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L'AQUILA, Italy (CNN) -- Leaders of both industrialized powers and emerging economies have agreed to work together on setting a goal to limit global warming to levels recommended by scientists, U.S. President Barack Obama said at the G-8 summit.

G-8 leaders wait for an aide to remove toe markers as they pose for a family photo in L'Aquila, Italy, on July 8.

The G-8 countries -- comprising the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada and Russia -- agreed to a target of reducing their carbon dioxide emissions by 80 percent by the year 2050 to try to prevent the Earth's atmosphere from warming by more than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), Obama said.

Thursday's meeting with emerging economies including China also secured a commitment from the developing countries to work for limiting global warming to the 2 degree Celsius threshold, Obama said.

"Developing countries among us will promptly undertake actions whose projected effects on emissions represent a meaningful deviation from business as usual in the midterm, in the context of sustainable development, supported by financing, technology, and capacity-building," said the declaration from Thursday's Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate.

The declaration stopped short of setting targets for the developing nations. Obama said the emerging economies agreed to work toward setting specific targets.  Watch report from CNN's Ed Henry Â»

He called the commitment of the emerging economies "an important stride forward" in minimizing climate change, but acknowledged that the issue he called one of the most challenging of our times would be difficult to confront.

Environment groups gave the announcement a cautious welcome. Joanne Green, head of policy at Cafod, told the Press Association: "Agreeing that average global temperatures should not rise by more than two degrees is forward movement but it is woefully inadequate compared to what was needed."

And Oxfam spokesman Antonio Hill said: "Today 17 countries, responsible for more than 80 percent of the world's emissions, agreed for the first time that it'd be nice to take the road which stops the planet heating up by more than 2 degrees.

"While G-8 countries continue to speed in the opposite direction, towards a cooked planet and climate catastrophe, poor people want to know whether rich coutries will now actually turn around before it's too late."

The vast majority of climate change scientists warn that warming above the 2 degree Celsius threshold would mean potentially catastrophic impacts on Earth.

U.N.-led negotiations on a new global climate change treaty are aiming to conclude with an agreement among 192 nations in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December. Obama said the G-8 targets and work with developing countries are intended to support the international climate change treaty that will succeed the Kyoto Protocol in 2012.

In the United States, Congress is debating a new energy policy that could codify the G-8 target for emissions reductions in law. A House bill that recently passed has the same target of an 80 percent reduction by 2050, but Senate passage of a measure remains uncertain.  Watch as leaders tour quake zone Â»

Republican opponents contend the United States would put itself at a competitive disadvantage by setting firm targets when China and other emerging economies would be free to pollute without limits. Some Democratic senators also fear harmful effects on fossil fuel industries in their states.

The Major Economies Forum led by Obama included the G-8 countries along with Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Australia, South Africa and others. The Forum nations account for 80 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.

Its declaration Thursday outlined a range of actions including funding mechanisms for both reducing greenhouse gas emissions and helping nations and ecosystems adapt to global warming, along with more money to pursue alternative energy sources.

The declaration said the world's emissions should peak as soon as possible and then start going down. It acknowledged that industrial powers have emitted most of the pollution causing climate change and therefore have a greater responsibility in responding.

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced the creation of an institute to study and advance so-called clean coal technology intended to reduce the harmful pollution from coal-fired energy.

In addition, the declaration recognized "that the timeframe for peaking will be longer in developing countries, bearing in mind that social and economic development and poverty eradication are the first and overriding priorities in developing countries and that low-carbon development is indispensable to sustainable development."  Watch what's on agenda at G-8 summit Â»

Todd Stern, Obama's special envoy for climate change, noted that China and other emerging economies had never previously acknowledged the 2-degree Celsius threshold or committed to reducing emissions from current levels. He called those steps "significant," but conceded they fell short of binding commitments to meet specific reductions goals.

However, Stern said the 2-degree threshold was the "underpinning" of the global goal for an overall 50 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, including the 80 percent cuts targeted by the G-8 countries.

Obama acknowledged the United States has previously failed to meet its responsibilities regarding climate change, and he pledged a renewed commitment and leadership. In his remarks, Rudd made a point of welcoming the new leadership role by Obama and the United States.

Obama will meet Friday with Pope Benedict XVI, who launched a verbal assault on global capitalism ahead of the G-8 meeting, lambasting "grave deviations and failures" and calling for a "profoundly new way of understanding business enterprise."

The pope challenged bankers to turn away from the practices blamed for bringing about the global economic crisis and instead use their power to help the world create wealth and economic development.

"Above all, the intention to do good must not be considered incompatible with the effective capacity to produce goods," Benedict said Wednesday.

After his meeting with the pope, the first U.S. African-American president will make his first trip as chief executive to Africa, traveling to Accra, Ghana. Obama's father was a native of Kenya.

CNN's Paula Newton in L'Aquila, Italy, contributed to this report.

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(CNN) -- Marjorye Heeney knew something was wrong when she saw a bulging cloud of black dust darken the sky.

Drought-like conditions dried this Kern River bed last year near Bakersfield, California.

She then heard an eerie, train-like whistle as fierce winds rattled her front door and windows. When she looked outside, hordes of grasshoppers and crows swarmed over her father's barren farm. After the storm broke, her father walked outside and muttered curses as he scanned the horizon for rain clouds.

"I can remember my dad just watching the sky so closely," Heeney says. "A sprinkle would excite him so much."

That's how Heeney, now 83, describes growing up on an Oklahoma farm during the Dust Bowl storms in the 1930s. For much of that decade, "black blizzards" -- formed by a prolonged drought and poor farming techniques -- ravaged much of the nation.

Now a new generation of Americans is again anxiously looking to the sky. Drought has returned to the United States, and some warn that more tough days are ahead.

The value of water is starting to become apparent in America. Over the past three years a drought has affected large swaths of the country, and conflicts over water usage may become commonplace in the future, climatologists say.

"Our focus is oil, but the critical need for water is going to make water the most significant natural resource that we're going to have to worry about in the future," says Larry Fillmer, executive director of the Natural Resources Management & Development Institute at Auburn University in Alabama.

At least 36 states expect to face water shortages within the next five years, according to a report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office. According to the National Drought Mitigation Center, several regions in particular have been hit hard: the Southeast, Southwest and the West. Texas, Georgia and South Carolina have suffered the worst droughts this year, the agency said.

Yet most people don't need scientists to tell them there's a water shortage. Plenty of cities have implemented water bans while state squabbles over water usage are common in some regions. What may surprise people, though, are the causes for the recent drought.

It's not global warming, some climatologists say. The droughts are caused by rapid population growth and unwise agricultural choices.

John R. Christy, a professor of atmospheric science at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, says the last three years have been drier than usual in many parts of the United States, but overall there's been no shortage of rainfall. He says the U.S. mainland experienced worse droughts in the 12th and 16th centuries.

"The demand for water has gone up," Christy says. "The demand has skyrocketed in places like California and New Mexico because they've tried to grow crops in deserts."

Even drought conditions in the Southeast can't be blamed on a shortage of rainfall, Christy says. The region's water delivery systems can't keep pace with the growth, he says.

"The rain is still falling, but you're out of water because the storage facilities are not big enough," Christy says.

There's also a public perception that ordinary people are wasting more water, but that's not true, says Mark Svoboda, a climatologist with the National Drought Mitigation Center.

"Per capita use of water is down because we're learning to be more efficient," Svoboda says.

Water shortages don't have to remain a fact of modern life, drought experts say. Many offer the same solutions: Build better water delivery systems to accommodate population growth, develop more efficient uses of irrigation, and shift agriculture from the West to the East where it's easier and cheaper to water crops.

Svoboda believes a change in attitude is even more vital than changing habits.

"We take water for granted," he says. "We think it's a cheap commodity that's always going to be there."

Heeney, the Dust Bowl survivor, doesn't appear to need that lesson. She remembers how precious water was in the 1930s when people fetched water in buckets. And when the rains finally ended the Dust Bowl, she vividly remembers her joyous father driving his family out into his fields just to watch the water settle into the soil.

Heeney, who now lives in Topeka, Kansas, gets upset when she sees people throw away bottled water or use too much water to wash their cars.

"We don't value water and we're going to regret it," Heeney says. "We forget. We're as dumb as we can be and we don't learn."

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text: Bowl

text: storms

text: in

text: the

text: For

text: much

text: of

text: that

text: decade

text: black

text: blizzards

text: formed

text: by

text: a

text: prolonged

text: drought

text: and

text: poor

text: farming

text: techniques

text: ravaged

text: much

text: of

text: the

text: nation

text: Now

text: a

text: new

text: generation

text: of

text: Americans

text: is

text: again

text: anxiously

text: looking

text: to

text: the

text: sky

text: Drought

text: has

text: returned

text: to

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: and

text: some

text: warn

text: that

text: more

text: tough

text: days

text: are

text: ahead

text: The

text: value

text: of

text: water

text: is

text: starting

text: to

text: become

text: apparent

text: in

text: America

text: Over

text: the

text: past

text: three

text: years

text: a

text: drought

text: has

text: affected

text: large

text: swaths

text: of

text: the

text: country

text: and

text: conflicts

text: over

text: water

text: usage

text: may

text: become

text: commonplace

text: in

text: the

text: future

text: climatologists

text: say

text: Our

text: focus

text: is

text: oil

text: but

text: the

text: critical

text: need

text: for

text: water

text: is

text: going

text: to

text: make

text: water

text: the

text: most

text: significant

text: natural

text: resource

text: that

text: we

text: 're

text: going

text: to

text: have

text: to

text: worry

text: about

text: in

text: the

text: future

text: says

text: Larry

text: Fillmer

text: executive

text: director

text: of

text: the

text: Natural

text: Resources

text: Management

text: Development

text: Institute

text: at

text: Auburn

text: University

text: in

text: Alabama

text: At

text: least

text: states

text: expect

text: to

text: face

text: water

text: shortages

text: within

text: the

text: next

text: five

text: years

text: according

text: to

text: a

text: report

text: from

text: the

text: U.S.

text: Government

text: Accountability

text: Office

text: According

text: to

text: the

text: National

text: Drought

text: Mitigation

text: Center

text: several

text: regions

text: in

text: particular

text: have

text: been

text: hit

text: hard

text: the

text: Southeast

text: Southwest

text: and

text: the

text: West

text: Texas

text: Georgia

text: and

text: South

text: Carolina

text: have

text: suffered

text: the

text: worst

text: droughts

text: this

text: year

text: the

text: agency

text: said

text: Yet

text: most

text: people

text: do

text: n't

text: need

text: scientists

text: to

text: tell

text: them

text: there

text: 's

text: a

text: water

text: shortage

text: Plenty

text: of

text: cities

text: have

text: implemented

text: water

text: bans

text: while

text: state

text: squabbles

text: over

text: water

text: usage

text: are

text: common

text: in

text: some

text: regions

text: What

text: may

text: surprise

text: people

text: though

text: are

text: the

text: causes

text: for

text: the

text: recent

text: drought

text: It

text: 's

text: not

text: global

text: warming

text: some

text: climatologists

text: say

text: The

text: droughts

text: are

text: caused

text: by

text: rapid

text: population

text: growth

text: and

text: unwise

text: agricultural

text: choices

text: John

text: R.

text: Christy

text: a

text: professor

text: of

text: atmospheric

text: science

text: at

text: the

text: University

text: of

text: Alabama

text: in

text: Huntsville

text: says

text: the

text: last

text: three

text: years

text: have

text: been

text: drier

text: than

text: usual

text: in

text: many

text: parts

text: of

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: but

text: overall

text: there

text: 's

text: been

text: no

text: shortage

text: of

text: rainfall

text: He

text: says

text: the

text: U.S.

text: mainland

text: experienced

text: worse

text: droughts

text: in

text: the

text: and

text: centuries

text: The

text: demand

text: for

text: water

text: has

text: gone

text: up

text: Christy

text: says

text: The

text: demand

text: has

text: skyrocketed

text: in

text: places

text: like

text: California

text: and

text: New

text: Mexico

text: because

text: they

text: 've

text: tried

text: to

text: grow

text: crops

text: in

text: deserts

text: Even

text: drought

text: conditions

text: in

text: the

text: Southeast

text: ca

text: n't

text: be

text: blamed

text: on

text: a

text: shortage

text: of

text: rainfall

text: Christy

text: says

text: The

text: region

text: 's

text: water

text: delivery

text: systems

text: ca

text: n't

text: keep

text: pace

text: with

text: the

text: growth

text: he

text: says

text: The

text: rain

text: is

text: still

text: falling

text: but

text: you

text: 're

text: out

text: of

text: water

text: because

text: the

text: storage

text: facilities

text: are

text: not

text: big

text: enough

text: Christy

text: says

text: There

text: 's

text: also

text: a

text: public

text: perception

text: that

text: ordinary

text: people

text: are

text: wasting

text: more

text: water

text: but

text: that

text: 's

text: not

text: true

text: says

text: Mark

text: Svoboda

text: a

text: climatologist

text: with

text: the

text: National

text: Drought

text: Mitigation

text: Center

text: Per

text: capita

text: use

text: of

text: water

text: is

text: down

text: because

text: we

text: 're

text: learning

text: to

text: be

text: more

text: efficient

text: Svoboda

text: says

text: Water

text: shortages

text: do

text: n't

text: have

text: to

text: remain

text: a

text: fact

text: of

text: modern

text: life

text: drought

text: experts

text: say

text: Many

text: offer

text: the

text: same

text: solutions

text: Build

text: better

text: water

text: delivery

text: systems

text: to

text: accommodate

text: population

text: growth

text: develop

text: more

text: efficient

text: uses

text: of

text: irrigation

text: and

text: shift

text: agriculture

text: from

text: the

text: West

text: to

text: the

text: East

text: where

text: it

text: 's

text: easier

text: and

text: cheaper

text: to

text: water

text: crops

text: Svoboda

text: believes

text: a

text: change

text: in

text: attitude

text: is

text: even

text: more

text: vital

text: than

text: changing

text: habits

text: We

text: take

text: water

text: for

text: granted

text: he

text: says

text: We

text: think

text: it

text: 's

text: a

text: cheap

text: commodity

text: that

text: 's

text: always

text: going

text: to

text: be

text: there

text: Heeney

text: the

text: Dust

text: Bowl

text: survivor

text: does

text: n't

text: appear

text: to

text: need

text: that

text: lesson

text: She

text: remembers

text: how

text: precious

text: water

text: was

text: in

text: the

text: when

text: people

text: fetched

text: water

text: in

text: buckets

text: And

text: when

text: the

text: rains

text: finally

text: ended

text: the

text: Dust

text: Bowl

text: she

text: vividly

text: remembers

text: her

text: joyous

text: father

text: driving

text: his

text: family

text: out

text: into

text: his

text: fields

text: just

text: to

text: watch

text: the

text: water

text: settle

text: into

text: the

text: soil

text: Heeney

text: who

text: now

text: lives

text: in

text: Topeka

text: Kansas

text: gets

text: upset

text: when

text: she

text: sees

text: people

text: throw

text: away

text: bottled

text: water

text: or

text: use

text: too

text: much

text: water

text: to

text: wash

text: their

text: cars

text: We

text: do

text: n't

text: value

text: water

text: and

text: we

text: 're

text: going

text: to

text: regret

text: it

text: Heeney

text: says

text: We

text: forget

text: We

text: 're

text: as

text: dumb

text: as

text: we

text: can

text: be

text: and

text: we

text: do

text: n't

text: learn

question: Who remembers the Dust Bowl storms

answer: Heeney, now 83, describes growing up on an Oklahoma farm during the

text: Heeney, now 83, describes growing up on an Oklahoma farm during the

question: How many states expect water shortages

answer: At least 36

text: At least 36

question: What do experts say the main causes are

answer: rapid population growth and unwise agricultural choices.

text: rapid population growth and unwise agricultural choices.

question: What do experts say is a main cause of the drought and water shortages?

answer: unwise agricultural choices.

text: unwise agricultural choices.

question: How many states are being affected?

answer: At least 36

text: At least 36

question: How many states are expected to have water shortages?

answer: 36

question: What do 36 states face?

answer: water shortages

text: water shortages

question: What are the main causes of the drought?

answer: rapid population growth and unwise agricultural choices.

text: rapid population growth and unwise agricultural choices.

question: What country has the drought affected?

answer: United States,

text: United States,


text:
Tucson, Arizona (CNN)  -- Last week during the day, some kids in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, were playing soccer in a park when a car slowed down, guys got out and executed a 13-year-old boy. And then they drove away, unmolested in a city with 11,000 army and police officers.

The Mexican government repeatedly states that 90 percent of the deaths in the current drug war are of people who are dirty; that is, criminals involved in the drug business. The killings of reporters and of innocent women, men and children continually belie that statement.

The child was not a cartel member in disguise. Nor were the 15 high school kids killed at a party in a small house in a poor barrio. Their parents had made them hold the celebration of a sports victory at home because it was too dangerous to be out in the city.

I went to Juarez in June of 1995 and never seem to escape the pull of the place. The city then was controlled by Amado Carrillo Fuentes, then the head of the Juarez cartel. Drug Enforcement Agency intelligence told me he was raking in $250 million a week.

American factories were erupting out of the ground in the wake of the passage of NAFTA. Huge districts of shacks made out of stolen pallets and cardboard boxes were growing faster than the city could map. These shacks were filled with people working full time in those American-owned factories. Murders ran around 250 a year and sometimes the cartel left bodies on the street wrapped in yellow ribbon. Carrillo ran the city and yet his name never appeared in the newspapers nor was mentioned on radio and television.

I thought I'd stumbled into hell.

Now the city is dying. About 5,000 people have been slaughtered in Ciudad Juarez in 27 months. It is a destroyed city where 25 percent of the houses are abandoned and 40 percent of the businesses have closed. There were 2,600 murders last year and killings are going on at a faster clip this year. At night, no one is on the streets.

I realize that I was a fool in 1995. I had not stumbled into hell. That was the golden age.

But one constant remains: No matter how many die in Juarez, no matter how low the pay in the American factories, the U.S. government insists the War on Drugs is being won and that NAFTA is a big success.

The Mexican War on Drugs is not lost: it never seriously began. The drug industry is an essential prop under a faltering Mexican economy and has been so for more than 20 years, since the peso crisis of the early 1980s. The money flows into the hands of countless government officials, into the banking industry and into many investments in Mexico.

More people die each day as the government of President Felipe Calderon uses the Mexican army and the federal police to try to get the illegal drug industry under control. Calderon was elected by a razor-thin margin and followed the custom of Mexican presidents by immediately making a show of force. But he badly underestimated the power of the drug industry.

The profits are estimated by many analysts to be between $30 billion and $50 billion a year, although it's notoriously difficult to track. But it is not a piddling sum in a country where oil is the official highest earner of foreign currency and supplies 40 percent of the federal budget. But the oil is running out. Calderon has publicly stated that the oil fields will be gone in 10 years or less.

The next big earner is human flesh, the millions of Mexicans who have fled the economic doom of their nation and send more than $20 billion a year home from the United States. But the recession and job losses in the U.S. have cut into that source.

Tourism ranks third in legitimate sources of money for Mexico, but in a nation where heads keep getting lopped off, tourism isn't thriving.

The illegal drug industry in Mexico employs hundreds of thousands of people. No one knows the payroll, but certainly it includes many people in the army, the 3,500 separate police forces and the government from top to bottom.

It's difficult to make a living wage legitimately here. The pay varies, but in Ciudad Juarez, one of the most violent cities on Earth, the starting salary in the 400 foreign-owned factories, mainly American, is about 40 bucks a week.

There are 500 to 900 street gangs. No one can live on the pay offered by these factories. In a country with 50 percent of the population living in poverty, the turnover in these plants runs from 100 to 200 percent a year. No one can live long in a gang -- but for a while, a kid can live well and feel that his life is a dream of money and power.

The U.S. approach to the killings in Mexico never looks at an economic reason, just as the consequences of our free trade treaty (NAFTA) are never brought up.

The effects wrought by NAFTA launched one of the largest human migrations in the world as poor Mexicans fled collapsing industry and agriculture. Border Patrol statistics show that the number of Mexicans entering the U.S. illegally skyrocketed within two years of the passage of NAFTA.

We also never question our four-decades-old War on Drugs, which has produced cheaper drugs of higher quality at lower prices in thousands of U.S. cities and towns. It has helped create one of the largest prison populations in the world. If our drug policy were a ship, it would be called the Titanic.

Anyone who questions the propaganda of the U.S. government on the violence in Mexico, on our War on Drugs or on our free trade agreement is told to come up with a solution, some silver bullet that instantly slays the dragon. But our policies over the decades have created a disaster, and it will take years to reverse the damage these acts of government have inflicted.

The time to start is now. Let's address the true and lethal nature of Mexico's war on drugs -- one we are in part bankrolling under the Merida Initiative to the tune of half a billion dollars per year, often tossed into the murderous hands of many in the Mexican army.

We need to have a public discussion of the obvious: Legalize drugs or keep caging Americans for taking drugs -- unless of course they are booze, tobacco or happy pills from the doctor -- and keep financing the murders of Mexicans.

The first thing to do if we want to come clean about the slaughter in Mexico is start smelling the coffee. We share a 1,900-mile border. We share a history and people. At least 10 percent of the Mexican people now live in the United States as economic or political fugitives.

Recently, the secretaries of State, Homeland Security and Defense flew to Mexico City and promised the Mexican government we would continue exactly the same polices as in the past. I have been told I should be reasonable. I am. And I expect the same of my government. Building prisons and lending support to a murderous war on drugs must stop, and digging deep into the economics and politics behind the hellish state of affairs must begin.

It's a testament to the Mexican people that no matter how hard life is in Juarez, they seem to endure, raise families, smile and try to create a better future. As a Mexican friend told me, "I love Juarez, it is such a needy city."

It is poor and dangerous, a tapestry of one-story buildings. But once you know Juarez it haunts you no matter how you try to flee.

The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Charles Bowden.

text: Tucson

text: Arizona

text: CNN

text: Last

text: week

text: during

text: the

text: day

text: some

text: kids

text: in

text: Ciudad

text: Juarez

text: Mexico

text: were

text: playing

text: soccer

text: in

text: a

text: park

text: when

text: a

text: car

text: slowed

text: down

text: guys

text: got

text: out

text: and

text: executed

text: a

text: old

text: boy

text: And

text: then

text: they

text: drove

text: away

text: unmolested

text: in

text: a

text: city

text: with

text: army

text: and

text: police

text: officers

text: The

text: Mexican

text: government

text: repeatedly

text: states

text: that

text: percent

text: of

text: the

text: deaths

text: in

text: the

text: current

text: drug

text: war

text: are

text: of

text: people

text: who

text: are

text: dirty

text: that

text: is

text: criminals

text: involved

text: in

text: the

text: drug

text: business

text: The

text: killings

text: of

text: reporters

text: and

text: of

text: innocent

text: women

text: men

text: and

text: children

text: continually

text: belie

text: that

text: statement

text: The

text: child

text: was

text: not

text: a

text: cartel

text: member

text: in

text: disguise

text: Nor

text: were

text: the

text: high

text: school

text: kids

text: killed

text: at

text: a

text: party

text: in

text: a

text: small

text: house

text: in

text: a

text: poor

text: barrio

text: Their

text: parents

text: had

text: made

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text: hold

text: the

text: celebration

text: of

text: a

text: sports

text: victory

text: at

text: home

text: because

text: it

text: was

text: too

text: dangerous

text: to

text: be

text: out

text: in

text: the

text: city

text: I

text: went

text: to

text: Juarez

text: in

text: June

text: of

text: and

text: never

text: seem

text: to

text: escape

text: the

text: pull

text: of

text: the

text: place

text: The

text: city

text: then

text: was

text: controlled

text: by

text: Amado

text: Carrillo

text: Fuentes

text: then

text: the

text: head

text: of

text: the

text: Juarez

text: cartel

text: Drug

text: Enforcement

text: Agency

text: intelligence

text: told

text: me

text: he

text: was

text: raking

text: in

text: million

text: a

text: week

text: American

text: factories

text: were

text: erupting

text: out

text: of

text: the

text: ground

text: in

text: the

text: wake

text: of

text: the

text: passage

text: of

text: NAFTA

text: Huge

text: districts

text: of

text: shacks

text: made

text: out

text: of

text: stolen

text: pallets

text: and

text: cardboard

text: boxes

text: were

text: growing

text: faster

text: than

text: the

text: city

text: could

text: map

text: These

text: shacks

text: were

text: filled

text: with

text: people

text: working

text: full

text: time

text: in

text: those

text: American

text: owned

text: factories

text: Murders

text: ran

text: around

text: a

text: year

text: and

text: sometimes

text: the

text: cartel

text: left

text: bodies

text: on

text: the

text: street

text: wrapped

text: in

text: yellow

text: ribbon

text: Carrillo

text: ran

text: the

text: city

text: and

text: yet

text: his

text: name

text: never

text: appeared

text: in

text: the

text: newspapers

text: nor

text: was

text: mentioned

text: on

text: radio

text: and

text: television

text: I

text: thought

text: I

text: 'd

text: stumbled

text: into

text: hell

text: Now

text: the

text: city

text: is

text: dying

text: About

text: people

text: have

text: been

text: slaughtered

text: in

text: Ciudad

text: Juarez

text: in

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text: It

text: is

text: a

text: destroyed

text: city

text: where

text: percent

text: of

text: the

text: houses

text: are

text: abandoned

text: and

text: percent

text: of

text: the

text: businesses

text: have

text: closed

text: There

text: were

text: murders

text: last

text: year

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text: killings

text: are

text: going

text: on

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text: faster

text: clip

text: this

text: year

text: At

text: night

text: no

text: one

text: is

text: on

text: the

text: streets

text: I

text: realize

text: that

text: I

text: was

text: a

text: fool

text: in

text: I

text: had

text: not

text: stumbled

text: into

text: hell

text: That

text: was

text: the

text: golden

text: age

text: But

text: one

text: constant

text: remains

text: No

text: matter

text: how

text: many

text: die

text: in

text: Juarez

text: no

text: matter

text: how

text: low

text: the

text: pay

text: in

text: the

text: American

text: factories

text: the

text: U.S.

text: government

text: insists

text: the

text: War

text: on

text: Drugs

text: is

text: being

text: won

text: and

text: that

text: NAFTA

text: is

text: a

text: big

text: success

text: The

text: Mexican

text: War

text: on

text: Drugs

text: is

text: not

text: lost

text: it

text: never

text: seriously

text: began

text: The

text: drug

text: industry

text: is

text: an

text: essential

text: prop

text: under

text: a

text: faltering

text: Mexican

text: economy

text: and

text: has

text: been

text: so

text: for

text: more

text: than

text: years

text: since

text: the

text: peso

text: crisis

text: of

text: the

text: early

text: The

text: money

text: flows

text: into

text: the

text: hands

text: of

text: countless

text: government

text: officials

text: into

text: the

text: banking

text: industry

text: and

text: into

text: many

text: investments

text: in

text: Mexico

text: More

text: people

text: die

text: each

text: day

text: as

text: the

text: government

text: of

text: President

text: Felipe

text: Calderon

text: uses

text: the

text: Mexican

text: army

text: and

text: the

text: federal

text: police

text: to

text: try

text: to

text: get

text: the

text: illegal

text: drug

text: industry

text: under

text: control

text: Calderon

text: was

text: elected

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text: a

text: razor

text: thin

text: margin

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text: followed

text: the

text: custom

text: of

text: Mexican

text: presidents

text: by

text: immediately

text: making

text: a

text: show

text: of

text: force

text: But

text: he

text: badly

text: underestimated

text: the

text: power

text: of

text: the

text: drug

text: industry

text: The

text: profits

text: are

text: estimated

text: by

text: many

text: analysts

text: to

text: be

text: between

text: billion

text: and

text: billion

text: a

text: year

text: although

text: it

text: 's

text: notoriously

text: difficult

text: to

text: track

text: But

text: it

text: is

text: not

text: a

text: piddling

text: sum

text: in

text: a

text: country

text: where

text: oil

text: is

text: the

text: official

text: highest

text: earner

text: of

text: foreign

text: currency

text: and

text: supplies

text: percent

text: of

text: the

text: federal

text: budget

text: But

text: the

text: oil

text: is

text: running

text: out

text: Calderon

text: has

text: publicly

text: stated

text: that

text: the

text: oil

text: fields

text: will

text: be

text: gone

text: in

text: years

text: or

text: less

text: The

text: next

text: big

text: earner

text: is

text: human

text: flesh

text: the

text: millions

text: of

text: Mexicans

text: who

text: have

text: fled

text: the

text: economic

text: doom

text: of

text: their

text: nation

text: and

text: send

text: more

text: than

text: billion

text: a

text: year

text: home

text: from

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: But

text: the

text: recession

text: and

text: job

text: losses

text: in

text: the

text: U.S.

text: have

text: cut

text: into

text: that

text: source

text: Tourism

text: ranks

text: third

text: in

text: legitimate

text: sources

text: of

text: money

text: for

text: Mexico

text: but

text: in

text: a

text: nation

text: where

text: heads

text: keep

text: getting

text: lopped

text: off

text: tourism

text: is

text: n't

text: thriving

text: The

text: illegal

text: drug

text: industry

text: in

text: Mexico

text: employs

text: hundreds

text: of

text: thousands

text: of

text: people

text: No

text: one

text: knows

text: the

text: payroll

text: but

text: certainly

text: it

text: includes

text: many

text: people

text: in

text: the

text: army

text: the

text: separate

text: police

text: forces

text: and

text: the

text: government

text: from

text: top

text: to

text: bottom

text: It

text: 's

text: difficult

text: to

text: make

text: a

text: living

text: wage

text: legitimately

text: here

text: The

text: pay

text: varies

text: but

text: in

text: Ciudad

text: Juarez

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: most

text: violent

text: cities

text: on

text: Earth

text: the

text: starting

text: salary

text: in

text: the

text: foreign

text: owned

text: factories

text: mainly

text: American

text: is

text: about

text: bucks

text: a

text: week

text: There

text: are

text: to

text: street

text: gangs

text: No

text: one

text: can

text: live

text: on

text: the

text: pay

text: offered

text: by

text: these

text: factories

text: In

text: a

text: country

text: with

text: percent

text: of

text: the

text: population

text: living

text: in

text: poverty

text: the

text: turnover

text: in

text: these

text: plants

text: runs

text: from

text: to

text: percent

text: a

text: year

text: No

text: one

text: can

text: live

text: long

text: in

text: a

text: gang

text: but

text: for

text: a

text: while

text: a

text: kid

text: can

text: live

text: well

text: and

text: feel

text: that

text: his

text: life

text: is

text: a

text: dream

text: of

text: money

text: and

text: power

text: The

text: U.S.

text: approach

text: to

text: the

text: killings

text: in

text: Mexico

text: never

text: looks

text: at

text: an

text: economic

text: reason

text: just

text: as

text: the

text: consequences

text: of

text: our

text: free

text: trade

text: treaty

text: NAFTA

text: are

text: never

text: brought

text: up

text: The

text: effects

text: wrought

text: by

text: NAFTA

text: launched

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: largest

text: human

text: migrations

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: as

text: poor

text: Mexicans

text: fled

text: collapsing

text: industry

text: and

text: agriculture

text: Border

text: Patrol

text: statistics

text: show

text: that

text: the

text: number

text: of

text: Mexicans

text: entering

text: the

text: U.S.

text: illegally

text: skyrocketed

text: within

text: two

text: years

text: of

text: the

text: passage

text: of

text: NAFTA

text: We

text: also

text: never

text: question

text: our

text: four

text: decades

text: old

text: War

text: on

text: Drugs

text: which

text: has

text: produced

text: cheaper

text: drugs

text: of

text: higher

text: quality

text: at

text: lower

text: prices

text: in

text: thousands

text: of

text: U.S.

text: cities

text: and

text: towns

text: It

text: has

text: helped

text: create

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: largest

text: prison

text: populations

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: If

text: our

text: drug

text: policy

text: were

text: a

text: ship

text: it

text: would

text: be

text: called

text: the

text: Titanic

text: Anyone

text: who

text: questions

text: the

text: propaganda

text: of

text: the

text: U.S.

text: government

text: on

text: the

text: violence

text: in

text: Mexico

text: on

text: our

text: War

text: on

text: Drugs

text: or

text: on

text: our

text: free

text: trade

text: agreement

text: is

text: told

text: to

text: come

text: up

text: with

text: a

text: solution

text: some

text: silver

text: bullet

text: that

text: instantly

text: slays

text: the

text: dragon

text: But

text: our

text: policies

text: over

text: the

text: decades

text: have

text: created

text: a

text: disaster

text: and

text: it

text: will

text: take

text: years

text: to

text: reverse

text: the

text: damage

text: these

text: acts

text: of

text: government

text: have

text: inflicted

text: The

text: time

text: to

text: start

text: is

text: now

text: Let

text: 's

text: address

text: the

text: true

text: and

text: lethal

text: nature

text: of

text: Mexico

text: 's

text: war

text: on

text: drugs

text: one

text: we

text: are

text: in

text: part

text: bankrolling

text: under

text: the

text: Merida

text: Initiative

text: to

text: the

text: tune

text: of

text: half

text: a

text: billion

text: dollars

text: per

text: year

text: often

text: tossed

text: into

text: the

text: murderous

text: hands

text: of

text: many

text: in

text: the

text: Mexican

text: army

text: We

text: need

text: to

text: have

text: a

text: public

text: discussion

text: of

text: the

text: obvious

text: Legalize

text: drugs

text: or

text: keep

text: caging

text: Americans

text: for

text: taking

text: drugs

text: unless

text: of

text: course

text: they

text: are

text: booze

text: tobacco

text: or

text: happy

text: pills

text: from

text: the

text: doctor

text: and

text: keep

text: financing

text: the

text: murders

text: of

text: Mexicans

text: The

text: first

text: thing

text: to

text: do

text: if

text: we

text: want

text: to

text: come

text: clean

text: about

text: the

text: slaughter

text: in

text: Mexico

text: is

text: start

text: smelling

text: the

text: coffee

text: We

text: share

text: a

text: border

text: We

text: share

text: a

text: history

text: and

text: people

text: At

text: least

text: percent

text: of

text: the

text: Mexican

text: people

text: now

text: live

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: as

text: economic

text: or

text: political

text: fugitives

text: Recently

text: the

text: secretaries

text: of

text: State

text: Homeland

text: Security

text: and

text: Defense

text: flew

text: to

text: Mexico

text: City

text: and

text: promised

text: the

text: Mexican

text: government

text: we

text: would

text: continue

text: exactly

text: the

text: same

text: polices

text: as

text: in

text: the

text: past

text: I

text: have

text: been

text: told

text: I

text: should

text: be

text: reasonable

text: I

text: am

text: And

text: I

text: expect

text: the

text: same

text: of

text: my

text: government

text: Building

text: prisons

text: and

text: lending

text: support

text: to

text: a

text: murderous

text: war

text: on

text: drugs

text: must

text: stop

text: and

text: digging

text: deep

text: into

text: the

text: economics

text: and

text: politics

text: behind

text: the

text: hellish

text: state

text: of

text: affairs

text: must

text: begin

text: It

text: 's

text: a

text: testament

text: to

text: the

text: Mexican

text: people

text: that

text: no

text: matter

text: how

text: hard

text: life

text: is

text: in

text: Juarez

text: they

text: seem

text: to

text: endure

text: raise

text: families

text: smile

text: and

text: try

text: to

text: create

text: a

text: better

text: future

text: As

text: a

text: Mexican

text: friend

text: told

text: me

text: I

text: love

text: Juarez

text: it

text: is

text: such

text: a

text: needy

text: city

text: It

text: is

text: poor

text: and

text: dangerous

text: a

text: tapestry

text: of

text: one

text: story

text: buildings

text: But

text: once

text: you

text: know

text: Juarez

text: it

text: haunts

text: you

text: no

text: matter

text: how

text: you

text: try

text: to

text: flee

text: The

text: opinions

text: expressed

text: in

text: this

text: commentary

text: are

text: solely

text: those

text: of

text: Charles

text: Bowden

question: What did Charles Bowden call one of the most violent cities on Earth?

answer: Ciudad Juarez,

text: Ciudad Juarez,

question: How many people were killed in Juarez in 27 months?

answer: 5,000

question: What is a source of money for the Mexican economy?

answer: drug business.

text: drug business.

question: How many were killed in Juarez?

answer: 2,600


text:
Los Angeles (CNN) -- "Easy Rider" actor Peter Fonda found a body while driving down Sunset Boulevard in the Pacific Palisades community of west Los Angeles on Wednesday, police said.

Fonda, 70, noticed that a car had been parked on side street off Sunset Boulevard for two days, so he stopped to check it out, according to Los Angeles Police Homicide Detective Allen Shubert.

"He looked in the vehicle and saw a body in there and called the fire department," Shubert said.

A man who had committed suicide several days before was slumped over the wheel of the sedan, he said.

The man's identity has not been made public, but he was not a celebrity, he said.

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text: Angeles

text: CNN

text: Easy

text: Rider

text: actor

text: Peter

text: Fonda

text: found

text: a

text: body

text: while

text: driving

text: down

text: Sunset

text: Boulevard

text: in

text: the

text: Pacific

text: Palisades

text: community

text: of

text: west

text: Los

text: Angeles

text: on

text: Wednesday

text: police

text: said

text: Fonda

text: noticed

text: that

text: a

text: car

text: had

text: been

text: parked

text: on

text: side

text: street

text: off

text: Sunset

text: Boulevard

text: for

text: two

text: days

text: so

text: he

text: stopped

text: to

text: check

text: it

text: out

text: according

text: to

text: Los

text: Angeles

text: Police

text: Homicide

text: Detective

text: Allen

text: Shubert

text: He

text: looked

text: in

text: the

text: vehicle

text: and

text: saw

text: a

text: body

text: in

text: there

text: and

text: called

text: the

text: fire

text: department

text: Shubert

text: said

text: A

text: man

text: who

text: had

text: committed

text: suicide

text: several

text: days

text: before

text: was

text: slumped

text: over

text: the

text: wheel

text: of

text: the

text: sedan

text: he

text: said

text: The

text: man

text: 's

text: identity

text: has

text: not

text: been

text: made

text: public

text: but

text: he

text: was

text: not

text: a

text: celebrity

text: he

text: said

question: What was in the car?

answer: a body

text: a body

question: What did Fonda notice?

answer: that a car had been parked on side street off Sunset Boulevard for two days,

text: that a car had been parked on side street off Sunset Boulevard for two days,

question: Did he kill himself?

answer: committed suicide

text: committed suicide

question: What do police say?

answer: Peter Fonda found a body

text: Peter Fonda found a body

question: What was parked for days?

answer: car

text: car

question: What was inside the car?

answer: a body

text: a body

question: Where was the car parked?

answer: on side street off Sunset Boulevard

text: on side street off Sunset Boulevard

question: What was found in the car?

answer: a body

text: a body


text:
NEW YORK (CNN)  -- Two undocumented workers from Mexico and one from Ecuador have reached court settlements in recent weeks for a total of $3.85 million in damages for New York construction-site accidents, an attorney for the men announced Wednesday.

"All three cases involve construction and terribly unsafe working conditions," the attorney, Brian O'Dwyer, said in a news conference. "We're here today to re-emphasize -- as we have in the past -- to the Latino community and all undocumented workers that they have the same rights once they're on the job as any New York citizen."

A 33-year-old undocumented plumber from Mexico who was scalded by an exploding pipe at a Wall Street construction site in 2004 settled his damage claim for $2.5 million, according to a statement given to reporters at the news conference. The married father of two, who says he still has nightmares from the accident, hopes to open a restaurant or bar with the settlement money, his cousin told reporters.

In a separate statement, owners of the Wall Street site said only that the injured plumber was "employed directly by [the] contractor and not by the owner of the property nor the managing agent." Reached through a public relations firm, a spokesperson for the contractor, Swig Equities, had no comment.

Another undocumented Mexican worker suffered severe injuries to his left foot and other parts of his body when a steel beam fell on his lower body at a building site in downtown Manhattan, the news conference statement said. The 52-year-old settled his damage claim against Beway Realty Corp. and F.J. Sciame Construction Co. Inc. for $750,000, according to the statement.

David Koeppel, a managing member of Beway Realty, said he was not familiar with the case. F.J. Sciame Construction, the site's contractor, did not respond to inquiries.

A 36-year-old Ecuadorian laborer who worked at the Arverne by the Sea community in Queens -- a neighborhood The New York Times has called a "bright spot" in the housing market for its strong sales and low foreclosure rates -- settled a damage claim for $600,000, the news conference statement said.

He was injured when three large 44x10-foot trusses, each weighing 200 pounds, collapsed onto him in August 2007, fracturing his hip and causing other injuries, according to the statement.

The father of three, who had worked in construction for more than a decade and owned his own company at the time of the accident, said he was very sad after the accident because he did not know how he would support his family. His two sons, now 7 and 8, and his 16-year-old daughter were all born in the United States.

"The contractor tried to blame me," he said at the news conference, speaking in Spanish. What message would he give other workers? "Don't be afraid to talk to a lawyer."

Although he had not yet recovered enough to resume construction work, he hopes to use the settlement money to build a home for his family in New Jersey.

Messages left for The Beechwood Organization, developers of Arverne by the Sea, were not returned.

Joel Magallan, executive director of Asociacion Tepeyac, an immigrant advocacy group, said that while construction work is often dangerous, undocumented workers are likely to work at sites that lack safety equipment and OSHA regulation compliance.

"This is a great day for the undocumented immigrants," Magallan said. "They have to know today that they have rights -- the same rights as other workers who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents."

"Many workers are threatened by their employers with deportation or discharge if they bring their cases to court," O'Dwyer said. "What we find normally on work sites in New York is that deaths occur to the undocumented far out of proportion to their work in the workplace, and that is because of the fact that they just do not receive the safety protections," he said.

In 2005, O'Dwyer won a historic $4 million settlement for a 33-year-old Mexican worker who had fallen 30 feet in a scaffolding accident in the Bronx. The injured worker, who was hospitalized for four weeks and underwent seven surgeries after the 2001 accident, told CNN on Wednesday that workers -- documented or undocumented -- should not to be afraid to stand up for their rights.

Although it is illegal for an employer to knowingly hire a worker who is undocumented, according to the New York City Mayor's Office of Immigration Affairs, if an undocumented worker is hired by an employer, he or she then has the right to be paid minimum wage and overtime, the right to health protection and workplace safety, and the right to organize to improve labor conditions.

"Each of these men was injured in the course of their work on construction sites, and their immigration status was irrelevant to their right to seek redress for those injuries," O'Dwyer explained in a statement. "Enforcing laws requiring a safe workplace serves the interests of all Americans, whether they are citizens or not."

The men involved in the settlements said they chose to remain anonymous to protect relatives outside of the United States, who could become the target of kidnapping schemes if knowledge of their settlements became public.

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text: YORK

text: CNN

text: Two

text: undocumented

text: workers

text: from

text: Mexico

text: and

text: one

text: from

text: Ecuador

text: have

text: reached

text: court

text: settlements

text: in

text: recent

text: weeks

text: for

text: a

text: total

text: of

text: million

text: in

text: damages

text: for

text: New

text: York

text: construction

text: site

text: accidents

text: an

text: attorney

text: for

text: the

text: men

text: announced

text: Wednesday

text: All

text: three

text: cases

text: involve

text: construction

text: and

text: terribly

text: unsafe

text: working

text: conditions

text: the

text: attorney

text: Brian

text: O'Dwyer

text: said

text: in

text: a

text: news

text: conference

text: We

text: 're

text: here

text: today

text: to

text: re

text: emphasize

text: as

text: we

text: have

text: in

text: the

text: past

text: to

text: the

text: Latino

text: community

text: and

text: all

text: undocumented

text: workers

text: that

text: they

text: have

text: the

text: same

text: rights

text: once

text: they

text: 're

text: on

text: the

text: job

text: as

text: any

text: New

text: York

text: citizen

text: A

text: old

text: undocumented

text: plumber

text: from

text: Mexico

text: who

text: was

text: scalded

text: by

text: an

text: exploding

text: pipe

text: at

text: a

text: Wall

text: Street

text: construction

text: site

text: in

text: settled

text: his

text: damage

text: claim

text: for

text: million

text: according

text: to

text: a

text: statement

text: given

text: to

text: reporters

text: at

text: the

text: news

text: conference

text: The

text: married

text: father

text: of

text: two

text: who

text: says

text: he

text: still

text: has

text: nightmares

text: from

text: the

text: accident

text: hopes

text: to

text: open

text: a

text: restaurant

text: or

text: bar

text: with

text: the

text: settlement

text: money

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text: cousin

text: told

text: reporters

text: In

text: a

text: separate

text: statement

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text: of

text: the

text: Wall

text: Street

text: site

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text: the

text: injured

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text: contractor

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text: property

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text: managing

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text: public

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text: a

text: spokesperson

text: for

text: the

text: contractor

text: Swig

text: Equities

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text: no

text: comment

text: Another

text: undocumented

text: Mexican

text: worker

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text: severe

text: injuries

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text: his

text: left

text: foot

text: and

text: other

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text: of

text: his

text: body

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text: a

text: steel

text: beam

text: fell

text: on

text: his

text: lower

text: body

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text: a

text: building

text: site

text: in

text: downtown

text: Manhattan

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text: news

text: conference

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text: The

text: old

text: settled

text: his

text: damage

text: claim

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text: Beway

text: Realty

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text: and

text: F.J.

text: Sciame

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text: Co.

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text: statement

text: David

text: Koeppel

text: a

text: managing

text: member

text: of

text: Beway

text: Realty

text: said

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text: was

text: not

text: familiar

text: with

text: the

text: case

text: F.J.

text: Sciame

text: Construction

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text: site

text: 's

text: contractor

text: did

text: not

text: respond

text: to

text: inquiries

text: A

text: old

text: Ecuadorian

text: laborer

text: who

text: worked

text: at

text: the

text: Arverne

text: by

text: the

text: Sea

text: community

text: in

text: Queens

text: a

text: neighborhood

text: The

text: New

text: York

text: Times

text: has

text: called

text: a

text: bright

text: spot

text: in

text: the

text: housing

text: market

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text: strong

text: sales

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text: low

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text: damage

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text: news

text: conference

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text: was

text: injured

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text: trusses

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text: pounds

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text: onto

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text: August

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text: hip

text: and

text: causing

text: other

text: injuries

text: according

text: to

text: the

text: statement

text: The

text: father

text: of

text: three

text: who

text: had

text: worked

text: in

text: construction

text: for

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text: decade

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text: owned

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text: own

text: company

text: at

text: the

text: time

text: of

text: the

text: accident

text: said

text: he

text: was

text: very

text: sad

text: after

text: the

text: accident

text: because

text: he

text: did

text: not

text: know

text: how

text: he

text: would

text: support

text: his

text: family

text: His

text: two

text: sons

text: now

text: and

text: and

text: his

text: old

text: daughter

text: were

text: all

text: born

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: The

text: contractor

text: tried

text: to

text: blame

text: me

text: he

text: said

text: at

text: the

text: news

text: conference

text: speaking

text: in

text: Spanish

text: What

text: message

text: would

text: he

text: give

text: other

text: workers

text: Do

text: n't

text: be

text: afraid

text: to

text: talk

text: to

text: a

text: lawyer

text: Although

text: he

text: had

text: not

text: yet

text: recovered

text: enough

text: to

text: resume

text: construction

text: work

text: he

text: hopes

text: to

text: use

text: the

text: settlement

text: money

text: to

text: build

text: a

text: home

text: for

text: his

text: family

text: in

text: New

text: Jersey

text: Messages

text: left

text: for

text: The

text: Beechwood

text: Organization

text: developers

text: of

text: Arverne

text: by

text: the

text: Sea

text: were

text: not

text: returned

text: Joel

text: Magallan

text: executive

text: director

text: of

text: Asociacion

text: Tepeyac

text: an

text: immigrant

text: advocacy

text: group

text: said

text: that

text: while

text: construction

text: work

text: is

text: often

text: dangerous

text: undocumented

text: workers

text: are

text: likely

text: to

text: work

text: at

text: sites

text: that

text: lack

text: safety

text: equipment

text: and

text: OSHA

text: regulation

text: compliance

text: This

text: is

text: a

text: great

text: day

text: for

text: the

text: undocumented

text: immigrants

text: Magallan

text: said

text: They

text: have

text: to

text: know

text: today

text: that

text: they

text: have

text: rights

text: the

text: same

text: rights

text: as

text: other

text: workers

text: who

text: are

text: U.S.

text: citizens

text: or

text: permanent

text: residents

text: Many

text: workers

text: are

text: threatened

text: by

text: their

text: employers

text: with

text: deportation

text: or

text: discharge

text: if

text: they

text: bring

text: their

text: cases

text: to

text: court

text: O'Dwyer

text: said

text: What

text: we

text: find

text: normally

text: on

text: work

text: sites

text: in

text: New

text: York

text: is

text: that

text: deaths

text: occur

text: to

text: the

text: undocumented

text: far

text: out

text: of

text: proportion

text: to

text: their

text: work

text: in

text: the

text: workplace

text: and

text: that

text: is

text: because

text: of

text: the

text: fact

text: that

text: they

text: just

text: do

text: not

text: receive

text: the

text: safety

text: protections

text: he

text: said

text: In

text: O'Dwyer

text: won

text: a

text: historic

text: million

text: settlement

text: for

text: a

text: old

text: Mexican

text: worker

text: who

text: had

text: fallen

text: feet

text: in

text: a

text: scaffolding

text: accident

text: in

text: the

text: Bronx

text: The

text: injured

text: worker

text: who

text: was

text: hospitalized

text: for

text: four

text: weeks

text: and

text: underwent

text: seven

text: surgeries

text: after

text: the

text: accident

text: told

text: CNN

text: on

text: Wednesday

text: that

text: workers

text: documented

text: or

text: undocumented

text: should

text: not

text: to

text: be

text: afraid

text: to

text: stand

text: up

text: for

text: their

text: rights

text: Although

text: it

text: is

text: illegal

text: for

text: an

text: employer

text: to

text: knowingly

text: hire

text: a

text: worker

text: who

text: is

text: undocumented

text: according

text: to

text: the

text: New

text: York

text: City

text: Mayor

text: 's

text: Office

text: of

text: Immigration

text: Affairs

text: if

text: an

text: undocumented

text: worker

text: is

text: hired

text: by

text: an

text: employer

text: he

text: or

text: she

text: then

text: has

text: the

text: right

text: to

text: be

text: paid

text: minimum

text: wage

text: and

text: overtime

text: the

text: right

text: to

text: health

text: protection

text: and

text: workplace

text: safety

text: and

text: the

text: right

text: to

text: organize

text: to

text: improve

text: labor

text: conditions

text: Each

text: of

text: these

text: men

text: was

text: injured

text: in

text: the

text: course

text: of

text: their

text: work

text: on

text: construction

text: sites

text: and

text: their

text: immigration

text: status

text: was

text: irrelevant

text: to

text: their

text: right

text: to

text: seek

text: redress

text: for

text: those

text: injuries

text: O'Dwyer

text: explained

text: in

text: a

text: statement

text: Enforcing

text: laws

text: requiring

text: a

text: safe

text: workplace

text: serves

text: the

text: interests

text: of

text: all

text: Americans

text: whether

text: they

text: are

text: citizens

text: or

text: not

text: The

text: men

text: involved

text: in

text: the

text: settlements

text: said

text: they

text: chose

text: to

text: remain

text: anonymous

text: to

text: protect

text: relatives

text: outside

text: of

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: who

text: could

text: become

text: the

text: target

text: of

text: kidnapping

text: schemes

text: if

text: knowledge

text: of

text: their

text: settlements

text: became

text: public

question: How many workers from Mexico reached settlements?

answer: Two

text: Two

question: In what city did the workers receive there injuries?

answer: New York

text: New York

question: Where are the undocumented workers from?

answer: Ecuador

text: Ecuador

question: According to the attorney, what is it undocumented workers have?

answer: the same rights

text: the same rights

question: what Advocate says undocumented construction workers?

answer: Brian O'Dwyer,

text: Brian O'Dwyer,


text:
PARIS, France (CNN) -- Interpol on Monday took the unprecendented step of making a global appeal for help to identify a man from digitally reconstructed photos taken from the Internet that it said showed him sexually abusing underage boys.

This moving image shows how police used software to unscramble the image. (Source: Interpol)

The man's face was disguised by digital alteration, but the images were capable of being restored, according to a bulletin from Interpol -- the international police agency based in Lyon, France.

Interpol Secretary General Ronald K. Noble said the pictures have been on the the Internet for several years, but investigators have been unable to determine the man's identity or nationality.

"We have tried all other means to identify and to bring him to justice, but we are now convinced that without the public's help this sexual predator could continue to rape and sexually abuse young children whose ages appear to range from six to early teens," Noble said.

He said there is "very good reason to believe that he travels the world in order to sexually abuse and exploit vulnerable children."

Interpol has determined the photos were taken in Vietnam and Cambodia.

"The decision to make public this man's picture was not one which was taken lightly," said Kristin Kvigne, assistant director of Interpol's Trafficking in Human Beings Unit.

The suspect's photo and more information can be seen online at Interpol's Web site. E-mail to a friend

text: PARIS

text: France

text: CNN

text: Interpol

text: on

text: Monday

text: took

text: the

text: unprecendented

text: step

text: of

text: making

text: a

text: global

text: appeal

text: for

text: help

text: to

text: identify

text: a

text: man

text: from

text: digitally

text: reconstructed

text: photos

text: taken

text: from

text: the

text: Internet

text: that

text: it

text: said

text: showed

text: him

text: sexually

text: abusing

text: underage

text: boys

text: This

text: moving

text: image

text: shows

text: how

text: police

text: used

text: software

text: to

text: unscramble

text: the

text: image

text: Source

text: Interpol

text: The

text: man

text: 's

text: face

text: was

text: disguised

text: by

text: digital

text: alteration

text: but

text: the

text: images

text: were

text: capable

text: of

text: being

text: restored

text: according

text: to

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text: bulletin

text: from

text: Interpol

text: the

text: international

text: police

text: agency

text: based

text: in

text: Lyon

text: France

text: Interpol

text: Secretary

text: General

text: Ronald

text: K.

text: Noble

text: said

text: the

text: pictures

text: have

text: been

text: on

text: the

text: the

text: Internet

text: for

text: several

text: years

text: but

text: investigators

text: have

text: been

text: unable

text: to

text: determine

text: the

text: man

text: 's

text: identity

text: or

text: nationality

text: We

text: have

text: tried

text: all

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text: means

text: to

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text: and

text: to

text: bring

text: him

text: to

text: justice

text: but

text: we

text: are

text: now

text: convinced

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text: the

text: public

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text: help

text: this

text: sexual

text: predator

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text: children

text: whose

text: ages

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text: to

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text: Noble

text: said

text: He

text: said

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text: is

text: very

text: good

text: reason

text: to

text: believe

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text: travels

text: the

text: world

text: in

text: order

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text: abuse

text: and

text: exploit

text: vulnerable

text: children

text: Interpol

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text: determined

text: the

text: photos

text: were

text: taken

text: in

text: Vietnam

text: and

text: Cambodia

text: The

text: decision

text: to

text: make

text: public

text: this

text: man

text: 's

text: picture

text: was

text: not

text: one

text: which

text: was

text: taken

text: lightly

text: said

text: Kristin

text: Kvigne

text: assistant

text: director

text: of

text: Interpol

text: 's

text: Trafficking

text: in

text: Human

text: Beings

text: Unit

text: The

text: suspect

text: 's

text: photo

text: and

text: more

text: information

text: can

text: be

text: seen

text: online

text: at

text: Interpol

text: 's

text: Web

text: site

text: E

text: mail

text: to

text: a

text: friend

question: Where are the abused boys from?

answer: Vietnam and Cambodia.

text: Vietnam and Cambodia.

question: What did the computer experts managed to undo?

answer: unscramble the image.

text: unscramble the image.

question: What did the man do?

answer: sexually abusing underage boys.

text: sexually abusing underage boys.

question: What did this man do?

answer: sexually abusing underage boys.

text: sexually abusing underage boys.

question: Who did the man abuse?

answer: underage boys.

text: underage boys.

question: Where did the abuse take place?

answer: Vietnam and Cambodia.

text: Vietnam and Cambodia.

question: what managed to undo the computer expert?

answer: images were capable of being restored,

text: images were capable of being restored,

question: man posted photos on the internet of what?

answer: him sexually abusing underage boys.

text: him sexually abusing underage boys.

question: What did computer experts manage to undo?

answer: unscramble the image.

text: unscramble the image.

question: computer experts manged what?

answer: images

text: images

question: Who did the posting?

answer: Interpol)

text: Interpol)

question: What ages are the kids?

answer: six to early teens,"

text: six to early teens,"

question: What are the charges?

answer: sexually abusing underage boys.

text: sexually abusing underage boys.

question: Where did the man post the photos?

answer: the Internet

text: the Internet

question: Where did the crime happen?

answer: Vietnam and Cambodia.

text: Vietnam and Cambodia.

question: What did computer experts do?

answer: digitally reconstructed photos taken from the Internet

text: digitally reconstructed photos taken from the Internet

question: Where did man abuse 12 boys?

answer: Cambodia.

text: Cambodia.

question: Where did the man post photos?

answer: the Internet

text: the Internet

question: Where did man post photos of himself sexually abusing underage boys?

answer: Internet

text: Internet

question: Where were the boys abused?

answer: Vietnam and Cambodia.

text: Vietnam and Cambodia.

question: What did computer experts undo?

answer: unscramble the image.

text: unscramble the image.

question: What is digital masking?

answer: digital alteration,

text: digital alteration,

question: Who revealed the mans identity?

answer: Interpol

text: Interpol