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(CNN) -- Kyrgyzstan's president signed a bill Friday to close an air base that the U.S. military uses as a route for troops and supplies heading into Afghanistan, the president announced on his Web site. Manas Air Base in Kyrgyzstan serves as a U.S. supply route for troops and supplies into Afghanistan. The news came as two other central Asian nations -- Tajikistan and Uzbekistan -- reportedly agreed to let U.S. cargo pass through their countries on the way to Afghanistan. Such deals, if confirmed, could help fill the void left by the closing of the Manas Air Base in Kyrgyzstan. The Kyrgyz order became effective on Friday when President Kurmanbek Bakiyev reportedly signed legislation that the parliament in Bishkek backed on Thursday, the Pentagon said. Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said the Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry on Friday officially notified the U.S. Embassy in Bishkek that a 180-day withdrawal process is under way. Embassy spokeswoman Michelle Yerkin told CNN the United States hopes to retain the base. Officials in Washington and Bishkek signed a deal three years ago allowing the United States to renew the arrangement annually through July 2011. "We do remain in contact with the government of Kyrgyzstan," Yerkin said. "The Manas Air Base continues to operate under existing agreements, as per the coalition's efforts in Afghanistan." U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday the United States will continue to work with Kyrgyzstan on keeping the base open. Watch why Kyrgyzstan wants to close the base Â» "I continue to believe that this is not a closed issue and that there remains the potential at least to reopen this issue with the Kyrgyz and perhaps reach a new agreement," Gates said at a NATO meeting in Krakow, Poland. "If we are unable to do that on reasonable terms then, as I have suggested, we are developing alternative methods to get resupply and people into Afghanistan." The Manas Air Base outside Bishkek is the only U.S. base in Central Asia and is a major resupply hub for the war in Afghanistan. Its closing could deal a significant blow to the U.S. military effort there, especially following President Barack Obama's announcement of additional troops to halt a resurgence of the country's former Taliban rulers. The United States pays $17.4 million a year to use Manas, a major logistical and refueling center that supports troops in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said. About 15,000 troops and 500 tons of cargo reportedly move through Manas monthly, it said. The air base currently employs more than 1,000 servicemen, 95 percent of whom are Americans, Russia's Interfax news agency reported. "This is an important facility, it has been an important facility, but it's not irreplaceable and, if necessary, we will find other options," Whitman said. How far is Manas from Afghanistan? View our map Â» Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, two other Central Asian nations that border Afghanistan, have agreed to allow U.S. cargo to be transported to Afghanistan through their countries, the Russian news agency Interfax reported Friday. The agency said Rear Adm. Mark Harnitchek, U.S. transportation command director for strategy, policy, programs and logistics, held a meeting with Tajik Foreign Minister Kharokhon Zarifi, after which he said he had also secured Uzbekistan's consent. A Tajik government statement said only that the two sides discussed the issue, but a spokesman for the Tajik foreign ministry told CNN that "practically all issues" to allow U.S. cargo transit through the country have been resolved. If confirmed, success would still depend on how much access the United States would have to those countries for flights and cargo, and even then, it may not totally replace the capacity lost in Kyrgyzstan. U.S. General David Petraeus, who oversees the war in Afghanistan, was in Uzbekistan this week for talks on Afghanistan and other regional issues. A Pentagon spokesman told CNN that his discussions included the regional supply network into Afghanistan. The U.S. military leased a base in Uzbekistan after the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. 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(CNN) -- Kyrgyzstan's president signed a bill Friday to close an air base that the U.S. military uses as a route for troops and supplies heading into Afghanistan, the president announced on his Web site. Manas Air Base in Kyrgyzstan serves as a U.S. supply route for troops and supplies into Afghanistan. The news came as two other central Asian nations -- Tajikistan and Uzbekistan -- reportedly agreed to let U.S. cargo pass through their countries on the way to Afghanistan. Such deals, if confirmed, could help fill the void left by the closing of the Manas Air Base in Kyrgyzstan. The Kyrgyz order became effective on Friday when President Kurmanbek Bakiyev reportedly signed legislation that the parliament in Bishkek backed on Thursday, the Pentagon said. Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said the Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry on Friday officially notified the U.S. Embassy in Bishkek that a 180-day withdrawal process is under way. Embassy spokeswoman Michelle Yerkin told CNN the United States hopes to retain the base. Officials in Washington and Bishkek signed a deal three years ago allowing the United States to renew the arrangement annually through July 2011. "We do remain in contact with the government of Kyrgyzstan," Yerkin said. "The Manas Air Base continues to operate under existing agreements, as per the coalition's efforts in Afghanistan." U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday the United States will continue to work with Kyrgyzstan on keeping the base open. Watch why Kyrgyzstan wants to close the base » "I continue to believe that this is not a closed issue and that there remains the potential at least to reopen this issue with the Kyrgyz and perhaps reach a new agreement," Gates said at a NATO meeting in Krakow, Poland. "If we are unable to do that on reasonable terms then, as I have suggested, we are developing alternative methods to get resupply and people into Afghanistan." The Manas Air Base outside Bishkek is the only U.S. base in Central Asia and is a major resupply hub for the war in Afghanistan. Its closing could deal a significant blow to the U.S. military effort there, especially following President Barack Obama's announcement of additional troops to halt a resurgence of the country's former Taliban rulers. The United States pays $17.4 million a year to use Manas, a major logistical and refueling center that supports troops in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said. About 15,000 troops and 500 tons of cargo reportedly move through Manas monthly, it said. The air base currently employs more than 1,000 servicemen, 95 percent of whom are Americans, Russia's Interfax news agency reported. "This is an important facility, it has been an important facility, but it's not irreplaceable and, if necessary, we will find other options," Whitman said. How far is Manas from Afghanistan? View our map » Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, two other Central Asian nations that border Afghanistan, have agreed to allow U.S. cargo to be transported to Afghanistan through their countries, the Russian news agency Interfax reported Friday. The agency said Rear Adm. Mark Harnitchek, U.S. transportation command director for strategy, policy, programs and logistics, held a meeting with Tajik Foreign Minister Kharokhon Zarifi, after which he said he had also secured Uzbekistan's consent. A Tajik government statement said only that the two sides discussed the issue, but a spokesman for the Tajik foreign ministry told CNN that "practically all issues" to allow U.S. cargo transit through the country have been resolved. If confirmed, success would still depend on how much access the United States would have to those countries for flights and cargo, and even then, it may not totally replace the capacity lost in Kyrgyzstan. U.S. General David Petraeus, who oversees the war in Afghanistan, was in Uzbekistan this week for talks on Afghanistan and other regional issues. A Pentagon spokesman told CNN that his discussions included the regional supply network into Afghanistan. The U.S. military leased a base in Uzbekistan after the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. But after Uzbek troops were accused of killing at least 150 people during a demonstration in 2005, the autocratic government of President Islam Karimov came under	[ "what is the manas base", "What is the name of the U.S. base?", "Where are the military supplied send to?", "how many soldiers there in afghanistan", "Which country will close U.S. base?" ]	[ [ "serves as a U.S. supply route for troops and supplies into Afghanistan." ], [ "Manas Air" ], [ "Afghanistan," ], [ "15,000" ], [ "Kyrgyzstan" ] ]	Tajikistan, Uzbekistan may allow U.S. military supplies heading to Afhanistan . Kyrgyzstan president completes next step towards closure of U.S. base . The U.S. says it's still working with the country to keep the operation open . The Manas base is used to transport key supplies and troops into Afghanistan .
(CNN) -- Landslides unleashed by tropical depression Parma across the Philippine province of Benguet have killed at least 122 people and left 31 missing, officials said Friday. A boatman transports three empty wooden coffins on the edge of Laguna Lake east of Manila on Thursday. Four people had been found alive in debris, and at least 22 had been injured by landslides that started Thursday afternoon and continued all night, affecting several municipalities, said Elmer Foria, police senior superintendent. Parma, which had been downgraded from a typhoon, poured more rain onto sodden and already weakened ground. Flooding had inundated 32 towns and two cities, Dagupan and Urdaneta, according to Rocky Baraan, provincial administrator of Pangasinan. Some 35,000 people had fled to evacuation centers, the official Philippines News Agency reported, citing the Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council. The worst-hit areas included Bayambang, Alcala and Basista, the news agency reported. People clambered onto rooftops as floodwaters rose, calling and texting for help. Rescue trucks were hampered by floodwaters that reach the roofs of single-story houses, Baraan said. About 16 rubber rescue boats had been deployed. Since the rains started in central Luzon, three dams in the Pangasinan area have been releasing vast amounts of water -- up to 10 million cubic meters per hour at one dam, dam officials said. Water passing through the three dams -- the Ambuklao, the Binga and the San Roque -- is rushing into the Agno River, which has been swollen since Thursday and affects seven towns in eastern Pangasinan, dam officials said. Water released from the San Roque dam has contributed to the flooding in eastern Pangasinan, acknowledged Alex Palada, division manager for flood forecasting and warning of the National Power Corporation. Dam officials had no choice but to maintain safe water levels, he added, noting that he alerted Pangasinan Governor Amado Espino. The governor started to evacuate residents Thursday when the Agno River started to rise, Palada said. In the last several days, water has become the Philippines' biggest enemy, as Parma, locally known as "Pepeng," dumped as much as 36 inches (91.4 centimeters) of rain in some parts of the nation of islands, compounding misery in areas already flooded by earlier storm Ketsana. Parma was forecast to have winds of no greater than 39 mph (63 kph) by Friday. The U.S. Navy was expected to join rescue operations in Pangasinan, according to the agency. Journalist Lilibeth Frondoso and CNN's Judy Kwon contributed to this report.	[ "Which are the worst-hit areas in Pangasinan province?", "How many dams are in Pangasinan?", "Three dams where are releasing vast amounts of water?", "How many towns were affected?", "How many towns are inundated with flooding?", "What did the Pangasinan administrator say?", "Where are the worst hit areas?", "What were the worst hit areas?", "Flooding effected how many towns?" ]	[ [ "Bayambang, Alcala and Basista," ], [ "three" ], [ "in the Pangasinan area have been" ], [ "32" ], [ "32" ], [ "Flooding had inundated 32 towns and two cities, Dagupan and Urdaneta," ], [ "Basista," ], [ "Bayambang, Alcala and Basista," ], [ "32" ] ]	Three dams in Pangasinan area release vast amounts of water, officials say . Death toll rises . Flooding inundates 32 towns, two cities, says Pangasinan administrator . Report: Worst-hit areas in Pangasinan province are Bayambang, Alcala and Basista .
(CNN) -- Last August, then-Republican presidential nominee John McCain introduced to the nation his surprise pick for vice president, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has a strong base of supporters, as well as a steady supply of vocal critics. At the time, little was known about the fresh-faced, first-term governor, but within days, Palin's face was on newspapers, magazines and tabloids. Since then, Palin has become a polarizing figure in the Republican Party. Her passionate supporters are countered with equally fervent critics. And even though it's been nearly a year since she ventured onto the national stage and more than eight months since the Republican ticket lost the election, as Palin prepares to leave office, the public's interest in her has yet to wane. Palin explains why she's stepping down "She's kind of a shooting star that caught fire and kept burning," said Lorenzo Benet, an assistant editor for People magazine and author of "Trailblazer: An Intimate Biography of Sarah Palin." "When she walks into a room, she definitely commands attention and she gets more than most. She's definitely a star," said Benet, who was the only national journalist to have spent much time with Palin in the weeks before she was announced as McCain's running mate. Palin, a mother of five, "caught the imagination" of the public because there is no one else like her, Benet said. "Particularly for conservative America, there hasn't been a rallying figure of this type," he noted. In the days leading up to Palin's debut speech at the Republican National Convention last September, Palin revealed that her 17-year-old daughter Bristol was pregnant. The announcement followed Internet rumors that Sarah Palin's 4-month-old baby was actually Bristol's. The instant fascination with Palin and her family was just a glimpse of what was to come. The public wanted to know everything it could about the Alaska governor, whose resume also included beauty queen, high school basketball star, TV sportcaster and mayor of the small Alaska town of Wasilla. Amid all the rumors and negative press, Palin showed herself to be a fierce attack dog and came out throwing punches in her speech at the RNC. The self-described "hockey mom" tore into then-candidate Barack Obama as two-faced, inexperienced and intoxicated by the sound of his own voice. Even her critics recognized the spirit she brought to the GOP. Palin continued to throw flames on the campaign trail, energizing her supporters and outraging her adversaries. "She yelled fire in a crowded theater. She really did, in some of her speeches --'palling around' with terrorists and some of the other slurs she was hurling in the way of Obama and the Democrats," said Larry Persily, a former Palin staffer and Alaskan journalist. "That turned off an equally big chunk of the American public that found it distasteful, destructive, divisive, mean and ignorant. Whereas others said, 'Way to go girl. You stick it to them," he said. But Palin hasn't always been such a divisive figure. Before entering the national scene, Palin, who knocked out incumbent Republican Frank Murkowski in the gubernatorial primary, was touted as one of the most popular governors in the country, with approval ratings nearing 90 percent. She was seen as a champion of ethics, determined to root out corruption and challenge the status quo. For those in Alaska, Palin's Reaganesque appeal was nothing new. She secured her role as a local hero back in 1982 when she led Wasilla High School's basketball team to a state championship. And in a small community like Wasilla, that was a big deal. Alaskans liked her "combativeness and feistiness," Benet said, and resurrected her nickname of "Barracuda" during her successful 1996 campaign to be Wasilla's mayor. But when Palin's "Barracuda" side hit the national stage, it was met with mixed reactions. Evangelia Souris, the president of Optimum International Center for Image	[ "What is the name of the Alaska Gov?", "Who is Alaska's governor?", "Who will be stepping down from office on Sunday?", "Who is stepping down from office on Sunday?", "What did Sarah Palin become since her national debut?", "What are people drawn to and threatened by Sarah Palin?" ]	[ [ "Sarah Palin." ], [ "Sarah Palin." ], [ "Gov. Sarah Palin" ], [ "Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin" ], [ "a polarizing figure in the Republican Party." ], [ "\"Barracuda\" side" ] ]	Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin stepping down from office on Sunday . In the year since her national debut, she's become a polarizing figure in the GOP . People are drawn to -- and threatened by -- her potential, image consultant says . Palin is beginning her career as a national celebrity, columnist Michael Carey says .
(CNN) -- Last Wednesday, a Twitter fight erupted between technology experts Michael Arrington, founder and former editor of TechCrunch, and Vivek Wadhwa, a technology researcher and writer, after a screening of CNN's documentary, "The New Promised Land: Silicon Valley." Arrington said a few very clear things about his view of the state of diversity in Silicon Valley. Among them: There may be very few African-Americans in Silicon Valley, but despite this Silicon Valley is a pure meritocracy, and one becomes successful because he or she has a "big brain." Vivek disagreed. As an Indian-American entrepreneur, he said he sees significant bias in Silicon Valley, and even recounted a specific instance where he was told, "You people don't make good CEOs." First, let me say, I think Arrington truly believes everything he has said about the tech world being a meritocracy. Lots of people believe it. But not me. I would more properly say that tech markets are a meritocracy. There are very few businesses where an individual in his or her bedroom can create a piece of software that can potentially touch millions of people, and do this without seeking any additional capital. No matter how talented you are, if you want to open a hot new restaurant or a shoe factory, you need lots of money before you start. Not necessarily so with software. Consumers and businesses, for the most part, don't care about the ethnicity of their software or Internet service vendor. Users want solutions. So if an entrepreneur can get a great product completed cheaply, he or she can often compete on a totally even footing with anyone else. Even if the entrepreneur ultimately needs capital, explosive initial success knocks down all known barriers. But the market makers operate in a world that is not particularly evenhanded. The market makers are the folks who help new young companies and entrepreneurs by providing insight, mentoring, capital and relationships. This part of the tech world is driven by all the same biases that exist in the nontech world. And it is much harder for even the most talented African-Americans in the tech world to gain access to influential, insightful, connected mentors, let alone investors. Why is this? For the most part, people want to work with people who are "like them" or who fit a pattern that appeals to them. There is an actual term for this among tech investors called "pattern matching." It's the idea that, without objective facts, one can decide whether someone is likely to be successful based on indirect criteria. In other words, when they see a particular pattern of "personhood," they are excited. Watch trailer for CNN documentary "The New Promised Land: Silicon Valley" These patterns are discussed openly in the tech industry around issues like age. Since it is only moderately politically incorrect to suggest that younger entrepreneurs are "better," it is done all the time. The best example of this might be Mike Moritz from Sequoia Capital, perhaps the most influential of all venture funds, admitting in a Building 43 interview that they have a strong bias toward very young entrepreneurs. But if you believe that age is the only criteria that venture capitalists use for pattern matching, I wanna smoke some of what you've got. To be clear, I am not saying any venture capitalist says at a partner meeting, "You know I really like this company's product, but did you notice he's a Negro?" Never happens. But I firmly believe, based on my 25 years in this industry, that market makers, both investors and the people who help you get ready to approach them, seek out entrepreneurs who appeal to them on some less than objective, visceral level, who feel "comfortable" to them. They don't need to actively filter out undesirable profiles. They just focus on what does appeal to them. Soledad O'Brien: Michael Arrington is right (about one thing) They focus on the "patterns" they find appealing -- age is arguably a part of	[ "What did the Tech crunch founder call silicone valley?", "What Hank Williams said about founder of TechCrunch?", "Who has been involved in a Twitter spat?", "Who called Silicon Valley a meritorcracy?", "Who said it was not so?" ]	[ [ "a pure meritocracy," ], [ "I think Arrington truly believes everything he has" ], [ "Michael Arrington," ], [ "Michael Arrington," ], [ "Vivek Wadhwa," ] ]	Hank Williams:TechCrunch founder recently called Silicon Valley a meritocracy . This started Twitter spat with Indian-American entrepeneur, who says it's not so . Williams: For minorities trying to connect with mentors in tech field, playing field uneven . Williams: Less than 1% of venture capital went to digital startups of blacks in 2010 .
(CNN) -- Last year's world champion Lewis Hamilton has claimed pole position for Sunday's inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix while his successor as Formula One's top driver, Jenson Button, qualified fifth. Hamilton will be looking to end a disappointing year for McLaren with victory in the season finale at the new Yas Marina circuit, but even with a win can do no better than hold onto his fifth overall placing in F1's first day-night event. The 24-year-old will start a race from the front of the grid for the 17th time in his career, and the fourth in the last seven races, after setting the fastest time in all three sessions. He clocked a best lap of one minute 40.948 seconds as the sun set on Saturday evening to head off the Red Bull duo of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber. Vettel, whose bid to prevent Button clinching the world title ended last time out in Brazil, timed 1:41.615 while Webber recorded 1:41.726. "The car is the best it has been all year. It was a smooth lap, and it just kept getting better and better," Hamilton told reporters. "The place is just stunning. They all said it would be a great event, but it's mind-blowing. It's a great place to come to, a great country. The weather has been great and the people are so respectful and so welcoming. I hope we can put on a great show tomorrow." Button's bid to ensure the first all-British front row since 1995 came to nothing as he was out-qualified by teammate Rubens Barrichello for the 10th time this season. The Brazilian is expected to be making his final race outing for world champions Brawn, who are expected to sign Nico Rosberg from Williams. The German, who announced during the week that he will be leaving the British team, qualified ninth as Toyota's Jarno Trulli and BMW Sauber duo Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld took sixth, seventh and eighth places. Kimi Raikkonen, who will be making his final race appearance for Ferrari, finished outside the top-10 for only the third time this season, and will start in 11th behind Toro Rosso's Sebastien Buemi. Heikki Kovalainen's chances of keeping his drive with McLaren took a blow as he finished 15th after suffering gearbox problems. The Finn, fastest in Friday's practice sessions, was just ahead of two-time world champion Fernando Alonso, who along with Renault teammate Romain Grosjean failed to make it beyond the opening 20-minute session. Alonso, at least, can look forward to joining Ferrari as Raikkonen's replacement, but Frenchman Grosjean faces an uncertain future as he has failed to take his chance since taking over from the sacked Nelson Piquet Jr. Former world champions Ferrari will prop up the grid as veteran Giancarlo Fisichella again struggled ahead of what could be the final race of his career as he will be the team's reserve driver next year when the injured Felipe Massa returns.	[ "Who is Jenson Button?", "What did Lewis Hamilton do?", "Who is in the lead going into the final race?", "Where is the final race?", "Who was last year's world champion?", "What is Vettel's teams name?", "Who starts from the pole position in Abu Dhabi?" ]	[ [ "Formula One's top driver," ], [ "Abu Dhabi Grand Prix" ], [ "Lewis Hamilton" ], [ "Yas Marina circuit," ], [ "Lewis Hamilton" ], [ "Red Bull" ], [ "Lewis Hamilton" ] ]	Last year's world champion Lewis Hamilton claims pole position for inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix . His successor Jenson Button qualifies fifth behind Brawn teammate Rubens Barrichello . Red Bull duo Sebastien Vettel and Mark Webber second and third for F1's first day-night race . Button has an unassailable lead going into the final race of the 2009 season .
(CNN) -- Lately it's hard to tell the difference between a presidential debate and "The Jerry Springer Show." Yeah, I know. Some of you have been saying this for months. But my comment isn't a criticism of the candidates, but the live audience. I was hoping this audience "whoop" factor would go away over the long debate season, but it has only grown worse. Are they serving alcohol at the debates? It seems like it. In last night's Republican presidential debate, held in the Myrtle Beach Convention Center in South Carolina, the chaotic audience once again played an awkward role in the questions and answers. Why does this matter? On these presidential debates, the vocal live audiences have shown themselves to be more disruptive than productive. And I've seen debate judges (people who should know better) in intercollegiate tournaments have their decisions influenced by a noisy audience â€” even judges trained to be impartial and objective. In this case, the judges are you, the audience. I know everyone believes they can't be swayed like this, but it still happens (even to me, which is one of the reasons I watch the presidential debates alone. I don't want anyone influencing my analysis). There is even a name for it in the literature. Emotional contagion. And it was apparent Monday night -- fanboys (and fangirls) who were every bit as rabid as a football crowd. The only people missing were face-paint girl and shirtless guy. (Of course, it's hard to tell on television how much of the crowd participated in the cheering and booing.) It was especially annoying because the live audience was booing their disapproval at inappropriate times. Two examples. Juan Williams, one of the moderators, was asking Mitt Romney about his immigration policies when he was interrupted in mid-question. Williams had begun the question by stating that Mitt Romney's father was born in Mexico. "Boo!" came the shouts from the audience. What? What in the world were they booing? I still have no idea. It could have been Juan Williams, the question, Romney's father, or Romney's position on immigration. It made no sense. Then the live audience ganged up on Ron Paul. Remember, Paul has some of the more unconventional foreign policy positions for a conservative Republican audience. And Paul was not at his best last night (I've heard him defend his argument much more effectively) when explaining his position on the military operation that killed Osama bin Laden. But the audience mistimed its reaction and used most of its vitriol immediately after Paul said the American people wouldn't like it if the United States were treated the same way it treated other countries. Paul reiterated his stance that we should use the golden rule -- do unto others as you would have them do unto you -- when the boos rang out. I couldn't believe it. I was indeed hearing this correctly. The crazed audience at the presidential debate actually booed the golden-freaking-rule. What's next? Helping old women cross the street? "Boo! ... Villain!" Puppies? "Hiss ... Shame!" And the audience was equally annoying when applauding. Remember: Cheering should prove nothing to you in a debate except that some candidates are better than others at stacking the live audience with supporters. I'm also beginning to wonder if there is an "applause" sign that lights up so some of the slower audience operatives will remember when to react. For their part, the candidates handled the live audience pretty well. After all, politicians are used to verbal feedback in public speeches and town hall meetings. My advice today is for the general viewing public at home. Simply keep in mind that the opinions of the live audience are not necessarily reflective of anything, including logic. And try to resist being influenced by overzealous fools watching the debate from the cheap seats. If this continues, we're in danger of letting the loud few influence the silent many watching at home. I certainly hope we can reverse this trend	[ "What can sway opinions?", "who was born in Mexico?", "What where causes of loud boos?", "What does Todd Graham complain about?" ]	[ [ "Emotional contagion." ], [ "Mitt Romney's father" ], [ "stating that Mitt Romney's father was born in Mexico." ], [ "the live audience." ] ]	Todd Graham: GOP presidential debate audiences have gotten more and more raucous . He says this matters because the boos and cheers can sway viewers' opinions . Boos came for Mitt Romney's father being born in Mexico and for the golden rule . Graham: If this keeps up we risk letting the loud few influence the silent many watching at home .
(CNN) -- Latin American nations overwhelmingly rejected nearly 50 years of U.S. policy toward Cuba on Wednesday, voting at a meeting of the Organization of American States in Honduras to revoke the communist nation's 1962 suspension from the multinational group. Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales says farewell to Hillary Clinton at Wednesday's OAS meeting. Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales said at the end of the two-day meeting in the city of San Pedro Sula that the OAS had rectified a serious error. The United States led the push to suspend Cuba from the OAS at the height of the Cold War, also breaking diplomatic relations with the island nation in 1961 and establishing an economic embargo the next year. "This is an important message to the whole world, not just our continent," Zelaya said, later adding, "The Cold War ended today in San Pedro Sula." The United States sought to obtain concessions from Cuba this year in exchange for readmission to the 35-nation group. In particular, the United States wants greater political and personal freedoms for the island's 11 million citizens. Cuba rejected any preconditions, with former President Fidel Castro saying this week Cuba had no interest in rejoining the OAS. Although the OAS lifted Cuba's suspension, Latin leaders did not automatically welcome the nation back. Instead, the OAS set up a mechanism by which Cuba could rejoin. Much of that dialogue will center on human rights. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she was "pleased" with the outcome, which came on a voice vote with no opposition. "The member nations of the OAS showed flexibility and openness today, and as a result we reached a consensus that focuses on the future instead of the past: Cuba can come back into the OAS in the future if the OAS decides that its participation meets the purposes and principles of the organization, including democracy and human rights," Clinton said in a statement. She attended the two-day meeting but left before the vote to travel to Egypt, where President Obama was to make a major address to the Muslim world Thursday. Some analysts agreed with Clinton's assessment. "The OAS emerged from a heated debate with a constructive compromise that revokes an obsolete Cold War resolution suspending Cuba," said Robert Pastor, who was a Latin America national security adviser for President Carter in the late 1970s. "But rather than invite Cuba to join the OAS, which Cuba said it would not do, it invited Cuba to initiate a dialogue on the purposes and principles of the OAS." Others saw the vote as an outright rebuke for an outdated U.S. policy. "I wouldn't say it was inevitable, but it was almost so," said Wayne Smith, who worked as a top level official at the U.S. Embassy in Cuba from 1958 to 1961 during the Cuban Revolution that brought Castro to power. "The U.S. was totally isolated on this," said Smith, who also was the chief of mission at the U.S. interests section in Havana from 1979-82. "The United States had some legitimate points on readmitting Cuba," Smith said, but went about it wrong. Larry Birns, director of the Washington-based Council on Hemispheric Affairs policy institute, saw the vote as a personal defeat for Clinton. "This will be presented in Latin America as a big defeat for Hillary Clinton because people are not ready to take a swat at Obama yet," Birns said. "It was hers to win, but she managed to lose it." The United States is being "hypercautious," he said, rather than taking imaginative and bold steps toward normalizing relations. Analysts said many people in Latin America expected more from the newly elected Obama, who ran on a mantra of "change." Said Smith: "The Obama policy has reflected so little change that the other countries are just fed up." And many Latins gauge the United States -- long considered with suspicion, if not outright hostility -- by its stance toward Cuba. "The road to rehabilitating relations with Latin	[ "What does the OAS revoke?", "Who says she's pleased?", "What decision has been revoked?", "Who met this week in Honduras?", "Who is pleased with the outcome?", "Who met in Honduras?" ]	[ [ "an obsolete Cold War resolution suspending Cuba,\"" ], [ "U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton" ], [ "suspension from the" ], [ "Organization of American States" ], [ "Hillary Clinton" ], [ "Organization of American States" ] ]	OAS revokes a 1962 decision suspending Cuba's membership . The 35-member Organization of American States met this week in Honduras . U.S. had led push toward the 1962 suspension during Cold War's height . U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she's "pleased" with the outcome .
(CNN) -- Launched in 1995, the Airbus A330-200 is the newest member of the European aircraft manufacturer's twinjet family. The incident involves an Air France Airbus A330-200. With a range of 12,500 km (6,750 nautical miles) and the capacity to carry 253 passengers, the A330-200 is extremely well-regarded as a medium to long-range airliner. There are 600 currently in service with 82 airlines, including Air France, worldwide. Airbus has a further 300 orders for the aircraft. According to aviation expert Kieran Daly, the A330-200 is a "reliable, ultra-modern, state-of-the-art airplane," with an impeccable safety record. He told CNN that there has only been one reported incident when an aircraft of this type has crashed. "The incident took place in 1994 before the aircraft came into service," he said. "It was being flown in test-mode by pilots who were putting it through some extreme maneuvers before it came down. "Therefore the crash was not caused by the plane itself. "It is very well-designed and well-equipped, with equally modern and reliable General Electric CF-6 engines." Air France has said that Flight AF 447 sent an automatic signal indicating electrical problems while going through strong turbulence early in its 11-hour flight from Rio de Janeiro to Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. Why it took so long to report the aircraft missing » However, Daly said that it would take extremely violent weather conditions to cause the catastrophic failure of an aircraft of this size. "These planes are extremely robust and widely used on transatlantic routes and across Asia," he said. "They are equipped with an array of sophisticated communication equipment, so it must have been something extremely sudden to cause the loss of contact." There has also been speculation that the Paris-bound flight was struck by lightning, but that should not bring down a modern airliner, former Airbus pilot John Wiley told CNN. According to Air France, the captain of Flight AF 447 had a record of 11,000 flight hours and had already flown 1,700 hours on Airbus A330/A340 aircraft. Of the two first officers, one had flown 3,000 flight hours (800 of which on the Airbus A330/A340) and the other 6,600 (2,600 on the Airbus A330/A340). The aircraft had totaled 18,870 flight hours and went into service on 18 April 2005. Its last maintenance check in the hangar took place on 16 April 2009. The larger A330-300 aircraft from Airbus entered service in 1993 and has a capacity of up to 335 passengers. It too has an impressive safety record, despite a couple of incidents in the last 10 years. In August 2001, a Canadian airliner operated by Air Transat experienced double engine failure while traveling to Portugal. Miraculously the captain was able to perform an emergency landing in the Azores by gliding the powerless plane for almost 18 minutes. Last year, an A330-303 was forced to make an emergency landing in Australia after a sudden change in altitude injured 74 passengers. Qantas Flight 72 was flying from Singapore to the western Australian city of Perth when a sudden change of altitude caused abrasions, contusions, fractures and other injuries. The cause of the sudden drop remains under investigation.	[ "What flight reported electrical problems?", "When was the Airbus launched?", "How many A330-200 planes are currently in service?", "What was the problem with Flight AF 477?", "What year was the Airbus A330-200 launched?" ]	[ [ "AF 447" ], [ "1995," ], [ "600" ], [ "electrical" ], [ "1995," ] ]	The Airbus A330-200 was launched in 1995 . There are 600 currently in service with 82 airlines, including Air France . Expert: A330-200 is reliable, ultra-modern, state-of-the-art airplane . Air France said Flight AF 447 reported electrical problems .
(CNN) -- Law enforcement authorities have recovered 52 children and arrested 60 pimps allegedly involved in child prostitution, the FBI announced Monday. More than 690 people in all were arrested on state and local charges, the FBI stated. The arrests were made over the past three days as part of a nationwide law enforcement initiative conducted on the federal, state and local levels, the bureau said. "Child prostitution continues to be a significant problem in our country, as evidenced by the number of children rescued through the continued efforts of our crimes against children task forces," Kevin Perkins, assistant director of the FBI's Criminal Investigative Division, said in a written statement. "There is no work more important than protecting America's children and freeing them from the cycle of victimization." The three-day operation, tagged Operation Cross Country IV, included enforcement actions in 36 cities across 30 FBI divisions nationwide. It is part of the FBI's ongoing Innocence Lost National Initiative, which was created in 2003 with the goal of ending sex trafficking of children in the United States. The initiative, conducted with assistance from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, has so far resulted in the recovery of almost 900 children, according to the FBI. It has also led to more than 500 convictions.	[ "How many people were arrested in the operation?", "How many people were arrested?", "Which country was involved", "How many days did the operation last?", "How long did the operation last", "What was the name of the operation?", "What does the FBI say about child prostitution?", "How long was the operation?" ]	[ [ "More than 690" ], [ "More than 690 people in all were arrested on state and local charges," ], [ "United States." ], [ "three-day" ], [ "three-day" ], [ "Cross Country IV," ], [ "continues to be a significant problem in our country," ], [ "three-day" ] ]	3-day Operation Cross Country IV conducted on federal, state, local levels . FBI says more than 690 people in all were arrested on state, local charges . "Child prostitution continues to be a significant problem in our country," FBI says . Operation is part of initiative aimed at ending domestic sex trafficking of children in U.S.
(CNN) -- Law enforcement officials arrested more than 500 people, and took custody of 48 juveniles in a coordinated 29-city weekend sweep aimed at combating child prostitution, the FBI announced Monday. Task forces made up largely of state and local police officers arrested and booked what authorities said were 464 adult prostitutes, 55 pimps and 55 customers on state charges. While most faced local charges, a senior FBI official said he expected there were would be some federal charges as well. The FBI Monday said 19 searches were conducted, netting a total of $438,000 in cash, plus illegal drugs, cars and computers. The four dozen juveniles were recovered in the third phase of Operation Cross Country, an initiative that seeks to help child prostitutes and crack down on people who control them and patronize them. In the previous coordinated operations, authorities recovered 21 alleged child prostitutes last June and 47 in October. In 2003 the FBI, Department of Justice prosecutors, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children launched what was called the Innocence Lost National Initiative to address what had become a growing problem of children forced into prostitution. Many were young runaways. Officials say the 32 Innocence Lost task forces formed nationwide have now recovered about 670 children in the six years, and seized more than $3 million in cash. The most recent operation involved law enforcement agencies in several states including California, Alaska, Michigan, Georgia, Colorado, Oregon, Alabama, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Illinois, Texas, Florida, Ohio, Minnesota and Arizona.	[ "How much money did 19 searches yield?", "What number of searches were conducted?", "What was the sum of money that the FBI seized?", "What is the name of the special task force that is mentioned?", "Which group helped in the recovery of about 670 children?", "How many pimps were arrested?", "Police booked how many adult prostitutes?", "How many children did the FBI recover?", "What kind of criminals were arrested on state charges?", "What did officials say was recovered?" ]	[ [ "$438,000" ], [ "19" ], [ "$438,000 in cash," ], [ "Innocence Lost" ], [ "Innocence Lost task forces" ], [ "55" ], [ "464" ], [ "48" ], [ "464 adult prostitutes, 55 pimps and 55 customers" ], [ "four dozen juveniles" ] ]	Police booked 464 adult prostitutes, 55 pimps and 55 customers on state charges . FBI: 19 searches netted $438,000 in cash, plus illegal drugs, cars, computers . Officials say Innocence Lost task forces recovered about 670 children in 6 years .
(CNN) -- Law enforcement officials in southern California searched urgently Wednesday for a 3-year-old boy who was kidnapped at gunpoint during a weekend home invasion. Briant Rodriguez, 3, was taken by armed men during a home invasion in San Bernardino, Caifornia, police say. Two men broke into a house in the San Bernardino area on Sunday and tied up the boy, Briant Rodriguez, his mother and other siblings. They ransacked the house and fled with the boy, authorities said. One of the children freed himself and untied the rest of the family, CNN affiliate KTLA reported. The boy's father was at work at the time, KTLA said. An Amber Alert was issued late Sunday. Sheriff's deputies in San Bernardino County released composite sketches of the suspects during a news conference on Tuesday. Watch how the boy was taken at gunpoint » Sheriff's officials said they placed the boy's picture on billboards along the U.S.-Mexican border and have followed up on half of 80 or so leads from the Amber Alert tip-line. Federal, state and local authorities are working the investigation, which is sparing no expense, Sgt. Doug Hubbard. said. "Every type of known technology is working on this case," he added. Officials said the kidnappers have not contacted authorities or the parents. At the news conference, the boy's mother, Maria Millan, held her son's T-shirt and begged that he be released. "My son, my son, my pretty son," she said. Millan said she told the kidnappers "I don't owe you a thing" and has said she didn't know the men. There has been speculation that the boy's abduction was a case of mistaken identity or carried out by people involved with organized crime. Authorities say they have found no motive in the case, and they are not ruling out any possibility. They said the parents are not suspects. Hubbard, the sheriff's department's lead investigator in the case, said "the family obviously has been very distraught." "Every second that goes by for us is critical," Hubbard said of the round-the-clock and robust investigation. He also added that in his 20-year career he has never experienced a case where a home-invasion robbery resulted in a kidnapping. Briant is described in the Amber Alert as a Hispanic male who was last seen wearing a yellow shirt with blue sleeves and blue-striped shorts with two different colors of blue. The boy's hair is longer than shoulder length. Both suspected kidnappers are Hispanic males -- one 5-feet, 5 inches tall, between the ages of 18 and 20 with a thin build, unknown hair and eye color, last seen wearing a black baseball hat, blue jeans and green T-shirt. The other is 5-foot-10, around age 24 with a thin build, black boots, a black shirt and a bandanna.	[ "Where did the home invasion take place?", "Who posted billboards along U.S.-Mexico border?", "Where were billboards placed?", "Who was taken during home invasion?", "When was the boy taken?", "When was Briant Rodriguez taken from his home?", "What haven't abductors tried to do?", "What the police said?" ]	[ [ "San Bernardino, Caifornia," ], [ "Sheriff's deputies in San Bernardino" ], [ "along the U.S.-Mexican border" ], [ "Briant Rodriguez, 3," ], [ "during a home invasion in San Bernardino," ], [ "Sunday" ], [ "have not contacted authorities or the parents." ], [ "Briant Rodriguez, 3, was taken by armed men during a home invasion in San Bernardino, Caifornia," ] ]	Police say the boy's abductors haven't contacted his family . Briant Rodriguez taken during home invasion in San Bernardino, California . Authorities have posted billboards along U.S.-Mexico border .
(CNN) -- Lawmakers in Ukraine scuffled with each other, throwing punches and eggs, as parliament met Tuesday to ratify a treaty with Russia that extends the latter's navy presence in the Ukraine's Crimean peninsula until 2042. The ruling Regions party eventually ratified the treaty but not before howls of protest from the opposition. Someone set off a smoke bomb inside the building, while Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn sought refuge behind an umbrella as he was pelted with eggs. During a rally attended by thousands on Saturday, opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko -- the former prime minister who lost to Viktor Yanukovych in the presidential election run-off in February -- said the ratification must be prevented at all costs. She claimed that Yanukovych is "selling out" Ukraine, has "openly embarked on the path of destruction of (Ukraine's) national interests, and has actually begun the process of eliminating the state's sovereignty." The deal was signed last week by Yanukovych and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Tymoshenko said it violated part of the Ukrainian Constitution, which forbids the country from hosting foreign military bases after 2017. The deal extends Russia's lease of a major naval base in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol for an additional 25 years, in exchange for a 30 percent cut in the price of natural gas that Russia sells to Ukraine. The agreement may bring an end to years of disputes over natural gas prices, which culminated in Russia turning off the pipeline to Ukraine. The dispute affected not only Ukrainians, but many Europeans who depend on Russian gas pumped through Ukraine. The two countries had been at odds ever since the "Orange Revolution" swept Yanukovych's fiercely anti-Russian predecessor Viktor Yushchenko to power in 2005. Throughout his time in office, Yushchenko repeatedly threatened to expel Russia's Black Sea Fleet from Sevastopol. The Russian military lease there was scheduled to expire in 2017. Yanukovych said the new deal added a "concrete and pragmatic dimension" to centuries of relations between Ukrainians and Russians. Opposition groups in Ukraine, however, were quick to denounce the agreement. Yuschenko's "Our Ukraine" party said the treaty would lead to the "Russification" of Ukraine.	[ "Which factions were fighting in the Ukraine parliament?", "What will the treaty do?", "What was thrown in the parliament?", "What country does the treaty involve?", "What year would the treaty end?", "When did the scuffle happen?", "What happened in the parliament?" ]	[ [ "The ruling Regions party" ], [ "extends the latter's navy presence in the Ukraine's Crimean peninsula until 2042." ], [ "punches and eggs," ], [ "Russia" ], [ "2042." ], [ "Tuesday" ], [ "throwing punches and eggs," ] ]	Punches, eggs and smokebombs thrown in Ukraine parliament . Scuffle happened during session ratify a treaty with Russia . Treaty extends Russia's navy presence in Ukraine's Crimean peninsula until 2042.
(CNN) -- Leading jockey Frankie Dettori may have spent most of his life on a diet, but when it comes to his favorite pastimes food is right up there with racing. Around five years ago Dettori met Michelin-starred chef Marco Pierre White and asked him where he could go out with his young family to eat. "I couldn't answer the question," Marco Pierre White told CNN, "and that's how Frankie's was born. That simple." They opened their first restaurant in London in 2004. Now there are four in London, one in Shanghai and one in Dubai. This March, a cookbook followed: "Frankie Dettori's Italian Family Cookbook." This is his favorite recipe. Enjoy! Frankie: "My father loved this particular dish as, although it's vegetarian, it has the meaty and slightly smoky texture of a good steak. To this day it makes me think of childhood Sunday lunches." Parmigiana di Melanzane / Aubergine Parmigiana INGREDIENTS 1 kg aubergines extra virgin olive oil Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 garlic cloves, chopped 3 x 400g cans of good quality tinned tomatoes, sieved and chopped a small handful of fresh basil leaves a large handful of finely grated Parmesan 1½ kg fresh Mozzarella, cubed Preheat the oven to 180 C/350 F/Gas Mark 4. Cut the aubergines in ½cm strips, lengthwise. Sprinkle each slice with salt and layer on a plate. Cover with a plate of the same size and add a heavy weight on top (such as a large bottle of water) so that water can be squeezed out of the aubergines. Set aside for 2-3 hours. Meanwhile, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a saucepan, add the garlic and fry until slightly golden. Add the tomatoes and basil, and cook over a medium heat for 25 minutes, until the sauce thickens. Season to taste. Remove the weight from the aubergine, thoroughly rinse the slices and pat dry. Generously cover the bottom of a large frying pan with olive oil and place over a high heat. In batches, brown the aubergine slices on both sides, lowering the heat and adding oil as required. Drain the slices on kitchen roll as you go along. Cover the bottom of a 23cm x 30cm ovenproof dish with a thin layer of tomato sauce; add a layer of aubergine slices, then top with a handful of the cheeses. Ladle some tomato sauce over this and continue layering, finishing with one of tomato sauce and a sprinkling of cheeses. Bake for 15-20 minutes to heat through and melt the Mozzarella, then set aside for a few minutes to cool. Cut into squares and serve warm. Serves 8 Preparation time: 3 hours Cooking time: 50 minutes Courtesy: Harpercollins Publishers E-mail to a friend	[ "When did the first of Frankie's restaurant open?", "When did the first Frankie's restaurant open?", "What is Frankie Dettori's favorite recipe?", "When was the Italian family cookbook released?", "Where is Dettori's favorite recipe from?", "When was the restaurant opened?", "What does leading jockey love?" ]	[ [ "2004." ], [ "2004." ], [ "Aubergine Parmigiana" ], [ "March," ], [ "\"Frankie" ], [ "2004." ], [ "food" ] ]	Frankie Dettori's favorite recipe from his new cookbook: Aubergine Parmigiana . Leading jockey spends many months dieting but when "off-duty" loves food . Opened first of "Frankie's" restaurants in 2004, now chain of six worldwide . Released Italian family cookbook with chef Marco Pierre White in March, 2008 .
(CNN) -- Lebanon stunned traditional regional powerhouses South Korea 2-1 in Beirut on Tuesday to boost their hopes of qualifying for the last stage of Asia's 2014 World Cup qualifying. Lebanon lost 6-0 to the Koreans in in September's away fixture in the first game under new coach Theo Bucker, but the German has overseen a big improvement since then. Central defender Ali Al Saadi put the Middle East side ahead after just five minutes, but the visitors leveled on 20 from the spot as Koo Ja-Cheol slotted home. But the Wolfsburg midfielder blotted his copybook by tripping Mahmoud el Ali, and Abbas Atwi converted the winning penalty just after half an hour. Lebanon now trail 2002 World Cup semifinalists South Korea only on goal difference, with Kuwait two points further back ahead of the final round of Group B matches after beating United Arab Emirates 2-1. Australia booked passage to the second round of qualifying with an unconvincing 1-0 win in Thailand. Blackburn's Brett Emerton set up Brett Holman for his second-half headed winner as the Socceroos went through as Group D winners. Saudi Arabia and Oman fought to a 0-0 draw and will battle it out with Thailand to decide the second qualifying place in the final round. Iran also progressed with a game to spare, beating Indonesia 4-1 before a goalless draw in Doha between Qatar and Bahrain confirmed their qualification. Bahrain must win against Indonesia in the concluding matches on February 29, while the Qataris need a point against Iran to go through. Iraq ended China's hopes of qualifying from Group A by beating leaders Jordan 3-1 to claim the second spot. China had earlier won 4-0 against Singapore with a late Zheng Zheng double. Japan had already gone through from Group C, but the Blue Samurai's 20-match unbeaten run ended with a 1-0 defeat to bitter rivals North Korea in Pyongyang. Pak Nam Chol's 50th-minute header secured the victory, but in a bad-tempered game the home side had Jong Il Gwan sent off in the 77th minute. "It was a physical match in a tough environment," Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni told broadcaster TBS. Uzbekistan beat Tajikistan 3-0 to go three points clear at the top of the group. The top two teams from each of five groups reach the final stage, where a round-robin is played to decide on four places for the 2014 finals in Brazil. The fifth-placed team go into an intercontinental playoff. In the first round of Africa qualifying, Emmanuel Adebayor returned to international action as Togo beat Guinea-Bissau 1-0 to progress to the second stage after a first-leg draw. The Tottenham striker had retired from representing his country after the January 2010 gun attack on the Togo team bus before the African Cup of Nations. Serge Gakpe, who scored in the opening 1-1 draw, netted a second-minute winner for the Sparrowhawks. The Democratic Republic of Congo also went through after beating Swaziland 5-1 to win 8-2 on aggregate, while Congo progressed 6-1 on aggregate despite being held 1-1 by Sao Tome e Principe. Lesotho and Tanzania triumphed by virtue of the away-goals rule at the expense of Burundi and Chad respectively, despite both nations losing the second legs. Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda and 2012 Africa Cup of Nations co-hosts Equatorial Guinea also made it to the second stage.	[ "Who did lebanon beat?", "Which team thrashed Indonesia 4-1?", "What country beat South Korea?", "What team beat South Korea?", "What was the score of the Lebanon game?", "Which team did Iran beat 4-1?", "Which countries played?" ]	[ [ "South Korea" ], [ "Iran" ], [ "Lebanon" ], [ "Lebanon" ], [ "2-1" ], [ "Indonesia" ], [ "South Korea" ] ]	Lebanon stun South Korea 2-1 to keep alive World Cup qualifying hopes . Australia book passage to Asia second round with 1-0 win in Thailand . Iran thrash Indonesia 4-1 to book their place in 10-team second stage . Iraq beat Jordan 3-1 win to eliminate China .
(CNN) -- Lectures, slide shows and notes are often boring, but people are using technology to find entertainment in these unlikely places. Spoof notes of "Star Wars" are scribbled into a fun online "pencast." Some use high-tech pens to track presentations. Others share PowerPoints in slide show form online. These technologically spiced-up presentations seem to be getting more attention these days. They're also creating buzz about what the future of presentations might hold. Consider "pencasts," which are made using the Pulse SmartPen and specially gridded paper, both sold by the California startup Livescribe. The pen writes like an ordinary pen but also has a voice recorder, and it "notes" (so to speak) which notes were taken at which point in the recording. Some quirky SmartPen presentations come off as comedy sketches. One popular presentation muses about how George Lucas might have come up with the idea for Star Wars. Some university students love the technology because they can record and play back what their professor was saying at an exact point in their notes -- which is especially useful when you can't read your own writing. And many professors are all for it, too. "I feel like this is one of those 'Rear View Mirror' moments in which a new technology comes into our lives with enormous potential and we just don't know what to do with it yet," blogs Michael Wesch, a cultural anthropology and digital ethnography professor at Kansas State University. "We think of it in terms of what we know (pen and paper) and fail to recognize the potential." That potential -- for entertainment and serious uses alike -- can be gleaned from pencasts posted on the Livescribe Web site's community section, which is about a year old. The pencasts posted there have collectively received more than 1.5 million views. Soon, it will be easier to embed pencasts on other sites, like personal blogs, the company says. Slide shows are further along in popularity. A startup called SlideShare launched in late 2006 with the idea of allowing people to easily share their PowerPoint presentations. Its site had more than 15 million visitors last month, and its 2008 contest for the best presentations showed off the form's potential. The best are far removed from the dull bullet-point presentations you might have fallen asleep to. Many use dramatic images, striking design and memorable phrases. Former Vice President Al Gore developed his presentation on the planet's environmental challenges into the Academy Award-winning documentary and best-selling book "An Inconvenient Truth." Last year's top SlideShare presentation, called "Thirst," highlights the looming water crisis and has nearly 200,000 views. Others are more light-hearted. The No. 2 spot (with more than 60,000 views) went to a presentation called "Foot Notes." It shows pictures of the narrator's feet in various places she's been (like on cobblestone corridors in Prague and a dance floor in Chicago), interspersed with inspiring quotes related to feet and walking. Finally, for many people, the most dreaded, boring form of communication of all is the lecture. But then, how to explain the popularity of the TED videos? TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. The conference started in the mid-'80s and has become a networking event of sorts for the world's best and brightest. Dozens of speakers give presentations of about 20 minutes each -- the perfect duration for a juicy "media snack." TED.com started introducing TEDTalks to the public for free in July 2006, and by the following year, there were more than a hundred talks dating back to 2002. Broken down into dozens of themes, today they're popular fodder for video iPods. In one, the amputee athlete and model Aimee Mullins talks about how her many pairs of artificial legs often beat having a single pair of regular ones -- some make her taller, others are works of art. In another, Jill Tarter, an astronomer and director of the Center for SETI Research, discusses how insanely large the	[ "What can be used to link audio and written notes?", "Technology injects new life into what type of medium?", "What type of content is contained in a TED lecture?", "What makes slide shows and lectures more interesting?", "Growth in what makes slide shows and lectures more interesting?", "What is the name of the technology that brings audio and written notes together?" ]	[ [ "the Pulse SmartPen" ], [ "Lectures," ], [ "Technology, Entertainment, Design." ], [ "\"pencast.\"" ], [ "technology" ], [ "Pulse SmartPen" ] ]	Technology injects new life into a dull medium: presentations . SmartPens bring audio and written notes together . Growth in online applications makes slide shows and lectures more interesting . Success of TED lectures means educational content can be popular .
(CNN) -- Left-leaning Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega easily won re-election with more than double the votes of his closest rival, election officials said on Monday, amid complaints of voting irregularities. With 85% of the ballots counted, the incumbent had 62.6% of the vote, versus Fabio Gadea's 30.9%. "I want to congratulate the current president," Roberto Rivas, president of the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE), told reporters. Opposition leaders have criticized Sunday's vote and Gadea, Ortega's closest rival, refused to accept the results. He was known until recently as a radio-station owner and journalist and as creator of the popular Nicaraguan radio character "Pancho Madrigal." "We can't accept the results presented by the CSE as they don't reflect the will of the people," Gadea said. According to opposition leader Eliseo Nunez of the Liberal Independent Party, 20% of election observers had been stopped from entering polling stations. "This has been a process plagued with irregularities," he said. U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland similarly weighed in Monday on reports of procedural irregularities and voter intimidation. "Frankly, if the Nicaraguan government had nothing to hide, it should have allowed a broad compliment of international monitors," she told reporters in Washington. Placing third, with 6% of votes, was former President Arnoldo Aleman. He was convicted of corruption during his term and sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2003, but in a controversial 2009 decision, the nation's top court overturned the conviction. Nicaragua's constitution bars presidents from being re-elected, but that did not stop Ortega from running in his sixth straight presidential race. Supporters of the president celebrated what was then his apparent re-election victory in the streets of the country's capital Sunday night. He was first elected as president in 1984, and ran unsuccessfully in 1990, 1996 and 2001 before being elected again in 2006. Ortega is known as an ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and was a public supporter of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi during the Libyan uprising. But recently he has reached for the middle, making overtures to the business class and promising to lure foreign investors into the country. "Our government program is the one in practice now and the one we have to improve, strengthen (and) develop," Ortega said recently. For his supporters, re-election guarantees that social and economic programs will continue. They want to see more investment in infrastructure and technology, and more public housing, projects often financed through Venezuela. Ortega came to power as part of the Sandinista rebels who overthrew the Somoza dynasty in 1979. He represents the Sandinista National Liberation Front. His detractors accuse Ortega of having too much influence over the Supreme Electoral Council and the Supreme Court of Justice, which allowed his candidacy. Yet his popular support remains high, particularly among the country's youth. "The level of support shows a bit of a new generation that does not know the experience of the past, of 30 years ago, of the war that happened in Nicaragua," said Manuel Orozco, a senior associate at the Washington-based Inter-American Dialogue. CNN's Lucia Navarro and Jack Maddox contributed to this report.	[ "What did an opposition leader say about the electoral process?", "Who is Daniel Ortega?", "Who said the electoral process was plagued with irregularities?", "What did an opposition leader say about the process?", "Who has refused to accept the results?", "Who refused to accept the results?", "Who refuses to accept the results?", "Who is declared the winner?", "Who was declared the winner?" ]	[ [ "\"We can't accept the results presented by the CSE as they don't reflect the will of the people,\"" ], [ "Nicaraguan President" ], [ "election officials" ], [ "plagued with irregularities,\"" ], [ "Gadea," ], [ "Fabio Gadea's" ], [ "Gadea," ], [ "Daniel Ortega" ], [ "Daniel Ortega" ] ]	NEW: Daniel Ortega is declared the winner with more than double his closest rival's votes . NEW: Opponent Fabio Gadea refuses to accept the results . An opposition leader says the electoral process was "plagued with irregularities" Ortega's popular support remains high, particularly among Nicaragua's youth .
(CNN) -- Legendary American boxer Muhammad Ali has visited the birth place of his ancestors in Ireland, prompting thousands of well-wishers to line the streets of the town. Muhammad Ali on a nine-day visit to Europe that included a stopover to his ancestoral home in Ireland. The scenes were reminiscent of a presidential visit as the 67-year-old former three-times world heavyweight champion traveled to Ennis, County Clare to see the hometown of his forebear. The visit was commemorated by the town council with the unveiling of a plaque at the home of his great grandfather and by making Ali the first honorary "freeman" of the town. Abe Grady -- the grandfather of Ali's mother Odessa Lee Grady -- lived in the town of Ennis, before emigrating to the United States in 1860 where he married an African-American emancipated slave. Watch as Muhammad Ali visits Ireland » Ali -- who was crowned Sportsman of the Century by Sports Illustrated in 1999 -- had his Irish heritage uncovered by genealogists in 2002. "Now that we know Muhammad is an Ennis man, we will be back," Ali's wife Lonnie told Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper. The small County Clare- town of 23 thousand put on an open-air concert, closed schools early and had special screenings of the Ali v George Foreman documentary "When We Were Kings" to welcome the "Louisville Lip." Ali -- who has been a Parkinson's Disease sufferer since 1984 -- did not speak to those who had gathered but shadow-boxed to spectators and cameras before meeting his distant relatives. "It was incredible. We've had so much rain and yet today it was beautiful. The rain held off wherever Muhammad Ali went." Frankie Neylon, the town's mayor said. Ali fought in Ireland only once during his career, beating Al Blue Lewis in a non-title bout at Dublin's Croke Park in 1972. The visit to Ireland was part of a nine-day tour of Europe that Ali had undertaken to raise money to fight Parkinson's Disease and for the Ali Center.	[ "When did his great-grandfather emigrate?", "where does Muhammad Ali visit?", "What does Ali's wife say?", "when did Ali's great grandfather emigrate?", "what did he unveil in the town?", "Where is Ali's ancestral home?" ]	[ [ "1860" ], [ "Ireland," ], [ "\"Now that we know Muhammad is an Ennis man, we will be back,\"" ], [ "1860" ], [ "a plaque at the home of his great grandfather" ], [ "Ireland," ] ]	Muhammad Ali visits his ancestral home of Ennis, Ireland . The 67-year-old former world heavyweight champions unveils plaque in town . Abe Grady, Ali's great grandfather, emigrated from Ireland to the U.S. in 1860 . Lonnie, Ali's wife, says the former champion will return to Ireland again .
(CNN) -- Legendary American boxer Muhammad Ali has visited the birthplace of his ancestors in Ireland, prompting thousands of well-wishers to line the streets of the town. Muhammad Ali on a nine-day visit to Europe that included a stopover to his ancestral home in Ireland. The scenes were reminiscent of a presidential visit as the 67-year-old former three-times world heavyweight champion traveled to Ennis, County Clare to see the hometown of his forebear. The visit was commemorated by the town council with the unveiling of a plaque at the home of his great-grandfather and by making Ali the first honorary "freeman" of the town. Abe Grady -- the grandfather of Ali's mother Odessa Lee Grady -- lived in the town of Ennis, before emigrating to the United States in 1860 where he married an African-American emancipated slave. Watch as Muhammad Ali visits Ireland » Ali -- who was crowned Sportsman of the Century by Sports Illustrated in 1999 -- had his Irish heritage uncovered by genealogists in 2002. "Now that we know Muhammad is an Ennis man, we will be back," Ali's wife Lonnie told Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper. The small County Clare town of 23 thousand put on an open-air concert, closed schools early and had special screenings of the Ali versus George Foreman documentary "When We Were Kings" to welcome the "Louisville Lip." Ali -- who has been a Parkinson's Disease sufferer since 1984 -- did not speak to those who had gathered but shadow-boxed to spectators and cameras before meeting his distant relatives. "It was incredible. We've had so much rain, and yet today it was beautiful. The rain held off wherever Muhammad Ali went," Frankie Neylon, the town's mayor said. Ali fought in Ireland only once during his career, beating Al Blue Lewis in a non-title bout at Dublin's Croke Park in 1972. The visit to Ireland was part of a nine-day tour of Europe that Ali had undertaken to raise money to fight Parkinson's Disease and for the Ali Center.	[ "Name Ali's wife?", "What did Ali have to say?", "What did Ali unveil in town?", "Where is Muhammad Ali's ancestral town?" ]	[ [ "Lonnie" ], [ "not speak" ], [ "plaque" ], [ "Ennis, County Clare" ] ]	Muhammad Ali visits his ancestral home of Ennis, Ireland . The 67-year-old former world heavyweight champion unveils plaque in town . Abe Grady, Ali's great grandfather, emigrated from Ireland to the U.S. in 1860 . Lonnie, Ali's wife, says the former champion will return to Ireland again .
(CNN) -- Legendary Austrian skier Hermann Maier has ended his illustrious career at the age of 36 despite having recovered from knee surgery. Hermann Maier is known for his spectacular all-action style -- and crashes -- on the piste. The two-time Olympic champion, winner of three world titles and four World Cup overall crowns, has fought back to full fitness after his operation at the end of March, but decided he was ready to bow out after a 13-season career. "I have decided that I will draw a line and end my career as a ski racer as of today," Maier told reporters in Vienna on Tuesday. "My big goal was to get back in shape physically, and I have achieved exactly that. "With regard to my future life, my health was paramount for me and that's why I'm calling it quits now." Maier, who won gold in the super-G and giant slalom events at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, is known for his spectacular crashes on the piste -- and he overcame a near-fatal motorcycle accident in August 2001 which ruled him out of skiing for a year. He bounced back to win a World Cup event two weeks after his return in January 2003, and the next year reclaimed his super-G and overall World Cup titles. Nicknamed "The Herminator" for his physical, all-action style, Maier is the second-most successful male skier after Sweden's Ingemar Stenmark with 54 World Cup race victories to his name. He won two world titles in super-G and downhill at Vail, Colorado in 1999, and claimed gold in the giant slalom in Bormio, Italy in 2005.	[ "Hermann Maier ends his illustrious career at age of 36 in what field?", "Maier had how many word cup race wins?", "How many times was he an Olympic champion?", "who is hermann maier" ]	[ [ "skier" ], [ "four" ], [ "two-time" ], [ "Austrian skier" ] ]	Legendary Austrian skier Hermann Maier ends his illustrious career at age of 36 . Two-time Olympic champion has recently recovered from knee surgery in March . He says he wanted to quit while still in good physical condition . Maier is second-most successful male skier ever with 54 World Cup race wins .
(CNN) -- Legendary singer, dancer, actress and civil rights activist Lena Horne, 92, died at New York-Presbyterian Hospital on Sunday night, a hospital spokeswoman said. No other details of her death were made public. Horne was the first African-Americans to sign a long-term movie contract with a major Hollywood studio when she joined MGM in 1942. Horne's expressive and silky voice made her a singing star, known best for her hit "Stormy Weather," after Hollywood failed to give her roles that might have made her a big screen starlet. Horne complained she was used as "window dressing" in white films, mostly limited to singing performances that could be easily edited out for play in southern theaters. The light-complexioned Horne refused to go along with studio plans to promote her as a Latin American. She later said she did not want to be "an imitation of a white woman." Horne, whose parents divorced when she was 3, lived a nomadic childhood traveling with her actress mother. She spent much of her time growing up in Brooklyn, New York, where she was born in 1917. Horne was 16 when she began her show business career as a dancer at Harlem's Cotton Club. She later became a singer there, playing to packed houses of white patrons, with band leaders Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington. She began taking singing lessons in 1935, and eventually landed a part in the all-black Broadway production "Dance With Your Gods." Her work as a feature singer with touring bands and in nightclubs increased. She became the first African-American singer to tour with a white group in 1940, according to her official biography. Her first film role came in 1938 in "The Duke is Tops," but her next movie didn't come along for another four years. She was given a screen test by MGM and signed to a seven-year movie contract after a studio scout saw her performing in a New York club. Her stepfather, Miguel Rodriguez, negotiated with MGM head Louis B. Mayer for her to never be cast as a maid or "Tarzan extra." "I think the black boy that cleaned the shoes and me were the only two black people except the maids who were there working for the stars," Horne said in a CNN interview. "And it was very lonely and I wasn't very happy." Still, Horne said she was grateful that her World War II era films -- including black musicals "Cabin in the Sky" and "Stormy Weather" -- were seen by black and white soldiers. "But after I realized I would only go so far, I went on the stage," Horne said. With only subservient roles available for a black actress in Hollywood in the 1940s, Horne turned to recording top-selling songs. Horne said performing for live audiences was what she loved most. "I'm always happy when I'm surrounded by people to react and feel and touch," she said. While traveling with a USO tour during the World War II, she walked out on a show because German war prisoners were seated in front seats, ahead of African-American troops. After the USO withdrew her from the tour, she used her own money to travel to sing for the troops. She has a son and daughter from a first marriage that ended in 1944. Horne married again in 1947 to Lennie Hayton, who was then MGM's music director. She kept the marriage secret for several years, since Hayton was white. When it was made public, the couple received hate mail and threats of violence, according to her biography. Radio, television, film and nightclub jobs were harder for Horne to find in the McCarthy era of the 1950s when she was blacklisted. That ended in 1956 when RCA gave Horne a new recording contract and she earned a guest spot in the movie "Meet Me in Las Vegas." Horne returned to Broadway in 1957 for her first starring role there. "	[ "What did Horne love the most?", "What was she the first African-American to do ?", "What was she grateful in WW II for ?", "Which actress were one of the firs to sign a long contract?" ]	[ [ "performing for live audiences" ], [ "sign a long-term movie contract with a major Hollywood studio" ], [ "her World War" ], [ "Lena Horne," ] ]	She was one of the first African-Americans to sign a long-term movie contract . Horne complained she was used as "window dressing" in white films . She was grateful that her World War II-era films were seen by black and white soldiers . Performing for live audiences was what Horne loved most .
(CNN) -- Legendary singer/songwriter Aretha Franklin sang "My Country 'Tis of Thee" at the inauguration Tuesday. Aretha Franklin says cold weather affected her voice during her performance at the inauguration on Tuesday. CNN's Larry King talks with "The Queen of Soul" about the reality of the nation's first black president, singing at the inauguration and the much-talked-about hat she wore. Larry King: Where'd you get that hat? Aretha Franklin: Well, I bought it at a little millinery that I frequent out in Detroit. King: What was that like for you (Tuesday)? Franklin: Oh. What a tremendous, mammoth morning, evening, the ball, everything, from one event to the other, was just too much. King: How did you find out you were singing? Franklin: My agent called me and he told me that he had received an invitation and a telephone call, asking for my presence and performance at the swearing-in and the inauguration. King: Did you choose the song? Franklin: Yes, I did. King: Is that a tough song to sing? Franklin: No, not at all, but (Tuesday) it was. Mainly because of the temperature outside. I don't have to tell you, it was freezing, if you were there. Some singers it doesn't bother, and others it does. I don't care for it. It affected my voice. Watch Franklin sing at inauguration » King: You sang at Martin Luther King's funeral. What do you remember about that? Franklin: There were very, very long lines, of course. I recall walking in the street behind the bier, somewhere maybe about 200, 300 feet from the bier, I think. I recall Leontyne Price being there, as well as Eartha Kitt. They shuttled us from one point to the other. The passing of a great man was at hand. King: How did you feel yesterday about seeing a young black man elected president? Franklin: Oh boy, how do you put it into words? There's a love affair going on with the country and Barack. I think it's the age of Barack. People have just fallen head over heels in love with him. His ascent to the presidency was miraculous. But we have to remember that he's not going to work miracles right off the top. It's going to take time. Watch Franklin discuss joy of seeing nation's first black president » (There's) a lot of problems, and there's a plethora of things to deal with for he and his administration. King: One thing, with your magnificent voice, is it hard to sing outdoors? Franklin: It depends on the temperature. Yesterday, Mother Nature was not very kind to me. I'm going to deal with her when I get home. It, by no means, was my standard. I was not happy with it, but I just feel blessed because it could have been five above zero or five below zero like it is in Detroit. I was still blessed to be able to pretty much just sing the melody, but I wasn't happy with it, of course. King: It was great to listen to. Franklin: I was delighted and thrilled to be there. That was the most important thing, not so much the performance, but just to be there and to see this great man go into office -- the promise of tomorrow coming to pass.	[ "What affected Aretha Franklin's rendition?", "Where did Franklin buy the inauguration hat?", "What did she buy at Detroit millinery?", "What did she sing?", "What affected rendition of \"My country 'Tis of Thee\"?", "What did Franklin say about Obama's presidency?", "Where did Aretha Franklin sing?" ]	[ [ "cold weather" ], [ "a little millinery that I frequent out in Detroit." ], [ "hat" ], [ "\"My Country 'Tis of Thee\"" ], [ "cold weather" ], [ "There's a love affair going on with the country and Barack." ], [ "at the inauguration" ] ]	Aretha Franklin: Cold weather affected rendition of "My Country 'Tis of Thee" Franklin on Obama presidency: "It's the age of Barack" Franklin says she bought much-talked-about inauguration hat at Detroit millinery .
(CNN) -- Les Paul never stopped tinkering, said Henry Juszkiewicz. Les Paul was constantly making recommendations on how to improve guitars, says the CEO of Gibson. Juszkiewicz, the chairman and CEO of Gibson Guitars, remembers getting calls from his company's partner (and famed client), offering recommendations on how to change or market his eponymous Gibson guitars. Sometimes, Juszkiewicz recalls, the two would go out for Chinese food. Paul was very particular, desiring a dish called Chicken Subgum. The two would have to search Chinatown for a restaurant that knew how to cook it, he says with a chuckle. Les Paul died Thursday of pneumonia. He was 94. Juszkiewicz talked about his friend and colleague Thursday afternoon. The following is an edited version of the interview. Watch how Les Paul helped invent modern music » CNN: Tell me about working with Les Paul. Henry Juszkiewicz: I've been with Gibson about 25 years and known Les pretty much through that entire period. ... Les was a very kind person. He was a visionary. In the early days, Gibson was doing very poorly as a company, and I got involved essentially to turn the company around. ... We had many, many conversations about the guitar business and what to do. ... A lot of the things we talked about and implemented were very successful. CNN: What was distinctive about the Gibson Les Paul when it came out, and what remains distinctive about it? Gallery: Guitarists pay tribute to Les Paul » Juszkiewicz: When it first came out, it was extremely controversial, and it was not really successful. It took years for Gibson to actually come to terms with Les. He had been pitching the head of what was Gibson's parent company, CMI, for three or four years until they finally decided to give it a try -- and only then when he became very famous and a television personality. And they were right, actually, because a solid-body guitar was considered silly. ... It really wasn't until 1965, '66 that the guitar took off and became popular. In fact, in the early '60s, the guitar was discontinued for several years. One of the [prized] Les Pauls was the 1959 Les Paul -- that's sort of the holy grail of Les Pauls -- and one of the reasons is there were only 300 units made in 1959. And 300 units was not really that successful for Gibson; it was a powerhouse guitar builder in 1959. So Les was always ahead of his time. He was someone who could see what was going to happen 50 years in advance, and very often, he was able to bring his vision to reality and share it with the entire musical community. ... The [Les Paul] guitar shines in modern music. ... In the '50s and before the '50s, the [standard] guitar was amplified, but it was just louder. In other words, it still sounded just like an acoustic guitar, but you could turn it up. What Les did was turn it into a whole new instrument. When he was playing ... you will hear this rich context that's kind of normal today. ... CNN: Les Paul being Les Paul, I assumed he continue to play with things over the years. Juszkiewicz: Yeah, he would call me all the time and give me suggestions. It's really hard to answer your original question, what makes it [distinctive]. ... As a guitar player, when I pick it up, I know it's a Les Paul. I can feel the sustain. It's got a certain feeling. ... There's a lot of things in it. But it's the package that's kind of magic. In the modern world, working with modern equipment, it's incomparable. CNN: How many Les Pauls do you sell nowadays? Juszkiewicz: A lot. Many, many thousands. I'll share with you: We had a big debate when we first got involved in the business. When I was a young guitar	[ "when does paul died?", "what wasn't particularly popular when introduced?", "Who made recommendations on how to improve guitars?", "What wasn't popular when introduced?", "Who died on thursday at 94", "What was Paul's age at death?", "what was the recommendations of les paul?" ]	[ [ "Thursday" ], [ "the Gibson Les Paul" ], [ "Les Paul" ], [ "Gibson Les Paul" ], [ "Les Paul" ], [ "94." ], [ "how to improve guitars," ] ]	Gibson CEO: Les Paul made frequent recommendations on how to improve guitars . Les Pauls weren't particularly popular when introduced . Paul, legendary guitarist and inventor, died Thursday at 94 .
(CNN) -- Lessons learned from previous successful airliner ditchings helped pilot C.B. "Sully" Sullenberger save 155 lives when he put his US Airways A320 jetliner down in the Hudson River, a fellow pilot told CNN. An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767 is seen just before it crashes into the sea off the Comoro Islands in 1996. Twenty-three people died when an Overseas National Airways DC-9 ditched off the Caribbean island of St. Croix in 1970, and 123 were killed in the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767 off the Comoro Islands near Africa in 1996. But Emilio Corsetti, an Airbus 320 pilot and aviation author, said those ditchings were actually successful "because people were able to get out" -- 40 in the 1970 crash and 52 in the 1996 incident. More may have survived if those planes were equipped like the Airbus 320 and if passengers followed standard evacuation procedures, Corsetti told CNN. Watch how to survive a plane crash » In fact, Corsetti said, the 1970 crash helped lead to a redesign of seat belts. The belts aboard the DC-9 were "metal-to-fabric," Corsetti said, depending upon tension to keep passengers strapped in their seats. "Those things gave out... People were thrown out of their seats 10 rows up," said Corsetti, who has written a book, "35 Miles from Shore," about the 1970 crash. On the Hudson River on Thursday, the impact was like "being inside a car that crashes," passenger Alberto Panero said. Corsetti also said that the DC-9 didn't have life raft capacity for all those aboard. Unlike the A320's escape slides, which helped dozens of passengers get out, the DC-9s rafts could hold only three or four. In the 1996 crash, the Ethiopian Airlines 767 was attempting a water landing off the Grand Comoro Island during a hijacking. The plane had run out of fuel. While it is uncertain whether there was a struggle in the cockpit, video shows the 767 nearing the ocean's surface. As it does, the plane's left engine hits a reef, Corsetti said, sending it into a cartwheel. He said the majority of the 123 who died drowned. They had put on life vests and inflated them before they could get out of the splintered fuselage, he said, and were trapped against the bulkheads as water filled the wreckage. Sullenberger had other advantages, too, Corsetti said. Putting the jetliner down into the placid Hudson River probably helped him keep the plane level. The DC-9 pilot faced 8- to 15-foot seas in the 1970 ditching and the Ethiopian jet was dealing with offshore waves. Watch a pilot describe how plane went down » The A320 also is equipped with a ditching button, Corsetti said, which closes all valves below the waterline, enabling it to float more easily. No matter the lessons learned from the earlier crashes, US Airways passengers were happy Sullenberger was in the cockpit Thursday. "He's the man! He's absolutely the man!" passenger Vince Spera said. "If you want to talk to a hero, get a hold of him because that is the hero in this whole deal." CNN's Wayne Drash contributed to this report.	[ "What caused the crash?", "How many survived ?", "what allows the jet to float longer?", "what didn't the jet have enough of?" ]	[ [ "run out of fuel." ], [ "155" ], [ "ditching button," ], [ "life raft capacity for all those aboard." ] ]	Lessons from 1970 DC-9 ditching into Caribbean, 1996 crash off Comoro Islands . DC-9 seat belt failure lead to new design; jet didn't have enough life rafts . Passengers in 1996 crash inflated vests before getting out, were trapped . A320s have a "ditching button" to close valves, allowing jet to float longer .
(CNN) -- Leszek Balcerowicz, Poland's former finance minister, recently said his country is enjoying "its best period in 300 years." CNN looks at how the country emerged from communism to become one of eastern Europe's most stable and thriving democracies. Solidarity leader Lech Walesa addresses striking workers in Gdansk, Poland in 1989. Modern Poland gained independence in 1918 only to be overrun by Germany and the Soviet Union during the Second World War. Almost six million Poles, including the majority of the country's large Jewish population, died during the devastating six-year conflict. The shadow of Stalin continued to loom large over Poland after the war, when the communist-dominated government ensured that Poland would become a Soviet satellite state for the next 40 years. The following decades were punctuated by revolts against the repressive authoritarian regime in Warsaw, but none had a greater impact on Poland's political future than events in 1980 at a shipyard in western Poland. With a struggling economy and rumors of corruption and mismanagement within the state causing widespread discontent, a series of strikes by workers paralyzed the country. Eventually the government was forced to negotiate and on August 31, 1980, workers at the massive Lenin shipyard in Gdansk, led by an electrician named Lech Walesa, signed a deal giving workers the right to strike and form trade unions. This heralded the creation of the Solidarity movement, which would ultimately be instrumental in bringing Poland's communist era to an end. The presence in the Vatican at the time of Polish-born Pope John-Paul II was also a significant influence on the movement throughout the 1980s, as the Catholic church had remained a very potent force in Polish life. The Pope even made a visit to the country in 1979. Despite Soviet-endorsed attempts to slow the erosion of the regime's grip on power -- including the declaration of martial law by General Wojciech Jaruzelski in 1981 which outlawed Solidarity -- Poland's worsening economic situation, compounded by further nationwide strikes, meant that the government had no alternative but to negotiate a date for free elections with Walesa and the Solidarity movement. Solidarity members won a stunning victory in the election of 1989, taking almost all the seats in the Senate and all of the 169 seats they were allowed to contest in the Sejm or parliament. This gave them substantial influence in the new government. Activist and journalist Tadeusz Mazowiecki was appointed prime minister, while Lech Walesa was elected as president the following year. Were you in Poland in 1989? Send us your memories After years of economic mismanagement under the communists, Poland embarked on a painful reform program under finance minister Leszek Balcerowicz -- especially in traditional heavy industries such as coal and steel -- which moved away from the inefficient state-controlled system of economic planning. Despite growing unemployment and a dilapidated infrastructure, Poland was slowly transformed into an investment-friendly, market economy. Banking and lending policies were reformed, while newly reshaped ownership relations, independent enterprises and strengthened domestic competition all had a massive impact. Over a relatively short period of time, Poland had become one of the most dynamically developing economies in Europe and by the mid-1990s, it became known as the "Tiger of Europe." Poland also liberalized its international trade during this period. The national currency -- the zloty -- became convertible to other currencies and internal convertibility was also established, providing another platform for dynamic economic growth. New markets in countries that had been treated not so long before as ideological as well as economic enemies were opened up to Polish companies. The EU and U.S. were now the key markets for Polish goods. This realignment of policy was emphasized by its accession into the European Union in 2004. It had also joined NATO in 1999. Unfortunately the continuing problem of high unemployment and the promise of better salaries encouraged many Poles to work in other EU countries after 2004. However this trend started to reverse in 2008 as the Polish economy enjoyed a boom period. Politically, Poland has also successfully transformed itself into a fully democratic country. 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(CNN) -- Let's face it, if you're on holiday in Miami you'll want to be based near the beach, which, fortunately, is where the city's most glamorous hotels are located. South Beach is known for its Art Deco hotels, like The Delano, left. South Beach is known for its distinctive Art Deco hotels, mostly built in the 1920s and 30s and often painted in bright pastel colors. South Beach's Art Deco originals have been protected since the 1970s, and many have since been renovated to the highest specifications. Collins Avenue is home to more than its fair share of boutique hotels. The Delano (1685 Collins Avenue, doubles from $400) dates back to the 1940s and is crowned with streamlined fins that are pure Deco. It has been re-imagined by Ian Schrager, with a white, minimal Philippe Starck-designed interior that is sophisticated and hip. The Delano's Rose Bar is one of the best places in town for a poolside cocktail. The Shore Club (1901 Collins Avenue, doubles from $300) is another Schrager revival of a Deco hotel and, if anything, it's even cooler than The Delano. Rooms are high-tech, welcoming and often occupied by visiting celebrities. The attached sushi restaurant Nobu is top notch and the stylish Skybar, with its four bars and tropical gardens, is one of the city's hottest nightspots. Do you have a favorite hotel or place to stay in Miami? If you've just won the lottery, you'll want to stay at the Setai (2001 Collins Avenue, doubles from $785). Another conversion of an Art Deco hotel, albeit augmented by a 40-storey tower, the Setai adds tasteful Asian influences. Its cool, dark interior is a refreshingly tasteful oasis among the South Beach excess, and is both unashamedly luxurious and frighteningly expensive. Back in the real world, The Standard (40 Island Avenue, Miami Beach, doubles from $250) is a little stranded in its Biscayne Bay locale, but is great value. The real draw is the superb spa, with its infinity pool and open-air mud lounge. But this is no austere health retreat; it's relaxing and fun, and all the better for it. This is Miami after all... A cheaper, quirkier option is Pelican (826 Ocean Drive, doubles from $200). Owned by Italian fashion label Diesel, this is a colorful, kitschy place, with individually themed rooms, such as the ornate and floral 'Power Flower' room. The hotel's Pelican Café has an outstanding wine list and is surprisingly good value. Away from the beach altogether, the Biltmore (1200 Anastasia Avenue, doubles from $310), over in Coral Gables, is an absolute gem. The rooms aren't exceptional but the building is a beauty, modeled on the Giralda bell tower in Seville, with ornate Moorish-inspired touches. Al Capone was a big fan back in the 1920s and these days there's a massive pool, an 18-hole golf course and rumors of resident ghosts... ...................... Miami City Guide: Where to stay \| What to see \| Where to be seen \| Where to eat \| Where to shop Do you agree with our Miami picks? Send us your comments and suggestions in the "Sound Off" box below and we'll print the best	[ "Who have influenced?", "What beach is known for its distinctive and stylish Art Deco hotels?", "What is The Standard known for?", "What type of interior has The Setai?", "What is South Beach known for?", "What hotel has an Asian-influenced interior?", "For what its knowing South Beach?" ]	[ [ "Asian" ], [ "South" ], [ "The real draw is the superb spa, with its infinity pool and open-air mud lounge." ], [ "cool, dark" ], [ "Art Deco hotels," ], [ "Setai" ], [ "Art Deco hotels," ] ]	South Beach is known for its distinctive and stylish Art Deco hotels . Expensive and exclusive, The Setai has an Asian-influenced interior . The Standard is known for its spa, infinity pool and open-air mud lounge . Over in Coral Gables, the stunning Biltmore resembles a Spanish palace .
(CNN) -- Let's face it; most awards shows can be pretty dull. It's not that we don't tune in to every single one, of course, but it's always a pleasant surprise when the ceremony is actually fun to watch. Last night's Emmy Awards hosted by Jane Lynch not only honored Emmy shoo-ins like "The Daily Show," "Mad Men" and "Modern Family" and fan favorite "Friday Night Lights" alike, but also brought the laughs. Here are our top five funniest moments. 1. Leading ladies storm the stage As soon as Sofia Vergara and Rob Lowe presented the nominees for outstanding lead actress in a comedy, Amy Poehler, whose name was read first for "Parks and Recreation'" smiled at the camera and then promptly ran up onto the stage before any of the other nominees -- let alone the winner -- was announced. As Vergara and Lowe continued to read names, each of Poehler's fellow funny women, Melissa McCarthy ("Mike and Molly"), Martha Plimpton ("Raising Hope"), Edie Falco ("Nurse Jackie"), Tina Fey ("30 Rock") and Laura Linney ("The Big C") joined her on stage. The group lined up and held hands in their best beauty pageant re-enactment while waiting for the big reveal -- a bit which received a standing ovation from the audience. To top off an already stellar and hilarious display of female solidarity, when McCarthy won the Emmy she not only received genuine smiles and big hugs from the rest of the women, but also walked away with a bouquet of roses and a tiara as a bonus. "Wow, it's my first and best pageant ever!" McCarthy said. 2. All-star 'Office' Back from commercial break, viewers were treated to a sketch where characters from different shows all popped up at the Dunder-Mifflin office to discuss their least favorite thing about their jobs. There was Tom Haverford from "Parks and Recreation," Tracy Jordan from "30 Rock," Roger Sterling from "Mad Men" and Jesse Pinkman from "Breaking Bad" (who we learn is Creed's crystal meth dealer) and more. Kim Kardashian showed up, but even she was a little confused as to why. "I'm sorry, I'm not sure I get the question," she deadpanned. "What do you mean by work? Am I saying that word right? Work?" Finally, we see Ashton Kutcher in Michael Scott's old office, but the rest of the staff is sure this is a mistake. "I'm pretty sure that I'm taking over as the new lead," Kutcher said. When Ed Helms tells him that's for a different show and this isn't Warner Brothers lot, it all clicks for Kutcher. "Oh, I was wondering where the half man was!" 3. Jane Lynch's shortest, sweetest zinger "A lot of people are curious why I'm a lesbian. Ladies and gentleman ... the cast of Entourage." 4. Steven Levitan's wife When Steve Levitan and Jeffrey Rich of "Modern Family" won for outstanding writing in a comedy series, it was a safe bet that the speech would be funny. But viewers weren't expecting Levitan's wife Krista's perfect, comedic timing to steal the show. When Levitan explained that the inspiration for the winning episode was when his children walked in on him and his wife "in the act," Krista looked directly at the camera and rolled her eyes. Later in the speech when Levitan went back to the mic to thank his "somewhat-satisfied wife," she reprised the disgruntled eye roll and forever cemented a place in our hearts. 5. Remote Ricky Gervais Just when we thought all the joke mileage that could be gotten out of Ricky Gervais' Golden Globes hosting controversy had run out ages ago, he once again faced some of the celebs he slammed -- albeit in an Emmy pre-recorded message.	[ "Where is the office in the show?", "Who faced some celebs he had slammed?", "Who ran onto the stage?", "Which office did the sketch take place in?", "What show does Amy Poehler star in?", "who ran on to stage", "Who face some celebs that he slammed?", "which office was used" ]	[ [ "Dunder-Mifflin" ], [ "Ricky Gervais'" ], [ "Amy Poehler," ], [ "Dunder-Mifflin" ], [ "\"Parks and Recreation'\"" ], [ "Amy Poehler," ], [ "Ricky Gervais" ], [ "Dunder-Mifflin" ] ]	Amy Poehler, smiled at the camera and then promptly ran up onto the stage . A sketch where characters from different shows all popped up at the Dunder-Mifflin office . Ricky Gervais once again faced some of the celebs he slammed .
(CNN) -- Lewis Hamilton won his first Formula One grand prix in almost four months as world champion Sebastian Vettel spun out of the race in Abu Dhabi during the opening lap. McLaren's British driver took full advantage of Vettel's slip up -- the first time the 2010 and 2011 title holder has retired from a race since the Korean Grand Prix last year. Hamilton fended off the challenge of Fernando Alonso's Ferrari while Jenson Button clung onto third in the face of fierce competition initially from Red Bull's Mark Webber and then from Alonso's teammate Felipe Massa. Vettel, who secured the 2011 crown last month, had his lead at the top of the drivers' championship cut to 119 points by Button, who sits on 255. Hamilton stays fifth on 227 points but closed on Alonso in third (245) and Webber (233). Latest F1 standings after Abu Dhabi GP It marked Hamilton's third victory in what has been a difficult season for the 2008 world champion, who admitted before the race that personal problems had contributed to his below-par campaign. "I feel fantastic," Hamilton said in a post-race press conference. "It was one of my best races. To hold off one of the best drivers in the world is very tough to do. "I'm just happy. This is great. It's early days but this is definitely the start of something. We've got another great race ahead of us in Brazil. I've just got to keep my mind on the game." Starting second on the grid, Hamilton watched Vettel beat him into the first corner but at the second a puncture to the German's back right tire sent him spinning off the track. Vettel trundled round the circuit and made it back to the pit lane but Red Bull's mechanics decreed the damage too severe for him to rejoin the battle. After the race he told reporters: "I don't know what happened. We lost pressure all of a sudden out of the exit of turn one. I don't why. There is nothing that I did differently to any of the other laps. "We need to find out why, maybe I cut the kerb at a funny angle. It is tough, but I used the opportunity to learn a bit on the pit wall." In his absence Hamilton maintained a two-second gap over Alonso for most of the race, while Webber and Button's battle saw them swap third and fourth place regularly. Alonso did hold the lead for four laps after Hamilton's second pit stop but he couldn't build up enough of a cushion to rejoin the race ahead of his former McLaren teammate. The Spaniard said: "It was a fantastic race for me as well. We fight most of the race three-five seconds distance to Lewis. "We were close but we had some traffic in the pit entry behind a HRT and in the last stint they had a little bit more pace so it would have been difficult to win the race even if we had got into the lead. "I'm happy with second."	[ "Who retired after the first lap?", "How many grand prix has Hamilton won?", "Who is the world champion?", "world champion name?", "Who won in Abu Dhabi?", "Who is in third?", "What was the lead reduced to?" ]	[ [ "Sebastian Vettel" ], [ "third" ], [ "Sebastian Vettel" ], [ "Sebastian Vettel" ], [ "Lewis" ], [ "Jenson Button" ], [ "119 points" ] ]	Lewis Hamilton wins only his third grand prix of the Formula One season in Abu Dhabi . World champion Sebastian Vettel retires on first lap of the race after a puncture . Ferrari's Fernando Alonso is second with Hamilton's McLaren teammate Jenson Button third . Vettel's lead in the drivers' championship reduced to 119 points from Button in second .
(CNN) -- Life goes on for people who jump out of airplanes, even a day after two fellow parachutists died when their canopies apparently became entangled. Jumps continue at the Parachute Center, where two parachutists died Sunday. On Monday, the Parachute Center near Lodi, California, was open, just like it is any other day. The two jumpers who died Sunday had taken off from the parachute facility in central California. "Everybody's sad. Everybody's unhappy," said Parachute Center owner Bill Dause. "But everybody here is here because they enjoy jumping. Neither one of them would have wanted us to shut the doors," he said, referring to the jumpers who died Sunday. The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call for assistance at 12:53 p.m. Sunday, said Deputy Les Garcia. The sheriff's spokesman confirmed there were two deaths, but referred questions to the Federal Aviation Administration. "We're investigating," said FAA spokesman Ian Gregor, adding that two investigators were on their way to the jump center. The inquiry could take months, Gregor said. "One of the main things we want to do is get a hold of a video that was supposedly taken," Gregor said. The FAA has purview over such issues as how the parachutes were packed -- by whom, when and how -- and whether weather conditions were correctly considered. "Obviously, in a situation like this, we certainly want to look at how the parachutes were packed," he said. "But it's possible that what happened is beyond our regulatory capability." Garcia said he could not identify the two victims. "The ID and notification of next of kin is pending," he said, because "one of the victims has two names." Parachute Center owner Dause and media reports have identified the victims as Robby Bigley and Barbara Cuddy. They were among eight parachutists from a competition team who jumped from an airplane at 9,000 feet to practice making a "canopy-relative formation," a maneuver in which they stacked parachutes near each other to form a wedge, Dause said. "The last two individuals docking experienced canopy problems," Dause said. One jumper's chute rotated into another jumper's canopy and they smacked into a third parachutist, Dause said. The third parachutist managed to wriggle free, Dause said, but the other two remained entangled and spiraled down from 5,000 feet. They were unable to deploy their reserve chutes. They landed in a vineyard, Dause said. One victim was dead at the scene and the other died at a local hospital, reports said. Bigley and Cuddy are listed on the United States Parachute Association Web site as national record holders for formation jumps. Bigley's record jump occurred this year and Cuddy's in 2007. The jump team was preparing for a national competition in October. According to the United States Parachute Association, there were 30 skydiving fatalities last year. No figures were available for this year. The most fatalities occurred in 1998, when 44 people died. The fewest in recent years was in 2007, with 18, according to the association. Dause said there have been previous fatalities at the Parachute Center, but he did not elaborate. "We've been open for a long time," he said.	[ "What was the cause of the jumpers' deaths?", "What happended with the parachutes?", "How many people were killed?", "How many person were part of the team?", "Who will investigate?", "How many parachutists were on the team?", "What did the FAA say?", "Parachutists were killed as a result of what?", "Who will lead the invetigation?" ]	[ [ "their canopies apparently became entangled." ], [ "canopies apparently became entangled." ], [ "two" ], [ "eight" ], [ "FAA" ], [ "eight" ], [ "\"We're investigating,\"" ], [ "when their canopies apparently became entangled." ], [ "Ian Gregor," ] ]	Jumpers die when parachutes tangle during a formation . Parachutists were part of an 8-person team practicing for competition . FAA will investigate how parachutes were packed, possible role of weather .
(CNN) -- Lighthouse keeper J.A. Eckerman was the last person to see World War II Soviet submarine S-2 before it sank in January 1940 between Sweden and Finland. A team of Swedish and Finnish divers had been searching for the Soviet submarine S-2 since 1999. As the submarine dove near the island of Market, northwest of Aland, Eckerman heard a loud explosion and saw smoke rise from the water. The long-lost wreck was missing for 69 years until a team of Swedish and Finnish divers -- including Eckerman's grandson Ingvald -- discovered it this year. What remains of the sub was found between the Swedish coast and the Finnish island of Aland, northeast of Stockholm, in late February, the divers announced Tuesday. The submarine was very badly damaged by the explosion, said Marten Zetterstrom, one of the divers. The front gun is still there, and a torpedo is still in one of the tubes, but about 20 meters (about 65 feet) of the vessel is missing. The search had been going on for nearly 10 years, the divers said in a news release. The sub had a crew of 46 and four passengers when it sank. Sweden and Finland claim credit for sinking the submarine with mines. Russia has contacted Swedish and Finnish authorities to clarify what caused the submarine to sink, the divers said. Finland was at war with the Soviet Union at the time the sub sank. A deal between Germany and the Soviets had put the Nordic nation within the Soviet "sphere of influence," and Soviet troops had invaded Finland late in 1939. The fighting was mostly confined to Finland's eastern border. Just two months after the submarine's sinking, a temporary peace agreement was reached. Sweden remained neutral in World War II. CNN's Per Nyberg contributed to this report.	[ "How many people were on Soviet submarine s-2?", "WHere were remains found?", "Who claims credit for sinking submarine with mines?", "Where did it sink?", "Which countries claim credit for the sinking of the submarine", "What was the number on board?", "How many where onboard the submarine when it sank", "Which countries claim to have sunk it?" ]	[ [ "crew of 46 and four passengers" ], [ "between the Swedish coast and the Finnish island of Aland," ], [ "Sweden and Finland" ], [ "between Sweden and Finland." ], [ "Sweden and Finland" ], [ "crew of 46 and four passengers" ], [ "crew of 46 and four passengers" ], [ "Sweden and Finland" ] ]	Lighthouse watchman last saw it 69 years ago before it sank near island of Market . The Soviet submarine S-2 had a crew of 46 and four passengers when it sank . Remains found between Swedish coast and Finnish island of Aland in February . Sweden and Finland claim credit for sinking the submarine with mines .
(CNN) -- Lights went off across the world Saturday as millions of homes and businesses went dark for one hour in a symbolic gesture highlighting concerns over climate change. The lights go off Saturday at the Houses of Parliament and the Big Ben clock tower in central London. More than 2,800 cities and towns worldwide dimmed their lights at 8:30 p.m. local time for the third annual Earth Hour -- a day-long energy-saving marathon spanning 83 countries and 24 time zones. In New York, the Empire State Building, Central Park and the George Washington Bridge went dark at 8:30 p.m. ET. The Philippines topped this year's participation for Asia, with more than 650 communities taking part in the event, according to Earth Hour's Web site. The light illuminating the face of the landmark Big Ben clock tower in London, England, went out at 8:30 p.m. (4:30 p.m. ET). In Dubai, iReporter Sharad Agarwal turned out the lights and sat down to a candlelit dinner with his family. "I personally believe in going green and everything that goes with it," Agarwal told CNN. In Australia, floodlights of the Sydney Opera House were extinguished as the city's iconic harbor kicked off events for Earth Hour. The event's Web site reported that hundreds of people lined the harbor for a glimpse of the dimming skyline at 8:30 pm. Sydney became the birthplace of the Earth Hour campaign in 2007 when 2.2 million turned off their lights, igniting a grass-roots movement that has become a global phenomenon. In China, illuminations at major buildings including the "Bird's Nest" Olympic Stadium and the Water Cube were extinguished as 20 cities joined in, according to the official Xinhua news agency. Other landmarks around the world expected to join the World Wildlife Fund-sponsored event were the Egyptian pyramids, Vatican, Niagara Falls, the Eiffel Tower, the Empire State Building, the Acropolis in Athens and the Las Vegas casino strip. CNN iReporter Marie Sager of Los Angeles, California, said she planned to hike up to the Griffith Observatory to experience the massive lights-out event. "A good portion of the city is participating. We'll see the Capital Records sign go out. A lot of these places haven't turned out their lights in awhile," Sager said. Event sponsors hoped participating U.S. cities would set an example for the rest of the world. Watch actor Edward Norton and Carter Roberts of the World Wildlife Fund discuss event » "We think we are going to have 100 million people around the world sending a message that climate change is real, and we need to take action now," World Wildlife Fund CEO Carter Roberts told CNN. "The world is watching to see what America is going to do," he said, "because if America acts on climate change, the world will follow." Earth Hour events got off to an unofficial start in the remote Chatham Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean where locals switched off their diesel generators, organizers said. Shortly afterward, 44 New Zealand cities and town joined in the event. Organizers say they hope this year's event will send a message to world leaders meeting Copenhagen, Denmark, in December for a major summit on climate change. "We are asking one billion people to take part in what is essentially the first global vote for action on climate change by turning off their lights for one hour and casting a vote for earth," said executive director Andy Ridley.	[ "what is the message of this event?", "What go out over Sydney Harbor?", "Who will send message on climate change?", "Who were expected to join event?", "where is sydney harbor?", "how many communities in the phillipines?" ]	[ [ "climate change is real, and we need to take action now,\"" ], [ "floodlights of the" ], [ "100 million people" ], [ "Egyptian pyramids, Vatican, Niagara Falls, the Eiffel Tower, the Empire State Building, the Acropolis in Athens and the Las Vegas casino strip." ], [ "Australia," ], [ "650" ] ]	Lights go out over Sydney Harbor as city launches Earth Hour . 650 communities in Philippines flip the switch . Millions of homes and businesses were expected to join event . Organizers hope event will send message on climate change to world leaders .
(CNN) -- Like the neighbors of a new kid who just moved into the big fancy house down the block, many Latin American leaders are curious about President Obama. Latin America expert Otto Reich says the summit is an "opportunity, but also a risk for U.S. policy." The heads of 34 nations will get a chance to see him up close next month at the Fifth Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago. What he says will be closely watched. "The spotlight will be entirely on Barack Obama," said Peter Hakim, president of the Washington-based Inter-American Dialogue. Hakim will be one of three people who will on Wednesday address the House Foreign Affairs Committee about the summit. Otto Reich, who served Presidents Reagan and both Bushes in a number of high-level Latin American posts, also will speak. Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty, former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton, will be the third person. Reich has some advice for Obama: Be careful. "The summit is an opportunity, but also a risk for U.S. policy," Reich said. "Not all the neighbors there are good. Why do we recognize this reality when we lock our doors at night but don't recognize it in our foreign policy?" Reich said the United States must differentiate between its friends, primarily Colombia and Mexico, which are under attack from drug traffickers and organized crime, and hostile countries, particularly Venezuela, Cuba, Bolivia, Ecuador and Nicaragua. Cuba, which was expelled from the Organization of American States, is not allowed to attend the summit. "Obama can't look at this group of people and think he's among a group of friends," Reich said. "Let's not look at this as a community of 34 countries. They are very different people." Hakim said Obama must ask Latin American leaders to share the burden. "He shouldn't simply say what the United States is going to do," Hakim said. "He should say what he expects Latin America to do." Hakim pointed out several areas Obama needs to address. First, he said, "He must make clear he's trying to fix the U.S. economy." He said Obama also will have to deal with the one nation that won't be there -- Cuba. The United States broke diplomatic relations with Cuba in 1961 and imposed an economic embargo in 1962. President Bush increased some restrictions in the past eight years. Obama has signaled that he's ready to start relaxing some of the prohibitions. "This is the issue of greatest symbolic importance," Hakim said. "It will be seen as a test of real U.S. readiness to change in the hemisphere. What he says about Cuba will make headlines." But Reich warns that the United States should extract some conditions from Cuba before making any allowances. "There's a way it can be done to advance the conditions of the people in Cuba," he said. "I don't approve of the unilateral way it's being done. The embargo is a negotiating tool. We should not negotiate with ourselves, and that's what we're doing." Hakim also said Obama must address "the pandemic of criminal violence" destroying many parts of Latin America. U.S. aid is focused primarily on Mexico and Colombia. "Is the United States going to go beyond Mexico and Colombia?" he asked. "Is the United States ready to rethink it's drug strategy, which has done so little?" A new approach to the drug war has received increased support and attention recently. The former presidents of Mexico, Colombia and Brazil called last month for the decriminalization of marijuana for personal use and a change in tactics on the war on drugs. Ex-presidents Ernesto Zedillo of Mexico, Cesar Gaviria of Colombia and Fernando Henrique Cardoso of Brazil made their announcement at a meeting in Brazil of the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy. "The problem is that current policies are based on prejudices and fears and	[ "What should Obama address?", "Who will not be at the summit?", "What should Obama recognize?", "Where will Obama go?", "Where is Obama going next month?" ]	[ [ "\"He must make clear he's trying to fix the U.S. economy.\"" ], [ "Cuba," ], [ "United States must differentiate between its friends, primarily Colombia and Mexico," ], [ "Trinidad and Tobago." ], [ "Fifth Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago." ] ]	Obama goes to Fifth Summit of the Americas next month . Three analysts are speaking to Congress this week about summit . One says Obama should recognize he's not surrounded by friends . Another says he should address issue of Cuba, which will not be at summit .
(CNN) -- Lionel Messi ended his international goal drought to help Argentina make the perfect start to the 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign under new coach Alejandro Sabella on Friday. Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain scored a hat-trick in the 4-1 victory over Chile but of similar importance was Messi's first strike in 16 games for La Albiceleste. Handed the captain's armband by Sabella, Messi made it 2-0 in the 26th minute after combining with Higuain to end a run going back two years and seven months. Messi replied in kind to set up Higuain's hat-trick in the 63rd minute, while Angel Di Maria laid on his clubmate's other two goals. Chile, missing injured key players Alexis Sanchez and Gary Medel, had pulled it back to 3-1 through Matias Fernandez on the hour. "It was important to get off on the right foot and we did just that," Higuain said in quotes reported by AFP, having also scored a treble in his last match for Real. "I liked a lot of what we did tonight. Now we have to keep this up." Sabella took over from Sergio Batista after Argentina lost in the Copa America quarterfinals on home soil in July, and his next task is a trip to Venezuela on Tuesday. Venezuela's campaign began with a 2-0 defeat at Ecuador on Friday, with the Copa semifinalists' most-capped player Jose Manuel Rey sent off with 12 minutes to play for a second yellow card. Strikers Jaime Ayovi and Christian Benitez gave Ecuador a commanding lead inside the opening 30 minutes. Copa champions Uruguay made a perfect start with a 4-2 victory at home to Bolivia. Strikers Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani helped make it 3-1 at halftime, while defender captain Diego Lugano netted his second goal with 18 minutes to play before Marcelo Martins' late consolation penalty. Copa runners-up Paraguay crashed to a 2-0 defeat away to Peru, who built on their third-place finish as striker Jose Paolo Guerrero netted both goals in the second half. Paraguay host Uruguay on Tuesday, while Peru visit Chile and Bolivia are at home to Colombia. Brazil, assured of a place as hosts of the 2014 tournament, beat Costa Rica in a friendly on Friday. Striker Neymar netted a 60th-minute winner before the home team had Heiner Mora sent off late in San Jose.	[ "what gonzalo do?", "who is ginzalo higuain" ]	[ [ "scored a hat-trick" ], [ "Real Madrid striker" ] ]	Lionel Messi scores his first international goal for Argentina in 16 games . Gonzalo Higuain also nets a hat-trick in 4-1 victory at home to Chile . Copa America champions Uruguay open World Cup campaign with victory . 2014 World Cup hosts Brazil beat Costa Rica 1-0 in friendly international .
(CNN) -- Lionel Messi has been hailed as the greatest soccer player the world has ever seen following his extraordinary exploits for European champions Barcelona. The 22-year-old has scored 10 goals in his past four games, including two hat-tricks in consecutive Spanish league matches. The diminutive Argentina forward has kept Barcelona in the hunt for a second successive La Liga title, and his two goals against Stuttgart last Wednesday helped put the Champions League titleholders into the quarterfinals of Europe's premier club competition. Blog: Is Messi better than Maradona? Sunday's treble against Zaragoza was his third this season, and his fifth since making his debut in 2004, taking him to 25 league goals this campaign -- five more than closest rival Gonzalo Higuain of Real Madrid, and two past his tally from last season with 11 games still to play. Messi is now third on Barcelona's all-time scoring list, and has the chance to net his 200th goal for the club in Wednesday's league game against Osasuna. After the Zaragoza game, Barcelona president Joan Laporta compared Messi -- who was named 2009's best player in the world -- with the club's legendary former stars Diego Maradona and Johan Cruyff. "He's the best player in the world right now and the best ever," Laporta told Barcelona's Web site. "Together with Cruyff and Maradona, he's the best we've seen at the club. "He's a player who can change everything in a game, but he also works for the rest of the team. He's a real leader." Coach Pep Guardiola said he had run out of superlatives to describe the performances of Messi, who has scored 11 of Barcelona's last 15 goals. "He's been more than decisive, and you can tell he's feeling fit the way he gets involved in everything. I've run out of adjectives -- you'll have to put your own," Guardiola said. "That he's capable of doing everything that he does at his age is something impressive. It doesn't make any sense." Guardiola revealed that Messi had been in doubt for the Zaragoza game due to a gum infection in his mouth. "He was in a lot of pain. But in the morning I asked him how he was and he told me that he was better. Before the game I asked if he wanted to play and he said yes, I asked him how many minutes and he told me the whole game," Guardiola told reporters. "He always wants to play, whether it's the Champions League final or against a third-division side. For me it's difficult to leave him out, seeing the form he's in. He's an amateur in this sense, he always wants to play." Messi has not always carried his amazing club form onto the international stage with Argentina, but he has the chance to redress that situation in June at the World Cup in South Africa. "The person who most wants to see him succeed for Argentina is Messi himself, nobody should doubt that," Guardiola said.	[ "What does Pep Guardiola say?", "Who is the president of Barcelona?", "Messi has scored how manyy goals?" ]	[ [ "run out of superlatives to describe the performances of Messi," ], [ "Joan Laporta" ], [ "10" ] ]	Barcelona president Joan Laporta says Lionel Messi is best player world has ever seen . Messi has scored 10 goals in past four games, including two hat-tricks . The 22-year-old is third on the Spanish club's all-time scoring list with 199 goals . Coach Pep Guardiola says he has run out of superlatives to praise the Argentine forward .
(CNN) -- Lionel Messi inspired Argentina as the two-time world champions came from behind to defeat Colombia 2-1 in a South American World Cup qualifying clash on Tuesday. Argentina went 1-0 down in Barranquilla after 44 minutes, when midfielder Javier Mascherano inadvertently deflected Dorlan Pabon's shot into his own net. But La Albiceleste rallied in the second half, with two-time world player of the year Messi equalizing after 60 minutes when Colombia goalkeeper David Ospina failed to gather Jose Sosa's cross. Substitute Sergio Aguero stole all three points for Argentina with six minutes remaining. The Manchester City striker was first to react when Ospina parried a shot from Real Madrid's Gonzalo Higuain, with Barcelona star Messi involved in the build-up. How should football tackle racism? The result kept Argentina second in the nine-team South American qualifying group, level on seven points with 2011 Copa America winners Uruguay and third-placed Venezuela. Uruguay have a game in hand over both rivals, having played only three qualifiers. "It was hard," Messi, who was awarded the inaugural FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2010 and is nominated for the accolade again this year, said after the match. "We did not deserve to go a goal behind, as they were not better than us. "Sometimes you play better, and other times you have to fight harder. This game was one of those days." Ronaldo nets double as Portugal reach Euro 2012 Venezuela joined Argentina on two wins, a draw and a defeat after beating Bolivia 1-0, with defender Oswaldo Vizcarrondo heading the only goal in the 23rd minute. The defeat left visiting Bolivia rock bottom with just one point from four matches. Ecuador moved into the fourth and final automatic qualifying spot courtesy of a 2-0 win over Peru in Quito. Midfielder Edison Mendez broke the deadlock in the 69th minute after being set up by striker Christian Benitez. Benitez, who plays his club football with Mexican outfit America, sealed Ecuador's triumph with a close-range strike in the closing minutes to keep his side unbeaten for 34 years in World Cup ties against Peru. Chile climbed above Colombia into fifth place and the one playoff berth after a 2-0 success against Paraguay. Claudio Borghi's team lost 4-0 to Uruguay last week, but Chile responded positively and took the lead through defender Pablo Contreras on 27 minutes. Fullback Matias Campos sealed victory with five minutes left, as Chile moved onto six points. The qualifying group usually has 10 countries, but Brazil's place is already guaranteed as the hosts of the 2014 tournament, when Mano Menezes' team will seek a sixth title.	[ "Who won the World cup qualifier?", "where it was this match", "when did come from behind to beat Colombia 2-1 in 2014 World Cup?", "Who is fourth placed?" ]	[ [ "Argentina" ], [ "Barranquilla" ], [ "Tuesday." ], [ "Ecuador" ] ]	Argentina come from behind to beat Colombia 2-1 in 2014 World Cup qualifier . The win keeps Argentina second behind Uruguay in the South American group . Third-placed Venezuela also on seven points after beating Bolivia 1-0 . Fourth-placed Ecuador and Chile, in fifth, both secure 2-0 victories .
(CNN) -- Lionel Messi produced a performance of stunning brilliance, scoring all four goals as holders Barcelona beat Arsenal 4-1 to reach the semifinals of the Champions League 6-3 on aggregate on Tuesday. Messi turned on the style in the Nou Camp with one of the most devastating individual displays the competition has ever seen, as an injury-ravaged Arsenal side were torn apart. The match started started brightly for the Londoners who actually took a shock 18th-minute lead. Theo Walcott's pace had troubled Barca in the 2-2 first leg at The Emirates and the England winger created the opener with a break down the right. His pass inside for Nicklas Bendtner was a poor one, but somehow the Dane managed to pounce at the second attempt to stab his shot past Victor Valdes in the Barca goal. Arsenal's lead lasted barely three minutes before Messi began his one-man show. Mickael Silvestre failed to clear the ball on the edge of the area and it fell to Messi, who curled home a superb equalizer. Messi added his and Barca's second on 37 minutes. Eric Abidal's cross from the right was cut out by Thomas Vermaelen. However, the rest of the Arsenal defense were slow to react and Pedro found Messi, who smashed his shot past Manuel Almunia. The striker completed his stunning hat-trick four minutes before the break when he raced onto a header from Abidal to sprint clear of the Arsenal defense before superbly chipping the ball over Almunia. By now, Arsenal needed two goals to go through and, in truth, they never looked likely to get them. Bendtner struck the post with a fierce header from Gael Clichy's cross, but he was flagged offside, and Tomas Rosicky fired over the bar when in a great position. Messi completed the job three minutes from time, beating two defender on the left hand side of the area before firing the ball through Almunia's legs. The result means Barcelona will now face Italian champions Inter Milan, who they were drawn against in the group stages, in a mouth-watering semifinal clash. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was full of praise for Messi's performance. "For me, he is the best player in the world, and by a distance," he told Sky Sports. "When he's in the game, he's really dangerous. Once he is on the run with the ball, he is unstoppable. The Frenchman added: "I believe that we lost against a team that is better than us and have the best player in the world."	[ "Where did Barcelona thrash Arsenal 4-1?", "What was the score?", "Who scored the goals?", "How many goals did Lionel Messi score?", "Which soccer team won?", "Where did the match take place?", "What was the score of the semifinal?" ]	[ [ "Nou Camp" ], [ "4-1" ], [ "Messi" ], [ "four" ], [ "Barcelona" ], [ "Nou Camp" ], [ "6-3" ] ]	Lionel Messi scores all four goals as Barcelona thrash Arsenal 4-1 at the Nou Camp . Arsenal take the lead through Nicklas Bendtner before Barcelona fight back . The result sees holders Barcelona through to the semifinals 6-3 on aggregate .
(CNN) -- Lionel Messi scored his second hat-trick in four days as titleholders Barcelona marched into the knockout stage of the European Champions League on a night of milestones for the Spanish club on Tuesday. The striker, a big favorite to win his third world player of the year award after heading the 2011 nominations before the match against Viktoria Plzen, passed a double century of goals for Barca to mark coach Josep Guardiola's 200th match in charge. The Czech champions capitulated to a 4-0 home defeat in the Group H game after having Marian Cisovsky sent off for a foul in the box on Messi, who scored the resulting penalty to open the scoring in the 24th minute with his milestone goal. The Argentine made it 2-0 in the second minute of first-half injury-time after combining with Adriano, and he sealed the rout in stoppage time after a superb backheel pass from central defender Gerard Pique set him free for his 202nd. Is Messi the only candidate for Ballon d'Or? Barca's third came in the 72nd minute when Cesc Fabregas -- among eight Barca players in the 23-man FIFA Ballon d'Or Shortlist -- headed home a cross by young winger Isaac Cuenca. Guardiola became only the fifth Barca boss to reach 200 games, suffering just 17 defeats. Messi has scored 160 of the 500 goals netted in that period. The clean sheet meant that Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes set a new club record of 877 minutes without conceding, beating the previous mark set by Miguel Reina in 1973. The win gave Barca 10 points from four games, leaving the Catalans two clear of second-placed AC Milan with two rounds to play. The Italian champions went through to the second round despite being held 1-1 by BATE Borisov in Belarus in an earlier kickoff. Milan went into the match denying reports that hospitalized striker Antonio Cassano had suffered a stroke. "I think every patient has the right to privacy, the doctors are working on it and there's nothing more to say," chief executive Adriano Galliani told the club's website. "I spoke to him today and he seemed in good form. There was of course a bit of fear because the whole thing was so unexpected." Milan took the lead in the 22nd minute through striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who won possession out wide on the right and then burst into the box to receive Robinho's pass and score. But Borisov leveled 10 minutes after halftime with a penalty by Renan Bressan when Ignazio Abate fouled Artem Kontsevoy. Chelsea missed the chance to go through in Group E after being held to a 1-1 draw by Genk in Belgium, as David Luiz missed a penalty for the visitors. Captain John Terry was left on the bench after UK police confirmed he faces a formal investigation into claims the defender racially abused Queen's Park Rangers' Anton Ferdinand. The London team, beaten 5-3 by Arsenal at the weekend, took a 26th-minute lead through Ramires but fellow Brazilian Luiz saw his spot-kick saved five minutes before the break. Jelle Vossen leveled just after the hour to leave Chelsea on eight points, and Genk on bottom with two. Second-placed Bayer Leverkusen remained on six points after losing 3-1 at Valencia, who are a point further back following the second-fastest goal in Champions League history. Jonas netted just after 10 seconds, but Stefan Kiessling equalized on the half hour. However, Roberto Soldado (65) and Adil Rami (75) kept the Spanish side's hopes alive ahead of the final two games. Group F leaders Arsenal also failed to qualify for the last 16 after being held to a 0-0 draw at home to Marseille. The French side remained one point behind Arsenal, who have two wins and two draws. German champions Borussia Dortmund moved off the bottom with a 1-0 win over Greek club Olympiakos. Kevin Grosskreutz scored the only goal in the seventh minute with a spectacular strike to put Dortmund within three points of Marseille ahead of the trip to Arsenal on November 23. Group G	[ "Who went through from Group H?", "Who is through to the last 16?", "Who scored a treble?", "Who is through to last 16?", "What was the score?", "Who won the game?", "Who nets treble in 4-0 win?", "Who failed to progress?" ]	[ [ "Barcelona" ], [ "Barcelona" ], [ "Messi" ], [ "Arsenal" ], [ "4-0" ], [ "Barcelona" ], [ "Messi" ], [ "Group F leaders Arsenal" ] ]	Barcelona through to last 16 of the European Champions League . Lionel Messi nets treble in 4-0 win over Czech champions Viktoria Plzen . AC Milan also go through from Group H despite 1-1 draw in Belarus . English clubs Arsenal and Chelsea fail to progress after also being held .
(CNN) -- Little Rhode Island made big news in the education arena last month. Superintendent Frances Gallo fired all the teachers at Central Falls High School after negotiations with the teachers' union failed. The move was triggered by low test scores -- only 7 percent of 11th-graders passed the state math tests, and 50 percent of the students at Central Falls failed to graduate in four years. Appalling numbers. Gallo wanted teachers to increase the length of the school day and spend time tutoring kids. The teachers' union was not convinced. Even President Obama got involved and supported the firing, saying, "If a school continues to fail its students year after year after year, if it doesn't show signs of improvement, then there's got to be a sense of accountability." Yes, accountability is right, but who is supposed to be accountable for this massive failure to learn? The general consensus is that the teachers are responsible. Is it really all the teachers' fault? Columnist Ruben Navarrette Jr. thinks so. Having been a teacher himself for five years, he says teachers just like to complain. He doesn't say why he is no longer teaching, but he applauds the firing and blames the teachers. Superintendent Gallo agrees. She fired all of them. Everyone agrees that the K-12 schools are failing, but the reasons are not as simple as Navarrette and Gallo think. Firing all the teachers is not the answer. Closing schools is not the answer. Schools aren't failing because the teachers don't care or aren't trying. It's not because teachers fail to follow the curriculum. It isn't because they are poorly paid. Teachers go into teaching because they want to make a difference and help kids. They certainly don't go into teaching to get rich. They don't want to do a bad job, either; no one likes to fail. A recent survey of 40,000 teachers by the Gates Foundation shows that teachers are more interested in reform than money. If you examine Central Falls High School closely, a few things stand out: More than 96 percent of the students are eligible for free or reduced lunch, according to the school's Web site, and only 6 percent of the people in the town have a college degree. Does that tell you something important about the parents? They are struggling financially and lack postsecondary education. Central Falls provides little or no parental support for students or for the teachers, yet everyone expects teachers to do it all with few resources. Clearly, it does not work. In his book entitled "Does Money Matter? the Effect of School Resources on Student Achievement," Gary Burtless argues that the "home environment has strong effects on student achievement, stronger in fact than social class effects." He argues that the most important home environment variables involve "parents expending time participating in activities with children that enhance learning." Very little, if any, of this is happening in the communities of a failing school. Look at where the schools are failing -- in the most densely populated areas of the 50 largest American cities. Teachers are not magicians. Low test scores and the dropout rate cannot be blamed on the teachers alone. They need help from the parents, help from the community, help from the administrators, help from state and federal governments. Thousands of kids starting kindergarten each year don't know colors, counting, or even the names of fruits and vegetables. Their vocabularies are hundreds of words fewer than their more advantaged peers. Who is talking to these kids? The electronic nanny -- the television. No teacher can effectively educate a child without support from the parents. Support at the elementary level means spending time with their child, reading to their child, talking with their child, providing a stable home for their child. Support in high school means a quiet place to study, recognition and approval for kids' efforts, and helping when they are not doing well. Strong schools have supportive parents and an involved community. Schools like Central Falls High School have struggling communities. To fire all the	[ "What did the Rhode Island school district do?", "Who needs to share blame", "Who needs to share the blame and help solve the problem?", "Who is failling school?", "Who are to blame?" ]	[ [ "fired all the teachers at Central Falls High" ], [ "the parents," ], [ "the teachers" ], [ "50 percent of the students" ], [ "teachers" ] ]	Rhode Island school district fired teachers at a failing school . Teacher Esther Wojcicki says that's not the answer to poorly performing schools . She says parents, administrators need to share blame, help solve problem . "No teacher can effectively educate a child without support from the parents," she says .
(CNN) -- Liverpool are waiting to learn the extent of the injury which prevented captain Steven Gerrard playing in the club's 2-0 win at West Bromwich Albion on Saturday, manager Kenny Dalglish has said. England international Gerrard, 31, missed the match after picking up an infection in his right ankle, having only recently recovered from a groin injury which has restricted the midfielder to just four English Premier League appearances this season. Dalglish also faced questions on the fitness of former England defender Jamie Carragher, who was ruled out of the match at the Hawthorns with a calf strain. "Carragher has a calf strain. Steven Gerrard has an infection in his ankle," Dalglish, 60, told a press conference. "Steven was in my mind for the game today but it just flared up. "We are off tomorrow, so we'll have a more accurate idea on Monday or Tuesday when we return to training. We will be more accurate next week than what we can be now." Dalglish, who also managed the Anfield club between 1985 and 1991, praised the injured duo, while also expressing his delight at seeing his charges pick up three points without two of the team's most influential players. "We are certainly much better with them in the squad than out of it," he said. "They have done magnificently for this football club and they will continue to do magnificently for us too. "They will continue to make a contribution, even now. I suppose it is a reflection on the strength of the squad when the two talisman figures are not playing and you still come and put on such a top performance." Gerrard and Carragher are products of the Liverpool youth academy, with both players part of the team which earned a penalty shoot-out victory over Italian side AC Milan in the 2005 European Champions League final. Dalglish will hope to have the duo available for the home match against Swansea City on Saturday.	[ "Who was without a defender at the Hawthorn?", "What caused Gerrard to miss Saturday's game?", "Who is waiting to learn about their captain?", "When was the win over West Brom?", "Which defender was out?", "Which Liverpool player was injured?", "What is the name of the injured captain?", "Which defender was missing at the Hawthorns?" ]	[ [ "Dalglish" ], [ "injury" ], [ "Liverpool" ], [ "Saturday," ], [ "Jamie Carragher," ], [ "Steven Gerrard" ], [ "Steven Gerrard" ], [ "Jamie Carragher," ] ]	Liverpool are waiting to learn how long injured captain Steven Gerrard will be out for . Gerrard, 31, missed Saturday's win over West Brom with an ankle infection . Kenny Dalglish was also without defender Jamie Carragher at the Hawthorns .
(CNN) -- Liverpool have secured the biggest sponsorship deal in the English Premier League club's history after they announced a four-year deal with Standard Chartered Bank. Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish and managing director Christian Purslow confirm the new sponsorship deal. The Reds have confirmed that the bank will replace current sponsors Carlsberg at the start of the 2010-11 season, ending a 17-year association with the Reds, for the beer maker. The figure for the sponsorship has not be disclosed but reports in British newspaper The Guardian suggest the deal is worth $133 million. Liverpool managing director Christian Purslow spoke of his delight on sealing the sponsorship agreement for the Anfield-based side. "I am tremendously excited - it's a hugely important day in the history of Liverpool FC," he told the club's official Web site. "This is the largest commercial agreement we have ever entered into. To have attracted a partner of the caliber of Standard Chartered Bank says everything about where we are trying to take this football club. "They operate in a number of markets around the world where we have a long term plan to increase the family of Liverpool fans and this agreement will be very helpful to us in doing that." Purslow added: "Many branches in these countries will effectively be a shop window for Liverpool FC and a means of attracting more supporters to the cause. "We aspire to be the best at what we do on and off the field. This is the first commercial agreement the club has entered into which can truly be described as the best of its kind in world football. "I hope this tells everyone, especially our fans, what we are trying to do with this football club in the future." The move follows Liverpool's American owners, George Gillett and Tom Hicks, concluding a deal in July to re-finance a $380 million bank loan they took out to buy the club in 2007. Plans to develop a new 60,000-seater stadium at a cost of $580 million were shelved due to the recession in 2008 by the club, despite planning permission being granted by the local city council.	[ "how much is the deal worth", "what annouced the Liverpool?", "How long did carlsberg sponsor the team for", "Liverpool is making a deal with whom?", "how much is worth the deal?", "What is the deal reported to be worth?", "Who sponsors Liverpool Football club", "what will carry the Liverpool on their shirts?" ]	[ [ "$133 million." ], [ "a four-year deal with Standard Chartered Bank." ], [ "17-year" ], [ "Standard Chartered Bank." ], [ "$133 million." ], [ "$133 million." ], [ "Standard Chartered Bank." ], [ "Standard Chartered Bank." ] ]	Liverpool announce a new sponsorship deal with Standard Chartered Bank . The means the end of the Reds 17-year association with brewers Carlsberg . Liverpool will carry the bank's name on their shirts at the start of the 2010/11 . The deal is reported to be worth approximately $133 million to the club .
(CNN) -- Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez insists Fernando Torres is happy at the English Premier League club after Manchester City were linked with a multi-million dollar bid for the Spain striker. Torres has scored 18 goals in 22 league games for Liverpool this season but will miss the rest of the campaign after having surgery on a knee injury, meaning the 26-year-old faces a race to be fit for Spain's opening game in the World Cup against Switzerland on June 16. City spent over $100 million in the transfer market before the start of this season and are currently battling for fourth spot in the league, which would guarantee a lucrative Champions League place. Liverpool, meanwhile, sit in seventh place and look set to miss out on qualification for the money-spinning tournament. It has led to speculation that Torres could be top of City's wanted list once the season ends. City's Italian manager Roberto Mancini told reporters: "We are a top team and I think all the top teams are interested in Torres but sometimes it depends on the player because they want to play in the Champions League. "For me, he is with Carlos [Tevez], [Wayne] Rooney, [Lionel] Messi, [Zlatan] Ibrahimovic, [Cristiano] Ronaldo as the best in Europe. Fernando is a fantastic striker; all the teams in Europe would like him." The City manager did admit a successful pursuit of Torres may only come about if the club can secure Champions League football next season: "If we don't get into the fourth position I think it will be difficult," he said. Liverpool were knocked out of Champions League in the group stages but have progressed to the semifinal of the Europa League against Atletico Madrid. They lost the first leg 1-0 in the Spanish capital on Thursday. After the game Benitez dismissed the possibility of Torres leaving the club. He told reporters: "Torres is happy. The thing he's thinking about now is being ready as soon as possible and that's it. From the beginning, he's said he's been very happy at Anfield. "We have said repeatedly that Fernando is not for sale and he still has three years of his contract remaining, so how can they sign a player who does not wish to leave?"	[ "What does Mancini say?", "What sport does Torres play?", "what Mandhester express an interest about?", "What has happened to Torres?", "who is the city manager?", "where has torres an injury?" ]	[ [ "\"We are a top team and I think all the top" ], [ "football" ], [ "multi-million dollar bid for the Spain striker." ], [ "knee injury," ], [ "Roberto Mancini" ], [ "knee" ] ]	Manchester City express an interest in signing Liverpool striker Fernando Torres . City manager Roberto Mancini says many teams in Europe would like Torres . Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez insists Torres is happy at Liverpool . Torres is currently sidelined with a knee injury .
(CNN) -- Liverpool's Uruguay international striker Luis Suarez has been accused of giving "unreliable" and "inconsistent" evidence to the disciplinary panel which banned him for eight-games for alleged racial abuse of Manchester United's Patrice Evra. The findings of the Independent Regulatory Commission were released late Saturday night on the official website of the English Football Association (FA). The detailed 115-page ruling went over the circumstances of the clash between the pair in the match at Liverpool's Anfield ground on October 15. It concluded that Suarez had called Evra a "negro" no fewer than seven times during the course of the English Premier League match. The panel heard evidence from both players and also used linguistic experts to examine television footage of the game. Their investigations centered on an incident just before the hour mark after Suarez fouled the French international full-back. Dalglish defends t-shirts supporting Suarez At a subsequent Liverpool corner, Evra was marking the striker and they became involved in a fierce row. Evra made a complaint to referee Andre Mariner and again after the game, which prompted the FA investigation. Suarez, who was publicly supported by his manager Kenny Dalglish and teammates, argued before the panel that the use of he word "negro" was not offensive. But the commission rejected his arguments in handing down their lengthy ban and a $62,000 fine. "Mr Evra was a credible witness," read its report. "He gave his evidence in a calm, composed and clear way. It was, for the most part, consistent, although both he and Mr Suarez were understandably unable to remember every detail of the exchanges between them. Blog: Out with the old and in with the new in 2012 "Mr Suarez's evidence was unreliable in relation to matters of critical importance. It was, in part, inconsistent with the contemporaneous evidence, especially the video footage," it added. However, the commission did not believe Suarez was "racist" but had used "insulting" words, which was the basis of the FA charge against him. "We have found that charge proved on the evidence and arguments put before us. The FA made clear that it did not contend that Mr Suarez acted as he did because he is a racist. "Mr Evra said in his evidence that he did not think Mr Suarez is a racist. Mr Suarez said in evidence that he will not use the word 'negro' on a football pitch in England in the future, and we believe that is his genuine and firm intention." Liverpool have until January 13 to appeal, leaving Suarez free to play, including a English League Cup semifinal first leg tie against Manchester City two days before. They issued a statement on their website to confirm receipt of the commission's report. "The player, the club and our legal advisers will now take the necessary amount of time to read, digest and properly consider the contents of the 115 page judgment and will make no further comment at present," it read. The Suarez affair comes at the same time England captain John Terry is facing a criminal charge of using racist language against QPR defender Anton Ferdinand during Chelsea's EPL game on October 23. Terry has vowed to fight the charges "tooth and nail" and like Suarez has received the backing of his club. The FA is postponing its action until the court proceedings are concluded early this year.	[ "How much was Suarez's fine", "Who says Luis Suarez gave unreliable evidence", "How many pages is the report about his exchanges?", "What was his fine?", "How many pages did the report contain?", "How long was the report", "For how many games was Suarez banned?", "How long is Suarez game ban?" ]	[ [ "$62,000" ], [ "Independent Regulatory Commission" ], [ "115-page" ], [ "$62,000" ], [ "115-page" ], [ "115-page" ], [ "eight-games" ], [ "eight-games" ] ]	FA says Luis Suarez gave 'unreliable' evidence in race abuse case . Suarez received eight-game ban and $62,000 fine . 115-page report details his exchanges with Patrice Evra . Liverpool still to decide whether to appeal findings .
(CNN) -- Living Golf's resident pro Adam Scott shows the tricks of the trade that have helped him conquer some of the world's toughest courses. Whether it is acheiving a better drive, improving approach shots to the green or tackling testing bunkers, Scott has the tips to help your game. Improve your game by following the Living Golf lessons every month on CNN.com	[ "Where does he teach?", "What does Australia's Adam Scott tell Living Golf?", "what did Adam Scott tell?", "What can you do to improve your game?" ]	[ [ "on CNN.com" ], [ "tricks of the trade that have helped him conquer" ], [ "the tricks of the trade" ], [ "following the Living Golf lessons every month on CNN.com" ] ]	Australia's Adam Scott tells Living Golf the tricks of the trade . Improve your game by following Scott's lessons each month .
(CNN) -- Local and federal authorities in Enfield, Connecticut, are investigating how a band of burglars broke into a large pharmaceutical warehouse and made off with approximately $75 million in prescription medications. Police say the well-orchestrated heist at the Eli Lilly and Co. distribution center occurred during a rainstorm shortly after midnight Sunday. "Based on the sophistication of what was used, this had to be well-executed and planned," Enfield Police Chief Carl Sferrazza said. According to Sferrazza, the thieves scaled the side of the building onto the roof, where they cut an opening. He said they then rappelled into the building, disabled the alarm and proceeded to steal several dozen pallets of prescription pills, loading them onto one or more getaway vehicles. Police say the robbery was not discovered until almost 2 p.m. ET Sunday. When asked whether the crime could have been an inside job, Sferrazza replied, "Anything is possible; we are not ruling anything out at this point." A spokesman for Eli Lilly, Ed Sagebiel, said the company is working closely with both the Enfield Police and the FBI. Though Sagebiel would not confirm what types of medications were stolen, he said there were no narcotics at the site. Although the intended destination of the drugs is unknown, the spokesman speculated that the suspects will attempt to sell them on the domestic or international black markets. "We certainly know that there is a market for these products," Sagebiel said. "We have a closed system here in the U.S. that makes it more difficult to distribute them in the United States for legitimate means." Based in Indianapolis, Indiana, Eli Lilly is the ninth-largest pharmaceutical company in the world.	[ "What does the police chief say?", "Was this an inside job?", "What facility did thieves break into?", "was the heist well organized?", "are the Authorities ruling out an inside job?", "Where was the facility?" ]	[ [ "\"Based on the sophistication of" ], [ "point.\"" ], [ "large pharmaceutical warehouse" ], [ "well-orchestrated" ], [ "anything" ], [ "Enfield, Connecticut," ] ]	Thieves broke into Connecticut facility early Sunday, police say . Chief says heist was well-organized . Authorities aren't ruling out an inside job .
(CNN) -- Local and state authorities in Northampton, Massachusetts, are investigating nine suspicious fires that have killed two people and left residents shaken, officials said Sunday. In just over an hour early Sunday, five structures -- including a single-family residence -- burned, in addition to "numerous cars," District Attorney Betsy Scheibel told a news conference that included fire and police officials and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick. The fires were reported between 2 a.m. and 3:15 a.m., Scheibel's office said. Two people were found dead on the first floor of a residence, Scheibel said. Identities of the victims are being withheld pending autopsy results. "We know this community is deeply shaken by this series of suspicious fires," Patrick said. "I want the public to know that every resource at the local [and] at the state level is being applied to deal with this to bring comfort and safety to the community" and to find the individual or individuals responsible. A joint task force of local, state and federal fire officials has been formed to investigate the circumstances under which the fires started, Scheibel said. All of the blazes have been extinguished.	[ "When were the fires reported?", "Who is the District Attorney?", "Where are the fires taking place?", "When did the fires start?", "How many fires killed 2 people?", "How many structures burned?" ]	[ [ "between 2 a.m. and 3:15 a.m.," ], [ "Betsy Scheibel" ], [ "Northampton, Massachusetts," ], [ "between 2 a.m. and 3:15 a.m.," ], [ "nine" ], [ "five" ] ]	Officials in Northampton, Massachusetts, say 9 fires have killed 2 people . 5 structures, "numerous cars" burned early Sunday, district attorney says . Fires reported between 2 and 3:15 a.m., DA says . Task force of local, state, federal fire officials investigating .
(CNN) -- Local security forces and coalition soldiers in western Afghanistan killed several insurgents Thursday in what the NATO command called a "successful operation against high-priority Taliban targets." British troops detain suspected Taliban Militants during a recent operation in Afghanistan. The operation took place in the Shindand district of Herat province. Two Taliban leaders, Haji Dawlat Khan and Haji Nasrullah Khan, and "significant number of other insurgents" were killed, according to a statement from NATO's International Security Assistance Force. It added there was no evidence of civilian casualties or accidental damage in the operation, in which a "number of men were discovered handcuffed and imprisoned in appalling conditions in one of the insurgent compounds." The incident reflects the increasing violence between troops and Taliban militants across Afghanistan and the growing concern in the United States that the war there should be more of a priority than it has been. Since May, the deaths of U.S. and allied troops have far outpaced the toll in Iraq. On Thursday, the toll in Afghanistan was 21 compared to six in Iraq. The International Security Assistance Force did not provide the nationality of the soldier who died in Afghanistan Thursday. Two top Pentagon officials said Wednesday they expect to be able to recommend more troop reductions in Iraq this fall and will try to find ways to increase troops in Afghanistan. One of the toughest fronts in the war has been the southern province of Helmand. The British Defense Ministry said its troops in southern Afghanistan killed a senior Taliban leader, two weeks after another leading militant died in a British missile attack. Mullah Bismullah Akhund was killed Saturday in the Now Zad district of Helmand, long a Taliban bastion. The Defense Ministry, in a statement on Wednesday, called Bismullah "a senior key facilitator and logistician responsible for the northern Helmand region." The ministry says his death will disrupt the Taliban's leadership structure and hamper the group's ability to conduct attacks. "He is believed to have commanded numerous fighters and was identified by Task Force Helmand as a key player in the insurgency, and criminality, before the strike," according to ISAF. British troops, which are part of the assistance force, announced the killing on Thursday. Saturday's operation occurred 15 days after British troops killed another senior Taliban militant, Sadiqullah, in an Apache missile strike. "Bismullah was closely associated with local Taliban leader Mullah Rahim, whose brother was also killed during this operation," ISAF said. The Defense Ministry said that "combined with the elimination of Sadiqullah, this is the most significant blow struck against the Taliban logistics and facilitation chain in northern Helmand this year." The U.S.-led coalition said it also is investigating an airstrike in western Afghanistan's Farah province. Launched after a coalition convoy was attacked Tuesday, it struck a house and killed eight civilians. CNN's Joe Sterling contributed to this report.	[ "What did NAATO say?", "Who is described to be a senior key facilitator?", "Who killed another Taliban leader?", "Who was attacked?", "What did the UK say?", "What international organization reported on these events?", "Who said its troops killed another senior Taliban leader?", "Number of Taliban leaders killed?", "Who is described as a \"senior key facilitator and logistician?" ]	[ [ "the NATO command called a \"successful operation against high-priority Taliban targets.\"" ], [ "Mullah Bismullah Akhund" ], [ "British troops" ], [ "coalition convoy" ], [ "\"successful operation against high-priority Taliban targets.\"" ], [ "NATO's" ], [ "NATO's International Security Assistance Force." ], [ "Two" ], [ "Mullah Bismullah Akhund" ] ]	NATO: 2 Taliban leaders and "significant number of insurgents" were killed . UK said its troops in S. Afghanistan killed another senior Taliban leader . Mullah Bismullah Akhund described as "a senior key facilitator and logistician" W. Afghanistan: Airstrike launched after a coalition convoy was attacked .
(CNN) -- Long before fish swam in Macquariums, hipsters got Apple logo tattoos and thousands camped out for days to get into computer store openings, there was a machine. Danielle Brecker found this 1989 photo of friends on their Macs at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Saturday marks the 25th anniversary of the original Macintosh, the first personal computer to draw masses, introduce the mouse and incorporate a graphical user interface, relying on images instead of text. The Apple Inc. watershed product entered American consciousness amid fanfare, with a $1.5 million commercial, made by Ridley Scott, wowing audiences during Super Bowl XVIII. The piece's title, "1984," invoked author George Orwell's message and stood as a warning against conformity. Two days after the ad ran, the Macintosh became available and life, as people knew it, changed. No longer were computers viewed as toys with which to play primitive games or as untouchable tools reserved for degreed engineers. We began to think different. "The Macintosh demonstrated that it was possible and profitable to create a machine to be used by millions and millions of people," said Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, research director for the Institute for the Future, a Palo Alto, California, think tank, and chief force behind "Making the Macintosh: Technology and Culture in Silicon Valley," an online historical exhibit. "The gold standard now for personal electronics is, 'Is it easy enough for my grandmother to use it?' People on the Macintosh project were the first people to talk about a product in that way." Pang, 44, remembered being "mesmerized" by the computer when he first saw it up close in his college bookstore. He wasn't alone. Read about how iReporters are preserving Mac history For graphic designers like Zoë Korstvedt, now a Los Angeles creative director, the evolving Mac, with each added feature, was ripe with ah-ha moments. To tinker with a piece, play with the text, "to visualize on your computer was just insane," she said. "My colleagues and I wonder how we did it [their jobs] before." No wonder, then, that when Korstvedt, 44, married her first husband in 1989, she used half of their wedding money to buy her first home computer: a Mac SE/30, for which she forked over extra bucks for an upgrade to a whopping 8 megabytes of RAM. Nothing compared to the 12 gigs she now has. "I was styling," she said with a laugh. Jeremy Mehrle, 30, of the St. Louis, Missouri, area is too young to know a world without Macs. This MacAddict began hoarding and tinkering with tossed-out computers, and then he discovered eBay. Today, the motion graphics designer's 1,400 square-foot basement is a museum to Apple computers, all-white and in gallery-style with about 80 fully-functioning machines on display. "Some people think it's really cool. ... Others say 'It's Jeremy's thing, it's a little weird, whatever,'" he said. "I think if I had stacks everywhere, and you couldn't move in my house, people would be worried." What's Mehrle's hobby, however, became a career for Dan Foust, 38, of Bloomington, Illinois. "Danapplemacman," as he's known on eBay, makes a living out of buying, and when necessary resuscitating, these computers before hawking them online to customers/collectors in places as far-flung as Italy and Australia. So what would people pay for an original Macintosh? "A complete boxed system?," he said. "I can't put a price on that." The extremes to which people have gone in their love and loyalty for Apple (and specifically Macs) knows no bounds. Perhaps no one knows this better than Leander Kahney, news editor at Wired.com and author of Cult of Mac, as well as the more recently published Inside Steve's Brain. That would be Apple co-founder Steve Jobs	[ "on which day marks the 25th anniversary of the first Macintosh computer?", "who launched the Mac in 1984?", "When is the anniversary of the first Macintosh?", "What did apple launch in 1984?", "What does Saturday mark?" ]	[ [ "Saturday" ], [ "Apple Inc." ], [ "Saturday" ], [ "the original Macintosh," ], [ "the 25th anniversary of the original Macintosh," ] ]	Saturday marks the 25th anniversary of the first Macintosh computer . Apple launched the Mac in 1984 with Ridley Scott's landmark Super Bowl XVIII ad . Steve Jobs is credited for cult-like worship seen in tattoos, collections, Macquariums . Fans flock to Macworld expos, Apple store openings and hoard eBay purchases .
(CNN) -- Longtime "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell said he'll be leaving the popular Fox talent show at the end of the season, the network announced Monday at the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, California. Cowell's popular U.K. talent show, "The X Factor," will be coming to the United States in the fall of 2011 with the acerbic critic in tow, according to Fox. "I want to leave 'Idol' this year bigger and better than it was in the past," Cowell said at the TCA tour Monday. Cowell will be both executive producer and judge on "The X Factor." "I'm thrilled that we have put a date on the launch of the U.S. version of 'The X Factor,' and delighted to be continuing to work with Fox," said Cowell in a statement. "We have a fantastic relationship, a great team and are all very excited about this." iReport: Will you watch "Idol" without Simon? Speculation has raged for weeks as to Cowell's future. Though he's well paid for his "Idol" work -- an estimated $36 million per season -- he has expressed a desire to focus on "The X Factor." Cowell said at the press session that it's taken some time to reach an agreement for his new duties, hence the buzz. (Indeed, he signed the last page of his "contract" on stage with Fox executives Peter Rice and Kevin Reilly.) "[I] didn't think it was right to do two shows in America at the same time, so [I] decided to leave one and start another," he said. He said he missed Paula Abdul, the former "Idol" judge who left the show in August, but wouldn't confirm or deny whether she would appear on "X Factor" in the U.S. Cowell and Abdul had a good-naturedly contentious relationship on "Idol," with the tough-minded Brit often acting as bad cop to the "Forever Your Girl" singer's good cop. Ellen DeGeneres, who's taking over Abdul's judging slot, joked about Cowell's announcement on her talk show Monday -- getting in a dig at NBC's late-night troubles as well. "So this just happened, Simon Cowell just announced that he's leaving 'Idol.' This will be his last season. He announced he's leaving on my first day. I'm trying not to take it personally," she said. "But seriously, I am going to be very, very sad to see him go, because I think he's made the show what it is. He's a huge part of that show but he wanted a change. I wish him all the luck in the world hosting 'The Tonight Show,' " said DeGeneres, referring to widespread speculation about how NBC will resolve its issues with its late-night talk shows. In reality, of course, Simon Cowell has not been part of that speculation. Since its premiere in 2002, "Idol" has been an entertainment phenomenon, regularly ranking as TV's top show, creating several musical stars and pulling in millions more viewers than its closest competition. Its new season premieres Tuesday. Cowell's presence has been credited as a major reason. The British music executive was a judge on the British version of "Idol," "Pop Idol," and came to the United States when Fox imported the show. Unlike judges on many American talent shows, Cowell didn't sugar-coat his criticisms to contestants. With the show's growing popularity -- by its fourth season it was the top show on television, a rank it has held ever since -- Cowell and fellow "Idol" players Abdul, judge Randy Jackson and amiable host Ryan Seacrest became stars in their own right. Though the show continues to dominate American TV, ratings have started sliding in "Idol's" past two seasons. But Cowell told the TCA audience he had no doubt about the show's future. It	[ "Who is leaving American Idol?", "Who is leaving the show?", "When is the X factor coming?", "What show is coming to the U.S.?" ]	[ [ "Simon Cowell" ], [ "Simon Cowell" ], [ "fall of 2011" ], [ "\"The X Factor,\"" ] ]	Simon Cowell leaving "American Idol" after this season . Cowell's "The X Factor" coming to U.S. in 2011 . Cowell's acerbic commentary has been a big reason for "Idol's" popularity .
(CNN) -- Longtime character actor Pat Hingle, a veteran of early television dramas, Westerns and four "Batman" films, has died at age 84, his family announced Sunday. Pat Hingle was a familiar face to moviegoers and TV watchers for his many roles. Hingle died Saturday evening at his home in Carolina Beach, North Carolina, after a two-year battle with the blood disorder myelodysplasia, his cousin, Lynn Heritage, told CNN. "He was awake one moment, and in the next breath, he was gone," Heritage said. Hingle began his acting career in the 1950s, appearing in numerous television theater shows. His first movie role was an uncredited appearance in 1954's "On the Waterfront," which won eight Academy Awards; he played the by-the-book judge opposite Clint Eastwood's vengeful marshal in 1968's "Hang 'Em High," and appeared as Sally Field's father in 1979's "Norma Rae." In 1989, he appeared as Gotham City's Commissioner Gordon in Tim Burton's "Batman," carrying on the role through three sequels. His last film role was in "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," released in 2006. He also guest-starred in countless TV series, including a memorable turn as a character named Col. Daniel Webster Tucker in a 1980 "MAS*H" episode. In the episode, called "April Fools," Hingle's Tucker antagonized the unit's surgeons -- with surprising consequences. Hingle's other TV series included "Hawaii Five-O," "The Streets of San Francisco," "Hart to Hart," "St. Elsewhere," "Magnum, P.I." and "Cheers." Hingle is survived by his wife of nearly 30 years, Julia, and their five children.	[ "Who appeared in many TV series movies?", "Where did Hingle live?", "Who played Commissioner Gordon in '90s \"Batman\" films?", "Who did Pat Hingle play in \"Batman\"?", "What other shows did Pat Hingle guest star in?", "What was Pat Hingle's occupation?", "What other movies was Pat Hingle in other than \"Batman\"?", "What was Hingle's role in Batman movies?", "Who played Commissioner Gordon in the 1990's \"Batma\" films?", "How old was Hingle?", "How old was Pat Hingle at the time of this article?", "What other shows did Hingle have roles in?" ]	[ [ "Pat Hingle," ], [ "Carolina Beach, North Carolina," ], [ "Pat Hingle," ], [ "Gotham City's Commissioner Gordon" ], [ "\"MASH\"" ], [ "character actor" ], [ "\"On the Waterfront,\"" ], [ "Gotham City's Commissioner Gordon" ], [ "Pat Hingle," ], [ "84," ], [ "84," ], [ "He also guest-starred in countless TV series, including a memorable turn as a character named Col. Daniel Webster Tucker in a 1980 \"MASH\" episode." ] ]	Pat Hingle appeared in many TV series, movies . Hingle played Commissioner Gordon in '90s "Batman" films . Hingle also had roles in "MAS*H," "St. Elsewhere," "Cheers"
(CNN) -- Looking directly at the man who murdered his 9-year-old daughter, Mark Lunsford told John Evander Couey, "I hope you hear her cry as you try to sleep at night." "You will never hurt another child again," Lunsford said in testimony Tuesday in a Florida court hearing where a judge will decide whether to give Couey the death penalty. Jessica Lunsford, seen in an undated family photo, was 9 when she was abducted and killed. She disappeared in 2005 from her home in Homosassa, Florida. His eyes fixed on Couey, Lunsford continued, "For 29 months, my daughter has heard me cry and begged God to stop the pain in my heart." Addressing Florida Circuit Court Judge Ric Howard, Lunsford pleaded for Couey to die for his crime. Then he turned back to the man who took his daughter. Watch Lunsford's emotional testimony » "I hope you see the tears at night when she asked you [if she could] go home. You will never hurt another child again." Lunsford spent much time talking about memories of Jesse Lunsford. "I can remember when she was about 1 year old and would give me kisses and hugs and steal the raisins from my cereal," he said. "From bumps to bruises, from Band-Aids to bicycles, she was a tomboy with her daddy and a very nice little lady for her grandmother." The hearing will continue Wednesday. Couey's attorneys are trying to convince Howard that Couey is mentally incompetent and should be spared the death penalty. "That's a cop-out," Lunsford said Tuesday on Larry King Live. "He is not retarded." The father said he wants Couey to die for his crime. King asked him if he would attend the execution by lethal injection. "I'd hold the syringe if they'd let me," he answered. But a prosecution expert testified Tuesday that the convicted killer had an IQ of between 80 and 90, about low average. "My opinion is that he is not mentally retarded," said Dr. Greg Pritchard, a clinical psychologist. Couey was convicted in March on charges of kidnapping, raping and murdering Jessica. The jury voted 10-2 to recommend the death penalty. In Florida, the vote does not have to be unanimous to recommend the death penalty. The judge is expected to sentence Couey next month. Jessica Lunsford disappeared in February 2005 from her home in Homosassa. Her body was found three weeks later in a shallow grave outside a mobile home about 100 yards from where she lived. Couey, a convicted sex offender, was staying nearby in a trailer with his half-sister. Couey kidnapped the girl from her bedroom and later, in a taped confession, admitted that he buried the child alive. "I went out there one night and dug a hole and put her in it. Buried her," he said. She was found wrapped in garbage bags, holding a stuffed toy dolphin, her hands bound with stereo wire. Jessica died from asphyxiation after being sexually assaulted, according to a medical examiner's report. The judge ruled the confession was inadmissible in court because Couey had asked for a lawyer the day before he told police he committed the crime. Evidence at the trial included Jessica's fingerprints in a closet in Couey's trailer and DNA from Jessica's blood and Couey's semen on a mattress in his bedroom. Lunsford has led a push for stricter sex offender laws since his daughter's death. Then-Gov. Jeb Bush signed the Jessica Lunsford Act into Florida law. The 2005 legislation calls for prison sentences of 25 years to life for sex offenses against children under age 12, better registration of convicted sex offenders and a Global Positioning System notification mechanism to track down probation violators. Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed similar legislation Monday. E-mail to a friend	[ "Who testified at sentencing hearing for 9-year-old daughter's killer?", "what was Couey convicted of?", "what did the jury recommend?", "What was the jury's recommendation for John Evander Couey?", "who testified at the hearing?" ]	[ [ "Mark Lunsford" ], [ "kidnapping, raping and murdering Jessica." ], [ "the death penalty." ], [ "voted 10-2 to recommend the death penalty." ], [ "Mark Lunsford" ] ]	Mark Lunsford testifies at sentencing hearing for 9-year-old daughter's killer . Jury recommended death for John Evander Couey . Couey was convicted of kidnapping, raping, killing Jessica Lunsford . Couey's attorney says he's mentally incompetent .
(CNN) -- Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder David Beckham has revealed he is set to miss the entire Major League Soccer (MLS) season with the Achilles injury that ended his 2010 World Cup dream. The former England captain has said he will not be able to start running on his ankle for another three months, and is now targeting a November return. "I won't be running for another three months so I won't be playing again until probably November," Beckham told American broadcaster ABC. With the U.S. season set to reach its conclusion on November 21, it looks unlikely that the 34-year-old will feature for the Galaxy this term. While Beckham accepts his injury needs time to heal, he admitted there is a temptation to push along his recovery. "This is an injury that's going to take time to heal," he said to MLSsoccer.com. "I started therapy 10 days ago and I'm just doing that everyday. I kind of want to push it, but with this kind of injury you can't. You just have to wait for it to heal and move on." The former Manchester United and Real Madrid star also spoke of his frustration at having to wear a protective boot, or use crutches, at all times. "If I haven't got the boot on, which I didn't today for a few interviews, I have to use crutches," said Beckham. "It's either one or the other at the moment, which is a pain. It's not easy moving around but I have to protect it." Beckham sustained the injury last month while playing on loan for Italian giants AC Milan, shattering his hopes of playing in a fourth consecutive World Cup finals for England. It led to speculation that the former Manchester United star would retire, but he clearly remains determined to return to action after having surgery on the injury.	[ "What did Beckham suffer during a loan spell with Italian side AC Milan?", "what team is he on?", "who is david beckham?", "What ruled Beckham out?", "When will Beckham return to action?", "Who is to miss the entire MLS season?", "what injury did beckham suffer?", "Who hopes to return to action?", "Who suffered an Achilles tendon injury ?" ]	[ [ "Achilles injury" ], [ "Angeles Galaxy" ], [ "Los" ], [ "Achilles injury" ], [ "November" ], [ "David Beckham" ], [ "Achilles" ], [ "David Beckham" ], [ "David Beckham" ] ]	David Beckham has revealed he is set to miss the entire MLS season . Beckham suffered an Achilles tendon injury during a loan spell with Italian side AC Milan . The former England captain hopes to return to action in November . The injury ruled Beckham out of a fourth straigth World Cup finals with England .
(CNN) -- Los Angeles Galaxy reached Major League Soccer's (MLS) championship match on Sunday after a 3-1 defeat of Real Salt Lake in the Western Conference final. The Galaxy, two-time MLS Cup winners, reached the deciding game for a record seventh time thanks to goals from captain Landon Donovan, American Mike Magee and Ireland striker Robbie Keane in front of their home fans at the Home Depot Center. Manager Bruce Arena's Galaxy will face Houston Dynamo in the post-season's final match, after Dynamo beat Sporting Kansas City in the Eastern Conference final. The final, which will take place at the Home Depot Center, could be midfielder David Beckham's last match for Los Angeles, with the former England captain's contract expiring at the end of the season. But Beckham, 36, is focused only on the upcoming match with Dynamo, after playing in the MLS Cup 2009 when the Galaxy were beaten by Real Salt Lake in a penalty shoot-out. "We're happy to be winning the Western final, but we know that there is one more game to go so we're not getting carried away," the former Real Madrid and Manchester United star told the league's official website. "We did that a couple of years ago and we paid for it. We didn't win the MLS Cup final, so hopefully this will be something that we're happy to win [on Sunday], but we know that we've got one more game." Galaxy went ahead on 23 minutes when Donovan, 29, converted a penalty after Andy Williams' push on Omar Gonzalez. Dynamo responded almost immediately, striker Alvaro Saborio scoring with a close-range header to equalize after 25 minutes. Beckham, capped 115 times by England, helped Galaxy regain the lead on 58 minutes, his pin-point cross headed home by Magee. Former Tottenham and Liverpool forward Keane secured the win for Galaxy with 22 minutes remaining, wriggling free of his marker before firing a low shot beyond Salt Lake goalkeeper Nick Rimandi. Dynamo needed second half goals from defender Andre Hainault and forward Carlos Costly to see off the challenge of Sporting Kansas City in front of a record crowd at Livestrong Sporting Park. The 16th MLS Cup final will complete the 2011 season and will be played on Sunday November 20.	[ "Who did they beat?", "What was the score of the winning game?", "Who has reached the cup?", "Who will they play in final?", "Who has reached the MLS Cup?", "When will the team face Houston Dynamo?", "What sport fo the Los Angeles galaxy play?" ]	[ [ "Real Salt Lake" ], [ "3-1" ], [ "Angeles Galaxy" ], [ "Houston Dynamo" ], [ "Angeles Galaxy" ], [ "in the post-season's final match," ], [ "Major League Soccer's" ] ]	Los Angeles Galaxy have reached the 2011 MLS Cup . Galaxy reached the championship game after a 3-1 win over Real Salt Lake . Bruce Arena's team will face Houston Dynamo in the November 20 match .
(CNN) -- Los Angeles police are searching for a serial killer dubbed the "Grim Sleeper," who is thought to have killed 11 people. Alicia Alexander was one of the Grim Sleeper's victims in the 1980s. The killer, who police say murdered from 1985 to 2007, was nicknamed the Grim Sleeper because he seemed to take a break between homicides, police said. Authorities this week released a 9-1-1 tape recorded shortly after a killing in 1987, in the hope of producing clues. "Yes ... I'd like to report a murder," an anonymous caller says on the tape. "The guy that dropped her off was driving a white and blue Dodge van. He threw her out. ... He threw a gas tank on top of her. All that you can see sticking out is her feet." Watch the hunt for a serial killer » Police found the scene just as the caller described and found the van. But they are still searching for the caller and members of the now-defunct church that owned the van. The killer is wanted in 11 deaths and another homicide attempt, police say. Detectives say they have the Grim Sleeper's DNA, and a $500,000 reward has been offered for information leading to an arrest and prosecution. The killer shot his victims, police said. Porter Alexander has waited two decades for the Grim Sleeper's arrest. His daughter Alicia Alexander became the Grim Sleeper's eighth victim in 1988, police say. "No one should have to face anything like this," he said. "To experience their daughters or sons taken away as early as she was." CNN's Kara Finnstrom contributed to this report.	[ "Whose DNA does police have?", "How many people did he kill?", "How much is the reward that is being offered?", "What the LA police release?", "Was there actually a murder?", "What's Grim Sleeper?", "Do they have this guy's DNA?", "Does he have a nickname?", "What was the nickname given to the killer?" ]	[ [ "Grim Sleeper's" ], [ "11" ], [ "$500,000" ], [ "9-1-1 tape" ], [ "police say murdered from 1985 to 2007," ], [ "Alicia Alexander was one of the" ], [ "the Grim Sleeper's" ], [ "Grim Sleeper" ], [ "\"Grim Sleeper,\"" ] ]	L.A. police this week released old 9-1-1 call: "Yes ... I'd like to report a murder" Police have Grim Sleeper's DNA and are offering $500,000 reward for information . Nickname given because killer took a break between murders, police say .
(CNN) -- Los Angeles police have launched an internal investigation to determine who leaked a picture that appears to show a bruised and battered Rihanna. Rihanna was allegedly attacked by her boyfriend, singer Chris Brown, before the Grammys on February 8. The close-up photo -- showing a woman with contusions on her forehead and below her eyes, and cuts on her lip -- was published on the entertainment Web site TMZ Thursday. TMZ said it was a photo of Rihanna. Twenty-one-year-old Rihanna was allegedly attacked by her boyfriend, singer Chris Brown, on a Los Angeles street before the two were to perform at the Grammys on February 8. "The unauthorized release of a domestic violence photograph immediately generated an internal investigation," an L.A. police spokesman said in a statement. "The Los Angeles Police Department takes seriously its duty to maintain the confidentiality of victims of domestic violence. A violation of this type is considered serious misconduct, with penalties up to and including termination." A spokeswoman for Rihanna declined to comment. The chief investigator in the case had told CNN earlier that authorities had tried to guard against leaks. Detective Deshon Andrews said he had kept the case file closely guarded and that no copies had been made of the original photos and documents. Brown was arrested on February 8 in connection with the case and and booked on suspicion of making criminal threats. Authorities are trying to determine whether Brown should face domestic violence-related charges. Brown apologized for the incident this week. "Words cannot begin to express how sorry and saddened I am over what transpired," the 19-year-old said in a statement released by his spokesman. "I am seeking the counseling of my pastor, my mother and other loved ones and I am committed, with God's help, to emerging a better person." CNN's Brittany Kaplan contributed to this report.	[ "when The two were scheduled to perform at the Grammys?", "What was the investigation about?", "when Los Angeles police investigating leak of photo of a battered woman?", "Which celebrity was attacked by her boyfriend?", "What wsd the source of the leak?" ]	[ [ "February 8." ], [ "that appears to show a bruised and battered Rihanna." ], [ "that appears to show a bruised and" ], [ "Rihanna" ], [ "entertainment Web site TMZ" ] ]	Los Angeles police investigating leak of photo of a battered woman . TMZ Web site says photo is of R&B singer Rihanna . Rihanna allegedly attacked by her boyfriend, singer Chris Brown, on February 8 . The two were scheduled to perform at the Grammys .
(CNN) -- Lots of kids are into dinosaurs. Tyler Lyson says he just never grew out of it. He grew up in rural North Dakota and says fossils were more widespread there than in other places in the U.S. Tyler Lyson's interest in fossil discovery led him to help create a research foundation. "I was very fortunate to grow up in a very rural area ... that just happens to be one of the best places to find dinosaur fossils," Lyson said. But in 1999, he didn't find just any fossil; he discovered something jaw-dropping: a 25-foot-long dinosaur, complete with skin. Lyson's find was an Edmontosaurus he named Dakota. The 65 million-year-old mummified dinosaur was unearthed with Lyson standing by in 2004. Lyson explained that the dinosaur is one of approximately six "dinosaur mummies" in the world. "This dinosaur mummy has portions that none of the other dinosaur mummies have preserved," he said. "So we're able to get a good look at the feet and the legs and the hands and basically the entire body -- what it actually looked like." Watch the CNN.com Live interview » Lyson is the co-founder of the Marmarth Research Foundation in his hometown. The foundation is creating a museum and outreach programs to give volunteers hands-on field and lab work with fossils. While getting his doctorate at Yale, Lyson wants to make sure that other kids don't grow out of their fascination with the extinct. E-mail to a friend	[ "In what year was the dicovery?", "When was the fossil discovered?", "What was the length of the fossil?", "What did Tyler Lyson discover in 1999?" ]	[ [ "1999," ], [ "1999," ], [ "25-foot-long" ], [ "a 25-foot-long dinosaur, complete with skin." ] ]	Tyler Lyson discovered a 25-foot-long dinosaur fossil with skin in 1999 . Check out the YPWR blog to meet this week's featured young person . iReport.com: Do you know someone who rocks? Let us know .
(CNN) -- Lourdes Batista wishes she had super powers so she could use them to find her husband, she said Wednesday, 105 days after authorities said he was kidnapped in Mexico. Lourdes Batista says she has no idea why someone would kidnap her husband, Felix. Felix Batista, a renowned kidnapping consultant, disappeared after getting into a vehicle outside a Saltillo restaurant December 10. The family has yet to hear a word from his abductors. "I don't have words to describe the pain," Lourdes Batista said. "It's cruel, very cruel." Lourdes Batista was getting ready for bed at her Miami, Florida, home when she received a phone call informing her that her husband of 31 years had been snatched. She tried contacting him on both of his phones, but to no avail. Felix Batista, 53, had arrived four days prior in Saltillo, the Coahuila state capital about 250 miles from the U.S. border, to take part in a security seminar about kidnappings. He was giving talks about kidnappings to a business group in Saltillo and Torreon. Though the Cuban-American worked as a contract consultant for the Houston, Texas-based ASI Global Response, the trip was not affiliated with the company. On the day of his kidnapping, Felix Batista was in a restaurant with several other people when he received a phone call, according to a statement from the Coahuila state attorney general's office. "After speaking for a few minutes, [he] left the restaurant, telling his colleagues that several people in a white pickup truck were going to give him a message," the statement said. "Afterward, outside the business, at about 7 p.m., he got into a vehicle with different characteristics from those he had mentioned to his colleagues and, since then, no one has had any communication with him," the statement said. There was no indication of violence at the scene, the attorney general's office said. Jackie Batista said she has no clue why someone would abduct her brother. "We can speculate till next year," she said. "We've waited for answers. We don't have any information, and no one has contacted us." Lourdes Batista added, "It's very perplexing. I don't know. I don't understand why. This is why I can't sleep at night." Watch Felix Batista's wife, sister plead for his release » Felix Batista served four years in the U.S. Army before entering private practice. He has 23 years of experience as a crisis responder and had worked with ASI Global Response since May 2007, President Charlie LeBlanc said. A profile on the company's Web site, which has been taken down, said Felix Batista conducted threat assessments and had been credited with the "successful resolution" of almost 100 kidnap-and-ransom cases. LeBlanc said Felix Batista was a "multidisciplined security practitioner" who also worked on extortion cases and consulted corporations. His aptitude as a consultant aside, Lourdes Batista said, he was an outstanding family man: "a great man and a great father and a wonderful husband. I couldn't ask for better." Since Felix Batista's kidnapping, ASI Global has been working with his family, acting as a liaison with the FBI and Mexican authorities and vetting those offering to help with the case, LeBlanc said. It's the same kind of work Felix Batista was known for, he said. ASI Global has been sharing information with the Mexican national police, who have "been very forthcoming in sharing information and asking for advice," LeBlanc said. "We've had viable leads. They just haven't panned out," he added. Kidnappings and violence have long been problems in Mexico, but the problem has spiked in the past year, at least statistically. Mexican President Felipe Calderon said this month that there were 6,500 organized-crime killings in 2008, more than double the number from 2007. The nation's human rights ombudsman has reported that there were 5,140 reported kidnappings	[ "Who was kidnapped December 10th?", "Who is a skilled crisis responder who helped families of kidnapping victims?", "What was she doing at the time", "Who says of perplexing motive, \"This is why I can't sleep at night\"?" ]	[ [ "Felix Batista," ], [ "Felix Batista," ], [ "getting ready for bed" ], [ "Lourdes Batista" ] ]	Lourdes Batista says of perplexing motive, "This is why I can't sleep at night" Felix Batista was kidnapped December 10 outside a restaurant in Saltillo, Mexico . Felix Batista is skilled crisis responder who helped families of kidnapping victims . Violence, kidnappings plague Mexico; many abductions go unreported .
(CNN) -- Love was present everywhere at the University of Virginia's Klockner Stadium on Sunday -- in the stands, over the loudspeaker and on the field. "One Team; One Heart; One Love," read the warm-up T-shirts that members of the school's women's lacrosse team wore. Spectators waved a sign reading "No. 1 Yeardley in our hearts." At the end of the game, as the team celebrated its 14-12 victory over Towson University, the song "Believe" by Cher played over the stadium sound system. Its lyrics: "Do you believe in life after love?" The tribute was in honor of slain teammate Yeardley Love, the 22-year-old senior found dead in her off-campus apartment on May 3. A former boyfriend and member of the school's men's lacrosse team, George Huguely, has been charged with first-degree murder in her death. Sunday's game in the first round of the NCAA championship tournament was the first the team had played since Love's death, and the day was marked with remembrance. The Virginia team wore black patches on the front of their jerseys with one word: Love. The Towson team wore orange armbands stitched with her initials Y.L. Love's mother and sister, Sharon and Lexie Love, were present in the stands to honor the game she loved. "I think we're exhausted, we're drained and I think it's never felt so good to win a game," head coach Julie Myers told ESPNU after defeating Towson. "Not only is it an NCAA game, but just to get this hurdle cleared over -- the kids did a great job." After celebrating the win at midfield, the team surprised those in the stands by emerging from their huddle holding signs emblazoned with the number 1. It was one last tribute to Love, who wore that number for her team.	[ "what did towson wear", "what do shirts say", "who wins the game", "what is the point to the shirts", "who is love's former boyfriend?", "who wore orange armbands stitched with her initials, Y.L.?", "who found dead in apartment May 3?" ]	[ [ "orange armbands stitched with her initials Y.L." ], [ "\"One Team; One Heart; One Love,\"" ], [ "University of Virginia's" ], [ "in honor of slain teammate Yeardley Love," ], [ "George Huguely," ], [ "The Towson team" ], [ "Yeardley Love," ] ]	Team wears shirts that say, "One Team; One Heart; One Love," for Yeardley Love . Team wins 14-12 over Towson in first game since Love found dead in apartment May 3 . Towson team wore orange armbands stitched with her initials, Y.L. Love's former boyfriend, George Huguely, charged with first-degree murder in her death .
(CNN) -- Luci Baines Johnson was just 16 years old when she approached her father, President Johnson, with what she considered a reasonable request. Luci Baines Johnson, left, and her older sister, Lynda Bird, pose inside the White House in 1963. "I asked my father if we could have the Beatles come to play at the White House," she recalled. "I was very excited about it." His response? A decisive no, "without even any moment of trying to soften the blow," Johnson said in a recent phone interview. The president thought the move would be viewed as self-serving. His daughter, however, saw it as a chance to honor "a great talent" and strengthen ties between the United States and Great Britain -- not to mention a golden opportunity for her and her friends. "I could see how different sets of folks could have either perspective. And I suspect my father could see that too," she said. Luci Baines Johnson learned quickly of the scrutiny that came from being a first daughter. Her family moved into the White House in 1963, following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Johnson was catapulted into the exclusive fraternity of White House families and embraced what she describes as a role she landed simply by chance. That fraternity has most recently expanded to include President Obama's daughters, Sasha and Malia. "I was an eyewitness to history, over and over, during my father's five years in the White House. And I wasn't elected to that option. I had no qualifications that provided me that privilege except an accident of birth," she said. See famous first kids who grew up in the White House » Johnson speaks fondly of the opportunity she was afforded to dine with kings and queens, meet the movers and shakers of her time, engage with the body of America and hold a front-row seat to history. While most of her memories fall into two categories -- "the fond personal memories" and "the fond memories of public privilege" -- there's one in particular that was a combination of both. "My 17th birthday, I received a handwritten note from my father, the only handwritten note I have, telling me how much he loves me and how much he has delighted in having me as his daughter for all those 17 years," she said. The note was dated noon, July 2, 1964. Six hours later, in the East Room of the White House, Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which banned discrimination based on race or gender in public places, schools and places of employment. "Can you imagine ever receiving a more momentous, glorious, exciting, thrilling birthday present that lasted forever and ever than something like that, that would change the world for all time and make it a much more decent place? That took place on my birthday," she said. Life in the White House, however, came at a cost. Johnson and the first children before and after her will always have to "pay a big price in terms of personal time," she said. More than 45 years after she moved into the White House, she still receives requests for interviews about the time she spent there. But the public's interest in first daughters is nothing new. Fanny Hayes, for example, who was about the same age as Malia when she moved into the White House in 1877, was followed by the media until the day she died. "She was an American celebrity," said presidential historian Doug Wead. While the interest in first daughters has stayed steady, the pressure on the children has intensified, said Wead, author of "All the Presidents' Children: Triumph and Tragedy in the Lives of America's First Families." "It's like the Miss America contest -- it's a real dilemma for the daughter of a president. She's supposed to be gracious. She's mocked and ridiculed if she isn't pretty," he said.	[ "Who is a first daughter?", "Who follows first daughters?", "What has intensified over the years, according to the historian?", "What does Johnson say?", "What did Luci Johnson describe?", "Who describes being a first daughter as an \"extraordinary privilege\"?", "What has intensified?", "Luci Johnson described being what as an extraordinary privilege?" ]	[ [ "Luci Baines Johnson" ], [ "the media" ], [ "the pressure on the children" ], [ "\"I asked my father if we could have the Beatles come to play at the White House,\"" ], [ "a role" ], [ "Luci Baines Johnson" ], [ "pressure on the children" ], [ "the exclusive fraternity of White House families" ] ]	Luci Johnson describes being a first daughter as an "extraordinary privilege" It was "the best of times and sometimes the worst of times," she says . First daughters often followed by media for remainder of their lives . The pressure on first daughters has intensified over the years, historian says .
(CNN) -- Lucia Whalen strolled down a sidewalk near Harvard University, enjoying a lunchtime ritual she'd repeated many times in her 15 years working in Cambridge, Massachusetts. But on this day, July 16, her outing would become something else altogether -- the first steps in a national drama. President Obama has invited police Sgt. James Crowley and Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates for beer. An older woman approached Whalen, worried that she'd just witnessed two men breaking into a home. That's when Whalen, a first-generation Portuguese-American, called 911 from her cell phone -- alerting police to 17 Ware St. -- the home, as it turns out, of renowned Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. Whalen's call -- now clearly the well-intentioned act of a passerby -- ignited a firestorm over race and police relations, a national debate that went all the way to the White House. It was a call she says she never expected to be "analyzed by an entire nation." Gates was arrested by Cambridge police Sgt. James Crowley for disorderly conduct, a charge that was later dropped. Exactly what happened inside Gates' home may never be known, but it seems clear that the key players in this saga brought their own personal history with race to the moment. That was true of Gates and Crowley, as well as the nation's first African-American president. All three will meet for a beer today at the White House to help chill the furor over Gates' arrest and, in Obama's words, try to turn the events of the past two weeks into a "teachable moment." "White woman" targeted It's a bit ironic, said Whalen's attorney Wendy Murphy, that the three people who "reacted badly" will sit down together while the "one person who did not overreact" will be at work Thursday. "Maybe it's a guy thing," Murphy said, adding of Whalen: "She doesn't like beer anyway." Watch Whalen describe "painful" criticism » Gates' arrest sparked heated rhetoric on TV, radio and the Internet. Initially, it seemed to break down along racial lines: African-Americans saw it as racial profiling by a white officer. Whites asked why the acclaimed scholar on black history didn't just show his ID to Crowley at the outset. Wasn't the officer just doing his job? Even Whalen, the Good Samaritan, got smeared in the initial response. The police report identifying her as a "white woman" resulted in a torrent of accusations that she racially profiled Gates and his driver when she first called 911. But a review of the call showed she never identified the suspects as "black" -- and even told a police dispatcher she wasn't sure it was a break-in. "The criticism at first was so painful for me. ... I was frankly afraid to say anything," Whalen said Wednesday, fighting back tears. "People called me racist and said I caused all the turmoil that followed, and some even said threatening things that made me fear for my safety." Whalen is sensitive to the issue of racial profiling, because of her own olive-skinned complexion, her attorney said. Two men; two views Inside 17 Ware St., Gates and Crowley exchanged words as the officer sought to determine whether Gates belonged in the home. Each blamed the other for a situation that escalated; each felt the other brought prejudices to the moment. Both had personal experience with racial profiling. iReport: Racial profiling, from both sides Long before his acclaim as a scholar of black history, Gates had faced the prejudice of a white man. Gates was just 14, and had suffered a hairline fracture in his hip. "The white doctor who examined Gates shortly afterward questioned the boy about his injury as well as his career plans. When the young Gates replied that he wanted to be a doctor and then correctly answered many questions about science, the doctor made his diagnosis," according to a biography of Gates posted on Gale, an	[ "What did they drink at the white house?", "How many people reacted badly?", "when was this taken place", "Who was arrested?", "Who went to the White House?" ]	[ [ "beer." ], [ "three" ], [ "July 16," ], [ "Gates" ], [ "Whalen's" ] ]	Harvard professor, Cambridge cop, Obama to sit down for beer at White House . Attorney for 911 caller notes irony in meeting of the three people who "reacted badly" Prof walks with cane as a result of white doctor's misdiagnosis when he was 14 . Two black cops stand by Sgt. James Crowley, say race had nothing to do with arrest .
(CNN) -- Luciano Pavarotti died Thursday at the age of 71 after suffering from pancreatic cancer. I-Report contributors shared their memories of the famed opera tenor. Here is a selection of those stories: Annamaria Capicchioni shared this snapshot from the 1993 Pavarotti San Marino Grand Prix in Modena, Italy. Leslie Oakley of Davenport, Florida I grew up in a small town in Kentucky where opera didn't exactly fit in the scheme of things. My family wasn't at all musical either but seeing as though I took an interest in it, my parents indulged me with opera recordings. One of the first ones I received was The Three Tenors. Luciano Pavarotti was to me what Michael Jordan was to other children. He was my hero. I even did a report on him one year in high school. I can remember sitting in my room listening to his voice, closing my eyes and seeing the operas unfold in my mind. He inspired me to teach myself to sing, and I went on to win awards in high school and to sing for three professional groups out of college. Singing has enriched my life immeasurably, and I owe it all to that beautiful voice that so entranced me as a child. I have many fond memories of Pavarotti. His voice always moves me to tears. It is the feeling of being given a glimpse of the divine that I will most remember about him. My prayers and thoughts are with his family and friends. There will never be another Pavarotti. Edmund Chua of Singapore Maestro's voice was truly a blessing. That exciting, that fascinating quality, that, sigh ... too many adjectives. Of course, there was that unforgettable personality. Personally, (don't know if this is a right thing to say but) I saw Italy in him, so to speak, always loving life. Knew he was fighting cancer but always thought he'd recover. I was hoping I'd be able to watch him live but I guess it'll only be in the footage. He's indeed a legend lost, a legacy remembered. ... We'll miss him. Tina Minges of Woodland, California I never cared for opera ... then I heard Pavarotti ... and from that point I loved it. Sandra Miser of Dallas, Texas I consider him the greatest singer ever. His voice had a quality like no others. I cried going to work this morning when I heard he was gone. When I listen to his music I can disappear into the beauty of it and be a peace. He will be greatly missed. Thank goodness for CDs so that we will never be without his voice. George Wendy of Eatons Neck, New York We had the pleasure of seeing Mr. Pavarotti sing a few times. His recital with James Levine at the Metropolitan Opera House was remarkable. I could not imagine feeling more emotion from listening to someone sing. Ciao, Luciano! Shannon Broussard of Springfield, Missouri Heaven now has a tenor for its choir. Chris Nissen of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania I heard Pavarotti perform twice in Philadelphia during the years he sponsored an operatic competition for young performers. I still have goose bumps thinking about the brilliance of those two evenings. Not only was his performance breathtaking, but his genuine joy in sharing the stage with the winners of the competition was obvious and written all over his face with a grand smile. Whenever I need to feel inspired with my own work I go and dig out my Pavarotti CDs. Bravo to the great one! Reynaldo O. Arcilla, Philippines Even Mt. Etna wept when Luciano Pavarotti, one of the greatest opera singers of all time, died. Marelize, South Africa In the mid-'90s, Luciano Pavarotti came to South Africa and performed in the town of Stellenboch. It was a very exclusive open-air concert. The tickets were very expensive and all the rich and famous in South Africa were there. Next to the stadium is a river that runs through the town. On the night, crowds of people gathered along the banks of the river. Like me, they could not afford the concert. From where we stood we could see	[ "What did one user write?", "What did Luciano Pavarotti die of?", "When did Luciano Pavarotti die?", "What type of singer was Luciano Pavarotti?", "Who died Thursday?" ]	[ [ "Heaven now has a tenor for its choir." ], [ "pancreatic cancer." ], [ "Thursday" ], [ "opera tenor." ], [ "Pavarotti" ] ]	Opera singer Luciano Pavarotti died Thursday at his home in Modena, Italy . CNN.com readers recall the tenor's "amazing voice" and "strength" of music . "The world's loss is now heaven's gain," one user writes .
(CNN) -- Luis Caplan served the poor of the South Bronx for decades out of a small medical office. His leg was amputated after a bout with cancer in 1990, yet he continued to work for another five years. Luis Caplan, 71, asks of the stimulus package: "What happens to the real middle class?" Now, his savings have nearly been wiped out because of the economic crisis. At the age of 71, he faces losing his apartment if things don't change soon. The government bailed out the big institutions, but "what happens to the little people?" he asks. "What happens to the real middle class? What happens to me?" he says, choking back tears. "It's awful. It's really awful." With Congress working to pass the $800 billion stimulus bill, millions of Americans -- especially those with homes they're trying to sell or about to be foreclosed on -- are asking the same thing: What's in it for me? Caplan says most of his equity is tied up in his 800-square-foot apartment that he purchased in 1985. He wants to sell it to move to Seattle, Washington, to be near his daughter, who was recently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. But his place has sat on the market for three months without an offer. Located in a tony neighborhood in Manhattan's Upper East Side, apartments used to sell in a matter of weeks. Caplan has dropped $50,000 from the original asking price of $625,000 and may have to drop the price again. He says he can barely afford maintenance fees and other monthly costs associated with his place. He hopes to make enough money to pay off the reverse mortgage he took out to supplement his Social Security payments. "I don't know how much more I can go through like this," he says, sobbing even more. "I'm going crazy with this." His son, Danny Caplan, says, "He's collateral damage. He has equity and could sell it and walk away and have enough to live comfortably. But [he can't] because of the economic situation." America's housing crisis has become a key issue for Washington policymakers. Millions of Americans are in foreclosure or facing foreclosure; others are out of work trying to sell their homes in a down economy. And there are elderly people, such as Caplan, who want to sell immediately to help stabilize their finances. Send us your thoughts on the stimulus plan President Obama on Tuesday told people at a town hall meeting in Fort Myers, Florida, that he plans to announce in coming weeks "what our overall housing strategy is going to be." Secretary of Treasury Tim Geithner made the rounds in Washington on Tuesday to push the stimulus bill, including the need to jump-start America's housing market. See stimulus bill provisions » "Homeowners around the country are seeing the value of their homes fall because of forces they did not create and cannot control," he said. "This crisis in housing has had devastating consequences, and our government should have moved more forcefully to help contain the damage." At one Senate hearing, Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, said "decisive action" is needed to address the housing crisis. "I think the message should come through clear from all of us, you have to move aggressively, clearly, and to start working," Reed said. "I agree with you," Geithner responded. "Our objective is, and our hope is, that our program meets that test." The stimulus bill does sweeten the pot for potential homebuyers, which supporters say could help spur the economy. Critics charge that letting housing prices stabilize on their own is healthy for the economy. The Senate's version of the bill offers a $15,000 tax credit to anyone who purchases a home in the next year, more than double the tax credit offered by the House. Dwight Jaffee, a professor of real estate and finance at the	[ "what does he ask", "What has Luis Caplan committed his life to?", "what did he committed life to", "What does he face", "What does the stimulus plan offer?", "What kind of credit will homebuyers get?", "What was Luis Caplan committed to?" ]	[ [ "\"What happens to the real middle class?\"" ], [ "served the poor of the South Bronx for decades out of a small medical office." ], [ "served the poor" ], [ "losing his apartment" ], [ "a $15,000 tax credit to anyone who purchases a home in the next year, more than double the tax credit offered by the House." ], [ "a $15,000 tax" ], [ "served the poor of the South Bronx for decades" ] ]	Luis Caplan, 71, committed his life to the poor; now, he faces losing his home . On the stimulus bill, he asks, "What happens to the real middle class?" Stimulus plan offers a $15,000 tax credit for homebuyers to try to spur the market .
(CNN) -- Mac computers are known for their near-immunity to malicious computer programs that plague PCs. Some security experts say viruses are moving toward Mac as those computers become more popular. But that may be changing somewhat, according to computer security researchers. It seems that as sleek Mac computers become more popular, they're also more sought-after targets for the authors of harmful programs. "The bad guys generally go toward the biggest target, what will get them the biggest bang for their buck," said Kevin Haley, a director of security response at Symantec. Until recently, the big target always was Microsoft Windows, and Apple computers were protected by "relative obscurity," he said. But blogs are buzzing this week about what two Symantec researchers have called the first harmful computer program to strike specifically at Mac. This Trojan horse program, dubbed the "iBotnet," has infected only a few thousand Mac machines, but it represents a step in the evolution of malicious computer software, Haley said. The iBotnet is a sign that harmful programs are moving toward Mac, said Paul Henry, a forensics and security analyst at Lumension Security in Arizona. "We all knew it was going to happen," he said. "It was just a matter of time, and, personally, I think we're going to see a lot more of it." The malicious software was first reported in January. It didn't gain widespread attention until recently, when Mario Ballano Barcena and Alfredo Pesoli of Symantec, maker of the popular Norton antivirus products, detailed the software in a publication called "Virus Bulletin." Mac users at large, however, should not be alarmed by the incident, experts said. The program infects only computers whose users downloaded pirated versions of the Mac software iWork. The harmful software is a Trojan horse, meaning it tries to sneak into the computer with some sort of permission from the user. Computer worms travel differently. They wiggle their way into computers and replicate without the owner's approval or knowledge. The Mac program is called a botnet because infected computers become part of a network that is controlled by the program's author. The Mac botnet is significantly less threatening than computer worms like the much-publicized Conficker.c, said Jose Nazario, a senior security researcher with Arbor Networks. Conficker was thought to have infected up to 10 million computers, compared with thousands for the iBotnet, researchers said. There's also some question as to whether it is the first botnet to target Mac. Others have targeted both PCs and Apple computers. "This isn't the first botnet that's been built using Mac computers," Nazario said. "This is an interesting one in that it's a little more flexible and includes some new features. ... It's getting a lot of press mostly because it's Mac and people are talking about how Macs are immune to malware -- and, sure enough, they're not." The potential damage that could be caused by the Mac botnet is also less severe than other attacks, said Darrell Etherington, a contributor to theAppleBlog, which is not affiliated with the computer company. "It's a very low-level attack," he said. "Some people won't even notice the effect of it." It is in the interest of software companies like Symantec, who spread the news, and McAfee, which has downplayed the presence of the Trojan, to raise concerns so they can promote their antivirus software packages, he said. "Yes, it is going to become a bigger problem and, yes, people have to become more aware, but I think that what McAfee and Symantec would like is for the panic to start and for people to start rushing to antivirus software," which isn't necessary yet, Etherington said. In a statement, Apple said it is working to prevent security problems. "Apple takes security very seriously and has a great track record of addressing potential vulnerabilities before they can affect users," the statement says. Only about 7.4 percent	[ "Mac popularity makes them more likely to be what?", "What did the pirated software have to do with this?", "What computer was the malware aimed at?", "what makes it harmful?", "what was the malware?", "What was the malware aimed at?", "Name the malware?" ]	[ [ "sought-after targets for the authors of harmful programs." ], [ "is a Trojan horse," ], [ "Mac" ], [ "tries to sneak into the computer with some sort of permission from the user." ], [ "\"iBotnet,\"" ], [ "Mac machines," ], [ "\"iBotnet,\"" ] ]	Researchers find computer malware aimed at Mac computers . The "iBotnet" infects a small number of Mac users through pirated software . Still, researchers say it is a step in the evolution of harmful computer programs . As Macs become more popular, they're more likely to be targets, experts say .
(CNN) -- Madagascar's military handed over the reins of the island nation to opposition leader Andry Rajoelina on Wednesday, ending a two-month long political crisis -- but apparently creating a constitutional one. Andry Rajoelina is six years too young to be Madagascar's president under its constitution. Rajoelina, a former disc jockey turned mayor of Madagascar's capital, declared himself president of a transitional government and his supporters pledged to hold elections in two years. But Rajoelina, at 34, is six years too young to be president, according to the country's constitution. Also, the constitution says the head of parliament's upper house must call elections within two months if something happens to the president. Madagascar's former president, Marc Ravalomanana, ceded power to his military Tuesday after insisting over the weekend that he would remain in control. Analysts think Ravalomanana had little choice but to step down once he had lost much of the army's support. The African Union had warned that any power transfer aided by the military would amount to a coup d' etat. The Union has since removed any mention of a coup in its official communique and called on the transitional government to "comply scrupulously with the provisions of the constitution of Madagascar on interim arrangements." Monja Roindefo, the opposition-appointed prime minister, vigorously defended the week's developments on the island, located off the southeastern coast of Africa. "Well, we would like to define what is a coup," he told CNN on Wednesday. "A coup is a group of people or persons who takes the power on behalf of sovereignty, on behalf of the people ... when the representative democracy doesn't work anymore." "As you know, as stated, in the African Union charter, the people have the right to defend itself from an oppression or a dictatorship in Africa," he added. Roindefo said the new government will hold elections but has given itself two years to clean up the process. Watch more from iReporters and Twitterers on the crisis » "How could you make an election immediately?" he said. "We need to reform the electoral commission. ... So the 24 months that we have given ourselves is to prepare all these types of elections in order to build a genuine democratic country." The African Union also asked that all steps be taken to ensure the safety of the former president. The opposition leader had called for Ravalomanana's arrest, accusing him of corruption, financial mismanagement and dictatorship. Ravalomanana was first elected in 2001 and won a second term in 2006. To many Malagasy, he represented a new breed of politician -- a self-made millionaire, a no-nonsense business leader. But Ravalomanana maintained his business empire while in office and it was unclear to many where his business interests ended and his political leadership began. His recent purchase of a $60 million airplane further stoked public discontent. Opposition leader Rajoelina was quick to seize on the sentiments and made fiery appeals to the country's impoverished masses. The country was plunged into political instability in January after thousands of people took to the streets to protest rising food prices and what they perceived as autocratic behavior by Ravalomanana. The protests soon degenerated into rioting and looting, and left about 100 people dead. Watch more on president's resignation » Soon after, Rajoelina declared that he was in charge of the country. He gave Ravalomanana until early February to step down. The president responded by firing Rajoelina as mayor of the capital, inciting the latter's supporters to once again descend on the streets. More deadly violence followed. Clashes spread to most provincial capitals and other cities across the country, with homes and businesses looted and burned, the U.S. State Department reported. CNN's David McKenzie contributed to this report.	[ "What did thousands protest?", "Who wasn't old enough to become president?", "Who is too young to be president?", "What plunged in turmoil?", "Who is too young to become president?", "What did the people protest?", "Who handed power to opposition leader?" ]	[ [ "rising food prices" ], [ "Andry Rajoelina" ], [ "Andry Rajoelina" ], [ "The country" ], [ "Andry Rajoelina" ], [ "rising food prices" ], [ "Madagascar's" ] ]	Madagascar military hands power to opposition leader Andry Rajoelina . Under Madagascar constitution, Rajoelina to young to become president . Crisis has plunged poverty-stricken nation into turmoil . Thousands of people took to the streets to protest rising food prices .
(CNN) -- Madonna is in Malawi this week attempting to adopt a second child from the African nation. A judge ruled Monday that she will have to wait until Friday to learn a decision. Dominic Nutt of Save the Children UK has urged Madonna to rethink her adoption of a girl from Malawi. In the meantime, a children's group is saying that she should not adopt and that the child would be better off in her own country. Madonna has brushed off questions from reporters, saying it is "none of their business." CNN's Kiran Chetry, spoke with Dominic Nutt, the spokesman for Save the Children UK, Monday on "American Morning." Chetry: You heard Madonna ... say it's no one's business. Over the weekend, you came out, though, and urged Madonna to rethink this adoption. What is your biggest concern? Nutt: Well, our biggest concern is that we believe that in the most -- in the majority of cases, orphans, so-called orphans, in fact [are] not orphans -- they have at least one parent living -- and even those that don't, have a wider family that can look after them. And we believe that children in poverty should be best looked after by their own people in their own environment. And that people like Madonna and organizations like Save the Children are best off helping those families by building schools and supporting them to look after these so-called orphans and not transporting them to live across the world in mansions, in pop stars' mansions, that sort of thing. Watch charity explain position on international adoptions » Chetry: Now, Madonna also is doing both, I guess you could say, because she founded that organization, Raising Malawi, right, back in 2006, did a documentary as well, trying to bring attention and money to the plight of the children there. Nutt: Well, absolutely right. So she's obviously accepted the logic of the Save the Children argument, it's help children on the ground. If you really do love a child and you want the child to do well, then help them in their own world. Now, look ... something like 10 million children a year die across the world because of poverty before the age of 5. You cannot possibly help all those children by moving them. amFIX: Your thoughts on whether Madonna should adopt So, what we're saying clearly is not that Madonna is wrong or families and parents or want-to-be parents who do go for international adoption are wrong. But it must be a last resort. They must make sure there is no family network to support them, and if they don't help that child, that child is in peril. The life of that child is in peril. Otherwise ... you are better off supporting that child in its own environment. Chetry: All right, well, here's what a couple of people who actually live there say. One of them is a resident of ... Malawi, who said, "We're poor people. If a child's mother dies, it's hard for the man to bring the child up." He's saying that because apparently in this situation, the child she's trying to adopt, Mercy James, both -- neither parent [is] living, according to our report. And then I want you to hear also from the Law Commission of Malawi, one member of it, and what he said about this adoption. Let's listen. Unidentified male: If you project 20 years from now, where will the child be if the child is left in the orphanage where it is, or if it gets a chance to get an education with Madonna. Chetry: The figures also from UNICEF show that for every 1,000 births in Malawi, 120 children die. The life expectancy in that country is only 44 years old. And most children over the age of 10 do not attend school. So, wouldn't life be better for some of these children who have no living parents,	[ "What country is Madonna trying to adopt a child from?", "What is the best way to help the children?", "What is Madonna trying to do?", "What did the spokesman say?", "Who is adopting a girl from Malawi?", "What should celebrities do to help the children?", "What is the best means to help children?", "What did the spokesman from Save the Children say?" ]	[ [ "Malawi" ], [ "off helping those families by building schools and supporting them" ], [ "adopt a second child from the African nation." ], [ "those that don't, have a wider family that can look after them. And we believe that children in poverty should be best looked after by their own people in their own environment. 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(CNN) -- Madonna said she hopes the Malawian girl she wants to adopt and the boy she already adopted "will one day return to Malawi and help the people of their country." A judge has rejected Madonna's adoption application. A Malawian judge this month rejected the American pop star's petition to adopt 3-year-old Chifundo "Mercy" James, but her lawyer has filed an appeal. "I want to provide Mercy with a home, a loving family environment and the best education and health care possible," Madonna said in an e-mail to The Nation, a Malawian newspaper. "And it's my hope that she, like David, will one day return to Malawi and help the people of their country." Madonna's statement, which her publicist provided to CNN, steered away from commenting on her legal battle. "Though I have been advised that I cannot publicly discuss the pending appeal regarding my desire to adopt Mercy, I do want to say how much I appreciate the level of support that I have received from the people of Malawi and my friends around the world," she said. The judge who ruled against the adoption said she had "a gripping temptation" to approve it, but decided doing so would open doors to child trafficking, court records show. "Anyone could come to Malawi and quickly arrange for an adoption that might have grave consequences on the very children that the law seeks to protect," Justice E.J. Chombo wrote in her ruling. The judge also said she thought the child was in good hands at an orphanage. Another Malawian judge approved Madonna's adoption of David Banda in 2006. Chombo's ruling followed weeks of criticism by human-rights activists, who accused the mother of three of using her fame to circumvent a residency law for foreigners adopting in the southern African country. Save the Children UK had also urged Madonna to let the child be raised by her relatives in her home community. The denial was applauded by a coalition of Malawian nonprofits. "Inter-country adoption is not the best way of providing protection to children. ... Supporting children from outside our country only helps five of the 1.5 million orphans we have," said Mavuto Bamusi, national coordinator of the Malawi Human Rights Consultative Committee. Malawi government officials have said that they supported Madonna's second adoption. The recently divorced singer was married to British filmmaker Guy Ritchie. She has been involved with Malawi for several years and made a documentary, "I Am Because We Are," to highlight poverty, AIDS and other diseases devastating children in that country. She also co-founded a nonprofit, Raising Malawi, which provides programs to help the needy.	[ "what did the singer not meet residency requirement for", "Who is Madonna?", "what did the judge say?", "what do critics say", "where did madonna adopt her son?", "what is Madonna appealing" ]	[ [ "foreigners adopting in the southern African country." ], [ "recently divorced singer" ], [ "she had \"a gripping temptation\" to approve it, but decided doing so would open doors to child trafficking," ], [ "using her fame to circumvent a residency law for foreigners adopting in the southern African country." ], [ "Malawi" ], [ "adoption application." ] ]	Madonna is appealing a Malawian judge's rejection of her adoption petition . The pop star did not meet residency requirement for adoption, judge says . Critics say Madonna tried to use fame to circumvent adoption process . Madonna has a son she adopted from Malawi .
(CNN) -- Madonna was "devastated" to hear that a man was killed in an accident during construction for her upcoming concerts in Marseilles, France, a representative said Thursday. Firefighters leave the Stade Velodrome stadium in Marseille after the accident on Thursday. A 53-year-old French man was killed when a stage being built for the concert collapsed, a fire department spokesman in the southern French city said. Another two people, one British and one American, are severely injured, and four are lightly injured, officer David Goddin told CNN. "At this point we don't know how it happened, but we are confident no one else is still under the rubble," Goddin said. "My prayers go out to those who were injured and their families along with my deepest sympathy to all those affected by this heartbreaking news," Madonna said in a statement issued by her representative, Liz Rosenberg. At least one Madonna show has been canceled, Rosenberg told CNN. A crane collapsed while lifting a large metallic truss into place, Lt. Thierry Delorme of the French Navy told CNN. In Marseille, the Fire Department is a part of the Navy. An investigation has been launched into the cause of the collapse, he said. In addition to the six injuries and the single fatality, 34 people received psychological support after the incident, he said. About 27 fire engines and 80 firefighters responded to the emergency when the stage collapsed at 5:15 p.m. (1515 GMT). "There were a lot of open fractures, of injuries, it was a messy sight," one of the rescue workers told Agence-France Presse. Madonna was scheduled to play the first of five concerts for her "Sticky and Sweet" tour at the 60,000-seat Stade Velodrome on Sunday. The singer was in Udine, Italy, when she heard the news, Rosenberg said. CNN's Per Nyberg in London, England, contributed to this report.	[ "Who is due to play in \"Sticky and Sweet\" tour?", "How many were killed when stage collapses?", "What happened when the stage collapsed?", "When did the accident happen?", "who is in charge of the investigation?", "What day did the stage collapse?" ]	[ [ "Madonna" ], [ "a man" ], [ "A 53-year-old French man was killed" ], [ "Thursday." ], [ "Lt. Thierry Delorme" ], [ "Thursday." ] ]	One person was killed when stage being built for Madonna concert collapses . Accident happened Thursday afternoon in southern French city of Marseille . Another two people, one British and one American, were severely injured . Madonna due to play first of five concerts in city for "Sticky and Sweet" tour Sunday .
(CNN) -- Magnificent snow-peaked summits and quaint thousand-year-old villages provide the backdrop for an unforgettable adventure in Nepal. Exploring the dramatic landscape on foot is nothing short of extraordinary, trekkers say. "[One night] the back doors were open towards the view of Mount Everest and the other peaks of the Himalayas. It was so beautiful with snow-capped mountains and the sky was full of stars. I think that was one of the most magical moments I've ever had," says iReporter Kuna Rajandran, who trekked to Everest base camp in April. Planning a Nepal expedition may seem daunting at first -- and you will be challenged -- but in the end, itÂ¹s worth it. You will come away with some of the greatest memories of your life, from savoring locally cooked meals at teahouses to soaking in breathtaking views of the high Himalayas, according to adventurers who've made the trip. There are endless options when it comes to planning a trek in Nepal. One of the most popular routes is the Annapurna Circuit, which loops around the base of the Annapurna range. And, of course, the more difficult Everest base camp trek is a magnet for many visitors. Worlds away in Kathmandu Experts urge travelers to be wary of individual porters and guides who approach you on the streets of Kathmandu. They are most likely uninsured, cautions Mohan Lamsal, general secretary of Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN). Have a detailed discussion with your chosen trekking company to assess their professionalism, Lamsal advises. While booking in advance is a sure thing, some adventurous iReporters say making arrangements in Kathmandu is a convenient way to cut out the middleman. Be careful not to overestimate your abilities. Even if you feel completely comfortable with the people and the landscape and think you can make the trek on your own -- don't. Trekking with at least one companion is a must, especially if you're a beginner, experienced trekkers say. Since both the Annapurna base camp and Everest Base camp treks are located in conservation areas, you will need permits, said iReporter Barry Wenlock, a Kathmandu resident and an experienced Himalayan trekker who has been leading tours since 1995. You can get permits before you begin or upon entry into the parks. Additionally, every trekker needs a Trekkers' Information Management System (TIMS) pass. You or your trip organizer can get this card, which is part of a database that stores visitor information for safety reasons. When deciding on when to make your trek, there is generally one rule of thumb: Avoid the monsoon season (June through August). The most popular times to trek are late spring (March and April) and early to mid-fall (October and November), but keep in mind that is also when the trekking routes are busiest. To beat the rush, try going a week or two earlier or later, suggests Wenlock. "There are such beautiful forests [at the foothills of the Annapurna], and it's Nepal's primary rhododendron forest, so if you visit there in the last week of March, first week of April, the rhododendrons are full and it's an absolutely staggeringly beautiful place. And the pink and red rhododendrons all up the hillside, a few magnolias mixed in, some jasmine," Wenlock says. Before heading to Nepal, it's important not only to prepare your itinerary, but also your body. Even the mild or "Nepali Flat" parts of the "easier" Annapurna trek have their fair share of steep inclines. "Walking around the golf course isn't enough -- you really need to do uphill walking. You can do that for a few weeks before you come, that will make it much easier," Wenlock says. It's cold in Nepal -- really cold. Weather-appropriate supplies are a must for any trekker, novice or expert. Remember to pack your warmest down jacket and broken-in hiking boots as well as sun and eye protection. Based on his experience trekking the Annapurna Circuit in 2009, iReporter Dean Gakos, an avid hiker	[ "What should you do to prepare for the terrain?", "Trekking in where is an incredible experience?" ]	[ [ "uphill walking." ], [ "Nepal." ] ]	iReporters agree that trekking in Nepal is an incredible experience . To prepare for the terrain do some uphill walking before you go . Before you get on the path, make sure you have enough Nepalese currency .
(CNN) -- Maicon and Samuel Eto'o were both on target in the second half to give champions Inter Milan a 2-0 win over 10-man Juventus, a result that sees Jose Mourinho's side return to the top of the Serie A table. The win, only Inter's fourth in 12 league matches, sends them back to the top of the table by two points from Roma -- who can reclaim top spot if they beat Lazio in the Rome derby on Sunday. A cagey first-half exploded into life eight minutes before the interval when Juve midfielder Mo Sissoko received a second yellow card for a late challenge on Javier Zanetti. The 10-men bravely held out until the 75th minute when Inter took a stunning lead through defender Miacon. The Brazilian juggled the ball over Amauri on the edge of the area before firing a superb strike past goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon. Mario Balotelli then struck the crossbar with a free-kick before the points were sealed in the final minute when Samuel Eto'o was left unmarked in the area to slide home a Sulley Muntari cross.	[ "What was the final score?", "Who do Roma need to beat to reclaim title?" ]	[ [ "2-0" ], [ "Lazio" ] ]	Maicon and Samuel Eto'o on target to send Inter Milan back to the top of Serie A . The defending champions defeat 10-man Juventus 2-0 at the San Siro . Roma can reclaim top position if they beat city rivals Lazio on Sunday .
(CNN) -- Maj. Gen. Robert Harding said Friday that, "with deep regret," he has withdrawn his name from nomination to lead the Transportation Security Administration. "This was a great honor, and I felt that I could bring some leadership, vision and intelligence expertise to that position," he said in a statement. "Ultimately, my goal was to improve the security of our nation's transportation systems. However, I feel that the distractions caused by my work as a defense contractor would not be good for this administration nor for the Department of Homeland Security." The TSA is part of the Department of Homeland Security. White House Spokesman Nicholas Shapiro noted that Harding has more than 35 years of military and intelligence experience, and added, "The President is disappointed in this outcome but remains confident in the solid team of professionals at TSA." At a hearing on Wednesday, Harding acknowledged "making mistakes" when a company he formed overbilled the government in 2004. At issue is a contract that Harding's company, Harding Security Associates, signed with the Defense Department in early 2004 to provide 40 interrogators and debriefers rapidly in Iraq. Within four months of his firm starting work on the contract, Harding said, the government decided to end the contract. "I then faced 40 individuals who were now without work," the nominee said, adding that some of them he had lured away from other jobs, including the CIA. Harding said he told his employees "that I would take care of them, and that I would negotiate and work with the government to provide severance payments." The total severance payments came to about $800,000, Harding said. "When I went to claim it from the DIA [Defense Intelligence Agency]," government auditors "recognized that I did not have a policy on that, that I had not negotiated with the government for severance, I had not provided the government my plan for severance ... and therefore it was not allowed, that $800,000." Harding said that government auditors subsequently admitted "there were mistakes on both sides." The White House said it was "disappointed" at Harding's withdrawal. "By nominating General Harding, the president tapped an individual with more than 35 years of military and intelligence experience who is dedicated to improving the security of our nation," Shapiro said. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said she felt misled by a White House explanation of the events. The White House compared $2.4 million in disputed charges that included the $800,000 in severance payments to the $53 million potential value of the contract, instead of the $6 million value of the work. "Of the $6 million that HSA was paid, $2.4 million was [in] question. That's a pretty high percentage. The White House, in talking to me about this issue, compared it to $53 million, but that's not what was at stake here at all, and I thought the White House's comparison was pretty misleading," Collins said. An independent investigation concluded that no fraud was involved. Ultimately, HSA reached a settlement with the government, with HSA paying back $1.8 million of the disputed $2.4 million. Harding said he learned from his mistake. He said the mistake caused him to add an accounting operation and otherwise professionalize the business, eventually increasing it in size from 60 people in 2004 to about 400 people when he sold the business last year. Following the hearing, Collins said that Harding "adequately addressed my concerns regarding" the contracts. "Before making a final determination, however, I want to review additional information in order to ensure that all relevant data regarding the nominee have been thoroughly examined," she said. Harding was Obama's second nominee to head the agency. Sen. James DeMint, R-South Carolina, put a hold on the first nominee, Erroll Southers, after Southers declined to say whether he supported unionization of screeners. Southers eventually withdrew his name from consideration after another controversy erupted involving a decades-	[ "Harding was Obama's what?", "What did Harding admit to?", "Who removed himself from consideration to lead TSA?", "who admitted mistakes?" ]	[ [ "Transportation Security Administration." ], [ "\"making mistakes\" when a company he formed overbilled the" ], [ "Gen. Robert Harding" ], [ "Harding" ] ]	Robert Harding removes himself from consideration to lead TSA . Harding admitted "making mistakes" in prior dealings as defense contractor . Harding was Obama's second nominee to head the agency .
(CNN) -- Major conflict could return to southern parts of Sudan unless international action bolsters a faltering peace accord, ten aid agencies said in a report released Thursday. A resumption of conflict between north and south in Sudan, meanwhile, would make a sustainable peace impossible in Darfur, a region of western Sudan that has been the scene of what the U.S. calls genocide, the aid groups said. "It is not yet too late to avert disaster, but the next 12 months are a crossroads for Africa's largest country, " said Maya Mailer, policy advisor for Oxfam International and the report's co-author. The warnings were underscored by news Thursday of a clash that killed scores in Southern Sudan, the latest instance of tribal violence among southerners that has alarmed the United Nations. Locals said fierce fighting in Warap State, one of the most remote regions of the south, killed 140 people, wounded 90, and led to the theft of tens of thousands of cattle early this month or in late December, the United Nations said. "The human toll is massive -- hundreds if not thousands displaced. The death toll is massive," said Lisa Grande, a top U.N. humanitarian official in Southern Sudan. "These attacks are a matter of great concern." Resurgent tribal violence in the south also concerned the 10 aid groups. They released their report, "Rescuing the Peace in Southern Sudan," two days before the fifth anniversary of a 2005 peace deal that ended a grinding war between the Sudanese government and southern rebels in the Sudan People's Liberation Movement. They said that peace deal is "on the brink of collapse." That war pitted a northern government of Arab Muslims against southern blacks who follow Christianity and traditional African religions. It killed 2 million people and forced several million others from their homes. The peace deal conferred limited autonomy on southern Sudan and ended one of Africa's longest and deadliest wars even as a separate conflict that erupted in 2003 raged in Darfur, killing roughly 200,000, the United Nations says. Despite the peace deal, violence in the south increased last year, Mailer said, and it could escalate further to become one of the biggest emergencies in Africa this year. About 2,500 people were killed and 350,000 fled their homes in southern Sudan last year, the aid agencies said. Many died in tribal violence between southerners. Outside countries have ignored the problem and have not provided sufficient help, the agencies said. The United Nations says more people have been killed in southern Sudan in 2009 than in Darfur, where a separate conflict drew international attention, prompted charges of genocide and led the International Criminal Court to indict the Sudanese president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, for war crimes. Some southerners blame their former enemies in the north for instigating violence in the south. As the south plans to participate in national elections in April, many southerners say the north has hindered access to registration materials, logistical support and voter education, the United Nations said. The north denies those charges, but they're among the reasons that analysts worry about an outbreak of north-south violence in a region already buckling under the weight of corruption, cattle rustling and revenge attacks. Sudan needs diplomatic involvement from neighboring countries and the international community to help secure the 2005 peace agreement, said Paul Valentin, international director of Christian Aid, one of the agencies that produced the report. "A return to war is by no means inevitable, but it depends whether the world heeds the warning signs of the past year and has the political will to save the peace," Valentin added. Other agencies that produced the report include the International Rescue Committee, Save the Children and World Vision. The report urges the U.N. Security Council to ensure that protecting civilians becomes a core priority for a peacekeeping force in Sudan. The agencies also called on the international community to mediate between the northern and southern parties before the national elections -- the country's first multi-party elections in 24 years -- and before a referendum on independence, which is scheduled for early next year.	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(CNN) -- Major league catcher Wilson Ramos has been "found alive," two days after he was reported kidnapped by gunmen, Venezuelan state TV reported Friday. Ramos was found by security forces in Montalban, a mountainous region about 60 miles from the north central Venezuelan town where he was last seen, according to a tweet posted late Friday by Communications Minister Andres Izarra. Ramos was reported by state-run VTV to be healthy and unharmed. Ramos, a rising star for the Washington Nationals as a rookie this past year, had returned to his native country to play in Venezuela's winter league. But before his first game with the Aragua Tigers, gunmen kidnapped him Wednesday night from his mother's home in Santa Ines in Carabobo state, a team spokeswoman said. On Thursday, authorities said that they had found the SUV they believe was used in the kidnapping and had created sketches of two of the gunmen. Prior to his release Friday, news about the federal investigation was tightly guarded. "It's understandable that everyone wants to know what is happening with Wilson and how the investigation goes, but remember that, in these cases, patience is key," Tigers spokeswoman Kathe Vilera said on her Twitter account. She added that keeping the details sealed could help the investigation. "It has all the earmarks as a targeted kidnapping: selected victim, selected location, selected time," said Chris Voss, a kidnapping specialist for Insite Security who has handled six cases involving Venezuela and who worked for the FBI for 26 years. "There's an outside possibility that they thought they were grabbing another member of the family, but that's extremely unlikely." Kidnapping as an industry has crossed the border from Colombia into Venezuela, Voss said. "When criminals next door show you a model of how to make money easily -- and kidnapping is usually pretty easy money -- then other kidnappers will simply ape it." But targeting athletes and other celebrities can be a mistake, he said. "It's going to bring too much law enforcement scrutiny down on them; too much international scrutiny. And media attention and scrutiny from law enforcement worldwide is bad for business." Ramos, 24, emerged as the Nationals' top catcher this past season. He had a .267 batting average with 15 home runs and 52 runs batted in. Though soccer reigns in most Latin American countries, it is baseball that rules in Venezuela, which routinely feeds players to major league teams in the United States. That pipeline has been transformed in recent years because of violence. As Venezuela's economy has stagnated in recent years, crimes such as kidnapping and murder have risen. According to the National Institute of Statistics, 16,917 people were kidnapped between July 2008 and July 2010, or about 23 kidnappings a day. Baseball players who play professionally in the United States, whether in the major or minor leagues, are typically targeted for their money, though Ramos' case is the first time a player himself has been snatched. Usually, a family member is held for ransom. "Government, please do something because Venezuela is crumbling with so much insecurity while you say that Venezuela is safe," Venezuelan baseball player Jose Castillo wrote on his Twitter account. Melvin Dorta, a Venezuelan playing professionally in the U.S. Atlantic Independent League, told CNN that there are lots of opportunities in Venezuela, but also pitfalls. Dorta has played for the Aragua Tigers and is a friend and former teammate of Ramos. "Venezuela does have one of the best winter leagues, but it is one of the leagues where the Americans ask before going because of the insecurity and the dangers that one faces," he said. Those dangers have led many American teams to abandon their baseball academies in Venezuela, said Arturo Marcano, a lawyer and sports columnist who co-authored a book about the recruitment of players from Venezuela. When major league teams noticed the talent sitting in places like the Dominican Republic and Venezuela, they increased their investment in the region. Instead of relying on scouts to find players, they instituted the	[ "How long was he missing?", "Where was he last seen?", "Where Ramos was found?", "What state-run VTV says of Ramos condition?", "Who abducted Wilson Ramos?", "What is his first name?" ]	[ [ "two days" ], [ "north central Venezuelan town" ], [ "Montalban," ], [ "healthy and unharmed." ], [ "gunmen," ], [ "Wilson" ] ]	NEW: Ramos is healthy and unharmed, state-run VTV reports . NEW: He was found by security forces about 60 miles from where he was last seen . Gunmen abducted Wilson Ramos Wednesday in the Venezuelan city of Valencia .
(CNN) -- Malawi welcomed Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for a regional trade meeting Thursday over the objections of the International Criminal Court and human rights activists. Al-Bashir is wanted by the court in The Hague, Netherlands, for alleged war crimes. He arrived in Malawi for the annual summit of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). Human Rights Watch had urged Malawi authorities to arrest al-Bashir or ban his entry into the country. Malawi ratified the Rome Statute, which created the court, and as such, it is obliged to arrest him. "Al-Bashir is an international fugitive wanted on charges of genocide and other heinous crimes committed in Darfur," said Elise Keppler, international justice senior counsel at Human Rights Watch. "As an International Criminal Court member, Malawi should arrest him, not host him." The court issued a warrant for al-Bashir for alleged crimes in the troubled region of Darfur in March, 2009. Human Rights Watch said a number of al-Bashir's anticipated visits to both member and non-member countries have been canceled following public outcry. However, last year, Kenya allowed al-Bashir into the country to attend the signing ceremonies for Kenya's new constitution. The government defended its decision not to arrest al-Bashir by saying Kenya's first obligation was to the African Union, not the International Criminal Court. The European Union foreign policy chief also expressed concern over the visit. "The European Union is a staunch supporter of the ICC and the fight against impunity," Catherine Ashton said in a statement Friday. "The Court is a valuable instrument of the international community to ensure that there is no impunity for the most serious crimes of international concern; genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes must not go unpunished and their prosecution must be ensured by measures at both domestic and international level."	[ "What is Malawi urged to do?", "which president is wanted for war crimes?", "What is the name of the person wanted?", "who is wanted for alleged war crimes in Darfur", "Where did the war crimes occur?", "who urged malawai to arrest al-bashir?", "what is the international crminal court asking for?" ]	[ [ "arrest al-Bashir" ], [ "Omar al-Bashir" ], [ "Omar al-Bashir" ], [ "Al-Bashir" ], [ "The Hague, Netherlands," ], [ "Human Rights Watch" ], [ "Malawi should arrest him," ] ]	Human Rights Watch urged Malawai to arrest Omar al-Bashir . Sudan's president is wanted for alleged war crimes in Darfur . The International Criminal Court argues member nations are obligated to turn him in .
(CNN) -- Malawi's decision to reject pop star Madonna's adoption of a local child has reignited global debate about the ethics of international adoption. Author Melissa Fay Greene poses with her family, which includes biological and adopted children. Some international aid groups have praised the decision as best for the child, a 4-year-old girl named Chifundo James. "I think it really highlights the bigger picture that there are so many children living in poverty in Malawi, and while Madonna has good intentions ... children would be better off staying in their own communities whenever possible," said Karen Hansen-Kuhn, policy director for ActionAid USA, a development group that also works in Malawi. "We really need to stay focused on the needs of Malawi and of all the children there," she added. To get another perspective on the situation, CNN also talked with Melissa Fay Greene, an author and mother of five adopted children. Greene, who lives in Atlanta, Georgia, is the mother of four biological children, four children adopted from Ethiopia and one adopted child from Bulgaria. The following is an edited transcript of that conversation: CNN: What's your initial reaction to the news that Madonna's adoption of a Malawian child has been rejected? Greene: Surprise. ... It was awfully tricky with Madonna's first adoption, when the child turned out to have devoted family members nearby. [The singer's adoption of a Malawian boy was finalized last year.] And if that's true with this child also, it seems a similar sticky situation. That's not the situation for the majority of orphanage children around the world, who don't have caring grandparents or aunts and uncles a short walk or bike ride away. I think it gives people an odd perspective on what international adoption can mean for children who don't have any support network outside the walls of an orphanage. You often hear attacks on international adoption as robbing a child of his or her culture, and that's both true and false. It's true that an internationally adopted child loses the rich background of history and religion and culture and language that the child was born into, but the cruel fact is that most children don't have access to the local, beautiful culture within an orphanage. ... There's a culture in orphanages that children are eager to escape from, and it's a culture of being reared as a group and not being doted upon by parents. For any child, that's the bottom line. The fact is that a human child wants that mommy or daddy or both. We're just wired to want that and to need that. And there's no way an institutional setting can give a human baby what the child needs. It's impossible. So you have to balance priorities. ... I think what some of the human rights group say is absolutely accurate: that international adoption does not begin to solve the problems of the world's orphaned children. It's truly not the answer. ... At the same time, international adoption, even though it doesn't solve the whole problem, it solves a problem for a few. I think it can be a brilliant solution to the problem of adults wanting a child in their lives or wanting more children in their lives and the problem of children who want parents in their lives. CNN: How is it different for a celebrity person seeking an [international] adoption than for yourself? Greene: We don't jet in, take a child and fly out with a child. For an average citizen trying to adopt, it takes most of a year. First of all, you work with a country that already has international adoption regulations in place, so you have a bureaucracy dealing with international adoption. A big part of that is determining that the child is a true orphan, that there is no one who can care for the child. And in the case of our older kids' adoptions, people had to come to court to testify that there was no one to take the children. So you don't run the	[ "how many kids does the mom have", "who rejects madonna?", "What was Madonna's request?", "what did the aid groups say", "who debates about the ethics of international adoption?", "what did the judge reject", "Who denied Madonna's request?" ]	[ [ "five adopted children." ], [ "Malawi's" ], [ "adoption of a local child" ], [ "praised the decision as best for the child," ], [ "global" ], [ "pop star Madonna's adoption of a local child" ], [ "Malawi's" ] ]	Malawian judge rejects Madonna's request to adopt a 4-year-old girl . Move reignites debate about the ethics of international adoption . Some aid groups say children are best left in their home countries . A mother of 5 adopted kids says adoption can be a "brilliant solution" for some .
(CNN) -- Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim came out of hiding Monday, and says he has damaging evidence that proves senior members of the government faked evidence for sodomy charges against him. Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim says he has proof sodomy charges against him were fabricated. "I have new evidence about the fabrication of evidence against me in 1998," Anwar told CNN Monday. "I totally reject these malicious attacks." Anwar was the heir apparent to former premier Mahathir Mohamad until 1998, when he was sacked and charged for corruption and sodomy. The sodomy conviction was overturned, but the corruption verdict was never lifted, barring him from running for political post until this year. In the CNN interview, Anwar rejected the sodomy charges and also said he had evidence of threats on his life that caused him to go into hiding at the Turkish embassy in Kuala Lumpur. Listen to Anwar Ibrahim defend himself » CNN could not immediately reach members of Malaysia's ruling party. The ruling party, National Front Coalition, has led Malaysia since the country declared independence in 1957. Anwar's opposition party has gradually chipped away at the National Front's power. Recently Malaysian police have said they are investigating a new sodomy charge against him, Anwar said. The new charges were also false and were fabricated to usurp his political gains, Anwar said. "I will challenge these attacks on every ground," Anwar said.	[ "Who came out of hiding?", "Who says he can prove government members faked evidence?", "What did Anwar say?", "Who came out of hiding Monday?", "What can he help prove?", "What was he charged with?", "When did Ibrahim come out of hiding?", "What did Ibrahim say?" ]	[ [ "Anwar Ibrahim" ], [ "Anwar Ibrahim" ], [ "he has proof sodomy charges against him were fabricated." ], [ "Anwar Ibrahim" ], [ "senior members of the government faked evidence for sodomy charges against him." ], [ "corruption and sodomy." ], [ "Monday," ], [ "\"I have new evidence about the fabrication of evidence against me in 1998,\"" ] ]	Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim came out of hiding Monday . Says he can prove government members faked evidence for sodomy charges . Anwar also says he has evidence of threats against his life .
(CNN) -- Malmo is a shopper's heaven. Most stores are within walking distance of the city center, and unlike in neighboring Copenhagen, where shops are usually shut all day on Sunday, most department stores and shopping centers are open seven days a week. Select from modern and classic designs at the shop at the Form Design Center. Stock up on souvenirs at the stores around Lilla Torg. Hokeriet, an old-fashioned general store, sells a variety of collectibles and interesting gifts while hand-painted Swedish wooden clogs are a specialty of Toffelmakaren. Venture into the picturesque Gamla Vaster neighborhood and you'll find chic boutiques like Issue (Stora Nygatan 25a) which stocks designer labels like Marc by Marc Jacobs and Rag & Bone. Fashion mavens will also want to check out the eclectic label Robert & Blad (Norra Grangesbergsgatan 4), which is known for making well-cut clothes in good fabrics. Kit of Elsinore (Rodergatan 2) in the trendy Western Harbor neighborhood is another spot to hit for of-the-moment style. If you want the convenience of a big shopping center, you can find just about anything at Hansa (Malmborgsgatan 6) and Triangeln (Sodra Forstadsgatan 41), which are both centrally located. If you have a weakness for shoes, check out the feminine footwear at Scardia, which recently moved from its flagship store in Master Johannsgatan to Hansa. Scandinavia is synonymous with good design and you don't have to go far in Malmo to find examples to take home. A variety of contemporary and classic designs are on sale in the shop at the Form Design Center in Hedmanska Garden. Also check out Formagruppen (Engelbrektsgatan 8) and Olsson & Gerthel (Engelbrektsgatan 9), which are both located nearby. Looking to spruce up your home? David Design (Skeppsbron 3) specializes in sophisticated interior design. Design Torget (Sodra Vallgatan 3) is the perfect place to find a gift for that someone who's impossible to buy for. The shop showcases independent designers and sells everything from unique kitchen utensils to quirky toys for kids. New items are added to its shelves every week. Take a break from your shopping extravaganza at Saluhallen, the covered market on Lilla Torg that is a tourist attraction it is own right. Stalls sell everything from sushi and kebabs to baked potatoes and bagels. If you're into buying green, Drottningtorget is the place for you. Here you'll find Morot & Annat, which sells everything from organically produced textiles to produce. Nearby Uma Bazaar (Ostra Forstadsg 13) stocks a wide range of fair-trade clothing produced by a women's collective in India. .................... Malmo City Guide: Where to stay \| What to see \| Where to be seen \| Where to eat \| Where to shop Do you agree with our Malmo picks? Share your comments and suggestions in the SoundOff below.	[ "Where are wooden clogs from?", "Who is a designer?", "What is a local Swedish designer?", "What are traditional Swedish shoes called?", "Where should you go for fashion forward apparel?", "What make great souvenirs?", "Where should you shop?", "What's a good place for eco friendly shopping?" ]	[ [ "Toffelmakaren." ], [ "Marc Jacobs" ], [ "Marc Jacobs" ], [ "clogs" ], [ "Kit of Elsinore" ], [ "hand-painted Swedish wooden clogs" ], [ "Form Design Center." ], [ "Drottningtorget" ] ]	Swedish clogs and traditional wooden toys make great souvenirs . If you're in to eco-friendly shopping, head to Drottningtorget . Find gifts for people who are impossible to buy for at Design Torget . For fashion-forward apparel, check out local designers like Robert & Blad .
(CNN) -- Mammoth cruise ships can be difficult to get around, even in the best of circumstances. In the worst -- which is how one might describe the situation aboard the listing Costa Concordia -- they are near impossible. Yet even before the sun rose Monday, about 120 rescue personnel were out in or around the liner that hit rocks near Tuscany and rolled spectacularly on its side. They were in a race against time, and in a battle with numerous challenges, to try to save survivors or at least recover the bodies of the passengers and crew members who are still missing. Overheard on CNN.com: Worst-case scenario The search was temporarily suspended by noon Monday, after authorities said the vessel had begun to sway, making it dangerous for the crews. But it resumed a short time later, despite a forecast calling for increasingly strong winds that Coast Guard spokesman Filippo Marino said had rescuers worried. They are "working in very, very bad conditions," said Luciano Roncalli of Italy's national fire service. "It's cold, of course. It's dark during the day and the night. ... It's really, really dangerous." Authorities have said that at least six people died after the Costa Concordia hit rocks Friday night off the tiny island of Giglio, where nighttime temperatures have recently dipped below freezing. A total of 29 people -- four crew members and 25 passengers -- are still unaccounted for from the listing cruise ship, Italian coast guard chief Marco Brusco said Monday, according to Italy's ANSA news agency. That figure includes two of the 120 Americans who were aboard the ship, the U.S. Embassy in Italy said. Now turned on its side, the ship is roughly half-submerged. Rescuers hope is that any survivor has found refuge above water, or perhaps in an air pocket, and can be brought out alive. "There could still be people locked into compartments ... where they can't physically move because of the twisting of the metal," said Butch Hendrick, president of the diving safety company Lifeguard Systems. In its current state, the Costa Concordia resembles a dark, convoluted cave -- with its countless nooks and crannies and few ways to easily escape. Six underwater cave rescue divers are working among the rescue personnel. The divers are likely equipped with twice as much oxygen as regular scuba divers, have a guideline nearby in case they need help finding a way back to safety, and have knives and whatever lights they can carry or wear, said Robert Laird, a co-founder of the International Underwater Cave Rescue and Recovery group. Still, whatever equipment and precautions they take, "what they are doing is extremely difficult," he said. "If you do not have the right frame of mind to deal with being in the dark and in tight closed spaces, then you're (in trouble)," said Laird, who has dived in many caves and ships, though neither he nor his group are involved in the Italian operation. Unlike open water divers, these divers don't have the luxury of coming up for air anytime they want, and they can't count on the help of sunlight. Laird said he expects that, besides being pitch-black, the water in the ship teems with debris. "They could swim right by a dead body and not even see it," Laird said. Rescuers are navigating a seeming labyrinth. The Concordia is practically a skyscraper in two directions: 17 decks high and 951 feet long. Emergency personnel are aiming to look into 1,500 cabins and all around the ship's many other public spaces, including eight bars, five restaurants, four swimming pools, a casino and more. Hendrick, a veteran of many such rescue dives, estimated it could take a couple of weeks for the whole ship to be checked. "It's enormous," said Richard Bordoni, another member of the Italian national fire corps. "They have to stay safe, and it takes them a long time to go down a corridor." Late Sunday, the	[ "what is practically a skyscrapper", "When was the search suspended?", "What length is the boat?", "what did the diving expert say", "What is the size of the concordia?", "What is the reason for the suspension?", "How long could the operation take?", "the rescue operation resumed despite what" ]	[ [ "The Concordia" ], [ "by noon Monday," ], [ "951 feet long." ], [ "\"There could still be people locked into compartments ... where they can't physically move because of the twisting of the metal,\"" ], [ "17 decks high and 951 feet long." ], [ "the crews." ], [ "a couple of weeks" ], [ "a forecast calling for increasingly strong winds" ] ]	NEW: The rescue/recovery operation on the ship could take weeks, a diving expert says . Rescue operations resume, despite concerns about the weather . The search was temporarily suspended Monday because the ship started to sway . The Concordia is practically a skyscraper in two directions: 17 decks high and 951 feet long .
(CNN) -- Man-made climate change threatens to stress water resources, challenge crops and livestock, raise sea levels and adversely affect human health, according to a report released by the Obama administration on Tuesday. Farmers and workers in central California are suffering through the third year of a worsening drought. The nearly 200-page document on global climate change -- released by the White House science adviser and mandated by Congress -- does not include new research, but encompasses several recent studies on the effects of global warming over the last half century. Among the report's key findings are an "unequivocal and primarily human-induced" rise in the Earth's temperature of 2 degrees Fahrenheit over the last 50 years, and a projection of more rapidly changing temperatures over the next several decades. "It's not just a problem for the future," said Jane Lubchenco, administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "We're beginning to see the impact on our daily lives." The continuing temperature rise is likely to spur a series of negative consequences for the Earth's energy supply, water, transportation, ecosystems and health, the study said. "[The report] tells us why remedial action is needed sooner rather than later, as well as showing why that action must include both global emissions reductions to reduce the extent of climate change and local adaptation measures to reduce the damage from the changes that are no longer avoidable," said John P. Holdren, the White House science adviser. Among the study's specific predictions: Longer and more intense heat waves; increased heavy downpours likely to cause widespread complications such as flooding and waterborne diseases; reduced summer runoff, creating greater competition for water, especially in the West; rising ocean water temperatures that will threaten coral reefs; an increase in wildfires and insect infestations; and more frequent coastal flooding caused by rising seas. The report is the first in almost a decade to break down impacts of climate change on regions and economic sectors of the United States. For example, warming trends in coming decades are expected to reduce the lobster catch in the waters of the Northeast, increase the intensity of hurricanes in the Southeast and accelerate drought in the Southwest, it said. Authors of the comprehensive report said they hope it can serve as a valuable tool for policymakers and other Americans, such as farmers making crop decisions or local governments passing zoning restrictions in coastal areas. The report comes as Congress debates a White House-backed climate change bill that seeks to reduce the United State's greenhouse gas emissions 17 percent by 2020 and 83 percent by 2050 through a so-called "cap and trade" program. The bill cleared a key House committee vote in May and could be considered by the entire chamber within the next two weeks, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Tuesday. The bill's future remains unclear in the Senate, where leaders are holding off advancing their own version of the legislation until it clears the lower chamber.	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Report: Changes will stress water resources, challenge crops and raise sea levels . Document is released by White House science adviser and mandated by Congress . Report's predictions: Hotter heat waves, more flooding and an increase in wildfires .
(CNN) -- Manager Jose Mourinho was sent off as Italian leaders Inter Milan crashed to a 2-1 defeat at title hopefuls Juventus on Saturday night. Second-placed AC Milan are now four points adrift of their city rivals after a 3-0 home crushing of Sampdoria, who remained in fifth. Ten-man Juve went third, five points behind Inter, after ending the defending champions' eight-match unbeaten run in Serie A. Brazil midfielder Felipe Melo was credited with the 20th-minute opening goal in Turin as he deflected in a free-kick from compatriot Diego, and Mourinho was ordered from the dugout following his protestations about the foul being awarded in the first place. Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o leveled six minutes later with a header from Dejan Stankovic's cross, but new Italy international Claudio Marchisio gave the home side victory in the 58th minute after goalkeeper Julio Cesar blocked a shot by midfielder Mohamed Sissoko. Melo was sent off with three minutes left for his second yellow card after aiming an elbow at Mario Balotelli, who was also booked for his theatrical reaction. The defeat was a blow to Inter's confidence ahead of Wednesday's Champions League showdown with Russia's Rubin Kazan at the San Siro, with the winner earning a place in the knockout stages. AC Milan scored all three goals in the first half as striker Marco Borriello, who used to play for Sampdoria's city rivals Genoa, headed the opener in the first minute from Ronaldinho's cross. The Brazilian was in fine form, and also set up the second goal for Clarence Seedorf in the 21st minute as he threaded a neat pass to the veteran Dutch midfielder. Ronaldinho's compatriot Alexandre Pato made it 3-0 just two minutes later with his seventh goal of the season, netting at the second attempt after goalkeeper Luca Castellazzi blocked his initial effort following a header on by Borriello. It was Milan's fifth successive victory, with coach Leonardo taking Ronaldinho off at halftime as a precaution due to a slight knee problem ahead of Tuesday's Champions League trip to FC Zurich, which will determine whether the Rossoneri qualify for the knockout stages. Sampdoria slumped to a third defeat in a week, having been knocked out of the Italian Cup by lowly Livorno in midweek following the embarrassing 3-0 derby defeat to Genoa last weekend.	[ "Who was sent off?", "What was the score in the AC Milan game?", "Who scored first?" ]	[ [ "Jose Mourinho" ], [ "2-1" ], [ "Felipe Melo" ] ]	Jose Mourinho sent off as Italian leaders Inter Milan lose 2-1 at Juventus . Manager ordered from dugout for his protests following the opening goal by Juve . Third-placed Juventus are now five points behind the defending champions . Second-placed AC Milan are four points behind their rivals after beating Sampdoria 3-0 .
(CNN) -- Manchester City have confirmed that absent Brazilian striker Robinho will be back in time for the Premier League side's return to training next week. Robinho had a reputation for partying prior to his British-record transfer to Manchester City last August. City manager Mark Hughes told the club's official Web site that Robinho, who cost mega-rich City a British record fee of £32.5 million ($45m) when he signed from Real Madrid in August, will be spoken to after not joining the rest of the squad in a Tenerife training camp this week -- choosing instead to fly to Brazil to attend to a family matter. Hughes told mcfc.co.uk: "Robbie left without permission, he felt that he had personal things that he needed to attend to. "He made the decision to leave the camp, and go back to Brazil. That was not with my permission, and the situation at the moment is not really practical to get him back here with time differences and length of flights, so he will be back at the weekend ready to train when we are back in Manchester at the first available opportunity. "Once he is back, I will sit down with him and explain my feelings, and decisions will be made after that. He has rung me, and he understands that we need to address this -- and we will. Then we will move on. Robinho's decision to fly to Brazil came on the same day that City announced they were pulling out of a world record transfer move for AC Milan star Kaka, a Brazilian team-mate of Robinho. However. Hughes has insisted that that two matters are completely unrelated. Robinho is no stranger to controversy and had a reputation as a party-goer prior to his move to Manchester last year. He was dropped by his former Madrid coach, and now England national coach, Fabio Capello, who questioned his attitude and Robinho's eventual departure from the Spanish club was acrimonious. In fact, in October 2007, Robinho failed to return to Madrid after appearing for Brazil in an international match, claiming he had missed his flight. Local newspapers later revealed that he had been seen partying in a popular Rio de Janeiro nightclub and he was subsequently fined and dropped by the club.	[ "Who is Robinho?", "He fly to Brazil for what?", "Where did Robinho fly to?", "Where will Robinho return to?", "who its City Manager?", "who will return to Manchester City?" ]	[ [ "Brazilian striker" ], [ "to attend to a family matter." ], [ "Brazil" ], [ "Manchester" ], [ "Mark Hughes" ], [ "Robinho" ] ]	Robinho will return to Manchester City in time for return to training next week . City manager Mark Hughes reveals Robinho flew to Brazil without permission . However, Hughes says their failure to sign Kaka was not linked to his decision .
(CNN) -- Manchester City have sent representatives to Brazil in the hope of persuading Ronaldinho to sign for them. A move to City could make Ronaldinho the Premier League's highest paid player. City chairman Garry Cook told BBC Radio Five Live on Sunday that Ronaldinho's Spanish club Barcelona had given City permission to speak to the player about a move to Eastlands. "We have people in Brazil," said Cook. "We are nowhere near completing a deal It's a tenuous stage and I don't want to give too much away, but Barcelona gave us clearance to talk to him. "Ronaldinho wants to show that he is one of the greatest footballers in the world. The Manchester City fans would love to see him kick off the new season with us and I am holding out hope on that happening." City owner Shinawatra Thaksin is thought to be ready to provide £50 million ($98.47 million) for new manager Mark Hughes to sign players, with around $29.5 million set aside to bring in Ronaldinho, who could well become the English Premier League's highest paid player. Shinawatra, who sent previous manager Sven-Goran Eriksson packing at the end of last season, despite a marked upturn in the team's fortunes, said last week: "Ronaldinho - you know, he is a great player. Whatever the club in your heart, you would want to see this player in England, wouldn't you? "It is not a risk. Sponsors will contribute. It will not damage our wage structure." New manager Hughes knows that he will be expected to produce instant results. Shinawatra said: "I am 59 next birthday, so I am not a man who can wait for many years to see my dreams come true." Ronaldinho had a poor season in Spain but City's owner said:"Ronaldinho is 28. He has much still to offer, he is a star. You need a combination of new players, existing players, quality, young and old. "I admit also you need a player who is more than just winning the match. You need a star who can play on the pitch, but who can achieve much more for the club. Ronaldinho is that player. "I am hearing good things about his hunger. I have spoken to his brother (and agent). Ronaldinho wants the new challenge, the chance to play his best football again, to return to the days when he was really, really famous. The magic is still in his boots. Let us hope we can bring him." City also expect to snap up another top Brazilian, striker Jo from CSKA Moscow, within the next seven days.	[ "who tries to sign him", "where does jo play now", "Who wants to sign Ronaldinho?", "Which other player do they want to sign?", "Where will they visit?", "who is ronaldindo" ]	[ [ "City" ], [ "CSKA Moscow," ], [ "City" ], [ "striker Jo from CSKA Moscow," ], [ "Brazil" ], [ "Premier League's highest paid player." ] ]	Manchester City step up efforts to sign Brazilian Ronaldinho . Club representatives visit South America to talk to him . City also expect to signe Brazilian striker Jo from CSKA Moscow .
(CNN) -- Manchester City may have announced losses of more than $300 million for last season, but the English club's massive investment in players is paying off on the pitch. Roberto Mancini's men remained five points clear at the top of the Premier League on Saturday after ending the unbeaten run of third-placed Newcastle with a 3-1 home victory. That briefly put City eight points clear, but second-placed defending champions Manchester United stayed in touch with a 1-0 win at Swansea in the late kickoff, halting the Welsh side's unbeaten home record. While City's record deficit casts doubt over the club's ability to adhere to UEFA's financial fairplay rules, Saturday's win -- the 11th in 12 rounds -- was a timely tune-up for the midweek trip to Italy. Mario Balotelli coolly sidefooted in a 41st-minute penalty after Ryan Taylor handled the ball, then the Newcastle fullback's error allowed City defender Micah Richards to double the lead before halftime. Sergio Aguero came off the bench to net a 72nd-minute penalty after Richards was fouled by Hatem Ben Arfa, having also scored for Argentina in Tuesday's World Cup qualifying win against Colombia. Dan Gosling scored a late consolation for the Magpies, who will lose third place on goal difference if Chelsea win at home to seventh-placed Liverpool on Sunday. Tottenham, in fifth with two games in hand, can also move onto 25 points with victory against visiting Aston Villa on Monday. City's focus is now Tuesday's Champions League trip to Napoli, which will have a big bearing on the club's hopes of progressing to the knockout stage of Europe's top competition. "The feeling is good for Napoli. The team has improved a lot in the Champions League," Mancini said. "But I know what we will find in Naples, they are playing very well at home. "If we want to win there, then we will have to play better than this afternoon." Manchester United will also need to improve at home to Portuguese side Benfica on Tuesday after battling to beat promoted Swansea, with striker Javier Hernandez scoring a close-range winner in the 11th minute after a low cross by veteran Ryan Giggs. "They have a great home record so we had to make sure we defended well, and I think we did that," manager Alex Ferguson said. "We maybe should have done better with the chances we did get on the counter-attack and near the end we could have had a couple of chances, but it was a good result." Arsenal moved up to sixth, also on 22 points but having played two more matches than London rivals Spurs, after winning 2-1 at promoted Norwich, who dropped to 11th. Dutch striker Robin Van Persie continued his hot scoring run with a double that took him to a league-leading 13 this season after Steve Morison gave Norwich a 16th-minute advantage following poor defending by Germany international Per Mertesacker. Queens Park Rangers moved up to ninth with a 3-2 win at Stoke, as striker Heidar Helguson scored twice before the home side were denied a late penalty chance to equalize when Joey Barton brought down Robert Huth but no foul was given. West Brom claimed 10th place with a 2-1 win that left Bolton in the bottom three, while Everton moved up to 12th after beating visiting Wolverhampton by the same score. Sunderland and Fulham joined Wolves on 11 points after a 0-0 draw, with all three clubs hovering hovering above the relegation zone. The bottom two teams Wigan and Blackburn Rovers drew 3-3 in a fiery derby that ended with Yakubu leveling with a penalty nine minutes into time added on. It was the Nigerian striker's second goal of the day for 10-man Blackburn, having netted the opener after only 68 seconds -- his 100th in the English league. Rovers had David Dunn sent off for a second yellow card three minutes after the break, but Junior Hoilett made it 2-2 on the hour despite teammate Morten Gamst Pedersen appearing to pass	[ "Who beat Newcastle 3-1?", "How many points was Manchester city clear after Saturdays 12th round of EPL matches?", "who is Robin can Persie?", "Who scored two goals against Norwich?", "Who stay five points clear", "What is arsenals position?", "Which team beat Swansea?", "Where did Manchester United stay in touch with a 1 - 0 win?" ]	[ [ "City" ], [ "five" ], [ "Dutch striker" ], [ "Robin Van Persie" ], [ "Roberto Mancini's men" ], [ "sixth," ], [ "Manchester United" ], [ "at Swansea" ] ]	Manchester City stay five points clear after Saturday's 12th round of EPL matches . City end third-placed Newcastle's unbeaten start with a 3-1 home victory . Second-placed Manchester United stay in touch with a 1-0 win at Swansea . Robin van Persie's double against Norwich puts Arsenal in sixth place .
(CNN) -- Manchester City misfit Robinho made a winning second debut for Santos as he scored the decisive goal in a 2-1 victory against Brazilian rivals Sao Paulo on Sunday. The Brazil forward has returned home in a loan deal in order to boost his hopes of playing at the World Cup finals in South Africa in June, having struggled to win a first-team place with his English club this season. The 26-year-old, who cost big-spending City a club-record $52.4 million when he agreed to leave Spanish giants Real Madrid in a shock deal right at the end of the August 2008 transfer window, started his career with Santos eight years ago. He came off the bench 12 minutes into the second half at Sao Paulo's Morumbi ground, and netted the winner with just five minutes to play with a clever backheel at the near post from Wesley's cross. The victory lifted Santos to the top of the Sao Paulo state Campeonato Paulista Championship above their opponents. Teenage striker Neymar went to the top of the league's goalscoring charts after putting Santos ahead with a penalty seven minutes before halftime after Arouca was fouled by Miranda, his seventh strike this season. Roger leveled the score 10 minutes after Robinho came on with a header from Marcelino Paraiba's cross, but the City star settled the outcome in the 85th minute as he caught out goalkeeper Rogerio Ceni with his improvised finish. Brazil's nationwide league begins in May, with Santos finishing 12th of 20 teams last season, 18 points behind champions Flamengo.	[ "what misfit Robinho makes a winning second debut for?", "Who makes a winning second debut for Santos?", "What reasons return to Brazil?", "What happened with Robinho?", "What does the Brazillian forward's backheel do?" ]	[ [ "Santos" ], [ "Robinho" ], [ "loan deal in order to boost his hopes of playing at the World Cup finals in South Africa" ], [ "made a winning second debut for Santos as he scored the decisive" ], [ "netted the winner" ] ]	Manchester City misfit Robinho makes a winning second debut for Santos . Brazil forward backheels the decisive goal in a 2-1 victory against Sao Paulo . He came off the bench in the second half and scored winner with five minutes to play . Robinho returned to Brazil to boost his hopes of playing at World Cup finals in June .
(CNN) -- Manchester City stunned city rivals Manchester United 6-1 at Old Trafford Sunday with Mario Balotelli scoring the opening two goals in the rout. It was the heaviest home defeat for reigning champions United in the English Premier League and left them five points adrift of City at the top of the table. Balotelli fired City ahead after 22 minutes and was then involved in the game's pivotal moment two minutes into the second half. The 21-year-old Italian's strength took him clear of United defender Jonny Evans, who could only pull him back as he closed on goal. Referee Mark Clattenburg was left with no option than to show Evans the red card and the floodgates opened. Balotelli, forced to move out of his Manchester home on Saturday after a late night prank with fireworks went wrong, was on hand to slot home after brilliant work by David Silva and James Milner. When Sergio Aguero added the third on the hour mark, the game was up for Alex Ferguson's home team, but they did pull back a goal after a sublime strike by Darren Fletcher. But that was the signal for City to really rub in their dominance as substitute Edin Dzeko grabbed a fourth in the 90th minute. With United in total disarray, Silva tapped in from close range and Dzeko added his second and the sixth in injury time. City manager Roberto Mancini hailed the result as proof of the strength of their title challenge. "I'm satisfied because we beat United away and I don't think there are a lot of teams that could win here," he told Sky Sports. "I think this game is important because we beat them at Old Trafford but not for the 6-1." By contrast, Ferguson was annoyed with his players for conceding late goals when down to 10 men and with the game gone. "It was our worst ever day," he conceded "It's the worst result in my history, ever. Even as a player I don't think I ever lost 6-1. I can't believe the scoreline. The first goal was a blow for sure but it was retrievable at 1-0. "The sending off was a killer for us. We kept attacking when we went 4-1 down and we should have just said, 'We've had our day'." Chelsea later fluffed the chance to move above United into second place when they were beaten 1-0 by west London rivals Queens Park Rangers. Chelsea were reduced to nine-men after first half red cards for Jose Bosingwa and Didier Drogba. Heidar Helguson had put QPR ahead from the spot after being fouled by David Luiz before referee Chris Foy sent off Boswinga for pulling back Shaun Wright-Phillips and Drogba for a studs-up challenge. Chelsea had their chances to level with Nicolas Anelka wasting the best, but QPR held on to gain three valuable points. Earlier Sunday, Arsenal captain Robin van Persie came off the substitute's bench to help his side to a 3-1 home win over Stoke City. Peter Crouch had leveled for Stoke following Gervinho's opener, but Dutch ace van Persie continued his fine scoring run with a double to lift Arsenal up to seventh. Arsenal's north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur also took closer order in the battle for Champions League spots with a 2-1 win at struggling Blackburn. Two goals by Rafael van der Vaart secured the Spurs victory, their fifth of the season, while at Craven Cottage, Everton scored twice in injury time to clinch a 3-1 victory over Fulham.	[ "Manchester City beat Manchester United", "What was the score between City and United?", "Who missed the chance to go second in table?", "How many points are City clear at the top of the table?", "Who was sent off early because of a foul?", "Who beat Manchester United?" ]	[ [ "6-1" ], [ "6-1" ], [ "Chelsea" ], [ "five" ], [ "Boswinga" ], [ "City" ] ]	Manchester City beat Manchester United 6-1 in derby clash at Old Trafford . Victory takes City five points clear of United at the top of English Premier League . United have Jonny Evans sent off early in second half for foul on Mario Balotelli . Nine-man Chelsea miss chance to go second in table .
(CNN) -- Manchester United are now just one point behind leaders Chelsea at the top of the English Premier League, after a double from in-form Wayne Rooney helped them to a comfortable 3-0 home win over West Ham on Tuesday evening. England striker Rooney, who is enjoying the best goalscoring run of his career, has now scored 27 goals this season, as well as finding the net in United's last six league matches at Old Trafford. Former England striker Michael Owen added a late third goal, to ensure that United head into Sunday's League Cup final against Aston Villa at Wembley in good heart. Rooney opened the scoring on the stroke of half-time, superbly converting a diving header from Antonio Valencia's cross. And the 24-year-old doubled his advantage in similar vein in the second half, again finding space to head home another pin-point Valencia cross. West Ham arrived at Old Trafford on the back on consecutive victories that had seen them move away from the relegation zone, but they were always second best here and their fate was sealed when Owen netted his eighth goal of the season from a Paul Scholes through-pass.	[ "Who is leading the Premier League?", "what was the name of the premier league?", "How many goals did Rooney score?", "What was the final score in the game?", "Who scored the other goal?", "Who scored twice when Manchester United defeated West Ham?", "how many times did Wayne Rooney scored?", "Who scored the third goal?" ]	[ [ "Chelsea" ], [ "English" ], [ "scored 27" ], [ "3-0" ], [ "Michael Owen" ], [ "Wayne Rooney" ], [ "27 goals" ], [ "Wayne Rooney" ] ]	Wayne Rooney scores twice as Manchester United defeat West Ham 3-0 . Michael Owen scores the other goal to help United claim a comfortable win . The result leaves United just a point behind Premier League leaders Chelsea .
(CNN) -- Manchester United defender Patrice Evra has been ruled out for a minimum of three weeks after suffering a foot injury during the 3-0 Premier League win over title rivals Chelsea. France defender Patrice Evra will be out for a minimum of three weeks after hurting ankle ligaments. It was Evra's first game back after a four-match suspension imposed by the Football Association for his involvement in a post-match fracas involving groundstaff at Stamford Bridge last season. The French left-back was hurt after firing over a cross for Wayne Rooney's goal and now faces another spell on the sidelines as United chase trophies on four fronts. Evra suffered ligament damage and manager Alex Ferguson said: "He will be out for three weeks minimum and maybe four. It shouldn't be any more than that. "He just went over on his foot and has done the little ligament in his foot, so we need to get the swelling down and that will take about 7-10 days." Evra sits out Wednesday's Premier League clash with Wigan, the trip to Bolton three days later and next week's League Cup semifinal return at home to Derby when United will be expecting to overturn a 1-0 deficit. Central defender Rio Ferdinand remains on the sidelines for at least another week although a scan on his back problem confirmed there is no long-term damage. Ferdinand, out for a month, needs more rest and Jonny Evans will continue in central defense with Wes Brown still two weeks away from a comeback after ankle surgery. Ferguson hopes Ferdinand will be back for the televised FA Cup fourth round home clash against Tottenham on Saturday January 24.	[ "What happened to Rio Ferdinand?", "Name of Manchester United defender?", "Who hurt their ankle?", "What is Ferdinand out for?", "When did the ankle injury occur?", "What player remains out due to a back issue?", "Name of England defender that is out for another week?", "What did the frenchman hurt?" ]	[ [ "back problem" ], [ "Patrice Evra" ], [ "Patrice Evra" ], [ "his back problem" ], [ "during the 3-0 Premier League win over title rivals Chelsea." ], [ "Rio Ferdinand" ], [ "Rio Ferdinand" ], [ "little ligament in his foot," ] ]	Manchester Utd defender Patrice Evra sidelined for minimum of three weeks . Frenchman hurt ankle ligaments during 3-0 Premier League win over Chelsea . England defender Rio Ferdinand is out for another week with a back problem .
(CNN) -- Manchester United have accepted a world-record $130 million offer for Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid. Ronaldo is set to smash the world record transfer fee if he agrees to move to Real Madrid. The English champions have given the big-spending Spanish giants permission to talk to the World Player of the Year, according to the official United Web site. United said on Thursday that the Portugal winger had again expressed his desire to leave Old Trafford, and the club now expect the deal to be concluded by June 30. Madrid confirmed on the club's Web site that it hoped to seal an agreement with Ronaldo "in the coming days." Real, who have fallen behind bitter rivals Barcelona, have swooped to follow up the $92 million signing of Brazil star Kaka from AC Milan earlier this week. What's your view? Tell us what you think about Ronaldo joining Real. Real also held the previous record when they paid €77 million (now worth $108 million) for Zinedine Zidane in 2001. The club's president Florentino Perez said after the Kaka deal was concluded that he would do "everything possible" to sign the 24-year-old Ronaldo, as he sought to build a new empire that would match his first stint at the Bernabeu. The 20 most wanted players in the world. United held off Real's advances last summer, with manager Alex Ferguson traveling to the Portugal camp during the Euro 2008 finals to hold crisis talks with Ronaldo. The player committed himself to another season in Manchester, but was affected by injuries early on and -- despite a sizzling end to the campaign -- was unable to help United retain the UEFA Champions League title, losing to Barcelona in last month's final. Perez is seeking to rebuild a team which finished second in the Primera Liga last season, nine points behind Barcelona, and again failed to progress past the first knockout stage of Europe's premier club competition. He failed in his first bid for the presidency in 1995, but won the 2000 elections on a promise to sign Luis Figo from Barca. Perez duly brought in the Portuguese forward and followed it up with a series of budget-busting transfers, including that of Zidane and David Beckham, as he created a team dubbed the "Galacticos." United have been linked with moves to sign Bayern Munich's France star Franck Ribery and Wigan's Ecuador winger Antonio Valencia as Ferguson seeks to replace Ronaldo. Check out the latest transfer rumors and gossip. Perez has also expressed an interest in bringing Ribery to Spain from Germany. Ronaldo moved to Old Trafford in August 2003 in a $20 million transfer from Sporting Lisbon just days after scoring against United in a pre-season friendly. He made his first senior outing for the national side that November and helped Manchester United win the FA Cup in May before suffering heartache as Portugal lost to underdogs Greece in the final of Euro 2004 on home soil. In November 2005, he agreed a two-year extension to his contract until 2010. He was vilified in England in the summer of 2006 after his antics helped get United clubmate Wayne Rooney sent off as Portugal progressed to the semi-finals of the World Cup in Germany. After the tournament, Ronaldo revealed that he would like to leave United, but at the end of the 2006-07 season the forward agreed a new five-year contract. Watch CNN on why Ronaldo moved » The next campaign he beat George Best's 40-year-old club record for goals scored by a winger in a single season, with 33 in the Premier League and 42 overall. Ronaldo suffered an ankle injury as Portugal lost 3-2 to Germany in the quarter-finals of Euro 2008, and told Portuguese newspaper Publico he would remain with United "for at least another year". In December he was named Europe's top player, then the next month he escaped uninjured after writing off his Ferrari sports car when crashing into a roadside barrier under a tunnel near Manchester Airport on his way to training. Read about it here.	[ "How much did they offer him?", "Who are Real Madrid allowed to talk to?", "What insane sum is offered by Real Madrid?", "How much was offered for the Manchester United winger?", "When will he complete his transfer?", "At what club is Ronaldo currently enlisted?" ]	[ [ "$130 million" ], [ "World Player of the Year," ], [ "$130 million" ], [ "$130 million" ], [ "by June 30." ], [ "United" ] ]	Real Madrid given permission to talk with Cristiano Ronaldo after record offer . Spanish club offer a world-record $130 million for Manchester United winger . The World Player of the Year is expected to conclude his transfer by June 30 . Real have been seeking to sign the Portugal international for the last two years .
(CNN) -- Manchester United have hit back at Owen Hargreaves after their former midfielder claimed he had been mistreated by the English champions' medical staff. Hargreaves, who joined United's archrivals Manchester City in August after his contract at Old Trafford expired, was reported in the British press as having said he felt like a guinea pig during an injury plagued four-year spell with the Red Devils. The England midfielder was speaking after making a goal-scoring debut for City in their 2-0 Carling Cup win over Birmingham City on Wednesday. "Manchester United is disappointed with Owen Hargreaves' remarks after the game on Wednesday," read a statement on the three-time European champions' website. What are the reasons behind Man Utd's flying start? "The club gave him the best possible care for three years and is as disappointed as anyone he was not able to play a part in the team's success at that time. "It has shared all the medical records with Manchester City and is comfortable with the actions taken by its medical staff at each step of his many attempts at rehabilitation." The Canada-born star arrived at United from German outfit Bayern Munich in 2007, but only made 27 appearances for Alex Ferguson's team due to persistent injury problems relating to the tendons in his knee. "They said I would be fit for the start of pre-season but, after that, I never got back on my feet," Hargreaves was reported as saying in British newspaper The Guardian. "My tendon was never the same. They said my tendon was good, but it felt like I was made out of glass. "We treated it and it got significantly worse through the injections. That obviously had a huge impact. Basically, I was left to pick up the pieces, which was incredibly frustrating. That was surgery, and that was 18 months gone." But United denied Hargreaves' claims, with the statement continuing to say: "United does not acknowledge any validity in the comments Owen is alleged to have made. "Manchester United has some of the best sports medical staff in world sport, who have made a significant contribution to United's on-pitch success in recent seasons." Prior to joining City, Hargreaves posted a series of clips on the video-sharing website YouTube aimed at proving his fitness. The 30-year-old made his professional debut for Bayern in 2000, and went on to win four Bundesliga titles with the club and the European Champions League in 2001. Hargreaves also represent England at both the 2002 and 2006 World Cups, and won a second career Champions League title when United beat Chelsea in Moscow in 2008.	[ "What were his injuries?", "What did the Manchester United people say?", "What did Hargreaves claim?", "Who has hit back?", "Who joined the team?", "What is Owen's role?", "What team is he on?", "What did he join recently?" ]	[ [ "knee." ], [ "is disappointed with Owen Hargreaves' remarks after the game on Wednesday,\"" ], [ "had been mistreated by the English champions' medical staff." ], [ "United" ], [ "Hargreaves," ], [ "midfielder" ], [ "Manchester City" ], [ "United's archrivals Manchester City" ] ]	Manchester United have hit back at former midfielder Owen Hargreaves . Hargreaves claimed he had been mistreated by the club's medical staff . The England midfielder spent four injury-plagued years at Old Trafford . Hargreaves recently joined United's archrivals Manchester City .
(CNN) -- Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson was furious after his team's hopes of retaining the English Premier League title were dented by a controversial 1-1 draw with Newcastle on Saturday. Demba Ba's second-half penalty kept the visitors in fourth place despite having Jonas Gutierrez sent off with 11 minutes to play, and Manchester City can now move seven points clear at the top by winning at Liverpool on Sunday. Javier Hernandez put second-placed United ahead four minutes after the halftime break with a lucky goal when a volley by teammate Wayne Rooney hit visiting defender Steven Taylor and ricocheted into the net off the Mexico striker. Ba continued his hot scoring run, with the Senegalese striker netting his ninth league goal this season in the 64th minute as referee Mike Jones ruled that Rio Ferdinand fouled Hatem Ben Arfa -- but only after consulting with his linesman. Ferguson insisted the England defender had made a fair tackle. "I think it was everyone's view, including the referee as he thought Rio won the ball because he gave the corner kick," the Scot told reporters. "He let the assistant referee over-rule him. "We had that situation a few weeks ago when the linesman gave a penalty kick for handball against Sunderland when it was obviously an opponent's hand." United hit the woodwork through England winger Ashley Young after Argentina international Gutierrez was dismissed for a second booking. Tottenham retained third place after winning 3-1 at West Bromwich Albion as Emmanuel Adebayor followed up his double against Aston Villa with two more goals to put his side two points behind United. The on-loan striker canceled out Youssouf Mulumbu's early header when he was quickest to react after Ben Foster saved his 25th-minute penalty. Striker Jermain Defoe, handed a rare start in place of Rafael van der Vaart, put the London side ahead in the 81st minute after Adebayor helped put him clear with a backheel, then the Togo international sealed it in time added on from Gareth Bale's cross. Fifth-placed Chelsea bounced back from successive defeats to beat Wolverhampton 3-0 and relieve the pressure on manager Andre Villas-Boas. The Portuguese has had to defend himself with Chelsea well off the pace and battling to stay in Europe after losing to Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League in midweek. Captain John Terry headed the London side ahead in the seventh minute, while young striker Daniel Sturridge and Spain winger Juan Mata also scored before halftime to leave the visitors hovering above the relegation zone. Sixth-placed Arsenal failed to join Chelsea on 25 points after being held 1-1 by London rivals Fulham, who moved up to 15th. Thomas Vermaelen's 65th-minute own-goal gave Fulham hope of a first win at the Emirates, but the Belgium defender made amends by heading an equalizer with eight minutes to play from Theo Walcott's right-wing cross. Bolton remained third from bottom after a 2-0 home defeat by Everton. Bolton had David Wheater sent off after just 20 minutes before second-half goals from Belgium midfielder Marouane Fellaini and Greek forward Apostolos Vellios lifted the visitors up to eighth. Norwich moved up to ninth with a 2-1 win at home to fellow promoted side Queens Park Rangers, as substitute striker Grant Holt scored a close-range decider with 17 minutes to play. Russell Martin put Norwich ahead in the 15th minute but Luke Young leveled on the hour after Jamie Mackie's shot hit the post. Wigan moved off the bottom with a last-gasp 2-1 win at Sunderland, the club's second victory in 13 games. Franco di Santo profited from an injury-time error by former Manchester United defender Wes Brown, after Jordi Gomez's 44th-minute penalty had canceled out Sebastian Larsson's opener for the home side. The result left Blackburn at the foot of the table in seven points following a 3-1 defeat by Stoke in the early match. Goals from Rory Delap, Glenn Whelan and Peter Crouch helped the home side end a run of four defeats and move up to 12th.	[ "What was Alex Ferguson criticizism of the Ref?", "Who drew with Arsenal?", "Who was the referee?", "Who drew with Fulham?", "What was the score in the Manchester United game?", "Who gained from a second half penalty?" ]	[ [ "the England defender had made a fair tackle." ], [ "Fulham," ], [ "Mike Jones" ], [ "Arsenal" ], [ "1-1" ], [ "Newcastle" ] ]	Alex Ferguson criticizes referee after Manchester United's 1-1 draw with Newcastle . Second-half penalty gives Manchester City chance to move seven points clear on Sunday . Third-placed Tottenham close gap on United to two points with 3-1 win at West Brom . Chelsea return to winning ways against Wolves but Arsenal draw with Fulham .
(CNN) -- Manchester United returned to the top of the English Premier League with a 3-1 victory over in-form Tottenham on Saturday but the champions' title hopes suffered a blow with the news that top scorer Wayne Rooney may miss the rest of the season. The England striker sat out the home win, which put United two points clear of Chelsea, with a groin injury suffered in training and he may miss the final two matches of the season. England coach Fabio Capello will be hoping that United take no risks with the 34-goal forward, who will be one of his key players at the World Cup in South Africa starting in mid-June. "I think he'll probably take two to three weeks to recover," United manager Alex Ferguson told match broadcaster Sky. "We'll try to get him back, he'll obviously be desperate to get back himself. We'll just have to wait and see." Earlier this month, Rooney made a sooner-than-expected return from an ankle injury to play in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinal against Bayern Munich, then missed the 0-0 draw with Blackburn before a below-par outing in the 1-0 win over Manchester City that kept his side in the title race. United face mid-table Sunderland and Stoke in the climax to the season as the club seek a fourth successive league crown, while Chelsea hosts Stoke on Sunday before a trip to Liverpool and a home clash with lowly Wigan. Tottenham, who upset third-placed Arsenal and Chelsea in the two preceding matches, have not beaten United since 1989 and have not defeated one of the "big four" away from home in 66 matches. Harry Redknapp's team still retained fourth place in the table as Manchester City drew 0-0 at Arsenal in Saturday's late match. The Londoners looked like matching United at Old Trafford when defender Ledley King equalized in the 70th minute, but Portugal midfielder Nani snatched victory for the hosts with a delightful chip on 81 and then won a penalty for Ryan Giggs' second spot-kick of the game five minutes later. The 36-year-old Giggs had never scored a penalty in his near 600-game career for United, but coolly took over Rooney's duties in the 58th minute after Benoit Assou-Akotto brought down Patrice Evra in the box. United lost Evra to the lingering effects of his pre-match illness and winger Antonio Valencia went off with injury, while Spurs rallied with the return of England midfielder Aaron Lennon from long-term injury as a substitute. Defender King headed in Gareth Bale's corner as United fullback Rafael strayed from his position on the post and could not clear the ball to give the visitors hope of a point. But Nani raced onto substitute Federico Macheda's pass to beat goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes with an exquisite finish, and the Brazilian was again beaten by Giggs after a clumsy challenge from behind by Wilson Palacios. Manchester City trail Tottenham by a point in the battle for the fourth Champions League place, with the two teams to meet in their penultimate game of the season on May 5. City boss Roberto Mancini surprisingly left Emmanuel Adebayor on the bench after the Togo striker's ill-advised goal celebrations in front of his former club's fans when the teams last met in the league in September. Adebayor made an impact when he came on in the second half, but the match was most notable for a season-ending shoulder injury suffered by City's Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Shay Given that allowed Gunnar Nielsen to become the first Faroe Isander to play in the Premier League. The 23-year-old was largely untested as Arsenal's faint title hopes were finally extinguished, with the Londoners now seven points behind United with two matches left. Nielsen may have to fill in for the rest of the season, with Given's deputy Stuart Taylor injured and England international Joe Hart on loan at Birmingham. City next take on sixth-placed Aston Villa, who can keep their own Champions League hopes alive with victory at home to Midlands rivals Birmingham on Sunday.	[ "did Manchester United return to top of English Premier League?", "Who will host Stoke on Sunday?", "which teams drawed in a late match?", "What were score between Manchester United vs. Tottenham?", "what happened to Wayne Rooney?", "What is the name of United's top scorer?", "For how many points United is clear from Chelsea?", "Which side returns to top of English Premier League?" ]	[ [ "with a 3-1 victory" ], [ "Chelsea" ], [ "Manchester" ], [ "3-1" ], [ "groin injury" ], [ "Wayne Rooney" ], [ "two" ], [ "United" ] ]	Manchester United return to top of English Premier League with 3-1 win over Tottenham . Top scorer Wayne Rooney may miss rest of season after sitting out match with injury . Champions United two points clear of Chelsea, who host Stoke on Sunday . Tottenham retain fourth place in table as Manchester City draw 0-0 at Arsenal in late match .
(CNN) -- Manchester United secured their first victory in this season's UEFA Champions League with an unconvincing 2-0 victory against Romanian side Otelul Galati at The National Stadium in Bucharest. After a tepid first period the game burst into life in the second half with a string of penalties and red cards following a handball by the Galati defender Sergiu Costin. Wayne Rooney scored from the penalty spot but the relief was short lived. Two minutes later, Manchester United's Serbian center back Nemanja Vidic was harshly sent off for a high tackle on Gabriel Giurgiu. Galati pushed on but failed to make their numerical supremacy count, with Bratislav Punosevic guilty of missing the target when found unmarked in front of goal. A second red card was flashed, this time for the Romanian side, when Milan Perendija picked up a second yellow card. Deep in injury time Rooney was tripped in the Galati box and awarded a second penalty which he duly dispatched. It was a far from convincing performance from Manchester United, who now sit second in Group C, two points behind Portugal's Benfica who beat Basel 2-0 in Switzerland. "We didn't have the penetration first half," coach Alex Ferguson told the cameras after the game. "[Wayne Rooney showed] Composure with his two penalties, he took them well." He was less convinced by Nemanja Vidic's red card. "He's raised his foot and in the context of the interpretation [of the rules] I can see why he [the referee] has given it," he admitted. "But it's very harsh." Manchester City kept up appearances with the neighbors after they too secured their first UEFA Champions League win. City have found life harder in the Champions League compared to the English Premier League - where they are currently top - and soon fell behind to Spanish side Villarreal after Ruben Cani scored within four minutes. A Villarreal own goal leveled the match but Sergio Aguero scored with virtually the last kick of the match to keep City in touch with Group A leaders Bayern Munich, who drew 1-1 with Napoli Real Madrid continued their perfect start to their Group D campaign by thumping French side Lyon 4-0. Karim Benzema scored against his old club before Sami Khedira, Mesut Ozil and Sergio Ramos completed the rout. With Madrid all but through to the next round Ajax gave their chances of finishing second a boost with a 2-0 victory against Dinamo Zagreb in Croatia. Group B, on the other hand, is much harder to predict. Troubled Inter Milan went top after beating French side Lille on the road thanks to a first half Giampaolo Pazzini strike. Meanwhile CSKA Moscow beat Turkish side Trabzonspor 3-0. But only four points separate top from bottom at the half way stage.	[ "Who did Villareal play?", "What was the Romanian score", "What team Manchester United beat with score 2-0?", "Who beat Lyon?", "Who does Wayne Rooney play for?", "How many penalties Wayne Rooney penalties scored?", "In what minute did they score", "How many penalties did Wayne Rooney score" ]	[ [ "Manchester City" ], [ "2-0" ], [ "Otelul Galati" ], [ "Real Madrid" ], [ "Manchester United's" ], [ "two" ], [ "within four" ], [ "two" ] ]	Manchester United beat Romanian side Otelul Galati 2-0 . Wayne Rooney scored two penalties to secure Man Utd's first Champions League win this season . Real Madrid thumped Lyon 4-0 . Manchester City score a 90th minute winner to beat Villarreal .
(CNN) -- Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo has completed a notable awards double after being named Player of the Year by the English Football Writers' Association for the second year in a row. In-form Cristiano Ronaldo has won both major English awards for the 2007-08 season. The Portugal winger followed up his second successive victory in the Professional Footballers' Association awards, where he was voted Player of the Year by his peers on April 27. He topped the writers' poll ahead of Liverpool striker Fernando Torres and Portsmouth goalkeeper David James. The 23-year-old, who has scored 38 goals in all competitions this season, emulated the feat of Barcelona's former Arsenal striker Thierry Henry -- the last man to collect the FWA award twice in a row, in 2003 and 2004. "Ronaldo's award is no surprise after his brilliant form this season and incredible goal-scoring record -- 38 at the moment -- and he is, of course, essentially a winger," said chairman of the FWA, Paul Hetherington. "Cristiano was an overwhelming winner and, given his age, he has the potential and ability to dominate this award for years in an unprecedented way." Ronaldo has this season has helped take United to within touching distance of a second successive Premier League title with two matches to play, and into a Champions League final against Chelsea in Moscow on May 21. He will receive his award at the FWA's gala dinner at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London on May 15. E-mail to a friend	[ "Who won the English writer's award?", "Who retained player of the year?", "Who wins the English writers' award?", "Who dominated the uk awards?", "What has Portugal star dominated for the past two seasons?", "Who has won the award?", "What is the age of the Portugal star?", "Who maintained their Player of the Year award?", "Who dominated UK awards?" ]	[ [ "Cristiano Ronaldo" ], [ "Cristiano Ronaldo" ], [ "Cristiano Ronaldo" ], [ "Cristiano Ronaldo" ], [ "Player of the Year" ], [ "Cristiano Ronaldo" ], [ "23-year-old," ], [ "Cristiano Ronaldo" ], [ "Cristiano Ronaldo" ] ]	NEW: Cristiano Ronaldo wins English writers' award for second year in a row . He headed off Liverpool's Fernando Torres and Portsmouth's David James . Manchester United winger also retained his Player of Year award from peers . Portugal star, 23, has dominated UK awards for the past two seasons .
(CNN) -- Manchester United's perfect start to the English Premier League season came to a halt on Saturday when the defending champions were held to a 1-1 draw at Stoke City. United had won five matches in a row, and took the lead through a superb individual goal from midfielder Nani in the 27th minute as the Portugal international waltzed into the box and drilled in a low shot. However, the industrious home side never gave up and claimed a point against the 19-time English champions for the first time in the Premier League thanks to a 52nd-minute header from big-money August signing Peter Crouch. The lanky former Tottenham striker got between central defenders Phil Jones and Rio Ferdinand to nod home from a corner as United goalkeeper David De Gea was left helpless on his line. United went into the match without England striker Wayne Rooney, who wrote on Twitter that he expects to return from injury for Tuesday's Champions League visit by Swiss side Basel. His regular forward partner Javier Hernandez is a doubt for that match after coming off in the first half against Stoke having fallen hard on his head when he tumbled following a tussle with Jonathan Woodgate as the Mexican sought to score. That left United with last season's top scorer Dimitar Berbatov up front alongside Michael Owen, who scored twice in midweek in the League Cup but failed to make the same impression. Berbatov was similarly ineffectual and was later replaced by Danny Welbeck as United battled in vain to win the match. The result left United on 16 points, above local rivals Manchester City only on goal difference. City earlier briefly topped the table as second-half goals from substitutes Mario Balotelli and James Milner ended Everton's run of victories in their last four visits to Eastlands. Balotelli broke the deadlock in the 68th minute after replacing Edin Dzeko, with his shot taking a deflection off Everton defender Phil Jagielka. The Italian then set up David Silva, whose effort was ruled out for offside -- and the Spanish playmaker also earlier hit the woodwork. Silva provided City's second with a minute to play as he sent England midfielder Milner clear after an error by Everton's former Real Madrid winger Royston Drenthe, who came on as a substitute. Balotelli's return to form will give manager Roberto Mancini a selection dilemma ahead of Tuesday's Champions League trip to Bayern Munich. Meanwhile, Fernando Torres was both hero and villain as third-placed Chelsea beat promoted Swansea 4-1. The Spain striker scored his second goal in two games after a long drought to put the London side ahead on the half hour, but was sent off before halftime for a bad tackle on Mark Gower -- his first red card in the Premier League. It was another mixed weekend for the $80 million former Liverpool player, who also netted in the 3-1 defeat at Manchester United before an extraordinary miss that saw him widely lampooned. Ramires had already made it 2-0 before Torres departed, and the Brazil midfielder doubled his tally in the 76th minute before Swansea defender Ashley Williams headed in Gower's freekick. Substitute Didier Drogba sealed victory deep into stoppage time to boost his hopes of starting in Wednesday's Champions League trip to Valencia. Newcastle retained fourth place with a 3-1 victory over Blackburn, who remained in the relegation zone. Senegal striker Demba Ba scored his first hat-trick in English football before being replaced by France midfielder Hatem Ben Arfa, who made his league comeback after almost a year out with a broken leg. Fifth-placed Liverpool bounced back from the 4-0 trouncing at Tottenham by beating mid-table Wolverhampton 2-1 at home. Charlie Adam was sent off last weekend but this time his 11th-minute shot produced an own-goal by defender Roger Johnson, and striker Luis Suarez made it 2-0 before halftime. Substitute striker Steven Fletcher gave Wolves hope four minutes after the break, but Kenny Dalglish's team held on as England midfielder Steven Gerrard continued his comeback from long-term injury when he was introduced late in the match. Tottenham closed to within a	[ "Who retains fourth place as Demba Ba scores hat-trick against Blackburn?", "Manchester United drop first points of English season with 1-1 draw where?", "What place retained fourth place", "What person beat swansea", "Who heads table on goal difference from rivals Manchester City, who beat Everton?", "what is the final score?", "Did Manchester United lose?" ]	[ [ "Newcastle" ], [ "Stoke City." ], [ "Newcastle" ], [ "Fernando Torres" ], [ "United's" ], [ "1-1 draw" ], [ "1-1 draw" ] ]	Manchester United drop first points of English season with 1-1 draw at Stoke . United head table on goal difference from rivals Manchester City, who beat Everton . Third-placed Chelsea beat Swansea as Fernando Torres scores and is sent off . Newcastle retain fourth place as Demba Ba scores hat-trick against Blackburn .
(CNN) -- Manny Pacquiao defended his WBO welterweight title at the sold-out MGM Garden Arena in Las Vegas, defeating Juan Manuel Marquez by majority decision. Both fighters went toe-to-toe throughout the 12-round fight Saturday night with neither getting knocked down on the canvas. The fight went down to the Nevada judges' scorecards with Dave Moretti scoring it 115-113, Robert Hoyle 114-114 and Glenn Trowbridge 116-112. After the decision, Marquez left the ring, apparently upset by the ruling. This was the third clash between Pacquiao and Marquez. The first bout in 2004 was scored a draw, while Pacquiao won a controversial split decision in the rematch four years later. SI: Crash Course: Pacquiao vs. Marquez III In prior meetings, Pacquiao scored four knockdowns yet Marquez won the greater number of rounds. To further stoke the fire between the fighters, in the days leading up to Saturday's fight, Marquez sported a T-shirt saying, "Marquez beat Pacquiao twice!!" Pacquiao, who entered the bout having won 10 titles at eight weight divisions, is considered arguably the world's best pound-for-pound boxer. Pacquiao opens wallet, heart to those in need Now that Pacquiao has defeated Marquez, the next big fight most boxing fans are eagerly waiting for is a potential multimillion-dollar payday against Floyd Mayweather Jr., the other superstar of his boxing generation. Both fighters have openly said they want to face each other, but each time they try to consummate the fight, negotiations break down over blood and urine testing.	[ "Whose win fuels speculation?", "Who will Pacquiao finally face?", "Who defeated Pacquiao?", "who defeated marquez", "who is pacquiao", "who is floyd mayweather" ]	[ [ "Manny" ], [ "Floyd Mayweather Jr.," ], [ "\"Marquez" ], [ "Manny" ], [ "arguably the world's best pound-for-pound boxer." ], [ "superstar of his boxing generation." ] ]	It's the second time Pacquiao has defeated Marquez . His win fuels speculation that he will finally face Floyd Mayweather Jr.
(CNN) -- Manny Pacquiao has put failed talks of a fight with Floyd Mayweather Jnr behind him as he turns his focus to a bout with Joshua Clottey at the Cowboys Stadium. The Filipino will defend his World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight title against Ghanaian Clottey on March 13 at the $1.2billion home of the Dallas Cowboys football team. Pacquiao had been scheduled to face unbeaten American Mayweather on the date before the proposed super-fight collapsed when the Filipino rejected requests from his opponent to have unprecedented random blood testing. But the 31-year-old confirmed that he is now fully focused on his new opponent, not any possible fight with Mayweather. It's going to be a good fight," Pacquiao said at a press conference to promote the fight. "Clottey, he is a good fighter, a top fighter, and he is bigger than me. I have to prepare hard for this fight and train hard and focus." When asked about Mayweather, Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach said things had moved on but revealed his fighter would be ready to take on the American on the right terms. "Life goes on without Mayweather. He wouldn't agree to a limit of 14 days before the fight. We did our best to appease him but he wouldn't go along with it," Roach explained. "Mayweather's people agreed to it but Mayweather wouldn't go along with it. I don't think he wants to fight Manny. It was a smoke screen for him to say no. "I want to beat this guy's ass, believe me, but he won't give us the opportunity. We will fight him any day of the week. But he doesn't make the rules." Any Pacquiao-Mayweather fight would have been staged in Las Vegas and Cowboys owner Jerry Jones added that the breakdown in talks benefited him. "It did. This gave us an opening. We were very aggressive and we were pretty quick to make a deal," Jones said. "We're going to make this one of the most interesting fights to view that there's ever been. We're going to have some fun with it."	[ "who did Manny fight against?", "Who said his fighter has moved on?", "What date will the fight take place?", "Where will the fight be staged?", "What is Manny's focus?", "what did his trainer say ?", "What does Manny's trainer say?" ]	[ [ "Ghanaian Clottey" ], [ "trainer Freddie Roach" ], [ "March 13" ], [ "Cowboys Stadium." ], [ "a bout with Joshua Clottey" ], [ "things had moved on but revealed" ], [ "things had moved on but revealed his fighter would be ready to take on the American on the right terms." ] ]	Manny Pacquiao has put failed talks of his fight with Floyd Mayweather Jnr behind him as he turns his focus to a bout with Joshua Clottey. The World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight fight will be staged at $1.2billion home of the Dallas Cowboys on March 13. Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach said his fighter has "moved on" but would be ready to take on Mayweather on the right terms.
(CNN) -- Manny Pacquiao has told CNN even he was surprised at how quickly his fight against Great Britain's Ricky Hatton came to an end. Manny Pacquiao throws a left hand on his way to a devastating victory over Ricky Hatton. Pacquiao, often considered the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world, cemented his reputation Saturday night when he knocked out Hatton in the second round. "That was two of the most exciting rounds I have seen in my career," said Chris Mannix, a writer for Sports Illustrated. "You saw, from the opening bell, Pacquiao was really dominant." In an interview with CNN's Kristie LuStout after the fight, Pacquiao acknowledged the fight ended sooner than he expected. Watch Pacquiao talk about his post-fight plans » With the win at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas, Nevada, Pacquiao added the light-welterweight crown to his past world titles: lightweight, super-featherweight, light-featherweight, featherweight and flyweight. The Filipino's career record now stands at 49-3-2 with 37 knockouts. The fight, for which Pacquiao reportedly earned $12 million, was brief. Pacquiao knocked Hatton down in the first round from a series of lightning-fast right hooks. The British boxer managed to get to his feet and finish the round, but the outcome was evident once the second round began. Hatton, the International Boxing Organization's light-welterweight champion, tried the classic brawling style that has fueled his career. But Pacquiao's technique and speed quickly outclassed Hatton. The Filipino's right hooks set up a devastating left hook that flattened Hatton with a second remaining in the second round. The referee quickly ended the match. "It turned out he (Hatton) just wasn't very good at boxing," Mannix said. "You saw the difference between a great fighter and very good fighter." The 30-year-old Pacquiao is a national hero in the Philippines, where his bouts bring the country to a standstill. He came into the fight on Saturday as a narrow favorite after sending one of the biggest names in the sport, Oscar de la Hoya, into retirement with a stoppage victory in December. Nicknamed "Pacman," he grew up poor in General Santos City in the southern Philippines. He found boxing as a way to lift himself to fame and riches, yet he remains self-deprecating outside of the ring. It is this combination of a fierce fighter in the ring and a smiling deferential one outside that has helped turn him into an idol. Outside a bar in the Wan Chai district of Hong Kong, China, a woman who would only identify herself as Amy and her friends erupted in joy. The second-biggest ethnic group behind Chinese are Filipinos Amy and her friends -- all from the Philippines and working here in this world financial center -- were part of the crowd that had just witnessed the match live. "This is great, this is wonderful," Amy screamed. CNN's Kevin Drew contributed to this report	[ "What is Pacquaio's reputation?", "what did the Fillipino add", "What does victory do?", "Who knocked out Ricky Hatton?", "What nationality is Manny Pacquaio?", "what did Manny do", "what was Pacquiao's reputation", "What is the title he won?" ]	[ [ "the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world," ], [ "light-welterweight crown" ], [ "cemented his reputation" ], [ "Manny Pacquiao" ], [ "Filipino's" ], [ "knocked out Hatton" ], [ "best pound-for-pound boxer in the world," ], [ "light-welterweight crown" ] ]	Manny Pacquiao knocks out Ricky Hatton in second round at the MGM Grand . Victory cements Pacquiao's reputation as best pound-for-pound boxer in world . The Filipino adds the light-welterweight title to his collection of championships .
(CNN) -- Manny Pacquiao is aiming to deliver a knockout blow to Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the U.S. courts after filing a lawsuit against the American and his connections over claims he used performance-enhancing drugs. The lawsuit, lodged in the Las Vegas district court on Wednesday, names Mayweather, his father Floyd senior, former boxing star Oscar De La Hoya and fellow Golden Boy Promotions executive Richard Schaefer. "Calling a professional athlete a cheater is the most serious charge one can make," the lawsuit says, "and in today's world, accusing an athlete of using performance-enhancing drugs -- however baseless and lacking in evidence -- is toxic." The Filipino fighter, who has won world titles at five different weights, was slated to fight Mayweather on March 13 next year in a money-spinning bout in Las Vegas. But he was infuriated by the insistence of Mayweather's camp that he undergo Olympic-style pre-fight blood testing and the alleged implication that he had used illegal drugs. Pacquiao posted a Christmas day message on his personal Web site, saying he would take legal action and has now followed through on the threat. Top lawyer Daniel Petrocelli is representing him and outlined the substance of their case. "Manny Pacquiao's achievements come from God-given talent and an indefatigable work ethic -- not steroids," he told gathered reporters. "He cannot and will not allow others to deliberately misrepresent his years of hard work and tarnish his reputation." The lawsuit seeks damages in excess of $75,000 dollars and also cites interviews given in various publications that appeared to question the fairness of Pacquiao's pre-fight preparation. Mayweather's connections attempted to diffuse the situation in a statement issued earlier this weak on the Golden Boy Promotions Web site. "Let it be very clear that nobody from Team Mayweather or Golden Boy Promotions is accusing Pacquiao of anything," it read. "But the reality seems to be that for whatever reason Pacquiao does not want to participate in random blood testing, which has already been deemed a harmless procedure that many current athletes are subjected to prior to and during competition," it added. Many viewed the war of words between the respective camps as a pre-fight war ploy to boost interest, but the row over dope testing may well have derailed one of the richest fights in boxing history, with huge pay-per-view revenues forecasted. The Los Angeles Times reported on Wednesday that Pacquiao's promoter Bob Arum was pessimistic about a March showdown between the two fighters. "This is only my opinion, but I don't see the fight happening now," he was quoted. Positions are hardening ... Manny's fit to be tied. He's very angry." Arum was also reported to have opened negotiations with World Boxing Association super welterweight champion Yuri Foreman to fight Pacquiao.	[ "What did Mayweather's camp want both boxers to submit to?", "Who did Manny Pacquiao file a lawsuit against?", "what is the lawsuit about?", "What does Mayweather's camp want both boxers to submit to?", "Who filed a lawsuit?", "who is the lawsuit against?", "Who filed a lawsuit against Mayweather?", "What is Pacquiao angered by?", "What were the alleged claims against the Filipino boxer?" ]	[ [ "that he undergo Olympic-style pre-fight blood testing" ], [ "Floyd Mayweather Jr." ], [ "claims he used performance-enhancing drugs." ], [ "Olympic-style pre-fight blood testing" ], [ "Manny" ], [ "Floyd Mayweather Jr." ], [ "Manny" ], [ "claims he used performance-enhancing drugs." ], [ "he used performance-enhancing drugs." ] ]	Manny Pacquiao files lawsuit in Las Vegas against Floyd Mayweather Jr. and his connections . Filipino boxing hero is angered by alleged claims that he used performance-enhancing drugs . Mayweather's camp want both boxers to submit to Olympic-style dope testing in build-up to proposed fight . Pacquiao is angered by this insistence and warned on Christmas Day that he would go legal .
(CNN) -- Manny Pacquiao is threatening Floyd Mayweather Jr. with legal action following a row over drugs testing which leaves their proposed super-bout next year in doubt. Pacquiao is refusing to agree to a demand by the Mayweather camp to undergo Olympic style blood-screening in the run up to the fight, which is penciled in for the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on March 13. Boxing commentators had suggested that the war of words was a pre-fight tactic by the Mayweather camp and his promoter, Golden Boy Promotions, to unsettle the Filipino, who has hit back with an angry statement on his personal Web site. "Enough is enough. These people, Mayweather Sr, Jr, and Golden Boy Promotions, think it is a joke and a right to accuse someone wrongly of using steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs," it read. "I have tried to just brush it off as a mere pre-fight ploy but I think they have gone overboard " Pacquiao, who became a five-weight world champion by beating Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto in November, claimed he would now be calling in the lawyers. "I have instructed my promoter, Bob Arum, head of Top Rank Inc, to help me out in the filing of the case as soon as possible because I have had people coming over to me now asking if I really take performance-enhancing drugs and I have cheated my way into becoming the number one boxer in the world. "I maintain and assure everyone that I have not used any form or kind of steroids and that my way to the top is a result of hard work, hard work, hard work and a lot of blood spilled from my past battles in the ring, not outside of it. "I have no idea what steroids look like and my fear in God has kept me safe and victorious through all these years." The row started earlier this week when Mayweather's promoters Golden Boy Promotions went public with their demands for blood-testing, as mandated by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) and making it a condition before the super-fight went ahead. But Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach said this was not necessary under the rules governing fights in Nevada and was mind games by the Mayweather camp. "We have passed every test ever given to us. We go by the commission rules, since when does the fighter make up the rules?, " he said. Mayweather himself has largely kept his counsel but told the Golden Boy Promotions Web site that he hoped his possible opponent would change his mind. "I understand Pacquiao not liking having his blood taken, because frankly I don't know anyone who really does," Mayweather said. "I hope this is either some miscommunication or that Manny will change his mind and step up and allow these tests, which were good enough for all these other great athletes, to be performed by USADA." But Pacquiao in his message posted on Christmas Day showed little sign of extending the festive spirit to the unbeaten Mayweather. "To Floyd, despite all these accusations, may your Christmas be merry and I will see you in court, soon," he added.	[ "who claims to have instructed his promoter Bob Arum to file a law?", "when is a match slated between pacquiao and Mayweather?", "what Manny Pacquiao threatens Floyd Mayweather and his camp with?", "who is Pacquiao promoter?", "where was the fight", "who is angered by demands?", "who filed the lawsuit" ]	[ [ "Manny" ], [ "March 13." ], [ "legal action" ], [ "Golden Boy Promotions," ], [ "MGM Grand in Las Vegas" ], [ "Manny" ], [ "Pacquiao" ] ]	Manny Pacquiao threatens Floyd Mayweather and his camp with legal action over a drug-testing row . Pacquiao is angered by demands that he submit to blood-testing in the build-up to a proposed bout . He claims to have instructed his promoter Bob Arum to file a law suit as soon as possible . A welterweight match between Pacquiao and Mayweather is slated for Las Vegas on March 13 next year .
(CNN) -- Manor GP are to be rebranded Virgin Racing ahead of their Formula One debut next season. Manor team chief John Booth and Virgin supremo Richard Branson are due to announce the long-awaited sponsorship tie-up on Tuesday. The news has effectively been confirmed by motor sport's world governing body, the FIA, as they have announced the 2010 entry list for the F1 world championship. Currently there are 12 teams, with the name Virgin Racing amongst the newcomers for 2010, joining Lotus F1 Racing, Campos Meta 1 and US F1 Team. The issue of the 13th entry remains unresolved, although Sauber are widely expected to be granted a place on next year's grid following a meeting of the World Motor Sport Council in Monaco on December 11. Peter Sauber last week regained control of the team he sold to BMW four years ago after the German manufacturing giant's withdrawal from the sport. "I am very relieved about that development," the 66-year-old Swiss, who is hopeful the FIA will now look favorably on the team's entry, told reporters. "It would have been a crying shame had one of the best Formula One factories closed down. Regarding the slot on the grid, I am very confident we will be given a final confirmation very shortly." The Formula One Commission are due to discuss Toyota's fate next week, again in Monaco on Wednesday. The Japanese manufacturer pulled out of F1 at the end of last season, despite during the summer signing the new Concorde Agreement that bound them to the sport for the next three years. Speculation has surfaced of late regarding a potential takeover, yet it is unclear whether a buyer would automatically be granted an entry on the basis of Toyota's signature on the Concorde. In a statement, the FIA said: "Toyota Motorsport GmbH remains formally bound by the Concorde Agreement to put forward a team for participation, though it has indicated that it will not be in a position to do so. "An announcement will be made regarding this entry in due course."	[ "What is Manor GP re-branded into?", "What is Manor GP going to be rebranded?", "What did the FIA confirm?", "Who are ahead?", "Where will Virgin Racing be competing in?" ]	[ [ "Virgin Racing" ], [ "Virgin Racing" ], [ "GP are to be rebranded Virgin Racing ahead of their Formula One debut next season." ], [ "GP" ], [ "Formula One" ] ]	Manor GP are to be rebranded Virgin Racing ahead of their Formula One debut next season . A formal announcement will be made at a news conference on Tuesday . The news has been confirmed by the FIA, who have announced the 2010 F1 entry list .
(CNN) -- Mansour Daou is known as the "Black Box" of Moammar Gadhafi's regime -- like an aircraft's data recorder, he knows some of Libya's darkest secrets. And as one of Gadhafi's top security officials, who remained at his side until the final hours, Daou has a unique insight into the astonishing downfall of Africa's longest-serving leader. Now in an interview with CNN he describes how the dictator, who was once of the world's most feared leaders, was forced to scavenge for food and hide in abandoned houses in the coastal city of Sirte. "He was very worried and erratic -- this could be because he was afraid," Daou said. According to Daou, Gadhafi became desperate to travel to his birthplace, the village of Jaref, 20 kilometers west of Sirte, a journey that Daou feared was "suicide." "He wanted to go to his village, maybe he wanted to die there or spend his last moments there," he said. Finally, after NATO jets attacked his convoy, Gadhafi tried to escape on foot through drainage pipes, but was caught. He was later killed in circumstances that are still far from clear. Gadhafi's autopsy reveals he was shot in head Daou spoke as he awaited trial at a detention facility in the city of Misrata, which bore the brunt of the regime's most brutal assault during the conflict. The most significant charges he faces relate to his alleged role in the Abu Salim prison massacre in 1996, and his role in the alleged hiring of African mercenaries by the regime during the conflict. He told CNN he had no role in those events. The interview was initially delayed by a few hours -- officials said Daou was being interrogated and asked CNN to return in the evening to speak to him. The CNN crew was taken to the bottom floor of the building and led into a conference room where Daou sat at a long table with his interrogator -- a tall, tough-looking Libyan man. Daou, in his late 50s, wore a traditional Arabic gray dishdasha robe and seemed to be in good health. During the hour-long interview, Daou described how he had been in the same car as Gadhafi as they made their chaotic escape from the former leader's hometown of Sirte. Gadhafi left Tripoli for Sirte on August 18, according to Daou -- just two days before fighters seeking to oust him entered the capital. Daou said he remained in Tripoli until it became clear the city was no longer safe for the regime's top tier. He then fled to the city of Bani Walid on August 22, along with Gadhafi's son, Saif al-Islam and intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi. He stayed with them for four days before joining the former dictator in Sirte. Daou said their living conditions went from bad to worse as the rebels tightened their siege of the city. They moved around abandoned houses every three to four days, he said, surviving on the little food they could find. Towards the end, they had no power, water or communication with the outside world. "Our lives had turned by about 180 degrees." Gadhafi spent his final days writing and reading books he had stacked in suitcases, Daou said, but his behavior became more unpredictable. As fighters surrounded Sirte, Gadhafi's group wanted to leave the city. Daou said he and others knew that if they did not leave before the siege there would be no way out. But Gadhafi refused to leave -- until October 20 -- when he and his son Mutassem decided to make the move to the former dictator's birthplace. Their group of about 350 men had dropped to fewer than 200, according to Daou. "It started dropping daily with some killed, others wounded and those who had left with their families," he said. Daou described their force as a mostly undisciplined civilian one under the command of Mutassem. They had no plan -- not for fleeing and certainly not for fighting. Their convoy of more than 40 vehicles was supposed to head out	[ "What was the dictator forced to do?", "What was Gadafhi desperate to do?", "Who is Mansour Daou?", "What was the former Libyan dictator forced to do?", "Where was Gadhafi born?", "Who is Mansour Dau?", "What did Gadhafi do in his final days?", "What did Gadhafi do in his final days?" ]	[ [ "to scavenge for food and hide in abandoned houses in the coastal city of Sirte." ], [ "to travel to his birthplace," ], [ "\"Black Box\" of Moammar Gadhafi's regime" ], [ "scavenge for food and hide in abandoned houses" ], [ "Jaref," ], [ "the \"Black Box\" of Moammar Gadhafi's regime" ], [ "became desperate to travel to" ], [ "writing and reading books" ] ]	Mansour Daou was one of Moammar Gadhafi's top security officials . Daou describes how the former Libyan dictator was forced to scavenge for food . Gadhafi spent his final days writing and reading books he had packed in suitcases . Daou: Gadhafi became desperate to travel to his birthplace, the village of Jaref .
(CNN) -- Manuela Testolini and her colleagues had just sat down to dinner at the Oberoi hotel restaurant in Mumbai, India, on Wednesday when the sound of gunfire erupted outside. Manuela Testolini was in Mumbai on business when a series of brazen attacks broke out. At first, they didn't know what it was. Then, one of Testolini's colleagues saw a man get shot to death outside the restaurant's front door, and everyone started to run. "We left everything behind, including purses and phones," said Testolini, the ex-wife of music icon Prince and founder of In A Perfect World children's foundation. "There was a lot of panic." Testolini said gunfire followed her as she and dozens more fled through the kitchen and down to the ballroom, where they found temporary refuge from the gunfire and grenades raining outside. Testolini, a Canadian in Mumbai for business, was at the center of a brazen series of coordinated attacks in the southern part of the city overnight Wednesday. Watch Testolini describe running from gunfire » Gunmen rampaged through a series of targets in the commercial capital of India, killing indiscriminately and taking hostages at two luxury hotels. Testolini said she and 200 others waited in the dark ballroom for several hours, listening to the intensifying sounds of gunfire and grenades. Eventually, the hotel staff began evacuating guests 10 at a time, women and children first, to the street. For a moment, she thought she was safe. But then, the gunfire returned. "They were pursing us, and we ran, and we could hear them shooting at us," Testolini said. Testolini and her colleagues eventually found shelter in an undisclosed location, where they are keeping up with the news on their BlackBerrys, waiting for signs that it's safe to move. "We are far enough away to feel safe but close enough to feel what's going on," said Testolini, who was scheduled to leave Mumbai on Thursday afternoon. "We'll lay low till at least the daylight." There's no telling where Testolini would be had she been in her room at the Taj Mahal Hotel, where gunmen were holding hostages on multiple floors. One witness told local reporters that gunmen stormed the lobby, demanding to know who had U.S. or British passports, and took about 15 people hostage. Yasmin Wong, a CNN employee who was staying in the Taj, said she hid under her bed for several hours after she was awoken by gunfire. Wong said she received a phone call from the hotel telling her to turn her light off, put a wet towel by the door and stay in her room until she was told otherwise. Watch Wong describe the chaos in the hotel » She complied, but then she went to her window and saw smoke and debris. "I saw a guy outside the window above me who had smashed the window and was hanging out," Wong said. "At that point, authorities told us to run out of the hotel." Wong said she passed dead bodies in the hotel's halls as she searched for an exit, finally leaving through the pool entrance. "The main thing I thought was, was it going to end? And it just never ended," Wong said.	[ "Where did Manuela's colleague see a man killed?", "Who ran past bodies?", "Who says colleague saw a man killed?", "Where did they hide from gunfire?", "Who's ex-wife did gunmen pursue?", "Where did the employee of CNN hide?", "What did Yasmin Wong run past as she sought exit?", "Who was pursued along with fleeing diners?", "What did the colleague of Manuela Testolini witness?", "Who's ex-wife says gunmen pursued her?", "Who said gunmen pursued her?", "Where did a CNN employee hide?" ]	[ [ "outside the restaurant's front door," ], [ "Wong" ], [ "Testolini's" ], [ "ballroom," ], [ "of music icon Prince" ], [ "she hid under her bed for several hours" ], [ "passed dead bodies in the hotel's halls" ], [ "Testolini" ], [ "saw a man get shot to death outside the restaurant's front door," ], [ "music icon Prince" ], [ "Testolini" ], [ "under her bed" ] ]	Manuela Testolini says colleague saw man killed outside restaurant . Prince's ex-wife says gunmen pursued her, diners as they fled . Nearby, CNN employee hid from gunfire under bed at Taj . Yasmin Wong ran past bodies in hotel's halls as she sought exit .

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