text:
(CNN) -- It was the late 1960s and Tom Repasky was in a fog.

H. Michael Karshis owns thousands of albums but Steely Dan's "Can't Buy a Thrill" holds a special place in his heart.

"I was trying to discover who I was, what I was and what I was doing here," he said.

In 1963, at age 14, Repasky was on a field trip with his seminary when he and another student accidentally fell down a steep ledge while throwing rocks at upperclassmen. A tree broke his friend's fall, but Repasky was not so lucky.

Repasky awoke in the hospital, but says he was unable to remember even the smallest detail of his past. "It was as if I didn't exist before that time," he said.

This experience scarred him, to the point that he was asked to leave the seminary by the end of the year. "I clearly was not the same person," he said. "After my near-death experience, there was this prolonged period of not being able to relate to reality very well."

Several years after his accident, Repasky first heard the Moody Blues song "Nights in White Satin." "After I heard these lyrics, I thought, 'They know what I'm feeling.' "

He sought out their album "Days of Future Passed." He was particularly drawn to the lyrics from their song "Dawn is a Feeling:" "You are here today; no future fears; this day will last 1,000 years, if you want it to."

Repasky, who now lives in Danville, Pennsylvania, and is an artist, often goes back to this album. "When I hear the music, it brings me to the point of realizing that I had experienced life and I could be alive, and it brings me great joy in knowing that." The part of "Nights in White Satin" where the words "I love you" are repeated always moves Repasky, even 40 years later. iReport.com: Watch Repasky tell his story

Repasky is one of many iReporters who shared the album that first hooked them and has stayed with them throughout their lives.

H. Michael Karshis owns about 3,200 albums, but one holds a special place in his heart: "Can't Buy a Thrill" by Steely Dan.

Even though his mother worked in a record store in 1973 (which helps explain the number of albums he owns), "Can't Buy a Thrill" was the first one he bought with his own money, at the age of 12. "Reelin' in the Years" was the song that hooked him.

"It's almost an ode to a distant past," he said. "I remember listening to that before I was 17 and thinking about how old 17 was. It has a different connotation and meaning the older you get, but it's still a poignant, relevant song."

Whenever Karshis moves into a new home, one of the first things he does is to crank up the stereo and play the album.

"It's just one of those timeless albums and it's hard to describe how it affects me."

Karshis, who works as a graphic artist in San Antonio, Texas, thinks the cover of the album has influenced his artwork. "I'm not saying I got it all from the Steely Dan cover, but it's amazing how it permeates everything I do now." iReport.com: Karshis talks about one album in his massive collection

Sal Steels of Denver, Colorado, first rocked out to Van Halen's album "1984" about 20 years ago, and hasn't stopped since. In fact, he demonstrated the way he feels when the song "Panama" starts in a video for iReport.com.

For Steels, "1984" is "one of those you have in the car. It's one you make a backup CD for." He listens to it constantly and considers "Panama" his favorite song of all time. iReport.com: Sal Steels rocks out to Van Halen

Not all iReporters listen to their most influential album regularly. Diane Holder of Ann Arbor, Michigan, had fond memories of Pink Floyd's "The Wall," but it had been a while since she had heard it.

"Twice before, I went back and looked at something that I cherished as a memory from my childhood, [and] the results were not very good," she said.

Despite her hesitation, she listened to the album online. In this case, she was pleasantly surprised by how well it stood the test of time, and she ended up downloading the whole thing.

"For me, that is remarkable. I can count on my fingers the albums I have bought."

Jill Pearson of Atlanta, Georgia, is such a fan of Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" that she created a video quiz for the iReport.com community.

Pearson has been going back to the album off and on for years. "It takes me back to my college days and he's just one of my favorite performers," she said. iReport.com: Take the Elton John quiz

For some iReporters, one album opened their eyes to something new.

Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" was not the first album Tony Bernez bought, but he considers it an important work, not just for himself, but for his generation.

He considers it "one of the most ground-breaking, consciousness-raising and inspiring concept albums of its time, or any other time, for that matter."

"It marked a transcendent change from the Motown R&B songs that Marvin had previously released, and it spoke to the pain, injustice, and uncertainty of the turbulent 1960s and early 1970s," he said. "I just listened to it yesterday, and it still moves me in a very special way."

For Lulis Leal, one album completely changed her philosophy of life. She had not been exposed to Rush's music before their ninth album, "Signals," was released, but when she heard the song "Subdivisions," Neal Peart's drumming had her hooked.

Leal listened to more of Rush's music and soon learned that the band was influenced by author Ayn Rand. After reading her novels, Leal began to adapt Rand's philosophy into her own life.

Fred Thorne was a big fan of much of the popular music of the 1980s when he was 14, but the moment he heard R.E.M.'s song "Fall on Me" on alternative radio, he was determined to own the album "Life's Rich Pageant."

After buying not just one, but three R.E.M. albums, his musical tastes changed forever. Thorne went on to play in bands for 18 years.

"If you ask me, R.E.M. is the godfather of indie sound." iReport.com: Fred Thorne pays tribute to R.E.M.

Whether it's nostalgia, an appreciation of great songwriting, or even a life-changing experience, music has certainly done a lot to help these iReporters throughout their lives.

"Music can be that one thing that can bring a bright spot to anyone's life," said iReporter Crystal Dickson. "Where would we be without it?"

text: CNN

text: It

text: was

text: the

text: late

text: and

text: Tom

text: Repasky

text: was

text: in

text: a

text: fog

text: H.

text: Michael

text: Karshis

text: owns

text: thousands

text: of

text: albums

text: but

text: Steely

text: Dan

text: 's

text: Ca

text: n't

text: Buy

text: a

text: Thrill

text: holds

text: a

text: special

text: place

text: in

text: his

text: heart

text: I

text: was

text: trying

text: to

text: discover

text: who

text: I

text: was

text: what

text: I

text: was

text: and

text: what

text: I

text: was

text: doing

text: here

text: he

text: said

text: In

text: at

text: age

text: Repasky

text: was

text: on

text: a

text: field

text: trip

text: with

text: his

text: seminary

text: when

text: he

text: and

text: another

text: student

text: accidentally

text: fell

text: down

text: a

text: steep

text: ledge

text: while

text: throwing

text: rocks

text: at

text: upperclassmen

text: A

text: tree

text: broke

text: his

text: friend

text: 's

text: fall

text: but

text: Repasky

text: was

text: not

text: so

text: lucky

text: Repasky

text: awoke

text: in

text: the

text: hospital

text: but

text: says

text: he

text: was

text: unable

text: to

text: remember

text: even

text: the

text: smallest

text: detail

text: of

text: his

text: past

text: It

text: was

text: as

text: if

text: I

text: did

text: n't

text: exist

text: before

text: that

text: time

text: he

text: said

text: This

text: experience

text: scarred

text: him

text: to

text: the

text: point

text: that

text: he

text: was

text: asked

text: to

text: leave

text: the

text: seminary

text: by

text: the

text: end

text: of

text: the

text: year

text: I

text: clearly

text: was

text: not

text: the

text: same

text: person

text: he

text: said

text: After

text: my

text: near

text: death

text: experience

text: there

text: was

text: this

text: prolonged

text: period

text: of

text: not

text: being

text: able

text: to

text: relate

text: to

text: reality

text: very

text: well

text: Several

text: years

text: after

text: his

text: accident

text: Repasky

text: first

text: heard

text: the

text: Moody

text: Blues

text: song

text: Nights

text: in

text: White

text: Satin

text: After

text: I

text: heard

text: these

text: lyrics

text: I

text: thought

text: They

text: know

text: what

text: I

text: 'm

text: feeling

text: He

text: sought

text: out

text: their

text: album

text: Days

text: of

text: Future

text: Passed

text: He

text: was

text: particularly

text: drawn

text: to

text: the

text: lyrics

text: from

text: their

text: song

text: Dawn

text: is

text: a

text: Feeling

text: You

text: are

text: here

text: today

text: no

text: future

text: fears

text: this

text: day

text: will

text: last

text: years

text: if

text: you

text: want

text: it

text: to

text: Repasky

text: who

text: now

text: lives

text: in

text: Danville

text: Pennsylvania

text: and

text: is

text: an

text: artist

text: often

text: goes

text: back

text: to

text: this

text: album

text: When

text: I

text: hear

text: the

text: music

text: it

text: brings

text: me

text: to

text: the

text: point

text: of

text: realizing

text: that

text: I

text: had

text: experienced

text: life

text: and

text: I

text: could

text: be

text: alive

text: and

text: it

text: brings

text: me

text: great

text: joy

text: in

text: knowing

text: that

text: The

text: part

text: of

text: Nights

text: in

text: White

text: Satin

text: where

text: the

text: words

text: I

text: love

text: you

text: are

text: repeated

text: always

text: moves

text: Repasky

text: even

text: years

text: later

text: iReport.com

text: Watch

text: Repasky

text: tell

text: his

text: story

text: Repasky

text: is

text: one

text: of

text: many

text: iReporters

text: who

text: shared

text: the

text: album

text: that

text: first

text: hooked

text: them

text: and

text: has

text: stayed

text: with

text: them

text: throughout

text: their

text: lives

text: H.

text: Michael

text: Karshis

text: owns

text: about

text: albums

text: but

text: one

text: holds

text: a

text: special

text: place

text: in

text: his

text: heart

text: Ca

text: n't

text: Buy

text: a

text: Thrill

text: by

text: Steely

text: Dan

text: Even

text: though

text: his

text: mother

text: worked

text: in

text: a

text: record

text: store

text: in

text: which

text: helps

text: explain

text: the

text: number

text: of

text: albums

text: he

text: owns

text: Ca

text: n't

text: Buy

text: a

text: Thrill

text: was

text: the

text: first

text: one

text: he

text: bought

text: with

text: his

text: own

text: money

text: at

text: the

text: age

text: of

text: Reelin

text: in

text: the

text: Years

text: was

text: the

text: song

text: that

text: hooked

text: him

text: It

text: 's

text: almost

text: an

text: ode

text: to

text: a

text: distant

text: past

text: he

text: said

text: I

text: remember

text: listening

text: to

text: that

text: before

text: I

text: was

text: and

text: thinking

text: about

text: how

text: old

text: was

text: It

text: has

text: a

text: different

text: connotation

text: and

text: meaning

text: the

text: older

text: you

text: get

text: but

text: it

text: 's

text: still

text: a

text: poignant

text: relevant

text: song

text: Whenever

text: Karshis

text: moves

text: into

text: a

text: new

text: home

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: first

text: things

text: he

text: does

text: is

text: to

text: crank

text: up

text: the

text: stereo

text: and

text: play

text: the

text: album

text: It

text: 's

text: just

text: one

text: of

text: those

text: timeless

text: albums

text: and

text: it

text: 's

text: hard

text: to

text: describe

text: how

text: it

text: affects

text: me

text: Karshis

text: who

text: works

text: as

text: a

text: graphic

text: artist

text: in

text: San

text: Antonio

text: Texas

text: thinks

text: the

text: cover

text: of

text: the

text: album

text: has

text: influenced

text: his

text: artwork

text: I

text: 'm

text: not

text: saying

text: I

text: got

text: it

text: all

text: from

text: the

text: Steely

text: Dan

text: cover

text: but

text: it

text: 's

text: amazing

text: how

text: it

text: permeates

text: everything

text: I

text: do

text: now

text: iReport.com

text: Karshis

text: talks

text: about

text: one

text: album

text: in

text: his

text: massive

text: collection

text: Sal

text: Steels

text: of

text: Denver

text: Colorado

text: first

text: rocked

text: out

text: to

text: Van

text: Halen

text: 's

text: album

text: about

text: years

text: ago

text: and

text: has

text: n't

text: stopped

text: since

text: In

text: fact

text: he

text: demonstrated

text: the

text: way

text: he

text: feels

text: when

text: the

text: song

text: Panama

text: starts

text: in

text: a

text: video

text: for

text: iReport.com

text: For

text: Steels

text: is

text: one

text: of

text: those

text: you

text: have

text: in

text: the

text: car

text: It

text: 's

text: one

text: you

text: make

text: a

text: backup

text: CD

text: for

text: He

text: listens

text: to

text: it

text: constantly

text: and

text: considers

text: Panama

text: his

text: favorite

text: song

text: of

text: all

text: time

text: iReport.com

text: Sal

text: Steels

text: rocks

text: out

text: to

text: Van

text: Halen

text: Not

text: all

text: iReporters

text: listen

text: to

text: their

text: most

text: influential

text: album

text: regularly

text: Diane

text: Holder

text: of

text: Ann

text: Arbor

text: Michigan

text: had

text: fond

text: memories

text: of

text: Pink

text: Floyd

text: 's

text: The

text: Wall

text: but

text: it

text: had

text: been

text: a

text: while

text: since

text: she

text: had

text: heard

text: it

text: Twice

text: before

text: I

text: went

text: back

text: and

text: looked

text: at

text: something

text: that

text: I

text: cherished

text: as

text: a

text: memory

text: from

text: my

text: childhood

text: and

text: the

text: results

text: were

text: not

text: very

text: good

text: she

text: said

text: Despite

text: her

text: hesitation

text: she

text: listened

text: to

text: the

text: album

text: online

text: In

text: this

text: case

text: she

text: was

text: pleasantly

text: surprised

text: by

text: how

text: well

text: it

text: stood

text: the

text: test

text: of

text: time

text: and

text: she

text: ended

text: up

text: downloading

text: the

text: whole

text: thing

text: For

text: me

text: that

text: is

text: remarkable

text: I

text: can

text: count

text: on

text: my

text: fingers

text: the

text: albums

text: I

text: have

text: bought

text: Jill

text: Pearson

text: of

text: Atlanta

text: Georgia

text: is

text: such

text: a

text: fan

text: of

text: Elton

text: John

text: 's

text: Goodbye

text: Yellow

text: Brick

text: Road

text: that

text: she

text: created

text: a

text: video

text: quiz

text: for

text: the

text: iReport.com

text: community

text: Pearson

text: has

text: been

text: going

text: back

text: to

text: the

text: album

text: off

text: and

text: on

text: for

text: years

text: It

text: takes

text: me

text: back

text: to

text: my

text: college

text: days

text: and

text: he

text: 's

text: just

text: one

text: of

text: my

text: favorite

text: performers

text: she

text: said

text: iReport.com

text: Take

text: the

text: Elton

text: John

text: quiz

text: For

text: some

text: iReporters

text: one

text: album

text: opened

text: their

text: eyes

text: to

text: something

text: new

text: Marvin

text: Gaye

text: 's

text: What

text: 's

text: Going

text: On

text: was

text: not

text: the

text: first

text: album

text: Tony

text: Bernez

text: bought

text: but

text: he

text: considers

text: it

text: an

text: important

text: work

text: not

text: just

text: for

text: himself

text: but

text: for

text: his

text: generation

text: He

text: considers

text: it

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: most

text: ground

text: breaking

text: consciousness

text: raising

text: and

text: inspiring

text: concept

text: albums

text: of

text: its

text: time

text: or

text: any

text: other

text: time

text: for

text: that

text: matter

text: It

text: marked

text: a

text: transcendent

text: change

text: from

text: the

text: Motown

text: R&B

text: songs

text: that

text: Marvin

text: had

text: previously

text: released

text: and

text: it

text: spoke

text: to

text: the

text: pain

text: injustice

text: and

text: uncertainty

text: of

text: the

text: turbulent

text: and

text: early

text: he

text: said

text: I

text: just

text: listened

text: to

text: it

text: yesterday

text: and

text: it

text: still

text: moves

text: me

text: in

text: a

text: very

text: special

text: way

text: For

text: Lulis

text: Leal

text: one

text: album

text: completely

text: changed

text: her

text: philosophy

text: of

text: life

text: She

text: had

text: not

text: been

text: exposed

text: to

text: Rush

text: 's

text: music

text: before

text: their

text: ninth

text: album

text: Signals

text: was

text: released

text: but

text: when

text: she

text: heard

text: the

text: song

text: Subdivisions

text: Neal

text: Peart

text: 's

text: drumming

text: had

text: her

text: hooked

text: Leal

text: listened

text: to

text: more

text: of

text: Rush

text: 's

text: music

text: and

text: soon

text: learned

text: that

text: the

text: band

text: was

text: influenced

text: by

text: author

text: Ayn

text: Rand

text: After

text: reading

text: her

text: novels

text: Leal

text: began

text: to

text: adapt

text: Rand

text: 's

text: philosophy

text: into

text: her

text: own

text: life

text: Fred

text: Thorne

text: was

text: a

text: big

text: fan

text: of

text: much

text: of

text: the

text: popular

text: music

text: of

text: the

text: when

text: he

text: was

text: but

text: the

text: moment

text: he

text: heard

text: R.E.M.

text: 's

text: song

text: Fall

text: on

text: Me

text: on

text: alternative

text: radio

text: he

text: was

text: determined

text: to

text: own

text: the

text: album

text: Life

text: 's

text: Rich

text: Pageant

text: After

text: buying

text: not

text: just

text: one

text: but

text: three

text: R.E.M.

text: albums

text: his

text: musical

text: tastes

text: changed

text: forever

text: Thorne

text: went

text: on

text: to

text: play

text: in

text: bands

text: for

text: years

text: If

text: you

text: ask

text: me

text: R.E.M.

text: is

text: the

text: godfather

text: of

text: indie

text: sound

text: iReport.com

text: Fred

text: Thorne

text: pays

text: tribute

text: to

text: R.E.M.

text: Whether

text: it

text: 's

text: nostalgia

text: an

text: appreciation

text: of

text: great

text: songwriting

text: or

text: even

text: a

text: life

text: changing

text: experience

text: music

text: has

text: certainly

text: done

text: a

text: lot

text: to

text: help

text: these

text: iReporters

text: throughout

text: their

text: lives

text: Music

text: can

text: be

text: that

text: one

text: thing

text: that

text: can

text: bring

text: a

text: bright

text: spot

text: to

text: anyone

text: 's

text: life

text: said

text: iReporter

text: Crystal

text: Dickson

text: Where

text: would

text: we

text: be

text: without

text: it

question: Who is H. Michael Karshis's favorite band?

answer: Steely Dan's

text: Steely Dan's

question: What band  it an iReporter through near- death experience?

answer: Moody Blues

text: Moody Blues

question: What are iReporters sharing?

answer: the album that first hooked them

text: the album that first hooked them

question: Who owns thousands of albums?

answer: H. Michael Karshis

text: H. Michael Karshis

question: Who loves Steely Dan the most?

answer: H. Michael Karshis

text: H. Michael Karshis

question: What is the favorite band of Karahis?

answer: Steely Dan's

text: Steely Dan's

question: Who does Karshis love the most?

answer: "Can't Buy a Thrill" by Steely Dan.

text: "Can't Buy a Thrill" by Steely Dan.


text:
(CNN) -- Financial crisis-stricken Iceland formally applied for European Union membership on Friday, a day after lawmakers narrowly backed a government plan to take the island nation into the economic and political bloc.

Icelandic PM Johanna Sigurdardottir pledged to take Iceland into the EU during April's election campaign.

A copy of the application was submitted to the Swedish government, which currently holds the EU's rotating presidency, Iceland's Ministry for Foreign Affairs confirmed in a statement.

Iceland's economy was devastated by the collapse of the island's banking system last year, leading to the resignation of the country's government.

In elections in April, center left leader Johanna Sigurdardottir was elected prime minister after pledging to take Iceland into the EU.

On Thursday, Iceland's parliament, the Althing, voted in favor of the government plan by 33 votes to 28 with two abstentions.

"This is a historic day for Iceland," Foreign Minister Ossur Skarphedinsson said in a statement.

"As a European nation already deeply integrated into European structures... we now look forward to taking the next logical step, in close cooperation with our European partners."

Welcoming Iceland's application, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said: "The decision of the Icelandic Parliament is a sign of the vitality of the European project and indicative of the hope that the European Union represents. Iceland is a European country with long and deep democratic roots."

Iceland already benefits from a free trade arrangement with European Union member states, latterly as a participating member of the European Economic Area, which was established in 1994, and formerly through a bilateral free trade agreement with the EEC, the EU's predecessor.

But Icelanders have traditionally been skeptical of the benefits of full EU membership, fearing that they would lose some of their independence as a small state within a larger political entity.

At present three other states in southeastern Europe -- Croatia, FYR Macedonia and Turkey -- are candidate countries for EU membership.

"I am pleased that the EU's enlargement agenda may soon extend to Europe's north-western corner as well, with Iceland, a country with deep democratic traditions, in addition to our continued commitment to South East Europe," said Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn.

text: CNN

text: Financial

text: crisis

text: stricken

text: Iceland

text: formally

text: applied

text: for

text: European

text: Union

text: membership

text: on

text: Friday

text: a

text: day

text: after

text: lawmakers

text: narrowly

text: backed

text: a

text: government

text: plan

text: to

text: take

text: the

text: island

text: nation

text: into

text: the

text: economic

text: and

text: political

text: bloc

text: Icelandic

text: PM

text: Johanna

text: Sigurdardottir

text: pledged

text: to

text: take

text: Iceland

text: into

text: the

text: EU

text: during

text: April

text: 's

text: election

text: campaign

text: A

text: copy

text: of

text: the

text: application

text: was

text: submitted

text: to

text: the

text: Swedish

text: government

text: which

text: currently

text: holds

text: the

text: EU

text: 's

text: rotating

text: presidency

text: Iceland

text: 's

text: Ministry

text: for

text: Foreign

text: Affairs

text: confirmed

text: in

text: a

text: statement

text: Iceland

text: 's

text: economy

text: was

text: devastated

text: by

text: the

text: collapse

text: of

text: the

text: island

text: 's

text: banking

text: system

text: last

text: year

text: leading

text: to

text: the

text: resignation

text: of

text: the

text: country

text: 's

text: government

text: In

text: elections

text: in

text: April

text: center

text: left

text: leader

text: Johanna

text: Sigurdardottir

text: was

text: elected

text: prime

text: minister

text: after

text: pledging

text: to

text: take

text: Iceland

text: into

text: the

text: EU

text: On

text: Thursday

text: Iceland

text: 's

text: parliament

text: the

text: Althing

text: voted

text: in

text: favor

text: of

text: the

text: government

text: plan

text: by

text: votes

text: to

text: with

text: two

text: abstentions

text: This

text: is

text: a

text: historic

text: day

text: for

text: Iceland

text: Foreign

text: Minister

text: Ossur

text: Skarphedinsson

text: said

text: in

text: a

text: statement

text: As

text: a

text: European

text: nation

text: already

text: deeply

text: integrated

text: into

text: European

text: structures

text: we

text: now

text: look

text: forward

text: to

text: taking

text: the

text: next

text: logical

text: step

text: in

text: close

text: cooperation

text: with

text: our

text: European

text: partners

text: Welcoming

text: Iceland

text: 's

text: application

text: European

text: Commission

text: President

text: Jose

text: Manuel

text: Barroso

text: said

text: The

text: decision

text: of

text: the

text: Icelandic

text: Parliament

text: is

text: a

text: sign

text: of

text: the

text: vitality

text: of

text: the

text: European

text: project

text: and

text: indicative

text: of

text: the

text: hope

text: that

text: the

text: European

text: Union

text: represents

text: Iceland

text: is

text: a

text: European

text: country

text: with

text: long

text: and

text: deep

text: democratic

text: roots

text: Iceland

text: already

text: benefits

text: from

text: a

text: free

text: trade

text: arrangement

text: with

text: European

text: Union

text: member

text: states

text: latterly

text: as

text: a

text: participating

text: member

text: of

text: the

text: European

text: Economic

text: Area

text: which

text: was

text: established

text: in

text: and

text: formerly

text: through

text: a

text: bilateral

text: free

text: trade

text: agreement

text: with

text: the

text: EEC

text: the

text: EU

text: 's

text: predecessor

text: But

text: Icelanders

text: have

text: traditionally

text: been

text: skeptical

text: of

text: the

text: benefits

text: of

text: full

text: EU

text: membership

text: fearing

text: that

text: they

text: would

text: lose

text: some

text: of

text: their

text: independence

text: as

text: a

text: small

text: state

text: within

text: a

text: larger

text: political

text: entity

text: At

text: present

text: three

text: other

text: states

text: in

text: southeastern

text: Europe

text: Croatia

text: FYR

text: Macedonia

text: and

text: Turkey

text: are

text: candidate

text: countries

text: for

text: EU

text: membership

text: I

text: am

text: pleased

text: that

text: the

text: EU

text: 's

text: enlargement

text: agenda

text: may

text: soon

text: extend

text: to

text: Europe

text: 's

text: north

text: western

text: corner

text: as

text: well

text: with

text: Iceland

text: a

text: country

text: with

text: deep

text: democratic

text: traditions

text: in

text: addition

text: to

text: our

text: continued

text: commitment

text: to

text: South

text: East

text: Europe

text: said

text: Enlargement

text: Commissioner

text: Olli

text: Rehn

question: who has Iceland already enjoys free trade deal with?

answer: European Union member states,

text: European Union member states,

question: What did Iceland apply for?

answer: formally applied

text: formally applied

question: The President of the European Commission says?

answer: "The decision of the Icelandic Parliament is a sign of the vitality of the

text: "The decision of the Icelandic Parliament is a sign of the vitality of the

question: What was devastated by the banking system?

answer: Iceland's economy

text: Iceland's economy

question: who backed the government plan?

answer: lawmakers

text: lawmakers

question: who hailed IcelandÂ´s "long, deep democratic roots"?

answer: European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso

text: European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso

question: What does Iceland get for free?

answer: Iceland already benefits from a free trade arrangement with European Union member states,

text: Iceland already benefits from a free trade arrangement with European Union member states,


text:
KATHMANDU, Nepal (CNN) -- The leader of Nepal's former communist rebels was named as the country's new prime minister Friday.

Prachanda is still the supreme commander of the Maoists People's Liberation Army.

Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, was elected four months after elections in which his Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) became the largest party in the 601-member constituent assembly.

Prachanda received 464 votes of the 577 votes cast, while his rival Sher Bahadur Deuba of the Nepali Congress party received 113 votes.

Most of the parties in the assembly voted for the Maoist candidate. A simple majority was enough to be elected the prime minister.

Prachanda's victory became certain on Thursday when the third and fourth biggest parties in Nepal's assembly decided to back him.

He will now lead a coalition government, although talks are ongoing on about the allocation of ministerial portfolios.

The Maoists signed a peace deal with the government in November 2006, joined an interim parliament and government in 2007 and fought multi-party elections in April this year.

The Communist Party of Nepal unexpectedly became the largest party in the elections, winning 220 of the 575 elected seats in the assembly.

The assembly declared Nepal a republic in May and in July elected Nepal's first president, physician Ram Baran Yadav.

Prachanda, 54, entered politics when he was 17 but went underground in 1981, making his first public appearance after 25 years in 2006.

The Maoists launched an insurgency to abolish the monarchy in 1996 and the ten-year conflict claimed more than 13,000 lives.

According to the peace deal agreed in 2008, the estimated 19,602 Maoist combatants would be integrated into the country's security structure, the process of which is yet to be worked out.

Prachanda remains the supreme commander of the Maoists People's Liberation Army.

Besides completing the peace process, the new government has to face many challenges including inflation, lawlessness, impunity and ethnic aspirations.

text: KATHMANDU

text: Nepal

text: CNN

text: The

text: leader

text: of

text: Nepal

text: 's

text: former

text: communist

text: rebels

text: was

text: named

text: as

text: the

text: country

text: 's

text: new

text: prime

text: minister

text: Friday

text: Prachanda

text: is

text: still

text: the

text: supreme

text: commander

text: of

text: the

text: Maoists

text: People

text: 's

text: Liberation

text: Army

text: Pushpa

text: Kamal

text: Dahal

text: also

text: known

text: as

text: Prachanda

text: was

text: elected

text: four

text: months

text: after

text: elections

text: in

text: which

text: his

text: Communist

text: Party

text: of

text: Nepal

text: Maoist

text: became

text: the

text: largest

text: party

text: in

text: the

text: constituent

text: assembly

text: Prachanda

text: received

text: votes

text: of

text: the

text: votes

text: cast

text: while

text: his

text: rival

text: Sher

text: Bahadur

text: Deuba

text: of

text: the

text: Nepali

text: Congress

text: party

text: received

text: votes

text: Most

text: of

text: the

text: parties

text: in

text: the

text: assembly

text: voted

text: for

text: the

text: Maoist

text: candidate

text: A

text: simple

text: majority

text: was

text: enough

text: to

text: be

text: elected

text: the

text: prime

text: minister

text: Prachanda

text: 's

text: victory

text: became

text: certain

text: on

text: Thursday

text: when

text: the

text: third

text: and

text: fourth

text: biggest

text: parties

text: in

text: Nepal

text: 's

text: assembly

text: decided

text: to

text: back

text: him

text: He

text: will

text: now

text: lead

text: a

text: coalition

text: government

text: although

text: talks

text: are

text: ongoing

text: on

text: about

text: the

text: allocation

text: of

text: ministerial

text: portfolios

text: The

text: Maoists

text: signed

text: a

text: peace

text: deal

text: with

text: the

text: government

text: in

text: November

text: joined

text: an

text: interim

text: parliament

text: and

text: government

text: in

text: and

text: fought

text: multi

text: party

text: elections

text: in

text: April

text: this

text: year

text: The

text: Communist

text: Party

text: of

text: Nepal

text: unexpectedly

text: became

text: the

text: largest

text: party

text: in

text: the

text: elections

text: winning

text: of

text: the

text: elected

text: seats

text: in

text: the

text: assembly

text: The

text: assembly

text: declared

text: Nepal

text: a

text: republic

text: in

text: May

text: and

text: in

text: July

text: elected

text: Nepal

text: 's

text: first

text: president

text: physician

text: Ram

text: Baran

text: Yadav

text: Prachanda

text: entered

text: politics

text: when

text: he

text: was

text: but

text: went

text: underground

text: in

text: making

text: his

text: first

text: public

text: appearance

text: after

text: years

text: in

text: The

text: Maoists

text: launched

text: an

text: insurgency

text: to

text: abolish

text: the

text: monarchy

text: in

text: and

text: the

text: ten

text: year

text: conflict

text: claimed

text: more

text: than

text: lives

text: According

text: to

text: the

text: peace

text: deal

text: agreed

text: in

text: the

text: estimated

text: Maoist

text: combatants

text: would

text: be

text: integrated

text: into

text: the

text: country

text: 's

text: security

text: structure

text: the

text: process

text: of

text: which

text: is

text: yet

text: to

text: be

text: worked

text: out

text: Prachanda

text: remains

text: the

text: supreme

text: commander

text: of

text: the

text: Maoists

text: People

text: 's

text: Liberation

text: Army

text: Besides

text: completing

text: the

text: peace

text: process

text: the

text: new

text: government

text: has

text: to

text: face

text: many

text: challenges

text: including

text: inflation

text: lawlessness

text: impunity

text: and

text: ethnic

text: aspirations

question: Who won the Communist Party of Nepal

answer: Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda,

text: Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda,

question: Who declared Nepal as a republic?

answer: The assembly

text: The assembly

question: Who won 464 out of 577 votes?

answer: Prachanda

text: Prachanda

question: What declared Nepal a republic in May and in July elected first president?

answer: The assembly

text: The assembly

question: What number of votes were won by Prachanda?

answer: 464

question: Who was being voted for?

answer: the Maoist candidate.

text: the Maoist candidate.

question: What was needed to be elected prime minister?

answer: A simple majority

text: A simple majority

question: Who voted in the election?

answer: Most of the parties in the assembly

text: Most of the parties in the assembly

question: What month did Nepal  elect their first president?

answer: July

text: July


text:
UNITED NATIONS (CNN)  -- Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Wednesday delivered a lengthy, rambling address in his first appearance before the United Nations -- slamming both the U.N. Security Council and the United States.

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi addresses the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday.

He broached conspiracy theories, urged probes into U.S. military activities, and took aim at the structure and the actions of the Security Council, in a one-hour and 36-minute speech at the U.N. General Assembly's annual session.

Gadhafi called for world unity in confronting various world crises, such as climate change and food shortages, but he aimed his ire at the world body and the United States.

Dressed in a traditional Libyan cap and robe, he elaborated on what he believes is the unfairness of the structure of the U.N. Security Council, which has five permanent members -- the United States, Russia, China, France and Britain, each with veto power.

In his One hour and 36 minute ramble, Gadhafi:

text: UNITED

text: NATIONS

text: CNN

text: Libyan

text: leader

text: Moammar

text: Gadhafi

text: on

text: Wednesday

text: delivered

text: a

text: lengthy

text: rambling

text: address

text: in

text: his

text: first

text: appearance

text: before

text: the

text: United

text: Nations

text: slamming

text: both

text: the

text: U.N.

text: Security

text: Council

text: and

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: Libyan

text: leader

text: Moammar

text: Gadhafi

text: addresses

text: the

text: U.N.

text: General

text: Assembly

text: on

text: Wednesday

text: He

text: broached

text: conspiracy

text: theories

text: urged

text: probes

text: into

text: U.S.

text: military

text: activities

text: and

text: took

text: aim

text: at

text: the

text: structure

text: and

text: the

text: actions

text: of

text: the

text: Security

text: Council

text: in

text: a

text: one

text: hour

text: and

text: speech

text: at

text: the

text: U.N.

text: General

text: Assembly

text: 's

text: annual

text: session

text: Gadhafi

text: called

text: for

text: world

text: unity

text: in

text: confronting

text: various

text: world

text: crises

text: such

text: as

text: climate

text: change

text: and

text: food

text: shortages

text: but

text: he

text: aimed

text: his

text: ire

text: at

text: the

text: world

text: body

text: and

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: Dressed

text: in

text: a

text: traditional

text: Libyan

text: cap

text: and

text: robe

text: he

text: elaborated

text: on

text: what

text: he

text: believes

text: is

text: the

text: unfairness

text: of

text: the

text: structure

text: of

text: the

text: U.N.

text: Security

text: Council

text: which

text: has

text: five

text: permanent

text: members

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: Russia

text: China

text: France

text: and

text: Britain

text: each

text: with

text: veto

text: power

text: In

text: his

text: One

text: hour

text: and

text: minute

text: ramble

text: Gadhafi

question: What requires unified action?

answer: confronting various world crises, such as climate change and food shortages,

text: confronting various world crises, such as climate change and food shortages,

question: what does Gadhafi say UN security council brings?

answer: crises, such as climate change and food shortages,

text: crises, such as climate change and food shortages,

question: What does Gadhafi say?

answer: called for world unity in confronting various world crises, such as climate change and food shortages,

text: called for world unity in confronting various world crises, such as climate change and food shortages,

question: What is unfair?

answer: the structure of the U.N. Security Council,

text: the structure of the U.N. Security Council,

question: what did Libyan leader tell UN general assembly?

answer: He broached conspiracy theories, urged probes into U.S. military activities, and took aim at the structure and the actions of the Security Council,

text: He broached conspiracy theories, urged probes into U.S. military activities, and took aim at the structure and the actions of the Security Council,

question: What were the five nations?

answer: United States, Russia, China, France

text: United States, Russia, China, France


text:
(CNN) -- Before this week, most Americans had likely never heard of Kyrgyzstan and even fewer could place it on a map.

But the central Asian nation, which is about the size of South Dakota, is important to U.S. foreign policy for one simple reason: a vital military base through which tens of thousands of troops pass every month on their way in and out of Afghanistan.

The fate of the Manas Transit Center was thrown into question Wednesday when Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev was forced to flee the capital after angry mobs seized government headquarters. Fighting between police and protesters left 75 people dead and hundreds injured, authorities said Thursday.

The protesters say they are in control of the government, but Bakiev sent word Thursday from southern Kyrgyzstan that he is not abandoning his duties.

The United States likely will retain use of the Manas facility even if Bakiev's opponents secure control of the government, said Alexander Cooley, a central Asia expert at Barnard College.

Latest news out of Kyrgyzstan

"It's going to survive, but it's going to generate a lot of noise, uncomfortable negotiations and a lot of hard bargaining," said Cooley, author of "Base Politics."

The Manas base plays a major role in internal Kyrgyzstan policy on several levels.

For starters, it is a major source of income in the small nation, which has a gross domestic product of less than $12 billion a year, according to the CIA World Factbook.  The nation ranks 143rd in the world in terms of its GDP.

In exchange for use of the base, the United States provides about $180 million in aid to Kyrgyzstan each year, Cooley said. Although the United States does not pay rent for use of any bases in the world, Cooley said, about $60 million of the Kyrgyzstan aid is considered payment for access to the Manas facility.

In addition, Cooley said, Bakiev's political opponents say the United States pays about $160 million a year to buy fuel for American aircraft using the base.

"The base is as much an economic investment as much as it is a security investment," Cooley told CNN. "Kyrgyzstan does not have a lot of economic assets. That's why the base is important."

But the base also has deep significance to Bakiev's opponents, who see it as a symbol of the deposed president's corruption and U.S. complicity in his abuse of power.

"The United States stayed silent as Bakiev built a criminal state," Cooley said.

iReport: Are you there? Share photos, video

Political opponents believe that aid paid for use of the base went into Bakiev's pockets, not the country's coffers.

"That money went to companies and shady off-shore enterprises controlled by the family," said Cooley. "It's the actual site of tacit deals and corruption."

The new government has said it will address citizens' concerns.

Kyrgyzstan has had a troubled history since shortly after gaining independence when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. Also gaining independence that year were the three other "stans," as some people commonly refer to the region: Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

"Kyrgyzstan seemed to be in the 1990s the one bright spot," Cooley said.

Askar Akaev, who had been president since 1990, started off as a good leader, Cooley said, "and politics were pretty pluralistic. Then, he started regressing."

Akaev increasingly turned to repression.

"As they do, he stayed a few years too many," said Cooley. "Bakiev was bad, but Akaev was a real thug."

As happened this week, opponents took to the streets in 2005 and drove Akaev from power. Bakiev won election as president in July 2005.

But he, too, soon started to maneuver to increase his power and consolidate control.

Demonstrations by political opponents in April, May and November 2006 led to the adoption of a new constitution that gave some of the president's powers to parliament and the government. A year later, the parliament voted to restore some of those powers to the presidency.

In September 2007, the new constitution was declared illegal, and Bakiev resumed having the presidential powers he had inherited when taking office.

"The president then dissolved parliament, called for early elections and gained control of the new parliament through his newly created political party, Ak Jol, in December 2007 elections," the CIA World Factbook says. "In July 2009, after months of harassment against his opponents and media critics, Bakiev won re-election in a presidential campaign that the international community deemed flawed.

"Just a few months later in October, Bakiev engineered changes in the government structure that further consolidated his already considerable hold on power."

The CIA World Factbook says concerns about Bakiev's rule, "included privatization of state-owned enterprises, negative trends in democracy and political freedoms, endemic corruption, improving interethnic relations, electricity generation and combating terrorism."

That such turmoil should fall upon such a country seems incongruous to some.

"Kyrgyz are great," Cooley said. "They are very hospitable. Very mild-mannered."

The CIA World Factbook describes Kyrgyzstan as a land of "incredible natural beauty and proud nomadic traditions."

With an estimated 2009 population of about 5.4 million, Kyrgyzstan ranks No. 111 among nations.

It is a landlocked country and entirely mountainous, with 94 percent of the nation 3,280 feet (1,000 meters) above sea level and an average elevation of 9,000 feet (2,750 meters), the CIA World Factbook says. The topography includes many tall peaks, glaciers and high-altitude lakes.

Nearly two-thirds of the nation's citizens belong to the Kyrgyz ethnic group, while nearly 14 percent are Uzbek and more than 12 percent are Russian, the CIA World Factbook says. Likewise, nearly 65 percent of the people speak Kyrgyz, which is the official language. Nearly 14 percent speak Uzbek and Russian is the language for more than 12 percent.

Three of every four citizens are Muslim and one in five are Russian Orthodox.

Although Kyrgyzstan shares a 533-mile (858-kilometer) border with China, most people identify with mother-nation Russia. Kyrgyzstan was formally annexed to Russia in 1876 and became a Soviet republic in 1936.

"There's a strong cultural affinity to Russia due to media, education and the Soviet legacy," Cooley said.

Still, China is knocking at the door.

"China has moved in, but it's been a very recent development," said Cooley. "Last year, China did a lot more trade there than Russia did. But there's very little cultural affiliation with China."

There is no seeming affinity for the United States, a distant nation tied in the minds and hearts of many Kyrgyz to corruption at home.

The question that remained unanswered this week was whether millions of dollars in U.S. aid would provide enough affiliation to allow continued use of the Manas Transit Center.

text: CNN

text: Before

text: this

text: week

text: most

text: Americans

text: had

text: likely

text: never

text: heard

text: of

text: Kyrgyzstan

text: and

text: even

text: fewer

text: could

text: place

text: it

text: on

text: a

text: map

text: But

text: the

text: central

text: Asian

text: nation

text: which

text: is

text: about

text: the

text: size

text: of

text: South

text: Dakota

text: is

text: important

text: to

text: U.S.

text: foreign

text: policy

text: for

text: one

text: simple

text: reason

text: a

text: vital

text: military

text: base

text: through

text: which

text: tens

text: of

text: thousands

text: of

text: troops

text: pass

text: every

text: month

text: on

text: their

text: way

text: in

text: and

text: out

text: of

text: Afghanistan

text: The

text: fate

text: of

text: the

text: Manas

text: Transit

text: Center

text: was

text: thrown

text: into

text: question

text: Wednesday

text: when

text: Kyrgyz

text: President

text: Kurmanbek

text: Bakiev

text: was

text: forced

text: to

text: flee

text: the

text: capital

text: after

text: angry

text: mobs

text: seized

text: government

text: headquarters

text: Fighting

text: between

text: police

text: and

text: protesters

text: left

text: people

text: dead

text: and

text: hundreds

text: injured

text: authorities

text: said

text: Thursday

text: The

text: protesters

text: say

text: they

text: are

text: in

text: control

text: of

text: the

text: government

text: but

text: Bakiev

text: sent

text: word

text: Thursday

text: from

text: southern

text: Kyrgyzstan

text: that

text: he

text: is

text: not

text: abandoning

text: his

text: duties

text: The

text: United

text: States

text: likely

text: will

text: retain

text: use

text: of

text: the

text: Manas

text: facility

text: even

text: if

text: Bakiev

text: 's

text: opponents

text: secure

text: control

text: of

text: the

text: government

text: said

text: Alexander

text: Cooley

text: a

text: central

text: Asia

text: expert

text: at

text: Barnard

text: College

text: Latest

text: news

text: out

text: of

text: Kyrgyzstan

text: It

text: 's

text: going

text: to

text: survive

text: but

text: it

text: 's

text: going

text: to

text: generate

text: a

text: lot

text: of

text: noise

text: uncomfortable

text: negotiations

text: and

text: a

text: lot

text: of

text: hard

text: bargaining

text: said

text: Cooley

text: author

text: of

text: Base

text: Politics

text: The

text: Manas

text: base

text: plays

text: a

text: major

text: role

text: in

text: internal

text: Kyrgyzstan

text: policy

text: on

text: several

text: levels

text: For

text: starters

text: it

text: is

text: a

text: major

text: source

text: of

text: income

text: in

text: the

text: small

text: nation

text: which

text: has

text: a

text: gross

text: domestic

text: product

text: of

text: less

text: than

text: billion

text: a

text: year

text: according

text: to

text: the

text: CIA

text: World

text: Factbook

text: The

text: nation

text: ranks

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: in

text: terms

text: of

text: its

text: GDP

text: In

text: exchange

text: for

text: use

text: of

text: the

text: base

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: provides

text: about

text: million

text: in

text: aid

text: to

text: Kyrgyzstan

text: each

text: year

text: Cooley

text: said

text: Although

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: does

text: not

text: pay

text: rent

text: for

text: use

text: of

text: any

text: bases

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: Cooley

text: said

text: about

text: million

text: of

text: the

text: Kyrgyzstan

text: aid

text: is

text: considered

text: payment

text: for

text: access

text: to

text: the

text: Manas

text: facility

text: In

text: addition

text: Cooley

text: said

text: Bakiev

text: 's

text: political

text: opponents

text: say

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: pays

text: about

text: million

text: a

text: year

text: to

text: buy

text: fuel

text: for

text: American

text: aircraft

text: using

text: the

text: base

text: The

text: base

text: is

text: as

text: much

text: an

text: economic

text: investment

text: as

text: much

text: as

text: it

text: is

text: a

text: security

text: investment

text: Cooley

text: told

text: CNN

text: Kyrgyzstan

text: does

text: not

text: have

text: a

text: lot

text: of

text: economic

text: assets

text: That

text: 's

text: why

text: the

text: base

text: is

text: important

text: But

text: the

text: base

text: also

text: has

text: deep

text: significance

text: to

text: Bakiev

text: 's

text: opponents

text: who

text: see

text: it

text: as

text: a

text: symbol

text: of

text: the

text: deposed

text: president

text: 's

text: corruption

text: and

text: U.S.

text: complicity

text: in

text: his

text: abuse

text: of

text: power

text: The

text: United

text: States

text: stayed

text: silent

text: as

text: Bakiev

text: built

text: a

text: criminal

text: state

text: Cooley

text: said

text: iReport

text: Are

text: you

text: there

text: Share

text: photos

text: video

text: Political

text: opponents

text: believe

text: that

text: aid

text: paid

text: for

text: use

text: of

text: the

text: base

text: went

text: into

text: Bakiev

text: 's

text: pockets

text: not

text: the

text: country

text: 's

text: coffers

text: That

text: money

text: went

text: to

text: companies

text: and

text: shady

text: off

text: shore

text: enterprises

text: controlled

text: by

text: the

text: family

text: said

text: Cooley

text: It

text: 's

text: the

text: actual

text: site

text: of

text: tacit

text: deals

text: and

text: corruption

text: The

text: new

text: government

text: has

text: said

text: it

text: will

text: address

text: citizens

text: concerns

text: Kyrgyzstan

text: has

text: had

text: a

text: troubled

text: history

text: since

text: shortly

text: after

text: gaining

text: independence

text: when

text: the

text: Soviet

text: Union

text: collapsed

text: in

text: Also

text: gaining

text: independence

text: that

text: year

text: were

text: the

text: three

text: other

text: stans

text: as

text: some

text: people

text: commonly

text: refer

text: to

text: the

text: region

text: Kazakhstan

text: Tajikistan

text: and

text: Uzbekistan

text: Kyrgyzstan

text: seemed

text: to

text: be

text: in

text: the

text: the

text: one

text: bright

text: spot

text: Cooley

text: said

text: Askar

text: Akaev

text: who

text: had

text: been

text: president

text: since

text: started

text: off

text: as

text: a

text: good

text: leader

text: Cooley

text: said

text: and

text: politics

text: were

text: pretty

text: pluralistic

text: Then

text: he

text: started

text: regressing

text: Akaev

text: increasingly

text: turned

text: to

text: repression

text: As

text: they

text: do

text: he

text: stayed

text: a

text: few

text: years

text: too

text: many

text: said

text: Cooley

text: Bakiev

text: was

text: bad

text: but

text: Akaev

text: was

text: a

text: real

text: thug

text: As

text: happened

text: this

text: week

text: opponents

text: took

text: to

text: the

text: streets

text: in

text: and

text: drove

text: Akaev

text: from

text: power

text: Bakiev

text: won

text: election

text: as

text: president

text: in

text: July

text: But

text: he

text: too

text: soon

text: started

text: to

text: maneuver

text: to

text: increase

text: his

text: power

text: and

text: consolidate

text: control

text: Demonstrations

text: by

text: political

text: opponents

text: in

text: April

text: May

text: and

text: November

text: led

text: to

text: the

text: adoption

text: of

text: a

text: new

text: constitution

text: that

text: gave

text: some

text: of

text: the

text: president

text: 's

text: powers

text: to

text: parliament

text: and

text: the

text: government

text: A

text: year

text: later

text: the

text: parliament

text: voted

text: to

text: restore

text: some

text: of

text: those

text: powers

text: to

text: the

text: presidency

text: In

text: September

text: the

text: new

text: constitution

text: was

text: declared

text: illegal

text: and

text: Bakiev

text: resumed

text: having

text: the

text: presidential

text: powers

text: he

text: had

text: inherited

text: when

text: taking

text: office

text: The

text: president

text: then

text: dissolved

text: parliament

text: called

text: for

text: early

text: elections

text: and

text: gained

text: control

text: of

text: the

text: new

text: parliament

text: through

text: his

text: newly

text: created

text: political

text: party

text: Ak

text: Jol

text: in

text: December

text: elections

text: the

text: CIA

text: World

text: Factbook

text: says

text: In

text: July

text: after

text: months

text: of

text: harassment

text: against

text: his

text: opponents

text: and

text: media

text: critics

text: Bakiev

text: won

text: re

text: election

text: in

text: a

text: presidential

text: campaign

text: that

text: the

text: international

text: community

text: deemed

text: flawed

text: Just

text: a

text: few

text: months

text: later

text: in

text: October

text: Bakiev

text: engineered

text: changes

text: in

text: the

text: government

text: structure

text: that

text: further

text: consolidated

text: his

text: already

text: considerable

text: hold

text: on

text: power

text: The

text: CIA

text: World

text: Factbook

text: says

text: concerns

text: about

text: Bakiev

text: 's

text: rule

text: included

text: privatization

text: of

text: state

text: owned

text: enterprises

text: negative

text: trends

text: in

text: democracy

text: and

text: political

text: freedoms

text: endemic

text: corruption

text: improving

text: interethnic

text: relations

text: electricity

text: generation

text: and

text: combating

text: terrorism

text: That

text: such

text: turmoil

text: should

text: fall

text: upon

text: such

text: a

text: country

text: seems

text: incongruous

text: to

text: some

text: Kyrgyz

text: are

text: great

text: Cooley

text: said

text: They

text: are

text: very

text: hospitable

text: Very

text: mild

text: mannered

text: The

text: CIA

text: World

text: Factbook

text: describes

text: Kyrgyzstan

text: as

text: a

text: land

text: of

text: incredible

text: natural

text: beauty

text: and

text: proud

text: nomadic

text: traditions

text: With

text: an

text: estimated

text: population

text: of

text: about

text: million

text: Kyrgyzstan

text: ranks

text: No

text: among

text: nations

text: It

text: is

text: a

text: landlocked

text: country

text: and

text: entirely

text: mountainous

text: with

text: percent

text: of

text: the

text: nation

text: feet

text: meters

text: above

text: sea

text: level

text: and

text: an

text: average

text: elevation

text: of

text: feet

text: meters

text: the

text: CIA

text: World

text: Factbook

text: says

text: The

text: topography

text: includes

text: many

text: tall

text: peaks

text: glaciers

text: and

text: high

text: altitude

text: lakes

text: Nearly

text: two

text: thirds

text: of

text: the

text: nation

text: 's

text: citizens

text: belong

text: to

text: the

text: Kyrgyz

text: ethnic

text: group

text: while

text: nearly

text: percent

text: are

text: Uzbek

text: and

text: more

text: than

text: percent

text: are

text: Russian

text: the

text: CIA

text: World

text: Factbook

text: says

text: Likewise

text: nearly

text: percent

text: of

text: the

text: people

text: speak

text: Kyrgyz

text: which

text: is

text: the

text: official

text: language

text: Nearly

text: percent

text: speak

text: Uzbek

text: and

text: Russian

text: is

text: the

text: language

text: for

text: more

text: than

text: percent

text: Three

text: of

text: every

text: four

text: citizens

text: are

text: Muslim

text: and

text: one

text: in

text: five

text: are

text: Russian

text: Orthodox

text: Although

text: Kyrgyzstan

text: shares

text: a

text: border

text: with

text: China

text: most

text: people

text: identify

text: with

text: mother

text: nation

text: Russia

text: Kyrgyzstan

text: was

text: formally

text: annexed

text: to

text: Russia

text: in

text: and

text: became

text: a

text: Soviet

text: republic

text: in

text: There

text: 's

text: a

text: strong

text: cultural

text: affinity

text: to

text: Russia

text: due

text: to

text: media

text: education

text: and

text: the

text: Soviet

text: legacy

text: Cooley

text: said

text: Still

text: China

text: is

text: knocking

text: at

text: the

text: door

text: China

text: has

text: moved

text: in

text: but

text: it

text: 's

text: been

text: a

text: very

text: recent

text: development

text: said

text: Cooley

text: Last

text: year

text: China

text: did

text: a

text: lot

text: more

text: trade

text: there

text: than

text: Russia

text: did

text: But

text: there

text: 's

text: very

text: little

text: cultural

text: affiliation

text: with

text: China

text: There

text: is

text: no

text: seeming

text: affinity

text: for

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: a

text: distant

text: nation

text: tied

text: in

text: the

text: minds

text: and

text: hearts

text: of

text: many

text: Kyrgyz

text: to

text: corruption

text: at

text: home

text: The

text: question

text: that

text: remained

text: unanswered

text: this

text: week

text: was

text: whether

text: millions

text: of

text: dollars

text: in

text: U.S.

text: aid

text: would

text: provide

text: enough

text: affiliation

text: to

text: allow

text: continued

text: use

text: of

text: the

text: Manas

text: Transit

text: Center

question: What do some residents say the US did?

answer: United States pays about $160 million a year to buy fuel for American aircraft using the base.

text: United States pays about $160 million a year to buy fuel for American aircraft using the base.

question: What is vital to U.S. in Afghanistan war?

answer: military base

text: military base

question: What nation is home to a vital US base for the Afghanistan war?

answer: Kyrgyzstan

text: Kyrgyzstan

question: Who initially showed promise after the break-up of the Soviet Union?

answer: Kyrgyzstan

text: Kyrgyzstan


text:
(CNN)  -- Home favorite Rafael Nadal was watched by a galaxy of football stars as he reached the third round of the Madrid Open with a straight sets win over Ukrainian qualifier Oleksandr Dolgopolov on Wednesday.

Real Madrid stars past and present Cristiano Ronaldo, Raul and Zinedine Zidane were courtside at the Caja Magica to see the world number three battle to a 6-4 6-3 win.

The second seed, who did not have things all his own way against Dolgopolov, will now face giant U.S. star John Isner, who struggled past Colombian qualifier Santiago Giraldo 1-6 7-6 6-3.

Nadal is playing on home clay in his final tournament before the French Open where he hopes to regain the title, won last year by Roger Federer and claim his fifth grand slam triumph at Roland Garros.

Earlier, world number five Andy Roddick's preparations for the second grand slam of the year suffered a setback as he was forced to pull out of his match against Spain's Feliciano Lopez with a nasty stomach bug.

"I got here, and then on Sunday night through Monday evening I was up with a stomach virus. I was up for 24 hours vomiting, sweating, the whole deal, " Roddick told the official ATP Tour Web site.

Roddick has not played since winning the Miami Masters last month and said the illness had come at just the wrong time.

"It's very bad timing. I would've taken this virus any time in the last five weeks instead of now, but I guess that's the way it goes sometimes," he said.

"Playing well in Paris isn't totally out of the question, it's just going to be a little tough," he added.

In the evening session, Britain's Andy Murray, seeded third showed improved form on clay with a 6-3 6-3 win over Juan Ignacio Chela, his fourth straight win over the Argentine.

"I was pleased with the win," said Murray. "I served well and was able to move him around the court."

Meanwhile, Munich Open winner Mikhail Youzhny made an early exit to Latvian Ernest Gulbis 7-6 6-4 and 15th seed Stanislas Wawrinka set up a third-round showdown with world number one and Swiss compatriot Roger Federer after beating Leonardo Mayer, who was down 6-4 4-2 when he retired.

text: CNN

text: Home

text: favorite

text: Rafael

text: Nadal

text: was

text: watched

text: by

text: a

text: galaxy

text: of

text: football

text: stars

text: as

text: he

text: reached

text: the

text: third

text: round

text: of

text: the

text: Madrid

text: Open

text: with

text: a

text: straight

text: sets

text: win

text: over

text: Ukrainian

text: qualifier

text: Oleksandr

text: Dolgopolov

text: on

text: Wednesday

text: Real

text: Madrid

text: stars

text: past

text: and

text: present

text: Cristiano

text: Ronaldo

text: Raul

text: and

text: Zinedine

text: Zidane

text: were

text: courtside

text: at

text: the

text: Caja

text: Magica

text: to

text: see

text: the

text: world

text: number

text: three

text: battle

text: to

text: a

text: win

text: The

text: second

text: seed

text: who

text: did

text: not

text: have

text: things

text: all

text: his

text: own

text: way

text: against

text: Dolgopolov

text: will

text: now

text: face

text: giant

text: U.S.

text: star

text: John

text: Isner

text: who

text: struggled

text: past

text: Colombian

text: qualifier

text: Santiago

text: Giraldo

text: Nadal

text: is

text: playing

text: on

text: home

text: clay

text: in

text: his

text: final

text: tournament

text: before

text: the

text: French

text: Open

text: where

text: he

text: hopes

text: to

text: regain

text: the

text: title

text: won

text: last

text: year

text: by

text: Roger

text: Federer

text: and

text: claim

text: his

text: fifth

text: grand

text: slam

text: triumph

text: at

text: Roland

text: Garros

text: Earlier

text: world

text: number

text: five

text: Andy

text: Roddick

text: 's

text: preparations

text: for

text: the

text: second

text: grand

text: slam

text: of

text: the

text: year

text: suffered

text: a

text: setback

text: as

text: he

text: was

text: forced

text: to

text: pull

text: out

text: of

text: his

text: match

text: against

text: Spain

text: 's

text: Feliciano

text: Lopez

text: with

text: a

text: nasty

text: stomach

text: bug

text: I

text: got

text: here

text: and

text: then

text: on

text: Sunday

text: night

text: through

text: Monday

text: evening

text: I

text: was

text: up

text: with

text: a

text: stomach

text: virus

text: I

text: was

text: up

text: for

text: hours

text: vomiting

text: sweating

text: the

text: whole

text: deal

text: Roddick

text: told

text: the

text: official

text: ATP

text: Tour

text: Web

text: site

text: Roddick

text: has

text: not

text: played

text: since

text: winning

text: the

text: Miami

text: Masters

text: last

text: month

text: and

text: said

text: the

text: illness

text: had

text: come

text: at

text: just

text: the

text: wrong

text: time

text: It

text: 's

text: very

text: bad

text: timing

text: I

text: would

text: 've

text: taken

text: this

text: virus

text: any

text: time

text: in

text: the

text: last

text: five

text: weeks

text: instead

text: of

text: now

text: but

text: I

text: guess

text: that

text: 's

text: the

text: way

text: it

text: goes

text: sometimes

text: he

text: said

text: Playing

text: well

text: in

text: Paris

text: is

text: n't

text: totally

text: out

text: of

text: the

text: question

text: it

text: 's

text: just

text: going

text: to

text: be

text: a

text: little

text: tough

text: he

text: added

text: In

text: the

text: evening

text: session

text: Britain

text: 's

text: Andy

text: Murray

text: seeded

text: third

text: showed

text: improved

text: form

text: on

text: clay

text: with

text: a

text: win

text: over

text: Juan

text: Ignacio

text: Chela

text: his

text: fourth

text: straight

text: win

text: over

text: the

text: Argentine

text: I

text: was

text: pleased

text: with

text: the

text: win

text: said

text: Murray

text: I

text: served

text: well

text: and

text: was

text: able

text: to

text: move

text: him

text: around

text: the

text: court

text: Meanwhile

text: Munich

text: Open

text: winner

text: Mikhail

text: Youzhny

text: made

text: an

text: early

text: exit

text: to

text: Latvian

text: Ernest

text: Gulbis

text: and

text: seed

text: Stanislas

text: Wawrinka

text: set

text: up

text: a

text: third

text: round

text: showdown

text: with

text: world

text: number

text: one

text: and

text: Swiss

text: compatriot

text: Roger

text: Federer

text: after

text: beating

text: Leonardo

text: Mayer

text: who

text: was

text: down

text: when

text: he

text: retired

question: who was watched by Real Madrid football stars as he beat Oleksandr Dolgopolov?

answer: Rafael Nadal

text: Rafael Nadal

question: who won the masters

answer: Roddick

text: Roddick

question: who was playing

answer: Rafael Nadal

text: Rafael Nadal

question: who reaches third round of the Madrid Masters with straight sets win?

answer: Rafael Nadal

text: Rafael Nadal

question: where were they played

answer: Caja Magica

text: Caja Magica

question: who suffers illness scare ahead of French open?

answer: Andy Roddick's

text: Andy Roddick's

question: what Third seed Andy Murray beats Juan Ignacio Chela in?

answer: 6-3 6-3 win

text: 6-3 6-3 win


text:
(CNN) -- A man shot and killed seven patients and a nurse at a Carthage, North Carolina, nursing home Sunday before being wounded during a shootout with a police officer, authorities said.

Relatives of the nursing home's patients gathered at a nearby church, where they learned details of the shooting.

Three other people, including the police officer and a visitor to the nursing home, were wounded in the attack, Carthage Police Chief Chris McKenzie said. The police officer was treated and released, McKenzie said.

The slain patients ranged in age from 78 to 98, Moore County District Attorney Maureen Krueger said. The man accused of carrying out the attack, 45-year-old Robert Stewart, was in custody, and his condition was unknown Sunday night, McKenzie said.

Stewart was not an employee of the Pinelake Health and Rehab Center, and he did not appear to have been related to any of the patients, she said.

"There is still more to be uncovered as far as his purpose in being there," she said.

A witness told CNN affiliate WRAL-TV that Stewart was armed with a rifle, a shotgun and other weapons. The officer who stopped him, Justin Garner, "acted in nothing short of a heroic manner" and probably stopped the carnage from being worse, Krueger said.  Watch stunned community react Â»

Jerry Avant Sr. told WRAL that his son, Jerry Avant, a 39-year-old registered nurse, was the employee who was killed in the shooting. He said a doctor told him that his son had been shot more than two dozen times.  Watch father of slain nurse and ex-wife of suspect react Â»

The doctor "said he undoubtedly saved a lot of lives," Avant Sr. said, speaking of his son.

Stewart faces eight counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony assault on a police officer, and other charges are pending, she said.

Carthage is about 60 miles southwest of Raleigh.  See map showing Carthage, Raleigh Â»

Sunday's slayings were the latest in a series of high-profile in March, including the killings of 10 people by an Alabama man who was then killed by police. In addition, a man shot and killed a pastor in a southern Illinois church and stabbed two parishioners, and a 17-year-old in Germany killed 15 people in two small towns before dying in a shootout with police.

In Carthage, crisis counselors were setting up in the town's First Baptist Church to aid survivors of the latest killings.

"I don't know the emotion entirely has set in," McKenzie said. "This is a small community built on faith, and faith will get us through."

text: CNN

text: A

text: man

text: shot

text: and

text: killed

text: seven

text: patients

text: and

text: a

text: nurse

text: at

text: a

text: Carthage

text: North

text: Carolina

text: nursing

text: home

text: Sunday

text: before

text: being

text: wounded

text: during

text: a

text: shootout

text: with

text: a

text: police

text: officer

text: authorities

text: said

text: Relatives

text: of

text: the

text: nursing

text: home

text: 's

text: patients

text: gathered

text: at

text: a

text: nearby

text: church

text: where

text: they

text: learned

text: details

text: of

text: the

text: shooting

text: Three

text: other

text: people

text: including

text: the

text: police

text: officer

text: and

text: a

text: visitor

text: to

text: the

text: nursing

text: home

text: were

text: wounded

text: in

text: the

text: attack

text: Carthage

text: Police

text: Chief

text: Chris

text: McKenzie

text: said

text: The

text: police

text: officer

text: was

text: treated

text: and

text: released

text: McKenzie

text: said

text: The

text: slain

text: patients

text: ranged

text: in

text: age

text: from

text: to

text: Moore

text: County

text: District

text: Attorney

text: Maureen

text: Krueger

text: said

text: The

text: man

text: accused

text: of

text: carrying

text: out

text: the

text: attack

text: old

text: Robert

text: Stewart

text: was

text: in

text: custody

text: and

text: his

text: condition

text: was

text: unknown

text: Sunday

text: night

text: McKenzie

text: said

text: Stewart

text: was

text: not

text: an

text: employee

text: of

text: the

text: Pinelake

text: Health

text: and

text: Rehab

text: Center

text: and

text: he

text: did

text: not

text: appear

text: to

text: have

text: been

text: related

text: to

text: any

text: of

text: the

text: patients

text: she

text: said

text: There

text: is

text: still

text: more

text: to

text: be

text: uncovered

text: as

text: far

text: as

text: his

text: purpose

text: in

text: being

text: there

text: she

text: said

text: A

text: witness

text: told

text: CNN

text: affiliate

text: WRAL

text: TV

text: that

text: Stewart

text: was

text: armed

text: with

text: a

text: rifle

text: a

text: shotgun

text: and

text: other

text: weapons

text: The

text: officer

text: who

text: stopped

text: him

text: Justin

text: Garner

text: acted

text: in

text: nothing

text: short

text: of

text: a

text: heroic

text: manner

text: and

text: probably

text: stopped

text: the

text: carnage

text: from

text: being

text: worse

text: Krueger

text: said

text: Watch

text: stunned

text: community

text: react

text: Â

text: Jerry

text: Avant

text: Sr

text: told

text: WRAL

text: that

text: his

text: son

text: Jerry

text: Avant

text: a

text: old

text: registered

text: nurse

text: was

text: the

text: employee

text: who

text: was

text: killed

text: in

text: the

text: shooting

text: He

text: said

text: a

text: doctor

text: told

text: him

text: that

text: his

text: son

text: had

text: been

text: shot

text: more

text: than

text: two

text: dozen

text: times

text: Watch

text: father

text: of

text: slain

text: nurse

text: and

text: ex

text: wife

text: of

text: suspect

text: react

text: Â

text: The

text: doctor

text: said

text: he

text: undoubtedly

text: saved

text: a

text: lot

text: of

text: lives

text: Avant

text: Sr

text: said

text: speaking

text: of

text: his

text: son

text: Stewart

text: faces

text: eight

text: counts

text: of

text: first

text: degree

text: murder

text: and

text: one

text: count

text: of

text: felony

text: assault

text: on

text: a

text: police

text: officer

text: and

text: other

text: charges

text: are

text: pending

text: she

text: said

text: Carthage

text: is

text: about

text: miles

text: southwest

text: of

text: Raleigh

text: See

text: map

text: showing

text: Carthage

text: Raleigh

text: Â

text: Sunday

text: 's

text: slayings

text: were

text: the

text: latest

text: in

text: a

text: series

text: of

text: high

text: profile

text: in

text: March

text: including

text: the

text: killings

text: of

text: people

text: by

text: an

text: Alabama

text: man

text: who

text: was

text: then

text: killed

text: by

text: police

text: In

text: addition

text: a

text: man

text: shot

text: and

text: killed

text: a

text: pastor

text: in

text: a

text: southern

text: Illinois

text: church

text: and

text: stabbed

text: two

text: parishioners

text: and

text: a

text: old

text: in

text: Germany

text: killed

text: people

text: in

text: two

text: small

text: towns

text: before

text: dying

text: in

text: a

text: shootout

text: with

text: police

text: In

text: Carthage

text: crisis

text: counselors

text: were

text: setting

text: up

text: in

text: the

text: town

text: 's

text: First

text: Baptist

text: Church

text: to

text: aid

text: survivors

text: of

text: the

text: latest

text: killings

text: I

text: do

text: n't

text: know

text: the

text: emotion

text: entirely

text: has

text: set

text: in

text: McKenzie

text: said

text: This

text: is

text: a

text: small

text: community

text: built

text: on

text: faith

text: and

text: faith

text: will

text: get

text: us

text: through

question: what is the age range of patients

answer: from 78 to 98,

text: from 78 to 98,

question: Where was the attack?

answer: Carthage, North Carolina, nursing home

text: Carthage, North Carolina, nursing home

question: what happened to the man suspected of carrying out the attack

answer: was in custody, and his condition was unknown

text: was in custody, and his condition was unknown

question: Who else was injured?

answer: Three other people, including the police officer and a visitor to the nursing home,

text: Three other people, including the police officer and a visitor to the nursing home,

question: What is the condition of the suspect?

answer: was unknown

text: was unknown

question: Where is the nursing home located?

answer: Carthage, North Carolina,

text: Carthage, North Carolina,

question: What was  the patients age range?

answer: 78 to 98,

text: 78 to 98,

question: what has happened to a police officer

answer: treated and released,

text: treated and released,

question: What is the age range of the murdered patients?

answer: 78 to 98,

text: 78 to 98,