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Duty-free shops sell products without local import tax.

As the name implies, duty-free shops sell products without duty (a.k.a. local import tax). For example, by buying goods in a duty-free shop at Paris's Charles de Gaulle, you avoid paying the duty that France slaps on imported goods (like Swedish vodka) and that French stores ordinarily include as part of a product's list price.

In Europe, there's a bonus perk: Duty-free shops in airports and ports are "tax-free shops," too, which means you are spared the value added tax (or V.A.T., a type of sales tax) that would otherwise be included in the price of goods sold elsewhere in the European Union. That means a savings of between 5 and 25 percent, depending on the country.

But there's a catch for duty-free products bought in Europe and elsewhere. If you bring into the U.S. more than $800 worth of items purchased abroad -- duty-free or not -- you'll have to pay the U.S. duty. As a rule of thumb, Americans returning from overseas trips must pay 3 percent on the first $1,000 worth of merchandise over the $800 allowance. Import products worth even more than that and you may be taxed at a higher percentage.

In short, duty-free is hit-or-miss for Americans. The best deals are on items labeled "tax free" and otherwise taxed heavily -- such as alcohol and cigarettes. You may also find it worthwhile to shop in duty-free stores if you have some local currency left and would rather put it to use than redeem it for dollars (and get hit with the high conversion fee of a bank or currency exchange bureau).

Not every duty-free item is a true bargain. Yngve Bia, president of the duty-free research company Generation Research, says price differences depend on two things: geography and currency exchange rates. "Right now, Heathrow and Gatwick in London offer good deals, especially for liquor, because of the weak British pound," he says. For example, a one-liter bottle of Absolut vodka has a typical non-duty-free price of about $30 at retail U.S. shops. But travelers can buy it for just $15 (Â£10) at duty free shops at London's Heathrow and Gatwick airports. That's a significant savings.

We found impressive discounts on booze elsewhere, too. One liter of Absolut sells for $17.50 (â¬13.50) at duty-free shops at Rome's and Brussels's main international airports, and for a bit more elsewhere, such as in Prague ($18.50, or 399 Czech koruna) and Munich ($21, or â¬16). Those prices offer substantial savings off the $30 benchmark price at a typical U.S. retail store. But be aware that American states may restrict how much alcohol you may import duty-free. There's a typical one-liter limit for all types of alcohol per person, though the rule depends on your state of residence and the country you've visited. (One exception: You can return from a visit to a Caribbean country with up to two liters of alcohol duty-free.)

Cigarettes offer similar savings. Gatwick's duty-free shop sells a carton of Marlboro Reds for $36 (Â£24). The same carton goes for $27 (â¬20) at the airport in Rome. In New York -- the state with the highest cigarette tax in the nation -- a carton of Marlboro Reds goes for about $80. In a state with more-typical cigarette taxes, Minnesota, the price of a carton is $44 -- still higher than in duty-free shops. (Note: U.S. customs law allows you to import only up to 200 cigarettes and 100 cigars, whether you bought them at a duty-free shop or not.)

But not everything in the duty-free shop is a steal. Duty-free stories once specialized in heavily taxed items, such as alcohol and tobacco products, but now they hawk other products that aren't as deeply discounted.

When shopping for cosmetics and fragrances -- which account for almost one third of all duty-free sales -- you need to shop with savvy and persistence. A 1.7-liter bottle of Ralph Lauren Notorious EDP, for example, costs $46 (Â£31) at duty free shops at Gatwick while the Ralph Lauren store in Miami retails it for $59. That's a savings of almost 25 percent.

Luxury goods -- defined in duty-free stores as high-end watches, designer-name handbags, and the like -- account for 36 percent of duty-free sales. But you need to comparison shop for these products to make sure that an item is truly on sale. A case in point: Hong Kong International's DFS Galleria, a duty-free shopping area, sells the Armani Obo Bag for $450 (HK$3,500). But shoppers can buy the same bag off Armani's website for about the same price (or, when we checked, on sale for $285).

In the end, if an item isn't liquor or cigarettes, be wary, and come prepared. Says Kathy Borrus, author of "The Fearless Shopper: How to Get the Best Deals on the Planet," "If you know the price of something back home and you go to a duty-free store, you can compare and know what the bargain might be." Consider that United Airlines sells duty-free products on board many of its planes, and a few items are truly discounted. A Waterford Kilbarry Guilloche Pen sells for $72, which is a savings of $18 off the price at a Waterford store.

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(CNN) -- At least 50 officers and civilians were feared dead after Bangladeshi paramilitary troops staged a mutiny, taking dozens of high-ranking officers and military brass hostage, the country's law minister said Thursday.

Bangladeshi soldiers take position armed with automatic weapons in Dhaka on Wednesday.

As dawn broke, the rebelling troops with the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) allowed government officials entry into the headquarters in the capital city of Dhaka -- the scene of a day-long standoff Wednesday. The troops agreed to lay down their arms after Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina agreed to offer them amnesty.

Ministers went door to door within the compound's officers' quarters to assure frightened women and children it was safe to come out.

"Nearly 50 people have been killed in sporadic fighting in the headquarters of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR)," Mohammad Quamrul Islam, state minister for law and parliamentary affairs told reporters.

In addition to military officials and BDR brass, the dead and wounded included passersby, including a rickshaw puller, struck by stray bullets during the gun battle, the Dhaka Medical College Hospital said.

CNN was not immediately able to confirm the exact casualty count, with medical officials saying a final number will come after they had a chance to comb through the premises looking for bodies.

At around 4:30 a.m. (10:30 p.m. GMT) Thursday, Bangladeshi TV channels broadcast video of Home Minister Sahara Kahtun telling rebelling paramilitary officers in the room that she could assure them the government would listen to their grievances. As she spoke, officers deposited weapons and ammunition onto a table in front of her and into piles on the floor.

The video was initially broadcast on state run TV station BTV. Various private networks picked it up soon after.

The Rifles is a paramilitary force responsible primarily for guarding the country's borders. The force, more than 65,000-strong, also takes part in operations such as monitoring polls.

The troops staged their rebellion on the second day of BDR Week when officers and troop members from various BDR outposts along the border were in the capital for celebrations.

At least 5,000 -- maybe more -- BDR personnel were inside the compound in the Pilkhana area of the capital when the mutiny occurred about 7:45 a.m. local time Wednesday, said Mohammed Sajjad Haider, spokesman for the information ministry.

Their mobile phones were turned off, making it difficult for the government to get a handle on the situation, he said.

The rebelling troops were low-ranking members of the BDR, akin to infantrymen, who were angry at the way they were treated by their superiors, Haider said.

"They have several demands," Haider said. "They want pay parity with the army, they want job security, they want better food rations."

The mutiny is the most serious crisis for Bangladesh's newly elected government, which came into power in December after two years of army-backed rule.

Throughout the day and into the night, curious onlookers gathered outside the compound -- only to scramble for cover as sounds of gunfire periodically pierced the air.

Plumes of black smoke coming from inside the compound could be seen for miles throughout the capital.

Occasionally, the rebelling troops -- red bandannas covering their faces and guns slung over their shoulders -- walked past the closed gates of the compound, chanting, "We have been deprived for a long time, we have deep grievances."

"I've been hearing gunfire all morning," said Zunaid Kazi, a San Diego, California, resident who is staying at a house a few blocks from the headquarters.  Watch as Kazi describes what he saw and heard Â»

"There will be a little lull and then the sustained gunfire will pick up again," he said. "I can hear military helicopters in the sky. It's very rattling."

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- House Democrats unveiled their revised version of health care reform Tuesday, offering a proposal that includes a government-funded health insurance option, requires both individuals and employers to participate, and taxes the wealthy to help cover costs.

President Obama has urged Congress to work quickly on creating a health care reform bill.

Democratic House leaders said the measure, titled "America's Affordable Health Choices Act," met the requirements set by President Obama for health care reform by lowering costs to consumers and businesses, letting people keep their current plan if desired, and preventing denial of coverage due to pre-existing medical conditions.

"The House proposal will begin the process of fixing what's broken about our health care system, reducing costs for all, building on what works, and covering an estimated 97 percent of all Americans," Obama said in a written statement. "And by emphasizing prevention and wellness, it will also help improve the quality of health care for every American."

Rep. Henry Waxman, D-California, said the bill is intended to repair a "dysfunctional" health care system that is draining the U.S. economy while leaving 46 million Americans without health insurance.

"We are going to accomplish what many people felt wouldn't happen in our lifetime," he said.

But House Republicans slammed the Democrats' bill and pledged to try to amend it as three House committees begin considering the legislation later this week.

Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Missouri, said the bill "without any question will kill jobs, will limit access to health care, will raise taxes and will lead to a government takeover of health care." Blunt said he will offer an amendment requiring all elected federal officials, including Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, to enroll in the new public insurance option.

Republicans and some fiscally conservative Democrats also question the cost of health care reform. An earlier draft of the House Democrats' bill carried a price tag of $1 trillion over 10 years.

The Congressional Budget Office said the revised house bill also would cost $1 trillion. However, a senior Democratic House committee staffer said the CBO analysis only covered costs without factoring in cost-saving measures worth $500 billion over 10 years or the revenue from tax surcharges on wealthy Americans, estimated to raise more than $500 billion over a decade.

According to the CBO, the bill would cover 97 percent of Americans by 2015.

The bill includes tax surcharges on Americans in the top 1.2 percent of income. It proposes a 5.4 percent surtax on couples earning more than $1 million, a 1.5 percent surtax on couples with income between $500,000 and $1 million, and a 1 percent surtax on joint incomes over $350,000 or individual income over $280,000.

Anticipating Republican complaints that the tax surcharges would harm small business owners who report their income as personal, Democratic sponsors said the measure would affect less than 5 percent of all small business owners.

Specific provisions of the bill include:

-- A Health Insurance Exchange providing individuals and small business with choices for coverage, including a government-funded public option.

-- No more coverage exclusion for pre-existing conditions.

-- Affordability credits for low- and moderate-income individuals and families, available to those with incomes up to 400 percent of the federal poverty level, or $43,000 for individuals and $88,000 for a family of four.

-- Limits on annual out-of-pocket spending.

-- Expanded Medicaid coverage to individuals and families with incomes at or below 133 percent of the federal poverty level.

-- Required participation by individuals, with a penalty of 2.5 percent of adjusted gross income for non-compliance.

-- Requirement that businesses with payrolls exceeding $250,000 provide their employees with health coverage or contribute up to 8 percent of their payroll on their behalf.

-- A series of measures intended to reduce costs of Medicaid, Medicare and other existing systems.

A statement Tuesday from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups opposed some of the bill's proposals, calling for market forces and employer autonomy instead of mandated participation by businesses.

"Exempting some micro-businesses will not prevent this provision from killing many jobs," the statement said.

The House bill now goes to three committees for debate and revision before consideration by the full chamber. The Senate also is considering health reform measures that contain some of the House bill provisions.

Obama has said he wants both chambers to pass their respective proposals before Congress goes on its August recess as part of a timetable to get a final bill to his desk by the end of the year.

House Republican Whip Eric Cantor of Virginia argued that the current economic conditions mean Congress should take its time on a major overhaul of the health care system.

"There's no need for us to be rushing into passing legislation before the end of this month at the potential cost of, really, millions of jobs," Cantor said Tuesday.

A CNN-Opinion Research Corp. survey released July 1 found that a slim majority -- 51 percent -- support Obama's health care plans, but most worry that their costs would go up, and only one in five think their families would be better off.

CNN's Deirdre Walsh contributed to this story

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Editor's note: Journalist Karl Penhaul spent several weeks tracking the gangs of the Mexican underworld, the corrupt officials who support them and the cops trying to halt the violence. This is the last of three exclusive reports. The first focused on the violent rules gangs live by and the second looked at  how gangsters are honored in death.

Forensic investigators and federal police dig bodies out of mass graves in the desert near Juarez.

JUAREZ, Mexico (CNN) -- Heat waves shimmer over the desert. A team of forensic experts clad in white overalls excavate three shallow graves.

The sand gives up nine bodies -- seven men and two women. At least one of the victims' hands were cuffed behind their back. Others had been trussed up with duct tape.

The stale stench reveals that the corpses had been dumped there several days earlier and were decomposing fast.

That grisly find in mid-March came a week after thousands more soldiers had been deployed to Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas. The arrival of the soldiers and more federal police agents had coincided with a short lull in the killings.

Snapping photos of the scene from behind the police line was Lucio Soria, photographer for Juarez's main newspaper, El Diario de Juarez, and its sister paper, PM.

PM is a perfect example of Mexico's so-called "red press," newspapers that specialize in covering violence. Soria seems like a perfect ambassador.

"I've gone for a week and a half without taking pictures of dead people. I was thinking 'Hell, what am I going to do?' At this rate I'll end up taking pictures for the social pages," he said.

Soria realizes snapping pictures of blood and gore may seem heartless. But he stays cheerful, cracking dark jokes with colleagues, all while listening to police communications on a radio scanner and searching for clues about where to find the next drug war victim.

"It might seem ugly, but that's our job," Soria said.

He and fellow photographers have been busy in recent months.

Last year, Juarez became the poster city for Mexico's narco-violence, with more than 1,600 gang killings.  Watch musicians play "narco-ballads" honoring hitmen Â»

This year, Mayor Jose Reyes is trying to turn a page on the killings and make Juarez a showcase for solutions.

Military and federal police convoys patrol the streets around the clock. Cops armed with AR-15 assault rifles, identities obscured by ski masks, hang off pickup trucks that speed around in twos and threes.  Watch cops round up gang suspects Â»

Soldiers strike a warlike pose behind heavy machine guns mounted on American-made Humvees.

Whether it's working depends on whom you ask and how hard you read between the lines.

"I think this is very effective because it closes transport routes for the movement of [cartel] personnel and weapons," said a state officer, assigned to guide us, at a federal police checkpoint.

The officer, known only by his call sign Trojan One, seemed confident.

The agent in command of the checkpoint was less convinced.

"Of course organized crime is trying to avoid us. I'm not sure what methods they use to operate. We don't know how they work," said the officer, identifying himself only as Aztec One.

On another day we ran into a three-truck federal police operation staking out a house in a middle-class Juarez neighborhood.  See photos of police, gang life in Mexico Â»

The commander said his men believed they had made what he termed a "major" cocaine bust. When I met him they had already been waiting almost 24 hours for a judge to issue a search warrant.

When they gained access they discovered some 500 half-gram bags of cocaine. In Juarez those bags sell for around $8. Now do the math, 500 half-gram bags at possibly 60 percent purity means around 150 grams of pure cocaine -- hardly a major strike in the drug war.

Reyes' solution has been to hand the military all civilian police functions, even down to traffic control. Mexico's military has little experience in urban warfare, little experience in policing and has been unable to shake a decades-old reputation for human rights abuses.

When I bump into Reyes at a transfer-of-command ceremony at city hall I ask him what he's doing about alleged corruption and complicity among politicians and businessmen, who permit the cartels to move their shipments and help launder the proceeds.

"My opinion in Juarez is that that kind of political corruption does not exist," he said adamantly.

Two weeks later, in Monterrey, I caught up with outspoken lawyer Raquenel Villanueva. She knows a thing or two about politicians colluding with Mexico's mafia.  Watch how drug lords pay tribute to a highway bandit, looking for luck Â»

Mexican media have dubbed her the "devil's advocate" for her role in defending a string of senior cartel figures and their hitmen. Last year, she was detained for 90 days, accused her of being a member of the Gulf Cartel. She was freed without charge.

Throughout her career, she's survived four assassination attempts and taken 10 bullets, two of them in the head.

Her office is crammed with religious iconography: crosses, paintings of the Virgin of Guadalupe and a four-foot-high wooden statue of Saint Jude Thaddeus. Two bullets are encrusted in the effigy after the last attempt on her life in 2000.

"I know about official corruption and exactly who is doing what because my clients tell me," she said.

"To win the drug war you have to tell the Americans to take better care of their young people, tell them to stop being so cold and materialistic," Villanueva lectured. "Then you have to end corruption and that means changing the government cabinets of half the countries in the world."

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New York (CNN) -- A leading Muslim-American group lashed out at the federal government Friday for moving to seize assets -- including four mosques -- that belong to a foundation and a corporation believed linked to Iran.

"The American Muslim and faith communities must not allow houses of worship to become pawns in geopolitical struggles," said Imam Mahdi Bray, executive director of the Muslim American Society's Freedom Foundation. "The tension between the United States and Iran must not be played out in the mosques of America."

Federal prosecutors say their actions against assets belonging to the Alavi Foundation and the Assa Corp., which also include a Manhattan skyscraper, are not an effort to target mosques.

"There are no allegations of any wrongdoing on the part of any of these tenants or occupants," said Yusill Scribner, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York in a written statement Thursday. "The tenants and occupants remain free to use the properties as they have before today's filing."

A senior Justice Department official told reporters that the government is moving against the Iranian landlords of the buildings, not seizing mosques as religious-oriented facilities. The mosques -- in New York, Maryland, California and Texas -- just happen to be among the tenants of the buildings in question, the official said.

But the Muslim American Society's Freedom Foundation called the actions an "unprecedented encroachment of religious freedom."

The group said "it is an abiding concern among the American Muslim community that this action is just the beginning of a backlash after last week's Fort Hood shooting tragedy." A Muslim-American soldier is accused in a Fort Hood, Texas, shooting spree that left 13 people dead and dozens injured.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, another leading Muslim-American group, issued a statement Thursday saying the government's actions may have First Amendment implications.

"Whatever the details of the government's case against the owners of the mosques, as a civil rights organization we are concerned that the seizure of American houses of worship could have a chilling effect on the religious freedom of citizens of all faiths and may send a negative message to Muslims worldwide," said Ibrahim Hooper, the national communications director for the council.

The controversy erupted after prosecutors in New York filed an amended civil complaint seeking forfeiture of all assets of the Alavi Foundation and Assa Corp. They include properties owned by the foundation in several states.

A 36-story office tower in midtown Manhattan is owned by the 650 Fifth Avenue Company, a partnership between Alavi and Assa, the Justice Department said.

The complaint alleges that the Alavi Foundation provided services to the Iranian government and transferred money from 650 Fifth Avenue Company to Bank Melli, Iran's largest state-owned financial entity.

U.S. and European Union officials last year designated Bank Melli as a proliferator for supporting Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programs and funneling money to the Revolutionary Guard and Quds Force, considered terrorist groups by the United States.

Bank Melli issued a statement last year denying involvement in deceptive banking practices.

Prosecutors allege the properties at issue were "involved in and [were] the proceeds of money laundering offenses," and that the owners violated the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, executive orders and U.S. Department of Treasury regulations.

"As today's complaint alleges in great detail, the Alavi Foundation has effectively been a front for the government of Iran," Preet Bharara, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, said on Thursday. "For two decades, the Alavi Foundation's affairs have been directed by various Iranian officials, including Iranian ambassadors to the United Nations, in violation of a series of American laws. The Alavi Foundation's former president remains under investigation for alleged obstruction of justice, and both the criminal and civil investigations are ongoing."

John Winter, a New York lawyer representing the Alavi Foundation, said his client would challenge the complaint. "We're obviously disappointed that the government brought this action because we have been cooperating with the government since this investigation began about a year ago and we intend to litigate this matter," he said.

"It may take some time, but at the end of this litigation, we're of the mind that we're going to prevail here."

The buildings remained open and were continuing to operate as usual.

When a CNN reporter arrived at one of the seized mosques -- in Queens, a New York City borough -- he found it to be operating normally. There was a copy of the federal complaint taped to the front door of the building, but the doors were open and people were coming and going.

Calls to the Iranian Mission for comment were not immediately returned.

A report Friday on the Web site of Iran's state-run Press TV did not contain any responses from Iranian officials.

CNN's Terry Frieden, Brian Todd, Deb Feyerick, Eddie DeMarche and Ross Levitt contributed to this story.

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text: properties

text: as

text: they

text: have

text: before

text: today

text: 's

text: filing

text: A

text: senior

text: Justice

text: Department

text: official

text: told

text: reporters

text: that

text: the

text: government

text: is

text: moving

text: against

text: the

text: Iranian

text: landlords

text: of

text: the

text: buildings

text: not

text: seizing

text: mosques

text: as

text: religious

text: oriented

text: facilities

text: The

text: mosques

text: in

text: New

text: York

text: Maryland

text: California

text: and

text: Texas

text: just

text: happen

text: to

text: be

text: among

text: the

text: tenants

text: of

text: the

text: buildings

text: in

text: question

text: the

text: official

text: said

text: But

text: the

text: Muslim

text: American

text: Society

text: 's

text: Freedom

text: Foundation

text: called

text: the

text: actions

text: an

text: unprecedented

text: encroachment

text: of

text: religious

text: freedom

text: The

text: group

text: said

text: it

text: is

text: an

text: abiding

text: concern

text: among

text: the

text: American

text: Muslim

text: community

text: that

text: this

text: action

text: is

text: just

text: the

text: beginning

text: of

text: a

text: backlash

text: after

text: last

text: week

text: 's

text: Fort

text: Hood

text: shooting

text: tragedy

text: A

text: Muslim

text: American

text: soldier

text: is

text: accused

text: in

text: a

text: Fort

text: Hood

text: Texas

text: shooting

text: spree

text: that

text: left

text: people

text: dead

text: and

text: dozens

text: injured

text: The

text: Council

text: on

text: American

text: Islamic

text: Relations

text: another

text: leading

text: Muslim

text: American

text: group

text: issued

text: a

text: statement

text: Thursday

text: saying

text: the

text: government

text: 's

text: actions

text: may

text: have

text: First

text: Amendment

text: implications

text: Whatever

text: the

text: details

text: of

text: the

text: government

text: 's

text: case

text: against

text: the

text: owners

text: of

text: the

text: mosques

text: as

text: a

text: civil

text: rights

text: organization

text: we

text: are

text: concerned

text: that

text: the

text: seizure

text: of

text: American

text: houses

text: of

text: worship

text: could

text: have

text: a

text: chilling

text: effect

text: on

text: the

text: religious

text: freedom

text: of

text: citizens

text: of

text: all

text: faiths

text: and

text: may

text: send

text: a

text: negative

text: message

text: to

text: Muslims

text: worldwide

text: said

text: Ibrahim

text: Hooper

text: the

text: national

text: communications

text: director

text: for

text: the

text: council

text: The

text: controversy

text: erupted

text: after

text: prosecutors

text: in

text: New

text: York

text: filed

text: an

text: amended

text: civil

text: complaint

text: seeking

text: forfeiture

text: of

text: all

text: assets

text: of

text: the

text: Alavi

text: Foundation

text: and

text: Assa

text: Corp.

text: They

text: include

text: properties

text: owned

text: by

text: the

text: foundation

text: in

text: several

text: states

text: A

text: office

text: tower

text: in

text: midtown

text: Manhattan

text: is

text: owned

text: by

text: the

text: Fifth

text: Avenue

text: Company

text: a

text: partnership

text: between

text: Alavi

text: and

text: Assa

text: the

text: Justice

text: Department

text: said

text: The

text: complaint

text: alleges

text: that

text: the

text: Alavi

text: Foundation

text: provided

text: services

text: to

text: the

text: Iranian

text: government

text: and

text: transferred

text: money

text: from

text: Fifth

text: Avenue

text: Company

text: to

text: Bank

text: Melli

text: Iran

text: 's

text: largest

text: state

text: owned

text: financial

text: entity

text: U.S.

text: and

text: European

text: Union

text: officials

text: last

text: year

text: designated

text: Bank

text: Melli

text: as

text: a

text: proliferator

text: for

text: supporting

text: Iran

text: 's

text: nuclear

text: and

text: ballistic

text: missile

text: programs

text: and

text: funneling

text: money

text: to

text: the

text: Revolutionary

text: Guard

text: and

text: Quds

text: Force

text: considered

text: terrorist

text: groups

text: by

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: Bank

text: Melli

text: issued

text: a

text: statement

text: last

text: year

text: denying

text: involvement

text: in

text: deceptive

text: banking

text: practices

text: Prosecutors

text: allege

text: the

text: properties

text: at

text: issue

text: were

text: involved

text: in

text: and

text: were

text: the

text: proceeds

text: of

text: money

text: laundering

text: offenses

text: and

text: that

text: the

text: owners

text: violated

text: the

text: International

text: Emergency

text: Economic

text: Powers

text: Act

text: executive

text: orders

text: and

text: U.S.

text: Department

text: of

text: Treasury

text: regulations

text: As

text: today

text: 's

text: complaint

text: alleges

text: in

text: great

text: detail

text: the

text: Alavi

text: Foundation

text: has

text: effectively

text: been

text: a

text: front

text: for

text: the

text: government

text: of

text: Iran

text: Preet

text: Bharara

text: U.S.

text: attorney

text: for

text: the

text: Southern

text: District

text: of

text: New

text: York

text: said

text: on

text: Thursday

text: For

text: two

text: decades

text: the

text: Alavi

text: Foundation

text: 's

text: affairs

text: have

text: been

text: directed

text: by

text: various

text: Iranian

text: officials

text: including

text: Iranian

text: ambassadors

text: to

text: the

text: United

text: Nations

text: in

text: violation

text: of

text: a

text: series

text: of

text: American

text: laws

text: The

text: Alavi

text: Foundation

text: 's

text: former

text: president

text: remains

text: under

text: investigation

text: for

text: alleged

text: obstruction

text: of

text: justice

text: and

text: both

text: the

text: criminal

text: and

text: civil

text: investigations

text: are

text: ongoing

text: John

text: Winter

text: a

text: New

text: York

text: lawyer

text: representing

text: the

text: Alavi

text: Foundation

text: said

text: his

text: client

text: would

text: challenge

text: the

text: complaint

text: We

text: 're

text: obviously

text: disappointed

text: that

text: the

text: government

text: brought

text: this

text: action

text: because

text: we

text: have

text: been

text: cooperating

text: with

text: the

text: government

text: since

text: this

text: investigation

text: began

text: about

text: a

text: year

text: ago

text: and

text: we

text: intend

text: to

text: litigate

text: this

text: matter

text: he

text: said

text: It

text: may

text: take

text: some

text: time

text: but

text: at

text: the

text: end

text: of

text: this

text: litigation

text: we

text: 're

text: of

text: the

text: mind

text: that

text: we

text: 're

text: going

text: to

text: prevail

text: here

text: The

text: buildings

text: remained

text: open

text: and

text: were

text: continuing

text: to

text: operate

text: as

text: usual

text: When

text: a

text: CNN

text: reporter

text: arrived

text: at

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: seized

text: mosques

text: in

text: Queens

text: a

text: New

text: York

text: City

text: borough

text: he

text: found

text: it

text: to

text: be

text: operating

text: normally

text: There

text: was

text: a

text: copy

text: of

text: the

text: federal

text: complaint

text: taped

text: to

text: the

text: front

text: door

text: of

text: the

text: building

text: but

text: the

text: doors

text: were

text: open

text: and

text: people

text: were

text: coming

text: and

text: going

text: Calls

text: to

text: the

text: Iranian

text: Mission

text: for

text: comment

text: were

text: not

text: immediately

text: returned

text: A

text: report

text: Friday

text: on

text: the

text: Web

text: site

text: of

text: Iran

text: 's

text: state

text: run

text: Press

text: TV

text: did

text: not

text: contain

text: any

text: responses

text: from

text: Iranian

text: officials

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Terry

text: Frieden

text: Brian

text: Todd

text: Deb

text: Feyerick

text: Eddie

text: DeMarche

text: and

text: Ross

text: Levitt

text: contributed

text: to

text: this

text: story

question: What does the group say regarding houses of worship?

answer: could have a chilling effect on the religious freedom of citizens of all faiths

text: could have a chilling effect on the religious freedom of citizens of all faiths

question: what did government seized?

answer: mosques

text: mosques

question: who has been front for the government of Iran?

answer: Alavi Foundation

text: Alavi Foundation

question: What accuse Alavi Foundation, Assa Corp.?

answer: Federal prosecutors

text: Federal prosecutors

question: who is accused of transferring money to Iran?

answer: Alavi Foundation

text: Alavi Foundation

question: What the Federal prosecutor says?

answer: their actions against assets belonging to the Alavi Foundation and the Assa Corp., which also include a Manhattan skyscraper, are not an effort to target mosques.

text: their actions against assets belonging to the Alavi Foundation and the Assa Corp., which also include a Manhattan skyscraper, are not an effort to target mosques.

question: What the group of houses of worship say?

answer: "it is an abiding concern among the American Muslim community that this action is just the beginning of a backlash after last week's Fort Hood shooting tragedy."

text: "it is an abiding concern among the American Muslim community that this action is just the beginning of a backlash after last week's Fort Hood shooting tragedy."


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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Piracy off the coast of Somalia can't be stopped until there is some authority to bring pirates to justice, according to the commander of the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet, based in Bahrain.

U.S. Vice Admiral William Gortney: Need to hold pirates off Africa's east coast accountable.

Because there is no working government in Somalia and no country is willing to take captured pirates, bring them to trial and detain them, there is no deterrent for pirates to stop attacking ships, Vice Admiral William Gortney said at a Pentagon briefing Thursday.

"The problem is there's not a way to -- until we have a mechanism [to hold them] accountable and try them for their actions, there's no way to -- to finish the problem," Gortney said.

The United States is making a deal with a country in the eastern Africa region to hold and try pirates captured by the U.S.-led Combined Task Force 151, a new maritime anti-piracy mission started earlier this month.

He said an official announcement would be made after the deal with the country is official.

In the past three months, piracy attacks have averaged about 12 to 14 a month off the east coast of Africa. As of mid-January, the attack numbers are already at the average of the past three months, according to Gortney.

"That [number] should tell you that we're not -- we're not being 100 percent successful on the deterrence of the attempt. And that's where we have to go after," Gortney said.

The United States is expecting other nations to join the anti-piracy task force, but at the moment, the United States is the only country in the task force with just three ships off of the waters of Somalia.

There are ships from some European and Asian countries patrolling the waters independently as well, primarily guarding cargo ships from their own countries.

Pirates attacked nearly 100 vessels and hijacked as many as 40 in the waters off the coast of Somalia in 2008, according to the International Maritime Bureau.  See how pirate attacks peaked in 2008 Â»

Pirating off of Somalia has increased during the past four to five years as fishermen from Somalia realize that pirating is more lucrative than fishing. Additionally, pirates are able to get away with the crimes because of the lack of government and overall lawlessness in the country.

Gortney said statistically the chances of ships being pirated off of Somalia less than one percent, but it won't be stopped until piracy is "disincentivized."

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question: What government is not working?

answer: Somalia

text: Somalia

question: What are the pirates accused of?

answer: attacked nearly 100 vessels and hijacked as many as 40 in the waters off the coast of Somalia in 2008,

text: attacked nearly 100 vessels and hijacked as many as 40 in the waters off the coast of Somalia in 2008,

question: What is the anti-pirate task force?

answer: a new maritime anti-piracy mission

text: a new maritime anti-piracy mission

question: Who is Gortney?

answer: U.S. Vice Admiral

text: U.S. Vice Admiral

question: What are the ships dedicated to?

answer: patrolling the waters independently

text: patrolling the waters independently