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UNITED NATIONS (CNN)  -- Murder and justice have always been hallmarks of the "Law & Order" stable of TV shows, but never before have the fictional New York City crimes guided the show's detectives and attorneys to the United Nations -- until now.

"Law & Order: SVU" co-star Christopher Meloni says the show's intent is to "shine light in the dark places."

The U.N. recently opened the gates of its New York headquarters to the NBC Universal show "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" for the filming of an episode scheduled to air Tuesday. The taping marked the first time in its nearly 60-year history that the United Nations has allowed its iconic location to be used as a setting in a major network television production.

Previously, the United Nations granted permission for the 2005 motion picture "The Interpreter" to film on location, making it the first feature film to shoot on the grounds of the U.N.

Series stars Stephanie March, who plays Assistant District Attorney Alexandra Cabot, and Christopher Meloni, along with nearly 200 other cast and crew members, came to the U.N. on March 7 to film an episode revolving around child soldiers, refugees, warlords and the International Criminal Court.

"Law & Order: SVU" traditionally involves difficult subject matter such as kidnapping, rape and homicide. Emmy-nominated actor Meloni, who plays Detective Elliot Stabler on the show, explained that the intent behind the issues raised on the program has always been to "shine light in the dark places that no one wants to go or talk about because there's usually a lot of shame and denial about it."

Meloni described how the U.N. episode "really does kind of revolve around child soldiers, how they've been brainwashed, the horrible journeys that they've had to endure and how they can be assimilated back and be productive. And I think in this particular episode, we're trying to carry on with whatever clout we may possess. We have the medium to shine the light out there and tell this story."

Considering the "ripped-from-the-headlines" and complicated themes regarding conflict in Africa and the ICC, "Special Victims Unit" writers and actors relied on Enough Project co-founder John Prendergast as a consultant throughout the filming.

The Enough Project is an advocacy group committed to preventing genocide, crimes against humanity and other atrocities in six historically tumultuous African nations.

Prendergast explained that he perceived the episode as "one where reality dovetailed quite neatly with fiction, and hopefully more people will understand now what is happening in real life with President Bashir and Sudan, and then the accountability for war crimes because they saw it on 'Law & Order.' "

On March 4, the International Criminal Court indicted Sudan's president, Omar al-Bashir, with war crimes and crimes against humanity. This was the first time such charges have been leveled against a sitting head of state.

The "Special Victims Unit" filming was the first official project within Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's newly formed Creative Community Outreach Initiative. The intent of the program is to establish a relationship with international film and television industries to enhance the image of the United Nations and to "raise the profile of critical global issues," according to a U.N. representative.

Eric Falt, director of the U.N.'s outreach initiative, elaborated: "We're starting a program where we're going to say to filmmakers, people who produce television series, that we are essentially open for business. You want to come to the U.N.? Talk to us. We'll make it happen."

In addition to the "Law & Order" film shoot, the United Nations has hosted two other high-profile events in March through the initiative. Celebrities and recording artists including Akon, Phylicia Rashad, Peter Buffet and Whoopi Goldberg commemorated victims of the of the trans-Atlantic slave trade March 25 with a concert in the U.N. General Assembly Hall. The show was directed by celebrated musician Nile Rodgers and was the first such event held at the United Nations.

Goldberg also moderated a discussion March 17 at U.N. headquarters stemming from the complex topics presented in the popular television show "Battlestar Galactica." The panel featured series stars Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell, along with the series creators and assorted U.N. personnel speaking about a variety of subjects prevalent both in the show and in today's world. Topics included abortion, suicide bombings and post-conflict resolution.

Goldberg summed up the purpose of the occasion, saying, "much like the fictional ships and planets in the 'BSG' universe, the U.N. is an imperfect place, but the fight for justice, equality and understanding remains fundamental to both."

Despite the imperfections of the United Nations, "SVU's" March could not have been more thrilled with her experience filming at the U.N.

When asked what she would like to be doing if she weren't putting away fictional bad guys as assistant DA Cabot, March said, "I would love to work for the United Nations. I have a great job, but really all I want to do is actually work in the U.N. I'm pretty excited to be here. It's been a lifelong dream to be a part of it in some way."

The "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" episode is slated to air at 10 p.m. ET on Tuesday on NBC.

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- An American professor doing research in London stumbled across a series of previously unknown letters written by, to, and about Benjamin Franklin, a stunning find that sheds new light on early U.S. history.

The letters cover Benjamin Franklin's success in dealing with a British general.

The collection of 47 letters are hand-written copies made 250 years ago, when Franklin lived in London. That they were filed under the copyist's name, not Franklin's, may explain why they were overlooked by historians until now, said a curator at the British Library, where the letters are held.

The find is reported in the April issue of the William & Mary Quarterly, a journal of early American history and culture.

The letters are important in large part because they offer a "wealth of new details" that affect modern understanding of Franklin, writes Alan Houston, the political science professor who discovered the letters in the spring of 2007.

They also raise the question of how many other documents remain waiting to be found on Franklin and his life.

Houston, a professor at the University of California at San Diego, discovered the letters on the last day of his last research trip to London, just before the library's closing time.

"The first item was a letter from Benjamin Franklin to the secretary of the governor of Maryland, and I looked at it and I started to read, and I thought, 'This doesn't look familiar,'" Houston told CNN. "I've read everything Franklin ever wrote."

Houston said he quickly began to realize he had uncovered something previously unknown to historians.

"I swear, I just about shot through the ceiling I was so excited," he said. "It's like finding a treasure chest."

Houston had been working at the time on a book on Franklin, "Benjamin Franklin and the Politics of Improvement," published last year.

The letters cover Franklin's success in dealing with British Gen. Edward Braddock, who had been sent to Pennsylvania in 1755 to defeat the French at Fort Duquesne, in modern-day Pittsburgh.

The march to retake the fort was part of the French and British battle for control of the western lands in the colonies, part of a larger struggle for control of North America, Houston said.

The problem was that Braddock was given no horses or wagons when he arrived in America -- no means of transport for him and his 2,000 redcoats. Braddock started to blame his hosts, so Franklin -- the Pennsylvania assembly's leading politician -- stepped in to help.

Franklin went all over Pennsylvania trying to persuade farmers to lend their horses and wagons to Braddock and his men. It wasn't easy, because the farmers were tough negotiators who were also anxious and suspicious of the effort.

Eventually, Franklin managed to get the farmers to agree, and within weeks, Braddock and his men were on the march.

Braddock suffered a devastating defeat before he even reached the fort, however, when a much smaller contingent of French and Indian soldiers surprised the British. They killed Braddock and about 1,000 of his men.

Despite the defeat, Franklin's success -- in what became known as "the wagon affair" -- highlighted his skill as a colonial leader, Houston said.

When Franklin was sent to London in 1757 as a representative of the assembly, he brought with him a collection of letters detailing that success. It was proof of his political value to Great Britain and that the assembly's loyalties had been on the right side.

This collection of letters, which Franklin referred to in his autobiography as his "quire book," was never found, however -- until now.

Houston said he believes the documents he read at the British Library are copies of that collection. They were made by Thomas Birch, an industrious and obsessive transcriber of historical documents who copied anything he could get his hands on.

"There was a vogue. It was very common for letters to be copied," said Matthew Shaw, curator of the U.S. collections at the British Library. "Birch was very well known for being a copyist."

Birch and Franklin were friends in London, both members of the Royal Society, and Houston said he believes the copies were made sometime between 1757 and 1758.

"Birch undoubtedly found Franklin's quire book captivating, and he appears to have copied anything that remotely interested him," Houston writes in the journal.

Also, Braddock's campaign and defeat were widely discussed in London, and "Birch may have wanted to capture a crucial moment in the life of the (Royal) society's most famous American member."

Birch's transcripts were filed in the British Library as "Copies of Letters relating to the March of General Braddock." They form part of the massive Birch Collection containing the hundreds of volumes of his copies that Birch bequeathed to the library on his death, said Shaw.

They weren't properly catalogued until the early 1970s, Shaw said, which is largely why they haven't been used by scholars.

"It's the first time they've really been shared with a wider audience," Shaw told CNN. "We're very pleased."

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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A lot of people like Adam Sandler.

Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen star in "Funny People," the new film from Judd Apatow.

The box office earnings for many of his films are testament to his drawing power. Sandler's biggest comedic blockbusters include "Big Daddy," "The Waterboy" and "The Longest Yard," each of which has earned well over $150 million domestically.

He has seven other titles that have also passed the coveted $100 million mark.

The thing all these films have in common is that they are all comedies. So, it's likely safe to assume there are more than a few Hollywood execs nervously biting their knuckles right now, wondering how Sandler's latest big-screen offering, the dark comedy "Funny People" -- written and directed by his longtime friend Judd Apatow ("The 40-Year-Old Virgin") -- will fare.

Though hilarious at times, the film's overall story of a world-famous comedian's brush with a terminal illness is decidedly serious.  Watch Apatow and Sandler react to a doctor with an accent Â»

Much of the movie's personality can be summarized in one scene in particular in which Sandler and co-star Seth Rogen are sitting in a doctor's office receiving very bad news that they somehow turn into laughter. Sandler and Rogen talked to CNN about what went into creating that scene.

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(CNN) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez froze diplomatic relations with Colombia late Tuesday, citing verbal aggressions from the neighboring South American country.

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro speaks to journalists on Monday in Caracas.

The televised announcement followed declarations from the Colombian government Monday that anti-tank weapons purchased by Venezuela ended up in the hands of the guerrilla Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as the FARC. In addition, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said the guerrillas were trying to buy anti-aircraft missiles. Venezuela received a shipment of Russian SA-24 Igla shoulder-fired missiles earlier this year and showed them off at military parade in April.

Chavez recalled Venezuela's ambassador to Colombia, as well as most of the embassy's staff.

"Leave only the lowest functionaries," he said.

Chavez also threatened to take over Colombian companies operating in Venezuela if Colombia offends Venezuela one more time.

Colombia's claims are "mistaken," added Chavez, who called the country's leaders "irresponsible."

There was no immediate reaction from the Colombian government.

Tuesday's developments came one day after Chavez signed a military agreement with Russia to buy enough BMP-3 armored fighting vehicles and T-72 tanks to double the nation's inventory, according to the Jane's Defense Weekly publication. Chavez said he will use the tanks in his "Western Shield Plan" on the border with Colombia.

Tensions between the two countries have been high since March 2008, when Chavez ordered tanks to the border in response to a Colombian attack on FARC bases in Ecuador. More recently, Chavez has severely criticized Uribe for entering into negotiations to allow the United States to open military bases in Colombia.

The United States says it needs the bases because Ecuador has ordered the closing of a U.S. installation there. Chavez accuses the United States of wanting the bases so it can attack Venezuela.

Analysts say Chavez's actions toward Colombia are tied to his feelings toward the United States.

"Chavez hates the United States and he wants to lead a group of countries that don't pay attention to the United States," said Myles Frechette, the U.S. ambassador to Colombia from 1994-97. "Uribe is a guy who is in tune with the United States."

Frechette notes that "Colombia and Venezuela have complementary economies" and could sell more goods to each other under better conditions.

Jennifer McCoy, director of the Americas Program at the Carter Center, makes the same point.

"It's a conflict between two ideologies between two countries that are mutually dependent on each other," she said.

The latest dust-up started Monday, when Colombia accused Venezuela of selling arms to the FARC.

Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos said army troops had found AT-4 shoulder-fired grenades in recent raids on jungle camps used by the FARC.

"This is not the first time that this happens," Santos said. "In several operations in which we have recovered weapons from the FARC, we have found powerful munitions and powerful equipment, including anti-tank weapons, from a European country that sold them to Venezuela and that turned up in the hands of the FARC."

The guerrillas were trying to buy anti-aircraft missiles, Uribe said. Analysts say that could change the guerrilla war's dynamics.

"The AT-4 is much less of a heavy weapon, but surface-to-air missiles would give the FARC a much greater military capability," said Anna Gilmour, senior America's analyst for the Jane's Country Risk consultancy group.

Uribe said Monday that must not be allowed to happen.

"The international community must help us," he said. "These bandits have historically been able to rely on many sources for armaments. We have found out through intelligence that they are now looking to buy surface-to-air weapons to use against our airplanes."

Venezuelan officials denied any involvement.

"To me it seems that this is a new attack against our government based on lies," Venezuelan Minister of the Interior and Justice Tareck El Aissami said at a news conference Monday. "We absolutely deny that our government or our institutions are providing assistance to criminal and terrorist organizations.

"It's laughable, it sounds like a cheap film made by the American government."

Sweden probes 'serious incident'

Officials in Sweden, where the anti-tank weapons were made by Saab Bofors Dynamics, verified that the AT-4s were sold to Venezuela in the 1980s.

Anders Jorle, Sweden's foreign ministry spokesman, told CNN the government "considers this as a serious incident" and is investigating.

"We've been in contact with Colombian and Venezuelan authorities to clarify how this happened," Jorle said Tuesday. "The weapons were part of a lot sold to Venezuela 20 years ago. No weapons have been exported to Venezuela since 2006."

The Swedish Foreign Ministry added that the Swedish Inspectorate of Strategic Products, the authority responsible for checking weapon exports, will consider not selling any more weapons to Venezuela.

The FARC most likely acquired the AT-4 grenade launchers in the past 18 months, said Jane's analyst Gilmour.

This is not the first time that Venezuela has been tied to the FARC, which has been fighting the Colombian government for more than 45 years.

Last fall, the U.S. Treasury Department accused two senior Venezuelan intelligence officials and a former official of providing weapons to the FARC and assisting the rebels with narcotics trafficking. The U.S. identified one of the individuals as Hugo Armando Carvajal Barrios, director of Venezuela's Military Intelligence Directorate.

Another individual was identified as Ramon Emilio Rodriguez Chacin, who was Venezuela's Minister of Interior and Justice until September.

Rodriguez Chacin was "the Venezuelan government's main weapons contact for the FARC," the Treasury Department said. "The FARC uses its proceeds from narcotics sales to purchase weapons from the Venezuelan government. Rodriguez Chacin has held numerous meetings with senior FARC members, one of which occurred at the Venezuelan government's Miraflores Palace in late 2007. Rodriguez Chacin has also assisted the FARC by trying to facilitate a $250 million dollar loan from the Venezuelan government to the FARC in late 2007."

Computers recovered last year in the Colombian attack on the FARC base in Ecuador showed that "Chavez has been heavily involved with the FARC," said Susan Kaufman Purcell, director of the Center for Hemispheric Policy at the University of Miami.

"Chavez has been modeling himself more on what [former Cuban leader Fidel] Castro used to do in terms of helping insurgencies and destabilizing countries," Purcell said.

Analysts point to Venezuela's increasing militarization as a threat to stability. From 2005-07, Venezuela bought $4.4 billion in weapons and military hardware, including 24 Sukhoi-24 aircraft, 50 combat helicopters and 100,000 AK-103 assault rifles, Gilmour said. Last year, Russia extended a $1 billion credit line for further acquisitions.

"Venezuela has been trying to frighten everyone in the region by buying Russian weapons," said former U.S. envoy Frechette.

He said Chavez has become increasingly frustrated that he doesn't always get his way, such as in his relations with Colombia. So he turns to the Russians.

Analysts: Chavez role in military sales in question

Chavez's involvement in the sale of the anti-tank weapons to the FARC is open to discussion, though.

"The more interesting question is how they got there and whether Chavez had anything to do with it," Purcell said.

Frechette agrees, saying, "Nobody can say this was done by Chavez."

The former envoy believes there's a good chance that the sale was carried out by corrupt officers without Chavez's involvement.

"Don't underestimate the corruption in that country," he said, adding that some military officials might have "discovered these things that have been sitting in a warehouse since the 1980s."

Whether Venezuela would sell surface-to-air missiles also is open to discussion.

Gilmour says Venezuela will want to safeguard its stockpile.

"Venezuela would not want any kind of seepage because the missiles were acquired so recently and Venezuela-Russia relations are pretty positive at the moment," she said.

Purcell said Russia might not care, pointing out that "Castro did all sorts of things that the Soviets didn't like" but still kept supporting him for decades.

"Russia has a lot of different interests," she said. "It's not clear that they would walk away from the relationship."

CNN's Laura Perez Maestro and Mariano Castillo contributed to this report.

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text: said

text: he

text: will

text: use

text: the

text: tanks

text: in

text: his

text: Western

text: Shield

text: Plan

text: on

text: the

text: border

text: with

text: Colombia

text: Tensions

text: between

text: the

text: two

text: countries

text: have

text: been

text: high

text: since

text: March

text: when

text: Chavez

text: ordered

text: tanks

text: to

text: the

text: border

text: in

text: response

text: to

text: a

text: Colombian

text: attack

text: on

text: FARC

text: bases

text: in

text: Ecuador

text: More

text: recently

text: Chavez

text: has

text: severely

text: criticized

text: Uribe

text: for

text: entering

text: into

text: negotiations

text: to

text: allow

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: to

text: open

text: military

text: bases

text: in

text: Colombia

text: The

text: United

text: States

text: says

text: it

text: needs

text: the

text: bases

text: because

text: Ecuador

text: has

text: ordered

text: the

text: closing

text: of

text: a

text: U.S.

text: installation

text: there

text: Chavez

text: accuses

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: of

text: wanting

text: the

text: bases

text: so

text: it

text: can

text: attack

text: Venezuela

text: Analysts

text: say

text: Chavez

text: 's

text: actions

text: toward

text: Colombia

text: are

text: tied

text: to

text: his

text: feelings

text: toward

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: Chavez

text: hates

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: and

text: he

text: wants

text: to

text: lead

text: a

text: group

text: of

text: countries

text: that

text: do

text: n't

text: pay

text: attention

text: to

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: said

text: Myles

text: Frechette

text: the

text: U.S.

text: ambassador

text: to

text: Colombia

text: from

text: Uribe

text: is

text: a

text: guy

text: who

text: is

text: in

text: tune

text: with

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: Frechette

text: notes

text: that

text: Colombia

text: and

text: Venezuela

text: have

text: complementary

text: economies

text: and

text: could

text: sell

text: more

text: goods

text: to

text: each

text: other

text: under

text: better

text: conditions

text: Jennifer

text: McCoy

text: director

text: of

text: the

text: Americas

text: Program

text: at

text: the

text: Carter

text: Center

text: makes

text: the

text: same

text: point

text: It

text: 's

text: a

text: conflict

text: between

text: two

text: ideologies

text: between

text: two

text: countries

text: that

text: are

text: mutually

text: dependent

text: on

text: each

text: other

text: she

text: said

text: The

text: latest

text: dust

text: up

text: started

text: Monday

text: when

text: Colombia

text: accused

text: Venezuela

text: of

text: selling

text: arms

text: to

text: the

text: FARC

text: Colombian

text: Vice

text: President

text: Francisco

text: Santos

text: said

text: army

text: troops

text: had

text: found

text: shoulder

text: fired

text: grenades

text: in

text: recent

text: raids

text: on

text: jungle

text: camps

text: used

text: by

text: the

text: FARC

text: This

text: is

text: not

text: the

text: first

text: time

text: that

text: this

text: happens

text: Santos

text: said

text: In

text: several

text: operations

text: in

text: which

text: we

text: have

text: recovered

text: weapons

text: from

text: the

text: FARC

text: we

text: have

text: found

text: powerful

text: munitions

text: and

text: powerful

text: equipment

text: including

text: anti

text: tank

text: weapons

text: from

text: a

text: European

text: country

text: that

text: sold

text: them

text: to

text: Venezuela

text: and

text: that

text: turned

text: up

text: in

text: the

text: hands

text: of

text: the

text: FARC

text: The

text: guerrillas

text: were

text: trying

text: to

text: buy

text: anti

text: aircraft

text: missiles

text: Uribe

text: said

text: Analysts

text: say

text: that

text: could

text: change

text: the

text: guerrilla

text: war

text: 's

text: dynamics

text: The

text: is

text: much

text: less

text: of

text: a

text: heavy

text: weapon

text: but

text: surface

text: to

text: air

text: missiles

text: would

text: give

text: the

text: FARC

text: a

text: much

text: greater

text: military

text: capability

text: said

text: Anna

text: Gilmour

text: senior

text: America

text: 's

text: analyst

text: for

text: the

text: Jane

text: 's

text: Country

text: Risk

text: consultancy

text: group

text: Uribe

text: said

text: Monday

text: that

text: must

text: not

text: be

text: allowed

text: to

text: happen

text: The

text: international

text: community

text: must

text: help

text: us

text: he

text: said

text: These

text: bandits

text: have

text: historically

text: been

text: able

text: to

text: rely

text: on

text: many

text: sources

text: for

text: armaments

text: We

text: have

text: found

text: out

text: through

text: intelligence

text: that

text: they

text: are

text: now

text: looking

text: to

text: buy

text: surface

text: to

text: air

text: weapons

text: to

text: use

text: against

text: our

text: airplanes

text: Venezuelan

text: officials

text: denied

text: any

text: involvement

text: To

text: me

text: it

text: seems

text: that

text: this

text: is

text: a

text: new

text: attack

text: against

text: our

text: government

text: based

text: on

text: lies

text: Venezuelan

text: Minister

text: of

text: the

text: Interior

text: and

text: Justice

text: Tareck

text: El

text: Aissami

text: said

text: at

text: a

text: news

text: conference

text: Monday

text: We

text: absolutely

text: deny

text: that

text: our

text: government

text: or

text: our

text: institutions

text: are

text: providing

text: assistance

text: to

text: criminal

text: and

text: terrorist

text: organizations

text: It

text: 's

text: laughable

text: it

text: sounds

text: like

text: a

text: cheap

text: film

text: made

text: by

text: the

text: American

text: government

text: Sweden

text: probes

text: serious

text: incident

text: Officials

text: in

text: Sweden

text: where

text: the

text: anti

text: tank

text: weapons

text: were

text: made

text: by

text: Saab

text: Bofors

text: Dynamics

text: verified

text: that

text: the

text: were

text: sold

text: to

text: Venezuela

text: in

text: the

text: Anders

text: Jorle

text: Sweden

text: 's

text: foreign

text: ministry

text: spokesman

text: told

text: CNN

text: the

text: government

text: considers

text: this

text: as

text: a

text: serious

text: incident

text: and

text: is

text: investigating

text: We

text: 've

text: been

text: in

text: contact

text: with

text: Colombian

text: and

text: Venezuelan

text: authorities

text: to

text: clarify

text: how

text: this

text: happened

text: Jorle

text: said

text: Tuesday

text: The

text: weapons

text: were

text: part

text: of

text: a

text: lot

text: sold

text: to

text: Venezuela

text: years

text: ago

text: No

text: weapons

text: have

text: been

text: exported

text: to

text: Venezuela

text: since

text: The

text: Swedish

text: Foreign

text: Ministry

text: added

text: that

text: the

text: Swedish

text: Inspectorate

text: of

text: Strategic

text: Products

text: the

text: authority

text: responsible

text: for

text: checking

text: weapon

text: exports

text: will

text: consider

text: not

text: selling

text: any

text: more

text: weapons

text: to

text: Venezuela

text: The

text: FARC

text: most

text: likely

text: acquired

text: the

text: grenade

text: launchers

text: in

text: the

text: past

text: months

text: said

text: Jane

text: 's

text: analyst

text: Gilmour

text: This

text: is

text: not

text: the

text: first

text: time

text: that

text: Venezuela

text: has

text: been

text: tied

text: to

text: the

text: FARC

text: which

text: has

text: been

text: fighting

text: the

text: Colombian

text: government

text: for

text: more

text: than

text: years

text: Last

text: fall

text: the

text: U.S.

text: Treasury

text: Department

text: accused

text: two

text: senior

text: Venezuelan

text: intelligence

text: officials

text: and

text: a

text: former

text: official

text: of

text: providing

text: weapons

text: to

text: the

text: FARC

text: and

text: assisting

text: the

text: rebels

text: with

text: narcotics

text: trafficking

text: The

text: U.S.

text: identified

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: individuals

text: as

text: Hugo

text: Armando

text: Carvajal

text: Barrios

text: director

text: of

text: Venezuela

text: 's

text: Military

text: Intelligence

text: Directorate

text: Another

text: individual

text: was

text: identified

text: as

text: Ramon

text: Emilio

text: Rodriguez

text: Chacin

text: who

text: was

text: Venezuela

text: 's

text: Minister

text: of

text: Interior

text: and

text: Justice

text: until

text: September

text: Rodriguez

text: Chacin

text: was

text: the

text: Venezuelan

text: government

text: 's

text: main

text: weapons

text: contact

text: for

text: the

text: FARC

text: the

text: Treasury

text: Department

text: said

text: The

text: FARC

text: uses

text: its

text: proceeds

text: from

text: narcotics

text: sales

text: to

text: purchase

text: weapons

text: from

text: the

text: Venezuelan

text: government

text: Rodriguez

text: Chacin

text: has

text: held

text: numerous

text: meetings

text: with

text: senior

text: FARC

text: members

text: one

text: of

text: which

text: occurred

text: at

text: the

text: Venezuelan

text: government

text: 's

text: Miraflores

text: Palace

text: in

text: late

text: Rodriguez

text: Chacin

text: has

text: also

text: assisted

text: the

text: FARC

text: by

text: trying

text: to

text: facilitate

text: a

text: million

text: dollar

text: loan

text: from

text: the

text: Venezuelan

text: government

text: to

text: the

text: FARC

text: in

text: late

text: Computers

text: recovered

text: last

text: year

text: in

text: the

text: Colombian

text: attack

text: on

text: the

text: FARC

text: base

text: in

text: Ecuador

text: showed

text: that

text: Chavez

text: has

text: been

text: heavily

text: involved

text: with

text: the

text: FARC

text: said

text: Susan

text: Kaufman

text: Purcell

text: director

text: of

text: the

text: Center

text: for

text: Hemispheric

text: Policy

text: at

text: the

text: University

text: of

text: Miami

text: Chavez

text: has

text: been

text: modeling

text: himself

text: more

text: on

text: what

text: former

text: Cuban

text: leader

text: Fidel

text: Castro

text: used

text: to

text: do

text: in

text: terms

text: of

text: helping

text: insurgencies

text: and

text: destabilizing

text: countries

text: Purcell

text: said

text: Analysts

text: point

text: to

text: Venezuela

text: 's

text: increasing

text: militarization

text: as

text: a

text: threat

text: to

text: stability

text: From

text: Venezuela

text: bought

text: billion

text: in

text: weapons

text: and

text: military

text: hardware

text: including

text: aircraft

text: combat

text: helicopters

text: and

text: assault

text: rifles

text: Gilmour

text: said

text: Last

text: year

text: Russia

text: extended

text: a

text: billion

text: credit

text: line

text: for

text: further

text: acquisitions

text: Venezuela

text: has

text: been

text: trying

text: to

text: frighten

text: everyone

text: in

text: the

text: region

text: by

text: buying

text: Russian

text: weapons

text: said

text: former

text: U.S.

text: envoy

text: Frechette

text: He

text: said

text: Chavez

text: has

text: become

text: increasingly

text: frustrated

text: that

text: he

text: does

text: n't

text: always

text: get

text: his

text: way

text: such

text: as

text: in

text: his

text: relations

text: with

text: Colombia

text: So

text: he

text: turns

text: to

text: the

text: Russians

text: Analysts

text: Chavez

text: role

text: in

text: military

text: sales

text: in

text: question

text: Chavez

text: 's

text: involvement

text: in

text: the

text: sale

text: of

text: the

text: anti

text: tank

text: weapons

text: to

text: the

text: FARC

text: is

text: open

text: to

text: discussion

text: though

text: The

text: more

text: interesting

text: question

text: is

text: how

text: they

text: got

text: there

text: and

text: whether

text: Chavez

text: had

text: anything

text: to

text: do

text: with

text: it

text: Purcell

text: said

text: Frechette

text: agrees

text: saying

text: Nobody

text: can

text: say

text: this

text: was

text: done

text: by

text: Chavez

text: The

text: former

text: envoy

text: believes

text: there

text: 's

text: a

text: good

text: chance

text: that

text: the

text: sale

text: was

text: carried

text: out

text: by

text: corrupt

text: officers

text: without

text: Chavez

text: 's

text: involvement

text: Do

text: n't

text: underestimate

text: the

text: corruption

text: in

text: that

text: country

text: he

text: said

text: adding

text: that

text: some

text: military

text: officials

text: might

text: have

text: discovered

text: these

text: things

text: that

text: have

text: been

text: sitting

text: in

text: a

text: warehouse

text: since

text: the

text: Whether

text: Venezuela

text: would

text: sell

text: surface

text: to

text: air

text: missiles

text: also

text: is

text: open

text: to

text: discussion

text: Gilmour

text: says

text: Venezuela

text: will

text: want

text: to

text: safeguard

text: its

text: stockpile

text: Venezuela

text: would

text: not

text: want

text: any

text: kind

text: of

text: seepage

text: because

text: the

text: missiles

text: were

text: acquired

text: so

text: recently

text: and

text: Venezuela

text: Russia

text: relations

text: are

text: pretty

text: positive

text: at

text: the

text: moment

text: she

text: said

text: Purcell

text: said

text: Russia

text: might

text: not

text: care

text: pointing

text: out

text: that

text: Castro

text: did

text: all

text: sorts

text: of

text: things

text: that

text: the

text: Soviets

text: did

text: n't

text: like

text: but

text: still

text: kept

text: supporting

text: him

text: for

text: decades

text: Russia

text: has

text: a

text: lot

text: of

text: different

text: interests

text: she

text: said

text: It

text: 's

text: not

text: clear

text: that

text: they

text: would

text: walk

text: away

text: from

text: the

text: relationship

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Laura

text: Perez

text: Maestro

text: and

text: Mariano

text: Castillo

text: contributed

text: to

text: this

text: report

question: Who called the ambassador?

answer: Chavez

text: Chavez

question: who did venezuela recall

answer: ambassador to Colombia,

text: ambassador to Colombia,

question: Who threatened to take over columbian firms?

answer: Hugo Chavez

text: Hugo Chavez

question: What does Chavez threaten?

answer: to take over Colombian companies operating in Venezuela

text: to take over Colombian companies operating in Venezuela

question: What does Venezuala recall?

answer: Venezuela's ambassador to Colombia, as well as most of the embassy's staff.

text: Venezuela's ambassador to Colombia, as well as most of the embassy's staff.

question: What did Columbia claim?

answer: guerrillas were trying to buy anti-aircraft missiles.

text: guerrillas were trying to buy anti-aircraft missiles.

question: what has president chavez threatened

answer: to take over Colombian companies operating in Venezuela if Colombia offends Venezuela

text: to take over Colombian companies operating in Venezuela if Colombia offends Venezuela

question: who ended up with the weapons

answer: in the hands of the guerrilla Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as the FARC.

text: in the hands of the guerrilla Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as the FARC.


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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Actress Patricia Clarkson has a giggle whenever she thinks about the handwritten letter she received from the great Woody Allen.

Woody Allen, Patricia Clarkson, Evan Rachel Wood and Larry David worked together on "Whatever Works."

The actress, who first worked with the famed director on the 2008 film "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," was tickled by a letter on Allen's personal stationery in which he said he had written a part for her, "but if you have something better to do, I'll understand."

"You know, he had me at the letter," Clarkson said. "It's Woody Allen! 'If you have something better to do'? Woody, come on!"

Clarkson definitely made time to perform in Allen's latest film, "Whatever Works." The movie centers on a quirky, grouchy New Yorker -- played by the aptly cast Larry David -- who abandons his privileged life to become more Bohemian and hooks up with a younger woman played by Evan Rachel Wood.

David, the "Seinfeld" co-creator known for his curmudgeonly ways and his hit HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm," had appeared briefly in two earlier Allen films, "Radio Days" and "New York Stories." EW ranks every single Allen film

David said he was slightly hesitant about embracing a role as large as that of Boris Yellnikoff in "Whatever Works."

"I read the script and I looked at the first page and there's Boris all over the first page, then I turned to page 50, and there's Boris on page 50, then I went to the last page, and there's a big monologue by this character Boris, and I thought, 'Oh, wow, this is something,' " David said. "So I called [Allen] up on the phone, and I said, 'I don't know if I can do this, you're making a big mistake!' "  Watch David talk about Allen encouraging him to "stretch" Â»

David said Allen convinced him that he could pull it off. He said he enjoyed his time acting for the iconic director who, he said, was great to work with and allowed his actors freedom.

"If you're not comfortable with something, he doesn't want you to do it," David said. "He doesn't mind if you change his words -- he's very easy. It was very easy to work with him."

It wasn't as easy to work with Clarkson, David said, because she is such an amazing talent.

"You forget that you're in the movie because you're just enjoying what she's doing," David said. "Then all of a sudden it dawns on you, 'Oh, hey, I've got a line coming up, I better get back to this movie.' "

Clarkson, who recently garnered buzz for her appearance in the Justin Timberlake-Andy Samberg "Motherlover" SNL skit, plays Marietta, the mother of Yellnikoff's young paramour.

She echoed David's admiration and said working with the comedian in an Allen-helmed film was incredible.

"You have a part written by Woody, you're being directed by Woody, and then you're acting with Larry David," she said. "It's just genius, genius, genius, and then you have Evan Rachel Wood, who's this beautiful, amazing emerging star. I was in heaven every single day on that set."

The movie marks Wood's debut in a comedy, and like David, she found the experience a bit daunting at first.

"Not only am I doing Woody Allen dialogue, but opposite Larry," she said. "Thank God he was just as nervous as I was, because he does 'Curb,' but that's mainly improv, so he never had to really memorize lines before."

Her character Melody, Wood said, isn't exactly dumb, but she is earnest.

"She is incredibly naÃ¯ve and just a very sweet Southern girl who sees the good in everything and everybody and is determined to have a happy life, while Boris is determined to have a miserable one," she said. "I think that's why they end up together. Opposites attract."

And even though Wood grew up in North Carolina, she said Allen encouraged her to tap even further into her roots for the role.

"Woody always told me, 'More Southern, more Southern,' " she said. "I was so worried about going over the top, and he really pushed me. I'm glad he did."

Although some of the characters hail from below the Mason-Dixon line, "Whatever Works" was shot in the mainstay setting of most of Allen's films, New York City.

Clarkson, who was born in New Orleans but lives in New York, said she marvels at how the director is able to attack similar themes like love, romance and the life of New York intellectuals while still keeping his films fresh.

"And yet, I don't know how he does it," Clarkson said. "And for me, this character, he takes this kind of archetypal Southern character, and he's such a Yankee, yet he figures out this beautiful way to come at this character fresh, which is almost impossible, and he did it."

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question: What role does David play?

answer: Boris Yellnikoff

text: Boris Yellnikoff

question: What does Clarkson say?

answer: "It's Woody Allen! 'If you have something better to do'? Woody, come on!"

text: "It's Woody Allen! 'If you have something better to do'? Woody, come on!"

question: What is Woody Allen's new film?

answer: "Whatever Works."

text: "Whatever Works."

question: What is the title of Allen's new film?

answer: "Whatever Works."

text: "Whatever Works."

question: What is the name of Woody Allen's new film?

answer: "Whatever Works."

text: "Whatever Works."

question: Who stars in "Whatever Works"?

answer: Woody Allen, Patricia Clarkson, Evan Rachel Wood

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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Natasha Richardson, the Tony Award-winning stage actress and member of the famed Redgrave acting clan, died Wednesday from injuries suffered in a ski accident. She was 45.

Comedian Joan Rivers says actress Natasha Richardson had "such a family."

On Wednesday night's "Larry King Live," comedian Joan Rivers remembered Richardson for her marriage to actor Liam Neeson and used her sharp wit to recall her own skiing experience.

The following transcript has been edited for brevity and clarity:

Larry King: You knew Natasha Richardson. What was your reaction?

Joan Rivers: Oh, [it] shouldn't have happened. We were more acquaintances than friends. But we spent one amazing day on a boat with my whole family and she and Liam and the boys. And they were such a family.

King: What was the occasion?

Rivers: We were all in the Caribbean, and we all kind of knew each other from dinner parties and so forth. And we met at the airport, and we said, "Oh, let's get together, with the kids." And it was one of those wonderful days. We laughed and talked and had lunch, and the kids were jumping off the boat and we were drinking wine. She was just amazing and darling.

King: Have you seen her work on Broadway?

Rivers: I've seen her work. I love actresses who go back and forth. I always have such great respect for someone who goes to Broadway and then film and goes back again. I saw her in "The Philadelphia Story" years ago in London when she won an award. She was very young in a musical version of that.

King: What was your read on them as a couple that day?

Rivers: Totally happy, totally devoted to each other. That's what kills me. I mean [it] just shouldn't have happened. ... And they made such a good-looking couple, too. He doted on what she said, she doted on -- it was just perfect.

King: How did you learn of this yesterday?

Rivers: One of our mutual friends called me and said, do you know about -- I just saw them recently in the thing that Prince Charles gave in England, and a mutual friend said, did you heard about what happened to Natasha? I said, what are you talking about? And he said, she's brain-dead.  Watch King talk to celebrities about Richardson Â»

King: So you knew yesterday?

Rivers: I knew yesterday. And I knew yesterday that she was brain-dead. And I was told, which is, again, so dear, that they kept her alive purposely to bring her back to New York, so that the boys could say goodbye to her before --

King: Really?

Rivers: Yes.

King: That's both beautiful and sad.

Rivers: Look at this, it gets me crazy. It's sad.

King: Do you ski?

Rivers: I had a terrible fall about 12 years ago. And I lay there in the snow and I said to myself, "If I get up, I'm not coming back and I got up."

King: You're like, "Goodbye."

Rivers: Goodbye. And I swear to you, I laid on the ground and I go, "If everything works, that's it. That's it."

King: You've heard the doctor. What do you make of this? There must have been something previously. It was a slight fall?

Rivers: You don't know; you hit your head wrong. You walk out of your house and it's over. We all know that, especially at this age. You understand that it's over, it's gone. It's just not that [Richardson's] age, not with a good marriage, not with two young boys. It shouldn't be.

King: John Kennedy said life isn't fair.

Rivers: It isn't. It isn't. And anyone who doesn't get up in the morning and say, "How lucky I am," is an idiot.

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text: Larry

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text: You

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text: occasion

text: Rivers

text: We

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text: Caribbean

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text: King

text: How

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text: learn

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text: yesterday

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text: King

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text: Rivers

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text: terrible

text: fall

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text: snow

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text: head

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text: it

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text: Richardson

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text: good

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text: young

text: boys

text: It

text: should

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text: King

text: John

text: Kennedy

text: said

text: life

text: is

text: n't

text: fair

text: Rivers

text: It

text: is

text: n't

text: It

text: is

text: n't

text: And

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text: who

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text: n't

text: get

text: up

text: in

text: the

text: morning

text: and

text: say

text: How

text: lucky

text: I

text: am

text: is

text: an

text: idiot

question: Who said "you walk out of your house and its over"?

answer: Rivers:

text: Rivers:

question: What reaction from River was about the disaster?

answer: Oh, [it] shouldn't have happened. We were more acquaintances than friends. But we spent one amazing day on a boat with my whole family and she and Liam and the boys.

text: Oh, [it] shouldn't have happened. We were more acquaintances than friends. But we spent one amazing day on a boat with my whole family and she and Liam and the boys.

question: Where did Natasha Richardson and her family sail together?

answer: Caribbean,

text: Caribbean,

question: What Rivers said about the Liam Neeson and his wife?

answer: Totally happy, totally devoted to each other.

text: Totally happy, totally devoted to each other.

question: who sailed in caribbean together?

answer: Joan Rivers:

text: Joan Rivers: