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(CNN) -- Customs officials in Australia have cried fowl after searching a airline traveler -- and allegedly finding two live pigeons stuffed in his tights.

Customs officials in Australia allege that a man tried to smuggle pigeons hidden in his tights.

The 23-year-old man was stopped at Melbourne International Airport Sunday after arriving on a flight from Dubai, Australia's Customs and Border Protection service said in a statement posted on its Web site.

The service alleges that two eggs were found inside a multivitamin container carried by the passenger, who comes from Melbourne.

A further search revealed that he was wearing tights -- with a live bird stashed down each leg.

Photographs show the birds appear to have been rolled in newspaper and polythene with only their heads showing.

The images indicate that one bird was attached to each of the alleged smuggler's lower legs.

Customs officials also claim that plant seeds were found in the man's moneybelt and undeclared eggplant in his baggage.

"Wildlife smuggling is not only cruel to the animals involved, it poses a severe risk to the Australian environment and the health of the Australian community," said Richard Janeczko, Customs and Border Protection National Manager Investigations.

"It is important that people declare all animal and plant materials to Customs and Border Protection when they enter Australia," Janeczko added.

The service said that the maximum penalty for wildlife smuggling is 10 years imprisonment and/or a A$110,000 ($70,000) fine.

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- When British forces fully withdraw from Iraq on Friday, it will be the second time in a century that Britain will leave this nation with a legacy of war dead.

Mechanics prepare a tank ready to shipped back to the UK from Basra.

In the Baghdad North Gate War Cemetery rest thousands of British soldiers killed in a protracted military campaign during World War I, after which Britain established an occupying regime in Iraq.

In the peak of the latest war that began in 2003, about 46,000 British troops were stationed in and around Iraq. Now, almost all British troops are being pulled out because an agreement that allows them to remain in Iraq expires Friday, according to the British Ministry of Defence.

Britain leaves Iraq this time with 179 of its own dead.

"It's been a tough six years, no doubt about that," said Jon Wilks, the deputy head of the British mission. "But I think what we left behind is a solid base on which to build."

The British were based in southern Iraq, primarily in Basra, Iraq's second largest city that sits close to the Persian Gulf.

"We have in many sectors left Basra in a better state than when we arrived in 2003."

Then, after the U.S.-led invasion, Iraqis welcomed British troops. They were hailed as the force that would save the area's predominantly Shiite population from Saddam Hussein's persecution.

But the mood turned when liberation was not followed by a quick withdrawal.

"It became the opposite of what we were wishing for," said Mustafa Atia, a member of the Basra provincial council."

Hope started to turn to fear.

By the end of 2004, extreme Shiite militias were gaining control of Basra. It seemed British forces had been sidelined as the militias enforced their own brand of laws.

In September 2007, British troops withdrew completely from Basra and southern Iraq was touted as the coalition forces' success story.

But Basra was left reeling.

The British-trained Iraqi police had been infiltrated by militiamen; the Iraqi Army struggled to keep them in check.

Women bore the brunt of the militia's brutal rule -- executed for "un-Islamic" acts like wearing tight jeans and lipstick. Or in the case of one woman, living alone.

Sabriya, identified only by her first name for security reasons, recalled her sister's plight.

"They said, 'Why don't you have a husband?'" Sabriya said. "They came in at night and put a pillow on her face and shot her in the head."

In March 2008, the Iraqi government launched Operation "Charge of the Knights" to battle Basra's lawlessness. The city was flooded with Iraqi soldiers and their U.S. advisers. The British were drawn back into the thick of the fight, their Mastiff and Warrior armored vehicles once again on the streets of the southern port city.

"The situation was awful, mainly because militias controlled the security forces," said Iraqi Gen. Aziz Swady, who was dispatched to Basra as part of the operation. "But after this operation, the citizens started to trust the Iraqi security forces."

Basra began piecing itself back together.

On Friday, as the British leave Iraq behind for a second time, they are left to ponder the fragility of Basra's situation -- and their own sacrifices. The question that could linger is: Was it worth it?

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(CNN) -- Mexican President Felipe Calderon's ruling party paid the price for a weak economy in midterm elections as the opposition Revolutionary Institutional Party rolled to victories in the lower legislative house as well as state and local posts.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon wasn't on Sunday's ballot and has three years left in his six-year term.

With more than 99 percent of the votes counted, the PRI had 36.7 percent to 28 percent for Calderon's National Action Party (PAN), the state-run Notimex news agency reported Monday.

The leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), which nearly won the 2006 presidential election, came in a distant third with 12.2 percent of the vote.

In response to the defeat, PAN president German Martinez resigned from the top party post Monday.

On the ballot were seats for 500 federal legislators, six governors and about 500 mayors and local legislators in 11 states. Though Calderon has three years left in his six-year term and was not on the ballot, analysts said Monday he was held responsible for Mexico's problems amid the global economic downturn.

"He got a beating because of the economy," said Ana Maria Salazar, a television and radio political commentator in Mexico City.

"The government in power pays for it," said Peter Hakim, president of the Washington-based Inter-American Dialogue.

Besides the economy, Calderon has had to face the consequences of a drug war he launched that has left more than 10,000 people dead since he came to office in December 2006.

He also had to deal with the H1N1 flu pandemic that first became known in Mexico this year.

The PAN has the most seats in the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Mexico's Congress, but it does not have a majority in either. The party lost its lead in the lower house, as the PRI will hold more seats when the new delegates are seated in December. No seats were at stake in the Senate, which elects its members every six years.

Calderon acknowledged the setback in a late-night address to the nation Sunday.

"The federal government recognizes the new composition of the Chamber of Deputies since it is a sovereign decision of the citizens. I congratulate who they have chosen," Calderon said, adding he will work with the new representatives.

He will have no choice but to work with the resurgent PRI, analysts said. But since the PAN did not have control of either house of Congress, Calderon has been compromising and making deals with the PRI and other parties since coming to power.

"I don't think the job is much more difficult than it was at the outset," Hakim said. "It's all a matter of degrees. Yeah, it will make it a little more difficult. But he has had to work through negotiation anyway."

Still, analysts said, the PRI now wields considerable more power.

"They're in a position to run Congress," said Andrew Selee, director of the Woodrow Wilson Center's Mexico Institute.

By forming temporary coalitions with the Green Party and other minor parties, the PRI can block presidential vetoes, Salazar said.

"They pretty much have control over the purse," she said.

Much more is at stake for the PRI though. After having held the presidency from 1929 to 2000 and then losing it to the PAN in the last two elections, the party is looking for a path back to power. Sunday's results were particularly significant because the PRI finished third in the 2006 presidential election.

"The presidential campaign has started as of today, Monday," Salazar said.

Also significant was the PRD's apparent collapse as a major party, considering it came within 1 percent of winning the presidency in 2006.

That race was so close that the results were not verified until a controversial decision two months later. Losing candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador refused to accept the results and announced himself the winner. Fistfights broke out in the Chamber of Deputies.

The PRI drew away votes from the PRD in Sunday's election, Hakim said, noting that may help Calderon because the PRD is Calderon's main foe in Congress. Working with a larger PRI may be easier.

But Selee said Calderon is on a deadline, until the 2012 presidential race really heats up.

"His window of opportunity is for the next year and half," Selee said. "The PRI wants to show that they can lead, that they're a party of ideas."

No one knows if the PRI is up to the task.

"The big question is whether the PRI will look forward only to the presidential elections," Hakim said. "The PRI has to show that they're responsible and capable of governing again."

To do so, the PRI has to make sure that internal fighting over who will run as the presidential candidate in three years does not paralyze the party.

"Don't underestimate the ability of the PRI to cannibalize itself," Salazar said.

PRI leader Beatriz Paredes has emerged as a major power broker. As head of the party and newly elected member of the Chamber of Deputies, she will lead the PRI's legislative efforts. That's good for Calderon, Salazar said, because it will be "much easier to negotiate with her than with other factions of the PRI."

But if the PAN and PRI can't agree, Selee said, "there will be a breakdown of consensus politics."

Mexico's leaders -- regardless of party affiliation -- also have to battle apparent disenchantment among everyday Mexicans.

Voter participation Sunday was about 30 percent, officials said, but more 5 percent of those were people who "annulled" their ballots. They turned in a ballot but did not vote for anyone or defaced the ballot. Their intent was to show that they cared enough to vote, just not for anyone on the ballot.

"It's a repudiation of what is going on in Mexico in general," Salazar said.

Selee sees "a general skepticism," saying, "Mexicans have tired of where things are going."

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text: television

text: and

text: radio

text: political

text: commentator

text: in

text: Mexico

text: City

text: The

text: government

text: in

text: power

text: pays

text: for

text: it

text: said

text: Peter

text: Hakim

text: president

text: of

text: the

text: Washington

text: based

text: Inter

text: American

text: Dialogue

text: Besides

text: the

text: economy

text: Calderon

text: has

text: had

text: to

text: face

text: the

text: consequences

text: of

text: a

text: drug

text: war

text: he

text: launched

text: that

text: has

text: left

text: more

text: than

text: people

text: dead

text: since

text: he

text: came

text: to

text: office

text: in

text: December

text: He

text: also

text: had

text: to

text: deal

text: with

text: the

text: flu

text: pandemic

text: that

text: first

text: became

text: known

text: in

text: Mexico

text: this

text: year

text: The

text: PAN

text: has

text: the

text: most

text: seats

text: in

text: the

text: Senate

text: and

text: the

text: Chamber

text: of

text: Deputies

text: the

text: lower

text: house

text: of

text: Mexico

text: 's

text: Congress

text: but

text: it

text: does

text: not

text: have

text: a

text: majority

text: in

text: either

text: The

text: party

text: lost

text: its

text: lead

text: in

text: the

text: lower

text: house

text: as

text: the

text: PRI

text: will

text: hold

text: more

text: seats

text: when

text: the

text: new

text: delegates

text: are

text: seated

text: in

text: December

text: No

text: seats

text: were

text: at

text: stake

text: in

text: the

text: Senate

text: which

text: elects

text: its

text: members

text: every

text: six

text: years

text: Calderon

text: acknowledged

text: the

text: setback

text: in

text: a

text: late

text: night

text: address

text: to

text: the

text: nation

text: Sunday

text: The

text: federal

text: government

text: recognizes

text: the

text: new

text: composition

text: of

text: the

text: Chamber

text: of

text: Deputies

text: since

text: it

text: is

text: a

text: sovereign

text: decision

text: of

text: the

text: citizens

text: I

text: congratulate

text: who

text: they

text: have

text: chosen

text: Calderon

text: said

text: adding

text: he

text: will

text: work

text: with

text: the

text: new

text: representatives

text: He

text: will

text: have

text: no

text: choice

text: but

text: to

text: work

text: with

text: the

text: resurgent

text: PRI

text: analysts

text: said

text: But

text: since

text: the

text: PAN

text: did

text: not

text: have

text: control

text: of

text: either

text: house

text: of

text: Congress

text: Calderon

text: has

text: been

text: compromising

text: and

text: making

text: deals

text: with

text: the

text: PRI

text: and

text: other

text: parties

text: since

text: coming

text: to

text: power

text: I

text: do

text: n't

text: think

text: the

text: job

text: is

text: much

text: more

text: difficult

text: than

text: it

text: was

text: at

text: the

text: outset

text: Hakim

text: said

text: It

text: 's

text: all

text: a

text: matter

text: of

text: degrees

text: Yeah

text: it

text: will

text: make

text: it

text: a

text: little

text: more

text: difficult

text: But

text: he

text: has

text: had

text: to

text: work

text: through

text: negotiation

text: anyway

text: Still

text: analysts

text: said

text: the

text: PRI

text: now

text: wields

text: considerable

text: more

text: power

text: They

text: 're

text: in

text: a

text: position

text: to

text: run

text: Congress

text: said

text: Andrew

text: Selee

text: director

text: of

text: the

text: Woodrow

text: Wilson

text: Center

text: 's

text: Mexico

text: Institute

text: By

text: forming

text: temporary

text: coalitions

text: with

text: the

text: Green

text: Party

text: and

text: other

text: minor

text: parties

text: the

text: PRI

text: can

text: block

text: presidential

text: vetoes

text: Salazar

text: said

text: They

text: pretty

text: much

text: have

text: control

text: over

text: the

text: purse

text: she

text: said

text: Much

text: more

text: is

text: at

text: stake

text: for

text: the

text: PRI

text: though

text: After

text: having

text: held

text: the

text: presidency

text: from

text: to

text: and

text: then

text: losing

text: it

text: to

text: the

text: PAN

text: in

text: the

text: last

text: two

text: elections

text: the

text: party

text: is

text: looking

text: for

text: a

text: path

text: back

text: to

text: power

text: Sunday

text: 's

text: results

text: were

text: particularly

text: significant

text: because

text: the

text: PRI

text: finished

text: third

text: in

text: the

text: presidential

text: election

text: The

text: presidential

text: campaign

text: has

text: started

text: as

text: of

text: today

text: Monday

text: Salazar

text: said

text: Also

text: significant

text: was

text: the

text: PRD

text: 's

text: apparent

text: collapse

text: as

text: a

text: major

text: party

text: considering

text: it

text: came

text: within

text: percent

text: of

text: winning

text: the

text: presidency

text: in

text: That

text: race

text: was

text: so

text: close

text: that

text: the

text: results

text: were

text: not

text: verified

text: until

text: a

text: controversial

text: decision

text: two

text: months

text: later

text: Losing

text: candidate

text: Andres

text: Manuel

text: Lopez

text: Obrador

text: refused

text: to

text: accept

text: the

text: results

text: and

text: announced

text: himself

text: the

text: winner

text: Fistfights

text: broke

text: out

text: in

text: the

text: Chamber

text: of

text: Deputies

text: The

text: PRI

text: drew

text: away

text: votes

text: from

text: the

text: PRD

text: in

text: Sunday

text: 's

text: election

text: Hakim

text: said

text: noting

text: that

text: may

text: help

text: Calderon

text: because

text: the

text: PRD

text: is

text: Calderon

text: 's

text: main

text: foe

text: in

text: Congress

text: Working

text: with

text: a

text: larger

text: PRI

text: may

text: be

text: easier

text: But

text: Selee

text: said

text: Calderon

text: is

text: on

text: a

text: deadline

text: until

text: the

text: presidential

text: race

text: really

text: heats

text: up

text: His

text: window

text: of

text: opportunity

text: is

text: for

text: the

text: next

text: year

text: and

text: half

text: Selee

text: said

text: The

text: PRI

text: wants

text: to

text: show

text: that

text: they

text: can

text: lead

text: that

text: they

text: 're

text: a

text: party

text: of

text: ideas

text: No

text: one

text: knows

text: if

text: the

text: PRI

text: is

text: up

text: to

text: the

text: task

text: The

text: big

text: question

text: is

text: whether

text: the

text: PRI

text: will

text: look

text: forward

text: only

text: to

text: the

text: presidential

text: elections

text: Hakim

text: said

text: The

text: PRI

text: has

text: to

text: show

text: that

text: they

text: 're

text: responsible

text: and

text: capable

text: of

text: governing

text: again

text: To

text: do

text: so

text: the

text: PRI

text: has

text: to

text: make

text: sure

text: that

text: internal

text: fighting

text: over

text: who

text: will

text: run

text: as

text: the

text: presidential

text: candidate

text: in

text: three

text: years

text: does

text: not

text: paralyze

text: the

text: party

text: Do

text: n't

text: underestimate

text: the

text: ability

text: of

text: the

text: PRI

text: to

text: cannibalize

text: itself

text: Salazar

text: said

text: PRI

text: leader

text: Beatriz

text: Paredes

text: has

text: emerged

text: as

text: a

text: major

text: power

text: broker

text: As

text: head

text: of

text: the

text: party

text: and

text: newly

text: elected

text: member

text: of

text: the

text: Chamber

text: of

text: Deputies

text: she

text: will

text: lead

text: the

text: PRI

text: 's

text: legislative

text: efforts

text: That

text: 's

text: good

text: for

text: Calderon

text: Salazar

text: said

text: because

text: it

text: will

text: be

text: much

text: easier

text: to

text: negotiate

text: with

text: her

text: than

text: with

text: other

text: factions

text: of

text: the

text: PRI

text: But

text: if

text: the

text: PAN

text: and

text: PRI

text: ca

text: n't

text: agree

text: Selee

text: said

text: there

text: will

text: be

text: a

text: breakdown

text: of

text: consensus

text: politics

text: Mexico

text: 's

text: leaders

text: regardless

text: of

text: party

text: affiliation

text: also

text: have

text: to

text: battle

text: apparent

text: disenchantment

text: among

text: everyday

text: Mexicans

text: Voter

text: participation

text: Sunday

text: was

text: about

text: percent

text: officials

text: said

text: but

text: more

text: percent

text: of

text: those

text: were

text: people

text: who

text: annulled

text: their

text: ballots

text: They

text: turned

text: in

text: a

text: ballot

text: but

text: did

text: not

text: vote

text: for

text: anyone

text: or

text: defaced

text: the

text: ballot

text: Their

text: intent

text: was

text: to

text: show

text: that

text: they

text: cared

text: enough

text: to

text: vote

text: just

text: not

text: for

text: anyone

text: on

text: the

text: ballot

text: It

text: 's

text: a

text: repudiation

text: of

text: what

text: is

text: going

text: on

text: in

text: Mexico

text: in

text: general

text: Salazar

text: said

text: Selee

text: sees

text: a

text: general

text: skepticism

text: saying

text: Mexicans

text: have

text: tired

text: of

text: where

text: things

text: are

text: going

question: Who resigned in aftermath?

answer: PAN president German Martinez

text: PAN president German Martinez

question: PRI has  what percent of vote ?

answer: 36.7

question: who is the president of pan?

answer: German Martinez

text: German Martinez

question: who lost the lead?

answer: The PAN

text: The PAN

question: what are the percentages?

answer: PRI had 36.7 percent to 28 percent for Calderon's National Action Party

text: PRI had 36.7 percent to 28 percent for Calderon's National Action Party


text:
DETROIT, Michigan (CNN)  -- A defiant Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick addressed Detroit on Thursday night listing what he said the city had accomplished under his leadership just hours after announcing his resignation amid a sex and perjury scandal.

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has agreed to resign from office, a prosecutor said Thursday.

"The city is much better shape than the city I received seven years ago," said Kilpatrick. "We in Detroit have done amazing things together."

During the speech Kilpatrick also jabbed city officials and Michigan's governor, telling them to continue to work for the people of Detroit as hard as they did to get him out of office.

Kilpatrick told the crowd his marriage is better than it has ever been and kissed his wife to end the speech, an act that brought thunderous applause. Kilpatrick said he decided to step down so the city could continue to move forward.

"Sometimes standing strong means stepping down," Kilpatrick said. "But Detroit you have set me up for a comeback."

The embattled Kilpatrick pleaded guilty Thursday to charges resulting from a sex scandal and submitted his resignation to the governor -- effective in two weeks.

Under a plea deal, Kilpatrick will serve four months in the Wayne County Jail and the rest of his five-year sentence on probation, said Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy.

He will enter jail on the day of his formal sentencing, October 28, she said.

Kilpatrick, 38, also agreed not to run for public office during his probation, to pay $1 million in restitution and to forfeit any future pension.

He was accused of blocking a criminal investigation into his office and firing a police deputy to cover up an extramarital affair and other possible illicit activities.

After the deputy, Gary Brown, lost his job, a mayoral bodyguard, Officer Harold Nelthrope, left his job voluntarily when the atmosphere became too tense, said his attorney in the whistle-blower suit trial.

Walt Harris, another former mayoral bodyguard, filed his own whistle-blower suit, contending he was punished for supporting Nelthrope's reports of wrongdoing by Kilpatrick and his bodyguards.

The city of Detroit paid $8.4 million to settle the lawsuits, but legal fees have pushed that figure to at least $9 million.

Prompted by the judge to recount his wrongdoing, Kilpatrick admitted Thursday, "I lied under oath in the case of Gary Brown and Harold Nelthrope versus the city of Detroit. ... I did so with the intent to mislead the court and the jury and to impede and obstruct the fair administration of justice."  Watch Kilpatrick in court Â»

When Circuit Court Judge David Groner asked Kilpatrick if he understood that by pleading guilty he was giving up the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty, the mayor said, "I think I gave that up a long time ago, your honor. Yes."

Kilpatrick had faced eight felony counts. As part of the agreement, six counts related to misconduct in office were dropped, and a perjury count was changed to a second obstruction of justice charge.

In a separate case against Kilpatrick, Groner on Thursday accepted a no-contest plea on an assault charge brought against the mayor in July after he allegedly shoved a police officer trying to serve a subpoena on a friend of Kilpatrick's who was a potential witness in his perjury case.

Groner set an October 28 sentencing date for both cases.

Also Thursday, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm adjourned a hearing on whether to remove Kilpatrick from office after he notified her of his pending resignation.

"Today, this sad but historic story is coming to an end," Granholm said.

"It's very important for us as a state and as a city to turn this page together. There is much work to do. It is my profound hope that we can now write a new history for this great but embattled city."  Watch Granholm call for a new chapter Â»

The governor set the hearing after the Detroit City Council voted in May to ask her to remove Kilpatrick, alleging he had misled the council by not revealing the affair when he urged it to approve settlements with the people who had filed the whistle-blower suits against the city.

If Kilpatrick doesn't resign as promised, Granholm said the hearing would reconvene on September 22.

The Detroit City Council president, who becomes mayor when Kilpatrick steps down September 18, vowed to make the transition as seamless as possible.

Kilpatrick will be replaced in two weeks by City Council President Ken Cockrel Jr., who vowed Thursday to make the transition "as seamless as possible."

text: DETROIT

text: Michigan

text: CNN

text: A

text: defiant

text: Mayor

text: Kwame

text: Kilpatrick

text: addressed

text: Detroit

text: on

text: Thursday

text: night

text: listing

text: what

text: he

text: said

text: the

text: city

text: had

text: accomplished

text: under

text: his

text: leadership

text: just

text: hours

text: after

text: announcing

text: his

text: resignation

text: amid

text: a

text: sex

text: and

text: perjury

text: scandal

text: Detroit

text: Mayor

text: Kwame

text: Kilpatrick

text: has

text: agreed

text: to

text: resign

text: from

text: office

text: a

text: prosecutor

text: said

text: Thursday

text: The

text: city

text: is

text: much

text: better

text: shape

text: than

text: the

text: city

text: I

text: received

text: seven

text: years

text: ago

text: said

text: Kilpatrick

text: We

text: in

text: Detroit

text: have

text: done

text: amazing

text: things

text: together

text: During

text: the

text: speech

text: Kilpatrick

text: also

text: jabbed

text: city

text: officials

text: and

text: Michigan

text: 's

text: governor

text: telling

text: them

text: to

text: continue

text: to

text: work

text: for

text: the

text: people

text: of

text: Detroit

text: as

text: hard

text: as

text: they

text: did

text: to

text: get

text: him

text: out

text: of

text: office

text: Kilpatrick

text: told

text: the

text: crowd

text: his

text: marriage

text: is

text: better

text: than

text: it

text: has

text: ever

text: been

text: and

text: kissed

text: his

text: wife

text: to

text: end

text: the

text: speech

text: an

text: act

text: that

text: brought

text: thunderous

text: applause

text: Kilpatrick

text: said

text: he

text: decided

text: to

text: step

text: down

text: so

text: the

text: city

text: could

text: continue

text: to

text: move

text: forward

text: Sometimes

text: standing

text: strong

text: means

text: stepping

text: down

text: Kilpatrick

text: said

text: But

text: Detroit

text: you

text: have

text: set

text: me

text: up

text: for

text: a

text: comeback

text: The

text: embattled

text: Kilpatrick

text: pleaded

text: guilty

text: Thursday

text: to

text: charges

text: resulting

text: from

text: a

text: sex

text: scandal

text: and

text: submitted

text: his

text: resignation

text: to

text: the

text: governor

text: effective

text: in

text: two

text: weeks

text: Under

text: a

text: plea

text: deal

text: Kilpatrick

text: will

text: serve

text: four

text: months

text: in

text: the

text: Wayne

text: County

text: Jail

text: and

text: the

text: rest

text: of

text: his

text: five

text: year

text: sentence

text: on

text: probation

text: said

text: Wayne

text: County

text: Prosecutor

text: Kym

text: Worthy

text: He

text: will

text: enter

text: jail

text: on

text: the

text: day

text: of

text: his

text: formal

text: sentencing

text: October

text: she

text: said

text: Kilpatrick

text: also

text: agreed

text: not

text: to

text: run

text: for

text: public

text: office

text: during

text: his

text: probation

text: to

text: pay

text: million

text: in

text: restitution

text: and

text: to

text: forfeit

text: any

text: future

text: pension

text: He

text: was

text: accused

text: of

text: blocking

text: a

text: criminal

text: investigation

text: into

text: his

text: office

text: and

text: firing

text: a

text: police

text: deputy

text: to

text: cover

text: up

text: an

text: extramarital

text: affair

text: and

text: other

text: possible

text: illicit

text: activities

text: After

text: the

text: deputy

text: Gary

text: Brown

text: lost

text: his

text: job

text: a

text: mayoral

text: bodyguard

text: Officer

text: Harold

text: Nelthrope

text: left

text: his

text: job

text: voluntarily

text: when

text: the

text: atmosphere

text: became

text: too

text: tense

text: said

text: his

text: attorney

text: in

text: the

text: whistle

text: blower

text: suit

text: trial

text: Walt

text: Harris

text: another

text: former

text: mayoral

text: bodyguard

text: filed

text: his

text: own

text: whistle

text: blower

text: suit

text: contending

text: he

text: was

text: punished

text: for

text: supporting

text: Nelthrope

text: 's

text: reports

text: of

text: wrongdoing

text: by

text: Kilpatrick

text: and

text: his

text: bodyguards

text: The

text: city

text: of

text: Detroit

text: paid

text: million

text: to

text: settle

text: the

text: lawsuits

text: but

text: legal

text: fees

text: have

text: pushed

text: that

text: figure

text: to

text: at

text: least

text: million

text: Prompted

text: by

text: the

text: judge

text: to

text: recount

text: his

text: wrongdoing

text: Kilpatrick

text: admitted

text: Thursday

text: I

text: lied

text: under

text: oath

text: in

text: the

text: case

text: of

text: Gary

text: Brown

text: and

text: Harold

text: Nelthrope

text: versus

text: the

text: city

text: of

text: Detroit

text: I

text: did

text: so

text: with

text: the

text: intent

text: to

text: mislead

text: the

text: court

text: and

text: the

text: jury

text: and

text: to

text: impede

text: and

text: obstruct

text: the

text: fair

text: administration

text: of

text: justice

text: Watch

text: Kilpatrick

text: in

text: court

text: Â

text: When

text: Circuit

text: Court

text: Judge

text: David

text: Groner

text: asked

text: Kilpatrick

text: if

text: he

text: understood

text: that

text: by

text: pleading

text: guilty

text: he

text: was

text: giving

text: up

text: the

text: right

text: to

text: be

text: presumed

text: innocent

text: until

text: proven

text: guilty

text: the

text: mayor

text: said

text: I

text: think

text: I

text: gave

text: that

text: up

text: a

text: long

text: time

text: ago

text: your

text: honor

text: Yes

text: Kilpatrick

text: had

text: faced

text: eight

text: felony

text: counts

text: As

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: agreement

text: six

text: counts

text: related

text: to

text: misconduct

text: in

text: office

text: were

text: dropped

text: and

text: a

text: perjury

text: count

text: was

text: changed

text: to

text: a

text: second

text: obstruction

text: of

text: justice

text: charge

text: In

text: a

text: separate

text: case

text: against

text: Kilpatrick

text: Groner

text: on

text: Thursday

text: accepted

text: a

text: no

text: contest

text: plea

text: on

text: an

text: assault

text: charge

text: brought

text: against

text: the

text: mayor

text: in

text: July

text: after

text: he

text: allegedly

text: shoved

text: a

text: police

text: officer

text: trying

text: to

text: serve

text: a

text: subpoena

text: on

text: a

text: friend

text: of

text: Kilpatrick

text: 's

text: who

text: was

text: a

text: potential

text: witness

text: in

text: his

text: perjury

text: case

text: Groner

text: set

text: an

text: October

text: sentencing

text: date

text: for

text: both

text: cases

text: Also

text: Thursday

text: Michigan

text: Gov.

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Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (CNN) -- The arduous Middle East peace talks continued on Tuesday in Egypt, where officials from Israel and the Palestinian Authority "have begun a serious discussion on core issues," a top U.S. diplomat said.

"They have agreed to begin first on working to achieve a framework agreement for permanent status. That work is now well under way," said U.S. special envoy George Mitchell.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas attended the sessions, along with Mitchell and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Officials met for an hour and 40 minutes in bilateral and multilateral meetings.

Mitchell briefed the media after the session and said the goals remain a two-state solution, condemnation of violence and working toward security, and a resolution of all issues. He reiterated the Obama administration's position that Israel should extend the moratorium on settlement construction in the West Bank, a hiatus scheduled to end later this month.

"We believe we are moving in the right direction overall," he said.

The parties are aiming toward resolving all core issues within the next 12 months in a process that kicked off recently during a meeting between Netanyahu, Abbas and Clinton in Washington. Issues separating both sides include Jewish settlements in the West Bank, the future of Palestinian refugees, Israeli security, and the status of Jerusalem.

Clinton and Mitchell are expected to continue talks with the leaders in Jerusalem on Wednesday.

Tensions are growing over the issue of possible new Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Netanyahu is under pressure from the Palestinians and the Obama administration to extend a 10-month moratorium on building Israeli settlements in the disputed West Bank territory. That moratorium is set to expire September 26.

Palestinians have said the construction would torpedo the talks, but Israel says some construction is likely.

Acknowledging that the settlement issue is sensitive in Israel, Mitchell said both sides have a responsibility to continue the meetings and he called on Abbas to take steps to advance the talks.

"All issues ultimately must be resolved by the parties themselves," Mitchell told reporters. "The United States will, as we've said on many occasions, be an active and sustained partner throughout the talks and will, when necessary and appropriate, make proposals and provide encouragement to the parties. In the end, matters must be resolved by parties themselves and we hope and expect that they will do so."

Mitchell said he wouldn't divulge many details about the talks, noting the importance of confidentiality and sensitivity. But he did say "our vision is for a two-state solution."

"That includes a Jewish, democratic state of Israel living side by side in peace and security with a viable, independent, sovereign and contiguous state of Palestine. But of course, this is one of many sensitive issues the parties need to resolve themselves and that's the point of negotiations. The parties will reach agreement on all major issues."

Prior to arriving in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Tuesday morning, Clinton said if there are no negotiations, there will be no security for Israel and no state for the Palestinians.

This isn't Clinton's first time to participate in an attempt to secure a two-state solution.

As first lady, though not a principal negotiator, she traveled to the Middle East to meet with Israeli and Palestinian leaders in support of President Bill Clinton's policies on the issue. The president eventually hosted Israeli and Palestinian leaders at Camp David, Maryland, for what proved to be unsuccessful final-status talks.

Now, as secretary of state, Clinton has a second chance and a more direct platform to help the parties reach a comprehensive settlement.

Should Clinton help shepherd an agreement, it would "fulfill a longtime desire to succeed in this area," said Ned Walker, who was U.S. ambassador to Israel during part of President Clinton's second term.

"She has something of a long history of being involved" in the region, said Walker, who also used to be an assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs. "This would be a great fulfillment for her personally and for the administration and the country."

CNN's Ben Wedeman, Jason Hanna and Laurie Ure contributed to this report.

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question: What does Mitchell say?

answer: "They have agreed to begin first on working to achieve a framework agreement for permanent status. That work is now well under way,"

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question: What Mitchell says about discussion?

answer: "They have agreed to begin first on working to achieve a framework agreement for permanent status. That work is now well under way,"

text: "They have agreed to begin first on working to achieve a framework agreement for permanent status. That work is now well under way,"

question: Where the Israeli-Palestinian meeting was hold?

answer: Egypt,

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question: What is the serious discussion about?

answer: core issues,"

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question: Who is meeting in Egypt?

answer: officials from Israel and the Palestinian Authority

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- A massive fire engulfed the four-story offices of a major film company in central London on Friday, sending clouds of white smoke over the city skyline, the London fire department said.

Streets in London were cordoned off while firefighters tackled the blaze.

Two firefighters were taken to the hospital with minor injuries as a result of the blaze in the Future Films building on Dean Street in the city's Soho district, London ambulance services said.

The London Fire Brigade dispatched 12 engines and 55 firefighters to battle the fire, which began before 2 p.m. (9 a.m. ET).

As a result, an adjacent street -- the W1 -- has been closed to traffic and pedestrians.

When reached by CNN, Future Films founder and managing director Stephen Margolis had no comment about the fire.

Future Films has been involved in the production of more than 120 films since Margolis created the company in 2000, including "Bend it like Beckham" (2002), "The Importance of Being Earnest" (2002), and "Transsiberian" (2008).

CNN's Per Nyberg and Laura Perez Maestro contributed to this report.

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WASHINGTON (CNN)  -- As Washington gears up for January's presidential inauguration with high-priced tickets to fancy affairs, one businessman is making sure that some of the less fortunate will have a chance to share in the festivities.

Earl Stafford is a Virginia businessman helping the disadvantaged see the inauguration.

Virginia businessman Earl Stafford has spent $1 million to give hundreds of poverty-stricken and terminally ill Americans, along with wounded men and women in uniform, an inauguration experience that won't cost them anything.

The zero-dollar price tag is even more shocking, considering that tickets to the inaugural events are going for hundreds of dollars, the city's remaining hotel rooms are edging into four-figure territory, and even basements and couches miles from the National Mall are going for a premium on Craigslist.

Tickets for the inauguration are distributed through members of Congress, and just 240,000 seats are available for the swearing-in ceremony. The tickets are supposed to be free, but with demand outpacing supply, some people have been trying to scalp tickets for thousands of dollars.

Stafford's event is one of the splashiest inauguration packages out there. It includes high-end hotel rooms and luxury suites, food and drinks, a heated viewing spot right above the parade route, even gowns and tuxedos to wear to celebratory balls and a beautician to help attendees get ready.

Hours after the election, Stafford, a 60-year-old businessman and son of a Baptist minister, invested in what the JW Marriott billed as its $1 million "build-your-own-ball" inaugural hotel package.

His family's nonprofit foundation, the Stafford Foundation, is footing the bill for what it is calling the People's Inaugural Project, but it is also hoping to get money from sponsors.

Stafford said Thursday that he hopes the balcony terrace is filled "with those who are disadvantaged, those who are distressed, mingling with those who aren't so. And we hope to see on their faces a sense of excitement."

"I was inspired to do this by the Lord. ... It's not about us but about us helping other people," he said.

At least third of the tickets to the event will go toward people who are needy or underprivileged, and the rest of those participating could be people from sponsoring foundations, companies or volunteers.

Everything, he said, will be taken care of: transportation, evening gowns and tuxedos for the ball.

He hopes that providing a front row seat to history will inspire those invited to do good things in their communities.

Stafford said he began thinking about the project in March. He voted for Barack Obama, and records show he contributed $4,600 to the Democrat's campaign, according to the Washington Post.

Stafford, a retired Air Force officer, noted that he does not agree with all of Obama's positions. But, he told the paper, he decided the inauguration would be "a transition in history, if you will ... and everyone should be included."

CNN's Samantha Hayes and Rebecca Sinderbrand contributed to this report.

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text: share

text: in

text: the

text: festivities

text: Earl

text: Stafford

text: is

text: a

text: Virginia

text: businessman

text: helping

text: the

text: disadvantaged

text: see

text: the

text: inauguration

text: Virginia

text: businessman

text: Earl

text: Stafford

text: has

text: spent

text: million

text: to

text: give

text: hundreds

text: of

text: poverty

text: stricken

text: and

text: terminally

text: ill

text: Americans

text: along

text: with

text: wounded

text: men

text: and

text: women

text: in

text: uniform

text: an

text: inauguration

text: experience

text: that

text: wo

text: n't

text: cost

text: them

text: anything

text: The

text: zero

text: dollar

text: price

text: tag

text: is

text: even

text: more

text: shocking

text: considering

text: that

text: tickets

text: to

text: the

text: inaugural

text: events

text: are

text: going

text: for

text: hundreds

text: of

text: dollars

text: the

text: city

text: 's

text: remaining

text: hotel

text: rooms

text: are

text: edging

text: into

text: four

text: figure

text: territory

text: and

text: even

text: basements

text: and

text: couches

text: miles

text: from

text: the

text: National

text: Mall

text: are

text: going

text: for

text: a

text: premium

text: on

text: Craigslist

text: Tickets

text: for

text: the

text: inauguration

text: are

text: distributed

text: through

text: members

text: of

text: Congress

text: and

text: just

text: seats

text: are

text: available

text: for

text: the

text: swearing

text: in

text: ceremony

text: The

text: tickets

text: are

text: supposed

text: to

text: be

text: free

text: but

text: with

text: demand

text: outpacing

text: supply

text: some

text: people

text: have

text: been

text: trying

text: to

text: scalp

text: tickets

text: for

text: thousands

text: of

text: dollars

text: Stafford

text: 's

text: event

text: is

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: splashiest

text: inauguration

text: packages

text: out

text: there

text: It

text: includes

text: high

text: end

text: hotel

text: rooms

text: and

text: luxury

text: suites

text: food

text: and

text: drinks

text: a

text: heated

text: viewing

text: spot

text: right

text: above

text: the

text: parade

text: route

text: even

text: gowns

text: and

text: tuxedos

text: to

text: wear

text: to

text: celebratory

text: balls

text: and

text: a

text: beautician

text: to

text: help

text: attendees

text: get

text: ready

text: Hours

text: after

text: the

text: election

text: Stafford

text: a

text: old

text: businessman

text: and

text: son

text: of

text: a

text: Baptist

text: minister

text: invested

text: in

text: what

text: the

text: JW

text: Marriott

text: billed

text: as

text: its

text: million

text: build

text: your

text: own

text: ball

text: inaugural

text: hotel

text: package

text: His

text: family

text: 's

text: nonprofit

text: foundation

text: the

text: Stafford

text: Foundation

text: is

text: footing

text: the

text: bill

text: for

text: what

text: it

text: is

text: calling

text: the

text: People

text: 's

text: Inaugural

text: Project

text: but

text: it

text: is

text: also

text: hoping

text: to

text: get

text: money

text: from

text: sponsors

text: Stafford

text: said

text: Thursday

text: that

text: he

text: hopes

text: the

text: balcony

text: terrace

text: is

text: filled

text: with

text: those

text: who

text: are

text: disadvantaged

text: those

text: who

text: are

text: distressed

text: mingling

text: with

text: those

text: who

text: are

text: n't

text: so

text: And

text: we

text: hope

text: to

text: see

text: on

text: their

text: faces

text: a

text: sense

text: of

text: excitement

text: I

text: was

text: inspired

text: to

text: do

text: this

text: by

text: the

text: Lord

text: It

text: 's

text: not

text: about

text: us

text: but

text: about

text: us

text: helping

text: other

text: people

text: he

text: said

text: At

text: least

text: third

text: of

text: the

text: tickets

text: to

text: the

text: event

text: will

text: go

text: toward

text: people

text: who

text: are

text: needy

text: or

text: underprivileged

text: and

text: the

text: rest

text: of

text: those

text: participating

text: could

text: be

text: people

text: from

text: sponsoring

text: foundations

text: companies

text: or

text: volunteers

text: Everything

text: he

text: said

text: will

text: be

text: taken

text: care

text: of

text: transportation

text: evening

text: gowns

text: and

text: tuxedos

text: for

text: the

text: ball

text: He

text: hopes

text: that

text: providing

text: a

text: front

text: row

text: seat

text: to

text: history

text: will

text: inspire

text: those

text: invited

text: to

text: do

text: good

text: things

text: in

text: their

text: communities

text: Stafford

text: said

text: he

text: began

text: thinking

text: about

text: the

text: project

text: in

text: March

text: He

text: voted

text: for

text: Barack

text: Obama

text: and

text: records

text: show

text: he

text: contributed

text: to

text: the

text: Democrat

text: 's

text: campaign

text: according

text: to

text: the

text: Washington

text: Post

text: Stafford

text: a

text: retired

text: Air

text: Force

text: officer

text: noted

text: that

text: he

text: does

text: not

text: agree

text: with

text: all

text: of

text: Obama

text: 's

text: positions

text: But

text: he

text: told

text: the

text: paper

text: he

text: decided

text: the

text: inauguration

text: would

text: be

text: a

text: transition

text: in

text: history

text: if

text: you

text: will

text: and

text: everyone

text: should

text: be

text: included

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Samantha

text: Hayes

text: and

text: Rebecca

text: Sinderbrand

text: contributed

text: to

text: this

text: report

question: What are the packages going for?

answer: hundreds of dollars,

text: hundreds of dollars,

question: Amount Earl Stafford paid?

answer: $1 million

text: $1 million

question: What was billed as "build-your-own-ball"?

answer: inaugural hotel package.

text: inaugural hotel package.

question: How much did Stafford pay?

answer: $1 million

text: $1 million

question: Who offered the package?

answer: Earl Stafford

text: Earl Stafford

question: Why did Stafford pay so much?

answer: inspired to do this by the Lord.

text: inspired to do this by the Lord.

question: What was going for hundreds of dollars?

answer: tickets to the inaugural events

text: tickets to the inaugural events

question: How much did Stafford pay to see the inauguration?

answer: $1 million

text: $1 million

question: Who paid for the needy to see the event?

answer: Earl Stafford

text: Earl Stafford

question: What did Stafford say?

answer: that he hopes the balcony terrace is filled "with those who are disadvantaged, those who are distressed, mingling with those who aren't so. And we hope to see on their faces a sense of excitement."

text: that he hopes the balcony terrace is filled "with those who are disadvantaged, those who are distressed, mingling with those who aren't so. And we hope to see on their faces a sense of excitement."

question: Who paid 1 million dollars so needy could the inauguration?

answer: Virginia businessman Earl Stafford

text: Virginia businessman Earl Stafford


text:
(CNN) -- India tied the three-Test series with Sri Lanka after V.V.S. Laxman overcame back problems to score an unbeaten century on the final day of the deciding match in Colombo to seal a five-wicket victory.

Set 257 to win, the top-ranked tourists made it home comfortably following a fourth-wicket partnership of 109 between Laxman and veteran batsman Sachin Tendulkar, with Suresh Raina's 41 off 45 balls completing a fine turnaround.

Laxman followed up his first-innings 56 as he ended the match unbeaten on 103 from 149 balls, scoring his 16th Test ton despite needing the help of a runner.

"He proved today why he is called very, very special," Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni told reporters. "He always comes up with innings that have a huge bearing on the game.

"It was very important for him to score runs as the team needed it most to level the series. I think it is a very special innings. Hopefully, he plays plenty more innings like this for us."

Laxman, a veteran of 113 Tests, said he had struggled to keep momentum due to his back pain.

"I started my innings well, but during the partnership I had a lot of discomfort and the spasms didn't allow me to move freely. Once I was into my 30s it became very painful," he said.

"It was difficult. You don't want to create confusion and also not break the rhythm. If you see, Sachin got out once I took the runner. But I was in such pain that I thought that the best decision in team's interest was to have a runner instead of just giving away the wicket due to pain."

Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara said the turning point was when his side were bowled out for 267 in their second innings the previous day.

"If we had just tried to bat till lunch, the ball would have got softer and we could have scored a lot more runs. But unfortunately, we played some poor strokes," he said.

"Otherwise we could have batted out the day and put the heavy roller on today and declared."

Resuming on 53-3 in their second innings on Saturday, India soon lost nightwatchman Ishant Sharma for four as off-spinner Suraj Randiv claimed his fourth wicket.

But Laxman joined Tendulkar, who made a patient 54 off 122 balls -- his 56th half-century in his record 169th Test appearance -- before also falling to Randiv at 171-5.

Tendulkar had been dropped by a close fielder when on 18 also off Randiv, who claimed his first five-wicket haul in just his second outing after coming in to replace retired world record-holder Muttiah Muralitharan.

Raina, who scored 120 on debut in the previous drawn Test, hit the winning runs with a six off Chanaka Welegedara just before the scheduled tea break.

Meanwhile, Pakistan reached 19-1 at stumps of the second day of the second Test against England, having bowled out the hosts for 251 in Birmingham.

Pakistan, all out for a paltry 72 in their first innings, are still 160 runs away from making England bat again at Edgbaston.

The hosts resumed on 112-2 on Saturday, but spinner Saeed Ajmal took his first five-wicket haul to restrict the deficit. However, Pakistan's bowling options were hit when seamer Umar Gul was ruled out of the rest of the match with a torn hamstring.

Kevin Pietersen returned to form with 80, but had a lucky escape on 41 when he was given not out in bizarre circumstances.

The South Africa-born batsman pulled away from the crease just before Mohammad Asif was about to deliver the ball, signaling he had been distracted by movement behind the bowler.

But then he offered a shot after all and chipped a catch to Pakistan captain Salman Butt, who could not persuade umpire Marais Erasmus to change his decision of "dead ball."

James Anderson later took his fifth wicket of the match as Butt went without scoring.

text: CNN

text: India

text: tied

text: the

text: three

text: Test

text: series

text: with

text: Sri

text: Lanka

text: after

text: V.V.S.

text: Laxman

text: overcame

text: back

text: problems

text: to

text: score

text: an

text: unbeaten

text: century

text: on

text: the

text: final

text: day

text: of

text: the

text: deciding

text: match

text: in

text: Colombo

text: to

text: seal

text: a

text: five

text: wicket

text: victory

text: Set

text: to

text: win

text: the

text: top

text: ranked

text: tourists

text: made

text: it

text: home

text: comfortably

text: following

text: a

text: fourth

text: wicket

text: partnership

text: of

text: between

text: Laxman

text: and

text: veteran

text: batsman

text: Sachin

text: Tendulkar

text: with

text: Suresh

text: Raina

text: 's

text: off

text: balls

text: completing

text: a

text: fine

text: turnaround

text: Laxman

text: followed

text: up

text: his

text: first

text: innings

text: as

text: he

text: ended

text: the

text: match

text: unbeaten

text: on

text: from

text: balls

text: scoring

text: his

text: Test

text: ton

text: despite

text: needing

text: the

text: help

text: of

text: a

text: runner

text: He

text: proved

text: today

text: why

text: he

text: is

text: called

text: very

text: very

text: special

text: Indian

text: captain

text: Mahendra

text: Singh

text: Dhoni

text: told

text: reporters

text: He

text: always

text: comes

text: up

text: with

text: innings

text: that

text: have

text: a

text: huge

text: bearing

text: on

text: the

text: game

text: It

text: was

text: very

text: important

text: for

text: him

text: to

text: score

text: runs

text: as

text: the

text: team

text: needed

text: it

text: most

text: to

text: level

text: the

text: series

text: I

text: think

text: it

text: is

text: a

text: very

text: special

text: innings

text: Hopefully

text: he

text: plays

text: plenty

text: more

text: innings

text: like

text: this

text: for

text: us

text: Laxman

text: a

text: veteran

text: of

text: Tests

text: said

text: he

text: had

text: struggled

text: to

text: keep

text: momentum

text: due

text: to

text: his

text: back

text: pain

text: I

text: started

text: my

text: innings

text: well

text: but

text: during

text: the

text: partnership

text: I

text: had

text: a

text: lot

text: of

text: discomfort

text: and

text: the

text: spasms

text: did

text: n't

text: allow

text: me

text: to

text: move

text: freely

text: Once

text: I

text: was

text: into

text: my

text: it

text: became

text: very

text: painful

text: he

text: said

text: It

text: was

text: difficult

text: You

text: do

text: n't

text: want

text: to

text: create

text: confusion

text: and

text: also

text: not

text: break

text: the

text: rhythm

text: If

text: you

text: see

text: Sachin

text: got

text: out

text: once

text: I

text: took

text: the

text: runner

text: But

text: I

text: was

text: in

text: such

text: pain

text: that

text: I

text: thought

text: that

text: the

text: best

text: decision

text: in

text: team

text: 's

text: interest

text: was

text: to

text: have

text: a

text: runner

text: instead

text: of

text: just

text: giving

text: away

text: the

text: wicket

text: due

text: to

text: pain

text: Sri

text: Lanka

text: captain

text: Kumar

text: Sangakkara

text: said

text: the

text: turning

text: point

text: was

text: when

text: his

text: side

text: were

text: bowled

text: out

text: for

text: in

text: their

text: second

text: innings

text: the

text: previous

text: day

text: If

text: we

text: had

text: just

text: tried

text: to

text: bat

text: till

text: lunch

text: the

text: ball

text: would

text: have

text: got

text: softer

text: and

text: we

text: could

text: have

text: scored

text: a

text: lot

text: more

text: runs

text: But

text: unfortunately

text: we

text: played

text: some

text: poor

text: strokes

text: he

text: said

text: Otherwise

text: we

text: could

text: have

text: batted

text: out

text: the

text: day

text: and

text: put

text: the

text: heavy

text: roller

text: on

text: today

text: and

text: declared

text: Resuming

text: on

text: in

text: their

text: second

text: innings

text: on

text: Saturday

text: India

text: soon

text: lost

text: nightwatchman

text: Ishant

text: Sharma

text: for

text: four

text: as

text: off

text: spinner

text: Suraj

text: Randiv

text: claimed

text: his

text: fourth

text: wicket

text: But

text: Laxman

text: joined

text: Tendulkar

text: who

text: made

text: a

text: patient

text: off

text: balls

text: his

text: half

text: century

text: in

text: his

text: record

text: Test

text: appearance

text: before

text: also

text: falling

text: to

text: Randiv

text: at

text: Tendulkar

text: had

text: been

text: dropped

text: by

text: a

text: close

text: fielder

text: when

text: on

text: also

text: off

text: Randiv

text: who

text: claimed

text: his

text: first

text: five

text: wicket

text: haul

text: in

text: just

text: his

text: second

text: outing

text: after

text: coming

text: in

text: to

text: replace

text: retired

text: world

text: record

text: holder

text: Muttiah

text: Muralitharan

text: Raina

text: who

text: scored

text: on

text: debut

text: in

text: the

text: previous

text: drawn

text: Test

text: hit

text: the

text: winning

text: runs

text: with

text: a

text: six

text: off

text: Chanaka

text: Welegedara

text: just

text: before

text: the

text: scheduled

text: tea

text: break

text: Meanwhile

text: Pakistan

text: reached

text: at

text: stumps

text: of

text: the

text: second

text: day

text: of

text: the

text: second

text: Test

text: against

text: England

text: having

text: bowled

text: out

text: the

text: hosts

text: for

text: in

text: Birmingham

text: Pakistan

text: all

text: out

text: for

text: a

text: paltry

text: in

text: their

text: first

text: innings

text: are

text: still

text: runs

text: away

text: from

text: making

text: England

text: bat

text: again

text: at

text: Edgbaston

text: The

text: hosts

text: resumed

text: on

text: on

text: Saturday

text: but

text: spinner

text: Saeed

text: Ajmal

text: took

text: his

text: first

text: five

text: wicket

text: haul

text: to

text: restrict

text: the

text: deficit

text: However

text: Pakistan

text: 's

text: bowling

text: options

text: were

text: hit

text: when

text: seamer

text: Umar

text: Gul

text: was

text: ruled

text: out

text: of

text: the

text: rest

text: of

text: the

text: match

text: with

text: a

text: torn

text: hamstring

text: Kevin

text: Pietersen

text: returned

text: to

text: form

text: with

text: but

text: had

text: a

text: lucky

text: escape

text: on

text: when

text: he

text: was

text: given

text: not

text: out

text: in

text: bizarre

text: circumstances

text: The

text: South

text: Africa

text: born

text: batsman

text: pulled

text: away

text: from

text: the

text: crease

text: just

text: before

text: Mohammad

text: Asif

text: was

text: about

text: to

text: deliver

text: the

text: ball

text: signaling

text: he

text: had

text: been

text: distracted

text: by

text: movement

text: behind

text: the

text: bowler

text: But

text: then

text: he

text: offered

text: a

text: shot

text: after

text: all

text: and

text: chipped

text: a

text: catch

text: to

text: Pakistan

text: captain

text: Salman

text: Butt

text: who

text: could

text: not

text: persuade

text: umpire

text: Marais

text: Erasmus

text: to

text: change

text: his

text: decision

text: of

text: dead

text: ball

text: James

text: Anderson

text: later

text: took

text: his

text: fifth

text: wicket

text: of

text: the

text: match

text: as

text: Butt

text: went

text: without

text: scoring

question: who scores unbeaten

answer: V.V.S. Laxman

text: V.V.S. Laxman

question: Which country restricted England?

answer: Pakistan

text: Pakistan

question: Who scores unbeaten 103?

answer: Laxman

text: Laxman