(CNN) -- The European Commission handed down its ruling in a landmark anti-trust case against Intel Wednesday, fining the computer chip giant a record  $1.45 billion for abusing its dominant position in the computer processing unit (CPU) market. On Wednesday the European Commission fined Intel a record $1.45 billion for violating anti-trust laws. The ruling, which Intel plans to appeal, may have future implications for American companies accused of "jurisdiction shopping" to avoid anti-trust verdicts against them, says CNN's Jim Boulden, who explains the basics of the Intel case. The commission has hit Intel with the biggest fine ever -- what were its reasons? The European Commission says Intel has been abusing its dominant market position in semiconductors for years. The EC says Intel has systematically given PC makers and stores rebates to keep computers with AMD chips off the shelves. AMD (another American company and Intel's only competitor) first raised the red flag in 2000. Why does the commission have the power to impose such fines? EU law does not regard market dominance as illegal, but it is allowed to fine a company that abuses its position as the biggest in any given market. It has a guideline of fining a company based on a percentage of profits. EU law is set up to "protect consumers," and the anti-trust office says consumers were hurt. Yet as Intel likes to point out, consumers did not launch this case -- AMD, a competitor, launched this in Europe (and in Japan and South Korea) as the U.S. antitrust officials under George W. Bush were unlikely to pursue a case on these merits. The EU could fine Intel (or any company) based on 10% of global annual revenues, but chose to fine it on a smaller percentage made in the EU. Can Intel afford to pay this fine? What state is the company in at the moment? Intel reported first quarter revenue of $7 billion. It can easily afford this. Interestingly, it lost 4 percent of its market share to AMD so far this year. The company says it will appeal -- when is that likely to be heard? Another appeal will take months. Intel already appealed a preliminary part of this ruling last year and lost. Meanwhile, the EC can argue that Intel is still abusing its position and increase the fine during the appeals process, as it did to Microsoft. Intel is not the first tech company to be hit by the European Commission. What about Microsoft? The anti-trust unit has launched another round of investigations against Microsoft. It has already paid its fine and the EU continues to watch the company's behavior on the previous matters. What kind of precedent does the Intel case set? The EU has fined all kinds of cartels and market abusers, but rarely does it fine big American companies based on complaints from American competitors -- so the case catches the eye, especially with critics who accuse American companies of "jurisdiction shopping" to get a favorable outcome.

Question: what is happening with microsoft

Question: Who else is under investigation of the EC?

Question: what EC says Intel has been abusing its dominant market position?

Question: What was Intel fined for?

Question: how much was the fine

Question: What company initiated the investigation into Intel?

Question: what has the EC said about Intel

Answer: round of investigations

Answer: Microsoft.

Answer: anti-trust laws.

Answer: violating anti-trust laws.

Answer: $1.45 billion

Answer: AMD, a competitor, launched this in Europe (and in Japan and South Korea)

Answer: been abusing its dominant market position in semiconductors

Summary:
European Commission fines Intel a record $1.45 billion for anti-trust violation .
EC says Intel has been abusing its dominant market position .
Competitor AMD brought the case to the attention of European officials .
EC anti-trust has commenced another round of investigations into Microsoft .


(CNN) -- The European Union has launched a fact-finding mission to determine the causes of the August war between Georgia and Russia, an EU spokeswoman said Tuesday.

Heidi Tagliavini, a Swiss dipomat, will head the investigation into what started the Georgian conflict.

The eight-month inquiry will examine the facts of the conflict in regard to international law, humanitarian issues and human rights, said the spokeswoman, who did not give her name because she was not allowed to speak publicly. Investigators will also assess the basis for all accusations made regarding the conflict, the spokeswoman said.

Heidi Tagliavini, a Swiss diplomat and former United Nations special representative for Georgia, will head the mission, the spokeswoman said.

The mission began its work Monday and was due to finish July 31, 2009, ending with a report to the EU, the U.N. and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the spokeswoman said.

Georgia launched a campaign against South Ossetia, a Russian-backed separatist territory, on August 7. The following day, Russian tanks, troops and armored vehicles poured into South Ossetia and another breakaway Georgian territory, Abkhazia, advancing into Georgian cities outside the rebel regions.

The two sides blamed each other for starting the conflict and have made accusations of ethnic cleansing.

Moscow has since recognized South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent regions.

Question: What did the European Union launch a mission to determine causes of?of

Question: Who is heading the probe?

Question: Who blame each other for starting the conflict?

Question: Name of the former U.N. special representative?

Question: What country was Georgia having issues with?

Question: What position did Heidi Tagliavini have?

Question: Who launched the mission to determine cause of Georgian conflict?

Question: Countries who are blaming each other?

Question: What was Heidi Tagliavini formerly?

Question: What is Georgia and Russia blaming each other for?

Question: What European regulatory body (not the UN) was also investigating the situation?

Answer: war between Georgia and Russia,

Answer: Heidi Tagliavini,

Answer: Georgia and Russia,

Answer: Heidi Tagliavini,

Answer: Russia,

Answer: a Swiss diplomat and former United Nations special representative for Georgia,

Answer: European Union

Answer: Georgia and Russia,

Answer: United Nations special representative for Georgia,

Answer: starting the conflict

Answer: Union

Summary:
European Union launches mission to determine causes of Georgian conflict .
Heidi Tagliavini, former U.N. special representative for Georgia, heads probe .
Georgia and Russia blame each other for starting the conflict .


(CNN) -- The European Union on Monday removed the People's Mujajedeen of Iran from its list of terrorist organizations. Forty-seven groups remain on the EU's list. Iranian police guard French embassy in Tehran on January 25 during protest against EU decision. Here are some of the main ones. -- Aum Shinri Kyo: Doomsday cult in Japan. Responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attacks on the Toyko subway that killed 12 and wounded some 5,000. -- Real IRA: Separatists in Northern Ireland. Responsible for the Omagh bombing in 1998 that killed 28 people. -- Jemaah Islamiyah: Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group in Indonesia and one of the largest terrorist organizations in the world. Carried out the Bali nightclub bombings in 2002 that killed more than 200 tourists, most of them Westerners. -- PKK, or Kurdish Workers' Party: Marxist group fighting for an independent state for Turkish Kurds. -- Palestinian Islamic Jihad: Militant group dedicated to the creation of an Islamic Palestinian state and the destruction of Israel. -- Hamas: Palestinian Islamic fundamentalist organization that rules Gaza. Its military wing, Izzedine al Qassam, has admitted responsibility for terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians and the Israeli military. -- Tamil Tigers, or LTTE: Ethnic separatists fighting the Sri Lankan government. Responsible for fatal attacks against soldiers and civilians since conflict with the government began in 1983. -- ETA: Basque separatists in northern Spain. Blamed for more than 800 deaths and thousands of injuries during a 40-year campaign. -- FARC, or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia: Marxist insurgents who have been fighting the government since the 1960s. -- CNN's Tom Boltman contributed to this list.

Question: what are in order by european?

Answer: Union on Monday removed the People's Mujajedeen of Iran from its list of terrorist

Summary:
PMoI, or Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization, opposed Iran govt. for decades .
EU delisted group because of an order by the European Court of Justice .
Iran has accused the European Union of acting against international law .


(CNN) -- The European Union will launch its first naval operation Tuesday, protecting vessels from pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia, EU policy chief Javier Solana announced Monday.

A French army helicopter taking off from French frigate Nivose,  on patrol in the Gulf of Aden.

EU foreign ministers approved the mission during their regular meeting in Brussels on Monday. Solana said the operation is "very important" because EU vessels will be operating "in a place in the world that everybody's looking at because of the new problems related to piracy."

"It's very important that we have taken that decision to launch it tomorrow," he added.

The EU naval force will take over the role of escorting United Nations World Food Program vessels carrying food and relief supplies to war-torn Somalia, an EU news release said.

Its mandate, which is spelled out in several U.N. Security Council resolutions, also will include "the protection of vulnerable vessels cruising off the Somali coast, and the deterrence, prevention and repression of acts of piracy and armed robbery off the Somali coast," the news release stated.

The deployment follows a decision by the European Council in September that established a coordination cell that supported surveillance and protection operations by several member states off the Somali coast.

Piracy has become increasingly common in that area this year, particularly in the Gulf of Aden. So far, pirates have attacked almost 100 vessels off Somalia's coast and successfully hijacked nearly 40, according to the International Maritime Bureau.

Those hijacked vessels include an enormous oil tanker, a chemical tanker, and a ship laden with Soviet-era arms, including tanks. The pirates normally hold the ships for ransom.

The Somali-based pirates have extended their reach beyond Somalia's coastline. On Saturday, a Dutch-operated container ship outran pirates off the coast of Tanzania, an IMB official told CNN.

A luxury cruise ship carrying more than 1,000 passengers and crew successfully outran pirates off the coast of Yemen last weekend.

A multinational fleet -- including vessels from the United States, NATO member states, Russia and India -- has been patrolling the Indian Ocean waters near the Gulf of Aden, which connects the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea. Around 20,000 oil tankers, freighters and merchant vessels pass along the crucial shipping route each year.

In a recent interview provided to CNN, a pirate leader claimed attacks on shipping would continue so long as life in Somalia remained desperate.

"The pirates are living between life and death," said the pirate leader, identified by only one name, Boyah. "Who can stop them? Americans and British all put together cannot do anything."

Question: How many vessels have pirates attacked?

Question: What will the EU force take over?

Question: Who threatens ships near Somalia?

Question: What does the role include?

Question: Who is responsible for the World Food Program?

Question: Where are the warships from?

Question: What role will EU forces take now?

Question: Who will take over the role of escorting U.N. World Food Program vessels?

Question: What will take over the role of escorting?

Question: What country are the pirates from?

Question: Warships from what areas also patrol the region?

Question: Where are the warships from?

Question: Who has attacked almost 100 vessels off Somalia's coast this year?

Question: What countries have warships patrol the region?

Question: Who wil take over the role of escorting U.N. vessels?

Question: How many ships have pirates attacked?

Question: What North American country sent warships to this region?

Question: Pirates have attacked how many vessels?

Answer: almost 100

Answer: the role of escorting United Nations World Food Program vessels carrying food and relief supplies to war-torn Somalia, an

Answer: attacks

Answer: escorting United Nations World Food Program vessels

Answer: EU naval force

Answer: United States, NATO member states, Russia and India

Answer: escorting United Nations World Food Program vessels

Answer: EU naval force

Answer: The EU naval force

Answer: Somali-based

Answer: United States, NATO member states, Russia and India

Answer: United States, NATO member states, Russia and India

Answer: pirates

Answer: United States, NATO member states, Russia

Answer: EU naval force

Answer: almost 100 vessels

Answer: United States,

Answer: almost 100

Summary:
EU force will take over the role of escorting U.N. World Food Program vessels .
Role includes "protection of vulnerable vessels cruising off the Somali coast"
Pirates have attacked almost 100 vessels off Somalia's coast this year .
Warships from U.S., India, Russia and Malaysia also patrol region .


(CNN) -- The FBI is investigating as a possible hate crime an incident in which a woman was beaten to the ground in front of her child at the entrance to a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Morrow, Georgia, south of Atlanta. Troy Dale West, of Poulan, Georgia, is facing battery and cruelty to children charges after the incident. Troy Dale West Jr., of Poulan, Georgia, is facing charges including misdemeanor battery and disorderly conduct after allegedly beating Army reservist Tashawnea Hill, 35, after the two had words at the entrance of the Morrow, Georgia, restaurant the evening of September 9. Hill, an African-American, told police that West, 47, yelled racial epithets at her as the attack took place. "He did punch me with a closed fist repeated times. My head is still hurting today. I have knots on my head," Hill told CNN Wednesday night, adding she also was kicked. Police said witnesses confirmed her account. The FBI has "initiated an investigation in the matter to determine if a civil rights violation occurred," the agency said in a statement. Because the alleged incident happened in full view of Hill's 7-year-old daughter, the Clayton County district attorney's office added a felony charge of cruelty to children. "[The woman's daughter] was visibly upset the night of the attack," according to Capt. James Callaway of the Morrow Police Department, who said he was on the scene shortly after the alleged attack. A police report of the incident said Hill's daughter was "crying uncontrollably and her body [was] shaking/trembling" from witnessing the attack.  Watch Hill discuss ordeal with CNN's Rick Sanchez » Hill told police the incident started when she and her daughter were entering the restaurant at the same time West and his wife were exiting. "The man slung open the door pretty hard and fast and I had to push my daughter out of the way," Hill told CNN affiliate WSB-TV. "I turned to the man and I just said, 'Excuse me sir, you need to watch yourself; you almost hit my daughter in the face.' And from there it just went downhill." West, according to the police report, admitted striking Hill "after she spit on me and accused me of trying to hit her daughter with a door." Appearing on CNN Wednesday night, Hill and her attorney, Kip Jones, denied that she spat on West. Jones said he saw surveillance video of the incident. "At no point did Ms. Hill do anything to provoke the attack. She did not spit on Mr. West. She spoke to him. He attacked her," Jones said. Police say Hill stated that "West punched her in the left cheek, forehead, kicked her body in several places, and punched her head in many areas several times." The Cracker Barrel's manager told police he stepped between West and Hill to stop the alleged assault. Cracker Barrel spokeswoman Julie Davis said Wednesday that the restaurant was cooperating fully in the police investigation. "It's just terrible when something like this happens anywhere, let alone in one of our stores," Davis said. "It's worth noting that Cracker Barrel employees did their best to assist Hill as soon as they became aware of the situation." Jones said he was "convinced this was a hateful, racist attack ... based on the N-word, the B-word, etc." "The language was vile. It was racist. It was sexist. It was completely offensive, completely unprovoked," Jones said. CNN's efforts to reach West at his home and business were unsuccessful. Police said they had no indication West had an attorney. He is free on bond awaiting a hearing in the incident, the Clayton County jail said. Hill was treated at a hospital after the attack and released. The Clayton County district attorney has forwarded surveillance video of the incident to the FBI.  Edward DuBose, president

Question: What say Troy Dale West?

Question: Who says "I'm still in pain"?

Question: Who is investigating to see whether a civil rights violation occurred

Question: What is FBI investigating?

Question: Whosereport said, "West punched (Hill) in the left cheek, forehead."?

Question: Who claimed they were spat at?

Question: What happened to the woman?

Question: Who is investigating to see if "a civil rights violation uccurred"?

Answer: admitted striking Hill

Answer: Tashawnea Hill,

Answer: FBI

Answer: a possible hate crime

Answer: Police

Answer: West,

Answer: beaten

Answer: The FBI

Summary:
Woman: I'm still in pain a week after attack .
The FBI is investigating to see whether "a civil rights violation occurred"
Police report says "West punched [Hill] in the left cheek, forehead"
Troy Dale West said Tashawnea Hill spit upon him; Hill denies it .


(CNN) -- The Federal Aviation Administration has suspended two air traffic controllers over last week's collision of two aircraft over the Hudson River that killed nine people, a spokeswoman said. The wreckage of a plane that collided with a helicopter is lifted this week from the Hudson River. A controller at New Jersey's Teterboro Airport handling the flight of a Piper airplane carrying three people "was involved in apparently inappropriate conversations on the telephone at the time of the accident," FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown said in a statement Thursday. A source with knowledge of the investigation said the controller was on the phone with his girlfriend "after he cleared the pilot for takeoff; he was still on the phone at the time of the crash." In addition, "the supervisor was not present in the building as required," Brown said. "While we have no reason to believe at this time that these actions contributed to the accident, this kind of conduct is unacceptable, and we have placed the employees on administrative leave and have begun disciplinary proceedings," she said.  Watch amateur video of the moment of impact » "These are serious violations of the FAA regulations," said Mary Schiavo, former inspector general for the Transportation Department. The union for air traffic controllers urged caution. "We support that any such allegation is fully investigated before there is a rush to judgment about the behavior of any controller," said a statement from the National Air Traffic Controllers Association. The National Transportation Safety Board is working with the FAA in investigating Saturday's collision of the Piper, which had taken off from Teterboro, with a sightseeing helicopter that was carrying five Italian tourists and a pilot. No one aboard either aircraft survived the crash. The NTSB has said the pilot of the small plane was cleared electronically and handed off to Newark, New Jersey, air traffic controllers, a standard procedure. However, Newark's control tower never got a verbal response from the pilot of the small plane. The controller put on leave was described as a longtime employee, the source said. He and the supervisor face disciplinary action that could include their firing. Also Thursday, FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt said the agency may reissue advisories to pilots using the busy airspace over the Hudson. Pilots are urged to use a radio frequency dedicated to traffic in that corridor, fly no faster than 140 knots and turn on their lights as they enter that airspace. Babbitt made the comments at an event at the agency's research facility in Atlantic City, New Jersey. CNN's Susan Candiotti contributed to this report.

Question: How many people take the plane?

Question: Where was the Controller's supervisor?

Question: Was the controller's supervisor present in building?

Question: How many people died in the collision ?

Question: How many people died?

Question: Who was the Controller talking too?

Question: How many people died in the collision?

Question: How many people were on the plane?

Question: Who was the controller talking to?

Question: What number was killed in the collision?

Question: What was controller doing during the accident?

Question: What collided with helicopter

Answer: three

Answer: not present in the building

Answer: not

Answer: nine

Answer: nine

Answer: his girlfriend

Answer: nine

Answer: three

Answer: his girlfriend

Answer: nine people,

Answer: on the phone with his girlfriend

Answer: a plane

Summary:
Spokeswoman: Controller was talking to girlfriend on phone during accident .
Controller's supervisor also not present in building as required, spokeswoman says .
Controller was handling plane carrying three people that collided with helicopter .
Nine people died in collision of tourist helicopter and plane over Hudson River .


(CNN) -- The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first of a new class of HIV drugs that attacks the virus in a different way. A woman wears an AIDS ribbon at a Cape Town, South Africa, hospital where HIV patients are treated. Isentress, developed by Merck & Co., is designed for patients who have shown resistance to current treatments. The drug has been approved for adults who already have been receiving treatment, but more testing is necessary before it is approved for new HIV patients or children, the company said in a statement. Isentress belongs to a class of drugs called integrase inhibitors. These drugs work by blocking the integrase enzyme, which helps HIV replicate by inserting its DNA into new cells. Isentress is the first drug in the class to win FDA approval. Dr. Anthony Fauci, a noted HIV expert and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, said the FDA's approval "will be most welcome in the community of physicians taking care of HIV-infected patients." "Its mechanism of action is particularly important in that it blocks the ability of the virus to integrate itself into the genes of cells," Fauci said. "This property of the virus to integrate is important in establishing the reservoir of virus in the body that has made it extremely difficult to eradicate HIV, even with prolonged treatment." Two earlier classes of anti-HIV drugs -- protease and reverse transcriptase inhibitors -- also work by blocking different enzymes involved in HIV replication. Friday's decision by the FDA will give doctors a new tool to help patients who have developed resistance to existing drugs or who are infected with drug-resistant strains of HIV. Like protease and reverse transcriptase inhibitors, Isentress will also be prescribed for patients in combination with other drugs to maximize the number of ways the virus is being attacked. The cost of the recommended daily regimen of Isentress -- a 400 mg tablet taken twice a day -- will be comparable to protease inhibitors, with a wholesale price of $27, Merck said. E-mail to a friend

Question: What is needed before it is approvevd for new patients & children?

Question: What does the drug block ?

Question: Is more testing necessary?

Question: Who makes the drug Isentress?

Question: How does the drug work?

Question: What did the FDA approve?

Question: What disease does the drug that FDA approved of treat?

Question: How does the new drug work?

Question: Who makes Isentress?

Answer: more testing is necessary

Answer: the ability of the virus to integrate itself into the genes of cells,"

Answer: is

Answer: Merck & Co.,

Answer: by blocking the integrase enzyme,

Answer: first of a new class of HIV drugs

Answer: HIV

Answer: by blocking the integrase enzyme,

Answer: Merck & Co.,

Summary:
FDA approves HIV drug for use in adults with resistance to existing treatments .
Isentress, by Merck & Co., is the first of new class of drugs to get approval .
More testing necessary before it is approved for new HIV patients, children .
Drug works by blocking different enzymes involved in HIV replication .


(CNN) -- The French spend more time eating and drinking than anyone else among the world's wealthy nations, a new study reveals. The study, by the Paris-based Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), found that the average French person spends nine hours sleeping every night, and spends two hours a day eating. On the other end of the spectrum, the average Japanese gets seven hours of sleep and also spends longer at work -- and getting to work -- than on leisure activities. And when it comes to food, Mexicans spend the least time: just over an hour a day. The survey looked at 18 countries among the organization's 30 members to see how people use "that most fundamental of resources:" time. The results were released Monday. Among the organization's findings: The lowest obesity rates? South Korea and Japan with less than 4 percent of the population exceeding a BMI of more than 30.

Question: How many countries does the survey look at?

Question: Name two countries which have the lowest obesity rates.

Question: What does the average Japanese spend more time on than leisure?

Question: How many members does the OECD have?

Question: How many countries were surveyed?

Question: How many countries were looked at to gauge use of time?

Question: Which countries have the lowest obesity rates?

Answer: 18

Answer: South Korea and Japan

Answer: at work

Answer: 30

Answer: 18

Answer: 18

Answer: South Korea and Japan

Summary:
Average Japanese spends longer at work and getting to work than on leisure .
South Korea and Japan have the lowest obesity rates .
Survey looks at 18 countries among OECD's 30 members to gauge use of time .


(CNN) -- The Georgia company whose peanut products have been blamed for a nationwide salmonella outbreak shipped some products even though they had tested positive for the bacteria and no other tests indicated they were safe, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.

The FDA confirmed Friday the Peanut Corp.'s Blakely, Georgia, plant shipped tainted product without retesting.

Previously, Peanut Corporation of America had said it shipped products only after subsequent tests on them came back negative. Items made with its peanut products have been linked to more than 500 cases of illness, including eight deaths.

The agency said the company's management told FDA inspectors last month during an inspection of the plant that they shipped products that first had tested positive for salmonella, but only if they later had tested negative.

But, it said, "FDA determined that certain information provided by PCA management during the inspection was not consistent with the subsequent analysis of the company's records."

As a result, the agency amended its report Thursday.

"In some situations the firm received a positive salmonella test result, followed by a later negative result, and then shipped the products," said the FDA report, which was included in an e-mail to CNN. "In some other situations, the firm shipped the products [which had already tested positive] before it had received the [second] positive test results."  Watch Senate hearing on food safety amid peanut recall »

In some cases, it said, "no additional testing appears to have been done."

No one from the company returned a call seeking comment.

Federal authorities have initiated a criminal investigation into the company.

Question:
What was the product tainted with?
What was it tainted with?
What was PCAs test results?
when did the products ship
What were the results of the tests?
What did the FDA say?
what has the PCA said

Answer: salmonella

Answer: salmonella

Answer: negative.

Answer: only after subsequent tests on them came back negative.

Answer: positive for the bacteria

Answer: the Peanut Corp.'s Blakely, Georgia, plant shipped tainted product without retesting.

Answer: it shipped products only after subsequent tests on them came back negative.

Summary:
Government confirms PCA shipped salmonella-tainted product without further testing .
PCA had said it shipped products only after subsequent tests returned negative .
FDA: Data provided by company "not consistent with the subsequent analysis"


(CNN) -- The Grand Ole Opry House is closed for repairs after record amounts of rain sent water 2 feet above its historic stage, damaging instruments, memorabilia and archival tapes at the country music landmark.

Gaylord Entertainment Chief Executive Officer Colin Reed said he did not know how long the facility will be closed. The neighboring Gaylord Opryland Resort, a 2,881-room hotel, also is closed for restoration but will be open before the end of 2010, he said.

"We're going to do everything in our power to restore the stuff that's been damaged by water," Reed said Friday.

He said that quick thinking by Opry management Sunday saved much of the memorabilia there.

Shows scheduled at the facility will move to other Nashville venues during repairs, he said.

Massive flooding has caused more than $1.5 billion in property damage in the Nashville area, city officials said Friday. Investigators were still searching for two people reported missing and surveying the damage in the city and surrounding Davidson County.

The flooding damaged at least 1,952 residential properties, city officials said in a statement. Cleanup crews have collected about 80 truckloads of debris from flooded neighborhoods.

Most of the water that inundated several neighborhoods in Nashville receded by Friday, seven days after heavy rain swelled the Cumberland River.

One of the city's main water treatment plants remained closed because of the flooding Friday, prompting officials to tell residents to put off washing dishes and to limit toilet flushing.

Last weekend's storm system devastated Tennessee and neighboring states, leaving at least 31 people dead in three states, authorities say.

Twenty-one people have been confirmed dead in hard-hit Tennessee. One person died in a tornado in Hardeman County that was spawned by the storms, according to the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency.

The same storm system killed six people in Mississippi and four in Kentucky, emergency management officials said.

The death toll could rise as rescue crews continue to search for several people who have been reported missing, including two kayakers in Kentucky and several people in Tennessee, officials said.

"Nashville has obviously been hard-hit, and it's a well-known city, but there are so many other counties in the state and areas ... that have been hit very hard as well," Gov. Phil Bredesen said Thursday morning.

"A lot of people who didn't have flood insurance, because they never thought floodwaters would ever come anywhere near their home, are really looking at a total loss of their home," he said. "It's very tough on a lot of people right now."

The federal government has declared 27 Tennessee counties disaster areas.

CNN's Martin Savidge contributed to this report.

Question:
How many dead they left by the floods?
what did the ceo say
Gaylord Entertainment says what?
What records were broken?

Answer: 31

Answer: not know how long the facility will be closed.

Answer: he did not know how long the facility will be closed.

Answer: amounts of rain sent water 2 feet

Summary:
Unclear when country music landmark will reopen, Gaylord Entertainment CEO says .
Record amount of flooding drenches stage, damages instruments and memorabilia .
Massive rainfall in Nashville area causes more than $1.5 billion in property damage .
Floods leave 31 dead, others missing in three states as waters recede .


(CNN) -- The Guatemalan army stole at least 333 children and sold them for adoption in other countries during the Central American nation's 36-year civil war, a government report has concluded.

Around 45,000 people are believed to have disappeared during Guatemala's civil war, 5,000 of them children.

Many of those children ended up in the United States, as well as Sweden, Italy and France, said the report's author and lead investigator, Marco Tulio Alvarez.

In some cases, the report said, parents were killed so the children could be taken and given to government-operated agencies to be adopted abroad. In other instances, the children were abducted without physical harm to the parents.

"This was a great abuse by the state," Alvarez told CNN on Friday.

Investigators started examining records in May 2008 for a period that spanned from 1977-89, said Alvarez, the director of the Guatemalan Peace Archive, a commission established by President Alvaro Colom.

Of 672 records investigators looked at, Alvarez said, they determined that 333 children had been stolen. The children were taken for financial and political reasons, he said.

Alvarez acknowledges that many more children possibly were taken. Investigators zeroed in on the 1977-89 period because peak adoptions occurred during that time frame, particularly in 1986. They will investigate through 1995 and hope to have another report ready by early next year, he said.

A presidential ministry has determined that about 45,000 people disappeared during the nation's civil war, which lasted from 1960 to 1996. About 5,000 of those were children, the ministry said. Another 200,000 people died in the conflict between the leftist guerrillas and right-wing governments.

The nation's public ministry and attorney general's office will determine whether anyone is prosecuted over the abductions, Alvarez said.

Asked if he would like to see prosecutions, Alvarez answered, "I hope so."

Alvarez said he has attended several reunions of abducted children -- now adults -- and family members.

"I can't tell you how happy that makes me," he said.

Adoption has served as a source of income in Guatemala for decades. The war just made it easier for abuses at the hands of soldiers to occur.

Guatemala has the world's highest per capita rate of adoption and is one of the leading providers of adoptive children for the United States. Nearly one in 100 babies born in Guatemala end up with adoptive parents in the United States, according to the U.S. consulate in Guatemala.

Adoptions can cost up to $30,000, providing a large financial incentive in a country where the World Bank says about 75 percent of the people live below the poverty level. Officials fear that often times mothers are paid -- or coerced -- into giving up their children.

Some unscrupulous lawyers and notaries, who have greater power in Guatemala than they do in the United States, have taken advantage of the extreme poverty and limited government oversight over adoptions to enrich themselves. Alvarez said corrupt lawyers and notaries were the driving force behind many of the army abductions of children.

The problem is confounded because many Guatemalan parents can't provide for their children. The United Nations' World Food Programme says Guatemala has the fourth highest rate of chronic malnutrition in the world and the highest in Latin America and the Caribbean. Chronic undernutrition affects about half of the nation's children under the age of 5, the U.N. agency said.

Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom Caballeros declared a state of national calamity this week because so many citizens do not have food or proper nutrition.

Despite the nation's problems, Alvarez hopes some good will come of the report, which was released Thursday.

"We have to tell the truth about what happened," he said. "Guatemalan society must know what happened and must never allow it to happen again."

CNN's Arthur Brice contributed to this report

Question:
What are children stolen for?
what is the period examined?
What do reports say?
Who was stolen for adoption?
When was the 'peak' adoption period?

Answer: adoption

Answer: 1977-89,

Answer: army stole at least 333 children and sold them for adoption in other countries

Answer: 333 children

Answer: 1977-89

Summary:
Children stolen for adoption in the U.S., Sweden, Italy and France, report says .
Some parents were killed, others were unharmed when soldiers came calling .
Investigators examined period between 1977 and 1989, 'peak' adoption period .
Reports says many more could have been taken, investigation underway .


(CNN) -- The Guatemalan army stole at least 333 children and sold them for adoption in other countries during the Central American nation's 36-year civil war, a government report has concluded. Around 45,000 people are believed to have disappeared during Guatemala's civil war, 5,000 of them children. Many of those children ended up in the United States, as well as Sweden, Italy and France, said the report's author and lead investigator, Marco Tulio Alvarez. In some cases, the report said, parents were killed so the children could be taken and given to government-operated agencies to be adopted abroad. In other instances, the children were abducted without physical harm to the parents. "This was a great abuse by the state," Alvarez told CNN on Friday. Investigators started examining records in May 2008 for a period that spanned from 1977-89, said Alvarez, the director of the Guatemalan Peace Archive, a commission established by President Alvaro Colom. Of 672 records investigators looked at, Alvarez said, they determined that 333 children had been stolen. The children were taken for financial and political reasons, he said. Alvarez acknowledges that many more children possibly were taken. Investigators zeroed in on the 1977-89 period because peak adoptions occurred during that time frame, particularly in 1986. They will investigate through 1995 and hope to have another report ready by early next year, he said. A presidential ministry has determined that about 45,000 people disappeared during the nation's civil war, which lasted from 1960 to 1996. About 5,000 of those were children, the ministry said. Another 200,000 people died in the conflict between the leftist guerrillas and right-wing governments. The nation's public ministry and attorney general's office will determine whether anyone is prosecuted over the abductions, Alvarez said. Asked if he would like to see prosecutions, Alvarez answered, "I hope so." Alvarez said he has attended several reunions of abducted children -- now adults -- and family members. "I can't tell you how happy that makes me," he said. Adoption has served as a source of income in Guatemala for decades. The war just made it easier for abuses at the hands of soldiers to occur. Guatemala has the world's highest per capita rate of adoption and is one of the leading providers of adoptive children for the United States. Nearly one in 100 babies born in Guatemala end up with adoptive parents in the United States, according to the U.S. consulate in Guatemala. Adoptions can cost up to $30,000, providing a large financial incentive in a country where the World Bank says about 75 percent of the people live below the poverty level. Officials fear that often times mothers are paid -- or coerced -- into giving up their children. Some unscrupulous lawyers and notaries, who have greater power in Guatemala than they do in the United States, have taken advantage of the extreme poverty and limited government oversight over adoptions to enrich themselves. Alvarez said corrupt lawyers and notaries were the driving force behind many of the army abductions of children. The problem is confounded because many Guatemalan parents can't provide for their children. The United Nations' World Food Programme says Guatemala has the fourth highest rate of chronic malnutrition in the world and the highest in Latin America and the Caribbean. Chronic undernutrition affects about half of the nation's children under the age of 5, the U.N. agency said. Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom Caballeros declared a state of national calamity this week because so many citizens do not have food or proper nutrition. Despite the nation's problems, Alvarez hopes some good will come of the report, which was released Thursday. "We have to tell the truth about what happened," he said. "Guatemalan society must know what happened and must never allow it to happen again." CNN's Arthur Brice contributed to this report

Question: What period did Investigators examine?

Question: Who was killed?

Question: What years are investigators examining

Question: Who was stolen?

Question: what happened to their parents

Question: What happened to parents when soldiers called?

Question: In which countries where the children adopted

Answer: 1977-89,

Answer: parents

Answer: 1977-89,

Answer: at least 333 children

Answer: were killed

Answer: were killed

Answer: Sweden, Italy


(CNN) -- The Gulf of Mexico undersea gusher is the largest oil spill in United States history -- possibly already more than twice as big as the Exxon Valdez spill, government estimates suggested Thursday.

Scientists observed 130,000 to 270,000 barrels of oil on the water's surface on May 17, and think a similar amount had already been burned, skimmed, dispersed or evaporated.

That would mean 260,000 to 540,000 barrels had leaked as of 10 days ago. The Exxon Valdez leaked about 250,000 barrels into Alaska's Prince William Sound in 1989.

The busted well is spewing oil at a rate of at least 12,000 to 19,000 barrels a day, U.S. Geological Survey chief Marcia McNutt told reporters Thursday.

A barrel of oil has 42 gallons, so that's 504,000 to 798,000 gallons a day.

That's more than twice as much as previous estimates, which put the rate at 5,000 barrels, or 210,000 gallons, per day.

It's also the more conservative estimate of two reached by two separate teams of government scientists who used two different methods, McNutt told reporters Thursday.

One team looked at the oil on the surface and came up with the estimate of 12,000 to 19,000 barrels per day.

A second team used a different method and came up with a range of 12,000 to 25,000 barrels per day, McNutt said. The official estimate uses the range where the estimates overlap.

The lower end of the government estimate -- 12,000 barrels per day -- would mean that about 18.6 million gallons of oil has been spilled since the April 20 oil rig explosion that started the leak.

The higher end -- 19,000 barrels per day -- would mean 29.5 million gallons has been spilled.

The Exxon Valdez spilled about 11 million gallons of oil.

Worldwide, there have been more than a dozen bigger oil spills than the Gulf spill. The worst was the destruction of Kuwaiti terminals and tankers by Saddam Hussein's forces during the 1991 Gulf war, which spilled 240 million gallons, according to the Oil Spill Intelligence Report.

The amount of oil spilled could have very specific financial ramifications for BP.

If the government finds the company negligent or the leak avoidable, BP will owe royalties on the lost oil, Minerals Management Service spokesman Nicholas Pardi told CNN.

"Now we know the true scale of the monster we are fighting in the Gulf," said Jeremy Symons, senior vice president of the National Wildlife Federation. "BP has unleashed an unstoppable force of appalling proportions. It's as if two Exxon Valdez tankers have already run aground, and more are on the way if they don't get this hole plugged.

"This independent government estimate shows what we expected all along -- BP cannot be trusted, because every gallon of oil that is spilled means they will pay more in fines and liability," Symons said.

The estimates are preliminary and based on new methodologies, McNutt said in a teleconference.

The first team, which got the lower estimate, analyzed how much oil was on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico on a given date, using aerial imaging. They estimated that "130,000 to 270,000 barrels (were) on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico on May 17," McNutt said.

"We estimate that, in addition, as of May 17 a similar volume of oil had already been burned, skimmed, dispersed or evaporated," she said.

That led those scientists to the range of 12,000 to 19,000 barrels per day.

The second group used video observations to arrive at the higher figure.

The scientific teams were composed of federal scientists, independent experts and representatives from universities around the country, McNutt said. BP, which owns the well, was not involved except to provide raw data, she said.

CNN's Richard Allen Greene, David Mattingly and Courtney Yager, and CNN Radio's Lisa Desjardins contributed to this report.

Question: What is the oil spill considered to be significantly larger than

Question: What could have ramifications?

Question: The Gulf spill is larger than what?

Question: How many teams studied the spill?

Question: when did the spill happen

Answer: the Exxon Valdez

Answer: amount of oil spilled

Answer: the Exxon Valdez

Answer: two

Answer: May 17,

Summary:
Gulf spill significantly larger than Exxon Valdez accident of 1989, estimates indicate .
Government scientists estimate oil gushing much faster than previously thought .
Two teams used different methods to estimate flow .
NEW: Amount of oil spilled could have ramifications if BP is found negligent .


(CNN) -- The H1N1 virus has been confirmed in a sample taken from a pig that was displayed at the Minnesota State Fair, the first time the virus has been found in a U.S. pig, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday. The Department of Agriculture quickly issued a statement saying the food supply is safe. "We have fully engaged our trading partners to remind them that several international organizations, including the World Organization for Animal Health, have advised that there is no scientific basis to restrict trade in pork and pork products," Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in the statement. "People cannot get this flu from eating pork or pork products. Pork is safe to eat." The announcement came three days after health officials announced that three pigs that were displayed during the fair had tested positive in a preliminary test for the H1N1 flu virus. Final results on the other two pigs have not been announced. "This, of course, may be the first indication that it is present in some swine here in the United States," Gene Hugoson, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, told reporters in a conference call on Friday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture National veterinary services laboratories conducted the confirmatory testing on the sample collected at the fair, held in Saint Paul, Minnesota, between August 26 and September 1. Further testing is ongoing. The pigs sampled showed no signs of sickness and were apparently healthy, the officials said. The samples collected were part of a joint University of Iowa and University of Minnesota research project funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to determine whether animals at such events had the infection. "Like people, swine routinely get sick or contract influenza viruses," Vilsack said. The misconception that the virus, sometimes called the swine flu, could be contracted through eating pork has hurt sales of the meat in the wake of the expanding pandemic. This year's crowd of 1.79 million attendees was a record. Though an outbreak of H1N1 was reported among a group of 4-H'ers who had attended the fair, officials said it was unlikely they contracted the virus from the animals, since few of them had contact with the pigs. The report came as no surprise to experts, since herds in other countries, including Argentina, Canada, Ireland and Norway, have been infected with H1N1. Pigs that do get sick with H1N1 typically recover from it, the officials said. The officials said the display animals likely were sent to slaughter. Even if they were slaughtered while still infected, that would not be an issue for anyone eating the meat, said Dr. Jeff Bender, co-director of the University of Minnesota Center for Animal Health and Food Safety. "This virus is not in muscle tissue, so if these animals were slaughtered or processed there would be no risk to the public." A vaccine to protect swine from H1N1 is under development but is not yet commercially available, one official said.

Question: Which virus has been detected

Question: Are pork and pork products still safe to eat?

Question: How many pigs on display at the fair tested positive in the preliminary H1N1 test?

Question: What is still safe to eat?

Question: Where was the fair located?

Question: In which state was the fair

Question: What happened for the first time?

Question: Where are three pigs on display at?

Answer: H1N1

Answer: eat."

Answer: three

Answer: Pork

Answer: Minnesota

Answer: Minnesota

Answer: the virus has been found in a U.S. pig,

Answer: State Fair,

Summary:
First time the virus has been found in a U.S. pig, Department of Agriculture says .
Pork and pork products still safe to eat, Agriculture Secretary says .
Three pigs on display at Minnesota fair tested positive in preliminary H1N1 test .


(CNN) -- The H1N1 virus has now become the dominant influenza virus around the globe, with high levels and an increase of activity in many regions, the World Health Organization said Thursday.

In a weekly update, the WHO's point person on the H1N1 virus, Dr. Keiji Fukuda, also warned the public not to treat the virus like just another flu.

Like seasonal flu, H1N1 is more active in the winter than in the summer, and a majority of infected people get better on their own, Fukuda said. H1N1 also is as transmissible and infectious as seasonal flu, he said.

But unusually for influenza, Fukuda said, H1N1 continues at high levels over the summer months, and many of the serious illnesses and deaths are concentrated in people younger than 65.

Seven months into the pandemic, the virus commonly known as swine flu remains at high levels and continues to increase in North America, Fukuda said. Mexico, for example, has seen more cases from September to November than they saw in the preceding months from April, when the virus emerged, he said.

The virus is also becoming more active in Europe and Central and Western Asia, Fukuda said.

Health officials this week reported an outbreak of cases in Ukraine, which now has more than 250,000 cases of influenza-like illness, with 235 patients requiring intensive care, the WHO said.

Activity is picking up in East Asia, Fukuda said. Mongolia reported "a number" of cases over the past week, he said.

"East Asia is one of the parts of the world where seasonal influenza viruses have remained in reasonably high circulation," Fukuda said. "But even in that part of the world, the pandemic virus is becoming dominant."

More cases are being reported from a number of Caribbean countries such as Cuba and Haiti, he said.

In Central America and the Southern Hemisphere, however, activity levels have dropped as those regions enter the summer season, Fukuda said.

"There are several regions in the world -- North America, Europe, Northern and Central Asia -- where we are clearly seeing pandemic influenza activity increase," he said, but "there is no one single place in the world where we are focused on."

Disease activity has been difficult to predict, Fukuda said.

"We really are not going to know what the future is going to bring, and so the main focus of our effort here is ... what steps are needed to make sure countries are as prepared as possible to deal with disease levels," he said.

H1N1 poses different challenges in different countries, but it does seem to be affecting indigenous groups more heavily than nonindigenous groups, he said.

In Australia, for example, "aboriginal groups are disproportionately represented in people who end up in hospitals from diseases related to the pandemic," Fukuda said.

The WHO still doesn't know whether the effect on indigenous groups is because of the pandemic itself or because of underlying factors.

Because most people infected with swine flu tend to recover on their own and don't suffer major problems afterwards, some people are tempted to dismiss the infection and think it's not serious. But Fukuda said that's a dangerous mind-set.

"At WHO, we remain quite concerned about the patterns we are seeing, particularly because a sizable number of people develop complications [that lead to death]," he said. "We do see that the serious complications are concentrated in the younger age groups rather than the older age groups."

While the complications are most often seen in people who have chronic, underlying health conditions and in pregnant women, they also can develop in people "who are currently healthy and young."

But contrary to some reports, Fukuda said, the WHO has not seen big mutations in the virus since it first emerged. He said viruses being isolated now are "generally similar" to those isolated over the past several months, indicating they haven't changed much.

The WHO also has no evidence of widespread resistance to antiviral medication, Fukuda said. There

Question: When does H1N1 continue?

Question: What group is affected more?

Question: what affect more indigenous groups more heavily than nonindigenous groups?

Question: What level does H1N1 continues over the summer months?

Answer: over the summer months,

Answer: people younger than 65.

Answer: H1N1

Answer: high

Summary:
H1N1 continues at high levels over the summer months, unlike seasonal flu .
The flu seems to affect indigenous groups more heavily than nonindigenous groups .
The only side effects of the vaccine are swelling and pain at the injection site .
WHO has not seen big mutations in the virus since it first emerged .


(CNN) -- The House of Representatives voted Friday to impeach a federal judge convicted of obstruction of justice while in office. Judge Samuel Kent was the first federal judge to be charged with sexual crimes while in office. U.S. District Judge Samuel B. Kent of Texas pleaded guilty in February, admitting he lied to investigators about nonconsensual sexual contact with two employees in his courthouse. As part of a plea agreement, other counts alleging sexual misconduct were dropped. Kent was the first federal judge to be charged with sexual crimes while in office. He has submitted his resignation, but made it effective June 1, 2010, meaning he would be paid for a year while in prison. That drew a heated response among some members of Congress, and a House Judiciary Committee task force unanimously approved four articles of impeachment against Kent on the grounds of sexual assault, obstruction of justice and providing false statements to federal investigators. Before the House vote, Judiciary Committee member Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Virginia, said to House members that Kent collecting a salary of about $174,000 while in prison constituted "an attempt to extort hundreds of thousands of dollars from the American people." There were no dissenting votes. The decision on whether to convict Kent will be made by the Senate. A conviction would mean he would lose his seat on the federal bench and his pension. Kent, who turns 60 this month, was sentenced in May to 33 months in prison and began serving the sentence Monday. He was ordered to undergo treatment for alcoholism while in prison. An attempt to reach Kent's attorney for comment was unsuccessful Friday afternoon. President George H.W. Bush nominated Kent, who took his seat on the bench of the Southern District of Texas on October 1, 1990. Kent is the 14th federal judge to be impeached by the House. The last impeachment -- on charges of lying to a federal grand jury -- was of Mississippi Judge Walter Nixon in 1989.

Question: will he face jail time?

Question: when is the resignation effective

Question: what did kent say

Question: when did thsi happen?

Question: where did he work?

Question: what Samuel Kent says he lied about nonconsensual sexual contact with?

Question: what Decision on whether he'll lose his seat on the bench and pension?

Question: what was the decision

Answer: 33 months in prison

Answer: June 1, 2010,

Answer: he lied to investigators about nonconsensual sexual contact with two employees in his courthouse.

Answer: Friday

Answer: the bench of the Southern District of Texas

Answer: two employees in his courthouse.

Answer: to convict Kent

Answer: impeach a federal judge

Summary:
Samuel Kent says he lied about nonconsensual sexual contact with 2 employees .
Kent submits resignation effective June 2010, which allowed him to collect salary .
To keep Kent from being paid while in jail, House panel votes to impeach .
Decision on whether he'll lose his seat on the bench and pension rests with Senate .


(CNN) -- The Humane Society has accused a federally funded primate center of mistreating chimpanzees and other primates, saying that some animals showed signs of psychosis and self-mutilation.

New Iberia Research Center cages about 325 chimps on its 100 acres. It also has about 6,000 monkeys.

The allegations against the New Iberia Research Center in Louisiana, which houses more than 6,500 primates, came after a nine-month undercover investigation.

The center denies the allegations.

"We found animals living in isolation, exhibiting self-mutilating behavior, psychosis, all sorts of emotional and physical problems at this laboratory," Humane Society President Wayne Pacelle told CNN on Wednesday.

The Humane Society's undercover investigator, who worked as a laboratory technician with a hidden camera, revealed 338 violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act, which sets standards for the treatment of animals in labs, Pacelle said.

The Humane Society posted some of its secret footage on its Web site. The footage includes an animal with what the group said was a self-inflicted wound, another animal jumping in circles in its cage, and chimpanzees screaming as lab technicians approached with a dart gun.

The violations were filed in a 108-page complaint to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which is required by law to enforce the Animal Welfare Act, the organization said.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said he will order a thorough investigation of animal welfare practices at the facility.

"If the allegations prove to be true, the American public can expect the perpetrators to be held fully accountable. I take the protection of animals very seriously, and will do my utmost to fully enforce the Animal Welfare Act," he said in a written statement.

The New Iberia Research Center, part of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, issued a statement saying that the videos "distort acceptable standard procedures and incorrectly imply mistreatment of nonhuman primates at the New Iberia Research Center."

It added: "We take very seriously our responsibility to care for the animals housed at the center and to carry out biomedical research according to federal rules and regulations."

The center further said it properly housed and cared for the animals. It also said it complies with regulations of the USDA, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Humane Society accused workers at New Iberia of hitting primates on the mouth, using "painful" dart guns and removing infant monkeys from their mothers.

The Humane Society also said it had documented evidence of "rampant" breeding of government-owned chimpanzees. In 2007, the National Institutes of Health's National Center for Research Resources, following a 12-year moratorium, said it would no longer breed chimpanzees for research, citing financial reasons.

The New Iberia Research Center has received more than $37 million in grants from the NIH, according to the center's Web site.

The NIH said it has opened an investigation regarding the allegations and said it is working closely with the USDA.

However, it said it could not comment on the allegations while its investigation is under way. "The results will be available when the investigation is complete," the NIH said in a written statement.

"We are committed to the safety and welfare of all animals in research. All animals used in federally funded research are protected by laws, regulations, and policies to ensure they are used in the smallest numbers possible and with the greatest commitment to their comfort."

Pacelle said the most serious issue was the self-mutilation and "nonstop pacing and circling, psychosis and other abnormal behaviors."

"These are highly intelligent animals. They have a sense of self, they have a sense of past and future, they have the wide range of emotions that we have," he said.

"They should not be subjected to this long-term, decade-long isolation, and all these painful and physical procedures and the psychological torment in these laboratories."

The New Iberia Research Center says it offers a "broad range of diagnostic, laboratory, and human resources for the development and characterization of nonhuman

Question: An  undercover investigation found the animals were prone to what?

Question: What is the investigation over?

Question: New Iberia Research Center is based in which U.S. state?

Question: Who said he would "order investigation of facility's animal welfare practices"?

Question: What caused the treatment of the animals to be exposed?

Answer: psychosis and self-mutilation.

Answer: mistreating chimpanzees

Answer: Louisiana,

Answer: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack

Answer: a nine-month undercover investigation.

Summary:
Society says undercover investigation found animal psychosis, self-mutilation .
Center denies allegations, says it properly housed and cared for the animals .
Agriculture secretary says he'll order investigation of facility's animal welfare practices .
New Iberia Research Center in Louisiana houses more than 6,500 primates .


(CNN) -- The Icelandic volcano producing the ash cloud snarling much of European air traffic has not stopped erupting. Is there any chance that flight schedules could return to normal any time soon, and does the weather forecast provide any relief? Here are some common questions and answers about the ash cloud crisis.

Q: For how long will the volcanic cloud remain in the atmosphere?

A: The very fine ash previously injected into higher levels of the atmosphere -- above 20,000 feet -- will remain in the air for "quite some time," because the particles can be removed only by thunderstorms, which are not expected in the next few days, the World Meteorological Organization said Tuesday. The current high pressure system, with weak winds and slowly descending air in the center, is not helping to disperse the ash cloud, the WMO said. Still, the ash particles are slowly descending to lower levels, and there is evidence that most of the ash is now between the ground and about 10,000 feet, the WMO said.

Q: What does the weather forecast say?

A: The current high-pressure system over Iceland is expected to dissipate toward the end of the week, when a stronger low-pressure system is predicted to develop, the WMO said. Not only will this system change the winds and push the ash toward the Arctic, but the rains associated with this system will help "wash out" the ash at lower levels, the WMO said.

While that directly affects only the ash in Iceland, it could be good news for the rest of Europe, because some of the ash could be "washed out" of the air before it reaches the continent, said CNN weather anchor Mari Ramos.

For Ireland and the United Kingdom, upper-level winds coming from the north are not predicted to change any time soon. Any rain that does develop closer to Europe would be unlikely to help wash much of the ash out of the atmosphere, Ramos said, because the ash cloud has generally remained above any weather system. The ash currently being spewed out by the volcano is reaching as high as 20,000 feet.

Q: If the weather isn't going to change, when might the volcano stop erupting?

A: The eruption will continue for a while, but the activity will become less and less explosive, said volcanologist Simon Day of University College London. The more important question is how long the volcano will continue to send ash high into the atmosphere.

"With the first phases, the ash was going up to 30,000 to 40,000 feet," Day said. "The current levels that the ash is being ejected to is maybe only 10,000 or 20,000 feet. It's probably also coarser-grained ash as well -- it's not quite so finely divided on the whole -- so it's going to settle out faster. So although the eruption may continue for a long time, and we may over the next few months see bursts of explosive activity, it's probably not going to be as much of a problem as it has been during this last week."

Q: Does the appearance of the volcano's plume indicate anything about the ash?

A: The whiteness of the plume suggests it contains mainly steam and little ash, the WMO said. When under-glacier eruptions occur, like this one in Iceland, the volcanoes tend to produce finer particles of ash, which stay in the air longer, Day said. That's because the melting ice shatters the magma, which contains the particles that eventually become ash.

Q: What do the ash particles look like?

A: The particles are extremely fine -- about as fine as pollen, Day said. They are made up of rocks, minerals, and volcanic glass, which together form volcanic ash, the WMO said. Such ash is hard, does not dissolve in water, and is extremely abrasive and mildly corrosive, the WMO said.

Q: Iceland has many volcanoes, so why hasn't this situation happened before?

A: The last time an Icelandic volcano produced so much ash over Europe was in

Question:
What are ash particles like?
Where did the activity occur?
what is hard, abrasive and corrosive?
where will ash be push toward?

Answer: extremely fine

Answer: Icelandic volcano

Answer: ash

Answer: the Arctic,

Summary:
Meteorologists: very fine ash in upper atmosphere will remain for "quite some time"
Low-pressure system expected to push ash toward the Arctic, bring rain .
Volcanologist: Activity will become less and less explosive over time .
Ash particles are as fine as pollen, but hard, abrasive and mildly corrosive .


(CNN) -- The Indian city of Mumbai exploded into chaos early Thursday morning as gunmen launched a series of attacks across the country's commercial capital, killing scores of people and taking hostages in two luxury hotels frequented by Westerners. CNN's Christiane Amanpour says India and Pakistan might be warming toward each other. Chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour spoke about the situation. CNN: An attack this large, this sophisticated, and carried out with no warning could have come from inside India, maybe, maybe outside, maybe a neighboring state could be involved. We turn to Christiane Amanpour. What do you hear? Christiane Amanpour: Well, Tom, Islamic militants have been stepping up their assaults on Mumbai, which is not just the center of its filmmaking, but the economic and financial hub of India. They have often blamed terror attacks on Islamic militants based in Pakistan. Some, they say, are concerned about, for instance, Indian rule over Kashmir. Al Qaeda also has threatened to attack India in revenge for its policies. Very, very interestingly, this comes at a time when the new president of Pakistan has, in fact, gone further than any previous Pakistani leader in saying they want to improve relations with India, in saying they want to jointly combat terrorism together. The Pakistani president even went so far as saying he would consider renouncing a nuclear strike on India. This is a very confused situation. Although some group has claimed responsibility, nobody knows the motive yet. ... CNN: Talk to me about why it would be in the interest of these people to sever this tie between Pakistan and India. Do they believe India would join in the effort to squeeze them out? Amanpour: This is the ongoing situation. Certainly, Kashmir is a flashpoint for India and Pakistan, and really back in 2006, there were Islamic militants blamed for recent attacks. About 180 people were killed there. The one that came closest to pitting India against Pakistan was in 2001, when Islamic militants attacked the Parliament. Only 12 people were killed, but not compared to what's happened now, and that almost led to a war between India and Pakistan. Whatever happens in this region is so, so difficult and dangerous because of the flash point it centers on. As I say, though it has come at a time right in the aftermath of the warmest outreach by Pakistan to India in decades. ... CNN: What is, in all of this world picture, Christiane, what is the significance of this? Amanpour: Well, this is deeply significant, obviously, because it is such a complex and coordinated attack on multitudinous targets, multitudinous locations. Obviously, a large number of militants or terrorists who have taken part in this, and they have engaged the Indian forces, the police and security forces. It's not like they just put bombs somewhere and allowed them to go off, and either they were suicide attackers who got killed or they were able to remotely detonate their bombs. What they've done is not just attack, take hostages, but engage also with the security forces. So this really ratchets it up a very significant level. And it's been coming for about 20 years, these attacks. Small in the last couple of decades, but in the last 10 years or so, particularly since 9/11, there have been a number of very significant attacks blamed by the Indian forces on Islamic militants. ... This is very, very dangerous in this part of the world. Mumbai is India's not just gateway to the nation; it's its economic and financial hub, and it's its cultural hub as well, having the Bollywood and the other film production studios there. Nobody quite knows who it is and why they have done it. This is the thing that is very difficult and dangerous at the moment. This little-known group, if it's true that they exist, have claimed responsibility, although that has not been confirmed, so-called Deccan Mujahedeen, and what is the motive? There has obviously for many

Question: What may the nations join to fight?

Question: What country has the Pakistani leader reached out to?

Question: What place is a flashpoint?

Question: What region has been the flashpoint?

Question: Which region has been a flahpoint between Pakistan and India?

Question: Who commented about nations fighting terrorism jointly?

Question: Who has gone far in reaching out to India?

Question: What will the nations join together to fight?

Answer: terrorism

Answer: India,

Answer: Kashmir

Answer: Kashmir

Answer: Kashmir

Answer: new president of Pakistan

Answer: the new president of Pakistan

Answer: terrorism

Summary:
Pakistani leader has gone far in reaching out to India, Amanpour says .
Nations may even join together to fight terrorism, correspondent says .
Region of Kashmir has been flashpoint for neighboring nations .


(CNN) -- The International Atomic Energy Agency issued a critical report Tuesday saying that it has "serious concerns" about Iran's nuclear program and has obtained "credible" information that the Islamic republic may be developing nuclear weapons.

The IAEA report, the most detailed to date on the Iranian program's military scope, found no evidence that Iran has made a strategic decision to actually build a bomb. But its nuclear program is more ambitious and structured, and more progress has been made than previously known.

"The agency has serious concerns regarding possible military dimensions to Iran's nuclear program," the report said. "After assessing carefully and critically the extensive information available to it, the agency finds the information to be, overall, credible. The information indicates that Iran has carried out activities relevant to the development of a nuclear explosive device."

U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the report had just arrived and refrained from commenting on details at an afternoon briefing. But a senior U.S. official called the report "a big deal."

"The report is very comprehensive, credible, quite damning, and alarming," the official said.

Read the IAEA report here

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad slammed the report as a fabrication of facts aimed at satisfying U.S. allegations about Iran's nuclear program.

Ahmadinejad essentially called Yukiya Amano, the director general of the IAEA, a U.S. puppet and said the United Nations agency has no jurisdiction in Iran.

"The Americans have fabricated a stack of papers and he keeps speaking about them," he said on state-run Press TV. "Why don't you do a report on the U.S. nuclear program and its allies? Present a report on the thousands of U.S. military bases where Washington has nuclear arms that threaten global security."

The IAEA had released another report on Iran in September but this one was highly anticipated because of the military aspect.

Since 2002, the IAEA has regularly received new information pertaining to the development of a nuclear payload for a missile, the report said.

It said Iran has made "efforts, some successful, to procure nuclear related and dual use equipment and materials by military related individuals and entities" and has acquired nuclear weapons information from "a clandestine nuclear supply network."

It has also worked on mastering the design of a nuclear weapon and tested components, the report said.

The IAEA said the some of the activities have both civilian and military applications, but others are specific to nuclear weapons.

Iran has repeatedly insisted its nuclear program is for peaceful, civilian energy purposes only.

According to the IAEA report, Iran is believed to have continued weapons research and technology development after 2003, when the intelligence community thought Iran had stopped. Instead of halting, it seems Iran took a temporary hiatus at the time, although the program progressed at a more modest pace since then, the report said.

After the report's release, top Republicans in Congress called on President Barack Obama's administration to ratchet up economic sanctions against Iran. Rep. Mike Rogers, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, raised the fear that Israel would attack Iranian nuclear facilities without further steps by the United States and its allies.

Rogers, R-Michigan, said new sanctions should cut off the supply of refined fuel to Iran and target its central bank, which he said is being used to finance Tehran's nuclear program.

"If we talk about it for a long time, if we're not really leading on it, I will tell you we leave this option to the Israelis," he told CNN's "John King USA."

And in a written statement, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen called on Congress to pass two bills targeting Iran's energy sector. The Florida Republican leads the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which recently sent legislation to the House floor to do just that.

"If fully implemented, they have the potential to cripple the regime's ability to continue its nuclear program," she said. "If the Iranian regime acquires nuclear weapons capabilities, the U.S., Israel and our other allies in

Question: where is Sanctions should target refined fuel supply?

Question: what did the report say

Question: what is ratchet up economic sanctions?

Question: what is the name of Iran president

Question: Who is the Iranian President?

Question: Who expressed serious concern over Iran's nuclear program?

Answer: Iran

Answer: "serious concerns" about Iran's nuclear program

Answer: President Barack Obama's administration

Answer: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Answer: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Answer: International Atomic Energy Agency

Summary:
NEW: GOP members of Congress urge White House to ratchet up economic sanctions .
NEW: Sanctions should target refined fuel supply, Iran's central bank, Rep. Mike Rogers says .
A nuclear watchdog report expresses serious concern over Iran's nuclear program .
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismisses the report as fabrication .


(CNN) -- The International Committee of the Red Cross expressed its concern Wednesday over what may have been the improper use of its emblem in the daring rescue last month of 15 hostages in Colombia.

What seems to be part of a red cross is seen on a man involved in the rescue in this official image.

"We are in contact with the Colombian authorities to ask for further clarifications as to exactly what happened," ICRC Deputy Director of Operations Dominik Stillhart said in a written statement.

Video and photographs originally shown to CNN appeared to show one of the hostage rescuers wearing a bib with a red cross on it, and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe admitted July 16 that Colombian military intelligence used a single Red Cross symbol in the rescue mission.

The ICRC statement said video aired on Colombian television earlier this week "reveals that a member of the army team involved was wearing a tabard marked with the Red Cross emblem before the operation had even begun, suggesting intentional misuse."  Watch where bib appeared in video Â»

"If authenticated, these images would clearly establish an improper use of the Red Cross emblem, which we deplore," Stillhart said.

Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos blasted the leaking of the video as "an act of disloyalty, possibly corruption or even treason," although he defended the right of the media to publish the material once it had been leaked.

Speaking at a news conference at a military base in San Jose del Guaviare on Tuesday, Santos said the military had launched an investigation into the leak and said that those responsible would be "severely disciplined."

Uribe said in July that the man wearing the bib was a member of the Colombian military intelligence team involved in the rescue who panicked and used the emblem to protect himself.

"This officer, upon confessing his mistake to his superiors, said when the (rescue) helicopter was about to land ... he saw so many guerrillas that he went into a state of angst," Uribe said.

"He feared for his life and put on the Red Cross bib over his jacket."

However, a confidential military source who showed CNN the photographs that included the man wearing the bib said they were taken moments before the mission took off.

The use of the "Red Cross, Red Crescent and Red Crystal Emblems is governed by the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols."

"These emblems may not be used by bodies or persons not entitled to do so under international humanitarian law," the ICRC statement said.

Uribe said in July that as the constitutional head of the armed forces, he takes full political responsibility for what he described as a slip-up. He said he has apologized to ICRC officials.

Previously, the Colombian president and his top generals had categorically denied that international humanitarian symbols were used in the July 2 rescue mission that duped the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels into handing over prized hostages including former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, three U.S. military contractors and 11 Colombian police and soldiers.  Learn about some of the freed hostages Â»

Such a use of the Red Cross emblem could constitute a "war crime" under the Geneva Conventions and international humanitarian law, according to international legal expert Mark Ellis, executive director of the International Bar Association.

Such a move could endanger humanitarian workers in the future, he said.

"If you use the emblem in a deceitful way, generally the conventions say it would be a breach. (Based on the information as explained to me) the way that the images show the Red Cross emblem being used could be distinguished as a war crime," he said in an interview with CNN on July 16.

"Complete and total respect for the Red Cross emblem is essential if the ICRC is to be able to bring assistance and protection to the people worst affected by armed conflicts and other situations of violence," the ICRC's statement said.

"As a neutral and impartial humanitarian organization, the ICRC depends on the trust of all the parties to the conflict to be able to carry out its humanitarian work

Question: What does FARC stand for?

Question: Who was rescued?

Question: What is an international committee probing?

Question: What was blasted?

Question: Who's symbol is being discussed?

Question: Misuse of what can be considered a war crime?

Question: Amount of hostages that were rescued on July 2?

Question: What is the committee probing?

Question: Who blased the leak of video?

Question: What did the leaked video show?

Question: How many hostages were rescued on July 2?

Answer: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

Answer: 15 hostages in Colombia.

Answer: may

Answer: the leaking of the video

Answer: Red Cross

Answer: Red Cross emblem

Answer: 15

Answer: improper use of its emblem

Answer: Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos

Answer: Red Cross emblem

Answer: 15

Summary:
NEW: Defense minister blasts leak of video from hostage rescue .
International committee probing use of symbol by military rescuer .
15 hostages were rescued July 2 from rebel organization FARC .
Misuse of emblem could be war crime, legal expert says .


(CNN) -- The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda on Thursday convicted the "mastermind" of the Rwandan genocide and sentenced him to life in prison for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. Theoneste Bagosora, right, and his co-defendant Anatole Nsengiyumva, left, arrive in court. It is the first time the tribunal has convicted high-level officials for the 100-day genocide in 1994 which left an estimated 800,000 people dead. Theoneste Bagosora, 67, a colonel in the Rwandan army, was found guilty along with two other men -- Major Aloys Ntabakuze and Lieutenant Colonel Anatole Nsengiyumva. All were sentenced to life in prison. The tribunal -- located in Arusha, Tanzania -- acquitted General Gratien Kabiligi, the former head of military operations, and ordered his immediate release. CNN Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour -- who covered the story -- called the verdicts "a real turning point and a milestone in justice."  Watch CNN's Christiane Amanpour on the verdict » "It sends a message that right up the chain of command, you cannot hide," Amanpour said. The court said Bagosora was a key figure in drawing up plans for the genocide. A Hutu, Bagosora was convicted of ordering Hutu militia to slaughter rival Tutsis. The massacres began after a plane crash on April 6, 1994 that killed the presidents of Rwanda and neighboring Burundi. The court said the plane was brought down by a surface-to-air missile fired from the airport in Kigali, the Rwandan capital.  Watch what happened in the court » Bagosora decided the military should take over and he refused to involve the prime minister, Agathe Uwilingiyimana, in any discussions, the court found. April 7, while Bagosora held a crisis meeting with top military officials, the prime minister was arrested, sexually assaulted and killed by top members of the Rwandan Army, the court found.  Find out more about the world's killing fields » That made Bagosora the head of all political and military affairs in Rwanda, and in that capacity, he was at the top of the chain of command. The same day the prime minister was killed, the court said, army personnel confined and killed four important opposition leaders -- including the president of the constitutional court and government ministers -- and murdered 10 Belgian peacekeepers who had been dispatched to the prime minister's residence. The court found Bagosora bore responsibility for those and other killings because he commanded those who carried out the crimes. "Bagosora was the highest authority in the Ministry of Defense and exercised effective control of the Rwandan army and gendarmerie," said Presiding Judge Erik Mose. "He's therefore responsible for the murder of the prime minister, the four opposition politicians, the 10 Belgian peacekeepers, as well as the extensive military involvement in the killing of civilians during this period." ICTR Prosecutor Hassan Bubacar Jallow said the convicted men "prepared, planned, ordered, directed, incited, encouraged and approved the murder of innocent civilian Tutsis." The killings were carried out by military personnel on the orders of Rwandan authorities including Bagosora, the court said. The court found that from April to July 1994, Bagosora exercised authority over members of the Rwandan Army and their militiamen, who committed massacres throughout Rwanda with Bagosora's knowledge. "In all the regions of the country, members of the Tutsi population who were fleeing from the massacres on their hills sought refuge in locations they thought would be safe, often on the recommendation of the local civil and military authorities," the indictment said. "In many of these places, despite the promise that they would be protected by the local civil and military authorities, the refugees were attacked, abducted and massacred, often on the orders or with the complicity of those same authorities." The indictment against Bagosora alleged he had been opposed to concessions made by his government to Tutsi rebels at 1993 peace talks in Tanzania, and had left the negotiations saying he was returning to Rwanda to "prepare the apocalypse." The U.N. established the tribunal in late 1994. The trial began in April 2002

Question: When was the tribunal established?

Question: when The United Nations established the genocide tribunal?

Question: bagosora is charged with which crime?

Question: Who is the mastermind?

Question: When did massacres occur?

Question: how many people dead?

Question: what country did massacre occur?

Question: what position did bagosora hold?

Answer: in late 1994.

Answer: in late 1994.

Answer: genocide,

Answer: Theoneste Bagosora,

Answer: 1994

Answer: 800,000

Answer: Rwanda

Answer: a colonel in the Rwandan army,

Summary:
Bagosora guilty of masterminding genocide which left at least 800,000 dead .
Genocide began after plane carrying the leaders of Rwanda, Burundi crashed .
Bagosora was charged with genocide and crimes against humanity .
The United Nations established the genocide tribunal in late 1994 .


(CNN) -- The International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed Tuesday it intends to refer the latest allegations of corruption involving officials of world football's governing body FIFA, to its ethics commission.

According to a report by the BBC, Issa Hayatou -- who is a long-term IOC member, the FIFA vice president and the president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) -- accepted $15,000 as a bribe in 1995 from a marketing company.

The IOC responded to the claim by requesting the evidence the British broadcaster had gathered on the African executive for further analysis.

"The IOC has taken note of the allegations made by [the] BBC and will ask the program makers to pass on any evidence they may have to the appropriate authorities," the body said in a statement to CNN.

"The IOC has a zero tolerance against corruption and will refer the matter to the IOC ethics commission," the statement added.

Cameroonian Hayatou was one of three FIFA officials -- including Nicolas Leoz from Paraguay and Ricardo Teixeira from Brazil -- who were named by the BBC as having taken bribes from the ISL marketing company who went onto secure valuable World Cup rights in the 1990s.

All three are due to cast votes to decide which nations will play host to the 2018 and 2022 World Cups in a ballot at FIFA headquarters on December 2.

Hayatou said Tuesday that he was considering legal action over the BBC claims.

He told Press Association Sport: "This money was not for me it was for the 40th anniversary of CAF.

"At that time ISL was the sponsor of CAF and they give the money to CAF and not to me, and the executive committee of CAF accepted it and approved it."

The latest developments follow the suspension of two other FIFA executive members in November -- Amos Adamu of Nigeria and Tahiti's Reynauld Temarii -- after allegations by British newspaper the Sunday Times that both had accepted bribes for their vote.

In contrast to the IOC's stance, FIFA said that it would be taking no further action.

"The investigation and the case are definitely closed," it said in a statement Tuesday, adding that the allegations had already been investigated by Swiss authorities.

"In its verdict of 26 June 2008, the criminal court of Zug had not convicted any FIFA officials.

"It is therefore important to stress again the fact that no FIFA officials were accused of any criminal offence in these proceedings."

England's 2018 bid team, who have been concerned that the fall-out from the corruption allegations would damage their chances of hosting the World Cup, claimed the program was "an embarrassment to the BBC."

Worried about a backlash from FIFA members, the bid team wanted the BBC to delay the broadcast until after Thursday's decision, but their plea was refused.

"We stand by our previous position that the BBC's Panorama did nothing more than rake over a series of historical allegations none of which are relevant to the current bidding process," it said in a statement Tuesday.

Michel Platini, the president of European football governing body UEFA, offered England some comfort.

"I don't think this (program) will have an effect, no," he told gathered reporters after a UEFA meeting in Zurich Monday.

But he added: "I think what may affect the decision is the atmosphere going back a long time and what people have been writing about FIFA in the British press for many years."

The 22 members of FIFA's executive committee will be choosing between bids from England, Russia and joint bids by Spain-Portugal and Netherlands-Belgium to decide who will host the 2018 World Cup.

Australia, the United States, Japan, Qatar and South Korea are bidding for 2022.

Question: What position does Issa Hayatou hold with FIFA?

Question: Who was alleged to have accepted bribes in the 1990s?

Question: Who is the vice president of FIFA?

Question: Who confirmed they will pursue the allegations?

Answer: vice president

Answer: Issa Hayatou

Answer: Issa Hayatou

Answer: International Olympic Committee

Summary:
The IOC confirms it will pursue the latest allegations of corruption involving FIFA officials .
FIFA vice president Issa Hayatou is also an IOC member .
Hayatou is alleged to have accepted bribes in the 1990s for World Cup rights .
NEW: Hayatou says he is considering legal action against the BBC .


(CNN) -- The Internet connection in Myanmar was cut Friday, limiting the free flow of information the nation's citizens were sharing with the world depicting the violent crackdown on monks and other peaceful demonstrators.

Ko Htike runs his Myanmar blog out of his London apartment and says he's trying to stop the violence.

Myanmar-based blogs went dark suddenly. But London-based blogger Ko Htike -- who has been one of the most prominent bloggers posting information about the violence -- has vowed to keep up the fight, saying where "there is a will, there is a way."

"I sadly announce that the Burmese military junta has cut off the Internet connection throughout the country," he said on his blog Friday. "I, therefore, would not be able to feed in pictures of the brutality by the brutal Burmese military junta."

Ko Htike is a 28-year-old who left Myanmar, once known as Burma, seven years ago to study in England.  Watch a blogger's fight for Myanmar »

He told CNN.com a day earlier that he has as many as 40 people in Myanmar sending him photos or calling him with information. They often take the photos from windows from their homes, he said.

Myanmar's military junta has forbidden such images, and anyone who sends them is risking their lives.

"If they get caught, you will never know their future. Maybe just disappear or maybe life in prison or maybe dead," he told CNN.

Why would they take such risks?

"They thought that this is their duty for the country," he said. "That's why they are doing it. It's like a mission."

Even with Friday's action by the government, he said he will continue to do all he can to get images of what's happening out for the world to see.

"I will also try my best to feed in their demonic appetite of fear and paranoia by posting any pictures that I receive through other means," he said on his blog. "I will continue to live with the motto that 'if there is a will there is a way.' "

With few Western journalists allowed in Myanmar, his blog has become one of the main information outlets. More than 170,000 people from 175 countries have gone to the blog, according to a counter on the page.

On Friday, shots rang out in the streets of Myanmar's biggest city of Yangon, marking the third straight day of violence at the hands of the ruling military junta to suppress citizen protests.  See photos of the protests »

One diplomat told CNN that a Western witness had reported seeing about 35 bodies lying in rows on a street near Sule Pagoda, with civilians praying over them. CNN could not independently confirm the report, and it was not known if the bodies were from Friday or the result of earlier violence.

According to The Associated Press, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Friday he believes the loss of life in Myanmar has been "far greater" than is being reported.

In a country where Buddhist monks are revered, the violence against them could stir even more outrage among the people of Myanmar. "Now, there is blood shed on the monastery," Htike said.

The Internet has also spawned other Myanmar pages. On the popular online community of Facebook, several Myanmar support pages were set up with links keeping a close eye on the latest developments. One letter floating around the Internet from a group calling itself the "Global Alliance of Burmese Students" called on people abroad to stage protests.

"We call on you to take action, to take the lead, and to show solidarity with our fellow countrymen back home," it said. "The streets of Yangon bleed red, and it will all be in vain if we do not act and mobilize for change."

Other people used technology as simple as the cell phone as a means to get the word out on what was happening.

"We didn't do any terrorism, but they sharp-shoot us

Question:
Who vows to keep up the fight?
What  has been cut off in Myanmar?

Answer: Ko Htike

Answer: Internet connection

Summary:
Internet connection in Myanmar has been cut off .
London-blogger vows to keep up the fight .
Woman on phone: "Who can help us?"
Student sent video to CNN because people "should know what is happening"


(CNN) -- The Iowa Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry received an emotional welcome home July 25 -- more than a year and a half after leaving for Iraq. More than 600 soldiers marched on the field at Riverfront Stadium in Waterloo, Iowa, in front of thousands of friends and family members. I-Reporter Myke Goings captures Iowa National Guard soldiers celebrating their return from Iraq. The unit served 17 months in Iraq, as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, said Master Sgt. Duff McFadden of the Iowa National Guard. Two soldiers were killed in action, both by a roadside bomb, Radio Iowa reported. I-Reporter Myke Goings captured the emotion of family members and soldiers on camera as well as the tributes to the soldiers around town. His wife works with Sara Barnard, who reunited with her husband Tim at the ceremony. "You could see the excitement of the look on her face as she finally found him in the group," Goings said. "To do that with everyone in camouflage was amazing." E-mail to a friend

Question:
Where in Iowa did they return to?
Which state did the soldiers return to?
What occurred during the event?
Who returned to Iowa?
Where did the soldiers return from?
What did Myke Goings report?
Who welcomed them back?
Who documented the event?

Answer: Waterloo,

Answer: Iowa,

Answer: home

Answer: Army National Guard's 1st Battalion,

Answer: Iraq.

Answer: Iowa National Guard soldiers celebrating their return from Iraq.

Answer: friends and family members.

Answer: I-Reporter Myke Goings

Summary:
More than 600 soldiers returned to Iowa from service in Iraq on July 25 .
Thousands of friends and relatives welcomed them back at ceremony .
I-Reporter Myke Goings documented the event .


(CNN) -- The Irish government ordered a recall Saturday of all pork products linked to pigs slaughtered in Ireland, after laboratory tests found the presence of dioxins in animal feed and pork fat samples. Preliminary evidence gathered by Ireland's Food Safety Authority indicated that the contamination likely started in September, the government said in a statement. The Food Safety Authority advised consumers not to consume Irish pork and bacon products for the time being. The government is now trying to determine the scope of the contamination. Dioxins are environmental contaminants, often present in industrial waste. Most dioxin exposure occurs through diet, with more than 95 percent coming from the consumption of animal fats, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Dioxin levels in food are regulated. Dr Tony Holohan, Ireland's Chief Medical Officer, said that the dioxin usually impacts the nervous system and liver in comments reported by the UK Press Association. Holohan added that the dioxin would only be perilous through prolonged exposure. The agency reported that an animal feed ingredient supplied by one business to 40-plus farms is regarded as the likely cause of the dioxin by experts, and that tests revealed the dioxin polychlorinated biphenyls to be 80 to 200 times above the acceptable safety level.

Question: What caused the food scare in Ireland?

Question: What is the government evaluating?

Question: What was found in animal feed and pork fat samples?

Question: How many times above the acceptable level were dioxins found?

Question: What was found in animal feed in Ireland?

Question: Are government agents evaluating contamination at risk?

Answer: the presence of dioxins in animal feed and pork fat samples.

Answer: pork products

Answer: dioxins

Answer: 80 to 200

Answer: dioxins

Answer: The

Summary:
Food scare in Ireland after dioxins found in animal feed and pork fat samples .
Government evaluating extent of contamination, risk only via prolonged exposure .
Media: Government says level of dioxins were 80 to 200 times above acceptable level .