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HONG KONG, China (CNN) -- On the eve of what was to become the biggest sale ever of a Chinese contemporary painting, Trevor Simon wanted to get the word out about "Execution," a painting he had hidden from everybody.

The painting had been stored in a  London warehouse for more than a decade after arriving from Hong Kong.

"Not a single person in the world had seen it other than me for more than a decade," said the 36-year-old investment banking strategist by phone from London on Thursday. That includes his mother and the woman he loves.

Beijing artist Yue Minjun's painting, inspired by the bloody crackdown on Tiananmen Square in 1989, sold for 2.9 million pounds ($5.9 million) Friday night in London. The sale exceeded the 2.15 million pounds ($4.37 million) paid in June for the previous record, Yue's "The Pope."

Simon remembers seeing the oil painting at Manfred Schoeni's gallery in Hong Kong during the late 1990s and how it fascinated him at first sight. "As soon as I saw it, my whole self changed," he said.

"I realized that this stood for everything that was going on at the time, so I was stunned into silence literally. I saw what was happening in China. I was rising in banking, and I saw an execution of people who were smiling.

"I saw that was what was going on in banking."

Schoeni and Simon were already on friendly terms, and Schoeni had wanted to show him "Execution," which had been covered up.

But when Simon insisted he wanted the painting, he recalled Schoeni telling him it wasn't going anywhere and was not for sale. But Simon said he would not leave and remembered saying: " 'Fine, have a drink with me.' And maybe I loosened his head a bit. After a couple hours, I struck a deal."

A junior investment banker in his 20s at the time, Simon would spend $250,000 Hong Kong dollars ($32,200), or two-thirds of his annual salary, on "Execution." The painting reflected what he felt was going on in the world in which he worked: a soulless place.

"While you can apply a good mind, the job eats your life. You spend 14 hours in the markets. A week in Paris, a week in London running around. No life. My girlfriend didn't want to be with me: 'I can't have you.'" She'd leave him and has since become engaged to someone else, he said.

"It was not only an image of an execution of characters in front of the walls of Tiananmen, but an execution of me," he said, describing himself as "committed to this painting."

Under the terms of the deal he struck with Schoeni, the painting was to be "out of sight for five years" and shipped to London, Simon explained.

He described the painting -- at 3 meters (10 feet) wide and 1.5 meters (5 feet) high -- as "monumental," "physical," and "like a wall."

He put "Execution" in a box, shipped it out of Hong Kong to London. "And it hasn't moved since that day. It's in a crusty warehouse behind a main road."

He finds a key distinction between "Execution" and Francisco de Goya's "The Third of May, 1808: The Execution of the Defenders of Madrid" and Edouard Manet's "The Execution of the Emperor Maximilien of Mexico."

In those, he said, "that's murder, true assassination of a political figure. But here [with "Execution"], it's far more potent. Because they're killed by culture."

The laughing was a "response to unimaginable persecution," he said.

"You don't know what the hell else to do. You're nervous. You're not laughing, 'Ha ha hee hee.'"

As for the underwear, Simon said, "You're stripped down, you're defenseless. Even worse, you're being shot with cultural forces, not bullets."

And while the man on the far right of Manet's painting cocks the gun and delivers the coup de grace, the figure in "Execution" has a similar role, said Simon.

"He's wearing a generic T-shirt -- the guy who's delivering the last shot to be delivered into the heartland of Chinese heritage." Yue's painting was in keeping with "cynical realism," the term coined by art critic Li Xianting to describe post-Tiananmen artists disillusioned by and critical of Chinese society, Simon said.

When asked if he, as a young 20-something, ever harbored doubts or questioned his sanity about dishing out a large portion of his salary for this work, Simon replied: "No, no, no, no. I knew. I stood there. You just know. You just absolutely know beyond all doubt that the theme is something special.

"This art was a representation of all the ambition and all the anxiety that had been held back behind the Chinese wall and was now allowed to live, allowed to go free.

"I knew without a millionth of a doubt that that was the story of China on canvas."

Simon said he would probably cry if he and Yue met. "He's an immensely brave man, anyone who paints like this. None of his paintings are as politically dangerous as this."

Simon left the painting in a box in the warehouse and never brought it out or hung it up, despite having other work elsewhere in his house. For one thing, Schoeni was murdered in 2004 in the Philippines. Simon felt that it was because Schoeni was involved in championing the works of people from "repressive" countries.

The painting became a mental crutch for him. He determined that he would walk out on the most important job he could think of in investment banking, one that earned him more than a million dollars a year. "The painting helped me leave the job because I could see a country being executed and surviving, and so maybe I could too," he said in a follow-up email.

Simon had left Hong Kong for "the lion's den," as he put it, in London, where he felt further "executed by the politics and chaos one step below the top rung of the bank." The very top was where the more rational and humanity prevailed, he said. "All the rest is scratching and positioning and seldom is the best thing done."

He'd leave his job. That was five years ago, and while he is still involved in finance, he works on his own now, he said.

Selling the painting brings Simon full circle to being "un-Executed," he said. Yue's got a new museum and is being recognized by the Chinese government. "He's no longer repressed by China. And I'm no longer repressed by commercial ambition. It's about doing it the right way," Simon said.

"The value of this piece is not the dollar value. It's lovely to have that extra money. But the real value, should I die tomorrow morning, has already been placed in my heart," he said.

"I'm not laughing at being shot at. What I'm most proud of is the courage to live.

"God gave me talents. I'm going to use them for good, not for money. Not for trading."

But first, he plans to get the girl back.

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text: was

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text: of

text: a

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text: China

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text: and

text: Yue

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text: He

text: 's

text: an

text: immensely

text: brave

text: man

text: anyone

text: who

text: paints

text: like

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text: his

text: paintings

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text: politically

text: dangerous

text: as

text: this

text: Simon

text: left

text: the

text: painting

text: in

text: a

text: box

text: in

text: the

text: warehouse

text: and

text: never

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text: hung

text: it

text: up

text: despite

text: having

text: other

text: work

text: elsewhere

text: in

text: his

text: house

text: For

text: one

text: thing

text: Schoeni

text: was

text: murdered

text: in

text: in

text: the

text: Philippines

text: Simon

text: felt

text: that

text: it

text: was

text: because

text: Schoeni

text: was

text: involved

text: in

text: championing

text: the

text: works

text: of

text: people

text: from

text: repressive

text: countries

text: The

text: painting

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text: a

text: mental

text: crutch

text: for

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text: He

text: determined

text: that

text: he

text: would

text: walk

text: out

text: on

text: the

text: most

text: important

text: job

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text: could

text: think

text: of

text: in

text: investment

text: banking

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text: that

text: earned

text: him

text: more

text: than

text: a

text: million

text: dollars

text: a

text: year

text: The

text: painting

text: helped

text: me

text: leave

text: the

text: job

text: because

text: I

text: could

text: see

text: a

text: country

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text: executed

text: and

text: surviving

text: and

text: so

text: maybe

text: I

text: could

text: too

text: he

text: said

text: in

text: a

text: follow

text: up

text: email

text: Simon

text: had

text: left

text: Hong

text: Kong

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text: the

text: lion

text: 's

text: den

text: as

text: he

text: put

text: it

text: in

text: London

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text: felt

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text: the

text: politics

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text: chaos

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text: step

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text: top

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text: the

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text: The

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text: top

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text: more

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text: humanity

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text: seldom

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text: painting

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text: circle

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text: Executed

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text: Yue

text: 's

text: got

text: a

text: new

text: museum

text: and

text: is

text: being

text: recognized

text: by

text: the

text: Chinese

text: government

text: He

text: 's

text: no

text: longer

text: repressed

text: by

text: China

text: And

text: I

text: 'm

text: no

text: longer

text: repressed

text: by

text: commercial

text: ambition

text: It

text: 's

text: about

text: doing

text: it

text: the

text: right

text: way

text: Simon

text: said

text: The

text: value

text: of

text: this

text: piece

text: is

text: not

text: the

text: dollar

text: value

text: It

text: 's

text: lovely

text: to

text: have

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text: extra

text: money

text: But

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text: real

text: value

text: should

text: I

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text: tomorrow

text: morning

text: has

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text: been

text: placed

text: in

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text: heart

text: he

text: said

text: I

text: 'm

text: not

text: laughing

text: at

text: being

text: shot

text: at

text: What

text: I

text: 'm

text: most

text: proud

text: of

text: is

text: the

text: courage

text: to

text: live

text: God

text: gave

text: me

text: talents

text: I

text: 'm

text: going

text: to

text: use

text: them

text: for

text: good

text: not

text: for

text: money

text: Not

text: for

text: trading

text: But

text: first

text: he

text: plans

text: to

text: get

text: the

text: girl

text: back

question: What was two thirds of his salary?

answer: $250,000 Hong Kong dollars ($32,200),

text: $250,000 Hong Kong dollars ($32,200),

question: Who is Yue Minjun?

answer: Beijing artist

text: Beijing artist

question: What did his painting sell for?

answer: 2.9 million pounds

text: 2.9 million pounds

question: What proportion of this annual salary did Simon spend on the painting?

answer: two-thirds

text: two-thirds

question: Who is this article about?

answer: Trevor Simon

text: Trevor Simon


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(CNN) -- A Colorado woman is being pursued as a "person of interest" in connection with phone calls that triggered the raid of a Texas polygamist ranch, authorities said Friday.

Rozita Swinton, 33, has been arrested in a case that is not directly related to the Texas raid.

Texas Rangers are seeking Rozita Swinton of Colorado Springs, Colorado, "regarding telephone calls placed to a crisis center hot line in San Angelo, Texas, in late March 2008," the Rangers said in a written statement.

The raid of the YFZ (Yearning for Zion) Ranch in Eldorado, Texas, came after a caller -- who identified herself as a 16-year-old girl -- said she had been physically and sexually abused by an adult man with whom she was forced into a "spiritual marriage."

The release said a search of Swinton's home in Colorado uncovered evidence that possibly links her to phone calls made about the ranch, run by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

"The possibility exists that Rozita Swinton, who has nothing to do with the FLDS church, may have been a woman who made calls and pretended she was the 16-year-old girl named Sarah," CNN's Gary Tuchman reported.

Swinton, 33, has been charged in Colorado with false reporting to authorities and is in police custody. Police said that arrest was not directly related to the Texas case.

Authorities raided the Texas ranch April 4 and removed 416 children.

Officials have been trying to identify the 16-year-old girl, referred to as Sarah, who claimed she had been abused in the phone calls. FLDS members have denied the girl, supposedly named Sarah Jessop Barlow, exists.

Some of the FLDS women who spoke with CNN on Monday said they believed the calls were a hoax.

While the phone calls initially prompted the raid, officers received a second search warrant based on what they said was evidence of sexual abuse found at the compound.

In court documents, investigators described seeing teen girls who appeared pregnant, records that showed men marrying multiple women and accounts of girls being married to adult men when they were as young as 13.

A court hearing began Thursday to determine custody of children who were removed from the ranch. E-mail to a friend

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- A massive blast targeting the Danish Embassy in Pakistan Monday killed at least six people and wounded as many as 18, authorities said.

The scene of devastation in Islamabad Monday after a suicide car bomb attack near the Danish Embassy.

The blast left a four-foot deep crater in the road.

Confusion lingered about the attack in the capital city of Islamabad and the number of casualties.

Police at the scene said a suicide car bomber pulled up next to the embassy at about 1 p.m. and detonated explosives. But Senior Superintendent of Police Ahmad Latif told CNN that authorities could not immediately label it a suicide attack.

Likewise, a medical worker told CNN the explosion killed eight people, including a young child and at least one foreign national.

But Latif put the number of fatalities at six and said none of the dead were foreigners. Among the wounded, he said, was a Brazilian citizen of Pakistani descent.  Watch Pakistan's foreign minister respond Â»

Authorities differed on the number of wounded as well, with figures ranging from five to 18. No embassy official was seriously hurt, Latif said.

It is not uncommon for preliminary casualty figures to vary: police cautioned that the numbers could rise.

Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller condemned the act.

"My immediate reaction is that you can only condemn this," said Stig Moeller. "It is terrible that terrorists do this. The embassy is there to have a cooperation between the Pakistani population and Denmark, and that means they are destroying that. They're destroying the Pakistanis' ability to connect with Denmark. It is completely unacceptable."  Watch the aftermath of the deadly attack Â»

The blast, heard more than two miles away, sheared off the embassy's front wall and kicked in its metal front gate. The impact blew out the building's windows and also damaged the offices of a non-profit organization. The Danish and the EU flag, knocked off their staff, hung limply from a spot on the embassy balcony.

Pakistan Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir told reporters at the scene that police are beefing up security at embassies and foreign missions throughout the city.

"I just want to assure everybody that the government will do everything to protect the diplomatic missions and also the security and safety of the citizens of Pakistan," he said.

The explosion was the first deadly attack in Islamabad since a bomb was hurled over a wall surrounding an Italian restaurant on March 15. That explosion killed a Turkish woman and wounded 12 people, including four U.S. FBI agents.

After Monday's attack, dozens of cars -- blanketed with dirt kicked up by the blast -- littered the street, their windows knocked out.

Rescue workers carried away a bloodied person, covering his body with a blanket. Pieces of shoes and tattered clothing lay amid the rubble.

Police said the attack targeted the embassy.

Danish embassies in predominantly Muslim countries, such as Pakistan, have been the scene of protests since Danish newspapers reprinted cartoons that Muslims say insult their prophet.

In February, several newspapers in Denmark reprinted the controversial cartoons of Islam's prophet, Muhammad, after Danish authorities arrested several people who allegedly were plotting a "terror-related assassination" of the cartoonist, Kurt Westergaard.

Westergaard's cartoon depicted the prophet wearing a bomb as a turban with a lit fuse. He said he wanted his drawing to say that some people exploited the prophet to legitimize terror. However, many in the Muslim world interpreted the drawing as depicting their prophet as a terrorist.

Islam generally forbids any depiction of the prophet -- even favorable ones -- fearing that it may lead to idolatry.

Two years ago, demonstrations erupted across the world after some newspapers printed the same cartoons. Some protests turned deadly.

The protests prompted Danish officials to temporarily close the embassy in Islamabad.

There were no immediate claims of responsibility for Monday's blast. In the past, authorities have blamed Islamic militants for carrying out attacks inside Pakistani cities.

The country experienced a month-long lull in attacks after a new government took office in March and set on a course to negotiate with militants. But since then, attacks have picked up again.

CNN's Reza Sayah contributed to this report.

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WASHINGTON (CNN)  -- Thousands of Muslims gathered Friday on Capitol Hill for a day of prayer that organizers said was intended to inspire American Muslims and non-Muslims alike.

People traveled from all over the United States to attend the Capitol Hill event, organizer Abdul Malik said.

"America is not perfect," Abdul Malik, an organizer of the event called Islam on Capitol Hill, told the crowd.

"But I will say something it took me my whole adult life to come to: America is not perfect, but I want to tell the truth: It is one of the best places in the world to live."

Organizers had hoped that 50,000 people would show up for the Friday afternoon prayer session, which took place at the foot of the U.S. Capitol.

There were also anti-Muslim protesters near the event.

Earlier, Malik said, "This is not a protest, it is a day of prayer, of devotion, hoping that we can work ... for the betterment of the world community."

He added, "We can come together and work together for the common good."

He said that Muslims in the United States have a "unique responsibility" and that the event seeks to inspire Muslims and all Americans.

"America represents, still, a beacon of hope," he said.

Malik said conversations about the event began only a few months ago.

"It's amazing," he said. "The Web site has gotten more than 3 million hits already."

Friday's event was focused on a 1 p.m. prayer, and a reception and banquet were planned afterward.

Malik said attendees were traveling from all over the United States -- including Texas, Florida and Georgia -- as well as from other countries, such as Britain and Canada.

"The beautiful thing ... about this, is that we have a good representation of the uniqueness and beauty of what Islam stands for," he said.

Besides the protesters, the event drew other criticism. Malik said he had received some "very nasty e-mails."

And one Christian leader warned of a strategy to "Islamize" American society.

"It is important for Christians to understand that Friday's Muslim prayer initiative is part of a well-defined strategy to Islamize American society and replace the Bible with the Koran, the cross with the Islamic crescent and the church bells with the Athan [the Muslim call to prayer]," the Rev. Canon Julian Dobbs, leader of the Convocation of Anglicans in North America's Church and Islam Project, said in a written statement.

"The time has come for the American public to call Islam to account," he said.

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NEW YORK (CNN) -- Three people were arrested Saturday after chaos broke out at an "America's Next Top Model" audition at a New York hotel, police said.

A large crowd at the Park Central New York hotel got unruly Saturday during a "Top Model" audition.

Six people were injured, and two of them sought treatment at a hospital, authorities said.

Police said they didn't know what provoked the bedlam.

Three people were charged with disorderly conduct and inciting a riot in connection with the incident at the Park Central New York hotel in Manhattan.

The audition was shut down after the incident, authorities said.

Calls to Park Central management were not immediately returned on Saturday.

The "Top Model" competition, hosted and produced by supermodel Tyra Banks and aired by the CW network, is in its 12th cycle.

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(CNN)  -- Hondurans will answer two questions Sunday when the troubled Central American nation holds elections: Who will win the presidency, and will voters heed calls for a boycott?

The answer to a third question will remain unanswered for a while: Will the international community recognize the newly elected leader even though the vote was held under the stewardship of interim President Roberto Micheletti, who came to power after a coup?

"The government needs a strong turnout and limited irregularities in order to claim that the elections are legitimate, especially given that there will not be international observers from the [Organization of American States] or the Carter Center," said Heather Berkman, a Latin America analyst with the Eurasia Group consulting firm.

Ousted President Manuel Zelaya has said he will not recognize the election results and has called for a boycott. Many nations also have said they will withhold recognition of the winner in Honduras.

In a written statement, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said the United States "remains committed to help restore the democratic and constitutional order in Honduras in the wake of the June 28 coup d'etat that removed President Zelaya and led to the suspension of Honduras from the Organization of American States."

He called the November 29 elections "another critical step in the restoration of the democratic and constitutional order in Honduras," and noted that the electoral process is conducted "under the stewardship of the multi-party and autonomous Supreme Electoral Tribunal, which was also selected before the coup."

Honduran authorities seemed to be preparing for violence.

Police and the military have stockpiled 10,000 tear gas canisters and other crowd-control equipment, "triggering fears of an increased risk of excessive and disproportionate use of force by security forces around the presidential elections," said the human rights organization Amnesty International.

The Gordian knot of Honduran politics was tied early June 28 when a military-backed coup removed Zelaya from power, shuttling him off in his pajamas to nearby Costa Rica. Congress swore in Micheletti, the Legislature's president, as his replacement a few hours later.

The United Nations, OAS, European Union and most nations -- including the United States -- condemned the coup and demanded that Zelaya be reinstated.

Five months later, Zelaya is still not in power, holed up instead in the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras. The ousted president returned secretly to his country September 21 and obtained refuge at the embassy.

It looked like a solution had been reached October 29, when Zelaya and Micheletti agreed to a deal brokered by the United States. The pact said Congress would vote on Zelaya's return to power after consultation with the nation's Supreme Court and other bodies. The vote was supposed to be held within a week but now is set for next week after the elections.

The Supreme Court ruled 14-1 this week that Zelaya cannot return to office without facing trial first on charges that he acted unconstitutionally when trying to hold a vote that could have led to the lifting of presidential term limits. The Supreme Court had ruled that the vote was illegal, and Congress had forbidden it.

The coup came on the day that vote was supposed to be held.

Micheletti stepped down temporarily this week to try to distance himself from Sunday's elections. He said he will resume office Wednesday. The new president is scheduled to be sworn in January 27.

In addition to the presidency, at stake in Sunday's election are three vice presidents, 128 members of Congress and mayors and other municipal leaders throughout the nation.

Among the five major presidential candidates, Porfirio Lobo Sosa of the opposition National Party is considered the front-runner.

Polls last month showed him with a double-digit lead over Elvin Santos of the Liberal Party. Zelaya and Micheletti are Liberal Party members, and their rift has splintered the party.

The other three candidates are Bernard Martinez of the Innovation and Unity Party-Social-Democracy, Felicito Avila of the Christian Democrat Party and Cesar Ham of the Democratic Unification Party.

A sixth candidate, Carlos Reyes, withdrew this month.

Amnesty International said Friday that human rights activists and journalists critical of Micheletti's government have been receiving increased threats and intimidation.

For example, Amnesty International said, the Honduran military requested that a local mayor provide a list of names and telephone numbers for members of the opposition Resistencia movement.

"Today, there's an environment of fear and intimidation in Honduras," said Javier Zuniga, head of Amnesty International's delegation in Honduras. "We have seen an increased level of harassment against those who are seen as opposed to the de facto authorities, and officials responsible for the protection of human rights are not doing anything to investigate the incidents or stop them."

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question: What did the U.S. State Department say about the elections?

answer: "remains committed to help restore the democratic and constitutional order in Honduras in the wake of the June 28 coup d'etat that removed President Zelaya and led to the suspension of Honduras from the Organization of American States."

text: "remains committed to help restore the democratic and constitutional order in Honduras in the wake of the June 28 coup d'etat that removed President Zelaya and led to the suspension of Honduras from the Organization of American States."

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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- South African fast bowler Dale Steyn took a career-best five for 34 as the Proteas took a tight grip on the first test against New Zealand in Johannesburg.

Steyn's career-best 5-34 was his fourth five-wicket haul in 14 tests.

New Zealand were bowled out for 118 in reply to South Africa's 226 and the home side piled on the agony by reaching 179 for two in their second innings.

Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis shared an unbeaten stand of 159 as South Africa stretched their lead to 287.

South Africa's bowlers excelled to bring their side back into the game after their disappointing first innings.

They snapped up five wickets in the morning session when the Kiwis could only muster 56 runs.

Former New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming made 40 but the next best score was new cap Ross Taylor's 15.

Fleming was struck on the right forearm by Steyn and did not field during the afternoon. Coach John Bracewell said he had gone for precautionary X-rays but there was only bruising.

New Zealand, 41 for two overnight, lost nightwatchman Shane Bond, bowled by a Steyn yorker, before Makhaya Ntini claimed the crucial wicket of Fleming, who was well caught by AB de Villiers diving to his left at third slip.

Scott Styris and Taylor scraped 19 runs in 10 overs before more wickets tumbled.

Steyn's figures bettered his previous best of five for 47 against the same opponents at Centurion two seasons ago. It was his fourth five-wicket haul in 14 tests.

Ntini took three for 47 and Kallis two for 11.

South Africa made an uncertain start to their second innings with openers Herschelle Gibbs and captain Graeme Smith out cheaply, but Amla and Kallis blunted the attack and then took charge.

They batted together for 205 minutes, Amla facing 230 balls and hitting 13 boundaries in his 85 while Kallis hit 12 fours off 122 deliveries in reaching 76.

The Kiwis were left to regret  Brendon McCullum's failure to hold a chance from Amla off Shane Bond, when the batsman had only scored two.

"The ball was hard and new and we were trying to get momentum. It cost us a lot," said coach John Bracewell. E-mail to a friend

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(CNN) -- Nanci Griffith wanted to look on the bright side.

Nanci Griffith, who says she's "fed up with negativity," was revitalized by the election of Barack Obama.

And who could blame her? In the past decade, Griffith -- perhaps best known for her Grammy-winning 1993 album, "Other Voices, Other Rooms" -- had faced a political climate she didn't agree with, as well as recovery from thyroid and breast cancer, which she was diagnosed with in the late '90s.

Songwriting had become a struggle for the singer with the gentle, crystalline voice.

"It was ... horrific," she said simply.

However, with her latest album, "The Loving Kind" (Rounder), Griffith is as focused and passionate as she has been in years. Sparked by the changes in her life and American politics, she said, music has been vital to her personal resurgence.

"It was nice to focus on things outside of my body. Music has always done that for me," she said.

Describing herself as someone who was "fed up with negativity," Griffith was equally inspired by her fellow countrymen.

"[The] American people will not let this country collapse," she said.

The idea motivated her to look at her country's dark path of injustice not so long ago, stories that worked their way into her songwriting.

"In some ways, I'm just a journalist. I [want] my audience to hear these stories," she said.

CNN spoke with Griffith from her home in Nashville, Tennessee.

CNN: Being a folk singer and your views being what they are, was it tougher or maybe easier to write songs from 2000 to 2008?

Nanci Griffith: It was very difficult for me. I was hurt by the direction my country was going in. And then, after [the 2008 election], everything came spilling out. Things came along like the Mildred and Richard Loving case ("The Loving Kind"), where Mildred died, and I read her obituary. [The Lovings were a couple whose interracial marriage was against the law in Virginia at the time.] That was such an inspiration. ... Just wondering why I never knew about this and how important that case is currently with equality in marriage. Little things. Bit by bit, my heart started to open up again, and I could write!

CNN: Had you ever gone through that before?

Griffith: No, never in my life. I've always been a very prolific writer.

CNN: Now, what about writing in the age of Obama?

Griffith: (laughs) It feels great! People may be down on their luck, financially. But I see so much optimism about the direction of the country and [general] openness.

CNN: Now, in addition to "The Loving Kind," there are other songs based on actual events on this record. Tell me about "Not Innocent Enough."

Griffith: That's based on Philip Workman's case in Memphis [Tennessee]. He was robbing a Wendy's -- was a heroin addict -- and police came in, and an officer was killed. Now, Workman didn't kill him; it was friendly fire. Workman was convicted anyway and executed. I'm a total abolitionist when it comes to the death penalty, but this case really stunned me, because I feel like this country has evolved enough to where we shouldn't have to live with the death penalty.

CNN: Is it hard as a writer/musician to inhabit those songs, knowing that they are actual events?

Griffith: Not really. I feel like, in some ways, I'm just a journalist. I don't express my opinion [in the songs], necessarily. But it's important to me that my audience hear these stories. I want as many people to know about Loving v. Virginia as possible.

CNN: Do you feel like it's a more palatable way to become aware of a story like that when a song is attached to it?

Griffith: I do. I've been informed many times through music. Pete Seeger, Odetta, Dave Van Ronk, Bruce Springsteen ... so many folk songwriters. It's all around you.

CNN: The song "Still Life" -- I suspect that's about President George W. Bush?

Griffith: It's about people like him. This country is full of them, and especially my home state of Texas. It's a [perspective on] people who go through life getting away with everything.

CNN: Do you feel a sense of vindication with President Obama's election, or at least a sense that things are moving in a direction you're in favor of?

Griffith: I hope so. Right now, he is my hero. So is his wife.

CNN: What in your past steered you into a topical songwriter?

Griffith: I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view ... and things that informed me.

CNN: Is there a different process of writing those topical songs versus a song like "Up Against the Rain," which is clearly more personal?

Griffith: There is a burden to writing [those topical songs]: You better have your facts straight. When you're writing a personal song like "Rain," it's straight from your heart and seems to just flow.

CNN: "Sing" seems like it would fit that description. Does that song sum up your life in a way?

Griffith: Many have asked that, but I was actually inspired to write that by watching an interview with Shania Twain where she said it would not have mattered if she remained a lounge act for her whole career. It's not something you choose. It's just what you do.

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question: What is the album called?

answer: "The Loving Kind"

text: "The Loving Kind"

question: In what way is Nanci's voice described as being

answer: gentle, crystalline

text: gentle, crystalline

question: What award has Nanci Griffith won?

answer: Grammy-winning

text: Grammy-winning

question: What has got Naci into an upbeat mood

answer: the election of Barack Obama.

text: the election of Barack Obama.

question: What has contributed to her better mood?

answer: music

text: music

question: What is the name of Nanci Griffith's new album?

answer: "The Loving Kind"

text: "The Loving Kind"