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Washington (CNN) -- The retired general who took charge of relief efforts in New Orleans, Louisiana, after Hurricane Katrina said Thursday that the U.S. military should have arrived in earthquake-devastated Haiti 24 hours earlier.

"The good Samaritans who moved early on the first day are to be applauded. They made a difference," said Lt. Gen. Russel Honore, a CNN contributor.

"What we've got to do now is get the heavy equipment in. I thought the U.S. military could have been there a day earlier. They're on the ground now, and they have a brigade en route, and that's going to make a big difference," he said.

Honore, best known for his management of the recovery efforts after the hurricane that killed about 2,000 people on the Gulf Coast, said "time is of the essence" in helping quake survivors.

Repairing the seaport at Port-au-Prince and keeping the airport open are key to bringing in equipment, food, water and medicine, Honore said.

Regarding the airport, he said, "You need to put the right commander there who's going to be a battle captain and keep those aircraft flowing. You come in, you drop off what you have, you put the sick and wounded on and then move out. No one is standing any time on the airfield. You can be in and out in a half hour."

Speaking at the House Democratic Caucus Retreat later Thursday, Obama acknowledged the scrutiny focused on U.S. response.

"This is a time when the world looks to us and they say -- given our capacity, given our unique capacity to project power around the world -- that we have to project that not just for our own interests but for the interests of the world as a whole," he said. "And my national security team understands that I will not put up with any excuses for us not doing the very best in this time of tragedy."

State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley defended the pace of the rescue.

"We are 40 hours into the crisis. In that time, we have reopened the airport and brought it up to 24/7 operations. We continue to look at the port facility, which will be critical to be able to bring in substantial amounts of aid, and we're trying to figure out a strategy for how to function," he said.

"We now have multiple search and rescue units on the ground. They're already at work," Crowley added.

"Logistics matter. You have an airport with a single runway. So we have things that are queued up. You're going to see a significant increase in the flow, but there is a capacity issue," he said.

Airlines such as American, Delta, Jet Blue and United were helping provide assistance to the country in the form of free miles for its program members and seats for aid organizations.

American was operating humanitarian flights, with three American Eagle aircraft flying 30,000 pounds of supplies into Haiti on Thursday. Three more such flights were planned Friday.

American is also partnering with the American Red Cross by offering one-time awards of 250 or 500 bonus miles for donations.

In the afternoon, the Federal Aviation Administration announced that Haiti had suspended flights into the Port-au-Prince airport because ramp space -- where aircraft are parked, unloaded, loaded, refueled or boarded -- was overcrowded. There also was no fuel, FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown said.

Several U.S. military units planned to depart from the United States for Haiti during the day, but it was unclear whether all would be able to do so.

Among those apparently delayed was a battalion of more than 100 soldiers from the XVIII Airborne Corps based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. They had planned to fly out Thursday afternoon.

Paratroopers from the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division, also based at Fort Bragg, were on their way to Haiti, said Rajiv Shah, coordinator for U.S. assistance to the stricken area. He also is administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

The 82nd was deployed to New Orleans in the aftermath of Katrina.

The first of about 3,500 paratroopers were to board C-17 aircraft from Pope Air Force Base in North Carolina and arrive in Haiti before nightfall. On Friday, another 800 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne were to deploy.

In all, the U.S. military has 329 people in Haiti, including a group that arrived Tuesday night to help open the airfield in Port-au-Prince, the commander of U.S. Southern Command said Thursday. The Southern Command, based in Miami, Florida, is leading the Department of Defense's quake response.

"We're working feverishly and aggressively to support and provide life-sustaining capability to the citizens of Haiti," Air Force Gen. Douglas Fraser said. "They've suffered a great deal."

Offshore, four U.S. Coast Guard cutters and a destroyer were providing support, including helicopter support, he said.

A disaster relief assessment team was surveying the area, and a battalion of paratroopers along with a command-and-control element from the 82nd Airborne arrived Thursday, he said.

The aircraft carrier Carl Vinson is to arrive in Haiti on Friday morning, carrying 19 helicopters and 30 pallets of relief goods, he said. The carrier will help relief workers get around Haiti's decimated infrastructure "to get good where they need to be," Fraser said.

Within four days, 700 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne will be in Haiti, he said.

Those numbers will swell considerably. On Tuesday, three more ships will arrive, carrying 2,200 Marines and heavy equipment, he said.

By Saturday, 5,000 to 6,000 men and women dedicated to supporting the relief effort will be in Haiti, he said.

And a week from Friday, the USNS Comfort, a hospital ship, is slated to arrive, he said. "We are aggressively pursuing every action we can to provide relief to Haiti." The ship is staffed by a crew of 64 and 560 hospital personnel.

Rear Adm. Steve Branham, commander of the 7th Coast Guard District headquartered in Miami, said four Coast Guard cutters were in the area, each of them at least 210 feet in length and capable of carrying helicopters.

Two more cutters capable of providing heavy-lift capability were en route, he said.

Coast Guard aircraft were used Wednesday to move nine critically injured people from the U.S. Embassy in the capital to hospitals in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, he said.

State Department Counselor Cheryl Mills said U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Ken Merten met Thursday with Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive to coordinate aid efforts.

Responding to questions as to whether the United States was in charge in Haiti because of the lack of Haitian government capacity, Mills said, "We have no intention of supplanting the leadership of Haiti. We actually see our role as ensuring that the leadership of Haiti is able to provide the leadership that the Haitian people properly expect them to provide."

The United States is providing support to the approximately 45,000 Americans in Haiti, only 300 of whom have expressed an interest in leaving the country, Mills said.

Obama has promised $100 million in immediate American relief aid to Haiti, an amount the president said will grow.

"This is one of those moments that calls out for American leadership," he said at the White House. "One of the largest relief efforts in our recent history" is now en route to Haiti.

The 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Tuesday afternoon was centered about 10 miles (15 km) southwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital, which bore the brunt of the destruction.

The port was demolished by the earthquake, which left huge chunks of concrete that blocked the road to truck and other traffic, CNN's Chris Lawrence reported. Those trying to transfer supplies from ships to people who need them will face major hurdles, he said.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the United States is providing security help to the the United Nations, which was "equally devastated by the collapse of its headquarters" for its peacekeeping force in Haiti. As many as 150 of its personnel are missing.

She said a contingent of 2,000 Marines will assist international peacekeepers helping to police Haiti, which has no army.

Because the U.S. Embassy is one of the few structures that remains intact, it has become a point of support, providing medical assistance for Americans and Haitians who are able to reach it, Mills said.

The United States has been trying to contact U.S. citizens in Haiti to see what they need, Mills said. Embassy families and nonessential personnel have been ordered to leave.

CNN State Department Producer Elise Labott contributed to this story.

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text: USNS

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text: hospital

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text: hospital

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text: Adm.

text: Steve

text: Branham

text: commander

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text: the

text: Coast

text: Guard

text: District

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text: in

text: Miami

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text: Coast

text: Guard

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text: capital

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text: State

text: Department

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text: Ambassador

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text: Haiti

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text: Merten

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text: Thursday

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text: Haitian

text: Prime

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text: Max

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text: to

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text: United

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text: Haiti

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text: lack

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text: government

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LONDON, England -- A huge crowd gathered in London, UK on Friday for a mass "moonwalk" -- paying tribute to Michael Jackson by dancing to his most iconic songs and replicating his famous walk.

Two young fans who say Michael Jackson meant a lot to them donned self-made T-shirts at the event in London.

The horde of people gathered on the streets outside Liverpool Street train station, one of the city's major transport hubs, and burst out into cheers, chants and dances to the tunes of "Billie Jean," "Bad" and "Thriller."

Life-long Jackson fan Milo Yiannopoulos organized the moonwalk, the singer's trademark backwards shuffle, by sending messages via Twitter and Facebook.

His messages went "viral" --spreading like wildfire around the Internet -- as the number of people wanting to join his impromptu "flash mob" event far exceeded his expectations:

"I don't know what I've unleashed here," Yiannopoulos, who said he doesn't even know how to moonwalk, told CNN.

He came up with the ideas "because of all of the stuff people are saying about Michael Jackson -- surgeries, molestation etc. -- I wanted to do something to remind people how great he really is and remind them of his music."

But those who were there did not seem to need much reminding of Jackson's greatness.

"He is the biggest idol in my life. Unfortunately, I did not grow up with all his best hits, but he has been so important for me. I am very sad," said 13-year-old Paul Graham, who wore a self-made Michael Jackson "Rest in Peace" T-shirt.

See images of Jackson fans at the moonwalk event Â»

Another of the many young fans there was 17-year-old George Webster, who spontaneously performed a perfect Michael Jackson dance routine for a cheering audience.

He told CNN: "This is a celebration. We are here to remember Michael Jackson's best moments."

And the laughing crowd did indeed seem to be celebrating, rather than mourning:

Hanging off lampposts and standing atop telephone booths, people were brandishing everything from white paper gloves to black hats and face masks. Watch video of the crowd singing to Billie Jean Â»

British television presenter Gail Porter was also at the tribute: "As soon as I saw it on Twitter, I thought 'let's go and have a dance'," she told CNN while twittering away on her cell phone.

The gathering started off to a rocky start, as the short notice had left London city police unsure about how to handle it and what to expect.

They were overheard telling organizer Yiannopoulos that they would not allow him to do the moonwalk outside the station and that he had to limit his gathering to 300 people.

Eventually the crowd was allowed to gather outside, attracting many more tourists, commuters and passers-by to join in the event.

"I want to thank the police for being so cool," Yiannopoulos told the audience. "You guys are great, let's continue dancing."

More tributes are now expected to take place around the world and Austria has already replicated London's moonwalk event with their own on Friday.

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(CNN) -- The pastor of a non-denominational church in Argyle, Texas, passed around the collection plate to his congregants earlier this year -- and asked them to take money from it.

Donations at the Cross Timbers Community Church had slumped because of the economic downturn. Pastor Toby Slough thought that his congregants had to be hurting, too.

His gesture, instead, was met with an unexpected response: The church had its highest offering ever.

It was a eureka moment for Slough: Give away money to those who need it, knowing his church members will help fill the need.

"In these economic times, we can't be so into church business that we forget what our business is, and that is to help people," Slough told CNN television affiliate KDAF in Dallas-Forth Worth, Texas.

In the past two months, the 9-year-old church has done just that: handed out a half-million dollars to members and non-members who are struggling.  Watch pastor on rip off concerns Â»

"We've taken $200,000 and spread it out to organizations -- four local, two missions that are feeding and clothing people in these tough times," Slough said. "We've paid utility bills for members of our church that are unemployed or under-employed."

His favorite giveaway came three weeks ago. The church gave 1,400 families $50 each and told them to hand it out to someone else.

One of the recipients was Katie Lewis.

"I've been alone so long. Just to be thought of and to be remembered, to be welcomed -- it's amazing," she said, crying.

Church members are pleasantly surprised.

"You don't hear about a church giving money away," Amy Sullivan said.

Slough said he is not concerned if people try to take advantage of the church's generosity.

"I told my church a couple weeks ago, if I'm not being taken advantage of, I'm not being like Jesus," he said.

The church has now formed a group to look into the best ways to give out money. And, Slough said, it plans on doing so as long as there is a need in the community.

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- After a week when he could not be traced, Egyptian striker Amir Zaki is back at his Premier League club side Wigan Athletic in northern England.

Wigan and Egypt striker Amir Zaki has mended relations with his club manager.

According to Wigan manager Steve Bruce the two have patched up their differences after he launched a verbal tirade against the 26-year-old striker.

Zaki told Al-Hayat TV that the pair "ended up laughing" about his absence -- when he failed to return from international duty and had a hamstring strain which no one knew the seriousness of.

But, it wasn't all laughs a week ago.

On Wigan's club Web site, Bruce had said of Zaki: "I just feel it's time that we went public on just what a nightmare he has been to deal with. I can honestly say that in all my time in football I have never worked with someone as unprofessional.

"I have already fined him the maximum allowed but this just seems to have no effect," Bruce said.

After giving Zaki a fine for his misdemeanor the Wigan manager also revealed it was the fourth time he had gone AWOL after international duty.

Are players selling their fans and clubs short when they go AWOL? How do you think should they be punished by clubs?

Zaki's case certainly isn't the first high profile instance of a player going missing.

Inter Milan striker Adriano sparked kidnap fears after failing to return earlier this month, following a World Cup qualifier in South America. It was not the first time the Brazilian had failed to report back to his club following international duty.

After a two-week absence, Adriano later announced he was taking a break from professional football at a news conference in Brazil.

He told reporters: "I've lost the happiness of playing. I wouldn't like to go back to Italy, I want to live in peace here in Brazil.

"I don't know if I'm going to stay for one, two or three months without playing. I'm going to rethink my career."

Other notable cases include Nigerian forward Ayegbeni Yakubu, who failed to return to club duty at Premier League side Everton after the African Cup of Nations last year.

When he returned to Everton,Yakubu was hit with a maximum Â£80,000 fine. Manager David Moyes said at a news conference at the time: 'Yakubu's back in it now. That episode has ended. He let us down by not coming back. But it's over and we've moved on."

German club Schalke fined defender Rafinha a record $1million for making an unauthorized trip to the Beijing Olympic Games and spending a total of 35 days away.

One of the most bizarre examples was that of Moroccan defender Youssef Rossi, who surprised everyone when he returned to training at Dunfermline Athletic a year after having his wages stopped by the Scottish club.

Rossi had previously gone AWOL from the club and returned to training with Raja Casablanca back in his homeland.

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text: Zaki

text: has

text: mended

text: relations

text: with

text: his

text: club

text: manager

text: According

text: to

text: Wigan

text: manager

text: Steve

text: Bruce

text: the

text: two

text: have

text: patched

text: up

text: their

text: differences

text: after

text: he

text: launched

text: a

text: verbal

text: tirade

text: against

text: the

text: old

text: striker

text: Zaki

text: told

text: Al

text: Hayat

text: TV

text: that

text: the

text: pair

text: ended

text: up

text: laughing

text: about

text: his

text: absence

text: when

text: he

text: failed

text: to

text: return

text: from

text: international

text: duty

text: and

text: had

text: a

text: hamstring

text: strain

text: which

text: no

text: one

text: knew

text: the

text: seriousness

text: of

text: But

text: it

text: was

text: n't

text: all

text: laughs

text: a

text: week

text: ago

text: On

text: Wigan

text: 's

text: club

text: Web

text: site

text: Bruce

text: had

text: said

text: of

text: Zaki

text: I

text: just

text: feel

text: it

text: 's

text: time

text: that

text: we

text: went

text: public

text: on

text: just

text: what

text: a

text: nightmare

text: he

text: has

text: been

text: to

text: deal

text: with

text: I

text: can

text: honestly

text: say

text: that

text: in

text: all

text: my

text: time

text: in

text: football

text: I

text: have

text: never

text: worked

text: with

text: someone

text: as

text: unprofessional

text: I

text: have

text: already

text: fined

text: him

text: the

text: maximum

text: allowed

text: but

text: this

text: just

text: seems

text: to

text: have

text: no

text: effect

text: Bruce

text: said

text: After

text: giving

text: Zaki

text: a

text: fine

text: for

text: his

text: misdemeanor

text: the

text: Wigan

text: manager

text: also

text: revealed

text: it

text: was

text: the

text: fourth

text: time

text: he

text: had

text: gone

text: AWOL

text: after

text: international

text: duty

text: Are

text: players

text: selling

text: their

text: fans

text: and

text: clubs

text: short

text: when

text: they

text: go

text: AWOL

text: How

text: do

text: you

text: think

text: should

text: they

text: be

text: punished

text: by

text: clubs

text: Zaki

text: 's

text: case

text: certainly

text: is

text: n't

text: the

text: first

text: high

text: profile

text: instance

text: of

text: a

text: player

text: going

text: missing

text: Inter

text: Milan

text: striker

text: Adriano

text: sparked

text: kidnap

text: fears

text: after

text: failing

text: to

text: return

text: earlier

text: this

text: month

text: following

text: a

text: World

text: Cup

text: qualifier

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text: South

text: America

text: It

text: was

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text: first

text: time

text: the

text: Brazilian

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text: to

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text: club

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text: duty

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text: two

text: week

text: absence

text: Adriano

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text: a

text: break

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text: professional

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text: news

text: conference

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text: Brazil

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text: the

text: happiness

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text: would

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text: like

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text: n't

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text: 'm

text: going

text: to

text: stay

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text: or

text: three

text: months

text: without

text: playing

text: I

text: 'm

text: going

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text: rethink

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text: career

text: Other

text: notable

text: cases

text: include

text: Nigerian

text: forward

text: Ayegbeni

text: Yakubu

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text: failed

text: to

text: return

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text: African

text: Cup

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text: Nations

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text: year

text: When

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text: returned

text: to

text: Everton

text: Yakubu

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text: hit

text: with

text: a

text: maximum

text: fine

text: Manager

text: David

text: Moyes

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text: at

text: a

text: news

text: conference

text: at

text: the

text: time

text: Yakubu

text: 's

text: back

text: in

text: it

text: now

text: That

text: episode

text: has

text: ended

text: He

text: let

text: us

text: down

text: by

text: not

text: coming

text: back

text: But

text: it

text: 's

text: over

text: and

text: we

text: 've

text: moved

text: on

text: German

text: club

text: Schalke

text: fined

text: defender

text: Rafinha

text: a

text: record

text: for

text: making

text: an

text: unauthorized

text: trip

text: to

text: the

text: Beijing

text: Olympic

text: Games

text: and

text: spending

text: a

text: total

text: of

text: days

text: away

text: One

text: of

text: the

text: most

text: bizarre

text: examples

text: was

text: that

text: of

text: Moroccan

text: defender

text: Youssef

text: Rossi

text: who

text: surprised

text: everyone

text: when

text: he

text: returned

text: to

text: training

text: at

text: Dunfermline

text: Athletic

text: a

text: year

text: after

text: having

text: his

text: wages

text: stopped

text: by

text: the

text: Scottish

text: club

text: Rossi

text: had

text: previously

text: gone

text: AWOL

text: from

text: the

text: club

text: and

text: returned

text: to

text: training

text: with

text: Raja

text: Casablanca

text: back

text: in

text: his

text: homeland

question: Who was AWOL  after failing to return to Wigan?

answer: Amir Zaki

text: Amir Zaki

question: Adriano did what for two weeks

answer: failed to report back to his club following international duty.

text: failed to report back to his club following international duty.

question: Who is Adriano?

answer: Inter Milan striker

text: Inter Milan striker

question: What did Steve Bruce call Zaki

answer: unprofessional.

text: unprofessional.

question: Which football team does Amir Zaki play for

answer: Wigan Athletic

text: Wigan Athletic

question: Who described Zaki as unprofessional?

answer: Wigan manager Steve Bruce

text: Wigan manager Steve Bruce

question: Where in the world is Wigan?

answer: northern England.

text: northern England.


text:
Moscow (CNN) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused U.S. drones and special forces of involvement in the death of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in comments Thursday.

He also attacked U.S. Sen. John McCain over a warning that Russia might follow the same path as Libya, suggesting McCain was not of sound mind following his time as a prisoner during the Vietnam War.

Putin's comments were prompted by a question during his traditional year-end question-and-answer program, broadcast live by state media.

Responding to a question about McCain purportedly predicting Putin would meet the same fate as Libya's leader, the Russian prime minister described the televised images of Gadhafi's final moments as "horrible, disgusting scenes" and pointed to U.S. involvement in his death.

"Is that democracy? Who did this? Drones, including those of the U.S., struck his motorcade and then commandos, who were not supposed to be there, called for the so-called opposition and militants by the radio, and he was killed without an investigation or trial," Putin said.

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta acknowledged the day after Gadhafi's death that "it was a U.S. drone combined with the other NATO planes that fired on the convoy" in which the Libyan leader was traveling outside the city of Sirte. But the Pentagon has denied that any U.S. forces were on the ground in a combat role in Libya.

When asked about McCain, Putin said he had met the senator from Arizona, but said the questioner's description of him as the prime minister's friend was "exaggerated."

He then questioned the mental state of McCain, who ran for U.S. president in 2008, saying he "was taken prisoner in Vietnam, and was held not just in jail, but was put in a pit where he was kept for several years -- any person under those circumstances would hardly remain mentally sane."

Shortly afterward, McCain himself jumped into the row via Twitter, posting: "Dear Vlad, is it something I said?" and linking to a news story headlining the Russian prime minister calling McCain "nuts."

The senator's earlier Twitter posts had linked to news stories suggesting Russia might be in line for its own version of the "Arab Spring" but did not appear to suggest Putin would meet the same fate as Gadhafi.

Putin's attack may be a response to critical comments made by McCain in the U.S. Senate last week.

McCain said his statement was a response to "the flawed Duma election that just occurred this weekend, and in light of my strong belief that the growing demand for dignity and uncorrupt governance that has defined the Arab world this year may impact Russia as well."

McCain highlighted "the unfortunate issue of Russia's continued back-sliding on human rights and democracy" and said the post-election protests were unsurprising given "the pattern of corruption and abuse that the Russian government has perpetrated over many years."

He also criticized Russia's "absolutely shameless" blocking of U.N. Security Council action on President Bashar al-Assad in Syria, despite widespread concerns over human rights abuses there.

"The demand for dignity, and justice, and democracy that is shaking the Arab world to its foundations will not be confined to that one region alone," he said, but will spread and demonstrate that change is possible. "And it appears that message may be resonating with people in Russia," he added.

In his televised remarks, Putin suggested that criticism of Russia was linked to its pursuit of "an independent foreign policy."

While his country had more friends than enemies in Europe, he said, "some would like to sideline Russia so that it doesn't get in the way of those wanting to dominate the globe."

Putin's latest comments come a week after he blamed the United States for encouraging opposition protests in the wake of Russia's parliamentary elections.

He said U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had criticized the elections as "neither fair not free -- even before receiving reports from international observers."

This had sent a signal to opposition figures, Putin said, who "with the support of the U.S. State Department" then began "active work."

Clinton responded to those remarks by restating her country's "strong commitment to democracy and human rights."

CNN's Phil Black in Moscow and Laura Smith-Spark in London contributed to this report.

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text: Defense

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text: city

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text: forces

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text: on

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text: ground

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text: combat

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text: senator

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text: row

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text: Arab

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text: flawed

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text: growing

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text: Security

text: Council

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text: Bashar

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text: in

text: Syria

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text: concerns

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text: demand

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text: dignity

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text: justice

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text: democracy

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text: shaking

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text: Arab

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text: foundations

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text: not

text: be

text: confined

text: to

text: that

text: one

text: region

text: alone

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text: said

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text: and

text: demonstrate

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text: is

text: possible

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text: Russia

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text: remarks

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text: criticism

text: of

text: Russia

text: was

text: linked

text: to

text: its

text: pursuit

text: of

text: an

text: independent

text: foreign

text: policy

text: While

text: his

text: country

text: had

text: more

text: friends

text: than

text: enemies

text: in

text: Europe

text: he

text: said

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text: would

text: like

text: to

text: sideline

text: Russia

text: so

text: that

text: it

text: does

text: n't

text: get

text: in

text: the

text: way

text: of

text: those

text: wanting

text: to

text: dominate

text: the

text: globe

text: Putin

text: 's

text: latest

text: comments

text: come

text: a

text: week

text: after

text: he

text: blamed

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: for

text: encouraging

text: opposition

text: protests

text: in

text: the

text: wake

text: of

text: Russia

text: 's

text: parliamentary

text: elections

text: He

text: said

text: U.S.

text: Secretary

text: of

text: State

text: Hillary

text: Clinton

text: had

text: criticized

text: the

text: elections

text: as

text: neither

text: fair

text: not

text: free

text: even

text: before

text: receiving

text: reports

text: from

text: international

text: observers

text: This

text: had

text: sent

text: a

text: signal

text: to

text: opposition

text: figures

text: Putin

text: said

text: who

text: with

text: the

text: support

text: of

text: the

text: U.S.

text: State

text: Department

text: then

text: began

text: active

text: work

text: Clinton

text: responded

text: to

text: those

text: remarks

text: by

text: restating

text: her

text: country

text: 's

text: strong

text: commitment

text: to

text: democracy

text: and

text: human

text: rights

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Phil

text: Black

text: in

text: Moscow

text: and

text: Laura

text: Smith

text: Spark

text: in

text: London

text: contributed

text: to

text: this

text: report

question: what did mccain tweet

answer: "Dear Vlad, is it something I said?"

text: "Dear Vlad, is it something I said?"

question: who critized russia

answer: McCain

text: McCain

question: Who's death did Putin suggest the US had a role in?

answer: Moammar Gadhafi

text: Moammar Gadhafi

question: Who did Putin question when it came to being sound of mind?

answer: U.S. Sen. John McCain

text: U.S. Sen. John McCain

question: Who does McCain think is backliding on human rights?

answer: Putin

text: Putin

question: what did putin suggest

answer: McCain was not of sound mind

text: McCain was not of sound mind


text:
Beijing (CNN) -- Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing Tuesday, kicking off a two-day visit to China, his first state visit since announcing his intention to contest the Russian presidency next March.

Aside from meeting his counterpart Chinese premier Wen Jiabao in the 16th Regular Meeting between the two Prime Ministers, Putin will also meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao and other Chinese leaders.

Talks are expected to include negotiations on a natural gas deal worth $1 trillion that has been stalled by disagreements over price. The deal would see Russia supply China with up to 68 billion cubic meters of gas every year.

"If the deal can be reached, the trade volume will increase significantly, and this will change the fact that the economic cooperation between the two countries lags behind the political cooperation," said Zhao Huasheng, director of the Center for Russia and Central Asia Studies at Fudan University.

"Together with cooperation in other economic fields, China and Russia will become real strategic partners in economic terms."

Putin's arrival in Beijing comes less than three weeks after he announced his bid to reclaim the Russian presidency next year.

"The fact that Putin may become next Russian president indeed adds some political color to this visit, and its impact on bilateral relation will definitely go beyond the impact of a regular state visit," Zhao said.

"The meeting to some extent will set the keynote for the China-Russia relation in future. It can be described as the start of China-Russia relation in 'new Putin era'," he added.

Experts say economic cooperation between the two countries will dominate the meeting agenda.

"Since this is mainly a meeting between the two premiers, this visit will be mainly about expanding the economic cooperation and improving trade structure," said Jiang Yi, vice director of Research Center for Russian Diplomacy at China Academy of Social Science, the country's top think tank.

Recent years have seen a steady increase in trade volume between the two countries. According to the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, bilateral trade volume in the year to July increased by 37.4% to a record $42.2 billion compared to the previous year. The ministry forecasts that the bilateral trade volume will reach a new record in 2011, in excess of $70 billion.

Among all the economic agendas, energy cooperation stands out as the main focus between Russia, a major energy exporter, and China, the world's biggest energy consumer, according to a 2010 report from the International Energy Agency.

According to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, during Putin's visit, Chinese vice Premier Wang Qishan will hold an energy negotiation meeting with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin. "Chinese-Russian energy cooperation is an important part of the two countries' strategic partnership," said Liu Weimin, spokesperson of Foreign Ministry, on Monday during a regular press conference.

Putin brings with him to China a group of 160 business leaders, including the CEOs of Russian energy giants Gazprom, Rosneft and aluminum producer UC RUSAL.

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Naoma, West Virginia (CNN)  -- Crews planned to pump nitrogen into a West Virginia coal mine as the search resumed early Friday for four miners who may be trapped after a deadly explosion earlier in the week.

Kevin Stricklin of the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) said crews would neutralize potentially explosive air in the Upper Big Branch coal mine with nitrogen, allowing rescuers to go back in and remain there even if an explosive mixture builds again in the air.

The hope, though slim, is that the four missing miners were able to survive by entering one of the chambers, which were stocked with enough food, water and air to keep 15 miners alive for four days.

"We committed to the families that we wanted to get into the chambers within 96 hours and we're trying to everything in our power to do that without taking a chance on the rescue teams, and I think this is the way to do it," Stricklin said.

Officials said the rescue teams will make "a mad dash" to one of the mine's two airtight rescue chambers.

"The rescue teams have taken four breathing apparatuses with them," Stricklin said. "In the best case scenario, we would find four survivors. Once they get in there, we'll put oxygen masks on the survivors and bring them out."

At least 25 miners died in Monday afternoon's explosion in West Virginia, while four others remain missing and two were injured.

Rescuers -- 32 of them working in four teams -- got within 500 feet of one of the rescue chambers before having to turn back Thursday, said J. Christopher Adkins, chief operating officer of Massey Energy, the mine's owner.

They were pulled back after it was determined that noxious gas levels were high enough to cause another blast. The readings showed potentially explosive levels of methane and hydrogen and high levels of carbon monoxide.

Stricklin said air samples were tested at regular intervals Thursday night and that rising barometric pressure in the wake of a cold front that moved through the region had helped reduce the chances of another blast.

Rescuers had been using high-pressure fans to pull the toxic air through 1,100-foot holes to the surface Thursday.

One of the four unaccounted-for miners and 18 of the dead were working in an area where longwall cutting was taking place. The technique uses a large grinder to extract the coal. It creates large amounts of coal dust and methane, both of which are explosive.

The other three missing miners are believed to be about 2,000 feet away in a new development area of the mine.

Authorities have acknowledged it is unlikely the four missing men are alive, but they refuse to give up hope.

Officials hope to determine whether either rescue chamber has deployed by lowering a camera through the second hole.

"If they're deployed, more than likely someone's in them," said West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin said. "That means we have a chance of that miracle."

But he added: "If they're not deployed, we know that our chances are diminished tremendously."

In an interview with CNN, Manchin noted that the mine was outfitted with gas sensors to alert mine personnel when levels become danger.

"In gaseous mines, you want to monitor and you want to have good ventilation," he said. "If that has worked before, whenever the levels got out of control they pulled them out and stopped, why did it not happen this time?"

The cause of the explosion is unknown, and state and federal officials have pledged a full investigation.

The White House announced Thursday that President Obama will meet next week with Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and an MSHA official to hear their initial assessment of the cause of the blast and their recommendations on steps the federal government should take to improve safety.

CNN's Rachel Streitfeld and Samira J. Simone contributed to this report.

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text: investigation

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text: White

text: House

text: announced

text: Thursday

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text: President

text: Obama

text: will

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text: of

text: Labor

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text: Solis

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text: safety

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text: Streitfeld

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text: Samira

text: J.

text: Simone

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text: this

text: report

question: how many miners are traped

answer: four

text: four

question: What will be pumped into the mine?

answer: nitrogen

text: nitrogen

question: What do rescuers hold onto hope of finding?

answer: four miners

text: four miners

question: what is pumped into mine

answer: nitrogen

text: nitrogen

question: For what reason will crews to pump nitrogen in the West Virginia coal mine?

answer: neutralize potentially explosive air

text: neutralize potentially explosive air

question: Where is the mine located?

answer: West Virginia

text: West Virginia

question: What was the cause of the explosion?

answer: unknown,

text: unknown,