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COLUMBIA, South Carolina (CNN) -- Oprah Winfrey delivered her "favorite" candidate in the presidential race something his campaign hoped for Sunday: the largest crowd yet of any event in the race to '08, according to the Obama campaign.

Oprah campaigned with Obama this weekend in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.

Although exact figures were not immediately available, campaign officials estimated more than 30,000 people packed into Columbia, South Carolina's Williams-Brice stadium to hear the talk-show queen explain why she believes Obama is the man with the "vision" for America.

"Dr. King dreamed the dream. We get to vote that dream into reality by supporting a man who knows not just who we are but who we can be," she told the crowd. South Carolina is one of the first states in the nation to hold its presidential primary, making it key to the success of any presidential candidate.

Winfrey gave a similar speech Saturday in the first stop of a two-day, three-state tour with her fellow Chicagoan. She discussed on Sunday stepping out of her "comfort zone" by entering the political scene on behalf of a candidate, and praised Obama's "ear for eloquence and tongue for unvarnished truth. We need politicians to tell the truth and be the truth."  Watch what issues are important to Iowans Â»

She also said Obama would bring "a sense of statesmanship" to the White House.  Watch Winfrey endorse Obama Â»

After extensive thank-yous to his wife Michelle and to Winfrey -- and acknowledging that the crowd was largely there to see Winfrey, not him -- Obama launched into his stump speech.

"I am running because of what Dr. King called 'the fierce urgency of now,' " he said.

Covering ground from the Iraq war to the economy to health care, he said, "there is such a thing as being too late -- and that hour is almost upon us."

His campaign worked the crowd, passing out cards to sign up supporters and verifying that those who showed up are registered to vote. They handed out cards asking fans to provide their mailing addresses and phone numbers. The cards also featured an "optional" pledge to vote for Obama on January 26.

In his speech, Obama did not mention his chief rival by name. But he clearly referred to Sen. Hillary Clinton, saying that if he gets the Democratic nomination, his Republican competitor won't be able to say he ever "supported the Iraq war."  Watch how Winfrey's campaigning could give Obama a boost Â»

Clinton was among the Democrats who supported a resolution authorizing force in Iraq in 2002, though in a speech on the Senate floor she said she believed supporting the resolution could ultimately make war itself less likely. Obama was not in the Senate at the time, but gave a speech opposing the possibility of war with Iraq.

Clinton has held a lead over Obama in South Carolina, where the Democratic primary consists largely of African-American voters.

Clinton had a star of her own on the campaign trail for her Sunday in South Carolina -- her husband, former president Bill Clinton, who addressed a church in the morning.  Check out some other celebrities who are endorsing candidates Â»

"She has the best combination of mind and heart and strength of leadership and feeling for ... the problems of ordinary people of anybody I've ever worked with," the former president said Sunday.

Clinton was on the campaign trail with her mother and daughter. E-mail to a friend

CNN's Peter Hamby and Suzanne Malveaux contributed to this report.

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LONDON, England (CNN)  -- A British woman who suffers from multiple sclerosis has lost her appeal to clarify Britain's laws on assisted suicide, a charity working with the woman said Thursday.

Debbie Purdy and husband Omar Puente pictured outside the High Court in October 2008.

But the woman did get a strong hint that anyone who helped her travel to a country where assisted suicide is legal would not be prosecuted.

Debbie Purdy, 45, had asked the Court of Appeal to clarify Britain's laws on assisted suicide -- an option she has said she wants if her pain one day becomes unbearable.

Under the current laws, Purdy says, it is not clear at which point her husband would be breaking the law if he helped her to travel to an assisted suicide clinic.

Purdy was appealing an October ruling by the High Court, which also refused to clarify the laws.

Purdy suffers from primary progressive multiple sclerosis, in which symptoms become progressively worse over time. She has said she wants the option to travel abroad to have an assisted death should her condition deteriorate.

Under Britain's current law, Purdy's husband, Omar Puente, could face 14 years in prison if he accompanies her to a country, such as Switzerland, where assisted suicide is legal.

Purdy had asked the High Court judges to tell her at what point Puente would be subject to prosecution -- whether it would include helping her into a car, sitting with her on the plane to the clinic, or helping her with her bags.

In its judgment Thursday, the appeal court did imply Puente would be safe from prosecution.

The judges referred to the earlier case of Dan James, a 23-year-old British rugby player who died in an assisted suicide last year. James had been paralyzed from the neck down in a rugby accident.

James' parents, Mark and Julie James, flew with their son to an assisted suicide clinic in Switzerland. They faced questions on their return to Britain but were not prosecuted.

The court said the decision not to prosecute the Jameses "is illustrative not only of the care with which the issue in these cases would be approached, but also an extremely helpful example of the kind of broad circumstances in which ... the ultimate decision would be that a prosecution should not be mounted," according to an excerpt released by Dignity in Dying, the charity that worked on Purdy's case.

"If the prosecution amounts to an abuse of process, the court will dismiss it," the court said in its judgment.

Purdy said that wording made her feel like she had won her argument, even though she lost the appeal.

"I am very grateful for, and respect the ruling of the appeal court," she said in a statement. "They have done everything they can do to clarify that, given the Dan James judgment, Omar would be unlikely to be prosecuted if he were to accompany me abroad for an assisted death, and we are therefore one step closer to the clarification I need."

Dignity in Dying has said it is important for the British government to distinguish between people who maliciously encourage suicide and those who accompany a loved one abroad to die.

Under current law, the 1961 Suicide Act, assisting a suicide is a crime punishable by up to 14 years imprisonment. Anyone who aids, abets, counsels or procures the suicide of another, or an attempt by another to commit suicide, is liable.

Dignity in Dying has said it ultimately wants British law changed to allow the terminally ill the choice of assisted death.

To date, no one who has accompanied a loved one to the Swiss clinic Dignitas has been prosecuted, but they have been questioned by police and threatened with prosecution, according to Dignity in Dying.

"The courts have done all they can," said Sarah Wootton, chief executive of Dignity in Dying. "They make quite clear that only Parliament has the authority to change the law. If there's no public interest in prosecuting, there must be a public interest in updating the law to remove doubt."

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(CNN) -- Commercial office space, warehouses or factory facilities are not required to launch a successful business.

At-home enterprises have turned many business people into full-fledged celebrities.

Grammy award-winning musicians OutKast started in a basement recording studio in Atlanta, Georgia. Apple, Google and Microsoft all were born at home-based facilities.  See more famous businesses that started at home Â»

Culinary queen Paula Deen started her media empire by making bag lunches in her own kitchen.

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(CNN) -- Mohammed Alshaya owns more high street brands than most fashion addicts could stuff in their closets.

Mohammed Alshaya, CEO of Alshaya's retail division, tells MME he sees a new mindset in the Gulf

Topshop, Coast, NEXT and River Island are just some of the big names he's imported from the United Kingdom to shopping centers in the Middle East.

As chief executive of M.H. Alshaya, he knows what sells: tried and tested Western brands that will appeal to local shoppers.

And his empire is not limited to clothing. In the past month, he's taken Mothercare and The Body Shop to Central Eastern Europe.

With the addition of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia, M.H. Alshaya now operates in 16 markets including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Cyprus, Turkey, Poland and Russia.

John Defterios spoke with Mohammed Alshaya, and started by asking him for his thoughts on the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) plans for a single currency.

(JD): I would imagine as a retail operation you'd be a huge proponent of a single currency within the GCC. Is it realistic within the next 4 to 5 years?

(MA): I think it can be, as long as there is a will of the leaders to get together and decide. It is a huge leap towards efficiency, conciliation, getting closer between the six countries. One single Central Bank that governs and regulates is much better than the current six, I believe.

(JD): Have you ever done any calculations of what impact it would have on your back office operations?

(MA): Not yet, but it will be great, I think.

(JD): You're one of the largest retail operations throughout the Arabian Peninsula. With all this growth that we're seeing right now, it must have a direct impact on the retail sector. What sort of annual growth are you experiencing?

(MA): We're experiencing close to 25 percent annual growth, if not 30 percent in some cases, like in Dubai.

(JD): Do you have any sort of concerns that this is going to be a bubble like the 1970s where the money was not deployed correctly? It seems different from my vantage point, do you share that view?

(MA): There is a new generation of people from the region that are leading businesses and strong leadership in the government that have mitigated any concern. And if you see now the statistics, the Gulf is the seventh largest economy in the world. In ten, in 15 years time, it will be the fifth. So I see a new mindset, a new attitude.

(JD): One of the other things I wanted to ask you about is your moves into other countries. The Alshaya group is very well known throughout the Arabian Peninsula, but you're moving into other markets, into Eastern Europe, specifically into Russia. Do you have the expertise to go into these markets?

(MA): Well, yes. We have the expertise, and the expertise is by really retaining good management, and traveling with them into new markets. I'm not going to open shops myself. We have a very strong team in Russia; Russians that are taking our investment into good projects like Starbucks which we opened two months ago, two stores. We acquired a business there. So we have plans like Mothercare, Bodyshop, NEXT.

(JD): So you can basically move this group into any city and have that potpourri of offers?

(MA): We have the software. We have the software to launch the retail portfolio into a new market.

(JD): Obviously you're a family business. You feel quite strongly about preserving culture and the family structure, and the need for family businesses to create jobs, because they represent 75 percent of all turnover in the Gulf.

(MA): We have a social responsibility toward our people. We have to make sure we have jobs for them if the government is not going to compete, and is going to take away some of the people who would be relevant to our business. Another issue that might challenge us to do that is the wealth creation -- whether (potential employees) would be attracted to be in a department store selling or in a coffee shop making coffee -- that, we will see. E-mail to a friend

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question: Who is CEO of M.H. Alshaya's retail division?

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question: Who speaks with Mohammed Alshaya?

answer: John Defterios

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question: Which brands is the group taking into Eastern Europe and Russia?

answer: Topshop, Coast, NEXT

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answer: Mothercare and The Body Shop

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question: Where is the group taking Starbucks?

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question: what is retails divisions annual growth

answer: close to 25 percent

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question: What rate of annual growth did the group see in Dubai?

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question: What percentage of growth is the retail division seeking?

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BUNNELL, Florida (CNN)  -- Faith Coleman had no health insurance when she learned she had cancer, but she describes her battle with the illness as "one of the absolute greatest blessings" of her life.

Faith Coleman's ordeal as an uninsured cancer patient drove  her to help others without health insurance.

"Having kidney cancer was one of the best things that ever happened to me ... because I can truly empathize with patients," said Coleman, 54.

That compassion inspired Coleman to open a free clinic in her Florida community to help other uninsured people in need of medical care.

In July 2003, Coleman, a nurse practitioner, learned she had a malignant tumor growing on her right kidney. But as a contract worker for several doctors, she did not receive health insurance. Coleman's treatment totaled about $35,000, and she was forced to take out a mortgage on her house to help pay for it.

"I [fell] through the crack ... and I [had] a great job and a good education," said Coleman, a mother of six.

Realizing that her financial and health woes were not unique, Coleman -- now in remission -- became determined to help those in similar situations access medical treatment.

"I have been given another chance, and I felt that it was important for me to make a difference and to help other people," she said.

So after her recovery in 2004, Coleman approached Dr. John Canakaris. The local physician with 60 years of experience had been treating the indigent population for years. Canakaris was eager to reach more patients in need.

The two worked together to establish the Flagler County Free Clinic in Bunnell, Florida, which provides medical care for the uninsured. It has treated more than 6,700 patients.

The clinic opened its doors in February 2005, with eight volunteers treating eight patients. Since then, it has expanded to 120 volunteers who see about 80 patients every other weekend. Coleman said she's seen an increase in the number of patients at the clinic, which serves people who meet federal poverty guidelines.

"If you see 100 cars in the parking lot, that's us!" Coleman said, describing how she tells people the way to find the clinic. "We have what I call 'controlled chaos.' It's just busy, busy, busy, go, go, go."  Watch the "controlled chaos" at the clinic Â»

Health insurance: 'Nebulous, fairy-like thing'

Flagler County has a 15.5 percent unemployment rate -- the highest in Florida -- according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Living without medical insurance often is the only way for some local struggling families to make ends meet, Coleman said.

"When your health insurance [premium] is the same or more than your mortgage payment on your home, which one do you think they're going to choose?" Coleman asked.

"They have to live. They have to eat. Insurance becomes the nebulous fairy-like thing that's flying around out here. It would be nice to have because it's silver and shiny and pretty, but it's too expensive to hold on to. So it has to go," she said.

The clinic, which operates out of a building donated by Canakaris and other doctors for use on the weekends, is not affiliated with any hospitals, Coleman said. The local Rotary Club, churches and private contributions help fund the operation. In addition, physicians volunteer to see patients recommended by the clinic, and an imaging center donates two X-rays and two CAT scans per month.

Coleman says she and her team generally treat common illnesses like diabetes, hypertension and other chronic diseases, but adds "we've also found a lot of cancers." Many diagnoses have led to life-saving treatments.  Watch Coleman interact with patients at her clinic Â»

"I had this lump growing in my throat on the right side and it just kept getting bigger and bigger, and I didn't have any insurance," said Franklin Dias, a cancer survivor. "Ms. Coleman called in one of her buddies who said this is an emergency ... [then] I was in the hospital."

Today, Dias is cancer-free. And to show his appreciation of the clinic, he bakes.

"I paid them in banana bread, zucchini bread, pumpkin bread," Dias said.

Emilio Viera, a Cuban immigrant, also credits Coleman with saving his life.

"She was perfect, she was precise, she was accurate," said Viera. "I'll be very grateful all my life to Ms. Coleman. She's 'Faith,' and when you have five minutes with her she makes you have faith."

Want to get involved? Check out the Flagler County Free Clinic and see how to help.

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text: with

text: years

text: of

text: experience

text: had

text: been

text: treating

text: the

text: indigent

text: population

text: for

text: years

text: Canakaris

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text: eager

text: to

text: reach

text: more

text: patients

text: in

text: need

text: The

text: two

text: worked

text: together

text: to

text: establish

text: the

text: Flagler

text: County

text: Free

text: Clinic

text: in

text: Bunnell

text: Florida

text: which

text: provides

text: medical

text: care

text: for

text: the

text: uninsured

text: It

text: has

text: treated

text: more

text: than

text: patients

text: The

text: clinic

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text: its

text: doors

text: in

text: February

text: with

text: eight

text: volunteers

text: treating

text: eight

text: patients

text: Since

text: then

text: it

text: has

text: expanded

text: to

text: volunteers

text: who

text: see

text: about

text: patients

text: every

text: other

text: weekend

text: Coleman

text: said

text: she

text: 's

text: seen

text: an

text: increase

text: in

text: the

text: number

text: of

text: patients

text: at

text: the

text: clinic

text: which

text: serves

text: people

text: who

text: meet

text: federal

text: poverty

text: guidelines

text: If

text: you

text: see

text: cars

text: in

text: the

text: parking

text: lot

text: that

text: 's

text: us

text: Coleman

text: said

text: describing

text: how

text: she

text: tells

text: people

text: the

text: way

text: to

text: find

text: the

text: clinic

text: We

text: have

text: what

text: I

text: call

text: controlled

text: chaos

text: It

text: 's

text: just

text: busy

text: busy

text: busy

text: go

text: go

text: go

text: Watch

text: the

text: controlled

text: chaos

text: at

text: the

text: clinic

text: Â

text: Health

text: insurance

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text: fairy

text: like

text: thing

text: Flagler

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text: a

text: percent

text: unemployment

text: rate

text: the

text: highest

text: in

text: Florida

text: according

text: to

text: the

text: U.S.

text: Bureau

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text: Labor

text: Statistics

text: Living

text: without

text: medical

text: insurance

text: often

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text: the

text: only

text: way

text: for

text: some

text: local

text: struggling

text: families

text: to

text: make

text: ends

text: meet

text: Coleman

text: said

text: When

text: your

text: health

text: insurance

text: premium

text: is

text: the

text: same

text: or

text: more

text: than

text: your

text: mortgage

text: payment

text: on

text: your

text: home

text: which

text: one

text: do

text: you

text: think

text: they

text: 're

text: going

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text: choose

text: Coleman

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text: 's

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text: shiny

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text: pretty

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text: said

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text: clinic

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text: operation

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text: two

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text: and

text: her

text: team

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text: treat

text: common

text: illnesses

text: like

text: diabetes

text: hypertension

text: and

text: other

text: chronic

text: diseases

text: but

text: adds

text: we

text: 've

text: also

text: found

text: a

text: lot

text: of

text: cancers

text: Many

text: diagnoses

text: have

text: led

text: to

text: life

text: saving

text: treatments

text: Watch

text: Coleman

text: interact

text: with

text: patients

text: at

text: her

text: clinic

text: Â

text: I

text: had

text: this

text: lump

text: growing

text: in

text: my

text: throat

text: on

text: the

text: right

text: side

text: and

text: it

text: just

text: kept

text: getting

text: bigger

text: and

text: bigger

text: and

text: I

text: did

text: n't

text: have

text: any

text: insurance

text: said

text: Franklin

text: Dias

text: a

text: cancer

text: survivor

text: Ms.

text: Coleman

text: called

text: in

text: one

text: of

text: her

text: buddies

text: who

text: said

text: this

text: is

text: an

text: emergency

text: then

text: I

text: was

text: in

text: the

text: hospital

text: Today

text: Dias

text: is

text: cancer

text: free

text: And

text: to

text: show

text: his

text: appreciation

text: of

text: the

text: clinic

text: he

text: bakes

text: I

text: paid

text: them

text: in

text: banana

text: bread

text: zucchini

text: bread

text: pumpkin

text: bread

text: Dias

text: said

text: Emilio

text: Viera

text: a

text: Cuban

text: immigrant

text: also

text: credits

text: Coleman

text: with

text: saving

text: his

text: life

text: She

text: was

text: perfect

text: she

text: was

text: precise

text: she

text: was

text: accurate

text: said

text: Viera

text: I

text: 'll

text: be

text: very

text: grateful

text: all

text: my

text: life

text: to

text: Ms.

text: Coleman

text: She

text: 's

text: Faith

text: and

text: when

text: you

text: have

text: five

text: minutes

text: with

text: her

text: she

text: makes

text: you

text: have

text: faith

text: Want

text: to

text: get

text: involved

text: Check

text: out

text: the

text: Flagler

text: County

text: Free

text: Clinic

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text: see

text: how

text: to

text: help

question: What did Coleman co-found in Florida?

answer: free clinic

text: free clinic

question: What illness does Faith Coleman have?

answer: kidney cancer

text: kidney cancer

question: Which organ was affected by cancer in Faith Coleman

answer: kidney

text: kidney

question: What was uninsured?

answer: Faith Coleman

text: Faith Coleman


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(CNN) -- An American graduate student who went to Iraq to find ways to help ordinary citizens persevere in a transitioning government was one of two American civilians killed in a Sadr City bombing.

Nicole Suveges, a political scientist working toward her doctorate, died in a Sadr City bombing Tuesday.

Nicole Suveges, a married political scientist from Illinois, was part of a program that embeds academics into military units to help personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan navigate the local environment, according to her employer, BAE Systems.

Suveges, who started her tour with Human Terrain System in April, had been assigned to support the 3rd Brigade Combat Team for the 4th Infantry Division in "political, cultural, and tribal engagements," a statement from the program said.

She was one of four Americans to die in the Sadr City bombing Tuesday. Two U.S. soldiers and a State Department employee, Steven Farley, who worked with the provincial reconstruction team, also were killed in the blast.

"Nicole was a leading academic who studied for years on how to improve conditions for others," Doug Belair, president of BAE's Technology Solutions & Services, said in a written statement. "She came to us to give freely of herself in an effort to make a better world."

Suveges was the second BAE employee to die in a combat zone this year. Michael V. Bhatia, 31, a social scientist from Medway, Massachusetts, died in a roadside bombing May 7 in Afghanistan, BAE said.

Scott Fazekas, BAE's director of communications, said Suveges and Bhatia were among three dozen social scientists hired by the company and its subcontractors to support the program.

The Johns Hopkins University graduate student was also working toward a doctorate in political science with an emphasis on international relations. The focus of her dissertation was on the transition from an authoritarian regime to democracy and how it affects ordinary citizens, the university said.

"Nicole was committed to using her learning and experience to make the world a better place, especially for people who have suffered through war and conflict," William R. Brody, president of the university, said in a message Wednesday to the campus community. "She exemplifies all that we seek to do at Johns Hopkins: to use knowledge for the good of humanity."

Mark Blyth, Suveges' primary faculty adviser, said that when Suveges came to Johns Hopkins, she planned to write her Ph.D. dissertation on how ideas move across borders from society to society, exploring how radical Islamic ideas filtered through Western European mosques.

After the outbreak of the Iraq war, Suveges decided to shift her focus to the experience of ordinary citizens under a transitional government, said Blyth, a topic that had interested Suveges since her experience in Bosnia with the SFOR/NATO Combined Joint Psychological Operations Task Force.

"She was a very bright, engaging, sweet person, very intellectually curious," Blyth said Wednesday.

BAE said Suveges' experience, which included a tour in Iraq as a civilian contractor and a stint in Bosnia in the 1990s as an Army reservist, made her especially valuable in efforts to improve the lives of Iraqis.

A Human Terrain System statement said Suveges and others were attending a meeting of the District Advisory Council on Tuesday to elect a new chairman.

The officials were helping mediate disputes among the Sadr City leadership and "facilitate the development of a more representative local government," the statement said.

The attack was blamed on a Shiite insurgent cell.

Suveges graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1992 and received a master's degree in political science from George Washington University in 1998.

She had delivered papers to international relations organizations and served as a graduate teaching assistant, the company said.

At Johns Hopkins, she was managing editor for the Review of International Political Economy, the university said.

Maj. Mike Kenfield, spokesman for the Army's training and doctrine command, said that the program was credited for "reductions in non-lethal operations" and that there had been talk about expanding the purview of the team to outside Iraq and Afghanistan.

CNN's Joe Sterling contributed to this report

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question: What was the name of the student?

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text: Nicole Suveges,

question: Where did Nicole Suveges die?

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answer: Nicole Suveges,

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question: Where did the student die?

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question: Who was part of team of academic embeds advising military in Iraq?

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question: What subject was the dissertation on?

answer: the transition from an authoritarian regime to democracy and how it affects ordinary citizens,

text: the transition from an authoritarian regime to democracy and how it affects ordinary citizens,


text:
HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN)  -- Cash-strapped Zimbabwe revealed plans Saturday to circulate $200 million notes, just days after introducing a $100 million bill, Finance Minister Samuel Mumbengegwi said.

Zimbabwe central bank governor Gideon Gono shows a new $50 million note Thursday.

After the $100 million note began circulating on Thursday, the price of a loaf of bread soared from 2 million to 35 million Zimbabwean dollars.

Amid allegations of illegal foreign currency trading, the government also fired top executives at four major banks Thursday, according to The Herald, a state-owned newspaper.

Many anxious residents of the nation's capital, Harare, have been sleeping outside banks, waiting for them to open so they can make withdrawals before the institutions run out of cash.  Watch how Zimbabwe's children are suffering ÃÂ»

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe had capped maximum daily withdrawals at 500,000 Zimbabwean dollars: about 25 U.S. cents, or about a quarter of Thursday's price of a loaf of bread.

Last week, restrictions on cash withdrawals -- due to severe money shortages -- triggered riots.

Sixteen soldiers now face possible court-martial due to alleged looting and assaults on civilians and police during the unrest, police spokesman Wayne Bvudzijena told The Herald on Saturday.

"We are still investigating the case," he said. "But we expect the soldiers to appear before a court-martial once investigations are completed."

After spending several days waiting in bank lines, soldiers rampaged through downtown Harare, destroying shops and attacking riot police sent to disperse the protesters.

Cash shortages are not the only crisis plaguing Zimbabwe.

The United Nations has said that more than half of Zimbabwe's population is in dire need of food and clean water.  Watch how a cholera epidemic is affecting Zimbabweans ÃÂ»

Acute shortages of essentials such as fuel, electricity, medicines and food are key indicators of a failed economy, according to economic observers.

"The [Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe] is failing to deliver the demands of market, prices are doubling daily, and that demands more cash," Zimbabwean economist John Robertson said. "The huge price increases are resulting from severe shortages of most goods."

The once-prosperous African nation is facing its worst economic and humanitarian crisis since attaining independence from Great Britain in 1980.

Zimbabwe's official rate of inflation is 231 million percent, the world's highest.

Critics of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe link hyperinflation to his policies on land distribution and unbudgeted payments to war veterans.

Zimbabwe has had no Cabinet since the March presidential election.

Its political troubles have aggravated its humanitarian and economic crisis, including a cholera outbreak that has killed close to 600 people since August.

A CNN journalist in Harare contributed to this report.

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text: Zimbabwean

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question: Whose policies are accused of causing collapse?

answer: of Zimbabwean President Robert Mug

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question: Name of the president?

answer: ent Robert Mug

text: ent Robert Mug

question: How much does a loaf of bread cost in Zimbabwe?

answer: 35 million Zimbabwean dollars.

text: 35 million Zimbabwean dollars.

question: What price jumped?

answer: loaf of bread

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question: What did the price of bread jump to in Zimbabwen dollars?

answer: 35 million

text: 35 million

question: What were bank execs accused of?

answer: illegal foreign currency trading,

text: illegal foreign currency trading,

question: What does the government accuse?

answer: Amid allegations of illegal foreign currency trading,

text: Amid allegations of illegal foreign currency trading,

question: What consumer item's price skyrocketed to 35 million?

answer: loaf of bread

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question: Who is the President of Zimbabwe?

answer: ent Robert Mug

text: ent Robert Mug

question: What did the government accuse bank executives?

answer: illegal foreign currency trading,

text: illegal foreign currency trading,

question: What does Zimbabwe face?

answer: ing its worst economic and humanitarian crisis since attaining independence from Great Britain in 19

text: ing its worst economic and humanitarian crisis since attaining independence from Great Britain in 19


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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Central Intelligence Agency hired the private security firm Blackwater USA in 2004 to work on a covert program aimed at targeting and potentially killing top al Qaeda leaders, according to a source familiar with the program.

CIA Director Leon Panetta canceled the covert program this year when he learned of its full scope.

The existence of the program, which began in 2001, came to light earlier this year when CIA Director Leon Panetta canceled the effort, but it is only now that Blackwater's involvement has become known.

That development was first reported Thursday in The New York Times.

The program was part of a broader effort inside the CIA to develop the capacity to conduct training, surveillance and possible covert operations overseas, according to the source. The program was outsourced to contractors to "put some distance" between the effort and the U.S. government.

By mid-2006, Blackwater's involvement in the program had ended, according to a U.S. official. Other contractors were brought in for other parts of the program, another source said.

The total program cost "millions," a U.S. official said. It is not known how much Blackwater was paid. The company -- now known as Xe -- did not return CNN's calls seeking comment.

"The program ebbed and flowed. There were different phases to it. There may have been different folks involved," the source said.

U.S. officials have previously acknowledged that Panetta canceled the entire program this year when he learned of its full scope. At the time of the cancellation, officials said, renewal of the program was being considered. At that point, it had been brought to the new CIA director's attention.

Panetta canceled the effort in part because Congress had not been notified about it, officials said. Also, some in the intelligence community were worried there could be a diplomatic disaster if contractors were caught performing such work in foreign countries.

Former CIA Director Michael Hayden, who ran the agency from 2006 to 2009, downplayed the program during a speaking engagement in Washington.

"This was not a very prominent thing during my time as director," Hayden said. "What you had were three separate efforts under three different directors to deal with an issue that everyone understood was a problem in a capacity that everyone agreed we should have."

A spokesman for the CIA would not comment on the details of the still-classified program.

"Director Panetta thought this effort should be briefed to Congress, and he did so," spokesman George Little said. "He also knew it hadn't been successful, so he ended it. Neither decision was difficult. This was clear and straightforward.

"Director Panetta did not tell the committees that the agency had misled the Congress or had broken the law. He decided that the time had come to brief Congress on a counterterrorism effort."

Blackwater's extensive involvement in U.S. operations overseas, particularly in Iraq, has been controversial. The Iraqi government says that in a shooting in September 2007, Blackwater security guards killed 17 Iraqi civilians. Blackwater says its employees were returning fire after they were attacked by armed insurgents, but an Iraqi investigation concluded that the guards randomly fired at civilians without provocation.

The incident led to the Iraqi government's refusal to renew the firm's operating license in the country when it expired in May.

Although it lost the Iraq contract, the company, which changed its name to Xe earlier this year, continued to get multimillion-dollar contracts from the U.S. government for work in Afghanistan.

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question: What was part of the CIA effort?

answer: targeting and potentially killing top al Qaeda leaders,

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question: When did the program begin?

answer: 2001,

question: Who was trying to develop possible covert operations overseas?

answer: Blackwater USA

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question: When did Blackwater's involvement in the program end?

answer: mid-2006,

question: Who said "This was not a very prominent thing during my time as director"?

answer: Hayden

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question: Who said "Blackwater's involvement in program had ended by mid-2006"?

answer: U.S. official.

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question: Who worked to develop possible covert operations overseas?

answer: Blackwater USA

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question: What did the US official say?

answer: The total program cost "millions," a U.S.

text: The total program cost "millions," a U.S.