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(CNN) -- It doesn't matter that they can be feverishly hot. Or that crowds make for long food lines or the tickets may be hard to come by.

Bassist and vocalist Esperanza Spalding performed at this year's New Orleans Jazz Fest.

Music festivals worldwide attract thousands of fans wanting to hear their favorite artists live or discover under-the-radar musicians.

Each major festival has its own special twist, specific to the event and city that hosts it.

From the notorious mud baths at Glastonbury, England, to the breath-taking mountains surrounding Fuji Rock in Naeba, Japan, these are events that festival-goers wait for all year.  Experience the New Orleans Jazz Fest Â»

Our guide prepares music fans worldwide for the best festivals this summer and later in the year.

GLASTONBURY, Somerset, England June 24-28 ($255)

Glastonbury has been around since dairy farmer Michael Eavis first held a free two-day festival on his farm in 1970, and it's long been the festival in England for seeing the biggest and best bands in the world. It also may be the muddiest -- heavy rain in several years, most notably 1997, turned Glastonbury into a muddy bog. Everyone from Radiohead to Jay-Z has headlined the festival, and with more than 700 acts each year, there is something for everybody. Some of the proceeds from the festival go to Oxfam and Greenpeace. This year's headliners include Franz Ferdinand, Blur, and Bruce Springsteen.

ROCK AL PARQUE, Bogota, Colombia June 27-29 (free)

The Rock al Parque festival, launched in 1995, has become South America's biggest rockfest in recent years -- some 320,000 people traveled to Simon Bolivar Park in 2006 for a weekend of Colombia's top rock bands and renowned international headliners. Funded by Colombia's culture secretary, the free festival has included some of rock's biggest names, including Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Manu Chao, and Bloc Party. In the days leading up to Rock al Parque, the festival organizers host a series of panel discussions on music production, management, and the recording industry.

ROSKILDE, Denmark July 2-5 ($220)

Since 1971, the rock festival in Roskilde has hosted the top names in music, from Bob Marley to Bob Dylan. It is the biggest summer festival in northern Europe, and the "Arena" stage boasts a 17,000-capacity tent, the largest in Europe. The festival has a daily newspaper and a 24-hour live radio station and is also home to the annual "Naked Run," where the first naked person to cross the finish line receives a free ticket for next year's festival. Some 80,000 will travel to Roskilde to see headliners including Coldplay, Oasis and Nine Inch Nails.

EXIT, Novi Sad, Serbia July 9-12 ($105)

Created in 2000 by three university students as a protest against former Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic, the electro-focused festival in the heart of Serbia was named Europe's best festival in 2007 by fans voting in the UK Festival Awards. Over 200,000 people attended Exit last year, dancing at all-night raves in the gorgeous surroundings of Petrovaradin Fortress, an 18th-century castle near the Danube River. Some of techno's biggest names will be on hand to celebrate Exit's 10-year anniversary, including Moby, Kraftwerk, and The Prodigy.

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The THISDAY festival in Nigeria -- launched in 2006 by the editor-in-chief of Thisday newspaper, Nduka Obaigbena, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the end of slavery -- is the biggest music and fashion festival in Africa. According to Obaigbena, the festival is meant to highlight the positive progress being made in Africa, and find sustainable solutions for the continent's problems. The theme of last year's festival was "Africa Rising," and it showcased some of the world's best-known artists including Jay-Z, Rihanna, and Usher. Stay tuned for this year's lineup.

FUJI ROCK, Naeba, Japan July 24-26 ($410)

Japan's biggest outdoor festival takes its name from Mt. Fuji, the site of the first festival in 1997. Fuji Rock has been set amongst the cool forested mountains of the Naeba ski resort for the past ten years -- gondolas and hilly trails transport people from stage to stage, and the streams and forests between them are the reason why Fuji Rock has been called the most beautiful festival in the world. It's not just about the scenery, though -- over 100,000 people will trek through the mountains to see headliners Franz Ferdinand, The Killers, and Weezer.

LOLLAPALOOZA, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. August 7-9 ($190)

Rocker Perry Farrell began Lollapalooza in 1991 as a farewell tour for his band, Jane's Addiction. The biggest grunge rock festival during the '90s disappeared for awhile around the turn of the century, but it was revived in 2005 as a more traditional "big weekend" destination festival in Chicago. The past few years at Grant Park have been marked by hot summers, huge crowds, and even bigger bands. The anticipated crowd of nearly 200,000 is staggering, as are this year's headliners: Kings of Leon, Tool, Depeche Mode, and Beastie Boys, just to name a few.

BESTIVAL, Isle of Wight, England September 11-13 ($205)

The trendy Bestival, the original boutique weekend festival on the Isle of Wight, is the best way to end the summer festival season in Europe. Bestival boasts a yearly fancy dress competition -- last year's was "30,000 freaks under the sea," and 2009 is the year of "Outer Space," so make sure to dress accordingly. Thousands of Bestival-goers will witness an eclectic lineup including Lily Allen, Massive Attack, and MGMT in the picturesque surroundings of Robin Hill Park. For family fun, look no further than Camp Bestival, a three-day family festival at a castle by the sea in July.

PARKLIFE, Australia Late September-Early October

The Parklife series of one-day music festivals kicks off the summer festival season across Australia. The dance-focused fests have featured heavyweights Justice, MIA, and Muscles over the past two years. The day-long festivals are followed by an official "After Life" party that runs until the early hours of the morning, so be prepared for a long one if you're one of the estimated 100,000 people attending a Parklife gig in one of several cities across Australia at the end of September.

WOODSTOCK, Johannesburg, South Africa November 27-30  When people think of Woodstock, South Africa isn't necessarily what comes to mind. But for the past decade, the festival has been the biggest youth music event in that country, hosting a variety of both well-known and upcoming mainstream and hip-hop acts -- not to mention a variety of extreme sports stunt acts, paintballing, and flea-market stalls. Woodstock may not have the star power of the legendary American festival -- but with the wide range of music and outdoor activities it presents, its promoters aren't lying when they say that boredom simply isn't an option.

SUNBURN, Goa, India  December

Sunburn Festival launched in December 2007 as South Asia's first electronic music festival, and featured heavyweights like Carl Cox and John 00 Fleming. Located seaside in Goa, on India's west coast, the festival has its roots in "Goa Trance," a type of pulsing, transcendental electro music that became popular in the early 1990s. Sunburn again treated more than 5,000 electro revelers to a three-day party by the beach in December 2008. The festival's founder has said Sunburn will always be free to attend, and it is not to be missed if you happen to be in India in December.

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Egyptain President Hosni Mubarak will visit the White House on Tuesday.

(CNN) -- Health care remains, without a doubt, President Obama's top priority, though the week ahead will bring more of a public focus on international and security issues.

One key dynamic to keep an eye on is the reaction among leading House Democrats to the latest indication the White House is prepared to accept a health care bill that lacks a robust "public" or government insurance option.

"Not the essential element," is how Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius described the public option to us on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday.. "Very difficult," is how veteran House Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas told us when asked how hard of a sell a health care bill absent a robust public option would be in among House Democrats.

This might be a good time for Obama and former President Clinton to swap notes about 1993-94.

Out of the box on Monday in Phoenix, Arizona, Obama addresses the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention. It's a platform to share his views on the escalation of the U.S. commitment in Afghanistan just as U.S. forces begin to quicken their pace of withdrawal from Iraq.

Back in Washington on Tuesday, a White House meeting with longtime Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will turn attention to the Middle East, where the administration and traditional Arab allies such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia are unhappy with the lack of discernible movement in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

And Thursday's national elections in Afghanistan will keep a spotlight on the international stage and the uncertainties facing the Obama administration. It's safe to say the White House has profound worries about President Hamid Karzai's commitment to fight corruption and lead aggressively, but it's also safe to say the White House expectation is another Karzai term.

The market closed down at the end of last week because of doubts the worst was over. This week offers a few interesting tests:

â¢ Earnings reports on tap from companies that offer key glimpses of consumer spending -- among them Home Depot, Lowe's Target and Hewlett-Packard.

â¢ The Labor Department's Producer Price Index is released on Tuesday, along with Commerce Department figures on new housing starts.

â¢ And the report on economic leading indicators comes Thursday morning.

And, finally, a few political notes for the week ahead:

â¢ Fred Thompson and Bill Clinton will be lighting birthday candles on Wednesday.

â¢ Southern governors gather in Williamsburg, Virginia, with the economy and health care topping the agenda.

â¢ Mike Huckabee's political action committee gathers this week, through a series of house parties.

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(CNN) -- A year ago, football's finances seemed to be healthier than ever, bucking the trend of global economic hardship.

The total European market had ballooned to a staggering $20.76 billion by the end of the 2007-8 season, and clubs -- especially in England -- splashed out big in the January 2009 transfer market, with the Premier League responsible for a record-breaking $252 million in player purchases.

Things looked good. Spanish big-spenders Real Madrid, incredibly, then beat that English figure on their own in the off-season. Recession? Who's buying that.

But this month's transfer merry-go-round looks like being a much more somber affair. Some big, big clubs are trying to stave off some big, big problems.

Even given those rosy-looking figures of 2007-08, the most recent available, Europe's top clubs then still owed more than $6 billion according to a study by football finance expert Jose Maria Gay de LiÃ©bena, an accounting professor at the University of Barcelona.

"Clubs are getting deeper and deeper into the mire of enormous debt, and along with overvalued assets and costs that far outstrip income levels, this is the biggest of football's ills," Gay de LiÃ©bena said in his report.

When reports start circulating that an outfit as big as Manchester United, regularly near the top of Deloitte's list of football's wealthiest clubs, are considering refinancing some $960 million of debt with a bond issue, then you know that something is up.

The Glazer family saddled United with huge debts with their 2005 takeover, and the Americans also have outstanding personal sums owed on the deal which have since increased by $64 million, according to Britain's The Times newspaper.

With European ruling body UEFA planning to bring in new rules governing debt and ownership from 2012 which mean clubs cannot spend more than they earn, the pressure is on to find a safe financial footing.

Chelsea's billionaire owner Roman Abramovich responded last week by converting the $540 million he has given the English club in interest-free loans into equity.

And it's not just in England where clubs, also including the American-owned Liverpool, are battling to stay afloat in a sea of debt -- said to be around $4.3 billion for the whole of the Premier League, according to the Wall Street Journal.

German giants Bayern Munich plan big wage cuts, according to Britain's Guardian newspaper, and may be forced to sell star asset Franck Ribery, long a target of Real, United and Chelsea.

"We are going to try to reduce the wages," the Bundesliga club's director of sport Christian Nerlinger said. "The wages have gone through the roof and, therefore, we have got to get our message through to the players that a new contract does not necessarily mean a pay rise."

Belgian club Mouscron has been put into liquidation after being expelled from the Jupiler League on December 28 for failing to meet financial obligations, with debts of $1.15 million, ending 87 years of existence.

While clubs such as United and Liverpool incurred vast debts when they were taken over by new owners, player wages have long been a major item on the expenses side of the balance sheet.

Portsmouth have become the poster club of failed payments in recent times, on Tuesday failing to pay their players' wages for the fourth time this season.

The English outfit is riddled with debt following two takeovers in the past six months, with former owner Alexandre Gaydamak claiming that he is still owed some $45 million in loans and the British tax department issuing a winding-up notice over unpaid debts.

"These chaps knew what they were getting. They must have realized there is a wage bill and the tax bill to meet every month. There are no surprises," Gaydamak told the www.fansonline.net Web site.

The Premier League has also been forced to take action, diverting Portsmouth's latest $11 million in television money to Chelsea, Tottenham and Watford -- who are all owed sums by the struggling club for player transfers.

And the problem is not restricted to the upper echelons of the English game, whose only big-spenders this month may be Chelsea and Manchester City, owned by Abu Dhabi oil billionaire Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Second division Crystal Palace, bankrolled by millionaire Simon Jordan, have failed to make wage payments to players on time for the past two months, and four times in the last year.

Lower league club Notts County were saved from oblivion in July by the Munto Finance group, who promised to take the world's oldest side into the Premier League with a massive cash injection and the expensive acquisition of former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson as director of football.

But that has fallen by the wayside with Munto selling to chairman Peter Trembling for a nominal fee, and the club again faces an uncertain future with a second winding-up order from the tax man, though Eriksson apparently remains committed to his post.

Scottish clubs were last year forced to accept a far less lucrative replacement deal from Sky and ESPN following the collapse of Irish broadcaster Setanta, highlighting how precarious the existence of some leagues is.

"The economy of football is not an exception to the rule of economics," Gay de LiÃ©bena said. "If one major sponsorship or television deal collapses, the clubs will sink."

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(CNN) -- A 93-year-old World War II medic who froze to death last month in his Bay City, Michigan, home left his entire estate to a local hospital, an estate attorney told CNN Wednesday.

Martin Schur poses with his wife, Marian, in 1976. Local and state officials agree that Schur's death was avoidable.

The attorney would not disclose the exact amount left behind by Martin Schur. But his nephew said his uncle indicated to family members two years ago that he had saved up more than a half-million dollars over the years. Schur and his wife, Marian, who died more than a year ago, did not have any children.

"I just know at one time he said he had over $600,000 in savings," said William Walworth. "That's what he told me and my brother, and he was proud that he was able to save and build his estate up to that."

Cathy Reder, an attorney negotiating on behalf of Bay Regional Medical Center and the Schur family, said she was filing paperwork in probate court Wednesday for the court to determine the validity of the will. A hearing has been set for March 17.

Reder would not specify the amount left to the hospital, other than to say it's more than $1.

"The will leaves everything to Bay Medical Center," she said.

The hospital had no immediate comment.

Walworth said his uncle was a frugal man who hadn't eaten at a restaurant for over 30 years. "He was very tight, and he was very frugal. But he did manage to save a lot of money."

He said it's possible his uncle's estate could be less than $600,000, but he believes it's still "sizable."

"Knowing my uncle, that's him," Walworth said. "He loved his community. He loved Bay City, Michigan."

He added, "Hopefully his death is not in vain and we can learn from this, and he's still able to save lives. ... He was a very unique, special person in my life. I'm proud of what he was able to do in his life."

He said he hopes his uncle's message will spur others to "look out for their neighbor."

The size of the estate -- if it's as large as the nephew believes -- adds another tragic twist to Schur's death. The power company limited his electricity because he owed about $1,000.  Watch neighbor say the death is "unforgivable" Â»

Schur's death last month shocked Bay City, a town of about 37,000 on Lake Huron's Saginaw Bay.

The World War II veteran's frozen body was found in his home January 17, just four days after a device that regulates how much power he uses -- installed because of failure to pay -- shut off his power. A medical examiner said the temperature was 32 degrees in the house when Schur's body was found.

The medical examiner told The Bay City Times that Schur died a "slow, painful death." "It's not easy to die from hypothermia without first realizing your fingers and toes feel like they're burning," Dr. Kanu Virani told the paper.

The Michigan State Police launched an investigation into Schur's death for possible criminal violations. "We have to do everything we can to make sure this doesn't happen again, whether it's Bay City or in any one of the cold weather states," Bay City Mayor Charles Brunner said last week.

The death has prompted a review of Bay City Electric Light & Power's rules and procedures for limiting or cutting off power. It also resulted in Bay City residents protesting Monday to the city about its handling of the whole situation.

A neighbor who lives down the street called Schur's death "unforgivable."

"This can't be allowed to happen in this country," said Jerome Anderson.

Walworth said he believes his uncle's death was "preventable."

"It should never have happened. It's a tragic loss," he said. "I had a lot of fond memories of my uncle, and that's the type of memory I don't want to have: Him freezing to death."

Utility officials said Schur owed about $1,000 resulting in a "limiter" being put on his home. Limiters are devices that cut power as a warning for people who haven't paid their bills. Limiters can be reset to restore a lesser degree of power until a bill payment is worked out. In Schur's case, the limiter was never reset, and it's unclear whether he knew how to do that.

Schur had been living alone since his wife died, Walworth said.

Unlike private utilities regulated by the state, Bay City runs and oversees its own utilities and therefore doesn't fall under Michigan's public service commission. By law, Michigan requires private companies to prohibit cutting off service to senior citizens between November and April. Seniors must register for the program.

The city has begun questioning whether its rules and procedures for limiting or cutting off power need a major overhaul. The utility has stopped its practice of cutting power to customers who don't pay their bills.

The utility also has removed all "limiters" on homes.

Walworth said someone should have looked at Schur's payment history and made direct contact to see whether something was wrong. He's hoping the nation will learn from his uncle's death.

"Hopefully, some good can come out of this. I'm still an optimist."

CNN's Susan Candiotti contributed to this report.

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question: what has his death prompted the state to do

answer: make sure this doesn't happen again,

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question: What was the cause of death?

answer: hypothermia

text: hypothermia

question: Where did Martin Schur die?

answer: in his Bay City, Michigan, home

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question: Who will inherit from him?

answer: Bay Medical Center,"

text: Bay Medical Center,"

question: Who froze to death in his home?

answer: 93-year-old World War II medic

text: 93-year-old World War II medic

question: what is the amount likely to be

answer: over $600,000

text: over $600,000

question: who did he leave his estate too

answer: local hospital,

text: local hospital,

question: What was Martin Schur's age ?

answer: 93-year-old

question: What is the size of his estate?

answer: could be less than $600,000,

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A man dubbed "the Field Marshal" by one advocacy group for alleged third-world arms dealing has been arrested on charges that he conspired to illegally export U.S. F-5 fighter jet engines and parts to Iran.

An Iranian F-5 fighter jet lands in southern Iran during a military exercise on June 23, 2009.

Jacques Monsieur, 56, a Belgium native who currently lives in France, was arrested Friday in New York, officials said. An indictment also charges Dara Fotouhi, 54, an Iranian living in France, with participating in the alleged crime. Fotouhi remains at large, official said.

Monsieur pleaded not guilty at an arraignment Wednesday in Mobile, Alabama, where he is being held.

He and Fotouhi are charged with conspiracy, money laundering and smuggling, as well as violations of the Arms Export Control Act and the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

According to the indictment and an affidavit filed in the case, both are experienced arms dealers who have been actively working with the Iranian government to procure military items.

The F-5 Freedom Fighter, also called the Tiger, is built by Northrop and is used by the U.S. military for training. It is also sold overseas as a combat aircraft.

The F-5 engine and parts are listed on the U.S. Munitions List and may not be exported from the United States without a license from the State Department, said John Morton, head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and they can not be exported to Iran without a license from the Treasury Department.

In a 2002 report by the Center for Public Integrity, a citizen advocacy group, Monsieur was nicknamed "the Field Marshal" for allegedly acting as a middle-man in numerous arms deals with war-torn countries.

The center's report said Monsieur is "believed to be among the biggest arms traffickers in Europe" and said he "violated a United Nations embargo by shipping arms to Bosnia and Croatia during the long, bloody conflict in those countries, with the approval, he later claimed, of both the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and the ... French domestic intelligence service."

Morton said his agency launched an investigation in February when Monsieur contacted an undercover federal agent and indicated he wanted to buy engines for F-5 or C-130 aircraft for export to Iran. In subsequent e-mails to the agent, Monsieur requested engines for F-5 jet fighters.

Officials said the engines could be used as replacements in fighters sold to Iran by the United States before the imposition of sanctions in 1995.

In March, Monsieur met with the undercover agent in Paris and again requested engines and parts, the indictment alleges.

They met again in May in London, where Monsieur introduced Fotouhi as a business associate and again discussed the export of F-5 engines to Iran, according to the indictment. During this negotiation, it says, Monsieur and Fotouhi asked the agent if he could use U.S. shipping or export authorization documents that falsely indicated the items were going to Colombia.

In July, Monsieur and Fotouhi wired about $110,000 from a bank in the United Arab Emirates to one in Mobile, Alabama, the indictment says. "The two believed the funds would be used for the purchase of F-5 aircraft parts," Morton said. Monsieur indicated he would deposit an additional $300,000 as a down payment for the purchase of two jet engines.

"This is part of our long-standing efforts to ensure that sensitive military equipment is not exported in violation of U.S. law and against the international interests of the United States," Morton said.

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text: on

text: June

text: Jacques

text: Monsieur

text: a

text: Belgium

text: native

text: who

text: currently

text: lives

text: in

text: France

text: was

text: arrested

text: Friday

text: in

text: New

text: York

text: officials

text: said

text: An

text: indictment

text: also

text: charges

text: Dara

text: Fotouhi

text: an

text: Iranian

text: living

text: in

text: France

text: with

text: participating

text: in

text: the

text: alleged

text: crime

text: Fotouhi

text: remains

text: at

text: large

text: official

text: said

text: Monsieur

text: pleaded

text: not

text: guilty

text: at

text: an

text: arraignment

text: Wednesday

text: in

text: Mobile

text: Alabama

text: where

text: he

text: is

text: being

text: held

text: He

text: and

text: Fotouhi

text: are

text: charged

text: with

text: conspiracy

text: money

text: laundering

text: and

text: smuggling

text: as

text: well

text: as

text: violations

text: of

text: the

text: Arms

text: Export

text: Control

text: Act

text: and

text: the

text: International

text: Emergency

text: Economic

text: Powers

text: Act

text: According

text: to

text: the

text: indictment

text: and

text: an

text: affidavit

text: filed

text: in

text: the

text: case

text: both

text: are

text: experienced

text: arms

text: dealers

text: who

text: have

text: been

text: actively

text: working

text: with

text: the

text: Iranian

text: government

text: to

text: procure

text: military

text: items

text: The

text: Freedom

text: Fighter

text: also

text: called

text: the

text: Tiger

text: is

text: built

text: by

text: Northrop

text: and

text: is

text: used

text: by

text: the

text: U.S.

text: military

text: for

text: training

text: It

text: is

text: also

text: sold

text: overseas

text: as

text: a

text: combat

text: aircraft

text: The

text: engine

text: and

text: parts

text: are

text: listed

text: on

text: the

text: U.S.

text: Munitions

text: List

text: and

text: may

text: not

text: be

text: exported

text: from

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: without

text: a

text: license

text: from

text: the

text: State

text: Department

text: said

text: John

text: Morton

text: head

text: of

text: Immigration

text: and

text: Customs

text: Enforcement

text: and

text: they

text: can

text: not

text: be

text: exported

text: to

text: Iran

text: without

text: a

text: license

text: from

text: the

text: Treasury

text: Department

text: In

text: a

text: report

text: by

text: the

text: Center

text: for

text: Public

text: Integrity

text: a

text: citizen

text: advocacy

text: group

text: Monsieur

text: was

text: nicknamed

text: the

text: Field

text: Marshal

text: for

text: allegedly

text: acting

text: as

text: a

text: middle

text: man

text: in

text: numerous

text: arms

text: deals

text: with

text: war

text: torn

text: countries

text: The

text: center

text: 's

text: report

text: said

text: Monsieur

text: is

text: believed

text: to

text: be

text: among

text: the

text: biggest

text: arms

text: traffickers

text: in

text: Europe

text: and

text: said

text: he

text: violated

text: a

text: United

text: Nations

text: embargo

text: by

text: shipping

text: arms

text: to

text: Bosnia

text: and

text: Croatia

text: during

text: the

text: long

text: bloody

text: conflict

text: in

text: those

text: countries

text: with

text: the

text: approval

text: he

text: later

text: claimed

text: of

text: both

text: the

text: U.S.

text: Central

text: Intelligence

text: Agency

text: and

text: the

text: French

text: domestic

text: intelligence

text: service

text: Morton

text: said

text: his

text: agency

text: launched

text: an

text: investigation

text: in

text: February

text: when

text: Monsieur

text: contacted

text: an

text: undercover

text: federal

text: agent

text: and

text: indicated

text: he

text: wanted

text: to

text: buy

text: engines

text: for

text: or

text: aircraft

text: for

text: export

text: to

text: Iran

text: In

text: subsequent

text: e

text: mails

text: to

text: the

text: agent

text: Monsieur

text: requested

text: engines

text: for

text: jet

text: fighters

text: Officials

text: said

text: the

text: engines

text: could

text: be

text: used

text: as

text: replacements

text: in

text: fighters

text: sold

text: to

text: Iran

text: by

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: before

text: the

text: imposition

text: of

text: sanctions

text: in

text: In

text: March

text: Monsieur

text: met

text: with

text: the

text: undercover

text: agent

text: in

text: Paris

text: and

text: again

text: requested

text: engines

text: and

text: parts

text: the

text: indictment

text: alleges

text: They

text: met

text: again

text: in

text: May

text: in

text: London

text: where

text: Monsieur

text: introduced

text: Fotouhi

text: as

text: a

text: business

text: associate

text: and

text: again

text: discussed

text: the

text: export

text: of

text: engines

text: to

text: Iran

text: according

text: to

text: the

text: indictment

text: During

text: this

text: negotiation

text: it

text: says

text: Monsieur

text: and

text: Fotouhi

text: asked

text: the

text: agent

text: if

text: he

text: could

text: use

text: U.S.

text: shipping

text: or

text: export

text: authorization

text: documents

text: that

text: falsely

text: indicated

text: the

text: items

text: were

text: going

text: to

text: Colombia

text: In

text: July

text: Monsieur

text: and

text: Fotouhi

text: wired

text: about

text: from

text: a

text: bank

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: Arab

text: Emirates

text: to

text: one

text: in

text: Mobile

text: Alabama

text: the

text: indictment

text: says

text: The

text: two

text: believed

text: the

text: funds

text: would

text: be

text: used

text: for

text: the

text: purchase

text: of

text: aircraft

text: parts

text: Morton

text: said

text: Monsieur

text: indicated

text: he

text: would

text: deposit

text: an

text: additional

text: as

text: a

text: down

text: payment

text: for

text: the

text: purchase

text: of

text: two

text: jet

text: engines

text: This

text: is

text: part

text: of

text: our

text: long

text: standing

text: efforts

text: to

text: ensure

text: that

text: sensitive

text: military

text: equipment

text: is

text: not

text: exported

text: in

text: violation

text: of

text: U.S.

text: law

text: and

text: against

text: the

text: international

text: interests

text: of

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: Morton

text: said

question: Who initiated an investigation?

answer: Immigration and Customs Enforcement,

text: Immigration and Customs Enforcement,

question: Who tried to get F-5 engine parts for Iran?

answer: Jacques Monsieur,

text: Jacques Monsieur,

question: Where was the F-5 used for combat?

answer: overseas

text: overseas

question: What is special about the F-5?

answer: engine and parts are listed on the U.S. Munitions List and may not be exported from the United States without a license from the State Department,

text: engine and parts are listed on the U.S. Munitions List and may not be exported from the United States without a license from the State Department,

question: Who launched the investigation?

answer: Immigration and Customs Enforcement,

text: Immigration and Customs Enforcement,

question: For that are used the f-5?

answer: training. It is also sold overseas as a combat aircraft.

text: training. It is also sold overseas as a combat aircraft.


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(CNN) -- A jury Friday acquitted W.R. Grace & Company and three of its former executives of having knowingly exposed mine workers and residents of Libby, Montana, to asbestos.

The W.R. Grace plant in Libby, Montana, in an undated photograph.

"We at Grace are gratified by today's verdict and thank the men and women of the jury who were open to hearing the facts," said Fred Festa, chairman, president and CEO of the company in a written statement. "We always believed that Grace and its former executives had acted properly and that a jury would come to the same conclusion when confronted with the evidence."

Festa said that during the time Grace owned and operated a vermiculite mine in Libby, "the company worked hard to keep the operations in compliance with the laws and standards of the day."

The jury began deliberating Thursday and returned its verdict Friday morning.

The Department of Justice's response to the verdict, which came after a three-month trial, was measured. "The jury has spoken, and we thank them for their service," said a written statement issued by the office of public affairs. "We are refraining from further comment at this juncture because one individual awaits trial in connection with this case."

Prosecutors plan to try another executive separately.

Asked if the Justice Department plans to appeal, department spokesman Andrew Ames said, "I wouldn't want to comment on that."

Federal prosecutors had accused the mining company and its executives of exposing Libby's 100,000 residents to asbestos for decades, resulting in more than 200 deaths and 1,000 illnesses.

The product covered patches of grass, dusted the tops of cars and drifted through the air in a hazy smoke that became a part of residents' daily lives.

"There's never been a case where so many people were sickened or killed by environmental crime," said David Uhlmann in an April  interview. He helped spearhead the case when he was the Justice Department's top prosecutor of environmental crimes before stepping down in 2007.

During the trial, those who lost loved ones testified at the federal courthouse in Missoula, about 130 miles southeast of Libby, that residents had been kept in the dark about the dangers.

Until 1990, W.R. Grace & Company operated a mine in Libby that produced vermiculite, a substance used in all sorts of products, from insulation to fertilizers.

The vermiculite was contaminated with tremolite asbestos -- linked to numerous illnesses including mesothelioma, a cancer that can attack the lining of the lungs, abdomen or heart.

The government's indictment alleged that W.R. Grace conspired to "knowingly release" the asbestos. It said the company tried to hide the dangers from employees and residents, leaving them "in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury."

"It was a purpose of the conspiracy to conceal and misrepresent the hazardous nature of the tremolite asbestos contaminated vermiculite, thereby enriching defendants and others," the indictment read.

The indictment also said W.R. Grace tried to "defraud the United States and others by impairing, impeding, and frustrating" the Environmental Protection Agency and other government agencies once they launched an investigation in 1999.

The 10-count indictment included charges of wire fraud and obstruction of justice.

Had it been convicted, the company could have faced criminal fines of up to $280 million, which is twice the value of its profits from the mine. Grace executives, who were named as defendants, could have faced prison time.

The company did not deny that asbestos emanated from its plant. Nor did it question that some people had been sickened and killed, though a definitive number of deaths linked to the vermiculite plant probably will never be known.

But W.R. Grace denied any kind of conspiracy. In fact, the company said, it acted responsibly and took appropriate steps. It said it had voluntarily paid millions of dollars in medical bills for 900 Libby residents.

In the courtroom, defense attorneys noted that the asbestos problem dates back to about 1920, long before W.R. Grace took over the mine in 1963.

The attorneys said that, as information about the asbestos came to light, the company took numerous steps to mitigate the dangers and were open about it.

Defense attorney David Bernick said he was not surprised by the verdict. "The evidence showed that what was going on internally with the company was anything but conspiratorial," he told said. "It was responsible."

However, some townspeople did not share Bernick's view.

"I don't see how they could have gotten out of it," said Steven Schnetter, who worked at the mine for 17 years until it closed in 1990. Shortly afterward, Schnetter was diagnosed with asbestosis, a lung disease caused by exposure to asbestos fibers.

The 60-year-old retiree said he told his managers in the late 1980s that he was concerned to find that tremolite is a form of asbestos. "They said, 'Oh, yeah, but it's the short-fiber type that won't hurt you,'" he said.

Schnetter settled with the company for a "small amount," he told CNN Friday in a telephone interview.

When asked about his frequent coughing, he said, "I do that all the time. ... My lungs won't expand right."

text: CNN

text: A

text: jury

text: Friday

text: acquitted

text: W.R.

text: Grace

text: Company

text: and

text: three

text: of

text: its

text: former

text: executives

text: of

text: having

text: knowingly

text: exposed

text: mine

text: workers

text: and

text: residents

text: of

text: Libby

text: Montana

text: to

text: asbestos

text: The

text: W.R.

text: Grace

text: plant

text: in

text: Libby

text: Montana

text: in

text: an

text: undated

text: photograph

text: We

text: at

text: Grace

text: are

text: gratified

text: by

text: today

text: 's

text: verdict

text: and

text: thank

text: the

text: men

text: and

text: women

text: of

text: the

text: jury

text: who

text: were

text: open

text: to

text: hearing

text: the

text: facts

text: said

text: Fred

text: Festa

text: chairman

text: president

text: and

text: CEO

text: of

text: the

text: company

text: in

text: a

text: written

text: statement

text: We

text: always

text: believed

text: that

text: Grace

text: and

text: its

text: former

text: executives

text: had

text: acted

text: properly

text: and

text: that

text: a

text: jury

text: would

text: come

text: to

text: the

text: same

text: conclusion

text: when

text: confronted

text: with

text: the

text: evidence

text: Festa

text: said

text: that

text: during

text: the

text: time

text: Grace

text: owned

text: and

text: operated

text: a

text: vermiculite

text: mine

text: in

text: Libby

text: the

text: company

text: worked

text: hard

text: to

text: keep

text: the

text: operations

text: in

text: compliance

text: with

text: the

text: laws

text: and

text: standards

text: of

text: the

text: day

text: The

text: jury

text: began

text: deliberating

text: Thursday

text: and

text: returned

text: its

text: verdict

text: Friday

text: morning

text: The

text: Department

text: of

text: Justice

text: 's

text: response

text: to

text: the

text: verdict

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text: after

text: a

text: three

text: month

text: trial

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text: measured

text: The

text: jury

text: has

text: spoken

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text: we

text: thank

text: them

text: for

text: their

text: service

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text: a

text: written

text: statement

text: issued

text: by

text: the

text: office

text: of

text: public

text: affairs

text: We

text: are

text: refraining

text: from

text: further

text: comment

text: at

text: this

text: juncture

text: because

text: one

text: individual

text: awaits

text: trial

text: in

text: connection

text: with

text: this

text: case

text: Prosecutors

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text: to

text: try

text: another

text: executive

text: separately

text: Asked

text: if

text: the

text: Justice

text: Department

text: plans

text: to

text: appeal

text: department

text: spokesman

text: Andrew

text: Ames

text: said

text: I

text: would

text: n't

text: want

text: to

text: comment

text: on

text: that

text: Federal

text: prosecutors

text: had

text: accused

text: the

text: mining

text: company

text: and

text: its

text: executives

text: of

text: exposing

text: Libby

text: 's

text: residents

text: to

text: asbestos

text: for

text: decades

text: resulting

text: in

text: more

text: than

text: deaths

text: and

text: illnesses

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text: grass

text: dusted

text: the

text: tops

text: of

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text: and

text: drifted

text: through

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text: air

text: in

text: a

text: hazy

text: smoke

text: that

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text: a

text: part

text: of

text: residents

text: daily

text: lives

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text: 's

text: never

text: been

text: a

text: case

text: where

text: so

text: many

text: people

text: were

text: sickened

text: or

text: killed

text: by

text: environmental

text: crime

text: said

text: David

text: Uhlmann

text: in

text: an

text: April

text: interview

text: He

text: helped

text: spearhead

text: the

text: case

text: when

text: he

text: was

text: the

text: Justice

text: Department

text: 's

text: top

text: prosecutor

text: of

text: environmental

text: crimes

text: before

text: stepping

text: down

text: in

text: During

text: the

text: trial

text: those

text: who

text: lost

text: loved

text: ones

text: testified

text: at

text: the

text: federal

text: courthouse

text: in

text: Missoula

text: about

text: miles

text: southeast

text: of

text: Libby

text: that

text: residents

text: had

text: been

text: kept

text: in

text: the

text: dark

text: about

text: the

text: dangers

text: Until

text: W.R.

text: Grace

text: Company

text: operated

text: a

text: mine

text: in

text: Libby

text: that

text: produced

text: vermiculite

text: a

text: substance

text: used

text: in

text: all

text: sorts

text: of

text: products

text: from

text: insulation

text: to

text: fertilizers

text: The

text: vermiculite

text: was

text: contaminated

text: with

text: tremolite

text: asbestos

text: linked

text: to

text: numerous

text: illnesses

text: including

text: mesothelioma

text: a

text: cancer

text: that

text: can

text: attack

text: the

text: lining

text: of

text: the

text: lungs

text: abdomen

text: or

text: heart

text: The

text: government

text: 's

text: indictment

text: alleged

text: that

text: W.R.

text: Grace

text: conspired

text: to

text: knowingly

text: release

text: the

text: asbestos

text: It

text: said

text: the

text: company

text: tried

text: to

text: hide

text: the

text: dangers

text: from

text: employees

text: and

text: residents

text: leaving

text: them

text: in

text: imminent

text: danger

text: of

text: death

text: or

text: serious

text: bodily

text: injury

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text: purpose

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text: conspiracy

text: to

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text: and

text: misrepresent

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text: hazardous

text: nature

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text: the

text: tremolite

text: asbestos

text: contaminated

text: vermiculite

text: thereby

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text: defendants

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text: others

text: the

text: indictment

text: read

text: The

text: indictment

text: also

text: said

text: W.R.

text: Grace

text: tried

text: to

text: defraud

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: and

text: others

text: by

text: impairing

text: impeding

text: and

text: frustrating

text: the

text: Environmental

text: Protection

text: Agency

text: and

text: other

text: government

text: agencies

text: once

text: they

text: launched

text: an

text: investigation

text: in

text: The

text: indictment

text: included

text: charges

text: of

text: wire

text: fraud

text: and

text: obstruction

text: of

text: justice

text: Had

text: it

text: been

text: convicted

text: the

text: company

text: could

text: have

text: faced

text: criminal

text: fines

text: of

text: up

text: to

text: million

text: which

text: is

text: twice

text: the

text: value

text: of

text: its

text: profits

text: from

text: the

text: mine

text: Grace

text: executives

text: who

text: were

text: named

text: as

text: defendants

text: could

text: have

text: faced

text: prison

text: time

text: The

text: company

text: did

text: not

text: deny

text: that

text: asbestos

text: emanated

text: from

text: its

text: plant

text: Nor

text: did

text: it

text: question

text: that

text: some

text: people

text: had

text: been

text: sickened

text: and

text: killed

text: though

text: a

text: definitive

text: number

text: of

text: deaths

text: linked

text: to

text: the

text: vermiculite

text: plant

text: probably

text: will

text: never

text: be

text: known

text: But

text: W.R.

text: Grace

text: denied

text: any

text: kind

text: of

text: conspiracy

text: In

text: fact

text: the

text: company

text: said

text: it

text: acted

text: responsibly

text: and

text: took

text: appropriate

text: steps

text: It

text: said

text: it

text: had

text: voluntarily

text: paid

text: millions

text: of

text: dollars

text: in

text: medical

text: bills

text: for

text: Libby

text: residents

text: In

text: the

text: courtroom

text: defense

text: attorneys

text: noted

text: that

text: the

text: asbestos

text: problem

text: dates

text: back

text: to

text: about

text: long

text: before

text: W.R.

text: Grace

text: took

text: over

text: the

text: mine

text: in

text: The

text: attorneys

text: said

text: that

text: as

text: information

text: about

text: the

text: asbestos

text: came

text: to

text: light

text: the

text: company

text: took

text: numerous

text: steps

text: to

text: mitigate

text: the

text: dangers

text: and

text: were

text: open

text: about

text: it

text: Defense

text: attorney

text: David

text: Bernick

text: said

text: he

text: was

text: not

text: surprised

text: by

text: the

text: verdict

text: The

text: evidence

text: showed

text: that

text: what

text: was

text: going

text: on

text: internally

text: with

text: the

text: company

text: was

text: anything

text: but

text: conspiratorial

text: he

text: told

text: said

text: It

text: was

text: responsible

text: However

text: some

text: townspeople

text: did

text: not

text: share

text: Bernick

text: 's

text: view

text: I

text: do

text: n't

text: see

text: how

text: they

text: could

text: have

text: gotten

text: out

text: of

text: it

text: said

text: Steven

text: Schnetter

text: who

text: worked

text: at

text: the

text: mine

text: for

text: years

text: until

text: it

text: closed

text: in

text: Shortly

text: afterward

text: Schnetter

text: was

text: diagnosed

text: with

text: asbestosis

text: a

text: lung

text: disease

text: caused

text: by

text: exposure

text: to

text: asbestos

text: fibers

text: The

text: old

text: retiree

text: said

text: he

text: told

text: his

text: managers

text: in

text: the

text: late

text: that

text: he

text: was

text: concerned

text: to

text: find

text: that

text: tremolite

text: is

text: a

text: form

text: of

text: asbestos

text: They

text: said

text: Oh

text: yeah

text: but

text: it

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question: Who was acquited in the asbestos exposure case

answer: W.R. Grace & Company and three of its former executives

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question: What did prosecutors claim?

answer: exposing Libby's 100,000 residents to asbestos for decades,

text: exposing Libby's 100,000 residents to asbestos for decades,

question: Who was acquitted?

answer: W.R. Grace & Company and three of its former executives

text: W.R. Grace & Company and three of its former executives

question: What was the chemical company accused of hiding

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question: How many are claimed to have died due to the actions

answer: 200 deaths

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question: What was the chemical company accused of?

answer: knowingly exposed mine workers and residents of Libby, Montana, to asbestos.

text: knowingly exposed mine workers and residents of Libby, Montana, to asbestos.

question: What was company accused of?

answer: exposing Libby's 100,000 residents to asbestos for decades, resulting in more than 200 deaths and 1,000 illnesses.

text: exposing Libby's 100,000 residents to asbestos for decades, resulting in more than 200 deaths and 1,000 illnesses.

question: What do prosecutors claim?

answer: exposing Libby's 100,000 residents to asbestos for decades, resulting in more than 200 deaths and 1,000 illnesses.

text: exposing Libby's 100,000 residents to asbestos for decades, resulting in more than 200 deaths and 1,000 illnesses.

question: What did the jury do?

answer: acquitted W.R. Grace & Company and three of its former executives of having

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