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(CNN) -- Islamist fighters in Somalia have made significant gains in the country, according to the latest statement purportedly from al Qaeda's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri.

Ayman al-Zawahiri, pictured here in 2006, also spoke about Yemen, Gaza, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The 25-minute audio recording, titled "From Kabul to Mogadishu," focuses primarily on the "important developments" in Somalia, which al-Zawahiri called "a step on the path of victory of Islam."

CNN cannot authenticate the message, which was released on Sunday and was interspersed with television news reports and statements from various al Qaeda-linked commanders. CNN analysts who listened to the recording say the voice is consistent with his intonation and accent.

This is the third message from al-Zawahiri espousing the views of the al Qaeda terror network in 2009; the other two focused on Israel's recent military operation against Hamas leaders in Gaza.

In addition to Somalia, al-Zawahiri also addresses the situations in Yemen, Gaza, and Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Al-Zawahiri praised Al-Shabaab fighters in Somalia who recently seized control of Baidoa, where the U.N.-backed transitional government had been based. He warned the newly installed government, under President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, not to squander those gains by submitting "to American demands" and not abiding by sharia, or Islamic law.

"I call on my Muslim brothers in beloved Somalia ... to not be deceived by those who agree to the secularist constitutions which vie with the sharia in its right to rule," he said.

Al-Zawahiri also addressed the "awakening" in Yemen, where many suspected al Qaeda militants wanted in neighboring Saudi Arabia are believed to have fled. That group includes several former detainees of the U.S. military detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The al Qaeda leader accused Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Salih and his government of being "servants and slaves" to the United States by allowing Yemen to be used as "a supply center ... against Muslim countries."

"How can you agree to let the ruling authority in Yemen be the CIA?" al-Zawahiri asked the people of Yemen.

Al-Zawahiri spent the last eight minutes addressing the situation in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Gaza.

His focus on Somalia and Yemen -- which accounted for more than 17 minutes of the 25-minute address -- is a departure from the topics of his previous messages. CNN terrorism analyst Peter Bergen suggested that is a reflection of al Qaeda's recent losses as a result of U.S. missile strikes along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.

"There were three in 2007 and 34 in 2008 by my count," Bergen said. "These strikes are causing al Qaeda leaders to consider their options."

Al Qaeda has considered relocating its base to Somalia or Yemen, according to a former U.S. official who is familiar with the intelligence.

Other analysts have suggested that it would be difficult for al Qaeda to gain a stronghold in Somalia because its radical agenda is unpopular in the moderate Islamic country.

John Prendergast, who studies the Horn of Africa for the Center for American Progress think tank, said he expects Al-Shabaab's overseas ties to dry up after the recent withdrawal of Ethiopian forces, which was its only basis of support in Somalia. J. Anthony Holmes, director of the Africa program for the Council on Foreign Relations, said it is unlikely Somalia will emerge as "a breeding ground for terrorism" because of its clan-based society.

But Bergen noted that both Somalia and Yemen lack a strong central government and "therefore (are) attractive locations for al Qaeda."

"Al Qaeda also has had an on-and-off presence in Somalia since 1992 and even earlier in Yemen," he said. "As we have seen also, Yemen's weak government and permissive attitude to jihadists have made it an increasingly attractive venue for Saudi members of al Qaeda."

Bergen said that is most likely why al-Zawahiri chose to focus more than half of his latest message on Yemen and Somalia.

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States needs a new law requiring that the president consult with Congress before going to war, a blue-ribbon panel led by two former secretaries of state said Tuesday.

James Baker, left, and Warren Christopher led a panel that recommended a new War Powers Act.

The current War Powers Resolution is "ineffective, and it should be repealed and it should be replaced," James Baker said in a joint appearance with Warren Christopher, announcing the results of the study they led.

The recommendation follows failed efforts by Democrats in Congress to put a stop to the war in Iraq or to put conditions on President Bush's conduct of it.

Congress passed a joint resolution to authorize armed force against Iraq in 2002, but some Bush opponents say it should not have been interpreted as a blank check for the United States to invade and occupy the Persian Gulf nation.

Baker, who served in George H.W. Bush's administration, and Christopher, who served under President Bill Clinton, said their project was not prompted by any specific war, with Christopher adding that the commission had "tried very hard not to call balls and strikes on past history here."

"We didn't direct this report at any particular conflict," Baker added.

The existing law, the War Powers Resolution of 1973, has been regarded as unconstitutional by every president since it was passed as a response to the Vietnam War, Baker and Christopher said. It requires presidents to report regularly to Congress about ongoing conflicts, but the provision has been flouted.

"No president has ever made a submission to Congress pursuant to the War Powers Resolution since 1973," former Sen. Slade Gorton, a Republican member of the committee, said Tuesday.

The panel, formally called the National War Powers Commission, said a new law should be created requiring the president to consult with key members of Congress before sending troops into combat expected to last more than a week, or within three days of doing so in the case of operations that need to be kept secret.

It should also make clear exactly who the president needed to consult. The panel suggests that the president talk to "a joint Congressional committee made up of the leaders of the House and the Senate as well as the chairmen and ranking members of key committees." The new committee would have a permanent professional staff with access to intelligence information, Baker and Christopher said.

Congress, in turn, would have to declare war or vote on a "resolution of approval" within 30 days, they said.

If a resolution of approval failed, any member of Congress could introduce a "resolution of disapproval," but it was not clear that such an act would stop a war in progress.

Christopher was unable to say in the news conference what practical effect congressional disapproval would have.

Baker said the commission had been in touch with the presidential campaigns of Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain, as well as leaders of Congress. He declined to reveal what they thought of the proposal, but said: "We haven't gotten a negative reaction."

Congress has not officially declared war since 1942, when the United States entered formal hostilities with the Axis powers in World War II. But since then, presidents have sent troops into countries including Korea, Vietnam, Grenada and Iraq.

The Constitution makes the president the commander in chief of the armed forces, but gives Congress the power to declare war and approve military budgets.

Baker and Christopher's group included both Republicans and Democrats and held seven meetings over 14 months.

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- British authorities and environmental groups were welcoming the launch this week of the world's first biodegradable chewing gum, which they say could help save some of the millions spent on clearing up the mess ordinary gum creates.

Manufacturers say the gum decomposes within six weeks.

The new gum becomes non-adhesive when dry and decomposes to dust within six weeks, a spokesman for Mexico's Chicza Mayan Rainforest Chewing Gum told CNN.

The makers of Chicza say it is the first biodegradable chewing gum ever sold. Environmental and waste management groups told CNN that they, too, believe it is a first.

Unlike other gums that contain petrochemicals the natural gum is produced from the sap of the chicozapote tree found in the Mexican rainforest, a spokesman for Chicza told CNN.

A spokesman for campaign group Keep Britain Tidy told CNN they welcome any product that can help eradicate the staining on pavements caused by dropped chewing gum.

Removing chewing gum litter costs local authorities Â£150 million ($222 million) a year, a spokesman for the Local Government Association told CNN.

Sixty-five percent of British streets have chewing gum stuck on them, a spokesman from Keep Britain Tidy told CNN.

One of the worst-affected areas is Westminster in central London, where a comprehensive gum clean-up would cost Â£9 million ($13.4 million), according to Westminster City Council.

"Gum litter is a constant problem for us, especially given the vast number of visitors to Westminster every day. We spend Â£100,000 ($148,000) a year cleaning ugly blobs of conventional chewing gum off our streets," Westminster City Councilor Danny Chalkley said in a written statement.

"It's an incredibly expensive and time-consuming task, so anything that could reduce the problem is very welcome indeed." he said.

British parliamentarians have called on the government to introduce a tax on chewing gum, with the money raised going toward the cost of gum removal.

In Britain, offenders can be fined up to Â£80 ($119) for discarding used chewing gum on a street.

The producer of the new gum is Consorcio Chiclero, which comprises 46 cooperatives with around 2,000 chicleros farmers, working in an area of 1.3 million hectares of rainforest, according to a statement from Chicza.

Locals have been extracting the natural chicle gum base from the bark of the chicozapote trees for a century, a spokesman for Chicza told CNN.

After years of exporting the gum base to be used as an ingredient in the manufacture of regular chewing gum, the cooperative recently decided to start making its own gum using only chicle gum base and natural flavorings and sweeteners, Chicza said.

The company launched its gum in Britain this week. It is available at a chain of supermarkets and Mexican restaurants.

The Chicza gum sells for Â£1.39 ($2.06) for a pack of 12 squares.

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Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant is just weeks from operating at full capacity, the country's top nuclear official said Saturday.

Feireidoun Abbasi, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, also said Tehran has shown its new Iranian-made centrifuges to a representative of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

The Bushehr plant, located along the Persian Gulf coast, will reach its full capacity of 1,000 megawatts by February 1, Abbasi said, according to the country's official news agency, IRNA.

The plant was connected to the country's electric grid in September with a capacity of 60 megawatts. At 1,000 megawatts, Bushehr will be able to provide 2.5% of Iran's current electricity consumption, the IAEA said.

Abbasi made the announcement about Bushehr while attending a meeting on Iran's nuclear achievements held in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas.

He told the meeting that Tehran had shown the new generation of its homemade centrifuge machines to the IAEA "in a bid to demonstrate the ability of Iranian scientists," he said.

Abbasi said the centrifuges, which are used to enrich uranium, were shown to the deputy of IAEA, Director-General Yukiya Amano, but he did not say when.

It was not immediately clear whether an IAEA representative had in fact been to Iran and seen the centrifuges.

The new centrifuges will enable Iran to enrich uranium over the current purity level of 5%, according to experts cited by the news agency.

Uranium enriched to between 3% and 5% is necessary to make fuel for reactors. Uranium enriched to 93.5% is considered weapons-grade.

The construction of Bushehr -- a civilian, not military, plant -- started in 1975 when Germany signed a contract with Iran. Germany, however, pulled out of the project following the 1979 revolution that created the current Islamic republic.

Iran then signed a deal with Russia in 1995, under which the plant was originally scheduled to be completed in 1999, but the project was delayed repeatedly. Bushehr finally opened in August 2010.

The United States and other Western nations have expressed concerns that Iran's development of missile and nuclear fuel technology mean it is developing a nuclear program for military purposes.

The IAEA said in a November report that it has "serious concerns regarding possible military dimensions" to Iran's nuclear program. The agency said it has information indicating Iran has carried out "activities relevant to the development of a nuclear explosive device."

Iran has denied such allegations, saying the Bushehr plant will be used only to generate electricity and operates under IAEA supervision.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said the concern is not the Bushehr plant, but other nuclear facilities like Natanz, in the middle of the country; a facility at Qom, south of Tehran; "and other places where we believe they are conducting their weapons program."

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MIAMI, Florida (CNN)  -- A newspaper advertisement for a Miami car dealership reads more like a coupon for bags of potato chips: "Buy one, get two!"

It's estimated that 900 automotive dealerships will have shut their doors by year's end.

The ad speaks to the desperation of car dealers as Big Three auto manufacturers beg Washington for billions in bailout dollars to combat sales that keep dipping to all-time lows.

"The first thing people think when they come in is, 'It's a fake ad. It's a normal car dealer ad. It's a gimmick.' But it's not," said Ali Ahmed, sales manager at Rob Lambdin's University Dodge in Miami.

To be fair, there is a catch to the buy-one-get-one-free offer: You must first buy a new Dodge truck at full retail price before you're eligible to receive a second truck for about $3,000 in tax, tags and dealer fees.

"We've been fielding phone calls and e-mail inquiries from every state in the country looking to get this buy-one-get-one deal," Ahmed said.

About 700 dealerships, most of them selling cars from U.S. automakers, have shut their doors since the beginning of the year. The number is expected to hit 900 by year's end.

Last month, National Automobile Dealers Association Chairwoman Annette Sykora told the House Financial Services Committee some 19,700 dealerships will still be around by the end of 2008, compared with 50,000 in the 1940s.

Auto sales are at a 15-year low, she said, which affects more than the Big Three automakers. Dealers are slashing personnel and expenses. Sykora herself has had to cut staff by about 20 percent at her dealerships, she said. iReport.com: Ask the automakers your questions

Sykora, a third-generation car saleswoman who sells Big Three automobiles at dealerships in Slaton and Levelland, Texas, said she recently sat down with the superintendent of Slaton schools.

"We started discussing what would happen if the dealerships in my hometown were to close," she said during her November 19 testimony. "The loss of tax revenue would force them to cut programs and teachers.

"Many displaced dealership families might have to leave town in search of work in other places, compounding the loss. This same scene would play out in hundreds of communities in the U.S."

Dealerships, Sykora explained, are independent businesses, not arms of the automakers. They invest in land, equipment, buildings and take out millions of dollars in loans to put the vehicles on their lots and showroom floors.

She also said car dealerships are a prime source of advertising revenue for local media, they support charities and Little League teams and they are integral to the tax base, she said.

"One-fifth of the nation's retail purchases are automobiles. By getting automotive retailing back on track, Congress can effectively leverage the economic engine of the automobile industry to get this economy running on all cylinders again," she said, pleading with Congress not to let the Big Three file for bankruptcy.  Watch what the automakers are asking for Â»

With the world's economy reeling, expensive items like cars are not high priorities for families and businesses. It doesn't help that the credit crunch is making it difficult to get loans, which the majority of U.S. consumers need to purchase vehicles.

Also compounding matters is consumer confidence, which hit an all-time low in October and didn't improve much in November, according to the nonprofit Conference Board, which maintains indices on consumers' trust in the marketplace.

According to Autodata, car sales have plummeted since last year. In the United States, the number of sales of passenger cars and light trucks in November 2008 was down 36.7 percent from November 2007 -- from about 1.18 million to 747,000.

Also, as of November 2008, automakers had sold about 12.35 million cars and light trucks, compared with 14.76 million during the same time period last year -- a drop of 16.3 percent, according to Autodata's summary of U.S. light vehicle retail sales.

Comparing November 2008 sales with those in November 2007, Autodata reported that General Motors saw a 41.3 percent drop, Ford a 30.5 percent drop and Chrysler 47.1 percent.

But it's not just U.S. automakers taking a hit: Toyota's vehicle sales declined 33.9 percent, Honda's dipped 31.6 percent and Nissan's dropped 42.2 percent during that time period, Autodata reported.

"It's definitely a tough climate right now," said Matt Lee, floor manager for Major World Auto in New York. "A lot of people are saying it's a perfect storm of gas prices and financing and consumer confidence."

Major World Auto used to sell about 150 cars a month. It now sells about half that, Lee said. And of the 15 to 20 salespeople who used to roam the salesroom floor, about 10 are left, he said.

"Salesmen actually just walked out because they're not making enough money to support their family," he said.

Major World has stopped bringing in new models because it can't sell the cars it has. Like University Dodge in Miami, it is resorting to some creative sales pitches, including zero-percent financing for 72 months and rebates of up to $7,500.

But even with the bargains, car dealers are having trouble getting customers into the showrooms. In a recent CNN visit to Major World, which lasted about two hours, only one customer walked onto the lot -- to browse.

"Where you would see five people a day coming in to at least look at a car per salesmen, you're getting maybe one person a day or two people a day," salesman Jamie Krinsky said.

If the Big Three file for bankruptcy, Sykora told Congress last month, sales and confidence will continue to plummet.

"Imagine how banks would react to a dealer who has asked for millions of dollars to finance new and used inventories from an automaker going through 'reorganization,' " she said.   Watch whether a bailout would come too late for dealers Â»

The government can help boost auto sales in many ways, Sykora said, citing two proposed tax incentives: one that would make interest payments on car loans tax deductible and another that would encourage consumers to upgrade their older cars for more fuel-efficient models. "Cash for clunkers" programs are in place in Texas and California, she said.

"Whether it's my dealerships in Texas or it's the dealership in your community, the fact is local dealerships will be a major factor in our economic recovery," she told the House committee. "To get the economy back on track, we must restore consumer demand, and the only way to do that is to restore consumer confidence."

CNN's Alina Cho and Eliott C. McLaughlin contributed to this report.

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question: What did Autodata say?

answer: car sales have plummeted since last year. In the United States, the number of sales of passenger cars and light trucks in November 2008 was down 36.7 percent from November 2007

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question: what does a new york dealership say?

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question: how many dealerships in 1940s?

answer: 50,000

question: what is happening to auto sales?

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A pair of Republican congressmen ripped Congressional Black Caucus members for ignoring Cuba's "myriad gross human rights abuses" Thursday, saying this week's caucus trip to the island nation ignored the plight of political prisoners under the Castro regime.

Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, blasts members of the Black Caucus on Thursday for their trip to Cuba.

They also urged the Obama administration to refrain from easing trade embargo or travel restrictions until the Cuban government releases all "prisoners of conscience," shows greater respect for freedom of religion and speech, and holds "free and fair" elections.

The call from Reps. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, and Frank Wolf, R-Virginia, came three days after the administration signaled that new rules on family travel and remittances to Cuba may be announced before President Obama goes to the Summit of the Americas on April 17.

It also followed statements from several Black Caucus members Tuesday arguing for consideration of an end to the trade embargo and other diplomatic restrictions placed on Cuba for five decades.  Watch CNN's Ed Hornick discuss the story Â»

"Yes, we have history -- we have good history and not-so-good history," said Rep. Laura Richardson, D-California. "But the point is it's history, and we need to move forward."

Three members of the caucus were visiting the Latin American School of Medicine, where students from nations including the United States study, when they received an invitation to Fidel Castro's home for a meeting.

"Former President Fidel Castro is very engaging, very energetic," said CBC Chairwoman Barbara Lee, also a from California Democrat. "Our conclusion is, given the new direction in our foreign policy, that it's time to look at a new direction in our policy toward Cuba.  Watch Lee discuss her visit to Cuba Â»

"The 50-year embargo just hasn't worked," she said.

The caucus members, who also visited current Cuban President Raul Castro, "did nothing to publicly show any concern for the myriad gross human rights abuses perpetrated by the Cuban government or the tragic fate of hundreds of Cuban democracy and human rights activists," Smith said.

"Yet they held press conferences at which they heaped and lavished praise and affection for a government the United States Department of State only six weeks ago called 'totalitarian.' "

A 2008 State Department human rights report cited, among other things, numerous accounts of beatings of Cuban political prisoners, harsh and life- threatening conditions for dissidents, and severe restrictions on freedom of movement and religion, Smith said.

"Over the past 50 years, the Castros and their secret police have been directly responsible for killing thousands of nonviolent, courageous pro-democracy activists and for jailing and torturing tens of thousands of others. And they continue to this day to perpetrate their brutal crimes," he said.

"Before the Obama administration even thinks about permitting further travel to Cuba, or altering the trade embargo on Cuba, both the White House and Congress have a moral obligation, a duty, to ensure that the Cuban dictatorship releases all prisoners of conscience, makes substantial progress in respecting freedom of religion, speech and, press and assembly, and holds free and fair elections."

Lee responded Thursday that it made no sense to continue what she characterized as a failed policy.

"Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but by any objective standard our current policy toward Cuba just hasn't worked. Simply put, it's time to open dialogue and discussion with Cuba," she said in a statement.

"I am convinced, based on the meetings which were held, that the Cubans do want dialogue, they do want talks, and they do want normal relations with the United States of America. And I believe that it's in the United States' best interest to do that."

On Monday, the White House adviser for the Summit of the Americas, Jeffrey Davidow, refused to be pinned down about when the administration might announce its easing of the restrictions on travel and remittances to Cuba.

"I really could not say. But I would not be surprised if it came before the summit," he said. "They're going to happen. I can't tell you exactly when."

Before he was elected president, Obama promised to ease restrictions on Cuban-Americans traveling to visit family in Cuba and sending them money.

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text: forward

text: Three

text: members

text: of

text: the

text: caucus

text: were

text: visiting

text: the

text: Latin

text: American

text: School

text: of

text: Medicine

text: where

text: students

text: from

text: nations

text: including

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text: United

text: States

text: study

text: when

text: they

text: received

text: an

text: invitation

text: to

text: Fidel

text: Castro

text: 's

text: home

text: for

text: a

text: meeting

text: Former

text: President

text: Fidel

text: Castro

text: is

text: very

text: engaging

text: very

text: energetic

text: said

text: CBC

text: Chairwoman

text: Barbara

text: Lee

text: also

text: a

text: from

text: California

text: Democrat

text: Our

text: conclusion

text: is

text: given

text: the

text: new

text: direction

text: in

text: our

text: foreign

text: policy

text: that

text: it

text: 's

text: time

text: to

text: look

text: at

text: a

text: new

text: direction

text: in

text: our

text: policy

text: toward

text: Cuba

text: Watch

text: Lee

text: discuss

text: her

text: visit

text: to

text: Cuba

text: Â

text: The

text: embargo

text: just

text: has

text: n't

text: worked

text: she

text: said

text: The

text: caucus

text: members

text: who

text: also

text: visited

text: current

text: Cuban

text: President

text: Raul

text: Castro

text: did

text: nothing

text: to

text: publicly

text: show

text: any

text: concern

text: for

text: the

text: myriad

text: gross

text: human

text: rights

text: abuses

text: perpetrated

text: by

text: the

text: Cuban

text: government

text: or

text: the

text: tragic

text: fate

text: of

text: hundreds

text: of

text: Cuban

text: democracy

text: and

text: human

text: rights

text: activists

text: Smith

text: said

text: Yet

text: they

text: held

text: press

text: conferences

text: at

text: which

text: they

text: heaped

text: and

text: lavished

text: praise

text: and

text: affection

text: for

text: a

text: government

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: Department

text: of

text: State

text: only

text: six

text: weeks

text: ago

text: called

text: totalitarian

text: A

text: State

text: Department

text: human

text: rights

text: report

text: cited

text: among

text: other

text: things

text: numerous

text: accounts

text: of

text: beatings

text: of

text: Cuban

text: political

text: prisoners

text: harsh

text: and

text: life-

text: threatening

text: conditions

text: for

text: dissidents

text: and

text: severe

text: restrictions

text: on

text: freedom

text: of

text: movement

text: and

text: religion

text: Smith

text: said

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text: the

text: past

text: years

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text: Castros

text: and

text: their

text: secret

text: police

text: have

text: been

text: directly

text: responsible

text: for

text: killing

text: thousands

text: of

text: nonviolent

text: courageous

text: pro

text: democracy

text: activists

text: and

text: for

text: jailing

text: and

text: torturing

text: tens

text: of

text: thousands

text: of

text: others

text: And

text: they

text: continue

text: to

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text: day

text: to

text: perpetrate

text: their

text: brutal

text: crimes

text: he

text: said

text: Before

text: the

text: Obama

text: administration

text: even

text: thinks

text: about

text: permitting

text: further

text: travel

text: to

text: Cuba

text: or

text: altering

text: the

text: trade

text: embargo

text: on

text: Cuba

text: both

text: the

text: White

text: House

text: and

text: Congress

text: have

text: a

text: moral

text: obligation

text: a

text: duty

text: to

text: ensure

text: that

text: the

text: Cuban

text: dictatorship

text: releases

text: all

text: prisoners

text: of

text: conscience

text: makes

text: substantial

text: progress

text: in

text: respecting

text: freedom

text: of

text: religion

text: speech

text: and

text: press

text: and

text: assembly

text: and

text: holds

text: free

text: and

text: fair

text: elections

text: Lee

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text: it

text: made

text: no

text: sense

text: to

text: continue

text: what

text: she

text: characterized

text: as

text: a

text: failed

text: policy

text: Everyone

text: is

text: entitled

text: to

text: their

text: own

text: opinion

text: but

text: by

text: any

text: objective

text: standard

text: our

text: current

text: policy

text: toward

text: Cuba

text: just

text: has

text: n't

text: worked

text: Simply

text: put

text: it

text: 's

text: time

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text: dialogue

text: and

text: discussion

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text: Cuba

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text: said

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text: a

text: statement

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text: am

text: convinced

text: based

text: on

text: the

text: meetings

text: which

text: were

text: held

text: that

text: the

text: Cubans

text: do

text: want

text: dialogue

text: they

text: do

text: want

text: talks

text: and

text: they

text: do

text: want

text: normal

text: relations

text: with

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: of

text: America

text: And

text: I

text: believe

text: that

text: it

text: 's

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: best

text: interest

text: to

text: do

text: that

text: On

text: Monday

text: the

text: White

text: House

text: adviser

text: for

text: the

text: Summit

text: of

text: the

text: Americas

text: Jeffrey

text: Davidow

text: refused

text: to

text: be

text: pinned

text: down

text: about

text: when

text: the

text: administration

text: might

text: announce

text: its

text: easing

text: of

text: the

text: restrictions

text: on

text: travel

text: and

text: remittances

text: to

text: Cuba

text: I

text: really

text: could

text: not

text: say

text: But

text: I

text: would

text: not

text: be

text: surprised

text: if

text: it

text: came

text: before

text: the

text: summit

text: he

text: said

text: They

text: 're

text: going

text: to

text: happen

text: I

text: ca

text: n't

text: tell

text: you

text: exactly

text: when

text: Before

text: he

text: was

text: elected

text: president

text: Obama

text: promised

text: to

text: ease

text: restrictions

text: on

text: Cuban

text: Americans

text: traveling

text: to

text: visit

text: family

text: in

text: Cuba

text: and

text: sending

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question: till when should trade restrictions continue

answer: until the Cuban government releases all "prisoners of conscience," shows greater respect for freedom of religion and speech, and holds "free and fair" elections.

text: until the Cuban government releases all "prisoners of conscience," shows greater respect for freedom of religion and speech, and holds "free and fair" elections.

question: what did GOP reps do

answer: ignored the plight of political prisoners under the Castro regime.

text: ignored the plight of political prisoners under the Castro regime.

question: who did members visit?

answer: Latin American School of Medicine,

text: Latin American School of Medicine,

question: by whom was Cuba visited

answer: Black Caucus

text: Black Caucus

question: who did reps blast?

answer: members of the Black Caucus

text: members of the Black Caucus


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WASHINGTON (CNN)  -- Taken alone, a California woman's 20-minute video "scrapbook" is basically a collection of photographic memories spanning her 19-year-old daughter's all-too-brief life. Birthday parties, picnics, graduations -- all set to evocative music and narrated matter-of-factly by the mother.

John Paul Stevens was one of three justices who wanted to grant further review of the defendant's case.

What makes this video unusual is that it was presented at a California murder trial as "victim impact evidence."

The Supreme Court on Monday gave an indirect endorsement to such videos when it rejected an appeal from a defendant who argued that the presentation violated his right to a fair trial.

The high court also rejected a similar capital case, also from California, involving a woman who narrated a video montage of her slain parents. With the court's refusal to intervene, the death sentences imposed by the juries in the two cases were upheld.

At issue was not whether any testimony can be used showing the impact a crime victim's loss had on family, friends and society at large. The question for the justices was how that testimony is presented. Some trial courts, but not all, have allowed such videotapes to be played in court, while often placing limitations on the content.

One case involved Douglas Oliver Kelly, convicted in the 1993 slaying of Sarah Weir. The teenager had befriended Kelly at a Burbank gym. Her body was found stabbed 29 times, probably by a pair of scissors.

During the penalty phase of the trial, the prosecution presented just one witness to provide victim impact evidence: the victim's mother, Martha Farwell, a Los Angeles-area attorney. She had prepared the video, describing how her daughter had been adopted from Canada and was a Blackfoot Indian. In the background is the music of Enya, an Irish singer and composer.

Most of the video simply describes the photos and home movies, but near the end is a shot of Weir's grave and Farwell's narration: "As time goes by, I try very hard not to think of Sarah in terms of this terrible tragedy that we've had to deal with here in court, but rather of her in a place like this."

Over photos of the Canadian landscape, Farwell concludes, "This is filmed in southern Alberta, the land where Sarah's people lived for so many generations. This is the kind of heaven she seems to belong in."

The trial judge had allowed the video to be presented, calling it a "very compelling tape" and adding that "it has more probative value than any prejudicial effect."

Kelly appealed, saying the video so influenced the jury that the panel was unable to render a fair assessment of the penalty. California's highest court allowed the verdict and death penalty to stand, but urged judges to use caution in allowing such video evidence.

Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, in a brief statement, said Monday he would have accepted Kelly's appeal of his sentence and held oral arguments on the issue.

"The videos added nothing relevant to the jury's deliberations," he wrote, "and invited a verdict based on sentiment, rather than reasoned judgment."

But it takes four justices to grant further review of a case, and only Justices David Souter and Stephen Breyer joined Stevens.

Breyer called the Kelly video "poignant, tasteful, artistic and, above all, moving," but he noted that was the problem. "Those aspects of the film tell the jury little or nothing about the crime's 'circumstances' " the jury had to consider during sentencing.

The companion case dealt with Samuel Zamudio, convicted in the February 1996 slayings of Elmer Benson, 79, and his wife Gladys, 74, in the South Gate area of Los Angeles. The defendant lived next door to the Bensons and owed money to them. He robbed and stabbed the elderly couple, and a jury sentenced him to death.

The Bensons' daughter, Linda Bouffard, narrated 118 scenes from her parents' life. The trial judge forbade the playing of accompanying audio, and instructed Bouffard not to make inflammatory comments, an order she complied with.

Courts around the country have offered differing rulings on the issue of such videos. Juries in Maryland, Missouri, Montana and Arkansas have been allowed to see video of victims playing the piano, with their families at Christmas time, and playing with their children.

But a federal court in Massachusetts barred a video of about 200 photos of a victim, set to Beatles and James Taylor music. And a Texas court tossed out a murder conviction after a slain man's father showed a video tribute, also with Enya music, during the penalty phase.

The Supreme Court in 1991 upheld the use of victim impact evidence, saying it balanced what the justices at the time said was almost unlimited mitigation evidence the defendant could offer. But the high court said such evidence has its limits. Then-Chief Justice William Rehnquist wrote that a criminal defendant could seek judicial relief "in the event that evidence is introduced that is so unduly prejudicial that it renders the trial fundamentally unfair."

The justices in 2006 unanimously upheld the conviction of another California killer after the victim's family members wore buttons with a picture of the slain man as they sat silently in front of jurors throughout the trial.

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text: California

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question: where was the murder

answer: California

text: California

question: what is the name of the defendant of the case?

answer: Douglas Oliver Kelly,

text: Douglas Oliver Kelly,