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editor 's note : in our behind the scenes series , cnn correspondents share their experiences in covering news and analyze the stories behind the events . here , soledad o'brien takes users inside a jail where many of the inmates are mentally ill . an inmate housed on the `` forgotten floor , '' where many mentally ill inmates are housed in miami before trial . miami , florida -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the ninth floor of the miami-dade pretrial detention facility is dubbed the `` forgotten floor . '' here , inmates with the most severe mental illnesses are incarcerated until they 're ready to appear in court . most often , they face drug charges or charges of assaulting an officer -- charges that judge steven leifman says are usually `` avoidable felonies . '' he says the arrests often result from confrontations with police . mentally ill people often wo n't do what they 're told when police arrive on the scene -- confrontation seems to exacerbate their illness and they become more paranoid , delusional , and less likely to follow directions , according to leifman . so , they end up on the ninth floor severely mentally disturbed , but not getting any real help because they 're in jail . we toured the jail with leifman . he is well known in miami as an advocate for justice and the mentally ill . even though we were not exactly welcomed with open arms by the guards , we were given permission to shoot videotape and tour the floor . go inside the ` forgotten floor ' '' at first , it 's hard to determine where the people are . the prisoners are wearing sleeveless robes . imagine cutting holes for arms and feet in a heavy wool sleeping bag -- that 's kind of what they look like . they 're designed to keep the mentally ill patients from injuring themselves . that 's also why they have no shoes , laces or mattresses . leifman says about one-third of all people in miami-dade county jails are mentally ill . so , he says , the sheer volume is overwhelming the system , and the result is what we see on the ninth floor . of course , it is a jail , so it 's not supposed to be warm and comforting , but the lights glare , the cells are tiny and it 's loud . we see two , sometimes three men -- sometimes in the robes , sometimes naked , lying or sitting in their cells . `` i am the son of the president . you need to get me out of here ! '' one man shouts at me .<doc-sep>he is absolutely serious , convinced that help is on the way -- if only he could reach the white house . leifman tells me that these prisoner-patients will often circulate through the system , occasionally stabilizing in a mental hospital , only to return to jail to face their charges . it 's brutally unjust , in his mind , and he has become a strong advocate for changing things in miami . over a meal later , we talk about how things got this way for mental patients . leifman says 200 years ago people were considered `` lunatics '' and they were locked up in jails even if they had no charges against them . they were just considered unfit to be in society . over the years , he says , there was some public outcry , and the mentally ill were moved out of jails and into hospitals . but leifman says many of these mental hospitals were so horrible they were shut down . where did the patients go ? nowhere . the streets . they became , in many cases , the homeless , he says . they never got treatment . leifman says in 1955 there were more than half a million people in state mental hospitals , and today that number has been reduced 90 percent , and 40,000 to 50,000 people are in mental hospitals . the judge says he 's working to change this . starting in 2008 , many inmates who would otherwise have been brought to the `` forgotten floor '' will instead be sent to a new mental health facility -- the first step on a journey toward long-term treatment , not just punishment . leifman says it 's not the complete answer , but it 's a start . leifman says the best part is that it 's a win-win solution . the patients win , the families are relieved , and the state saves money by simply not cycling these prisoners through again and again . and , for leifman , justice is served . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>even if the dangerous mentally ill can be identified , the facilities to protect society have been reduced to desperate inadequacy . in 1959 , state mental hospitals housed about 559,000 patients . a generation later , the mental hospital population had dwindled to 70,000 people . this trend is called `` deinstitutionalization , '' but that 's an inapt term . the mentally ill do often end up inside institutions : prisons . almost 1.3 million mentally ill people are held in prisons and jails . few of these people are adequately treated , and they often emerge more troubled and dangerous . even if authorities can identify a potentially dangerous mentally ill person and do revoke that person 's gun license , the sheer superabundance of guns in the united states puts weapons in easy reach of anyone who wants them . the guns that adam lanza used at sandy hook were bought by his mother , who could have passed any background check . a society with a lot of guns is going to have a lot of shootings , no matter what else it does for the mentally ill -- especially since the most common form of gun violence is not homicide but suicide . the self-slaughter of a chronically depressed person is a mental health failure , too . a stronger mental health system is not an alternative to gun safety laws . it must operate in tandem with them . that lesson was written in blood at newtown , yet it remains unlearned to this day . the opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of david frum .<doc-sep>two teenagers who forced a mentally ill woman to drink urine and smoke a cannabis joint filled with curry power while filming it on their mobile phones have been jailed . jamie rhys campin , 19 , was given ten years behind bars after he was also convicted of sexually assaulting the 43-year-old victim , who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia . his accomplice , 19-year-old connor james , was jailed for two years after he was also found guilty of helping to steal a ring and laptop worth # 400 from the home in hillingdon , greater london . jamie rhys campin , 19 -lrb- left -rrb- , jailed for ten years he sexually assaulted a mentally ill woman , and forced her to drink urine and smoke cannabis . connor james , also 19 , was jailed for two years -lrb- right -rrb- . isleworth crown court heard that the victim was alone in her house one day between the july 5 and july 14 when campin and james approached her front door . the victim , who was suffering a psychotic episode , said she could n't remember the exact date , and told the jury that she let the pair in because she convinced herself that she knew them . she said : ' i was not one hundred per cent well at that time because i have a mental health problem and i did not have any control of the situation . they just walked in and i did n't want any trouble .<doc-sep>by . mark duell . updated : . 02:56 est , 3 december 2011 . a father has been jailed for beating his mentally ill wife to death with a flashlight after she strangled their son and tried to kill their daughter . christopher smeltzer , 39 , of new hampshire , was jailed for up to 30 years after pleading guilty to killing mara pappalardo in november 2010 . she was paranoid , obsessed with death and convinced her husband and mother-in-law were plotting to take her children away , a court heard . sentenced : christopher smeltzer , 39 , has been jailed for beating his mentally ill wife mara pappalardo to death after she killed mason and tried to kill mercey . pappalardo was hospitalised for mental illness before she strangled their four-year-old son with a ribbon and tried to kill their seven-year-old girl . smeltzer 's charge was changed from second-degree manslaughter to manslaughter by provocation because of a horrific scene he encountered . he found his son strangled , his daughter dangling off a bed with a scarf around her neck and his wife trying to commit suicide , prosecutors said . ` as soon as i saw my son i knew something was very wrong , ' smeltzer said . ` i knew he was dead and i lost all control . enraged , i struck my wife . ` i did something that was not going to bring my son back , ' adding that he wished he had a ` rewind button ' to go back and change what he did . smeltzer believed his daughter was dead as well and toxicology tests confirmed he took a large quantity of pills in an effort to take his own life . deaths : smeltzer 's charge was changed from second-degree manslaughter to manslaughter by provocation because of a horrific scene he encountered . his daughter mercey awakened him the next morning and asked if her mother and brother were still breathing , prosecutors said .<doc-sep>editor 's note : in our behind the scenes series , cnn correspondents share their experiences in covering news and analyze the stories behind the events . here , soledad o'brien takes users inside a jail where many of the inmates are mentally ill . an inmate housed on the `` forgotten floor , '' where many mentally ill inmates are housed in miami before trial . miami , florida -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the ninth floor of the miami-dade pretrial detention facility is dubbed the `` forgotten floor . '' here , inmates with the most severe mental illnesses are incarcerated until they 're ready to appear in court . most often , they face drug charges or charges of assaulting an officer -- charges that judge steven leifman says are usually `` avoidable felonies . '' he says the arrests often result from confrontations with police . mentally ill people often wo n't do what they 're told when police arrive on the scene -- confrontation seems to exacerbate their illness and they become more paranoid , delusional , and less likely to follow directions , according to leifman . so , they end up on the ninth floor severely mentally disturbed , but not getting any real help because they 're in jail . we toured the jail with leifman . he is well known in miami as an advocate for justice and the mentally ill . even though we were not exactly welcomed with open arms by the guards , we were given permission to shoot videotape and tour the floor . go inside the ` forgotten floor ' '' at first , it 's hard to determine where the people are . the prisoners are wearing sleeveless robes . imagine cutting holes for arms and feet in a heavy wool sleeping bag -- that 's kind of what they look like . they 're designed to keep the mentally ill patients from injuring themselves . that 's also why they have no shoes , laces or mattresses .

<t> mentally ill inmates in miami are housed on the `` forgotten floor '' </t> <t> judge steven leifman says most are there as a result of `` avoidable felonies '' </t> <t> while cnn tours facility , patient shouts : `` i am the son of the president '' </t> <t> leifman says the system is unjust and he 's fighting for change . </t>

the mentally ill -- jailed and desperate for help<T>

london , england -lrb- reuters -rrb- -- harry potter star daniel radcliffe gains access to a reported # 20 million -lrb- $ 41.1 million -rrb- fortune as he turns 18 on monday , but he insists the money wo n't cast a spell on him . daniel radcliffe as harry potter in `` harry potter and the order of the phoenix '' to the disappointment of gossip columnists around the world , the young actor says he has no plans to fritter his cash away on fast cars , drink and celebrity parties . `` i do n't plan to be one of those people who , as soon as they turn 18 , suddenly buy themselves a massive sports car collection or something similar , '' he told an australian interviewer earlier this month . `` i do n't think i 'll be particularly extravagant . `` the things i like buying are things that cost about 10 pounds -- books and cds and dvds . '' at 18 , radcliffe will be able to gamble in a casino , buy a drink in a pub or see the horror film `` hostel : part ii , '' currently six places below his number one movie on the uk box office chart .<doc-sep>details of how he 'll mark his landmark birthday are under wraps . his agent and publicist had no comment on his plans . `` i 'll definitely have some sort of party , '' he said in an interview . `` hopefully none of you will be reading about it . '' radcliffe 's earnings from the first five potter films have been held in a trust fund which he has not been able to touch . despite his growing fame and riches , the actor says he is keeping his feet firmly on the ground . `` people are always looking to say ` kid star goes off the rails , ' '' he told reporters last month . `` but i try very hard not to go that way because it would be too easy for them . '' his latest outing as the boy wizard in `` harry potter and the order of the phoenix '' is breaking records on both sides of the atlantic and he will reprise the role in the last two films . watch i-reporter give her review of potter 's latest ''<doc-sep>there is life beyond potter , however . the londoner has filmed a tv movie called `` my boy jack , '' about author rudyard kipling and his son , due for release later this year . he will also appear in `` december boys , '' an australian film about four boys who escape an orphanage . earlier this year , he made his stage debut playing a tortured teenager in peter shaffer 's `` equus . '' meanwhile , he is braced for even closer media scrutiny now that he 's legally an adult : `` i just think i 'm going to be more sort of fair game , '' he told reuters . e-mail to a friend . copyright 2007 reuters . all rights reserved.this material may not be published , broadcast , rewritten , or redistributed .<doc-sep>teetotal daniel radcliffe a no-show after the premiere screening . she started her night in a floor-length tiered oscar de la renta gown but emma watson ended it with a bang in a shorter elie saab frock at the harry potter premiere afterparty . it was a night of celebration and emotion as harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2 afterparty kicked off at old billingsgate market in london , but despite shedding a few tears at the premiere , emma watson held her head high as the night continued . the actress , who plays hermione granger , appeared to have a glittering theme for the night and changed outfits for the afterparty . and she sparkled like a diamond in both of her stunning couture dresses with a real rock to match , wearing a boodles round diamond ` chakra ' platinum ring worth a cool # 95,000 . the magic little number : emma watson sparkled in the short elie saab frock at the harry potter premiere afterparty at old billingsgate market in london . tearful : emma seen earlier in the evening in a floor-length tiered oscar de la renta gown with her potter co-stars rupert grint , left who plays ron weasley , and daniel radcliffe , who plays the lead role . the 21-year-old accessorised her elie number with chopard earrings and peep-toe heels , to add that little extra bit of magic to her ensemble . she then changed into a third and final outfit for the night , consisting of a little black dress , to head back to her hotel . also letting their hair down at the . afterparty were her fellow co-stars rupert grint , tom felton and engaged . couple bonnie wright and jamie campbell bower . but harry potter 's star daniel radcliffe was a no-show at the event , which saw chloe green and sam branson turn up for a celebratory drink . perhaps his lack of party spirit was due to the fact that the actor has given up alcohol , after recently admitting that the pressures on fame had made him dependent on drinking . round three ! emma watson then changed into a third and final outfit at the end of the night , which consisted of a little black dress , trench coat and ballet flats .<doc-sep>exhilarating for some , but frustrating for others , this particular scene from the franchise 's sixth installment is a cinematic creation , as it never occurs in the j.k. rowling novel . watch the excitement of `` potter 's '' scene '' that aside , it includes pyrotechnic explosions , blazing fires , a massive chase sequence and the use of dark arts -- the harry potter version of black magic . in this week 's `` the scene , '' actors daniel radcliffe , who plays harry potter ; bonnie wright , who stars as ginny weasley ; and director david yates comment on the action .<doc-sep>by . sara malm . published : . 12:48 est , 25 december 2013 . | . updated : . 13:13 est , 25 december 2013 . all smiles : actor daniel radcliffe , pictured earlier this month , has made # 6million this year . daniel radcliffe has cause to celebrate this christmas as it is revealed he made a # 6million profit this year . the company that manages his assets , including all potter-related earnings , is now worth a spell-binding # 54,079,238 . the accounts for 24-year-old actor 's firm gilmore jacobs proves that the harry potter star holds firm his spot as britain 's top earning young actor . last year , gilmore jacobs , which also . manages radcliffe 's stateside properties , was worth # 47.9 min 2012 , an . increase of nearly # 17m on the previous year . as the accounts are for a small business , they do not disclose how much the hollywood star paid himself personally in dividends . gilmore . jacobs was set up in 2000 by radcliffe 's father alan , a literary agent , . and his mother marcia , to safeguard his earnings from the hit films . assets . include two subsidiary property companies in new york and los angeles . which are together worth nearly # 8m . the subsidiaries are thought to own . radcliffe 's property in the united states . gilmore . jacobs has no shortage of ready cash with # 9.3 m in the bank - an . increase of more than # 5m on the previous year - which the actor can . access at any time . radcliffe , born in fulham , south west london , made his acting debut in bbc1 drama david copperfield in 1999 . he . beat 40,000 other young hopefuls to be chosen as the hero of the jk . rowling books , first appearing in harry potter and the philosopher 's . stone in 2001 , aged just 12 . since then , he has starred in another seven harry potter films including the final harry potter and the deathly hallows part two released in 2011 . where the magic began : daniel aged 12 , as harry potter in the first film in the series , harry potter and the philosopher 's stone , in 2001 . wand-erful : daniel , with emma watson and rupert grint , ten years later in the final installation - harry potter and the deathly hallows : part 2 - which made them all multi-millionaires . radcliffe turned to the stage in 2007 , famously appearing nude in a london and new york production of equus before trying his hand at musical theatre in a 2011 revival on broadway of the aptly-named musical how to succeed in business without really trying . this year he was praised for his portrayal of beat poet allen ginsberg in independent film kill your darlings . last year , radcliffe admitted in an interview that he felt embarrassed by the amount of money he has made through acting . ` i got paid so well for doing the harry potter films , it 's ridiculous . if somebody asked me , `` did you think you deserve that money ? '' no , of course i did n't , ' he told parade magazine . ` but would you have taken it anyway ? ' of course . i happened to have found this industry where people get paid stupid amounts of money . ` that 's the reality . i feel almost guilty for having done so well out of potter . ' new projects : radcliffe and jon hamm from the 2013 television series a young doctor 's notebook .<doc-sep>by . hugo gye . published : . 10:18 est , 9 april 2013 . | . updated : . 12:48 est , 9 april 2013 . harry potter star daniel radcliffe wept today as beloved actor richard griffiths was laid to rest at a church where shakespeare was buried . the hollywood actor was one of 300 mourners paying their respects to the 65-year-old , best known for his roles in withnail and i , pie in the sky and the history boys . mr radcliffe led tributes to his friend during the funeral service at holy trinity church in stratford-upon-avon , saying he made any room ` twice as funny ' . laid to rest : pallbearers carrying the coffin of actor richard griffiths at his funeral in stratford-upon-avon . mourners : the actor 's harry potter co-star daniel radcliffe was part of the crowd paying their respects . friends : downton abbey creator lord fellowes , left , and actor nigel havers , right , attended the service today . beloved : the 65-year-old actor is known for his roles in withnail and i , harry potter and the history boys . success : veteran star mr griffiths pictured picking up his tony award in new york in 2006 . the actor died last week aged 65 . one mourner said : ` daniel was clearly . very fond of richard , as anyone who ever met him was , and was crying . quite openly in church . ` it was a beautiful service and richard would have been touched by how many people turned up to say goodbye . ` richard was a tremendous character .

<t> harry potter star daniel radcliffe gets # 20m fortune as he turns 18 monday . </t> <t> young actor says he has no plans to fritter his cash away . </t> <t> radcliffe 's earnings from first five potter films have been held in trust fund . </t>

life 's magic as daniel radcliffe turns 18<T>

minneapolis , minnesota -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- drivers who were on the minneapolis bridge when it collapsed told harrowing tales of survival . `` the whole bridge from one side of the mississippi to the other just completely gave way , fell all the way down , '' survivor gary babineau told cnn . `` i probably had a 30 - , 35-foot free fall . and there 's cars in the water , there 's cars on fire . the whole bridge is down . '' he said his back was injured but he determined he could move around . `` i realized there was a school bus right next to me , and me and a couple of other guys went over and started lifting the kids off the bridge . they were yelling , screaming , bleeding . i think there were some broken bones . '' watch a driver describe his narrow escape '' at home when he heard about the disaster , dr. john hink , an emergency room physician , jumped into his car and rushed to the scene in 15 minutes . he arrived at the south side of the bridge , stood on the riverbank and saw dozens of people lying dazed on an expansive deck . they were in the middle of the mississippi river , which was churning fast , and he had no way of getting to them . he went to the north side , where there was easier access to people . ambulances were also having a hard time driving down to the river to get closer to the scene .<doc-sep>working feverishly , volunteers , emts and other officials managed to get 55 people into ambulances in less than two hours . occasionally , a pickup truck with a medic inside would drive to get an injured person and bring him back up even ground , hink told cnn . the rescue effort was controlled and organized , he said ; the opposite of the lightning-quick collapse . `` i could see the whole bridge as it was going down , as it was falling , '' babineau said . `` it just gave a rumble real quick , and it all just gave way , and it just fell completely , all the way to the ground . and there was dust everywhere and it was just like everyone has been saying : it was just like out of the movies . '' babineau said the rear of his pickup truck was dangling over the edge of a broken-off section of the bridge . he said several vehicles slid past him into the water . `` i stayed in my car for one or two seconds . i saw a couple cars fall , '' he said . `` so i stayed in my car until the cars quit falling for a second , then i got out real quick , ran in front of my truck -- because behind my truck was just a hole -- and i helped a woman off of the bridge with me .<doc-sep>`` i just wanted off the bridge , and then i ran over to the school bus . i started grabbing kids and handing them down . it was just complete chaos . '' he said most of the children were crying or screaming . he and other rescuers set them on the ground and told them to run to the river bank , but a few needed to be carried because of their injuries . see rescuers clamber over rubble '' babineau said he had no rescue training . `` i just knew what i had to do at the moment . '' melissa hughes , 32 , of minneapolis , told the associated press that she was driving home when the western edge of the bridge collapsed under her . `` you know that free-fall feeling ? i felt that twice , '' hughes said . a pickup landed on top of her car , but she was not hurt .<doc-sep>`` i had no idea there was a vehicle on my car , '' she told ap . `` it 's really very surreal . '' babineau told the minneapolis star-tribune : `` on the way down , i thought i was dead . i literally thought i was dead . `` my truck was completely face down , pointed toward the ground , and my truck got ripped in half . it was folded in half , and i ca n't believe i 'm alive . '' see and hear eyewitness accounts '' bernie toivonen told cnn 's `` american morning '' that his vehicle was on a part of the bridge that ended up tilted at a 45-degree angle . `` i knew the deck was going down , there was no question about it , and i thought i was going to die , '' he said . after the bridge settled and his car remained upright , `` i just put in park , turned the key off and said , ` oh , i 'm alive , ' '' he said . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>rosenker would not offer any theories on what caused the collapse , saying that would come after the 19 investigators have completed their analysis . see which states have most troubled bridges '' the 1,907-foot bridge came down wednesday in a cloud of dust and river water during the evening rush hour . divers searched the river throughout friday , locating 12 submerged or partially submerged vehicles , hennepin county sheriff rich stanek said . while no bodies were found , two of the vehicles were so badly crushed that divers could not check inside . five people were confirmed to have died in the collapse . view photos from the disaster '' `` i 'm hopeful that the death toll will remain low , but i ca n't be absolutely certain , '' stanek said . `` i can only pray . '' the hennepin county medical examiner 's office friday identified a fifth victim as paul eickstadt , 51 , of mounds view , minnesota , who was the driver of the tractor-trailer that was ablaze in the immediate aftermath of the collapse . the other four victims were previously identified . e-mail to a friend . cnn 's susan roesgen contributed to this report .<doc-sep>`` goodbye my sweety ... im going to miss yo , '' another said . `` honey wanted to tell you how much i love you , '' one sender wrote . `` i was a little worried . i do n't want to lose you now that i got you back . you mean everything to me . you have my whole heart and life . i love you so much . '' some texts brought relief . `` my dad survived ! i got a call from stepmom 's coworker saying my dad is alive , although that is all the info i have . i do not know if he is injured or unscathed . '' `` abroer 's father is alive , '' one text proclaims . `` survived wtc collapse . i am trying to contact family members to find out more . '' `` urgent . it 's tim . i 'm okay . call me at home ... i was outside the building when it exploded , but i 'm fine . '' others have to wait and worry . numerous messages simply read : `` are you okay ? '' `` where are you ? '' or `` call me now ! '' `` pete is ok . he ca n't find his brother who works in the world financial center next to the trade center ... '' one message read . the messages also give insight to the federal government 's scramble to evacuate buildings , bases and high-level officials . `` jim : deploy to mt. weather now ! tom '' reads one message , referring to mount weather , the underground bunker where high-level officials are taken in a national emergency and a command facility for the federal emergency management agency . a message at 10:24 a.m. appears to show authorities working to secure the first family . `` twinkle and turq are accounted for and safe , '' the message says . twinkle and turquoise were the code names used for then-president george w. bush 's twin daughters jenna and barbara .<doc-sep>sergeant paulo cezar da silva said : ` because she is a very strong woman , it is possible she acted alone in hitting him and digging the grave . but we are awaiting the results of the investigation . ' another policeman , gilberto oliveira , said the situation was highly unusual . ' i know of other cases where people have filed a complaint with police and we have found they have an outstanding arrest warrant , ' he said . ` but i 've never seen someone buried alive by a woman before . ' pereira 's mother conceigco maria romano de jesus pereira said the couple often fought , adding : ' i ca n't believe such a thing happened . ` i 'm just so glad he got his face out and managed to breathe . thank god he survived the blows and then survived when he was buried alive . '<doc-sep>rio 's civil defence secretary , coronel sergio simoes , said he did not believe anyone had survived the tragedy . he said : ` we hope there might be an air pocket and that we might find . some survivor , but this possibility is lamentably very small . ' rio 's mayor eduardo paes said : ` there were people inside , yet , but we ca n't confirm how many . ' witnesses said there was a strong smell of gas in the moments before the explosion . but mr paes said : ` the possibility of a gas leak is very small . we do n't know the cause , but it must have been structural damage and not an explosion . as we get more information we 'll pass it on . ' injured : rescue workers carry a victim of the building collapse . debris : cars in the surrounding area were covered in dust after the collapse of the buildings . systems analyse fernando amaro , who was working inside the building until moments before it collapsed , told terra website that people worked in offices there until 9pm . he said six of his colleagues who had stayed behind for training in a room in the fourth floor were still missing . he said : ` it all happened very quickly . i saw the doorman run out screaming and the building began to crumble . he was lucky to get out alive . ' police have cordoned off the area and electricity to the street has been cut off for safety reasons .

<t> new : `` i thought i was going to die , '' driver says . </t> <t> man says pickup truck was folded in half ; he just has cut on face . </t> <t> driver : `` i probably had a 30 - , 35-foot free fall '' </t> <t> minnesota bridge collapsed during rush hour wednesday . </t>

driver who survived bridge collapse : ` i ca n't believe i 'm alive '<T>

baghdad , iraq -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- dressed in a superman shirt , 5-year-old youssif held his sister 's hand friday , seemingly unaware that millions of people across the world have been touched by his story . nearby , his parents talked about the new future and hope they have for their boy -- and the potential for recovery from his severe burns . youssif holds his sister 's hand friday . he 's wearing a facial mask often used to help burn victims . it 's the best birthday present the iraqi family could ever have imagined for their boy : youssif turns 6 next friday . `` i was so happy i did n't know what to do with myself , '' his mother , zainab , told cnn , a broad smile across her face . `` i did n't think the reaction would be this big . '' his father said he was on the roof of his house when cnn called him with the news about the outpouring of support for his son . `` we just want to thank everyone who has come forward , '' he said . `` we knew there was kindness out there . '' like his wife , he could n't stop smiling . he talked about how he tried in vain to get help for his son in baghdad , leaving `` no stone unturned '' on a mission to help his boy . there were many trips to the ministry of health . he says he even put in a request to iraq 's parliament for help . the family eventually told cnn their story -- that youssif was grabbed by masked men outside their home on january 15 , doused in gasoline and set on fire . simply by coming forward , his parents put themselves in incredible danger . no one has been arrested or held accountable in youssif 's case . watch cnn 's arwa damon describe ` truly phenomenal ' outpouring '' shortly after youssif 's story aired wednesday , the children 's burn foundation -- a nonprofit organization based in sherman oaks , california , that provides support for burn victims locally , nationally and internationally -- agreed to pay for the transportation for youssif and his family to come to the united states and to set up a fund for donations . you can make a donation at the foundation 's site by clicking here . there 's a drop-down menu under the `` general donation '' area that is marked `` youssif 's fund . '' the foundation says it will cover all medical costs -- from surgeries for youssif to housing costs to any social rehabilitation that might be needed for him . surgeries will be performed by dr. peter grossman , a plastic surgeon with the affiliated grossman burn center who is donating his services for youssif 's cause .<doc-sep>officials are still trying to get the appropriate visas for the family 's travels . `` we are prepared to have them come here , set them up in a housing situation , provide support for them and begin treatment , '' said barbara friedman , executive director of the children 's burn foundation . `` we expect that the treatment will be from between six months to a year with many surgeries . '' she added , `` he will be getting the absolute best care that 's available . '' youssif 's parents said they know it 's going to be a lengthy and difficult process and that adjusting to their stay in america may not be easy . but none of that matters -- getting help for their boy is first and foremost . `` i will do anything for youssif , '' his father said , pulling his son closer to him . `` our child is everything . '' his mother tried to coax youssif to talk to us on this day . but he did n't want to ; his mother says he 's shy outside of their home . the biggest obstacle now is getting the visas to leave , and the serious security risks they face every day and hour they remain in iraq . but this family -- which saw the very worst in humanity on that january day -- has new hope in the world . that is partly due to the tens of thousands of cnn.com users who were so moved by the story and wanted to act . cnn iraqi staff central to bringing this story together were also overwhelmed with the generosity coming from people outside of their border . in a nation that largely feels abandoned by the rest of the world , it was a refreshing realization . e-mail to a friend . cnn.com senior producer wayne drash contributed to this report in atlanta .<doc-sep>youssif 's dad : i think he 's a smart boy . he knows what 's going on . sometimes he comes and asks questions like a big man , not a little boy . so i think he knows what 's going on . burned iraqi boy 's road to recovery . cnn : do you worry about that -- when he goes to a new school he 's going to get teased ? youssif 's dad : yes . cnn : does a father prepare his son for that ? youssif 's dad : we have to be strong , and then we have to make him strong , too . i let him know that if anyone is going to come to you and tease you , you have to be smart and think before you do anything wrong . cnn : do you worry new wounds will be opened up emotionally ? youssif 's dad : i do n't know about the new kids , how they 're going to act towards him . he 'll be fine with the friends he has now , but with the new kids , i think it is going to be hard . cnn : do you tell people what happened to youssif ?<doc-sep>editor 's note : cnn agreed not to use the full names of the family members in this article due to concern for their safety . youssif and his surgeon , dr. peter grossman , shake hands at the end of their wednesday visit . sherman oaks , california -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- youssif nervously scanned the doctor 's examining room , his dark brown eyes darting around , from the floor to the wall to the ceiling . his mother stroked his hair and then his forehead to put him at ease before the doctor walked in to the room . a day earlier , the badly burned 5-year-old iraqi boy had boarded a plane in amman , jordan , with his family , their first trip on an airplane . now , more than 7,500 miles later , his mom , dad and 14-month-old sister were with him at the grossman burn center in the heart of sunny southern california . dr. peter grossman strode into the room , a warm smile across his face . he held youssif 's hand . the boy turned shyly around and buried his face into his father 's leg . `` this is not unusual , '' said grossman , a plastic surgeon with more than 12 years of experience , including helping one young girl whose face had melted to her shoulder after a horrific accident . watch youssif show his scars to grossman for the first time '' a father of two children , grossman spoke softly and reassured youssif that they would soon be friends . `` we 're going to do everything we can to make him better , '' he told youssif 's parents . perhaps haunted by the pain he suffered in baghdad 's hospitals , youssif hiccupped back sobs as his father lifted him onto the examination table . but the boy put on a brave face after his father told him to let the doctor do his job .<doc-sep>editor 's note : cnn agreed not to use the full names of the family members in this article due to concern for their safety . youssif , now in an apartment in los angeles , will need months of treatment . los angeles , california -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- youssif , the 5-year-old iraqi boy who was savagely burned by masked men , arrived in the united states late tuesday with his family -- the first step toward his lengthy rehabilitation . for a family whose lives were tortured by the random and brutal violence of iraq , the sheer magnitude of stepping onto american soil was surreal . his parents were rendered speechless . quite simply they grinned from ear to ear . they did n't need to speak . the joy on their faces was palpable . they had traveled more than 7,500 miles to get help for their son , from war-torn central baghdad to coastal los angeles . it marked the first time the family had ever left their homeland , let alone flown on a plane . `` oh my god , it 's so green . am i in heaven ? '' youssif 's mother , zainab , said after arriving in chicago before the family flew on to los angeles where youssif will be treated . `` i feel like i 'm in a dream , '' said his father , whom cnn has agreed not to name . `` someone needs to pinch me . '' watch youssif 's doctor 's prognosis for the burned boy '' the family left amman , jordan , early tuesday en route to the united states . the night before they departed , youssif did n't sleep a wink . he woke the family up extra early , shouting , `` let 's go ! let 's go ! '' youssif , his parents and his infant sister , ayaa , finished their 24-hour journey in los angeles around 11 p.m. pt tuesday . they were greeted by members of the children 's burn foundation , the nonprofit organization that paid for the family 's travel and is covering all of youssif 's medical bills .<doc-sep>editor 's note : since 2007 , cnn and cnn.com have followed the story of youssif , an iraqi boy disfigured when he was burned by attackers . today , cnn 's arwa damon catches up with the boy and his family , now living in california where youssif is undergoing treatment . today youssif goes to school in california and continues to have treatment to help his scars . los angeles , california -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- youssif stands on stage beaming as he belts out `` jingle bell rock , '' his tiny burned hands waving in sync with his classmates at hamlin street school . his mother , zaineb , stands at the back , cradling his little sister , aya , tears rolling down her face . `` i am so proud of him , '' she says . `` it reminds me of what he was like in iraq when he used to sing in kindergarten . i felt for a moment that none of this had happened . my son was back , without fear , strong . '' youssif spots us , and waves wildly . little appears to remain of the sullen and withdrawn dark-eyed boy we first met in baghdad more than a year ago . it has been almost two years since masked men in baghdad doused youssif , then just 4 years old , in gasoline and set him on fire . his mother still does n't sleep at night . `` i still blame myself . i should have protected him . sometimes i say to myself that i wish it had happened to me , just not to him . '' zaineb says , her voice starting to quiver . `` if only i had n't let him go out to play that day . '' today youssif plays freely , without fear . `` let 's race '' he shouts to his friend brandon as the two boys dash across the schoolyard . a couple of minutes later the two are playfully jostling over a rubber ball . youssif shrieks and bursts into laughter as the two play catch . `` it 's like this weight has been lifted off of me , off of him , '' his father , wissam , says . `` it 's like we 've left this dark , depressing state where we were consumed by youssif and the attack that had happened . you know , it 's so hard to see a child , my child , go through something like this . when i see him like this , i feel like he 's coming back . '' watch more on youssif 's recovery ''

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washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- doctors removed five small polyps from president bush 's colon on saturday , and `` none appeared worrisome , '' a white house spokesman said . the polyps were removed and sent to the national naval medical center in bethesda , maryland , for routine microscopic examination , spokesman scott stanzel said . results are expected in two to three days . all were small , less than a centimeter -lsb- half an inch -rsb- in diameter , he said . bush is in good humor , stanzel said , and will resume his activities at camp david . during the procedure vice president dick cheney assumed presidential power . bush reclaimed presidential power at 9:21 a.m. after about two hours .<doc-sep>doctors used `` monitored anesthesia care , '' stanzel said , so the president was asleep , but not as deeply unconscious as with a true general anesthetic . he spoke to first lady laura bush -- who is in midland , texas , celebrating her mother 's birthday -- before and after the procedure , stanzel said . afterward , the president played with his scottish terriers , barney and miss beazley , stanzel said . he planned to have lunch at camp david and have briefings with national security adviser stephen hadley and white house chief of staff josh bolten , and planned to take a bicycle ride saturday afternoon . cheney , meanwhile , spent the morning at his home on maryland 's eastern shore , reading and playing with his dogs , stanzel said . nothing occurred that required him to take official action as president before bush reclaimed presidential power .<doc-sep>the procedure was supervised by dr. richard tubb , bush 's physician , and conducted by a multidisciplinary team from the national naval medical center in bethesda , maryland , the white house said . bush 's last colonoscopy was in june 2002 , and no abnormalities were found , white house spokesman tony snow said . the president 's doctor had recommended a repeat procedure in about five years . a colonoscopy is the most sensitive test for colon cancer , rectal cancer and polyps , small clumps of cells that can become cancerous , according to the mayo clinic . small polyps may be removed during the procedure .<doc-sep>snow said on friday that bush had polyps removed during colonoscopies before becoming president . snow himself is undergoing chemotherapy for cancer that began in his colon and spread to his liver . watch snow talk about bush 's procedure and his own colon cancer '' `` the president wants to encourage everybody to use surveillance , '' snow said . the american cancer society recommends that people without high risk factors or symptoms begin getting screened for signs of colorectal cancer at age 50 . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- vice president dick cheney will serve as acting president briefly saturday while president bush is anesthetized for a routine colonoscopy , white house spokesman tony snow said friday . bush is scheduled to have the medical procedure , expected to take about 2 1/2 hours , at the presidential retreat at camp david , maryland , snow said . bush 's last colonoscopy was in june 2002 , and no abnormalities were found , snow said . the president 's doctor had recommended a repeat procedure in about five years . the procedure will be supervised by dr. richard tubb and conducted by a multidisciplinary team from the national naval medical center in bethesda , maryland , snow said . a colonoscopy is the most sensitive test for colon cancer , rectal cancer and polyps , small clumps of cells that can become cancerous , according to the mayo clinic . small polyps may be removed during the procedure .<doc-sep>by the time i arrived at the knott family endoscopy center the next morning , i was nervous and praying the worst was over . it was . i do n't remember anything past the point where i was sedated . an iv solution sent me into a `` twilight sleep . '' it also made me forget the procedure , which no doubt was for the best . when i woke up , i was groggy but i also felt incredibly well rested . i had only a small amount of discomfort , including abdominal cramping that doctors say is normal . i do n't remember getting dressed or leaving the hospital . but in my daze , i asked my father to swing by starbucks to pick up a cup of coffee and a sandwich . when i got home , i dozed for a few hours and that was that . yoon called the next day with my results : he 'd found and removed a 1.5 centimeter villous adenoma polyp from my sigmoid colon . after examining the polyp , yoon estimated that there was a more than a 50 % chance of that polyp becoming malignant . yoon removed the polyp before that had a chance of happening . of all the polyps , villous adenomas are associated with the highest mortality and morbidity rate . i consider myself extremely lucky i had a symptom . if i had n't , i would n't have had a colonoscopy until i was at least 50 -- and who knows how long i would have put it off after that . `` colon cancer is one of the few cancers that can actually be prevented , mainly because it goes through this polyp stage before it turns into colon cancer , '' yoon says . given what he 'd found , yoon suggested that my younger brother also have a colonoscopy . craig had his colonoscopy when he was 36 ; the doctors did n't find anything . two important people in my life , my husband 's stepfather and my trainer , have had colon cancer . for both of them , the cancer was detected during routine colonoscopies . i thank god they were proactive about their health . polyps are slow-growing and asymptomatic , yoon says . the cancer can also be slow-growing and asymptomatic -- until it starts spreading . `` usually once you start developing symptoms from colon cancer , things are way too late , '' he said . eating a high-fat diet , consuming red meat and smoking will increase your risk of developing colorectal cancer , as is a familial history of the disease . doctors recommend exercising and eating a diet rich in vegetables , fruit and fiber . at hopkins , researchers are looking into the role that curcumin - a spice commonly used in india - may play in reducing the risk of colon cancer . preclinical and laboratory tests show it may be useful , kalloo said . i 've always loved curry , and i 'm thinking about ways to incorporate this spice into our meals . but even if you play by the rules of healthy living , it 's important to get screened . `` we have to do better , '' kalloo says . `` family care physicians and everyone who sees patients should ask someone over 50 , ` have you had a colonoscopy ? ' it 's just not a convenient test . even physicians tend to procrastinate . '' after yoon called me with the results , i sent a thank you note to my family doctor , telling him how much i appreciated him referring me for a colonoscopy . yoon 's office called me recently to set up another appointment . i 'm not looking forward to it , but there 's no question i will do it again . considering the alternative , i 'd be crazy not to .<doc-sep>`` you just do n't expect a man in his young 40s , who was perfectly healthy in every other way , to get this kind of diagnosis , '' says hayes ' manager , mike robertson . `` there was a part of me that was going , ` surely this ca n't be happening . ' '' colorectal cancer -- often referred to as colon cancer -- is the third leading cause of cancer death in both men and women , according to the american cancer society . it 's also the most preventable . colorectal cancer usually develops slowly , over the course of 10 to 15 years , from noncancerous polyps . approximately 90 % of new cases occur in people over the age of 50 . the american cancer society recommends colonoscopies every 10 years for people beginning at that age , unless they have high risk factors such as a family history of colorectal cancer or another gastrointestinal disease . colonoscopies can spot and remove polyps before they become malignant . coming clean about my first colonoscopy . `` oftentimes , -lsb- colorectal cancer -rsb- has no symptoms , '' says dr. paul limburg , a gastrointestinal cancer prevention specialist at the mayo clinic who has not treated hayes . `` the most important message is that people really should understand that screening should be done regularly . it could make a substantial difference in the number of lives saved . '' hayes had no family history of gastrointestinal disease , which is one of the reasons he ignored his symptoms for so long . in fact , when he walked into the hospital in november , he was in better shape than everyone in the waiting room , robertson remembers . since then , hayes has lost 50 pounds and is struggling to regain a sense of normalcy through multiple rounds of chemotherapy . he 's fighting an uphill battle -- a 2004 study published in the journal of the national cancer institute estimated the five-year survival rate for stage iv colon cancer to be 8.1 % , and an institute study of cancer data put the survival rate at 6 % . `` it hurts like hell , '' hayes says of his recovery . `` i always thought of myself as a man 's man , but i just discovered what a wuss i am . ''<doc-sep>colorectal cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related death , but also one of the most curable if caught early . the tests that the national cancer institute recommends for both men and women over the age of 50 to screen for colorectal cancer and polyps include a flexible sigmoidoscopy , a colonoscopy , a double-contrast barium enema and a virtual colonoscopy . however the acs says only the colonoscopy can see the complete colon and is best for screening . the u.s. preventive service task force agrees , giving colorectal screenings an `` a '' grade . during a colonoscopy , a thin tube is inserted through the rectum and into the colon . the tube has a light and camera-like apparatus for viewing any polyps or unusual pieces of tissue . complications from colonoscopy are rare , but can include tears in the lining of the colon . cervical cancer . the number of cases of cervical cancer has decreased significantly in the united states over the past 40 years thanks to regular screenings , according to the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention . in 2007 , 4,021 women died from the disease . acs recommends yearly pap tests for all women beginning at age 21 , or three years after they begin having intercourse . at age 30 women may choose to reduce screenings to once every two or three years until they are 70 years old . the u.s. preventive services task force agrees . do not confuse a pap test with a pelvic exam , the acs warns . a pap test will include a gentle scraping of your cervix with a spatula-looking instrument ; the cells collected will be sent to a lab for analysis . this is usually done at the start of a pelvic exam , after the doctor has inserted a speculum into the vagina .

<t> five small polyps found during procedure ; `` none worrisome , '' spokesman says . </t> <t> president reclaims powers transferred to vice president . </t> <t> bush undergoes routine colonoscopy at camp david . </t>

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-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the national football league has indefinitely suspended atlanta falcons quarterback michael vick without pay , officials with the league said friday . nfl star michael vick is set to appear in court monday . a judge will have the final say on a plea deal . earlier , vick admitted to participating in a dogfighting ring as part of a plea agreement with federal prosecutors in virginia . `` your admitted conduct was not only illegal , but also cruel and reprehensible . your team , the nfl , and nfl fans have all been hurt by your actions , '' nfl commissioner roger goodell said in a letter to vick . goodell said he would review the status of the suspension after the legal proceedings are over . in papers filed friday with a federal court in virginia , vick also admitted that he and two co-conspirators killed dogs that did not fight well . falcons owner arthur blank said vick 's admissions describe actions that are `` incomprehensible and unacceptable . '' the suspension makes `` a strong statement that conduct which tarnishes the good reputation of the nfl will not be tolerated , '' he said in a statement . watch what led to vick 's suspension '' goodell said the falcons could `` assert any claims or remedies '' to recover $ 22 million of vick 's signing bonus from the 10-year , $ 130 million contract he signed in 2004 , according to the associated press .<doc-sep>vick said he would plead guilty to one count of `` conspiracy to travel in interstate commerce in aid of unlawful activities and to sponsor a dog in an animal fighting venture '' in a plea agreement filed at u.s. district court in richmond , virginia . the charge is punishable by up to five years in prison , a $ 250,000 fine , `` full restitution , a special assessment and 3 years of supervised release , '' the plea deal said . federal prosecutors agreed to ask for the low end of the sentencing guidelines . `` the defendant will plead guilty because the defendant is in fact guilty of the charged offense , '' the plea agreement said . in an additional summary of facts , signed by vick and filed with the agreement , vick admitted buying pit bulls and the property used for training and fighting the dogs , but the statement said he did not bet on the fights or receive any of the money won . `` most of the ` bad newz kennels ' operations and gambling monies were provided by vick , '' the official summary of facts said . gambling wins were generally split among co-conspirators tony taylor , quanis phillips and sometimes purnell peace , it continued . `` vick did not gamble by placing side bets on any of the fights . vick did not receive any of the proceeds from the purses that were won by ` bad newz kennels . ' '' vick also agreed that `` collective efforts '' by him and two others caused the deaths of at least six dogs . around april , vick , peace and phillips tested some dogs in fighting sessions at vick 's property in virginia , the statement said . `` peace , phillips and vick agreed to the killing of approximately 6-8 dogs that did not perform well in ` testing ' sessions at 1915 moonlight road and all of those dogs were killed by various methods , including hanging and drowning .<doc-sep>`` vick agrees and stipulates that these dogs all died as a result of the collective efforts of peace , phillips and vick , '' the summary said . peace , 35 , of virginia beach , virginia ; phillips , 28 , of atlanta , georgia ; and taylor , 34 , of hampton , virginia , already have accepted agreements to plead guilty in exchange for reduced sentences . vick , 27 , is scheduled to appear monday in court , where he is expected to plead guilty before a judge . see a timeline of the case against vick '' the judge in the case will have the final say over the plea agreement . the federal case against vick focused on the interstate conspiracy , but vick 's admission that he was involved in the killing of dogs could lead to local charges , according to cnn legal analyst jeffrey toobin . `` it sometimes happens -- not often -- that the state will follow a federal prosecution by charging its own crimes for exactly the same behavior , '' toobin said friday . `` the risk for vick is , if he makes admissions in his federal guilty plea , the state of virginia could say , ` hey , look , you admitted violating virginia state law as well . we 're going to introduce that against you and charge you in our court . ' '' in the plea deal , vick agreed to cooperate with investigators and provide all information he may have on any criminal activity and to testify if necessary . vick also agreed to turn over any documents he has and to submit to polygraph tests .<doc-sep>vick agreed to `` make restitution for the full amount of the costs associated '' with the dogs that are being held by the government . `` such costs may include , but are not limited to , all costs associated with the care of the dogs involved in that case , including if necessary , the long-term care and/or the humane euthanasia of some or all of those animals . '' prosecutors , with the support of animal rights activists , have asked for permission to euthanize the dogs . but the dogs could serve as important evidence in the cases against vick and his admitted co-conspirators . judge henry e. hudson issued an order thursday telling the u.s. marshals service to `` arrest and seize the defendant property , and use discretion and whatever means appropriate to protect and maintain said defendant property . '' both the judge 's order and vick 's filing refer to `` approximately '' 53 pit bull dogs . after vick 's indictment last month , goodell ordered the quarterback not to report to the falcons training camp , and the league is reviewing the case . blank told the nfl network on monday he could not speculate on vick 's future as a falcon , at least not until he had seen `` a statement of facts '' in the case . e-mail to a friend . cnn 's mike phelan contributed to this report .<doc-sep>vick went from a star quarterback with the atlanta falcons to a prison inmate after he was arrested for dogfighting . the nfl indefinitely suspended vick in august 2007 after he pleaded guilty to a federal charge of bankrolling a dogfighting operation in virginia . vick left a kansas prison in may 2009 to serve the last two months of his 23-month sentence in home confinement .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the philadelphia eagles welcomed michael vick back into the national football league on friday after the quarterback spent almost two years in federal prison on a felony dogfighting conviction . michael vick speaks at a philadelphia eagles news conference on friday . vick , formerly with the atlanta falcons , has signed a two-year deal with the eagles . `` i think everybody deserves a second chance , '' vick said at a news conference in philadelphia , pennsylvania , on friday . `` now i want to be part of the solution and not the problem . '' the league suspended vick indefinitely in august 2007 after he pleaded guilty to a federal charge of bankrolling a dogfighting operation at a home he owned in virginia . vick , 29 , was freed from federal prison at leavenworth , kansas , on may 20 and returned to his virginia home to serve the last two months of his 23-month sentence in home confinement . ireport.com : is this a good move ? `` everything that happened at that point in my life was wrong , '' vick said of his involvement with the dogfighting ring . watch bloggers discuss vick 's return to the nfl '' `` i had to reach a turning point . prison definitely did it for me , '' he said . flanked by eagles coach andy reid and former nfl coach tony dungy , who acted as a mentor to vick after he was imprisoned , the newest eagle vowed `` to do all the right things . '' `` i want to be an ambassador to the nfl and the community , '' he said . `` i 'm glad i got ... a second chance . i wo n't disappoint . '' dungy said that he thinks vick can revive his career and turn his life around in philadelphia but that the quarterback will be tested by fickle eagles fans .<doc-sep>the former atlanta falcons player is a free agent and has not been signed by any team . goodell said he was not involved in any negotiations between vick and a team . dungy has agreed to continue working with vick as an adviser and mentor , the nfl statement said . goodell said vick underwent tests after requests from animal rights groups , including a psychiatric evaluation . `` we worked with animal rights activist groups , and we are clear , '' he said . `` we worked with their medical professionals about the aspects of our evaluations . michael fully cooperated with all of those tests . those tests did not indicate there was any reason he could n't make a transition forward . '' in a letter to vick , goodell wrote that his decision regarding full reinstatement `` will be based on reports from outside professionals , your probation officer and others charged with supervising your activities , the quality of your work outside football '' as well as factors such as the absence of any further law enforcement issues . ireport.com : should vick get a second chance ? `` this step-by-step approach is not meant to be a further punishment and should not be viewed as such , '' goodell wrote , according to the nfl . `` instead , it is intended to maximize the prospect that you can successfully resume your career and your life . i believe that a transitional approach with a strong network of support will give you the best opportunity to manage effectively the various issues and pressures that you will inevitably face in the coming weeks and months and earn your full reinstatement . '' watch goodell talk about his decision '' the league suspended vick indefinitely in august 2007 after his guilty plea . although he was released from federal custody july 20 , he must serve three years of probation , the league said . in reviewing vick 's status , goodell considered court records , submissions from vick and others , reports from outside professionals and conversations with current and former players , among other items . at a hearing july 22 , goodell spoke to vick along with his representatives and others , including nfl players ' association officials .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- michael vick turned himself in to authorities on monday to get a head start on serving his sentence for running a dogfighting ring , the u.s. marshals service said . michael vick leaves court in richmond , virginia , in august after pleading guilty to dogfighting charges . the atlanta falcons quarterback is scheduled to be sentenced on december 10 on a federal conspiracy charge of bankrolling the dogfighting operation . vick , 27 , voluntarily turned himself in around noon , said kevin trevillan of the marshals service , and is being held at northern neck regional jail in warsaw , virginia , until the sentencing hearing . the quarterback , who has been suspended indefinitely by nfl commissioner roger goodell , faces 12 to 18 months in prison on the charge . vick pleaded guilty in august after three associates admitted their own roles in the operation and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors . `` from the beginning , mr. vick has accepted responsibility for his actions and his self-surrender further demonstrates that acceptance , '' vick 's attorney , billy martin , said in a statement .

<t> new : nfl chief , atlanta falcons owner critical of michael vick 's conduct . </t> <t> nfl suspends falcons quarterback indefinitely without pay . </t> <t> vick admits funding dogfighting operation but says he did not gamble . </t> <t> vick due in federal court monday ; future in nfl remains uncertain . </t>

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baghdad , iraq -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the women are too afraid and ashamed to show their faces or have their real names used . they have been driven to sell their bodies to put food on the table for their children -- for as little as $ 8 a day . suha , 37 , is a mother of three . she says her husband thinks she is cleaning houses when she leaves home . `` people should n't criticize women , or talk badly about them , '' says 37-year-old suha as she adjusts the light colored scarf she wears these days to avoid extremists who insist women cover themselves . `` they all say we have lost our way , but they never ask why we had to take this path . '' a mother of three , she wears light makeup , a gold pendant of iraq around her neck , and an unexpected air of elegance about her . `` i do n't have money to take my kid to the doctor . i have to do anything that i can to preserve my child , because i am a mother , '' she says , explaining why she prostitutes herself . anger and frustration rise in her voice as she speaks . `` no matter what else i may be , no matter how off the path i may be , i am a mother ! '' watch a woman describe turning to prostitution to `` save my child '' '' her clasped hands clench and unclench nervously . suha 's husband thinks that she is cleaning houses when she goes away . so does karima 's family . `` at the start i was cleaning homes , but i was n't making much . no matter how hard i worked it just was n't enough , '' she says . karima , clad in all black , adds , `` my husband died of lung cancer nine months ago and left me with nothing . '' she has five children , ages 8 to 17 . her eldest son could work , but she 's too afraid for his life to let him go into the streets , preferring to sacrifice herself than risk her child . she was solicited the first time when she was cleaning an office . `` they took advantage of me , '' she says softly . `` at first i rejected it , but then i realized i have to do it . '' both suha and karima have clients that call them a couple times a week . other women resort to trips to the market to find potential clients . or they flag down vehicles . prostitution is a choice more and more iraqi women are making just to survive .<doc-sep>`` it 's increasing , '' suha says . `` i found this ` thing ' through my friend , and i have another friend in the same predicament as mine . because of the circumstance , she is forced to do such things . '' violence , increased cost of living , and lack of any sort of government aid leave women like these with few other options , according to humanitarian workers . `` at this point there is a population of women who have to sell their bodies in order to keep their children alive , '' says yanar mohammed , head and founder of the organization for women 's freedom in iraq . `` it 's a taboo that no one is speaking about . '' she adds , `` there is a huge population of women who were the victims of war who had to sell their bodies , their souls and they lost it all . it crushes us to see them , but we have to work on it and that 's why we started our team of women activists . '' her team pounds the streets of baghdad looking for these victims often too humiliated to come forward . `` most of the women that we find at hospitals -lsb- who -rsb- have tried to commit suicide '' have been involved in prostitution , said basma rahim , a member of mohammed 's team . the team 's aim is to compile information on specific cases and present it to iraq 's political parties -- to have them , as mohammed puts it , `` come tell us what -lsb- they -rsb- are ... going to do about this . '' rahim tells the heartbreaking story of one woman they found who lives in a room with three of her children : `` she has sex while her three children are in the room , but she makes them stand in separate corners . '' according to rahim and mohammed , most of the women they encounter say they are driven to prostitution by a desperate desire for survival in the dangerously violent and unforgiving circumstances in iraq . `` they took this path but they are not pleased , '' rahim says . karima says when she sees her children with food on the table , she is able to convince herself that it 's worth it . `` everything is for the children . they are the beauty in life and , without them , we can not live . '' but she says , `` i would never allow my daughter to do this . i would rather marry her off at 13 than have her go through this . '' karima 's last happy memory is of her late husband , when they were a family and able to shoulder the hardships of life in today 's iraq together . suha says as a young girl she dreamed of being a doctor , with her mom boasting about her potential in that career . life could n't have taken her further from that dream . `` it 's not like we were born into this , nor was it ever in my blood , '' she says . what she does for her family to survive now eats away at her . `` i lay on my pillow and my brain is spinning , and it all comes back to me as if i am watching a movie . '' e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the u.n. high commissioner for refugees announced an inter-agency appeal wednesday for $ 280 million to support iraqi refugees . the regional response plan for iraqi refugees includes the plans of 40 international organizations and non-governmental organizations supporting iraqi refugees in 12 countries , including syria , jordan , lebanon , egypt , turkey , iran and the six gulf states , according to a statement from antonio guterres ' office . `` i appeal to donor governments to recognize the critical needs of iraqi refugees , particularly those who are becoming more vulnerable by the day , '' the high commissioner said in the statement . the u.n. refugee agency said more than 190,000 iraqi refugees are registered in the region , with the majority living in syria and jordan . many have struggled to find employment , and some iraqi refugee children have dropped out of school to find casual work to help feed their families , the agency said . the high commissioner 's office also noted thousands of refugees suffer from critical health conditions . `` the burden on host communities and host governments in the region is enormous , '' guterres said . `` it is essential that the international community support humanitarian efforts to help the most vulnerable refugees . ''<doc-sep>schoolchildren are prostituting themselves in one in seven italian high schools , a new survey has found . students as young as 14 are selling their bodies to classmates on a regular basis at nine per cent of schools in italy . meanwhile , isolated incidents of child prostitution have occurred at a further five-and-a-half per cent of institutions . shocking : schoolchildren are prostituting themselves in one in seven italian high schools -lrb- posed by models -rrb- . the shocking statistics were revealed in an online poll by student website skuola.net . about 3,000 italian schoolchildren took part in the survey - with students in a staggering 14 per cent of schools admitting to prostituting themselves .<doc-sep>she said silence from tribal leaders on the matter is a `` disgrace . '' `` we will not stay quiet and will defend ourselves if our men ca n't defend us , '' nasser said . `` tribes must understand they will not be respected by yemeni women if they stay quiet while their women are being attacked by the saleh regime . tribes who ignore our calls are cowards and have no dignity . '' `` saleh is killing women and children and this is against tribal culture , '' she said . `` where are their voices when we need them ? it 's a disgrace if they stay quiet . '' the women 's protests came after the yemeni government announced a cease-fire tuesday . but that did not appear to be holding .<doc-sep>five suspected insurgents dressed in iraqi army uniforms attacked the home of a human rights worker in diyala on tuesday , killing the resident of the home and an iraqi soldier who lived in the neighborhood , according to the u.s. military . two iraqi civilians also were injured in the small-arms attack . `` attacking civilians in their homes is both criminal and barbaric , '' said major peggy kageleiry , spokeswoman for the military 's multi-national division - north . insurgents have been attempting to exploit the harsh conditions , which have curtailed flights coming into baghdad international airport . sandstorms make it easier for militants to screen their activities and harder for u.s. air power to be deployed effectively . a u.s. military spokesman said fighting began around 9:30 a.m. when militants fired at a u.s. patrol and wounded an american soldier . when the soldier was being evacuated , a u.s. vehicle was struck by two roadside bombs and peppered with small-arms fire and rocket propelled grenades . that left two more soldiers injured . three more soldiers were wounded in the fighting . soldiers used a `` combination of weapon systems available , including a guided multiple launch rocket -lrb- gmlr -rrb- system '' to fight the insurgents and killed at least 28 militants in a four-hour long battle , the military said . lt. col. steven stover , spokesman for multi-national division-baghdad , said three gmlrs were launched , at 11:23 a.m. , 1:03 p.m. and 1:37 p.m. officials with iraq 's interior and health ministry told cnn 16 people were killed and 45 people were wounded when u.s. rockets hit at least three houses in a residential area in sadr city around 1:15 p.m. two children and a woman were among the dead and four children and five women were among the wounded , they said . asked if he was aware of reports of civilian casualties from the strikes , stover said , `` if there were civilian casualties , i sincerely regret them . `` the rockets struck militants firing from buildings , alleyways and rooftops . it was these militants who initiated the engagement by attacking u.s. soldiers . our soldiers have a right to defend ourselves . '' two u.s. soldiers were killed tuesday in separate incidents in northwest baghdad , the military said . the first soldier died from wounds suffered from insurgent small-arms fire at about 8:50 p.m. local time in northwest baghdad , according to a u.s. military public affairs office . the second soldier died at about 10:15 p.m. when the vehicle he was riding in was struck by an improvised explosive device . the names of both soldiers were being withheld until their families could be notified . e-mail to a friend . cnn 's jomana karadsheh , christine theodorou , mohammed tawfeeq and ingrid formanek contributed to this report .

<t> aid workers : violence , increased cost of living drive women to prostitution . </t> <t> group is working to raise awareness of the problem with iraq 's political leaders . </t> <t> two iraqi mothers tell cnn they turned to prostitution to help feed their children . </t> <t> `` everything is for the children , '' one woman says . </t>

iraqi women : prostituting ourselves to feed our children<T>

washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- white house press secretary tony snow , who is undergoing treatment for cancer , will step down from his post september 14 and be replaced by deputy press secretary dana perino , the white house announced friday . white house press secretary tony snow will step down from his post on september 14 . president bush told reporters friday that he will `` sadly accept '' snow 's resignation . flanked by snow and perino in the white house press room , the president spoke warmly of his departing press secretary . `` it 's been a joy to watch him spar with you , '' bush told reporters . watch the announcement about snow leaving '' bush said he was certain of two things in regard to snow . `` he 'll battle cancer and win , '' bush said , `` and he 'll be a solid contributor to society . '' turning to snow , the president then said : `` i love you , and i wish you all the best . '' snow , speaking after bush at the start of the daily white house news conference , said he was leaving to earn more money . he took a big pay cut , he said , when he left his previous jobs as anchor and political analyst for fox news . according to the washington post , snow makes $ 168,000 as the white house spokesman . his family took out a loan when he started the job , `` and that loan is now gone . '' `` this job has really been a dream for me , a blast . i 've had an enormous amount of fun and satisfaction , '' snow said .<doc-sep>he said he would continue to speak out on issues , and would do `` some radio , some tv , but i do n't anticipate full-time anchor duties . '' snow said he 's received great satisfaction from talking to people about his illness . snow 's cancer was diagnosed for the first time in february 2005 . his colon was removed , and after six months of treatment , doctors said the cancer was in remission . perino announced march 27 that snow 's cancer had recurred , and that doctors had removed a growth from his abdomen the day before . sources told cnn two weeks ago that snow was planning to leave his job , possibly as early as september . bush tapped snow to replace scott mcclellan in april 2006 . snow had been an anchor for `` fox news sunday '' and a political analyst for the fox news channel , which he joined in 1996 . he also hosted `` the tony snow show '' on fox news radio . on thursday , snow told cnn his health is improving , citing two medical tests this month that found the cancer has not spread . `` the tumors are stable -- they are not growing , '' snow said of the results from an mri and a cat scan . `` and there are no new growths . the health is good . '' the press secretary , whose hair has turned gray during chemotherapy treatment , said his black hair is expected to grow back in about a month . `` i 'm also putting on weight again , '' he said after returning from a 10-day vacation . `` i actually feel very good about '' the health situation . snow said on friday he was to see his oncologist , and they will decide on some minor forms of chemotherapy to start as maintenance treatment . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- former white house press secretary tony snow -- who once told reporters `` i 'm a very lucky guy '' -- died at the age of 53 early saturday after a second battle with cancer . snow , who had been undergoing chemotherapy treatments for a recurrence of the disease , left his white house job september 14 , 2007 , and joined cnn in april as a conservative commentator . president bush said saturday that he and first lady laura bush were `` deeply saddened '' by snow 's death . `` the snow family has lost a beloved husband and father . and america has lost a devoted public servant and a man of character , '' the president said in a statement . `` it was a joy to watch tony at the podium each day . '' snow also worked for the first president bush , who commented saturday : . `` in this case it is n't a press secretary . it is n't a speech writer . it was a dear , valued friend that went on to heaven . ... he won the respect of even those who violently disagree with the president 's proposals and policies . for that i think he 'll be remembered . he brought a certain civility to this very contentious job . '' snow 's successor , white house press secretary dana perino , said , `` the white house is so deeply saddened by this loss . he was a great friend and colleague and a fantastic press secretary . and his dear family is in our thoughts and prayers . '' see images from tony snow 's white house days '' republican rep. john boehner called snow `` a proud son of cincinnati , '' the ohio city that boehner represents in congress and where snow grew up . `` churchill said , ' i like a man who grins when he fights , ' and that was tony snow , '' boehner said . `` for 35 years , as a writer , broadcaster , and spokesman , he fought fiercely for what he believed in , and he did it with a smile on his face and a twinkle in his eye . his loss is a loss for our country . '' gallery : journalists and elected officials respond to snow 's death '' in 2007 , chief of staff josh bolten had told senior white house staffers that unless they could commit to staying until bush leaves office in january 2009 , they should leave by labor day 2007 , so snow resigned . in parting comments to reporters at his final white house news conference , snow said , `` i feel great . '' he also called the job `` the most fun i 've ever had . '' snow said he was leaving the white house position to make more money for his family . his white house salary was $ 168,000 , and he said he had taken out a loan so he could take the job . snow said he was leaving because the loan money ran out . watch the white house staff 's warm send-off '' snow is survived by his wife , jill walker , and three children -- kendall , robbie and kristi . snow was first diagnosed with colon cancer in february 2005 . his colon was removed , and after six months of treatment , doctors said the cancer was in remission . a recurrence of the illness was diagnosed 11 months after he began the white house media job . at that time , doctors also discovered that the colon cancer had spread to his liver . he underwent five weeks of treatment before resuming his daily briefings to the press corps . he was greeted with applause upon his return . `` not everybody will survive cancer , '' snow told the reporters , `` but on the other hand , you have got to realize you 've got the gift of life , so make the most of it . that is my view , and i 'm going to make the most of my time with you . '' perino announced march 27 , 2007 , that snow 's cancer had recurred , and said doctors had removed a growth from his abdomen the day before . watch how snow fought through the illness '' bush tapped snow to replace scott mcclellan in april 2006 . snow had been an anchor for `` fox news sunday '' and a political analyst for fox news channel , which he joined in 1996 . he also hosted `` the tony snow show '' on fox news radio . during the 1990s , he was a regular guest host for rush limbaugh 's radio program . during that decade he was a writer , correspondent and host of a pbs news special , `` the new militant center , '' a regular commentator for national public radio and a frequent guest on television news programs . snow was known for his candor . in a november 11 , 2005 , column , snow wrote that bush 's `` wavering conservatism has become an active concern among republicans , who wish he would stop cowering under the bed and start fighting back against the likes of harry reid , nancy pelosi and joe wilson . '' `` the newly passive george bush has become something of an embarrassment , '' snow 's column said . `` i asked him about those comments , '' the president joked at the time of snow 's appointment . `` and he said , ` you should have heard what i said about the other guy . ' '' ireport.com : share your memories of snow . bush said snow 's long career as a journalist helped him understand `` the importance of the relationship between government and those whose job it is to cover the government . '' robert anthony snow was born june 1 , 1955 , in berea , kentucky , and was raised in cincinnati . when he was 17 , his mother died of colon cancer at age 38 . after receiving a bachelor 's degree in philosophy from davidson college near charlotte , north carolina , in 1977 , snow pursued graduate work in philosophy and economics at the university of chicago . he worked as an editorial writer and editor at several newspapers , including the washington times and the detroit news . he wrote a column in detroit , and later wrote a syndicated column . snow joined the administration of bush 's father , george h.w. bush , in 1991 , first as chief speech writer and later as deputy assistant to the president for media affairs . snow became a television personality when he launched his news shows on fox in 1993 . when he returned to work at the white house on april 30 , 2007 , after the second cancer diagnosis , a usually articulate and loquacious snow stumbled to find words . `` you never anticipate this stuff , '' he said . `` it just happens . '' `` i want to thank you all . it really meant the world to me . anybody who does not not believe that thoughts and prayers make a difference , they 're just wrong . '' he then prefaced a discussion of his health by saying , `` i 'm a very lucky guy . '' outside of work , snow played the guitar , saxophone and flute , and was in a band called beats workin ' with other washington professionals .<doc-sep>the procedure was supervised by dr. richard tubb , bush 's physician , and conducted by a multidisciplinary team from the national naval medical center in bethesda , maryland , the white house said . bush 's last colonoscopy was in june 2002 , and no abnormalities were found , white house spokesman tony snow said . the president 's doctor had recommended a repeat procedure in about five years . a colonoscopy is the most sensitive test for colon cancer , rectal cancer and polyps , small clumps of cells that can become cancerous , according to the mayo clinic . small polyps may be removed during the procedure .<doc-sep>wet house : tourists look at the front of the white house before severe weather and snow hit the washington region today as federal workers were given a snow day . ` we have numerous challenges facing the country and republicans have offered the president serious solutions to shrink washington spending and grow the economy , ' mcconnell said . ` and we will have an opportunity to discuss them with the president at the lunch . ' house speaker boehner 's office said wednesday that the president had also requested the meeting next week with house republicans . the white house and boehner 's office were working to schedule that meeting , the speaker 's office said . among those who received calls from the president were oklahoma sen.tom coburn and south carolina 's graham . snowquester : the dinner could be cancelled as a winter storm passes through washington ; capitol hill can be seen looking from from pennsylvania avenue today . ` this is how you solve hard problems , ' graham told the associated press . ` we 're talking about following up on that , how we can get more people in the mix , so what i see from the president is incredibly encouraging . ' white house aides say the president 's calls with republicans focus in part on jumpstarting broader budget talks , but also on obama 's proposals for overhauling the nation 's immigration laws and enacting stricter gun control measures . ` he is reaching out and talking to members about a variety of issues - not just our fiscal challenges , but certainly the fiscal issues are among the issues he is talking about with lawmakers , ' white house spokesman jay carney said .<doc-sep>washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- vice president dick cheney will serve as acting president briefly saturday while president bush is anesthetized for a routine colonoscopy , white house spokesman tony snow said friday . bush is scheduled to have the medical procedure , expected to take about 2 1/2 hours , at the presidential retreat at camp david , maryland , snow said . bush 's last colonoscopy was in june 2002 , and no abnormalities were found , snow said . the president 's doctor had recommended a repeat procedure in about five years . the procedure will be supervised by dr. richard tubb and conducted by a multidisciplinary team from the national naval medical center in bethesda , maryland , snow said . a colonoscopy is the most sensitive test for colon cancer , rectal cancer and polyps , small clumps of cells that can become cancerous , according to the mayo clinic . small polyps may be removed during the procedure .

<t> president bush says tony snow `` will battle cancer and win '' job of press secretary `` has been a dream for me , '' snow says snow leaving on september 14 , will be succeeded by dana perino . </t>

white house spokesman snow stepping down<T>

washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- as he awaits a crucial progress report on iraq , president bush will try to put a twist on comparisons of the war to vietnam by invoking the historical lessons of that conflict to argue against pulling out . president bush pauses tuesday during a news conference at the north american leaders summit in canada . on wednesday in kansas city , missouri , bush will tell members of the veterans of foreign wars that `` then , as now , people argued that the real problem was america 's presence and that if we would just withdraw , the killing would end , '' according to speech excerpts released tuesday by the white house . `` three decades later , there is a legitimate debate about how we got into the vietnam war and how we left , '' bush will say . `` whatever your position in that debate , one unmistakable legacy of vietnam is that the price of america 's withdrawal was paid by millions of innocent citizens , whose agonies would add to our vocabulary new terms like ` boat people , ' 're - education camps ' and ` killing fields , ' '' the president will say .<doc-sep>the president will also make the argument that withdrawing from vietnam emboldened today 's terrorists by compromising u.s. credibility , citing a quote from al qaeda leader osama bin laden that the american people would rise against the iraq war the same way they rose against the war in vietnam , according to the excerpts . `` here at home , some can argue our withdrawal from vietnam carried no price to american credibility , but the terrorists see things differently , '' bush will say . on tuesday , democratic senate majority leader harry reid said , `` president bush 's attempt to compare the war in iraq to past military conflicts in east asia ignores the fundamental difference between the two . our nation was misled by the bush administration in an effort to gain support for the invasion of iraq under false pretenses , leading to one of the worst foreign policy blunders in our history . `` while the president continues to stay-the-course with his failed strategy in iraq , paid for by the taxpayers , american lives are being lost and there is still no political solution within the iraqi government . it is time to change direction in iraq , and congress will again work to do so in the fall . '' the white house is billing the speech , along with another address next week to the american legion , as an effort to `` provide broader context '' for the debate over the upcoming iraq progress report by gen. david petraeus , the top u.s. military commander , and ryan crocker , the u.s. ambassador in baghdad .<doc-sep>president bush has frequently asked lawmakers -- and the american people -- to withhold judgment on his troop `` surge '' in iraq until the report comes out in september . watch bush criticize the iraqi government '' it is being closely watched on capitol hill , particularly by republicans nervous about the political fallout from an increasingly unpopular war . earlier this month , defense secretary robert gates said he would wait for the report before deciding when a drawdown of the 160,000 u.s. troops in iraq might begin . bush 's speeches wednesday and next week are the latest in a series of attempts by the white house to try to reframe the debate over iraq , as public support for the war continues to sag . a recent cnn/opinion research corporation poll found that almost two-thirds of americans -- 64 percent -- now oppose the iraq war , and 72 percent say that even if petraeus reports progress , it wo n't change their opinion .<doc-sep>the poll also found a great deal of skepticism about the report ; 53 percent said they do not trust petraeus to give an accurate assessment of the situation in iraq . in addition to his analogy to vietnam , bush in wednesday 's speech will invoke other historical comparisons from asia , including the u.s. defeat and occupation of japan after world war ii and the korean war in the 1950s , according to the excerpts . `` in the aftermath of japan 's surrender , many thought it naive to help the japanese transform themselves into a democracy . then , as now , the critics argued that some people were simply not fit for freedom , '' bush will say . `` today , in defiance of the critics , japan ... stands as one of the world 's great free societies . '' speaking about the korean war , bush will note that at the time `` critics argued that the war was futile , that we never should have sent our troops in , or that america 's intervention was divisive here at home . '' `` while it is true that the korean war had its share of challenges , america never broke its word , '' bush will say . `` without america 's intervention during the war , and our willingness to stick with the south koreans after the war , millions of south koreans would now be living under a brutal and repressive regime . '' e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>`` here at home , some can argue our withdrawal from vietnam carried no price to american credibility , but the terrorists see things differently , '' bush said . president bush has frequently asked lawmakers -- and the american people -- to withhold judgment on his troop `` surge '' in iraq until the report comes out in september . it is being closely watched on capitol hill , particularly by republicans nervous about the political fallout from an increasingly unpopular war . earlier this month , defense secretary robert gates said he would wait for the report before deciding when a drawdown of the 160,000 u.s. troops in iraq might begin . bush 's speeches wednesday and next week are the latest attempts by the white house to try to reframe the debate over iraq , as public support for the war continues to sag . a recent cnn/opinion research corporation poll found that almost two-thirds of americans -- 64 percent -- now oppose the iraq war , and 72 percent say the petraeus report will have no effect on their opinion . the poll also found a great deal of skepticism about the report ; 53 percent said they do not trust petraeus to give an accurate assessment of the situation in iraq . in addition to his analogy to vietnam , bush referred to previous conflicts in asia in talking about the war against terror in iraq . `` there are many differences between the wars we fought in the far east and the war on terror we are fighting today , '' bush said . `` but one important similarity is that at their core , they are all ideological struggles . `` the militarists of japan and the communists in korea and vietnam were driven by a merciless vision for the proper ordering of humanity . they killed americans because we stood in the way of their attempt to force this ideology on others . '' bush said history proved skeptics wrong about japan 's ability to become a free society and will prove those who want to withdraw from iraq wrong . `` in the aftermath of japan 's surrender , many thought it naive to help the japanese transform themselves into a democracy . then , as now , the critics argued that some people were simply not fit for freedom , '' bush said . `` today , in defiance of the critics , japan ... stands as one of the world 's great free societies . '' e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>`` there 's no trust within the iraqi government ; no trust of the government by the iraqi people ; no capacity of that government to deliver security or services ; and no prospect that it will build that trust or capacity any time soon , '' biden 's statement said . but house republican leader john boehner of ohio said more democrats are `` bucking their party leaders '' in acknowledging progress in iraq . `` many rank-and-file democrats have seen this progress firsthand and are now acknowledging the successes of a strategy they 've repeatedly opposed , '' boehner said in a statement . `` but democratic leaders , deeply invested in losing the war , would rather move the goalposts and claim that a precipitous withdrawal is the right approach despite the overwhelming evidence of significant progress . '' former presidential adviser david gergen said bush ran the risk of doing as much harm as good for his case . `` by invoking vietnam he raised the question , ` if you learned so much from history , how did you ever get us involved in another quagmire ? ' '' gergen said . gergen said he did agree with bush in one respect , though : `` he 's right , initially when we pulled back in vietnam there were massive killings . '' on tuesday , bush had expressed frustration with the pace of progress toward political reconciliation in iraq , saying if the iraqi government does n't `` respond to the demands of the people , they will replace the government . '' iraqi prime minister nuri al-maliki on wednesday shot back at criticism of his government , including pointed remarks from a u.s. senator who called his administration `` nonfunctioning '' and urged iraq 's parliament to turn it out of office . speaking at a press conference in the syrian capital of damascus , al-maliki characterized such comments as `` irresponsible '' and said they `` overstep the bounds of diplomatic and political courtesy . '' government spokesman ali dabbagh told cnn that al-maliki was referring to comments made monday by sen. carl levin , the michigan democrat who chairs the senate armed services committee , who called on iraq 's parliament to turn al-maliki 's `` nonfunctioning '' government out of office when it returns in two weeks . levin said al-maliki 's government was `` too beholden to religious and sectarian leaders '' to reach a political settlement that would end the country 's sectarian and insurgent violence . in his speech , bush said withdrawing from vietnam emboldened today 's terrorists by compromising u.s. credibility , citing a quote from al qaeda leader osama bin laden that the american people would rise against the iraq war the same way they rose against the war in vietnam .<doc-sep>kansas city , missouri -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- president bush drew parallels between the aftermath of the vietnam war and the potential costs of pulling out of iraq in a speech wednesday . president bush draws parallels wednesday between the cost of pulling out of iraq and `` the tragedy of vietnam . '' `` three decades later , there is a legitimate debate about how we got into the vietnam war and how we left , '' bush told members of the veterans of foreign wars , at their convention in kansas city , missouri . `` whatever your position in that debate , one unmistakable legacy of vietnam is that the price of america 's withdrawal was paid by millions of innocent citizens , whose agonies would add to our vocabulary new terms like ` boat people , ' 're - education camps ' and ` killing fields , ' '' the president said . the white house billed the speech , as it did next week 's address to the american legion , as an effort to `` provide broader context '' for the debate over the upcoming iraq progress report by gen. david petraeus , the top u.s. military commander , and ryan crocker , the u.s. ambassador in baghdad . bush also sought to shore up the perception of his support for iraqi prime minister nuri al-maliki , after voicing some frustration with him on tuesday . `` prime minister maliki 's a good guy -- good man with a difficult job and i support him , '' bush said . `` and it 's not up to the politicians in washington , d.c. , to say whether he will remain in his position . watch bush reiterate his support for al-maliki '' sen. edward kennedy , d-massachusetts , said bush had drawn the wrong lesson from history : . `` america lost the war in vietnam because our troops were trapped in a distant country we did not understand supporting a government that lacked sufficient legitimacy with its people , '' kennedy said in a statement . sen. joe biden , democratic chairman of the senate foreign relations committee , invoked his own vietnam analogy in a statement released after the speech : . `` it 's the president 's policies that are pushing us toward another saigon moment -- with helicopters fleeing the roof of our embassy -- which he says he wants to avoid . '' biden said bush continues to cling to the premise that iraqis will rally behind a strong central government , but he believes that will not happen .<doc-sep>davenport , iowa -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- house speaker john boehner is trashing president obama 's foreign policy on the campaign trail by talking up someone republicans have spent years running from : george w. bush . `` does anybody think that vladimir putin would have gone into crimea had george w. bush been president of the united states ? no ! '' boehner asked , and answered , before a group of republican volunteers here . `` even putin is smart enough to know that bush would have punched him in the nose in about 10 seconds ! '' boehner said to an applauding crowd . boehner often uses colorful language to slam the president for his leadership , especially on national security . but to invoke bush is unusual , especially since his foreign policy decisions -- namely the iraq war -- led to a clean democratic sweep in 2006 . democrats took control of both the house and senate in bush 's sixth year in office . boehner is also engaging in revisionist history of sorts , since putin did in fact invade another former member of the soviet union and key u.s. ally , the republic of georgia , in 2008 when bush was president . bush did not punch either putin or then-russian prime minister dimitri medvedev in the nose . in fact , bush was criticized at the time by some for not reacting more forcefully against russia . as for boehner -- he reacted in a bipartisan way back then -- releasing a joint statement with then-house speaker nancy pelosi and other leaders in both parties `` condemning -- in the strongest possible terms -- the recent invasion of the sovereign state of georgia . ''

<t> president bush to address the veterans of foreign wars on wednesday . </t> <t> bush to say that withdrawing from vietnam emboldened today 's terrorists . </t> <t> speech will be latest white house attempt to try to reframe the debate over iraq . </t>

bush to invoke vietnam in arguing against iraq pullout<T>

washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- there is `` no remaining hope '' of finding six men trapped for almost a month in a utah coal mine alive , a federal official said saturday . isaac arellano holds a candle and sings during a fundraiser for miners tuesday in price , utah . `` over the past 25 days , the mine safety and health administration has exhausted all known options in our attempt to reach the six miners , '' richard stickler , head of the agency , said in a statement . `` the thoughts and prayers of the dedicated professionals at msha are with the families . '' sympathy for the failed efforts also came saturday from the white house . `` last night , a difficult decision was made to end the search , '' president bush said in a statement . `` laura and i are deeply saddened by this tragedy and continue to pray for the families of these men . '' labor secretary elaine chao called the ordeal `` heartbreaking . '' `` the grueling around-the-clock rescue operation that claimed three lives and injured six others has also taken a tremendous toll on the many brave rescuers and the local community , and our thoughts and prayers are with them all , '' chao said in a statement . after drilling seven holes into mine tunnels from the mountaintop above , there has been no sign of the miners -- and microphones have picked up no sound from the men . see a timeline of rescue efforts '' tests showed underground oxygen levels were too low to sustain human life . `` we basically told the families that at this point in time we 've run out of options , '' stickler said at a news conference late friday . `` we 've consulted with the people that we have here , we 've consulted with the technical support in pittsburgh and we 've consulted with private consultants in terms of where we can go , '' he said . `` and basically , through all the information we 've gleaned over the past nearly four weeks in terms of the conditions we found , in terms of the air readings we found down there and ... everything else , we just do n't know where else we can put a hole to get any other information . '' see photos of the rescue mission '' there were no public statements saturday from bob murray , president and ceo of murray mining , co-owner of the crandall canyon mine , who was the outspoken face of the rescue operation for the first three weeks , then largely disappeared from public view . federal officials became the spokesmen . no one from murray mining was present at friday 's news conference .<doc-sep>`` they are done . it 's finished , '' the attorney for the families said , according to the saturday edition of the salt lake tribune . `` it 's a hard and bitter pill for our families , and there were quite a few tears shed , '' the newspaper quotes colin king as saying . the men were trapped during a collapse on august 6 , and it is not known whether they survived the cave-in . efforts to reach them were suspended 10 days later when two rescuers and a federal mining official were killed , and six people were injured in a second collapse as they tried to tunnel horizontally toward the area where the men had been working . murray said last week that the search effort would stop if no signs of life were found at the sixth hole . under pressure from the families , however , he agreed to try one more time . families wanted officials to drill a hole large enough to send down a rescue capsule . the effort to lower the robotic device down a seventh hole had been called `` a long shot '' by an official . msha 's stickler said that hole was drilled into the crandall canyon mine on thursday , but there were problems with a robotic camera that teams were trying to lower into it . work resumed friday , this time at the fourth hole , but the camera could only descend about 7 feet , he said . `` basically , what it saw was really not that much . there was quite a bit of mud in there , water coming down the hole . it really could n't go any farther than seven feet , '' he said of the latest try . in addition , the roof was sagging . `` the families asked many , many questions and we answered them all the best we could , basically coming to the conclusion that we had run out of options . '' murray said last saturday he has already filed paperwork with federal regulators to permanently close and seal the crandall canyon mine . `` i will never come back to that evil mountain , '' he said . friends and family have identified the six missing miners as luis hernandez , manuel sanchez , kerry allred , carlos payan , brandon phillips and don erickson . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>huntington , utah -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- rescuers trying to find six miners will begin boring a sixth hole down into utah 's crandall canyon mine friday , and the search will stop if no signs of life are found , the coal mine 's co-owner said . bob murray , ceo of murray energy corp. , says he is hurt by criticism he did not do enough to find the miners . `` this is the last hole , '' bob murray , ceo of murray energy , said wednesday evening . `` if we do n't find anybody alive in that hole , there 's nowhere else that anyone ... would know where to drill . '' murray said work on the sixth hole , which will go down into the area where the miners were known to be working when the mine collapsed august 6 , should be completed by saturday . however , he expressed little optimism that the effort would be successful , saying it was `` totally unlikely '' any signs of the miners will be found .<doc-sep>* march 15 , 1981 -- 15 miners are killed by an explosion at dutch creek no. 1 , mid-continent resources , inc. in redstone , colorado . * december 19 , 1984 -- 27 miners are killed in a fire at the wilberg mine in emery county , utah . * september 23 , 2001 -- 13 miners are killed by an explosion at the no. 5 mine , jim walter resources , inc in brookwood , alabama . * july 24 , 2002 -- nine coal miners from quecreek mining inc. in somerset county , pennsylvania , are trapped in a four-foot-high chamber 240 feet below the surface after breaching a wall separating their mine from an older , flooded shaft . all survive and are rescued on july 28 . * january 2 , 2006 -- an explosion occurs at around 6:30 a.m. at the sago mine in tallmansville , west virginia , trapping 13 miners . twelve of the men die from carbon monoxide poisoning by the time rescuers reach them around midnight january 3 - 4 . randal mccloy , 27 , is the only survivor . * may 20 , 2006 -- five miners are killed in an explosion at the darby mine no. 1 in harlan county , kentucky . one miner , paul ledford , survives . * august 6 , 2007 -- six miners are trapped at the crandall canyon mine in huntington , utah , when areas of the mine collapse . * august 16 , 2007 -- three rescue workers are killed and six are injured when part of the mine collapses on them . * august 31 , 2007 -- the search for the six trapped miners is officially called off and declared too dangerous for continued rescue efforts . * may 8 , 2008 -- rep. george miller releases a report from the house education and labor committee about the panel 's investigation of the crandall canyon mine disaster . he recommends that a criminal investigation be conducted .<doc-sep>on august 16 , three other people , including an msha inspector , died as they attempted to reach the trapped miners , whose bodies have never been recovered . a call to the department of labor was not immediately returned . also joining the suit is the utah media coalition , representing utah newspapers , television stations and journalism groups . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the u.s. government thursday announced its highest penalty for coal mine safety violations , $ 1.85 million , for a collapse that killed six miners in utah last year . supervisory mining engineer joe zelanko on thursday describes the earth movements at crandall canyon mine . insufficient pillar support and activity in areas that should not have been mined caused the august crandall canyon mine collapse , federal investigators found . the government fined the mine operator , genwal resources , $ 1.34 million `` for violations that directly contributed to the deaths of six miners last year , '' plus nearly $ 300,000 for other violations . the government also levied a $ 220,000 fine against a mining consultant , agapito associates , `` for faulty analysis of the mine 's design . ''

<t> new : president bush says he and first lady are deeply saddened by the tragedy . </t> <t> mine safety and health administration chief : we 've run out of options . </t> <t> the six men have been trapped underground since august 6 . </t> <t> seven bore holes drilled into the mountain have found no signs of life . </t>

search ends for buried utah miners<T>

bogota , colombia -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a key rebel commander and fugitive from a u.s. drug trafficking indictment was killed over the weekend in an air attack on a guerrilla encampment , the colombian military said monday . alleged cocaine trafficker and farc rebel tomas medina caracas in an interpol photo . tomas medina caracas , known popularly as `` el negro acacio , '' was a member of the high command of the fuerzas armadas revolucionarias de colombia and , according to colombian and u.s. officials , helped manage the group 's extensive cocaine trafficking network . he had been in the cross-hairs of the u.s. justice department since 2002 . he was charged with conspiracy to import cocaine into the united states and manufacturing and distributing cocaine within colombia to fund the farc 's 42-year insurgency against the government . u.s. officials alleged medina caracas managed the rebel group 's sales of cocaine to international drug traffickers , who in turn smuggled it into the united states . he was also indicted in the united states along with two other farc commanders in november 2002 on charges of conspiring to kidnap two u.s. oil workers from neighboring venezuela in 1997 and holding one of them for nine months until a $ 1 million ransom was paid .<doc-sep>officials said the army 's rapid response force , backed by elements of the colombian air force , tracked medina caracas down at a farc camp in the jungle in the south of the country . `` after a bombardment , the troops occupied the camp , and they 've found 14 dead rebels so far , along with rifles , pistols , communications equipment and ... four gps systems , '' defense minister juan manuel santos said at a news conference . `` the death of ` el negro acacio ' was confirmed by various sources , including members of farc itself . '' medina caracas commanded farc 's 16th front in the southern departments of vichada and guainia . established in 1964 as the military wing of the colombian communist party , farc is colombia 's oldest , largest , most capable and best-equipped marxist rebel group , according to the u.s. department of state . e-mail to a friend . journalist fernando ramos contributed to this report .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the colombian military killed a rebel leader who was a liaison with mexican drug cartels , colombian president juan manuel santos said . the military operation near colombia 's border with ecuador , in the department of putumayo , happened on tuesday , the president said . the rebel leader known as `` oliver solarte '' worked directly for the secretariat of the revolutionary armed forces of colombia , or farc . `` he was a very important person inside the farc , '' the president said tuesday . `` he managed all the drug trafficking and arms trafficking for the southern bloc of the farc . '' solarte also was the farc 's contact with mexican cartels to traffic drugs and accept financing , he said .<doc-sep>bogota , colombia -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- colombian police have killed a drug trafficker who the government says is one of the most sought-after fugitive outside the country 's rebel leaders . victor manuel mejia munera was a drug lord with ties to paramilitary groups , the colombian government says . victor manuel mejia munera and two bodyguards were killed tuesday when police tracked them down on a farm in the northwestern province of antioquia , according to a statement on the colombian presidency web site . three people also were arrested , according to the statement . mejia munera was wearing an american-style , desert-camouflage uniform when he was killed , said colombian defense minister juan manuel santos . mejia munera also had short - and long-range weapons with ammunition , the presidential statement said . `` this is a great strike of the public force against the criminal structures of the country , '' santos said , warning that drug traffickers who do not turn themselves over to the government will `` end up in the jail or in a tomb . '' in terms of the country 's most-wanted list , mejia munera was one of colombia 's most sought-after criminals and ranked just below the leaders of revolutionary armed forces of colombia , the statement said . the leftist guerilla group , which goes by its spanish acronym farc , holds about 750 hostages in the jungles of colombia and has justified hostage-taking as a legitimate military tactic in a long-running civil war involving government forces , drug traffickers and right-wing paramilitaries . mejia munera is not alleged to have ties to farc , but he had been involved with a right-wing paramilitary group known as united self-defense forces of colombia , according to the u.s. state department . mejia munera and his brother , miguel angel mejia munera , known as `` los mellizos , '' or `` the twins , '' have been accused of running major drug rings in colombia . the brothers also have faced narcotics-trafficking charges in the united states . santos initially told reporters that police had killed miguel angel mejia munera . the colombian presidency later said the slain drug lord was actually victor manuel mejia munera . fingerprints confirmed that the dead man was victor mejia munera , colombian-based caracol radio reported . the brothers sometimes exchanged identities , the radio station said , and identity documents belonging to miguel mejia munera were found near victor mejia munera . in 2004 , the u.s. district court for the district of columbia indicted the twins on narcotics-trafficking charges . the u.s. justice department at one point offered a $ 5 million reward for `` true and effective information '' on the whereabouts of a dozen suspects it wanted extradited to the united states . one of the 12 men wanted was miguel mejia munera . the state department said wednesday there was no reward for victor mejia munera . the u.s. treasury department 's office of foreign assets control reported that the brothers have been involved in narcotics trafficking since the early 1990s , when they were guarding ships carrying cocaine from western colombia to mexico . `` over time , '' ofac said in a news release last year , the brothers `` rose through the ranks to lead their own narcotics trafficking organization . '' `` recent reports indicate that los mellizos may be funding their own illegal armed groups to facilitate their narcotics trafficking activities , '' the release said . the colombian prosecutor general 's office had indicted victor mejia munera for his role in a 2004 paramilitary massacre of 11 farmers in tame in the eastern colombian province of arauca , according to the state department . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>by . phil vinter . published : . 06:02 est , 2 november 2012 . | . updated : . 08:15 est , 2 november 2012 . a colombian dubbed the ` most dangerous and wanted drugs trafficker in the world ' has been arrested at a restaurant in buenos aires after police placed satellite tracking devices in his fleet of supercars . carrying false passports from five countries and posing as a venezuelan businessman , henry de jesus lopez , nicknamed ` mi sangre , ' or ` my blood , ' was led away from the fettuccine mario restaurant in the pilar area of the city by armed police on tuesday evening . the multi-millionaire former foot soldier of notorious drugs baron pablo escobar is accused of shipping tons of cocaine to the united states through central america . notorious drug trafficker henry de jesus lopez was led away from the fettuccine mario restaurant by armed police on tuesday . he resorted to plastic surgery in a desperate attempt to try and evade capture but was still made to wear a bullet proof vest as he was escorted from his favourite restaurant in order to protect him from assassins . lopez fled his native city of medellin in colombia two years ago after his accountant was arrested . police said the key to tracking the father of two down was a colombian . informant who reported his location and movements . the informant , whose . identity is being protected , will be paid a reward worth $ 660,000 . lopez and a bodyguard were captured without a shot fired said police . speaking in the colombian capital of bogota national police director general jose roberto leon said 41-year-old lopez ran the ` urabenos ' gang based in northern colombia after rising through the ranks of right-wing paramilitary groups that doubled as drug trafficking operations .<doc-sep>during the raid , a sergeant , two soldiers and a national police officer were killed , the ministry of national defense said ; six others were injured . the colombian government is expected to hold a hearing on the april 28 operation . colombian defense minister juan carlos pinzon , along with the commandant of the colombian army gen. alejandro navas are expected to take part . . kidnapping government forces and civilians has been a key strategy of the rebel group . dramatic rescues , escapes and hostage handovers have revealed harsh conditions in jungle camps , including stories of prisoners chained to trees , grueling marches between hideouts , torrential rain and blistering sun . while severely weakened in recent years , the rebels have continued to carry out kidnappings and attack security forces . the 10 hostages released last month were members of the military and police that farc said were its last government hostages . in february , farc also said it would stop kidnapping civilians for money . the rebels did not address the fate of its civilian captives then , nor did it renounce kidnapping for political purposes .

<t> tomas medina caracas was a fugitive from a u.s. drug trafficking indictment . </t> <t> `` el negro acacio '' allegedly helped manage extensive cocaine network . </t> <t> u.s. justice department indicted him in 2002 . </t> <t> colombian military : he was killed in an attack on a guerrilla encampment . </t>

colombian military : key rebel and drug trafficker killed<T>

-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- police and fbi agents are investigating the discovery of an empty rocket launcher tube on the front lawn of a jersey city , new jersey , home , fbi spokesman sean quinn said . niranjan desai discovered the 20-year-old at4 anti-tank rocket launcher tube , a one-time-use device , lying on her lawn friday morning , police said . the launcher has been turned over to u.s. army officials at the 754th ordnance company , an explosive ordnance disposal unit , at fort monmouth , new jersey , army officials said . the launcher `` is no longer operable and not considered to be a hazard to public safety , '' police said , adding there was no indication the launcher had been fired recently .<doc-sep>army officials said they could not determine if the launcher had been fired , but indicated they should know once they find out where it came from . the nearest military base , fort dix , is more than 70 miles from jersey city . the joint terrorism task force division of the fbi and jersey city police are investigating the origin of the rocket launcher and the circumstance that led to its appearance on residential property .<doc-sep>`` al qaeda does n't leave a rocket launcher on the lawn of middle-aged ladies , '' said paul cruickshank of new york university law school 's center on law and security . a neighbor , joe quinn , said the object lying on desai 's lawn looked military , was brown , had a handle and strap , and `` both ends were open , like you could shoot something with it . '' quinn also said the device had a picture of a soldier on it and was 3 to 4 feet long .<doc-sep>an army official said the device is basically a shoulder-fired , direct-fire weapon used against ground targets -- a modern-day bazooka -- and it is not wire-guided . according to the web site globalsecurity.org , a loaded m136 at4 anti-tank weapon has a 40-inch-long fiberglass-wrapped tube and weighs just 4 pounds . its 84 millimeter shaped-charge missile can penetrate 14 inches of armor from a maximum of 985 feet . it is used once and discarded . e-mail to a friend . cnn 's carol cratty , dugald mcconnell , and mike mount contributed to this report .<doc-sep>by . daily mail reporter and associated press reporter . published : . 18:28 est , 3 february 2013 . | . updated : . 18:39 est , 3 february 2013 . two rocket launchers were found among roughly 2,500 weapons exchanged for cash and tickets in tampa bay , florida , on saturday adding to the growing number of rocket launchers found at gun buyback programs in recent weeks . the two massive firearms were discovered less a week after another rocket launcher was collected at a gun buyback event in new jersey and a missile launcher was collected at a gun buyback event in seattle . two rocket launchers were collected at a gun buyback event in los angeles a month prior .<doc-sep>a rocket launcher and warhead have been discovered by police investigating dissident republicans . officers made the dramatic find while searching a house on hawthorn street , west belfast , and the police service of northern ireland said that the launcher and warhead were intended to kill . a police spokesman said : ` these weapon systems are clearly intended to kill and we should be in no doubt that the recovery of these items has saved lives . ' ` to kill ' : officers found the weapons while searching a house on hawthorn street -lrb- file picture -rrb- in west belfast . location : the items found on hawthorn street in west belfast have been taken away for forensic examination . dissidents have been linked to a series of attempts to kill members of the security forces , including soldiers , police and a prison officer . the police spokesman said : ` detectives from psni serious crime branch have this evening recovered a rocket launcher and warhead from a house .<doc-sep>lethal : this rocket launcher capable of blowing up a tank was found under the bed of ex-soldier mark chalcroft . police visited chalcroft 's one-bedroom flat in northampton after smelling cannabis during an investigation of an unrelated incident in the building . they discovered a marijuana factory with 28 cannabis plants - and were stunned to come across a 3ft rocket launcher hidden under the military enthusiast 's bed . the l1a3b1 weapon was still capable of firing destructive missiles , even though it had a stamp certifying that it was deactivated . chalcroft , 46 , was arrested and charged with cannabis cultivation and possession of a rocket launcher . last week he pleaded guilty to both charges and was sentenced to two years in prison . sentence : chalcroft was handed a two-year jail sentence by a judge at northampton crown court . judge john bray told him : ` this is a serious weapon , which could have very serious consequences if it fell into the wrong hands . ' i accept your basis of plea , that you purchased the weapon as a kind of souvenir and never intended to use it . ` it has a deactivation stamp on it , which suggests it could not be fired .<doc-sep>previous discovery : a rocket launcher was collected at a weapons exchange in new jersey on january 29 . in photos from the program taken at . an evidence warehouse , the enormous weapon stood out among various . handguns , rifles and sawed off shotguns . in a similar event in seattle just days before , a missile launcher turned up and authorities were unsure if it was legally acquired or possibly stolen from the military . a man standing outside the event on saturday , identified by reuters as mason vranish , bought the military weapon for $ 100 from another person waiting in line , according to a local police detective . in late december , los angeles police said two rocket launchers were handed in by the city 's residents . the hefty weapons were among nearly 2,000 guns given up to police in exchange for $ 100 and $ 200 grocery store gift cards . inspection : bomb technicians inspected the rocket launchers found in tampa bay to make sure they were n't loaded .

<t> empty anti-tank weapon turns up in front of new jersey home . </t> <t> device handed over to army ordnance disposal unit . </t> <t> weapon not capable of being reloaded , experts say . </t>

rocket launcher tube found on lawn<T>

london , england -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a chronology of bombings and attempted bomb attacks in the mainland uk since the 1970s : . police close off streets around haymarket , in london 's busy theater district . june 29 , 2007 : police defuse a bomb consisting of 200 liters of fuel , gas cylinders and nails found in an abandoned car in haymarket , central london . a second car packed with gas and nails was later found to have been parked just a few hundred yards from the first , before it was towed away by traffic wardens in the early hours of friday for violating parking restrictions . police say two vehicles clearly linked . july 21 , 2005 : two weeks after the deadly 7/7 bombings , four men are alleged to have attempted to carry out a second wave of attacks against london 's transport network at three london underground stations and aboard a bus . but their alleged rucksack bombs fail to explode . july 7 , 2005 : four suicide bombers detonate themselves aboard three underground trains and a bus in a morning rush hour attack against london 's transport network , killing 52 people and injuring around 700 more . al qaeda claims responsibility in a video statement . august 2004 : anti-terrorist police disrupt a plot by islamic militants to blow up targets including the ministry of sound nightclub and the bluewater shopping center in southeast england using explosives packed into limousines and large vehicles . seven men are convicted in may 2007 and sentenced to up to 26 years in prison .<doc-sep>march 2001 : a car bomb explodes outside the bbc 's london headquarters , wounding one man . police blame the real ira , a republican splinter group opposed to the ira 's cease fire . april 1999 : three people die when a nail bomb explodes in the admiral duncan pub in london 's gay district -- the third in a spate of series of nail bomb attacks also targeting immigrant areas of the city that left dozens injured . a 23-year-old self-declared `` nazi '' , david copeland , is sentenced to six life terms . june 1996 : a massive ira bomb explodes in a shopping center in central manchester , injuring more than 200 people . february 1996 : two people die as ira terrorists detonate a bomb in london 's docklands area , causing damage estimated at around $ 170m and ending the group 's 17-month cease fire . april 1993 : an ira truck bomb devastates part of london 's financial district , killing one and wounding 44 .<doc-sep>march 1993 : two boys aged three and 12 are killed and dozens are injured by two bombs left in litter bins in warrington , northern england . the ira admits planting the bombs . april 1992 : a huge ira car bomb in london 's financial district kills three people and wounds 91 . february 1991 : ira terrorists launch a mortar attack at prime minister john major 's downing street offices . no-one is injured . september 1989 : eleven people die and 22 are wounded when an ira bomb explodes at a royal marine music school in deal , southern england . december 1988 : a pan am airliner explodes over the scottish town of lockerbie , killing 259 aboard and 11 people on the ground . libyan agent abdel basset al-megrahi , convicted of the attack in 2001 , was this week granted the right to mount a fresh appeal . -lrb- read about lockerbie bomber -rrb- .<doc-sep>october 1984 : five people die in an ira bomb attack on a hotel in brighton , southern england , where prime minister margaret thatcher and her cabinet are staying for the conservative party 's annual conference . december 1983 : an ira bomb at london 's harrods department store kills six people . july 1982 : two ira bomb attacks on soldiers in london 's parks kill 11 people and wound 50 . october-november 1974 : a wave of ira bombs in british pubs in birmingham and guildford kill 28 people and wound more than 200 . february 1974 : a coach carrying soldiers and families in northern england is bombed by the ira , killing 12 and wounding 14 . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>london , england -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a chronology of bombings and attempted bomb attacks in the mainland uk since the 1970s : . police close off streets around haymarket , in london 's busy theater district . june 29 , 2007 : police defuse a bomb consisting of 200 liters of fuel , gas cylinders and nails found in an abandoned car in haymarket , central london . a second car packed with gas and nails was later found to have been parked just a few hundred yards from the first , before it was towed away by traffic wardens in the early hours of friday for violating parking restrictions . police say two vehicles clearly linked . july 21 , 2005 : two weeks after the deadly 7/7 bombings , four men are alleged to have attempted to carry out a second wave of attacks against london 's transport network at three london underground stations and aboard a bus . but their alleged rucksack bombs fail to explode . july 7 , 2005 : four suicide bombers detonate themselves aboard three underground trains and a bus in a morning rush hour attack against london 's transport network , killing 52 people and injuring around 700 more . al qaeda claims responsibility in a video statement . august 2004 : anti-terrorist police disrupt a plot by islamic militants to blow up targets including the ministry of sound nightclub and the bluewater shopping center in southeast england using explosives packed into limousines and large vehicles . seven men are convicted in may 2007 and sentenced to up to 26 years in prison .<doc-sep>by . rosie taylor . published : . 10:36 est , 5 august 2013 . | . updated : . 10:36 est , 5 august 2013 . a playwright who created a play about suicide bombers caused a major security scare when he threw a prop bomb away in a bin . ethan fisbane had chucked out the fake bomb as he cleared out his flat in manhattan ahead of moving home - but it was found by the building 's caretaker who called the police . a huge number of nypd police officers descended on the area , including members of the bomb squad and emergency service unit , while the joint terrorism task force was put on notice . scroll down for video . scare : playwright ethan fishbane caused a major security scare when he threw out an old prop bomb from his play about suicide bombers . the 23-year-old from new jersey told the new york post that he ` did n't think ' when he threw the bomb away .<doc-sep>twitter user miguel ausina . photographed people leaving westfield and wrote : ` westfield stratford . being evacuated due to possible bomb scare . ' restricted area : a police officer lifts a cordon and directs a shopper , laden with bags , to a waiting area . over there : a police offer directs a shopper to a waiting area , while standing behind a cordon . waiting : thousands of shoppers were pictured outside the centre in east london following the evacuation .<doc-sep>cairns had arranged to leave the parcel containing the key impressions in the left luggage locker at paddington station to be picked up by a contact who could make copies . moors muderers : ian brady and myra hindley killed and tortured children in the 1960s . hunt : police search for bodies of those killed by brady and hindley on saddleworth moor . but when she arrived police told them . luggage was not being accepted because of an ira bomb scare , so she . posted them to the contact at a garage in ilford , east london , with a . set of instructions . but the plot was exposed after the . contact was suspicious of the parcel when it arrived and , fearing it . might be a bomb , asked an off duty police officer who was at the garage . to open it . when officers later searched cairns ' flat they found hindley 's false driving licence and 20 pictures of the . killer posing in her cell . cairns later pleaded guilty to the escape . plan and was jailed for six years . the prison records were originally . intended to be sealed for 100 years but were released into the national . archives after hindley 's death . dr tom clark , a lecturer at sheffield . university who has studied the records , said the plan was the closest . hindley ever got to going free . he said : ` it was only because of an ira bomb scare and a suspicious policeman that the plot failed . ` she then turned to more conventional . routes to secure her release , but never really came close to having her . case heard by the parole board . '

<t> two cars loaded with gasoline and nails found abandoned in london friday . </t> <t> 52 people killed on july 7 , 2005 after bombs exploded on london bus , trains . </t> <t> british capital wracked by violence by the ira for years . </t>

london bomb scare : a chronology of attacks<T>

san francisco , california -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a magnitude 4.2 earthquake shook the san francisco area friday at 4:42 a.m. pt -lrb- 7:42 a.m. et -rrb- , the u.s. geological survey reported . the quake left about 2,000 customers without power , said david eisenhower , a spokesman for pacific gas and light .<doc-sep>under the usgs classification , a magnitude 4.2 earthquake is considered `` light , '' which it says usually causes minimal damage . `` we had quite a spike in calls , mostly calls of inquiry , none of any injury , none of any damage that was reported , '' said capt. al casciato of the san francisco police . `` it was fairly mild . '' watch police describe concerned calls immediately after the quake ''<doc-sep>the quake was centered about two miles east-northeast of oakland , at a depth of 3.6 miles , the usgs said . oakland is just east of san francisco , across san francisco bay . an oakland police dispatcher told cnn the quake set off alarms at people 's homes . the shaking lasted about 50 seconds , said cnn meteorologist chad myers .<doc-sep>according to the usgs , magnitude 4.2 quakes are felt indoors and may break dishes and windows and overturn unstable objects . pendulum clocks may stop . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>newsom is former mayor of san francisco , a city that sits near the hayward fault and the san andreas fault , `` the one that fear is most instilled in us . '' but the san francisco bay area is less likely to see a massive earthquake soon , as only about a century has passed since the great 1906 earthquake . yet `` moderate-sized , potentially damaging earthquakes could occur in this area at any time , '' the geological survey warmed . in 1989 , a 6.9-magnitude quake struck the bay area during baseball 's world series . the loma prieta earthquake caused 63 deaths , 3,757 injuries and an estimated $ 6 billion in property damage , according to the geological survey . what about the 1994 northridge quake ? that mammoth tremor was n't on the san andreas fault ; it actually occurred on a fault that no one knew about . that 6.7-magnitude southern california quake killed 57 people and caused $ 42 billion in total damage . but even the northridge quake could pale in comparison to the devastation that the `` big one '' on the san andreas could bring . `` it would be like having a northridge here and northridge here and northridge here , '' caltech seismologist kate hutton said this year , indicating swaths of a california map . `` it covers such a wide area that it would be ... a major disaster for the nation . '' six things we 've learned since 1994 northridge earthquake . why is the san andreas fault so notorious ? the san andreas is considered `` the ` master ' fault of an intricate fault network , '' the geological survey said . it 's the fault responsible for the 1906 san francisco earthquake , which killed about 700 people . the 800-mile-long fault is the boundary between the pacific plate and north american plate . and because the pacific plate shifts about 2 inches a year , the geological survey said , los angeles and san francisco will become next-door neighbors -lrb- though not for about 15 million years -rrb- . so while it 's impossible for the san andreas to sweep california out into the ocean , the geological survey said , southwestern california is slowly -- very slowly -- sliding past the rest of the state toward alaska . cnn 's michael martinez , kyung lah and ashley fantz contributed to this report .<doc-sep>amtrak was running a shuttle between the san francisco and martinez stations for coast starlight and california zephyr passengers . the pieces that fell -- a cross beam and tie rods -- came from the same section that was repaired in september over labor day weekend , when crews worked almost around the clock to fix a crack in the span . a 50-foot section of the bridge collapsed in 1989 during the loma prieta earthquake , killing one person and prompting efforts to make it quake-tolerant . the whole bay bridge is slated to be replaced in 2013 , said patrick siegman , a transportation planner at nelson nygaard consulting associates , a national transportation planning firm based in san francisco . the bridge is `` really showing its age , '' he said . `` it 's kind of a race against time to finish the new bridge before the next quake hits . ''<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- costa rican officials surveyed damage wednesday after a major earthquake rattled the country 's northwest coast . the 7.6-magnitude quake was `` one of the strongest earthquakes '' ever to hit the central american nation , president laura chinchilla said . the president praised residents ' response , saying there were no reports of major physical damage from the quake . `` costa ricans knew how to react , '' she said . the quake struck costa rica 's nicoya peninsula wednesday morning , on the pacific coast about 87 miles west of the capital , san jose . it was centered more than 28 miles deep . schools in the hardest hit areas will be closed thursday and friday while engineers inspect buildings for damage , chinchilla said . officials gave conflicting reports about whether anyone had been killed . late wednesday chinchilla said there were `` no human losses , '' but earlier emergency officials said at least one person had died from a heart attack suffered during the quake . `` it started out pretty mild , but then it really got going , '' said bill root , owner of a hotel in samara , also near the epicenter . `` it was a very strong earthquake . everything was falling off the shelves and the ground was rolling . '' costa rica 's national emergency commission reported debris on roads , electrical outages and some structural damage in homes , especially on the nicoya peninsula , about 14 kilometers -lrb- 8 miles -rrb- from the epicenter . red cross ambulances evacuated patients from two damaged hospitals , said enrique guevara , a spokesman for the red cross in the americas . hours after the quake , authorities canceled all tsunami warnings and watches . cnn affiliate teletica showed people streaming out of buildings when the earthquake hit . telephone service was knocked out in cities near the epicenter , teletica reported . the station showed photos submitted by viewers of a partially collapsed bridge over the rio sucio and a landslide on a highway . other photos showed floors littered with merchandise inside stores and homes with minor damages . `` it 's unnerving when solid concrete beneath you is shaking from side to side . it was pretty scary , '' said david boddinger , editor of the english-language tico times in san jose . seismologists have been predicting a strong quake in that area for years now , and costa ricans were wondering if this was the big one , he said . cnn 's catherine e. shoichet , antoinette campbell and christine theodorou contributed to this report .<doc-sep>stop instantly whenever the system flashes a hazard warning for the are , . allen said . lucy . jones , senior adviser for risk reduction for the u.s. geological survey . -lrb- usgs -rrb- , one of the monitoring network partners , said a lot of the . technology needed for the system is already in place . ` if we were building it from scratch , it would cost $ 650 million , ' she said . california state sen. alex padilla , d-los angeles , reaches to point at a graphic describing how an earthquake warning system might work , as dr. douglas given of the u.s. geological survey watches . the california area 's probability of suffering an earthquake . it would take from one to three years to fully launch the new system , jones said . the system is based on a highly . sophisticated algorithm that can send out a signal from any one of the . 2,000 quake-detecting instruments now in place up and down the state . an alert would go out whenever the . system senses a temblor 's first pulse of short shock waves - known as p . waves - that speed through the ground just as a seismic fault starts to . rupture . california has suffered a number of . major earthquakes , with a 1906 quake reducing much of the centre of san . francisco to rubble in what is . considered the worst natural disaster in u.s. history . the . subsequent fire that engulfed the city left more than 3,000 dead and . thousands more injured . the great earthquake measured 7.9 on the richter scale as was felt as far away as orgeon , los angeles and nevada . this photo provided by the museum of modern art shows a stereo image of san francisco city hall made after the 1906 earthquake and fire that devastated the city . around 227,000 and 300,000 people were left homeless out of a population of about 410,000 and lead to refugee camps set up along the coast , which were still operational two years after the quake . the cost of the damage from the earthquake was estimated at the time to be around $ 400million , which is around $ 9.5 billion in today 's money . aerial view of los angeles freeway damaged by earthquake on january 17 , 1994 . los angeles has also been hit in recent years . on january 17 , 1994 , the northridge . earthquake hit reseda , a neighborhood in los angeles , california , . lasting for about 10 -- 20 seconds , causing major damage to building , and . freeways to collapse , with strong ground motion felt as far away as las . vegas , nevada , about 220 miles -lrb- 360 km -rrb- from the epicenter . earthquake damage in san francisco on 18 oct 1989 , the day after the loma prieta earthquake . researchers hope the new system could minise the loss of life from major california earthquakes in the future .

<t> 2,000 customers without electricity , power company says . </t> <t> magnitude 4.2 quake set off home alarms , says oakland police dispatcher . </t> <t> `` it was fairly mild , '' police say , no immediate reports of injuries , damage . </t> <t> it was centered two miles east-northeast of oakland , about 3.6 miles deep . </t>

` mild ' quake shakes san francisco<T>

-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- at least 14 people were killed and 60 others wounded thursday when a bomb ripped through a crowd waiting to see algeria 's president in batna , east of the capital of algiers , the algerie presse service reported . a wounded person gets first aid shortly after thursday 's attack in batna , algeria . the explosion occurred at 5 p.m. about 20 meters -lrb- 65 feet -rrb- from a mosque in batna , a town about 450 kilometers -lrb- 280 miles -rrb- east of algiers , security officials in batna told the state-run news agency . the bomb went off 15 minutes before the expected arrival of president abdel-aziz bouteflika .<doc-sep>it was n't clear if the bomb was caused by a suicide bomber or if it was planted , the officials said . later thursday , algeria 's interior minister noureddine yazid zerhouni said `` a suspect person who was among the crowd attempted to go beyond the security cordon , '' but the person escaped `` immediately after the bomb exploded , '' the press service reported . bouteflika made his visit to batna as planned , adding a stop at a hospital to visit the wounded before he returned to the capital . there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing .<doc-sep>algeria faces a continuing islamic insurgency , according to the cia . in july , 33 people were killed in apparent suicide bombings in algiers that were claimed by an al qaeda-affiliated group . bouteflika said terrorist acts have nothing in common with the noble values of islam , the press service reported . e-mail to a friend . cnn 's mohammed tawfeeq contributed to this report .<doc-sep>at least 14 people were killed and 23 injured in the pakistani city of quetta on saturday , after a bomb exploded on a bus in a university campus and militants released a second bomb as they stormed the hospital where victims were being treated . the first blast ripped through a bus standing on the campus of sardar bahadur khan women 's university at brewery road while the students and faculty members were waiting to go home . many women sustained severe burn injuries as the explosion triggered a fire . tv footage showed flames and black smoke emerging from the bus , which was reduced to a blackened heap of metal . attack : a bomb blast tore through a bus carrying female university students in southwestern pakistan killing several people . militants blew up a historic building in ziarat in violence-plagued in southwest pakistan after shooting dead a guard in a predawn attack . police officials said 14 female students were killed . about an hour later , another blast occurred inside the bolan medical complex where the 23 injured , mostly students , were being taken in . the historic building that was blown up by militants in ziarat had been the residence of mohammad ali jinnah , the founder of pakistan .<doc-sep>at least 14 people have been killed and more than 200 wounded after a powerful car bomb ripped through a southern suburb of the capital of lebanon . dozens of others were trapped in burning cars and buildings following the blast in beirut . the violence is being linked to the conflict in neighbouring syria , officials have said . the blast was the second such explosion in just over a month in southern beirut , which is an overwhelmingly shia area controlled by hezbollah . lebanese emergency workers attempt to tackle the flames at the site of a car bomb in southern beirut . at least 14 have been killed and more than 200 injured in the explosion . dozens of ambulances rushed to the scene of the explosion and firefighters were seen using ladders trying to evacuate residents from burning buildings . it is the deadliest attack in decades against the neighbourhoods which are considered bastions of support for hezbollah .<doc-sep>the dead lie stacked up on trays , while the survivors fight for their lives in hospital . these are the young victims of a suicide bomber triggered an explosion while football fans were watching the world cup in nigeria . at least 14 people were killed in the blast which went off in damaturu , the capital of yobe state , soon after the brazil vs mexico game on tuesday night . an eleven-year-old boy who survived a bomb explosion targetting football fans in a viewing centre by suspected boko haram islamists lies on a bed receiving treatment in a government hospital in damaturu , northern nigeria . some of the dead football fans killed by a bomb explosion lie in the morgue in a government hospital in damaturu , northern nigeria . the explosion at an illegal world cup viewing site in damaturu northeast nigeria killed at least 14 people . witnesses said a tricycle taxi was driven into the outdoor area before the bomb went off . police . said the death toll was 14 , with 26 people wounded . one hospital worker . told the bbc however that he had counted 21 bodies .<doc-sep>baghdad -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- sectarian violence flared anew in iraq friday as bombers struck several shiite mosques , killing at least 18 worshipers and wounding scores more , police said . five of the attacks -- all of them car bombs -- targeted five mosques in baghdad , killing at least 14 people and wounding 30 . according to baghdad police : . -- one of the blasts struck worshipers leaving the al-mustafa mosque in the al-jihad neighborhood of southwestern baghdad , killing at least three people and wounding eight . -- in the zafaraniya neighborhood of southeastern baghdad , five people were killed and seven wounded when a car bomb exploded outside the al-sadreen shiite mosque . -- in the al-binook neighborhood , also in southeastern baghdad , four people were killed and five were wounded when a car bomb exploded outside a shiite mosque as worshipers were departing . -- in the al-qahira neighborhood of northeastern baghdad , two people were killed and five wounded when a car bomb detonated outside the ahal al-bayt shiite mosque . -- and a car bomb exploded outside a shiite mosque in eastern baghdad 's talabiya neighborhood , wounding 10 people . about 240 kilometers -lrb- 150 miles -rrb- north of baghdad , in southern kirkuk , police said four people were killed and 60 wounded by a car bomb followed by a suicide blast that targeted a shiite mosque . most of the casualties were shiite worshipers , police told cnn . after the blast at the al-mustafa mosque , people rushed from the neighborhood to the place of worship to check on their relatives ' welfare .

<t> bomb victims waiting for presidential visit . </t> <t> blast went off 15 minutes before president 's arrival . </t> <t> algeria faces islamic insurgency . </t> <t> al qaeda-affiliated group claimed july attacks . </t>

14 killed in algeria bomb blast<T>

-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a virus found in healthy australian honey bees may be playing a role in the collapse of honey bee colonies across the united states , researchers reported thursday . honey bees walk on a moveable comb hive at the bee research laboratory , in beltsville , maryland . colony collapse disorder has killed millions of bees -- up to 90 percent of colonies in some u.s. beekeeping operations -- imperiling the crops largely dependent upon bees for pollination , such as oranges , blueberries , apples and almonds . the u.s. department of agriculture says honey bees are responsible for pollinating $ 15 billion worth of crops each year in the united states . more than 90 fruits and vegetables worldwide depend on them for pollination . signs of colony collapse disorder were first reported in the united states in 2004 , the same year american beekeepers started importing bees from australia . the disorder is marked by hives left with a queen , a few newly hatched adults and plenty of food , but the worker bees responsible for pollination gone .<doc-sep>the virus identified in the healthy australian bees is israeli acute paralysis virus -lrb- iapv -rrb- -- named that because it was discovered by hebrew university researchers . although worker bees in colony collapse disorder vanish , bees infected with iapv die close to the hive , after developing shivering wings and paralysis . for some reason , the australian bees seem to be resistant to iapv and do not come down with symptoms . scientists used genetic analyses of bees collected over the past three years and found that iapv was present in bees that had come from colony collapse disorder hives 96 percent of the time . but the study released thursday on the science express web site , operated by the journal science , cautioned that collapse disorder is likely caused by several factors . `` this research give us a very good lead to follow , but we do not believe iapv is acting alone , '' said jeffery s. pettis of the u.s. department of agriculture 's bee research laboratory and a co-author of the study . `` other stressors on the colony are likely involved . ''<doc-sep>this could explain why bees in australia may be resistant to colony collapse . `` there are no cases ... in australia at all , '' entomologist dave britton of the australian museum told the sydney morning herald last month . `` it is a northern hemisphere phenomenon . '' bee ecology expert and university of florida professor jamie ellis said earlier this year that genetic weakness bred into bees over time , pathogens spread by parasites and the effects of pesticides and pollutants might be other factors . researchers also say varroa mites affect all hives on the u.s. mainland but are not found in australia . university of georgia bee researcher keith s. delaplane said thursday the study offers a warning -- and hope .<doc-sep>`` one nagging problem has been a general inability to treat or vaccinate bees against viruses of any kind , '' said delaplane , who has been trying to breed bees resistant to the varroa mite . `` but in the case of iapv , there is evidence that some bees carry genetic resistance to the disorder . this is yet one more argument for beekeepers to use honey bee stocks that are genetically disease - and pest-resistant . '' bee researchers will now look for stresses that may combine to kill bees . `` the next step is to ascertain whether iapv , alone or in concert with other factors , can induce ccd -lsb- colony collapse disorder -rsb- in healthy bees , '' said ian lipkin , director of the center for infection and immunity at columbia university mailman school of public health . besides the columbia and usda researchers , others involved in the study released thursday include researchers from pennsylvania state university , the pennsylvania department of agriculture , the university of arizona and 454 life sciences . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>` social learning in animals usually involves one individual observing and imitating another , although other kinds of communication can also be involved , ' said ms mirwan . ` they could try for up to 30 minutes , but most gave up before then . ' in a final test , she placed experienced bees in a hive with naïve bees . when the naïve bees were allowed to forage on the artificial flowers , they gained the syrup in three-and-a-half minutes . behavioural scientists usually assume that observation and imitation are at the heart of social learning , but social insects such as bees can also transmit information through touch , vibration and smell . the researchers said the communication method used by the bees is still a mystery . ` we ca n't quite explain how bees that had never even seen an artificial flower were able to become adept so quickly at foraging on them , but clearly some in-hive communication took place , ' said professor kevan . ` it suggests that social learning in bumblebees is even more complex than we first expected . ' earlier this year scientists in croatia unveiled specially-bred colonies of bees that can detect buried landmines from more than three miles away . the bees are trained by being fed an irresistible sugar solution mixed with the smell of explosives .<doc-sep>alarming headlines two years ago about the mysterious disappearance of honeybees prompted filmmakers to follow beekeepers from south carolina , montana , and washington as they traveled with their colonies to pollinate california 's massive almond crop . director jeremy simmons said they wanted to show `` more than what was in the paper '' about the mystery . `` there is a really powerful connection between a human being and a bee because we 've tended bees for thousand of years , '' bailey said . `` it 's such an old tradition and bees are incredibly sophisticated , evolved creatures . '' the cameras rolled as these beekeepers faced `` colony collapse disorder , '' a still unexplained phenomenon which scientists estimate has wiped out almost a third of the domestic honeybee hives in the united states . nomadic beekeepers truck their bee colonies across the country , following the pollination seasons for almonds , apples , cotton and other crops dependent on their insects . nicole ulibarri , who inherited her father 's montana beekeeping business last year , said it 's a roller coaster ride for both the bees and the beekeepers .<doc-sep>by . sarah griffiths . published : . 06:18 est , 14 august 2013 . | . updated : . 06:21 est , 14 august 2013 . urban beekeepers who set up hives in cities could be harming honey bees , scientists claim pictured is a hive on the roof of mitre house in regents street , london . british scientists claim urban beekeepers who set up hives in cities - in a bid to help the ailing honey bee population - could actually be harming the creatures . research has revealed that bees living in city hives can not find enough flowers to feed on locally and can end up sick or starving to death . the scientists suggest people living in cities who want to help the bees should grow bee-friendly flowers instead of setting up hives for the insects . spurred on by widespread coverage of . declining bee numbers , urban beekeeping has never been more popular , . particularly in london . but scientists at the university of sussex have warned the boom could be bad for honey bees and . other flower-visiting insects as it risks overtaxing the available . nectar and pollen supply , and potentially encourages the spread of . diseases . professor francis ratnieks and dr karin alton from the laboratory of apiculture and social insects -lrb- lasi -rrb- at the university , explored the trend and public perception of honey bee decline . they also looked at the various awareness campaigns that have called on the public to get involved and help the bees , in a study published in the biologist . the duo noted that most of the promotion of beekeeping is directed at urban areas , especially london . data from beebase , a register of apiaries maintained by the uk 's national bee unit , showed that in five years - from 2008 to 2013 - the number of beekeepers in greater london tripled from . 464 to 1,237 and the number of hives doubled from 1,677 to more than .<doc-sep>by . pete d'amato . bees are dropping like flies in colorado , with some pollinators seen dying in midflight , scaring some homeowners into getting rid of pesticides on their properties . residents in north boulder , located 30 miles northwest of denver , are growing accustomed to the the sight of honey bee corpses littering their properties . ' i sweep them up in the morning . i sweep them up again if i 'm here midday . and i sweep them again at night , ' resident kit vanwinkle told cbs denver . bee horror : honeybees are dropping dead in boulder , colorado , and residents worry that pesticides used on their lawns are to blame . yellow lawn flags became a mark of death , neighbors say . vanwinkle says she began seeing small flags warning residents that an area is sprayed with pesticide at the same time she noticed bees were dying . throughout the united states , honeybees and other pollinators are dying in large numbers , a phenomenon known as colony collapse . the . cause of the deaths was a mystery for years , but scientists now believe . that a type of pesticide known as ` neonicotinoids ' is the prime . suspect , according to the washington post . residents in one colorado community decided they 'd had enough with toxic lawn care and created the first bee safe neighborhood . around 75 homeowners banded together , pledging not to use pesticides on their properties . toxic lawns : residents noticed more bees dying near areas sprayed with pesticides in the suburban community . one bee-friendly homeowner , david wheeler , knows what is at stake in a world without bees . ` bees are pollinators , ' he explained . ` without them you would n't be eating almonds , oranges , apples , squash , tomatoes , anything that has a flower . ' residents are now calling for the state 's pesticide control board to weigh in on the issue .

<t> colony collapse disorder has killed millions of bees . </t> <t> scientists suspect a virus may combine with other factors to collapse colonies . </t> <t> disorder first cropped up in 2004 , as bees were imported from australia . </t> <t> $ 15 billion in u.s. crops each year dependent on bees for pollination . </t>

scientists find clue in mystery of the vanishing bees<T>

washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- vice president dick cheney will serve as acting president briefly saturday while president bush is anesthetized for a routine colonoscopy , white house spokesman tony snow said friday . bush is scheduled to have the medical procedure , expected to take about 2 1/2 hours , at the presidential retreat at camp david , maryland , snow said . bush 's last colonoscopy was in june 2002 , and no abnormalities were found , snow said . the president 's doctor had recommended a repeat procedure in about five years . the procedure will be supervised by dr. richard tubb and conducted by a multidisciplinary team from the national naval medical center in bethesda , maryland , snow said . a colonoscopy is the most sensitive test for colon cancer , rectal cancer and polyps , small clumps of cells that can become cancerous , according to the mayo clinic . small polyps may be removed during the procedure .<doc-sep>snow said that was the case when bush had colonoscopies before becoming president . snow himself is undergoing chemotherapy for cancer that began in his colon and spread to his liver . snow told reporters he had a chemo session scheduled later friday . watch snow talk about bush 's procedure and his own colon cancer '' `` the president wants to encourage everybody to use surveillance , '' snow said . the american cancer society recommends that people without high-risk factors or symptoms begin getting screened for signs of colorectal cancer at age 50 . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>bush dui . rove cites a particularly touchy subject that emerged during the 2000 presidential campaign : bush 's 1976 arrest for driving while under the influence of alcohol . rove said that while bush told a few people about it , including himself , the governor did n't want it to be made public . the dui disclosure , which came out shortly before election day , was `` suspicious , '' rove says . he points a finger at vice president al gore 's campaign spokesman , chris lehane , as a possible source of the information getting out . '' -lsb- w -rsb- e had our suspicions and they centered on lehane , '' rove writes . `` he had been raised in kennebunk , was one of the democratic party 's best opposition researchers , had run the maine campaign for clinton-gore , worked on the white house rapid-response team handling scandals during the clinton years , played around in maine democratic politics ... '' cheney as a running mate . dick cheney , a defense secretary under president george h.w. bush and former wyoming congressman , was tasked to help then-candidate bush picking a running mate . some of the potential running mates that bush and his campaign considered included former sen. john danforth of missouri , former gov. lamar alexander of tennessee , along with sens. jon kyl of arizona and chuck hagel of nebraska , among others . but it would be cheney 's name that would resonate with bush at the time . rove says the governor was `` starting to feel that cheney was as good as any '' to fill the role . `` bush had become impressed with cheney 's thoroughness as head of the vp search and the intelligence and insights he offered in meetings ... bush liked cheney 's straightforward manner and his ability to question the fundamental premise of an argument , '' rove writes . rove also confronts rumors in the book that cheney picked himself , saying that accusation is `` far-fetched . '' `` i saw the man squirm as bush pressed him to accept , '' he wrote . valerie plame . rove writes that the low point for him personally during the bush presidency was when reporters were camped out at his home and he faced a possible indictment over leaking cia operative valerie plame 's name to the media -- an accusation he denies in the book . upon finding out that prosecutor patrick fitzgerald was not likely to charge him , he says he `` placed the receiver in its cradle and wept . '' john edwards . rove also wrote that he was most worried in the 2004 re-election campaign about then-sen . john edwards , who unsuccessfully sought the democratic presidential nomination that year . `` he was a fresh face , articulate and engaging , and attractive to the point of being almost too pretty , '' rove wrote . `` he was a product of the south , which had helped bill clinton a dozen years before . '' but rove also charged that edwards was unprincipled , flip-flopped on issues and was somewhat vain . `` edwards also seemed inordinately in love with his looks , his voice , with himself , '' rove said . rove 's memoir goes beyond the bush years , his criticism of the media and democrats . he also takes readers back to his childhood and opens up about how he dealt with his mother 's suicide .<doc-sep>the procedure was supervised by dr. richard tubb , bush 's physician , and conducted by a multidisciplinary team from the national naval medical center in bethesda , maryland , the white house said . bush 's last colonoscopy was in june 2002 , and no abnormalities were found , white house spokesman tony snow said . the president 's doctor had recommended a repeat procedure in about five years . a colonoscopy is the most sensitive test for colon cancer , rectal cancer and polyps , small clumps of cells that can become cancerous , according to the mayo clinic . small polyps may be removed during the procedure .<doc-sep>since obama has already released memos detailing the interrogation methods , cheney said , it is important to share the results of those interrogations with the public as well . `` i would not ordinarily be leading the charge to declassify classified information , otherwise they would n't call me darth vader for nothing , '' cheney said . but `` once the -lsb- obama -rsb- administration released the legal memos that gave the opinions that were used to guide the interrogation program , they 'd given away the store . ... i -lsb- therefore -rsb- thought it was important to have the results that were gained from that interrogation program front and center as well . '' on may 14 , the cia rejected the former vice president 's request to declassify the documents . cia spokesman paul gimigliano , in a written statement , said the two documents are the subject of pending lawsuits and therefore can not be declassified . cheney said monday that the memos previously released also were the subject of ongoing lawsuits . he said obama can release the additional documents with `` the stroke of a pen . '' on may 21 , cheney gave a full-throated defense of the bush administration 's enhanced interrogations of al qaeda prisoners during an appearance at the conservative american enterprise institute . he has said that the interrogations saved the lives of `` thousands , perhaps hundreds of thousands . '' he called the techniques the bush administration approved `` legal , essential , justified , successful and the right thing to do . ''since obama has already released memos detailing the interrogation methods , cheney said , it is important to share the results of those interrogations with the public as well . `` i would not ordinarily be leading the charge to declassify classified information , otherwise they would n't call me darth vader for nothing , '' cheney said . but `` once the -lsb- obama -rsb- administration released the legal memos that gave the opinions that were used to guide the interrogation program , they 'd given away the store . ... i -lsb- therefore -rsb- thought it was important to have the results that were gained from that interrogation program front and center as well . '' on may 14 , the cia rejected the former vice president 's request to declassify the documents . cia spokesman paul gimigliano , in a written statement , said the two documents are the subject of pending lawsuits and therefore can not be declassified . cheney said monday that the memos previously released also were the subject of ongoing lawsuits . he said obama can release the additional documents with `` the stroke of a pen . '' on may 21 , cheney gave a full-throated defense of the bush administration 's enhanced interrogations of al qaeda prisoners during an appearance at the conservative american enterprise institute . he has said that the interrogations saved the lives of `` thousands , perhaps hundreds of thousands . '' he called the techniques the bush administration approved `` legal , essential , justified , successful and the right thing to do . ''

<t> president bush will have a routine colonoscopy saturday . </t> <t> while he 's anesthetized , his powers will be transferred to the vice president . </t> <t> bush had last colonoscopy in 2002 , which found no problems . </t>

cheney to be in charge during bush colonoscopy<T>

london , england -- savers at a leading uk mortgage bank lined up for a second day to empty their accounts saturday , a day after the lender was bailed out by the bank of england after heavily slashing profit forecasts . fearful customers line up to withdraw cash from a northern rock branch in southeast london on friday . long lines formed before counters opened at the northern rock building society , one of the uk 's top five lenders , as worried customers ignored reassurances from the bank and the government . customers are believed to have already withdrawn about # 1 billion -lrb- $ 2 billion -rrb- since the bank 's woes were revealed , prompting speculation that the global credit crunch made raising funds through commercial borrowing difficult .<doc-sep>shares in northern rock dropped up to 30 percent in friday trading , with problems spilling over the european banking sector . the british bankers ' association has urged customers to `` calm down , '' according to the uk press association . it said : `` northern rock is a sound and safe bank and there is absolutely no reason for either mortgage customers or savers to worry . ''<doc-sep>meanwhile , finance minister alistair darling said the bank of england had stepped in `` to create a stable banking system '' . he said : `` people can use their accounts in the usual way , they can carry on making their mortgage payments in the usual way . northern rock will be able to carry on its business . '' northern rock chief executive adam applegarth said yesterday that the bank had yet to draw on the emergency cash , which he called `` a backdrop in case we need to use it '' , according to pa. . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>david . buik , a city commentator from broker panmure gordon , said : ` the bank . wants to make sure that any rates movement are not a surprise to . businesses and customers . ` it 's a very good thing for borrowers , but for savers it 's an unmitigated disaster . ' a combination of rate cuts on savings . accounts and high inflation has cost savers more than # 220billion , . according to campaign group save our savers .<doc-sep>loyal savers are receiving the worst interest rates since records began , figures show . rates have plunged to their lowest level in 15 years , with customers now getting an average of just 1.8 per cent on fixed-term savings accounts . despite being among the worst-paying accounts in britain , these have names such as halifax 's ` liquid gold ' -- offering just 0.05 per cent -- and lloyds bank 's ` platinum saver ' which has a 0.1 per cent rate . the elderly have been particularly affected by plummeting savings rates , as many rely on the interest on a nest egg to boost their pension income . the bank of england said the record low applied to accounts where you can not withdraw your savings before a set date . but accounts which allow easier access to cash are also paying near-record lows , at just 0.76 per cent on average . the bank of england 's base rate has been set at 0.5 per cent since march 2009 , which has dragged down savings rates . in addition , the government 's 2012 funding for lending scheme allowed banks to borrow # 80billion cheaply from the bank of england , meaning they no longer needed savers to fund loans . sylvia waycot , of moneyfacts.co.uk , said many pensioners ` have saved all their lives hoping to reap the rewards now , but they are not ' .<doc-sep>three out of four of the uk 's 50 million easy access savings accounts now earn less than the bank of england 's historically low base rate of 0.5 per cent . a report by the financial conduct authority found that more than # 160 billion is languishing in low-interest savings accounts . and five million people with more than # 5,000 in easy access accounts -- from which cash withdrawals can be made -- could have made up to # 650 million more in interest last year if they had switched to accounts with higher rates . three out of four of the uk 's 50 million easy access savings accounts now earn less than the bank of england 's historically low base rate of 0.5 per cent , a report by the financial conduct authority has found . it warned that banks are still making it too hard for customers to see what interest rates they are getting , or to switch to a rival . this has stifled competition and kept interest rates even lower , when savers are already suffering the worst returns on record . in its report , the watchdog found that despite offering lower-than-average interest rates , the biggest four providers -- hsbc , barclays , lloyds and rbs -- continued to attract the most savings , with those who had accounts opened five years ago or more suffering the worst returns . interest rates have plunged to their lowest level in 15 years , according to official figures , with fixed-term accounts attracting an average of just 1.8 per cent -- dropping to a tiny 0.76 per cent for easy access savings . interest rates have plunged to their lowest level in 15 years , according to official figures , with fixed-term accounts attracting an average of just 1.8 per cent -- dropping to a tiny 0.76 per cent for easy access savings . experts say it is a desperate time for savers , as the bank of england 's base rate has been at 0.5 per cent since march 2009 , and it is not expected to raise rates until at least the end of this year . banks are still making it too hard for customers to see what interest rates they are getting , or to switch . in order to ease the misery of savers , the fca said providers should be more transparent about reductions on interest rates and make it easier for customers to shop around . to make this happen , banks have been told they must clearly display the lowest rate of interest customers are receiving in all communications . it also suggested banks should send savers a regular statement which detailed how good -- or bad -- their interest rate was compared to others on the market . but the watchdog stopped short of banning controversial teaser rates , which offer high interest rates for a short time to lure new savers in before dropping them a little while later . a british bankers ' association spokesman said : ` the fca 's report identifies a number of proposed remedies which have the potential to make life even easier for customers and we will consider these carefully . '<doc-sep>prudent savers have been hit by a ` catastrophic ' fall in interest rates over the past year with accounts paying an average of just 0.44 per cent . many homeowners are benefiting from low interest rates , but a bank of england report yesterday laid bare the pain being inflicted on britain 's savers . with a nest egg of # 1,000 , the average account would earn interest of just # 4.40 a year -- which would then be taxed . ` catastrophic ' : savers have been hit with a fall in interest rates , with accounts paying an average of 0.44 per cent . but homeowners are being offered the cheapest loan deals since records began in 1998 . the average two-year fixed-rate deal for a person with a 25 per cent deposit charges 2.56 per cent . last august , homeowners were typically being charged 3.69 per cent , which means they are saving # 89 on the monthly repayments for a # 150,000 loan .

<t> savers at leading uk mortgage bank lined up to empty their accounts . </t> <t> northern rock was bailed out by the bank of england a day earlier . </t> <t> reassurances that banks was safe have gone unheeded by many . </t>

spooked savers empty bank accounts<T>

-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- football superstar , celebrity , fashion icon , multimillion-dollar heartthrob . now , david beckham is headed for the hollywood hills as he takes his game to u.s. major league soccer . cnn looks at how bekham fulfilled his dream of playing for manchester united , and his time playing for england . the world 's famous footballer has begun a five-year contract with the los angeles galaxy team , and on friday beckham will meet the press and reveal his new shirt number .<doc-sep>this week , we take an in depth look at the life and times of beckham , as cnn 's very own `` becks , '' becky anderson , sets out to examine what makes the man tick -- as footballer , fashion icon and global phenomenon . it 's a long way from the streets of east london to the hollywood hills and becky charts beckham 's incredible rise to football stardom , a journey that has seen his skills grace the greatest stages in world soccer . she goes in pursuit of the current hottest property on the sports/celebrity circuit in the u.s. and along the way explores exactly what 's behind the man with the golden boot .<doc-sep>cnn will look back at the life of beckham , the wonderfully talented youngster who fulfilled his dream of playing for manchester united , his marriage to pop star victoria , and the trials and tribulations of playing for england . we 'll look at the highs -lrb- scoring against greece -rrb- , the lows -lrb- being sent off during the world cup -rrb- , the man . u departure for the galacticos of madrid -- and now the home depot stadium in l.a. we 'll ask how beckham and his family will adapt to life in los angeles -- the people , the places to see and be seen and the celebrity endorsement .<doc-sep>beckham is no stranger to exposure . he has teamed with reggie bush in an adidas commercial , is the face of motorola , is the face on a playstation game and does n't need fashion tips as he has his own international clothing line . but what does the star couple need to do to become an accepted part of tinseltown 's glitterati ? the road to major league football in the u.s.a. is a well-worn route for some of the world 's greatest players . we talk to some of the former greats who came before him and examine what impact these overseas stars had on u.s. soccer and look at what is different now . we also get a rare glimpse inside the david beckham academy in l.a , find out what drives the kids and who are their heroes . the perception that in the u.s.a. soccer is a `` game for girls '' after the teenage years is changing . more and more young kids are choosing the european game over the traditional u.s. sports . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>here is the fanzone select eleven of noughties soccer heroes -- let fanzone know what you think by adding your comment at the bottom of the page . 1 . zinedine zidane : the three-time fifa world footballer of the year -lrb- 1998 , 2000 and 2003 -rrb- zidane brilliantly guided his nation france to the european title in 2000 . the most famous of the `` galacticos '' , he also inspired real madrid to domestic honors and the champions league title in 2002 . his career almost had a fairy tale ending , but an infamous sending off in extra time of the 2006 world cup final against italy saw his last game soiled with controversy . 2 . david beckham : the global power of brand beckham showed no sign of losing its luster as the decade came to an end as the former england captain remained the highest paid footballer in the world . super-fit at 34 , beckham continues to keep his place in fabio capello 's england and holds the record 115 caps for an outfield player . the midfielder won two english premier league titles with manchester united , a la liga title with real madrid and the western conference with la galaxy since the turn of the century . 3 . cristiano ronaldo : ronaldo became the most expensive player in football history after his $ 132 million transfer from manchester united to real madrid in 2009 , and his early performances for the spanish giants indicate he is worth every dime . 2008 fifa world player of the year ronaldo also captains the portugal national side and won the european champions league , the club world cup and three premier league titles with united .<doc-sep>real madrid midfielder james rodriguez models the new j10 range for colombian brand bronzini . the colombian star rose to prominence with a succession of excellent displays at the world cup . he follows the likes of david beckham and ronaldo as galacticos who have moved into the world of fashion .<doc-sep>there was a moment when david beckham had just joined la galaxy that he decided to take a wander into town . an amble around your new surroundings , especially those as glitzy as los angeles , would be commonplace for most people . for beckham , it can potentially cause hysteria . at la galaxy they were still unsure , at the time of his arrival , just how big golden balls would be in america . david beckham 's move to la galaxy in 2007 paved the way for premier league stars crossing the atlantic . the reaction was ginormous as hundreds of reporters and photographers turned up to la for him . beckham thought he would gauge the reaction and told a member of club staff he was popping out for a bit . ` do n't you think you should take that off ? ' they asked , wide-eyed with surprise and pointing to his la galaxy training top . beckham smiled . ` yes , this is what i 'm going to get recognised for ... ' the most famous face on the planet jokingly replied . for major league soccer , beckham was just the start . back when he signed , in july 2007 , beckham was surprised by the comparatively low-budget hotels and flights , when he had grown accustomed to exclusive accommodation and private jets . but his move paved the way for thierry henry , robbie keane and tim cahill , amongst many other global names , and change is in the air stateside .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- david beckham is planning showdown talks with l.a. galaxy teammate landon donovan , who questioned the english football star 's commitment to the mls team earlier this month . landon donovan , left , is unhappy with david beckham 's contribution at la galaxy . beckham said the u.s. national captain was `` unprofessional '' for publicly voicing his opinions , which were reported worldwide from the soon-to-be-published book `` the beckham experiment '' by sports illustrated writer grant wahl . `` in every football player 's eyes throughout the world , it would be unprofessional to speak out about a team-mate , especially in the press and not to your face , '' beckham said before watching the galaxy 's 1-0 win over chivas usa on saturday night . what do you think ? was donovan right ? `` in 17 years , i have played with the biggest teams in the world and the biggest players , and not once have i been criticized for my professionalism .

<t> beckham has agreed to a five-year contract with los angeles galaxy . </t> <t> new contract took effect july 1 , 2007 . </t> <t> former english captain to meet press , unveil new shirt number friday . </t> <t> cnn to look at beckham as footballer , fashion icon and global phenomenon . </t>

beckham : galacticos to galaxy<T>

bremen , germany -- carlos alberto , who scored in fc porto 's champions league final victory against monaco in 2004 , has joined bundesliga club werder bremen for a club record fee of 7.8 million euros -lrb- $ 10.7 million -rrb- . carlos alberto enjoyed success at fc porto under jose mourinho . `` i 'm here to win titles with werder , '' the 22-year-old said after his first training session with his new club . `` i like bremen and would only have wanted to come here . '' carlos alberto started his career with fluminense , and helped them to lift the campeonato carioca in 2002 . in january 2004 he moved on to fc porto , who were coached by josé mourinho , and the club won the portuguese title as well as the champions league . early in 2005 , he moved to corinthians , where he impressed as they won the brasileirão , but in 2006 corinthians had a poor season and carlos alberto found himself at odds with manager , emerson leão . their poor relationship came to a climax at a copa sul-americana game against club atlético lanús , and carlos alberto declared that he would not play for corinthians again while leão remained as manager . since january this year he has been on loan with his first club fluminense . bundesliga champions vfb stuttgart said on sunday that they would sign a loan agreement with real zaragoza on monday for ewerthon , the third top brazilian player to join the german league in three days . a vfb spokesman said ewerthon , who played in the bundesliga for borussia dortmund from 2001 to 2005 , was expected to join the club for their pre-season training in austria on monday . on friday , ailton returned to germany where he was the league 's top scorer in 2004 , signing a one-year deal with duisburg on a transfer from red star belgrade . e-mail to a friend .<doc-sep>former bundesliga champions werder bremen are ready to sign world cup top scoring striker miroslav klose if the opportunity arises , the club said on wednesday . the lazio player , who won the world cup with germany last year and is the tournament 's all-time top scorer , played at werder from 2004-7 scoring 53 goals in 89 matches , before joining bayern munich and then moving to italy in 2011 . ` it would be a dream . if everything fits why would we ever say no , that is if klose is still fit and he also has the will to come to bremen , ' werder coach viktor skripnik told reporters in turkey when asked about it .<doc-sep>bayern munich maintained their unbeaten start to the season after hammering werder bremen 6-0 at the allianz arena in the german top flight . with winger franck ribery making his comeback as a substitute on the hour , league leaders bayern were in complete control with philipp lahm and xabi alonso giving them an early two-goal cushion . with werder unable to counter the bavarian attacks , a 43rd-minute penalty from thomas muller and mario gotze 's shot two minutes later killed off the game before half-time . video scroll down to watch bayern munich 6-0 werder bremen : xavi alonso scores from free-kick . franck ribery came on as a substitute for arjen robben as bayern munich crushed werder bremen 6-0 at the allianz arena . bayern munich 's defender philipp lahm celebrates opening the scoring for bayern on an afternoon when he would score twice .<doc-sep>-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- italian giants juventus have completed the signing of brazil playmaker diego from german bundesliga club werder bremen in a $ 34 million deal . brazil playmaker diego , right , has completed his $ 34 million move to juventus from werder bremen . the 24-year-old , who missed the recent uefa cup final defeat against shakhtar donetsk because of suspension , has penned a five-year contract with the serie a giants . `` i am enthusiastic and delighted to be a part of such a prestigious club , '' said diego , whose contract at werder bremen was due to run until june 2011 . `` i have dreamed of this moment since i was a child . diego joined three seasons ago from porto and his werder farewell will be in the german cup final against bayer leverkusen at the weekend . `` after an experience in portugal and in the bundesliga , i will be able to prove my worth at a high level but difficult competition , '' he added .<doc-sep>the 25-year-old spent last season on loan with sevilla but the germany international could join fiorentina permanently for # 4.2 m if all goes well . chelsea agreed to sign marin from werder bremen in 2012 and he joined up with the squad during the summer , after they won the champions league . european expert : marko marin in action against sparta prague during chelsea 's 2013 europa league campaign .

<t> werder bremen pay a club record $ 10.7 million for carlos alberto . </t> <t> the brazilian midfielder won the champions league with fc porto in 2004 . </t> <t> since january he has been on loan with his first club , fluminense . </t>

werder bremen sign carlos alberto<T>