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ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- I was 14 at the time. Lebanon's civil war was in full flood. One afternoon the shells began raining down on our neighborhood in Beirut.

A Lebanese woman and her son run through west Beirut in 1989 during fighting between rival forces.

We ran from school screaming. Forget the book bags, classmates, homework. Just run. Out of breath, my knees giving way, it seemed to take forever to reach our local shelter -- a dark humid room at the back of our apartment block.

The memory of that terrifying afternoon receded -- until recently. After more than a decade of relative peace and reconstruction, the bombings and assassinations have returned to Beirut.

Every time I hear of a new explosion, I think of a frightened child sitting in darkness.

In 1988, I watched the last throes of Lebanon's civil war firsthand -- and like millions of Lebanese, sad, frustrated and often fearful.  See a timeline of Lebanon's recent history Â»

Now I watch from another continent, but I find those same emotions resurfacing. The conspiracies, the car bombs, the threatening rhetoric and political deadlock are eerily familiar.

The actors are like shadows from a long gone past. They are grayer perhaps --  those who have avoided assassination. But the cast in Lebanon's tragedy has changed little in two decades. Then, as now, a presidential election is the setting, and the struggle where religion and clan play the main roles threatens to set Lebanon back 20 years.  See bios of Lebanon's major players Â»

In 1988, the president's term was coming to an end and the warring factions were unable to agree on a new candidate. Militias prevented parliament members from reaching the assembly building. Compromise was nowhere in sight.

The West had abandoned Lebanon to the manipulation of its neighbors. Syria had its choice for president; Israel had its own allies -- a foil for growing Muslim radicalism. The country was awash with weapons.

In his last act as president, Amin Gemayel named fellow Christian and Army Chief Michel Aoun as prime minister. At a stroke, he shattered the convention that a Muslim hold that position.

Muslims refused to serve in the Cabinet and the country ended up with two governments. Aoun famously declared: "I am prime minister and six ministers in one."

Aoun's "War of Liberation" against Syria turned into defeat. Then, he turned on fellow Christians of the Lebanese Forces in the "War of Elimination." When that failed, the Syrians drove Aoun to take refuge at the French Embassy.

In August 1990, I came to CNN as a World Report panelist. I tried to explain Lebanon's chaos, the bewildering array of factions and the horrors of civil war for ordinary civilians.

I had seen people killed in front of me; children orphaned in seconds, parents burying their infants in oversize white coffins. So when I was offered the opportunity to stay at CNN, I gratefully accepted the chance to escape the anarchy.

But almost as I left, the civil war was being laid to rest. The various factions had fought each other to a standstill; Arab governments, supported by the West, helped negotiate a new constitutional framework overseen by Syrian influence. Peace came to Lebanon, but it would be five years before I returned.

In 1995, I went back and was stunned. I kept looking around for checkpoints manned by militants. I couldn't believe that I could go anywhere without being harassed or kidnapped by one faction or another.

No longer did identity -- Christian, Muslim or Druze -- define where Lebanese could go. People mixed freely in chic coffee shops and smoked the hubble-bubble, laughing at the same jokes. It was as if Lebanon's divisions had been wiped away by some magic eraser.

Downtown Beirut, once rocked by explosions and pitted with bullet holes, was rocking to Lebanese pop music. The dusty sandbags had given way to boutiques carrying the latest European fashions and deluxe hotels. Lovers had returned to Beirut's Corniche, overlooking the Mediterranean, for romantic strolls at sunset.

But the agreement that ended the civil war was more a truce than a real settlement -- and was overseen by a "pax Syriana." As anti-Syrian sentiment grew, so did political tensions.

On Valentine's Day 2005, the Corniche was once again rocked by an explosion.  Former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was killed.

The symbolism left me speechless. On the day of love, Lebanon was thrown back into its most hateful history. It had been widely expected that Hariri would run for office again and demand the withdrawal of Syrian troops. Suspicion fell on Damascus, which vehemently denied involvement. On March 14, Martyrs' Square became a human sea of demonstrators: Muslims, Druze and Christians alike, demanding the "truth."

But Hariri's death also exposed the fault lines that had broken Lebanon a generation previously. Even after it withdrew its troops, Syria still had allies in Lebanon.

One was Hezbollah, accused of the suicide attacks that had killed scores of U.S. Marines in Beirut more than 20 years previously. Another was Gen. Michel Aoun; now back from exile, the same Michel Aoun who had defied Syria in 1989, but who now made common cause with Hezbollah against his fellow Christians.

Earlier this year I visited Martyrs' Square. The spirit of the Cedar Revolution had evaporated. The place looked like a morgue. Anti-government Hezbollah squatters had brought life there to a standstill.

As I passed through, business owners stood silent in the sun and shook their heads at me in despair. I wondered if they sensed my disappointment, my pain at watching Beirut bleed again.

Lebanon's political actors now find themselves re-enacting scenes from the final act of the civil war 19 years ago. Once again, the term of the president is approaching its end; there is no agreement on his successor. Suspicion and fear are the political currency of the day.

And the questions haunts me: Will the country's brief renaissance that so amazed me in 1995 be snuffed out by the old curse of sectarian rivalries? E-mail to a friend

CNN's Joe Sterling, David Ariosto, Saad Abedine and Tracy Doueiry contributed to this report.

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- British people love pubs -- so much, in fact, that a recent survey found that they cherish only fish and chips and the Queen more.

A combination of factors including the smoking ban, higher taxes and cheap supermarket alochol are hurting pubs.

Yet this enduring icon of British culture is under threat after having flourished for hundreds of years.

Recent surveys found that more British pubs are closing than ever before -- victims of an indoor smoking ban, higher taxes and food prices, and changing times.

Tuesday marks one year since England followed Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland to ban indoor smoking at pubs, restaurants and bars.

Some feared that would mark the death of the traditional British pub in all its smoky glory -- and they were quick to blame the ban when surveys found the pub numbers in sharp decline.

Those findings, released in March by the British Beer and Pub Association and CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, showed that more than 1,400 pubs closed in 2007. That's a sharp increase from 2006, when 216 pubs closed; and 2005, when just more than 100 closed down.

The advocacy groups, however, say the ban may be just one of many factors shutting pub doors.  Watch more on the decline of British pubs Â»

Pub owners -- landlords, as they're called in Britain -- are turning in their leases for a variety of reasons. Some say it's hard to compete with cheap alcohol sold at supermarkets, a trend increasing amid the credit crunch. Others feel they could make more money operating as a wine bar or cafe.

Patrons say two things in particular have had an impact on the decline of pubs -- one being the smoking ban. Those who used to enjoy a smoke along with their pint now must smoke outside, and many pubs -- particularly in urban areas -- have little space or shelter on the sidewalk.

CAMRA says, however, that the effects of the smoking ban, introduced just halfway into 2007, are "not yet fully evident."

Pubgoers were also turned off by a boost to alcohol taxes.

"Rents and rates are shooting up," said Ian Lowe, a spokesman for CAMRA. "There's also things like excise duty. The chancellor kindly put another 4 pence [8 cents] on the price of a pint, and while supermarkets can probably absorb that, the pubs have to pass it on [to the customer]."

Pubs are also passing higher food prices on to the customer, denting a plan by many proprietors to fall back on the menus to boost business.

About 57,000 pubs remain in Britain, and while they may be under threat, they're not going away any time soon.

A drink at "the local" -- where social and financial status cease to matter -- remains one of the average Briton's favorite pastimes.

"If you took a guy from the 10th Century and brought him forward in time, the only things he would recognize in the world today are churches and pubs," said Peter Brown, the author of "Man Walks Into a Pub," a history of pubs and beer.

The smoking ban may also be attracting a new kind of customer, Brown said.

"[Smokers] stopped going to the pub immediately as soon as the ban came in, whereas a lot of other people who didn't used to go to pubs have now started to come back to the pub because they now prefer a smoke-free environment," he said.

Advocates say pubs provide a safe place to drink and are a valuable part of British culture. They are lobbying the British government to help stop their rapid decline by cutting beer taxes and changing planning laws to prevent pub demolitions.

CNN's Robin Oakley contributed to this report.

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question: How many British pubs are closing in 2007?

answer: 1,400

question: What is facing tough times?

answer: British pubs

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question: How many pubs still remain in Britain

answer: About 57,000

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question: Name three factors whioch has cause the problems

answer: smoking ban, higher taxes and cheap supermarket alochol

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question: What hurt pubs?

answer: A combination of factors including the smoking ban, higher taxes and cheap supermarket alochol

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question: What is hurting the pubs?

answer: smoking ban, higher taxes and cheap supermarket alochol

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question: Where do 57000 pubs still remain?

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Mecca, Saudi Arabian (CNN) -- A teenager and three elderly people in Saudi Arabia for the hajj pilgrimage have died of the H1N1 flu virus, the Saudi Health Ministry said.

The victims of the virus were a 17-year-old Nigerian female and a Sudanese man, an Indian man and a Moroccan woman who each were 75 years old.

"These cases were discovered too late," said Dr. Khaled Al-Marghalani, the ministry spokesman. "Some were old, and the others had pre-existing chronic conditions."

Al-Marghalani said the Sudanese man initially went to a doctor who treated him, but not for H1N1.

"So when his doctor sent him to the hospital, and he was treated for H1N1, it was too late," he said.

The annual pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, is required of Muslims at least once in their lives, and millions of people around the globe make the trek to attend. This year, the hajj begins Wednesday, and many pilgrims have been arriving days and weeks ahead of the event, which coincides with flu season.

When Arab health ministers met in Cairo, Egypt, a few months back, it looked like several groups might even be banned from this year's event because of the flu. They were children under 12, adults over 65, pregnant women and people with chronic illnesses.

The Saudis didn't ban anybody from coming and left the responsibility to the pilgrims' countries of origin. In effect, officials issued guidelines only for people at risk.

Two days ago, Saudi Arabia's health minister, Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, gathered representatives to discuss efforts to detect the ailment.

"It would be nice to have more time to prepare [for the possibility of H1N1 spreading in Saudi Arabia] ahead of the hajj, but I am very satisfied with all the measures taken and have great confidence," he said before the meeting.

Al-Marghalani said the "safe weapon" for the kinds of H1N1 cases that resulted in the deaths is Tamiflu, the drug used to fight influenza.

"If we lose Tamiflu, we will lose the war. But Tamiflu is only effective in the first 48 hours of when the symptoms appear," he said.

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question: Who did the virus kille?

answer: A teenager and three elderly people

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question: Who have Saudis left responsibility to?

answer: the pilgrims'

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question: Who did the Saudi's leave responsibility to?

answer: the pilgrims' countries of origin.

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question: What do the Arab ministers want to bar?

answer: children under 12, adults over 65, pregnant women and people with chronic illnesses.

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question: Who is considering barring groups from the event?

answer: Arab health ministers

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question: Who is left the responsibility?

answer: the pilgrims'

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question: What killed a teenager?

answer: H1N1 flu virus,

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question: What killed the teenager and three elderly people?

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question: What are the Arab ministers considering for this year's event?

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(InStyle) -- Chanteuse Whitney Houston is back and she is better than ever!

The one-of-a-kind star is happy, healthy and ready for what's next.

The singer spoke with InStyle magazine and shared her comeback secrets in the magazine's January's issue.

The 46-year-old sex symbol even gave some tips on how to be alluring.

"Sexy can be sexual without having to expose a lot of yourself," she said. "Your body can express a lot without your having to take off a lot. I try to splash it in there a little bit, just by body movement. "

The stylish singer said for her, less is more.

"A smile, a little glance, the way you lean back says sexy without being too open or offending anyone," Houston revealed. "Because once they've seen it all, they go, 'Man, I'm bored with that,' instead of 'Hmm, what's she going to do now?'"

Check out more of Houston's exclusive interview in the January issue on newsstands December 18th.

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(CNN) -- When an overwhelmed Shreve Stockton tweeted: "I need an assistant!" she considered it more of a joke than a serious request, because she couldn't pay a salary.

"I can't even offer room & board, only a camp trailer named the Psychedelic Jellybean & an unlimited supply of milk!" she tweeted last month.

Shreve is not a celebrity or executive requiring a personal assistant, but a published writer and photographer who lives in a log cabin on 40 acres in the rolling hills near Ten Sleep, Wyoming.

Her homestead includes a dog, tomcat, dairy cow, baby calf, young bull she's training to work like an ox, two horses and, of course, Charlie the coyote.

She feels overwhelmed with the daily care of all the animals. But she'd also like to share her home with visiting assistants because "it's becoming so rare in America to have the time and space and the openness of the rural landscape that is shrinking."

The only "luxury" she will be able to provide a starving artist is the time "to work on whatever they want art-wise" in their off time, without having the stress of coming up with money for rent or utilities.

Her ad was only posted for a day or two but drew around  100 responses -- with one person offering to pay her for the opportunity to be her assistant. She directed them to an application.

She shared a few of the forms with her boyfriend, Mike, a trapper with the Bureau of Land Management, who found all the applicants interesting and told her if he had to choose, he'd have to move into a tent so they could all move into his house.

The application also came with an unusual warning to all would-be helpers that there would be no petting, no face-to-face time and no "hanging out" with Charlie.

The wild-born Charlie earns his keep by allowing Shreve to take photos of his everyday activities and write about him in her book as well as on her blog -- both titled the Daily Coyote. She's raised him since he was 10 days old, after his parents were shot for attacking sheep.

Although he walks on a leash, co-exists with Eli the cat, plays with Chloe the dog and often visits inside Shreve's house, Charlie does not like strangers. So for everyone's safety, her new helper will not be visiting inside the electric fence that surrounds his territory.

But that's OK with self-taught artist Sarah Frary of Kentucky, who plans to move into the trailer and spend part of her days helping Shreve with household tasks such as cleaning milk pails and maintaining her Web site, and the rest of her time on her art.

Frary, 23,  expects the experience will have a "monumental" effect on her drawing, painting and screen printing. She describes her current drawings as "very primordial and ancient feeling," while her new boss calls them fantastic. Frary has already started blogging about her new life and plans to set off later this month.

She sought out the position because Shreve's "energy and everything about her just completely resonates and it's something I connect with." Shreve was a little concerned about sharing her space with a stranger, but said she felt "a kindredness" with the young woman, who has been working as an apprentice tattoo artist in Louisville, Kentucky.

Frary also performs "live art," which she describes as taking place in a theater during a concert or play with her perched near the edge of the stage, painting on a large scale that has her "throwing paint and finger painting -- getting crazy with it."

The work-exchange program will give Shreve more time to "concentrate on her next artistic endeavor." She has a few ideas percolating and hopes to decide on one "the day after my new help arrives."

Frary, a tattooed former military brat, feels her arrival won't go unnoticed, with her PT Cruiser covered in stickers she describes as bizarre and with an interior sporting a bobble-head Mr. T and feathers.

Shreve landed in Wyoming after her own unusual journey, a solo, cross-country trip from California to New York on a motor scooter. After reaching her destination, she returned to the shadow of the Big Horn mountains to write about the trip on her Vespa Vagabond blog.

While she fell in love with Wyoming instantly, the author says it still felt like another planet at first and it was a year and a half before she "fully got into the rhythm of this life."

Because Frary's father was in the Air Force, she says she's used to having to uproot and adapt to new places. She also describes herself as being outdoorsy, pretty adventurous and a nature person who loves to challenge herself.

The two women will have to work out their schedules and computer differences: the Wyoming resident only knows Macs, while the visitor has built her own PC.

Shreve plans to teach Frary how to market her art on the Internet and is willing to teach her how to mend real fences and care for the animals. The older woman picked up her skills watching and helping her neighbors.

"I'm a pretty gung ho, hardworking person, so I'll probably get my hands on everything," says the painter, who expects a full, disciplined life in the country with fewer distractions than the city.

But there is one service Frary says she probably won't be able to provide to Shreve's satisfaction: cooking. She says her mother hated cooking so she never learned. She has been taking lessons from a vegan friend who doesn't use any animal products.

Cooking takes a lot more planning on the homestead because the nearest grocery store is about an hour away.

text: CNN

text: When

text: an

text: overwhelmed

text: Shreve

text: Stockton

text: tweeted

text: I

text: need

text: an

text: assistant

text: she

text: considered

text: it

text: more

text: of

text: a

text: joke

text: than

text: a

text: serious

text: request

text: because

text: she

text: could

text: n't

text: pay

text: a

text: salary

text: I

text: ca

text: n't

text: even

text: offer

text: room

text: board

text: only

text: a

text: camp

text: trailer

text: named

text: the

text: Psychedelic

text: Jellybean

text: an

text: unlimited

text: supply

text: of

text: milk

text: she

text: tweeted

text: last

text: month

text: Shreve

text: is

text: not

text: a

text: celebrity

text: or

text: executive

text: requiring

text: a

text: personal

text: assistant

text: but

text: a

text: published

text: writer

text: and

text: photographer

text: who

text: lives

text: in

text: a

text: log

text: cabin

text: on

text: acres

text: in

text: the

text: rolling

text: hills

text: near

text: Ten

text: Sleep

text: Wyoming

text: Her

text: homestead

text: includes

text: a

text: dog

text: tomcat

text: dairy

text: cow

text: baby

text: calf

text: young

text: bull

text: she

text: 's

text: training

text: to

text: work

text: like

text: an

text: ox

text: two

text: horses

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text: of

text: course

text: Charlie

text: the

text: coyote

text: She

text: feels

text: overwhelmed

text: with

text: the

text: daily

text: care

text: of

text: all

text: the

text: animals

text: But

text: she

text: 'd

text: also

text: like

text: to

text: share

text: her

text: home

text: with

text: visiting

text: assistants

text: because

text: it

text: 's

text: becoming

text: so

text: rare

text: in

text: America

text: to

text: have

text: the

text: time

text: and

text: space

text: and

text: the

text: openness

text: of

text: the

text: rural

text: landscape

text: that

text: is

text: shrinking

text: The

text: only

text: luxury

text: she

text: will

text: be

text: able

text: to

text: provide

text: a

text: starving

text: artist

text: is

text: the

text: time

text: to

text: work

text: on

text: whatever

text: they

text: want

text: art

text: wise

text: in

text: their

text: off

text: time

text: without

text: having

text: the

text: stress

text: of

text: coming

text: up

text: with

text: money

text: for

text: rent

text: or

text: utilities

text: Her

text: ad

text: was

text: only

text: posted

text: for

text: a

text: day

text: or

text: two

text: but

text: drew

text: around

text: responses

text: with

text: one

text: person

text: offering

text: to

text: pay

text: her

text: for

text: the

text: opportunity

text: to

text: be

text: her

text: assistant

text: She

text: directed

text: them

text: to

text: an

text: application

text: She

text: shared

text: a

text: few

text: of

text: the

text: forms

text: with

text: her

text: boyfriend

text: Mike

text: a

text: trapper

text: with

text: the

text: Bureau

text: of

text: Land

text: Management

text: who

text: found

text: all

text: the

text: applicants

text: interesting

text: and

text: told

text: her

text: if

text: he

text: had

text: to

text: choose

text: he

text: 'd

text: have

text: to

text: move

text: into

text: a

text: tent

text: so

text: they

text: could

text: all

text: move

text: into

text: his

text: house

text: The

text: application

text: also

text: came

text: with

text: an

text: unusual

text: warning

text: to

text: all

text: would

text: be

text: helpers

text: that

text: there

text: would

text: be

text: no

text: petting

text: no

text: face

text: to

text: face

text: time

text: and

text: no

text: hanging

text: out

text: with

text: Charlie

text: The

text: wild

text: born

text: Charlie

text: earns

text: his

text: keep

text: by

text: allowing

text: Shreve

text: to

text: take

text: photos

text: of

text: his

text: everyday

text: activities

text: and

text: write

text: about

text: him

text: in

text: her

text: book

text: as

text: well

text: as

text: on

text: her

text: blog

text: both

text: titled

text: the

text: Daily

text: Coyote

text: She

text: 's

text: raised

text: him

text: since

text: he

text: was

text: days

text: old

text: after

text: his

text: parents

text: were

text: shot

text: for

text: attacking

text: sheep

text: Although

text: he

text: walks

text: on

text: a

text: leash

text: co

text: exists

text: with

text: Eli

text: the

text: cat

text: plays

text: with

text: Chloe

text: the

text: dog

text: and

text: often

text: visits

text: inside

text: Shreve

text: 's

text: house

text: Charlie

text: does

text: not

text: like

text: strangers

text: So

text: for

text: everyone

text: 's

text: safety

text: her

text: new

text: helper

text: will

text: not

text: be

text: visiting

text: inside

text: the

text: electric

text: fence

text: that

text: surrounds

text: his

text: territory

text: But

text: that

text: 's

text: OK

text: with

text: self

text: taught

text: artist

text: Sarah

text: Frary

text: of

text: Kentucky

text: who

text: plans

text: to

text: move

text: into

text: the

text: trailer

text: and

text: spend

text: part

text: of

text: her

text: days

text: helping

text: Shreve

text: with

text: household

text: tasks

text: such

text: as

text: cleaning

text: milk

text: pails

text: and

text: maintaining

text: her

text: Web

text: site

text: and

text: the

text: rest

text: of

text: her

text: time

text: on

text: her

text: art

text: Frary

text: expects

text: the

text: experience

text: will

text: have

text: a

text: monumental

text: effect

text: on

text: her

text: drawing

text: painting

text: and

text: screen

text: printing

text: She

text: describes

text: her

text: current

text: drawings

text: as

text: very

text: primordial

text: and

text: ancient

text: feeling

text: while

text: her

text: new

text: boss

text: calls

text: them

text: fantastic

text: Frary

text: has

text: already

text: started

text: blogging

text: about

text: her

text: new

text: life

text: and

text: plans

text: to

text: set

text: off

text: later

text: this

text: month

text: She

text: sought

text: out

text: the

text: position

text: because

text: Shreve

text: 's

text: energy

text: and

text: everything

text: about

text: her

text: just

text: completely

text: resonates

text: and

text: it

text: 's

text: something

text: I

text: connect

text: with

text: Shreve

text: was

text: a

text: little

text: concerned

text: about

text: sharing

text: her

text: space

text: with

text: a

text: stranger

text: but

text: said

text: she

text: felt

text: a

text: kindredness

text: with

text: the

text: young

text: woman

text: who

text: has

text: been

text: working

text: as

text: an

text: apprentice

text: tattoo

text: artist

text: in

text: Louisville

text: Kentucky

text: Frary

text: also

text: performs

text: live

text: art

text: which

text: she

text: describes

text: as

text: taking

text: place

text: in

text: a

text: theater

text: during

text: a

text: concert

text: or

text: play

text: with

text: her

text: perched

text: near

text: the

text: edge

text: of

text: the

text: stage

text: painting

text: on

text: a

text: large

text: scale

text: that

text: has

text: her

text: throwing

text: paint

text: and

text: finger

text: painting

text: getting

text: crazy

text: with

text: it

text: The

text: work

text: exchange

text: program

text: will

text: give

text: Shreve

text: more

text: time

text: to

text: concentrate

text: on

text: her

text: next

text: artistic

text: endeavor

text: She

text: has

text: a

text: few

text: ideas

text: percolating

text: and

text: hopes

text: to

text: decide

text: on

text: one

text: the

text: day

text: after

text: my

text: new

text: help

text: arrives

text: Frary

text: a

text: tattooed

text: former

text: military

text: brat

text: feels

text: her

text: arrival

text: wo

text: n't

text: go

text: unnoticed

text: with

text: her

text: PT

text: Cruiser

text: covered

text: in

text: stickers

text: she

text: describes

text: as

text: bizarre

text: and

text: with

text: an

text: interior

text: sporting

text: a

text: bobble

text: head

text: Mr.

text: T

text: and

text: feathers

text: Shreve

text: landed

text: in

text: Wyoming

text: after

text: her

text: own

text: unusual

text: journey

text: a

text: solo

text: cross

text: country

text: trip

text: from

text: California

text: to

text: New

text: York

text: on

text: a

text: motor

text: scooter

text: After

text: reaching

text: her

text: destination

text: she

text: returned

text: to

text: the

text: shadow

text: of

text: the

text: Big

text: Horn

text: mountains

text: to

text: write

text: about

text: the

text: trip

text: on

text: her

text: Vespa

text: Vagabond

text: blog

text: While

text: she

text: fell

text: in

text: love

text: with

text: Wyoming

text: instantly

text: the

text: author

text: says

text: it

text: still

text: felt

text: like

text: another

text: planet

text: at

text: first

text: and

text: it

text: was

text: a

text: year

text: and

text: a

text: half

text: before

text: she

text: fully

text: got

text: into

text: the

text: rhythm

text: of

text: this

text: life

text: Because

text: Frary

text: 's

text: father

text: was

text: in

text: the

text: Air

text: Force

text: she

text: says

text: she

text: 's

text: used

text: to

text: having

text: to

text: uproot

text: and

text: adapt

text: to

text: new

text: places

text: She

text: also

text: describes

text: herself

text: as

text: being

text: outdoorsy

text: pretty

text: adventurous

text: and

text: a

text: nature

text: person

text: who

text: loves

text: to

text: challenge

text: herself

text: The

text: two

text: women

text: will

text: have

text: to

text: work

text: out

text: their

text: schedules

text: and

text: computer

text: differences

text: the

text: Wyoming

text: resident

text: only

text: knows

text: Macs

text: while

text: the

text: visitor

text: has

text: built

text: her

text: own

text: PC

text: Shreve

text: plans

text: to

text: teach

text: Frary

text: how

text: to

text: market

text: her

text: art

text: on

text: the

text: Internet

text: and

text: is

text: willing

text: to

text: teach

text: her

text: how

text: to

text: mend

text: real

text: fences

text: and

text: care

text: for

text: the

text: animals

text: The

text: older

text: woman

text: picked

text: up

text: her

text: skills

text: watching

text: and

text: helping

text: her

text: neighbors

text: I

text: 'm

text: a

text: pretty

text: gung

text: ho

text: hardworking

text: person

text: so

text: I

text: 'll

text: probably

text: get

text: my

text: hands

text: on

text: everything

text: says

text: the

text: painter

text: who

text: expects

text: a

text: full

text: disciplined

text: life

text: in

text: the

text: country

text: with

text: fewer

text: distractions

text: than

text: the

text: city

text: But

text: there

text: is

text: one

text: service

text: Frary

text: says

text: she

text: probably

text: wo

text: n't

text: be

text: able

text: to

text: provide

text: to

text: Shreve

text: 's

text: satisfaction

text: cooking

text: She

text: says

text: her

text: mother

text: hated

text: cooking

text: so

text: she

text: never

text: learned

text: She

text: has

text: been

text: taking

text: lessons

text: from

text: a

text: vegan

text: friend

text: who

text: does

text: n't

text: use

text: any

text: animal

text: products

text: Cooking

text: takes

text: a

text: lot

text: more

text: planning

text: on

text: the

text: homestead

text: because

text: the

text: nearest

text: grocery

text: store

text: is

text: about

text: an

text: hour

text: away

question: who is the creator of DailyCoyote.net website?

answer: Shreve Stockton

text: Shreve Stockton

question: What is the Kentucky artist's name?

answer: Sarah Frary

text: Sarah Frary

question: Who created the DailyCoyote.net Web site?

answer: Shreve Stockton

text: Shreve Stockton

question: Who was the assistant?

answer: Sarah Frary

text: Sarah Frary

question: Where is Sarah Frary heading?

answer: into the trailer

text: into the trailer


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(CNN) -- Swiss super-combined world skiing champion Daniel Albrecht was airlifted to hospital after a sickening crash on Kitzbuehel's Streif course on Thursday.

Albrecht nose-dives down Kitzbuehel's Streif course after crashing during training for a World Cup downhill.

Albrecht, who was said to have suffered concussion and bruising to a lung, was in training for the weekend's World Cup downhill at the Austrian venue when he lost control approaching the bottom of the run.

The 25-year-old received lengthy treatment on the slopes before being flown to hospital at St. Johann, where he regained consciouness before being put in an induced coma.

An induced coma puts the brain in hibernation so it can recuperate and allows swelling in the brain to ease.

Helmuth Obermoser, the official race doctor, said in a brief statement that Albrecht had bleeding on the brain and a lung contusion.

Albrecht took the season's opening giant slalom at Solden in October and scored a second victory and fourth of his career two months later in Alta Badia, Italy, where he became the first Swiss winner in 10 years.

Thursday's fall came on a similar section at Kitzbuehel that saw American Scott Macartney suffer head injuries in a crash last season -- an episode that led officials to make changes to the course.

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text: skiing

text: champion

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text: lung

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text: Solden

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text: scored

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text: second

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text: fourth

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text: his

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text: months

text: later

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text: where

text: he

text: became

text: the

text: first

text: Swiss

text: winner

text: in

text: years

text: Thursday

text: 's

text: fall

text: came

text: on

text: a

text: similar

text: section

text: at

text: Kitzbuehel

text: that

text: saw

text: American

text: Scott

text: Macartney

text: suffer

text: head

text: injuries

text: in

text: a

text: crash

text: last

text: season

text: an

text: episode

text: that

text: led

text: officials

text: to

text: make

text: changes

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text: the

text: course

question: when Swiss Albrecht was airlifted to hospital?

answer: Thursday.

text: Thursday.

question: Who was training for a World Cup downill competition?

answer: Daniel Albrecht

text: Daniel Albrecht

question: Who is airlifted to the hospital after the accident at Kitzbuehel?

answer: Daniel Albrecht

text: Daniel Albrecht

question: Where did Albrecht get lifted to?

answer: hospital

text: hospital

question: Was he treated on the hill too?

answer: received lengthy treatment

text: received lengthy treatment


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BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- German federal police seized two suspected terrorists from a Dutch passenger aircraft at Cologne airport Friday shortly before it was due to take off for Amsterdam, officials told CNN.

The arrests were made at Cologne's airport.

A 23-year-old Somali national and a 24-year-old German citizen who had been born in Mogadishu were arrested on a KLM plane at 6.55 am local time (0455 GMT), a police spokesman said.

Police said "farewell" letters had been found from the men that led them to suspect they were intending to carry out terror attacks. It was not revealed where the letters were found or how long the men had been under observation.

Walter Roemer, press spokesman at Cologne-Bonn airport, said that the arrests had been "very unspectacular". He said federal police boarded the plane and arrested the two suspects, "without them showing any resistance."

The two had been among 40 passengers en route to Amsterdam. All those on board were asked to disembark while the suspects' luggage was identified. The plane took off for Amsterdam after a delay of one hour and 20 minutes.

She said everyone was then forced to leave the plane, and there was a "baggage parade" to see whose bags belonged to whom.  Watch more details on the incident. Â»

Amsterdam's Schipol airport Web site listed flight KL 1804, the scheduled morning flight from Cologne to Amsterdam, as having arrived at 9.17 am local time, one hour and two minutes after it was due to arrive.

In September 2007, German authorities arrested three suspected militants planning what were described as "massive" attacks on American targets in Germany.

German media said at the time that potential targets could have included Ramstein Air Base, the U.S. military's main installation in Germany, or the major international hub of Frankfurt Airport.

Terrorism expert Sajjan Gohel told CNN the arrest showed Germany faces a major threat from extremists.  Watch Gohel explain details behind the arrests Â»

"This was a long term operation, there was a couple of individuals that the German intelligence agency was monitoring," he said.

"The feeling was that they had come back specifically with the purpose of planning and plotting a terrorist attack."

CNN's Diana Magnay in Berlin contributed to this report

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text: police

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text: terrorists

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text: a

text: Dutch

text: passenger

text: aircraft

text: at

text: Cologne

text: airport

text: Friday

text: shortly

text: before

text: it

text: was

text: due

text: to

text: take

text: off

text: for

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text: officials

text: told

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text: The

text: arrests

text: were

text: made

text: at

text: Cologne

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text: airport

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text: and

text: a

text: old

text: German

text: citizen

text: who

text: had

text: been

text: born

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text: Mogadishu

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text: arrested

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text: a

text: KLM

text: plane

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text: local

text: time

text: GMT

text: a

text: police

text: spokesman

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text: said

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question: Which flight did police board on Friday?

answer: KL 1804,

text: KL 1804,

question: What did the police board?

answer: Dutch passenger

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question: How old were the suspects?

answer: 23-year-old

question: What type of letter did police find?

answer: "farewell"

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question: Where was the flight when police boarded?

answer: Cologne airport

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question: Where did police board the flight?

answer: Cologne-Bonn airport,

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question: How many suspects were there?

answer: two

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question: What kind of letters were found?

answer: "farewell"

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question: What kind of letters did the men write?

answer: "farewell"

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question: What flight did police board on Friday?

answer: KL 1804,

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question: What nationality are the two suspects?

answer: German citizen

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WASHINGTON (CNN)  -- President Obama's ambitious strategy for Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan, dubbed "Afpak" by administration officials, will face its first test Wednesday when he meets with the leaders of both countries -- neither of which is seen as able to maintain stability and fight strengthening Islamic insurgencies.

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari will meet with Afghanistan's president and President Obama.

The president will meet separately with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari before holding a joint session with the two leaders. The leaders also will hold talks at the State Department, FBI, CIA and on Capitol Hill.

Obama will try to build an enduring regional alliance with both countries, enlisting them as full partners rather than treating them as battlefields for U.S. soldiers to fight extremists. But both leaders are seen as weak and are deeply unpopular back home.

The Taliban has re-emerged to retake large swaths of Afghanistan, and in recent weeks, Taliban fighters have made alarming advances in Pakistan.

Just last week, the State Department warned that al Qaeda continues to enjoy safe haven along the rugged border between the countries, where al Qaeda plots attacks against the U.S. and its allies.

U.S. concern has focused on Pakistan, which Rep. Gary Ackerman, D-New York, on Monday aptly warned has its "pants on fire."

In Pakistan's Swat Valley, the government's recent peace deal with militants pushing for the establishment of strict Islamic law went awry, allowing the Taliban to advance within 60 miles of the capital, Islamabad. The government's initial inaction prompted Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to accuse Islamabad of abdicating to terrorists. Obama also expressed concern about the fragility of Zardari's government.

Richard Holbrooke, Obama's formidable point man for Afpak, insists Pakistan isn't a failed state. Yet there is plenty of concern in Washington that Zardari's government could fall, leaving Pakistan's considerable nuclear arsenal at risk.

Holbrooke also played down reports the U.S. is courting Zardari's main political rival, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Rather, officials say the U.S. wants the two men to work together, which would divert Zardari's attention away from domestic political squabbles and enable him to unite the country in the fight against extremists.

This is the U.S. main challenge -- persuading Pakistan to focus on what it considers a "mortal threat," and not on what Obama himself has called the Pakistani military's misguided "obsession" with neighboring India.

The Taliban advances seem to have delivered a wake-up call to the government, which has launched an offensive against the militants. To help, Obama has asked Congress to quickly approve hundreds of millions of dollars in emergency aid to help the Pakistanis combat the insurgency and is supporting a $7.5 billion civilian aid package over the next five years.

Concerned about reports that the Pakistani military is working at cross-purposes and, in some cases, aiding the Taliban, Congress is trying to condition the money on progress made by Pakistani forces in rooting out extremists.

A key component of the U.S. strategy is a surge in civilian assistance to boost domestic support for both governments. In an effort to promote more economic development and cooperation between the U.S. and the two countries, the ministers of agriculture and finance from both countries have been invited to Washington to join the talks.

While the U.S. focus clearly has been on Pakistan, violence in Afghanistan has reached its highest levels since Taliban forces were driven from power after the U.S. invaded in the fall of 2001 in response to the 9/11 terror attacks.

The U.S. wants to ensure stability in the lead-up to August elections, which is why Obama has committed 21,000 additional troops, in addition to the much needed economic assistance.

Since talking office in January, Obama and other U.S. officials have been tough on Karzai, criticizing his government as ineffective and weak on corruption. Karzai further angered U.S. officials this week when he named Mohammad Qasim Fahim, a powerful warlord accused of violating human rights, as his vice presidential running mate, despite warnings from Secretary of State Clinton that Fahim would be a polarizing choice.

But despite the belief by many in Washington it is time for Karzai to go, the Afghan president arrived this week in Washington virtually assured re-election, having persuaded his main opposition not to run against him.

In a speech Tuesday, Karzai wisely said "money can't buy you love" and "force won't buy you obedience"

Those sentiments illustrate one of the deficits in Obama's strategy.

While the U.S. hopes the additional assistance will turn both leaders into reliable allies, the administration has yet to unveil a plan for communicating directly to the Afghan and Pakistani populations, both of which are skeptical of the U.S. intentions toward their countries.

Additionally, the U.S. has focused its diplomacy so far on officials at the federal level, and efforts to establish strong and regular lines of communication with provincial government officials are in their infancy. That has contributed to the lack of U.S. influence in Pakistan during the Taliban's recent advances in the Northwest Frontier.

Creating and implementing an effective strategy toward Afghanistan, and more importantly, Pakistan, is proving to be one of the most challenging, yet important, foreign policy issues facing the Obama administration. Wednesday's talks will be the first indicator as to whether the U.S. has two partners in what has been dubbed "Obama's war."

CNN's Jill Dougherty contributed to this report.

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text: lack

text: of

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text: influence

text: in

text: Pakistan

text: during

text: the

text: Taliban

text: 's

text: recent

text: advances

text: in

text: the

text: Northwest

text: Frontier

text: Creating

text: and

text: implementing

text: an

text: effective

text: strategy

text: toward

text: Afghanistan

text: and

text: more

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text: Pakistan

text: is

text: proving

text: to

text: be

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: most

text: challenging

text: yet

text: important

text: foreign

text: policy

text: issues

text: facing

text: the

text: Obama

text: administration

text: Wednesday

text: 's

text: talks

text: will

text: be

text: the

text: first

text: indicator

text: as

text: to

text: whether

text: the

text: U.S.

text: has

text: two

text: partners

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text: what

text: has

text: been

text: dubbed

text: Obama

text: 's

text: war

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Jill

text: Dougherty

text: contributed

text: to

text: this

text: report

question: Where have the Taliban made gaines recently?

answer: Afghanistan,

text: Afghanistan,

question: What does a lack of influence do?

answer: al Qaeda continues to enjoy safe haven

text: al Qaeda continues to enjoy safe haven

question: What is the president's agenda?

answer: build an enduring regional alliance with both countries,

text: build an enduring regional alliance with both countries,

question: Who did Obama meet?

answer: leaders of both countries

text: leaders of both countries

question: Is the agenda ambitious?

answer: strategy for Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan,

text: strategy for Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan,

question: Who is Obama meeting?

answer: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari

text: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari