(CNN) -- The wife of former New Life Church pastor Ted Haggard said Thursday that she never considered divorce after she discovered her husband had sexual encounters with men.

"I knew that he was more than this struggle," Gayle Haggard said on CNN's "Larry King Live" while promoting her new book "Why I Stayed."

"I knew that we spent almost 30 years together, and I knew there was so much to salvage in our relationship that was worth fighting for," she said.

Ted Haggard, the former president of the National Association of Evangelicals and the head pastor at the 14,000-member New Life, was outed publicly in 2006 by a former prostitute, Mike Jones, who said Haggard had paid him for sex over three years and had used methamphetamine in his presence.

Haggard also later admitted to an inappropriate relationship with a 20-year-old male church volunteer.

Haggard said Thursday night that he no longer has same-sex urges, attributing the change to therapy. He blamed his homosexual experiences on a sexual encounter with an adult man when he was in second grade, which "formed the way my mind processes things."

"Certainly on many levels it was devastating to me," Gayle Haggard said of her husband's encounters. "But I started on a path to real education on the subject and I learned so much about the diversity of our human makeup and that all of us are the way we are for a reason. And I learned that things happen in our life that condition us in our sexuality."

Both Haggard and his wife say they have a normal physical relationship -- one that "never stopped" even in the wake of the public scandal.

"What is so wonderful is the intimacy we have on all levels in our marriage," Gayle Haggard said.

The couple said they currently don't belong to a church. Both agreed to leave New Life and the Colorado Springs, Colorado, area in a settlement following the scandal, but make a living by speaking about their story to church congregations around the country.

"I haven't doubted my faith in this process but I have redefined it," Gayle Haggard said. "Early on, I was so satisfied with my faith walk and I felt as though my life was just wonderful.

"But then I went through this very dark time where I felt like there was nothing good. ... But I held on by a thread because I trusted God was going to show me the way through that and he did."

Question:
Who did Ted admit to having sex with?
What is Ted's wife's name?
What did Gayle not doubt?

Answer: men.

Answer: Gayle Haggard

Answer: my faith in this process

Summary:
Ted Haggard's wife, Gayle, reveals why she stayed in wake of public scandal .
Ted Haggard, who admitted having sex with men, claims he no longer has same-sex urges .
Gayle Haggard: "I haven't doubted my faith in this process but I have redefined it"


(CNN) -- The wife of missing adventurer Steve Fossett has asked a court to declare him dead. Steve Fossett and wife Peggy in a February 2006 photograph. Fossett was last seen in early September, flying a single-engine plane on a pleasure flight from a Nevada ranch. A month-long search for the plane was unsuccessful. "As difficult as it is for me to reach this conclusion, I no longer hold out any hope that Steve has survived," wrote Peggy V. Fossett in court documents filed Monday with the Cook County [Illinois] Circuit Court. She asked that the will of her husband of 38 years be admitted to probate. At about 8:45 a.m. on September 3, the millionaire took off on what he said was to be a solo pleasure flight over the Sierra Nevada mountain range. He had planned to fly over the Nevada desert for two to three hours, and was expecting to return for lunch to the Nevada ranch, from which he departed. He was carrying a single bottle of water and had no parachute, lawyers for Mrs. Fossett said in the court documents. At 3 p.m., when he had not returned, a search began that ultimately included thousands of volunteers. It continued until October 2. "No one involved in the search holds out any hope that Fossett is still alive," the petition said. Rick Rains, a sheriff's supervisor of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department, said Fossett's plane was last spotted at 11 a.m. less than 20 miles from the ranch's airport. "Given the timeline and the sighting of Fossett's plane, I believe he was within 20 to 25 miles of the ranch when he crashed," Rains said. But, he noted, "the terrain is very difficult to search, with many areas where the crevices, deep ravines and closely grown trees make it impossible to see from the air what is on the ground." "If Fossett was physically able to find water to survive on in the Nevada desert, he would have been physically capable of signaling searchers, by doing something as simple as crafting a large X of sticks or rocks, or by starting a signal fire," Rains said. In affidavits supporting his wife's petition, Fossett's doctor described the 63-year-old man as physically and mentally fit. Robert Keilholtz, a captain in the California Civil Air Patrol who was involved in the search, noted that the difficulty in finding wreckage was underscored by the fact that World War II-era plane wreckage was discovered last spring in the mountain range. In the search for Fossett, wreckage from eight other crashes was discovered, one of them from the 1960s, the lawyers said. Fossett made his money in the financial services industry, but is renowned for his daredevil exploits, which include nonstop, round-the-world trips aboard a balloon, a fixed-wing plane and a boat. At the time of his disappearance, Fossett was working on a project to build a single-man submarine and to build a vehicle capable of breaking land speed records by traveling at up to 800 mph, lawyers for his wife said. E-mail to a friend

Question: Who went missing on a solo flight?

Question: How long have they been searching?

Question: Where was the small plane last sighted?

Question: Who is missing?

Question: How long was the search?

Question: Where was the single-engine plane last seen?

Question: When did Stephen Fossett go missing?

Question: How long has the search been going on?

Question: How long has Fosset been missing?

Answer: Steve Fossett

Answer: September,

Answer: spotted at 11 a.m. less than 20 miles from the ranch's airport.

Answer: Steve Fossett

Answer: month-long

Answer: Nevada ranch.

Answer: early September,

Answer: A month-long

Answer: last seen in early September,

Summary:
Steve Fossett missing since September solo flight over Nevada mountains .
Single-engine plane last seen 20 to 25 miles from departure point, sheriff says .
Plane not found after month of searching .
Experienced aviator would have signaled rescuers if alive, sheriff says .


(CNN) -- The winner of the 82nd annual Scripps National Spelling Bee said Friday she is "pretty excited" but a little tired. Kavya Shivashankar of Olathe, Kansas, reacts to winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night. "This has been my dream for so long; I've always wanted to win the bee," Kavya Shivashankar, 13, of Olathe, Kansas, told CNN. "I was just really excited when I was able to go up and spell the last word." The eighth-grader won $40,000 in cash and prizes for nailing the final word, "Laodicean," which means lukewarm or indifferent, particularly in matters of politics or religion. This year's bee -- an event that has skyrocketed in popularity thanks to exposure on television and in movies -- started Tuesday in Washington with a record 293 spellers. Kavya endured 15 rounds. In an event that has seen contestants crack under the strain of the national spotlight, Kavya -- competing in her fourth national finals -- appeared composed throughout.  Watch the poised winner describe the thrill » As she spelled words such as "phoresy," "hydrargyrum" and "huisache," she calmly went through the routine of asking each word's pronunciation, origin and roots before ticking their spellings off for the judges. "I focus so much on my word; I don't really pay attention to all the cameras and photographers and all the media in front of me," she said Friday. Kavya's father, who is her spelling coach, would tap his foot in time as she spelled the words, and at one point he appeared so confident that he waved to someone while his daughter was in the middle of spelling a word. Second-place finisher Tim Ruiter of Reston, Virginia, bowed out after misspelling "Maecenas," meaning a generous patron of the arts. Kavya said she would miss competing in the spelling bee, as the rules do not permit her to enter next year. "It was such a big part of my life, and I love doing it," she said. However, she may someday have a new role in the competition. "If my [little] sister gets to D.C. sometime soon, I'd really love to help and coach her," she said. Kavya attends California Trail Junior High School in the Kansas City suburb. Her hobbies include swimming, cycling and traditional Indian dance, according to the contest's Web site. She plans on becoming a neurosurgeon. The first National Spelling Bee took place in 1925, with five contestants. CNN's Devon Sayers contributed to this report.

Question: Where is Kavya Shivashankar from?

Question: Who wins in fourth trip to national finals?

Question: Who will receive $40,000 in cash and prizes?

Question: What keeps cameras and media from distracting her?

Question: How much will she receive in cash and prizes?

Answer: Olathe, Kansas,

Answer: Kavya Shivashankar of Olathe, Kansas,

Answer: Kavya Shivashankar

Answer: focus so much on my word;

Answer: $40,000

Summary:
Kavya Shivashankar of Olathe, Kansas, wins in fourth trip to national finals .
The 13-year-old eighth-grader will receive $40,000 in cash and prizes .
Focus on task keeps cameras and media from distracting her, Kavya says .
Girl may return to scene if younger sister does well in future competitions .


(CNN) -- The woman who accused Herman Cain of groping her after a 1997 dinner says the Republican presidential candidate is "still in denial" about his conduct.

Sharon Bialek is the first woman to publicly accuse Cain of sexual harassment after last week's disclosure that the National Restaurant Association -- which Cain led in the late 1990s -- made payments to two other women who complained about his conduct. Cain has vehemently denied any allegation of misconduct.

Bialek told CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight" that she came forward Monday "for the other women who couldn't or wouldn't."

"I really hope that what I did will enable other women to come forward in similar situations," Bialek said. "Unfortunately for Herman, he's still in denial."

Bialek told reporters Monday that she sought Cain's help finding a job after being laid off from the trade association's education foundation in 1997. She said Cain suggested meeting over dinner, then tried to reach up her skirt after the meal -- and when she protested, he told her, "You want a job, right?"

Read more about Bialek's allegation

Her attorney, Gloria Allred, told CNN her client described Cain's behavior at the time to her then-boyfriend and a longtime mentor, and both have given sworn statements supporting her account. Allred said her client is a registered Republican.

And Bialek said she expects to face public scrutiny following her accusations.

"I know that in the next two days is when everything is going to hit the fan, so to speak, and I'm prepared for it," she said.

She added, "I'm willing to handle it. I'm a tough girl."

Question: who is she speaking out for?

Question: Who appeared on CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight"?

Question: Who appeared on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight?

Question: Who has denied the allegation?

Question: What did Bialek say she was doing?

Question: What network is this show on?

Question: What television show did Sharon Bialek appear on?

Question: Who has denied any allegation of sexual harassment?

Answer: the other women who couldn't or wouldn't."

Answer: Sharon Bialek

Answer: Sharon Bialek

Answer: Cain

Answer: came forward Monday "for the other women who couldn't or wouldn't."

Answer: CNN's

Answer: "Piers Morgan Tonight"

Answer: Herman Cain

Summary:
Sharon Bialek appeared on CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight"
She says she's speaking out for "other women who couldn't or wouldn't"
Cain has denied any allegation of sexual harassment .


(CNN) -- The woman who made the 911 call that led to Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates' controversial arrest wasn't present at the so-called beer summit. Lucia Whalen, who called 911 to report a possible break-in, speaks to reporters Wednesday. But she got a shot of kindness and a taste of gratitude from Gates himself. Lucia Whalen received a bouquet of flowers at her office from Gates, according to Whalen's attorney, Wendy Murphy. "She described them as amazing, and appreciated them very much," Murphy said of the bouquet. The attorney described the flowers as being a beautiful assortment of what she believed were different colored roses. There was a note included from Gates, the details of which Murphy would not divulge. She said the note characterized Gates's "expression of gratitude" for Whalen's action. An officer responding to a report of a possible break-in at Gates' Cambridge, Massachusetts, home arrested the professor on July 16 for disorderly conduct. The charge was later dropped. The arrest sparked a national debate about race and police relations. Whalen said an older woman with no cell phone told her that she was worried someone was trying to break into the home, and decided to call 911. Whalen never referred to black suspects when she called authorities about the suspected break-in. On Thursday, President Barack Obama -- who had weighed in on the controversy, saying initially that police acted "stupidly" -- sat down for a beer at the White House with Gates and the officer who arrested him. The meeting has been called the "beer summit." After the meeting, Obama said in a statement he was thankful to Gates and Cambridge police Sgt. James Crowley for joining him at for "a friendly, thoughtful conversation. "Even before we sat down for the beer, I learned that the two gentlemen spent some time together listening to one another, which is a testament to them," the president's statement said Obama's initial comments on the incident drew criticism and later he softened his stance, saying, "I could've calibrated those words differently." Murphy told CNN that Whalen has been receiving other apologies and accolades from people all over the world, but so far, no beer.

Question: What is the name of the women who called 911?

Question: To whom did Henry Gates send flowers?

Question: What did Gates send?

Question: what did henry gates send

Question: what did whalen do

Question: Who did Whalen call?

Answer: Lucia Whalen,

Answer: Lucia Whalen

Answer: bouquet of flowers

Answer: bouquet of flowers

Answer: called 911 to report a possible break-in,

Answer: called 911

Summary:
Henry Gates sends flowers to office of woman who accidentally called police on him .
Lucia Whalen "appreciated them very much," her secretary says .
Whalen called 911 after woman told her she suspected break-in at Gates' home .
Whalen drew criticism for making call; says she'd do it again .


(CNN) -- The woman who was denied a marriage license by a Louisiana justice of the peace because he refused to marry interracial couples said the official should lose his job. Beth McKay says a Louisiana justice of the peace denied her a marriage license since it was an interracial union. Beth McKay said she never could have expected what she heard from Tangipahoa Parish's 8th Ward Justice of the Peace Keith Bardwell when she called his office a week ago to officiate her marriage to her African-American fiance, Terence. McKay spoke with Bardwell's wife to make arrangements for the ceremony. "At the end of the conversation, she said that she had to ask me a question. She asked if this was an interracial marriage." When McKay replied yes, she was told, "Well, we don't do interracial weddings or marriages." McKay said she was beyond shock. "We are used to the closet racism, but we're not going to tolerate that overt racism from an elected official." Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is calling to have Bardwell's license revoked, and Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu is calling for his dismissal -- a notion shared by McKay. "He's not representing all the people that he is supposed to be representing," McKay said. "He's only representing the people with his same opinions." McKay later married Terence with the help of another justice of the peace in the same parish. Bardwell has not returned repeated calls from CNN, but he told a local newspaper in a story published Thursday that he was not a racist and he was concerned for the children who might be born of the relationship. Bardwell also said, in his experience, that most interracial marriages don't last. "We're just kind of hurt, you know?" McKay told CNN's Anderson Cooper on Friday. "This doesn't take care of the problem. He's been in his position for 34 years. So, it doesn't take care of the problems that we have to deal with on a daily basis."  Watch why justice nixed interracial marriage » McKay said her friends and family have been extremely supportive and she believes this situation occurred for a reason. "I just think that God puts you in the right positions at the right time in order to stand up to people who -- who choose to live their lives with hate," she said. The Supreme Court struck down laws against interracial marriage in the landmark 1967 Loving v. Virginia case. Richard and Mildred Loving, who got married in Washington, D.C., were arrested in their Virginia home with their marriage license framed and hanging on the wall, for the simple fact of being husband and wife.  Watch Bardwell explain his decision » In the unanimous decision, the Supreme Court said that "Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not marry, a person of another race resides with the individual and cannot be infringed by the state." The number of interracial marriages have skyrocketed, nearly quadrupling between 1970 and 2005, the most recent year for which there is census data. As of 2005, nearly 8.5 Americans are living in interracial marriages.

Question:
Who won't wed interracial couples?
What did Beth McKay say?
who denied marriage licence
What have state officials called for?

Answer: Beth McKay

Answer: a Louisiana justice of the peace denied her a marriage license since it was an interracial union.

Answer: Louisiana justice of the peace

Answer: Bardwell's license revoked, and Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu is calling

Summary:
Beth McKay says she's hurt after Louisiana justice of peace denied marriage license .
Keith Bardwell says he won't wed interracial couples, but denies he's racist .
State officials have called for Bardwell's dismissal .


(CNN) -- The women hockey players gathered at the center of the rink and prayed. Tears wet their cheeks and most held hands. Then they lit 10 candles, the number on the jersey of the missing teammate, the one with the huge smile and even bigger heart, who died in last week's plane crash. Madeline Loftus, 24, was killed aboard Flight 3407. She was returning to Buffalo for a reunion hockey game. Madeline Loftus, known as Maddy, was one of 49 people to die aboard Continental Connection Flight 3407 last Thursday. She was returning to Buffalo State College to play in a reunion hockey game on Saturday, to meet up with her old classmates to play the game she loved so dearly. "She popped into my head every time I got back to the bench," said former teammate Emma Wadsworth. Breaking down in tears, she said the game was filled with sadness because "Maddy wasn't here." She described Loftus as an "awesome teammate, a beautiful person always smiling, and always upbeat, and ready to cheer you up if you were having a bad day."  Watch a promising life cut short » "She was just amazing," Wadsworth said. Her teammates said they decided to play the game out, because Loftus would've wanted them to play on. Loftus' No. 10 jersey hung from the bench near her friends and former players. "It's a really hard time for her teammates, for her friends, for her family," said teammate Janelle Junior. Loftus, 24, of Parsippany, New Jersey, played two seasons at Buffalo State from 2002 to 2004 before transferring to St. Mary's University in Minnesota after her sophomore year. At St. Mary's, she was a marketing major who starred on the hockey team from 2004 to 2006. While there, Loftus helped form the Cardinal Athletic Council, a student-athlete outreach program to help with community service projects. "Madeline was an important part of the university and athletic communities. Our thoughts and prayers now turn to Madeline's family, friends and teammates as they cope with this sudden loss," St. Mary's athletic director Nikki Fennern said in a statement. "Maddy was the first senior to graduate from my program. She will always hold a special place in my heart," said Terry Mannor, St. Mary's women's hockey coach. "Everyone who knew her will remember someone full of life and compassion. She was loved by everyone and will be greatly missed." Officials in Buffalo have said that it may take several days before all the bodies are recovered from the crash site, as investigators work through freezing temperatures and piles of wreckage.  See photos of the crash site » About 1,000 people gathered at a church in western New York Monday to remember the crash victims. The community memorialized the 50 victims, with religious leaders from Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Hindu communities offering words of sympathy to the community. "We've gathered today because western New York has entered a season of grieving," said Pastor Karl Eastlack of the Eastern Hills Wesleyan Church. Each speaker emphasized that everyone in the community is connected by the tragedy. One leader said we "gather in our common desire to console one another." All 49 passengers and crew members aboard the 74-seat turboprop were killed when the plane crashed into a home in Clarence Center, New York, on Thursday night. A 61-year-old man in the house was also killed. While investigators try to piece together the cause of the crash, portraits of those who died aboard the flight have emerged: • Alison Des Forges spent four years in Rwanda documenting the 1994 genocide and had testified about that atrocity and the current situation in central Africa before U.N. and congressional panels. • Beverly Eckert was the widow of Sean Rooney, who died in the World Trade Center in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. After Sean's death, Eckert co-founded Voices of September 11, an advocacy group for survivors of the attacks and families of those

Question: What did Madeline Loftus' former team say?

Question: Who was returning to Buffalo?

Question: where The 24-year-old was returning to Buffalo to play?

Question: Where did Madeline Loftus die?

Question: Who was Madeline Loftus?

Answer: "It's a really hard time for her teammates, for her friends, for her family,"

Answer: Madeline Loftus,

Answer: State College

Answer: aboard Continental Connection Flight 3407

Answer: one of 49 people to die aboard Continental Connection Flight 3407

Summary:
Madeline Loftus was a beloved student, hockey player who died aboard Flight 3407 .
The 24-year-old was returning to Buffalo to play in a collegiate reunion game .
Her former teammates played the game Saturday with a heavy heart .
"She popped into my head every time I got back to the bench," former teammate says .


(CNN) -- The women's draw at the Indian Wells Masters event has been thrown wide open after second seed Jelena Jankovic and third-seeded Elena Dementieva were both beaten on Saturday. Pavlyuchenkova celebrates her victory over Jelena Jankovic in the Indian Wells Masters. Serb Jankovic, who ended 2008 as number one in the world but has now dropped to third in the rankings, slumped 6-4 6-4 to Russian 17-year-old Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Meanwhile, Russian Dementieva ran out of steam in the final set to go down 7-6 2-6 6-1 to Czech qualifier Petra Cetkovska -- ensuring only 17 of the 32 seeded women failed to make it out of the second round. Fifth seed Ana Ivanovic, the defending champion defeated Anastasiya Yakimova of Belarus 6-4 6-3 and now joins top-seeded Russian Dinara Safina as the tournament favorite. Also through is seventh-seeded Pole Agnieszka Radwanska, who fought back from dropping the opening set to beat Australian Samantha Stosur 3-6 6-3 7-5.

Question: What did Jankovic and Dementieva crash out of?

Question: Who went down to Petra Cetkovska?

Question: Where is Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova from?

Question: Who was Serb Jankovic beaten by?

Question: Who defeated the second-seeded player?

Question: What nationality is Dementieva?

Answer: Indian Wells Masters event

Answer: Russian Dementieva

Answer: Russian

Answer: Pavlyuchenkova

Answer: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Answer: Russian

Summary:
Jelena Jankovic and Elena Dementieva both crash out of Indian Wells Masters .
Second-seeded Serb Jankovic beaten by Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova .
Russian Dementieva goes down 7-6 2-6 6-1 to Czech qualifier Petra Cetkovska .


(CNN) -- The wooden sculptures lining the median of U.S. 90 are among the top tourist attractions on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Marlin Miller's live oak sculpture in Biloxi's Town Green will be dedicated Saturday. They are also a creative tribute to the live oaks that lined the scenic highway before the saltwater surge of Hurricane Katrina killed them at their very roots. After the storm, the Mississippi Department of Transportation began bulldozing the dead trees, much to the chagrin of area residents. Biloxi Mayor A.J. Holloway, one of the coast's longtime civic leaders, intervened. He contracted to have some of the live oak trunks turned into sculptures. But it would have proved to be a costly venture. Enter Marlin Miller, a wood sculptor from Fort Walton Beach, Florida, who volunteered to create a few live oak sculptures for free -- in part to leave his artistic mark on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, but also as a service to the community. A tree sculpture begins with the transportation department removing all the branches, leaving just the core of the tree. "I get an idea of what that carving is going to look like, and I go after it with a wide variety of steel chain saws." Miller said. He works his way down to high speed grinders, sanders and chisels to add the final detail work. "They're live oaks, so it's like carving stone. Sparks fly off my chain saw blades when I go after one of the trees," Miller said. Some of the trees, which are as much a part of south Mississippi's heritage as the antebellum homes scattered along the coastline, are estimated to be as much as 500 or 600 years old. Miller's sculptures along U.S. 90 range from eagles and herons to seahorses and dolphins. He said local governments have never dictated how his carvings should look. In Pass Christian, Miller created what he believes to be the world's largest eagle wood carving, at 25 feet tall. "That sculpture is dedicated to Col. Lawrence Roberts, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen," he said. A recent survey of area tourist attractions by the Harrison County Tourism Commission listed the beaches as the third-most popular attraction and the Beau Rivage Resort and Casino second. Miller's tree sculptures are first. "We've had a lot of traffic diverting off of Interstate 10, down to U.S. 90 just to see these carvings," Miller said. On Saturday, one of Miller's sculptures will be dedicated on the Biloxi Town Green: a 24-foot-tall marlin flying into the sky, three mahi fish jumping to the left, and a sea turtle and a blue crab at the base. It is the only painted tree sculpture of all those lining U.S. 90. Next on Marlin's to-do list: an oak tree in the center of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, and one in Gulfport, Mississippi. He also plans to expand the project to downtown New Orleans and parts of North Carolina. "Instead of just cutting these trees down," Marlin said, "we're going to put new life into them by adding a sculpture."

Question: who is the wood sculptor

Question: what did hurricane katrina destroy

Question: What is the name of the Florida wood sculptor who has turned tree trunks into carvings?

Question: Where will one of the sculptures be dedicated on Saturday?

Question: what are the topics for his sculptures

Question: What sculptures will be dedicated?

Question: What lined scenic U.S.90 before Hurricane Katrina destroyed them?

Answer: Marlin Miller,

Answer: live oaks that lined the scenic highway

Answer: Marlin Miller,

Answer: Marlin Miller's live oak

Answer: a creative tribute to the live oaks that lined the scenic highway before the saltwater surge of Hurricane Katrina killed them at their very roots.

Answer: Marlin Miller's live oak

Answer: wooden sculptures

Summary:
Live oaks lined scenic U.S. 90 before Hurricane Katrina destroyed them .
Florida wood sculptor Marlin Miller has been turning the tree trunks into carvings .
Miller's sculptures range from eagles and herons to seahorses and dolphins .
One of his sculptures will be dedicated on the Biloxi Town Green on Saturday .


(CNN) -- The world has a new alliance to save vanishing frogs, toads and salamanders. A frog swims in a pond in Munich, Germany, in June. A coalition of organizations established the Amphibian Survival Alliance this month to conserve species threatened by deadly fungus, habitat loss, pollution, pesticides and climate change. The scientists said amphibians are the world's most threatened group of animals. Though they thrived on Earth for more than 360 million years, one in three of the 6,000 recognized amphibian species are now at risk of extinction and as many as 122 species have gone extinct since 1980, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's amphibian specialist group. "The world's amphibians are facing an uphill battle for survival," said James Collins of Arizona State University, co-chairman of the group. He said the new alliance, formed at the Amphibian Mini Summit at the Zoological Society of London, will focus efforts on the biggest threat to amphibians: infectious disease and habitat destruction. The group includes amphibian specialists working in the wild as well as those in zoos, aquariums and botanical gardens worldwide. "Amphibians have so much to offer humans," said amphibian specialist Simon Stuart. "Many have an arsenal of compounds stored in their skin that have the potential to address a multitude of human diseases." But as amphibians die out, so do opportunities to develop new medicines, he said. The southern gastric brooding frog, for instance, could have led to the development of a treatment for human peptic ulcers had it not gone extinct, Stuart said. "We simply cannot afford to let this current amphibian extinction crisis go unchecked," he said. Andrew Blaustein, who began documenting amphibian declines two decades ago, said the loss of species was part of an overall biodiversity crisis. "Amphibians seem to have been hit the hardest of all vertebrate species," said Blaustein, a professor of zoology at Oregon State University. "The long-term ecological repercussions of their decline could be profound, and we have to do something about it."

Question: what is the aim of Amphibian Survival Alliance?

Question: What are at risk of extinction?

Question: how many amphibians species are at risk?

Question: What is the aim of the Amphibian Survival Alliance?

Question: how many species have gone extinct?

Question: What have gone extinct since 1980?

Question: Who aims to save threatened frogs?

Answer: to conserve species threatened by deadly fungus, habitat loss, pollution, pesticides and climate change.

Answer: one in three of the 6,000 recognized amphibian species

Answer: one in three of the 6,000 recognized

Answer: to conserve species threatened by deadly fungus, habitat loss, pollution, pesticides and climate change.

Answer: 122

Answer: 122 species

Answer: Amphibian Survival Alliance

Summary:
Amphibian Survival Alliance aims to save threatened frogs, toads, salamanders .
One in three of 6,000 recognized amphibian species  at risk of extinction, group says .
122 amphibian species have gone extinct since 1980, group says .
Amphibian species could help in development of medicines, scientist says .


(CNN) -- The world has certainly changed since Michael Jackson last staged a concert tour in 1997 to promote the "HIStory" album. Fans clamor in London as Michael Jackson announces his return to performing. Since then, other performers have gained prominence -- some who have even been tagged as heir-apparents to Jackson, such as Usher and the currently legally troubled Chris Brown. Now the original is back. Jackson announced Thursday that he'll perform 10 concerts in London in July. But is the world ready to receive Jackson, who has had his share of financial and legal woes, with open arms?  Watch Jackson make his announcement » Publicist and writer Howard Bragman said it's up to the public. "He's playing off the fact that people have the wonderful ability to have short memories," Bragman said. It was only a few years ago that Jackson was acquitted of several charges, including child molestation, in a California trial. The case, coupled with the singer's eccentric behavior, had seriously damaged his reputation.  See a timeline of Jackson's life » Bragman said Jackson, who is slated to play the 20,000-capacity O2 Arena, is better off playing smaller venues rather than booking huge stadiums that may not sell out, an embarrassment a returning veteran can't afford to risk. "It's sort of like the political thing, how you always want to get a small room and make it look full," Bragman said. "Have reasonably priced tickets and do some of your classics. I certainly think that at one point there were tens of millions of Michael Jackson fans worldwide and I think there have to be still some Michael Jackson fans." Culture critic, filmmaker and former Billboard music editor Nelson George said British fans are much more forgiving of Jackson's troubles than are Americans, who expect celebrities to be "saints and heroes," George said. "The love for Michael Jackson in the UK is undiluted by any of the stuff that's been talked about here in the states," said George, whose soon-to-be-released book "City Kid: A Writer's Memoir of Ghetto Life and Post-Soul Success" offers some insight into the era in which Jackson's popularity exploded. "He's a huge star there still and he will sell out all of those shows," George added. George recently returned from London, where he witnessed firsthand the adoration that European fans have for the singer. While there, he said he attended "Thriller," a sold-out tribute to Jackson in London's West End. George points out that Jackson is pursing a similar path to the one the musical artist Prince took in 2007 when he played 21 nights at the O2 Arena. Given its London location, George observed the venue has the potential to attract fans from across Europe. Moreover, George said, the British have long been admirers of black music and culture. "It's the perfect place for [Jackson] to play," George said. "There will be fans there from all over the world, including the United States."

Question: Which magazine's critic stated "He's a huge star there still"?

Question: Where is Jackson set to play?

Question: Jackson is set to play which venue in the UK?

Question: A publicist said Jackson was smart to play in which sized venues?

Question: Who is set to play?

Question: What has a former Billboard music critc said about Jackson?

Question: What has a renowned publicist said about Jackson?

Question: Who is a huge star?

Answer: Nelson George

Answer: London

Answer: O2 Arena,

Answer: smaller

Answer: Michael Jackson

Answer: British fans are much more forgiving

Answer: "He's playing off the fact that people have the wonderful ability to have short memories,"

Answer: Michael Jackson

Summary:
Jackson set to play O2 Arena in the United Kingdom .
Renowned publicist says Jackson smart to tackle smaller venue .
Former Billboard music critic: "He's a huge star there still"


(CNN) -- The world produces enough food to meet the needs of its population, yet nearly one in six people suffers from chronic hunger according to the United Nations' Committee on World Food Security.

There are ways to change this statistic. Here are five creative ways to make an impact on hunger in your community and around the globe.

Create

The Empty Bowls Project, the brainchild of artists John Hartom and Lisa Blackburn, uses ceramic arts to fight hunger.

At each event potters and other artisans donate handcrafted bowls. Guests select one of the bowls and are served a meal of soup and bread. They take home their bowl as a reminder of how many go empty around the world.

Money raised is donated to organizations fighting hunger locally, like soup kitchens and food banks, or globally, like Oxfam and Feed the Children.

Empty Bowls started as a classroom project, but the movement has spread across the United States and to at least 14 other countries. Events vary between locations because they are independently organized, but all share the Empty Bowls name and mission.

To find an Empty Bowls event near your or learn how to host your own, visit the website.

Dine

What if fighting world hunger were as easy as eating lunch? That's the goal of the One World Everybody Eats Foundation (OWEE).

The foundation began with a single cafe in Salt Lake City where the menu has no prices. Customers who can afford it are asked to pay a little extra for their meals to help those who can't.

Those in need can volunteer and earn a meal or enjoy the "community dish" free of charge. Dishes are prepared fresh daily and use many local, organic ingredients.

"I think we have to rethink how we feed people in their time of need," says OWEE founder Denise Cerreta. "What sets this apart from other restaurants is that truly anyone can walk through the door and afford to eat here, and it's good, organic, wholesome food."

Through the foundation, Cerreta now mentors a network of these cafes around the country. For more information about the foundation and a list of current locations visit the website.

Tweet

The #AfricaNeedsYou project is harnessing the power of the Twitterverse to help famine victims in East Africa, asking dozens of celebrities who get paid to tweet about products to donate their endorsement money to UNICEF.

All twitter users can log on to send a prewritten tweet to one of these celebrities encouraging them to get involved.

"Usually, it's the celebrities who have influence over the crowd; we're trying to shift the balance of power and give the crowd influence over the celebrities," says co-founder Paul Calway in a statement announcing the project.

To learn more about UNICEF's work in East Africa or to make a personal donation go online.

Build

You don't have to work for a nonprofit or NGO to fight hunger with your professional skills. Canstruction is proof.

Canstruction hosts design competitions for architects, engineers, contractors and students where teams construct fantastic sculptures out of canned foods. At the end of the competitions, the cans are donated to local food banks.

The organization says it raised more than 2 million pounds of food last year at 103 competitions around the world.

If you're not a designer or architect, don't worry. You can still participate by attending one of the competitions and voting for your favorite design. Cost of admission varies but is often a can of food.

For more information and a list of upcoming Canstruction competitions, go to the organization's website.

Learn

Test your knowledge and feed the world by playing Freerice, a free online trivia game benefiting the World Food Programme (WFP).

Players pick subjects ranging from literature to chemistry, and for every correct answer ten grains of rice are donated through WFP to end hunger. Sponsor ads on the site fund rice donations.

WFP estimates it takes 9,700 grains of rice to feed one person one meal. Players donated over 13 billion grains last year, totaling over

Question: How many suffer from chronic hunger?

Question: How many people suffer?

Question: What is fighting hunger as easy as?

Question: How many people suffer from chronic hunger?

Answer: one in six people

Answer: one in six

Answer: eating lunch?

Answer: one in six

Summary:
Nearly one in six people suffers from chronic hunger, according to the U.N.
Fighting hunger can be as easy as dining out, playing a game, or sending a tweet .
Artists and architects use their skills to fight hunger and raise awareness .


(CNN) -- The world's top pound-for-pound fighter, Manny Pacquiao, will attempt to win a world title in a fourth division by taking on three-time world champion Miguel Cotto in his next bout. Manny Pacquiao will take on Miguel Cotto in his next fight scheduled for Novermber 18. The Filipino boxer will fight the 28-year-old Puerto Rican for the WBO welterweight title at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, America on November 14 it has been confirmed. Promoter Bob Arum, who represents both fighters, announced that although contracts still need to be signed, verbal agreements have been given: "I'm very excited about this because it's a good fight for boxing [and] it wasn't difficult to do, because they both wanted the fight," Arum told the Los Angeles Times. Pacquiao is a national hero in the Philippines but has seen his popularity grow around the world since his comprehensive victory over British fighter Ricky Hatton in Las Vegas. The man dubbed the "National Fist" is currently rated by The Ring, the sport's most respected trade magazine, as the best boxer in the world. His career earnings stand at an estimated $50M and he stands to bank further millions with the Cotto fee, however, Arum has yet to announce how the purse will be split. Pacquiao has been in devastating form in recent times, racking up a string of victories in four different weight divisions. Mexico's super-featherweight Juan Manuel Marquez was dispatched by the "Pac Man" before the 30-year-old secured further wins against America's David Diaz (lightweight) and Oscar de la Hoya (welterweight) before a devastating show of force against British light-welterweight Ricky Hatton. Cotto survived a recent split decision result against Ghana's Joshua Clottey despite suffering a bad cut over one of his eyes during the bout and has only lost once in his career thus far to 31-year-old Mexican Antonio Margarito. Arum said a press tour with the fighters will start Sept. 9 in Los Angeles.

Question: What title is on the line?

Question: Who will fight Puerto Rico's Miguel Cotto in his next fight?

Question: was is the weight class?

Answer: the WBO welterweight

Answer: Manny Pacquiao,

Answer: welterweight

Summary:
Manny Pacquiao will fight Puerto Rico's Miguel Cotto in his next fight .
The Filipino will be aiming to win the WBO welterweight title .
The bout will take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on November 14 .
The "Pac Man" is currently rated the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world .


(CNN) -- The world's wildlife has declined by 27 percent since 1970 because of the human impact on the environment, the World Wildlife Fund said Friday. These two adult frilled-neck lizards are threatened species and are bred in captivity in Australia. The WWF's latest Living Planet Index shows terrestrial, freshwater and marine species all suffered declines in their populations between 1970 and 2005, with freshwater species experiencing the biggest drop. The index is included in a report called "2010 and Beyond: Rising to the Biodiversity Challenge," which the WWF prepared for an international biodiversity conference in Germany later this month. "No one can escape the impact of biodiversity loss because reduced global diversity translates quite clearly into fewer new medicines, greater vulnerability to natural disasters, and greater effects from global warming," said James Leape, director-general of WWF International. The Living Planet Index measured 4,000 populations of 1,477 vertebrate species, which the WWF says is a good indicator of overall biodiversity trends. Terrestrial species in both temperate and tropical areas fell by an average of 25 percent during the 35-year period, the WWF said. Marine species fell by 28 percent in the same period, with a dramatic decline between 1995 and 2005, the WWF said. "Many marine ecosystems are changing rapidly under human influence, and one recent study estimates that more than 40 percent of the world's ocean area is strongly affected by human activities while few areas remain untouched," the WWF report said. Freshwater species in both temperate and tropical regions fell by 29 percent between 1970 and 2003. The WWF said that is especially significant because despite covering only about 1 percent of the total land surface of the planet, inland waters are home to more than 40,000 vertebrate species. In tropical regions, freshwater species were especially hard-hit; the index shows they suffered a 35-percent drop between 1970 and 2000. The WWF said it had insufficient data to chart tropical freshwater species beyond 2000 and temperate freshwater species beyond 2003. The causes of the declines are varied but ultimately stem from human demands on the biosphere, such as consumption of natural resources or the displacement of ecosystems, the WWF said. The dominant threat to marine life is overexploitation -- harvesting or killing animals or plants beyond the species' capacity to replace itself, the WWF said. Overfishing is one example. Overexploitation is also a threat to terrestrial species, according to the report, which cites the hunting of tropical forest mammals. Overharvesting of timber is also a major factor, it said. Invasive species, whether introduced deliberately or not, are another threat, especially in freshwater ecosystems, where they are thought to be the main cause of extinction among endemic species, the WWF said. Pollution and overall climate change are other factors causing a loss of biodiversity, it said. The WWF called on governments attending this month's conference to take urgent action to reduce the rate of loss by 2010. It wants governments to establish protected areas, particularly those areas important for food security, water supply, medicine, and disaster mitigation, and to commit to zero deforestation by 2020.

Question: who is threatened

Question: What are other factors causing the loss?

Question: what species are under threat?

Question: What are pollution and climate change doing?

Question: what is the problem

Question: what pollution and overall climate change are causing?

Question: What has the world's wildlife declined by?

Answer: frilled-neck lizards

Answer: Pollution and overall climate change

Answer: frilled-neck lizards

Answer: causing a loss of biodiversity,

Answer: world's wildlife has declined by 27 percent since 1970

Answer: a loss of biodiversity,

Answer: 27 percent since 1970

Summary:
The world's wildlife has declined by 27 percent since 1970 because of humans .
WWF: Terrestrial, freshwater, marine species all under threat .
Pollution and overall climate change are other factors causing loss of wildlife .


(CNN) -- The wreckage of a C-130 cargo plane that disappeared shortly after takeoff in the southern Philippines Monday night was found Tuesday about two miles (3km) offshore, the Philippines News Agency reported. Searchers have recovered items from the wreckage of the cargo plane. The bodies of two of the nine crew members on board were recovered, the report said. The Philippines Air Force plane was declared missing after the control tower at Davao International Airport lost radio contact with the pilot halfway between Manila and Davao, an Air Force official said. The plane, with two pilots and seven crew members on board, was to have picked up members of the Presidential Security Group for transport to Manila. The wreckage was found at 6am Tuesday by a search team just off the coast of Barangay, San Pedro Extension, Davao City, the news agency said.

Question: What happened to a C-130 cargo plane near the Philippine coastline?

Question: How many bodies were recovered?

Question: Where was the wreckage of the C-130 cargo plane found?

Question: Who was the cargo plane going to pickup?

Question: Where was the C-130 cargo plane found?

Answer: disappeared

Answer: two

Answer: just off the coast of Barangay, San Pedro Extension, Davao City,

Answer: members of the Presidential Security Group

Answer: Barangay, San Pedro Extension, Davao City,

Summary:
The wreckage of a C-130 cargo plane is found close to Philippine coastline .
The bodies of two of the nine crew members on board were recovered .
C-130 cargo plane was was going to pick up the Presidential Security Group .


(CNN) -- The young girl whispered in a hushed tone. She looked down as she spoke, only glancing up from her dark round eyes every now and then. She wanted to tell more, but she was too ashamed. She was just 9 years old when, she says, Congolese soldiers gang-raped her on her way to school. The young girl on the right says she was raped by Congolese soldiers. She was just 9 when it happened. "These two soldiers nabbed her, put a bag over her head and pulled her into the bushes. She explains it as, 'They got me,' " says Sherrlyn Borkgren, who spent a month in the Democratic Republic of the Congo late last year. Borkgren, a wedding photographer and freelance journalist, traveled to the war-torn region of eastern Congo after being awarded the ShootQ Grant, a $10,000 award to free photographers from everyday life to pursue a project that raises awareness of an important global issue. Borkgren pauses when she speaks of meeting the girl. "She was obviously very traumatized to repeat this out loud, and I don't think she had repeated it to anyone." The young girl lied to her about her age when they first spoke. "She said she was 15 when she was raped," Borkgren says. "I figured she probably wanted to say she was 15 because it's more acceptable than to say, 'I was 9 when they raped me.' " The United Nations estimates 200,000 women and girls have been raped in Congo over the last 12 years, when war broke out with Rwanda and Uganda backing Congolese rebels seeking to oust then-Congo President Laurent Kabila. Rape became a weapon of war, aid groups say. "It is one of the worst places in the world to be a woman or girl," says Anneke Van Woudenberg, a senior researcher with Human Rights Watch who has spent the last 10 years focusing on Congo. "These are often soldiers and combatants deliberately targeting women and raping them as a strategy of war, either to punish a community, to terrorize a community or to humiliate them." Most times, the women are raped by at least two perpetrators. "Sometimes, that is done in front of the family, in front of the children," Van Woudenberg says. She sighs, "What causes men to rape -- I wish I had an answer to that." Against this backdrop, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, one of the world's strongest voices for women's rights, traveled to Congo as part of her whirlwind trip to Africa.  Watch Clinton detail expectations for Africa » Clinton arrived in Goma in eastern Congo Tuesday where she is to meet with rape victims during her visit. "I hope that here in the [Congo] there will be a concerted effort to demand justice for women who are violently attacked, and to make sure that their attackers are punished," Clinton said Monday after a tour of a Kinshasa hospital. Human rights groups are eager to see if Clinton pressures Joseph Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the son of Laurent Kabila, to do more to pursue charges against top army commanders accused of rape. "Soldiers have committed gang rapes, rapes leading to injury and death, and abductions of girls and women," a report released last month by Human Rights Watch says. "Their crimes are serious violations of international humanitarian law. Commanders have frequently failed to stop sexual violence and may themselves be guilty of war crimes or crimes against humanity as a consequence." Van Woudenberg says punishment, unfortunately, is all too rare for sex crimes. "If you rape, you get away with it," she says. According to the United Nations, there were 15,996 new cases of sexual violence registered throughout Congo in 2008. Nearly two out of every three rapes were carried out against children, most of them adolescent girls, the Human Rights Watch report says. A paltry 27 soldiers were convicted in military courts last year. Under the current court system,

Question: who met a girl?

Question: how many soldiers nabbed?

Question: What is the Congo the worst place for?

Question: How many were raped in Democratic Republic of Congo?

Answer: Sherrlyn Borkgren,

Answer: two

Answer: to be a woman or girl,"

Answer: 200,000

Summary:
UN: 200,000 women, girls raped in Democratic Republic of Congo in last 12 years .
Photographer Sherrlyn Borkgren met a girl who detailed being raped by soldiers .
"Two soldiers nabbed her, put a bag over her head and pulled her into the bushes"
Aid worker: Congo "is one of the worst places in the world to be a woman or girl"


(CNN) -- The young man's call echoed throughout the remote village in northern Nigeria -- the marriage ceremony was about to begin. Umar Ahmed and his wife wait for anti-HIV drugs at a hospital in Nigeria. Under the dusty sun, the fathers of the bride and groom agreed to the marriage and this ancient Muslim tradition proceeded as it has for hundreds of years. But unknown to the gathered villagers, the couple is hiding a modern secret. Both bride and groom are HIV-positive and marrying with the support of a local government program that encourages such "HIV-marriages" in the hope of preventing the virus from spreading. After the ceremony and away from the village, the husband agreed to speak with CNN as long as he was not identified. "The woman I marry loves me -- I love her," he said. "And we promised that we can keep ourselves healthy and clean." According to the United Nations, Nigeria has the third-largest HIV population in the world, with about 3.1 percent of its 148 million people infected. Officials working for the Bauchi State Agency for the Control of AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, known as BACATMA, hope to put a dent in those numbers -- not just by treating HIV-positive people with free antiretroviral drugs but, they say, by helping more than 100 HIV-positive couples marry. The agency offers to pay for the dowry, provide counseling and even employment within the agency. BACATMA officials hope that, by keeping HIV-positive couples together, they will keep AIDS from spreading to anyone not infected. "If someone having HIV marries another HIV-AIDS person, that means there will be no HIV transmission to another negative person," said Rilwanu Mohammed, the BACATMA chairman. However, UNAIDS, the UN agency tackling HIV and AIDS, has its doubts, arguing such marriages do not prevent the spread of AIDS. "There are better methods to address the prevention of HIV and AIDS rather than encouraging that kind of union," said Warren Naamara, the UNAIDS Nigeria coordinator. "We have made it very clear from UNAIDS that the best way to address HIV infection is universal access to prevention, treatment and care." There is no evidence that such marriages stop the spread of AIDS. However, for many of the couples, the marriages support their personal fight against AIDS and the stigmatization it often brings from society, friends and family. That stigmatization can lead HIV-positive people to become outcasts, discriminated against and sometimes physically abused. Queuing for their antiretroviral drugs at a local hospital, Umar Ahmed and his wife said they married last year and have since had a child. "Before, I was lonely," Umar said. "Being with my wife, I feel great -- because we stay together, we discuss different issues together." For those couples who decide to have children, BACATMA tries to reduce the odds that the child will be born infected with HIV by ensuring that the parents have antiretroviral agents and medical advice. Still, the decision to have a child is a controversial one when the parents who decide to do so are sick and unlikely to be able to raise the child.

Question: What local agency will pay dowry?

Question: What will a local agency pay

Question: What did the Un agency say

Question: What will the local agency pay for?

Question: What does marriage reduce stigma for?

Question: What is the goal to keep HIV from spreading ?

Answer: BACATMA

Answer: for the dowry, provide counseling and even employment within the

Answer: "There are better methods to address the prevention of HIV and AIDS rather than encouraging that kind of union,"

Answer: the dowry, provide counseling and even employment within the

Answer: HIV-AIDS

Answer: "HIV-marriages" in the hope of preventing the virus

Summary:
Local agency will pay dowry, offer counseling, to get HIV-positive couples to wed .
The goal is to keep HIV from spreading to people not already infected .
UN agency says marriage doesn't stop AIDS, prevention and treatment needed .
For some couples, the marriages reduce stigma of being HIV-positive .


(CNN) -- Theological conservatives estranged from the Episcopal Church in the United States and the Anglican Church in Canada formed a rival North American "province" Wednesday.

The consecration of Rev. Gene Robinson as bishop of New Hampshire left many conservatives disaffected.

Leaders of the new Anglican Church in North America unveiled a draft constitution and a set of canons for the province -- or ecclesiastical territorial division -- at an evening service at the Wheaton Evangelical Free Church in Wheaton, Illinois, the group said in a written statement.

"Some of us have been praying for this for decades," said Michael W. Howell, who attended the service, according to the statement. "Instead of focusing on things that divide us, we as orthodox Anglicans are focusing on the things that unite us."

"The public release of our draft constitution is an important concrete step toward the goal of a biblical, missionary and united Anglican Church in North America," Bishop Robert Duncan of the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, diocese said in a statement released Wednesday ahead of the service.

The move comes after years of debate over several issues, ranging from interpretation of the Bible to homosexuality. Tensions reached a boiling point in 2003, when the Episcopal Church consecrated an openly gay man, Rev. Gene Robinson, as bishop of New Hampshire.

The decision rankled traditionalists, and since then, four dioceses and several parishes have left the Episcopalian Church, including the diocese in Pittsburgh. The others are in Quincy, Illinois; Fort Worth, Texas; and San Joaquin, California.

Not all parishes in those dioceses have left the Episcopalian Church.

In all, the Anglican Church in North America will take in about 100,000 members, including those from the secessionist dioceses and parishes, said Robert Lundy, a spokesman for the group.

"This constitution brings them back together under one church, all aligned together," Lundy said. "This is all these folks coming back together."

The preamble to the provisional constitution says the leaders are "grieved by the current state of brokenness within the Anglican Communion prompted by those who have embraced erroneous teaching and who have rejected a repeated call to repentance," the group said.

Lundy said Wednesday the draft constitution states the province's core beliefs and doctrine. He said it will not lay out definite policies for issues the leaders disagree on, such as ordaining women.

He said it is "safe to say" Duncan will lead the nascent province. An assembly is likely to be called next year to determine additional leadership, he said.

A spokesman for the archbishop of Canterbury issued a statement noting the lengthy process of creating a province, adding that in the case of Wednesday's service, the process has not yet begun.

"There are clear guidelines set out in the Anglican Consultative Council Reports ... detailing the steps necessary for the amendments of existing provincial constitutions and the creation of new provinces," said James M. Rosenthal, canon to Archbishop Rowan Williams.

"Once begun, any of these processes will take years to complete. In relation to the recent announcement from the meeting ... the process has not yet begun."

The Rev. Dr. Charles K. Robertson, canon to the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, Katharine Jefferts Schori, issued a statement Wednesday ahead of the meeting, saying the church would not hazard a guess as to the consequences of the breakaway group's action.

"We will not predict what will or will not come out of this meeting, but simply continue to be clear that the Episcopal Church, along with the Anglican Church of Canada and the La Iglesia Anglicana de Mexico, comprise the official, recognized presence of the Anglican Communion in North America."

He added, "We reiterate what has been true of Anglicanism for centuries: that there is room within the Episcopal Church for people with different views, and we regret that some have felt the need to depart from the diversity of our common life in Christ."

The Episcopal Church is part of the Anglican Communion, which is composed of 38 provinces around the world. It was not immediately clear which of the

Question: Why did a lot of followers leave the Episcopal Church?

Question: How many is the new division expected to take in?

Question: What are the Orthodox Anglicans focusing on?

Question: What state had a gay bishop?

Question: What comes after years of dispute?

Question: State the gay bishop operated out of?

Question: What are Orthodox Anglicans focusing on?

Question: What was the tipping point?

Answer: consecrated an openly gay man, Rev. Gene Robinson, as bishop of New Hampshire.

Answer: about 100,000 members,

Answer: the things that unite us."

Answer: New Hampshire

Answer: several issues, ranging from interpretation of the Bible to homosexuality.

Answer: New Hampshire.

Answer: the things that unite us."

Answer: when the Episcopal Church consecrated an openly gay man, Rev. Gene Robinson, as bishop of New Hampshire.

Summary:
"Orthodox Anglicans are focusing on the things that unite us," man says .
Move comes after years of dispute over progressive direction of Episcopal Church .
Tipping point for many was consecration of gay man as bishop of New Hampshire .
New division expected to take in 100,000 from parishes that left Episcopal Church .


(CNN) -- There are few cities in the world blessed with a more beautiful setting than Seattle. It is surrounded by rugged green wilderness; to the west the Olympic Mountains, to the east the volcanoes and glaciers of the Cascade Range, and all around the brisk waters of the Northwest. The Space Needle dominates the Seattle skyline. Over the years, Seattle has inspired a number of nicknames. It's not hard to understand why some refer to it as "Rain City," but visit when the sun is shining, when lakes Union and Washington are sparkling under a blue sky and majestic Mount Rainier is visible in the distance, and you'll realize that "Emerald City" is the most appropriate of its monikers. Seattle started out as a logging town, grew as a stop-off point for gold prospectors at the end of the 19th century, and earned another nickname, "Jet City", when plane manufacturer Boeing rose to prominence in the 1950s and 60s. At the height of its powers, Boeing employed some 100,000 locals and the Jet City remained a solidly working-class town until the 80s, when local startup Microsoft started making a name for itself. As Microsoft grew into the behemoth it is today, other tech firms such as Amazon.com and Nintendo were drawn to the city, bringing with them a wave of young, educated and affluent workers. Seattle began to shake off its blue-collar roots and in recent years its cultural credentials have been boosted by the addition of the Olympic Sculpture Park and a showpiece public library, while the acclaimed Seattle Symphony, Opera and Pacific Northwest Ballet have all moved into impressive new buildings in the last decade. Some resent Seattle's gentrification, bemoaning the near-gridlocked traffic and arguing that the city's most interesting neighborhoods have lost their individuality to the property developers. But if you spend some time in neighborhoods like Capitol Hill or Fremont, the self-proclaimed "Center of the Universe," you'll find there's still plenty of the native free spirit in evidence. It was that free spirit that gave birth to Grunge, the post-punk guitar noise that came out of the city in the early 90s, when local bands Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and Nirvana became international stars. Now Grunge is just a memory, but in popular culture it remains as much of a symbol of the city as the Space Needle, the persistent drizzle and the excellent, ubiquitous, coffee shops. Despite its rapid growth, Seattle has kept its trees and parks and many areas maintain an almost suburban feel. The city and its residents are laidback and liberal, and that famous free spirit is as at home in the great outdoors as in Seattle's boho neighborhoods. As a modern, civilized outpost among outstanding natural spectacle, the place once known as the "Queen City of the Northwest" still reigns supreme.

Question: What does the city boast?

Question: What is Seattle best known as?

Question: What names is Seattle known as?

Question: What is Seattle surrounded by?

Question: What city has been known as The Emerald City?

Question: What is surrounding Seattle?

Question: What is Seattle famous for?

Answer: The Space Needle

Answer: "Rain City,"

Answer: "Rain City,"

Answer: rugged green wilderness;

Answer: Seattle

Answer: rugged green wilderness;

Answer: free spirit is as at home in the great outdoors

Summary:
Seattle has been known as "Jet City," "Rain City," and "The Emerald City"
It has a great location, surrounded by mountains, lakes and fantastic scenery .
The city boasts a symphony orchestra, and ballet and opera companies .


(CNN) -- There are few sports that are so dominated by a single person like the way the women's pole vault is ruled by 26-year Russian Yelena Isinbayeva.

Eyes on the prize: Yelena Isinbayeva has often complained about a lack of real competition in her event.

Every time the world and Olympic champion competes it is expected that she will spring to new heights and push women's pole-vaulting to new levels.

She has broken the world record 16 times, almost equaling the feat of the great Sergey Bubka, who broke the men's outdoor pole vault record 17 times between 1984 and 1994.

Since jumping to her first world record in 2003 and becoming the first woman to jump over 5-meters in 2005 she as also become something of a glamorous sporting celebrity.

After setting five new world records in 2005, it took almost three years for her to set a new mark of 5.04m in July 2008, a fallow period that made her pursuit of world records a personal matter.

After setting her world record mark in July this year at a competition in Monte Carlo, she told press: "I wanted to improve my personal best and that's what I did. I see this world record as a personal one."

A driven and focused competitor, she has also become famous for her coolness under pressure.

Before her latest world record jump she was driving around the track in the back of a vintage car with sprinter Asafa Powell, while her fellow competitors had already started the competition.

Not shy of media and publicity, her sporting achievements, athleticism and looks have made her a pin-up for women's athletics and attracted a number of big-name sponsors.

While her achievements can be allied to that of Bubka it has been noted that her media- and sponsor-friendly attitude makes her more akin to compatriot Maria Sharapova.

Her celebrity status is a world away from her modest background. Born in Volgograd in 1982 it was only until a couple of years ago that she lived with her parents and younger sister in the city of her birth, before moving to Monte Carlo.

She trained first of all as a gymnast until the age of 15 when her coach decided she was too tall. Commentators and fellow competitors have noted that her gymnastic training has helped give her an extra edge in the event.

After defending her title in Beijing, her place in the sporting pantheon of great female athletes seems secure.

While emulating Bubka, Isinbayeva has said before that closing the gap between the heights the men and women can jump is another of her personal challenges, and with her own talent and the help of Bubka's former coach she may go a long way towards achieving that.

Question: Who has broken the world record?

Question: who broke record?

Question: Who looks and talent have made her very bankable sports start?

Question: Who was champion?

Question: Yelena Isinbayeva is the first woman who broke record on what?

Question: how many times has she broken the record since 2003?

Question: what is the name of the Olympic pole vault champion?

Question: Who dominates her sport?

Question: World and Olympic pole vault champion ?

Question: What has made her a very bankable sports star?

Question: Yelena has broken the world record 15 times since?

Question: Media-friendly looks and talent have made her very what?

Question: Who is a world and Olympic pole vault champion?

Answer: Yelena Isinbayeva.

Answer: Yelena Isinbayeva.

Answer: Yelena Isinbayeva.

Answer: Yelena Isinbayeva.

Answer: pole

Answer: 16

Answer: Yelena Isinbayeva.

Answer: Yelena Isinbayeva.

Answer: Yelena Isinbayeva.

Answer: sporting achievements, athleticism and looks

Answer: 2003

Answer: a pin-up for women's athletics

Answer: Yelena Isinbayeva.

Summary:
World and Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva dominates her sport .
Has broken the world record 15 times since 2003; first woman to clear 5m .
Media-friendly looks and talent have made her very bankable sports start .


(CNN) -- There are many reasons why Roz Savage is an extraordinary woman -- she has rowed single-handed across the Atlantic and is now tackling the Pacific, after all. Life changer: From successful career to ocean rower, Savage has been an inspiration for many. But her response to everyday commuter ennui is perhaps of the most remarkable things about her. Back in 2000 a 33-year-old Roz was facing another dreary journey by train to the office. She had a great job as a management consultant, money and a husband; but deep down she knew something was missing. So, instead of just burying her feelings, she wrote two obituaries of herself. In one she kept going with life as it was. In the other she took a jump into the unknown and did the things she'd always wanted to. From that moment on her life has never been the same. "One-by-one, I shed the trappings of my old life," she writes on her web site. "The job, the husband, the home, the little red sports car. I moved house with increasing regularity, wherever I could find cheap or preferably free accommodation. "Little by little I began to realign my life, to put myself on track for the obituary I really wanted." Eventually she settled on the challenge that would in many ways define her: rowing the Atlantic single handed. It was, of course, incredibly hard, both physically and mentally. She had done some rowing while at the University of Oxford -- but the open ocean was a different challenge altogether. But she emerged a tougher, happier person on the other side, and is now deep into her new attempt to row the Pacific, a journey she hopes to use to raise awareness of environmental issues. The courage she has found, both to take on the might of the open ocean and give up safe, conventional notions of success to pursue her dreams has made Roz a hero to many people that hope to find inspiration in her life -- including a large number of CNN.com readers who have nominated her as a "Green Inspiration". "I feel a little embarrassed about it -- that must be the British in me!" she told CNN from the middle of the Pacific Ocean. "I certainly don't see myself as any kind of hero, just a human being trying to be the best human she can be. But at the same time I want to reach out to as many people as I can, because I wish I'd had more positive role models to show me how good life can be, and if I can inspire just a few people to change their lives for the better, I'll feel I've lived a very blessed life." Rowing across the Pacific Ocean On her journey she keeps the many people following her up to date with regular blog posts on her website. Posts range from the personal to the global, the reality of life on the open waves to plastic pollution, the North Pacific Garbage Patch, and how people could reduce the amount of waste they generate. "I try to offer my life as an example of what can be done when a very ordinary person decides to do something out of the ordinary," she said. "I love my life, and want to show people how much fun it can be when you get out there and grab life by the horns. It would be very selfish of me to keep this fantastic discovery to myself! "Every time I get a comment on my blog from someone who says they have changed their life as a result of reading about me and my adventures -- anything from composting their kitchen scraps to quitting their job to start out on an adventure of their own -- it gives me a huge warm glow of accomplishment. And it makes me feel even better when they tell me how much fun they are having doing it. Because that is what life is all about." But adventure doesn't have to involve months alone in a rowing boat, with only

Question: What does she now wish to accomplish?

Question: Which ocean has the woman successfully rowed across?

Question: What is the woman's nationality?

Question: Which ocean has she rowed solo across?

Question: The British woman changed her career in order to raise awareness for what?

Question: What does the woman see herself as?

Answer: raise awareness of environmental issues.

Answer: Atlantic

Answer: British

Answer: Atlantic

Answer: environmental issues.

Answer: myself as any kind of hero, just a human being trying to be the best human she can be.

Summary:
British woman swapped career for adventurous life and raising eco awareness .
Rowed solo across Atlantic; now attempting same feat across the Pacific Ocean .
Her positive message has been inspirational to many across the world .
"I don't see myself as a hero, just a human being trying to be the best she can be"


(CNN) -- There are several definitions of where the Northwest Passage begins and ends, but using the Arctic Circle is certainly the most encompassing, so we've been holding our breath until we crossed this line. The crew has negotiated some stunning and treacherous waters to sail the Northwest Passage. The Arctic Circle (66 30N) marks the lowest latitude at which the midnight sun is ever seen. We've had some stormy weather along the Baffin Island coast. We had waves up to 8m high and winds over 40 knots. Silent Sound was being tossed around a lot, and I was thrown clear across the cabin on one occasion, suffering a minor concussion that kept me in my bunk for several days. Now that we're out of the Arctic Archipelago and into the open sea, we are seeing more icebergs, instead of ice floes. Ice floes are frozen seawater while icebergs are chunks of ice broken off glaciers in the High Arctic. Bergs begin as snow falling on land, which is then compressed into ice. Even though the icebergs we see are easily 20 or 30 meters high, most of their volume is below water. Only about one third of their entire volume is visible above water. This means you have to stay well clear of them because they may spread out under water, like an upside down mushroom. We've also started thinking about what we've experienced and learned this summer. By far the most impressive feature of the Arctic has been its people. In every town we visited we met complete strangers who offered us help, welcomed us into their homes and provided us with hot showers and food. So many people showed genuine interest in our journey and generously told us about their lives, and we left nearly every town with a few fish or other wild game in our fridge. Our mission when we left Victoria, British Columbia in June was to find out how climate change is impacting Arctic communities. We saw and heard about the impacts, from slumping land due to the melting of permafrost to hunter stories about the northward migration of species and the challenge that early ice break up poses for transportation. But more importantly, I'm leaving the Arctic with a sense that its communities are at a crossroads. They underwent a rapid change in the 1950s and 60s when people moved off the land and into settlements. Now, those settlements are bracing themselves for unprecedented change due to resource exploration, economic development, political wrangling and an influx of new wealth, people and social forces. They're all tied to climate change in one way or another, and they leave Arctic community leaders with a big job ahead of them. Climate change is turning the spotlight on the Arctic, and hopefully that will mean federal government help where it is needed to aid the Inuit in making wise choices for their future. I've been struck by how although the Arctic is very different place than the urban habitat most of us occupy, it is not in a different time. To maintain a romantic notion of the Arctic as a place time has forgotten where life is simple and basic would be an insult to the people that call it home and be a mistake. Many of the challenges brought to the Arctic by climate change and economic development are the same as those faced around the world. It's just a little colder, and a little more remote. While we've begun mulling over our experiences this summer, it's too soon for the crew of Silent Sound to relax. We are still about three weeks from our final port. And the sailing is getting cold and tiring. The nights are very dark at sea, and temperatures are hovering just above zero degrees Celsius. On many days we are sailing in snow, rain and sleet. Our onboard heater has broken down, so we have to wear extra layers in our sleeping bags to keep warm. This also means that the condensation builds up in the boat and it gets pretty damp, making it hard to dry our socks and gloves. But Halifax is in sight, and we can get some comfort from our accomplishment

Question:
What dangers that have faced?
What did the crew face?

Answer: stunning and treacherous waters

Answer: stunning and treacherous waters

Summary:
Crew of Silent Sound complete the Northwest Passage, heading for Halifax .
Crew have faced dangerous ice bergs and waves up to 8 meters high .
Arctic communities at a crossroads, directly and indirectly from climate change .


(CNN) -- There is a general consensus that women's tennis needs a new name to ignite some excitement into it and, at this week's Wimbledon, it does appear likely that the Williams sisters will once again be the ones to beat at the grass-court grand slam. The Williams sisters have dominated Wimbledon this century and contested last year's final. Defending champion Venus (five wins) and younger sibling Serena (two wins) have dominated the tournament since 2000, with only Maria Sharapova (2004) and Amelie Mauresmo (2006) breaking that monopoly. In fact, the Williams domination has been so great this century that the 2006 final -- when Mauresmo beat Justine Henin -- is the only final when one of the American duo has not been involved. Both Sharapova and Mauresmo are back this year, although their participation had seemed in doubt in the early part of 2009. Sharapova certainly has the powerful game to claim another Wimbledon title, but a persistent shoulder injury has plagued her all year and she comes into the competition poorly prepared. At nearly 30, Mauresmo is now a veteran of the WTA Tour. She had looked a spent force last year, but has enjoyed some better results this year and comes into the tournament as the 17th seed. A potential third round showdown with top seed Dinara Safina will test her to the limit, although she would undoubtedly have the fans' support should that encounter materialize. Safina's standing as world number one has divided opinion. The Russian is yet to win a grand slam and wasted another opportunity to end that particular hoodoo when losing to compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova in the French Open final last month. The 23-year-old comes into the tournament with a niggling knee injury and has not impressed in her pre-tournament displays. The feeling remains that should the Williams sisters decided to play more WTA events then one of them, and not Safina, would be topping the world rankings. Russians Elena Dementieva and Kuznetsova are seeded fourth and fifth and both have chances should they bring their top game to SW19, although again it is hard to see one of them defeating an in-form Williams sister. Former world number one Jelena Jankovic has slipped down the world rankings this year and she too has yet to win a major, while 13th-seed Ana Ivanovic has not shown anything like the form that saw her win last year's French Open. Last year's semifinalist Jie Zheng of China loves the surface and could figure again. Unfortunately for her, she is due to face Serena Williams in the fourth round.

Question: How many of the last nine Wimbledon tournaments have they won?

Question: Who is expected to dominate women's singles?

Question: What will williams dominate?

Question: Who is the top seed?

Question: Who heads the rankings?

Question: Who has won seven out of nine Wimbledon tournaments?

Answer: (five wins)

Answer: the Williams sisters

Answer: Wimbledon

Answer: Dinara Safina

Answer: The Williams sisters

Answer: The Williams sisters

Summary:
The Williams sisters are expected to dominate women's singles once again .
The American have won seven out of the last nine Wimbledon tournaments .
Top seed Dinara Safina heads the rankings despite not winning a grand slam .


(CNN) -- There is a lot of excitement around the potential of "stereoscopic" movies ("3-D" to you and me). Much of it has been drummed up by director James Cameron's forthcoming blockbuster "Avatar" and Dreamworks boss Jeffery Katzenberg, who is releasing more than a dozen 3-D pictures this year.

The title character looks over a note from her "other parents" in "Coraline."

After seeing "Beowulf" and "Journey to the Center of the Earth," two recent entries in the 3-D sweepstakes, it was easy to conclude that this fad wouldn't last any longer than it did last time around, in the 1950s. But after seeing the captivating "Coraline," the first stereoscopic stop-motion animated feature, I've changed my mind.

Maybe this really is the next phase for motion pictures -- and what's more, maybe that's not such a bad thing.

In the hands of "Nightmare Before Christmas" director Henry Selick, 3-D isn't a gimmick or the ocular equivalent of an obstacle course. It's an aesthetic enhancement, layering the story and literally bringing depth and texture to the visuals.

Adapted by Selick from Neil Gaiman's novella (the same Neil Gaiman who co-scripted "Beowulf," incidentally), "Coraline" is a contemporary fairy tale about a bored, blue-haired 11-year-old kicking around a big old house in rainy, empty Oregon. Her parents are writers. They basically leave her to her own devices, so when Coraline (voiced by Dakota Fanning) discovers a diminutive door hidden behind the wallpaper, her mom (Teri Hatcher) agrees to fish out the key, revealing ... a brick wall.

It's only at night, when she dreams, that the door magically opens to a tunnel, and Coraline passes through to the house next door: a fabulous mirror image of her own home, right down to an identical mom and dad. Identical, except that these parents give her pancakes, presents and their full attention. That, and the buttons stitched into their skulls where their eyes should be.

Any parent will immediately recognize that this "other mother" and "other father" are too good to be true (they're prettier and more talented, and they obviously don't work for a living), but Coraline is entranced by the dazzling, super-saturated night-world, with its garden of snapping dragons, a circus of performing mice and all the treats she can eat. In her dreams, the grass isn't just greener -- it's emerald.

In one of Selick's embellishments on the novel, there's a facsimile of the only other child in the valley. He's an irritating boy named Wybie, who's very much improved in his all-smiling, mute incarnation, in Coraline's opinion. At least until he musters up a scowl ...

Selick's movie can be intense and even disturbing; it could easily freak out impressionable adults, let alone their offspring. But I prefer to think of it as a feel-good movie for overworked parents. There's also a redoubtable talking cat (voiced by Keith David) to ensure that everything will come out all right.

Tapping into primal fantasies and fears, the film also echoes classic fantasy stories from the Brothers Grimm, Lewis Carroll and L. Frank Baum. The tunnel suggests the rabbit hole Alice fell down, and the crazy mirror manner in which the "other" world reflects back on reality reminds us of the doubling of actors in the film version of Oz.

"Coraline" isn't perfect. I could have done without either the downstairs neighbors -- two elderly showgirls -- or the acrobatic Russian barker upstairs (a little carny goes a long way).

But the whimsy is always offset with comic mischief and the menace of Hatcher's genuinely creepy Other Mother. The model work is extraordinary in its eccentric, jury-rigged genius. A shower spouts rusty water -- fabricated from plastic, apparently. And if you examine the blooms in Other Father's garden too closely, you might see they have

Question: What is it based on>

Question: What was the story on Neil Gaiman based on?

Question: Is the story of Coraline intense but also whimsical and wonderful?

Answer: Neil Gaiman's novella

Answer: "Coraline"

Answer: can be

Summary:
"Coraline" makes the most of its 3-D -- and its clever, creative storytelling .
Movie is based on Neil Gaiman story about girl who finds new set of parents .
"Coraline" is intense but also whimsical and wonderful .


(CNN) -- There is a region of the world where the weather is always hot and humid and it rains almost every day of the year. Sounds predictable, right? But weather in the Intertropical Convergence Zone, or ITCZ, can be volatile and dangerous. Air France Flight 447 went down in a volatile zone along the equator between South America and Africa. The Intertropical Convergence Zone, which circles the Earth near the equator, is where officials say Air France Flight 447 plunged into the Atlantic Ocean. While weather has not been cited as a reason for the plane's crash, the tragedy does call attention to the region. The ITCZ is a belt of low pressure that wraps around the planet. Clouds and storms form along it because it is literally where the winds of the world's hemispheres meet. High pressure in the Northern Hemisphere churns air from the northeast toward the equator. On the flip side, air is steered from the southeast by high pressure in the Southern Hemisphere. The winds that move this air toward the equator are also known as "trade winds" and converge in the middle of the tropics. That's where the Intertropical Convergence Zone name comes from. Here, air and water temperatures are typically in the mid-80s. The warm, moist air is heated further by the blazing tropical sun. Steamy air, coming off the ocean, rises until it hits cooler, drier air aloft, forming clouds and thunderstorms. These gigantic storms contain volatile updrafts and downdrafts that can move at speeds of 100 mph. The height of these storms also can tower to more than 10 miles in the air. Even if you stacked two dozen of the world's tallest skyscrapers on top of each other, they still wouldn't reach the tops of the biggest thunderstorms of the ITCZ. Former Air Force meteorologist Tim Vasquez wrote about thunderstorms over the Atlantic at the time of the Air France plane's disappearance on his Web site, weathergraphics.com. "Based on the infrared satellite imagery, I was able to. . .estimate the altitude of the thunderstorms at around 51,000 feet," he told CNN in a phone interview. Vasquez himself has flown through the ITCZ at least half a dozen times. "I remember flying from Guam to the Philippines, constantly weaving around the thunderstorms. Sometimes, though, pilots are forced to fly through them," he said. That's because commercial airliners cannot fly above 50,000 feet. In addition, ITCZ thunderstorms can merge with one another to stretch far and wide, covering hundreds of miles. The crew of Air France Flight 447 reported severe turbulence shortly before the plane disappeared.  How did the plane break into pieces? » When it's not storming in the ITCZ, the weather can be completely calm, with little to no wind. This stretch of ocean was particularly dreaded by sailors of the 19th century, who named it "The Doldrums," because its lack of wind could leave them stuck at sea, unable to propel forward. Despite these challenges and dangers, planes and ships successfully cross the ITZC every day, thanks in part to technology that has made it easier to see where the thunderstorms are. Here are some commonly asked questions: Can hurricanes form in the ITCZ? It's extremely rare for a hurricane to form near the equator. However, the ITCZ doesn't stay in one place all year long. In the summer, for example, it drifts more northward, where it's possible for tropical cyclones to develop from the thunderstorms there. What does the ITCZ have to do with the "monsoon season" in Asia? Since the position of the ITCZ fluctuates, the location of the heaviest rainfalls varies depending on the time of year. When the zone drifts more northward in May and June, it brings the rainy season to places like Southeast Asia and India. The term "monsoon" refers to a seasonal reversal of winds.

Question:
What is the weather like in the ITCZ?
Where did the plane crash?
Which airlines plane was involved?
Where is the ITCZ?
Where did the Air France plane go down?
What is the name of the airline?
Where is the zone located?

Answer: volatile

Answer: volatile zone along the equator between South America and Africa.

Answer: Air France

Answer: near the equator,

Answer: along the equator between South America and Africa.

Answer: Air France

Answer: The Intertropical Convergence

Summary:
Weather in the ITCZ, where the Air France plane went down, is volatile .
The zone circles the Earth near the equator and can produce violent thunderstorms .
These storms contain updrafts and downdrafts that can move at speeds of 100 mph .
Because the storms are so huge, it can be difficult for airliners to avoid them .


(CNN) -- There is no doubt that the three recent fatal shark attacks in Western Australia involve great white sharks. This species is known to inhabit the shallow waters along this coast and are known to migrate south around this time of the year to the seal colonies on the southwest coast.

While they may stay around seal colonies -- their natural prey -- for months, they are not noted for sitting off a beach waiting for food to turn up. They are mostly individual, transient, inquisitive animals that will investigate objects in the water.

Swimming, surfing or diving alone near aquatic animals (including seals and dolphins) far from the beach early in the morning or late in the evening may well attract a curious shark and increase the risk of encountering one.

As the population increases and water-related activities become more popular, the number of people who go into the water every day also increases. But the chance of encountering a shark still remains very low.

American killed in shark attack off Western Australia

Most Australians understand the risk when they enter the ocean.

Over the past 50 years, only one person has been killed by a shark each year in Australia on average, compared to the 87 people who drown at Australian beaches on average each year, according to Surf Life Saving Australia (SLSA). Therefore, the hysteria in the media surrounding a shark attack seems disproportional to other fatal incidents.

Historically human-shark interactions predominantly occurred in the summer months. But in recent decades, swimmers, surfers and divers are continuing to pursue these activities outside of the traditional summer season because of improvements in wetsuit technology.

This is reflected in the occurrence of shark attacks throughout the year since the 1950s; particularly for surfers, snorkelers and SCUBA divers who can enter the water at any time of the year and extend the time they spend in the water in areas that, in earlier decades, were likely to be too cold for recreational purposes. In the past 20 years, 49% of all shark-attack victims were wearing a wetsuit.

There have been 26 attacks recorded in the cooler months (May-August) during the past two decades, resulting in six fatalities compared with 15 incidents -- resulting in four fatalities -- during the same months in the previous 20-year period.

There is no suggestion that wetsuits in themselves are the cause of an attack, but rather that their use has allowed people to extend their time in the water, increasing the risk of encountering a shark.

The frequency of attacks also reflects the popularity of water-based activities in harbors, estuarine areas and rivers, with people more likely to encounter species such as bull sharks, which have a propensity to inhabit shallow nearshore coastal areas, bays, harbors and rivers in summer months.

In the vast majority of cases, sharks involved in an attack on humans do not stay around the area and can swim 80 to 100 km away by the next day. Unfortunately other sharks may later swim into the area and may be blamed for the attack. Hunting down and killing sharks on suspicion of being responsible is unjustifiable.

However, if the animal can be identified and has not left the area, it would be appropriate to remove it. But once the animal swims away it would be almost impossible to know which shark was responsible.

Shark attacks are a reality of entering the ocean, but it is worth emphasizing that they are very rare events.

Even If you do encounter a shark, the chances of being attacked are very small.

Question: Where was the attack?

Question: What type of shark was involved

Question: Where did the attack occur

Question: how many fatalities have there been in the last few weeks?

Answer: Western Australia

Answer: great

Answer: Western Australia

Answer: three

Summary:
A scuba diver became the third fatality from a shark attack in as many weeks .
Authorities believe the man was killed by a great white off the Australian coast .
West: Shark encounters more likely, as water-based activities become more popular .
But he says many more people drown on average off Australian beaches .


(CNN) -- There is no reason to believe that Norway mass murder suspect Anders Behring Breivik is insane, District Court Judge Torkjel Nesheim said Monday.

There is also no evidence he had accomplices in the bomb and gun rampage in which he is accused of killing 77 people this summer, the judge said.

The judge ordered him held in custody for a further 12 weeks, with visits and correspondence controlled by the authorities for the first eight, and a ban on media for the first four.

More than 500 people packed into a court in Oslo, Norway, to see the suspect's first public appearance, said Irene Ramm, head of press for the Oslo court.

A woman whose daughter was killed in the massacre said she could not understand "how a human being could do something like that."

"That's why I had to be here today. I don't understand, so I had to see, had to be here," said the woman, who was identified only as "Carina" on Norway's TV2. "He looked cold, completely cold," she said.

He was not allowed to deliver a speech he had prepared, the station reported.

Breivik said he did not recognize the authority of the court on the grounds that he opposes the multi-cultural society it is part of, TV2 said.

He was stopped on several occasions when he started referring to himself as Commander of the Knights Templar, a title he used in his 1,500-page manifesto, the station reported.

"I interrupted Breivik during today's hearing because I only wanted to hear him about matters relating to today's hearing," Judge Nesheim said. "This was not the main trial where he gets to explain himself. I did not want to give him the opportunity to use this hearing as a platform for him to express his views."

Until now, the proceedings for Breivik have been held behind closed doors.

The hearing was to determine whether to keep Breivik in jail until his trial in the spring. Prosecutors expect it to begin in March or April, the judge said.

Survivors return to scene of island rampage

He is accused of killing dozens of people in a bomb attack in Oslo followed by a shooting rampage on nearby Utoya island. Eight people were killed in a bombing in Oslo; 69 young people were killed on Utoya island, in the deadliest attack in Norway since World War II.

The young people were attending a Labour Party youth camp. Most of the 700 campers ranged in age from 16-22, with some as young as 13.

Breivik has pleaded not guilty but admits carrying out the attacks, the judge said.

"The accused is still suspected on probable cause of criminal acts, as described in the charges. He has admitted the bombing in central Oslo and also the shooting on Utoya. The investigation has also confirmed this," Nesheim said.

He is described by authorities as a right-wing Christian extremist. The 1,500-page manifesto attributed to Breivik was posted on the Internet and is critical of Muslim immigration and European liberalism.

Question: How many people is he being charged for killing?

Question: What did the judge say?

Question: Who has been ordered held in custody?

Question: What does the judge say about his sanity?

Question: Who cut him off?

Question: When were the attacks?

Question: How long is Breivik being held for?

Question: What is Breivik charged with?

Answer: 77

Answer: is no reason to believe that Norway mass murder suspect Anders Behring Breivik is insane,

Answer: Anders Behring Breivik

Answer: There

Answer: Judge Nesheim

Answer: this summer,

Answer: a further 12 weeks,

Answer: killing 77 people

Summary:
NEW: The judge cut him off because this was not the time to justify his actions, he says .
Anders Behring Breivik is ordered held in custody for another 12 weeks .
There is no reason to doubt his sanity, the judge says .
He is charged in the July 22 attacks that killed 77 people .