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NEW YORK (CNN)  -- Broadening the number of health care professionals who can administer vaccine, New York Gov. David Paterson issued a sweeping executive order Thursday officially declaring a state of emergency due to the increase in H1N1 cases, including 75 H1N1-related deaths in New York state.

The announcement, which comes on the heels of President Obama's declaration of H1N1 flu as a national emergency, expands the categories of health care professionals who can give the vaccine to include dentists, pharmacists, podiatrists, midwives and emergency medical technicians, the executive order said.

At a news conference Thursday afternoon, Paterson stressed that his order is not intended to incite panic but rather allocates the necessary resources to effectively combat H1N1 flu, also known as swine flu.

"If an enormous number of flu vaccines came into the state because of an epidemic and an emergency and we need to administer them as widely as possible, we have expanded the health care personnel who would be deemed to have the authority to administer the flu vaccine," Paterson told reporters.

Under current state law, some health care professionals are prohibited from delivering the vaccine because of limits on their professional duties. The governor's order waives any law that would prevent these people from giving vaccinations, according to Claire Pospisil from the New York state department of health.

"It's called an emergency declaration, but what it does is that it provides New York the capability that once vaccine supplies become more available, it allows (health departments) to quickly vaccinate as many people as possible," Pospisil said.

Dr. Mark Feldman, a retired dentist who serves as executive director of the New York State Dental Association, which represents 75 percent of the dentists in the state, said he would be more than willing to help administer the vaccine.

"If there is a shortage and they need more hands, I can do my part," Feldman said.

Health care professionals named in the executive order may not administer the vaccine at their individual practices. Rather, they must do so at a New York state health department distribution center.

Feldman thinks it would be wiser to allow these health care professionals to distribute the vaccine at their private practices. "If there is a severe outbreak, to go to a mass distribution center, you risk being exposed," Feldman said.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg issued a statement Thursday supporting Paterson's order. It will "let a larger number of health care workers administer vaccines, and strengthen our health department's ability to track the use of vaccine supplies," the statement read.

About 800,000 people in New York City became infected with the disease during the first wave of the virus last spring, according to the New York City Department of Health

The New York health department will provide training for administering the vaccinations, though the exact amount of training required is yet to be determined, according to Tom Dunn of the New York state education department, which issues vaccine licenses.

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(CNN) -- Delta Air Lines and American Airlines announced Thursday the cancellations of hundreds of flights so the companies can conduct inspections on bundles of wires in some of their jets.

Delta cancellations will affect flights up until early Friday, according to a statement from the airline.

The cancellations will affect flights through Friday, according to statements by both companies.

A spokeswoman for Delta earlier said 325 flights would be canceled Thursday, but later said 275 flights were cut.

"Delta apologizes in advance for any inconvenience this may cause and is working to proactively contact and reaccommodate affected customers. Customers should call ahead to check flight status," a Delta statement said.

Wednesday, American Airlines canceled 318 flights, said company spokesman Tim Wagner. The airline canceled 132 of its estimated 2,300 flights scheduled for Thursday, Wagner said, about 6 percent of the daily schedule.

The cancellations forced dozens of people to spend the night in the atrium of Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. They slept wherever they could -- on couches, on the floor, some on non-moving baggage carousels.

Kelly said the airline rebooked flights and covered the cost of hotel and food for passengers on canceled flights.

It was initially believed that Delta's MD-90 planes were part of the inspection but it was determined that the MD-88 planes were the only ones that needed to be inspected, a spokeswoman said. The airline said the checks are voluntary and are expected to be completed by week's end. American Airlines, meanwhile, is examining wiring secured to its MD-80 aircraft.

In Atlanta, the cancellations caused grousing among passengers who missed job interviews, connecting flights and the comfort of their beds, CNN affiliate WXIA reported.

"They told us 6:45 (p.m.). Then they told us 7:30. Then 8, so on and so forth and they just canceled," passenger Fred Billizon told WXIA. "So they had about 200 people just waiting on flights. And that's not a lot of happy people."

This latest round of inspections was prompted by questions raised by the FAA and American safety officials about how a certain bundle of wires is secured to the MD-80 aircraft.

The MD-80 is the workhorse of the American fleet. American's Web site says the aircraft accounts for 300 of the airline's fleet of 655 jets.

The jet debuted in 1980 from McDonnell-Douglas, which was purchased by rival Boeing in 1997. Boeing discontinued production of the aircraft in 1999. E-mail to a friend

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Editor's note: Campbell Brown anchors CNN's "Campbell Brown: No Bias, No Bull" at 8 p.m. ET Mondays through Fridays. She delivered this commentary during the "Cutting through the Bull" segment of Friday night's broadcast.

CNN's Campbell Brown praises Mark Felt, the Watergate case's "Deep Throat."

(CNN) -- Cutting through the bull. It's hard to think of anyone who gave those words more meaning than Mark Felt.

The man we all came to know as "Deep Throat" died Thursday at his California home after a life in the shadows.

His willingness to risk everything -- career, family, and even his safety -- helped bring down President Richard Nixon in disgrace.

Felt was the No. 2 man at the FBI. And yes, it's fair to say he had an ax to grind after being snubbed for the top job.  Watch Campbell Brown's commentary Â»

But that didn't make his information less accurate or crucial. And even after taking that huge risk, he gave up all kinds of chances to cash in on his secret identity.

Imagine the book deal "Deep Throat" would have gotten or the movie rights to a blockbuster like "All the President's Men"?

What millions did he lose by not spending years on the lecture circuit?

No, Felt's willingness to keep Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward pointed in the right direction as Woodward and Carl Bernstein flushed out the greatest political scandal in American history had its roots in the integrity that no one else would show back then.

We remind you of this because the timing of Felt's death is not lost on us.

Just this month, we've watched a governor accused of redefining crooked politics in Illinois.

We're in the final days of a White House that pushed the limits of the Constitution and never appeared eager to share information with the American people.

And just this week, the president-elect, who talks of change, tried to stop a journalist from finishing a question at a news conference.

Now, as ever, we need people like Woodward and Bernstein to keep asking questions.

But more importantly, we need people brave enough to give the answers.

People like Mark Felt. A man whose name you never heard until he finally surfaced near the end of his life.

By then, he was a quiet, meek-looking person who changed our country forever -- by cutting through the bull.

The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Campbell Brown.

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WASHINGTON (CNN)  -- The United States and Britain said Wednesday they are committed to remaining in Afghanistan, despite increased military casualties and declining public support for the war effort.

U.S. Marines partrol part of the Gharmsir district in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Wednesday.

"We went into this together, and we will work it through together because we are stronger together," British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said after a half day of talks at the State Department with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Clinton praised Miliband's approach on Afghanistan, including the call for the government to reconcile with moderate elements of the Taliban.

"His analysis of the way forward is very much consistent with ours, and we will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder in pursuit of our common objectives," Clinton said of her counterpart.

In a speech at NATO headquarters on Monday, Miliband called for rank-and-file Taliban to be given the chance to reconcile with the Afghan government, even as the campaign continues against Taliban commanders who are waging jihad.

He also urged greater burden sharing not only among NATO allies in Afghanistan but by the Afghan government.

"There is a lot of talk, rightly, about burden sharing within the coalition, but the greatest burden sharing must be between the international community and the government of Afghanistan, which increasingly needs to take the lead -- the security lead, as well as the political lead -- in shaping the future of that country," he said.

Richard Holbrooke, the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, told reporters that boosting the training of Afghan forces would be a big focus after the country's August 20 election.

When asked whether the election would be fair, Holbrooke, who just returned from the region, said he had heard complaints from all sides but was not "unduly upset."

"It's an extraordinary thing to hold an election in the middle of a war, and this is the first contested election in Afghanistan in history," Holbrooke said, adding the United States has no favorite candidate but only wants "an election whose outcome is accepted as legitimate by the Afghan people and the world, which reflects the desires of those who vote."

July has been the deadliest month for U.S. and British forces since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001, with 39 U.S. troops and 22 British troops killed.

Miliband said the effort was going through a "tough phase," but added that the British people understood the "vital nature" of the mission to stabilize Afghanistan.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been under under enormous pressure from his opposition, which charges that British troops don't have proper resources to fight the war, including helicopters.

But he was sanguine. "I think the British people will stay with this mission, because there is a clear strategy and a clear determination on behalf of the United States and other coalition members to see this through," he said, adding that the British people understood the mission's "vital nature."

Americans, too, have questioned whether the war in Afghanistan is winnable and worth the effort. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and members of Congress, including Democrats, have predicted that President Obama has a year to show progress in Afghanistan before public support for the war further erodes.

Clinton said Britain and the United States "have made significant gains in the recent operations" against the Taliban, but "there remains much work to be done."

"We know that this is a challenge that is not going to be easily resolved in a short period of time," she said, adding "both of our countries are still threatened by the same enemy, an enemy that has attacked London, New York and Washington."

"We know they've attacked us in the past, and, unfortunately, we know that they plot against us even today," she said.

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NEW YORK (CNN) -- Annie Lennox has incredible eyes.

Annie Lennox's new album, a best-of, will be her last with Sony.

They're a translucent blue-green, both kind and inviting in one glance, then piercing and all-knowing in another. At 54, Lennox's orbs are as captivating today as they were when they stared at us from under that fiery orange crew cut in the music video for the Eurythmics hit "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)."

That was 1983. Yes, Lennox's Eurythmics days seem like a lifetime ago for the Scotland-born singer-songwriter, especially when you consider the successful solo career she's enjoyed since her partnership with Dave Stewart.

It's that body of work -- songs like 'Why" and "No More 'I Love You's' " that are showcased on her newest album, "The Annie Lennox Collection." It's Lennox's fifth solo outing, and her final album with her record label of 30 years, Sony Music Entertainment.

"It's like a demarcation line in a way because there is that body of work to look back on in retrospect," says Lennox. "And the future is ahead of me and that's very interesting because I'm really not sure exactly what that's going to mean logistically ... how that's going to pan out. But I'm very excited about it because of Internet technology."  Watch Lennox talk about catharsis Â»

Lennox, who's won Grammys, BRIT Awards and an Academy Award (for co-writing "Into the West" from "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"), says she's become somewhat of a voracious blogger, using her MySpace page and official Web site not only as a repository for her musical work, but also to lend a voice to her humanitarian efforts. In 2007, Lennox formed the SING Campaign, a nonprofit initiative to help fight the HIV pandemic in Africa.

The initiative has its own anthem, called "SING," which features vocals from Madonna and Celine Dion among others, and is included on Lennox's new album. She also recorded two new tracks to celebrate the release, one a cover of Irish band Ash's hit song "Shining Light."

"It's one of those incredible anthemic songs that just stay with you," she says. "It's like when you heard Jeff Buckley's version of Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah.' It's almost like a revelation when you hear it."

Lennox spoke to CNN about tapping into her inner divas to make those theatrical music videos, the pitfalls of fame and why she celebrates her naivetÃ©.

CNN: Who is your "shining light"?

Annie Lennox: Ordinary people who don't necessarily have the spotlight shone on them, who do extraordinary things. Those people always inspire me. A lot of people that are working in nongovernmental organizations inspire me very much, because I think those people are really risking life and limb to make a difference to people's lives in really impossible circumstances. And they really give me the sense that if they can do that, I can do something, too.

CNN: How do you feel about where you are in life right now?

Lennox: Of course now I'm in that middle-age place, age-wise, and youth is no longer really something that I'm a part of anymore. And that started happening for me when I was about 40, to be honest with you. I had my kids and my focus went elsewhere. And I think I've changed so much through having children ... inside myself. It's been a kind of evolution and a maturity.

And that has informed the SING Campaign a lot, because my focus is really on women. ... I understand what it is for a woman to want to protect their children and give them the best they can. And so I identify with that. ... I can let go of some of the things I was maybe focused on when I was younger and I'm focused on different things.

CNN: Over the years your music videos have served as an outlet to explore different personas. Is that a cathartic experience for you?

Lennox: Performance feels quite cathartic, to be honest with you. It's a good feeling. And songwriting is cathartic because you have something you want to express. ... Ultimately when you've completed that songwriting process there is a sense of yes ... completion. It's out. It's expressed. It's done. And then you can communicate it to other people in performance.

CNN: You come across as extremely fearless in your videos. Yet you've said as a person you're quite shy. You don't seem shy to me.

Lennox: No I'm not shy right now, but I can be quite shy. It depends on the circumstances. ... Shyness is actually quite crippling. When one is shy it's not helpful. But a lot of being on stage has given me that opportunity to go beyond my normal persona.

CNN: Which music video are you most proud of?

Lennox: Quite a few. I think that "Broken Glass" is just ... it's hilarious. A lot of the things I do have got humor in them. But the fact that we had John Malkovich who came in and Hugh Laurie who was there ... we had a big cast.

CNN: A lot of your songs are about pain and failed relationships. Do you still feel that you have a lot to learn about love?

Lennox: I think we all do. I think the world needs to be a far more loving place. And I think we are confused between erotic love [and] unconditional love. I think our sexuality is a very different thing from our love. ... We are a society fixated with sexuality and it can be very cruel. When the love, and the respect and the consideration [are] missing, people live very isolated existences.

CNN: What has fame taught you?

Lennox: I think fame for fame's sake is a very toxic thing. ... And people in this society have this idea that they wanna be famous, and they don't know what for. And they pursue "celebrity" for itself.

I would say that without something to offer, whether it be that you're an actor, you have a craft, you have something to offer people, if you're a writer, a painter, a musician ... when it's just about you and your actual life it's a little bit cannibalistic.

The industry of celebrity is quite a savage one and when you fall foul of it, and your privacy is so brutally invaded ... you may be having difficulties in your own life as we all do ... and all the images of you, your dogs, your children, the inside of your house ... they're all splattered across every front page, I think that's [a] very unhealthy place to be. And I think it's sad that people caught it so vociferously.

CNN: Well you obviously raised two children. How difficult was it to shield them from your fame?

Lennox: It hasn't been too difficult. Part of my work is public, but I make a distinction between that and who I am as a person in private. ... I was very careful that ... I wasn't telling stories to gossip papers, and showing my life and [my children] were gently kept away from that.

CNN: Fame also serves as a useful platform, and you've been very involved with various charities, notably HIV/AIDS. Do you ever feel frustrated that you you're not making as big a difference as you would like?

Lennox: I had to think about this very carefully because I understand that there are so many problems in the world. Infinitely. And there always will be. That will never change, no. ... And if you make this decision to get involved, don't think that there's just an end result and that's what you're aiming for. No, it's the day-to-day commitment. It's the small steps that really count, in my opinion.

CNN: I've read that you consider yourself to be quite naive. Is that still true?

Lennox: I still have an aspect of naivetÃ©, and I think it's a valuable thing, because if I was jaded and cynical 100 percent as I could be, you know I would be less human and I think my acknowledgment that I can be naive is fine. It's part of being human.

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text: West

text: from

text: The

text: Lord

text: of

text: the

text: Rings

text: The

text: Return

text: of

text: the

text: King

text: says

text: she

text: 's

text: become

text: somewhat

text: of

text: a

text: voracious

text: blogger

text: using

text: her

text: MySpace

text: page

text: and

text: official

text: Web

text: site

text: not

text: only

text: as

text: a

text: repository

text: for

text: her

text: musical

text: work

text: but

text: also

text: to

text: lend

text: a

text: voice

text: to

text: her

text: humanitarian

text: efforts

text: In

text: Lennox

text: formed

text: the

text: SING

text: Campaign

text: a

text: nonprofit

text: initiative

text: to

text: help

text: fight

text: the

text: HIV

text: pandemic

text: in

text: Africa

text: The

text: initiative

text: has

text: its

text: own

text: anthem

text: called

text: SING

text: which

text: features

text: vocals

text: from

text: Madonna

text: and

text: Celine

text: Dion

text: among

text: others

text: and

text: is

text: included

text: on

text: Lennox

text: 's

text: new

text: album

text: She

text: also

text: recorded

text: two

text: new

text: tracks

text: to

text: celebrate

text: the

text: release

text: one

text: a

text: cover

text: of

text: Irish

text: band

text: Ash

text: 's

text: hit

text: song

text: Shining

text: Light

text: It

text: 's

text: one

text: of

text: those

text: incredible

text: anthemic

text: songs

text: that

text: just

text: stay

text: with

text: you

text: she

text: says

text: It

text: 's

text: like

text: when

text: you

text: heard

text: Jeff

text: Buckley

text: 's

text: version

text: of

text: Leonard

text: Cohen

text: 's

text: Hallelujah

text: It

text: 's

text: almost

text: like

text: a

text: revelation

text: when

text: you

text: hear

text: it

text: Lennox

text: spoke

text: to

text: CNN

text: about

text: tapping

text: into

text: her

text: inner

text: divas

text: to

text: make

text: those

text: theatrical

text: music

text: videos

text: the

text: pitfalls

text: of

text: fame

text: and

text: why

text: she

text: celebrates

text: her

text: naivetÃ

text: CNN

text: Who

text: is

text: your

text: shining

text: light

text: Annie

text: Lennox

text: Ordinary

text: people

text: who

text: do

text: n't

text: necessarily

text: have

text: the

text: spotlight

text: shone

text: on

text: them

text: who

text: do

text: extraordinary

text: things

text: Those

text: people

text: always

text: inspire

text: me

text: A

text: lot

text: of

text: people

text: that

text: are

text: working

text: in

text: nongovernmental

text: organizations

text: inspire

text: me

text: very

text: much

text: because

text: I

text: think

text: those

text: people

text: are

text: really

text: risking

text: life

text: and

text: limb

text: to

text: make

text: a

text: difference

text: to

text: people

text: 's

text: lives

text: in

text: really

text: impossible

text: circumstances

text: And

text: they

text: really

text: give

text: me

text: the

text: sense

text: that

text: if

text: they

text: can

text: do

text: that

text: I

text: can

text: do

text: something

text: too

text: CNN

text: How

text: do

text: you

text: feel

text: about

text: where

text: you

text: are

text: in

text: life

text: right

text: now

text: Lennox

text: Of

text: course

text: now

text: I

text: 'm

text: in

text: that

text: middle

text: age

text: place

text: age

text: wise

text: and

text: youth

text: is

text: no

text: longer

text: really

text: something

text: that

text: I

text: 'm

text: a

text: part

text: of

text: anymore

text: And

text: that

text: started

text: happening

text: for

text: me

text: when

text: I

text: was

text: about

text: to

text: be

text: honest

text: with

text: you

text: I

text: had

text: my

text: kids

text: and

text: my

text: focus

text: went

text: elsewhere

text: And

text: I

text: think

text: I

text: 've

text: changed

text: so

text: much

text: through

text: having

text: children

text: inside

text: myself

text: It

text: 's

text: been

text: a

text: kind

text: of

text: evolution

text: and

text: a

text: maturity

text: And

text: that

text: has

text: informed

text: the

text: SING

text: Campaign

text: a

text: lot

text: because

text: my

text: focus

text: is

text: really

text: on

text: women

text: I

text: understand

text: what

text: it

text: is

text: for

text: a

text: woman

text: to

text: want

text: to

text: protect

text: their

text: children

text: and

text: give

text: them

text: the

text: best

text: they

text: can

text: And

text: so

text: I

text: identify

text: with

text: that

text: I

text: can

text: let

text: go

text: of

text: some

text: of

text: the

text: things

text: I

text: was

text: maybe

text: focused

text: on

text: when

text: I

text: was

text: younger

text: and

text: I

text: 'm

text: focused

text: on

text: different

text: things

text: CNN

text: Over

text: the

text: years

text: your

text: music

text: videos

text: have

text: served

text: as

text: an

text: outlet

text: to

text: explore

text: different

text: personas

text: Is

text: that

text: a

text: cathartic

text: experience

text: for

text: you

text: Lennox

text: Performance

text: feels

text: quite

text: cathartic

text: to

text: be

text: honest

text: with

text: you

text: It

text: 's

text: a

text: good

text: feeling

text: And

text: songwriting

text: is

text: cathartic

text: because

text: you

text: have

text: something

text: you

text: want

text: to

text: express

text: Ultimately

text: when

text: you

text: 've

text: completed

text: that

text: songwriting

text: process

text: there

text: is

text: a

text: sense

text: of

text: yes

text: completion

text: It

text: 's

text: out

text: It

text: 's

text: expressed

text: It

text: 's

text: done

text: And

text: then

text: you

text: can

text: communicate

text: it

text: to

text: other

text: people

text: in

text: performance

text: CNN

text: You

text: come

text: across

text: as

text: extremely

text: fearless

text: in

text: your

text: videos

text: Yet

text: you

text: 've

text: said

text: as

text: a

text: person

text: you

text: 're

text: quite

text: shy

text: You

text: do

text: n't

text: seem

text: shy

text: to

text: me

text: Lennox

text: No

text: I

text: 'm

text: not

text: shy

text: right

text: now

text: but

text: I

text: can

text: be

text: quite

text: shy

text: It

text: depends

text: on

text: the

text: circumstances

text: Shyness

text: is

text: actually

text: quite

text: crippling

text: When

text: one

text: is

text: shy

text: it

text: 's

text: not

text: helpful

text: But

text: a

text: lot

text: of

text: being

text: on

text: stage

text: has

text: given

text: me

text: that

text: opportunity

text: to

text: go

text: beyond

text: my

text: normal

text: persona

text: CNN

text: Which

text: music

text: video

text: are

text: you

text: most

text: proud

text: of

text: Lennox

text: Quite

text: a

text: few

text: I

text: think

text: that

text: Broken

text: Glass

text: is

text: just

text: it

text: 's

text: hilarious

text: A

text: lot

text: of

text: the

text: things

text: I

text: do

text: have

text: got

text: humor

text: in

text: them

text: But

text: the

text: fact

text: that

text: we

text: had

text: John

text: Malkovich

text: who

text: came

text: in

text: and

text: Hugh

text: Laurie

text: who

text: was

text: there

text: we

text: had

text: a

text: big

text: cast

text: CNN

text: A

text: lot

text: of

text: your

text: songs

text: are

text: about

text: pain

text: and

text: failed

text: relationships

text: Do

text: you

text: still

text: feel

text: that

text: you

text: have

text: a

text: lot

text: to

text: learn

text: about

text: love

text: Lennox

text: I

text: think

text: we

text: all

text: do

text: I

text: think

text: the

text: world

text: needs

text: to

text: be

text: a

text: far

text: more

text: loving

text: place

text: And

text: I

text: think

text: we

text: are

text: confused

text: between

text: erotic

text: love

text: and

text: unconditional

text: love

text: I

text: think

text: our

text: sexuality

text: is

text: a

text: very

text: different

text: thing

text: from

text: our

text: love

text: We

text: are

text: a

text: society

text: fixated

text: with

text: sexuality

text: and

text: it

text: can

text: be

text: very

text: cruel

text: When

text: the

text: love

text: and

text: the

text: respect

text: and

text: the

text: consideration

text: are

text: missing

text: people

text: live

text: very

text: isolated

text: existences

text: CNN

text: What

text: has

text: fame

text: taught

text: you

text: Lennox

text: I

text: think

text: fame

text: for

text: fame

text: 's

text: sake

text: is

text: a

text: very

text: toxic

text: thing

text: And

text: people

text: in

text: this

text: society

text: have

text: this

text: idea

text: that

text: they

text: wanna

text: be

text: famous

text: and

text: they

text: do

text: n't

text: know

text: what

text: for

text: And

text: they

text: pursue

text: celebrity

text: for

text: itself

text: I

text: would

text: say

text: that

text: without

text: something

text: to

text: offer

text: whether

text: it

text: be

text: that

text: you

text: 're

text: an

text: actor

text: you

text: have

text: a

text: craft

text: you

text: have

text: something

text: to

text: offer

text: people

text: if

text: you

text: 're

text: a

text: writer

text: a

text: painter

text: a

text: musician

text: when

text: it

text: 's

text: just

text: about

text: you

text: and

text: your

text: actual

text: life

text: it

text: 's

text: a

text: little

text: bit

text: cannibalistic

text: The

text: industry

text: of

text: celebrity

text: is

text: quite

text: a

text: savage

text: one

text: and

text: when

text: you

text: fall

text: foul

text: of

text: it

text: and

text: your

text: privacy

text: is

text: so

text: brutally

text: invaded

text: you

text: may

text: be

text: having

text: difficulties

text: in

text: your

text: own

text: life

text: as

text: we

text: all

text: do

text: and

text: all

text: the

text: images

text: of

text: you

text: your

text: dogs

text: your

text: children

text: the

text: inside

text: of

text: your

text: house

text: they

text: 're

text: all

text: splattered

text: across

text: every

text: front

text: page

text: I

text: think

text: that

text: 's

text: a

text: very

text: unhealthy

text: place

text: to

text: be

text: And

text: I

text: think

text: it

text: 's

text: sad

text: that

text: people

text: caught

text: it

text: so

text: vociferously

text: CNN

text: Well

text: you

text: obviously

text: raised

text: two

text: children

text: How

text: difficult

text: was

text: it

text: to

text: shield

text: them

text: from

text: your

text: fame

text: Lennox

text: It

text: has

text: n't

text: been

text: too

text: difficult

text: Part

text: of

text: my

text: work

text: is

text: public

text: but

text: I

text: make

text: a

text: distinction

text: between

text: that

text: and

text: who

text: I

text: am

text: as

text: a

text: person

text: in

text: private

text: I

text: was

text: very

text: careful

text: that

text: I

text: was

text: n't

text: telling

text: stories

text: to

text: gossip

text: papers

text: and

text: showing

text: my

text: life

text: and

text: my

text: children

text: were

text: gently

text: kept

text: away

text: from

text: that

text: CNN

text: Fame

text: also

text: serves

text: as

text: a

text: useful

text: platform

text: and

text: you

text: 've

text: been

text: very

text: involved

text: with

text: various

text: charities

text: notably

text: HIV

text: AIDS

text: Do

text: you

text: ever

text: feel

text: frustrated

text: that

text: you

text: you

text: 're

text: not

text: making

text: as

text: big

text: a

text: difference

text: as

text: you

text: would

text: like

text: Lennox

text: I

text: had

text: to

text: think

text: about

text: this

text: very

text: carefully

text: because

text: I

text: understand

text: that

text: there

text: are

text: so

text: many

text: problems

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: Infinitely

text: And

text: there

text: always

text: will

text: be

text: That

text: will

text: never

text: change

text: no

text: And

text: if

text: you

text: make

text: this

text: decision

text: to

text: get

text: involved

text: do

text: n't

text: think

text: that

text: there

text: 's

text: just

text: an

text: end

text: result

text: and

text: that

text: 's

text: what

text: you

text: 're

text: aiming

text: for

text: No

text: it

text: 's

text: the

text: day

text: to

text: day

text: commitment

text: It

text: 's

text: the

text: small

text: steps

text: that

text: really

text: count

text: in

text: my

text: opinion

text: CNN

text: I

text: 've

text: read

text: that

text: you

text: consider

text: yourself

text: to

text: be

text: quite

text: naive

text: Is

text: that

text: still

text: true

text: Lennox

text: I

text: still

text: have

text: an

text: aspect

text: of

text: naivetÃ

text: and

text: I

text: think

text: it

text: 's

text: a

text: valuable

text: thing

text: because

text: if

text: I

text: was

text: jaded

text: and

text: cynical

text: percent

text: as

text: I

text: could

text: be

text: you

text: know

text: I

text: would

text: be

text: less

text: human

text: and

text: I

text: think

text: my

text: acknowledgment

text: that

text: I

text: can

text: be

text: naive

text: is

text: fine

text: It

text: 's

text: part

text: of

text: being

text: human

question: what was her last album?

answer: "The Annie Lennox Collection."

text: "The Annie Lennox Collection."

question: What company released Annie ' s last CD

answer: Sony.

text: Sony.

question: what was the name of the band

answer: Eurythmics

text: Eurythmics

question: Annie Lennox was previously in what band

answer: Eurythmics

text: Eurythmics

question: Which social issues is Annie Lennox involved in

answer: SING Campaign, a nonprofit initiative to help fight the HIV pandemic in Africa.

text: SING Campaign, a nonprofit initiative to help fight the HIV pandemic in Africa.

question: what is she involved in?

answer: d with various charities

text: d with various charities


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(CNN) -- A woman who was beheaded near Buffalo, New York -- allegedly by her husband -- may have been on the phone with her sister when she was killed.

Muzzammil Hassan has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of his wife, Aasiya Zubair Hassan.

Asma Firfirey of suburban Cape Town, South Africa, told the Afrikaans newspaper Die Burger that she was on the phone with her sister, Aasiya Zubair Hassan, last week when she heard Hassan tell her husband to calm down. She said she heard Hassan say the two could talk about their impending divorce the following day.

Then she heard something that sounded like her sister struggling to breathe, she said.

"I can only imagine how scared and emotional she must have been before she died," Firfirey said in the interview, reported in English by South Africa's News 24.

Police have charged Hassan's husband, Muzzammil Hassan, with second-degree, or intentional, murder in the death of his wife, according to the Erie County District Attorney's Office.

Her decapitated body was found at the offices of Bridges TV, the television network where Muzzammil Hassan was chief executive officer and Aasiya Hassan was general manager.

Hassan told Orchard Park police his wife was dead, led officers to her body and was arrested Thursday, said Erie County District Attorney Frank Sedita III. He is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday.

Orchard Park Police Chief Andrew Benz on Tuesday contradicted a CNN report that quoted him as saying Hassan confessed to the crime.

A Buffalo attorney told CNN on Tuesday that he expects to represent Hassan but declined further comment, saying details had not yet been worked out.

Hassan came to America from Pakistan 25 years ago and became a successful banker, but he and his wife were troubled by the negative perception of Muslims, Voice of America reported in 2004.

Speaking in December 2004, Hassan said his wife, then pregnant, was worried about that perception and "felt there should be an American Muslim media where her kids could grow up feeling really strong about their identity as an American Muslim."

"So she came up with the idea and turned to me and said, 'Why don't you do it?' " he said. "And I was like, I have no clue about television. I'm a banker. ... And her comment was, 'You have an MBA. Why don't you write a business plan?' "

Bridges TV began as a television network for Muslim-Americans, aimed at overcoming the negative stereotypes associated with the religion.

"There should be a Muslim media," Muzzammil Hassan told VOA, "so that Muslim children growing up in America grow up with the self-confidence and high self-esteem about their identity both as Americans and as Muslims."

In the past few years, according to a former employee who asked not to be named for fear of retribution, Bridges TV transformed itself into more of a cross-cultural network seeking to bridge the gap between all cultures. Most of their employees were not Muslim, the former employee said, and Muzzammil Hassan himself was not devout.

Aasiya Hassan filed for divorce February 6, police said, and Muzzammil Hassan was served with divorce papers at the station. That night, he showed up at the couple's home, she notified authorities and he was served with a restraining order.

Police are not commenting on details of the crime, except to say the woman's body did not appear to have been moved. They also would not divulge what Muzzammil Hassan told police or the suspected motive. The law firm representing Aasiya Hassan refused to comment, only confirming that she had filed for divorce.

Benz told CNN on Tuesday that police had responded to several domestic violence calls at the couple's address, but no one was arrested.

Firfirey, as well as a Pakistani woman identifying herself as another of Aasiya Hassan's sisters, characterized her as living in fear.

Firfirey said the last time she saw her sister was in May 2008, when she visited South Africa. When she arrived, she was badly injured, and Firfirey's family paid the equivalent of about $3,000 for her to be treated, she said.

Aasiya Hassan returned to America, she said, because she wanted to complete her MBA degree and "didn't want to leave her children with that monster." She said she calls Muzzammil Hassan "the fat man with evil eyes."

Aasiya Hassan would have graduated March 6, Firfirey said.

A woman in Pakistan using the name Salma Zubair posted on a blog that she is the sister of "this brutally murdered woman."

"She lived her 8 years of married life with fear in heart," Zubair wrote. "He had already frightened her enough that she couldn't muster up her guts and leave him, and when she finally did gather that much strength he killed her so brutally. She lived to protect her children from this man and his family and she died doing so."

She said Aasiya Hassan "had always been a very loving person, not even one person in this world can say a small wrong word about her ... she had always dreamed a life of a happily married family, which she did her best to achieve."

Both women said they were worried about the couple's children, ages 4 and 6. Firfirey said they were being cared for by a colleague of the couple. Muzzammil Hassan also has two older children from a previous marriage.

Members of Muzzammil Hassan's family did not return calls from CNN on Monday.

The former employee told CNN that Aasiya Hassan was popular at the station and was very kind. Muzzammil Hassan was known among employees for having a temper -- he sometimes would yell at and demean his wife, but at other times appeared to be a loving husband and father, the former employee said.

Bridges TV released a statement Monday saying its staff was "deeply shocked and saddened by the murder of Aasiya Hassan and the subsequent arrest of Muzzammil Hassan. Our deepest condolences and prayers go out to the families of the victim."

Imam Mohamed Hagmagid Ali, vice president of the Islamic Society of North America, said Aasiya Hassan's death serves "as a wake-up call to call of us, that violence against women is real and cannot be ignored ... the Muslim community is not exempt from this issue. We, the Muslim community, need to take a strong stand against domestic violence."

CNN's Mary Snow contributed to this report.

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text: woman

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text: was

text: beheaded

text: near

text: Buffalo

text: New

text: York

text: allegedly

text: by

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text: husband

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text: been

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text: phone

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text: sister

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text: phone

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text: said

text: I

text: can

text: only

text: imagine

text: how

text: scared

text: and

text: emotional

text: she

text: must

text: have

text: been

text: before

text: she

text: died

text: Firfirey

text: said

text: in

text: the

text: interview

text: reported

text: in

text: English

text: by

text: South

text: Africa

text: 's

text: News

text: Police

text: have

text: charged

text: Hassan

text: 's

text: husband

text: Muzzammil

text: Hassan

text: with

text: second

text: degree

text: or

text: intentional

text: murder

text: in

text: the

text: death

text: of

text: his

text: wife

text: according

text: to

text: the

text: Erie

text: County

text: District

text: Attorney

text: 's

text: Office

text: Her

text: decapitated

text: body

text: was

text: found

text: at

text: the

text: offices

text: of

text: Bridges

text: TV

text: the

text: television

text: network

text: where

text: Muzzammil

text: Hassan

text: was

text: chief

text: executive

text: officer

text: and

text: Aasiya

text: Hassan

text: was

text: general

text: manager

text: Hassan

text: told

text: Orchard

text: Park

text: police

text: his

text: wife

text: was

text: dead

text: led

text: officers

text: to

text: her

text: body

text: and

text: was

text: arrested

text: Thursday

text: said

text: Erie

text: County

text: District

text: Attorney

text: Frank

text: Sedita

text: III

text: He

text: is

text: scheduled

text: to

text: appear

text: in

text: court

text: Wednesday

text: Orchard

text: Park

text: Police

text: Chief

text: Andrew

text: Benz

text: on

text: Tuesday

text: contradicted

text: a

text: CNN

text: report

text: that

text: quoted

text: him

text: as

text: saying

text: Hassan

text: confessed

text: to

text: the

text: crime

text: A

text: Buffalo

text: attorney

text: told

text: CNN

text: on

text: Tuesday

text: that

text: he

text: expects

text: to

text: represent

text: Hassan

text: but

text: declined

text: further

text: comment

text: saying

text: details

text: had

text: not

text: yet

text: been

text: worked

text: out

text: Hassan

text: came

text: to

text: America

text: from

text: Pakistan

text: years

text: ago

text: and

text: became

text: a

text: successful

text: banker

text: but

text: he

text: and

text: his

text: wife

text: were

text: troubled

text: by

text: the

text: negative

text: perception

text: of

text: Muslims

text: Voice

text: of

text: America

text: reported

text: in

text: Speaking

text: in

text: December

text: Hassan

text: said

text: his

text: wife

text: then

text: pregnant

text: was

text: worried

text: about

text: that

text: perception

text: and

text: felt

text: there

text: should

text: be

text: an

text: American

text: Muslim

text: media

text: where

text: her

text: kids

text: could

text: grow

text: up

text: feeling

text: really

text: strong

text: about

text: their

text: identity

text: as

text: an

text: American

text: Muslim

text: So

text: she

text: came

text: up

text: with

text: the

text: idea

text: and

text: turned

text: to

text: me

text: and

text: said

text: Why

text: do

text: n't

text: you

text: do

text: it

text: he

text: said

text: And

text: I

text: was

text: like

text: I

text: have

text: no

text: clue

text: about

text: television

text: I

text: 'm

text: a

text: banker

text: And

text: her

text: comment

text: was

text: You

text: have

text: an

text: MBA

text: Why

text: do

text: n't

text: you

text: write

text: a

text: business

text: plan

text: Bridges

text: TV

text: began

text: as

text: a

text: television

text: network

text: for

text: Muslim

text: Americans

text: aimed

text: at

text: overcoming

text: the

text: negative

text: stereotypes

text: associated

text: with

text: the

text: religion

text: There

text: should

text: be

text: a

text: Muslim

text: media

text: Muzzammil

text: Hassan

text: told

text: VOA

text: so

text: that

text: Muslim

text: children

text: growing

text: up

text: in

text: America

text: grow

text: up

text: with

text: the

text: self

text: confidence

text: and

text: high

text: self

text: esteem

text: about

text: their

text: identity

text: both

text: as

text: Americans

text: and

text: as

text: Muslims

text: In

text: the

text: past

text: few

text: years

text: according

text: to

text: a

text: former

text: employee

text: who

text: asked

text: not

text: to

text: be

text: named

text: for

text: fear

text: of

text: retribution

text: Bridges

text: TV

text: transformed

text: itself

text: into

text: more

text: of

text: a

text: cross

text: cultural

text: network

text: seeking

text: to

text: bridge

text: the

text: gap

text: between

text: all

text: cultures

text: Most

text: of

text: their

text: employees

text: were

text: not

text: Muslim

text: the

text: former

text: employee

text: said

text: and

text: Muzzammil

text: Hassan

text: himself

text: was

text: not

text: devout

text: Aasiya

text: Hassan

text: filed

text: for

text: divorce

text: February

text: police

text: said

text: and

text: Muzzammil

text: Hassan

text: was

text: served

text: with

text: divorce

text: papers

text: at

text: the

text: station

text: That

text: night

text: he

text: showed

text: up

text: at

text: the

text: couple

text: 's

text: home

text: she

text: notified

text: authorities

text: and

text: he

text: was

text: served

text: with

text: a

text: restraining

text: order

text: Police

text: are

text: not

text: commenting

text: on

text: details

text: of

text: the

text: crime

text: except

text: to

text: say

text: the

text: woman

text: 's

text: body

text: did

text: not

text: appear

text: to

text: have

text: been

text: moved

text: They

text: also

text: would

text: not

text: divulge

text: what

text: Muzzammil

text: Hassan

text: told

text: police

text: or

text: the

text: suspected

text: motive

text: The

text: law

text: firm

text: representing

text: Aasiya

text: Hassan

text: refused

text: to

text: comment

text: only

text: confirming

text: that

text: she

text: had

text: filed

text: for

text: divorce

text: Benz

text: told

text: CNN

text: on

text: Tuesday

text: that

text: police

text: had

text: responded

text: to

text: several

text: domestic

text: violence

text: calls

text: at

text: the

text: couple

text: 's

text: address

text: but

text: no

text: one

text: was

text: arrested

text: Firfirey

text: as

text: well

text: as

text: a

text: Pakistani

text: woman

text: identifying

text: herself

text: as

text: another

text: of

text: Aasiya

text: Hassan

text: 's

text: sisters

text: characterized

text: her

text: as

text: living

text: in

text: fear

text: Firfirey

text: said

text: the

text: last

text: time

text: she

text: saw

text: her

text: sister

text: was

text: in

text: May

text: when

text: she

text: visited

text: South

text: Africa

text: When

text: she

text: arrived

text: she

text: was

text: badly

text: injured

text: and

text: Firfirey

text: 's

text: family

text: paid

text: the

text: equivalent

text: of

text: about

text: for

text: her

text: to

text: be

text: treated

text: she

text: said

text: Aasiya

text: Hassan

text: returned

text: to

text: America

text: she

text: said

text: because

text: she

text: wanted

text: to

text: complete

text: her

text: MBA

text: degree

text: and

text: did

text: n't

text: want

text: to

text: leave

text: her

text: children

text: with

text: that

text: monster

text: She

text: said

text: she

text: calls

text: Muzzammil

text: Hassan

text: the

text: fat

text: man

text: with

text: evil

text: eyes

text: Aasiya

text: Hassan

text: would

text: have

text: graduated

text: March

text: Firfirey

text: said

text: A

text: woman

text: in

text: Pakistan

text: using

text: the

text: name

text: Salma

text: Zubair

text: posted

text: on

text: a

text: blog

text: that

text: she

text: is

text: the

text: sister

text: of

text: this

text: brutally

text: murdered

text: woman

text: She

text: lived

text: her

text: years

text: of

text: married

text: life

text: with

text: fear

text: in

text: heart

text: Zubair

text: wrote

text: He

text: had

text: already

text: frightened

text: her

text: enough

text: that

text: she

text: could

text: n't

text: muster

text: up

text: her

text: guts

text: and

text: leave

text: him

text: and

text: when

text: she

text: finally

text: did

text: gather

text: that

text: much

text: strength

text: he

text: killed

text: her

text: so

text: brutally

text: She

text: lived

text: to

text: protect

text: her

text: children

text: from

text: this

text: man

text: and

text: his

text: family

text: and

text: she

text: died

text: doing

text: so

text: She

text: said

text: Aasiya

text: Hassan

text: had

text: always

text: been

text: a

text: very

text: loving

text: person

text: not

text: even

text: one

text: person

text: in

text: this

text: world

text: can

text: say

text: a

text: small

text: wrong

text: word

text: about

text: her

text: she

text: had

text: always

text: dreamed

text: a

text: life

text: of

text: a

text: happily

text: married

text: family

text: which

text: she

text: did

text: her

text: best

text: to

text: achieve

text: Both

text: women

text: said

text: they

text: were

text: worried

text: about

text: the

text: couple

text: 's

text: children

text: ages

text: and

text: Firfirey

text: said

text: they

text: were

text: being

text: cared

text: for

text: by

text: a

text: colleague

text: of

text: the

text: couple

text: Muzzammil

text: Hassan

text: also

text: has

text: two

text: older

text: children

text: from

text: a

text: previous

text: marriage

text: Members

text: of

text: Muzzammil

text: Hassan

text: 's

text: family

text: did

text: not

text: return

text: calls

text: from

text: CNN

text: on

text: Monday

text: The

text: former

text: employee

text: told

text: CNN

text: that

text: Aasiya

text: Hassan

text: was

text: popular

text: at

text: the

text: station

text: and

text: was

text: very

text: kind

text: Muzzammil

text: Hassan

text: was

text: known

text: among

text: employees

text: for

text: having

text: a

text: temper

text: he

text: sometimes

text: would

text: yell

text: at

text: and

text: demean

text: his

text: wife

text: but

text: at

text: other

text: times

text: appeared

text: to

text: be

text: a

text: loving

text: husband

text: and

text: father

text: the

text: former

text: employee

text: said

text: Bridges

text: TV

text: released

text: a

text: statement

text: Monday

text: saying

text: its

text: staff

text: was

text: deeply

text: shocked

text: and

text: saddened

text: by

text: the

text: murder

text: of

text: Aasiya

text: Hassan

text: and

text: the

text: subsequent

text: arrest

text: of

text: Muzzammil

text: Hassan

text: Our

text: deepest

text: condolences

text: and

text: prayers

text: go

text: out

text: to

text: the

text: families

text: of

text: the

text: victim

text: Imam

text: Mohamed

text: Hagmagid

text: Ali

text: vice

text: president

text: of

text: the

text: Islamic

text: Society

text: of

text: North

text: America

text: said

text: Aasiya

text: Hassan

text: 's

text: death

text: serves

text: as

text: a

text: wake

text: up

text: call

text: to

text: call

text: of

text: us

text: that

text: violence

text: against

text: women

text: is

text: real

text: and

text: can

text: not

text: be

text: ignored

text: the

text: Muslim

text: community

text: is

text: not

text: exempt

text: from

text: this

text: issue

text: We

text: the

text: Muslim

text: community

text: need

text: to

text: take

text: a

text: strong

text: stand

text: against

text: domestic

text: violence

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Mary

text: Snow

text: contributed

text: to

text: this

text: report

question: who was charged with second-degree murder?

answer: Muzzammil Hassan

text: Muzzammil Hassan

question: who has filed for divorce?

answer: Aasiya Hassan

text: Aasiya Hassan

question: Was New York man charged after his wife died?

answer: Muzzammil Hassan has been

text: Muzzammil Hassan has been

question: What has the man been charged with

answer: second-degree murder

text: second-degree murder

question: Where was the victims body found

answer: at the offices of Bridges TV, the television network

text: at the offices of Bridges TV, the television network

question: Where was Woman's decapitated body found ?

answer: at the offices of Bridges TV,

text: at the offices of Bridges TV,

question: whose body was found at TV station?

answer: Aasiya Zubair Hassan.

text: Aasiya Zubair Hassan.


text:
(CNN)  -- Russia and South Ossetia have strongly denied news reports that a motorcade carrying the presidents of Georgia and Poland came under fire, calling the claims "a provocation" meant to destabilize the region.

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, said there were "unpredictable people" in the area.

"This is a real provocation," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told journalists on Monday. "It is not the first time that such things have happened: First they mastermind everything themselves and then accuse the Russian or the Ossetian side."

Eduard Kokoity, president of the breakaway region of South Ossetia, added: "Today's event was a deliberate provocative act of the Georgian and Polish presidents targeted at regional destabilization."

Kokoity made his comments to the Russian news agency, Interfax.

The motorcade, carrying Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and Polish President Lech Kaczynski, was passing a checkpoint near Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia region -- site of intense conflict between Russian and Georgian troops in August -- when shots were fired Sunday, according to the Georgian Interior Ministry.

The motorcade was not hit and there were no injuries, the Georgian Interior Ministry said. No other shooting was reported in the area.

The shots were fired from Russian-controlled territory as the motorcade passed, the ministry said.

Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin denied the gunfire came from its army positions.

"This is one more instance of wishful thinking on the part of Georgia," he told reporters.

After the incident, Saakashvili told reporters he would not have taken his Polish counterpart into danger intentionally and that the incident showed "you are dealing with unpredictable people" in the disputed area.

Kokoity, the South Ossetian president, countered that the Polish and Georgian presidents need to answer questions whether they informed European Union monitors of their trip.

Tensions have remained high in the area since fighting between Russian and Georgian troops broke out in August.

Georgia launched a campaign against South Ossetia, a Russian-backed separatist territory, on August 7. The following day, Russian tanks, troops and armored vehicles poured into South Ossetia and another breakaway Georgian territory, Abkhazia, advancing into Georgian cities outside the rebel regions.

The two sides blamed each other for starting the conflict and have accused each other of a variety of offenses leading up to and during the fighting, including ethnic cleansing.

text: CNN

text: Russia

text: and

text: South

text: Ossetia

text: have

text: strongly

text: denied

text: news

text: reports

text: that

text: a

text: motorcade

text: carrying

text: the

text: presidents

text: of

text: Georgia

text: and

text: Poland

text: came

text: under

text: fire

text: calling

text: the

text: claims

text: a

text: provocation

text: meant

text: to

text: destabilize

text: the

text: region

text: Georgian

text: President

text: Mikheil

text: Saakashvili

text: said

text: there

text: were

text: unpredictable

text: people

text: in

text: the

text: area

text: This

text: is

text: a

text: real

text: provocation

text: Russian

text: Foreign

text: Minister

text: Sergei

text: Lavrov

text: told

text: journalists

text: on

text: Monday

text: It

text: is

text: not

text: the

text: first

text: time

text: that

text: such

text: things

text: have

text: happened

text: First

text: they

text: mastermind

text: everything

text: themselves

text: and

text: then

text: accuse

text: the

text: Russian

text: or

text: the

text: Ossetian

text: side

text: Eduard

text: Kokoity

text: president

text: of

text: the

text: breakaway

text: region

text: of

text: South

text: Ossetia

text: added

text: Today

text: 's

text: event

text: was

text: a

text: deliberate

text: provocative

text: act

text: of

text: the

text: Georgian

text: and

text: Polish

text: presidents

text: targeted

text: at

text: regional

text: destabilization

text: Kokoity

text: made

text: his

text: comments

text: to

text: the

text: Russian

text: news

text: agency

text: Interfax

text: The

text: motorcade

text: carrying

text: Georgian

text: President

text: Mikheil

text: Saakashvili

text: and

text: Polish

text: President

text: Lech

text: Kaczynski

text: was

text: passing

text: a

text: checkpoint

text: near

text: Georgia

text: 's

text: breakaway

text: South

text: Ossetia

text: region

text: site

text: of

text: intense

text: conflict

text: between

text: Russian

text: and

text: Georgian

text: troops

text: in

text: August

text: when

text: shots

text: were

text: fired

text: Sunday

text: according

text: to

text: the

text: Georgian

text: Interior

text: Ministry

text: The

text: motorcade

text: was

text: not

text: hit

text: and

text: there

text: were

text: no

text: injuries

text: the

text: Georgian

text: Interior

text: Ministry

text: said

text: No

text: other

text: shooting

text: was

text: reported

text: in

text: the

text: area

text: The

text: shots

text: were

text: fired

text: from

text: Russian

text: controlled

text: territory

text: as

text: the

text: motorcade

text: passed

text: the

text: ministry

text: said

text: Russia

text: 's

text: Deputy

text: Foreign

text: Minister

text: Grigory

text: Karasin

text: denied

text: the

text: gunfire

text: came

text: from

text: its

text: army

text: positions

text: This

text: is

text: one

text: more

text: instance

text: of

text: wishful

text: thinking

text: on

text: the

text: part

text: of

text: Georgia

text: he

text: told

text: reporters

text: After

text: the

text: incident

text: Saakashvili

text: told

text: reporters

text: he

text: would

text: not

text: have

text: taken

text: his

text: Polish

text: counterpart

text: into

text: danger

text: intentionally

text: and

text: that

text: the

text: incident

text: showed

text: you

text: are

text: dealing

text: with

text: unpredictable

text: people

text: in

text: the

text: disputed

text: area

text: Kokoity

text: the

text: South

text: Ossetian

text: president

text: countered

text: that

text: the

text: Polish

text: and

text: Georgian

text: presidents

text: need

text: to

text: answer

text: questions

text: whether

text: they

text: informed

text: European

text: Union

text: monitors

text: of

text: their

text: trip

text: Tensions

text: have

text: remained

text: high

text: in

text: the

text: area

text: since

text: fighting

text: between

text: Russian

text: and

text: Georgian

text: troops

text: broke

text: out

text: in

text: August

text: Georgia

text: launched

text: a

text: campaign

text: against

text: South

text: Ossetia

text: a

text: Russian

text: backed

text: separatist

text: territory

text: on

text: August

text: The

text: following

text: day

text: Russian

text: tanks

text: troops

text: and

text: armored

text: vehicles

text: poured

text: into

text: South

text: Ossetia

text: and

text: another

text: breakaway

text: Georgian

text: territory

text: Abkhazia

text: advancing

text: into

text: Georgian

text: cities

text: outside

text: the

text: rebel

text: regions

text: The

text: two

text: sides

text: blamed

text: each

text: other

text: for

text: starting

text: the

text: conflict

text: and

text: have

text: accused

text: each

text: other

text: of

text: a

text: variety

text: of

text: offenses

text: leading

text: up

text: to

text: and

text: during

text: the

text: fighting

text: including

text: ethnic

text: cleansing

question: what controlled territory were shots fired from?

answer: Russian-controlled

text: Russian-controlled

question: Where does the ministry officials say shots were fired from?

answer: Russian-controlled territory

text: Russian-controlled territory

question: Who denied involvement in shooting?

answer: Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin

text: Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin

question: How many injuries were there?

answer: no

text: no