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(CNN) -- Michael Jackson's sudden death has thrown the peculiar path of his later life back into the spotlight.

Michael Jackson spent 11 months living in Bahrain after his acquittal on child abuse charges in the U.S.

He spent much of the past four years flitting from one part of the globe to another, failing to put down permanent roots.

However, one of his longest spells in one place was spent in Bahrain.

When his life was falling apart at the seams in 2005 he was offered sanctuary in the Persian Gulf kingdom.

He had been just been acquitted of 10 child abuse charges at the end of a 14-week trial in the U.S., but there appeared to be no respite from the bad publicity and his spiraling debts which had forced the sale of his Neverland ranch.

He suffered health problems during the trial and appeared increasingly frail. Jackson, who died owing an estimated $500 million, had been living beyond his means for years and wanted to flee the spotlight.

He had not been seen in the two weeks after the trial before reports emerged from Bahrain that he and his children had landed there on a private jet as the guests of Sheikh Abdulla Bin Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa, the king's son, and a friend of Jackson's brother, Jermaine.

It was claimed at the time that Jackson had a large fan base in the kingdom and wider Gulf region.  Watch why Jackson is "as big as it gets" Â»

Indeed Bahrain, a chain of around 30 islands with a population of 766,000 and relaxed social social environment, appeared the perfect escape -- for 11 months anyway.

It was made even more enticing by Sheikh Abdulla's generosity.

In 2008 he sued Jackson in a Britain's High Court for Â£4.7 million ($7.7 million), claiming the pop star had reneged on a music contract.

Sheikh Abdulla said he had paid all of Jackson's living, travel and other expenses until his departure from Bahrain in May 2006, and advanced funds to retain legal and financial advisers.  Watch Jesse Jackson share memories Â»

Sheikh Abdulla also built a recording studio, which he believed would be used to record albums using material he had helped to write.

However, he claimed the singer pulled out of the deal in May 2006 after 11 months. iReport.com: Your Michael Jackson tributes

Jackson claimed the payments were gifts.

In November last year the High Court in London was told the dispute had ended with an "amicable settlement," the details of which remain confidential.

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(CNN) -- Each year, Dr. Paul Dell and his wife, Ruthie, host Hand Camp, a refuge for children and teens with upper-limb abnormalities.

Campers get to try arts and crafts, archery, and rope climbing in an environment away from teasing.

The Dells, along with their staff of therapists and volunteers, work with the kids and their parents, offering advice and answering medical questions.

More than 300 participated in this year's Hand Camp in Starke, Florida.

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(CNN) -- I have never been whacked out on LSD.

However, if I had ever had the chance to meet Hunter S. Thompson, a real acid pro, my fantasy is that during a brief conversation in which he got to know me a little bit I'd feel comfortable asking him at the end of our talk: Do you think I could handle acid?

Even after I regaled him with the story of when friends of mine tried it in college, then wandered around the New York Botanical Gardens and invented the rock n' roll backpack -- which is a standard backpack with a radio boombox in it -- he would say no, you personally shouldn't take LSD, you suppressed malcontent. Hopefully, this would all just sound like a sort of guttural gesture, because that would be subtle enough.

There's a definite chance that not only would HST think I couldn't handle the drugs, but he might hate me entirely. I can't imagine someone who covered the Hells Angels, shark fishing competitions, got to threaten the life of the man he hated more than anyone else on Earth (Richard Nixon) and helped get Jimmy Carter elected president enjoying the company of me, a person who basically gets paid to tweet for a living?

I am not alone in my enduring fascination with Thompson. Today the movie about the novel Thompson started writing in 1959 at the age of 22-years-old, "The Rum Diary" starring Johnny Depp, will be released. The film offers plenty of opportunities to remember the renegade journalist, such as Jann Wenner's recent piece titled "Hunter S Thompson Was My Brother in Arms."

I get the continued curiosity. And while it's fine that I can't write or take drugs like Thompson, I actually did try to be like him once.

In 2008, after reading "The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved," the piece in which he invented Gonzo journalism, I wrote a three-part series for Yahoo! Sports called "The Odyssey To The Infield" in which I attended all three legs of the Triple Crown Of Thoroughbred Racing in person. My experience was maniacal enough, but I wrote in a style that was caught up in the decadence and truly ignoring of the depraved.

I too overindulged in gambling, alcohol, and some frat boy misogyny, took a full can of beer projectile to the collar bone and hung around women in fancy dress that were too blind drunk to know that they were knee deep in mud. Yet with all that I still couldn't capture his frenetic style.

I was impressed by my own momentum but could never let it come unhinged, and if HST himself read this report he would probably be nauseous at how upbeat it was.

It's cool that I failed, because everyone who tries to emulate his Gonzo genius falls short to a certain extent.

Recently, when she thrust herself into the annals of The Gathering Of The Juggalos, Emma Carmichael from Deadspin wrote an excellent analysis on the currency of women's breasts at the debauched music and arts festival held in some back corner of southern Illinois (see: "Dropping In On The Demented Utopia Of The Gathering Of The Juggalos").

It was fine Gonzo reporting; she had the Juggalo clown make-up and everything, but ended up with the determination that she couldn't be one of these people. I can't help but wonder if Thompson fraternized with the crazies on the aptly named "drug bridge" at The Gathering if we would have ended up making them his people -- and then they probably would have set off many, many explosives together.

I suspect "The Rum Diary" will be released to mixed reviews. I wager most of the criticism will be directed at the fact that 48-year-old Depp is attempting to play a 23-year-old. And the Thompson fans who see the film will get the subtext that this book is supposed to be Thompson on the brink of finding his path to self-destruction.

A time in his life when fear and loathing was just the fear. It was a time, pre- Nixon, when Thompson pictured himself writing books of varying degrees of madness, and not necessarily covering political campaigns of varying degrees of mad politicians.

We don't know how much of "The Rum Diary" he composed in the late '50s and how much he wrote later on (the novel wasn't actually published until 1998), but I like to think that whatever was written by early-20s Thompson was written by a guy that already believed strongly in the notion that his own career momentum should take him down the path of madness, for better or worse.

Something that would be more awesome than meeting Thompson and having him insult me and write me off like one of the debauched hack journalists in "The Rum Diary," would be meeting him and having him love me.

Maybe he'd like that I work at job where I get to post stuff like Photos Of Hunter S. Thompson Partying and supercut video of people doing Hunter S. Thompson impressions?

Maybe Hunter would even like Twitter? As Johnny Depp said earlier this week, "He was a very gentle guy. Hyper, hypersensitive, hence the self-medication."

Maybe I could get a cool Thompson nickname like Depp, who Thompson called "The Colonel."

Of course, if he liked me, we might end up dropping acid together and developing fuel-intake technology for the rock n' roll backpack. And then there's a good chance I'd lose my mind.

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(CNN) -- A Gulf Coast official accused BP of shipping workers into Grand Isle, Louisiana, for President Barack Obama's visit to the oil-stricken area Friday and sending them away once the president left the region.

Early Friday morning, "a number of buses brought in approximately 300 to 400 workers that had been recruited all week," Jefferson Parish Councilman Chris Roberts told CNN's "Situation Room."

Roberts said the workers were offered $12 an hour to come out to the scene at Grand Isle and work in what he called a "dog and pony show."

But, when Obama departed, so did the workers, he said, adding that he's never seen more than 20 workers at the Grand Isle cleanup site since the effort started.

BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles downplayed the claim Friday evening, telling CNN it is not unusual to see people wrapping up work in the afternoon.

"These individuals are working out in the heat of the sun. These are long days. They start early in the morning and they stop early in the evening," he said. "So the fact that they were leaving the location late in the afternoon was not unusual. It's not associated with the president arriving."

Suttles added that the workers would be back Saturday morning to continue working.

The company hired to provide the cleanup workers told WWL, a New Orleans-based radio station, that it was told to beef up the cleaning work force five days ago.

"No, I did not put extra workers on the job because the president was coming," said Donald Nalty of Environmental Safety and Health, which was contracted by BP to help in the cleanup effort.

An official at the oil cleanup command center told CNN that a temporary busing system had been established to shuttle the growing number of workers because of limited parking and housing accommodations in areas most impacted by the spilled oil. The official said trained responders were putting in 12 to 14-hour days.

Roberts told CNN's Anderson Cooper the hundreds of workers who showed up early Friday wouldn't speak to local emergency management officials.

"The sheriff's office did manage to get one person to speak with them and that individual said they were hired yesterday and told to report to a staging area at 7:30 this morning," Roberts added. "It just doesn't add up."

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SUNY at Canton in New York has provided a designated "pet wing," home to a variety of animals.

(UWIRE) -- As university residence halls seek to transition into more homey environments -- with additions like full kitchens and single-stall bathrooms -- pet ownership is still forbidden for the majority of dorm residents.

But several universities, including MIT, have now added some pets to the "acceptable" list of dorm possessions.

According to a recent article published by The Boston Globe, students at MIT who reside in four of the school's 11 undergraduate dormitories can bring cats with them to school, thanks to a policy implemented several years ago in an effort to curb students from housing forbidden animals.

Other schools have jumped on the four-footed bandwagon: Stephen's College, a women's college in Columbia, Missouri, allows for many household pets, including dogs, provided that they are vaccinated and under forty pounds.

And the SUNY at Canton in New York has provided a designated "pet wing," home to a variety of small caged animals and cats since 1996.

While animal companionship is largely viewed as a welcome addition to family homes, there are many roadblocks that have deterred Tufts from altering its pet policy.

"We don't have a policy that allows for dogs or cats or ferrets or monkeys -- you name it -- and ... the main reason is so many people have allergic reactions to animal dander," Dean of Student Affairs Bruce Reitman said. "It's one thing in a family, where everyone agrees that this is what they want and no one has an allergic reaction to the animal. But in a residence hall, where there is no such communication or agreement, it's hard and people are affected."

While Tufts students are currently not permitted to have more than a small fish tank in the dorm setting -- in addition to service animals -- this has not always been the case. During a failed experiment that ended around a decade ago, faculty members, residence directors and graduate teaching assistants were allowed to own pets in an attempt to encourage residence.

"We were trying to entice [people]to come live in the halls, and ... they wouldn't come unless you allowed the pets," Reitman said. "In order to pragmatically get [them] to come in, we said 'Okay, let's do this.' Then people said, 'No, this isn't fair, I can't live here.' Not many students complained, but enough did."

According to Dr. Margaret Higham, medical director of Health Services, the prevalence of allergies and asthma on campus would make a more lenient pet policy problematic. In addition, dorm cleanliness would be noticeably impaired by the allowance of pets, she said.

"Pets need to be taken care of ... Litter boxes need to be cleaned daily," Higham said. "The dorm rooms were not built with the need to ventilate for that type of situation. And what about fleas? Once they are introduced, they would spread rapidly through all of the furniture. I do not see students being able to care for animals adequately in the dorm setting."

Even without canines currently roaming the quad, there has been a modest history of animal neglect that calls into question a student's ability to provide for an animal properly.

"I think some fraternities in recent years did have animals," Reitman said. "There were concerns or complaints when spring break came along, because there is this animal, not cared for ...the animal activists came in here and said, 'That's no way to treat an animal,'" Reitman said. "A residence facility -- be it a sorority, fraternity or residence hall -- is not necessarily a good fit for the animal."

Reitman said he had reservations about allowing pets in designated residence halls, like MIT does.

"If you designate certain buildings as 'pet buildings,' you are taking that building, in essence, from people who don't want to live in that type of environment," Reitman said. "You can't do that with very popular halls that go first in the lottery, because there would be no end to complaints about that. You just get into this equity political-pragmatics issue pretty quickly."

"Developing pet-specific dorms would be a huge logistical struggle," Higham said. "Once pets have been in a specific room, that room is 'contaminated' with pet dander and will be 'allergic' for extended periods."

But a number of studies have been released touting the psychological benefits of owning a pet, arguing that the relationship serves as a daily de-stress mechanism and source of increased happiness.

While Reitman viewed the calming influence of a pet-owner bond as beneficial, he associated the necessity of pet companionship with two distinct groups, neither of which includes college students.

"I'll say the usefulness in ownership and responsibility for the aged and the young jumps off the page to me," Reitman said. "For older folks ... the companionship and presence of the animal is life sustaining in a lot of ways," Reitman said. "For young kids and teenagers, the responsibility of pet ownership is a great model for taking on a commitment. It's clearly needed, but probably a little less so in our middle years."

Sophomore Kara Brown, who suffers from asthma, said it is a bad idea to allow pets in residence halls. "I wouldn't love it if cats were allowed just because being anywhere near them makes me sick ... My breathing tubes start to close," Brown said. "I also feel like people usually have too much going on to really take care of a pet, especially now in college when you are already doing so much that takes a lot of effort."

"I don't think it's fair to other people who are living in the dorms because everybody needs to agree that they want an animal in their dorm," junior Jenny Hong said. "It's not only you and your roommate, but you're sharing a huge space with everyone else. It would also cause a lot of mess and possible destruction to school property."

Still, Hong admitted that she wouldn't rule out the possibility of owning a pet if the policy changed.

"I would consider bringing a pet, but I would only go for small pets -- maybe a hamster or gerbil," she said. "Never a cat, though, or a dog."

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text: The

text: dorm

text: rooms

text: were

text: not

text: built

text: with

text: the

text: need

text: to

text: ventilate

text: for

text: that

text: type

text: of

text: situation

text: And

text: what

text: about

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text: they

text: are

text: introduced

text: they

text: would

text: spread

text: rapidly

text: through

text: all

text: of

text: the

text: furniture

text: I

text: do

text: not

text: see

text: students

text: being

text: able

text: to

text: care

text: for

text: animals

text: adequately

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text: the

text: dorm

text: setting

text: Even

text: without

text: canines

text: currently

text: roaming

text: the

text: quad

text: there

text: has

text: been

text: a

text: modest

text: history

text: of

text: animal

text: neglect

text: that

text: calls

text: into

text: question

text: a

text: student

text: 's

text: ability

text: to

text: provide

text: for

text: an

text: animal

text: properly

text: I

text: think

text: some

text: fraternities

text: in

text: recent

text: years

text: did

text: have

text: animals

text: Reitman

text: said

text: There

text: were

text: concerns

text: or

text: complaints

text: when

text: spring

text: break

text: came

text: along

text: because

text: there

text: is

text: this

text: animal

text: not

text: cared

text: for

text: the

text: animal

text: activists

text: came

text: in

text: here

text: and

text: said

text: That

text: 's

text: no

text: way

text: to

text: treat

text: an

text: animal

text: Reitman

text: said

text: A

text: residence

text: facility

text: be

text: it

text: a

text: sorority

text: fraternity

text: or

text: residence

text: hall

text: is

text: not

text: necessarily

text: a

text: good

text: fit

text: for

text: the

text: animal

text: Reitman

text: said

text: he

text: had

text: reservations

text: about

text: allowing

text: pets

text: in

text: designated

text: residence

text: halls

text: like

text: MIT

text: does

text: If

text: you

text: designate

text: certain

text: buildings

text: as

text: pet

text: buildings

text: you

text: are

text: taking

text: that

text: building

text: in

text: essence

text: from

text: people

text: who

text: do

text: n't

text: want

text: to

text: live

text: in

text: that

text: type

text: of

text: environment

text: Reitman

text: said

text: You

text: ca

text: n't

text: do

text: that

text: with

text: very

text: popular

text: halls

text: that

text: go

text: first

text: in

text: the

text: lottery

text: because

text: there

text: would

text: be

text: no

text: end

text: to

text: complaints

text: about

text: that

text: You

text: just

text: get

text: into

text: this

text: equity

text: political

text: pragmatics

text: issue

text: pretty

text: quickly

text: Developing

text: pet

text: specific

text: dorms

text: would

text: be

text: a

text: huge

text: logistical

text: struggle

text: Higham

text: said

text: Once

text: pets

text: have

text: been

text: in

text: a

text: specific

text: room

text: that

text: room

text: is

text: contaminated

text: with

text: pet

text: dander

text: and

text: will

text: be

text: allergic

text: for

text: extended

text: periods

text: But

text: a

text: number

text: of

text: studies

text: have

text: been

text: released

text: touting

text: the

text: psychological

text: benefits

text: of

text: owning

text: a

text: pet

text: arguing

text: that

text: the

text: relationship

text: serves

text: as

text: a

text: daily

text: de

text: stress

text: mechanism

text: and

text: source

text: of

text: increased

text: happiness

text: While

text: Reitman

text: viewed

text: the

text: calming

text: influence

text: of

text: a

text: pet

text: owner

text: bond

text: as

text: beneficial

text: he

text: associated

text: the

text: necessity

text: of

text: pet

text: companionship

text: with

text: two

text: distinct

text: groups

text: neither

text: of

text: which

text: includes

text: college

text: students

text: I

text: 'll

text: say

text: the

text: usefulness

text: in

text: ownership

text: and

text: responsibility

text: for

text: the

text: aged

text: and

text: the

text: young

text: jumps

text: off

text: the

text: page

text: to

text: me

text: Reitman

text: said

text: For

text: older

text: folks

text: the

text: companionship

text: and

text: presence

text: of

text: the

text: animal

text: is

text: life

text: sustaining

text: in

text: a

text: lot

text: of

text: ways

text: Reitman

text: said

text: For

text: young

text: kids

text: and

text: teenagers

text: the

text: responsibility

text: of

text: pet

text: ownership

text: is

text: a

text: great

text: model

text: for

text: taking

text: on

text: a

text: commitment

text: It

text: 's

text: clearly

text: needed

text: but

text: probably

text: a

text: little

text: less

text: so

text: in

text: our

text: middle

text: years

text: Sophomore

text: Kara

text: Brown

text: who

text: suffers

text: from

text: asthma

text: said

text: it

text: is

text: a

text: bad

text: idea

text: to

text: allow

text: pets

text: in

text: residence

text: halls

text: I

text: would

text: n't

text: love

text: it

text: if

text: cats

text: were

text: allowed

text: just

text: because

text: being

text: anywhere

text: near

text: them

text: makes

text: me

text: sick

text: My

text: breathing

text: tubes

text: start

text: to

text: close

text: Brown

text: said

text: I

text: also

text: feel

text: like

text: people

text: usually

text: have

text: too

text: much

text: going

text: on

text: to

text: really

text: take

text: care

text: of

text: a

text: pet

text: especially

text: now

text: in

text: college

text: when

text: you

text: are

text: already

text: doing

text: so

text: much

text: that

text: takes

text: a

text: lot

text: of

text: effort

text: I

text: do

text: n't

text: think

text: it

text: 's

text: fair

text: to

text: other

text: people

text: who

text: are

text: living

text: in

text: the

text: dorms

text: because

text: everybody

text: needs

text: to

text: agree

text: that

text: they

text: want

text: an

text: animal

text: in

text: their

text: dorm

text: junior

text: Jenny

text: Hong

text: said

text: It

text: 's

text: not

text: only

text: you

text: and

text: your

text: roommate

text: but

text: you

text: 're

text: sharing

text: a

text: huge

text: space

text: with

text: everyone

text: else

text: It

text: would

text: also

text: cause

text: a

text: lot

text: of

text: mess

text: and

text: possible

text: destruction

text: to

text: school

text: property

text: Still

text: Hong

text: admitted

text: that

text: she

text: would

text: n't

text: rule

text: out

text: the

text: possibility

text: of

text: owning

text: a

text: pet

text: if

text: the

text: policy

text: changed

text: I

text: would

text: consider

text: bringing

text: a

text: pet

text: but

text: I

text: would

text: only

text: go

text: for

text: small

text: pets

text: maybe

text: a

text: hamster

text: or

text: gerbil

text: she

text: said

text: Never

text: a

text: cat

text: though

text: or

text: a

text: dog

question: What were the concerns given by a school dean?

answer: the main reason is so many people have allergic reactions to animal dander," Dean of Student Affairs Bruce Reitman said. "It's one thing in a family, where everyone agrees that this is what they want and no one has an allergic reaction to the animal. But in a residence hall, where there is no such communication or agreement, it's hard and people are affected."

text: the main reason is so many people have allergic reactions to animal dander," Dean of Student Affairs Bruce Reitman said. "It's one thing in a family, where everyone agrees that this is what they want and no one has an allergic reaction to the animal. But in a residence hall, where there is no such communication or agreement, it's hard and people are affected."

question: What are some of the reasons for concerns?

answer: many people have allergic reactions to animal dander,"

text: many people have allergic reactions to animal dander,"

question: What animal can students bring to MIT?

answer: cats

text: cats

question: What are concerns about pets in dorms?

answer: allergic reaction to the animal.

text: allergic reaction to the animal.

question: What college now allows cats?

answer: Tufts University.

text: Tufts University.

question: What are some universities adding to "acceptable" list?

answer: pets

text: pets

question: What is now acceptable in some dorms?

answer: pets

text: pets

question: What can students at MIT bring?

answer: cats

text: cats

question: What is being added to the list of dorm possesions?

answer: some pets

text: some pets

question: What was one school dean concerned about?

answer: many people have allergic reactions to animal dander,"

text: many people have allergic reactions to animal dander,"

question: What are some universities adding to the list of acceptible dorm possessions?

answer: pets

text: pets


text:
Editor's note: Since becoming State Department producer in 2000, Elise Labott has covered four secretaries of state and reported from more than 50 countries. Before joining CNN, she covered the United Nations.

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meet in Washington.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi made the rounds in Washington just as President Obama's national security team shifted its attention to Pakistan.

This week Secretary of Defense Williams Gates called the Afghan border with Pakistan the "epicenter of jihad." And the renewed focus on Pakistan suggests that Obama has a new role for Pakistan in the battle against al Qaeda and the Taliban.

After all, in developing a strategy for "Afpak," Obama acknowledged the United States cannot win in Afghanistan without cooperation from Pakistan, the suspected hideout of Osama bin Laden and other al Qaeda leaders.

Which is why the buzzword of both Qureshi and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton this week was "partnership," as in the United States and Pakistan are united in a "strategic partnership" against a common enemy.

Right now, the relationship between the two countries is less a partnership and more an uneasy marriage with a history fraught with decades of mutual mistrust and disappointment.

In the late 1980s, the United States partnered with Pakistan to supply mujahedeen fighters with weapons and training to defeat the Soviets in Afghanistan. Then the United States abandoned the region, leaving the Pakistanis, in Clinton's words, "awash in drugs...and jihadists who had been trained up in conjunction with us."

Now the Americans are back. But, rightly, the Pakistanis are wondering if this time they will stay.

This week Qureshi urged the United States not to repeat history, but rather to articulate a "long-term commitment" for the region.

That's exactly what the United States is trying to do with an aid package worth $1.5 billion a year for five years for social and economic development and with discretionary military spending. By building roads, schools and democratic institutions, the United States hopes to combat both Islamic extremism and anti-Americanism.

In part the aid has had the opposite effect. Tough conditions attached to the aid to ensure the Pakistanis are fighting terrorism on their own soil have prompted fears and resentment about renewed -- and unwanted -- American influence.

The military spending in the Kerry-Lugar legislation threatens to cut off assistance if Pakistan fails to crack down on extremists or uses the funding to attack neighboring countries, namely India. It requires Pakistan's cooperation in efforts to dismantle nuclear weapons networks operating in the country and demands Pakistan provides the information about its military budget and chain of command, all of which has given birth to grave concern in the military that the aid package is compromising Pakistan's sovereignty.

The bill also makes reference to the southwestern city of Quetta and eastern town of Muridke. Both are believed to be hubs for al Qaeda and Taliban leaders, which suggests that the United States could target those cities for the kind of drone attacks which have drawn Pakistani ire.

As the Pakistani parliament debates the bill, street protests over the aid have spread through the country. The fears about sovereignty have only been aggravated over U.S. plans to send hundreds more diplomats to its embassy in Islamabad. Washington says the additional staff is needed to distribute and monitor the aid, but it has all left Pakistanis humiliated and feeling like a child who needs a babysitter.

Pakistan also wants more credit from the United States for decisive action it has taken against terrorists, including its recent offensive in the Swat Valley.

The United States has been impressed by the Pakistani army's recent offensive against the Taliban in Swat. And it is encouraged that Pakistan is gearing up to launch a major offensive in Waziristan, believed to be a stronghold of both the Taliban and al Qaeda.

But the conditions attached to the aid are a symptom of the United States' longstanding doubts about the Pakistanis' capacity to be a reliable partner it needs in the struggle against al Qaeda and the Taliban. Not only are there concerns about Pakistani intelligence ties to extremist networks, but the United States continues to fear Pakistan's obsession with its nuclear neighbor India will divert its focus from fighting terrorist threats on its own soil.

As the United States struggles over the future of the mission in Afghanistan, Pakistan wants to strengthen cooperation. This week Qureshi said the United States needed to share more critical information it has about al Qaeda and the Taliban on its border. What's more, he suggested the administration should consult with both the Pakistani military and civilian government before deciding to send more troops.

The sad legacy of U.S. and Pakistani relations can be overcome only if both counties are able to rebuild trust.

Pakistan needs to answer lingering questions about the country's commitment to fighting terrorism. And after 20 years of neglect, the United States needs to assure Pakistan it won't exploit it for its own interests, only to abandon the region once again. Only then will this uneasy marriage give way to a true partnership.

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question: What is description of U,S - Pakistan relationship?

answer: between the two countries is less a partnership and more an uneasy marriage with a history fraught with decades of mutual mistrust and disappointment.

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question: who is the foreign minister

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question: what is fraught with mistrust

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question: What is the U.S. aid package of $1.5 billion for?

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(CNN)  -- Tamil Tiger rebels acknowledged the death of their leader Sunday, nearly a week after the Sri Lankan government said it had recovered the body of Velupillai Prabhakaran and declared victory in the country's 25-year civil war with the rebels.

In this picture taken 27 November 2003, Velupillai Prabhakaran stands next to an LTTE flag.

Prabhakaran "attained martyrdom fighting the military oppression of the Sri Lankan state" on May 17, according to Tamilnet.com, a rebel Web site, citing the group's international affairs spokesman.

On Tuesday, President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared victory against the Tamil Tigers.

"We are celebrating the defeat of terrorism," he said in a nationally televised speech before parliament. "We have won and restored democracy in the country."

The president declared a national holiday for the following day to celebrate the war's end and begin a new phase in the country's history.   Watch the victory parade Â»

A short time after the presidential address, the military announced that it had recovered the body of Prabhakaran, leader and founder of the Tamil Tigers.

The rebels initially denied the death of their leader, claiming on Tamilnet.com that Prabhakaran was "alive and safe."

The defense ministry said the bodies of Prabhakaran and 18 other senior rebel leaders were among corpses found in mop-up operations, after government troops routed the Tigers -- formally known as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

The leaders included Prabhakaran's eldest son, Charles Anthony, as well as Pottu Amman, the Tigers' intelligence leader, according to the ministry.  Watch the U.N. chief discuss the humanitarian crisis Â»

Prabhakaran founded the Tamil Tigers, who have been declared a terrorist organization by 32 countries. It initiated the use of women in suicide attacks and, according to the FBI, invented the explosive suicide belt.

Prabhakaran is accused of masterminding the killing of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991 in the Tamil-dominated Indian state of Tami Nadu. Sri Lankan authorities allege that Prabhakaran was avenging Gandhi's decision to send Indian peacekeepers to Sri Lanka.

Two years later, a Tigers suicide bomber, allegedly acting on Prabhakaran's orders, detonated explosives that killed Sri Lanka's then-president, Ranasinghe Premadasa, during a rally.

The rebels have fought for an independent state for minority Tamils in Sri Lanka since July 1983. An estimated 70,000 to 80,000 people have died during the quarter century of fighting.

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