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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (CNN -- Relations between Arab nations and the United States hinge on American leaders living up to their rhetoric about commitment to lasting peace in the Mideast,  Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal told CNN Saturday.

Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal talks with CNN's Nic Robertson about U.S. relations with Arab nations.

"President Obama, in his statement yesterday, said that he's genuinely making the effort to accomplish a peaceful resolution," al-Faisal, who served as Saudi ambassador to the United States from 2005 to 2007, told CNN's Nic Robertson in an interview Friday.

"We've heard this before," al-Faisal said. "We need to see implementation. We need to see facts on the ground change. We need to see rhetoric change. We need to see presence on the ground."

He said he was encouraged by Obama's appointment of George Mitchell as Mideast envoy, saying, "Mitchell comes with a track record of success." But he suggested Mitchell spend some time in the region to make real progress.

"American envoys, when they've dealt with the Middle East, have always come and gone," he said.

"I think it would be wise for Sen. Mitchell ... to pitch his tent in Ramallah or in Jerusalem, let's say, and spend a year, two, perhaps three years on the ground dealing with the daily aspects of making peace there."  Watch as al-Faisal talks about how the U.S. and the Mideast could build trust Â»

The United States' backing of Israel, in light of the latest Israeli military operations in Gaza, does not improve its standing in the Arab world, he said.

"What happened in Gaza, people have called it a tragedy," al-Faisal said. "I'd go further and say it was a catastrophe in all aspects of that word. The killing and the destruction was so barbaric by Israel, and unprecedented in a such a small area like Gaza.

They [Israelis] claim that they were very careful about collateral damage and they targeted only Hamas, as they call them, militants and operatives. Well, look at the figures.

"More than 400 children killed out of 1,300 [total deaths]. That doesn't show any precision of targeting. Israel claims that these are mishaps of war. If they are mishaps of war, well, why should you have a war?

"I think this is one of the issues that makes the relationship between the Arab world in general and Saudi Arabia in particular threatened when it comes to dealing with the United States," al-Faisal said. "...  And President Bush, I think callously and unforgivably, gave Israel a green light to do everything that they wanted to do in Gaza without restraint."

U.S. and Israeli officials should recognize that operations like the recent one only serve to strengthen Hamas, as "Israel is a radioactive element in the area. Anyone it touches becomes heroic and legitimate ... because he or she is a victim."

Al-Faisal said he believes the United States and Israel should negotiate with Hamas. Reminded that the two nations consider Hamas a terrorist organization, he said, "I think this is another of the things that has to be reviewed by President Obama."

He believes that negotiations with Hamas should not undermine the Palestinian Authority, saying the authority's President Mahmoud Abbas "in my view, is the most tailor-made Palestinian leader for making peace and bringing stability and security to the Palestinian people."

Israel's operation in Gaza came after what it said was a barrage of rockets fired by Hamas militants into southern Israel.

Asked how to stop the rockets, al-Faisal said he thinks the key is to bring Hamas into the political fold. "Put it the other way," he said. "How can we convince Israel itself not to provoke Hamas into firing rockets?"

Israel claims that Hamas fired first, and al-Faisal said these claims underscore the importance of having someone on the ground like Mitchell. "To see who is telling the truth in a case like that is needed, and a necessity today, more than at any other time," he said.

The United States has called for nations like Saudi Arabia to accept Israel and normalize relations with the nation, he said, but Israel must make the first move.

"Israel has to normalize relations with Palestine before Saudi Arabia will normalize relations with Israel. Everybody asks us to recognize Israel and to normalize ... nobody asks Israel to recognize Palestine and normalize relations with Palestine. I think that's unfair."

Arab nations stand ready to make peace with Israel, he said, but Israel has not demonstrated an equal willingness. "That's the pity of it."

He said Obama should ask Israel to accept the Arab peace plan. "And when the Israelis accept the Arab peace plan, the Arab world has already set up a mechanism to deal with that issue. They've chosen Egypt and Jordan to sit down with the Israelis and deal with the Arab peace initiative."

Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev told CNN the nation does not publicly discuss contacts with Arab nations with which it has no official diplomatic relations. Israel welcomed the Saudi peace initiative, he said, and is willing to negotiate with all Arab countries, including the Palestinians.

Asked about his confidence in Obama, al-Faisal said, "I'll have confidence when I see things done on the ground, and President Obama can do something and gain the confidence and support of the Arab and Muslim nations by showing that he has done things on the ground and not simply expressed a wish for that."

If not, he said the Arab world's relationship with the United States is at stake.

"Popular sentiment, already America is at its lowest level in the history of its engagement with the Arab and Muslim world," he said. "In terms of government relations, that is something that will have to be decided by the leaderships in the Arab world and America, but it's not a pretty picture."

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question: What did the Saudi prince say?

answer: leaders living up to their rhetoric about commitment to lasting peace in the Mideast,

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question: Who should Israel negotiate with?

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(CNN) -- The chaotic scene unfolded with flash-bang grenades, rubber bullets and clouds of smoke. Canisters whizzed through the air amid deafening booms.

Marine Lance Cpl. Scott Olsen went down.

"Medic! Medic!" someone yelled.

Olsen, 24, had seen his share of war in two tours of Iraq as a Marine. He was lucky, returning home physically unscathed.

But Tuesday evening, near the corner of 14th Avenue and Broadway in Oakland, California, Olsen went down.

The video images went viral: streams of crimson flowing down Olsen's head, his black T-shirt adorned with a white dove of peace, the war veteran carried to a hospital.

And with that, the Occupy movement had a face.

"We are all Scott Olsen," declared its website.

"It's ironic," said his uncle George Nygaard, that Olsen should be the poster child for this movement.

Ironic, said Olsen's Marine buddy and current roommate Keith Shannon, that a young man who fought for American freedoms should be injured exercising those same freedoms at home.

He was 14 at the time of the September 11 attacks and graduated in 2005 from Onalaska High School with the same sense of patriotism that drove so many young men and women to join the military.

He was working at Lindy's Subs and Salads when he decided to enlist. Soon, he was in Twentynine Palms in the Mojave Desert for training and the next year on his way to war.

Olsen deployed twice with the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment to Iraq's Anbar province, site of some the war's fiercest battles.

Shannon said they often encountered makeshift bombs in their 2006 tour during which 15 of their fellow Marines died.

Nygaard said Olsen told him about a couple of close calls, one in which he rolled over a roadside bomb that somehow failed to detonate.

Olsen had always been a quiet, shy kid, Nygaard said. A computer whiz, not a jock. And not the type of young man his friends had expected to become an activist.

But war touched Olsen as it does almost everyone who comes that close.

After his last tour of Iraq, he returned home with serious misgivings and gravitated to Nygaard, a former Marine himself who had returned from Vietnam feeling similarly.

In small-town Wisconsin, uncle and nephew talked to each other about the larger issues of war.

"He came back thinking there were better ways to deal with things than war," Nygaard said.

Olsen's parents, Nygaard said, didn't always understand the change in their son. But Nygaard felt an affinity for the young man.

"I am so much more proud of him now than when he was in (the Marine Corps), because he followed through on his convictions," Nygaard said.

Those convictions led Olsen to Madison this year to join protests of a bill by Gov. Scott Walker to weaken organized labor in Wisconsin.

"Scott thought the workers were getting screwed," said Nygaard, who was on the streets with his nephew.

This summer, Olsen's friend Shannon helped him get a job at OPSWAT, a technology firm in San Francisco.

By then, Olsen had become deeply involved with Veterans for Peace and Iraq Veterans Against the War. At one event, he stood with a poster that read: "32 veterans will try to commit suicide every day and 18 will succeed."

"He worried deeply about his fellow brothers and sisters who are veterans," Nygaard said.

That's what prompted him to join the Occupy movement, first in San Francisco and then across the bay in Oakland, Nygaard said. Olsen knew there were many veterans among America's down and out.

For the past three weeks, he was working during the day and out all night at the Occupy protests, Shannon said. He came home only three or four times to the Daly City apartment the two shared -- mainly to do laundry.

Still, the laid-back Olsen was never a screamer. He felt strongly about economic injustice and wanted to add his voice quietly to the fight.

And so, Tuesday night, he was standing there, almost at parade rest, when he went down, witnesses said.

He suffered a skull fracture and was in fair condition in the intensive care unit at Highland Hospital, a hospital spokesman said.

Shannon and Nygaard said Olsen was conscious and communicating by writing on a notepad. Shannon said he has been told Olsen has asked to see him, but doctors have limited visitors. Olsen's parents were with him at the hospital.

Meanwhile, Oakland police are investigating how Olsen was hurt. Protesters gathered for a vigil in his name.

National outcry over police treatment of the protesters -- many others were injured or sickened by tear gas -- prompted Oakland Mayor Jean Quan to take responsibility for those who were hurt.

And Scott Olsen became a household name.

But back in Chaseburg, Wisconsin, Nygaard worried for his nephew.

Concussions, he said, can come back to haunt you, even after you get over the bruises. A lot of veterans know that from Iraq and Afghanistan, where head injuries have been common. Only Olsen's luck ran out here, in America. Nygaard just hopes his nephew will recover to tell his own story.

CNN's Barbara Starr contributed to this report.

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text: Olsen

text: 's

text: head

text: his

text: black

text: T

text: shirt

text: adorned

text: with

text: a

text: white

text: dove

text: of

text: peace

text: the

text: war

text: veteran

text: carried

text: to

text: a

text: hospital

text: And

text: with

text: that

text: the

text: Occupy

text: movement

text: had

text: a

text: face

text: We

text: are

text: all

text: Scott

text: Olsen

text: declared

text: its

text: website

text: It

text: 's

text: ironic

text: said

text: his

text: uncle

text: George

text: Nygaard

text: that

text: Olsen

text: should

text: be

text: the

text: poster

text: child

text: for

text: this

text: movement

text: Ironic

text: said

text: Olsen

text: 's

text: Marine

text: buddy

text: and

text: current

text: roommate

text: Keith

text: Shannon

text: that

text: a

text: young

text: man

text: who

text: fought

text: for

text: American

text: freedoms

text: should

text: be

text: injured

text: exercising

text: those

text: same

text: freedoms

text: at

text: home

text: He

text: was

text: at

text: the

text: time

text: of

text: the

text: September

text: attacks

text: and

text: graduated

text: in

text: from

text: Onalaska

text: High

text: School

text: with

text: the

text: same

text: sense

text: of

text: patriotism

text: that

text: drove

text: so

text: many

text: young

text: men

text: and

text: women

text: to

text: join

text: the

text: military

text: He

text: was

text: working

text: at

text: Lindy

text: 's

text: Subs

text: and

text: Salads

text: when

text: he

text: decided

text: to

text: enlist

text: Soon

text: he

text: was

text: in

text: Twentynine

text: Palms

text: in

text: the

text: Mojave

text: Desert

text: for

text: training

text: and

text: the

text: next

text: year

text: on

text: his

text: way

text: to

text: war

text: Olsen

text: deployed

text: twice

text: with

text: the

text: Battalion

text: Marine

text: Regiment

text: to

text: Iraq

text: 's

text: Anbar

text: province

text: site

text: of

text: some

text: the

text: war

text: 's

text: fiercest

text: battles

text: Shannon

text: said

text: they

text: often

text: encountered

text: makeshift

text: bombs

text: in

text: their

text: tour

text: during

text: which

text: of

text: their

text: fellow

text: Marines

text: died

text: Nygaard

text: said

text: Olsen

text: told

text: him

text: about

text: a

text: couple

text: of

text: close

text: calls

text: one

text: in

text: which

text: he

text: rolled

text: over

text: a

text: roadside

text: bomb

text: that

text: somehow

text: failed

text: to

text: detonate

text: Olsen

text: had

text: always

text: been

text: a

text: quiet

text: shy

text: kid

text: Nygaard

text: said

text: A

text: computer

text: whiz

text: not

text: a

text: jock

text: And

text: not

text: the

text: type

text: of

text: young

text: man

text: his

text: friends

text: had

text: expected

text: to

text: become

text: an

text: activist

text: But

text: war

text: touched

text: Olsen

text: as

text: it

text: does

text: almost

text: everyone

text: who

text: comes

text: that

text: close

text: After

text: his

text: last

text: tour

text: of

text: Iraq

text: he

text: returned

text: home

text: with

text: serious

text: misgivings

text: and

text: gravitated

text: to

text: Nygaard

text: a

text: former

text: Marine

text: himself

text: who

text: had

text: returned

text: from

text: Vietnam

text: feeling

text: similarly

text: In

text: small

text: town

text: Wisconsin

text: uncle

text: and

text: nephew

text: talked

text: to

text: each

text: other

text: about

text: the

text: larger

text: issues

text: of

text: war

text: He

text: came

text: back

text: thinking

text: there

text: were

text: better

text: ways

text: to

text: deal

text: with

text: things

text: than

text: war

text: Nygaard

text: said

text: Olsen

text: 's

text: parents

text: Nygaard

text: said

text: did

text: n't

text: always

text: understand

text: the

text: change

text: in

text: their

text: son

text: But

text: Nygaard

text: felt

text: an

text: affinity

text: for

text: the

text: young

text: man

text: I

text: am

text: so

text: much

text: more

text: proud

text: of

text: him

text: now

text: than

text: when

text: he

text: was

text: in

text: the

text: Marine

text: Corps

text: because

text: he

text: followed

text: through

text: on

text: his

text: convictions

text: Nygaard

text: said

text: Those

text: convictions

text: led

text: Olsen

text: to

text: Madison

text: this

text: year

text: to

text: join

text: protests

text: of

text: a

text: bill

text: by

text: Gov.

text: Scott

text: Walker

text: to

text: weaken

text: organized

text: labor

text: in

text: Wisconsin

text: Scott

text: thought

text: the

text: workers

text: were

text: getting

text: screwed

text: said

text: Nygaard

text: who

text: was

text: on

text: the

text: streets

text: with

text: his

text: nephew

text: This

text: summer

text: Olsen

text: 's

text: friend

text: Shannon

text: helped

text: him

text: get

text: a

text: job

text: at

text: OPSWAT

text: a

text: technology

text: firm

text: in

text: San

text: Francisco

text: By

text: then

text: Olsen

text: had

text: become

text: deeply

text: involved

text: with

text: Veterans

text: for

text: Peace

text: and

text: Iraq

text: Veterans

text: Against

text: the

text: War

text: At

text: one

text: event

text: he

text: stood

text: with

text: a

text: poster

text: that

text: read

text: veterans

text: will

text: try

text: to

text: commit

text: suicide

text: every

text: day

text: and

text: will

text: succeed

text: He

text: worried

text: deeply

text: about

text: his

text: fellow

text: brothers

text: and

text: sisters

text: who

text: are

text: veterans

text: Nygaard

text: said

text: That

text: 's

text: what

text: prompted

text: him

text: to

text: join

text: the

text: Occupy

text: movement

text: first

text: in

text: San

text: Francisco

text: and

text: then

text: across

text: the

text: bay

text: in

text: Oakland

text: Nygaard

text: said

text: Olsen

text: knew

text: there

text: were

text: many

text: veterans

text: among

text: America

text: 's

text: down

text: and

text: out

text: For

text: the

text: past

text: three

text: weeks

text: he

text: was

text: working

text: during

text: the

text: day

text: and

text: out

text: all

text: night

text: at

text: the

text: Occupy

text: protests

text: Shannon

text: said

text: He

text: came

text: home

text: only

text: three

text: or

text: four

text: times

text: to

text: the

text: Daly

text: City

text: apartment

text: the

text: two

text: shared

text: mainly

text: to

text: do

text: laundry

text: Still

text: the

text: laid

text: back

text: Olsen

text: was

text: never

text: a

text: screamer

text: He

text: felt

text: strongly

text: about

text: economic

text: injustice

text: and

text: wanted

text: to

text: add

text: his

text: voice

text: quietly

text: to

text: the

text: fight

text: And

text: so

text: Tuesday

text: night

text: he

text: was

text: standing

text: there

text: almost

text: at

text: parade

text: rest

text: when

text: he

text: went

text: down

text: witnesses

text: said

text: He

text: suffered

text: a

text: skull

text: fracture

text: and

text: was

text: in

text: fair

text: condition

text: in

text: the

text: intensive

text: care

text: unit

text: at

text: Highland

text: Hospital

text: a

text: hospital

text: spokesman

text: said

text: Shannon

text: and

text: Nygaard

text: said

text: Olsen

text: was

text: conscious

text: and

text: communicating

text: by

text: writing

text: on

text: a

text: notepad

text: Shannon

text: said

text: he

text: has

text: been

text: told

text: Olsen

text: has

text: asked

text: to

text: see

text: him

text: but

text: doctors

text: have

text: limited

text: visitors

text: Olsen

text: 's

text: parents

text: were

text: with

text: him

text: at

text: the

text: hospital

text: Meanwhile

text: Oakland

text: police

text: are

text: investigating

text: how

text: Olsen

text: was

text: hurt

text: Protesters

text: gathered

text: for

text: a

text: vigil

text: in

text: his

text: name

text: National

text: outcry

text: over

text: police

text: treatment

text: of

text: the

text: protesters

text: many

text: others

text: were

text: injured

text: or

text: sickened

text: by

text: tear

text: gas

text: prompted

text: Oakland

text: Mayor

text: Jean

text: Quan

text: to

text: take

text: responsibility

text: for

text: those

text: who

text: were

text: hurt

text: And

text: Scott

text: Olsen

text: became

text: a

text: household

text: name

text: But

text: back

text: in

text: Chaseburg

text: Wisconsin

text: Nygaard

text: worried

text: for

text: his

text: nephew

text: Concussions

text: he

text: said

text: can

text: come

text: back

text: to

text: haunt

text: you

text: even

text: after

text: you

text: get

text: over

text: the

text: bruises

text: A

text: lot

text: of

text: veterans

text: know

text: that

text: from

text: Iraq

text: and

text: Afghanistan

text: where

text: head

text: injuries

text: have

text: been

text: common

text: Only

text: Olsen

text: 's

text: luck

text: ran

text: out

text: here

text: in

text: America

text: Nygaard

text: just

text: hopes

text: his

text: nephew

text: will

text: recover

text: to

text: tell

text: his

text: own

text: story

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Barbara

text: Starr

text: contributed

text: to

text: this

text: report

question: Who returned from Iraq without injury?

answer: Marine Lance Cpl. Scott Olsen

text: Marine Lance Cpl. Scott Olsen

question: Scott Olsen returned from where?

answer: Iraq

text: Iraq

question: What did he suffer from?

answer: a skull fracture

text: a skull fracture

question: Where did he suffer fractures?

answer: skull

text: skull

question: Where did Scott Olsen return from?

answer: Iraq

text: Iraq

question: What did his uncle say?

answer: "It's ironic,"

text: "It's ironic,"

question: Who became the face of the movement?

answer: Scott Olsen,"

text: Scott Olsen,"

question: Did olsen become the face of the movement?

answer: deeply involved with Veterans for Peace and Iraq Veterans Against the War.

text: deeply involved with Veterans for Peace and Iraq Veterans Against the War.


text:
Washington (CNN) -- Washington Wizards player Javaris Crittenton Monday became the second member of the NBA team to plead guilty to a weapons charge following a gun-toting locker-room incident.

Crittenton, 22, pleaded guilty in Superior Court in the District of Columbia to a misdemeanor count of possession of an unregistered firearm. He will avoid jail time.

Judge Bruce Beaudin sentenced Crittenton to one year of unsupervised probation. The judge also ordered him to perform community service with a children's organization in Washington and through the NBA's Haiti project.

"Possessing a firearm unlawfully in the District of Columbia can lead to nothing but trouble and can have serious consequences," said U.S. Attorney Channing Phillips. "We commend Mr. Crittenton for accepting responsibility and hope he fully appreciates the gravity of his actions," Phillips said.

The Wizards said in a statement that the charges and Crittenton's plea were "another disappointing development in what has already been a long and frustrating process for the team, the NBA and, most importantly, our fans."

"Javaris clearly used very bad judgment in this situation and will now face the consequences of his actions," the statement said.

Crittenton, who is currently listed as inactive on the Wizards' roster and has not played a game all season, agreed with prosecutors that the incident stemmed from an angry exchange with teammate Gilbert Arenas following arguments over a card game. The argument led to shooting threats, according to documents submitted to the court.

Prosecutors say Arenas threatened to burn or blow up Crittenton's car when they came to practice the following Monday.

"According to Crittenton before he left his home in Virginia for practice that day, Crittenton placed a lawfully owned unloaded handgun into his backpack because he believed that Arenas would carry out his threat to shoot him that day," prosecutors said.

Authorities say Crittenton displayed the weapon to Arenas, but did not aim it at him or load the weapon. Arenas had placed four of his own guns at Crittenton's locker and told him to "pick one," authorities said.

Authorities say Crittenton had been cooperating with them after the incident, and had voluntarily surrendered his weapon, a 9 mm semi-automatic Taurus, to law enforcement officials.

Arenas, a former NBA all-star, pleaded guilty to a more serious felony charge and faces potentially six months in jail, and has been suspended indefinitely by the NBA. His sentencing is set for March 26.

text: Washington

text: CNN

text: Washington

text: Wizards

text: player

text: Javaris

text: Crittenton

text: Monday

text: became

text: the

text: second

text: member

text: of

text: the

text: NBA

text: team

text: to

text: plead

text: guilty

text: to

text: a

text: weapons

text: charge

text: following

text: a

text: gun

text: toting

text: locker

text: room

text: incident

text: Crittenton

text: pleaded

text: guilty

text: in

text: Superior

text: Court

text: in

text: the

text: District

text: of

text: Columbia

text: to

text: a

text: misdemeanor

text: count

text: of

text: possession

text: of

text: an

text: unregistered

text: firearm

text: He

text: will

text: avoid

text: jail

text: time

text: Judge

text: Bruce

text: Beaudin

text: sentenced

text: Crittenton

text: to

text: one

text: year

text: of

text: unsupervised

text: probation

text: The

text: judge

text: also

text: ordered

text: him

text: to

text: perform

text: community

text: service

text: with

text: a

text: children

text: 's

text: organization

text: in

text: Washington

text: and

text: through

text: the

text: NBA

text: 's

text: Haiti

text: project

text: Possessing

text: a

text: firearm

text: unlawfully

text: in

text: the

text: District

text: of

text: Columbia

text: can

text: lead

text: to

text: nothing

text: but

text: trouble

text: and

text: can

text: have

text: serious

text: consequences

text: said

text: U.S.

text: Attorney

text: Channing

text: Phillips

text: We

text: commend

text: Mr.

text: Crittenton

text: for

text: accepting

text: responsibility

text: and

text: hope

text: he

text: fully

text: appreciates

text: the

text: gravity

text: of

text: his

text: actions

text: Phillips

text: said

text: The

text: Wizards

text: said

text: in

text: a

text: statement

text: that

text: the

text: charges

text: and

text: Crittenton

text: 's

text: plea

text: were

text: another

text: disappointing

text: development

text: in

text: what

text: has

text: already

text: been

text: a

text: long

text: and

text: frustrating

text: process

text: for

text: the

text: team

text: the

text: NBA

text: and

text: most

text: importantly

text: our

text: fans

text: Javaris

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text: used

text: very

text: bad

text: judgment

text: in

text: this

text: situation

text: and

text: will

text: now

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text: consequences

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text: his

text: actions

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text: statement

text: said

text: Crittenton

text: who

text: is

text: currently

text: listed

text: as

text: inactive

text: on

text: the

text: Wizards

text: roster

text: and

text: has

text: not

text: played

text: a

text: game

text: all

text: season

text: agreed

text: with

text: prosecutors

text: that

text: the

text: incident

text: stemmed

text: from

text: an

text: angry

text: exchange

text: with

text: teammate

text: Gilbert

text: Arenas

text: following

text: arguments

text: over

text: a

text: card

text: game

text: The

text: argument

text: led

text: to

text: shooting

text: threats

text: according

text: to

text: documents

text: submitted

text: to

text: the

text: court

text: Prosecutors

text: say

text: Arenas

text: threatened

text: to

text: burn

text: or

text: blow

text: up

text: Crittenton

text: 's

text: car

text: when

text: they

text: came

text: to

text: practice

text: the

text: following

text: Monday

text: According

text: to

text: Crittenton

text: before

text: he

text: left

text: his

text: home

text: in

text: Virginia

text: for

text: practice

text: that

text: day

text: Crittenton

text: placed

text: a

text: lawfully

text: owned

text: unloaded

text: handgun

text: into

text: his

text: backpack

text: because

text: he

text: believed

text: that

text: Arenas

text: would

text: carry

text: out

text: his

text: threat

text: to

text: shoot

text: him

text: that

text: day

text: prosecutors

text: said

text: Authorities

text: say

text: Crittenton

text: displayed

text: the

text: weapon

text: to

text: Arenas

text: but

text: did

text: not

text: aim

text: it

text: at

text: him

text: or

text: load

text: the

text: weapon

text: Arenas

text: had

text: placed

text: four

text: of

text: his

text: own

text: guns

text: at

text: Crittenton

text: 's

text: locker

text: and

text: told

text: him

text: to

text: pick

text: one

text: authorities

text: said

text: Authorities

text: say

text: Crittenton

text: had

text: been

text: cooperating

text: with

text: them

text: after

text: the

text: incident

text: and

text: had

text: voluntarily

text: surrendered

text: his

text: weapon

text: a

text: mm

text: semi

text: automatic

text: Taurus

text: to

text: law

text: enforcement

text: officials

text: Arenas

text: a

text: former

text: NBA

text: all

text: star

text: pleaded

text: guilty

text: to

text: a

text: more

text: serious

text: felony

text: charge

text: and

text: faces

text: potentially

text: six

text: months

text: in

text: jail

text: and

text: has

text: been

text: suspended

text: indefinitely

text: by

text: the

text: NBA

text: His

text: sentencing

text: is

text: set

text: for

text: March

question: what must perform Crittenton to avoid jail time?

answer: pleaded guilty in Superior Court in the District of Columbia

text: pleaded guilty in Superior Court in the District of Columbia

question: what is Javaris Crittnton age?

answer: 22,

question: what does Crittenton agreed with?

answer: guilty to a weapons charge

text: guilty to a weapons charge

question: Who is Javaris Crittenton?

answer: Washington Wizards player

text: Washington Wizards player

question: what player from the Washington Wizards pleads to misdemeanor court?

answer: Javaris Crittenton

text: Javaris Crittenton


text:
(CNN) -- A 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck Southern California on Tuesday evening, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

The quake was downgraded from an earlier magnitude of 5.1.

The temblor was centered 18 miles west-southwest of El Centro, California, just north of Mexicali in Mexico's Baja California, the USGS said. It struck at a depth of 6.3 miles.

"This earthquake is within the aftershock zone of a magnitude 7.2 (earthquake) that occurred on April 4" near Mexicali, said Susan Potter of the USGS, adding "this is an area that was exposed to many large earthquakes in the past."

At least two people were killed and 100 injured in the April 4 quake.

CNN's Patty Lane contributed to this report.

text: CNN

text: A

text: earthquake

text: struck

text: Southern

text: California

text: on

text: Tuesday

text: evening

text: according

text: to

text: the

text: U.S.

text: Geological

text: Survey

text: There

text: were

text: no

text: immediate

text: reports

text: of

text: damage

text: or

text: injuries

text: The

text: quake

text: was

text: downgraded

text: from

text: an

text: earlier

text: magnitude

text: of

text: The

text: temblor

text: was

text: centered

text: miles

text: west

text: southwest

text: of

text: El

text: Centro

text: California

text: just

text: north

text: of

text: Mexicali

text: in

text: Mexico

text: 's

text: Baja

text: California

text: the

text: USGS

text: said

text: It

text: struck

text: at

text: a

text: depth

text: of

text: miles

text: This

text: earthquake

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text: within

text: the

text: aftershock

text: zone

text: of

text: a

text: magnitude

text: earthquake

text: that

text: occurred

text: on

text: April

text: near

text: Mexicali

text: said

text: Susan

text: Potter

text: of

text: the

text: USGS

text: adding

text: this

text: is

text: an

text: area

text: that

text: was

text: exposed

text: to

text: many

text: large

text: earthquakes

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text: the

text: past

text: At

text: least

text: two

text: people

text: were

text: killed

text: and

text: injured

text: in

text: the

text: April

text: quake

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Patty

text: Lane

text: contributed

text: to

text: this

text: report

question: where was the temblor centered?

answer: 18 miles west-southwest of El Centro, California,

text: 18 miles west-southwest of El Centro, California,

question: El Centro is in which state?

answer: California,

text: California,

question: The earthquake was downgraded from an earlier magnitude of what?

answer: 5.1.

question: Was Quake within the aftershock zone of an April 4 earthquake?

answer: is

text: is

question: The quake was within the aftershock zone of which other earthquake?

answer: magnitude 7.2 (earthquake) that occurred on April 4" near Mexicali,

text: magnitude 7.2 (earthquake) that occurred on April 4" near Mexicali,

question: What magnitude Quake was?

answer: 4.5-magnitude

question: what magnitude was the quake drowngraded to?

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Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- The captors of a kidnapped 5-year-old British boy included someone who was close to the family, Pakistan's Interior Minister said Sunday.

"There is someone who is very close to the family because the way the situation happened; the way the entry was made," Minister Rehman Malik said.

Malik, who spoke to reporters after meeting the boy's father in the Pakistani town of Jhelum, said authorities were close to finding the kidnappers.

"We have certain leads which we would not like to disclose, but I have a warning to those who abducted the boy: leave the boy because we are very near to you," he said.

The boy, Sahil Saeed, is of Pakistani descent.

He was on the last day of a two-week vacation in Pakistan before he planned to return home to Oldham in northern England.

Gunmen barged into Sahil's grandmother's home in the eastern province of Punjab and took him at gunpoint Wednesday.

They have reportedly demanded a ransom of 10 million rupees ($118,000).

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(CNN)  -- Filipino boxing star Manny Pacquiao says he wants one final bout as a professional and it looks set to be an eagerly-awaited match-up against Floyd Mayweather Jr. later this year.

National hero Pacquiao will enter the Philippine parliament after winning a seat in this week's elections, but has one more ambition to fulfil in the ring.

"Many fans really want me to fight Floyd Mayweather so I asked my Mama if we can give them one more fight, she said okay," AFP quoted Pacquiao in an interview with broadcaster ABS-CBN.

"We spoke yesterday and she said just one last fight, Mayweather."

"Pacman" is rated by Ring magazine as the greatest pound-for-pound fighter on the planet after winning an unprecedented seven world titles at different weight divisions.

Mayweather is unbeaten in 41 fights and is a huge draw at the box office, earning the nickname "Money" in amassing a fortune on his way to nine world titles in five different weight classes.

The two were due to fight earlier this year, but negotiations ended acrimoniously with Pacquiao angered by the insistence of the Mayweather camp for Olympic style pre-fight drugs tests.

It appeared to remain a major sticking point, along with Pacquiao's political ambitions and the influence of his mother Dionisia, who reportedly wants her son to retire from the ring.

But with leading American promoter Bob Arum pulling the strings, visiting the Philippines to watch Pacquiao campaign for the election, the fight all boxing fans want to see could now be on.

The Manila Standard newspaper reported that the Dallas Cowboys Stadium, where Pacquiao had his last fight against Joshua Clottey and the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, where Mayweather was last in action, had both been booked for November 13.

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Beijing (CNN) -- In China -- home of manufacturing companies central to global production of Apple iPhones and iPads -- the death of Steve Jobs' death brought immediate reaction from Chinese netizens and captains of industry.

"When I head the news, I could not hold back my tears," wrote Yu Minghong, founder and CEO of New Oriental Education, one of the largest private education service provider in China. "Because of him, the world has become different. Because of him, the boring world has become alive, the glum world has become creative, because of him a drab world has become colorful."

Inside four hours of the announcement, nearly 35 million messages on Sina Weibo on Jobs' death and 23 million messages of Tencent QQ Weibo, China's first and second largest microblogging sites.

Jobs revolutionized tech industry

"Jobs is the spiritual leader of our time," wrote @Xiongpeiyun on Sina Weibo. "I like Steve Jobs more than I like Apple. It's a huge loss for the whole world. But his life was complete because he had been looking for and found what he loved. I haven't committed whole heartedly to my life like Jobs had been doing. So, next to him, I feel more ashamed than being sad."

Wrote @ QUENTIN_SHIH: "Only those who are so crazy as to think they can change the world can truly change the world."

"Certainly Apple has achieved cult-like status amongst young, urban Chinese consumers," said Duncan Clark, chairman and founder of BDA, a Beijing consultancy company focused on telecom, media and technology sectors. "Beyond the general public there is a vast, aspiring entrepreneurial class particular focused on understanding what makes successful business people like Steve Jobs tick."

To be sure, Apple's relationship with China is complicated. The revelation in recent months that as many as 22 fake Apple stores had cropped around China set new standards for piracy -- even in a nation known for counterfeit technology.

"The fact that Apple stores, not just its products themselves, have been copied, shows that it is not just about hardware. The whole Apple experience is something that consumers aspire to," Clark said.

"The world has lost a true hero and I have lost a friend whose dedication to his company, his customers, and our industry is reflected in the fact that he continued to work while dealing with such a devastating illness," said Terry Gou, chairman of Foxconn Technology Group, a leading manufacturing partner of Apple with 800,000 employees in China.

"Steve's spirit will live on forever with those who, like me, had the honor to know and work with him," Gou said. "However, everyone has been touched by his genius and, because of this, he has left the world a better place. He will be missed, but never forgotten."

Yang Yuanqing, the CEO of China's computer powerhouse Lenovo, said, "As a competitor, he helped ensure all of us pushed even harder. I am confident his legacy will continue to energize the industry for many years to come."

"Jobs said, 'Remember that you will be dead soon'," said Lee Kaifu, venture capitalist and founding president of Google China, referring to Jobs' famous 2005 Stanford University commencement speech.

"It helped me through making the most important choices in my life. Because all the glory and pride, embarrassment and fear will all vanish when confronting death. What I see that's left with me is the truly crucial one. When you are worried that you will lose something, 'Remember that you will be dead soon' is the best remedy. If you can empty yourself, you have every reason to follow your heart."

In Hong Kong, admirers plan an "i-Vigil" for Jobs -- using iPhones with a flickering candle app -- outside the city's Apple store, which opened less than two weeks ago. "People have different ways of dealing with it," says organizer Casey Lau on the loss of Jobs. "As a fan and as a user, I think (the reaction is) a little bit crazy but it's a good idea to go out and pay our respects."

CNN's Kristie LuStout and Alexis Lai contributed to this report.

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- What recession? Christie's, the famed auction house, this week sold a nearly 36-carat diamond for $24.3 million, which it said was the highest price for a diamond sold at auction.

The 35.56-carat diamond dates back to the 17th century.

The previous record was a mere $16.5 million for a 100-carat diamond in 1995, Christie's said.

"In the midst of these challenging times, we were thrilled to achieve an historic price for an historic diamond," said Francois Curiel, chairman of Christie's Europe and auctioneer for Wednesday's sale.

The 35.56-carat Wittelsbach blue diamond, dating to the 17th century, was purchased by international jeweler Laurence Graff, the auction house said in a release. Graff was bidding against Aleks Paul of Essex Global Trading, a professional of Russian origin based in New York, Christie's said.

"Known as 'Der Blaue Wittelsbacher' since 1722, it is one of very few diamonds which can claim 17th century heritage, incredible rarity and exceptional beauty."

The diamond, mined in India nearly 400 years ago, has been privately owned since 1964. Until 1723, Christie's said, all diamonds worn by European royalty came from India.

The diamond has a royal lineage. Christie's traces it thus: King Philip IV of Spain (1605-1665) selected the diamond in 1664 as part of a dowry for his daughter, the Infanta Margarita Teresa (1651-1673). She had become engaged to Leopold I of Austria (1640-1705), who later became Holy Roman Emperor. When she died in 1673, her husband retained the diamond, which was passed on to his heirs.

In 1722, the diamond entered the Wittelsbach family when the Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria (1701-1756) married the Bavarian Crown Prince, Charles Albert (1697-1745). It was worn by successive rulers until the abdication of King Ludwig III (1845-1921) in 1918.

The world's largest deep blue diamond is the "Hope Diamond," a 45.52-carat stone housed at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.

Diamonds apparently are recession-proof. Christie's reported jewelry sales of $226 million for the first half of 2008, calling it "the best jewelry season ever seen at auction." Sales for the first six months of this year marked a 32 percent increase over the same period in 2007, Christie's said.

According to Christie's, key diamonds the company sold in the first half of 2008 included a 13.39-carat fancy intense blue diamond that fetched $8.9 million in Geneva on May 14 and the pear-shaped potentially flawless 38-carat Onassis diamond, which sold for $7.1 million on June 11 in London.

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Rome (CNN) -- Mario Monti, the economist nominated to become Italy's new prime minister, began talks with political leaders Monday to discuss forming a government.

The 68-year-old's talks with political parties will continue Tuesday.

In comments after several meetings Monday, Monti said some of the delegations had discussed a "temporal outlook" for how long his government might last.

The time for the government "which I am trying to create is that period between today and the end of spring 2013," he said, according to a CNN translation. At any time the parliament could dissolve his government "because of lack of trust," he said.

It is "obvious" that the task at hand is an emergency, and that to achieve economic growth and social equity "should be the priorities," Monti said.

The new prime minister designate will face an arduous task, as Italy has one of the highest national debts in Europe at Ã¢âÂ¬1.9 trillion ($2.6 trillion) -- about 120% of GDP -- and has seen low growth in recent years.

To take the helm, Monti needs the approval of the Italian Parliament, which is composed of multiple parties with diverse interests. Silvio Berlusconi's People of Freedom party remains the strongest force in parliament, and Berlusconi has said he plans to remain active in it.

Those diverse political interests and the pain of austerity measures could weigh heavily on Monti as he steers Italy through economically troubled waters. Some politicians in Italy have already called for elections to take place sooner than their scheduled time of spring 2013.

Italian party leaders spoke in support of the new prime minister designate on Italy's senate TV after exiting deliberations with Monti on the composition of a new government.

Antonio Di Pietro, leader of the Values Party, said his group is "happy that the Berlusconi government could be replaced by the Monti government." His party will not block a Monti-led government, he said.

But when asked specifically whether he would give Monti a vote of confidence, Di Pietro stressed that he would not answer until he learned more about Monti's plans and the composition of his Cabinet.

Franceso Rutelli, leader of the Alliance for Italy, also told reporters his block will support Monti's government.

Emma Bonino of the Radical Party expressed support for Monti as well. Speaking to reporters, Bonino called for reforms to address Italy's political and economic crisis.

Monti was nominated Sunday to replace Silvio Berlusconi as Italy's prime minister.

Berlusconi resigned Saturday amid the country's ongoing financial crisis. His role in Italy's political future is uncertain.

"For the time being he is waiting to see what is happening under the buildup of the new government under Mr. Monti," said Deborah Bergamini, a member of Italy's Parliament and former assistant to Berlusconi.

On Monday, Bergamini said Berlusconi told her he wants to continue acting as the chair of his PDL party.

Berlusconi's resignation was greeted with cheers and dancing in the streets, as people waved the Italian flag and sang the nation's anthem.

If he becomes prime minister, Monti could bring a distinctly different approach to governing than Italy has experienced over the past three years.

"It may be that the strong opposition ... against Berlusconi that has been going on in these years maybe will disperse itself, maybe will finish, and then we'll have a cooperative approach on the part of all the political forces. ... Let's hope that the international credibility of Mr. Monti will be able to work in this direction," Bergamini told CNN.

While the hot-blooded Berlusconi was for many years a master of forming political alliances, Monti is known for his achievements as a "Eurocrat," at the heart of Europe's institutions.

Dubbed Super Mario for his work in international finance, he served as a leading European Commission member for a decade -- including as commissioner for its financial services, market and taxation committee between 1995 and 1999 and as head of its competition committee from 1999 to 2004.

In announcing Monti's nomination, Italian President Giorgio Napolitano said the former European Union commissioner is "gifted, competent, experienced" and well-respected in Europe and internationally.

"This is the moment of his test," Napolitano said.

Monti must return to Napolitano within days to accept the nomination fully, at which point he would be sworn in and officially become prime minister.

Within days of the oath of office, Monti would have to go to parliament to present his government -- essentially his Cabinet and his government plan. The upper and lower houses of parliament have 10 days from the time Monti is sworn in to hold separate votes of confidence on the new government.

Berlusconi is the second prime minister to resign this month over the debt crisis sweeping across Europe. Greece's George Papandreou was replaced Wednesday by Lucas Papademos, a former European Central Bank official.

Investors were watching Italian bond yields closely Monday, after Ã¢âÂ¬3 billion worth of five-year bonds generated decent demand.

Yields on both the five-year and 10-year bonds still remain around 6.5%. Last week, the 10-year Italian yield spiked to a record high above 7% -- a level that eventually led to bailouts for Greece, Portugal and Ireland.

Economists said Monday's bond yields could indicate that markets are still nervous about Italy's economic prospects, even with Monti in charge.

"Now what we are seeing today is that markets probably don't like so much politics being so effective and so active in financial matters. So my feeling is that the challenge today will be rebalancing ... politics and financial matters," Bergamini told CNN Monday.

CNN's Hada Messia, Matthew Chance, Laura Smith-Spark and Zain Verjee and the CNNMoney staff contributed to this report.

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question: Who is the second European leader to fall?

answer: Berlusc

text: Berlusc

question: who is Silvio Berlusconi

answer: as Italy's prime minist

text: as Italy's prime minist

question: Who supports Monti?

answer: Italian party lead

text: Italian party lead

question: who support this gentleman

answer: Italian party lead

text: Italian party lead

question: what did monti say

answer: some of the delegations had discussed a "temporal outlook" for how long his government might last.

text: some of the delegations had discussed a "temporal outlook" for how long his government might last.

question: What does the Italian president say about Monti?

answer: aid the former European Union commissioner is "gifted, competent, experienced" and well-respected in Europe and international

text: aid the former European Union commissioner is "gifted, competent, experienced" and well-respected in Europe and international