(CNN) -- The Sri Lankan army launched an operation against Tamil rebels in the country's north early Monday, the military said, claiming to have rescued thousands of civilians trapped in a government safe zone. The Sri Lankan army has relaunched its attacks on Tamil rebels in the country's north. A rebel Web site, TamilNet, said government forces were engaged in a fresh ground offensive. A TamilNet correspondent in Vanni reported heavy shelling, rocket fire and gunfire. Thirty civilians died in shelling Sunday, rebels said. The government of Sri Lanka has been battling the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) rebels in a civil conflict that has lasted nearly 25 years. "Thousands of civilians who had been forcibly held by the LTTE terrorists in the government declared No Fire Zone (NFZ) were rescued early hours this morning, 20 April, as the troops engaged in a massive scale rescue mission, were able to open a safe passage for the civilians," the Ministry of Defense Web site said. More than 10,000 civilians are trying to seek refuge with soldiers, the military said. The upsurge in hostilities follows a two-day cessation last week for the Sinhala and Hindu New Year. The U.S. State Department on Thursday called for a cease-fire between the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tigers to allow civilians to escape the fighting. "We call upon the government and military of Sri Lanka, and the Tamil Tigers, to immediately stop hostilities until the more than 140,000 civilians in the conflict area are safely out," acting spokesman Robert Wood said in a statement. "Both sides must immediately return to a humanitarian pause and both must respect the right of free movement of those civilian men, women and children trapped by the fighting."  Watch the heavy toll of fighting on civilians » A brief cessation of hostilities  announced by the Sri Lankan government on April 12 allowed the United Nations and its partners to bring in aid, but a renewed government offensive has left civilians trapped in a war zone. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his humanitarian chief John Holmes called the brief halt in fighting inadequate and have pushed for a longer humanitarian pause in fighting. The most pressing concern now, according to Holmes, is the fact that more than 100,000 people are crowded in a "very small pocket of land" that is about five square miles, or about twice the size of New York's Central Park. "It is a very small area indeed for what we believe is a very large number of people," Holmes told reporters Wednesday. Overcrowding is also a problem in camps housing displaced people, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). As of Monday, some 65,000 displaced people were crammed into camps in Vavuniya, Jaffna and Mannar, with 35,000 more expected to arrive within 48 hours, the organization said in a statement. ' UNICEF said it feared for children trapped in the escalating fighting and is worried that the worst is yet to come. The group appealed for donations to help cover "the most immediate needs of the affected population in health and nutrition, water and sanitation, protection and education." The crowded population, primarily comprised of Tamil civilians, is subject to the continuing Sri Lankan government assaults. The British and French foreign ministers released a joint statement as well on Wednesday, saying that the Tamil Tigers are using Tamil civilians as human shields. The Tigers have been declared a terrorist organization by 32 countries, including the United States and the European Union. As many as 70,000 people have been killed since the conflict officially began in 1983. The International Committee of the Red Cross said Monday that it has helped evacuate more than 10,000 sick and injured patients, and their caregivers, from Putumattalan in rebel-held territory since February. "These evacuations have saved many lives," said Morven Murchinson, the Red Cross medical coordinator in Sri Lanka. "It is vital that they continue, because more sick and wounded people are arriving every day at the makeshift medical facilities in Putumattalan." The Red Cross says there's an acute

Question: How long has the conflict been going on?

Question: Where is the upsurge in hostilities taking place?

Question: what Upsurge in hostilities follows cessation for New Year?

Question: What was crowded in a very small area?

Question: Who voiced fears for children trapped in fighting?

Question: When did the hostilities increase?

Question: How long did the Sri Lanka government conflict last?

Question: What did the upsurge in hostilities follow?

Question: Who voiced fears?

Question: When did the conflict start/

Question: For how long has the conflict lasted?

Answer: 25 years.

Answer: in the country's north.

Answer: Sri Lankan army launched an operation against Tamil rebels

Answer: 100,000 people

Answer: Robert Wood

Answer: last week

Answer: nearly 25 years.

Answer: a two-day cessation last week for the Sinhala and Hindu New Year.

Answer: UNICEF

Answer: officially began in 1983.

Answer: nearly 25 years.

Summary:
NEW: Fears voiced by UNICEF for children trapped in the escalating fighting .
Upsurge in hostilities follows cessation for New Year .
U.N. humanitarian chief: Large number of people crowded in very small area .
Tamil Tigers, Sri Lanka government locked in conflict lasting nearly 25 years .


(CNN) -- The Sri Lankan government said Thursday it has made more inroads into the remaining territory held by ethnic Tamil Tiger rebels after troops seized their command center in the north of the country. Sri Lankan workers bury the bodies of some 38 suspected Tamil Tiger rebels killed in recent fighting. The defense ministry's announcement, also reported by the country's Lankapuvath national news agency, could not be independently verified. Military jets pounded the rebel's "transit camp" in the district of Mullaittivu Wednesday evening, the agency said. The defense ministry said rebels were firing at and killing civilians who were trying to flee the fighting. "In the face of humiliating defeat, LTTE terrorists are tailoring a civilian tragedy," it said on its Web site. The LTTE, or the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, are commonly known as the Tamil Tigers. They have fought for an independent homeland for the country's Tamil minority since 1983 in a civil war has left more than 65,000 people dead. In recent days, the military has made significant progress in its campaign to recapture rebel strongholds. Earlier this month, troops regained control of the northern town of Elephant Pass, the point at which mainland Sri Lanka links to the northern Jaffna peninsula. It had been in rebel hands for more than nine years. The re-capture enabled the government to use a highway linking the mainland to the peninsula to move troops and supplies. Previously, it was done by air and sea.

Question: what does defence ministry say

Question: What are the rebels doing per the defense ministry?

Question: What did the Sri Lanka news agency say?

Answer: rebels were firing at and killing civilians who were trying to flee the fighting.

Answer: firing at and killing civilians who were trying to flee the fighting.

Answer: Military jets pounded the rebel's "transit camp" in the district of Mullaittivu Wednesday evening,

Summary:
Sri Lanka news agency says government jets bombarded rebel transit camp .
Defense ministry says rebels killing civilians .
Reported capture is latest in a series of claimed government successes .


(CNN) -- The Sri Lankan government should immediately release more than 280,000 displaced Tamil civilians living in detention camps, a leading human rights group said Wednesday. Tamil civilians are at Menik Farm refugee camp on the outskirts of the northern town of Vavuniya, Sri Lanka. Human Rights Watch said the displaced Sri Lankans were already victims of a protracted and bloody civil war. Now they are victims again, confined against their will, like criminals, the global watchdog group said. "Keeping several hundred thousand civilians who had been caught in the middle of a war penned in these camps is outrageous," said Brad Adams, Asia director for Human Right Watch. "Haven't they been through enough?" But a Sri Lankan Defense Ministry spokesman said the Human Rights Watch report is overstated, and he defended the government's handling of the displaced. "Those are not detention camps," said the spokesman, Lakshman Hulugalle. "They are relief villages. All the basic facilities are being given to the people." Sri Lanka declared victory in May in its 25-year battle with the Tamil Tiger rebels, but concerns remain about how the island nation can heal visceral war wounds. The rebels -- formally known as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) -- waged war for an independent state for minority Tamils in Sri Lanka since July 1983. As many as 70,000 people were killed in the conflict. With the cease-fire, the question of how to resettle Tamil refugees, many of whom were living among the rebels, has wrought intense criticism of the government from international humanitarian agencies. The United Nations reported that as of July 19, Sri Lanka was detaining 281,621 people in 30 military guarded camps in the four northern districts of Vavuniya, Mannar, Jaffna and Trincomalee. Human Rights Watch said humanitarian workers are prohibited from discussing abuses or the final months of the ethnic conflict and that camp residents are allowed to leave only for emergency medical care, often only with military escort. In some camps, people have to register with the military twice a day, the rights group said. If they fail, they are subject to punitive measures such as being forced to stand still under the sun for extended periods of time. The group reported health problems created by inconsistent water supply and a shortage of bathroom facilities. But Hulugalle, the Defense Ministry spokesman, said barbed wire around the compounds is a common way to define barriers in Sri Lanka and that military guards were being utilized out of security concerns. The government fears that rebels are hiding in the camps and screening people living in them. "These are people who were kept for months in LTTE clutches," Hulugalle said, referring to the displaced civilians. He said the government has a 180-day plan to resettle most people but that a lot of work was needed in the northern districts as far as rebuilding infrastructure and basic services destroyed in the fighting. The human rights activists say, however, that the government is not working fast enough. Human Right Watch said Sri Lanka's goal now is only to resettle 60 percent of the refugees by the end of the year. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Eric Schwartz visited a camp this week in Vavuniya, after which he announced an additional $8 million in humanitarian aid for the northern districts. But even in handing out dollars, Schwartz was critical of Sri Lanka's handling of the displaced. In a statement, he acknowledged that providing food, shelter and medical care for the displaced people was a "formidable task." But Schwartz said the United States remains "deeply concerned" about the confinement of people to camps and the hardships they endure within those camps. He also criticized the restrictions placed on humanitarian workers visiting the camps. "The government of the United States believes the focus now must be on the prompt return of the displaced in safety and dignity, and we want to accelerate this process," Schwartz said. In addition to global humanitarian aid, the International Monetary Fund has approved a $2.6 billion loan to Sri Lanka to mend the country. Adams of

Question: What caused the health problems?

Question: What created health problems

Question: What are workers prohibited from discussing?

Question: What number of Tamil civilians live in detention camps?

Question: How many Timil civilians are living in detention camps?

Question: What is overstated?

Question: How many civilians were displaced?

Answer: inconsistent water supply and a shortage of bathroom facilities.

Answer: inconsistent water supply and a shortage of bathroom facilities.

Answer: abuses or the final months of the ethnic conflict

Answer: more than 280,000

Answer: more than 280,000

Answer: the Human Rights Watch report

Answer: 280,000

Summary:
Group: More than 280,000 displaced Tamil civilians living in detention camps .
Sri Lanka says the Human Rights Watch report is overstated .
Human Rights Watch says aid workers are prohibited from discussing abuses .
Group reported health problems created by inconsistent water supply .


(CNN) -- The Sri Lankan military claimed it has struck a decisive blow against Tamil rebels in the taking of a rebel naval base at Chalai. Troops at Elephant Pass, the isthmus connecting the Jaffna peninsula to the rest of Sri Lanka. The "capture of Chalai by army troops several hours ago drove a decisive blow to the entire Tiger organization, now in its death throes with the loss of the biggest Sea Tiger base in the eastern coastal belt," said a statement posted on the military's Web site. The military also said it had killed at least four rebel leaders and 10 other rebels in the fighting Thursday evening in Chalai, a community known for its bazaars. Government troops and Tamil rebels are locked in a battle for the remaining rebel strongholds in the north of Sri Lanka, where the the country's ethnic Tamil minority has been fighting for an independent homeland since 1983.  Watch a report on risks facing journalists in Sri Lanka » Humanitarian groups say as many as 250,000 unprotected civilians are trapped in the area where the fighting is taking place, and the onslaught has intensified as government forces have closed in on the rebels. The aid agencies have asked for increased access to northern Sri Lanka, calling it a nightmarish situation. Earlier this week, the conflict forced the closure of Pudukkudiyiruppu hospital in the Vanni region, the last functioning medical facility in the area of fighting. Sri Lanka's Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse rejected calls Wednesday for a negotiated end to the fighting. He said there would be no political solution, the online edition of The Island reported. Some in the international community have suggested negotiations to give the rebels an opportunity to surrender.

Question: What year did the Tamil minority start fighting for an independent homeland?

Question: How many civilians were trapped?

Question: How many civilians are trapped?

Question: How many people are trapped?

Question: How many did military kill?

Question: Who was fighting?

Question: Since when have they been fighting?

Question: How many people were killed?

Answer: 1983.

Answer: 250,000

Answer: as

Answer: 250,000

Answer: at least four rebel leaders and 10 other rebels

Answer: Sri Lankan military

Answer: 1983.

Answer: at least four rebel leaders and 10 other rebels

Summary:
Military says it killed at least 14 rebels in the fighting .
Government troops, rebels battling for remaining rebel strongholds in north .
Aid groups say as many as 250,000 civilians are trapped in the area .
Ethnic Tamil minority fighting for an independent homeland since 1983 .


(CNN) -- The St. Louis Cardinals finished their improbable run Friday night with a convincing 6-2 win, beating the Texas Rangers and giving the franchise another World Series championship.

Instead of the furious comebacks the Cards have been known for this year, the Cards grabbed a commanding lead in the fifth inning Friday and held on.

"We got it. It is unbelievable," outfielder Allen Craig said. "This is an unbelievable group of guys. I am just glad to be a part of this."

Craig, who caught the last out of the game, was more than a part of it. He hit a home run in the third inning of Friday's game and stole a home run from Ranger Nelson Cruz leaping over the wall to bring the ball back.

Another one of the stars of Friday's game was Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina, who had two hits and knocked in two RBIs. Another St. Louis star was hurler Chris Carpenter, who continued his undefeated postseason run by stymieing the Rangers for six innings Friday.

Rangers pitchers were plagued with wildness Friday and throughout the series.

In the fifth inning, the Cardinals were able to get two runs and jump to a commanding 5 to 2 lead without getting a hit, capitalizing on Rangers' walks.

The win gives the Cards their 11th World Series championship. The Cardinals last won the championship in 2006.

Friday's win may have seemed a little melodramatic compared to the instant-classic World Series game Thursday, when the Cardinals displayed their never-say-die attitude.

The Cardinals were pushed to within their last strike in the ninth and 10th innings only to come back and erase two-run deficits both times.

They finished the comeback in the 11th inning beating the Rangers 10 to 9 on David Freese's walk-off home run.

Freese was named the most valuable player of the series.

"This is a dream come true," Freese said. "This is why you keep battling."

Cardinals Manager Tony La Russa said the fans, cheering and supporting, helped his team to the muster the strength to comeback so many times.

"It is amazing, incredible," La Russa said. "This is for you, fans. Thank you so much."

Comebacks are nothing new for the Cards, who made a furious dash just to reach the postseason. The team erased a 10.5-game deficit with the Atlanta Braves in the last month of the regular season just to make it to the playoffs. They punctuated that comeback by taking the must-win last two games of the season and stealing the National League wild card from the Braves.

Once in the playoffs, the Cards defeated division champs Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia Phillies. Both feats defied oddsmakers.

Question:
Who won the game 6-2?
who did The St. Louis Cardinals win?
Who is named World Series MVP?

Answer: St. Louis Cardinals

Answer: Texas Rangers

Answer: Freese

Summary:
The St. Louis Cardinals win 6-2 in Game 7 .
The win gives the Cardinals 11 World Series championships .
Cardinals' David Freese named World Series MVP .
"This is a dream come true," Freese says .


(CNN) -- The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday morning that child rapists cannot be given the death penalty, effectively reserving the punishment only for murderers. CNN's Jeffrey Toobin said the court's ruling falls in line with other decisions on the death penalty. The 5-4 decision stems from a Louisiana case in which Patrick Kennedy, 43, was sentenced to die in 2003 for the sexual assault of his 8-year-old stepdaughter. Proponents of Louisiana's law, which allowed child rapists to be eligible for the death penalty, say that besides murder, no crime is more deserving of the death penalty than child rape. Kennedy would have been the first rapist in 44 years to be executed for a crime in which the victim was not killed. In the majority opinion, Justice Anthony Kennedy said "evolving standards of decency" forbid capital punishment for any crime other than murder. CNN's senior legal analyst, Jeffrey Toobin, spoke with CNN's Heidi Collins outside the Supreme Court about the impact of the ruling. Collins: This is a huge decision here. What do you make of it? Toobin: It was just high drama in the court today. It's always dramatic at the end of the Supreme Court term. Here it was literally life and death, one of the big open questions in constitutional law about the death penalty: Can you execute someone for a crime other than murder? Anthony Kennedy, the swing vote on so many cases, decided this case, it was 5-4. ... He didn't diminish the seriousness of the crime, but he said the risks of expanding the death penalty are simply too great. He pointed out that there are more than 5,000 child rapes every year in the United States. All of them would raise the possibility of the death penalty. There are only a handful of states -- I think it was six -- that allow the death penalty for child rape. Forty-four states and the federal government say no. He said there is a national consensus that this is not an appropriate punishment. So, this really rules out not just the death penalty for child rape, but any crime other than murder. So it's a major, major decision.  See more about the reach of the decision » Collins: A national consensus except those six states. It's interesting when you look at the court of public opinion. How do you think this decision is going to go down in public? Toobin: Well, I think it's a tough call because support for the death penalty nationwide in the past 10 years has actually been going down. But child rape is such a horrendous crime and all of us have such a natural revulsion towards it that you're never going to get a lot of support for any sort of reduction in sentence. But I think, given the fact that this is a Supreme Court that said no death penalty for murderers under 18, no death penalty for the mentally retarded, this decision is consistent with a certain restriction on the death penalty, which is reflected in the court but also in a kind of national change that's going on. Collins: And in Sean Callebs' piece that we had, I don't know if you heard it. Toobin: I saw it, yeah. Collins: One woman, who actually brought up a very interesting point, when you think about all of this and when you think about the child, the victim, she said, you know, if they know they're going to die for this crime, why would they leave a living witness? Toobin: Justice Kennedy made precisely that point in the opinion. He said, allowing the death penalty here would create a perverse incentive for child rapists to murder their victims. He also pointed out what a difficult moral choice it would put child victims in testifying, giving children literally the power of life and death in their testimony over their attackers. That is something that he wanted to relieve children of -- that burden. Collins: Will they always have to testify? Toobin: Yeah

Question: What did Toobin say about the ruling?

Question: Who said it would not be fair to place the burden on a child victim?

Question: What did Justice Kennedy say?

Question: What did Justice Kennedy say in the decision?

Question: Who said it would not be fair to place burden on the child victim?

Question: What does ruling fall in line with?

Question: What falls in line with recent court decisions on the death penalty?

Question: Who's support for executions has been down?

Question: What is down in recent years?

Answer: falls in line with other decisions on the death penalty.

Answer: Justice Kennedy

Answer: "evolving standards of decency" forbid capital punishment for any crime other than murder.

Answer: said "evolving standards of decency" forbid capital punishment for any crime other than murder.

Answer: Justice Kennedy

Answer: other decisions on the death penalty.

Answer: child rapists cannot be given

Answer: nationwide

Answer: support for the death penalty

Summary:
Toobin: Ruling falls in line with recent court decisions on death penalty .
Justice Kennedy, in decision, said it would not be fair to place burden on child victim .
Public support for executions down in recent years, Toobin said .


(CNN) -- The Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka said Sunday they have "decided to silence our guns" as government forces closed in on their last stronghold. Sri Lanka's defense ministry says this handout photo shows troops with a captured Tamil Tiger craft Thursday. It is not the first time the rebels have called for an end to fighting when backed into a corner by the Sri Lankan military. But should they follow through on their announcement, the decision would potentially end a bloody 25-year civil war in the country. "This battle has reached its bitter end," Selvarasa Pathmanathan, a spokesman for the rebels said in an "urgent statement" posted Sunday on Tamilnet.com, a pro-rebel Web site. "It is our people who are dying now from bombs, shells, illness and hunger. We cannot permit any more harm to befall them. We remain with one last choice -- to remove the last weak excuse of the enemy for killing our people. We have decided to silence our guns," he said. Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa is expected to announce that "military operations" against the Tiger rebels have ended in an address to the nation from Parliament on Tuesday, the government said Sunday. The rebels -- formally known as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) (LTTE) -- have fought for an independent state for minority Tamils in Sri Lanka since July 1983. As many as 70,000 people have been killed since the civil war began. Government forces have trapped the remaining rebels in a small stretch of land in the north of the country -- and possibly thousands of civilians with them, an international aid worker in the country told CNN. The civilians are "under intense fire" and "essentially on their own" in the area, which the government says contains only rebels, the aid worker said. The Tigers themselves claim 25,000 civilians are dead or dying, a rebel identified as Col. Soosai said in a statement on Tamilnet.com. Independent confirmation was not possible since media are not allowed into the area. Reports indicated fighting had intensified as troops scrambled to clear a remaining 1.2 square kilometers before the government could announce that military operations had ended. The army destroyed six Tamil Tiger boats and killed 70 rebels in a lagoon on the western edge of a no-fire zone early Sunday, Sri Lanka's Media Center for National Security said. Sri Lanka's prime minister warned Saturday that his country "stands on the brink," as its soldiers cornered Tamil Tiger fighters in an assault which the United Nations fears is trapping more than 50,000 civilians on a small plot of coastal land. Government troops seized the last remaining coastal stretch under the control of Tamil Tiger rebels, the Ministry of Defense said Saturday. The seizure marks the total capture of coastline territory previously controlled by the rebels, it said, after army divisions advanced from the north and south to link up. An international aid worker said the United Nations was expecting about 20,000 of them to arrive in refugee camps Sunday. There were no medical services in the no-fire zone, the aid worker said.  Watch aid agencies fear for Sri Lanka » The Media Center for National Security claims 50,097 have come out of battle zones. Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa returned from Amman, Jordan, on Sunday. Rajapaksa was attending a summit of developing nations and the World Economic Forum. In an address to the summit in Amman on Saturday, Rajapaksa said the Sri Lankan armed forces had defeated the rebels. "I will be going back to my country Sri Lanka that has been totally freed from the barbaric acts of terrorism of the LTTE. This freedom comes after 30 long years," Rajapaksa said. Journalist Iqbal Athas contributed to this report.

Question: who have they cornered

Question: Rebels have fought for an independent state since when?

Question: How many people have been killed since the civil war?

Question: what have rebels fought for

Question: in the last 25 years approximately how many people have died due to the civil war?

Question: how long has the civil war been going on?

Question: what have Tamil fighters called for

Question: Who called for an end to fighting?

Question: How many civillians are trapped?

Answer: Tamil Tiger fighters

Answer: July 1983.

Answer: 70,000

Answer: an independent state

Answer: 70,000

Answer: 25-year

Answer: an end to fighting

Answer: Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka

Answer: 50,000 civilians

Summary:
Soldiers have cornered rebels in assault that has trapped 50,000-plus civilians .
Tamil fighters have called for an end to fighting before when backed into a corner .
Rebels have fought for an independent state for minority Tamils since 1983 .
As many as 70,000 people have been killed since the civil war began 25 years ago .


(CNN) -- The Tennessee Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to modify or overturn a lower court's ruling allowing Mary Winkler, convicted of killing her minister husband, visitation rights with the couple's three daughters.

Holding baby Brianna, Mary Winkler stands next to Matthew. In the foreground are Mary Alice and Patricia.

Charles and Diane Winkler, parents of slain minister Matthew Winkler, had asked the court to intervene and either revoke Mary Winkler's visitation rights or allow them to proceed only under supervision of a counselor.

The children -- Patricia, Mary Alice and Brianna -- have been living with their grandparents since their mother was arrested last year.

Winkler has not seen the children in 15 months, said Kay Farese Turner, her attorney. She said her client was "absolutely elated about the news and believes this will be her best Christmas ever."

Turner said she believes the visit may come before Christmas.

A jury convicted Winkler earlier this year of voluntary manslaughter in the shotgun death of Matthew Winkler -- not the first-degree murder conviction prosecutors had wanted. She said the slaying came after years of abuse, including physical violence and being forced to dress "slutty" for undesirable sex acts.

Winkler received a three-year sentence, but a judge required her to serve only 210 days, gave her credit for the five months she had already served and allowed her to serve the remaining 60 days in a mental health facility. She was released in August.

At the time of their father's death in March 2006, Patricia was 8, Mary Alice was 6 and Brianna was 1.

Charles and Diane Winkler have moved to terminate Mary Winkler's rights and have filed a $2 million wrongful death suit against her for their son's slaying.

The termination issue has not been decided in court. Turner said the court may want to determine what, if any, bond Winkler has with her children before making a decision.

Attempts by CNN to contact attorneys for the Winklers were not immediately successful Wednesday.

In September, a lower court granted Winkler visitation with her daughters pending the outcome of the custody battle. The court specified the visits be supervised by a guardian ad litem appointed to represent the children's interests and supervised by members of the couple Winkler is living with or by her sister. A subsequent appeal by the grandparents was denied, leading to their Supreme Court appeal.

The Winklers said if their former daughter-in-law got visitation with the children at all, it should be under the supervision of a professional counselor. At a September hearing, according to court documents, they said the children "exhibit fear and confusion" toward their mother "and her role in their father's death."

One expert, in testimony, quoted Patricia as saying her mother had killed her father and, "I don't know if she will kill me. I want to ask her if she would do that to me. It scares me, kind of; if she did, well, I guess I would see my father."

The Winklers also said that after telephone calls with their mother, the children experienced "urination accidents, sleeping problems, graphic nightmares and sleepwalking."

They said the lower court erred by failing to appoint the guardian ad litem until after the September hearing.

Turner, however, said she believes terminating Winkler's parental rights would not be in the children's best interest.

"She has a faith rarely seen, and she loves those children," Turner said.

After Matthew Winkler's death, Winkler fled with the girls to the Alabama coast, where she was arrested. She said during a September appearance on the "Oprah Winfrey Show" that she never expected to get away with killing her husband, but that she fled to be with her daughters and "have some good times." E-mail to a friend

CNN's Rusty Dornin contributed to this report.

Question: Who  served time and was released?

Question: Who has Winkler not seen in 15 months?

Question: Shouldn't she hang?

Question: What was the reason for that?

Question: with who live the children?

Question: For what reason should she see her kids?

Question: which was the probable cause of the murder of her husband?

Question: Who lives with their grandparents?

Question: Who do their children live with?

Question: that plea was released Maria Winkler?

Question: When was Winkler convicted?

Question: who convicted earlier this year of shooting her husband to death?

Question: What was Mary Winkler convicted of?

Question: Where do Winkler's children live?

Question: What happened to the kids?

Question: What did Mary Winkler do?

Question: for how many months has winkler not seen his childrens?

Question: Who has not seen her children in 15 months?

Question: With whom do Mary Winklers' children live

Question: When did Mary Winkler last see her children?

Question: Who do the children live with?

Question: Where do the children live?

Question: What is the number of children  the couple have

Question: What was Winkler convicted of?

Answer: Mary Winkler,

Answer: the children

Answer: was released in August.

Answer: subsequent appeal by the grandparents

Answer: their grandparents

Answer: loves those children,"

Answer: shotgun

Answer: Patricia, Mary Alice and Brianna

Answer: grandparents

Answer: revoke Mary Winkler's visitation rights

Answer: earlier this year

Answer: Mary Winkler,

Answer: killing her minister husband,

Answer: with their grandparents

Answer: the children experienced "urination accidents, sleeping problems, graphic nightmares and sleepwalking."

Answer: convicted of killing her minister husband,

Answer: 15

Answer: Winkler

Answer: their grandparents

Answer: in 15 months,

Answer: their grandparents

Answer: with their grandparents

Answer: three daughters.

Answer: killing her minister husband,

Summary:
Mary Winkler convicted earlier this year of shooting her husband to death .
Winkler served time and was released; the couple had three children .
The children live with their grandparents, who oppose visitation .
Winkler has not seen her children in 15 months .


(CNN) -- The Tennessee man accused of selling the gun used to kill former NFL quarterback Steve McNair is in custody facing a federal charge of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, authorities said Friday. Police say Adrian Gilliam admitted he sold Sahel Kazemi the gun she used to kill NFL quarterback Steve McNair. "This is another example of what can happen with a gun when a felon is selling it on the street with little to no interest other than just selling it for 100 bucks," said Nashville, Tennessee, Police Chief Ronal Serpas. Authorities said federal agents traced the gun used in the Fourth of July murder-suicide to Household Pawn in Nashville, which sold it in January 2002. "Further investigation revealed the 9 mm pistol was later sold for approximately $100 to Adrian Gilliam approximately one to one and a half years ago," Nashville police said in a news release. Gilliam, 33, of LaVergne, Tennessee, told detectives that on July 2 he sold the gun for about the same price to Sahel Kazemi outside a shopping mall. Police said Kazemi, McNair's 20-year-old girlfriend, used the gun two days later to fatally shoot McNair -- a former Tennessee Titans quarterback and married father of four -- and herself in McNair's condominium in downtown Nashville. Gilliam had been convicted of second-degree murder and attempted armed robbery in Florida in 1993, according to the new release, and those felony convictions meant that he could not legally be in possession of a firearm. Along with Serpas, the announcement of the arrest was made by Edward M. Yarbrough, the U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee; James M. Cavanaugh, the Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives' Nashville Division; and Mark Gwyn, director of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. CNN's Shelby Lin Erdman contributed to this report

Question: Where did Gilliam have prior felony convictions from?

Question: When did McNair's girlfriend acquire the gun?

Question: Who sold the gun?

Question: When did he have convictions from?

Question: Who sold McNair's girlfriend the gun?

Answer: Florida

Answer: January 2002.

Answer: Adrian Gilliam

Answer: 1993,

Answer: Adrian Gilliam

Summary:
Police say Adrian Gilliam told them he sold gun to McNair's girlfriend on July 2 .
On July 4, Sahel Kazemi shot the quarterback to death, then killed herself .
Gilliam had felony convictions in Florida from 1993, police say .


(CNN) -- The Texas attorney general sued a hotel and a motel Thursday, accusing them of price gouging during September's exodus of more than 1 million Gulf Coast residents ahead of Hurricane Ike.

Attorney General Greg Abbott filed suit against the Hotel Nacogdoches in Nacogdoches and the Super 8 Brookshire Motel near Katy, accusing them of illegally raising room rates after Gov. Rick Perry had issued a declaration of disaster on September 8.

"Although Texas law clearly prohibits profiteering during declared disasters, these defendants are charged with increasing room rates for evacuees during Hurricane Ike," Abbott said in a news release. "The law imposes strict penalties on vendors that attempt to increase their profits after the governor issues a disaster declaration.

"Despite today's price-gouging charges, the vast majority of Texas businesses complied with the law and are to be commended for working with authorities to provide crucial assistance to hurricane victims."

In Texas, the state attorney general can sue, but not file criminal charges. A district attorney would need to file any such charges.

An estimated 1.2 million Gulf Coast residents heeded officials' recommendations that they move inland until the storm had passed.

Hotel Nacogdoches, located north of Houston along a major evacuation route, charged evacuees more than double its usual rate, the statement said, citing complaints from guests whose receipts showed the hotel charged $99.99 for a room that had cost $49.99 two days before Ike.

It told a similar tale about Super 8 Brookshire Motel, west of Katy, which also housed evacuees. The motel charged up to $125 for a room that ordinarily cost $99, the statement said.

The businesses also charged state and local hotel and motel taxes, even though the governor had issued a declaration waiving them, according to the statement.

The office of the attorney general is seeking civil penalties of up to $20,000 per violation and up to $250,000 per violation for victims over the age of 65.

Managers from neither hotel immediately returned calls seeking comment.

Question: What were evacuees fleeing?

Question: What did Greg Abbott file?

Question: How much was the original cost of the hotel room?

Question: What is the motel accused of?

Question: How many people moved inland to avoid Ike?

Question: What were hotels and motels accused of doing?

Question: What hurricane were people fleeing in the reading?

Question: How many Gulf Coast residents moved?

Question: Who is filing a lawsuit against the two businesses?

Question: What did the hotel charge?

Question: What is Greg Abbott's position?

Question: What are a hotel and motel accused of doing as evacuees fled?

Answer: Hurricane Ike,"

Answer: filed suit against the Hotel Nacogdoches in Nacogdoches and the Super 8 Brookshire Motel near Katy, accusing them of illegally raising room rates after Gov. Rick Perry had issued a declaration of disaster on September 8.

Answer: $49.99

Answer: price gouging

Answer: more than 1 million

Answer: price gouging

Answer: Ike.

Answer: estimated 1.2 million

Answer: Attorney General Greg Abbott

Answer: $99.99 for a room that had cost $49.99 two days before Ike.

Answer: Attorney General

Answer: price gouging

Summary:
Hotel, motel accused of illegally raising prices as evacuees fled Hurricane Ike .
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott files lawsuit against the two businesses .
Attorney general: Hotel charged $99.99 for room that had cost $49.99 days earlier .
About 1.2 million Gulf Coast residents moved inland to avoid worst of Ike .


(CNN) -- The Toyota-owned Fuji International Speedway circuit will stop hosting the Japanese Grand Prix from next year -- the track operators have announced. The Toyota-owned Fuji circuit will not be hosting the Japanese Grand Prix due to financial concerns. Fuji Speedway hosted the Formula One race in 2007 and 2008. The race is set to return to the Honda-owned Suzuka circuit this year, and was due back at Fuji for the 2010 race -- as the 16th leg of the 18-race Formula One series. The two venues were originally due to alternate hosting the Japanese Grand Prix but, due to the current downturn in the global economy, Fuji Speedway have confirmed they will no longer host the event. Fuji Speedway opened in 1965. It staged F1 races in 1976 and in 1977, when a spectator and steward died after a Ferrari driven by Gilles Villeneuve ploughed into the crowd. "We decided it would be extremely difficult to continue holding the F1 Japanese Grand Prix in view of sharply deteriorating business conditions and few signs of a rapid economic recovery," Fuji International Speedway said in a statement. "I apologize deeply for being unable to live up to expectations. It is truly heartbreaking," Hiroaki Kato, president of the the company that runs the circuit, told reporters. Kato said the economic downturn was causing a dramatic fall in the number of people attending motor sports events as the world's second-largest economy struggles through its worst recession since World War II. "We are afraid that unless we circuit operators and promoters grit our teeth and support domestic motorsports, it will not be able to keep on going," he added. Toyota's decision to pull outcomes as the global economic crisis forces Japanese automakers to slash costs. Honda has sold its Formula One team while Suzuki and Subaru have withdrawn from the world rally championship. Motorcycle maker Kawasaki has exited the MotoGP and Mitsubishi is quitting the Dakar Rally despite a dozen victories. Toyota overtook American rival General Motors in 2008 as the world's top selling automaker but fell into the red for the first time in the year to March with a net loss of 436.9 billion yen ($4.6 billion). It expects a bigger net loss of 550 billion yen this year.

Question: What will be the scene of the race?

Question: Will Fuji International Speedway continue to host the Japanese Grand Prix?

Question: Who will stage the race this year?

Question: Which company owns the track?

Answer: the Honda-owned Suzuka circuit

Answer: stop hosting the

Answer: Honda-owned Suzuka circuit

Answer: Toyota-owned

Summary:
Fuji International Speedway circuit will stop hosting the Japanese Grand Prix .
The Toyota-owned track staged the Formula One race in both 2007 and 2008 .
Suzuka will stage the race this year but it was due to return to Fuji in 2010 .


(CNN) -- The Turkish Airlines plane that crashed this week in Amsterdam fell almost vertically to the ground, making only a short track in the muddy farmer's field where it went down, Dutch investigators said Friday. Dutch investigators continue to probe the crash site for more clues. That sudden drop indicates the aircraft did not have enough forward speed when it crashed, a spokesman for the Dutch Safety Board said, but the reasons for that are still unclear. It is too early to speculate on the cause of the crash, spokesman Fred Sanders told CNN. Reports that it was caused by engine failure are premature, he said. "There must have been ... reasons why the plane did not get enough speed," Sanders said. "We don't know yet why this came about, and that's the main thing that will have to be investigated." Wednesday's crash of Flight 1951 from Istanbul, Turkey, to Amsterdam killed nine and injured more than 60 of the 135 people on board. The crash, less than 500 yards short of the runway, split the plane into three parts.  Watch crash survivors return home » Weather conditions at the time were favorable. Passengers described feeling the plane suddenly drop before impact, and at least one passenger said he heard the pilot trying to give more power to the engines before the plane went down. Safety Board specialists are analyzing the flight data and voice recorders and expect to finish their work at the crash site this weekend, Sanders said. Pieces relevant to the probe will be brought to a hangar at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport for further analysis.  Watch how survivors described crash » The Safety Board may release preliminary findings next week, Sanders said. The nine dead included five Turks and four Americans, said Theo Weterings, the mayor of Haarlemmermeer municipality, where the airport is located.  See where 737-800 has been involved in previous incidents » There were four Boeing employees on the flight, and three were killed, the company said Friday in a posting on its Web site, citing the U.S. Embassy in Amsterdam as its source. The fourth employee is hospitalized. The flight's pilot, Captain Hasan Tahsin Arisan, with more than 12,000 hours in the cockpit of Boeing 737s, also died. Before becoming the pilot of passenger planes, Arisan was a Turkish Air Force squadron commander and F-4 Phantom Fighter pilot, famed for engaging in mock dog-fights with rival Greek pilots over the Aegean Sea. An airline workers union mired in an ugly labor dispute with Turkish Airlines called Friday for the resignation of the company's top management, as well as the sacking of top government ministers. Atilay Aycin, the chairman of Hava-Is which claims to represent 12,000 workers, denounced Turkish Airlines executives at a news conference Friday, accusing them of "failing to manage a crisis" and calling Wednesday's plane crash "work-related murder." A week before the accident, Hava-Is published a statement that accused Turkish Airlines management of "inviting a disaster" by "ignoring the most basic function of flight safety, which is plane maintenance services." After the crash, Turkish newspapers reported the Boeing 737 had had a series of malfunctions in the days and weeks before the fatal flight. Turkish Airlines defended its maintenance record. "Turkish Airlines, which strictly follows its work on flight safety, followed all the maintenance procedures of the plane manufacturer [and] national and international authorities' directives for this plane," an airline statement said. In its news release, Turkish Airlines noted a signal light and a wing-flap had recently been replaced on the aircraft. Turkey's flagship airline is well-rated internationally for its overall safety record. Some aviation industry experts in Turkey have played down the critical comments coming from Hava-Is, calling them overheated rhetoric. "These are just political slogans," said Savas Sen, a Turkish Airlines pilot and the head of Turkey Airline Pilots' Association. "It's just like an argument between a child and his father."

Question: What is the pilot's name?

Question: Where did the crash occur?

Question: How many people were killed?

Question: What measures are Turkish airlines taking to prevent this type of accident in the future?

Question: Where was the pilot previously employed?

Question: What caused the plane to drop suddenly?

Question: What happened to the plane?

Answer: Captain Hasan Tahsin Arisan,

Answer: in Amsterdam

Answer: nine

Answer: strictly follows its work on flight safety, followed all the maintenance procedures of the plane manufacturer [and] national and international authorities' directives for

Answer: Turkish Air Force

Answer: did not have enough forward speed

Answer: crashed

Summary:
NEW: Dead pilot used to engage in mock dog fights when in Turkish air force .
Investigators: Turkish Airlines plane fell almost vertically to ground .
Sudden drop indicates aircraft did not have enough forward speed, official says .
Three Boeing employees killed, one remains hospitalized, company says .


(CNN) -- The Turkish military bombed PKK rebel targets Saturday in northern Iraq in response to clashes that left at least 15 Turkish troops dead, the PKK and the military said Sunday.

Members of Turkey's honor guard carry flag-draped coffins of two soldiers killed in clashes with the PKK.

The PKK, or Kurdistan Workers' Party, said it sustained no casualties in the operation.

The Turkish military said the air operation was conducted on the PKK's "hiding positions" in the Avasin-Basyan area of northern Iraq near the border with Turkey.

During the operation, steps were taken to avoid civilian casualties, the Turkish military said.  Watch inside the PKK's hidden camps Â»

The military said the operation was carried out Saturday. The PKK's military wing said the military operation began after Friday's clash and lasted for two days.

At least 15 Turkish soldiers were killed and 20 wounded in the clashes, Turkish President Abdullah Gul said Saturday. Two others were missing, and the Turkish military said Sunday they were feared dead. The military said 23 PKK members were also killed in the attacks, launched from northern Iraq.

In its statement on Sunday, however, the PKK said more than 60 Turkish troops were killed and at least 30 injured. Nine PKK members were killed, the organization said.

Turkey's state-run Anatolia news agency said the clashes occurred in Semdinli, a town in Turkey's southeastern province of Hakkari.

On Tuesday, the Turkish government is scheduled to vote on whether to extend the authority of the Turkish military to launch attacks on PKK positions in northern Iraq.

Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh on Saturday condemned the clashes, calling them a "terrorist act" that "creates a serious threat to the security of the border areas and the joint security of Iraq and Turkey."

He called on the Turkish government to deal with this "criminal act wisely and with self restraint."

"The Iraqi government expresses its support for the measures the Turkish government will take within Turkish territory to guarantee its [Turkey's] security and stability," he said.

Saturday night, Iraq's Presidency Council, made up of President Jalal Talabani -- himself a Kurd -- and his two vice-presidents, condemned what it called "a vicious attack against Turkish troops."

"What makes the attack more horrific is the fact that it happened during the days of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, where Muslims should be celebrating, rejoicing and befriending each other ... instead of fighting and bloodshed," the council said. It pledged to "continue its joint efforts with the Turkish side to prevent the recurrence of such attacks and to put an end to the illegal presence of all foreign militants in Iraq."

The central Iraqi government has labeled the PKK a terrorist organization, banning its activities and shutting its offices in the country two years ago.

But the PKK continues to operate in the Qandil Mountains in northern Iraq bordering Turkey and Iran. The separatist faction has been fighting for self-rule in southeastern Turkey.

In an interview held last month in the group's mountain hideout, the PKK's military commander, Bahoz Erdal, told CNN's Arwa Damon and Yousif Bassil that the PKK is defending Kurdish rights and attacks only military targets.

"We are ready for a political solution," Erdal said, adding that the PKK would lay down its arms if Kurds were guaranteed equal rights within Turkey.

But the Turkish government told CNN in response that it does not negotiate with "terrorists."

In February, Turkish military ground forces launched a weeklong offensive against the rebels in northern Iraq.

Question: Who had hiding positions?

Question: Who conducted the air operation?

Question: Who said that they didn't sustain any casualties during the operation?

Question: How many Turkish soldiers were killed?

Question: What is the PKK?

Question: Why was the air operation conducted?

Question: Who has labeled the PKK a terrorist organization?

Question: How many Turkish soldiers did the PKK kill?

Question: What has the central Iraqi government label the PKK as?

Question: What kind of military operation was used against the PKK?

Answer: the PKK.

Answer: Turkish military

Answer: The PKK, or Kurdistan Workers' Party,

Answer: 15

Answer: Kurdistan Workers' Party,

Answer: in response to clashes

Answer: The central Iraqi government

Answer: 15

Answer: a terrorist organization,

Answer: bombed

Summary:
Air operation was conducted on the PKK's "hiding positions"
PKK, Kurdistan Workers' Party, said it sustained no casualties in the operation .
Air attack follows clashes blamed on PKK that killed at least 15 Turkish soldiers .
The central Iraqi government has labeled the PKK a terrorist organization .


(CNN) -- The U.N. Council for Human Rights began debate Thursday over whether to adopt the recommendations of a controversial U.N. report examining the three-week winter war between Israel and the militant group Hamas in Gaza. An Israeli soldier sits on a tank on the Israel-Gaza border just before fighting began in December 2008. The report, based on a fact-finding mission led by former South African jurist Richard Goldstone, was released last month and concluded that Israel and Hamas had both committed "actions amounting to war crimes, possibly crimes against humanity." Speaking at the start of the meeting, Israeli Ambassador Aharon Leshno Yaar blasted the United Nations for even holding the special session. Yaar said it "had nothing to do with human rights and everything to do with Palestinian politics." He said adoption of the "biased" recommendations of the Goldstone report, which calls for further action by the General Assembly and Security Council if both sides do not conduct credible investigations, would constitute a "reward for terror" that "will set back hopes for peace in the region." Previously, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the Palestinian Authority that pushing action on the Goldstone report would deal "a mortal blow" to the peace process. The council received the report September 29 but took no action, after a request by the Palestinian Authority to defer discussion for six months. The Palestinian Authority government of Mahmoud Abbas came under withering domestic criticism for the move and was accused of succumbing to Israeli and American pressure to drop the issue. Abbas reversed course Sunday and in a televised address told Palestinians that he was seeking immediate debate within the Human Rights Council and vowed to work "to punish everyone who was responsible for the hideous crimes committed against our children, our men and women -- especially in our dear Gaza." Ibrahim Khraishi, the Palestinian Authority's U.N. ambassador in Geneva, said Israel had rebuffed the Palestinian Authority's conciliatory move to defer debate on the report and instead had answered "with even more grave violations of the rights of Palestinians" in the form of restrictions of movement and housing demolitions in East Jerusalem. The 47-member Human Rights Council is expected to vote on the resolution on Friday. The draft resolution goes beyond the Gaza conflict. It "strongly condemns" measures taken by Israel limiting Palestinians' access to their properties and holy sites "on the basis of national origin, religion, sex, age or any other discriminatory ground." It further condemns "Israeli violations of human rights in Occupied East Jerusalem, particularly the confiscation of lands and properties, the demolishing of houses and private properties, the construction and expansion of settlements, the continuous construction of the separation wall, changing the demographic and geographic character of East Jerusalem, the restrictions on the freedom of movement of the Palestinian citizens of East Jerusalem, as well as the continuous digging and excavation works in and around Al-Aqsa mosque and its vicinity." There is an ongoing dispute about the number of people killed in the three-week military offensive that Israel called Operation Cast Lead, which began December 27 and ended January 18. The Gaza-based Palestinian Center for Human Rights put the death toll at 1,419 and said 1,167 of those were non-combatants. The Israeli military released its own figures earlier this year, saying that 1,166 people were killed, 60 percent of whom were "terror operatives."

Question: Who is accused of war crimes?

Question: When did this start

Question: What war is the report looking at?

Question: What institution calls for further actions?

Question: In what area did the war take place?

Answer: Israel and Hamas

Answer: December 2008.

Answer: three-week winter

Answer: General Assembly and Security Council

Answer: between Israel and the militant group Hamas in Gaza.

Summary:
Report says both Israel and Hamas took "actions amounting to war crimes"
Fact-finding mission looked at the three-week war last winter in Gaza .
Report calls for further action by U.N. unless both sides conduct investigations .
Israel blasts the report; Palestinians call for immediate U.N. debate .


(CNN) -- The U.N.'s forest carbon scheme which has formed part of the negotiations at the climate talks in Copenhagen has been one of the few areas where countries are broadly in agreement. The U.N.'s REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries) program is a collaboration between the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Environmental (UNEP) and Development (UNDP) programs. Yemi Katerere, head of the U.N.-REDD program explained to CNN how the REDD program proposals would work. "In theory REDD is a system to provide incentives for countries not to cut their forests," Katerere said. "The incentive system is essentially that your trees are worth more standing than they are cut. You get a reward for not cutting your forests." The idea is straightforward; If the function of rainforests -- capturing carbon, water catchment, weather regulators and biodiversity -- is recognized their value will rise. The destruction of the world's rainforests is estimated to contribute to as much as 20 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions. REDD envisages a situation whereby "different services can be marketed and paid for, boosting the incomes of other wise marginalized communities". Many pilot schemes are already underway. Back in 1997 when the Kyoto Protocol was adopted, the part rainforests play in carbon storage wasn't recognized. Proposals to reduce emissions from deforestation were first introduced by the governments of Papua New Guinea in December 2005 at the COP11 talks in Canada. Talks at Copenhagen are hoping to build on the progress made since. REDD say that more than 30 models of how the program should work have been put forward by countries, groups of countries and NGOs. Katerere wouldn't be drawn on the outcome of negotiations at Copenhagen when CNN spoke to him on Thursday. Critics of the REDD program argue that it allows richer countries to meet -- to buy essentially -- some of their emissions obligations without cutting them at all. Others argue trying to measure what is being preserved and how much carbon is being stored will prove incredibly hard to quantify. But Katerere said an imperfect program which can be improved is better than none at all. "We should stop focusing on the negatives issues of REDD and start looking at the positives. In the short term, REDD offers use the greatest mitigation potential at an affordable price and is the most cost effective."

Question: Where are the talks taking place?

Question: Where were the talks?

Question: What do the letters of the acronym "U.N.-REDD" stand for?

Question: Who does REDD aid in meeting targets inregards to cutting emissions?

Question: What item is worth more standing than cut?

Question: What would the incentive system mean?

Answer: Copenhagen

Answer: Copenhagen

Answer: (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries)

Answer: The U.N.'s

Answer: trees

Answer: trees are worth more standing than they are cut.

Summary:
U.N.-REDD program has received widespread support from countries at Copenhagen talks .
The incentive system would mean that trees are worth more standing than cut .
Critics argue that REDD allows rich countries to meet targets with cutting emissions .


(CNN) -- The U.S. Army's official history of the Iraq war shows military chiefs made mistake after mistake in the early months of the conflict. Iraqis watch as a statue of Saddam Hussein is toppled in Baghdad in 2003. Failures to recognize the chaos engulfing the country and to send in enough troops to restore order after the 2003 invasion have long been highlighted by critics, but a new report shows the Army assessing itself. Frank opinions from officers serving in the 18 months from the start of war to Iraqi elections in January 2005 reveal there were concerns at the time, not just about assumptions made by planners but at decisions taken once U.S.-led coalition forces had control of Iraq. "I flipped," Gen. Jack Keane, then the Army's deputy chief of staff, told the historians of his reaction to a June 2003 decision to transfer control of all coalition troops away from the land forces command that had been preparing for the mission. He recounted a conversation with Gen. John Abizaid, who succeeded the invasion's architect, Gen. Tommy Franks. "I said, 'Jesus Christ, John, this is a recipe for disaster. We invested in that headquarters. We have the experience and judgment in that headquarters." Keane said it took the U.S. command between six and eight months to get the new headquarters up and running. During that time, troops in the field saw the mood of ordinary Iraqis turn against Americans and watched the insurgency take root. "By the time we got a plan together to resource everything, the insurgents had closed that window of opportunity quickly," Col. David Perkins, a brigade commander in the Army's 3rd Infantry Division, told the historians. "What we started doing in September was probably a good idea to have done in April 2003." Franks, who would soon retire and be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, said he ordered the transition to force the Pentagon to get leaders into the field to work with civilian occupation officials. "That is a task that John Abizaid and I very simply laid on Washington and said, 'Figure it out. Do it fast. Get me a joint headquarters in here. We have a lot of work to do and [civilian administrator of Iraq] Jerry Bremer has a lot of responsibility and he needs help,' " he recalled. The 720-page report compiled by the Combat Studies Institute at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, details the effects of having too few coalition troops on the ground when the reality after the fall of Baghdad was "severely out of line" with the anticipated conditions. Previous experience "should have indicated that many more troops would be needed for the post-Saddam era in Iraq," historians wrote in the report, "On Point II: Transition to a New Campaign." "The coalition's inability to prevent looting, to secure Iraq's borders and to guard the vast number of munitions dumps in the early months after Saddam's overthrow are indicative of the shortage," the study found. About 150,000 U.S. and allied troops were in Iraq after the invasion, at a time when war planners were assuming that Iraq's government would remain functional after Hussein's ouster and that there would be no mass insurgency. "These factors were in line with prewar planning for a quick turnover of power to Iraqis and a quick withdrawal of U.S. forces, leaving Iraqis to determine their own political future -- options that proved impossible to execute," the historians wrote in the report released over the weekend. "We had the wrong assumptions, and therefore, we had the wrong plan to put into play," Gen. William Wallace, who commanded the Army's V Corps during the invasion, told the authors. But some of the most critical decisions were made between May and August 2003, which some participants called a "window of opportunity that could have been exploited to produce the conditions for the quick creation of a new Iraq." Among those decisions were the frequently criticized dissolution of the Iraqi army and the order that barred former members of Hussein's Baath Party from public life as well

Question:
What did the general say?
What was the recipe for disaster?
What Army history said this?
What did the report say?
Who was unprepaired?
what was the general's name?

Answer: "I flipped,"

Answer: decision to transfer control of all coalition troops away from the land forces command that had been preparing

Answer: Iraq war shows military chiefs made mistake after mistake

Answer: Frank opinions from officers serving in the 18 months from the start of war to Iraqi elections in January 2005 reveal there were concerns at the time, not just about assumptions made by planners but at decisions taken once U.S.-led coalition forces had control of Iraq.

Answer: military chiefs

Answer: Jack Keane,

Summary:
Army history of Iraq war's first two years says U.S. was unprepared for chaos .
U.S.-led coalition didn't have enough troops after Saddam Hussein's fall, report says .
"This is a recipe for disaster," one general recalls saying of one decision .


(CNN) -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is asking parents to immediately stop using a series of inflatable floats for babies in swimming pools, announcing a voluntary recall of about 4 million floats Thursday. The Squirtin' Tootin' Tugboat is among the floats covered by the recall. The items -- which inflate to seat babies and toddlers as they float on water -- are manufactured by Massachusetts-based Aqua Leisure Industries. The company has voluntarily recalled 14 models because the leg straps in the seat of the float can tear, causing children to slip into the water, posing a drowning risk, the commission said in a statement. There have been 31 reports of float seats tearing, though no injuries have been reported, the commission said. The floats were sold from December 2002 through June 2009 at retailers nationwide, including Target, Toys "R" Us, Wal-Mart, Dollar General, Kmart, Walgreens, Ace Hardware and Bed, Bath & Beyond. The commission is asking consumers to stop using the floats and to send them back to the company. Aqua Leisure officials could not be immediately reached for comment, but the company's Web site has posted the commission's recall advisory. CNN's Gerri Willis contributed to this report.

Question: Which company recalled products?

Question: What could happen to the leg straps?

Question: What type of products were they?

Question: Where were the floats sold?

Question: How many models were recalled?

Question: how many models does aqua leisure recalls?

Question: What faults were found in the products?

Question: how many reports does the agency says they have about seats tearing?

Question: How many reports have there been?

Question: what can happen when leg straps tear?

Question: How many models did Aqua Leisure recall?

Question: How many models were recalled?

Question: Where were the floats sold?

Question: How many reports have there been of seats tearing?

Question: Who recalled 14 models?

Question: What can happen if leg straps tear?

Answer: Aqua Leisure Industries.

Answer: tear,

Answer: inflatable floats for babies in swimming pools,

Answer: Target, Toys "R" Us, Wal-Mart, Dollar General, Kmart, Walgreens, Ace Hardware

Answer: 14

Answer: 14

Answer: leg straps in the seat of the float can tear,

Answer: 31

Answer: 31

Answer: causing children to slip into the water, posing a drowning risk,

Answer: 14

Answer: 14

Answer: at retailers nationwide, including Target, Toys "R" Us, Wal-Mart, Dollar General, Kmart, Walgreens, Ace Hardware

Answer: 31

Answer: Aqua Leisure Industries.

Answer: slip into the water, posing a drowning risk,

Summary:
Aqua Leisure Industries recalls 14 models .
Leg straps can tear, allowing children to slip into the water .
Agency says there have been 31 reports of seats tearing .
Floats were sold nationwide at many chain retailers .


(CNN) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development distributed $400 million in emergency aid Friday to eight states that experienced the biggest natural disasters in 2011.

New York received $93,213,963 for flooding from Hurricane Irene that pummeled the East Coast last August and for damages from Tropical Storm Lee in Schoharie, Tioga, Broome, Greene, and Orange counties. In particular, Orange County will receive $11,422,029 and Union Township $10,137,818 to support recovery efforts.

North Dakota was awarded $79,358,648 to recover from severe flooding. Most of the money will go to Minot, which was hit the hardest by the flooding.

Alabama was given $55,566,078 for losses from last year's severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding in Tuscaloosa, Marion, Jefferson and DeKalb counties and in Birmingham.

Missouri received $53,985,768 for recovery from last spring's tornado, severe storms and flooding in Jasper County and in Joplin.

Pennsylvania was awarded $49,297,140 for damage from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee in Bradford, Dauphin, Columbia, Wyoming and Luzerne counties.

Texas was given $31,319,686 for a series of wildfires from late summer through autumn in Bastrop County.

Vermont secured $21,660,211 for the destruction caused by Tropical Storm Irene in Washington and Windsor counties.

New Jersey garnered $15,598,506 to help Passaic County recover from the damage of Hurricane Irene.

Each state will spend the funds for housing, business and infrastructure repairs, federal authorities said.

CNN's Michael Martinez contributed to this story.

Question: Texas is awarded cash relief for what?

Question: What are the funds based on?

Question: What states receive aid for tornadoes?

Question: Which states received aid for tornadoes?

Question: What year's disasters are the basis for the funds?

Question: what were The funds are based on?

Question: Alabama and Missouri receive aid for what?

Question: What is Texas receiving aid for?

Answer: a series of wildfires

Answer: housing, business and infrastructure repairs,

Answer: New York

Answer: Alabama

Answer: 2011.

Answer: natural disasters

Answer: natural disasters

Answer: a series of wildfires

Summary:
The funds are based on 2011's biggest natural disasters .
Several states receive funds to recover from Hurricane Irene .
Alabama and Missouri receive aid for tornadoes .
Texas is awarded cash relief for wildfire damage .


(CNN) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation slapped United Airlines with a $30,000 fine Friday for violating price advertising rules, and the airline also will have to pay the balance for a previous infraction.

Under DOT rules, airlines must disclose the full price of air travel to consumers.

"Our fare advertising rules are designed to ensure that consumers know how much they will pay for a ticket and are able to compare prices when choosing which carrier to fly," Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a statement.

The department found that United failed to disclose a 7.5 percent federal excise tax for 60 hours on the initial results page of its Web site.

United said it is committed to advertising its fares clearly.

"In this unique case, due to a programming error, the initial fare display inadvertently placed the 7.5 percent federal excise tax in the 'taxes and fees' section, rather than in the base fare," said spokeswoman Sarah Massier in an e-mail.

"Immediately upon learning of the programming error United took action to move the tax to the base fare."

Government taxes and fees per passenger are the only charges that are not required to be included in the published fare, according to the DOT.

The new penalty means United also will have to pay the balance on a fine for a violation over the summer.

In August, the DOT fined United $75,000 for not disclosing taxes and fees in the initial advertised fares on its Web site and for showing one-way fares that were only applicable for round-trip travel.

The airline was required to pay $37,500 of that penalty, with the understanding that half would be forgiven if it had no further violations within the next 12 months.

United now is required to pay the other half of the $75,000 fine.

Question: what did United do with price advertising rules?

Question: What must airlines do under the DOT rules?

Question: who violated price advertising rules twice in five months?

Question: What did United violate?

Question: who must disclose the full price of air travel to consumers?

Question: what are the only exeptions to the rules?

Question: What are the only execption to the rules?

Question: what must do the airlines under the DOT rules?

Answer: violating

Answer: disclose the full price of air travel to consumers.

Answer: United Airlines

Answer: price advertising rules,

Answer: airlines

Answer: fees per passenger

Answer: Government taxes and fees per passenger

Answer: disclose the full price of air travel to consumers.

Summary:
Under DOT rules, airlines must disclose the full price of air travel to consumers .
United violated price advertising rules twice in five months .
Government taxes and fees per passenger are the only exception to the rules .


(CNN) -- The U.S. Embassy in Beirut is asking for assistance in locating two missing American journalists who were on vacation in Lebanon and have not been heard from since they left the Lebanese capital last week.

Holli Chmela, 27, was last heard from when she and a fellow journalist left Beirut, Lebanon, on October 1.

Holli Chmela, 27, and her male companion, Taylor Luck, 23, arrived in Lebanon on September 29 from Amman, Jordan, the embassy said.

They left Beirut on October 1, telling friends they were headed for the northern Lebanese cities of Byblos and Tripoli that day.

No one has reported any contact with them since then, the embassy said.

"They were then to cross by land to Syria before returning to Jordan," the embassy said. "Chmela and Luck were due to report to work in Jordan on October 4."

Luck is an editor with The Jordan Times in Amman, and Chmela had been working as a freelancer for the newspaper, said Sameer Barhoum, the paper's editor.

After flying into Beirut last week, the two planned to travel by land to the northern Syrian city of Aleppo before returning to Jordan -- also by land -- by Saturday, Barhoum said.

Luck's mother called Barhoum on Sunday after not hearing from her son in three days, he said. She also said the last time Luck used his credit card was October 1 in Lebanon.

"We are hoping that both are safe and looking forward to see them with us soon," Barhoum said.

Abdul Wahab Zugaylat, the head of Jordan's press association, said, "We are waiting to hear officially from the U.S. Embassy that they did not depart the Lebanese borders."

The U.S. Embassy said it is working with the Lebanese Internal Security Force to investigate the whereabouts of the pair.

"In addition, the U.S. Embassy in Beirut is coordinating efforts with the U.S. embassies in Amman and Damascus [Syria] as well as with the Department of State in Washington," the embassy said.

In Washington, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said he had no details about the missing Americans.

CNN's Caroline Faraj in Dubai contributed to this report.

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Answer: The Jordan Times in Amman,

Answer: two

Answer: Lebanese

Answer: 23,

Answer: Byblos and Tripoli

Answer: Taylor Luck,

Answer: three days,

Answer: Luck's mother

Answer: Holli Chmela, 27, and her male companion, Taylor Luck, 23,

Answer: Lebanon

Summary:
NEW: Mom called newspaper after she hadn't heard from son in three days .
Two on vacation in Lebanon and haven't been heard from since a week ago .
They reportedly were headed for northern Lebanese cities of Byblos and Tripoli .


(CNN) -- The U.S. Embassy in Yemen, which was closed over the weekend because of security concerns, reopened Tuesday, a day after Yemeni forces conducted successful security operations. A statement posted on the embassy's Web site said "successful counter-terrorism operations" conducted by Yemeni security forces on Monday, north of the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, addressed "a specific area of concern and have contributed to the Embassy's decision to resume operations." Yemen's state-run news agency, SABA, reported Monday that two al Qaeda suspects were killed and two others were injured in clashes with a Yemeni anti-terrorism unit However, Mohamed Ahmed al-Haniq, the al Qaeda unit's leader, and an unknown number of his "companions" were able to escape during the clashes, SABA reported, citing Yemen's Interior Ministry. The U.S. Embassy said the threat of terrorist attacks against American interests in Yemen "remains high," and it urged American citizens in the country "to be vigilant and take prudent security measures." Yemen fertile ground for terror groups A senior State Department official, who did not want to speak on the record because of the sensitive nature of the information, said Yemeni authorities have helped the United States with additional security precautions at the embassy site. The United States' decision to close its embassy came after intelligence suggested that four al Qaeda operatives were planning an attack on the compound, a senior administration official said Monday. The official said the United States had information that a group of eight terrorists had been planning an attack. Yemeni forces killed three in recent days and another was captured wearing a suicide vest, but the other four were believed to be at large, the official said. It was not immediately clear if the same al Qaeda members in Monday's clashes were among the group of eight suspected terrorists. U.S. lawmakers have highlighted what they say are the threats posed by terrorists in Yemen. "As we commit ourselves to the fight in Afghanistan, some of the what I'll call the enemy forces, the extremist forces, move to new bases of operation such as Yemen, from which they strike us," said Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Connecticut, at a news conference with Sen. John McCain in Iraq Tuesday. "I've been quoting something that was said to us by an American working in Yemen when Sen. McCain and I visited in August, which was perhaps a bit overstated but it makes a point. He said to me: 'Iraq was yesterday's war. Afghanistan is today's war. And if we do not act preemptively now, Yemen will be tomorrow's war.'" McCain noted that on the visit he had a "very strong impression" about the nation's difficulties, particularly the presence of al Qaeda. "The government of Yemen is going to need our help in combatting al Qaeda," McCain, R-Arizona, said. "There needs to be significant effort made in improving their economy, and we cannot allow Yemen to be a base for al Qaeda to mount attacks on other countries in the region as well as the U.S." On Monday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the situation in Yemen a possible threat to regional and global security, but commended Yemen for taking action against al Qaeda networks. The United States and Britain closed their embassies Sunday. Britain's Foreign Office also cited security concerns and its embassy remained closed Tuesday. "The British Embassy in Yemen will remain closed to the public today," a statement from the embassy said. "Some embassy personnel will be in and whoever needs to contact the embassy can do it via the phone or e-mail but people won't be able to walk into the embassy." Several other nations also made changes at their Yemen-based embassies Monday, including Japan, France, Spain and Germany. Each cited the need for increased security measures. France closed its embassy to the public, although French Foreign Ministry spokesman Bernard Valero said Tuesday that embassy employees will continue their work. Valero said

Question: what reopened?

Question: What did the Secretary of State call the Yemen situation?

Question: where did great britain close an embassy?

Question: who made changes?

Question: which embassy was closed?

Question: who made changes to enhance security?

Question: what did great britain close?

Question: Which embassy reopened?

Answer: U.S. Embassy in Yemen,

Answer: a possible threat to regional and global security,

Answer: Yemen

Answer: including Japan, France, Spain

Answer: United States and Britain

Answer: Yemeni forces

Answer: British Embassy in Yemen

Answer: U.S.

Summary:
U.S. Embassy in Yemen reopens after being closed due to threats by al Qaeda .
U.S. Secretary of State calls Yemen situation a possible threat to regional, global security .
Great Britain closed its embassy in Yemen .
France, Spain, Japan and Germany made changes to enhance embassy security .


(CNN) -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is battling a large grass fire in the marshlands of Jefferson County, Texas, an agency official told CNN on Tuesday.

The fire began Monday afternoon about 12 miles west of Sabine Pass and about 200 yards from the Intracoastal Waterway, Jim Stockie, spokesman for the fish and wildlife service said. He estimated the area burned by Tuesday afternoon to be between 10,000 and 12,000 acres, but he said the fire was not threatening any structures.

Smoke from the blaze was drifting into the Houston/Galveston area more than 100 miles from the fire.

Just a dozen firefighters were working the blaze, Stockie said.

"We don't like to put firefighters out in a sea of grass. We retreat to levies and burn off the fuel," Stockie said.

Texas has suffered its worst fire season in state history with more than 3.5 million acres burned, according to state officials.

In October, the Bastrop Complex Fire torched more than 1,500 homes and 34,000 acres of land north of Austin before officials were able to contain it, the Texas Fire Service said.

An unusual La Nina weather pattern led to a nearly 11-month fire season in the state, fire service spokeswoman April Saginor said.

A survey released last month by the Texas Forest Service estimated between 100 million and 500 million trees, or 2% to 10% of the state's 4.9 billion trees, were killed by the severe drought and consequent fires. The dry spell that began in 2010 was the worst the state has seen since 1895, Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has said.

The drought conditions also caused concern for the state's water supply, especially in smaller towns.

CNN's Dave Alsup and Chandler Friedman contributed to this report.

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Answer: 100

Answer: Monday afternoon

Answer: a dozen

Answer: more than 100 miles from the fire.

Answer: a dozen

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Answer: Monday afternoon

Summary:
The fire began Monday afternoon .
Smoke has drifted to the Houston/Galveston area 100 miles away .
No structures are threatened; only a dozen firefighters are working the blaze .
"We don't like to put firefighters out in a sea of grass," says an official .


(CNN) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Tuesday ordered the makers of certain antibiotics to add a "black box" label warning -- the FDA's strongest -- to alert patients of possible tendon ruptures and tendonitis. Cipro is one of the drugs for which the FDA will require a "black box" label warning about tendon problems. "The new language will strengthen the existing warnings," said Dr. Edward Cox, director of the FDA's Office of Antimicrobial Products. The FDA is requiring the label warnings and a medication guide for fluoroquinolone drugs, which include Cipro, Levaquin, Avelox, Noroxin and Floxin. The consumer group Public Citizen asked the FDA in August 2006 to put the "black box" warning on Cipro and other fluoroquinolones, and also to warn doctors. Earlier this year, Public Citizen filed a lawsuit to force the FDA to take those actions. Public Citizen said Tuesday it was "pleased" with the FDA's order but added "there is still more that the FDA must do." "The FDA is silent on our request that it also send a warning letter to physicians clearly describing possible adverse reactions, such as tendon pain, so that patients can be switched to alternative treatments before tendons rupture," the group said. "We are troubled that the FDA is not doing everything within its power to prevent more people from needlessly suffering disabling tendon ruptures." When asked about the lawsuit and why it didn't order the "black box" label warning until now, Cox stressed that the FDA included warning information with the drugs from 2001 until 2004, and updated the information last year.  Dr. Gupta explains more on antibiotic risks » "There has been ongoing work to update the labeling of the fluoroquinolone drug products," Cox said. "We have been working on this issue and making progress over time." The companies that make the fluoroquinolone drugs will be required to submit label safety changes and the medication guide within 30 days of receiving the notification from the FDA or provide a reason why they do not believe such labeling changes are necessary, Cox said. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc., which holds licenses for Cipro and Avelox, said it would make the changes requested by the FDA but defended the drugs as "well-tolerated and effective in all approved indications." Schering-Plough markets Cipro and Avelox in the United States under agreement with Bayer. Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, which markets Levaquin in the United States, also said it would abide by the FDA's request. Merck & Co., the maker of Noroxin, said it, too, would update the drug's label. But Merck noted it has stopped promotion of Noroxin because of the widespread availability of its generic form. Oscient Pharmaceuticals (Factive), Daiichi Sankyo (Floxin) and Dipomed (Proquin) did not immediately respond to CNN's requests for comment. The fluoroquinolones drugs can increase the risk of tendonitis and tendon rupture -- which is about 1 in 100,000 -- by three to four times, according to the FDA's Dr. Renata Albrecht. "This risk is further increased in those over age 60, in kidney, heart, and lung transplant recipients, and with use of concomitant steroid therapy," the FDA said in a statement. Albrecht said that sometimes patients have no symptoms before they experience a rupture in their tendon -- commonly their Achilles tendon. "Sometimes it's been reported on the first day of taking a fluoroquinolone ... a sudden snap or popping sound that is tendon rupture with no preceding warning," she said. Normally, she added, that patients experience some pain or inflammation "a week or two before the patient will rupture." Public Citizen, founded in 1971 by consumer activist Ralph Nader, said more than 400 cases of tendon rupture and more than 300 cases of tendonitis in patients using fluoroquinolones were reported between November 1997 and December 2007. "Because only a small fraction of cases are typically reported to the FDA, the actual number of ruptures and other tendon injuries attributable to the antibiotic is much higher," the group said

Question: What organization ordered warning to be put on certain antibiotics?

Question: What box will alert patients of possible tendon problems?

Question: Which drugs are included in the black box labeling?

Question: What has the FDA ordered?

Question: What other drug is relevent besides  Cipro, Levaquin, Avelox and Noroxin?

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Question: What drugs were included in the FDA warning to put the strongest warning on their labels?

Question: What does the black box label mean?

Question: Do groups believe that the FDA has done enough?

Question: What is the cause of the tendon problems?

Answer: U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Answer: "black box" label warning

Answer: include Cipro, Levaquin, Avelox, Noroxin and Floxin.

Answer: add a "black box" label warning

Answer: Floxin.

Answer: alert patients of possible tendon ruptures and tendonitis.

Answer: put the "black box" warning on Cipro and other fluoroquinolones,

Answer: Cipro, Levaquin, Avelox, Noroxin and Floxin.

Answer: to alert patients of possible tendon ruptures and tendonitis.

Answer: is not doing everything within its power to prevent more people from needlessly suffering disabling tendon ruptures."

Answer: Cipro

Summary:
NEW: Consumer group pleased with order but says FDA must do more .
The FDA ordered its strongest warning to be put on certain antibiotics .
The "black box" label will alert patients of possible tendon problems .
Relevant drugs include Cipro, Levaquin, Avelox, Noroxin and Floxin .


(CNN) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday it has approved a new vaccine to prevent seasonal influenza. Agriflu, made by Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, is not intended to protect against the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu. The vaccine was approved using an accelerated approval process, the FDA said. Novartis demonstrated that the vaccine induces levels of antibodies in the blood that are effective in preventing seasonal influenza, but it still needs to conduct further studies. Agriflu, for ages 18 and older, is administered as a single injection in the upper arm and is available in single-dose, prefilled syringes, according to the FDA. Novartis produces another licensed vaccine for seasonal influenza, Fluvirin, approved for ages 4 and older. Although no vaccine is 100 percent effective in preventing disease, vaccination is the key to flu prevention, according to the FDA. Novartis spokesman Eric Althoff said Agriflu is made in Siena, Italy, with eggs, and it has been available in Europe under the brand name Aggripal. This approval, he said, will add to future seasonal vaccine supplies.

Question: what is H!NI virus

Question: What is the AGRIFLU?

Question: According to the FDA, how was AgriFlu approved?

Question: What do flu vaccines do?

Question: What is AgriFlu NOT designed to do?

Answer: swine flu.

Answer: vaccine to prevent

Answer: using an accelerated approval process,

Answer: induces levels of antibodies in the blood that are effective in preventing seasonal influenza,

Answer: protect against the H1N1 virus,

Summary:
Agriflu, made by Novartis, is not intended to protect against the H1N1 virus .
The vaccine was approved using an accelerated approval process, the FDA said .
Vaccine induces antibodies in the blood that are effective in preventing seasonal influenza .


(CNN) -- The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the revised version of $700 billion bank bailout plan intended to bolster the ailing U.S. financial system.

Wall Street traders had been watching developments in Washington closely.

The House rejected the original bill on Monday, sending stocks tumbling around the world.

But lawmakers approved the rescue package, backed by U.S. President George W. Bush and Treasury chiefs, Friday after the U.S. Senate passed it by a large majority on Wednesday.

Congress voted 263 to 171 in favor of the bailout bill.

President Bush signed the bill into law Friday afternoon.

Stocks on Wall Street slumped Friday, as the brutal week ended. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 1.5 percent, according to early tallies. For the week, the Dow ended down 818 points, the biggest weekly point loss in seven years and the third-biggest weekly loss on a point basis ever.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index lost 1.4 percent Friday and the Nasdaq composite lost 1.5 percent.

Bush thanked all those involved and said the bill was essential to stopping the crisis on Wall Street becoming a crisis in the wider economy.

Bush said it sent a message to the rest of the world that the U.S. was ready to take action to ease the credit crunch.

He said it would take sometime for the bill to have an impact on the American economy.

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said he applauded the vote.

"It demonstrates the government's commitment to do what it takes to support and strengthen our economy. The legislation is a critical step toward stabilizing our financial markets and ensuring an uninterrupted flow of credit to households and businesses.

"The Federal Reserve will continue to work closely with the Treasury as it undertakes these new initiatives. We will continue to use all of the powers at our disposal to mitigate credit market disruptions and to foster a strong, vibrant economy," Bernanke said.

Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, the author of the plan, said Americans would appreciate the leadership of their elected representatives.

"We will move rapidly to implement the new authorities, but we will also move methodically," he said.

Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said after the vote that hearings would be held into how the U.S. economy end up needing the bailout.

Pelosi said the U.S. needed regulatory reform to prevent the same situation being repeated in the future.

She said a much better bill may have been achievable in different circumstances, but the situation was urgent and middle class needed to be protected.

Stock markets around the world have endured days of turmoil as a consequence of uncertainty over Washington's response to the credit crisis.

U.S. markets opened brightly Friday, following heavy losses the previous day, amid fresh expectation that the bailout plan would go through. By 11.50 a.m. (1550 GMT) the Dow Jones was up 1.79 percent and the Nasdaq was up 2.80 percent.

Asian markets slipped earlier in the day with Japan's Nikkei Exchange closing the week down 215.05 points, or about 1.9 percent at 10,939.71 -- a new three-year low. Hong Kong's Hang Seng dropped 2.9 percent to 17,682.40 and key indexes across the region were all down.

European markets were flat in morning trading, but rallied after Wall Street opened with London's FTSE 100 up 2.15 percent, Paris' CAC up 2.96 percent and Frankfurt's DAX up 2.55 percent.

The banking world has been in turmoil in recent weeks with many institutions scrambling for survival as credit has dried up, leaving many holding "toxic" subprime debt following the collapse in U.S. house prices.

In the latest development Friday, troubled U.S. bank Wachovia announced it would merge with Californian banking giant Wells Fargo in a deal valued at approximately $15.1 billion. (Full story)

The merger will include all of Wachovia's banking operations, Well Fargo said. Wachovia had looked set to be sold to Citigroup in a deal brokered by the federal government.

The core of the Senate financial bailout bill is a plan to buy troubled assets from banks, but the proposal includes a number of new provisions aimed at ordinary people struggling under the

Question: Who rejected rescue plan?

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Question: Who backed this bailout?

Answer: The House

Answer: $700 billion

Answer: Well Fargo

Answer: the original bill

Answer: U.S. President George W. Bush and Treasury chiefs,

Answer: Monday,

Answer: bolster the ailing U.S. financial system.

Answer: to buy troubled assets from banks,

Answer: $700 billion

Answer: a plan to buy troubled assets from banks,

Answer: President George W. Bush and Treasury chiefs,

Summary:
U.S. House of Representatives backs revised $700 billion bank bailout bill .
Lawmakers rejected rescue plan Monday; passed by Senate Wednesday .
Wall Street stocks rallied on expectation bill would be passed .
Bailout enables U.S. Treasury to buy up bad debts to ease credit crisis .


(CNN) -- The U.S. Navy has captured seven suspected pirates in the Gulf of Aden, the first arrests by a U.S.-led task force set up to curb rampant piracy off the Horn of Africa, a Navy spokesman said Wednesday. Seven men suspected of trying to pirate a tanker raise their hands before their arrest in the Gulf of Aden. Sailors from the cruiser USS Vella Gulf arrested the men Wednesday in the western Gulf of Aden -- a waterway between Africa and the Middle East -- after a distress call from the 420-foot (128-meter) tanker Polaris. The tanker reported that men aboard a small skiff were attempting to board the ship using ladders, but its crew removed them before the would-be hijackers could get aboard, the Navy said. The Vella Gulf found and boarded the skiff, and the tanker's crew identified the men aboard the skiff as their would-be hijackers. The skiff's men were taken aboard the Vella Gulf, the flagship of the task force now patrolling the western Gulf of Aden, and eventually will be transferred to Kenya for trial, said Lt. Nate Christensen, a spokesman for the U.S. 5th Fleet. Piracy has become a chronic problem off the Horn of Africa in recent years, with some pirates operating from largely lawless Somalia. Pirates attacked nearly 100 vessels and hijacked as many as 40 in the waters off the coast of Somalia in 2008, according to the International Maritime Bureau. The task force led by the Vella Gulf was set up in January in an effort to clamp down on the attacks in the region, the southern approach to the Red Sea and the Suez Canal.

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Question: Where did the attack occur?

Question: what Men tried to board tanker from skiff?

Question: what Cruiser was patrolling Gulf of Aden as part of U.S?

Question: What kind of tanker was it?

Question: how many mens captured?

Answer: The

Answer: western Gulf of Aden

Answer: would-be hijackers.

Answer: USS Vella

Answer: Polaris.

Answer: seven

Summary:
Seven men captured after failed attack on ship, U.S. Navy says .
Men tried to board tanker from skiff, but crew removed ladders, Navy says .
Navy cruiser found skiff after tanker made distress call .
Cruiser was patrolling Gulf of Aden as part of U.S.-led, antipiracy task force .