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TEHRAN, Iran (CNN)  -- A funeral procession for a senior Iraqi Shiite leader wound through the streets of Tehran, the Iranian capital, on Thursday.

Iraqi Shiite leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, seen in a 2007 photo, was an ally of both the U.S. and Iran.

Mourners turned out to say goodbye to Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, who spent 20 years in exile in Iran before returning to Iraq after U.S.-led forces toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

The funeral procession started at the Iraqi Embassy in Tehran, said Haitham al-Husseini, a senior official with al-Hakim's office and one of his advisers.

Iraqi and Iranian government officials attended the procession with senior religious figures and some members of the Iraqi parliament.

Another funeral procession is scheduled to be held Friday in Baghdad, Iraq, before the casket travels to several parts of southern Iraq with large Shiite populations. Authorities are concerned about security since Sunni insurgents have targeted large Shiite gatherings in the past.

The Iraqi government announced the start of three days of mourning on Thursday, according to state television in Iraq.

Al-Hakim died Wednesday in Tehran after a lengthy battle with lung cancer. He was 59.

He will be buried in his hometown of Najaf, one of the holiest cities for Shiite Muslims, al-Husseini said.

U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Christopher Hill and the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. Ray Odierno, described him as "a national hero" in a joint statement that expressed sadness over the death.

"Throughout his life, His Eminence demonstrated courage and fortitude, contributing to the building of a new Iraq," the statement said. "We offer our sincere condolences to his family and colleagues.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki also offered condolences, saying al-Hakim was "like an old brother."

Al-Maliki credited him for being a "strong supporter during the phase of fighting the ousted regime and a key figure in the process of building the new Iraq."  Watch how al-Hakim helped shape Iraq's future Â»

"His death at this critical stage that we are passing through is a great loss for Iraq," al-Maliki said.

Al-Hakim ended his exile in Iran in 2003 when he returned to Iraq after Hussein and his regime were toppled.

"It was very emotional for me to meet with my people after Saddam fell," al-Hakim said in a 2006 interview. "I was longing to see them, my goal in this life is to serve those great people and I am very proud to be a part of them."

Iraqi Shiites were suppressed under the Hussein regime, which favored the country's minority Sunni Muslims.

Al-Hakim played a central role in shaping Iraq's future following his return.

During his exile, which began in the early 1980s, al-Hakim commanded the Badr Brigades, the military wing of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq, or SCIRI. SCIRI -- a religious opposition movement to the Hussein regime -- was led by al-Hakim's brother until he was assassinated in August 2003.

Al-Hakim himself was also the target of assassination attempts.

He took over as the head of SCIRI and began his ascent to power as the Badr Brigades became the bulk of the Iraqi security forces in Iraq's predominantly Shiite south.

SCIRI changed its name to the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) in 2007 to remove the word "revolution," in an effort to reflect the situation in Iraq.

Al-Hakim had always propagated a message of peace, calling on Iraqis to stop taking part in the bitter sectarian conflict that followed the fall of Hussein. But despite his desire for a secular democracy in Iraq, he wanted a country that recognized the importance of religion, religious institutions and its authorities.

Al-Hakim successfully harnessed the fervor generated from emotional religious rituals like Ashura, a national day of fasting, and turned them into a powerful political platform. That ability led some to consider him Iraq's most powerful man.

His political bloc won the most seats in the Iraqi Parliament in 2005. And although al-Hakim never held a government position, he commanded respect from those who did.

Government ministers would meet with him at his office, not theirs, and he was often seen in the company of former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad.

And when talks on Iraq's constitution stalled, former President George W. Bush called al-Hakim, not the Iraqi prime minister or president.

He visited the United States three times during the Bush administration to address the situation in Iraq.

But al-Hakim remained artfully vague about Iran's influence in Iraq, saying its role was a positive one -- in direct contradiction to the U.S. government, which raised concerns about what it called Iran's "meddling."

He said the two predominantly Shiite Muslim countries shared border, historical and cultural relations, and emphasized the desire for strong ties.

Al-Hakim died at a time of violent political turmoil in Iraq. The power of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) party he leaves behind is just as uncertain as the nation he wanted to serve.

Al-Hakim was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2007 and was first treated in the United States, then later in Iran.

When he returned to Iraq later that year, he told CNN that he felt good. But it was around that time that it became apparent he was grooming his son, Ammar al-Hakim, to take over as head of ISCI.

It was once Iraq's most powerful Shiite political party, but ISCI lost much of its influence following elections in January when politicians allied with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki won control of most of Iraq's provincial councils.

CNN's Arwa Damon, Jomana Karadsheh and Mohammed Tawfeeq contributed to this report.

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(CNN) -- Ten years ago, Al Franken wrote a satirical book detailing his fictitious race for the White House. In "'Why Not Me?" Franken trounces former House Speaker Newt Gingrich to win the election, but after countless scandals, a mental breakdown and a cloning incident, President Franken is forced to resign.

Comedian, author and radio host Al Franken can now add "senator" to his resume.

Asked how he came up with the idea for the book, Franken said at the time that a number of people had been encouraging him to run for office.

"They thought it would be a good idea because I obviously know a lot about politics; I'm comfortable on camera, as you can tell; I've been married once, have two children; very, very good looking. And I told them that I'd be a terrible office-holder, so that was sort of the genesis of this idea," he said.

As far-fetched as the plot was, Franken's political aspirations weren't fantasy, and eight months after Election Day, the Democrat will be sworn in as an office-holder, representing Minnesota in the Senate.

Soon after, the outspoken comedian and former radio host will take over the desk once occupied by election rival Norm Coleman.

For months, Coleman appealed the election results, in which a recount gave Franken a 312-vote lead. But Coleman's case was put to rest last week when Minnesota's Supreme Court ruled in Franken's favor.  Franken on the issues Â»

When Franken is sworn in Tuesday, the title "senator" will become just the next line on a lengthy and varied rÃ©sumÃ© that reflects a man who has built up an illustrious yet controversial name for himself.

Franken, born in New York in 1951, moved to Minnesota when he was 4 years old. He grew up in a middle-class family and did well in school. Franken attended Harvard University, where he majored in political science.

After graduation, Franken teamed up with his home-state pal Tom Davis, and the two started writing for what became known as "Saturday Night Live." Franken was also a performer -- playing self-help guru Stuart Smalley and impersonating public figures like Henry Kissinger and the Rev. Pat Robertson -- and over the course of two decades, he took home five Emmys for his work on the show.

Post-"SNL," Franken dabbled in film and had a successful career as an author, penning several best-sellers, including "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations."  Watch CNN's Brianna Keiler report on Franken's plans Â»

In 2004, Franken made a name for himself as someone well-versed in politics through "The Al Franken Show," carried by Air America Radio. During his final show on February 14, 2007, Franken announced his intentions to run for the Senate.

But the man who once played Liam the Loose-Boweled Leprechaun wasn't the first unlikely politician to come from Minnesota. Voters there elected former wrestler Jesse Ventura as their governor in 1998.

David Schultz, a professor of law at Hamline University in St. Paul, says Franken's win was probably not an affirmation of support for the Democratic candidate but was, for many, a "lesser of two evils vote."

Third-party candidate Dean Barkley was chipping into Coleman's support, and "in addition, Coleman threw all his dirt against Franken early, and by the general election, it was old news."

"Coleman had little new to campaign on during the general election, and Franken became a better candidate in terms of campaigning during the last two months," he said.

In a video posted on his campaign Web site, explaining that he wanted to run, Franken said Minnesotans had "a right to be skeptical" about whether he was ready to take on such a challenge.  Watch more on the Franken factor Â»

Franken cited late Minnesota Sen. Paul Wellstone as his political hero. Wellstone, who first won election to the Senate in 1990, died in a plane crash shortly before the 2002 election.

Going into the race, Coleman was considered one of the more vulnerable Republicans seeking re-election. Although he'd started distancing himself from President Bush, he had been long seen as one of the president's allies.

Franken's campaign took off, and he raked in contributions, but his foes were not going to let Coleman go down without a fight. The former comedian's past came back to attack him as anti-Franken ads focused on some of his more controversial lines.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee launched a 60-second spot highlighting clips from Franken's SNL days, with an announcer saying, "Rape jokes, poor and foul-mouthed anger do not make for good training for the United States Senate." The Minnesota State Republican Party also blasted their challenger for a 2000 Playboy column he wrote called "Porn-O-Rama!"

When the votes were tallied on Election Day, Coleman held a slight edge on Franken, leading with just 206 votes. Under Minnesota law, a recount was in order because the margin of victory was less than .5 percent. The controversial recount, and subsequent court challenges, evoked comparisons to the 2000 Bush-Gore saga.

But Franken came out on top in one of the most drawn-out Senate races in Senate history.

A day after the Minnesota Supreme Court handed down its unanimous decision in favor of Franken -- and 239 days after the election -- the newly dubbed senator-elect thanked his supporters in an at-times emotional speech on the steps of the state Capitol.

"It is, of course, technically true that this was Paul's U.S. Senate seat. But I don't think Paul saw it that way," Franken said Wednesday, again paying respects to Wellstone.

"This seat belongs to the people of Minnesota, and so did Sen. Wellstone, and so will I," he said as he thanked his wife, Franni, supporters, volunteers, campaign staff members and the people of the state he will represent.

Now, Franken takes on what could be the most influential role of his life as he joins the Senate, giving Democrats their potentially filibuster-proof 60th vote.

Senate Democrats are welcoming their newest with open arms, and although the months-long contest has reached a resolution, it's likely the division over Franken will follow him to Capitol Hill.

"The arrival of the man from Minnesota will make the Democrats move even more to the left. He will not only be one more vote for the left, but one more loud voice for liberal policies," John Feehery wrote in a commentary for CNN.com. Feehery is a former staffer for former House Speaker Dennis Hastert and other Republicans in Congress.

"When Franken first started in politics, he did so as the liberal answer to Rush Limbaugh. Imagine if Rush were the 60th vote for Republicans, with George Bush as president. Now, think how Franken will act as the 60th vote for President Obama," he wrote.

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text: months

text: after

text: Election

text: Day

text: the

text: Democrat

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text: be

text: sworn

text: in

text: as

text: an

text: office

text: holder

text: representing

text: Minnesota

text: in

text: the

text: Senate

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text: after

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text: outspoken

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text: former

text: radio

text: host

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text: the

text: desk

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text: election

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text: months

text: Coleman

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text: the

text: election

text: results

text: in

text: which

text: a

text: recount

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text: Franken

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text: lead

text: But

text: Coleman

text: 's

text: case

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text: put

text: to

text: rest

text: last

text: week

text: when

text: Minnesota

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text: Supreme

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text: title

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text: man

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text: controversial

text: name

text: for

text: himself

text: Franken

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text: in

text: New

text: York

text: in

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text: to

text: Minnesota

text: when

text: he

text: was

text: years

text: old

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text: up

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text: middle

text: class

text: family

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text: Franken

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text: University

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text: he

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text: science

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text: state

text: pal

text: Tom

text: Davis

text: and

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text: two

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text: writing

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text: became

text: known

text: as

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text: Night

text: Live

text: Franken

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text: a

text: performer

text: playing

text: self

text: help

text: guru

text: Stuart

text: Smalley

text: and

text: impersonating

text: public

text: figures

text: like

text: Henry

text: Kissinger

text: and

text: the

text: Rev.

text: Pat

text: Robertson

text: and

text: over

text: the

text: course

text: of

text: two

text: decades

text: he

text: took

text: home

text: five

text: Emmys

text: for

text: his

text: work

text: on

text: the

text: show

text: Post-"SNL

text: Franken

text: dabbled

text: in

text: film

text: and

text: had

text: a

text: successful

text: career

text: as

text: an

text: author

text: penning

text: several

text: best

text: sellers

text: including

text: Rush

text: Limbaugh

text: is

text: a

text: Big

text: Fat

text: Idiot

text: and

text: Other

text: Observations

text: Watch

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Brianna

text: Keiler

text: report

text: on

text: Franken

text: 's

text: plans

text: Â

text: In

text: Franken

text: made

text: a

text: name

text: for

text: himself

text: as

text: someone

text: well

text: versed

text: in

text: politics

text: through

text: The

text: Al

text: Franken

text: Show

text: carried

text: by

text: Air

text: America

text: Radio

text: During

text: his

text: final

text: show

text: on

text: February

text: Franken

text: announced

text: his

text: intentions

text: to

text: run

text: for

text: the

text: Senate

text: But

text: the

text: man

text: who

text: once

text: played

text: Liam

text: the

text: Loose

text: Boweled

text: Leprechaun

text: was

text: n't

text: the

text: first

text: unlikely

text: politician

text: to

text: come

text: from

text: Minnesota

text: Voters

text: there

text: elected

text: former

text: wrestler

text: Jesse

text: Ventura

text: as

text: their

text: governor

text: in

text: David

text: Schultz

text: a

text: professor

text: of

text: law

text: at

text: Hamline

text: University

text: in

text: St.

text: Paul

text: says

text: Franken

text: 's

text: win

text: was

text: probably

text: not

text: an

text: affirmation

text: of

text: support

text: for

text: the

text: Democratic

text: candidate

text: but

text: was

text: for

text: many

text: a

text: lesser

text: of

text: two

text: evils

text: vote

text: Third

text: party

text: candidate

text: Dean

text: Barkley

text: was

text: chipping

text: into

text: Coleman

text: 's

text: support

text: and

text: in

text: addition

text: Coleman

text: threw

text: all

text: his

text: dirt

text: against

text: Franken

text: early

text: and

text: by

text: the

text: general

text: election

text: it

text: was

text: old

text: news

text: Coleman

text: had

text: little

text: new

text: to

text: campaign

text: on

text: during

text: the

text: general

text: election

text: and

text: Franken

text: became

text: a

text: better

text: candidate

text: in

text: terms

text: of

text: campaigning

text: during

text: the

text: last

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text: months

text: he

text: said

text: In

text: a

text: video

text: posted

text: on

text: his

text: campaign

text: Web

text: site

text: explaining

text: that

text: he

text: wanted

text: to

text: run

text: Franken

text: said

text: Minnesotans

text: had

text: a

text: right

text: to

text: be

text: skeptical

text: about

text: whether

text: he

text: was

text: ready

text: to

text: take

text: on

text: such

text: a

text: challenge

text: Watch

text: more

text: on

text: the

text: Franken

text: factor

text: Â

text: Franken

text: cited

text: late

text: Minnesota

text: Sen.

text: Paul

text: Wellstone

text: as

text: his

text: political

text: hero

text: Wellstone

text: who

text: first

text: won

text: election

text: to

text: the

text: Senate

text: in

text: died

text: in

text: a

text: plane

text: crash

text: shortly

text: before

text: the

text: election

text: Going

text: into

text: the

text: race

text: Coleman

text: was

text: considered

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: more

text: vulnerable

text: Republicans

text: seeking

text: re

text: election

text: Although

text: he

text: 'd

text: started

text: distancing

text: himself

text: from

text: President

text: Bush

text: he

text: had

text: been

text: long

text: seen

text: as

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: president

text: 's

text: allies

text: Franken

text: 's

text: campaign

text: took

text: off

text: and

text: he

text: raked

text: in

text: contributions

text: but

text: his

text: foes

text: were

text: not

text: going

text: to

text: let

text: Coleman

text: go

text: down

text: without

text: a

text: fight

text: The

text: former

text: comedian

text: 's

text: past

text: came

text: back

text: to

text: attack

text: him

text: as

text: anti

text: Franken

text: ads

text: focused

text: on

text: some

text: of

text: his

text: more

text: controversial

text: lines

text: The

text: National

text: Republican

text: Senatorial

text: Committee

text: launched

text: a

text: spot

text: highlighting

text: clips

text: from

text: Franken

text: 's

text: SNL

text: days

text: with

text: an

text: announcer

text: saying

text: Rape

text: jokes

text: poor

text: and

text: foul

text: mouthed

text: anger

text: do

text: not

text: make

text: for

text: good

text: training

text: for

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: Senate

text: The

text: Minnesota

text: State

text: Republican

text: Party

text: also

text: blasted

text: their

text: challenger

text: for

text: a

text: Playboy

text: column

text: he

text: wrote

text: called

text: Porn

text: O

text: Rama

text: When

text: the

text: votes

text: were

text: tallied

text: on

text: Election

text: Day

text: Coleman

text: held

text: a

text: slight

text: edge

text: on

text: Franken

text: leading

text: with

text: just

text: votes

text: Under

text: Minnesota

text: law

text: a

text: recount

text: was

text: in

text: order

text: because

text: the

text: margin

text: of

text: victory

text: was

text: less

text: than

text: percent

text: The

text: controversial

text: recount

text: and

text: subsequent

text: court

text: challenges

text: evoked

text: comparisons

text: to

text: the

text: Bush

text: Gore

text: saga

text: But

text: Franken

text: came

text: out

text: on

text: top

text: in

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: most

text: drawn

text: out

text: Senate

text: races

text: in

text: Senate

text: history

text: A

text: day

text: after

text: the

text: Minnesota

text: Supreme

text: Court

text: handed

text: down

text: its

text: unanimous

text: decision

text: in

text: favor

text: of

text: Franken

text: and

text: days

text: after

text: the

text: election

text: the

text: newly

text: dubbed

text: senator

text: elect

text: thanked

text: his

text: supporters

text: in

text: an

text: at

text: times

text: emotional

text: speech

text: on

text: the

text: steps

text: of

text: the

text: state

text: Capitol

text: It

text: is

text: of

text: course

text: technically

text: true

text: that

text: this

text: was

text: Paul

text: 's

text: U.S.

text: Senate

text: seat

text: But

text: I

text: do

text: n't

text: think

text: Paul

text: saw

text: it

text: that

text: way

text: Franken

text: said

text: Wednesday

text: again

text: paying

text: respects

text: to

text: Wellstone

text: This

text: seat

text: belongs

text: to

text: the

text: people

text: of

text: Minnesota

text: and

text: so

text: did

text: Sen.

text: Wellstone

text: and

text: so

text: will

text: I

text: he

text: said

text: as

text: he

text: thanked

text: his

text: wife

text: Franni

text: supporters

text: volunteers

text: campaign

text: staff

text: members

text: and

text: the

text: people

text: of

text: the

text: state

text: he

text: will

text: represent

text: Now

text: Franken

text: takes

text: on

text: what

text: could

text: be

text: the

text: most

text: influential

text: role

text: of

text: his

text: life

text: as

text: he

text: joins

text: the

text: Senate

text: giving

text: Democrats

text: their

text: potentially

text: filibuster

text: proof

text: vote

text: Senate

text: Democrats

text: are

text: welcoming

text: their

text: newest

text: with

text: open

text: arms

text: and

text: although

text: the

text: months

text: long

text: contest

text: has

text: reached

text: a

text: resolution

text: it

text: 's

text: likely

text: the

text: division

text: over

text: Franken

text: will

text: follow

text: him

text: to

text: Capitol

text: Hill

text: The

text: arrival

text: of

text: the

text: man

text: from

text: Minnesota

text: will

text: make

text: the

text: Democrats

text: move

text: even

text: more

text: to

text: the

text: left

text: He

text: will

text: not

text: only

text: be

text: one

text: more

text: vote

text: for

text: the

text: left

text: but

text: one

text: more

text: loud

text: voice

text: for

text: liberal

text: policies

text: John

text: Feehery

text: wrote

text: in

text: a

text: commentary

text: for

text: CNN.com

text: Feehery

text: is

text: a

text: former

text: staffer

text: for

text: former

text: House

text: Speaker

text: Dennis

text: Hastert

text: and

text: other

text: Republicans

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text: Congress

text: When

text: Franken

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text: started

text: in

text: politics

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text: did

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text: the

text: liberal

text: answer

text: to

text: Rush

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text: Rush

text: were

text: the

text: vote

text: for

text: Republicans

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LONDON, England (CNN)  -- Nearly 150,000 homes were without drinking water Monday after the worst floodwaters in 60 years swamped large areas of western England.

Flooding has caused widespread disruption across the country with further regions braced for more floods.

British military and rescue workers battled to save a major electricity substation on the outskirts of Gloucester, England, that serves about 500,000 homes.

About 1,000 Royal Navy personnel were building an emergency barrier to keep the Walham substation from flooding.

Their efforts have been successful so far, the Gloucestershire Constabulary Emergency Services said Monday evening.

Some 50,000 homes were already without electricity before the substation was threatened.

Two major rivers -- the Thames and the Severn -- are well above their normal levels and may burst their banks, according to authorities.  Watch as Britons brace for more flooding Â»

Britain's Environment Agency warned water levels could rise further to a "critical level" and issued nine severe flood warnings across the country.

The worst affected areas are the counties of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Oxfordshire, which had more than 5 inches (12.5 cm) of rain in barely 24 hours.

More rain is forecast, and the risk of flooding is increasing as floodwaters work their way into the river system.

In the historic city of Gloucester, the River Severn is expected to burst its banks later Monday. The river is already nearly 15 feet (5 meters) above its normal level for this time of year and close to breaching its banks.  See residents walk through flooded streets and homes Â»

Electricity and water supplies in and around the city are already cut to many residents, after a water treatment plant and electricity sub-station were flooded. The city of Tewkesbury is also flooded -- video from the area showed dozens of cars and homes under several feet of water.

Officials said it would be at least 48 hours before they could gain access to the Mythe Water Pumping Station in Tewkesbury to return water supply to 70,000 customers in Tewkesbury, Gloucester and Cheltenham.

"There is no doubt this unprecedented situation has been testing for each and every one of the emergency services and our partner agencies," said Gloucestershire Chief Constable Timothy Brain.

"I must pay tribute to the marathon effort being made to prevent the situation from worsening and to support those affected by the flooding, loss of power, loss of water and other consequences of this extreme situation," he said.

Hundreds of people in the worst affected areas have been plucked to safety by helicopters of the Royal Air Force and boats. Further north in Evesham, the River Severn is more than twice its normal width.

So far this month England has had nearly two-and-a-half-times its normal rainfall.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown visited Gloucester -- and promised to mobilize resources from across the country. He also announced increased funding for flood and coastal defenses across the country.

"Like every advanced industrialized country, we are coming to terms with the issues surrounding climate change," he said.

The prime minister described the flooding as unprecedented, and brushed aside criticism of his government for the quality of flood defenses and a slow response to the crisis.

"I think the emergency services have done a great job," he said. "I am satisfied people are doing everything they can."

The wet weather for much of June and July across England and Wales has also affected crops. Farmers are predicting low yields and higher prices -- with several crops due to be harvested in the next month. Insurance companies are expecting claims worth hundreds of millions of dollars because of flood damage.

More than 2,000 people spent Sunday night in emergency accommodation and the Royal Air Force and coastguard helicopters airlifted hundreds to safety in one of Britain's largest peacetime rescue operations.

"I'm afraid to say that I don't think we have seen the peak yet," John Harman, of the Environment Agency, told BBC radio.

"All this water that we have seen ... is now into the river system. Even though the rain has eased off a bit ... it's the water in the rivers now that constitutes a threat." E-mail to a friend

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question: Who pledges more funds to tackle floods?

answer: Prime Minister Gordon Brow

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question: What in parts of England are at a 60-year high?

answer: floodwaters

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text:
KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A British soldier was killed on New Year's Day by an explosion in southern Afghanistan, Britain's Ministry of Defense said Friday.

A British unit on patrol in Helmand province's Garmsir district, where another soldier has died.

The soldier, who served with the 6th Battalion The Rifles, had been taking part in a routine patrol in the Garmsir district of Helmand province when he was killed, the ministry said.

"It is deeply saddening to confirm the loss of a British soldier who died while helping to provide security in southern Helmand," said Commander Paula Rowe, a spokeswoman for Task Force Helmand. "His family, friends and all those who knew and worked with him will mourn his loss -- our heartfelt sympathies go to them all at this terrible time."

Britain suffered its worst year of losses in Afghanistan in 2008, with 51 British troops killed. It was more than in any other year since the mission began in October 2001, the defense ministry said.

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question: Who was killed on New Year's Day?

answer: A British soldier

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question: How were British soldiers killed?

answer: explosion

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question: When was this British soldier killed?

answer: New Year's Day

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question: Who served with the 6th Battalion The Rifles in Helmand province?

answer: A British soldier

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question: What was the soldier doing when he was killed?

answer: had been taking part in a routine patrol in the Garmsir district of Helmand province

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question: What day were they killed on?

answer: New Year's

text: New Year's

question: Where were the British soldiers killed at?

answer: southern

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question: How did this soldier die?

answer: an explosion

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question: Where is the Garmsir district?

answer: Helmand province

text: Helmand province

question: Where did the fatal blast occur?

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text:
Editor's note: Steve Clemons directs the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation and publishes The Washington Note, a popular political blog.

Steve Clemons says the Nobel panel correctly decided Obama's approach to diplomacy holds great promise.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Cynics will say that Oslo was jealous that Copenhagen, Denmark, scored a visit from President Obama, and giving him a Nobel was the only way to get him to Norway.

But the Nobel Committee's decision to make Obama the only sitting U.S. president since Woodrow Wilson to receive the Nobel Peace Prize shows the committee's clear-headed assessment that Obama's "unclenched fist" approach to dealing with the world's most thuggish leaders has had a constructive, systemic impact on the world's expectations of itself.

Obama has helped citizens all around the world -- including in the United States -- to want a world beyond the mess we have today in the Middle East and South Asia. They want a world where America is benign and positive, and where other leaders help in supporting the struggles of their people for better lives rather than securing themselves through crude power.

Obama has found a way in this interconnected world of cell phones, Twitter, Facebook and other social networking to reach a majority of the world's citizens with his message of hope for a better world. He speaks past the dictators to regular people and has, on the whole, raised global political expectations about everything from climate change to nuclear nonproliferation in ways that no one in history has done before.

Americans tend to look at everything from a U.S.-centric lens, and many woke up this morning shocked that Obama, who just saw a lot of his political capital wasted on trying to secure the 2016 Olympics for his hometown of Chicago, has gotten a fresh injection of sizzle to fill the Obama bubble.

The world has been mesmerized by Obama since he started to run for the presidency. The battle between Hillary Clinton and Obama for the Democratic nomination did more to educate the rest of the world about real political choice -- and about a system in which no candidates had an automatic lock on victory -- than any USAID program could have achieved.

Obama's decision to make the ulcerous Israeli-Palestinian negotiations one of the first foreign policy challenges of his administration, rather than the last, defied most seasoned analysts' expectations. His message to Iran's citizens, marking the Persian new year holiday of Nowruz, and his powerful and captivating speech in Cairo, Egypt, communicated to Muslims all around the world that their lives and their faith and their expectations for a better world were vital and as valid as any others.

From his perch in the White House, Barack Obama affirmed the humanity of Muslims and told them that America does value Muslim lives.

Obama's posture and rhetoric have reversed the collapse of hope and trust that the world's citizens had in America and stopped the degradation of America's image during the tenure of George W. Bush and Richard Cheney.

Should a U.S. president get the Nobel Peace Prize if he's about to send more U.S. troops, armed drones, bombs, tanks and other military hardware into the war-ripped zones in Afghanistan?

Or should Obama get the prize if he hasn't even succeeded in getting Israeli-Palestinian negotiations going? Or if he hasn't gotten Iran to drop its nuclear ambitions and to re-enter the international system on constructive terms?

The answer is yes.

I think that given how the odds were already so stacked against Obama on the global economic and security fronts, one can only be amazed at what this unlikely and fascinating president has done with "optics."

The night before Obama's inauguration, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel accepted my congratulations and responded, "It's going to be tough, and right now we can only change the optics," meaning that political perceptions and appearances could be changed more quickly than hard realities.

What is brilliant about Obama and why he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize is that he is a global leader who clearly saw the gains that could be made in changing "the optics" of the global order, upgrading the level of respect between the United States and other nations, making a point of listening to other leaders.

Obama saw that before the world could move to a more stable and better global equilibrium, it had to believe it could -- and this is what Obama has done in ways that no other leader has in memory.

Obama will still make mistakes. Leaders will still wrestle with him. Hard choices and the gravity of war will still generate challenges for Obama's leadership.

But the Nobel Prize Committee has shrewdly given a key down payment for a kind of leadership it wants to see from the U.S. for many more years and given Obama another tool to help craft a new global social contract between the United States and other responsible stakeholders in the international system.

The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Steve Clemons.

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question: What has Obama changed?

answer: reversed the collapse of hope and trust that the world's citizens had in America

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answer: President Obama,

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answer: tend to look at everything from a U.S.-centric lens,

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question: What did he say about this?

answer: the Nobel panel correctly decided Obama's approach to diplomacy holds great promise.

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question: What has Obama's rhetoric done?

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ORLANDO, Florida (CNN) -- There was no trauma visible on the "completely skeletonized" remains of slain toddler Caylee Anthony, but there were overlapping pieces of duct tape over her mouth, according to the autopsy report released Friday.

Caylee Anthony was last seen June 16, 2008.  Her mother, Casey Anthony, is in jail awaiting a murder trial.

The tape was still attached to head hair, and the skull was separate from the other body parts, said Dr. Jan Garavaglia, chief medical examiner for Orange County.

"This duct tape was clearly placed prior to decomposition, keeping the mandible in place," she says in the report. Garavaglia said animals had scattered the bones after decomposition began.

The cause of the child's death is listed as "homicide by undetermined means."

Caylee Anthony's remains were found in December in woods less than a mile from her grandparents' home. Her mother, Casey Anthony, is charged with murder. She could be sentenced to death if convicted. The mother was arrested July 16, 2008, while Caylee was still missing.

Earlier Friday, a judge denied a request from the child's grandparents, George and Cindy Anthony, to keep the autopsy report from the public.

Last week, their attorney filed a motion saying the report should be sealed because its release would cause the family great anguish.

Holding back tears, George Anthony on Friday asked the judge not to release the report until Casey Anthony's trial.

"Our family's memory of precious Caylee Marie is all we have left of her," he said as his wife appeared visibly shaken.

Judge Stan Strickland said George Anthony's testimony was not lost on him, but according to the law he had no choice.

"Their pain means a great deal to me. I don't like the ruling I'm making, but it's one that I legally have to make," he said.

George Anthony, angry after the ruling, left the courtroom before the hearing ended.

The autopsy report contains no X-rays or photos of the remains.  Watch Nancy Grace's take on the coroner's findings Â»

According to Garavaglia, intermixed with Caylee Anthony's skeletal remains were two plastic garbage bags, a canvas laundry bag and a baby blanket with a Winnie the Pooh print. A pair of partially decomposed, multi-colored shorts were among the clothes, the doctor said.

Two sets of cloth letters were found intermingled with plant material and debris. Garavaglia said the first set spelled "big" and the second group appeared to spell "trouble."

"The roots growing into the vertebrae and bags indicate the body was placed there months prior to being found," Garavaglia said. "There is nothing inconsistent with the body being placed there soon after the date of [Caylee] being last seen alive."

George Anthony said he saw his granddaughter leave his house with her mother for the last time on June 15, 2008. Officials allege Caylee was killed by her mother a short time later.

Since her arrest in July, Casey Anthony, 23, has remained behind bars in Orlando.

The search for Caylee ended December 11, when a meter reader brought out a bag containing a skull from the woods. He said he had contacted police three times in August to report a suspicious bag in the area. A deputy was ultimately fired for not properly searching the area.

The remains were confirmed through DNA testing to be those of Caylee Anthony.

CNN's Natisha Lance and John Couwels contributed to this report.

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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A plane carrying California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made an emergency landing Friday evening after the cockpit filled with smoke, his office said in a statement.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called his plane's emergency landing "a little adventure" on Twitter.

Schwarzenegger confirmed the incident with a tweet on the social-networking Web site, Twitter. He also included a photo of the jet on the tarmac.

"A little adventure just now when my plane made an emergency landing. All's OK, though," he posted.

The governor was on his way to the Santa Monica airport after a speech in Mendota, California, about the drought affecting the state.

The jet was diverted to Van Nuys Airport after the pilot reported "smoke emanating from the instrument panel in the cockpit," Schwarzenegger's office said, adding that there were no visible signs of a fire.

The pilot made a "quick, steep, but safe landing," his office said. No one was injured.

Twitter is a social networking site that allows users to update what they are doing using 140 characters or less.

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