BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (CNN) -- More than 10,000 charred bone fragments were found buried at the site of a former Argentine government detention center, the first find of its kind at one of the secret centers, Argentine officials said.

Bones were unearthed during a seven-month search at an ex-detention post in La Plata, Argentina, officials said.

Searchers said they also found a wall with more than 200 bullet holes and an "important quantity" of spent ammunition shells on the ground nearby. In some cases, bullets were still lodged in the wall.

The announcement was made Tuesday at a news conference by government officials and representatives of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team, better known as EAAF, the initials of its name in Spanish.

A team of six professional anthropologists and support crew said it believed the remains were human, but it was unable to determine how many bodies the fragments represented.

"I ask the forgiveness of family members, because I can imagine what the mothers and all who are gathered here will feel, but what we are about to show is not to detail the genocide but so that we have proof for the trials that are to come," said Sara Derotier de Cobacho, secretary of human rights for Buenos Aires province.

"But let us not forget," she said in a statement, "that behind every clandestine center there were the names of the repressors. ... So it is very important for all citizens to know those names."

The detention center was among those used in Argentina during the country's "Dirty War," which started in 1976 when a group of generals staged a coup and started a vicious crackdown against anyone considered a subversive.

By the time civilian control of the government resumed in 1983, up to 30,000 Argentines had been abducted and taken to the secret government detention centers, where they were tortured and killed. They are widely called "los desaparecidos," or "the disappeared."

Thousands more people were abducted and killed by right-wing dictatorships in other South American countries during the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in Chile and Uruguay.

The bone fragments in Argentina were unearthed during a seven-month search at the former detention post in the city of La Plata, near Buenos Aires.

In 25 years of searching, this was the first time that human remains were found at a former detention center, said Luis Fondebrider, president of the EAAF.

"We've worked throughout the country and have always found remains in cemeteries, never outside," Fondebrider said in the release.

The conference was called, he said, because of the extraordinary nature of the find.

"We usually don't hold press conferences about our work or what we find," Fondebrider said. "But we understand that the magnitude of what we have found where the Clandestine Center of Arana was located merits that sometimes we show partial results."

The searchers determined that bodies had been burned inside graves along with tires, combustibles and other material, Fondebrider said.

"The possibilities of identifying some of these remains is low because of the state they are in," Fondebrider said.

The searchers will start analyzing the remains next year and are working with two prominent forensic genetic laboratories that specialize in working with remains that are in poor condition, he said.

Lending an official air to Tuesday's proceedings, Carlos Stornelli, minister of security for the province of Buenos Aires, and Pablo Buruera, mayor of La Plata, also attended the news conference.

"We are looking for the truth so we can attain justice and construct, from there, the memory of our 30,000 'desaparecidos,' " Derotier said.

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Question: What are the remains believed to be?

Question: Number of people said to have been abducted during dirty war?

Answer: up

Answer: 1976

Answer: human,

Answer: were human,

Answer: 30,000

Answer: human,

Answer: started in 1976

Answer: Argentine

Answer: More than 10,000 charred bone fragments were found buried at the site

Answer: 30,000 Argentines

Answer: human,

Answer: 1983,

Answer: up to 30,000 Argentines

Answer: up to 30,000

Answer: More than 10,000 charred bone fragments were found buried at the site

Answer: 1976

Answer: up to 30,000

Answer: human,

Answer: detention center

Answer: Argentina

Answer: human,

Answer: 30,000

Summary:
Remains believed to be human; number of bodies unknown, officials say .
Detention center among those used in Argentina's 1976-1983 "Dirty War"
Tens of thousands said to have been abducted, killed during "Dirty War"


BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (CNN) -- President Cristina Fernandez on Tuesday defended an increase in export taxes on grains that has riled many farmers, and she called on them to respect the law in protesting her policies. President Cristina Fernandez: Calls on rally Wednesday to support her policies. "All my life I have soldiered in this party, which always believed in social justice, in the redistribution of income, which caused us to win and lose elections," she said in a nationally televised address from the presidential palace. "But we were always respectful of the popular will." Fernandez, of the center-left Peronist movement, made her plea for comity a day after massive demonstrations in various cities blocked traffic and paralyzed much of the country. In a concession to her critics, Fernandez said the increase in taxes on exports of grains that she instituted in March by decree will be debated by Congress. But there is little likelihood that the Congress will order major changes, since her party controls both houses. But Hilda Duhalde, an opponent of Fernandez, was not persuaded. "It's true that they have a majority in both houses, but we have to put white on black and watch out for the small- and medium-sized producers, who are the ones suffering," she said. Argentina raised export taxes in March by more than 10 percent. Fernandez has said growers have benefited from rising world prices and the profits should be spread to help the poor. Farmers have countered that they need to reinvest the profits and that the higher taxes make it difficult for them to make a living. Fernandez said she was open to dialogue, but a dialogue that does not countenance the blocking of roads or other disruptions to the lives of Argentines. "Democracy for the people, not the corporations," she said. She called on Argentines to take to the Plaza de Mayo Wednesday in a show of support for her policies. "It doesn't matter what party, place or sector you're from," she said. "What is important is not where you're from, but where you are going -- what kind of country do we want?" To those who do not agree with her policies, she had other advice. "If they want to change the economic model, what they should do is organize a political party, participate in elections and win them," she said. CNN's Carolina Cayazzo contributed to this report.

Question: Who complains about the high taxes?

Question: Where is the profit to be spread?

Question: What is Cristina Fernandez position?

Question: Who is Cristina Fernandez?

Question: What do farmers say?

Question: Where should profits from higher food prices go?

Question: Who appealed for dialogue and respect?

Question: What do farmers say higher taxes do?

Answer: Farmers

Answer: help the poor.

Answer: President

Answer: President

Answer: countered that they need to reinvest the profits and that the higher taxes make it difficult for them to make a living.

Answer: spread to help the poor.

Answer: President Cristina Fernandez

Answer: make it difficult for them to make a living.

Summary:
President Cristina Fernandez appeals for dialogue, respect in national address .
Fernandez says profits from higher food prices should be spread among poor .
Farmers say higher taxes make it difficult for them to make a living .


BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (CNN) -- Smoke blanketed the Argentine capital Friday as brush fires apparently set deliberately consumed thousands of acres in the provinces of Buenos Aires and Entre Ríos. A haze surrounds the Palermo neighborhood of the Argentine capital early Thursday. The smoke, from about 300 fires, is blamed for at least two fatal traffic accidents this week that left eight people dead. Sections of major highways and the Buenos Aires port, among the busiest in the world, have been closed. Incoming flights to the city's domestic airport, Jorge Newbery Airpark, have been diverted. The Argentine government has blamed farmers looking to clear their land for crops and grazing for the fires, which are estimated to cover 173,000 acres (70,000 hectares). "This is the largest fire of this kind that we've ever seen," Argentine Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo said Thursday. Randazzo called the situation a "disaster." As of Friday morning, little progress had been made extinguishing the blazes. No rain is predicted for the next few days, but the National Meteorological Service predicts that the winds will change direction soon, dispersing the smoke. On Friday morning, the National Roads Administration closed sections of the heavily traveled Panamericana Highway, which leads in and out of Buenos Aires. Spokesman Ernesto Arriaga said "visibility is 5 meters" (about 16 feet) in some sections of the highway. "Covering highways with smoke just to clear a field of weeds is unforgivable," Cabinet Chief Alberto Fernandez told Radio Diez. "It's incredibly irresponsible." Hospitals have reported an increase in visitors complaining of breathing problems, sore throats and burning eyes in the past three days. Citing a high level of carbon monoxide in the air, officials have encouraged people not to exercise outside. Schools in Pilar, a city in the province of Buenos Aires, were closed Friday because of the gray, thick air. The smoke has obscured views of some of the capital's landmarks, such the Obelisco monument and the government house, Casa Rosada, and people were seen walking on the city streets covering their faces with clothes. This month, Argentina's farmers suspended a three-week strike over a new government export tax on commodities. The bitter lockout left grocery shelves empty and caused major friction between President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's government and Argentina's large agricultural sector. E-mail to a friend Journalist Brian Byrnes contributed to this report.

Question: Who blames farmers for the blaze?

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Question: Which port was closed by the heavy smoke?

Question: How many acres covered the fire?

Question: Who was blamed for starting the fire by the government

Question: Which area was hit by the wildfire?

Question: How many acres does the wildfires cover?

Answer: The Argentine government

Answer: Smoke

Answer: Buenos Aires

Answer: 173,000

Answer: farmers

Answer: provinces of Buenos Aires and Entre Ríos.

Answer: 173,000

Summary:
Parts of highways, Buenos Aires port closed by heavy smoke from fires .
Wildfires cover 173,000 acres around Buenos Aires .
Argentine government blames farmers for setting the blazes .
Shifting winds may help clear Buenos Aires .


BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (CNN) -- The lower house of Argentina's Congress has approved a controversial media law that spells out media ownership rules and calls for the creation of a regulatory agency. Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has blamed Grupo Clarin for her low approval ratings. The measure passed Thursday by a vote of 147 to 4, but the wide margin does not reflect the heated debate over it. Lawmakers opposed to the measure protested by walking out of the chamber and not voting. Some even threatened to turn to the courts to challenge the legitimacy of the vote. The goal of the so-called Audio-Visual Communication law is to regulate television and radio broadcasters and increase competition in the media industry, according to a draft of the bill. Opponents say it targets media critical of the current government and President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, especially the media giant Grupo Clarin. This bill is "for everyone who wants to live in a more democratic and more pluralistic Argentina," Fernandez de Kirchner said in a speech last month. The newspaper Clarin has been highly critical of her leadership and that of her husband and predecessor, Nestor Kirchner. Although the proposed legislation would not affect newspapers, Grupo Clarin's other business interests in cable, television and radio would be forced to be sold off or restructured. "[Cristina] Kirchner saw [Clarin] as a limit to her power, and this was the origin of the conflict," Argentine political analyst Rosendo Fraga said. Argentina's case is just one of a number of fights between the presidency and the media in Latin America. "At this moment, in Nicaragua, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador and Argentina, the presidents have conflicts with the private media and seek to dominate them, although each country is a different case," Fraga said. Among the changes proposed in the bill, a company that owns a cable business would not be allowed to own any over-the-air broadcast channels. Also, the owner of a cable company would be allowed to have only one channel on that system. In its current form, Grupo Clarin would be in violation of both limits, among others. "It hits other media groups, but Clarin is the one it hurts," said Daniel Kerner, an analyst at Eurasia Group. The reform would also redistribute broadcast frequencies into thirds: one-third for private media, one-third for the government and one-third for nongovernmental organizations and other civil groups. "More control of the media by the government, this is the main motivation," Kerner said. Journalism advocacy groups have raised concerns, focusing on a proposed requirement that broadcasters renew licenses every two years. "We are extremely concerned at the opportunity created under the current draft legislation for political pressure on broadcasters," International Press Institute Director David Dadge said in a statement. "We urge Argentinean legislators not to pass this bill in its current form." If anyone is applying unfair pressure, it is monopolistic media companies, Fernandez de Kirchner said. "Freedom of expression cannot turn into freedom of extortion," she said during an August 27 speech. "The right to information means the right to all information, not to the concealment of part of the information and the distortion and manipulation of the other part." Grupo Clarin has about two-thirds of the cable market in Argentina, but its other products don't come close to monopolistic figures, Fraga said. Both Kirchners have blamed Clarin's critical reports for their low approval ratings. The ruling party was dealt a strong defeat during recent midterm elections. In response, Fernandez de Kirchner has come out swinging at the Clarin newspaper and its parent company, observers said. Last month, the government pushed the nation's soccer association to rescind a contract it had with Clarin to broadcast games. The government reached into its coffers and offered the association double what Clarin was paying for rights to broadcast the games. This month, 200 tax agents made a surprise raid on the newspaper's offices, ostensibly to

Question: who do opponents say the bill targets

Question: By what count did the measure pass?

Question: what was the count for the measure vote

Question: What do opponents say the bill targets?

Question: Wh protest by walking out of chamber?

Question: What did some opponents do to protest the bill?

Answer: media critical of the current government and President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner,

Answer: 147 to 4,

Answer: 147 to 4,

Answer: media critical of the current government

Answer: Lawmakers opposed to the measure

Answer: protested by walking out of the chamber and not voting.

Summary:
Measure passes 147 to 4, but wide margin belies heated debate .
Opponents protest by walking out of chamber, not voting; some threaten challenge .
Opponents say bill targets media critical of the government -- especially Grupo Clarin .
Latin America has seen many fights between media, presidents .


BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (CNN) -- When Susana Trimarco's daughter Marita Veron was 23, she vanished from their hometown in Argentina, a suspected victim of a human trafficking and prostitution ring with links throughout Latin America and Europe. Marita Veron, who is missing, hugs her daughter Micaela. Police believe Marita was forced into sexual slavery. Trimarco, 54, has spent the past 6½ years searching for her daughter, often putting herself at risk. While chasing down leads on Marita's whereabouts, she's entered dark and dangerous brothels and confronted pimps and politicians who, she says, are complicit in her daughter's disappearance. She has won accolades throughout Latin America, Europe and the United States for her work. But Marita is nowhere to be found. "Marita is a wonderful and caring girl. My life will be completely absorbed with this fight until she is back and safe," Trimarco said. On April 3, 2002, Veron left her house in the northern Argentine province of Tucuman early for a doctor's appointment. She was wearing a turquoise shirt, blue jeans and old white sneakers. As she left the house, she told her mother, "Don't worry. I'll be back soon." Those were the last words the two exchanged. The investigation that has followed has led police and Trimarco to believe that she was kidnapped and forced into prostitution, either in rural Argentina or Spain. So far, a series of random clues has failed to provide any concrete information on Marita's whereabouts. Now, art is imitating life on Argentina's airwaves. Trimarco's story has become the basis of one of Argentina's most popular nighttime soap operas, "Vidas Robadas," or "Stolen Lives."  Watch art imitate activism » The program premiered in March on Telefe, one of Argentina's largest television networks, to a lukewarm response. But as the storyline and characters evolved and word started to spread, the audience grew, and it became water-cooler television. "Stolen Lives" attracts more than 2 million viewers nightly, a considerable feat considering Argentina's population is only 40 million. The show's plot centers on widowed anthropologist Bautista Amaya (played by Facundo Arana) and Rosario Soler (Soledad Silveyra) -- the mother of a young kidnapped girl, based on Trimarco -- who team up to unravel an underground prostitution ring. "With every performance, I try to display the inner feelings of this woman who is suffering, to transmit her grief," Silveyra said. "As an actress, I feel an enormous responsibility." The usual telenovela themes of love, passion and revenge are ever present in "Stolen Lives," but the show strives to expose an issue that has remained in the dark in Argentina until recently. Human rights groups in Argentina estimate that 800 women have gone missing at the hands of human traffickers since 2007. Worldwide, about 800,000 people are trafficked across borders annually, according to the U.S. State Department. "I am delighted that the show has been able to bring this topic to light, because no one ever talked about human trafficking in Argentina before," Trimarco said. "Stolen Lives" is the latest in a series of recent Argentine telenovelas that dissect important social issues while also aiming to entertain. One of the most important was the 2006 hit "Montecristo," which examined crimes against humanity committed by Argentina's military during the 1970s and 1980s. Local versions of "Montecristo" are produced in nine countries around the globe, including Turkey, Portugal, Mexico and Russia. "With these types of telenovelas, we are able to bring something entirely new to the public debate. And because we take a fictional and not a journalistic approach, we are able to attract and keep more viewers," Telefe programming director Claudio Villarruel said. "Montecristo" helped reunite children of Argentina's Dirty War who "disappeared" with lost family members. The Dirty War happened from 1976-83, when the government carried out a secret campaign to purge the country of those it considered to be dissidents.

Question: Whta is the soap opera based on?

Question: what slavery problem does argentina face

Question: When did the woman vanish?

Question: Who vanished in 2002?

Question: what happened in 2002

Answer: Trimarco's story

Answer: sexual

Answer: April 3, 2002,

Answer: Marita Veron

Answer: Veron left her house in the northern Argentine province of

Summary:
Argentine woman vanished in 2002; it's believed she was forced into prostitution ring .
Argentine soap opera, based on Marita's mother's search, probes human trafficking .
Mom: "My life will be completely absorbed with this fight until she is back and safe"
Mother Susana Trimarco's foundation tries to save women, children from sex slavery .


BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (CNN) -- When Susana Trimarco's daughter Marita Veron was 23, she vanished from their hometown in Argentina, a suspected victim of a human trafficking and prostitution ring with links throughout Latin America and Europe. Marita Veron, who is missing, hugs her daughter Micaela. Police believe Marita was forced into sexual slavery. Trimarco, 54, has spent the past 6½ years searching for her daughter, often putting herself at risk. While chasing down leads on Marita's whereabouts, she's entered dark and dangerous brothels and confronted pimps and politicians who, she says, are complicit in her daughter's disappearance. She has won accolades throughout Latin America, Europe and the United States for her work. But Marita is nowhere to be found. "Marita is a wonderful and caring girl. My life will be completely absorbed with this fight until she is back and safe," Trimarco said. On April 3, 2002, Veron left her house in the northern Argentine province of Tucuman early for a doctor's appointment. She was wearing a turquoise shirt, blue jeans and old white sneakers. As she left the house, she told her mother, "Don't worry. I'll be back soon." Those were the last words the two exchanged. The investigation that has followed has led police and Trimarco to believe that she was kidnapped and forced into prostitution, either in rural Argentina or Spain. So far, a series of random clues has failed to provide any concrete information on Marita's whereabouts. Now, art is imitating life on Argentina's airwaves. Trimarco's story has become the basis of one of Argentina's most popular nighttime soap operas, "Vidas Robadas," or "Stolen Lives."  Watch art imitate activism » The program premiered in March on Telefe, one of Argentina's largest television networks, to a lukewarm response. But as the storyline and characters evolved and word started to spread, the audience grew, and it became water-cooler television. "Stolen Lives" attracts more than 2 million viewers nightly, a considerable feat considering Argentina's population is only 40 million. The show's plot centers on widowed anthropologist Bautista Amaya (played by Facundo Arana) and Rosario Soler (Soledad Silveyra) -- the mother of a young kidnapped girl, based on Trimarco -- who team up to unravel an underground prostitution ring. "With every performance, I try to display the inner feelings of this woman who is suffering, to transmit her grief," Silveyra said. "As an actress, I feel an enormous responsibility." The usual telenovela themes of love, passion and revenge are ever present in "Stolen Lives," but the show strives to expose an issue that has remained in the dark in Argentina until recently. Human rights groups in Argentina estimate that 800 women have gone missing at the hands of human traffickers since 2007. Worldwide, about 800,000 people are trafficked across borders annually, according to the U.S. State Department. "I am delighted that the show has been able to bring this topic to light, because no one ever talked about human trafficking in Argentina before," Trimarco said. "Stolen Lives" is the latest in a series of recent Argentine telenovelas that dissect important social issues while also aiming to entertain. One of the most important was the 2006 hit "Montecristo," which examined crimes against humanity committed by Argentina's military during the 1970s and 1980s. Local versions of "Montecristo" are produced in nine countries around the globe, including Turkey, Portugal, Mexico and Russia. "With these types of telenovelas, we are able to bring something entirely new to the public debate. And because we take a take a fictional and not a journalistic approach, we are able to attract and keep more viewers," Telefe programming director Claudio Villarruel said. "Montecristo" helped reunite children of Argentina's Dirty War who "disappeared" with lost family members. The Dirty War happened from 1976-83, when the government carried out a secret campaign to purge the country of those it considered to be dissidents

Question:
what happened 2002
When did the Argentine woman vanish?
who is maritas mother
What is the soap opera based on?
what happened to argentine woman

Answer: Veron left her house in the northern Argentine province of

Answer: April 3, 2002,

Answer: Susana Trimarco's

Answer: Trimarco's story

Answer: vanished


BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Reuters)  -- The light from the cell phone screens allowed surgeons to complete an emergency appendix operation during a blackout in a city in central Argentina, reports said on Saturday. Leonardo Molina, 29, was on the operating table on July 21, when the power went out in the Policlinico Juan D. Peron, the main hospital in Villa Mercedes, a small city in San Luis province. "The generator, which should have been working correctly, didn't work," a hospital spokesman, whose name was not given, told TN television news station. "The surgeons and anesthetists were in the dark... A family member got some cell phones together from people in the hallway and took them in to provide light," he said. Ricardo Molina, 39, Leonardo's brother, told La Nacion newspaper that the lights were out for an hour and his brother's anesthesia was wearing off. E-mail to a friend

Question: What didn't work?

Question: What light did the surgeons use?

Question: What machine malfunctioned at the hospital?

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Question: What stopped working?

Question: What kind of surgery was completed?

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Question: Where was the hospital with the power outage?

Question: Where did the power go out?

Question: Was the hospital's generator working correctly?

Answer: "The generator,

Answer: from the cell phone screens

Answer: generator,

Answer: from the cell phone screens

Answer: "The generator,

Answer: emergency appendix operation

Answer: cell phone screens

Answer: Villa Mercedes,

Answer: The light from the cell phone screens

Answer: the Policlinico Juan D. Peron, the main hospital in Villa Mercedes, a small city in San Luis province.

Answer: Policlinico Juan D. Peron, the main hospital in Villa Mercedes,

Answer: didn't work,"

Summary:
Surgeons complete emergency appendix operation with light from cell phones .
The power went out in the main hospital in Villa Mercedes, central Argentina .
The hospital's generator, which should have been working correctly, didn't work .


BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Juan Roman Riquelme scored twice as Argentina beat Bolivia 3-0 to notch a third successive victory in the South American qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup on Saturday.

Juan Roman Riquelme celebrates after scoring his first goal in Argentina's win against Bolivia.

The midfielder followed up his brace of spectacular free-kicks in the opening 2-0 victory against Chile to help put his country five points clear of second-placed Brazil, who play Peru in Lima on Sunday.

Riquelme again shrugged off his lack of club action with Villarreal, where he has fallen out with the Spanish side's management, to net twice in the second spell after Sergio Aguero gave the home side a first-half lead.

The 19-year-old scored his first goal at international level five minutes before the interval after starting in a three-man attack with Carlos Tevez and Lionel Messi.

He headed home after Martin Demichelis nodded a cross from Manchester United striker Tevez back across goal.

Riquelme added the second 11 minutes after the break with a dipping free-kick which beat Carlos Arias from 25 yards, having been superbly denied by the keeper's one-handed effort shortly beforehand.

And he finished off the scoring in the 73rd minute with a cool sidefoot finish after being set up by Messi to cap off a match in which captain Javier Zanetti made a record-breaking 116th appearance for Argentina.

Argentina next travel to Colombia on Tuesday, when winless Bolivia have an away clash with Venezuela.

In other South American qualifiers, Colombia beat Venezuela 1-0, and Paraguay routed Ecuador 5-1.

Ecuador coach Luis Fernando Suarez, a Colombian, quit after his team's loss saying: "I have taken the irrevocable decision to resign."  E-mail to a friend

Question: Who nets twice as Argentina win third successive match?

Question: Which team beat Paraguay?

Question: Which coach quit?

Question: What did Juan Roman Riquelme do?

Question: Who beat Bolivia?

Question: What was the score for the Argentina VS Bolivia qualifier in the 2010 World Cup?

Question: Who won the match?

Question: Who netted twice?

Question: Juan Riquelme scored how many goals for Argentina?

Question: The coach for Ecuador quit his job after losing to what team?

Question: Who beat Bolivia 3-0 in South American qualifier for 2010 World Cup?

Question: Which coach quit after a loss against Paraguay?

Question: Who is the Ecuador coach?

Question: Who is Ecuador's coach?

Question: Who quits after 5-1 loss against Paraguay?

Question: Riquelme netted how many times?

Question: Who did Argentina beat?

Question: When did Luis Fernando Suarez quit coaching Ecuador?

Answer: Juan Roman Riquelme

Answer: Argentina

Answer: Luis Fernando Suarez,

Answer: scored twice

Answer: Argentina

Answer: 3-0

Answer: Argentina

Answer: Juan Roman Riquelme

Answer: twice

Answer: Paraguay

Answer: Argentina

Answer: Luis Fernando Suarez,

Answer: Luis Fernando Suarez,

Answer: Luis Fernando Suarez,

Answer: Ecuador coach Luis Fernando Suarez,

Answer: twice

Answer: Bolivia

Answer: after his team's loss

Summary:
Argentina beat Bolivia 3-0 in South American qualifier for 2010 World Cup .
Juan Roman Riquelme nets twice as Argentina win third successive match .
Ecuador coach Luis Fernando Suarez quits after 5-1 loss against Paraguay .


BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- They line up early every Saturday morning at the decrepit gymnasium that houses the La Matanza Barter Club. Nelly Vasquez and her 6-month-old daughter, Antonella trades wool for food. Club members shuffle in carrying sacks stuffed with everything from homemade clothing to homegrown vegetables, set up their stands and begin a day of bartering. The La Matanza Barter Club in the working-class Buenos Aires neighborhood of Isidro Casanova is one of more than 100 that now function throughout Argentina. They provide a vital service for people who are short on cash by helping them make ends meet. Each item brought to the club is given a value by its owner, who then trades it with other members for whatever goods they are offering. "What we do here is a fair and honest trading. I look at this like a job, and I work hard at it, and it helps me live better," says Deolindo Farias, 66, who brings fresh bananas and mandarins every week and trades them for household items like flour and sugar. Barters Clubs boomed in Argentina following the country's 2001 economic meltdown when jobs, security and cash were scarce. Club officials say during 2002 more than 2 million people participated in the clubs on a regular basis. In recent years, as Argentina's economy bounced back, fewer people showed up, but ever since the global financial crisis hit last year, they say the barter clubs are more popular than ever.  Watch how the clubs are helping poor Argentines » "It's a reality now. In these past few months there has been a big increase. For example, we now have 400 people every Saturday. It used to only be 300. People are traveling here from other neighborhoods so they can barter too," says Juan Maccarone, president of the La Matanza Barter Club. Nelly Vasquez, 29, goes to the club because she has no other options. She lost her job at a clothing factory last year, and has been going to the barter club every week since January -- often with her six-month-old daughter, Antonella, in tow. "I come here because I don't have a job, and this is the only way for me to survive and get the things that I need," says Vasquez, who trades wool and women's shoes for pasta and rice. For others, the barter clubs offer something that every consumer on a budget seeks: a bargain. "If you go to the supermarket, they charge 10 or 15 pesos for a bottle of cooking oil. Here, I can get it with 50 or 80 club credits. That's only 4 or 5 pesos -- that's a big difference," says Maria Rosa Araya, 37. By all accounts, Argentina was the first Latin American country to have the barter clubs. The idea has now spread to other countries, like Uruguay, Colombia and Venezuela. There's even a burgeoning barter club circuit across the Atlantic Ocean in Spain. Organizers say barter clubs are evidence that in tough times, economies can thrive -- or survive -- on their own, when it's the people calling the shots. "The golden rule at barter clubs is to offer an honest product for an honest price," says Ruben Ravera, co-founder of Argentina's Red Global de Trueque (Global Barter Network). "It's a concept that could help solve the world's economic problems. Think about it," he says.

Question: In what countries can you find barter clubs?

Question: What type of people generally join barter clubs?

Question: What do the members trade at the barter clubs?

Answer: Uruguay, Colombia and Venezuela.

Answer: who are short on cash

Answer: wool for food.

Summary:
Barter clubs opening around Argentina show extent of country's economic crisis .
Members -- often poor and unemployed -- trade food, clothes .
The clubs first opened during Argentina's 2001 economic meltdown .


BUFFALO, New York (CNN) -- One person credits bad weather and the other a long line. An investigator works the scene of the plane crash Friday outside Buffalo, New York. Those are the reasons two would-be passengers did not fly on Continental Connection Flight 3407, which crashed Thursday outside Buffalo, killing all 49 people aboard and one on the ground. "It could have been me," David Becony said from his home in Springville, New York, as he watched television reports on the crash and its fiery aftermath. "My wife would have been with all those families" who had loved ones on the plane. Becony missed the flight from Newark-Liberty International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport because bad weather had delayed his earlier flight from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Newark. Unable to get another flight and unable to find a hotel room near the airport, the supervisor for a demolition company decided to camp out on a seat in the terminal.  Watch how airlines have reacted to crash » When he found out the plane he was to have taken had crashed, he called his wife, Marti, at their home outside Buffalo. "He broke down, and I broke down," she said. "We just couldn't believe it." Becony spent a sleepless night in Newark and then returned Friday morning to Buffalo -- on another Continental Connection flight. It wasn't a smooth ride, Becony said of his Friday flight. "It was weird, shaky, knowing it was the same type of aircraft." That type of aircraft was a Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 aircraft, operated by Colgan Air for Continental Connection's regional service. "I'm still in shock, really," said 49-year-old Becony, a Catholic. "God was looking over me." Becony is keeping his unused ticket for Flight 3407 as a reminder of how close he came. His wife said friends and family called all morning to check on his safety. "It is wow," she said. "It's been unbelievable. We're happy. We're sad for everybody else." Asked how her husband's close call would affect the family, which includes two children and two grandchildren, she said, "I think we'll probably appreciate each other a lot more." Susan Reinhardt, 49, a marketer for Verizon, had a confirmed seat on a 4:30 p.m. flight from Newark to Buffalo, but it was delayed for four hours because of bad weather, and she was looking for alternatives. Using her Blackberry to search Continental's Web site, she noted that the 7 p.m. flight was delayed by only about 20 minutes, so she asked the gate agent whether she could get on the standby list for that flight. "He said, 'It's pretty open ... easy eight standby seats. You won't have a problem getting on it,' she said . "I said, 'Can you put me on standby?' He said, 'No, you've got to go on the customer service line.' " But that line "was a gazillion deep because of all the delays," enough to dissuade her from making the switch. "I said, ehhh." When she heard about the crash, Reinhardt was happy for her good fortune but shaken nevertheless. "The heart-wrenching piece for me was, I was at the gate talking to this gate agent, and a young woman came up and she wanted to know: Should she stay on the 7 o'clock flight because of all the delays? Did the gate agent think the 4:30 was going to get out before the 7? "He said, 'No, you will still get in before the 4:30,' and she said, 'OK, I'm going to stay on the 7 o'clock; I'm calling my boyfriend.' And she did." For a while, the two women stood together at the gate, both of them using their Blackberries to study the flight information. Then, they

Question: What is his job

Question: Who misses flight due to bad weather that delayed previous flight?

Question: Where was this

Question: What was "a gazillion deep"?

Question: Who misses their flight?

Answer: supervisor for a demolition company

Answer: David Becony

Answer: outside Buffalo, New

Answer: customer service line.'

Answer: two would-be passengers

Summary:
David Becony misses flight due to bad weather that delayed previous flight .
Susan Reinhardt says line to switch flights was "a gazillion deep"
Close call has made both of them more reflective, they say .


BUNNELL, Florida (CNN)  -- Faith Coleman had no health insurance when she learned she had cancer, but she describes her battle with the illness as "one of the absolute greatest blessings" of her life. Faith Coleman's ordeal as an uninsured cancer patient drove  her to help others without health insurance. "Having kidney cancer was one of the best things that ever happened to me ... because I can truly empathize with patients," said Coleman, 54. That compassion inspired Coleman to open a free clinic in her Florida community to help other uninsured people in need of medical care. In July 2003, Coleman, a nurse practitioner, learned she had a malignant tumor growing on her right kidney. But as a contract worker for several doctors, she did not receive health insurance. Coleman's treatment totaled about $35,000, and she was forced to take out a mortgage on her house to help pay for it. "I [fell] through the crack ... and I [had] a great job and a good education," said Coleman, a mother of six. Realizing that her financial and health woes were not unique, Coleman -- now in remission -- became determined to help those in similar situations access medical treatment. "I have been given another chance, and I felt that it was important for me to make a difference and to help other people," she said. So after her recovery in 2004, Coleman approached Dr. John Canakaris. The local physician with 60 years of experience had been treating the indigent population for years. Canakaris was eager to reach more patients in need. The two worked together to establish the Flagler County Free Clinic in Bunnell, Florida, which provides medical care for the uninsured. It has treated more than 6,700 patients. The clinic opened its doors in February 2005, with eight volunteers treating eight patients. Since then, it has expanded to 120 volunteers who see about 80 patients every other weekend. Coleman said she's seen an increase in the number of patients at the clinic, which serves people who meet federal poverty guidelines. "If you see 100 cars in the parking lot, that's us!" Coleman said, describing how she tells people the way to find the clinic. "We have what I call 'controlled chaos.' It's just busy, busy, busy, go, go, go."  Watch the "controlled chaos" at the clinic » Health insurance: 'Nebulous, fairy-like thing' Flagler County has a 15.5 percent unemployment rate -- the highest in Florida -- according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Living without medical insurance often is the only way for some local struggling families to make ends meet, Coleman said. "When your health insurance [premium] is the same or more than your mortgage payment on your home, which one do you think they're going to choose?" Coleman asked. "They have to live. They have to eat. Insurance becomes the nebulous fairy-like thing that's flying around out here. It would be nice to have because it's silver and shiny and pretty, but it's too expensive to hold on to. So it has to go," she said. The clinic, which operates out of a building donated by Canakaris and other doctors for use on the weekends, is not affiliated with any hospitals, Coleman said. The local Rotary Club, churches and private contributions help fund the operation. In addition, physicians volunteer to see patients recommended by the clinic, and an imaging center donates two X-rays and two CAT scans per month. Coleman says she and her team generally treat common illnesses like diabetes, hypertension and other chronic diseases, but adds "we've also found a lot of cancers." Many diagnoses have led to life-saving treatments.  Watch Coleman interact with patients at her clinic » "I had this lump growing in my throat on the right side and it just kept getting bigger and bigger, and I didn't have any insurance," said Franklin

Question: What did Coleman co-found in Florida?

Question: What illness does Faith Coleman have?

Question: Which organ was affected by cancer in Faith Coleman

Question: What was uninsured?

Answer: free clinic

Answer: kidney cancer

Answer: kidney

Answer: Faith Coleman

Summary:
Faith Coleman was uninsured when she found out she had kidney cancer .
Her experience inspired her to help others with similar financial, health issues .
She co-founded a free clinic in Florida to help the uninsured access health care .


BURBANK, California (CNN) -- Jay Leno ended his 17-year reign as the host of "The Tonight Show" Friday with the children of people who met and started families while working at the long-running late-night show during his tenure, according to audience members who attended the taping. Jay Leno stands with the children of people who met and started families while working on the show. "Jay said that's what he wanted his legacy to be," said Kevin Anthony of Miami, Florida. "His staff members, from stage managers to runners, who met, got married and had kids joined Jay on the stage and he took a picture with the 70 kids of those parents." "Jay also thanked his wife," said Kathy Young of Los Angeles, "Jay said, when these kids are asked what was the 'Tonight Show' about, I want them to say, my parents met while working on the show and they had me. And that's what the 'Tonight Show' was all about." Others in the audience said the show was about celebration. "It was amazing," said Justin Herring from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. "It was a celebration more than emotional," he said. "It didn't feel like a last show, more like a transition." Rosa Moore from Denver, Colorado, said Leno became teary-eyed when James Taylor sang "Sweet Baby James." "When James Taylor sang the line, 'I'm 10 miles from Boston with a thousand miles more to go,' Jay wiped his eye," said Moore. "Jay explained that when he left Boston for Los Angeles, he was just outside of Boston when he heard that line and it gave him the courage to keep going," she said. "It's like the song is Jay's personal soundtrack." Leno will be back in the fall with a new prime time show, and he's taking most of his staff with him. The new show will have some of the same elements as "The Tonight Show" but with some new features. Conan O'Brien, Leno's first guest Friday night, will be taking over "The Tonight Show" hosting duties beginning Monday.

Question:
Will Leno move to prime time?
Who will take over the show on Monday?

Answer: be back in the fall with a new

Answer: Conan O'Brien,

Summary:
Leno brings out kids of those who met, married while working on his show .
Audience members say show also includes song by James Taylor .
Conan O'Brien, Leno's first guest, takes over show Monday .
Leno moves to prime time in the fall .


BURBANK, California (CNN) -- Laura Ling on Wednesday expressed the shock she and Euna Lee felt when former President Clinton showed up in Pyongyang, North Korea, to help secure the two journalists' release. The families of Euna Lee, left, and Laura Ling greet them Wednesday in California. "We feared at any moment that we could be sent to a hard labor camp, and then suddenly we were told we were going to a meeting," a tearful and emotional Ling said at a news conference Wednesday morning in California shortly after arriving by plane with Lee and Clinton. She spoke minutes after the two women were reunited with their families at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank outside Los Angeles. They had been detained in North Korea since March. North Korea pardoned Ling, 32, and Lee, 36, after Clinton's brief trip Tuesday to Pyongyang. "We were taken to a location, and when we walked through the doors, we saw standing before us President Bill Clinton," Ling said, with Lee standing beside her.  Watch the emotional return at the airport » "We were shocked, but we knew instantly in our hearts that the nightmare of our lives was finally coming to an end." She expressed her and Lee's "deepest gratitude" to Clinton and his "wonderful, amazing" team.  Watch as Ling says, "We could feel your love" » "The past 140 days have been the most difficult, heart-wrenching time of our lives," Ling said. "We are very grateful that we were granted amnesty by the government of North Korea, and we are so happy to be home." She said that she and Lee are looking forward to spending "some quiet, private time" with their families. iReport.com: Share reaction to the freed journalists Former Vice President Al Gore also spoke to the throngs of journalists at the news conference. He expressed his gratitude to Clinton and President Obama and his administration who "have been deeply involved in this humanitarian effort."  Watch Gore pay tribute to the people involved in the effort » Lee and Ling are employed by Gore's California-based media company, Current TV. The women were arrested in March while reporting from the border between North Korea and China. In June, they were sentenced to 12 years of hard labor on charges of entering the country illegally to conduct a smear campaign. On Wednesday morning, Lee bowed as she walked down the steps of the plane into a private hangar, and Ling raised her fists into the air. The women hugged their families, who were waiting at the bottom of the stairs. Lee's 4-year-old daughter, Hana, clung tightly to her tearful mother.  Watch as the women reunite with their families » Clinton walked off the plane minutes later but did not address the crowd. "I am very happy that after this long ordeal, Laura Ling and Euna Lee are now home and reunited with their loved ones," Clinton said in a statement. "When their families, Vice President Gore and the White House asked that I undertake this humanitarian mission, I agreed. I share a deep sense of relief with Laura and Euna and their families that they are safely home." Journalist Lisa Ling said she never gave up hope that she would see her sister again. "We always maintained our hope and knew in our hearts that we would see Laura again; we just didn't know when," Lisa Ling said outside her home in Los Angeles, California. "We are just thrilled beyond words that the day has finally arrived." She said her sister was looking forward to eating fresh fruit and food for the first time in four months, after many meals of rice that often contained rocks. "I can tell she has gone through a lot," Ling said. "My sister has an amazing, amazing spirit, and she's a little bit weak right now, so I think it's going take a little time for her to gather up her wits and be

Question: What is Laura Ling greatful for?

Question: What is the freed journalist is looking forward to?

Question: What did Clinton do?

Question: What is the freed journalist looking forward to?

Question: When were 2 journalists arrested?

Question: What is the name of the journalist?

Question: how many journalists was arrested

Answer: that we were granted amnesty by the government of North Korea,

Answer: "some quiet, private time"

Answer: showed up in Pyongyang, North Korea, to help secure the two journalists' release.

Answer: spending "some quiet, private time" with their families.

Answer: March

Answer: Laura Ling

Answer: two

Summary:
NEW: Sister says freed journalist is looking forward to eating fresh food, resting .
Journalist Laura Ling expresses gratitude for her and Euna Lee's release .
Clinton helps secure two journalists' release from North Korea .
Two journalists arrested in March near North Korea-China border .


BURSA, Turkey (CNN) -- Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian Wednesday became the first Armenian head of state to travel to Turkey to attend a soccer game between the two countries' national teams. Armenian President Serzh Sarkasian (right) pictured with Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul during Gul's visit to Yerevan in 2008. Sarkisian and Turkish president Abdullah Gul arrived at the stadium in Bursa together in a car flying the national flags of both countries. In an exclusive interview with CNN before the game, Gul said the event opened a new chapter for relations between Armenia and Turkey. But when asked, he avoided saying whether the border between the two neighbors would be opened before 2010. At the match, Turkish supporters vastly outnumbered Armenian fans and gave the Armenian national anthem the standard treatment for most visiting foreign teams -- they booed. Small pockets of Armenian supporters waved the tri-color flag of Armenia. Turkey won the World Cup qualifying group game 2-0 but with both countries already unable to progress to the 2010 tournament in South Africa, the significance of the game was in its symbolism. This round of "football diplomacy," comes just days after the two governments signed a historic series of protocols to establish diplomatic relations between the two neighbors. "This is going to be the biggest change in the South Caucasus since 1994," said Gevorg Tel-Gabrielyan, the Armenia country director for the Eurasia Partnership Foundation. He was in Bursa on Wednesday, hosting a conference of Armenian and Turkish academics examining bilateral relations. "If this happens," he added, "its going to change geopolitics in the region." Armenia and Turkey have been separated by nearly a century of animosity and distrust. The protocols call for establishment of embassies in each others' capitals, and for re-opening the Turkish-Armenian border, which has been closed since 1993. The soccer game was also being held in Bursa, which centuries ago was the capital of the Ottoman Empire. Thousands of police were deployed to maintain strict security. On Tuesday, Turkey's prime minister made a public appeal to Turkish football fans, to greet Sarkisian with hospitality and to avoid provocations. Despite strong support from the United States, the European Union and Russia, there is considerable opposition among nationalists in Turkey and Armenia to the peace process. Sarkisian has been met by angry protests both within Armenia and among the influential diaspora communities in the United States, France and Lebanon. Thousands of protesters in the Armenian capital marched to the country's genocide memorial chanting "no concessions to the Turks," last week. Armenia has long demanded that Turkey recognize the World War I-era massacre of hundreds of thousands of ethnic Armenians by Ottoman Turkish soldiers as genocide. Modern-day Turkey vehemently denies a genocide took place and is calling for an international commission of historical experts to examine these tragic events. Meanwhile, opposition party leaders in Turkey have criticized the agreement, as has Turkey's close ally in the Caucasus, Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan fought and lost a war against Armenia in the early 1990s. On Sunday, Turkey's prime minister made a fresh call for Armenia to withdraw its troops from the disputed Azerbaijani territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. For the new agreement to go into effect, the documents must first be put to a vote in the Turkish and Armenian parliaments. There is no guarantee lawmakers will ratify the agreement. The process of unraveling the complicated network of regional, domestic and historical grievances dividing Armenia and Turkey was jump-started in September of 2008, when Gul traveled to Yerevan to attend a football match between the two national teams. The diplomatic rapprochement has also gotten valuable support from powerful patrons, experts say. "This is one of the few places in the world where Russia and the United States are pulling in the same direction," says Hugh Pope, an expert on Turkey with the International Crisis Group. "Both want to see a more stable Caucasus." Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were both present at the signing ceremony for the Turkish-Armenian

Question: what country signed protocol with?

Question: what president faced angry protests at home?

Question: What is the President's name?

Question: what event did sarkisian attend?

Question: What country's are angry?

Answer: Armenia and Turkey.

Answer: Sarkisian

Answer: Serzh Sarkisian

Answer: soccer game between the two countries' national teams.

Answer: United States, France

Summary:
Armenian president's visit comes amid thaw in relations between neighbors .
Turkey, Armenia signed protocols at weekend to establish diplomatic ties .
President Sarkisian has faced angry protests at home over rapprochement .
Sarkisian attends soccer match; Gul attended match in Yerevan last year .


BUZZARDS BAY, Massachusetts (CNN)  -- A crew member aboard a freighter seized by pirates off east  Africa said Wednesday that the crew had captured one of four pirates who hijacked their vessel, but they released him in a failed hostage trade.

Shane Murphy is one of the crew members on board the U.S. ship that was hijacked off Somalia's coast.

The crew of the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama had hoped their release of the pirate would lead the pirates to release Capt. Richard Phillips, but it did not, crew member Ken Quinn told CNN in a satellite telephone call.

Instead, the four pirates -- who had scuttled their boat when they boarded the ship armed with AK-47s -- took Phillips with them aboard the ship's 28-foot lifeboat, Quinn said.

The crew had earlier overpowered the pirates and forced them off the ship, according to messages from first officer Shane Murphy.

Murphy relayed the information in quick phone calls to his wife and father in his home state of Massachusetts -- where his father, Joe Murphy, is a maritime instructor, and his son once lectured about dealing with hostage situations.  Watch Shane Murphy's wife recall the conversation »

Joe Murphy, who teaches at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, said the crew sent a distress signal to which the U.S. Navy responded immediately from almost 200 miles away.

The ship had eluded the pirates for more than three hours off the coast of Somalia before being boarded, Joe Murphy said his son reported.

After hiding from their attackers, then leading them to believe they were more in command of the situation than they really were, the crew jumped the pirates, capturing one of them, the elder Murphy said his son told him.

"It was by sheer force," he said. "They have no weapons -- it must have been, obviously, that they overpowered them."

He said three other pirates "had gone into the water."

Pentagon officials confirmed that four hijackers had boarded the Maersk Alabama Wednesday morning, and that one had been in custody.

Joe Murphy said his son was in contact with the pirates Wednesday evening, helping negotiate for the release of the captain.

He said he can only shake his head at the timing of the attack.

Two weeks ago, Shane Murphy visited his father's class to lecture the students on situations like the one he now faces.

"This is a classic example of Murphy's law," Joe Murphy said. "I teach the course, my son goes to sea and he gets captured."

He said that, despite his concerns, he has faith that his son's experience and knowledge will help wrap up the tense situation.

"Hopefully, it's all going to work out," he said. "I think this is going to end as a very positive story."

CNN's Jason Carroll and Tom Watkins contributed to this report.

Question: Where did the 4 hijackers board the Maersk Alabama?

Question: What did the crew say?

Question: Where was the Alabam located?

Question: Who did Alabama elude?

Question: What did Maersk Alabama elude for more than three hours?

Question: Who did a crew member call with details?

Question: Where did the hijackers board Maersk Alabama?

Question: Who boarded the Alabama?

Answer: Africa

Answer: had captured one of four pirates who hijacked their vessel, but they released him in a failed hostage trade.

Answer: off Somalia's coast.

Answer: The ship had eluded the pirates for more than three hours off the coast of Somalia before being boarded,

Answer: eluded the pirates

Answer: CNN

Answer: off Somalia's coast.

Answer: four pirates

Summary:
NEW: Maersk Alabama eluded pirates for more than three hours .
Crew says hijacker released in hopes of freeing captain, but hijackers reneged .
4 hijackers boarded Maersk Alabama off coast of Africa .
Crew member details story in quick phone calls to wife, father in U.S.


Baghdad (CNN) -- A car bomber who penetrated Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone this week was targeting the Iraqi prime minister, authorities said Saturday.

The attack Monday left two people dead and seven others injured in the Green Zone, which houses the nation's government offices as well as U.S. and other embassies.

Police said the blast occurred at an outdoor parking lot that belongs to the Iraqi parliament.

No more details were available immediately on whether lawmakers were among the casualties.

Initial inquiries revealed an attempt to kill Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, according to Major Gen. Qassim Atta, the Baghdad security operations manager.

The black car was loaded with explosives and had three ways to detonate: manual, electric and by cell phone, he said.

"The intelligence information we have indicates that the vehicle was supposed to enter the building and park there until the arrival of the prime minister," Atta said.

Terrorists confessed that the car bomb was targeting the prime minister when he visits parliament in an upcoming session, according to Atta, who did not name the group behind the attacks.

The prime minister was not there at the time of the attack, he said.

The attacker was in a black Dodge with 20 kg (44 lb) of explosives, and was driving toward parliament when security forces stopped him because he did not have a proper badge.

The driver parked at the parliament compound, where the car exploded.

The attack comes amid a U.S. military withdrawal from the Middle Eastern country.

All American troops are scheduled to be out by the end of the year. Iraqi security forces, including army and police officers, are to assume full responsibility after the withdrawal.

CNN's Hamdi Alkhshali contributed to this report

Question:
who was the car bomb targeting
when did this occur
where did the blast occur

Answer: Iraqi prime minister,

Answer: Monday

Answer: at an outdoor parking lot

Summary:
Police: The blast occurs at the Iraqi parliament's parking lot .
Terrorists confess that the car bomb was targeting the prime minister, official says .
The attack Monday kills two people and injures seven others .


Baghdad (CNN) -- Tariq al-Hashimi, Iraq's Sunni vice president, disputes the government's charges that he organized a death squad targeting government and military officials, saying the false claims are politically motivated and he has never and will never be involved in violence.

"Today it is al-Hashimi, tomorrow it will be someone else," al-Hashimi told reporters Tuesday in the northern Iraqi Kurdish city of Irbil, where he discussed a warrant issued for his arrest by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's Shiite-dominated government.

Iraqiya, the Sunni-backed but cross-sectarian political bloc to which al-Hashimi belongs, has accused al-Maliki of consolidating power, saying the Shiite-backed political leader has refused to give up control of Iraq's Interior and Defense ministries.

"I have said there is a purpose behind this and there is political assassination and today there is a fabrication to embarrass this man after all he has done over the years and despite all the sacrifices made," al-Hashimi said, referring to himself and his efforts to bring about political consensus in the diverse country during the post-Saddam Hussein era. "After eight years I am rewarded with this."

The warrant issued for al-Hashimi's arrest is the latest in a series of events that have threatened to destroy Iraq's fragile power-sharing agreement between Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds, raising fears about the stability of the country even as the last of U.S. troops are withdrawn. The arrest warrant was issued just days after Iraqiya suspended its participation in Parliament amid claims it was being cut out of the political process.

The charges appear to be based on the purported confessions of three men, identified as security guards for al-Hashimi. Iraqi state-run TV aired video of the men's confessions. CNN cannot independently verify their identities.

An official in al-Hashimi's office, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of security concerns, said the three men in the videotaped confessions were security guards for al-Hashimi. The official said the men did not look distressed, though they believe they were under some sort of threat to make such confessions.

Among the confessions was one by a man who detailed roadside bombings and shootings that targeted government and security officials in 2009.

The person speaking said orders at times came directly from al-Hashimi and at times through his son-in-law, Ahmed Qahtan, who is also a senior member of his staff.

The man said the improvised explosive devices were produced and kept at an abandoned house belonging to al-Hashimi in the al-Yarmouk neighborhood.

He also alleged that the vice president personally thanked him after a number of attacks, and that he was rewarded $3,000 after the first IED attack against a senior Ministry of Health official.

The man in the video said al-Hashimi ordered him to map out security locations and checkpoints for the Baghdad Brigade, which protects the Green Zone. He said he was speaking out to "clear his conscience" and "expose this criminal."

Al-Hashimi said he had been warned to adopt certain political stances or the confessions would be aired. He said foreign political agendas and other countries moved this case against him but didn't elaborate. Iraqiya members and others have said al-Maliki is backed by Iran.

Addressing reporters in the country's Kurdish region, al-Hashimi indicated that the claims and the accusations that he engaged in these activities are absurd.

He said the case should be transferred to the semi-autonomous Kurdish territory because of its neutrality. He also called for Arab League observers and attorneys from the Arab Lawyers Union to guarantee the fairness of any proceeding. That's because at present, he said, the country's "judiciary has been politicized and lost its independence years ago and is controlled by the executive authority."

"I have big question marks over these confessions they made," al-Hashimi said.

"They can be easily disproved and refuted. But despite that, justice must take its course and everyone must resort to

Question: Who is the Iraqi vice president?

Question: Who disputes the warrant's accusations?

Question: What do the charges come amid of?

Question: Who is the VP of Iraq?

Question: What is the Iraqi vice president to confront allegations about?

Question: Al-Hashimi disputes what exactly?

Question: What does Al-Hashimi dispute?

Answer: Tariq al-Hashimi,

Answer: Tariq al-Hashimi,

Answer: claims it was being cut out of the political process.

Answer: Tariq al-Hashimi,

Answer: he organized a death squad targeting government and military officials,

Answer: he organized a death squad targeting government and military officials,

Answer: the government's charges

Summary:
NEW: Al-Hashimi disputes the warrant's accusations .
The Iraqi vice president to confront allegations that he organized a death squad to target government officials .
The charges come amid a political crisis and sectarian tensions .


Baghdad (CNN) -- The last U.S. troops to occupy Camp Victory, once one of the largest and most high-profile American military bases in Iraq, left Friday afternoon as the Iraqi government assumed control of the sprawling complex near Baghdad's main airport.

The United States signed over control of the base on Thursday and it became effective on Friday, Col. Barry Johnson, a U.S. Army spokesman said. No high-profile ceremony marked the transition, he said.

The last group of service members stationed at Camp Victory began moving off-base around 12 p.m., he said. Within two hours, no U.S. troops remained, he said.

The base -- formally known as Victory Base Complex -- once housed as many as 40,000 service members. It includes lavish palaces built by Saddam Hussein, some of which were used as barracks or dining facilities.

Hussein, the country's leader until the U.S. invasion in 2003 deposed him, was among prisoners held in a maximum security prison on the base.

The transition leaves the United States with five military bases in Iraq as it continues to draw down its forces there in preparation for a complete withdrawal by the end of the year.

President Barack Obama ordered U.S. forces out of Iraq in October after the two countries were unable to reach an agreement on a continued presence of troops.

Question: What is the largest base?

Question: Who have they handed control to?

Question: What was the largest U.S. base in Iraq?

Question: What was the camps size in the high of the war?

Question: When the last U.S. troops be fully withdrawn from Iraq?

Question: What is the name of the camp the US hands over to Iraq?

Question: What is the goal of the US Troops?

Answer: Camp Victory,

Answer: Iraqi government

Answer: Camp Victory,

Answer: 40,000

Answer: the end of the year.

Answer: Victory,

Answer: complete withdrawal

Summary:
United States hands control of Camp Victory to Iraq .
The sprawling base was once one of the United States' largest in Iraq .
U.S. troops are preparing to fully withdraw from Iraq by year's end .


Baghdad (CNN) -- Three security contractors, two of them American veterans and one from Fiji, have been freed in Iraq almost three weeks after they were detained by the Iraqi Army, U.S. Rep. Peter King said Wednesday.

The men, who were working for a security firm, were arrested by Iraqi Army forces in Mahmudiyah on December 9 but were not charged with any offense, said King, a New York Republican.

"I am pleased that these three men have been released after having been detained," King said. "With the unfortunate and clearly deteriorating security situation in Iraq and with al Qaeda in Iraq still very active, these men were in increasing danger with each passing day."

King said he got involved after being contacted by the wife of one of the men, Army veteran Alex Antiohos of Long Island, New York.

The other two contractors are Jonas March of Savannah, Georgia, and Kevin Fisher of Fiji, he said.

The congressman asked the U.S. State Department for help and wrote to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to appeal for their release, he said in a statement.

King said the three men were detained because the Iraqi military "did not like the 'mission request authorization' paperwork that had been issued by the Iraqi Ministry of Interior."

The United States is still negotiating with the Iraqi government about whether U.S. contractors will be granted any diplomatic protections under Iraqi law. The final U.S. troops withdrew from Iraq 10 days ago, after a war that lasted almost nine years.

CNN's Adam Levine contributed to this report.

Question:
Where is the non U.S detainee from?
Who got involved?
When did he get involved?
When were the contractors detained?
Who was detained?
Where are they from?

Answer: Fiji,

Answer: King

Answer: after being contacted by the wife of one of the men,

Answer: December 9

Answer: Three security contractors,

Answer: American

Summary:
NEW: Rep. Peter King got involved after the wife of one of the men appealed for help .
The three contractors were detained in central Iraq on December 9 .
Two of them are U.S. citizens and military veterans, the third is from Fiji .


Baghdad, Iraq (CNN)  -- Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majeed -- also known as Chemical Ali -- was executed Monday, an Iraqi government spokesman said.

He was hanged after having been convicted on 13 counts of killings and genocide, Ali al-Dabagh said.

Al-Majeed had been sentenced to death in four separate trials, including one that focused on his involvement in a poison gas attack against Iraqi Kurds that killed about 5,000 people.

His execution had been delayed for political rather than legal reasons. It is not clear what change, if any, led to the reported execution.

Al-Majeed had been held in United States custody since his capture in 2003. But he was handed over to the Iraqi authorities in the 24 hours before his execution, U.S. Ambassador Christopher Hill told CNN's Diana Magnay on Monday.

The 1988 poison gas attack on the village of Halabja, which earned al-Majeed his nickname, was part of the Anfal campaign, in which the Hussein regime killed at least 100,000 Iraqi Kurds. The campaign is believed to be worst poison gas attack on civilians ever.

Al-Majeed was sentenced to death separately for his role in putting down a Shiite uprising against Hussein in 1991, and for his part in putting down a Baghdad revolt in 1999.

Estimates of the Shiite death toll in the 1991 rebellion range from 20,000 to 100,000. Al-Majeed was convicted of playing a key part in the slaughter during the revolt in southern Iraq that followed the 1991 Persian Gulf War.

One of his co-defendants in the Anfal case, Sultan Hashem, is a prominent Sunni leader who is considered a key player in efforts to reconcile the country's once-dominant Sunni community with the Shiite majority that now wields political power.

Hashem was also sentenced to death, but Iraq's Sunni Arab Vice-President Tariq al-Hashimi has long refused to sign his execution order.  That delayed the execution of al-Majeed and another defendant as well.

Iraqi law requires all three members of the Iraqi presidency council -- the president and two vice-presidents -- to sign execution orders. It does not say what happens if they do not sign.

CNN's Yousif Bassil contributed to this report.

Question: who had been sentenced to death in four separate trials?

Question: on what grounds  was the execution delayeed?

Question: that happened to Al-Majeed?

Question: Who was executed?

Question: whose cousin was executed?

Question: Who was handed over to Iraqi authorities?

Answer: Ali Hassan al-Majeed

Answer: for political rather than legal reasons.

Answer: executed

Answer: Ali Hassan al-Majeed

Answer: Saddam Hussein's

Answer: Al-Majeed

Summary:
NEW:  U.S. handed al-Majeed over to Iraqi authorities shortly before execution, official says .
Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majeed executed .
Al-Majeed had been sentenced to death in four separate trials .
Execution had been delayed by VP's refusal to OK another defendant's death sentence .


Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- A Kurdish member of Iraq's parliament said Monday that the United States is pressuring the "highest levels of the Kurdish leadership" to accept a compromise that would dictate how national elections would be held in January. Mahmoud Othman said the United States urged the Kurdish majority in the northern oil-rich province of Kirkuk to agree to a proposal that would settle issues about the law that spells out how the election will be carried out. Vice President Joe Biden broached the issue of elections in telephone calls Sunday with Iraqi Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani and Speaker of the Parliament Ayad al-Samarrai'e, said Biden spokesman Jay Carney. "In both calls, the vice president echoed the president's position that timely elections are important and that we urge all parties to do their part to make them happen," he said. A secure environment and political stability during and after the polls will be key as the United States looks to withdraw combat troops by August, leaving 50,000 in advisory roles, and then withdraw all U.S. forces by the end of 2011. Some Kurds have complained that the U.S. proposals would favor the province's Arabs and Turkmen, though it was not clear on what they based that assertion. Kurds have long regarded Kirkuk as an integral part of Kurdistan, and many want to be part of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region. Arabs and Turkmen have their claims to the city, and all the groups want their voices and votes to be fairly represented in the political system. Provincial elections that were to have been held in January were postponed indefinitely because officials there could not agree on how to apportion seats among the ethnic groups. Last week, the Kurds threatened to boycott voting on the election law, thereby threatening to delay the election itself, which is scheduled to take place January 16. The constitution would allow for a delay, but not past January 31. Iraq's election commission has said it needs at least 90 days after passage of any election law to prepare to carry out elections, which U.S. and Iraqi government officials call a vital step in Iraqi efforts to solidify a democratic system in the post-Saddam Hussein era. The head of Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission, Judge Qassim Aboodi, said Monday that if the law is not passed within a few days, the elections could be threatened altogether. Othman described the U.S. efforts at pushing forward a compromise to the Kurds as being "counterproductive" and "making things worse." Though the proposal was submitted by the United Nations, Othman said, "the U.S. is behind this." He said the U.S.-backed plan was not fair and urged that U.S. officials remain neutral. Under Saddam's regime, Kurds were kicked out of Kirkuk, and many Arabs moved in, a policy called Arabization. But Kurds returned to the city in droves after the regime was toppled. Sharp disagreements exist over which voter registries should be used in the elections, with the Kurds wanting a current one and the Arabs and Turkmen wanting registries from several years ago. As for the lists, politicians disagree over the use of open lists that name candidates and closed lists that name parties. The law used in the 2005 election calls for a closed list. U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Christopher Hill and Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. officials in Iraq, issued a statement Thursday urging lawmakers to decide that "rules, procedures, and decisions" for the election apply only to that vote. They argue that it should not set precedent "for future political settlements related to Article 140, demographic change, disputed boundaries, or other contested issues," a specific reference to the Kirkuk question. Article 140 is the section of the country's constitution referencing the issue. CNN's Mohammed Jamjoom and Jomana Karadsheh contributed to this story from Baghdad, Iraq.

Question: Who has called for swift passage of election law?

Question: What did Biden discuss?

Question: What is the US pushing for?

Question: Who is pushing for agreement?

Question: What do the Kurds say?

Question: What is Biden discussing?

Answer: United States

Answer: the issue of elections

Answer: Kurdish leadership" to accept a compromise

Answer: United States

Answer: U.S. proposals would favor the province's Arabs and Turkmen,

Answer: "highest levels of the Kurdish leadership"

Summary:
Member of parliament says U.S. pushing for agreement on election law .
Biden discussed January elections in calls with Kurdish political leaders .
Kurds have said U.S. proposals favor Arabs, Turkmen .
Iraqi election commission has called for swift passage of election law .


Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- A motorcycle bomb killed 20 people and injured 117 others south of Baghdad on Wednesday, the Interior Ministry said. The bombing in the holy city of Karbala was one of four attacks targeting Shiite pilgrims as they headed toward the shrine of Imam Hussein on Wednesday morning, a ministry official said. Three people died and 23 were injured in the other attacks. In those explosions, a roadside bomb in western Baghdad killed one person, and a roadside bomb in the city of Hilla in Babil province, south of Baghdad, killed two people. A roadside bomb in southwestern Baghdad caused only injuries. Wednesday's attacks came two days after a suicide bomber killed 41 people and wounded 106 others in an assault on pilgrims in northeastern Baghdad. Iraqi authorities are trying to provide security to thousands of Shiite worshipers who are making their way to Karbala to mark the Arbaeen -- the end of the 40-day mourning period at the close of Ashura. Ashura commemorates the martyrdom of Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed who was killed in battle in Karbala in 680 A.D. That event helped create the schism between Sunnis and Shiites, the two main Muslim religious movements. CNN's Yousif Bassil contributed to this report.

Question: The attacks were carried out on which day?

Question: Where did the bombings take place?

Question: how many people was killed

Question: where these attacks occurred

Question: when was attack

Question: Bombers target what type of pilgrims?

Question: where is karbala

Answer: Wednesday,

Answer: the holy city of Karbala

Answer: 20

Answer: holy city of Karbala

Answer: Wednesday morning,

Answer: Shiite

Answer: south of Baghdad

Summary:
Bombers target Shiite pilgrims in the holy city of Karbala .
Twenty people killed, more than 100 injured in a motorbike blast .
Attack was one of four carried out Wednesday .
Three people died and 23 were injured in the other attacks .


Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- A series of bomb attacks disrupted voting as the polls opened in Iraq's national elections Thursday, leaving a total of 12 people dead and another 47 wounded.

There had been warnings of insurgent attacks around the vote, which is intended to install a 325-member parliament and select Iraq's next government.

Early voting began Thursday for those who will be unable to cast their ballots in Sunday's election, including thousands of army and security personnel.

In the first of three attacks, five civilians were killed and 22 injured when a bomb went off in the Hurriya neighborhood of northern Baghdad, an interior ministry official said.

The bomb had been placed about 500 meters (546 yards) away from a polling center that was going to be used Sunday, but was not open for Thursday's early voting, the official said. It was not clear whether the polling center was the target, as hundreds of them will be open Sunday, most within 500 meters of each other.

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In the al-Mansour district of western Baghdad, at least three people were killed and 25 wounded in a suicide bombing outside a polling center, an interior ministry official said. Most of the casualties were Iraqi army soldiers, the official said.

The suicide bomber struck the forces as they were assembling outside the polling center to vote, the official said.

The bomber was disguised as an Iraqi police officer and stopped before reaching the polling center, according to a U.S. military statement.

A second suicide attacker struck another Iraqi army gathering on its way to vote in the Bab Al-Muadham area of central Baghdad, the ministry said. Four soldiers were killed and 10 others wounded in the attack.

Thousands of army and security personnel are among those taking part in Thursday's voting, which is for those who will unable to cast their ballots Sunday. Others voting Thursday include detainees, hospital staff and patients.

As many as 700,000 security forces are expected to vote, according to the U.N. Assistance Mission to Iraq.

There was heavy security around polling centers Thursday, with Iraqi forces blocking streets around them and not allowing any vehicles in.

At one polling center, voters and personnel entering on foot had to go through a number of body searches. Iraqi Air Force helicopters have been active in the skies all day and snipers can be seen on rooftops near polling centers.

A public holiday began Thursday and will run until Monday because of the elections.

U.S. and Iraqi officials had warned of expected violence ahead of the vote.

On Wednesday, three suicide attacks in Baquba, northeast of the capital, killed at least 33 people and wounded dozens more.

It is Iraq's fifth nationwide vote since 2003, but only the second for a full four-year-term parliament with its 325 seats.

"The conduct and outcome of the election will be the most decisive moment for Iraqis' future since 2003," Ad Melkert, the head of the U.N. mission in Iraq, said Monday.

Authorities on Iraqi state television announced special measures for the days surrounding the vote. Since Monday, there has been a ban on motorcycles and bicycles in Baghdad until further notice, and a two-day ban on any vehicles in cities begins Sunday, they said.

Provincial borders will be sealed, preventing movements between provinces, from Saturday to Monday. And international borders and all airports will be shut from midnight Saturday.

A curfew will be in place in cities from midnight to 5 a.m. on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, officials said. Civilians may not carry weapons on those days, they said.

CNN's Jomana Karadsheh and Yousif Bassil contributed to this report.

Question: What was the cause of the deaths?

Question: What will the vote install?

Question: How many people are dead in the bomb attacks?

Question: who will interrupt the votes

Question: What is the number of dead?

Question: What is the number of member of parliament?

Question: What do attacks coincide with?

Answer: A series of bomb attacks

Answer: 325-member parliament and select Iraq's next government.

Answer: 12

Answer: series of bomb attacks

Answer: 12

Answer: 325-member

Answer: elections

Summary:
NEW: 12 people dead and dozens wounded in series of bomb attacks .
Attacks coincide with early voting in Iraq's national election .
Security is tight after insurgent groups vowed to disrupt the vote .
Vote will install a 325-member parliament and select Iraq's next government .


Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- At least 18 people have been killed and 80 injured in a car bomb blast in central Baghdad as deadly violence returned to the streets of the Iraqi capital for a second day. The blast was caused by a suicide bomber who drove through the checkpoint, toward a government forensic office, Iraq's ministry of information said. Tuesday's attack followed three vehicle bombings near hotels in the city on Monday which killed 36 people and wounded 71 others. The latest bombings come amid concerns over security and fears of a fresh wave of sectarian violence between the country's rival Shia and Sunni factions as the country prepares for crucial national elections on March 7. The buildup to that vote has been dominated by controversy over the legitimacy of hundreds of candidates banned from participating because of alleged links to former dictator Saddam Hussein's regime. The 511-name "blacklist" issued by Iraq's Accountability and Justice Commission, which is charged with purging former members of Hussein's Baath Party from public life, includes many prominent Sunni Arab politicians. Banning such candidates has raised fears of alienating the Sunnis -- an issue during the 2005 elections that analysts say was a contributing factor to the years of sectarian violence that followed. Monday's bombings also followed the execution earlier in the day of Hussein's cousin and notorious henchman Ali Hassan al-Majeed -- also known as "Chemical Ali." In a statement issued Tuesday, the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad condemned the attacks on the hotels. "The terrorists who committed these senseless crimes aim to sow fear among the Iraqi people. We are confident, however, that the Iraqi people will stand fast and work together to build their common future in peace and security," the embassy said. CNN's Yousif Bassil contributed to this report.

Question: What number were killed today?

Question: How many people did the bomb kill?

Question: How many vehicles were involved in the bombing the previous day?

Question: who planted the bomb

Question: Where did the bomb go off?

Question: how many were injured

Question: What number were killed yesterday?

Answer: At least 18

Answer: At least 18

Answer: three

Answer: a suicide bomber

Answer: central

Answer: 80

Answer: 18

Summary:
Car bomb detonated near a government forensic office in central Baghdad .
Attack comes a day after three vehicle bomb attacks killed 36, injured 71 .
At least 18 dead, 80 injured in latest attack .


Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- At least 30 Iraqi children riding in a bus were among the 160 people killed in Sunday's twin car bombings in Baghdad, the Interior Ministry said Monday. At least 540 people were wounded in Sunday's attacks, the deadliest in the capital in more than two years, the ministry said. One of the bombs exploded outside Baghdad's governorate building, the other outside the Justice Ministry. The bombs detonated in quick succession about 10:30 a.m., officials said. The children were packed in a mini bus that was outside the Justice Ministry building, a ministry official said. The vehicle carrying the explosives that detonated outside the ministry building was a stolen white pick-up from Falluja, Baghdad Gov. Salah Abdul Razzaq told CNN during his inspection of the bomb site. Images from the time of the attack showed the truck, linked to the Department of Water, pull up to the side of the building and blow up, he said. Plumes of smoke billowed from the sites as victims fled, some with blood streaming down their faces. The streets were strewn with debris, including charred cars and chunks of concrete. Some government buildings and others in the area were heavily damaged. Among the wounded were three American security contractors, the U.S. Embassy said, declining to provide further details. The area struck is close to the heavily guarded "Green Zone," which houses the embassy. The blasts sparked questions about Iraq's security and national elections planned for January. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who visited the scene shortly after the explosions, said holding the elections as scheduled would send a strong message to the attackers. "The cowardly attack ... should not affect the determination of the Iraqi people from continuing their battle against the deposed regime and the gangs of criminal Baath party, and the terrorist al Qaeda organization,'" al-Maliki said in a written statement. U.S. President Barack Obama called the attacks an attempt to derail progress in Iraq, and pledged to work closely with the country as it prepares for elections. Obama spoke with the prime minister and President Jalal Talabani to express his condolences and reiterate U.S. support. In August, more than 100 people were killed in a series of bombings that led to tightened security in Baghdad. Blast walls were installed across the city and checkpoints were added. Two years earlier, three truck bombings killed hundreds in Qahtaniya, in northern Iraq. Sunday's attacks were the deadliest on Iraqi civilians since those blasts in August 2007. A day before Sunday's explosions, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, visited Iraq for the first time. During her trip, she made a condolence stop at the Foreign Ministry, one of six sites attacked in August. Iraqis are supposed to go to the polls January 16, but parliament has not passed key election legislation, putting the balloting in limbo. The president, prime minister and other top officials are scheduled to meet Monday to discuss the elections law and security concerns. CNN's Jomana Karadsheh, Mohammed Jamjoom, and Mohammed Tawfeeq contributed to this report.

Question: How many people were killed?

Question: What did Obama do as a result?

Question: What did the toll rise to?

Question: Where did these bombs explode?

Question: What has the USA said about this event?

Question: Where did the bombs explode?

Question: What is the death toll in the Baghdad double bombing?

Question: Where did bombs explode in Baghdad?

Question: Who pledged US support for the Iraq elections?

Question: What has Obama pledged?

Question: How many people were killed in the bombing?

Question: What is the death toll?

Question: What is the death toll in Baghdad?

Answer: 160

Answer: pledged to work closely with the country as it prepares for elections.

Answer: 540 people

Answer: exploded outside Baghdad's governorate building, the other outside the Justice Ministry.

Answer: U.S. President Barack Obama called the attacks an attempt to derail progress in Iraq, and pledged to work closely with the country as it prepares for elections.

Answer: Baghdad,

Answer: 160 people killed

Answer: governorate building, the other outside the Justice Ministry.

Answer: U.S. President Barack Obama

Answer: to work closely with the country as it prepares for elections.

Answer: 160

Answer: 160 people killed

Answer: 160

Summary:
Death toll in Baghdad double bombing rises to 160 .
Bombs exploded outside government buildings in Baghdad .
Obama condemns bombings, pledges U.S. support for Iraq election .


Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- Former Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari has won a non-binding vote that could influence the decision on who will be the country's next prime minister, an official in the office of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said Wednesday.

Tens of thousands took part in the vote last week in tents set up on the streets of Baghdad and some some southern provinces.

The vote was called by al-Sadr, who has refused to back the top vote-getters in the March 7 election and wanted his followers to designate a prime minister of their choosing.

Al-Jaafari won 24 percent of the votes in last week's balloting, the official in al-Sadr's office said. Current Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki won 10 percent, and former interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi won 9 percent, the official said.

Allawi aims to quickly form Iraqi government

The results play no official role in deciding who governs Iraq, but it means al-Jaafari will be the person that the al-Sadr bloc is committed to supporting as the next prime minister.

March's election produced extremely close election results and the final outcome is still uncertain.

Allawi's Iraqiya bloc won 91 seats, a razor-thin victory over al-Maliki's State of the Law coalition, which gained 89 seats, according to the provisional results.

At least 163 seats are needed to form a government. As a result of being at the top of the balloting, both Allawi and al-Maliki are working to form coalition governments and are reaching out to entities like al-Sadr's group.

Al-Sadr's party, which gained at least 39 seats in the voting, is a member of the Iraqi National Alliance, the Shiite bloc that received 70 seats.

CNN's Yousif Bassil contributed to this report.

Question: Who was the unofficial vote called by?

Question: What plays no official role in deciding who governs Iraq.

Question: What kind of vote is being called by radicalShiite cleric?

Question: who won 24 percent of the votes?

Question: who called unofficial vote?

Question: What per cent of the votes were won by Ibrahim al Jaafari in last weeks balloting?

Question: What did he want his followers to do?

Answer: al-Sadr,

Answer: The results

Answer: non-binding

Answer: Al-Jaafari

Answer: al-Sadr,

Answer: 24 percent

Answer: to designate a prime minister of their choosing.

Summary:
Unofficial vote called by radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr .
He wanted his followers to designate a prime minister of their choosing .
Ibrahim al-Jaafari won 24 percent of the votes in last week's balloting .
The results play no official role in deciding who governs Iraq .


Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraq has appointed its first ambassador to Kuwait in two decades, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. Mohammed Hussein Bahr Al-Ulum was appointed to the post, the ministry said. While Iraq has had an embassy and a chargé d'affaires in Kuwait since the regime of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein fell in 2003, it has not had an ambassador there since Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990. That invasion resulted in the United States' launching Operation Desert Storm, its first Iraq war, in 1991. Kuwaiti's Kuna state news agency also reported the appointment, saying, "Iraqi-Kuwaiti relations have been developing since the fall of the Baath regime, with both nations expressing desires to develop bilateral relations." In February 2009, a Kuwaiti envoy made his country's highest-level visit to Iraq since the invasion. Sheikh Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah, Kuwait's deputy prime minister and foreign minister, said at the time that Kuwait wanted to strengthen and develop ties between the two nations, and congratulated Iraq on its recent provincial elections. "This is Iraq which we have wagered on and we congratulate the Iraqis for this," al-Sabah said, according to Kuwait's official news agency. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who met with the delegation during the trip last year, said in a statement he told the Kuwaitis that the Hussein regime "harmed Arab relations." "Some Arabs still view Iraq the same way they did under Saddam, but we tell them Iraq today is built on a constitution and on democracy," al-Maliki said at the time.

Question: To what incursion led U.S. to launch Operation Desert Storm?

Question: Who is the new ambassador?

Question: Which incursion led U.S. to launch Operation Desert Storm?

Question: When was the last time Iraq had an ambassador to Kuwait?

Question: What is the name of the new ambassador?

Question: Who is new ambassador to Kuwait?

Question: How long has Iraq not had an ambassador to Kuwait?

Question: What led the U.S. to launch Operation Desert Storm?

Answer: Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990.

Answer: Mohammed Hussein Bahr Al-Ulum

Answer: That invasion resulted in the United States' launching

Answer: 1990.

Answer: Mohammed Hussein Bahr Al-Ulum

Answer: Mohammed Hussein Bahr Al-Ulum

Answer: two decades,

Answer: Iraq invaded Kuwait

Summary:
Iraq has not had ambassador to Kuwait since Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990 .
That incursion led U.S. to launch Operation Desert Storm, its first Iraq war .
New ambassador is Mohammed Hussein Bahr Al-Ulum, Iraq says .