling apart , it was then-President George W. Bush 's decision to install Petraeus as the commander on the ground and Crocker as the U.S. ambassador in Baghdad -- with Allen serving under Petraeus on the military side -- that was one of the pivotal moments that got the mission back on track . `` I mean Petraeus and Crocker were the ` Dream Team ' in Iraq , '' Berteau said . `` These guys have all worked together . '' That is significant because an administration can sometimes waste months and months getting key players to gel . `` It provides the opportunity to get things done because you do n't have to waste your time in transition , '' said Berteau . The time needs to be used wisely to tackle all of the challenges the team will face in the next year and a half , including nothing short of the most momentous transformation of the American military in a couple of decades . Bennett : Why Panetta , Petraeus are smart choices . `` We are about to embark on the next big defense drawdown , '' Berteau said . `` Panetta is uniquely qualified because he was at the White House during the last big drawdown in the early 1990s . '' Indeed , Panetta served as White House chief of staff and the budget director during the Clinton administration and helped balance the federal budget . He was able then to benefit from his previous tenure as chairman of the House Budget Committee , and he will be able to draw upon that deep reservoir of respect again now . `` I am pleased that my friend Leon Panetta will bring his long record of service , first in Congress and then in both the Clinton and Obama administrations , to the job of secretary of defense , '' said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid , D-Nevada . `` Director Panetta is taking the helm at a crucial time for the Pentagon , in the midst of two wars and as we close in on our July deadline to begin the drawdown of troops from Afghanistan . We need the kind of experienced leadership he can provide . '' The budget battles ahead will only be further complicated by the 2012 campaign , of course , as both parties trade charges and potentially move farther from compromise . And if Obama ends up losing the race , the clock is ticking on Panetta to leave the administration 's imprint on the Pentagon budget for the next decade to come . Obama , of course , hopes to win a second term . And just as Gates jokingly thanked Obama for `` inviting me to stay on -- and on and on , '' the president seems to already be lobbying Panetta to stay beyond the next 18 months . At the East Room event , Obama noted that after 40 years in public service , Panetta had wanted to go home to retirement with his wife . `` Leon , I know that you 've been looking forward to returning now to Sylvia and your beautiful Monterey , so I thank you for taking on yet another assignment for our country , '' Obama said , adding with a sly smile : `` And I hope you do n't have a clock . ''
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Defense analysts say time is of the essence in sorting out security resources . The budget battles ahead will only be further complicated by the 2012 campaign . His choices of Panetta and Petraeus to new positions have bipartisan support . Petraeus , Crocker and Allen worked together to turn around U.S. fortunes in Iraq .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Wayne Rooney has been visited by police investigating illegal phone-hacking by journalists , the England soccer star revealed on Thursday . `` Scotland Yard detectives came to see me earlier and showed me some documents , looks like a newspaper have -LRB- sic -RRB- hacked into my phone , '' the Manchester United striker wrote on social networking website Twitter , adding the tag '' #Bigsurprise . '' The UK Press Association reported that the paper being investigated is the Sunday tabloid The News of the World , which is owned by Rupert Murdoch 's News Corp. . PA said Rooney 's agent Paul Stretford had also been targeted and was considering legal action . Murdoch paper admits phone hacking as victim rejects payout . The newspaper is already facing many claims from celebrities such as actress Sienna Miller and former Cabinet Minister Tessa Jowell , and three of its journalists have been arrested since the inquiry reopened . The original case saw its royal editor Clive Goodman and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire convicted in 2007 , while former editor Andy Coulson quit his job as Prime Minister David Cameron 's communications chief three months ago . `` Gon na get my lawyers to deal with phone hacking until end of season . So I can focus on helping MUFC win trophies . Thx for all ur support , '' Rooney added later . His wife Coleen also let her feelings be known on Twitter . `` Newspapers hacking into phones !! Desperate and Disgusting !!!! '' she wrote . The Rooneys have particular reason to be aggrieved with the News of the World , which last September ran stories claiming the footballer slept with a prostitute while his wife was pregnant . The 25-year-old has recently returned to form following a poor start to the season which culminated in him asking to leave United in October -- a move that angered the club 's fans but ultimately earned him a lucrative new five-year contract . `` I made a mistake . You know , when I look back at it now , I 'll say it again , how wrong was I ? '' Rooney told British newspaper The Guardian on Thursday . `` I 'm willing to admit that . I 've apologized and ever since then I have wanted to try to prove myself again to the fans . I feel I am doing that now . '' United end Schalke 's perfect home record . Rooney has scored 12 goals in 21 games this year , netting United 's second goal in Tuesday 's 2-0 win at German club Schalke that put the English Premier League leaders in a strong position to qualify for the May 28 final in London . `` I 'm delighted with my form and I 'm grateful to the fans for supporting me , '' he said . `` I hope I 've repaid the fans now . It 's going to be a great end to the season if we can get to Wembley and win a Champions League final as well as the league . `` I am a lot happier in my life , a lot happier with the way I 'm playing . It 's almost been like having to settle down again , and I 've done that now . ''
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Wayne Rooney considers legal action against newspaper accused of hacking his phone . England footballer reveals he has been handed information by police probing paper . News of the World claimed Rooney slept with prostitute while wife was pregnant . Manchester United star apologizes to fans for asking for a transfer last year .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has stood by his post-match tirade against officialdom after his side lost 2-0 to bitter rivals Barcelona in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal tie Wednesday . Mourinho spoke of a `` scandal '' and favoritism towards Barca as both he and central defender Pepe were sent off in the second half . Down to 10-men , Barcelona brilliantly exploited the advantage in the Bernabeu and scored two late goals through Lionel Messi . UEFA said Thursday that it had started a disciplinary inquiry into the unsavory incidents which marred the clash of the Spanish giants . Barcelona are also lodging an official complaint to the European governing body after Mourinho 's comments . But Mourinho told gathered reporters Friday that he would have no more to say on the subject , claiming pictures of the incidents would back up his claims . Blog : No way Jose , you 've gone too far this time . `` An image is worth more than a thousand words . I said what I said and I have nothing to add , '' he told the official Real Madrid website . `` Whoever criticizes my words must criticize the images and think that the photos have been edited by photoshop and that the video was staged . '' Mourinho said he would be resting key players for this weekend 's Spanish league match against Real Zaragoza ahead of the return tie in the Nou Camp Tuesday . Despite his pessimism about the eventual outcome after Wednesday 's defeat , the Portuguese coach refused to write off Real 's season . `` Our morale is good in all aspects . The season is not over and only finishes at the end of May , '' he claimed .
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London , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Britain 's Prince William is engaged to Kate Middleton , and has given her the engagement ring his late mother Diana , Princess of Wales , got from his father , Prince Charles , he said Tuesday . `` It 's my mother 's enagagment ring , so of course it 's very special to me , and Kate 's now very special to me , so it was only right to put the two together , '' he said Tuesday . The ring , a huge sapphire surrounded by diamonds , was last seen in public on the day Charles and Diana divorced , royal biographer Mark Saunders told CNN . That was in 1996 . Tuesday 's announcement ends years of speculation about whether and when the prince would propose to his longtime girlfriend . The prince and Middleton , both 28 , have been dating since 2003 . Rumors have been rife for years that they were close to marriage . `` It was the right time and i 'm very glad to have done it , '' William said in an appearance with Middleton . She said she had not always known he would propose . `` We had spoken about our future , '' she said . `` It just seemed a natural step for both of us . '' `` We 're obviously thrilled , '' said Prince Charles , as he toured Poundbury , an urban development project in Cornwall , with Atlanta , Georgia , Mayor Kasim Reed . `` They 've been practicing long enough . '' `` They make a lovely couple , they 're great fun to be with and we 've had a lot of laughs together , '' said Middleton 's parents , Michael and Carole Middleton . `` We 've got to know William really well . We all think he 's wonderful and we 're extremely fond of him . We wish them every happiness for the future . '' The wedding will take place in London in the spring or summer of 2011 , said a statement from Clarence House , William 's home near Buckingham Palace . It said further details would be announced `` in due course . '' `` Prince William and Miss Middleton became engaged in October during a private holiday in Kenya , '' the statement said . `` Prince William has informed the queen and other close members of his family . Prince William has also sought the permission of Miss Middleton 's father . `` Following the marriage , the couple will live in north Wales , where Prince William will continue to serve with the Royal Air Force . '' Buckingham Palace released a statement shortly afterward , saying Queen Elizabeth II and her husband , Prince Philip , are `` absolutely delighted for them both . '' Clarence House refused to say what Middleton will be called after she gets married , saying any styles and titles are at the discretion of the queen . William is second line to the British throne after his father , Prince Charles . Queen Elizabeth is William 's grandmother . He met Middleton in 2002 when both were students at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland . They started dating a year later . Prince William studied geography and Middleton studied history of art before both graduated in 2005 . William was originally in the same art program but changed to geography ; Middleton was widely credited with persuading him to change course rather than drop out . They first appeared as a couple on a skiing trip in Switzerland while still at the university . British Prime Minister David Cameron said he spoke to Prince William after the news was announced and passed on his congratulations . `` He was extremely excited about the news and thrilled about what lies in store , '' Cameron said . `` It 's great to have a piece of unadulterated good news that everyone can celebrate , '' he added . `` I 'm sure it will be something where the country will come together . ... It 's two young people who love each other who 've made this decision , and it 's a fantastically important and exciting moment for them , too . '' Middleton grew up in Bucklebury , England , a small village about 45 miles west of central London . Her parents are millionaire entrepreneurs who run Party Pieces , an online children 's party supplies business . After university , Middleton worked in London as an accessories buyer for the British clothing chain Jigsaw but left the company in late 2007 . Media reports said she was interested in opening a photography gallery . News reports since August have said she is working with her parents ' business . Prince William has a military career and is active in several charities . In September , he graduated from a military search-and-rescue training course and was posted to RAF Valley , the station on the island of Anglesey in north Wales . He is known as Flight Lieutenant Wales within the RAF . Middleton lives with her fiance at a house in Anglesey , giving them some privacy from the press and paparazzi , said Eve Pollard , a former editor of the Sunday Mirror newspaper . The choice of 2011 as the year for the wedding makes sense , she said , because the Olympic Games take place in London in 2012 , the same year the queen plans to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee , marking 60 years on the throne . `` Next year was always marked in as the year , '' Pollard said . Nicholas Davies , the author of `` William : The Rebel Prince , '' said he thinks William was pressured to come through with the engagement . `` I do believe this came down from the queen and Prince Philip , who is still a very strong character despite his venerable age , '' Davies told CNN . `` They would have said , ` This has gone on long enough . The press knows you 're getting married . It 's about time you came out and made it known . ' '' As for when in 2011 the couple will marry , Clarence House refused to speculate . Bookmakers Paddy Power on Tuesday were offering 3-1 odds on August 13 , 2011 , being the wedding date , and 4-1 odds on August 6 . It said Saturday , July 30 , was less likely , at 10-1 odds , because it falls just a day after the 30th anniversary of the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana . The location for the wedding was also being kept secret , though Richard Fitzwilliams , a public relations consultant and royal commentator , told CNN he expects it to happen at Westminster Abbey , probably in July . William and Middleton broke up in April 2007 , despite widespread speculation even then that they were close to marriage . The split was said to be amicable , with the couple determined to remain friends , and the two appeared together in the royal box at Wembley Stadium that July for the Concert for Diana , a charity event to remember William 's mother 10 years after her death . The pair were seen together several more times that summer and were dating again by the end of the year . Middleton 's family is seen as upper-middle class . Such a background bodes well for her future role at the side of the future king , according to Lady Colin Campbell , who wrote a biography of Princess Diana . `` The problem with recent royal brides who were aristocratic is that they thought they were doing the royal family a favor by marrying them , '' she told CNN , `` while the middle-class girls like Sophie Wessex , the countess of Wessex -LRB- married to Prince Charles ' brother , Edward -RRB- , and Kate Middleton understand that to be royal requires some sacrifice , and they do not suffer from folie de grandeur -LSB- delusion of greatness -RSB- the way aristocratic girls evidently do nowadays . '' Davies , however , said he feels the opposite about Middleton , who he said lacks the `` charisma '' shown by William 's mother . `` Remember that this young lady has no royal connections whatsoever , and that can be a danger , '' he said . Middleton has already met Queen Elizabeth at royal events including the wedding of William 's cousin , Peter Phillips , to Autumn Kelly in 2008 . `` I think the queen 's understood that it 's very important for William to make a happy marriage , '' Pollard told CNN . `` He watched his parents be unhappy , and the fact that they -LSB- William and Middleton -RSB- have stayed together for so long and they have been together for so long rather proves that they get on very well . '' CNN 's Phil Han in London , England ; Dan Rivers in Dorset , England ; and Michael Pearson and Arthur Brice in Atlanta , Georgia , contributed to this report .
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NEW : Both the ring and Kate are `` special to me , '' the prince says . The engagment ring his mother , Diana , wore was last seen in public in 1996 . Prince William and Kate Middleton are both 28 . The wedding is planned for the spring or summer of 2011 .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The chants started from the upper reaches of Radio City Music Hall , but when NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell stepped to the podium to begin the NFL draft on Thursday night , it was clear the fans had more on their minds than the first pick . `` We want football ! We want football ! We want football ! '' Those football fans were speaking for millions across the country , all wondering when their sport will get paroled from the labor impasse that has imprisoned it over the past two months . SI.com : NFL draft round 2 analysis | Round 1 aftermath . Finally , there are signs that might be happening . The NFL announced Thursday , after getting sacked twice in the courts this week , that offseason business resumes today . Weight rooms are open for workouts again . Coaches can hand out playbooks . Players can receive treatment . Read the NFL 's statement . `` Football 's back , '' union chief DeMaurice Smith declared . Well ... not quite . The NFL and its players still have significant hurdles to clear before reaching an agreement that will finally end the labor dispute that has hovered over the sport for months . And , if an appeals court rules in the NFL 's favor , the league could go right back into shutdown mode . But the latest news is potentially a step toward a full , uninterrupted football season . Here is a quick primer on the latest developments : . How did we get to this point ? U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson issued a strong rebuke of the owners Monday , ordering an immediate end to the lockout in an 89-page ruling . The league requested the judge to freeze her ruling , and in a decision that surprised no one , she declined . In her ruling , Nelson wrote that continuing the lockout `` is presently inflicting , and will continue to inflict , irreparable harm upon -LRB- the players -RRB- , particularly when weighed against the lack of any real injury that would be imposed on the NFL by issuing the preliminary injunction . '' It was the arguably the biggest victory ever for the NFL players , long regarded as the weakest and most often trampled-upon union in professional sports . The owners , who want a bigger slice of the league 's $ 9.3 billion revenue pie , had no choice but to resume business . `` Clubs are free to contact players immediately to advise them of the hours that the facility will be open for their use , to schedule medical and rehabilitation activity , and to arrange meetings with coaches or related activity , such as film study or classroom work , '' the NFL said in its statement . How did the NFL respond ? Bitterly . In a letter to The Wall Street Journal , Goodell predicted mass chaos if the players win this fight -- while conveniently ignoring the detail that it was the owners who started it by opting out of their collective bargaining agreement with the players . `` Rather than address the challenge of improving the collective-bargaining agreement for the benefit of the game , '' he wrote , `` the union-financed lawsuit attacks virtually every aspect of the current system including the draft , the salary cap and free-agency rules , which collectively have been responsible for the quality and popularity of the game for nearly two decades . '' Read Goodell 's letter to The Wall Street Journal . Is all that true ? More likely , it 's a stance for negotiating . The players are the ones who were comfortable in the current system -- the owners opted out of the current collective bargaining agreement and asked the players to give back $ 1 billion of their slice of the revenue pie to help finance stadium construction . So where does the case go now ? To the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis . The appellate court will rule on the request for a stay , and to prevail , the NFL must show that it will be irreparably harmed if a stay is n't granted . A ruling on the appeal is expected to take at least two months . The onus is now on the owners to prove that the current system harms them -- a hard sell , considering the unprecedented success of professional football and the billion-dollar valuation of the teams . The league 's best bet was always to dig in and hope for the players to fracture and cave ; now , with legal rulings on their side , the players have more reason than ever to stay united . Remember : Players make the bulk of their salary during the season . Most wo n't really notice the financial hit until they start missing checks in September . What happens if a stay is n't granted ? Get ready for open season . The league would need to immediately put in place interim rules governing free agency , rookie signings and trades . Once it does , the teams would be free to begin signing players , even as the Court of Appeals process continues . The NFL Network 's Jason La Canfora reported Thursday that all of that could begin as early as Monday . Philadelphia Eagles fans are most interested in that : Their team is preparing to trade backup quarterback Kevin Kolb . What does this mean for the newly drafted players ? They 're in the same boat as the current players -- they 'll have to wait and see . But unlike the established players , the incoming rookies do n't have the same experience with an NFL team . The longer the labor issues drag out , the steeper the learning curve might be for the newcomers . Auburn quarterback Cam Newton , the No. 1 pick of the Carolina Panthers , has a lot to prove . The question is , when will he have the chance to get started ? When should fans really start to fear games will be missed ? If this drags into late August , start worrying . The NFL left some wiggle room in the schedule , leaving open the possibility that even if no games were played in the first three weeks of the season , all 16 games could still be played . The league also reserved hotel rooms for an additional week in Indianapolis , the site of the Super Bowl , which means the league could move the game from February 5 , 2012 , to February 12 , 2012 , if absolutely necessary . What is the best-case scenario for fans ? That the legal rulings -- and the prospect for more litigation and acrimony -- will prompt both sides to get back to the negotiating table and make real concessions . That 's always been the most sensible course of action . Of course , if they did that in the first place , we would n't be in this mess right now .
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NFL fans boo commissioner and chant for football at NFL draft . League 's labor battle is being fought in the courts . Players have won early legal victories , which may be helping them stay united . A test of their unity could come in September , when they 'd start missing paychecks .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Real Madrid and Barcelona face disciplinary action from European football 's governing body following Wednesday 's fiery Champions League semifinal between the two Spanish clubs . UEFA said on Thursday that Real coach Jose Mourinho could be punished for being sent to the stands after Pepe was sent off , and then making an `` inappropriate statement '' after his team 's 2-0 home first-leg defeat . His club could also be in trouble due to missile-throwing by fans and a pitch invasion at the Santiago Bernabeu , as well as Portugal international Pepe 's dismissal for a lunge at Barcelona 's Daniel Alves . Barcelona may also be charged at the May 6 hearing -- which comes after Tuesday 's second leg in the Catalan capital -- due to the sending-off of reserve goalkeeper Jose Pinto during a halftime scuffle between both sets of players . CNN Blog : Has Jose gone too far this time ? Barca later said on Thursday that the club would report Mourinho to UEFA for his astonishing tirade , which came despite the European body delaying the post-match interviews in order to give both teams time to calm down . Lionel Messi 's double saw Barca plant one foot in the final , with both goals coming after makeshift midfielder Pepe was sent off by German referee Wolfgang Stark . Mourinho , who was sent to the stands after the red card for his ironic applause at the match officials , suggested that UEFA shows favoritism towards Barcelona . He claimed Barca 's relationship with world children 's charity UNICEF , and with Spanish football federation president Angel Maria Villar , contributed to their `` power '' and that the return leg next week was `` mission impossible . '' Barcelona 's official website reported Mourinho as saying : `` Josep Guardiola is a fantastic football coach , but he has won one Champions League which would embarrass me after the scandalous goings on at Stamford Bridge and this year if he wins it again it will be after the scandalous goings on at the Bernabeu . `` I do n't know if it 's the UNICEF publicity or the friendship of Villar at UEFA , where he is vice-president , I do n't know if it 's because they are so nice , but they have got great power . The rest of us have no chance . '' Messi magic sinks 10-man Real Madrid . After an extraordinary meeting of the club 's board of directors , Barcelona spokesman Tony Freixa said a complaint would be made to UEFA 's disciplinary committee . `` We want to defend the history , prestige and reputation of our members , fans , players , coaches and directors , who with their hard work and their effort succeeded in winning the Champions League in 2009 , '' Freixa said . `` It 's unacceptable that someone questions our titles and our links with UNICEF . '' The build-up to the match had been dominated by a war of words between Mourinho and Guardiola . Barca 's players have been criticized for the pressure they put on the referee during the match but Guardiola refused to be drawn on Mourinho 's outburst , telling reporters : `` I have nothing to say . '' Mud-slinging continued between the players , however , with Real striker Emmanuel Adebayor telling Spanish newspaper AS : `` Whenever you play against Barca , whenever you touch them , they are on the floor crying like a baby . '' Real also responded on the club 's official website , posting a video that purportedly shows that Pedro made contact with the ball and not Alves . Madrid also claimed that Barcelona players Pedro and Sergio Busquets overly reacted when challenged by Alvaro Arbeloa and Marcelo during the game . The website published quotes from England footballers Rio Ferdinand and Michael Owen condemning Alves for diving , along with Irish golf star Rory McIlroy and NFL player Chad Ochocinco -- who also plays soccer .
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UEFA announces disciplinary hearing into incidents at Santiago Bernabeu . Real coach Jose Mourinho faces investigation into his red card and post-match comments . Madrid may also be in trouble for fans ' missile-throwing and a pitch invasion . UEFA will also probe Barcelona reserve Jose Pinto 's sending-off during halftime scuffle .
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Casablanca , Morocco -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The bombing that ripped through a popular cafe in the Moroccan city of Marrakech apparently was set off at a distance , the state-run news agency said on Friday , citing the nation 's interior minister . Maghreb Arabe Presse quoted Taib Cherqaoui as saying that preliminary investigations show that the Thursday assault was conducted by people who remotely detonated the bomb . That development would rule out suspicions of a suicide mission . `` We will investigate this act of terrorism and find those responsible ... and their nationality , '' Cherqaoui told reporters about the attack . `` We condemn it as a criminal act . '' Also , a French police team has been sent to Morocco to assist authorities in their probe , the French Foreign Ministry said Friday . Authorities revised the death toll from 16 to 15 in the strike , which also injured nearly two dozen people . In an address on state-run television Thursday , Cherqaoui and King Mohamed VI said the fatalities included six French nationals , five Moroccans , and four others whose nationalities were not divulged . CNN has learned that two of those slain were Russian . The incident occurred around 11 a.m. at Cafe Argana in Marrakech 's old city , which is designated by the United Nations cultural arm as a World Heritage Site . Tourists flock to old city in high numbers this time of the year , and it is usually packed with stalls , story-tellers and snake-charmers . World leaders moved quickly to condemn the incident . U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was `` appalled , '' according to a statement from his office . `` He reiterates his firm rejection of the use of indiscriminate violence against innocent civilians and maintains that no political objective justifies or is served by such heinous acts . '' U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the United States `` condemns in the strongest terms -LRB- Thursday 's -RRB- terrorist attack , '' adding , `` Acts of terrorism must not be tolerated wherever and whenever they occur . '' And French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe condemned what he called a `` barbarian terrorist attack , which nothing can justify . '' Juppe said French authorities will provide assistance to French nationals in Marrakech . A German tourist described a chaotic scene following the blasts . `` We were walking around the souks , right around the corner from Cafe Argana , '' said the tourist , who was about 50 meters from the blast when it occurred . `` We heard a gigantic boom , and everyone immediately starting running towards the square to see what happened . '' The woman , who did n't want her name used , told CNN the top floor and terrace of the cafe were `` ripped apart '' by the blast , which caused hundreds of people to run from the area . CNN 's Mitra Mobasherat and journalist Martin Jay contributed to this report .
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NEW : Death toll is revised downward to 15 . NEW : Bomb is remotely detonated , interior minister said . NEW : French police are to help Moroccans in the investigation .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An American woman teaching English in Japan has been found dead , her family said Monday . Taylor Anderson , 24 , had been missing since the tsunami struck earlier this month . She 'd been teaching in Ishinomaki , Japan for the last three years , according to her parents . Ishinomaki , a city in Miyagi Prefecture , was hit hard by the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami . The disaster has killed more than 8,800 people and left close to 13,000 missing , many of them killed as a wall of water rushed in following the quake . `` We would like to thank all those whose prayers and support have carried us through this crisis . Please continue to pray for all who remain missing and for the people of Japan , '' her family said . The oldest of three children , Anderson was a native of Virginia . Her parents said she loved Japan , the culture and children . Some of her fellow teachers in Japan told CNN that Anderson hopped on her bike after the quake and likely tried to pedal home . The tsunami waters did not reach the school , though her home neighborhood was hit head on , they said . Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell released a statement , offering his support for Anderson 's family and friends . He said Anderson is the first American reported to have been killed in the natural disasters . `` Fittingly , she was last seen helping parents safely reunite with their children following the earthquake , an act which illustrates her dedication to her students and to the Japanese people she served , '' McDonnell said . `` Our thoughts and prayers remain with Taylor 's family and friends during this difficult time . '' CNN 's Gary Tuchman and Devna Shukla contributed to this report . Watch Anderson Cooper 360 ° weeknights 10pm ET . For the latest from AC360 ° click here .
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Taylor Anderson , 24 , had been teaching English in Ishinomaki , Japan . The oldest of three children , she was a Virginia native . Fellow teachers say Anderson likely tried to bike home after the quake . Her family asks people to pray for the missing and for the people of Japan .
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Berlin -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor Freiherr zu Guttenberg resigned Tuesday , in the wake of claims that he had plagiarized parts of his doctoral dissertation . Guttenberg is quitting all political posts , he said , adding that he was `` taking the step that I would expect others to take . '' He said he was stepping down not only because of the dissertation , but because the issue was becoming a distraction . `` When I become the center of attention on the backs of the soldiers who I 'm responsible for , then I can not justify remaining in office , '' he said . `` Because the German army , the academic community , and the parties who back me are in danger of being damaged , I am taking the step that I would expect others to take , '' he concluded . He 'll stay in place until Chancellor Angela Merkel chooses a replacement , she said , adding she had `` accepted Karl Theodore 's resignation with a heavy heart . `` Now is not the time to speculate about a successor , '' she added . The resignation is likely to have a significant effect on Germany 's coalition government . Guttenberg , 39 , is a member of the Christian Social Union party , closely allied with Merkel 's Christian Democratic Union . Guttenberg studied law and politics in Bayreuth and Munich , according to his official biography . He had been defense minister since October 2009 .
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NEW : He will stay in place until a successor is chosen , Chancellor Angela Merkel says . The resignation could affect Merkel 's government . Karl-Theodor Freiherr zu Guttenberg is quitting all political posts , he says . He is accused of copying parts of his doctoral dissertation .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- World No. 2 Novak Djokovic extended his season 's winning streak to 26-0 on Saturday , as he reached the Serbian Open clay court final after his semifinal opponent Janko Tipsarevic withdrew with a thigh injury . Writing on his Facebook page , Djokovic said : `` Janko had to pull out from tonight 's semi-final match because of a muscle injury . I sincerely hope he will manage to recover for the rest of the clay court season . I will try to get the title back where it belongs and that is Serbia . '' The 23-year-old will be chasing his fifth title of season on Sunday . Standing in his way is the Spaniard Feliciano Lopez who beat the Italian Filippo Volandri 7-6 -LRB- 7-3 -RRB- 6-2 in his semifinal . The reigning Australian Open champion will take an unblemished 3-0 career lead into the clash with the left-handed Lopez , who is currently ranked No. 37 in the world . The Spaniard is looking forward to the challenge . `` I 've already won four matches this week . My confidence is really high at the moment and I feel great to play against Novak . I know it 's going to be tough ; he 's been the best player this year . It will be a great experience , '' Lopez said , AFP reported . Meanwhile , at the Estoril Open in Portugal , Argentina 's Juan Martin del Potro defeated Pablo Cuevas 6-2 7-6 -LRB- 8-6 -RRB- in Saturday 's semifinal . Del Potro took one hour and 49 minutes to overcome the Uruguayan breaking Cuevas 's serve in the first game helping him establish an 4-2 lead when rain intervened . On resumption , del Potro wasted no time taking the next two games to close out the set before taking the second in a tie break . The 2009 U.S. Open champion will face Spain 's Fernando Verdasco in the final after his semifinal opponent Canadian Milos Raonic withdrew with a back injury during the first set of their semifinal .
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Djokovic to appear in final of Serbian Open after opponent Janko Tipsarevic withdraws . Australian Open champion has an unblemished record in 2011 . The 23-year-old will face Spain 's Feliciano Lopez in final .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Inter Milan did all they could to keep the pressure up on Serie A leaders AC Milan as they beat lowly Cesena 2-1 . But they left it very late . Two goals in injury time by striker Giampaolo Pazzini ensured Inter stay in touch with their city rivals , closing the gap to five points until Sunday at least , when Milan host mid-table Bologna . Cesena took the lead after 56 minutes thanks to Croatian striker Igor Budan and , as the finals minutes ticked down , looked to have claimed three vital points . But then Inter 's unlikely comeback started with Samuel Eto'o delivering an inswinging cross into the box which Pazzini managed to poke home on the volley . Seconds later the Italian striker found himself in the right place at the right time again as he rose to meet Maicon 's cross from the right to head home to complete a dramatic and bizarre turnaround . `` It was all calculated , it was organized from the first minute , everything went perfectly , '' Inter coach , Leonardo joked afterwards , AFP reported . `` We looked at it as a decisive game and it was very important to get the three points for the Champions League , even if qualification is n't yet secured . Winning in this way really is incredible even if it 's not our first comeback , '' he added , AFP reported . The loss leaves Cesena in 16th place , although both Sampdoria -LRB- who face Brescia -RRB- and Lecce -LRB- who travel to Chievo -RRB- can both overtake them if they win on Sunday . In Saturday 's other game third-placed Napoli kept up the pressure on Inter with a 1-0 win over Genoa -- Slovak midfielder Marek Hamsik with the goal seven minutes before the final whistle . The result means Napoli remain a point behind Inter in the table whilst extending their lead over fourth-placed Lazio who host Juventus on Monday evening .
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Inter Milan beat Cesena 2-1 with two goals in injury time . Napoli retain grip in third as they beat Genoa 1-0 .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In a matter of minutes , a way of life disappeared in Hackleburg , Alabama . Three schools . A doctor 's office . The pharmacy . A ballfield where children swang for the fences . The Wrangler plant that employed hundreds . A service station . All gone . But the cost from Wednesday 's devastating storms was so much dearer . Twenty-nine people in the northwest Alabama town of nearly 1,600 residents died , according to Marion County Sheriff Kevin Williams . Sixteen died at the scene and 13 died at several hospitals , Williams said . `` It 's been overwhelming at times , '' he said of the county 's ordeal . Another six perished in the county seat of Hamilton , he said , making for a total of 35 . Up to 400 people may have been hurt across Marion County , which borders Mississippi and has about 30,000 residents . The state 's official update Friday night listed seven people as still missing in Marion County . Total fatalities for all of Alabama was 249 . The storms -- which may have included two tornadoes -- roared along U.S. 43 and downtown , destroying almost every business in Hackleburg , officials said Friday . A trailer plant managed to survive , but up to 100 residences were destroyed . `` It 's pretty much wiped out , '' Williams said of the city . `` It looks like a war zone . '' A bank vault is being used to store medicine , now that the pharmacy is gone . Thirteen people were trapped in the Wrangler plant ; one died . `` Everything is gone , and I am not exaggerating , '' said city Police Chief Kenny Hallmark , 40 . But , officials said , there were blessings . The superintendent Wednesday decided to send students home . Assistance -- in the form of law enforcement , emergency crews and aid groups -- has poured in . And two members of the city 's police department recently received homeland security training in Eufaula , Alabama . About 250 firefighters from the region logged in as volunteers , Williams said . Although there were shelters , townspeople were taking caring of their own , Hallmark told CNN . `` We have a small , close-knit community that takes care of each other , where we do n't have to have shelters , '' Hallmark said . `` My house was in direct path and it is still standing , '' although it was damaged , he said . Others were not so fortunate . Most of the dead , Williams said , were found in residences . The incredibly powerful storms lifted a truck and deposited it four miles away , said Hallmark . For now , the city is digging out and trying to reassemble . `` This is people who lived here , '' the chief said .
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Thirty-five people killed in Marion County , sheriff says . Most died in city of Hackleburg , which lost most of its businesses . A bank vault is being used to store medicine , now that the pharmacy is gone .
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-LRB- EW.com -RRB- -- Chuck Lorre 's latest vanity card slams an actor as an erratic junkie on his sitcom set who was `` impossible to work with . '' And the performer was ... a monkey ? EW.com : Chuck Lorre 's latest super-short vanity card . This just aired after `` The Big Bang Theory '' on the East Coast . You be the judge : . Dear Concerned Viewers , . Thanks to the magic of computer graphics , the monkey in tonight 's episode was not actually smoking a cigarette , nor was he ever exposed to secondhand smoke . At all times , every effort was made to make the monkey feel happy and safe . Nevertheless , he proved impossible to work with . During the week of production his behavior became increasingly erratic , to the point of refusing to come out of his trailer to rehearse . It was n't until after we finished filming his scenes that we learned why . The monkey is a heroin addict . Yes , hard as it may be to believe , the monkey had a monkey on his back . Thankfully , an intervention was staged by the Geico lizard and he is now going through detox and a twelve step program at the Bonzo Center in Palm Springs . Everyone at `` The Big Bang Theory '' wishes him well . EW.com : Charlie Sheen invites Chuck Lorre to his next ` Torpedo ' show . See the original article at EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2010 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. . All rights reserved .
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Chuck Lorre 's latest vanity card slams an actor . The card aired after `` The Big Bang Theory '' on the East Coast . `` The monkey is a heroin addict , '' Lorre said .
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-LRB- Health.com -RRB- -- Miranda Lambert may have forgotten to thank her fiancé , fellow country music star Blake Shelton , when she won her first Grammy this February . But when we caught up with the 27-year-old star on her tour , Blake was top of mind . In fact , the Texas native was thrilled to chat about everything , from her energy secrets to how she 's getting into peak shape to swap `` I do 's '' with Blake this month . Q : You 're in Evansville , Indiana , now . Do you ever get confused about which city you 're in ? A : Yes ! They usually write where we are on the set list , because I 've made the mistake of saying the wrong state before . I was like , `` Hello , Ohio ! '' And they just kind of looked at me like my head was on fire . -LSB- Laughs . -RSB- . Q : And how do you keep your energy up on stage ? A : I eat a lot of protein and eat pretty clean . Junk food drags you down . I try not to have anything less than two hours before I go on stage , because I do n't want to be up there all bloated . I basically have a grilled-chicken salad after the show , and that fills me up . Health.com : 9 low-cal chicken salad recipes . Q : You have a trainer with you on the road , right ? A : Yeah , I wanted to get in better shape and wanted to keep it going for the wedding . We do a lot of circuit training , lunges , and crunches . And every morning we walk for 30 minutes . Q : Your parents were private eyes who ran an agency from home . It sounds like a TV show ! A : It does . But to us -LSB- back then -RSB- , it was just my parents ' job . I did surveillance a lot , which sounds exciting , but it never was . If there was no babysitter , I 'd have to go , and my brother and I would just lie in the backseat and color for 15 hours while my mom watched the house . Q : Did you know what your parents were doing , exactly ? A : In a way , I had such a normal life . But in another way , I saw things most kids do n't see . Our dinner conversations were n't about school and homework ; they were about child custody cases or divorce . When I was a teenager , my parents took in victims of domestic abuse , which was definitely eye-opening . I had to share my room with a woman and her kids who had been abused . Health.com : 8 reasons to make time for family dinner . Q : What was the healthiest thing about your childhood ? A : We had a farm and a garden , and for about two years we literally lived off the land . We raised rabbits and chickens , and also had our own hogs that we slaughtered . We did n't really go to the store for anything besides milk . My mom would say , `` Go pick out what you want for dinner , '' and we 'd go in the garden and get whatever vegetables we wanted . It was really old-school and really awesome . Q : Was it hard slaughtering animals that were your pets ? A : Dad would give us two rabbits as our pets , or we 'd have one pig we could name . They explained that not every animal was a pet -- some were providing for our family . It sounds weird to other people , but I look at it like , there are some animals you feed and some animals that feed you . Q : Are you a good cook ? A : -LSB- Blake and I are -RSB- both pretty good . We have a lot of catfish , and everybody knows the best way to eat catfish is fried . I tried to be healthy and bake it once , which was horrible . We ordered a pizza ! Health.com : 13 easy pizza recipes . Q : How did you know that Blake was the one ? A : The first day I met him , I knew he was really special . We balance each other out . He 's constantly joking , and I 'm more serious . He can make me laugh at any point . Especially when I 'm trying to be mad , he 'll go , `` Are we in a fight ? '' And then I 'll start laughing and go , `` I guess not now . '' Q : He must understand the pressure of being in the public eye . It 's not enough anymore to just be a singer -- you have to look great , too . Is that tough ? A : Absolutely . The bigger you get , the more pressure you have to deal with . The hard part is I 'm a normal-size girl , and I 'm fine with that . All these stars are so tiny , and they spend their lives trying to be skinny . I want to look my best , but I 'm not a model . I 'm not an actress . I 'm representing normal girls . It 's OK to have a little bit of curve . I 'm happy with my body . So many girls come up to me and say , `` Thank you for being normal , '' and I 'm proud of that . Health.com : Find your feel great weight . Q : Do you guys want kids ? A : We have seven dogs , so we 're just taking care of them . They 're all rescues , and all crazy-looking . Every animal is named after a song or an artist -- Delta , Delilah , Cher , Jessi , Waylon , Virginia Bluebell , and Black Betty . We have so much going on right now , we 're gon na wait awhile . The dogs are really good birth control ! Copyright Health Magazine 2010 .
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Lambert eats a lot of protein to stay energized on the road . Lambert and fiance Blake Shelton have seven dogs , no time for kids . `` The hard part is I 'm a normal-size girl , and I 'm fine with that , '' Lambert says .
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-LRB- Rolling Stone -RRB- -- Stevie Nicks built her legend on the California-Babylon chronicles she perfected in the Seventies with Fleetwood Mac , and in the Eighties on underrated solo gems like `` The Other Side of the Mirror . '' But she still has that eternal edge-of-17 tremor in her voice . The gypsy queen is in royal form on `` In Your Dreams '' -- it 's not just her first album in 10 years , it 's her finest collection of songs since the Eighties . `` In Your Dreams '' has the high-gloss L.A. production of her collaborators , Glen Ballard and Eurythmics ' Dave Stewart . But the material is Nicks in platform-soled hyper-romantic mode , with her voice in surprisingly supple shape . `` Secret Love '' is an oldie she wrote in 1976 -- who knew she was still keeping secrets from her `` Rumours '' days ? It seems to be about one of her rock-star beaus , although she coyly maintains she ca n't remember which one . Yet it is n't even one of the better tracks on `` In Your Dreams . '' The over-the-top seduction ballad `` Italian Summer '' could be her answer to the Stones ' `` Wild Horses . '' It climaxes in a very Stevie credo : `` Love was everywhere/You just had to fall . '' Nicks finds storytelling inspiration everywhere , from the Twilight series -LRB- `` Moonlight -LSB- A Vampire 's Dream -RSB- '' -RRB- to Jean Rhys -LRB- `` Wide Sargasso Sea '' -RRB- . But the real showstopper here is the Edgar Allan Poe tribute `` Annabel Lee , '' a fan fave that 's been kicking around on bootlegs since the Nineties . It 's a six-minute meditation on love and death with echoes of the Fleetwood Mac classic `` Dreams . '' Poe 's key line -- `` The moon never beams without bringing me dreams '' -- might have been written in 1849 , but it was clearly meant for Stevie Nicks to sing . Rolling Stone rating : 3 1/2 stars . See full article at Rolling Stone . Copyright © 2010 Rolling Stone .
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Stevie Nicks still has that eternal edge-of-17 tremor in her voice . `` In Your Dreams '' has the high-gloss L.A. production of her collaborators . Nicks finds storytelling inspiration everywhere , from the Twilight series to Jean Rhys .
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Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Obama administration says that Pakistan was not involved or given advance warning about the operation that killed Osama bin Laden , but top U.S. officials said the al Qaeda leader never would have been found and killed without the counterterrorism cooperation between the two countries over the past few years . `` Pakistan has contributed greatly to our efforts to dismantle al Qaeda . And in fact , cooperation with Pakistan helped lead U.S. to bin Laden and the compound in which he was hiding , '' Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said . `` We 're committed to this partnership . We think it is in the best interest of the security and safety of the United States . '' Officials maintain that the relationship with Islamabad is complicated , fraught with difficulties and mistrust , but the fact that Pakistan has allowed the U.S. counterterrorism operative to operate on its soil , albeit with only a tacit endorsement , is critical to the type of operations that led to finding bin Laden . `` The relationship is complicated and their cooperation is mixed at best and going forward it 's going to be bumpy , but there is no way to do this sort of thing without this partnership , '' one senior official said . `` The idea that this would have happened if they would n't have let our guys in the country is not possible . '' Officials said they do believe that while a few members of the Pakistani intelligence service ISI might have known about bin Laden 's location , they do n't think it was broadly known that he was there . But they acknowledge that Pakistan does have some explaining to do about how bin Laden was hiding in plain sight just miles from the country 's main military academy for close to a year . The U.S. never told Pakistan about its suspicions that bin Laden was hiding out at the compound , officials said . `` Pakistan has never been and never will be the hotbed of fanaticism that is often described by the media , '' Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari wrote in a Washington Post column Monday . `` And for me , justice against bin Laden was not just political ; it was also personal , as the terrorists murdered our greatest leader , the mother of my children . `` Some in the U.S. press have suggested that Pakistan lacked vitality in its pursuit of terrorism , or worse yet that we were disingenuous and actually protected the terrorists we claimed to be pursuing . Such baseless speculation may make exciting cable news , but it does n't reflect fact . '' Husain Haqqani , Pakistan 's ambassador to the United States , insisted his government had no knowledge of bin Laden 's whereabouts at any point over the last several years . He did n't rule out the possibility that some in Pakistan who were sympathetic to bin Laden 's views provided him sanctuary . `` Pakistan is a nation of 180 million . There are people in Pakistan , unfortunately , who have sympathies with Osama bin Laden and obviously some of them had protected for him while he was there , '' he said . `` If we had really known where bin Laden was , we would have got him . '' Despite being left in the dark , the Pakistani envoy spoke positively about the bin Laden mission . `` They had superior intelligence , they had superior technology , and we are grateful to them and to God for having given us this opportunity to bring this chapter to an end , '' Haqqani told CNN . In addition to President Barack Obama 's phone call with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari , administration officials will continue to engage the government `` as we learn more about the compound and whatever type of support system bin Laden had , '' White House counterterrorism advisor John Brennan told reporters Monday . The hope , officials said , is that the attack will inspire the Pakistani government to cooperate more fully with the United States . Several officials predict Pakistan will go through a period of soul-searching about the fact bin Laden was hiding in their country in plain sight as well as the fact the U.S. killed him on their soil . `` The top four al Qaeda leaders were killed or captured in Pakistan ; it 's ridiculous to say this is not their problem , '' a second U.S. official said . `` And any claims that we violated their sovereignty wo n't resonate because the target on the other end was Osama bin Laden . '' Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies said Pakistan 's initial reaction to the news suggested reason for cautious optimism about the relationship going forward . `` They did n't attack us for entering Pakistan . They did n't condemn us for being in Pakistan . Those are positive signs , '' he said . But he added , `` They do n't tell us , however , what 's happening in the Pakistani military or ISI or the people who in the past have supported the Taliban or tolerated al Qaeda . '' Officials said the U.S. is going to be treating Pakistan gingerly over the next few days as they weigh how the attack will affect the relationship . Marc Grossman , special representative for Afghanistan/Pakistan , is in Islamabad on Monday for talks with Pakistani officials . `` We still need Pakistan 's cooperation , and we need to see how we can move forward , '' the second official said . `` We need to give them some credit for what they have done , which did lead to this day . We ca n't focus excessively on the negative . '' Brennan pointed out that despite the `` differences of view '' between the U.S. and Pakistan on counterterrorism cooperation , Pakistan has been responsible for killing and capturing more terrorists on its soil than any other country `` by a wide margin . '' `` There have been many , many brave Pakistani soldiers , security officials , as well as citizens , who have given their lives because of the terrorism scourge in that country , '' Brennan said , calling the partnership with Pakistan `` critically important to breaking the back of al Qaeda and eventually prevailing over al Qaeda as well as associated terrorist groups . '' But Seth Jones of the RAND Corp. warns that bin Laden 's death does not resolve the big-ticket issues between Washington and Islamabad , namely Pakistan 's support for the Taliban and other insurgent groups battling U.S. forces in Afghanistan , such as the Haqqani network . `` As long as many of those issues continue to exist , and they have very different interests , and they have very different strategic goals in the area , then some level of conflict will likely persist , '' Jones said . Officials said they hope the U.S. can get Pakistan on board to support a political process in Afghanistan with reconciliation between the Taliban and the Afghan government -- and they believe bin Laden 's death presents an opportunity for progress . Officials do believe that al Qaeda in Pakistan has suffered a huge disruption , having lost a charasmatic leader such as bin Laden . But they also are bracing for members of al Qaeda to avenge his death and believe the United States will see a period of increased threat , where attacks will likely be planned against U.S. interests .
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Some in U.S. hope for more cooperation with Pakistan . Pakistan given credit for allowing operation on its soil . Others skeptical Pakistan did n't know Osama bin Laden was near military academy .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Authorities plan to launch probes into rioting and vandalism in Oman , where protesters recently have staged anti-government demonstrations , the Gulf state 's news agency reported Saturday . Oman 's public prosecutors cited the setting of fires , damaging public and private property , blocking roads and impeding traffic flow in the city of Sohar and other locations . It said it will `` initiate investigations against those who incited and carried out such acts . `` All these acts are against the laws , the tenets of the Islamic Sharia and the morals of the Omani society are known for , '' the prosecutors said in a statement reported by the Oman News Agency . `` While the freedom of opinion and expression is secured by the Basic Law of the State , the Basic Law also provides sanctuary to the public property . It also makes it obligatory for the citizens and residents as well to preserve them . It also provides for protection and prevention of assault on private property . '' There have been protests recently in the key port city of Sohar and other places this week , and one person was killed on Monday . There have been reports of attacks on property and sources said demonstrators in Sohar have blocked routes to the port and the industrial zone , prompting port staff to leave work . Protesters ' demands include greater freedom of expression , higher salaries , a clampdown on government corruption , a new constitution , and the prosecution of security officials whose actions led to the death of demonstrators . Oman 's sultanate is making changes on the heels of the Sohar protests . The news agency said Saturday that Sultan Waboos bin Said replaced three high-level government figures . Oman is not a major oil producer , but a significant share of the world 's oil shipping passes through the Strait of Hormuz , along the Omani coast .
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Authorities cite fires , vandalism , property damage . Protesters have had many demands . Much of world 's oil shipping passes through strait near Oman .
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LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Two men are being sought for questioning in the brazen daylight robbery of a jewelry store last week , in which some $ 65 million in merchandise was stolen , authorities said Tuesday . Security camera footage shows images of the men wanted by police . Detectives released surveillance camera photos of the two , in addition to images of some of the rings , bracelets , necklaces and watches taken from Graff Jewellers on central London 's New Bond Street . A total of 43 items were taken , with a value of about # 40 million , or about $ 65 million , Scotland Yard said . The heist occurred Thursday , when two men walked into the jewelry store at about 4:40 p.m. and threatened employees with handguns . As the robbers were leaving the store , they brought a female worker outside with them before leaving in a blue BMW , Scotland Yard said . A shot was fired outside the store , but no one was injured . The men abandoned the BMW nearby , firing a second shot into the ground , Scotland Yard said . Police believe they switched to a silver Mercedes , then later to a black vehicle , possibly a Ford or Volkswagen . `` This was a well-planned robbery with a number of vehicles used to help the robbers escape , '' Detective Chief Inspector Pam Mace said in the statement . `` These men are extremely dangerous and fired at least two shots in busy London streets as they made their getaway . Watch how robbers rip off London jewelers '' `` Someone knows who these men are , '' she said . `` They would undoubtedly have spoken about -LRB- the robbery -RRB- before or boasted about it afterwards . I would urge anyone who recognizes them , knows the whereabouts of the jewelry or has any other information to contact us . '' The images show the two men dressed in suits and ties . One man is white , about 30 , police said . The second is a black man believed to be in his 30s with short hair . Both men are thought to have spoken with London accents , Scotland Yard said . The robbery is the latest in a spate of daytime thefts at jewelry stores and designer shops in London 's exclusive shopping areas of Bond Street , which includes New Bond Street . Groups of men or teenagers typically stage `` smash and grab '' robberies , in which they break the windows and steal anything they can get their hands on before speeding away in waiting cars or motorbikes . A CNN camera crew filming in March on Oxford Street , near Bond Street , caught a group of thieves speeding away on motorbikes from a jewelry store they had just robbed . The thieves choose to strike during the day when a store 's security system is typically disarmed , even though the store and sidewalk may be crowded with people .
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Two men sought over brazen daylight robbery of a jewelry store in London . 43 items were taken , with a value of about # 40 million , or about $ 65 million . Both men said to have London accents .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- David Villa has become the top scorer in Spanish international history after netting both goals as the world and European champions fought back from going a goal behind to beat the Czech Republic 2-1 in Euro 2012 Group I on Friday . Barcelona striker Villa netted twice in five second half minutes in Granada to take his tally for his country to 46 goals in just 72 appearances . The 29-year-old had come into the match level with Raul on 44 goals , but the Real Madrid legend played in 102 matches to achieve his total . The match also saw Villa 's Barca teammate Xavi Hernandez win his 100th cap for his country , becoming only the fourth Spaniard to achieve that feat after Raul , Andoni Zubizarreta and Iker Casillas . In amongst all the record breaking , the visiting Czechs threatened to cause an upset when taking a first half lead through Jaroslav Plasil 's speculative long-range strike . But Villa levelled in the 69th minute after being put through by Andres Iniesta and he secured Spain 's win from the penalty spot four minutes later after Iniesta had been fouled by Jan Rezek . The victory was Spain 's 10th in a row in competitive matches following their loss to Switzerland in their opening World Cup finals match in South Africa . Vicente Del Bosque 's side have a maximum 12 points from their four group matches , with the Czechs in second place six points behind .
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David Villa scores both goals in Spain 's 2-1 victory over Czech Republic . The double means the Barcelona striker is now the top scorer in Spanish history . Villa overtakes Real Madrid legend Raul and is now on 46 goals from 72 games . Xavi Hernandez becomes only fourth player to make 100 appearances for Spain .
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Barcelona , Spain -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- World champion Jorge Lorenzo has told CNN that he has a difficult relationship with his former teammate , motorcycling legend Valentino Rossi . The Spaniard usurped the seven-time MotoGP titleholder last season , setting records for most wins and points scored as Rossi struggled to recover after a series of injuries . The 23-year-old Lorenzo accused Rossi , now 32 , of dangerous riding in Japan last October before clinching his maiden crown in Malaysia in the following race . The Italian subsequently ended his seven-year stint at Yamaha , where he and Lorenzo had been awkward stablemates since 2008 , and joined Ducati . `` I think it was a problem of character , '' Lorenzo told CNN World Sport 's Pedro Pinto in an exclusive interview in Barcelona . `` We had a very tough character , really strong . We just did n't ... have a feeling . `` Look , I do n't have any personal problems with the riders I 'm competing with . I believe you can be friends with a rider while you are fighting for the championship . I do n't have any friends , but I believe in it ! '' Despite their problems , Lorenzo said he did not expect Rossi to join Ducati , replacing Casey Stoner -- who moved to the Italian 's first team Honda . Ducati have been off the pace since Stoner won his and the team 's first and only world title in 2007 . `` I was a bit surprised , because it 's a big challenge for him , but I also would think if I was in his position , it could be a really interesting challenge , no ? '' Lorenzo said . `` Because Ducati being an Italian brand ... it 's really difficult , but for them it 's a nice idea . '' The Mallorcan became only the second Spaniard to win the world title in motorcycling 's elite class , but admits he was a little underwhelmed at the time . `` This happens always in life . When you like a girl , you have obsession for the girl , you want to be with this girl and when you finally are with this girl , you think ` That is it ? Not anything more ? ' `` With the world title , it 's the same . You imagine , you dream a lot about this ; when it happens , then you think , ` It 's only this ? ' But then , after a few hours , when you are more calm , when you are alone , with your friends , with the people who are more close to you , then you start to realize how important the thing you got is . '' Stoner strikes first blow of 2011 MotoGP season . Lorenzo was named Spain 's sportsman of the year and later met King Juan Carlos , but is still coming to terms with his newfound celebrity status . `` When I was n't famous , I wanted to achieve that because it 's cool , no ? But when it happens , every time you go to a restaurant you have to stop your meal to take a picture . When you are going to a discotheque it 's impossible to dance , it 's impossible to be with your friends because every meter you walk you have to take a picture ! '' Lorenzo goes into this weekend 's Spanish Grand Prix having finished second behind Stoner at the season-opening race in Qatar , but said he feels no pressure to emulate last year 's achievements . `` I really do n't think about this . I have this new adhesive on the front of the bike -- this number one . I 'm proud of it but I do n't think I am number one forever or that I ca n't lose , '' he said . `` I do n't have more points than anyone else in the category from the beginning and I guess I can lose the championship . The other riders can beat me if I do n't work hard or if I have an inferior bike . '' Lorenzo started riding at the age of three when his father , himself a former racer , built him his first bike . `` I have always had this necessity to win . When I played with my friends on the street , football or running , I always wanted to be the best , '' he said . `` I competed in everything in Mallorca , all the championships , and I won a lot . You dream about getting into the world championship someday , to be professional , but it 's a very long way and you do n't know if this is going to happen or not . ''
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Jorge Lorenzo says he and Valentino Rossi had `` a problem of character '' at Yamaha . World champion says Rossi faces a difficult challenge at new team Ducati . Spaniard is still coming to terms with his maiden MotoGP title last season . He goes into this weekend 's Spanish G.P. after placing second in 2011 's opening race .
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Smithville , Mississippi -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Top federal officials voiced admiration and vowed cooperation Sunday after touring tornado-ravaged areas in Alabama and Mississippi , promising help to those who made it through this week 's storms as they reconstruct their lives and communities . `` They 're going to have to live and rebuild and recover , '' Craig Fugate , the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency , said in Birmingham . `` Give them the respect that they 're a survivor , not a victim . '' Fugate was joined by several members of President Barack Obama 's Cabinet , including heads of the departments of homeland security , agriculture , and housing and urban development . They saw destruction in Birmingham , then headed west to Smithville , Mississippi , where 15 of the town 's less than 900 people perished due to the powerful twister . See photos of the devastation . Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano explained that the group was diverse in order to best leverage the potential of the federal government , as it worked to help states , municipalities and ultimately individuals . She vowed that this effort will involve short-term fixes and a long-term committment in Alabama , Mississippi , Tennessee and other states hit the hardest . `` We will work -LRB- the affected -RRB- states as well , and those communities as well , to help them recover from this spring of storms -- and to come back strongly , '' Napolitano said . About 148 devastating twisters Wednesday left a wide swath of death and destruction across 13 states . The death toll had climbed to 339 Sunday , according to emergency management officials in six of those states . On Sunday , some of those killed were laid to rest while others attended religious services , hoping to make sense of the calamity . iReport pictures from Tuscaloosa area . A tornado demolished the Smithville Baptist Church in Mississippi . On Sunday , the church 's pastor Wes White urged several hundred congregants gathered under a tent not to lose hope , but to turn to Jesus , in the days and weeks to come . `` We were changed . Our world will never be the same . This moment will forever be etched in the forefront of all our imaginations , '' White said . Hours later , the small town played host to Napolitano , Fugate and other members of the Obama administration . They noted that , despite the massive destruction , only 22 people are in shelters because most of those impacted were taken in by relatives , neighbors and fellow church members . This fact showed the strong community in Smithville and vicinity , but did not diminish the tremendous suffering and long-term challenges ahead , the officials said . Surgeon : ' I was just in shock ' `` When the Piggly Wiggly is not open , it 's real bad , folks , '' Fugate said . `` It do n't get much worse ... This is going to be a tough recovery , but you are survivors . That 's why we 're here . '' The administration officials said assistance will be offered -- and red tape circumvented -- to help with everything from patching roofs to aiding the local timber industry to rebuilding businesses . They urged those affected to phone FEMA at 1-800-621-3362 to get registered and learn about the process . In many communities , the struggle is daunting . Throughout Alabama -- the hardest-hit state -- the death toll Sunday morning was 250 and the number of injured was 2,219 , emergency management officials said . Nearly a half million customers in the state remained without power . Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox said his city , where at least 39 people have died , faces a `` humanitarian crisis . '' Hundreds of people remain unaccounted for and many more have been rendered homeless , he said . Horror and hope in Tuscaloosa . Rescuers and volunteers have descended on the area from near and far , canvassing neighborhoods looking for the missing and offering help to those who are staying near their devastated homes . `` We all got together and we wanted to help , '' Lorinda Rodriguez-Mitchell told CNN on Sunday from near Tuscaloosa , where she was coordinating the collection and distribution of items like diapers , cereal and water . `` We 're just going down there to deliver food . Some people have been there 40 , 50 years and they 're not leaving . '' In the Hispanic community , volunteer Martin Izaguirre said , many are afraid to go to shelters . He said some have told him , `` We are afraid we wo n't be welcomed in places where Spanish is not spoken . '' While searchers fan out , some have taken a more high-tech approach . The University of Alabama 's Crimson White student newspaper is trying to track down some of Tuscaloosa 's missing using the #UAMissing hashtag on Twitter , said Hannah Mask , a former editor who has been working on the project . Hispanics struggle after storm . `` It 's been really efficient , '' she said , noting that the list of those unaccounted for seems to be decreasing . Damage to larger Alabama cities such as Birmingham and Tuscaloosa may have been greater than the damage suffered by smaller towns , but rural areas will likely have a harder time recovering , Red Cross spokeswoman Anita Foster said . `` In terms of suffering , these people have lost their loved ones , they 've lost their community . There are people who do n't have home to return to , '' Foster said . She noted the sad response she received from one Hackleburg , Alabama , resident after asking her whether the town could recover . The woman simply shook her head , Foster said . CNN 's Rob Marciano , Martin Savidge , Raja Razek and Gustavo Valdes contributed to this report .
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NEW : Several members of Barack Obama 's Cabinet tour Mississippi and Alabama . NEW : FEMA 's chief says : `` This is going to be a tough recovery , but you are survivors '' Searchers and volunteers are out , looking for missing and giving aid to survivors . The University of Alabama 's student newspaper is trying to track down the missing .
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Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Osama bin Laden was buried at sea from the deck of a U.S. aircraft carrier because there was no alternative to bury him on land within the 24 hours required by Islamic law , President Barack Obama 's homeland security and counterterrorism adviser said Monday . `` The disposal of -- the burial of bin Laden 's remains was done in strict conformance with Islamic precepts and practices . It was prepared in accordance with the Islamic requirements , '' adviser John Brennan told reporters at a White House briefing . `` We early on made provisions for that type of burial and we wanted to make sure that it was going to be done , again , in strictest conformance . '' Prothero : Burying bin Laden at sea an elegant solution . The religious rites were conducted on the deck of the USS Carl Vinson in the Arabian Sea , with the ceremony starting at 1:10 a.m. and finishing at 2:10 a.m. ET , according to a senior Defense official . `` The body was washed and placed in a white sheet . A military official read prepared remarks , which were then translated into Arabic by a native speaker , The body of Osama bin Laden was placed on a flat board , which was then tipped up , and allowed to slide into the sea , '' the official said . Planning for bin Laden 's burial began months ago as part of contingency planning that took into account numerous possibilities involving the terrorist leader 's capture or death , Brennan said . A senior Defense official said no country was willing or able to take bin Laden 's body for a funeral . Taking the body to another country and trying to arrange a funeral would have violated the Islamic rule requiring a burial within 24 hours , Brennan said . Opinion : Burial at sea shows compassion of Islamic law . `` There were certain steps that had to be taken because of the nature of the operation , '' Brennan said . `` We wanted to make sure we were able to do that in the time period allotted for it . Going to another country , making those arrangements , requirements , would have exceed that time period , in our view . '' The descriptions of the burial appear to indicate U.S. forces did attempt to follow Islamic burial rules , said Juan Campo , a professor of religious studies at the University of California in Santa Barbara who has studied burial rites in the Muslim world . Questions , however , do remain about the rites , Campo said . For one , Islamic law requires that a Muslim read a special funeral prayer during the ceremony . A Muslim chaplain or even a rank-and-file sailor who practices Islam could read the prayer , he said . U.S. officials ' statements do not indicate whether the native Arabic speaker was a Muslim . Also , an Islamic authority would normally grant authority to bury a body at sea when a land burial is not an option . Campo said he would want to know who , if anyone , gave that authority . In his briefing , Brennan said U.S. authorities did seek guidance on the burial . `` We consulted the appropriate specialists and experts , and there was unanimity that this would be the best way to handle that , '' he said . That the U.S. forces performed a ritual aboard ship instead of dumping bin Laden 's body from an airborne helicopter would mute some criticism of the burial from radical Muslims , Campo said . `` That may temper a lot of that , '' he said . Another concern expressed by U.S. officials was that bin Laden 's grave site would become a shrine -- a practice Campo said bin Laden detested but nevertheless likely would have occurred . Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan , the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee , said burying bin Laden at sea was `` prudent . '' `` He was given a proper burial . It removes this -- any thought that there 'll be any shrine to Osama bin Laden or grave robbing or any other lasting impact for this death , '' Rogers said . Maher Hathout , senior adviser of the Muslim Public Affairs Council in Los Angeles , said that while the decision was not consistent with Muslim tradition because his death `` did not occur in the ocean , '' the method was pragmatic . `` I do n't think it was meant to humiliate , it was meant as an easy way out so we do n't have a tomb because there are some people who will sentimentally attach to him , and we should not apologize for that decision , '' Hathout said . CNN 's Stan Wilson in Los Angeles contributed to this report .
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Administration official says burial conformed to Islamic requirements . Religion professor : Rites followed some requirements , but questions remain . Religious rites were conducted on the carrier USS Carl Vinson . Bin Laden 's body was wrapped in white sheet , laid on a board , and tipped into the sea .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- `` Mortal Kombat '' reboots the origins of the classic video game with a time-travel story , awesome new moves and -LRB- for the first time -RRB- the ability for tag-team action . The latest version in the iconic series from NetherRealm Studios and Warner Bros. . Entertainment returns to the game 's roots with fast action , brutal results and a story mode that takes players back to the first three `` Mortal Kombat '' games in an effort to change the future . Fatalities make a return , as well as a new move called X-ray . The controls are deceptively simple . Each button on the controller works a particular body part -- one button for left arm , one button for right leg , and so on . Using the D-pad or an analog stick in conjunction with the button makes the character perform more complicated maneuvers . And , as in the past , stringing together a series of buttons and stick movements creates highly specialized and devastating attacks . However , the game can work just as well with basic moves , for beginners , as it does with more detailed ones , for experienced players . While the characters and background stories are rendered in three dimensions , fights take place on a two-dimensional plane . The details in the movements and battle effects are highly rendered and , in the sprit of the franchise 's past , graphic . Nowhere is this more evident than in the new X-ray attack . A bar at the bottom of the screen fills up as moves are used . Once completely full , the X-ray move can be used . Cinematics are shown as a character performs a devastating series of attacks that demonstrate in gory and specific detail what bones are being broken or which internal organs are being destroyed . The imagery is gruesome and groan-worthy , but it wo n't let you avert your eyes , and fatalities are also more detailed and violent than in past versions . So these moves are not for the faint of heart or stomach . More than once during my game play , others watching moaned or yelled `` Gross ! '' -LRB- Which , it must be said , made me want to perform those actions again and again -RRB- . There are also fatality moves that use the surrounding environment 's scenery to deadly effect . Fan-favorite characters are back , including Liu Kang , Scorpion , Kitana and Sonya Blade . Other playable , never-before-seen characters get unlocked during game play . The single-player story is cheesy , but it gets you into the action quickly and requires you to use a variety of characters . At each stage , the player controls a different avatar through a series of fights to advance to the next stage . Combat difficulty ramps up as you advance , but during some battles , the difficulty seems to be extraordinarily high . Specific tactics seem to be needed to get through those particular fights -- for example , counterpunching only or flying attacks only . In the story , Lord Raiden sends a message back in time to himself to prevent Shao Kahn 's ultimate victory -LRB- the story told in `` Mortal Kombat : Armageddon '' -RRB- . It plays out like ... well ... a movie , but offers an excuse for the ensuing battles and tournaments to take place . Single-player action is expected to last more than eight hours . It took me about 10 hours to complete , including the climactic boss battle , which ended up being fairly easy once I figured out a particular series of moves to win . Other modes of play offer fight training , skill tests and tutorials that allow you to practice fatality moves over and over . The Challenge Tower consists of fights and mini-games that test your skills and hone your moves . There are also special modes that randomly change the fight rules , hand out rewards for breaking items , check your eyesight with a hidden ball game and test timing with a fast-strike game . With 300 different challenges , this mode will keep you busy for quite some time . The new Tag Team feature lets up to 4 gamers play in a tournament or single competition . The tag element allows for combo attacks in which one character can set up a devastating finale with the other . Once that sequence begins , the opponent offers no resistance , so there is no pressure , which allows players the time to perfect the awesome maneuver . Plus , it is just fun to see how combatants are dismembered . There are also battle modes for online action , including ladder challenges and tournaments . Sadly , because of the PlayStation Network outage , I was unable to check those out . `` Mortal Kombat '' is a triumphant return to the roots of the classic fighting game . Despite story line dialog that is more in line with a B-movie , the single-player action does move along at a brisk pace and offers great variety in characters and action . If you 've never played a `` Mortal Kombat '' game before , this is a good way to get a handle on the characters . But if you are a longtime fan of the series , you will be impressed with the improved graphics , original content and battle challenges . It is a worthy addition to the series . `` Mortal Kombat '' is available now for the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360 . It is rated M for mature because of blood and gore , intense violence , partial nudity and strong language . The PS3 version also contains Kratos from the `` God of War '' series as a playable character , and the game can also be played in stereoscopic 3-D .
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From NetherRealm Studios and Warner Bros. . Entertainment . Lord Raiden sends a message back in time to himself to prevent Shao Kahn 's ultimate victory . The single-player action moves at a brisk pace and offers great variety in characters .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- With the official state death toll now at 337 , the Wednesday through Thursday tornado outbreak is the second-deadliest single day for tornadoes since recordkeeping began , the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said . The outbreak is also on record as creating the most number of tornadoes in a single day . Records go back to 1680 . Since then , there has been only one other date in U.S. history on which more people died during a severe weather outbreak , according to the National Weather Service . Weather officials say the reason why so many perished was due to the size and path of the tornadoes . Meteorologists rely on what is called an `` Enhanced Fujita Scale '' to rate the severity of tornadoes . The lowest ranking , EF0 , applies to twisters with recorded 3-second wind gusts of 65 to 85 mph , according to the National Weather Service . The highest , an EF5 , is assigned to tornadoes with speeds of more than 200 mph . The weather service has so far recorded 11 tornadoes with EF3 ratings or higher that struck central and north Alabama on Wednesday . Some of the twisters were three-quarters of a mile wide and traveled dozens of miles , experts said . `` That 's an astounding amount for a single-day tornado event . '' said Krissy Scotten , a weather service meteorologist in Birmingham , Alabama . `` It 's one of those instances where you had very large tornadoes on very long tracks hitting heavily populated areas . '' `` When you put that together , you 're going to see large loss of life and massive devastation , '' Scotten said . According to the National Weather Service : . FATALITIES . -- The deadliest single day for tornadoes was on March 18 , 1925 , with 747 fatalities across seven states . -- As of Saturday morning , the Wednesday-Thursday outbreak has seen 337 fatalities across six states . -- The third-deadliest tornado outbreak was on March 21 , 1932 , when 332 people died . SEVERITY . -- An EF4 tornado that struck Pleasant Grove , Alabama , was produced by an astounding supercell thunderstorm that began in Newton County , Mississippi , and dissipated in Macon County , North Carolina . That supercell lasted 7 hours and 24 minutes and covered 380 miles , producing several strong to violent tornadoes along the way . -- The agency estimates that on Wednesday-Thursday , there were 211 tornadoes . -- The largest previous number of tornadoes on record in one event took place from April 3-4 , 1974 , with 148 tornadoes . More information at : http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/april_2011_tornado_information.html .
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It 's also on record as creating the most number of tornadoes in a single day . NOAA : The deadliest single day for tornadoes was in 1925 when 747 people died . The historic research records date back to 1680 , NOAA says .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Honduran teachers who have been on strike for 21 days faced a decision Monday morning : return to the classroom or endure punishments . The government on Sunday issued an ultimatum , disseminated on radio and television , to the teachers , saying that if they did not show up for work Monday , they would be suspended for two months without pay . Those who do not show up by Wednesday , will be handed six-month suspensions , and those still striking by next week will not allowed to teach for a year , the government said . `` If these deadlines are not met , the government will begin to execute justified firings , '' the statement said . The teachers are protesting an education bill that they say can lead to the privatization of the public school system . They are also demanding salaries owed from last year to some 5,000 teachers . Those teachers who are suspended will be replaced by educators who are currently unemployed , the government said . Journalist Elvin Sandoval contributed to this report .
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Honduran teachers have been on strike since March 7 . They are protesting a bill that they say will lead to the privatization of the schools . The government set deadlines starting Monday to return to work .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel started his 2011 Formula One defense in emphatic style on Sunday , leading the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne from start to finish . McLaren 's 2008 world champion Lewis Hamilton did well to finish second after damaging his car on the first corner while Lotus Renault 's Russian driver Vitaly Petrov achieved his first podium finish . The 23-year-old German notched up his 11th win in his 63rd Formula 1 race . Fernando Alonso finished fourth for Ferrari , with Mark Webber in his Red Bull in fifth place . Jenson Button came sixth in his McLaren . Red Bull team boss Christian Horner said after the race his team did not use its KERS power-boost system because of technical issues , underlining the scale of Vettel 's victory . Following his triumph , Vettel said : `` It was a good race . In the end things calmed down , Lewis did n't push , but it was not an easy race . `` The start was crucial , I was on the clean side , but did n't know if it was enough until we got through the first corner . `` With Lewis dropping off later in the race , there was no pressure , so I was able to control it . '' Assessing the season ahead , Vettel added : `` It 's a long season , so we have to keep on doing what we are doing now , enjoying , but working hard . '' Hamilton was satisfied with his runner-up spot , saying : `` We can take this and be very proud of ourselves . A week or two ago we were n't expecting to be in the top five , so to come to second is a great achievement . '' Describing the achievement of driving his damaged car to the finish , Hamilton added : `` The plank and part of the floor are massively damaged . I was losing quite a lot of downforce , so I just tried to nurse the car home and get the points . '' Petrov was proud of his third-place finish , admitting : `` To be honest I ca n't believe I 'm sitting with these guys . We did n't know where we were coming into the season , but in practice and qualifying we were good . `` In the race the team did everything perfectly . We can be very proud of what we have achieved . ''
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Reigning champion Sebastian Vettel wins season-opening Australian GP . The Red Bull driver finished ahead of Lewis Hamilton in second . Russian Vitaly Petrov came third in Lotus Renault .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola is warning his side against complacency ahead of their Champions League return against arch-rivals Real Madrid Tuesday . Guardiola has used their shock 2-1 league defeat to Real Sociedad Saturday as extra motivation although Real earlier lost 3-2 to Real Zaragoza in a double upset . `` This was a lesson for us showing that nothing has been done yet , '' Guardiola told gathered reporters . `` Madrid are a very good team and they have nothing to lose so we have to keep our heads . We are going to have some tough moments in the game and we will need the support of our fans . '' Barcelona won a bad-tempered first leg in the Bernabeu 2-0 last week to put themselves firmly in command of the semifinal tie . Barcelona had substitute goalkeeper Jose Pinto sent off after a halftime fracas and after the break Real suffered a body blow when key defender Pepe was sent off and coach Jose Mourinho dismissed to the stands for his protests . The controversy continued after the game with Mourinho lashing out at his post-match press conference as he implied that the officials were favoring Barcelona . Blog : No way Jose , you 've gone too far this time . Real will be without the suspended Sergio Ramos and Pepe for the next version of ` El Clasico ' in the Nou Camp , while German midfield star Sami Khedira is injured . But their players remain convinced they can overturn the deficit in the second leg . `` We feel that we can do it and also in the league , '' Brazil star Kaka told AFP . `` Until it is mathematically impossible we are not going to give anything up , although we can not afford to make mistakes like we did against Zaragoza , '' he added . Argentina teammate Gonzalo Higuain acknowledged that the defeat to Zaragoza , which leaves them eight points adrift of Barca , had all but ended their title chances . `` The league is almost over but we need to concentrate on the Champions League and we have a side which can reach the final , '' he said . For Barcelona , star midfielder Andres Iniesta and central defender Carles Puyol are battling to be fit in time .
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Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola warns his team to be on their guard against Real Madrid . Barca lead 2-0 from first leg but both teams lost league matches at the weekend . Real ' Pepe and Sergio Ramos will be banned for the return in the Nou Camp .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Cycling at the Tour de France has taken a techie turn . Nike 's Web site shows messages written by a Chalkbot on the Tour de France course . Not only is Lance Armstrong posting to Twitter from the race , but a Chalkbot -- a robot that writes in water-soluble paint -- is scribing messages onto the road , offering inspiration to the competitors and to cancer survivors . The Chalkbot takes input from text messages and Twitter posts sent by the public . The robot , a tractor-like device that 's pulled around by a truck , then paints those messages in large yellow letters along the Tour de France course . The letters face the riders so they can read them on their journey during the grueling annual race , which ends July 26 in Paris . Nathan Martin , CEO of Deeplocal , a mobile software company in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , helped design the robot as part of an ad campaign for Nike . He said the Chalkbot is part of a trend in art and marketing : Digital creations are taking on real-world forms to get noticed and to have greater impact . `` We have so much clutter and no editorship -LSB- online -RSB- , '' he said . `` You can launch new Web sites all the time , but it 's really hard to stand out . I think the way to stand out is for people to think you have a real impact on your lives . '' That sense of true impact is best achieved through real-world manifestations of online art , he said . The temporary paint messages are a high-tech take on old traditions at the Tour de France , said Derek Kent , a spokesman for Nike . `` If you talk to any cyclist , they 'll tell you there 's a longstanding tradition to chalk messages of support , '' he said . `` And what we 've done is taken that insight and bought it to another level , so that someone in Asia can participate in the Tour and feel a part of something bigger . '' The Chalkbot ad campaign ties in with Livestrong , nickname of the Lance Armstrong Foundation , which is devoted to cancer research and was founded by U.S. cyclist Armstrong , a cancer survivor . Kent said many of the messages drawn by the Chalkbot are from cancer survivors or their friends and family . A photo of one road message posted on Nike 's Web site says `` My mom climbed over Mt. Cancer . '' Another says `` If not us who / if not now when . '' People who send text messages or Twitter posts will be notified if their notes are chalked onto the road in France , Martin said . The robot takes a picture of the words on the road and sends that image , along with GPS coordinates , to the person who submitted it , he said . Martin said the Chalkbot was writing about 200 messages per day in the early days of the tour , which kicked off July 4 . Some towns along the route have banned the robot from writing on their streets , but most sections of the course have supported the ad campaign , he said . The robot writes its messages in paint that washes away quickly , he said . Martin declined to say how much the robot cost to build but said the effort is far less expensive than developing a television commercial . The Chalkbot looks somewhat like a farm tractor and is fitted with 48 nozzles that spray out a mixture of air and temporary paint . A truck pulls the robot along the course at about 5 mph , and a person with a laptop sends commands to the device , telling it which messages to spray onto the road , according to Deeplocal . To send a message to the Chalkbot , post a message to @chalkbot on Twitter , followed by the tag #LIVESTRONG , or text LIVESTRONG , followed by a message , to 36453 . Messages must be 40 characters or less . Check out this video on Nike 's site to see the Chalkbot in action .
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Chalkbot scrawls text messages and Twitter posts on Tour de France route . The tractor-like robot is part of an ad campaign for Nike . People whose messages are chosen receive pictures of their text on the road . Robot 's creator says idea is part of trend in art : digital creations become real .
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-LRB- CNN Student News -RRB- -- May 2 , 2011 . Download PDF maps related to today 's show : . • Libya • Vatican City • Alabama . Transcript . THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT . THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED . GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM BUSINESS , ENGINEERING , SCIENCE , AND TECHNOLOGY -LRB- B.E.S.T. -RRB- ACADEMY : Welcome to CNN Student News at B.E.S.T. Academy Middle School . UNIDENTIFIED MALE B.E.S.T. STUDENT : Today , we are very glad and appreciative of the teachers who are striving to make us the best and prepare us for a promising and productive future . GROUP : And remember , we are accepting no excuses in our journey to be the B.E.S.T. CARL AZUZ , CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR : Thanks to the students at B.E.S.T. Academy for getting things started today as CNN Student News kicks off Teacher Appreciation Week . I 'm Carl Azuz . Let 's get to it . First Up : Libya Civil War . AZUZ : First up , the Libyan military is increasing its attacks on rebel forces , and at least one witness says it 's `` like revenge . '' This comes after a NATO airstrike reportedly killed part of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi 's family . Gadhafi has controlled Libya for 42 years . Rebels want him out of power ; they 're fighting against his government and military . NATO , the North Atlantic Treaty Organization , is leading an international operation to protect Libya 's citizens . Libyan authorities say one of Colonel Gadhafi 's sons and three of his grandchildren were killed in Sunday 's airstrike . Government officials say Moammar Gadhafi and his wife were in the house when it was targeted , but that they 're all right . NATO says it does n't target individuals , just military-related locations . NATO commanders added that they regret any loss of life during Libya 's ongoing civil war . Pope Beatification . AZUZ : The late Pope John Paul II can now be called `` blessed , '' which means he 's one step away from becoming a saint . The pope -- the position -- serves as the head of the Roman Catholic Church . And John Paul II served as pope from 1978 until his death in 2005 . In the Catholic faith , in order to be beatified -- that 's when you 're declared as `` blessed '' -- a person has to be credited with performing a miracle . Becoming a saint requires two miracles . Some people have been critical of how John Paul II handled some issues in the Catholic Church while he was pope . But more than a million people came out to the Vatican on Sunday for the beatification ceremony led by the current pope , Benedict XVI . John Paul performed more than 1,300 beatification ceremonies while he was pope , a very popular pope to this day . Royal Wedding . AZUZ : Their names are still William and Kate , but from now on , you can call them the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge . Those are the titles that Britain 's Prince William and Catherine Middleton were given after their royal wedding last Friday . It was not what you 'd call a small ceremony . The couple tied the knot at Westminster Abbey in front of family and friends . But people around the world tuned in to watch , and huge crowds showed up in London for a chance to see the bride and groom . They will be going on a honeymoon , although they are n't saying where . But they 're not leaving for a while . After a quiet weekend , Prince William was headed back to his job as a search and rescue pilot . Sound Check . WALTER MADDOX , MAYOR OF TUSCALOOSA , ALABAMA : My heart 's broken . There 's no way you can walk on these streets where I have grown up , and the 93,000 citizens that I represent , and see the pain in their eyes , the look of what has happened to us . This has clearly been a dark hour for me personally , and for our city . But I am confident . I believe that we will come out of this stronger , and a new day will dawn for the city of Tuscaloosa . Alabama Aftermath . AZUZ : The mayor of Tuscaloosa , Alabama . His city was hit hard by severe weather and tornadoes that whipped across the southern U.S. last week . Churches across the state of Alabama held a day of prayer yesterday for the victims and survivors . Authorities say more than 330 people were killed across six states ; that made it the second deadliest tornado outbreak in U.S. history . President Obama went to see some of the damage in Tuscaloosa on Friday . He declared major disasters in parts of Alabama , Mississippi and Georgia . That declaration will give money to help with the recovery efforts . Weather anchor Reynolds Wolf was also in Tuscaloosa . He gives us a closer look at what the president saw . -LRB- BEGIN VIDEO -RRB- . REYNOLDS WOLF , CNN WEATHER ANCHOR : This is Alabama . It 's my home state , the heart of Dixie , and after suffering the worst tornado in its history , this place will never quite be the same . When it comes to damage , it 's so incredibly random . One house will have a wall completely ripped away , part of a roof . This one , on the other side of these trees , was actually lifted up and pushed completely off its foundation . And then right across the street on this side there 's nothing there . Unreal . Now , before the twisters struck , this truck was in perfect condition . But after experiencing winds , possibly as high as 300 miles per hour , this vehicle has been reduced to rubble . And since this story began , we 've been down countless streets , been in many neighborhoods , and still , we 're seeing the same stuff . Near and far , there 's just destruction . From houses to trees , just devastation . Here in Tuscaloosa though , things are slowly getting back to normal . You look across McFarland Boulevard and you see some construction crews trying to put things back together . All around them , plenty of damage . But things like that can get fixed . For the people who lost loved ones , though , life will never be the same . -LRB- END VIDEO -RRB- . Shuttle Launch Delay . AZUZ : This is not where Endeavour is supposed to be right now . The shuttle was supposed to launch last Friday . NASA called that off because of concerns about the heating system . Next possibility was today , but that 's off too . A power problem is what 's causing the other delay . The Endeavour crew and support staff were allowed to go home . Officials have n't set a new launch date , but they say it wo n't be any earlier than next Sunday , May 8th . Shoutout . STAN CASE , CNN STUDENT NEWS : Today 's Shoutout goes out to Mrs. Boswell 's class at Moreland Ridge Middle School in Blue Springs , Missouri ! What is this person operating ? You know what to do ! Is it a : A -RRB- Jib , B -RRB- Steadicam , C -RRB- TelePrompTer or D -RRB- Boom mic ? You 've got three seconds -- GO ! This is a Steadicam , which helps eliminate shaking for hand-held cameras . That 's your answer and that 's your Shoutout ! Career Connections . AZUZ : We 're putting the Steadicam in focus today because our Career Connections segment is back ! Our own Tomeka Jones is here to give you the scoop . Tomeka ? TOMEKA JONES , CNN STUDENT NEWS : Well , the title pretty much speaks for itself ! We 're trying to help you connect with careers that interest you . Carl , what gave you the desire to become an anchor ? AZUZ : Uh , I was a better talker than listener . JONES : Well , CNN 's Matt Lingerfelt knew he wanted to be a professional cameraman from the time he was young , like middle-high school age . He learned a lot from the work of Garrett Brown , who invented the Steadicam in the 1970s . And now , he 's following in Brown 's footsteps . -LRB- BEGIN VIDEO -RRB- . MATT LINGERFELT , CNN STEADICAM OPERATOR : A good operator makes Steadicam look good . RANDI KAYE , CNN ANCHOR : The breakdown is a monumental shutdown . LINGERFELT : Steadicam was originally designed for film . Basically , it 's a vest that has an arm that comes around . And I attach this arm that has springs loaded into it . The camera attaches to it . The springs take out all the load of the camera and me walking around , so it balances it out ; makes it nice and smooth . We have two minutes until we are live . Right now , we 're in the middle of a break and I 'm getting time cues in my ear from master control . UNIDENTIFIED CNN DIRECTOR : Her mic . Go Matt . Cue . FIONNUALA SWEENEY , CNN INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR : You are at the international desk , where we bring you the world up to the minute . UNIDENTIFIED CNN DIRECTOR : Go Matt . Roll them . LINGERFELT : So , the director is telling me , `` Matt , I need this shot . '' And then he 'll explain whatever shot it is , either the anchor at a wall or I 'm doing a bump shot . And all a bump shot is is just a beauty shot of the studio . UNIDENTIFIED CNN DIRECTOR : Go ! Standby to bump everything down , please . LINGERFELT : Well , that 's what happens when the president takes over : our shot gets killed . No big deal ; happens every day . The best advice I was given is to volunteer and always ask questions if you do n't understand what something is . -LRB- END VIDEO -RRB- . Before We Go . AZUZ : Well , you heard Matt Lingerfelt , a friend of mine , talk about directors a lot . You can watch our Career Connections segment on directors at CNNStudentNews.com ! Well , we hope you saved enough room for today 's Before We Go segment , because it is gon na leave you stuffed . Between the tomato , cucumber , lettuce and bread , you 're looking at a five pound burger ! And more than three pounds of that is meat . A restaurant in China offers its diners a challenge : if they can get it down in 2 hours , the burger 's free . Free food versus massive heartburn ? Goodbye . AZUZ : There 's a debate you can really sink your teeth into . And you knew it could only show up in our beef-fore we go segment . There 's an a-bun-dance of puns we could make about this story , but we 've already eaten up all of our time . Just one more thing : This show goes out to our friends at A.C. Reynolds Middle School in Asheville , North Carolina . We appreciate your stopping by CNN last week !
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Examine the circumstances surrounding a NATO airstrike in Libya . Tour some of the devastation in Alabama following deadly storms . Meet a CNN Steadicam operator in our Career Connections segment . Use the Daily Discussion to help students understand today 's featured news stories .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Aaron Ramsey scored the only goal of the match in the second half as Arsenal beat leaders Manchester United at the Emirates Sunday to blow the English title race wide open . A win for United would have all but sealed a record 19th championship , but they now lead Chelsea by just three points and Arsenal by six . The top two play effectively a title decider at Old Trafford next weekend , with Arsenal waiting to pounce if either falters . `` In terms of ability -- a game at Old Trafford , the supporters will be ready for it -- and so will our players , '' defiant United manager Alex Ferguson told Sky Sports . Ferguson 's team , who have a poor record against the top six this season , particularly away from home where they have failed to win , fell victim to a 56th minute strike from young Welshman Ramsey . Arsenal might have had a penalty in the first half when Nemanja Vidic appeared to use his hand to deflect Theo Walcott 's cross away from Robin van Persie as the Dutchman prepared to head towards goal , but referee Chris Foy ignored their claims . United 's Wayne Rooney went close with a curling free-kick that Wojciech Szczesny saved superbly after the break before Ramsey scored his first Gunners goal since January 2010 . He was set up by Van Persie who cut the ball back for him to beat Edwin van der Sar . Nani went close for United and Michael Owen had a penalty appeal turned down , but Arsenal deservedly held on for their first victory over United since November 2008 . Sunday 's late kick off saw Manchester City consolidate fourth place with a 2-1 win over bottom side West Ham at Eastlands . City are now seven points clear of Liverpool and Tottenham as they try to claim the final Champions League qualifying position . Nigel de Jong and a Lars Jacobsen own goal gave City a 2-0 lead after 15 minutes . But Demba Ba pulled one back in the 33rd minute and the home side had to endure some nervous moments before sealing the three points . Earlier Sunday , Liverpool moved over Tottenham into fifth place on goal difference with a 3-0 win over Newcastle at Anfield . Maxi Rodriguez opened the scoring in the 10th minute when his shot deflected in off Danny Simpson . Dirk Kuyt scored the second in the 59th minute after Luis Suarez was fouled by Mike Williamson . Uruguay star Suarez added the third himself six minutes later to seal three valuable points . At St Andrew 's , 10-man Birmingham boosted their survival bid by holding on for a 1-1 draw against fellow strugglers Wolves .
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Arsenal beat Manchester United 1-0 to open up EPL title race . Aaron Ramsey scores second half goal to beat the leaders at Emirates . Manchester City beat bottom club West Ham 2-1 to consolidate fourth spot . Liverpool move up to fifth on goal difference with 3-0 home win over Newcastle .
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Along The Libya-Tunisia Border -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A green flag fluttering in the wind designated Libyan territory . A short distance away , a red flag flew for Tunisia . In between , a mass of humanity waited in no man 's land , desperate to flee escalating rebellion in one nation and cross into another that has already succeeded in toppling a dictator . Periodically , a ripple flowed through the crowd of thousands of refugees as men took turns passing forward dazed and unconscious travelers , overwhelmed by a treacherous journey to the border and exposure to the elements . Tunisian emergency workers rushed with fluorescent orange stretchers to evacuate the sick . Chaos reigned along Libya 's western border Tuesday as Tunisian police attempted to hold back a tide of people , mostly foreign workers caught in the storm of change blowing through the region . There were simply too many people crossing too fast , overwhelming Tunisian authorities , aid agencies and volunteers trying to get a handle on what the United Nations called a humanitarian catastrophe in the making . The U.N. refugee agency reported that nearly 150,000 people have crossed over from Libya into Tunisia and Egypt . A majority are Egyptians -- more than 1 million Egyptian citizens were working in neighboring Libya . But the fleeing foreigners also include citizens of Bangladesh , Thailand , Vietnam , Ghana , Sudan , Mali and other countries who traveled far from home in search of economic salvation . Now , many of them said they had everything stolen from them on the road to the border and are left with nothing but the clothes on their back . `` No money ! Gadhafi 's militia took my money , '' said Mohammad Ataye , an Egyptian who spent the last year working as a hairdresser in Libya . He was referring to troops still loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi . Ataye said he tried to catch a flight out of Tripoli 's airport to Egypt , but was forced back by thousands of people waiting there . When he and a friend decided to make a run for the Tunisian border , Libyan soldiers robbed him of his savings and his two mobile phones on the way . Now what for the Egyptian refugee ? `` I do n't know . I do n't know , '' he said . Some of those fleeing Libya do not possess passports and other travel documents , which are often confiscated by the companies that employ them until their contracts are fulfilled , said Mathieu Luciano of the International Organization for Migration . Luciano , deployed to the Egyptian border town of Sallum to help shuttle people out , said his agency was working with the embassies of nations involved as well as the companies that hired the migrant workers to return them home safely . The agency is paying for a charter flight from Bangladesh that is scheduled to arrive later Tuesday . The Egyptian government has reported 69,000 people crossing into that nation . One of them is Mohamed Sohel . Sohel , who had been working for a Korean construction company in the eastern Libyan city of Durna for three years , was anxious to board a plane back home to Bangladesh . He said he has been surviving by sharing one piece of flatbread with two other men since arriving at the Egyptian border town of Sallum six days ago . His passport was locked up at the company 's Libyan headquarters in the western town of Misrata . `` We called the Bangladeshi embassy a thousand times , '' Sohel said . `` We never got any advice , or help . '' It 's easier for Egyptian workers to make it back home , Luciano said , but nonetheless , they face a difficult situation . They were the breadwinners , supporting families in rural Egypt . They are returning with no livelihood in a time of uncertainty in their own homeland . Some said they were frustrated with their interim military government for not doing more to help them . `` As we know , Egypt is also under a lot of stress now politically , '' said Hovig Etyemezian , a field officer with the U.N. refugee agency . `` So any country that is able to provide air lift or sea movement should pick up the ball so that more people leave , more Egyptians are able to go back to their country . '' On Libya 's border with Tunisia , the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees staff erected 500 tents . All of them are full . The global body appealed to member nations to help evacuate the stranded . `` The biggest priority is to take people out of the country , '' Etyemezian said . `` Now the -LSB- border -RSB- crossing is anywhere between 10 to 13,000 people a day . And the outgoing is 3 to 4,000 . So we need to have a bigger capacity of people leaving the country . '' Police and soldiers watched , as young Tunisian volunteers used sticks to beat back people trying to jump over a wall next to the border gate into Tunisia . Volunteers threw bread and bottles of water into the no man 's land between the red and green flags . Thousands of people have been waiting there for as many as three days , enduring bitter cold without shelter . Staff members with the U.N. refugee agency described the water and sanitation situation as precarious . Tunisian authorities told the agency that about 75,000 people have streamed into Tunisia . Up to 15,000 more people are expected to arrive Tuesday and the agency said it was `` becoming critically important that onwards transport becomes quickly available to avoid a humanitarian crisis . '' The refugee agency said it was particularly concerned about a large number of sub-Saharan Africans who are being denied entry into Tunisia . They may be targets for retribution after reports that embattled Gadhafi recruited mercenaries from those nations to suppress the uprising in his country . CNN 's Ivan Watson reported from the Libya-Tunisia border and Moni Basu reported from Atlanta .
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Many of those fleeing are foreign workers in Libya . A majority are Egyptians but there are also citizens of other nations . Many do not have the means to return home . The U.N. refugee agency fears problems with water , sanitation and shelter .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A 12-year-old suicide bomber killed three other people , including a district council head , and armed attackers shot to death two police officers Sunday , the first day of a Taliban spring offensive . The attacks followed a Taliban declaration Saturday that its spring military operations will focus on attacks against military bases , airbases , convoys , heads of foreign and local companies , and members of the local government . In Shaken district of Paktika province , the 12-year-old boy detonated explosives in his vest to kill district council head Shernawaz Khan and two others , said Mukhlis Afghan , a spokesman for the Paktika provincial governor . The blast also wounded 12 people , Afghan said , adding : `` The suicide attacker 's aim was to target the district council chief . '' In a separate attack , armed men opened fire on police in southern Ghazni province , killing two police officers , provincial police security commander Abdul Hassan said . According to Hassan , two armed Taliban insurgents on a motorbike opened fire on police officers and then fled the area . In its declaration Saturday , the Taliban warned that it also would target members of the High Peace Council , who are influential citizens trying to generate dialogue with the militants . `` All Afghan people should bear in mind to keep away from gatherings , convoys and centers of the enemy so that they will not become harmed during attacks of the Mujahedeen against the enemy , '' the statement said . The Taliban said that `` strict attention '' must be paid to protecting civilians . `` Utilizing all proven military tactics , the operations will focus on usage of advanced weapons against the air and ground forces of the invaders , tip-and-run attacks , and group offensives , city attacks , advanced explosives attacks , effective group and martyrdom seeking attacks by warrior Mujahedeen , '' the statement said . However , the deployment of a young suicide bomber Sunday appeared to contradict a Taliban statement that the insurgents intended to avoid using civilian attackers . `` I would like to announce that -LRB- the -RRB- Islamic Movement is committed to pay extra attention for not arming civilians during their operations on the enemy 's targets across the country , '' Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mojahed said in an e-mail to CNN . The Taliban regime in Afghanistan had been sheltering the al Qaeda terror network when it launched attacks against the United States on September 11 , 2001 . The United States cranked up military operations the next month that led to the toppling of that government . Ever since , international forces have been fighting Islamic militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan and attempting to support and build the successor Afghan government . The Taliban announcement comes a day after a NATO official said the alliance anticipates insurgents to begin an extensive round of attacks against U.S. and coalition forces `` in the coming days . '' The officer with NATO 's International Security Assistance Force noted that the alliance has seen similar surges at this time in recent years . The coalition feels that the increased attacks on insurgents have had an impact , and new attacks by insurgents signal their effort to recoup their losses , the officer said . In a statement Saturday addressing the expected escalation in fighting , the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan urged all parties to avoid harming civilians . Staffan de Mistura , head of the mission , called on the Taliban `` to carry out their previously stated decision to avoid civilian casualties . '' `` Parties to the conflict must not deliberately attack , target or kill civilians , or indiscriminately harm them , '' said de Mistura , who was quoted in the statement . `` We call on all parties to take all possible measures to protect civilians , especially in the forthcoming months when we expect , unfortunately , intensified conflict . '' In the 90 days ending April 22 , coalition special forces conducted 1,393 operations , capturing or killing 468 insurgent commanders , and capturing or killing 2,637 lower-level insurgents . This all comes as the Pentagon released its latest report to Congress on the progress in Afghanistan . The military says gains made in Afghanistan over the last half year has created the `` necessary conditions '' to begin transferring control of security to the Afghanistan government in seven areas of the country inhabited by approximately 20 % to 25 % of the population . The latest semi-annual report concludes that insurgent momentum has been halted in much of the country , though the gains are `` fragile and reversible . '' However , the report notes that efforts to fortify government and development was `` slower than security gains '' over the last six months . The total number of security incidents were higher from October 2010 through March 2011 compared with the same period of the winter of 2009-10 , the report said . The report says this is mainly due to increased coalition and Afghan troop presence , which allowed for a higher pace of operations against insurgents ' safe havens . CNN 's Adam Levine , Barbara Starr , Fazel Reshad , Matiullah Mati and Joe Sterling contributed to this report .
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A 12-year-old boy detonates a suicide bomb , killing three people . Two police officers are shot to death . The Taliban said Saturday that it would not arm civilians in the offensive .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- New signing Casey Stoner became the first Honda rider to win the opening race of the MotoGP season since 2003 with his third victory in Qatar on Sunday . The Australian emulated seven-time world champion Valentino Rossi 's effort as he triumphed after starting in pole position -- he is the only motorcyclist to have ever won at the Losail circuit after qualifying fastest , repeating his 2009 feat . The 25-year-old finished 3.440 seconds ahead of Yamaha 's second-placed world champion Jorge Lorenzo , with Honda Repsol teammate Dani Pedrosa third . Rossi , who replaced Stoner at Ducati after leaving Yamaha , finished back in seventh in his debut race for the Italian team . Stoner on pole for MotoGP season-opener in Qatar . Stoner , the 2007 world champion and a winner in Qatar the following year , also started last year 's race from pole but crashed on lap six . This time , however , he let teammate Dani Pedrosa pass him early on , while his fellow Spaniard Lorenzo also took the lead during the 22-lap event . Stoner , who dominated the practice sessions before topping qualifying , made his move at the halfway stage to leave last year 's championship rivals to battle over the podium places as he clinched his 24th race win in motorcycling 's elite class . `` I could n't have dreamt of a better start to the season , but I 'm not going to get carried away and will continue to work , '' he told reporters . `` The first lap was very tough because of how my bike reacted with a full tank . Afterwards it was much better , and the bike improved with every lap until the end . '' Another Honda rider , Andrea Dovizioso of Italy , claimed fourth place ahead of Italy 's Marco Simoncelli . Lorenzo 's young American teammate Ben Spies beat Rossi for sixth place , while veteran U.S. rider Colin Edwards , his compatriot Nicky Hayden on a Ducati and Japan 's Hiroshi Aoyama completed the top 10 .
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Casey Stoner makes winning start to 2011 MotoGP season with victory in Qatar . Australian triumphs on his debut for Honda Repsol team in his 24th race win . World champion Jorge Lorenzo claims second place from 2010 rival Dani Pedrosa . Seven-time world champion Valentino Rossi back in seventh on Ducati debut .
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Buenos Aires , Argentina -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An Argentine Dirty War-era general has been sentenced to life in prison for the killing of five people during the dictatorship . Luciano Benjamin Menendez , former head of the Third Army Corps , was already serving a life sentence for violating the human rights of four others . A panel of judges on the Argentine court handed down the sentence Wednesday . Sentenced along with Menendez was former policeman Roberto Heriberto Albornoz , who was also sent to prison for life . Up to 30,000 students , labor leaders , intellectuals and leftists who ran afoul of the dictatorship because of their political views disappeared or were held in secret jails and torture centers during the nation 's eight-year Dirty War . Menendez 's most recent trial stems from an army and police assault on a home in Tucuman province on May 20 , 1976 , according to Argentina 's Center for Judicial Information . A group of Montoneros , an urban guerrilla group , was meeting inside the house before the forces launched explosives and entered the house , the center said . The soldiers and police killed four people inside the house , and also killed one who escaped .
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Luciano Benjamin Menendez was the head of the Third Army Corps . He was sentenced to life for the killing of five people . He was already serving a life sentence for human rights abuses .
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-LRB- WIRED -RRB- -- Reddit , the community news sharing site , has now joined the billion-page-per-month club , having served up some 1,000,404,480 pages to almost 14 million unique visitors in January , as measured by Google Analytics . That means Reddit , once largely seen as a geekier also-ran to Digg , has now handily surpassed its better-funded rival in traffic . Reddit was started in 2005 by Alexis Ohanian and Steve Huffman as part of the inaugural class of Y-Combinator . Conde Nast purchased the site in October 2006 , putting Reddit under the same corporate master as Wired.com . Reddit , with a staff of about 10 now , has seen an extraordinary rise in traffic -- quadrupling page views since January 2010 . Reddit got a traffic spike of about 30 % in traffic in August/September , due to an influx of Digg users responding to the the spectacular failure of Digg 's redesign , according to Reddit engineer Jeremy Edberg . But much of the growth must be attributed to Reddit 's ability to retain a sense of belonging to a club , even as the site grows and grows . WIRED : Reddit vs. Digg rivalry by the numbers . While the front page is still the most popular part of the site , Reddit also has a wide collection of `` sub-reddits '' dedicated to particular topics and communities , including the not-to-be missed IAMA . That stands for I Am A , and is a section of the site where people who are something -- from a Comcast technician to an Egyptian arrested in the anti-government protest -- offer to answer questions from curious users . Reddit announced the milestone to its loyal and demanding userbase on Wednesday in a blog post by engineer Mike Schiraldi : . `` There are only about 100 sites on the entire Internet that get a billion pageviews in a single month , and now Reddit can put on its smoking jacket and join that exclusive club . `` The New York Times is n't on the membership list , nor is Expedia , Weather.com , about.com , or Fox News . In your face , meteorologists ! `` This is an accomplishment that all Redditors should take pride in , because people would n't keep arriving in droves -- and coming back -- if not for the community that you 've created here . '' As a side note , I first wrote about Reddit when they were just finished with Y-Combinator 's summer mentorships , and Ohanian was very excited to tell me the site had more than 600 users . It 's safe to say the site now has plenty more than that , even as Ohanian and Huffman , along with the site 's first employee Chris Slowe are now huddled together working on Hipmunk , a airline ticket search site . Reddit remains in capable hands , and the numerically-limited staff has done amazing work with limited resources scaling the site , even when this reporter , who sits about 15 yards away from their office , shoots foam-tipped darts at their glass door for fun . 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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Community news sharing site had almost 14 million unique visitors in January . Reddit handily surpassed its better-funded rival , Digg , in traffic . Conde Nast purchased the site in October 2006 . Reddit has a staff of 10 people .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The intentional breach of a levee on the Mississippi River is sending 396,000 cubic feet per second of water onto 200 square miles of fertile Missouri farmland . The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the operation is helping to ease unprecedented flood pressure on other areas . While the plan appeared to be working -- the level of the Ohio River fell where it joins the Mississippi -- record crests and relentless pressure from millions of gallons of water still threatened communities throughout the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys . Vicksburg , Mississippi , could see water levels rise 4 feet by Sunday . Residents in Caruthersville , Missouri , were told sandbags may not be enough to control the water . Corina Jolley , of Sikeston , Missouri , told CNN she grew up in Dorena , Missouri , which she said was being inundated by the breach on the Mississippi River . A tombstone rests above the remains of her father and uncle , but `` I 'm sure we 'll never see it again , '' said Jolley , who claims residents of the rich farmland will be out of luck , as opposed to those in Cairo , Illinois , for whom the risk has been lessened by the breaches . `` Whoever thought it would be this bad ? '' she said . The Corps reported river levels had fallen more than a foot since engineers detonated explosives late Monday night at Birds Point , Missouri , briefly illuminating the night sky like lightning and sending water coursing across a floodway that Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon described as `` literally the most productive part of our continent . '' The Ohio River level had dropped about 1.7 feet at Cairo since Monday afternoon , before the blast , but that is expected to level off Wednesday and hover close to 60 feet the rest of the week . Other sections showed modest decreases or no changes Tuesday . Paducah , Kentucky , on the Ohio River , is expected to see levels go from 54.7 feet Tuesday night to 55.3 on Sunday . A second levee blast was conducted Tuesday afternoon at New Madrid , Missouri , and a third is planned Wednesday near Hickman , Kentucky . The second and third blasts , downstream of Birds Point , will allow floodwater to return to the Mississippi River . After the first blast late Monday , the National Weather Service lowered its crest projection for the Ohio River at Smithland , Kentucky -- upriver from the levee breach -- to 55 feet from the previous 58-foot prediction . But even that forecast is more than 3 1/2 feet higher than the record set at that location in 1997 , according to weather service records . Flood stage there is 40 feet . The town of Cairo remained under a mandatory evacuation despite the intentional breach , while six other communities were under voluntary evacuation notices , said Patti Thompson , spokeswoman for the Illinois Emergency Management Agency . `` We 're definitely not out of the woods yet , '' she said . `` The levees are all very saturated right now and they 're going to continue to have a lot of pressure on them for several days . '' Commercial shipping was affected by the levee blasting and subsequent debris removal . The segment at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers , near Cairo , opened late Tuesday afternoon , said U.S. Coast Guard Cmdr. Claudia Gelzer . Two other Mississippi River sections along the Missouri-Kentucky border will reopen Wednesday or later , she said . Gelzer did not know how many vessels were affected , but said companies had prepared for the closings . The National Weather Service continues to predict record or near-record flooding in parts of southern Illinois , southwest Indiana , western Kentucky and Tennessee , southeastern Missouri , northeastern Arkansas and , later , parts of Mississippi and Louisiana . Maj. Gen. Michael Walsh , commander of the Corps ' Mississippi River Valley Division , made the decision to order the breach . He warned that without punching a hole in the levee , massive flooding would threaten to inundate communities throughout the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys . `` There 's a tremendous amount of pressure on the system , '' he told reporters Tuesday evening . `` The project operated as designed . '' It was a controversial decision . Missouri officials took the Corps to court over the plan , questioning the agency 's authority to intentionally breach the levee . The state argued the floodwater would deposit silt on the 130,000-some acres , and years , along with millions of dollars , would be required to fix the damage . The U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene in the case on Sunday , clearing the way for Walsh 's decision Monday to blow the levee . Some Missouri residents were angered , arguing the decision would destroy their communities and provide questionable benefit . But others felt the decision was for the best . `` Yeah , we lost 135,000 acres of farm land here in Missouri , '' said Sikeston , Missouri , resident Patricia Mobely , who recently fled the drought and firestorms of Texas for what she thought would be a more peaceful life in the Midwest . `` But how much more would we have lost if we had n't done it ? '' The river diversion and other flooding has had an impact on pets and livestock . Thirty-one animals rescued from flood waters in southeastern Missouri are heading to St. Louis , including 24 domestic rabbits found abandoned inside a cotton gin trailer , according to CNN affiliate KSDK . Walsh said the fate of Cairo was just one of many factors in his decision , saying he hoped the move would alleviate problems throughout the Mississippi River system . Water levels and flooding have hit record highs in many spots , putting severe strains on systems meant to prevent uncontrolled floods and the resulting loss of life and property . He called the decision to inundate the farmland and about 100 homes `` heart-wrenching . '' `` I 've been involved with flooding for 10 years and it takes a long time to recover from something like this , '' he said . The governors of Illinois and Missouri said authorities in both states were prepared for the blasts and subsequent flooding , according to prepared statements . `` I urge Missourians to continue to cooperate fully with state , county and local law enforcement , as they have at every stage of this process , '' Nixon said . `` Together , we will ensure that Missouri families stay safe in the coming days . And together , we will recover and rebuild . '' A statement released by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn 's office called the decision to breach the levee `` an important step to ensure public safety as we respond to this crisis . '' Even as the river was falling , Walsh did not rule out similar moves elsewhere along the Mississippi and its tributaries , saying the levee system is under unprecedented pressure and warning water levels could rise again . `` This does n't end this historic flood , '' he said . Evacuation notices have been posted in Indiana , Kentucky and Tennessee , where rising tributaries have threatened dozens of communities . Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear visited three counties to assess response efforts . Nearly 4,000 residents in the cities of Smithland , Hickman and Ledbetter have been evacuated , according to a statement from his office . Counties in central and northeast Arkansas were affected , including areas along the Black and White rivers , said spokesman Tommy Jackson of the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management . The mayor of Dyersburg , Tennessee , urged residents of parts of his community to evacuate ahead of significant flooding there forecast for Wednesday night , and residents and officials in Paducah , Kentucky , were closely watching a levee holding back the Ohio River that has showed signs of failing . `` We are in uncharted water , '' Paducah Mayor Bill Paxton said . CNN 's Phil Gast contributed to this report .
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NEW : Animals rescued in southeast Missouri . Operations seems to be working thus far , Corps says . Levees are breached at Birds Point and New Madrid , Missouri . Record or near-record flooding is still forecast in at least eight states .
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Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- President Barack Obama has approved the use of armed Predator drones in Libya , Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday . Gates suggested that the unmanned Predator missions may have already begun . He said he believed that the first flights were launched Thursday but were called back due to poor weather . `` The president has said that where we have some unique capabilities , he is willing to use those , '' Gates said . `` And I think that today may in fact have been their first mission . '' Gates said the Predator drones offer a `` modest contribution '' to NATO efforts to support rebels fighting embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi 's forces there , though Gadhafi is not a specific target . Unmanned aerial vehicles offer more precise targeting , because their low-flying capability allows for better visibility , `` particularly on targets now that have started to dig themselves into defensive positions , '' Gates said . He said the drones are needed for humanitarian reasons , and they have capabilities that larger aircraft such as A-10s and C-130s can not provide . Vice Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. James Cartwright said the added precision is necessary because forces loyal to Gadhafi `` nestle up in crowded areas '' to maximize civilian casualties . `` It 's very difficult to identify friend from foe , '' Cartwright said , noting that the drones facilitate identification of individuals on the ground . Remote Predator operators are now permitted to strike Gadhafi 's defense missions , including air defense , missile and radar sites . Predator strikes are also authorized for civilian protection and can hit Gadhafi 's troops , military installations and equipment in the field . The U.S. employed the use of unmanned drones early in the NATO campaign , but they were intended for surveillance only and not authorized to fire .
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NEW : `` I think that today may in fact have been their first mission , '' Robert Gates says . NEW : Vice Joint Chiefs chair says drones help distinguish `` friend from foe '' NEW : Gadhafi loyalists `` nestle up in crowded areas , '' Gen. James Cartwright says . NEW : Air defense , missile and radar sites , as well as troops , are authorized targets .
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Ouagadougou , Burkina Faso -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Following weeks of unrest , Burkina Faso 's president has named a former ambassador as the country 's new prime minister , state media reported . A statement signed by President Blaise Compaore named Luc Adolph Tiao , Burkina Faso 's former ambassador to France , to the post , RTB , the national radio and television network , reported Monday . Before Tiao was an ambassador , he was president of the Superior Council of Communication of Burkina Faso , which regulates the media . The announcement came after several incidents triggered violence in the western African nation , sparked by different events . There was no information on how many people had been injured . Student protests have been ongoing in the nation since February , according to local media reports . The demonstrations came after a student reportedly died in jail . On March 30 , protests erupted over a court case . According to media reports , a man sued a group of five soldiers , claiming they allegedly forced him to take off his clothes and walk home because he had dated a soldier 's girlfriend . The court found in favor of the man . During the violence that ensued , the defense minister said his home was attacked . A small group of presidential security guards revolted Thursday night over a promised housing allowance , firing shots inside the presidential compound and taking to the streets , shooting guns , stealing cars and robbing people , according to officials with the Ministry of Defense . Two children of a defense official were shot at and hospitalized , officials said . The soldiers demanded a housing allowance they said the president had promised them . The Ministry of Defense said Friday in a statement the soldiers had been paid but the protests continued , with buildings in the capital city , Ouagadougou , set on fire . The president also reportedly replaced the head of the Army amid the violence . The president was at the palace when the demonstrations began and left briefly under heavy security , but he later returned . In recent days , a curfew was imposed , and sources in the city of Po said violence was also taking place there . A spokesman for the group of security guards , Moussa Ag Abdoulaye , appeared on RTB and reaffirmed the group 's committment to the president and called for a cease-fire from other military groups .
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The former ambassador to France was named prime minister . Students have been protesting for months . A group of security guards revolted last week .
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Bangkok , Thailand -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Military commanders along the turbulent Thai-Cambodian border agreed to a cease-fire on Thursday , a Thai military source told CNN . A border dispute that turned violent over the last week remains volatile , and the hiatus was forged at the unit commander level but not the higher levels of the militaries . The source , who asked not to be named because he is not authorized to speak , said if the peace persists , higher-ranking people may meet on Friday . They would be Thailand 's 2nd Region commander , Lt. Gen Tawatchai Samutsakorn , and Lt. Gen. Chea Mon , Cambodia 's 5th Army Region commander . Cambodia 's government spokesman could not be reached for comment . Indonesia has offered to provide observers in the border area and help both sides resolve the crisis diplomatically . Thailand 's Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya met with Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa in Jakarta . Indonesia currently holds the chair of the the Association of Southeast Asian Nations -LRB- ASEAN -RRB- . Natalegawa also said Thailand welcomes the deployment of an Indonesian observer team to the disputed area . This idea was first agreed upon , in an emergency meeting of ASEAN 's Foreign Ministers in February , also in Jakarta . The observers have not been deployed , after Thailand later stated their presence was not needed . `` I just want to reassure that Thailand will work very earnestly and in a very serious manner with Indonesia in the role of Indonesia as a great facilitator , '' said Piromya . However , he maintained Thailand 's position was on the defensive in recently renewed clashes with Cambodia . `` I just want to use this opportunity to once again reaffirm that the military action by the Thai side was only on the defensive side . We have not made any aggression . It was only -LRB- an -RRB- appropriate response to the conflict that was started by the Cambodian side , '' he said . Natalegawa said he and Piromya were able to discuss terms of reference for the Indonesian observer team . `` I think it 's quite fair to say that we have made a very good progress , and I could say that we are truly in the brink of confirming the agreement by all sides . Based on my conversation just now , I shall be circulating to both Thailand and Cambodia what I hope to be the final version of the Term of Reference for its immediate early adoption by the parties concerned . '' U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging both nations to pursue `` an effective and verifiable cease-fire . '' Clashes between the two started Friday as they accused each other of trying to seize ancient temples . Thailand calls the temples Ta Kwai and Ta Muen , while Cambodia calls them Ta Krabey and Ta Moan . Much of the border between the two countries remains in dispute . Both sides claim the disputed temples are in their country . Fighting flared up in February along another disputed border area between the two nations , prompting the U.N. Security Council to issue a statement calling on both sides to implement a cease-fire . Those clashes stemmed from a longstanding conflict related to the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple . Both Cambodia and Thailand lay claim to the temple , which sits atop a cliff on Cambodian soil but has its most accessible entrance on the Thai side .
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Unit level commanders worked out the hiatus . Indonesia has offered to help resolve the crisis . Ancient temples are at the core of the dispute .
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New Delhi , India -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A man took off his sandal and charged toward Suresh Kalmadi , the chief organizer of last year 's Commonwealth Games , as the arrested official arrived for a court hearing Tuesday . Police immediately overpowered the attacker as officers hurried Kalmadi to the courtroom . The attacker was identified as a former lawyer . Kalmadi was arrested Monday on corruption charges in connection with the October 2010 Games in the Indian capital . Officials contend that Kalmadi , as head of the games ' organizing committee , bought a score-keeping system from a Swiss company at `` inflated costs . '' He denies wrongdoing . In February , investigators arrested two other senior officials involved in organizing the Commonwealth Games . They were taken into custody for the same suspected over-priced purchase of the score-keeping system .
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Police overpower the attacker , a former lawyer . Kalmadi is accused of buying a score-keeping system at `` inflated costs '' He has denied wrongdoing .
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Beirut , Lebanon -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Two people were killed and two others wounded Thursday in clashes in southern Lebanon , the Lebanese Internal Security Forces said . The incident occurred in the southern port city of Tyre , and an investigation is under way into the incident . Residents threw rocks and fired shots at security forces who were trying to stop the illegal construction of homes , the ISF said . Three military cars were burned in the melee , the security forces said . The city is a mix of Christians and Shiite and Sunni Muslims . Palestinians live in refugee camps around the city .
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The incident occurred in Tyre . Residents threw rocks and fired shots . Along with the dead , two were wounded .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Thousands desperate to flee intense fighting in western Libya have begun pouring into neighboring Tunisia in recent days , raising concerns Tuesday among aid agencies that the humanitarian crisis could worsen . The fighting between forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi and rebels demanding an end to the dictator 's four-decade rule increased over the weekend , with both sides struggling to control Libya 's western mountainous region -- home to Berber tribes long persecuted by the Libyan leader . `` In the last two days , we have seen 6,000 Libyans come through , '' Firas Kayal , of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees , said by phone from near the Tunisian border town of Dehiba . `` This is a new situation we are dealing with because prior to the fleeing of the Libyan families , we were dealing only with the migrant workers , and now these are Libyan families -- a new situation in Dehiba . '' He said about 10,000 to 12,000 Libyans were estimated to have arrived in the last 10 days in Dehiba , where the U.N. aid agency has set up a tent city on a soccer field to accommodate up to 1,200 people . Others have been offered shelter in hotels , youth centers and private homes , Kayal said . `` Some of the families said their neighborhoods were bombed . Others said they were n't waiting for the fighting , that they were fleeing out of fear , '' he said . A second camp set up in Remada , just north of Dehiba , was providing shelter to about 1,000 people , Kayal said . The situation in Libya has become increasingly precarious for civilians and migrant workers , who have been caught in the crossfire of the conflict that has killed tens of thousands and left thousands more wounded since it began two months ago . NATO-led forces began bombing regime targets in Libya last month after the U.N. Security Council approved a resolution authorizing any means necessary to protect civilians . More than 550,000 people , mostly migrant workers , have fled the country for neighboring countries . Many of those arriving in Dehiba were fleeing fighting near Nalut , about 50 kilometers from the Tunisian border , which has been `` effectively under siege by government forces for about a month and that the pressure on the civilian population has be increasing daily , '' Andrej Mahecic , a spokesman with the U.N aid agency , said during a press briefing in Geneva . From the border town of Dehiba , pillars of black smoke could be seen and loud explosions could be heard from inside Libya , Kayal said . It has been difficult to track the exact number of Libyans who have fled the country , because few have claimed asylum . `` They Libyans leaving are n't refugees , '' said Jemini Pandya , a spokeswoman with the International Organization for Migration -LRB- IOM -RRB- , which tracks the movement of migrants . `` They have had resources to look after themselves . They have gone ... to hotel , to houses . '' Typically , the Libyans have fled until fighting abated in an area and then returned home , she said . `` If you 're now having to set up tented camps to house the number of Libyans , then clearly the situation is changing , '' Pandya said . The desire among Libyans to leave , though , appears to be growing in hard-hit places , such as Misrata , which faces near daily shelling by Gadhafi 's forces . Government forces have cut off all land access to the port city . The only escape route is by sea . A boat chartered by IOM that was delivering aid and picking up wounded in Misrata was forced to stop Monday in the break waters just outside the city of Misrata after Libyans crammed the port , hoping to board the ship to leave the city , Pandya said . `` Some had been separated from families . Others wanted to get out of the conflict zone , '' she said . U.S. President Barack Obama has described the attack on Misrata as a medieval siege . Kareem Khadder and Chelsea J. Carter contributed to this report .
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As fighting spreads in Libya , thousands flee the intense fighting . Libyans are desperate to get out of Misrata as the shelling continues . UN agency : 6,000 Libyans arrive in Tunisian border town in two days .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A pair of suicide car bombs exploded near a security checkpoint in central Baghdad Monday morning , killing at least three people and wounding 20 others , Iraq 's interior ministry said . The casualties included Iraqi security forces and civilians , according to the ministry . The attack took place at the western entrance to the Green Zone -- a heavily fortified area which houses Iraqi government offices and many foreign embassies , including the U.S. and British embassies .
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Suicide car bombs are part of an attack on a security checkpoint . The casualties include Iraqi security forces and civilians .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Germany 's Julia Gorges upset world number one Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets 7-6 -LRB- 7-3 -RRB- 6-3 in Sunday 's final of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart . The 22-year-old German stunned the Dane with an impeccable display on the clay , sending down 38 winners to become the first home winner since Anke Huber 17 years ago . `` I do n't quite know how I did it . Against Caroline , it is always as if you have to climb a high mountain . Now I have done it , I ca n't quite believe it , '' Gorges said , AFP reported . It was Gorges ' second title of her career -- she won the 2010 Bad Gastein trophy -- and means she will now break into the world 's top 30 for the first time . Wozniacki started the day looking to add to the titles she has already won in 2011 at events in Dubai , Indian Wells and Charleston . But the 20-year-old could n't compete with Gorges ' strong serve and crisp baseline shots on the day , managing only nine winners during the match . `` Julia played really well . She was very aggressive and everything was going in . I tried everything but it was n't enough . I 'll go back to the practice court and try to be better next time , '' Wozniacki said , AFP reported . It was Wozniacki 's second final defeat of 2011 after she lost to Russia 's Vera Zvonareva at the Qatar Ladies Open in Doha at the end of February . Meanwhile at the Fes Grand Prix in Morocco , Italy 's Alberta Brianti clinched her first WTA Tour title by beating Romania 's Simona Halep 6-4 6-3 in the final on Sunday . Brianti need just one hour and 17 minutes to defeat seventh seed Halep , who also lost in last year 's final . The 31-year-old Brianti broke Halep 's serve twice in the first set and three more times in the second as the 19-year-old struggled for consistency on her serve all match . The Italian 's previous best result on the WTA Tour was runner-up at the International Women 's Open in Guangzhou in 2009 .
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Germany 's Julia Gorges beats Denmark 's Caroline Wozniacki in Stuttgart final . Second career title means the German moves into the top 30 for first time in career . Gorges is first home winner of the event since Anke Huber in 1994 . Italy 's Alberta Brianti clinches her first WTA Tour title at Fes Grand Prix in Morocco .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo will start on pole for Sunday 's Portuguese MotoGP after heading qualifying at the Estoril circuit on Saturday . It was the Yamaha driver 's first pole of the 2011 season and the fourth time in a row that he has claimed pole position at the track . The Spaniard 's time of one minute 37.161 seconds was just over a tenth of a second faster that Italy 's Marco Simoncelli , who will start Sunday 's race in second place . Honda 's Dani Pedrosa finished qualifying in third . Hamilton targets more Turkish delight . Australia 's Casey Stoner finished fourth with Lorenzo 's teammate Ben Spies in fifth . Ducati 's Valentino Rossi qualified down in ninth place . Lorenzo currently leads the MotoGP championship by nine points from his compatriot Pedrosa with Casey Stoner currently in third -- 20 points behind the 2010 champion . Nicky Hayden is in fourth place in the standings , while Rossi is fifth .
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Reigning MotoGP champion claims fourth consecutive pole at Estoril circuit . Marco Simoncelli starts Sunday 's race in second ; Dani Pedrosa finishes qualifying in third . Valentino Rossi finishes qualifying down in ninth position .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- World champion Sebastian Vettel began his 2011 Formula One defense in emphatic style on Sunday , leading the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne from start to finish . McLaren 's 2008 world champion Lewis Hamilton did well to finish second after damaging his car on the first corner while Lotus Renault 's Russian driver Vitaly Petrov achieved his first podium finish by claiming an impressive third place . Fernando Alonso finished fourth for Ferrari , with Mark Webber in his Red Bull in fifth place . Jenson Button came sixth in his McLaren . Formula One teams , drivers and circuits . Sauber pair Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi finished a creditable seventh and eighth respectively , but they were later disqualified by race stewards for technical infringements to do with their rear wings . This meant Ferrari 's Felipe Massa moved up to seventh place with the Toro Rosso of Sebastien Buemi taking eighth place . The 23-year-old Vettel , who was claiming his 11th victory in just his 63rd grand prix , told the official Formula One website : `` I 'm very pleased , it was a very good weekend and I had a very nice car to sit in this afternoon . `` It was a good race and towards the end things calmed down a bit as Lewis did n't push as hard . '' The German continued : `` The start was crucial and being on the clean side I had a very good getaway . We learned a lot of things today and it feels good coming here after a long winter and setting the pace . '' Hamilton was satisfied with his runner-up spot , saying : `` We can take this and be very proud of ourselves . A week or two ago we were n't expecting to be in the top five , so to come to second is a great achievement . '' Meanwhile , a stunned Petrov told the after-race press conference : `` To be honest I ca n't believe I 'm sitting with these guys . We did n't know where we were coming into the season , but in practice and qualifying we were good . `` In the race the team did everything perfectly . We can be very proud of what we have achieved today . '' However , it proved a disastrous day for the Mercedes pair of Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg , who had both retired by the 22nd lap of the race .
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Reigning champion Sebastian Vettel wins season-opening Australian GP in Melbourne . Lewis Hamilton finishes second with Vitaly Petrov a career best third in his Renault . Sauber pair Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi disqualified from seventh and eighth . The 23-year-old Vettel was claiming his 11th victory in just his 63rd grand prix .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Australia showed no mercy for earthquake-hit neighbors New Zealand as a fine bowling display earned the defending champions a seven-wicket victory at the 2011 Cricket World Cup in Nagpur on Friday . A minute 's silence was observed before the match to honor the victims of Tuesday 's quake in Christchurch , which has left more than 110 people dead , and both teams -- wearing black armbands -- huddled together in a display of solidarity . But once the action began , the Kiwis struggled to perform after losing the toss and being sent into bat . When Ross Taylor became Shaun Tait 's third victim with the last ball of the 17th over , New Zealand had collapsed to 73-6 . New Zealand death toll rises . Nathan McCullum showed some resistance with 52 off 76 balls , and captain Daniel Vettori hit a lusty 44 off 43 deliveries , but the Black Caps could bat only 45.1 of their allotted 50 overs to be all out for a disappointing 206 . Left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Johnson was the pick of the Australian bowlers with figures of 4-33 off 9.1 overs , while Tait took 3-35 from seven overs . Australia , seeking a fourth successive title and fifth overall , then made light work of the run chase to clinch a second win from two Group A games -- and 25th in a row at the four-yearly tournament . Openers Shane Watson -LRB- 62 -RRB- and Brad Haddin -LRB- 55 -RRB- put on 133 in just 18 overs , while vice-captain Michael Clarke -LRB- 24 -RRB- and Cameron White -LRB- 22 -RRB- were unbeaten as they came home with 16 overs to spare -- helped by a sloppy 29 wides from the New Zealand bowlers . Vettori said the tragic events back home could not be used as an excuse for his team 's poor performance . `` It would be unfair to the people who are going through a lot worse than we are over here to say that was the reason we did n't play very well today . We 're professional sportsmen and we have to get up for these games , '' he told reporters in quotes carried by the AFP agency . Australia fast bowler Doug Bollinger has been ruled out for the rest of the tournament , having also missed the opening win over Zimbabwe after suffering an ankle injury in a warm-up match . West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo will be out for four weeks after suffering a similar problem in Thursday 's defeat by South Africa , ending his participation unless his team reach the semifinals . In Friday 's Group B action , Bangladesh survived a big scare before avoiding a second consecutive defeat , beating Ireland by 27 runs in Dhaka . Bangladesh , beaten by co-hosts India in the opening game of the tournament , were bowled out for just 205 in the final over despite making a roaring start on a slow pitch . Opener Tamim Iqbal top-scored with 44 off 43 balls but after he was third man out with the total at 68 in the 12th over , captain Mushfiqur Rahim -LRB- 36 -RRB- and Raqibul Hasan -LRB- 38 -RRB- played patient innings to steady proceedings . However , South Africa-born Andre Botha -LRB- 3-32 -RRB- , left-arm spinner George Dockrell -LRB- 2-23 -RRB- and Australia-born Trent Johnston -LRB- 2-40 -RRB- combined to give the Irish hope of repeating their win over Bangladesh at the 2007 World Cup . And the run chase was looking good at 151-5 , but then Kevin O'Brien -LRB- 37 -RRB- became the first of four victims for young fast bowler Shafiul Islam in the 37th over as the last six wickets fell for just 27 runs . On Saturday , Sri Lanka , the third of the tournament 's hosts , take on Pakistan in a Group A match in Colombo . Both teams won their opening matches .
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Cricket World Cup champions Australia cruise to victory against New Zealand . NZ captain insists Christchurch earthquake was no excuse for poor display . Co-hosts Bangladesh boost quarterfinal hopes with 27-run win over Ireland . Irish beat Bangladesh at last World Cup in 2007 , but batsmen wasted good start .
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-LRB- Mashable -RRB- -- After the rumor that Apple wo n't announce the next-generation of iPhone in June or July -LRB- which was the case with all previous iPhone announcements -RRB- , comes a report that the new iPhone is actually coming in the fall . While Apple 's suppliers will begin production in July this year , the finished product is likely to begin shipping in September , Reuters reports citing sources familiar with the matter . As for what the actual features of the next-gen iPhone , the details are scarce as always ; one of Reuters ' sources claims the device will look similar to the iPhone 4 , but it will feature a faster processor . To quickly piece together all the iPhone rumors and reports we 've seen , this is what we have : the white version of the iPhone 4 should become available within 2-3 weeks ; the iPhone 5 -LRB- if that 's what Apple will call it -RRB- will be an evolutionary upgrade , visually similar to the iPhone 4 but with a better camera , processor and a bigger screen . Take all of these with a grain of salt as Apple has been monolithically silent about the matter , as always . © 2010 MASHABLE.com . All rights reserved .
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Reuters reports that Apple 's suppliers will begin production in July . Details are scarce on the features of the next generation device . Apple has been monolithically silent about the matter , as always .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A commuter plane with dozens of passengers aboard struck a flock of large birds , forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing , the Federal Aviation Administration said Friday . Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 5087 was coming in for a landing at the Little Rock National Airport in Arkansas when the pilot made an emergency call at 4:38 p.m. , according to FAA spokesman Lynn Lunsford . The plane landed about 30 minutes later with `` significant damage to the nose , '' said airport spokesman T.J. Williams . Photographs taken of the plane after it landed revealed a gaping hole at the tip of the aircraft , along with several dents . At least one dead crane was still attached to the plane 's nose after it landed . A total of 49 passengers and crew members were aboard the plane when the incident occurred . Officials say no one was injured . ASA is a regional partner of Delta Air Lines . CNN 's Dave Alsup contributed to this report .
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ASA flight landed with `` significant damage '' at Little Rock airport . 49 passengers and crew members were on aboard during incident . Photographs show a gaping hole at the nose of the aircraft .
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Madrid , Spain -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Four suspected Islamic militants are due to go on trial Thursday afternoon in Madrid for allegedly aiding fugitives from the Madrid train bombings of 2004 , a National Court spokesman told CNN . Prosecutor Miguel Angel Carballo , at Spain 's National Court , seeks sentences of eight to 13 years in prison against the four male suspects , who include a Moroccan , an Algerian , a Tunisian , and a fourth man whose nationality was not immediately disclosed , said the spokesman , who by custom is not identified . The prosecutor alleges the suspects provided clandestine lodging in Madrid and in a Barcelona suburb , as well as other aid to various fugitives who `` were directly implicated '' in the Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people and wounded more than 1,800 , the spokesman said . Spanish courts already have convicted 14 Islamic militants for their roles in the train bombings , along with four Spaniards , the latter for trafficking in explosives used in the attacks . Additionally , seven other prime Islamic suspects in the attacks blew themselves up three weeks after the train bombings as police closed in on their hideout in a Madrid suburb . That explosion also killed a police officer and wounded various others . The seventh anniversary of the train bombings was two weeks ago on March 11 . Last February , Spain 's Supreme Court overturned a lower court 's conviction of five other men for Islamic terrorist activities that included aiding fugitives from the Madrid train bombings and planning other attacks , according to the court order made public March 2 . The National Court in January 2010 had convicted the five other men -- three Moroccans , an Algerian and a Turk -- for collaborating or belonging to an Islamic terrorist group and sentenced them to prison terms from five to nine years . But the Supreme Court disagreed , ruling that telephone wiretaps used to gain crucial evidence against those five suspects lacked the proper protections under Spain 's constitution , and there was `` insufficient evidence , beyond all reasonable doubt , '' to prove the crimes that prosecutors alleged . Those five men were in a group based in a Barcelona suburb , Santa Coloma de Gramenet , before police made arrests in June 2005 . Some of the suspects to go on trial Thursday also allegedly operated their network to aid fugitives from the same Barcelona suburb . The trial is expected to last several days .
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Prosecutor says the four aided fugitives from the 2004 Madrid train bombing . He is seeking sentences of eight to 13 years in prison . The Madrid train bombing killed 191 people .
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