Orlando, Florida (CNN) -- The Florida A&M University Board of Trustees reprimanded the school's president Thursday for his actions in the aftermath of the suspected hazing-related death of a 26-year-old drum major.

The trustees also voted to allocate money to hire a public relations firm to represent the board during the hazing controversy.

By an 8-4 vote, the board chose to reprimand President James Ammons instead of putting him on administrative leave as administrators have done to the band's director, Julian White.

During the board meeting, FAMU Trustee Rufus Montgomery proposed administrative leave for Ammons because he said the university "did not act" following the death of Robert Champion, who died last month after a halftime performance in a football game in Orlando, Florida.

But Montgomery dropped the proposal, and the board delivered a reprimand instead.

As he argued to put Ammons on leave, Montgomery noted how the board of governors of the State University System of Florida took action before the university's trustees could.

"It's been 19 days since the death of a student occurred, a death of a student that was in our structure of authority. I'm being advised don't say anything that could put us in a bad position here or there. What is right is right," Montgomery told the board Thursday.

"This student was under our care, under our authority. We did not act, we did not meet, we generally punted on this issue," Montgomery added.

"I'm of the opinion the (State University System of Florida) Board of Governors stepped in to fill the vacuum, when they did not have to. I believe that had we shown action -- prudent actions -- there would not have been a cause for them to have an investigation because we would have been conducting ourselves in a sound manner. The board of governors stepped in in an attempt to do our job," he said.

No cause of death has been released in Champion's case, but police and university officials both have said they suspect it was related to hazing.

Prior to Montgomery's remarks, Ammons said his administration took "these occurrences very seriously."

"We have taken all the actions that are part of policies, practices and procedures in dealing with allegations of hazing. Once allegations of hazing are (determined to be) true, they are immediately referred to our police department if it occurs on campus or to the Tallahassee Police Department if it occurs off campus," Ammons said.

Ammons said his administrators have "cooperated fully" with Orange County Sheriff's investigators and added that the school has provided grief counselors to the student body and heightened anti-hazing awareness.

White, who has served as director of bands since 1998, was placed on administrative leave with pay until the investigation is complete.

The university rescinded its earlier decision to suspend him, with termination scheduled for December 22.

The school also reversed an earlier decision to dismiss four students "who received disciplinary action regarding a hazing incident with Mr. Champion," Ammons said.

CNN's John Couwels reported from Orlando, Florida, and Michael Martinez from Los Angeles.

Question: What are authorities investigating?

Question: Whose death are authorities investigating?

Question: What comment did the trustee make?

Question: The death of who are authorities investigating?

Answer: the suspected hazing-related death of a 26-year-old drum major.

Answer: a 26-year-old drum major.

Answer: the university "did not act" following the death of Robert Champion,

Answer: a 26-year-old drum major.

Summary:
FAMU trustees opt to reprimand president instead of putting him on administrative leave .
"We generally punted on this issue," a trustee says .
Authorities are investigating death of drum major Robert Champion, 26 .


Orlando, Florida (CNN) -- The massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has triggered heated debate about where the United States gets its energy supplies.

Some say domestic drilling is necessary to avoid U.S. dependence on foreign oil. Others say the country needs to look to other fuel sources.

But one man has found his own solution.

Patrick Vanderwyden uses solar power to run his water heater, hot tub, air conditioner, fans, and his refrigerator at his home of 24 years.

Three years ago, the self-described New Age hippie began a personal mission to cut his energy usage by switching to alternative energy.

"What I do now has an effect on future generations," said Vanderwyden, 49. "I don't want to leave future generations with a real problem if I can help it. And I think I can."

The sun also powers most of Vanderwyden's transportation. On any given day the conservationist can be seen throughout town quietly driving something with pedals or an electric motor.

He has a collection of recycled bikes, an electric cycle and one bike fashioned from spare parts that he calls "Frankenbike."

Vanderwyden carefully drives the strange-looking contraption, powered by a treadmill motor, since it can easily exceed the top legal speed of 18 mph allowed for electric bikes, he said.

He also has in his arsenal of alternative vehicles a Chevrolet pickup truck with an electric motor.

Vanderwyden stumbled upon the truck for sale on the internet auction site eBay. It already had been converted by a New Jersey electric company.

He says he reduced his energy use by nearly 30 percent last year compared with the year before.

That's in contrast to worldwide energy consumption, which has continued to rise for decades.

"What was started in the '70s was turned off in the '80s as far as the conservation and the use of renewable energy," said Vanderwyden.

The U.S. Department of Energy reports that demand for oil has almost doubled since 1970 and the demand will continue to increase for decades to come.

Oil accounts for more than one-third of U.S. energy use.

The Energy Department statistics show that in 2008, the vast majority of America's petroleum use went toward consumer vehicles, commercial vehicles and air travel.

Fuel-efficient hybrid cars only account for a small percentage of cars sold today, although the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute predicted that by 2035, alternative fuel cars will account for more than half of the cars bought.

Critics of electric vehicles point out that electricity is mainly produced by coal-powered plants which, in turn, create large amounts of greenhouse gases.

Acknowleging that concern, Vanderwyden said he reduces how often he drives his electric pickup truck. Instead, Vanderwyden drives his electric bike charged from his solar panels as often as possible.

The conservationist admits his actions are extreme but says if everyone would reduce their energy use a little, "all of us together would make an impact."

"I'm sad about this oil spill, but at least it's bringing some attention to this issue again," he said. "I really hope that [it] gets people to understand that it's our demand that ... makes them want to drill a mile deep in the Gulf of Mexico."

Question: What does he hope more Americans will do?

Question: What is Vanderwyden's home fuelled by?

Question: When did Patrick Vanderwyden begin his mission?

Question: When did the mission to cut energy use begin?

Answer: reduce their energy use a little,

Answer: solar power

Answer: Three years ago,

Answer: Three years ago,

Summary:
In 2007, Patrick Vanderwyden began a mission to cut his energy use .
His home is fueled by solar panels, and he owns electric vehicles charged with solar power .
He said he hopes more Americans follow his example .
'It's our demand that makes them want to drill a mile deep in the Gulf of Mexico,' he said .


PADANG, Indonesia (CNN) -- As many as 4,000 people could be buried under the rubble in the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes in Indonesia, United Nations officials said Saturday.

Indonesian soldiers crawl under the rubble of a collapsed building to search for victims.

Local disaster management officials put the death toll from the quakes at 540.

Earlier U.N. figures that put the death toll at 1,100 were just estimates, said El-Mostafa Benlamlih, a U.N. humanitarian coordinator.

A 7.6-magnitude quake struck Sumatra on Wednesday and a 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit Thursday morning in the same region.

Wednesday's quake reduced buildings to rubble in the city. People used hammers, chisels and bare hands to dig through debris for survivors and belongings.  Watch CNN's Arwa Damon report on search-and-rescue efforts »

Staff at a local hospital treated the injured outside the semi-collapsed building as bodies of the dead lay in makeshift morgues.

An area that now looks like a flattened mess of destruction was, just days ago, a group of three villages.

Officials believe 90 percent of the residents -- as many as a few hundred people -- were buried, just one piece of the devastation from two large earthquakes that struck Indonesia in as many days.

The stench of dead bodies fills the air.

Indonesia's health ministry and ministry of social affairs said Friday they believe thousands remain buried beneath rubble.

The West Sumatran capital, Padang, with about a million residents, is near the epicenter.

CNN's Arwa Damon spoke with a few dozen survivors from these villages in the area, most of whom only made it through because they weren't home during the quake. They remained huddled together in a tent, in shock over what had happened.

One older woman said eight of her family members were buried. She had been buried up to her chest and had to dig herself out.

Another survivor, a 27-year-old man, told CNN four of his family members were killed. His home used to be on top of a cliff in the area. Now, there is only mud.

Search and rescue teams are working with the military, but so far, only 25 bodies have been recovered.

With each passing day, the scope of the devastation grows.  Watch aftermath at house leveled by quake »

President Obama spoke with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Friday after trying several times to reach him, the White House said.

Obama received an update on the situation on the ground from Yudhoyono in the five-minute call.

The White House statement says Obama "offered, on behalf of the United States, to do everything we can to help alleviate the suffering and provide assistance to the relief operation."

The U.N.'s Holmes told reporters Thursday that hundreds are believed to be injured. "These numbers, I fear, will rise as more information becomes available," he added.

Telecommunications are difficult in the region, roads are cut off, and the hardest-hit area, including Padang, lacks power and other services, Holmes said. In addition, heavy rainfall has hindered search and rescue efforts.

Some have suggested the damage may be worse than that of a 6.3-magnitude quake centered in the central Java city of Yogyakarta in May 2006, Holmes said. That temblor killed more than 5,000 people and triggered fears of an eruption from a nearby volcano.

Many people wandered the streets of Padang stunned and dazed. Some searched the rubble for survivors.

Staff at a local hospital treated the injured outside the semi-collapsed building as bodies of the dead lay in makeshift morgues.

Several of the hospital's buildings were severely damaged. Damage in the town itself was spotty; some buildings remained intact near others in ruins.

"Aftershocks can be just as devastating as the initial quake," said Adjie Fachrurrazi, emergency response coordinator in Indonesia for the CARE aid organization, in a statement. "After an earthquake of this size, we know the immediate needs are going to be getting safe water, food and emergency supplies to the survivors. The question now is:

Question: Did the people use hammers to reach the survivors?

Question: What is the current death toll?

Question: what do the united nations fear

Question: what is hampering rescue

Question: How many people were buried under the rubble?

Question: What did heavy rain, power outages and impassible roads do?

Question: what are people using

Question: What are people using to dig through the rubble?

Question: What are the rescue efforts hampered by?

Answer: used

Answer: 540.

Answer: "These numbers,

Answer: heavy rainfall

Answer: 4,000

Answer: hindered search

Answer: hammers, chisels and bare hands

Answer: hammers, chisels

Answer: heavy rainfall

Summary:
United Nations fears 4,000 buried beneath rubble, current death toll 540 .
Rescue efforts hampered by heavy rain, power outages, impassable roads .
People use hammers, chisels, bare hands to dig through rubble for survivors .


PADANG, Indonesia (CNN) -- As many as 4,000 people could be buried under the rubble in the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes in Indonesia, United Nations officials said Saturday. Indonesian soldiers crawl under the rubble of a collapsed building to search for victims. Local disaster management officials put the death toll from the quakes at 540. Earlier U.N. figures that put the death toll at 1,100 were just estimates, said El-Mostafa Benlamlih, a U.N. humanitarian coordinator. A 7.6-magnitude quake struck Sumatra on Wednesday and a 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit Thursday morning in the same region. Wednesday's quake reduced buildings to rubble in the city. People used hammers, chisels and bare hands to dig through debris for survivors and belongings.  Watch CNN's Arwa Damon report on search-and-rescue efforts » Staff at a local hospital treated the injured outside the semi-collapsed building as bodies of the dead lay in makeshift morgues. An area that now looks like a flattened mess of destruction was, just days ago, a group of three villages. Officials believe 90 percent of the residents -- as many as a few hundred people -- were buried, just one piece of the devastation from two large earthquakes that struck Indonesia in as many days. The stench of dead bodies fills the air. Indonesia's health ministry and ministry of social affairs said Friday they believe thousands remain buried beneath rubble. The West Sumatran capital, Padang, with about a million residents, is near the epicenter. CNN's Arwa Damon spoke with a few dozen survivors from these villages in the area, most of whom only made it through because they weren't home during the quake. They remained huddled together in a tent, in shock over what had happened. One older woman said eight of her family members were buried. She had been buried up to her chest and had to dig herself out. Another survivor, a 27-year-old man, told CNN four of his family members were killed. His home used to be on top of a cliff in the area. Now, there is only mud. Search and rescue teams are working with the military, but so far, only 25 bodies have been recovered. With each passing day, the scope of the devastation grows.  Watch aftermath at house leveled by quake » President Obama spoke with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Friday after trying several times to reach him, the White House said. Obama received an update on the situation on the ground from Yudhoyono in the five-minute call. The White House statement says Obama "offered, on behalf of the United States, to do everything we can to help alleviate the suffering and provide assistance to the relief operation." The U.N.'s Holmes told reporters Thursday that hundreds are believed to be injured. "These numbers, I fear, will rise as more information becomes available," he added. Telecommunications are difficult in the region, roads are cut off, and the hardest-hit area, including Padang, lacks power and other services, Holmes said. In addition, heavy rainfall has hindered search and rescue efforts. Some have suggested the damage may be worse than that of a 6.3-magnitude quake centered in the central Java city of Yogyakarta in May 2006, Holmes said. That temblor killed more than 5,000 people and triggered fears of an eruption from a nearby volcano. Many people wandered the streets of Padang stunned and dazed. Some searched the rubble for survivors. Staff at a local hospital treated the injured outside the semi-collapsed building as bodies of the dead lay in makeshift morgues. Several of the hospital's buildings were severely damaged. Damage in the town itself was spotty; some buildings remained intact near others in ruins. "Aftershocks can be just as devastating as the initial quake," said Adjie Fachrurrazi, emergency response coordinator in Indonesia for the CARE aid organization, in a statement. "After an earthquake of this size, we know the immediate needs are going to be getting safe water, food and emergency supplies to the survivors. The question now is:

Question: what caused this

Question: What is the current death toll?

Question: What are people digging through?

Question: What kinds of tools have people been using to did through the rubble for survivors?

Question: What has hampered the rescue efforts?

Question: Who fears that 4,000 people are buried beneath rubble?

Question: when did this happen

Question: What has hampered rescue efforts?

Answer: devastating earthquakes in Indonesia,

Answer: 1,100

Answer: rubble

Answer: hammers, chisels and bare hands

Answer: heavy rainfall

Answer: United Nations officials

Answer: Saturday.

Answer: heavy rainfall


PADANG, Indonesia (CNN) -- The first school assembly since the earthquake was charged with emotion and grief. Students gather for the emotional assembly at their school in Padang, Indonesia. Students at SMA1 High School in Padang have been arriving amid the ruins of their classrooms hoping life will get back to normal quickly. They still don't know how many pupils were victims of the earthquake. Only half the 800 students turned up Monday. But there was a gasp of shock as the vice principal informed them that one member of staff had been killed in the quake. As prayers and a lament were sung in the yard, the emotion was too much for one teacher who fainted and was carried away. Many students have stories of narrow escapes and cheating death by seconds. Haria Fitri told me she was taking a shower when suddenly the bathroom started shaking violently. She grabbed a towel and ran downstairs and jumped out of a window, just as her house collapsed behind her. Many are clearly traumatized by what happened, mentioning how scared they are that another quake will again turn their world upside down. The teachers too seem stunned by what's happened. Most of the classrooms here are full of rubble and lessons are now being conducted in a tent outside, provided by United Nations Children's Fund, or UNICEF. 17-year-old student Harris Putrareza, said: "When I see my school, very big destruction, I get a little sad, but I am very happy to be back to my school." The school's English teacher, a warm, animated woman called Gustina said: "They feel very sad, they can't control their emotions, what pity our school is broken." In some ways the very spirit of the school has been damaged. It was built in 1917 during the Dutch colonial period and has survived numerous earthquakes down the years. But this one ripped the place apart, leaving mountains of red bricks lying on the desks and huge gaping holes in the ceiling. One building is simply too dangerous to enter and may have to be torn down. Everywhere there are little reminders of the day the earth shook so violently: the trophy cabinet full of toppled sports awards, the covered walkways choked with smashed stone pillars. The senior students are already wondering how they will cope when it comes to their important mid-term exams next week. The principal has announced a postponement, while they find a suitable room. Slowly the students at this highly-acclaimed school will refocus on their studies, but no one will forget that day at the end of September when everything changed in Padang.

Question: How many are still missing officially?

Question: Students at which school in Padang said prayers for dead and missing?

Answer: half

Answer: SMA1 High

Summary:
Death toll from two powerful earthquakes that struck Indonesia has risen to 608 .
343 are still missing officially, although the number could be closer to 1000 .
Students at SMA1 High School in Padang said prayers for dead and missing .
Many students have stories of narrow escapes and cheating death by seconds .


PADUCAH, Kentucky (CNN) -- Defense lawyers trying to save their client from the death penalty argued Tuesday that former U.S. soldier Steven Green exhibited clear symptoms of acute stress disorder in Iraq and that a military psychiatric nurse-practitioner failed to diagnose the troubled infantryman and pull him out of combat.

Former U.S. soldier Steven Green has been convicted of raping and killing a 14-year-old Iraqi girl.

Green was convicted last week in U.S. District Court in Kentucky of murder, rape, conspiracy and obstruction of justice.

A jury found Green guilty of a raping a 14-year-old girl, then killing her and setting her body on fire to destroy evidence. Green also was found guilty of killing the girl's parents and 6-year-old sister.

Green might become the first former U.S. soldier to face the death penalty for war crimes before a civilian court, where he was tried because he had been discharged from the military before his crimes came to light.

Four other former soldiers are in prison for their roles in the crimes and the cover-up that followed.

His lawyers offered testimony Tuesday from a psychiatrist who testified that a mental health review "did not meet acceptable mental health standards."

Dr. Pablo Stewart testified that a military nurse-practitioner who examined Green some three months before the crimes "had the answers in front of her that clearly marks all the symptoms of acute stress disorder or post-traumatic stress disorder."

Yet rather than pull Green out of combat or follow up with additional care, Stewart testified, the nurse-practitioner prescribed sleeping pills and sent Green back to his traffic checkpoint in an area known as the "Triangle of Death," one of the bloodiest areas of the Sunni-led insurgency.

Earlier, defense lawyers had identified the nurse practitioner as Lt. Col. Karen Marrs, and she was called by the defense to testify. She described Green's company as having the worst morale she'd ever seen, and she said the entire battalion was "red," meaning it was "mission incapable" -- the troops were "hostile, vengeful and needed increased control and command," without which there was a greater likelihood of misconduct.

The psychiatric nurse said it was important for soldiers to return to duty, not only to keep up troop numbers, but also because "soldiers evacuated prematurely have a hard time fitting in."

Marrs said procedures were followed, but it was difficult to keep precise records partly because soldier interviews took place under difficult conditions, in one case in a concrete structure that had a hole in the ceiling from a mortar shell.

She said troops often were counseled that "having sad and angry feelings are common," and that "you aren't a monster for having these thoughts in monstrous conditions."

At the time of Green's arrest, he told FBI agents, "You probably think I'm a monster."

Throughout the testimony Tuesday, Green repeatedly glanced at the jury. He appeared pale, wearing a light-blue button-down shirt and pressed khakis. He smiled at times while talking to his lawyers.

He seemed moved by the testimony of his uncle, Greg Simolke, who broke down several times while speaking about his nephew.

"(Steve) was one of these kids, everyone knows them, no matter what they do, nothing works out, like he had a black cloud hanging over him," Simolke said. Green lived with his uncle, an obstetrician, in North Carolina for a few months during his senior year in high school, according to testimony.

He moved back to Midland, Texas, where he was originally from, after a school counselor told him he was so far behind that he would have to take sophomore-level courses.

"I don't know if any of us realized how far behind he was," said Simolke, who went on to describe how proud he was when his nephew finished his military training.

"To me, that was a huge accomplishment for Steve," Simolke said before breaking down in tears.

Testimony in the penalty phase

Question: what is his defense

Question: Are they trying to pursue the death penalty?

Question: when disorder did they fail to diagnose?

Question: who is convicted of rape?

Question: what was steven green convicted of

Question: Who was convicted of rape?

Answer: acute stress disorder

Answer: save their client from the

Answer: acute stress

Answer: Steven Green

Answer: raping and killing a 14-year-old Iraqi girl.

Answer: Steven Green

Summary:
Former U.S. soldier Steven Green convicted in rape of Iraqi teen, murder of her family .
Green's defense lawyers trying to spare their client the death penalty .
They argue nurse-practitioner failed to diagnose clear case of acute stress disorder .
Nurse testifies soldier interviews took place under difficult conditions in Iraq .


PADUCAH, Kentucky (CNN) -- He arrives in the early morning hours, when the downtown streets here are empty and quiet. Former U.S. soldier Steven Green has been convicted of raping and killing a 14-year-old Iraqi girl. An electric gate jerks to life as the black sedan with tinted windows pulls into a parking lot protected by an iron fence. It's five blocks from the local county jail to the U.S. Federal Courthouse of Western Kentucky. Not even a five-minute drive. This is the only freedom Steven Green knows. He's ushered from the car by a contingent of U.S. marshals. It's 30 feet out in the open air. A brief chance to look up at the clouds. A moment to hear sounds not reverberated against cell walls: a bird, a car engine, a breeze in nearby trees. He is a lanky 24-year-old. He looks lean, like he could grow a little more. Not really a man, but too old to be called a boy. Regardless, he is a convicted murderer, rapist, and conspirator. The orange prison coveralls make him look a bit taller. The jury never sees Green in the fluorescent jumpsuit. Inside the federal courthouse there is a change of clothes. Usually it's a button-down shirt and a pair of khakis. He keeps his cuffs buttoned. He looks nerdish, and you half expect him to start working on the courtroom computers. Not like a man who once asked FBI agents if they thought he was "a monster." Evidence comes in a steady display of pictures and videos that seem oddly connected. The snapshot of a smiling woman lying in a field of bluebonnets. The image of a dead Iraqi strapped to the hood of an Army Humvee. A high school yearbook photo of a Texas football team. The diagram of a brain cell. Video of a firefight shot from an insurgent perspective. The most unusual trial exhibit sits against the wall behind the prosecutor's table: a small architectural mock-up of a home. Roughly 18 by 18 inches, it is like no home in Kentucky. A flat-topped square with a raised rectangular structure at the top providing access to the roof. It is beige in color. The tiny windows have tiny bars. It is a 3-D map of a crime scene. Earlier this month, a jury found Green guilty of a raping a 14-year-old girl who lived in the home in Iraq, then killing her and setting her body on fire to destroy evidence. Green also was found guilty of killing the girl's parents and 6-year-old sister. There is a casual manner to Steven Green's daily entrance into the courtroom. It defies the circumstances of the moment and the imagination without proper context. This is the sentencing phase of his death penalty trial and he is the defendant. Testimony resumes Monday, with the expectation of closing arguments as early as Wednesday. Green faces life in prison without the possibility of parole, or death in prison. The testimony transports the court to unusual places: across Texas following Green's dysfunctional childhood, into the sense of structure and order of Army basic training at Fort Benning, Georgia, and back to the chaos of horrendous combat situations four years ago in Iraq's Triangle of Death. Green is a former member of the 101st Airborne Division, inserted into a very bad section of Iraq during some of the worst fighting of the war. His memories are of a place known as Yusufiya, 20 miles south of Baghdad. Jurors form a mental picture of his life then as former members of his unit, Bravo Company, take the stand. Amid the military lingo, the witnesses pause occasionally, struggling to convey the contempt, confusion, exhaustion, and death they knew. They speak of being shot, of killings, booby traps and sudden bloody dismemberments. This toxic emotional mix is what former Pfc. Green knew in 2005 and 2006 almost every day, along with the very real possibility of his own death. If the jury opts for its most extreme option -- the death penalty

Question: For which crimes was Steven Green convicted?

Question: who was tried in the civillian court

Question: What state is the jury in?

Question: On what weekday could closing arguments start?

Question: who decides the death penalty

Question: who was convicted of murder

Question: When will the closing arguments begin?

Answer: of raping and killing a 14-year-old Iraqi girl.

Answer: Steven Green

Answer: Kentucky.

Answer: Wednesday.

Answer: the jury

Answer: Former U.S. soldier Steven Green

Answer: Wednesday.

Summary:
Steven Green was convicted of murder, rape in deaths of girl and her family in Iraq .
Jury in Kentucky to decide his sentence; death penalty a possibility .
Closing arguments could start as soon as Wednesday .
Green faces harsher penalty because he had left Army and was tried in civilian court .


PADUCAH, Kentucky (CNN) -- The aunt of former U.S. soldier Steven Green told jurors tearfully Monday that "We did not send a rapist and murderer to Iraq" as defense lawyers worked to save her nephew from a death sentence. Former U.S. soldier Steven Green has been convicted of raping and killing a 14-year-old Iraqi girl. Patty Ruth, a Texas elementary school principal, told a civilian jury about Green's childhood as a reader who loved to be hugged by relatives. "I do not know how we got to this spot," Ruth said in emotional testimony. "I do not know how this happened." Green was convicted last week in U.S. District Court in Kentucky of murder, rape, conspiracy and obstruction of justice in connection with a 2006 rape-and-murder south of Baghdad. A jury found him guilty of raping a 14-year-old girl, then killing her and setting her body on fire to destroy evidence. Green also was found guilty of killing the girl's parents and 6-year-old sister. He could become the first former U.S. soldier to face the death penalty for war crimes before a civilian court, where he was tried because he had been discharged from the military before his crimes came to light. Four other former soldiers are in prison for their roles in the crimes and the cover-up that followed. Green faces either death or life in prison without the possibility of parole. His fate will be in the hands of the jury by week's end. The defense has presented relatives and medical professionals who have pieced together a picture of Green's childhood as troubled and stressful. It included the breakup of his parents' marriage, routine beatings to the point of injury by an older brother and being moved about through Texas by his mother. Ruth, the final witness scheduled by the defense, said that when the idea of the military came up for her nephew, she was unsure the Army would accept him. Even after he received a high school diploma through a correspondence course, she said, "I could not picture or imagine how he could make it through basic training." Ruth said when she saw a picture of her nephew before his September 2005 deployment, she knew he wasn't "Stevie" anymore, standing as tall as his father in the photo at Fort Benning, Georgia. When he returned from Iraq 11 months later, he was "remarkably thin," Ruth said, and she noticed circles under his eyes. Green and his father spent a night at the Ruth home, his aunt said, and she remembered him pacing the yard while smoking. He fell asleep wearing his fatigues, she said. When asked by the defense about the rape-murder plot that left an Iraqi family dead near Yusufiya, about 20 miles south of Baghdad, Ruth responded, "He's my Steve. You can't stop loving someone." There were other family members in the court on Monday. Green's father, John, an oil field worker from Midland, Texas, looked on quietly. He did not testify. Ruth, who is John Green's sister, noted for the jury that Green's mother is not at the trial this week. The mother is moving and had to attend a going-away party, Ruth said. Final arguments are expected Wednesday.

Question: What is the potential sentence Green is facing?

Question: Who is Steve Green convicted of raping and murdering?

Question: When was he found guilty?

Question: What did his aunt say about him?

Question: Where was the incident in question?

Question: What is Steve Green convicted of?

Question: What was Green guilty of?

Answer: death or life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Answer: 14-year-old Iraqi girl.

Answer: last week

Answer: "We

Answer: Yusufiya,

Answer: of raping and killing a 14-year-old Iraqi girl.

Answer: convicted of raping and killing a 14-year-old Iraqi girl.

Summary:
Steven Green in sentencing phase after being convicted of rape, murder .
Green found guilty last week of incident in Iraq while he was soldier .
Aunt: "He's my Steve. You can't stop loving someone"


PALLAVAKAM, India (CNN) -- South India's sun beats down on a long line of trucks wending to the Bay of Bengal. In the back of these trucks, giant, brightly painted statues of the Hindu god Ganesha are waiting to be dropped in the nearby ocean. Ganesha worshippers transport their Idol for an immersion ritual. All over India, Hindus recently celebrated the birthday of the elephant god and now the idols made for this festivity are being taken to India's ocean, rivers and lakes and deposited. It's part of the Hindu religious cycle. But it's also a huge source of pollution. And in recent years, idol immersion has become a popular local event, with some statues so huge they must be lifted by cranes. The Ganeshas gleam with gold paint and glisten with reds, pinks and greens. But scientists who've studied the problem say these paints often contain toxic metals, such as lead and mercury. They contaminate plants, and poison fish and irrigation and drinking water. They end up in the human food chain. The problem is not just caused by idols of Ganesha, but by the many other Hindu god idols as well, such as Saraswati and Durga. Hundreds of thousands of god idols are immersed every year in festivals across India. A detailed study of the problem has been done by Shyam R. Asolekar of the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay. He estimates that, in the city of Mumbai alone, several hundred thousand idols are made annually.  Watch a Hindu immersion ritual » Decades ago, there were far fewer idols and idols were made of mud and biodegradable materials, Asolekar said. The effect also was "minimal" he said, because waterways weren't linked as they are now. As a result of water and irrigation projects, "connected water systems and dams have reduced the flow of water" and dramatically increased the effect of pollution. According to Asolekar's study, "Forbidding the disposal of painted idols, ornaments and decoration is the only sure way of protecting our water bodies." Various Indian states are testing out new approaches, such as mobile immersion tanks, and encouraging mud idols. Asolekar dismissed the idea of an eco-friendly idol, saying even large amounts of mud kill waterways. "The number of idols is so high," he said, "no matter what the material, there will always be an impact. Even organic substances in large quantities cause a problem." He suggests a "dry immersion," in which the idol is sprinkled symbolically with water and then later dried for reuse. This approach would face great hurdles in a country where religious rituals have deep social and cultural ties and change comes slowly. Another possible interim measure uses a polymer-lined tank for immersion. More than 100 such tanks have been installed in Mumbai. The linings can be rolled up after use and the materials separated into bio and nonbiodegradable materials for composting and landfill. The water is filtered. But this solution is far from ideal, Asolekar said, as tens of thousands of such tanks would be needed, and there is still plenty of contamination. "It will take time to change people's attitudes," he said.

Question:
What is a possible solution?
What contains toxic metals?
What is causing contamination?
What is the suggested solution?

Answer: polymer-lined tank for immersion.

Answer: paints

Answer: these paints often contain toxic metals, such as lead and mercury.

Answer: a polymer-lined tank for immersion.

Summary:
Hindu ritual of immersing idols in oceans, rivers and lakes is causing contamination .
Paints on idols often contain toxic metals, such as lead and mercury .
Pollutants contaminate plants, poison fish and irrigation and drinking water .
"Dry immersion" suggested as a solution -- idol is sprinkled symbolically with water .


PALMETTO, Georgia (CNN) -- The idea of investing in new home construction and high-end restaurant businesses would send most entrepreneurs running these days, but developers in a small community in rural Georgia say they're still growing. The community of Serenbe in rural Georgia is surrounded by 40,000 acres of dense forest. At first glance Serenbe is a bucolic scene of horses and stables ringed by 40,000 acres of dense oak and pine forest, but as you drive around the first bend, a collection of look-alike white houses emerges, giving the distinct impression of a conventional high-end housing development. But a 21st century high-tech eco-village soon emerges from the mists. There are paths leading to water recycling facilities, composting, recycling, and 25 acres of organic-certified farmland, four of which are planted with anything from hops for beer making to sweet peas. A silver sign is prominently displayed in recognition of Serenbe's ecologically sound construction, proving that Serenbe is not the average cookie-cutter housing development. Serenbe, a community founded on principles of farm-to-table cooking and environmentally conscious building techniques, has seen its fortunes rise while the rest of the country struggles. The development's founders have sold four homes and five building lots at the development since January alone, and they believe that innovation may be just the thing the economy needs. Founders Marie and Steve Nygren say they're running their business the old-fashioned way: looking back to what they call a "village model," where people shop and dine locally, helping to sustain each other's business while also creating less waste. "People are looking for what's important, quality of life, for them and their children. Many of the residents want to know their neighbors, and we're creating public spaces where they can interact," Steve says. The community started small: the Nygrens bought a farmhouse and 90 acres of land back in 1991. At first they used it as a weekend retreat from nearby Atlanta, but three years later they made it their permanent residence and workplace. Soon the 90 acres became 1000, the farmhouse became an inn, and the Nygrens developed a vision of community. "We're intentional in the way that we respect the environment. It's about the way you live, the way you interact, the way you eat," says Marie. It has also been a business success: today Serenbe is a four-year-old upscale housing development, where the starting price for a house is $350,000. In the last three years Serenbe has grown to a community of 160 residents, mostly young families who work in the Atlanta area, the self-employed or retired. So far, 102 freshly built environmentally friendly homes and business spaces have been rented and sold, a small collection of boutiques and galleries has popped up, and at the heart of the community, three restaurants are thriving.  See photos of what the community looks like » Hilary White is the latest chef to join Serenbe's community, and her 18-month-old restaurant, The Hil on the Hill, is now the centerpiece of the community's small commercial block. White came to Serenbe for the four-acre organic farm that is now steps away from her kitchen. She gets her kale there in the winter, her fruit in summer, and for most of the year enough produce for all of her cooking at the restaurant. Not only does she save fuel and energy by minimizing the products she has to have shipped in, but diners near and far are drawn to the freshness of farm-to-table cuisine. "The winter is a smaller menu, but in the summer it's endless," she says. Harvesting the last delicate bundles of this season's spinach for tonight's dinner, she already knows how to use them: "We like these leaves, nice and crinkly, holds the vinaigrette really well, and it's just got a real good flavor." In colder months she makes her culinary creations with hearty winter vegetables like shitake mushrooms,

Question: what is village surrounded by

Question: What do rural Georgia's community developers say?

Question: what was founded on principles of farm-to-table cooking

Question: what founded ?

Question: What is the high-tech eco-village surrounded by?

Question: On what principles was Serenbe founded?

Answer: 40,000 acres of dense forest.

Answer: they're still growing.

Answer: Serenbe,

Answer: Serenbe,

Answer: 40,000 acres of dense forest.

Answer: farm-to-table cooking and environmentally conscious building techniques,

Summary:
Serenbe founded on principles of farm-to-table cooking, green building techniques .
Rural Georgia community's developers say they're still growing .
High-tech eco-village is surrounded by oak and pine forest .
Homes, galleries, boutiques, restaurants all part of community .


PALO ALTO, California (CNN)  -- Sharing the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize helps underscore the urgency of the climate crisis, said former Vice President Al Gore on Friday. "This is a chance to elevate global consciousness about the challenges that we face now," said Al Gore. Gore's comments came hours after the Nobel committee announced he would share the award with the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for their work to raise awareness about global warming. "This is a chance to elevate global consciousness about the challenges that we face now," Gore said, speaking to reporters in Palo Alto, California. "It truly is a planetary emergency, and we have to respond quickly." The former vice president said he would donate his half of the $1.5 million prize to the Alliance for Climate Protection, an organization he founded to persuade people to reduce global warming by cutting pollution. "That amount is very small compared to the enormous challenge that lies ahead," Gore said, including organizing a massive grass-roots movement and a mass advertising campaign focused on "trying to change the way people think."  Watch Gore describe what he calls a 'planetary emergency' » Earlier Friday, a White House spokesman said President Bush was pleased that Gore, Bush's opponent in the 2000 presidential race, had won the award. "Of course, he's happy for Vice President Gore, happy for the International Panel on Climate Change scientists, who also shared the Peace Prize," White House deputy press secretary Tony Fratto said. "Obviously it's an important recognition, and we're sure the vice president is thrilled." Fratto said Bush would not be under any pressure to adopt mandatory caps on greenhouse gas emissions, a policy Gore has advocated. Gore's ex-boss, former President Clinton, also said he's "thrilled by this well-deserved recognition," and credited Gore with "warning and educating us about the dangers of climate change for decades. He saw this coming before others in public life." The Nobel committee's announcement cited Gore and the IPCC "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change." The award ceremony will be held December 10 in Oslo, Norway. In recent weeks, Gore has been the target of a campaign to persuade him to enter the 2008 presidential race. A source involved in Gore's past political runs told CNN that he definitely has the ambition to use the peace prize as a springboard to run for president. But he will not run, because he won't take on the political machine assembled by Sen. Hillary Clinton, said the source. If the senator from New York had faltered at all, Gore would take a serious look at entering the race, the source said. But Gore has calculated that Clinton is unstoppable, according to the source. Gore repeatedly denied he has any plans to run again, but this week a group of grass-roots Democrats calling themselves "Draft Gore" took out a full-page ad in The New York Times in a bid to change his mind. Watch Gore discuss global warming and politics "Your country needs you now, as do your party, and the planet you are fighting so hard to save," the group said in an open letter. "America and the Earth need a hero right now, someone who will transcend politics as usual and bring real hope to our country and to the world." The Nobel committee praised Gore as being "one of the world's leading environmentalist politicians." "He is probably the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted," said Ole Danbolt Mjos, chairman of the Nobel committee. In making the announcement, Mjos said, "Through the scientific reports it has issued over the past two decades, the IPCC has created an ever-broader informed consensus about the connection between human activities and global

Question:
What is Bush pleased about?
What is Al Gore warning of?
What did Al Gore win?
What is Gore not doing?
When is the presidential race?
who is the new company

Answer: opponent in the 2000 presidential race, had won the award.

Answer: "warning and educating us about the dangers of climate change for decades.

Answer: the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize

Answer: won't take on the political machine assembled by Sen. Hillary Clinton,

Answer: 2008

Answer: Alliance for Climate Protection,

Summary:
NEW: Al Gore warns of "planetary emergency," announces new ad campaign .
Ex-President Clinton says Gore has warned of dangers for decades .
Source: Gore won't use prize as springboard to enter 2008 presidential race .
White House: President Bush pleased that Gore, U.N. panel won peace prize .


PANAMA CITY, Panama (CNN)  -- Ricardo Martinelli, the multimillionaire owner of a supermarket chain, was inaugurated as president of Panama on Wednesday. Ricardo Martinelli is a pro-business conservative who defeated a candidate from the ruling center-left party. National Assembly President Jose Luis Varela performed the swearing-in and placed the presidential sash on Martinelli, a pro-business conservative who defeated a candidate from the ruling center-left party in May. The citizens of Panama "want things to be done differently," Varela said at the inauguration. "An attitude of change starts today." In his first speech as president, Martinelli promised a smaller government budget but raises for public workers. Public safety, an issue that the outgoing administration of Martin Torrijos struggled to maintain, will be a priority, Martinelli said. "Our prisons will be rehabilitation centers, not schools for criminals," he said. Panama will also work with Mexico and Colombia to combat drug trafficking in the region, Martinelli said. Among the dignitaries at the inauguration was deposed Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted in a military-led coup Sunday. The Organization of American States has condemned the coup, and Zelaya has continued to carry out his presidential duties. The son of Italian immigrants, Martinelli, 57, is a self-made businessman who is chairman of the Super 99 supermarket chain, one of the largest private companies in Panama. The U.S.-educated president previously served as minister and chairman of the board of directors of the Panama Canal Authority and formerly was director of social security for Panama, according to his Web site. Martinelli won the presidency with 60 percent of the votes in a race against ruling-party candidate Balbina Herrera.

Question: Who was inaugurated?

Question: What does Ricardo Martinelli own?

Question: what are the promises from martinelli?

Question: Who promised a smaller government budget?

Question: who is the owner of the supermarket chain?

Question: What did the new president say?

Question: What does the president say Panama will fight?

Question: Who attended the ceremony?

Question: Ricardo Martinelli owns what?

Question: What did president do?

Question: Who was inaugurated?

Question: The deposed president of which country attended the ceremony?

Question: who is the owner

Question: what was the promise

Question: who attended the ceremony

Answer: Ricardo Martinelli,

Answer: a supermarket chain,

Answer: promised a smaller government budget but raises for public workers.

Answer: Ricardo Martinelli,

Answer: Ricardo Martinelli,

Answer: "An attitude of change starts today."

Answer: combat drug trafficking in the region,

Answer: Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya,

Answer: supermarket chain,

Answer: performed the swearing-in and placed the presidential sash on Martinelli,

Answer: Ricardo Martinelli,

Answer: Honduran

Answer: Ricardo Martinelli,

Answer: smaller government budget but raises for public workers.

Answer: Jose Manuel Zelaya,

Summary:
NEW: Deposed Honduran president attends ceremony .
Supermarket chain owner Ricardo Martinelli inaugurated .
Martinelli promises smaller government budget, raises for public workers .
New president says Panama will fight drug trafficking in region .


PANAMA CITY, Panama (CNN)  -- The sole survivor of a plane crash that killed two Americans and a Panamanian pilot was awake and talking Wednesday, a doctor said. Francesca Lewis, 13, apparently fell out of the plane or was ejected on impact, her mother, Valerie Lewis, told CNN on Wednesday. The girl endured two days in the rugged mountains of Panama, in frigid temperatures and heavy rain, before rescuers stumbled upon her in the wreckage on Christmas Day. "She's doing all right," Valerie Lewis said. "She is having tests done at the hospital right now, and so far things seem good -- kind of miraculous. "The fact that she so far doesn't seem to have any major damage seems incredible." Dr. Alexander Quidano at the Mae Lewis Medical Center in Boquete, Panama, said Francesca was in stable condition, awake and speaking. She was being treated for a fractured arm and several cuts, but tests, including a CAT scan, were under way to make sure nothing else was wrong, Quidano said. Francesca apparently was disoriented when her rescuers saw her under a wing of the wrecked plane, her mother said. She thought she was at home and wondered why an airplane wing was in her house, her mother said. Rescuers carried the girl on a stretcher for three and a half hours in torrential rain over rugged terrain to a helicopter. "We're so relieved to have her with us," her mother said. The small plane disappeared Sunday in a mountainous area of Panama. Authorities found the bodies of pilot Edwin Lasso, American businessman Michael Klein and Klein's 13-year-old daughter, Talia, about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to a statement posted on the Web site of Panama's civil protection agency. Francesca and Talia were friends.  Watch latest from school the girls attended » Rescuers planned to retrieve the three bodies Wednesday, said Thomas Mesa, a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Panama City. Klein, a 37-year-old hedge fund manager, was vacationing with the two girls when they took the flight Sunday to photograph a volcano in Chiriqui province, about 285 miles west of Panama City. Authorities think the small single-engine Cessna ran into bad weather. Radio contact with the flight was lost about noon Sunday. Authorities and hundreds of volunteers spent the last two days searching the dense jungles and mountainous terrain, but heavy rain in the area had hampered recovery efforts. "I just want to thank all of the people that cared so much about trying to help us," Valerie Lewis said. "So many people tried to help, and at great effort and sacrifice, and through the Christmas holiday. "I mean, the most important family holiday, people were giving up that to go and trudge through the mud. It was like looking for a needle in a haystack. We really appreciate everything that was done." Klein was president and CEO of eGroups Inc. in 1999 and 2000, when Yahoo! acquired the company, merging it with its own e-mail services and changing its name to Yahoo! Groups, which now serves more than 100 million users worldwide. "My heart goes out to everyone," Valerie Lewis said. "We all have been through a tremendous trauma together." E-mail to a friend

Question:
What was the age of the girl?
What was the girl a survivor of?
Who carried the girl 3.5 hours?
What was the girl feeling?
What did the mother say?
What did she survive?
who was disoriented?
What seemed incredible?

Answer: 13,

Answer: a plane crash

Answer: Rescuers

Answer: disoriented

Answer: apparently fell out of the plane or was ejected on impact,

Answer: plane crash

Answer: Francesca Lewis,

Answer: "The fact that she so far doesn't seem to have any major damage seems incredible."

Summary:
NEW: Girl, 13, was disoriented when found under wing, mother says .
NEW: Lack of major injuries "seems incredible," mother says .
NEW: Rescuers carried girl 3.5 hours over mountains in heavy rain .
Girl was only survivor in Panama crash that killed three .


PANAMA CITY, Panama (CNN) -- A helicopter crashed into a building in Panama City on Thursday, killing 11 of the 12 people aboard, including Chile's federal police chief, a Panamanian government official said. The incident occurred during the afternoon in a commercial zone of the city as the Panamanian helicopter was carrying several Panamanian police officials and six members of a group from Chile. They had been attending a regional forum in the city of Colon, the official said. Witnesses said a rotor blade hit a three-story building, causing the helicopter to fall in a ball of fire. Several people on the ground were burned, and the building -- which houses a clothing store -- also caught fire.  Watch emergency workers at the scene » It took firefighters hours to control the flames and to keep the blaze from spreading to other buildings. "The principal problem is the smoke and the toxic gases; that's what makes the work more difficult," said Cecilio Lasso, one of the firefighters. Chilean police chief Gen. Jose Alejandro Bernales and his wife were among the dead, the official said. A delegation from Chile was expected to arrive late Thursday to help identify the bodies. No cause was immediately identified for the crash. "It's an old but well-maintained helicopter," said Daniel Delgado Diamante, minister of government and justice. "It was in good shape. Of course, now there will be a process of validating that." The Chilean government has declared three days of mourning.

Question: What did witnesses say?

Question: How many people were killed?

Question: How many people on the helicopter were killed?

Question: What did the witnesses see?

Question: What was the cause of the crash?

Question: How many people were on the helicopter?

Answer: said a rotor blade hit a three-story building, causing the helicopter to fall in a ball of fire.

Answer: 11

Answer: 11 of the 12

Answer: a rotor blade hit a three-story building, causing the helicopter to fall in a ball of fire.

Answer: rotor blade hit a three-story building,

Answer: 12

Summary:
11 of 12 people on helicopter were killed, including Chile's national police chief .
Incident occurred during the afternoon in a commercial zone of Panama City .
Witnesses said a blade of the rotor hit a three-story building .
No cause of the crash was immediately identified .


PARIS, France (CNN)  -- French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand said Thursday he will not resign over accounts in a book he wrote in 2005 about paying to have sex with "boys" in Thailand. Frederic Mitterrand admitted to paying for sex with  "boys" in his 2005 autobiography, "The Bad Life." In an interview with French television network TF1, Mitterrand said he "absolutely condemn[s] sexual tourism, which is a disgrace, and ... pedophilia," in which he insisted he has never participated. Despite the use of the French word "garcon" in his 2005 book "The Bad Life," Mitterrand, 62, has previously said the term did not mean "little boys." He said the males he paid for sex were his age, or maybe five years younger, but not underage -- and the relations were consensual. "Anyway, you can recognize someone who's 40 years old ..." he told TF1. A 40-year-old man "doesn't look like a minor," he added, suggesting that his partners were middle-aged men. His actions, Mitterrand said, were "without a doubt, an error," but "a crime, no," he said in the interview. Despite recent calls to resign from the far-right National Front and the left-leaning Socialist Party, Mitterrand, who is openly gay, vowed to stay in his job. He said he met Thursday morning with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and that the president supports him. In a July interview with the weekly French news magazine Le Nouvel Observateur, Sarkozy said he had read Mitterrand's book, and found it "courageous and talented." The controversy over the revelations in his book -- which he called neither autobiography nor memoir -- erupted anew after Mitterrand deplored the arrest last week of filmmaker Roman Polanski, who fled the United States in 1977 after pleading guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl. The culture minister told TF1 that he was "too emotional" when he denounced the filmmaker's arrest in Switzerland as "horrifying." "To see him thrown to the lions for an old story that really has no meaning, and to see him alone, imprisoned, when he was going to attend a ceremony where he was to be honored, that is to say, he was trapped, it's absolutely horrifying," he said October 4, according to Agence France Presse. The far-right National Front organized an anti-Mitterrand demonstration in Paris on Thursday evening. "Send this message on to everyone who will not put up with this indecency!" the party's Web site said. The party's vice president, Marine Le Pen, has demanded Mitterrand's resignation for what she termed his sexually deviant acts. Mitterrand responded, saying, "It's an honor to be dragged through the mud by the National Front." Mitterrand's acts of "sexual tourism" have left "a dark smudge" on the government, Le Pen said. The group is also gathering signatures on a petition, online and on paper, from those who want Mitterrand to step down. "We really hope he will resign," National Front communications director Julien Sanchez told CNN. "It's an embarrassment for our country, that our culture minister has done this. It affects our international image. It's not right," he added.  Watch report on the controversy surrounding French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterand » On the other side of the political spectrum, the left-leaning Socialist Party suggested Sarkozy should consider Mitterrand's position. "It's up to President Sarkozy to decide whether or not we can be involved in the fight against child prostitution and sexual tourism, and whether or not the acts written in an autobiography -- written by a minister -- are acts of sexual commerce," said party spokesman Benoit Hamon. "If everything is relative and Mr. Mitterrand can be excused because he's famous, well, I don't excuse his behavior," Hamon said. Martine Aubry, the

Question: What was published?

Question: what did he do for roman polanski

Question: What does hte minister condemn?

Question: what was written in the book

Question: WHo wrote the book?

Question: Who did Mitterand come to the defense of after his arrest?

Question: Who denied he was a pedophile?

Question: What book written in 2005 Frederic Mitterrand?

Question: What is the name of the book by Frederic Mitterrand?

Question: What condemns the Minister of Culture?

Question: What does the cultural minister condemn?

Answer: autobiography, "The Bad Life."

Answer: deplored the arrest

Answer: sexual tourism,

Answer: paying to have sex with "boys" in Thailand.

Answer: Frederic Mitterrand

Answer: Roman Polanski,

Answer: French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand

Answer: "The Bad Life."

Answer: "The Bad Life."

Answer: sexual tourism, which is a disgrace, and

Answer: sexual tourism,

Summary:
Culture minister condemns sexual tourism, denies he is a pedophile .
Frederic Mitterrand, in 2005 book, wrote of paying for sex with "boys" in Thailand .
Le Monde on Thursday published steamy excerpts from "The Bad Life"
Mitterand came to the defense of Roman Polanski after the filmmaker's arrest .


PARIS, France (CNN)  -- Friends and relatives of the 216 passengers and 12 crew members on Air France Flight 447 are coming to terms with the news that wreckage from the flight was found in the Atlantic Ocean. Eithne Walls, who danced with Riverdance on Broadway, was aboard Air France flight 447. Among those on board were a member of Brazil's former royal family, a one-time performer with the Riverdance troupe, a Rio city official, executives from major international companies and an 11-year-old British schoolboy. Pedro Luis de Orleans e Braganca, 26, was a descendant of the family that ruled Brazil until 1889, a branch of the former Portuguese royal family. The Orleans and Braganca family considered him to be fourth in line to the throne. Pedro Luis was the oldest son of Prince Antonio and Princess Christine, the family said. He was the only member of the family on the flight, his relatives said. Eithne Walls, who danced with Riverdance on Broadway, was also on the plane, said Julian Erskine, senior executive producer of the troupe. "I never saw her without a smile on her face," Erskine said in a statement. "It is hard to believe that such a bright light could be quenched so early and while burning so brilliantly." She joined the Irish dance troupe in 1998 and performed with them for most of a decade, studying medicine at the same time, Erskine said.  Watch CNN's Paula Newton report on families awaiting news of Air France Flight 447 » "Anyone who traveled with Eithne will remember the medical books always on the go and her constant attention to her studies," he said. "Without doubt she was someone with a rich future stretching out ahead of her." The wife one passenger said Tuesday she was only beginning to come to grips with the likelihood that he is dead. "I have to say, maybe today I'm realizing he might not come back," Patricia Coakley told a reporter about her husband, Arthur. The structural engineer and designer had completed a business trip to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and was flying to Paris, France, on his way back to their home in Whitby, North Yorkshire, near England's northeast coast. Coakley said her husband hated his cell phones and usually left them switched off. "But yesterday it was ringing, so maybe they're not at the bottom of the sea. That's my hope. But I think it's maybe fading today." He had originally planned to return home on May 19, but his boss asked him to stay in Brazil until Sunday, she said. "He shouldn't have been on that flight," she said. "He should have been on the earlier flight." In a telephone call he told her he was excited about returning to see their three children and their plans to go on vacation Friday to the Greek island of Corfu, she said. "All his stuff's ready should he turn up," she added. "We had so many plans, and they've taken it all away, haven't they?" she asked rhetorically, without identifying "they." "God wouldn't be so cruel." She described her husband as a religious man. "It used to drive me mad. He used to read the Bible every night. And if he thought he was going to get pissed [drunk], he used to read it before he left the house." The two loved to travel, and he would ask her, "Where should we go next, darling?" she recalled. But they had been based in England for 25 years to give their children a sense of stability, she said. "His priority was sea view and mine was trees and we found it," she said, pointing to both, her eyes welling. "It was just going to be repainted next week." Thinking about the moment when an apparent catastrophic failure caused the jet and its 228 occupants to plunge into the

Question: How many passengers were on the missing plane?

Question: Where was the schoolboy from?

Question: Where did the flight disappear?

Question: What number of passengers went missing?

Answer: 216

Answer: British

Answer: Atlantic Ocean.

Answer: 216

Summary:
Member of Brazil's former royal family among 216 passengers on missing plane .
One-time performer with Riverdance troupe, British schoolboy also aboard .
Air France flight disappeared over Atlantic after taking off from Brazil .
Majority of the presumed dead came from Brazil, France and Germany .


PARIS, France (CNN)  -- No matter when you go, Paris has that certain 'je ne sais quoi' that makes it special. But time your visit right and you could find yourself taking part in one of the city's signature events. Ice skating in front of the grand facade of the Hotel de Ville on a crisp winter day. Fashion Weeks Paris is eponymous with style, and fashionistas will be in seventh heaven during the city's haute couture fashion weeks, in January and June/July each year. Celeb-spotting, cooing over clothes and scrambling for a seat at Galliano are par for the course: just make sure your image is up to it. Bastille Day If freedom and fireworks are your thing, what better time to be in Paris than 14 July, or Bastille Day, when you can celebrate the storming of the hated prison, symbol of repression and aristocratic excess. Watch the military parade down the Champs Elysees, enjoy the Eiffel Tower fireworks from the Champ de Mars, and raise a glass to liberte, egalite and fraternite. No guillotines allowed -- and most of the metros are closed, so be prepared to walk home. Paris Plages It's still true that many of Paris' residents leave the city in August, shutting up shop and heading to the beach, but for the past few years the Paris Plages have brought that holiday feel to the city. Sand dunes, swimming pools and petanque are all things you might associate with France's south coast resorts, but all can be found on the riverbank from late July until late August each year. The FIAC (International Fair of Contemporary Art) October's Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain (FIAC) sees gallery-owners and collectors of contemporary art descend on the Louvre and the Grand Palais for one of the art world's major dates. There's an emphasis on up-and-coming artists and newer galleries from across Europe. Works of art in all media -- painting, drawing, prints, photography, sculpture and more -- are on display and available to purchase. Ice skating in front of Hotel de Ville If you like your outdoor pursuits to be frosty and free, you'll love the ice rink that's outside the Hotel de Ville every December until March. Rent your skates or bring your own and glide around the rink, hand in hand with a loved one, gazing at the beautiful buildings that surround the square, then warm up with a chocolat chaud at a nearby cafe. Could Paris be any more romantic?

Question: When do the fashion weeks take place?

Question: July 14 is the biggest date why?

Question: Where is the Hotel de Ville?

Question: Where is the Hotel de Ville located?

Question: What is the biggest date in the calendar?

Question: What spot is the best for a romantic moment?

Answer: January and June/July each year.

Answer: you can celebrate the storming of the hated prison, symbol of repression and aristocratic excess.

Answer: Paris

Answer: Paris

Answer: Bastille Day,

Answer: Paris

Summary:
The biggest date in the calendar is 14 July, which celebrates the French revolution .
From July to August, sun worshippers can bathe on beaches on the riverbank .
Style gurus migrate to the city twice a year to take part in fashion week .
In Winter, ice skate in front of the Hotel de Ville for the ultimate romantic moment .


PARIS, France (CNN)  -- Opposition lawmakers Tuesday ridiculed President Nicolas Sarkozy for taking France back into NATO's military command after more than 40 years, but were unable to stop the move when it came to a vote. French troops on patrol with the Afghan army as part of the NATO mission in Afghanistan. The National Assembly voted in favor of Sarkozy's plan, 329-238. Socialist Laurent Fabius, a former prime minister, told Prime Minister Francois Fillon: "You tell us this would mean more independence and more influence. It would probably mean less independence and less influence." The move did not technically require parliamentary approval, but the president's party scheduled the debate to give opponents a chance to voice their opinions -- and to show a majority backed it. Asking the National Assembly to vote on the issue also showed how sensitive the matter is in France. France was a founding member of the NATO alliance in 1949 but it left the military structure in 1966 amid friction with the United States. "To cooperate is to lose your independence," French President Charles de Gaulle said at the time. For the next 43 years, even though France selectively participated in NATO military operations, de Gaulle's principle remained the governing cornerstone of French foreign policy. If Paris took orders from NATO military commanders, it was reasoned, the nation would no longer have complete control of its destiny. Sarkozy, however, believes the opposite -- that cooperation in NATO is a guarantee of French independence. Rejoining NATO's military command, he argued, will give France a seat at the table for decision-making. From its earliest years, the organization's trans-Atlantic ties were strained because U.S. analysts warned that if the European allies failed to increase their contributions to the alliance, they risked losing the support of the United States, according to NATO. Meanwhile, the European nations felt the United States was trying to dominate the organization, according to NATO. De Gaulle's 1966 decision meant no French forces could be under permanent allied command and that France would have no participation in defense planning. In 1995, France rejoined NATO's military committee, which advises NATO's political authorities on military policy and strategy and provides guidance on military matters to NATO's strategic commanders. While France was still not a part of the military command, it contributed troops and funding to NATO activities, including actions in Kosovo and Afghanistan. Half of all French troops outside the country are assigned to NATO military operations. Opponents of Sarkozy's move -- who include some members of his party -- believe de Gaulle, not Sarkozy, had it right. They started a last-minute petition drive to stop his march back into NATO. "With this decision, France will return as a subordinate country and will lose its ability to represent another image in the world," said Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, a member of the French National Assembly. The president's allies calculate Sarkozy's move will strengthen Europe's hand on defense issues. "There will be more European weight in the way decisions will be made," said Louis Giscard d'Estaing, a member of the National Assembly's U.S. Friendship Committee. "Therefore, the balance of power between the USA and Europe will be re-established within this French move." CNN's Sunaina Karkarey and Jim Bittermann contributed to this report

Question: What did de Gaulle say?

Question: What is politically sensitive?

Question: What country is he from?

Question: in what year President Charles de Gaulle membership meant losing independance?

Question: What is the name of the president?

Answer: "To cooperate is to lose your independence,"

Answer: Asking the National Assembly to vote on the issue

Answer: France

Answer: 1966

Answer: Nicolas Sarkozy

Summary:
French National Assembly backs president's plan to rejoin NATO .
President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan is politically sensitive .
France was a founding member of NATO but left in 1966 .
President Charles de Gaulle said in 1966 membership meant losing independence .


PARIS, France (CNN)  -- The Air France plane that crashed a month ago off the coast of Brazil "did not break up or become destroyed in flight," but bellyflopped intact into the Atlantic Ocean, the French air investigation agency announced Thursday. Relatives and friends of an Air France steward follow his coffin during his funeral last week in Rio de Janeiro. "The plane went straight down, almost vertically... towards the surface of the water, very very fast," air accident investigator Alain Bouillard said. Based on visual study of the physical remains of the Airbus A330 that have been recovered, "we were able to see that the plane hit the surface of the water flat. Therefore everything was pushed upwards -- everything was pushed from the bottom to the top" of the plane, he said. The 228 people killed in the crash "had no time to prepare," he said.  Watch more about Flight 447's descent » But Bouillard said he did not have autopsy results from the bodies recovered, and did not know why no one lived through the crash. "I don't know why nobody survived," he said. "I don't know the intensity of the impact. Perhaps we will find out from the autopsies. Perhaps we will never know." Bouillard said it was still unclear what caused the crash, the deadliest in Air France's 75-year history. "Today we are very far from establishing the causes of the accident," he said. But there is no reason to ground Airbus A330 airplanes, he said. "There is no problem with flying these airplanes." Pressed by a reporter on why he was not ordering the model to stop flying, he said the fleet has flown millions of miles and there are currently 660 of them flying. "Statistically, this would answer the question," he said. Air France 447 was unable to fly on autopilot at the time of the crash, the investigator said. That was because the autopilot was not receiving speed, wind or direction information, he said. "These tell us that the plane has to be, in this case, directed by the pilot," he said. He did not immediately say if the pilots were in control of Air France 447. The last contact with the plane was at 2:10 a.m. local time on June 1. "Right after that 24 automated messages came through" about the status of the plane, he said. Those messages were what enabled investigators to determine that the autopilot would not have had enough information to fly the plane, he said. No air-traffic controllers seem to have been monitoring the flight when it went down, investigations have found. It would normally have been "handed over" from controllers in South America to others in Africa while flying over the Atlantic, but that did not happen, Bouillard said. "We want to know why there was no concern in Dakar (in Senegal, west Africa) when this plane was not handed over," he said. The plane was flying through severe storms when it went down. Three other flights on similar routes changed course within an hour after Air France 447 flew into the bad weather. A Spanish, French and German flight all experienced turbulence in the same region and diverted as much as 100 km (62 miles) off course to avoid bad weather, Bouillard said. All three flights had problems communicating with air traffic control. Investigators will continue searching for the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder -- commonly known as "black boxes" -- until July 10, said Bouillard, of the French air accident investigation agency known as the BEA. "They normally give a signal for 30 days. We will keep listening another 10 days," he said. Air France said Thursday it was of "capital importance" to find the recorders, "which would enable the investigators to analyze the causes of the accident, whatever these may be. No effort must be spared in achieving this end." Bouillard said investigators would

Question: What was the airline involved in the crash?

Question: What was the number of the Airbus?

Question: When will the investigators stop looking for the flight recorders?

Question: When did the plane crash?

Question: In what month did the crash occur?

Question: On which oceans seabed do they believe the wreckage sits?

Question: Where is the wreckage?

Question: Which Air France plane was involved in the crash?

Answer: Air France

Answer: A330

Answer: July 10,

Answer: a month ago

Answer: June

Answer: Atlantic

Answer: Atlantic Ocean,

Answer: Flight 447's

Summary:
Air France plane that crashed in June "did not break up in flight," officials say .
Airbus A330 was unable to fly on autopilot at the time of the crash .
Investigators will search for data recorders until July 10, investigator says .
Plane wreckage believed to be on Atlantic seabed, around 4,500 meters deep .


PARIS, France (CNN)  -- The French National Assembly announced Tuesday the creation of an inquiry into whether women in France should be allowed to wear the burka, one day after President Nicolas Sarkozy controversially told lawmakers that the traditional Muslim garment was "not welcome" in France. A woman wears traditionnal Muslim dress n Venissieux, near Lyon. A cross-party panel of 32 lawmakers will investigate whether the traditional Muslim garment poses a threat to the secular nature of the French constitution. They are due to report back with their recommendations in six months. Last week 57 lawmakers -- led by communist legislator Andre Gerin -- signed a petition calling for a study into the feasibility of legislation to ban the burka in public places. On Monday Sarkozy declared in a keynote parliamentary address that the burka, which covers women from head to toe, is "not welcome" in France.  Watch why burkas are such a controversial issue in France » "The problem of the burka is not a religious problem. This is an issue of a woman's freedom and dignity. This is not a religious symbol. It is a sign of subservience; it is a sign of lowering. I want to say solemnly, the burka is not welcome in France," Sarkozy told lawmakers. The right of Muslim women to cover themselves is fiercely debated in France, which has a large Muslim minority but also a staunchly secular constitution. Should Muslim women in France be banned from wearing the burka? Sound Off below In 2004, the French parliament passed legislation banning Muslim girls from wearing headscarves in state schools, prompting widespread Muslim protests. The law also banned other conspicuous religious symbols including Sikh turbans, large Christian crucifixes and Jewish skull caps. Last year, France's top court denied a Moroccan woman's naturalization request on the grounds that she wore a burka. Some lawmakers have called for burkas to be banned completely, claiming they are degrading to women. They also include housing minister Fadela Amara, a Muslim-born women's rights campaigner, who has called the garment "a kind of tomb for women." "We cannot accept in our country women trapped behind a fence, cut off from social life, deprived of any identity. This is not the idea that we have of a woman's dignity," Sarkozy said Monday. But French Muslim leaders say that only a small minority of women wear the full veil and had previously criticized calls for the issue to be the subject of a parliamentary inquiry. "To raise the subject like this, via a parliamentary committee, is a way of stigmatizing Islam and the Muslims of France," Mohammed Moussaoui, the head of the French Council for the Muslim Religion, told AFP last week. "We are shocked by the idea parliament should be put to work on such a marginal issue." According to CIA estimates, between 5 and 10 percent of France's 64 million population are Muslim. The country does not collect its own statistics on religion in accordance with laws enshrining France's status as a secular state. France is not the only European Union country to have considered banning the burka. Dutch lawmakers voted in favor of a ban in 2005, although the government of the time was defeated in elections before it could pass legislation to outlaw the garment.

Question: What are French lawmakers considering?

Question: Debate is raging in France about what?

Question: President Sarkozy says what is not welcome in France?

Question: French lawmakers are considering what?

Question: what will lawmakers consider

Answer: whether women in France should be allowed to wear the burka,

Answer: The right of Muslim women to cover themselves

Answer: the burka,

Answer: burkas to be banned completely,

Answer: whether women in France should be allowed to wear the burka,

Summary:
French lawmakers to consider whether burka threatens French secularism .
Panel set up after President Sarkozy says burka not welcome in France .
Debate is raging in France about Muslim women wearing the traditional garment .


PARIS, France (CNN) -- A Pablo Picasso sketchbook with 33 pencil drawings disappeared from a locked glass case in a museum in Paris overnight, the French Ministry of Culture announced Tuesday. The sketchbook was discovered missing from the Picasso Museum in Paris overnight. The police were immediately alerted, as was a special unit that combats the trade in stolen cultural artifacts. The sketchbook has a red varnished cover with the word "Album" inscribed on it in gold lettering, and measures 16 centimeters by 24 centimeters (6 inches by 9 inches). Picasso used the sketchbook between 1917 and 1924 when he was in his late 30s and early 40s. The period was extraordinarily eventful for the artist, including collaborations and tours with the Ballets Russes, his marriage to Olga Khokhlova, a dancer from the company, and the birth of his son Paul. Picasso was shifting from the famous Cubist style he helped create to his neo-Classical phase during the years covered by the sketchbook, according a biography on his official Web site. CNN's Niki Cook contributed to this report

Question:
what is missing?
what does it look like?
how many drawings missing
The artist used the sketchbook when?
when was the notebook used?
What color is the cover?

Answer: A Pablo Picasso sketchbook with 33 pencil drawings

Answer: The sketchbook has a red varnished cover with the word "Album" inscribed on

Answer: 33 pencil

Answer: between 1917 and 1924

Answer: between 1917 and 1924

Answer: red

Summary:
Sketchbook of Pablo Picasso drawings missing from Paris museum, officials say .
Special unit that combats the trade in stolen cultural artifacts was notified .
The artist used the sketchbook between 1917 and 1924 .
Description: Red varnished cover with "Album" inscription, 6-by-9 inches .


PARIS, France (CNN) -- A gunman holed up across the street from a French nursery school opened fire Friday on mothers and nannies entering the building to pick up children for lunch, slightly injuring eight adults, police said. French police at the Lyon nursery school Friday. Two of the injured were taken to a hospital. No children were harmed, said officials from the Ecole Maternelle, located in Lyon in southeastern France. Police said the shooter, who remained at large, used an air rifle. The school was closed and a security cordon set up around it and other schools in the district, police said. In an interview with the French radio network RTL, Lyon Mayor Thierre Philip expressed doubt that the school was the gunman's real target. "It was pedestrians, especially mothers or nannies who came to pick up the children, who were hurt," he said. CNN's Sujatha Samy contributed to this report.

Question: What did the shooter use?

Question: Who was the target of the gunman?

Question: What type of gun was used?

Question: Where was the nursery school?

Question: Who did the mayor say were the target?

Question: In what city were people injured by a gunman?

Question: What shooter fired at a nursery school?

Question: What casualties resulted from the shooting?

Answer: air rifle.

Answer: pedestrians, especially mothers or nannies

Answer: air rifle.

Answer: Lyon in southeastern France.

Answer: "It was pedestrians, especially mothers or nannies who came to pick up the children,

Answer: PARIS,

Answer: A gunman

Answer: eight adults,

Summary:
Eight injured by gunman who opens fire at nursery school in Lyon, France .
Police said the shooter used an air rifle and was not captured .
Security cordon set up around area schools .
Mayor says he thinks pedestrians rather than the school were gunman's target .


PARIS, France (CNN) -- A major donors conference to raise funds for the Palestinians has gone beyond expectations, with donors pledging $7.4 billion to help build a Palestinian state, organizers said Monday. France's Nicolas Sarkoxy, left, welcomes Tony Blair and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Monday. Other delegations at the Paris meeting are offering aid in kind, such as the International Monetary Fund, which said it would provide monitoring of the Palestinians' promised reforms to reassure donors that their money would be used efficiently. Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad called the pledge of money a "vote of confidence" in the Palestinians. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said the support of donors needed to be repaid in the coming months with steps to create a lasting settlement. "Over the next few months, we have to show people our capability of making the difference on the ground," said Blair, who co-hosted the conference in his new role as envoy for the so-called Middle East Quartet of the United Nations, United States, European Union and Russia. The Paris conference focuses on short-term priorities for the Palestinians, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy said those include providing immediate support for the Palestinian people -- particularly those living in Gaza -- and stabilizing the Palestinian economy.  Watch CNN's Jim Bittermann explain the conference's aims » It follows on the heels of last month's peace talks in the U.S. in which Israeli and Palestinian leaders vowed to negotiate a final-status agreement by the end of 2008. French President Nicolas Sarkozy said France would donate $300 million, and the United States was expected to pledge more than $500 million. Central to the Palestinians' request for aid is a three-year reform plan that the Palestinians prepared for the conference. The plan, which covers 2008 to 2010, centers on economic development and government reform. The World Bank praised the plan, calling it a "promising effort" to link policy-making, planning and budgeting. But in a report released Monday, the World Bank pointed out the reforms would succeed in helping Palestinians only if they were accompanied by both donor aid and Israeli actions. Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni spoke of taking such actions, saying Israel is committed to meeting its responsibilities under the Middle East road map, especially regarding the contentious issue of settlements. Livni said an agreement had been reached with the European Union to provide training for Palestinian police. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said the Palestinians didn't lack will or determination but resources. He promised donors that Palestinians would work hard to create a modern country in control of its security. "We are at a historic stage today, and the destiny of our region and peace depends on this," said Abbas, who requested the conference be held. Abbas earlier had requested $5.6 billion in aid over the next three years. Sarkozy repeatedly told the conference he is a "friend of Israel," but he urged the Israeli government to withdraw troops from the West Bank, freeze settlements, reopen institutions in East Jerusalem and help the isolated population of Gaza. The World Bank's report detailed the challenges facing attempts to revive the Palestinian economy, which has become almost totally dependent on foreign aid. The Palestinian Authority is the largest employer for its people, as private-sector jobs dry up. The World Bank said wages for public sector employees account for almost half of the government's expenditures. With public investment having nearly ceased, the World Bank said, almost all government funds in the past two years have been used to pay salaries and cover operating costs. Staffing also has gone up in the health and education sectors, the World Bank said, leaving little money for pharmaceuticals, medical supplies, teaching and learning materials, and overall maintenance. The World Bank said the reforms would only succeed if they include Gaza, where 40 percent of the Palestinian population lives. Gaza has been subject to a wide-ranging crackdown since Hamas took power in June; its borders are closed, fuel imports are restricted, and there are strict

Question:
What job does Tony Blair have?
What  is the IMF?
What did the IMF offer?
What have they pledged it to?
What did donors pledge?
What did Tony Blair say?
What have donors pledged?
what number of money?
Who is Tony Blair?

Answer: Former British Prime Minister

Answer: International Monetary Fund,

Answer: monitoring of the Palestinians' promised reforms to reassure donors that their money would be used efficiently.

Answer: help build a Palestinian state,

Answer: $7.4 billion

Answer: "Over the next few months, we have to show people our capability of making the difference on the ground,"

Answer: $7.4 billion

Answer: $7.4 billion

Answer: Former British Prime Minister

Summary:
NEW: Donors pledge $7.4 billion to help build a Palestinian state .
NEW: IMF offers to monitor Palestinians' promised reforms .
Palestinian aid conference organizers hail event as a new beginning .
Tony Blair says donors need to be repaid with steps to create a lasting settlement .


PARIS, France (CNN) -- A plane with seven people aboard crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday, a French regional government official told CNN.

A New Zealand Airbus 320 flying into Auckland from France, from a  file picture taken in 2003.

The Airbus A320 jet was on a training flight when the crash occurred about 5 p.m. (4 p.m. GMT), said the official at the Maritime Prefecture in Toulon, France.

There were no immediate reports of survivors, but rescue efforts involving French navy vessels and a helicopter were launched. Floating debris had been located, the official said.

Airbus confirmed the crash in a written statement, saying the jet was owned by Air New Zealand and operated by XL Airways Germany.

"The aircraft was operating a local technical flight from Perpignan, France," the company said. The Airbus statement did not say how many people were thought to be on board.  See a map of where the flight originated Â»

The twin-engine plane involved in the accident had accumulated about 7,000 flying hours, Airbus said.  Learn more about the Airbus A320 Â»

"At this time, no further factual information is available," Airbus said. "In line with international convention, Airbus will provide full technical assistance to the authorities of France, who will be responsible for the investigation into the accident. A team of five specialists from Airbus is being dispatched to the site."

People in a civilian vessel saw the crash take place off the coast near Perpignan, the French government official said.

"The investigation remains the entire responsibility of the relevant authorities, and it would be inappropriate for Airbus to enter into any form of speculation into the cause of the accident," the Airbus statement said. "The concerns and sympathy of the Airbus employees go to the families, friends and loved ones affected by the accident."

Question: What did rescue efforts find?

Question: What time was the carsh?

Question: What crashed off the soutther French coast?

Question: When did the plane crash?

Question: When did the jet crash?

Question: Where did the Airbus crash at?

Question: Which jet crashed off the southern French coast?

Question: What was found at the crash site?

Question: What was the name of the plane?

Question: What kind of efforts were launched?

Question: Were any survivors found?

Answer: Floating debris

Answer: about 5 p.m.

Answer: Airbus A320 jet

Answer: Thursday,

Answer: on Thursday,

Answer: off the coast near Perpignan,

Answer: A New Zealand Airbus 320

Answer: Floating debris

Answer: Airbus A320

Answer: rescue

Answer: There were no immediate reports of survivors,

Summary:
French official: Airbus A320 Air New Zealand jet crashes off southern French coast .
Rescue efforts launched, no immediate reports of survivors, floating debris found .
Passenger jet was on a training flight when it crashed at about 4 p.m. GMT .


PARIS, France (CNN) -- As a look, it is about as quintessentially French as it gets. All the same, from the New Year enjoying a cigarette while you sip on your cafe au lait will become a thing of the past. From January 1 it will be illegal in France to smoke in cafes as well as clubs, casinos and hotels. France is extending its ban on smoking to include bars, discotheques, restaurants, hotels, casinos, as well as its fabled cafes. In a country renowned for its fondness for romance, smoking has never quite shaken off its romantic associations with smoky Left Bank cafes and waifish Parisienne beauties clutching on a Gauloises. In spite of the health dangers, about 13.5 million people smoke out of a population of 60 million with around 26 percent of 15 year olds estimated to smoke, according to 2002 figures from the World Health Organization. A smoking ban was first introduced in France in February this year to cover workplaces, schools, airports and hospitals. The new restrictions will only apply to the inside of premises, meaning smokers are still free to light up on the terraces. Even so, enforcing the ban may prove tricky in a country well known for its cafe culture. To soften the blow, the authorities have agreed to an amnesty over the New Year holiday and will not fully enforce the new arrangements until Wednesday. After that time, any smoker caught will face a fine of €450 ($662), while hotel and bar owners who fail to prevent smokers from lighting up on their premises will be fined €750 ($1,100). France has lagged behind many of its European neighbors in bringing in legislation to curb smoking in public places. Ireland became the first European country to introduce a comprehensive smoking ban in 2004. Since then Italy, Spain, Belgium and Britain have followed suit with similar bans. E-mail to a friend

Question: Where else do similar bans exist?

Question: When was the smoking ban introduced?

Question: When does the smoking ban begin?

Question: When does the smoking ban in France extend to bars, clubs, restaurants and cafes?

Question: What is the population of France?

Question: Where do similar bans now exist?

Question: When was the smoking ban first introuduced for public buildings and workplaces?

Question: Where is the smoking ban?

Answer: Britain

Answer: February

Answer: From January 1

Answer: From January 1

Answer: 60 million

Answer: Italy, Spain, Belgium and Britain

Answer: January 1

Answer: France

Summary:
Smoking ban in France extended to bars, clubs, restaurants, cafes from Jan 1 .
Smoking ban first introduced in February 2007 for public buildings, workplaces .
About 13.5 million people in France smoke out of a population of 60 million .
Similar bans now exist in Ireland, Italy, Spain, Belgium and Britain .