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(CNN) -- Greece is in a state of political turmoil sparked by Prime Minister George Papandreou's call earlier this week for a referendum on the latest bailout package from Europe.

A confidence vote in his government is scheduled for Friday night -- in the meantime, uncertainty rules.

The crisis is unfolding as leaders of the G-20 group of nations meet in Cannes, France, for economic talks, amid fears that a debt default in Greece could send shock waves through the global economy.

So what could come next for Greece? Analysts see several potential scenarios.

The vote of confidence in Papandreou's government is expected to go ahead as planned, despite discussions Thursday on the formation of an interim coalition or national unity government.

If he wins the confidence vote, he could claim a fresh mandate for his ruling Socialist PASOK party -- although even some within his party think its days in charge are numbered.

Senior PASOK lawmaker Tilemachos Chytiris told Greek state TV channel ERT that ideally Papandreou would win the vote, but a national unity government would then be formed.

If he loses the vote, the government would go into caretaker status until early elections can be held, said Heather Conley, senior fellow and director of the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state.

"What's a foregone conclusion is that Papandreou would have to step down and allow a technocratic government that would receive the full support of parliament to be that caretaker," she said.

In another scenario, the leader of the main opposition New Democracy party said Thursday that his party could enter a coalition government with the PASOK party, as an interim stage leading to new elections.

Papandreou's office said he is prepared to enter a national unity government with the opposition, but rejected the condition that early elections be held.

Opposition leader Antonis Samaras later Thursday said Papandreou should step down and called for snap elections within six weeks.

Under Greek law, a vote cannot be held until at least 30 days after elections are called, meaning that the Greek people would go to the polls in early December at the soonest.

In that case, it would be likely that the conservatives would win the most votes but would not have a parliamentary majority, forcing them to form a coalition government, said Kostas Gemenis, an assistant professor of politics at the University of Twente in the Netherlands.

That coalition could include far-right parties or PASOK, but with the New Democracy lawmakers in the driver's seat.

The conservatives have said Greece needs to bargain harder with Europe on any deal.

Another scenario is that PASOK and the conservatives join in a longer-term grand coalition, or unity, government.

That option would give greater stability, as it would avoid elections, and could ensure that Greece stayed in the euro and the European Union, said Gemenis.

As for the planned referendum, the likelihood of it taking place appears to be diminishing.

Papandreou told his Cabinet Thursday he was backing off from a referendum vote because the opposition New Democracy party had agreed to the need to pass austerity measures required by the bailout.

And the office of Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos said Friday he had confirmed to the European Commission that the referendum had been scrapped.

That news would certainly come as a relief to Europe's leaders. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned Papandreou in Cannes Wednesday that Greece would have to leave the euro zone if voters rejected the bailout plan.

But Greece could find it hard to put the cat back in the bag now it's been allowed out, Conley said.

Although some observers say the referendum will not survive if Papandreou does not, she foresees a scenario where the Greek people demand a say in decisions that will affect them, and their country, for decades.

She warns it could also lead to the governments of other countries, such as the United Kingdom and Italy, facing calls for difficult decisions to be put them to a referendum.

The recent crisis has prompted talk of a "democracy deficit," she said, as people in the different countries within the European Union complain that they have no say in important issues.

Defiance of Europe's wishes would come at a substantial cost for Greece.

At stake is a deal that would wipe out 100 billion euros in Greek debt, half of what it owes to private creditors, and a promise of 30 billion euros from the public sector to help pay off some of the remaining debts. That makes the whole deal worth 130 billion euros ($178 billion).

If its people vote "no" to the bailout plan, European leaders have made clear they will not hand over a sixth tranche of European funds from a previously agreed bailout. The Greek government is expected to run out of money in mid-November, and that 8 billion euro (about $10.9 billion) tranche is needed to keep it afloat.

There are already signs that Greece's domestic banking system is starting to seize up amid the doubts over future European funding, Conley said.

As for the euro zone -- the group of 17 European nations that use the euro as currency -- the top priority will be to stop the turmoil in Greece spreading beyond its borders.

Ahead of the G-20 summit, U.S. President Barack Obama made clear that the stakes were high for everyone and that "contagion" must be prevented.

"The most important task for us is to resolve the financial crisis here in Europe," he said, adding that the United States will "continue to be a partner with Europe to resolve these issues."

Paola Subacchi, research director in international economics at the London-based Chatham House think tank, said it was imperative that a robust firewall be put in place around Greece to stop other countries being dragged down.

Such a firewall would include a better-funded European bailout find and flexible credit for countries caught up on the margins of the crisis, she said.

She predicts that whatever the fate of Papandreou's government, Greece is likely to be in a state of political paralysis for some time. Europe must put provisions in place to allow Greece to leave the euro, if that becomes necessary, with minimum damage, she said.

"The priority now is to focus not on Greece but on the rest of Europe, in particular Italy, which is the country most likely to be affected," she said.

A joint statement from European Council president Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso at the G-20 reiterated Europe's commitment to keeping the euro zone above water.

"Europe is fully aware of its responsibility in these difficult times. We, as the world's largest market, have to play a major role in the global recovery," they said.

CNN's Elinda Labropoulou contributed to this report.

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text: European

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text: top

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text: turmoil

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text: Greece

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text: beyond

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text: borders

text: Ahead

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text: the

text: summit

text: U.S.

text: President

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text: Obama

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text: stakes

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text: United

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text: London

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text: rest

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text: country

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text: statement

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text: European

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text: president

text: Herman

text: Van

text: Rompuy

text: and

text: European

text: Commission

text: president

text: Jose

text: Manuel

text: Barroso

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question: When did George Papandreou face a confidence vote?

answer: Friday night

text: Friday night

question: What does Greece need to accept to remain in the eurozone?

answer: bargain harder with Europe on any deal.

text: bargain harder with Europe on any deal.

question: What do some in Papandreou's party say is needed?

answer: referendum on the latest bailout

text: referendum on the latest bailout

question: Who feels a national unity government is needed?

answer: Tilemachos Chytiris

text: Tilemachos Chytiris

question: What is Papandreou facing on Friday?

answer: A confidence vote in his government

text: A confidence vote in his government


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BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- Demonstrators stormed a hotel Saturday where Asian leaders were to meet, forcing the indefinite postponement of the Association of South East Asian Nations summit.

Thousands of anti-government protesters block a busy intersection during rush hour in Bangkok.

Participating Asian leaders were on their way out of the country, according to Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.

He declared a state of emergency in Chonburi province and the southern coastal city of Pattaya, where the summit was to be held, but rescinded the order hours afterward.

Thousands of "red shirt" protesters, named for the color of their attire, have rallied for days to demand Abhisit's resignation.

The demonstrators flooded into the summit site after smashing through the hotel's glass doors, but were otherwise nonviolent. Hundreds of them streamed in, without police interference. Protesters hugged the officers and shook their hands.

The red shirts have given the prime minister repeated deadlines to resign, but those have come and gone.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon he was disappointed by the summit's delay.

"I understand the circumstances that led the Thai government to take this difficult decision. While I had hoped to have exchanges with the leaders of ASEAN and its dialogue partners, I continue to look forward to engaging again with them in the near future," Ban said.

"I strongly value the long-standing relationship between ASEAN and the United Nations, and their cooperation in various fields. I hope for an early restoration of normalcy in Thailand and for the settlement of differences through dialogue and peaceful means," he added.

The protesters are loyal to former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a 2006 coup.

Thaksin now lives outside of Thailand. The protesters have said Abhisit's government was not democratically elected and want him to resign and schedule elections.

Abhisit, who has held the position for four months, has rejected calls for him to step down.

Lawmakers named the 44-year-old, Oxford University-educated Abhisit prime minister in December in the wake of months of demonstrations against Thaksin and his ruling party, People Power Party.

On Tuesday, protesters rushed Abhisit's motorcade while it was struck in traffic. He escaped unharmed.

Protesters opposed to Thaksin took to the streets last year wearing yellow shirts, occupied the Government House and blockaded Bangkok's major international airport, stranding throngs of tourists who provide much of the country's revenue.

The demonstrations ended in early December when a court ruled that the People Power Party was guilty of electoral fraud and threw Thaksin's brother-in-law out of the prime minister's seat.

The red shirt protesters said this week they would not take over the airports.

Dan Rivers and Kocha Olarn contributed to this report.

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question: where was state of emergency declared?

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question: what made them so violent?

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(CNN) -- A man charged with murder in the deaths of 11 women pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity Thursday, said Ryan Miday, a spokesman for the Cuyahoga County, Ohio, prosecutor.

A grand jury has indicted Anthony Sowell on 85 counts, following the discovery of 11 sets of human remains at his Cleveland, Ohio, house in October.

The charges include several counts of aggravated murder with a "mass murder specification," meaning multiple people were killed in a similar fashion, said Bill Mason, the Cuyahoga County prosecutor.

Sowell, 50, faces rape and kidnapping charges as well and also has been charged with brutalizing three other women and raping two of them, Mason said. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Sowell.

Investigators arrested him in October after authorities serving a search warrant in a rape case discovered the remains of six women in and around his house. Subsequent searches turned up the remains of five others.

All 11 remains were of African-American women.

Police used cadaver dogs Wednesday to search Sowell's childhood home, just outside Cleveland.

"We're just trying to cover all our bases," said Scott Wilson, spokesman for the FBI, which is assisting local detectives in the case.

Authorities have said they are looking at the unsolved slayings of three women in East Cleveland to determine if they share any similarities with the remains found at Sowell's house.

The indictment against Sowell also alleges that he assaulted women on December 8, 2008, and on September 22 and October 20 of this year.

The women in September and October were raped, and the other woman was punched and choked before escaping, Mason said. Sowell's charges in those cases include attempted murder, rape or attempted rape, kidnapping, robbery and felonious assault.

Sowell has pleaded not guilty to charges in the September 22 rape.

On October 20, neighbors reported seeing a naked woman fall from the second floor of his house. Firefighters responded and later notified police.

But the woman told officers she fell off the roof while she was at the home "partying," police said earlier. No charges were filed at the time.

Sowell threatened his victims and warned them not to contact police, Mason said. It's possible there are others, he added, and urged anyone who has not come forward to do so.

Sowell "knew what he was doing was wrong at the time he was doing it," the prosecutor said.

As of last month, Sowell was on suicide watch at the request of his public defender, Kathleen DeMetz. She had said a psychiatric evaluation of Sowell had been ordered but was unlikely to happen until after an indictment was filed.

Cuyahoga County Sheriff Bob Reid told reporters this week that Sowell has been a "model prisoner," is kept in an isolated unit and has declined visitation requests.

Most of the victims were strangled by ligature -- which could include a string, cord or wire -- and at least one was strangled by hand, officials said. Seven still had ligatures wrapped around their necks. The skull of one woman was wrapped in a paper bag and stuffed into a bucket in the home's basement.

Sowell served 15 years in prison for a 1989 attempted rape and was released in 2005. He was required to register as a sex offender.

After the discovery of the 11 women, police in mid-November used thermal imaging in an attempt to see if any additional human remains were on the property and dug certain areas by hand. No more remains were found.

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question: who was accused in deaths of 11 woman?

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question: Where were the women found?

answer: at his Cleveland, Ohio, house in October.

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question: What did the suspect plead?

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(CNN) -- The mysterious visitor stands in a patch of scrubland in Somalia, surrounded by Islamic militants wielding AK-47s. His face is covered by a white-and-red headscarf; he is slim and seems young. But there is something puzzling about him: His skin is fair, and when he speaks in an audio recording, his English is near perfect and spoken with a North American accent.

The militants -- belonging to Al-Shabaab -- say his name is Abu Abdulla Almuhajir (the foreigner). And they say he is an envoy from the al Qaeda leader, Ayman al Zawahiri, thousands of miles away in Pakistan.

Almuhajir has turned up in the desolate scrubland, they say, to offer al Qaeda's help with famine relief. Photographs show him at what appears to be an aid camp that Al-Shabaab claims it has set up for victims of the famine. The recording says he is delivering aid that al Qaeda had purportedly collected, including food, clothing and $12,000 converted into Somali currency.

A video showing the images and audio recording was posted to Islamist websites last week. U.S. counter-terrorism agencies are still trying to ascertain Almuhajir's identity and whether he really was an al Qaeda envoy -- about which there is some doubt.

The event, at which a large group of Somalis were shown sitting crossed-legged on the ground, was clearly a propaganda ploy by Al-Shabaab to boost its popularity -- and that of the al Qaeda brand. International aid agencies have sharply criticized the group for banning or obstructing aid in areas in central and southern Somalia worst hit by the famine. The group's brutal imposition of Taliban-like practices in territory under its control has also alienated many Somalis.

If authentic, the event suggests a strengthening of the relationship between hard-line factions of Al-Shabaab and al Qaeda. Though factions of the group have long been allied with al Qaeda and share its vision of global jihad, the video of the meeting would be a rare demonstration of such ties.

The so-called emissary told his Somali audience that al Qaeda felt their pain and urged Muslims to support Al-Shabaab, which is fighting Somalia's government in an effort to implement a stricter form of Islamic law. He also recalled Osama bin Laden's long interest in Somalia, saying he "played a major role in repelling invading forces of the Muslim land in Somalia."

And Almuhajir promised that al Qaeda's new leader, Zawahiri, would continue that support.

"In a recent release, Sheikh Ayman brought the drought in Somalia to the attention of the Muslim Ummah (or global Muslim community) and encouraged them to support their brothers in Somalia," he said.

Western counter-terrorism analysts have been puzzling over the identity of "the foreigner." Several Americans and Canadians are believed to have joined al Qaeda in Pakistan in recent years and risen through the group's hierarchy. The most prominent has been Oregon-born Adam Gadahn, 33, al Qaeda's English-language spokesman who joined forces with the group around a decade ago. But counter-terrorism analysts say that Gadahn's voice (and waistline) is very different from that of the mysterious al Qaeda envoy pictured in the Al-Shabaab video.

Another candidate is Adnan Shukrijumah, 36, an American citizen born in Saudi Arabia who spent much of his youth in New York and South Florida, who joined al Qaeda around the time of 9/11 and rose up the ranks to become a planner for the group's external operations. But the envoy appears to have fairer skin than Shukrijumah. And then there is Jude Kenan Mohammed, 22, from Raleigh, North Carolina. He is believed to be still at large in Pakistan after leaving the United States in October 2008 to allegedly wage jihad. Just after he arrived, he was arrested by Pakistani officials, charged with weapons possession and released on bail. The following year, he failed to show up to his court hearing, suggesting he may have slipped into tribal areas.

It may be that the whole event was manufactured in an effort to bolster Al-Shabaab's credentials after a series of military setbacks. Sending an al Qaeda envoy from Pakistan to Somalia -- especially a Caucasian -- would be risky. And there are more than a dozen North Americans (from both the U.S. and Canada) who have gravitated to Somalia to wage jihad in recent years, among them Abu Mansoor al-Amriki. The 27-year old from Alabama, whose real name is Omar Hammami, has produced Al-Shabaab hip-hop videos in an effort to extend the group's appeal to English-speaking youths. Despite several unconfirmed reports that he had been killed, Hammami remains on the FBI's most-wanted list. But his voice is not an obvious match to that of the mysterious al Qaeda envoy.

Al-Shabaab still controls most of central and southern Somalia, and has recently shown ambitions to take its campaign beyond Somalia's borders. In July 2010, the group carried out a pair of deadly bombings in Kampala, Uganda, killing more than 70 people. it was the first attack the group launched outside Somalia, and was in retaliation, Al-Shabaab claimed, for Uganda's deployment of peace support forces in Somalia.

In September, the U.S. Africa Command warned that Al-Shabaab, Boko Haram in Nigeria and al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb were trying to synchronize their efforts to launch attacks on U.S and Western interests, but had yet to show a significant capability to export terror. There is also evidence, according to Western intelligence officials, of cooperation between Al-Shabaab and the al Qaeda affiliate in Yemen.

But within Somalia, the group is under growing pressure. It has been pushed from its last redoubts in the capital, Mogadishu, even though it retains the ability to launch suicide bombings in the city. And in recent weeks, Kenya has accused Al-Shabaab of kidnapping Western tourists and aid workers in northern Kenya, allegations which the Somali group denies. Kenyan troops have launched a cross-border operation against Al-Shabaab in southern Somalia with the apparent intention of setting up a buffer zone across the border.

That's prompted the threat of retaliatory strikes inside Kenya. "The Kenyan public must understand that the impetuous decision by their troops to cross the border into Somalia will not be without severe repercussions," the group said in a news release in English on Monday.

Somalia analysts view this threat as real but believe Al-Shabaab will carefully weigh the costs and benefits of any such reprisal. The Somali group has an extensive presence in Nairobi -- home to a quarter-million Somali refugees -- and operates a network of safe houses in the city. "They could easily tear apart Nairobi, but they've done nothing there at all because they realize this is their golden egg," said Michael Taarnby, an Al-Shabaab expert at the University of Central Florida.

text: CNN

text: The

text: mysterious

text: visitor

text: stands

text: in

text: a

text: patch

text: of

text: scrubland

text: in

text: Somalia

text: surrounded

text: by

text: Islamic

text: militants

text: wielding

text: His

text: face

text: is

text: covered

text: by

text: a

text: white

text: and

text: red

text: headscarf

text: he

text: is

text: slim

text: and

text: seems

text: young

text: But

text: there

text: is

text: something

text: puzzling

text: about

text: him

text: His

text: skin

text: is

text: fair

text: and

text: when

text: he

text: speaks

text: in

text: an

text: audio

text: recording

text: his

text: English

text: is

text: near

text: perfect

text: and

text: spoken

text: with

text: a

text: North

text: American

text: accent

text: The

text: militants

text: belonging

text: to

text: Al

text: Shabaab

text: say

text: his

text: name

text: is

text: Abu

text: Abdulla

text: Almuhajir

text: the

text: foreigner

text: And

text: they

text: say

text: he

text: is

text: an

text: envoy

text: from

text: the

text: al

text: Qaeda

text: leader

text: Ayman

text: al

text: Zawahiri

text: thousands

text: of

text: miles

text: away

text: in

text: Pakistan

text: Almuhajir

text: has

text: turned

text: up

text: in

text: the

text: desolate

text: scrubland

text: they

text: say

text: to

text: offer

text: al

text: Qaeda

text: 's

text: help

text: with

text: famine

text: relief

text: Photographs

text: show

text: him

text: at

text: what

text: appears

text: to

text: be

text: an

text: aid

text: camp

text: that

text: Al

text: Shabaab

text: claims

text: it

text: has

text: set

text: up

text: for

text: victims

text: of

text: the

text: famine

text: The

text: recording

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text: he

text: is

text: delivering

text: aid

text: that

text: al

text: Qaeda

text: had

text: purportedly

text: collected

text: including

text: food

text: clothing

text: and

text: converted

text: into

text: Somali

text: currency

text: A

text: video

text: showing

text: the

text: images

text: and

text: audio

text: recording

text: was

text: posted

text: to

text: Islamist

text: websites

text: last

text: week

text: U.S.

text: counter

text: terrorism

text: agencies

text: are

text: still

text: trying

text: to

text: ascertain

text: Almuhajir

text: 's

text: identity

text: and

text: whether

text: he

text: really

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text: an

text: al

text: Qaeda

text: envoy

text: about

text: which

text: there

text: is

text: some

text: doubt

text: The

text: event

text: at

text: which

text: a

text: large

text: group

text: of

text: Somalis

text: were

text: shown

text: sitting

text: crossed

text: legged

text: on

text: the

text: ground

text: was

text: clearly

text: a

text: propaganda

text: ploy

text: by

text: Al

text: Shabaab

text: to

text: boost

text: its

text: popularity

text: and

text: that

text: of

text: the

text: al

text: Qaeda

text: brand

text: International

text: aid

text: agencies

text: have

text: sharply

text: criticized

text: the

text: group

text: for

text: banning

text: or

text: obstructing

text: aid

text: in

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text: in

text: central

text: and

text: southern

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text: hit

text: by

text: the

text: famine

text: The

text: group

text: 's

text: brutal

text: imposition

text: of

text: Taliban

text: like

text: practices

text: in

text: territory

text: under

text: its

text: control

text: has

text: also

text: alienated

text: many

text: Somalis

text: If

text: authentic

text: the

text: event

text: suggests

text: a

text: strengthening

text: of

text: the

text: relationship

text: between

text: hard

text: line

text: factions

text: of

text: Al

text: Shabaab

text: and

text: al

text: Qaeda

text: Though

text: factions

text: of

text: the

text: group

text: have

text: long

text: been

text: allied

text: with

text: al

text: Qaeda

text: and

text: share

text: its

text: vision

text: of

text: global

text: jihad

text: the

text: video

text: of

text: the

text: meeting

text: would

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text: a

text: rare

text: demonstration

text: of

text: such

text: ties

text: The

text: so

text: called

text: emissary

text: told

text: his

text: Somali

text: audience

text: that

text: al

text: Qaeda

text: felt

text: their

text: pain

text: and

text: urged

text: Muslims

text: to

text: support

text: Al

text: Shabaab

text: which

text: is

text: fighting

text: Somalia

text: 's

text: government

text: in

text: an

text: effort

text: to

text: implement

text: a

text: stricter

text: form

text: of

text: Islamic

text: law

text: He

text: also

text: recalled

text: Osama

text: bin

text: Laden

text: 's

text: long

text: interest

text: in

text: Somalia

text: saying

text: he

text: played

text: a

text: major

text: role

text: in

text: repelling

text: invading

text: forces

text: of

text: the

text: Muslim

text: land

text: in

text: Somalia

text: And

text: Almuhajir

text: promised

text: that

text: al

text: Qaeda

text: 's

text: new

text: leader

text: Zawahiri

text: would

text: continue

text: that

text: support

text: In

text: a

text: recent

text: release

text: Sheikh

text: Ayman

text: brought

text: the

text: drought

text: in

text: Somalia

text: to

text: the

text: attention

text: of

text: the

text: Muslim

text: Ummah

text: or

text: global

text: Muslim

text: community

text: and

text: encouraged

text: them

text: to

text: support

text: their

text: brothers

text: in

text: Somalia

text: he

text: said

text: Western

text: counter

text: terrorism

text: analysts

text: have

text: been

text: puzzling

text: over

text: the

text: identity

text: of

text: the

text: foreigner

text: Several

text: Americans

text: and

text: Canadians

text: are

text: believed

text: to

text: have

text: joined

text: al

text: Qaeda

text: in

text: Pakistan

text: in

text: recent

text: years

text: and

text: risen

text: through

text: the

text: group

text: 's

text: hierarchy

text: The

text: most

text: prominent

text: has

text: been

text: Oregon

text: born

text: Adam

text: Gadahn

text: al

text: Qaeda

text: 's

text: English

text: language

text: spokesman

text: who

text: joined

text: forces

text: with

text: the

text: group

text: around

text: a

text: decade

text: ago

text: But

text: counter

text: terrorism

text: analysts

text: say

text: that

text: Gadahn

text: 's

text: voice

text: and

text: waistline

text: is

text: very

text: different

text: from

text: that

text: of

text: the

text: mysterious

text: al

text: Qaeda

text: envoy

text: pictured

text: in

text: the

text: Al

text: Shabaab

text: video

text: Another

text: candidate

text: is

text: Adnan

text: Shukrijumah

text: an

text: American

text: citizen

text: born

text: in

text: Saudi

text: Arabia

text: who

text: spent

text: much

text: of

text: his

text: youth

text: in

text: New

text: York

text: and

text: South

text: Florida

text: who

text: joined

text: al

text: Qaeda

text: around

text: the

text: time

text: of

text: and

text: rose

text: up

text: the

text: ranks

text: to

text: become

text: a

text: planner

text: for

text: the

text: group

text: 's

text: external

text: operations

text: But

text: the

text: envoy

text: appears

text: to

text: have

text: fairer

text: skin

text: than

text: Shukrijumah

text: And

text: then

text: there

text: is

text: Jude

text: Kenan

text: Mohammed

text: from

text: Raleigh

text: North

text: Carolina

text: He

text: is

text: believed

text: to

text: be

text: still

text: at

text: large

text: in

text: Pakistan

text: after

text: leaving

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: in

text: October

text: to

text: allegedly

text: wage

text: jihad

text: Just

text: after

text: he

text: arrived

text: he

text: was

text: arrested

text: by

text: Pakistani

text: officials

text: charged

text: with

text: weapons

text: possession

text: and

text: released

text: on

text: bail

text: The

text: following

text: year

text: he

text: failed

text: to

text: show

text: up

text: to

text: his

text: court

text: hearing

text: suggesting

text: he

text: may

text: have

text: slipped

text: into

text: tribal

text: areas

text: It

text: may

text: be

text: that

text: the

text: whole

text: event

text: was

text: manufactured

text: in

text: an

text: effort

text: to

text: bolster

text: Al

text: Shabaab

text: 's

text: credentials

text: after

text: a

text: series

text: of

text: military

text: setbacks

text: Sending

text: an

text: al

text: Qaeda

text: envoy

text: from

text: Pakistan

text: to

text: Somalia

text: especially

text: a

text: Caucasian

text: would

text: be

text: risky

text: And

text: there

text: are

text: more

text: than

text: a

text: dozen

text: North

text: Americans

text: from

text: both

text: the

text: U.S.

text: and

text: Canada

text: who

text: have

text: gravitated

text: to

text: Somalia

text: to

text: wage

text: jihad

text: in

text: recent

text: years

text: among

text: them

text: Abu

text: Mansoor

text: al

text: Amriki

text: The

text: old

text: from

text: Alabama

text: whose

text: real

text: name

text: is

text: Omar

text: Hammami

text: has

text: produced

text: Al

text: Shabaab

text: hip

text: hop

text: videos

text: in

text: an

text: effort

text: to

text: extend

text: the

text: group

text: 's

text: appeal

text: to

text: English

text: speaking

text: youths

text: Despite

text: several

text: unconfirmed

text: reports

text: that

text: he

text: had

text: been

text: killed

text: Hammami

text: remains

text: on

text: the

text: FBI

text: 's

text: most

text: wanted

text: list

text: But

text: his

text: voice

text: is

text: not

text: an

text: obvious

text: match

text: to

text: that

text: of

text: the

text: mysterious

text: al

text: Qaeda

text: envoy

text: Al

text: Shabaab

text: still

text: controls

text: most

text: of

text: central

text: and

text: southern

text: Somalia

text: and

text: has

text: recently

text: shown

text: ambitions

text: to

text: take

text: its

text: campaign

text: beyond

text: Somalia

text: 's

text: borders

text: In

text: July

text: the

text: group

text: carried

text: out

text: a

text: pair

text: of

text: deadly

text: bombings

text: in

text: Kampala

text: Uganda

text: killing

text: more

text: than

text: people

text: it

text: was

text: the

text: first

text: attack

text: the

text: group

text: launched

text: outside

text: Somalia

text: and

text: was

text: in

text: retaliation

text: Al

text: Shabaab

text: claimed

text: for

text: Uganda

text: 's

text: deployment

text: of

text: peace

text: support

text: forces

text: in

text: Somalia

text: In

text: September

text: the

text: U.S.

text: Africa

text: Command

text: warned

text: that

text: Al

text: Shabaab

text: Boko

text: Haram

text: in

text: Nigeria

text: and

text: al

text: Qaeda

text: in

text: the

text: Islamic

text: Maghreb

text: were

text: trying

text: to

text: synchronize

text: their

text: efforts

text: to

text: launch

text: attacks

text: on

text: U.S

text: and

text: Western

text: interests

text: but

text: had

text: yet

text: to

text: show

text: a

text: significant

text: capability

text: to

text: export

text: terror

text: There

text: is

text: also

text: evidence

text: according

text: to

text: Western

text: intelligence

text: officials

text: of

text: cooperation

text: between

text: Al

text: Shabaab

text: and

text: the

text: al

text: Qaeda

text: affiliate

text: in

text: Yemen

text: But

text: within

text: Somalia

text: the

text: group

text: is

text: under

text: growing

text: pressure

text: It

text: has

text: been

text: pushed

text: from

text: its

text: last

text: redoubts

text: in

text: the

text: capital

text: Mogadishu

text: even

text: though

text: it

text: retains

text: the

text: ability

text: to

text: launch

text: suicide

text: bombings

text: in

text: the

text: city

text: And

text: in

text: recent

text: weeks

text: Kenya

text: has

text: accused

text: Al

text: Shabaab

text: of

text: kidnapping

text: Western

text: tourists

text: and

text: aid

text: workers

text: in

text: northern

text: Kenya

text: allegations

text: which

text: the

text: Somali

text: group

text: denies

text: Kenyan

text: troops

text: have

text: launched

text: a

text: cross

text: border

text: operation

text: against

text: Al

text: Shabaab

text: in

text: southern

text: Somalia

text: with

text: the

text: apparent

text: intention

text: of

text: setting

text: up

text: a

text: buffer

text: zone

text: across

text: the

text: border

text: That

text: 's

text: prompted

text: the

text: threat

text: of

text: retaliatory

text: strikes

text: inside

text: Kenya

text: The

text: Kenyan

text: public

text: must

text: understand

text: that

text: the

text: impetuous

text: decision

text: by

text: their

text: troops

text: to

text: cross

text: the

text: border

text: into

text: Somalia

text: will

text: not

text: be

text: without

text: severe

text: repercussions

text: the

text: group

text: said

text: in

text: a

text: news

text: release

text: in

text: English

text: on

text: Monday

text: Somalia

text: analysts

text: view

text: this

text: threat

text: as

text: real

text: but

text: believe

text: Al

text: Shabaab

text: will

text: carefully

text: weigh

text: the

text: costs

text: and

text: benefits

text: of

text: any

text: such

text: reprisal

text: The

text: Somali

text: group

text: has

text: an

text: extensive

text: presence

text: in

text: Nairobi

text: home

text: to

text: a

text: quarter

text: million

text: Somali

text: refugees

text: and

text: operates

text: a

text: network

text: of

text: safe

text: houses

text: in

text: the

text: city

text: They

text: could

text: easily

text: tear

text: apart

text: Nairobi

text: but

text: they

text: 've

text: done

text: nothing

text: there

text: at

text: all

text: because

text: they

text: realize

text: this

text: is

text: their

text: golden

text: egg

text: said

text: Michael

text: Taarnby

text: an

text: Al

text: Shabaab

text: expert

text: at

text: the

text: University

text: of

text: Central

text: Florida

question: What does the event suggest?

answer: a strengthening of the relationship between hard-line factions of Al-Shabaab and al Qaeda.

text: a strengthening of the relationship between hard-line factions of Al-Shabaab and al Qaeda.

question: what did the militants say

answer: he is an envoy from the al Qaeda leader,

text: he is an envoy from the al Qaeda leader,

question: what did the event suggest

answer: a strengthening of the relationship between hard-line factions of Al-Shabaab and al Qaeda.

text: a strengthening of the relationship between hard-line factions of Al-Shabaab and al Qaeda.

question: What is the name of the leader?

answer: Ayman al Zawahiri,

text: Ayman al Zawahiri,

question: Where does the Al-Shabaab militants say he's from?

answer: Pakistan.

text: Pakistan.

question: The event suggests a strengthening of ties between whom?

answer: al Qaeda.

text: al Qaeda.

question: what was the recording about

answer: delivering aid that al Qaeda had purportedly collected,

text: delivering aid that al Qaeda had purportedly collected,

question: Which websites are the recordings and images on?

answer: Islamist

text: Islamist


text:
LONDON, England (CNN) -- The killer of "Harry Potter" actor Rob Knox has been given four life sentences and told he will be behind bars for at least 20 years.

The parents of Robert Knox read a statement outside the Old Bailey after Karl Bishop was found guilty of his murder.

A judge at the Old Bailey court in central London sentenced 22-year-old Karl Bishop on Thursday, the day after he was convicted of the attack on Rob Knox and four of his friends in southeast London last May.

Bishop stabbed them 10 times in less than two minutes, the court heard.

Knox, 18, had rushed out of the bar after he heard that Bishop had threatened his younger brother Jamie but he ended up being stabbed five times, once in a main artery. He died in hospital later that night.

The judge, Mr Justice Bean, told Bishop: "You are at present a highly dangerous man," the Press Association reported.

"There is plainly a very significant risk to the public of serious harm caused by your committing further offences of violence.

"Because you had threatened his younger brother, Rob Knox was among those who tried to disarm you. He paid for his bravery with his life.

"The truth is that you simply could not care less whether you killed him or not. When you learned that you had killed Rob your only response was to say 'Yeah, sweet.'"

Days before the attack, the actor had finished filming on "Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince," due for international release in July, in which he played the role of Marcus Belby. He was set to reprise the part in future "Harry Potter" films.

Knox's father Colin told mourners at his funeral, including co-star Rupert Grint, that his son had been "living the dream," PA said.

The Knox family left the court without commenting, but earlier Rob's mother Sally said of Bishop: "Once he's got his sentence and he's gone, I will not waste my time thinking about him.

"I just think maybe somebody like him may have some kind of disturbed mind, which may not be due to the life he's had, it just may be something in him."

Knife crime in Britain is a political hot topic due to a spate of recent killings of mainly young people in major cities. UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has urged tougher sentences for those caught carrying knives. He told the Daily Telegraph last month: "By carrying a knife you are not only endangering the lives of others, but you are more likely to be killed, or end up in jail.

"We need to change the way young people think about knives, we need families and communities working together ... to get this message across and help stamp out knife crime and get weapons off our streets."

text: LONDON

text: England

text: CNN

text: The

text: killer

text: of

text: Harry

text: Potter

text: actor

text: Rob

text: Knox

text: has

text: been

text: given

text: four

text: life

text: sentences

text: and

text: told

text: he

text: will

text: be

text: behind

text: bars

text: for

text: at

text: least

text: years

text: The

text: parents

text: of

text: Robert

text: Knox

text: read

text: a

text: statement

text: outside

text: the

text: Old

text: Bailey

text: after

text: Karl

text: Bishop

text: was

text: found

text: guilty

text: of

text: his

text: murder

text: A

text: judge

text: at

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text: Old

text: Bailey

text: court

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text: London

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text: old

text: Karl

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text: Thursday

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text: day

text: after

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text: was

text: convicted

text: of

text: the

text: attack

text: on

text: Rob

text: Knox

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text: four

text: of

text: his

text: friends

text: in

text: southeast

text: London

text: last

text: May.

text: Bishop

text: stabbed

text: them

text: times

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text: less

text: than

text: two

text: minutes

text: the

text: court

text: heard

text: Knox

text: had

text: rushed

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text: of

text: the

text: bar

text: after

text: he

text: heard

text: that

text: Bishop

text: had

text: threatened

text: his

text: younger

text: brother

text: Jamie

text: but

text: he

text: ended

text: up

text: being

text: stabbed

text: five

text: times

text: once

text: in

text: a

text: main

text: artery

text: He

text: died

text: in

text: hospital

text: later

text: that

text: night

text: The

text: judge

text: Mr

text: Justice

text: Bean

text: told

text: Bishop

text: You

text: are

text: at

text: present

text: a

text: highly

text: dangerous

text: man

text: the

text: Press

text: Association

text: reported

text: There

text: is

text: plainly

text: a

text: very

text: significant

text: risk

text: to

text: the

text: public

text: of

text: serious

text: harm

text: caused

text: by

text: your

text: committing

text: further

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text: of

text: violence

text: Because

text: you

text: had

text: threatened

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text: younger

text: brother

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text: those

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text: tried

text: to

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text: you

text: He

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text: bravery

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text: life

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text: truth

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text: you

text: simply

text: could

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question: What was the name of the harry potter actor?

answer: Rob Knox

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question: Who killed Rob Knox?

answer: Karl Bishop

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question: What is a political hot topic in Britain?

answer: Knife crime

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question: What was Karl Bishop's sentence?

answer: four life

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question: How long will he serve in jail?

answer: at least 20 years.

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question: Who attacked Rob Knox?

answer: Karl Bishop

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question: Which "Harry Potter" actor was killed?

answer: Rob Knox

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question: Who was the killer?

answer: Karl Bishop

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question: Where did the crime happen?

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(CNN) -- "The Blind Side" could have been filmed anywhere, says Tim Bourne, an independent producer who worked on the film. But there's a reason producers brought the project to Georgia: money.

"There's nothing in [the movie] that couldn't have been shot in any midrange urban setting. The reason, and the sole reason, it was shot in Georgia was the tax incentives," he said.

Georgia boasts one of the highest tax credits in the United States: a 20 percent base tax credit, with an additional 10 percent if a Georgia logo appears somewhere in the project. The Oscar-nominated "Blind Side" is one of many films that's taken advantage of the incentives to shoot in the Empire State of the South, incentives that also include a diverse set of locations, state-of-the-art facilities and large production crews.

Recently, another production, "Hall Pass," written by Peter and Bobby Farrelly ("There's Something About Mary"), started filming in the Atlanta area.

The film, starring Owen Wilson and Jenna Fischer, is about a woman who gives her husband permission to have an affair. It called for a New England location -- standard for the brothers, who are from Rhode Island -- but tax incentives led the production crew south, producers said.

Georgia is far from the only state offering filmmakers opportunities to leave Hollywood. Indeed, it's one of 44 states offering incentives in hopes of attracting projects that will help their economies, according to the Tax Foundation.

"No one is trying to compete with L.A. from a technical standpoint," Bourne said. "They're certainly competing from a financial standpoint, though. The name of the game is all about tax incentives. It's the sad truth.

"Films are made in a particular place strictly because of financial rebates," he continued. "If, tomorrow, Louisiana or ... any state with a crew base, rather, came up with a better incentive program, that's where the work would be -- overnight."

Incentives differ from state to state. In most cases, filmmakers are able to apply for a tax credit or rebate as long as they meet the state's minimum standards for expenditures and utilize local crews, some of whom don't belong to unions. However, Bill Thompson, deputy commissioner at the Georgia Film, Music and Digital Entertainment Office, said bigger production companies usually prefer to work with union workers.

Louisiana, one of the first states to develop an incentive program eight years ago, has found exposure in front of the camera with films such as "Ray" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."

"Green Lantern," set for release in 2011, is one of many projects whose makers opted to film in Louisiana after the state increased its film production tax credit to 30 percent in 2009, said Chris Stelly, director of the Louisiana Office of Film and TV.

But Louisiana doesn't just attract projects because of the state's high tax credit, he said.

"No matter how big your incentive is, if someone doesn't have a good experience, they're not going to be back," he said.

Warner Bros. Entertainment is what Stelly calls a repeat customer.

Michael Walbrecht, vice president of Studio & Production Affairs at Warner Bros., said the company brings a lot of projects to Louisiana. It's the third most popular place the company films, behind Los Angeles and New York.

"So far, we've had great experiences in the [Southeast]," Walbrecht said.

There's no denying the tremendous impact the film industry has had on each state.

Hotels, rental cars, restaurants, equipment rentals, local crews, props, wardrobes and local extras are just some of the ways the industry gives back to the area it films in.

According to the Web site for Georgia's Film, Music & Digital Entertainment Office, TV networks, Hollywood studios, production companies and independent producers invested more than $521 million in Georgia in fiscal year 2008-09; the state estimates the economic impact of this investment at $929 million.

Louisiana has experienced economic success, as well. Its Economic Development department's Web site says the incentives have generated thousands of jobs and more than $2 billion since the program began in 2002.

"With some of the bigger movies, [there are] hundreds of extras on set," Thompson said. "Those people all get paid something per day. This is especially a big deal in small towns that have never had a film [shoot] there. To spend a few million dollars in a rural area [makes a big difference]."

Even California, the home of the business, has gotten into the act. The state recently introduced a 20 percent tax credit, though its incentives aren't as broad as in other states. For example, TV shows to air on basic cable qualify for the credit, whereas shows on broadcast networks do not.

Walbrecht said the amount of larger movies and TV shows filming in smaller states will continue to rise, which is one reason California was prompted to create incentives. "They realized their iconic industry was moving elsewhere," he said.

Meanwhile, away from Hollywood, the competition is getting stiffer.

North Carolina became a major player in the filmmaking business thanks to such productions as the TV show "Dawson's Creek," which filmed in the coastal city of Wilmington and helped create a thriving film industry there. So when "The Last Song" -- set in Wilmington -- began filming in seaside Savannah, Georgia, hard feelings were inevitable.

"You can't dwell on what you lost; you have to keep going and move forward," said Aaron Syrett, director of the North Carolina Film Office. "It happens all the time, to every state."

Legislation to raise the 15 percent tax credit was proposed before "The Last Song" chose not to film in North Carolina. The state's new refund, 25 percent, went into effect January 1.

"We're not trying to [have] the highest refund. We're trying to be the smartest," Syrett said.

In other words, offer a hefty tax rebate -- and roll camera.

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text: The

text: Blind

text: Side

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text: filmed

text: anywhere

text: says

text: Tim

text: Bourne

text: an

text: independent

text: producer

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text: the

text: film

text: But

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text: 's

text: a

text: reason

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text: sole

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text: incentives

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text: said

text: Georgia

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text: one

text: of

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text: highest

text: tax

text: credits

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text: United

text: States

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text: base

text: tax

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text: Georgia

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text: Oscar

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text: incentives

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text: production

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text: far

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text: only

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text: states

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text: incentives

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text: Tax

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text: technical

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text: financial

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text: incentives

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text: a

text: particular

text: place

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text: of

text: financial

text: rebates

text: he

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text: If

text: tomorrow

text: Louisiana

text: or

text: any

text: state

text: with

text: a

text: crew

text: base

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text: a

text: better

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text: able

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text: credit

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text: state

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text: Thompson

text: deputy

text: commissioner

text: at

text: the

text: Georgia

text: Film

text: Music

text: and

text: Digital

text: Entertainment

text: Office

text: said

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text: production

text: companies

text: usually

text: prefer

text: to

text: work

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text: workers

text: Louisiana

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text: of

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text: first

text: states

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text: program

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text: of

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text: camera

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text: The

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text: one

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text: makers

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text: in

text: Louisiana

text: after

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text: state

text: increased

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text: film

text: production

text: tax

text: credit

text: to

text: percent

text: in

text: said

text: Chris

text: Stelly

text: director

text: of

text: the

text: Louisiana

text: Office

text: of

text: Film

text: and

text: TV

text: But

text: Louisiana

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text: just

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text: projects

text: because

text: of

text: the

text: state

text: 's

text: high

text: tax

text: credit

text: he

text: said

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text: matter

text: how

text: big

text: your

text: incentive

text: is

text: if

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text: does

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text: have

text: a

text: good

text: experience

text: they

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text: not

text: going

text: to

text: be

text: back

text: he

text: said

text: Warner

text: Bros.

text: Entertainment

text: is

text: what

text: Stelly

text: calls

text: a

text: repeat

text: customer

text: Michael

text: Walbrecht

text: vice

text: president

text: of

text: Studio

text: Production

text: Affairs

text: at

text: Warner

text: Bros.

text: said

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text: company

text: brings

text: a

text: lot

text: of

text: projects

text: to

text: Louisiana

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text: the

text: third

text: most

text: popular

text: place

text: the

text: company

text: films

text: behind

text: Los

text: Angeles

text: and

text: New

text: York

text: So

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text: 've

text: had

text: great

text: experiences

text: in

text: the

text: Southeast

text: Walbrecht

text: said

text: There

text: 's

text: no

text: denying

text: the

text: tremendous

text: impact

text: the

text: film

text: industry

text: has

text: had

text: on

text: each

text: state

text: Hotels

text: rental

text: cars

text: restaurants

text: equipment

text: rentals

text: local

text: crews

text: props

text: wardrobes

text: and

text: local

text: extras

text: are

text: just

text: some

text: of

text: the

text: ways

text: the

text: industry

text: gives

text: back

text: to

text: the

text: area

text: it

text: films

text: in

text: According

text: to

text: the

text: Web

text: site

text: for

text: Georgia

text: 's

text: Film

text: Music

text: Digital

text: Entertainment

text: Office

text: TV

text: networks

text: Hollywood

text: studios

text: production

text: companies

text: and

text: independent

text: producers

text: invested

text: more

text: than

text: million

text: in

text: Georgia

text: in

text: fiscal

text: year

text: the

text: state

text: estimates

text: the

text: economic

text: impact

text: of

text: this

text: investment

text: at

text: million

text: Louisiana

text: has

text: experienced

text: economic

text: success

text: as

text: well

text: Its

text: Economic

text: Development

text: department

text: 's

text: Web

text: site

text: says

text: the

text: incentives

text: have

text: generated

text: thousands

text: of

text: jobs

text: and

text: more

text: than

text: billion

text: since

text: the

text: program

text: began

text: in

text: With

text: some

text: of

text: the

text: bigger

text: movies

text: there

text: are

text: hundreds

text: of

text: extras

text: on

text: set

text: Thompson

text: said

text: Those

text: people

text: all

text: get

text: paid

text: something

text: per

text: day

text: This

text: is

text: especially

text: a

text: big

text: deal

text: in

text: small

text: towns

text: that

text: have

text: never

text: had

text: a

text: film

text: shoot

text: there

text: To

text: spend

text: a

text: few

text: million

text: dollars

text: in

text: a

text: rural

text: area

text: makes

text: a

text: big

text: difference

text: Even

text: California

text: the

text: home

text: of

text: the

text: business

text: has

text: gotten

text: into

text: the

text: act

text: The

text: state

text: recently

text: introduced

text: a

text: percent

text: tax

text: credit

text: though

text: its

text: incentives

text: are

text: n't

text: as

text: broad

text: as

text: in

text: other

text: states

text: For

text: example

text: TV

text: shows

text: to

text: air

text: on

text: basic

text: cable

text: qualify

text: for

text: the

text: credit

text: whereas

text: shows

text: on

text: broadcast

text: networks

text: do

text: not

text: Walbrecht

text: said

text: the

text: amount

text: of

text: larger

text: movies

text: and

text: TV

text: shows

text: filming

text: in

text: smaller

text: states

text: will

text: continue

text: to

text: rise

text: which

text: is

text: one

text: reason

text: California

text: was

text: prompted

text: to

text: create

text: incentives

text: They

text: realized

text: their

text: iconic

text: industry

text: was

text: moving

text: elsewhere

text: he

text: said

text: Meanwhile

text: away

text: from

text: Hollywood

text: the

text: competition

text: is

text: getting

text: stiffer

text: North

text: Carolina

text: became

text: a

text: major

text: player

text: in

text: the

text: filmmaking

text: business

text: thanks

text: to

text: such

text: productions

text: as

text: the

text: TV

text: show

text: Dawson

text: 's

text: Creek

text: which

text: filmed

text: in

text: the

text: coastal

text: city

text: of

text: Wilmington

text: and

text: helped

text: create

text: a

text: thriving

text: film

text: industry

text: there

text: So

text: when

text: The

text: Last

text: Song

text: set

text: in

text: Wilmington

text: began

text: filming

text: in

text: seaside

text: Savannah

text: Georgia

text: hard

text: feelings

text: were

text: inevitable

text: You

text: ca

text: n't

text: dwell

text: on

text: what

text: you

text: lost

text: you

text: have

text: to

text: keep

text: going

text: and

text: move

text: forward

text: said

text: Aaron

text: Syrett

text: director

text: of

text: the

text: North

text: Carolina

text: Film

text: Office

text: It

text: happens

text: all

text: the

text: time

text: to

text: every

text: state

text: Legislation

text: to

text: raise

text: the

text: percent

text: tax

text: credit

text: was

text: proposed

text: before

text: The

text: Last

text: Song

text: chose

text: not

text: to

text: film

text: in

text: North

text: Carolina

text: The

text: state

text: 's

text: new

text: refund

text: percent

text: went

text: into

text: effect

text: January

text: We

text: 're

text: not

text: trying

text: to

text: have

text: the

text: highest

text: refund

text: We

text: 're

text: trying

text: to

text: be

text: the

text: smartest

text: Syrett

text: said

text: In

text: other

text: words

text: offer

text: a

text: hefty

text: tax

text: rebate

text: and

text: roll

text: camera

question: what percent does georgia pay

answer: 20

question: Who is one of the first states?

answer: Louisiana,

text: Louisiana,

question: what has louisiana done

answer: develop an incentive program

text: develop an incentive program

question: what have forty four states done

answer: offering incentives in hopes of attracting projects that will help their economies,

text: offering incentives in hopes of attracting projects that will help their economies,

question: How many states offer tax credits?

answer: 44

question: How many states offer tax credits to filmmakers?

answer: 44

question: What does Georgia boast?

answer: one of the highest tax credits in the United States:

text: one of the highest tax credits in the United States:

question: What was one of the first states to develop an incentive program?

answer: Louisiana,

text: Louisiana,

question: Which state has one the of the highest tax returns in the United States?

answer: Georgia

text: Georgia