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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN)  -- In Pakistan's combustible Swat Valley, some girls refuse to wear uniforms so they can make it to school without being harmed.

Shiza Shahid, left, a 20-year-old Stanford University student, is helping to teach young girls in Pakistan.

Other girls hide textbooks in their shawls to escape harassment.

School-age girls are among the victims in the fierce fighting between government soldiers and Taliban militants in the Swat Valley. The Pakistani government said it has flushed much of the Taliban out of the area, but some fighting persists.

Many girls remain banned from schools. Dozens of their schools have been bombed, and militants have burned books.

A new program has taken 26 girls out of the battle-scarred region to Islamabad for a 10-day retreat, where they can learn in safer surroundings.

A group of college students of Pakistani background is helping the girls. Among them are Shiza Shahid, 20, from California's Stanford University, who organized the program called Shajar-e-llm, or Tree of Knowledge.

Shahid said she was moved to help after hearing about how the girls struggled to get an education.

"I think we were so angry, upset and emotional that we decided we have to do something," she said.  Watch as Shahid says she had to act to help the girls Â»

Though well-intentioned, the program sometimes seems disorganized.

"We need support. We need unfortunately more organization, more of the bureaucratic nitty-gritty that you don't want to do, but you have to," Shahid said. "We are young, and that does come with the burden as not being equally trusted or seen as capable."

Nonetheless, the group has ambitions for a boys' learning retreat as well.

The lessons are simple enough -- confidence-building exercises, critical-thinking lessons -- all framed in the context of Islamic values.

The girls -- ages 11 to 14 -- spoke about their dreams. One wants to meet a poet; another wants to learn calligraphy. Another wants to grow up to lead Pakistan.

"I want to become president and rule this country in a good way," said 12-year-old Malila.

One day during the retreat, the girls were taught a song about freedom of speech. As a guitarist strummed, the girls sang that God gives everyone the right to free speech and no one can take it away.

Free speech seemed to end with the song, however. The girls could not risk talking about Taliban harassment, because the militants' version of Islamic law lingers. Such Islamic law, or shariah, also keeps females from going to school or going outside without their husbands.

The United Nations estimates that 375,000 Swat Valley residents fled their homes during fighting that started in April. In all, 2.5 million Pakistanis were displaced in what was said to be one of the largest human migrations in recent history.

Many residents have returned to their homes, but peace has not been completely restored to the region.

And soon, the girls at the learning retreat will return home to the Swat Valley as well.

Organizers said they hope the girls will carry a new love for education.

"There were tears and there were tough moments," said Madihah Akhter, a volunteer with the program. "But the girls surprised me. They were really resilient. They were beyond their years."

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- British broadcaster Channel 4 has been criticized for creating a new television show which looks at how children as young as eight would cope without their parents for two weeks.

Channel 4 said the program was made with the parents' full consent.

Boys And Girls Alone -- which will be aired in the UK on Tuesday evening -- has been compared to adult reality show Big Brother.

The show allows 10 boys and 10 girls between the age of eight and 11 to create their own mini-societies, organizing everything from what they eat to how they should entertain themselves.

Ultimately the children are shown on camera squabbling over sleeping and cooking arrangements and, as they split into factions, some of them feel "picked on," the show's publicity says.

This has led to a stream of criticism from British lawmakers and children's charities, who have labeled Channel 4's "experiment" a disgrace that "served no purpose other than to cynically boost ratings," according to Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper.

Camila Batmanghelidjh, of the charity Kids Company, was quoted by The Daily Mirror as saying: "Any situation that leaves a group of young people without the mediating presence of a responsible adult is cruel and abusive." Do you agree? Share your views

Labour MP Denis MacShane told the newspaper that "children should be protected and not exploited for commercial gain."

However, Channel 4 defended the show and said it features "the kind of tussling you'd get in any playground -- but no physical violence."

It added that one boy pointed a knife and fork during the series but emphasized that no one was in any danger, Britain's Press Association reported.

"This is not a project for commercial gain. It is done with the parents' full consent," a Channel 4 spokesperson was quoted by PA as saying.

"They were watching and there were mentors and a clinical psychologist who made sure there were no problems."

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ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN)  -- I'm the mother of two daughters, a teen and a tween. So every day, I tiptoe through hormonally laced minefields hoping to avoid emotional carnage in response to any of my random comments or actions.

The cervical cancer vaccine, approved in 2006, is recommended for girls around 11 or 12.

As I tiptoe, I sometimes stumble, as any mother of girls that age knows. No adult woman in her right mind would knowingly, willingly utter comments that result in young people hissing, hurling verbal grenades such as, "Thanks, Mom, for calling me fat, AGAIN." Or "Are you EVEN listening to me?" Or any version of the very popular, "I hate YOU," "I hate you SO much," "I hate this family," or just plain "AAAARRRRGGGHHHHH!" followed by stomping feet and slamming doors.

So given this background, you might understand why, when I chose to broach the subject of the latest vaccine for young girls, I was braced for a fight. Oddly enough, for once, the battle didn't come.

I told my teenage daughter I wanted her to get the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine the next time she went to see her doctor.

"I don't want to."

"Well, sorry. You have to."

"I heard it hurts."

"Well, that's too bad. But it might prevent you from getting cancer later in life."

"Oh. (pause) OK."

If you were keeping score, you might chalk that one up as a Mom win.

The only problem with that is after winning over my daughter, I now had to convince myself. This drug has its own emotional battlefields.

The HPV vaccine has been available to the public for almost two years. When Merck launched it in 2006 under the name Gardasil, many people enthusiastically embraced it as a wonder drug. Dr. Kevin Ault, associate professor of gynecology and obstetrics at Emory University's School of Medicine, says the vaccine helps women avoid an assortment of ailments, some not too serious, but others that are potentially deadly.

"There are about 100 different types of human papillomavirus," he said. "Some of them are pretty common and not dangerous, like plantar warts or warts on your hand. About 30 of them infect the genital tract, and about a dozen of them are associated with cancer."  Health for Her: Watch more the HPV vaccine and girls Â»

In this case, the cancer Ault is talking about is cervical cancer.

The National Cancer Institute estimates that in 2008, there will be over 11,000 new cases of cervical cancer diagnosed and almost 4,000 women will die from it in the United States. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says that at least 50 percent of people who have had sex will have one type of HPV at some time in their lives.

Given those stats, this vaccine would seem like a pretty good thing, right?

The hitch is that the vaccine is suggested for adolescent girls, but the viruses in question are sexually transmitted. And that is one of the big reasons the HPV vaccine has divided parents in the question of "to give or not to give."

Let's face it. Parents don't like thinking about their daughters having sex at all. Ever. Now a new drug comes along, and not only are parents told they should embrace this new vaccine for their young daughters, but it's also part of the set of routine vaccines that doctors are strongly encouraged to give their patients.

Merck says the drug has been safely tested for girls and women between the ages of 9 and 26. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that girls get the vaccine at age 11 or 12.

Ault explains why youth is key. Human papillomavirus is sexually transmitted, "so one of the advantages of giving it to adolescents is that they are unlikely to have been sexually active, so they will not have been exposed to the virus before getting the vaccine." Another reason to do this early, Ault points out, is that "our immune system is a lot better when we are 11 than when we are, say, at 22."

Ault also suggests that parents could use this experience to teach their children about sex and, even more important, about the realities of life, such as sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies.

These arguments aren't convincing to some parents, the ones that are choosing not to have their daughters vaccinated. There are several reasons for doing this, including religious beliefs. Some faith-based groups feel the vaccine is inviting their young daughters to become sexually active.

Others believe the drug is just too risky. CDC spokesman Curtis Allen says the vaccine is constantly being monitored by a joint CDC /FDA hotline. Parents, patients and physicians can call the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, or VAERS, to report any adverse reaction to the vaccine.

Through a Freedom of Information Act petition, the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch  got records from VAERS that showed three deaths in girls who'd had the vaccine in March-April 2007 and over 1,600 adverse reactions reported from June 2006 to April 2007. All said the response came after getting the HPV vaccine.

Allen cautions restraint in considering the reports. "Most of these reactions were minor," he said, and the deaths "were linked to circumstances not related to the vaccine." The CDC and the FDA are constantly monitoring the VAERS hotline and won't hesitate to act should they see any dangerous trends due to the HPV vaccine, he said.

The vaccine does have some known side effects. Ault has seen his share. "I certainly hear from women who get the vaccine that it's painful, and I think some dizziness has been reported."

In fact, fainting has been added to the list of potential side effects to watch for. Allen says doctors are now recommending that girls stay in their doctor's office for a short period after they get the injection for just that reason.

Three injections are necessary to get the full benefit of the vaccine. The shots need to be administered over a six-month period and at this stage are guaranteed to work for at least five years.

All of this information leaves me confused. Frankly, I'm not really sure I have won myself over when it comes to the "shot or no shot" decision for my daughters. However, in the back of my mind, I hear the words a father spoke when he thought about not giving the vaccine to his still-young daughter.

He said, "How am I going to be able to turn to my daughter when she's older and tell her, 'When you were younger, I had the chance of making sure you never got a certain type of cancer, and I decided not to do it' ?"

That's an emotional minefield I truly don't think I'm emotionally equipped to walk through. E-mail to a friend

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text: slamming

text: doors

text: So

text: given

text: this

text: background

text: you

text: might

text: understand

text: why

text: when

text: I

text: chose

text: to

text: broach

text: the

text: subject

text: of

text: the

text: latest

text: vaccine

text: for

text: young

text: girls

text: I

text: was

text: braced

text: for

text: a

text: fight

text: Oddly

text: enough

text: for

text: once

text: the

text: battle

text: did

text: n't

text: come

text: I

text: told

text: my

text: teenage

text: daughter

text: I

text: wanted

text: her

text: to

text: get

text: the

text: HPV

text: human

text: papillomavirus

text: vaccine

text: the

text: next

text: time

text: she

text: went

text: to

text: see

text: her

text: doctor

text: I

text: do

text: n't

text: want

text: to

text: Well

text: sorry

text: You

text: have

text: to

text: I

text: heard

text: it

text: hurts

text: Well

text: that

text: 's

text: too

text: bad

text: But

text: it

text: might

text: prevent

text: you

text: from

text: getting

text: cancer

text: later

text: in

text: life

text: Oh

text: pause

text: OK

text: If

text: you

text: were

text: keeping

text: score

text: you

text: might

text: chalk

text: that

text: one

text: up

text: as

text: a

text: Mom

text: win

text: The

text: only

text: problem

text: with

text: that

text: is

text: after

text: winning

text: over

text: my

text: daughter

text: I

text: now

text: had

text: to

text: convince

text: myself

text: This

text: drug

text: has

text: its

text: own

text: emotional

text: battlefields

text: The

text: HPV

text: vaccine

text: has

text: been

text: available

text: to

text: the

text: public

text: for

text: almost

text: two

text: years

text: When

text: Merck

text: launched

text: it

text: in

text: under

text: the

text: name

text: Gardasil

text: many

text: people

text: enthusiastically

text: embraced

text: it

text: as

text: a

text: wonder

text: drug

text: Dr.

text: Kevin

text: Ault

text: associate

text: professor

text: of

text: gynecology

text: and

text: obstetrics

text: at

text: Emory

text: University

text: 's

text: School

text: of

text: Medicine

text: says

text: the

text: vaccine

text: helps

text: women

text: avoid

text: an

text: assortment

text: of

text: ailments

text: some

text: not

text: too

text: serious

text: but

text: others

text: that

text: are

text: potentially

text: deadly

text: There

text: are

text: about

text: different

text: types

text: of

text: human

text: papillomavirus

text: he

text: said

text: Some

text: of

text: them

text: are

text: pretty

text: common

text: and

text: not

text: dangerous

text: like

text: plantar

text: warts

text: or

text: warts

text: on

text: your

text: hand

text: About

text: of

text: them

text: infect

text: the

text: genital

text: tract

text: and

text: about

text: a

text: dozen

text: of

text: them

text: are

text: associated

text: with

text: cancer

text: Health

text: for

text: Her

text: Watch

text: more

text: the

text: HPV

text: vaccine

text: and

text: girls

text: Â

text: In

text: this

text: case

text: the

text: cancer

text: Ault

text: is

text: talking

text: about

text: is

text: cervical

text: cancer

text: The

text: National

text: Cancer

text: Institute

text: estimates

text: that

text: in

text: there

text: will

text: be

text: over

text: new

text: cases

text: of

text: cervical

text: cancer

text: diagnosed

text: and

text: almost

text: women

text: will

text: die

text: from

text: it

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: The

text: U.S.

text: Food

text: and

text: Drug

text: Administration

text: says

text: that

text: at

text: least

text: percent

text: of

text: people

text: who

text: have

text: had

text: sex

text: will

text: have

text: one

text: type

text: of

text: HPV

text: at

text: some

text: time

text: in

text: their

text: lives

text: Given

text: those

text: stats

text: this

text: vaccine

text: would

text: seem

text: like

text: a

text: pretty

text: good

text: thing

text: right

text: The

text: hitch

text: is

text: that

text: the

text: vaccine

text: is

text: suggested

text: for

text: adolescent

text: girls

text: but

text: the

text: viruses

text: in

text: question

text: are

text: sexually

text: transmitted

text: And

text: that

text: is

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: big

text: reasons

text: the

text: HPV

text: vaccine

text: has

text: divided

text: parents

text: in

text: the

text: question

text: of

text: to

text: give

text: or

text: not

text: to

text: give

text: Let

text: 's

text: face

text: it

text: Parents

text: do

text: n't

text: like

text: thinking

text: about

text: their

text: daughters

text: having

text: sex

text: at

text: all

text: Ever

text: Now

text: a

text: new

text: drug

text: comes

text: along

text: and

text: not

text: only

text: are

text: parents

text: told

text: they

text: should

text: embrace

text: this

text: new

text: vaccine

text: for

text: their

text: young

text: daughters

text: but

text: it

text: 's

text: also

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: set

text: of

text: routine

text: vaccines

text: that

text: doctors

text: are

text: strongly

text: encouraged

text: to

text: give

text: their

text: patients

text: Merck

text: says

text: the

text: drug

text: has

text: been

text: safely

text: tested

text: for

text: girls

text: and

text: women

text: between

text: the

text: ages

text: of

text: and

text: The

text: U.S.

text: Centers

text: for

text: Disease

text: Control

text: and

text: Prevention

text: recommends

text: that

text: girls

text: get

text: the

text: vaccine

text: at

text: age

text: or

text: Ault

text: explains

text: why

text: youth

text: is

text: key

text: Human

text: papillomavirus

text: is

text: sexually

text: transmitted

text: so

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: advantages

text: of

text: giving

text: it

text: to

text: adolescents

text: is

text: that

text: they

text: are

text: unlikely

text: to

text: have

text: been

text: sexually

text: active

text: so

text: they

text: will

text: not

text: have

text: been

text: exposed

text: to

text: the

text: virus

text: before

text: getting

text: the

text: vaccine

text: Another

text: reason

text: to

text: do

text: this

text: early

text: Ault

text: points

text: out

text: is

text: that

text: our

text: immune

text: system

text: is

text: a

text: lot

text: better

text: when

text: we

text: are

text: than

text: when

text: we

text: are

text: say

text: at

text: Ault

text: also

text: suggests

text: that

text: parents

text: could

text: use

text: this

text: experience

text: to

text: teach

text: their

text: children

text: about

text: sex

text: and

text: even

text: more

text: important

text: about

text: the

text: realities

text: of

text: life

text: such

text: as

text: sexually

text: transmitted

text: diseases

text: and

text: unwanted

text: pregnancies

text: These

text: arguments

text: are

text: n't

text: convincing

text: to

text: some

text: parents

text: the

text: ones

text: that

text: are

text: choosing

text: not

text: to

text: have

text: their

text: daughters

text: vaccinated

text: There

text: are

text: several

text: reasons

text: for

text: doing

text: this

text: including

text: religious

text: beliefs

text: Some

text: faith

text: based

text: groups

text: feel

text: the

text: vaccine

text: is

text: inviting

text: their

text: young

text: daughters

text: to

text: become

text: sexually

text: active

text: Others

text: believe

text: the

text: drug

text: is

text: just

text: too

text: risky

text: CDC

text: spokesman

text: Curtis

text: Allen

text: says

text: the

text: vaccine

text: is

text: constantly

text: being

text: monitored

text: by

text: a

text: joint

text: CDC

text: /FDA

text: hotline

text: Parents

text: patients

text: and

text: physicians

text: can

text: call

text: the

text: Vaccine

text: Adverse

text: Event

text: Reporting

text: System

text: or

text: VAERS

text: to

text: report

text: any

text: adverse

text: reaction

text: to

text: the

text: vaccine

text: Through

text: a

text: Freedom

text: of

text: Information

text: Act

text: petition

text: the

text: conservative

text: watchdog

text: group

text: Judicial

text: Watch

text: got

text: records

text: from

text: VAERS

text: that

text: showed

text: three

text: deaths

text: in

text: girls

text: who

text: 'd

text: had

text: the

text: vaccine

text: in

text: March

text: April

text: and

text: over

text: adverse

text: reactions

text: reported

text: from

text: June

text: to

text: April

text: All

text: said

text: the

text: response

text: came

text: after

text: getting

text: the

text: HPV

text: vaccine

text: Allen

text: cautions

text: restraint

text: in

text: considering

text: the

text: reports

text: Most

text: of

text: these

text: reactions

text: were

text: minor

text: he

text: said

text: and

text: the

text: deaths

text: were

text: linked

text: to

text: circumstances

text: not

text: related

text: to

text: the

text: vaccine

text: The

text: CDC

text: and

text: the

text: FDA

text: are

text: constantly

text: monitoring

text: the

text: VAERS

text: hotline

text: and

text: wo

text: n't

text: hesitate

text: to

text: act

text: should

text: they

text: see

text: any

text: dangerous

text: trends

text: due

text: to

text: the

text: HPV

text: vaccine

text: he

text: said

text: The

text: vaccine

text: does

text: have

text: some

text: known

text: side

text: effects

text: Ault

text: has

text: seen

text: his

text: share

text: I

text: certainly

text: hear

text: from

text: women

text: who

text: get

text: the

text: vaccine

text: that

text: it

text: 's

text: painful

text: and

text: I

text: think

text: some

text: dizziness

text: has

text: been

text: reported

text: In

text: fact

text: fainting

text: has

text: been

text: added

text: to

text: the

text: list

text: of

text: potential

text: side

text: effects

text: to

text: watch

text: for

text: Allen

text: says

text: doctors

text: are

text: now

text: recommending

text: that

text: girls

text: stay

text: in

text: their

text: doctor

text: 's

text: office

text: for

text: a

text: short

text: period

text: after

text: they

text: get

text: the

text: injection

text: for

text: just

text: that

text: reason

text: Three

text: injections

text: are

text: necessary

text: to

text: get

text: the

text: full

text: benefit

text: of

text: the

text: vaccine

text: The

text: shots

text: need

text: to

text: be

text: administered

text: over

text: a

text: six

text: month

text: period

text: and

text: at

text: this

text: stage

text: are

text: guaranteed

text: to

text: work

text: for

text: at

text: least

text: five

text: years

text: All

text: of

text: this

text: information

text: leaves

text: me

text: confused

text: Frankly

text: I

text: 'm

text: not

text: really

text: sure

text: I

text: have

text: won

text: myself

text: over

text: when

text: it

text: comes

text: to

text: the

text: shot

text: or

text: no

text: shot

text: decision

text: for

text: my

text: daughters

text: However

text: in

text: the

text: back

text: of

text: my

text: mind

text: I

text: hear

text: the

text: words

text: a

text: father

text: spoke

text: when

text: he

text: thought

text: about

text: not

text: giving

text: the

text: vaccine

text: to

text: his

text: still

text: young

text: daughter

text: He

text: said

text: How

text: am

text: I

text: going

text: to

text: be

text: able

text: to

text: turn

text: to

text: my

text: daughter

text: when

text: she

text: 's

text: older

text: and

text: tell

text: her

text: When

text: you

text: were

text: younger

text: I

text: had

text: the

text: chance

text: of

text: making

text: sure

text: you

text: never

text: got

text: a

text: certain

text: type

text: of

text: cancer

text: and

text: I

text: decided

text: not

text: to

text: do

text: it

text: That

text: 's

text: an

text: emotional

text: minefield

text: I

text: truly

text: do

text: n't

text: think

text: I

text: 'm

text: emotionally

text: equipped

text: to

text: walk

text: through

text: E

text: mail

text: to

text: a

text: friend

question: what was approved for use

answer: cervical cancer vaccine,

text: cervical cancer vaccine,

question: What are the side effects of the HPV vaccine?

answer: that it's painful, and I think some dizziness has been reported."

text: that it's painful, and I think some dizziness has been reported."

question: Who should get the vaccine?

answer: girls around 11 or 12.

text: girls around 11 or 12.

question: What can cause cervical cancer

answer: HPV (human papillomavirus)

text: HPV (human papillomavirus)


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(CNN) -- Of course the TV series Miami Vice seems dated now, but it's not just because Don Johnson's white Armani suits and slip-on shoes belong to a mercifully bygone era. The fact is, Miami is no longer the same city as the one portrayed in the 1980s cop show.

Party time in Little Havana.

The expansive sandy beaches are still there, as is the surfeit of sunshine, the hint of the exotic and the hordes of sun-hungry tourists who have flocked to this holiday hotspot for the last 80 years. But Miami has shed much of its unwanted baggage from the 80s and has grown beyond a resort town into something more substantial.

Still barely 100 years old, Miami was a tourist destination almost from its inception. The offshore sandbar called Miami Beach was quickly recognized as having all the ingredients of a world-class holiday resort and the hotel-building spree that took place in the 1920s and 30s has left Miami Beach with hundreds of stunning Art Deco structures that give the area its distinctive look

By the 1980s, as well as being the destination of choice for holiday makers, retirees and 'snowbirds' (Canadians and northern Americans wintering in Florida), Miami had attracted an uninvited guest -- the 'cocaine cowboy.' Miami's proximity to South America made it a key point of entry for Colombian cocaine smugglers and the city became a battleground for ruthless drug barons intent on grabbing their piece of the American Dream.

The mid 80s was the Miami Vice era, when the city's reputation for glamour and hedonism came with a side order of carjackings and gangland shootouts. But by the mid 90s, Miami had largely driven the cocaine cowboys out of town and hoteliers like Ian Schrager began converting some of those Art Deco classics into sophisticated boutique hotels fit for the international jet set. The guns may have gone but the glitz was never far away.

Now that Miami's been to rehab and come out cleaned up and healthy, it turns out there's more to the city than glitzy nightclubs and the surgically enhanced bodies of the beautiful people. Miami has acquired a reputation as the new kid on the block in the modern art scene, a reputation that was cemented when the world's most prestigious modern art fair, Art Basel, arrived in the city in 2002.

Just like the snowbirds, Art Basel returns to Miami each winter and the Wynwood neighborhood has now become a bona fide art district, with exclusive galleries showcasing cutting-edge art all year round. Nearby, the Design District is full of studios and workshops producing contemporary furniture and art.

Then there's the fact that Miami is one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world, with some 60% of the population born outside the U.S. The food, music, culture and language of Latin America have all become part of modern Miami, giving the city a cultural heritage that belies its youth.

But don't think Miami's reinvention as a cultural destination has done anything to dent it's appetite for the good times. When it comes to partying, there's not many places that can keep up with Miami, and even fewer that can do it with as much style. In truth, there's still a touch of the old Vice about Miami, and who knows, with the 80s revival, we may not have seen the last of those white suits.

text: CNN

text: Of

text: course

text: the

text: TV

text: series

text: Miami

text: Vice

text: seems

text: dated

text: now

text: but

text: it

text: 's

text: not

text: just

text: because

text: Don

text: Johnson

text: 's

text: white

text: Armani

text: suits

text: and

text: slip

text: on

text: shoes

text: belong

text: to

text: a

text: mercifully

text: bygone

text: era

text: The

text: fact

text: is

text: Miami

text: is

text: no

text: longer

text: the

text: same

text: city

text: as

text: the

text: one

text: portrayed

text: in

text: the

text: cop

text: show

text: Party

text: time

text: in

text: Little

text: Havana

text: The

text: expansive

text: sandy

text: beaches

text: are

text: still

text: there

text: as

text: is

text: the

text: surfeit

text: of

text: sunshine

text: the

text: hint

text: of

text: the

text: exotic

text: and

text: the

text: hordes

text: of

text: sun

text: hungry

text: tourists

text: who

text: have

text: flocked

text: to

text: this

text: holiday

text: hotspot

text: for

text: the

text: last

text: years

text: But

text: Miami

text: has

text: shed

text: much

text: of

text: its

text: unwanted

text: baggage

text: from

text: the

text: and

text: has

text: grown

text: beyond

text: a

text: resort

text: town

text: into

text: something

text: more

text: substantial

text: Still

text: barely

text: years

text: old

text: Miami

text: was

text: a

text: tourist

text: destination

text: almost

text: from

text: its

text: inception

text: The

text: offshore

text: sandbar

text: called

text: Miami

text: Beach

text: was

text: quickly

text: recognized

text: as

text: having

text: all

text: the

text: ingredients

text: of

text: a

text: world

text: class

text: holiday

text: resort

text: and

text: the

text: hotel

text: building

text: spree

text: that

text: took

text: place

text: in

text: the

text: and

text: has

text: left

text: Miami

text: Beach

text: with

text: hundreds

text: of

text: stunning

text: Art

text: Deco

text: structures

text: that

text: give

text: the

text: area

text: its

text: distinctive

text: look

text: By

text: the

text: as

text: well

text: as

text: being

text: the

text: destination

text: of

text: choice

text: for

text: holiday

text: makers

text: retirees

text: and

text: snowbirds

text: Canadians

text: and

text: northern

text: Americans

text: wintering

text: in

text: Florida

text: Miami

text: had

text: attracted

text: an

text: uninvited

text: guest

text: the

text: cocaine

text: cowboy

text: Miami

text: 's

text: proximity

text: to

text: South

text: America

text: made

text: it

text: a

text: key

text: point

text: of

text: entry

text: for

text: Colombian

text: cocaine

text: smugglers

text: and

text: the

text: city

text: became

text: a

text: battleground

text: for

text: ruthless

text: drug

text: barons

text: intent

text: on

text: grabbing

text: their

text: piece

text: of

text: the

text: American

text: Dream

text: The

text: mid

text: was

text: the

text: Miami

text: Vice

text: era

text: when

text: the

text: city

text: 's

text: reputation

text: for

text: glamour

text: and

text: hedonism

text: came

text: with

text: a

text: side

text: order

text: of

text: carjackings

text: and

text: gangland

text: shootouts

text: But

text: by

text: the

text: mid

text: Miami

text: had

text: largely

text: driven

text: the

text: cocaine

text: cowboys

text: out

text: of

text: town

text: and

text: hoteliers

text: like

text: Ian

text: Schrager

text: began

text: converting

text: some

text: of

text: those

text: Art

text: Deco

text: classics

text: into

text: sophisticated

text: boutique

text: hotels

text: fit

text: for

text: the

text: international

text: jet

text: set

text: The

text: guns

text: may

text: have

text: gone

text: but

text: the

text: glitz

text: was

text: never

text: far

text: away

text: Now

text: that

text: Miami

text: 's

text: been

text: to

text: rehab

text: and

text: come

text: out

text: cleaned

text: up

text: and

text: healthy

text: it

text: turns

text: out

text: there

text: 's

text: more

text: to

text: the

text: city

text: than

text: glitzy

text: nightclubs

text: and

text: the

text: surgically

text: enhanced

text: bodies

text: of

text: the

text: beautiful

text: people

text: Miami

text: has

text: acquired

text: a

text: reputation

text: as

text: the

text: new

text: kid

text: on

text: the

text: block

text: in

text: the

text: modern

text: art

text: scene

text: a

text: reputation

text: that

text: was

text: cemented

text: when

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: most

text: prestigious

text: modern

text: art

text: fair

text: Art

text: Basel

text: arrived

text: in

text: the

text: city

text: in

text: Just

text: like

text: the

text: snowbirds

text: Art

text: Basel

text: returns

text: to

text: Miami

text: each

text: winter

text: and

text: the

text: Wynwood

text: neighborhood

text: has

text: now

text: become

text: a

text: bona

text: fide

text: art

text: district

text: with

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Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- The central business district of Bangkok dodged severe flooding Saturday afternoon, but surrounding areas of the bustling capital faced further inundation at the next high tide.

A dreaded tide on Saturday spurred residents' fears that it would overwhelm defenses along the Chao Phraya River and its many canals.

Bangkok's outer suburbs were already submerged, but the central city has been largely spared the misery Thailand has been suffering for months in the nation's worst flooding since 1942.

In the east and the north of the city, water was at waist-level in some neighborhoods.

But the city -- which sits barely above sea level -- still faces two converging threats.

Massive runoff was flowing south to the sea through Bangkok, as high tides pushed the water in the opposite direction.

"The challenge is to manage the huge runoff from the north passing via the city on its way to the Gulf of Thailand," a Red Cross bulletin said.

Bangkok's Chinatown area -- normally hopping with activity on a Saturday afternoon -- was largely desolate, with few passers-by wading in knee-deep water.

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra ordered work crews Friday to cut channels in roadways to allow faster drainage, according to the MCOT news agency. But the plan was rejected late in the day in favor of dredging canals and using pumps, the Bangkok Post reported.

Health concerns were rising with the water.

Bangkok residents plodded through murky waters without knowing what lurked within, the risk of infection and communicable disease worrying health officials. The government sent out crocodile hunters after reports of crocodiles and snakes in the filthy floodwater.

"We were hearing disturbing reports of dangerous animals such as snakes and crocodiles appearing in the floodwaters, and every day we see children playing in the water, bathing or wading through it trying to make their way to dry ground," said Annie Bodmer-Roy, spokeswoman for the humanitarian agency Save the Children.

As floodwater entered homes, some Bangkok residents still in the city made plans to leave.

Thanyarat Hemkittiwat said she was going to stay with relatives outside the city.

"Some families in southern Bangkok had their house flooded," said the 31-year-old worker at a furniture export company, which was shut after it also was flooded. "The water level is 2 meters (six feet) high and smells very bad," she said.

The Bangkok Post reported that government buses had evacuated a number of elderly residents from the northern and eastern suburbs, and would pick up residents of the capital on Saturday and take them out of Bangkok. As of Saturday, an estimated 1 million of the city's 12 million residents had left.

Another Bangkok resident said she was worried about abandoning her house, which has been flooded for five days, and would not leave.

Panic buying has led to a shortage of food and bottled water in the capital, residents said.

And the worst might not yet be over.

Another high tide -- expected to reach about 4 meters (13 feet) high -- is forecast for Sunday morning.

Officials urged tourists to steer clear of Bangkok, while noting that many of the other tourist spots, such as Phuket, remained dry and open for business.

Thailand's Ministry of Public Health had transferred 280 of the capital's 520 patients in severe condition to 22 hospitals upcountry, the MCOT news agency reported.

The remaining 240 patients will be taken to hospitals in other provinces by Sunday, it said, citing Permanent-Secretary for Health Paichit Varachit.

Health Minister Witthaya Buranasiri said that, after months of flooding, 107,101 Thais have been diagnosed with stress, 6,214 with depression and 878 at risk of suicide. In all, 1,356 people were under observation by health officials, the minister said, according to MCOT.

The U.S. State Department issued a travel alert on Thursday, recommending against all but essential travel to affected areas. It noted that most tourist destinations, such as Phuket and Chiang Mai, were unaffected.

U.S. Ambassador Kristie Kenny said the crisis was slow-moving and it was hard to know what would be hit next.

The floods, caused by monsoon rains that saturated rivers, have killed 373 people nationwide and affected more than 9.5 million people,

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The government has called the flooding the worst to afflict the nation in half a century and said it might take more than a month before the waters recede from some areas.

The government has set up more than 1,700 shelters nationwide, and more than 113,000 people have taken refuge in them.

Overall damage from the floods could exceed $6 billion, the Thai Finance Ministry said.

CNN's Sara Sidner, Kocha Olarn, Ivan Cabrera, Moni Basu, Aliza Kassim and Elizabeth Yuan contributed to this report.

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question: how many people flooding in Thailand has killed?

answer: 373

question: what does Thailand is dealing with ?

answer: severe flooding

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question: Where is the flood?

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question: What was the death toll?

answer: 373 people

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question: What country is suffering floods?

answer: Thailand

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question: what is the forecast for Sunday morning?

answer: Another high tide

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question: How many people have been killed?

answer: 373

question: What is the high tide forecast?

answer: expected to reach about 4 meters (13 feet)

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GAZA CITY (CNN) -- A radical Muslim sheikh called Friday for the creation of an Islamic emirate in Gaza, sparking clashes with Hamas forces that left 13 people dead, Hamas sources tell CNN.

Armed members of the radical Islamist group Jund Ansar Allah surround a group representative in Rafah on Friday.

The clashes ended after several hours, after Hamas forces blew up the home of Sheikh Abu al-Nour al-Maqdessi, leader of the Salafist jihadist group Jund Ansar Allah, or Soldiers of the Partisans of God, the sources said.

Al-Maqdessi escaped, they said, and Hamas security forces were searching for him.

The clashes were the latest between Gaza's Hamas rulers, who have said they are moderate Muslims pledged to the Palestinian cause, and more radical Islamic groups.

In a televised statement, Hamas ministry spokesman Taher Nunu called al-Maqdessi's group "outlaws" and said they have been "terrorizing the country and attacking civilians."

"We hold the group and its leader fully responsible for what is happening in Gaza, and we offer our condolences to everyone who was killed during the clashes," Nunu said. "No one is above the law, and we urge everyone who is a member of this group to surrender himself to the authorities, or they will be accountable for all of their actions."

The gunfighting erupted near a mosque in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where the cleric delivered his sermon, the sources said. Hamas militants raided the mosque and seized control of it.

Later, the fighting spread to al-Maqdessi's home, the sources said.

The fighting has left at least 13 dead and more than 100 wounded, the sources said.

Al-Maqdessi also called for a public meeting at the mosque, posting on Jund Ansar Allah's Web site an invitation dubbed "the golden advice to the government of [Hamas leader] Ismail Haniya."

The group posted a statement on the site announcing the establishment of the Islamic emirate in Gaza and proclaiming al-Maqdessi "the commander of the faithful." The statement declared that armed forces in Gaza should unite under him.

The statement urged Muslims everywhere to support the "young emirate" and provide the group with money, weapons and men because "this is the hope of the Muslim nation in raising the banner of monotheism in Palestine and to liberate all the lands and purify Al-Aqsa mosque from the filth of the damned Jews."

Al-Aqsa mosque is in Jerusalem.

The group accused Hamas of not being Islamic enough, saying Hamas cares more about pleasing "tyrants" than "obeying God."

But Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zahri dismissed statements about the establishment of an Islamic emirate as "theoretical."

"It is not permitted to any party or individual to enforce their own laws, because this is the responsibility of the security forces," he said.

Salafi is the term used to describe the radical islamist movement that follows the doctrines of the "Salaf," or the predecessors, referring to the early generations of Muslims. The movement rejects all modern influences such as politics and government.

CNN's Talal Abu-Rahman in Gaza City contributed to this report.

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question: What mosque was raided?

answer: in the southern Gaza city of Rafah,

text: in the southern Gaza city of Rafah,

question: What group blew up home?

answer: Hamas

text: Hamas

question: Who claims sheikh's followers are "outlaws?"

answer: Taher Nunu

text: Taher Nunu

question: Where did Hamas raid the mosque?

answer: in the southern Gaza city of Rafah,

text: in the southern Gaza city of Rafah,

question: What sparked clashes with Hamas?

answer: Sheikh Abu al-Nour al-Maqdessi,

text: Sheikh Abu al-Nour al-Maqdessi,

question: What did Hamas spokesman call sheikh's followers?

answer: "outlaws"

text: "outlaws"