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(CNN) -- Friends and strangers across the country gathered on the streets and in schools, churches, bars and auditoriums to celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama as the first African-American president of the United States.

A diverse crowd in Los Angeles, California, cheers as Barack Obama takes the oath of office Tuesday.

"It's a great day to be an American," iReporter Roger Germann said at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium, where revelers watched the inauguration on television monitors among exhibits of sharks and otters.

Tuesday's inauguration brought together Americans from different walks of life, united in their hope that Obama will deliver on his promise to change the nation's course. Click the links to read views on President Obama's inauguration from people across the country.

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Public inauguration-viewing parties were held in auditoriums, schools and arenas across the country, where the atmosphere mirrored the excitement in Washington.  Watch people react at viewing parties Â»

"People are cheering here as if they were there," Irene Koehler of Fremont, California, said of the atmosphere in Oakland's Oracle Arena.

More than 200 parishioners from the First AME Church, the largest African-American Church in Los Angeles, gathered in the recreation hall to pray together and share in the excitement of an historic moment

Dressed in Obama shirts and hats, the level of audience participation had the effect of transporting the crowd to Washington.

They stood when Sen. Dianne Feinstein asked the crowd to "please stand" and bowed their heads in prayer. They sang along with Aretha Franklin and even took pictures of the screen when Obama appeared.

A handful of viewers had tears in their eyes, but most were filled with "pure joy."

"On Election Night, I was full of tears. I am all cried out -- it is all about joy now," said 72-year-old Shirley Turner-Haymer, the granddaughter of a former slave.

Even young parishioners derived some significance from the event.

"It's really inspirational that we have a black president now ... because now I could see I can do whatever I want," said David Colvin, 10.

Lynn Gabriel Thomas, far right, says she is watching the inauguration in honor of her father.

Lynn Gabriel Thomas, daughter of Tuskegee Airman Daniel Moore, was one of about 300 people who crammed into the Jackie Robinson Center in Pasadena, California, to watch the inauguration.

"My father would be so thrilled to see this, Barack Obama being sworn in." Thomas said. "He loved parades, and he hated crowds. I'm here for him."

Across the country in New York's Bronx borough, students huddled in the halls of a school to watch the ceremony on a projection screen.

"They were cheering; they were clapping; they were in awe because everything we had talked about they were able to see," teacher Marta Rendon said.

"When they heard Obama's speech, they were right there clapping and screaming with the rest of us. It was really something. It was really amazing.  Watch Obama promise hope over fear Â»

More than 100 people gathered at the central library in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, to watch the ceremony.

"It was really exciting to see people being excited about the country and really happy about there being a new president. And it was great to see such a collective sense of community ... hope and happiness," said Jessica Namakkal, a 29-year-old graduate student from Minneapolis.

"I think Obama's speech was great and that he really addressed the past eight years in a diplomatic and fair way, while also sort of pushing forward in a good way."

The unusually bitter cold affected the turnout at Daytona Beach, Florida's, outdoor inauguration celebration, forcing people to take shelter at a local bar.

Sean Mingo and his mother, Joan, watched the inauguration in Daytona Beach, Florida.

More than 50 people packed into Mai Tai to watch the inauguration on television. Among them were Joan Mingo and her 13-year-old son, Sean, who stayed home from school to watch Obama take the oath of office.

"This is very historical," said Sean, who followed Obama's campaign and watched every debate. "Obama is inspiring. I want to work in politics."

Sean said his favorite line of Obama's speech was "we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist."

As Obama was sworn in, the coffee-drinking bar patrons laughed, applauded and wiped tears from their eyes.

"Obama gives us hope, son, that you can be whatever you want," Joan Mingo said to her son.

What Obama means to Americans

Obama's rise holds special meaning for Solas B. Lalgee, who was in New York's Times Square for the inauguration.  View images from the inauguration Â»

"I'm ecstatic," said Lalgee, 30, whose father is from the West Indies. "It's the first time in my life I've ever had someone to look up to. I'm a mixed, multi-ethnic, multinational person, and I've never had someone I could look up to politically and say, 'That's somebody who can represent me. That's somebody who I can relate to. That's somebody that my family can relate to,' and the fact that he actually made it into office is just ... it gives me hope that I can do whatever I want to do in my life and not have a glass ceiling above me."

"To me, as an immigrant, it really means a lot to see a son of immigrants -- not only an African American but a son of immigrants -- come to the highest office in the land," she added. "There's hope. And I hope to transmit that to my children."

Chinoise Noble and her mother, Yolanda Lee-Singleton, watched the inauguration in Los Angeles' Nokia Plaza.

In California at downtown Los Angeles' Nokia Plaza, 23-year-old Chinoise Noble clutched a photograph of her grandmother as tears streamed down her face.

She said she brought the photo so her late grandmother could be with her on a day though that her grandmother never believed would come.

She "would never in a million years have thought there'd be a black president!" Noble said.

In Birmingham, Alabama, the site of racial turmoil during the Civil Rights era, Fred Jemison had high hopes for the Obama administration.

"The biggest thing that I look forward to, that I anticipate from this, is unity throughout the country, racially and politically," Jemison told CNN affiliate WBMA at Birmingham's Boutwell Auditorium.

At the Jewish Home, a senior living facility in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley, about 70 residents and staff members watched the inauguration.

"This is wonderful and exciting," said 92-year-old Sylvia Segal, wearing a Barack Obama T-shirt. "There's never been an inauguration like this one, with so many millions giving respect to the United States and an extraordinary man."

Shelly Balzac, 81, said that he voted for Obama and that when he was a teenager, his father took him to Chicago's Soldier Field to witness Franklin Delano Roosevelt campaigning.

"It's momentous when you look at the conglomeration of all citizens of all colors and all creeds," said Balzac, a World War II veteran who said he witnessed the "dehumanizing of blacks" during those years and fought against it within the U.S. military.

"It is an emotional day for me," Balzac said. "I realize the tremendous stride in making this a more unified country."

Stan Keller and his daughter, Nancy, watch the inauguration at the Jewish Home in Los Angeles.

"I was crying inside all day," said Stan Keller, 88. He said Obama has inspired him to try to make a difference in the world.

"I came on Earth to make it a better place to live. I get that inspiration from this man," he said.

iReporter Lee Ann Schmidt of Danbury, Connecticut, watched at home with her husband and two dogs.

"Just to be alive in this time to witness this, it means more to me than anything," she said. "I'm 35. My generation has never really seen the entire country come together in a positive way like this. It really does give me hope for our country."

In Raleigh, North Carolina, iReporter Sam Shaber watched the events with his parents at their house.

"We are all snowed in and have a bottle of champagne ready," he said. "I am gay, and to have just any minority be elected is such a milestone in so many ways."

Hopes for Obama

Jeff Teasley, a 49 year-old Navy veteran from Cheyenne, Wyoming, has been disabled since he hurt his back in 1990.

Jeff Teasley, in his home in Cheyenne, Wyoming, hopes Obama is "the best thing since running water."

Teasley, a Republican who did not vote for Obama, was less enthusiastic over Obama's inauguration. Like many here in Wyoming, he fears that President Obama will expand the government and pass the cost onto people like him.

"With bigger government comes bigger taxes and with bigger taxes comes more strain on everybody's households."

But Teasley said he is still rooting for the new president.

"I hope he pulls it off. I hope he's the best thing since running water because we need a leader, we need someone to direct these people in Washington."

Others were more optimistic.

In downtown Atlanta, Georgia, hundreds of people huddled together in freezing weather in Centennial Olympic Park to watch on two screens.  Watch kids from Atlanta sing for Obama Â»

"There's hope for a change," said Sonita Horn, a homemaker whose husband lost his job as an electrician in Atlanta and now travels three weeks out of four to Virginia for work.

She said she hoped not only that Republicans and Democrats would find a way to work together but that the races would, too.

"Everyone will be treated equally," she predicted. "We're now a United States of America, not a black America or a white America."

CNN's Chris Welch, Michael Cary, Paul Vercammen, Lindy Hall and Jim Spellman contributed to this report.

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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. Once upon a time, the iconic lead singer of Led Zeppelin and the golden girl of bluegrass would never have been mentioned in the same sentence.

Alison Krauss and Robert Plant's "Raising Sand" was an unlikely collaboration that won five Grammys.

But since they won five Grammy awards -- including album of the year for their surprising collaboration, "Raising Sand" -- their names have been inextricably linked: RobertPlantandAlisonKrauss.

If they were 20 years old and ran in Hollywood circles, tabloids might be calling them Robekrauss or Aliplant.

Plant, however, is 60 -- in fantastic shape, and with a full head of the golden ringlets that became his trademark during the 1970s.

At 37, Krauss is elegant and ethereal. And while both are dead serious when talking about their craft, the rest of the time, they're like two silly junior high kids -- he, the charming prankster with a secret crush, and she, the beautiful prom queen who pretends not to be amused.

Clearly, they're both having the time of their lives, and are excited about their current musical journey -- which pushes each out of their respective comfort zones and into new territory. Now, he's a little bit country and she's a little bit rock 'n' roll.  Watch Plant and Krauss rib each other Â»

I compliment Krauss on her hair as a stylist touches her up. "It's not mine," she whispers.

Two feet away, Plant clears his throat loudly and points to his own golden locks. "Why, your hair looks lovely, too, Robert," I say.

"Well, you know who I am," he replies.

We are in Coldplay's vacated dressing room, two nights before Plant and Krauss swept the evening at the 51st annual Grammy Awards. This is an excerpt from our conversation in the basement of Staples Center in Los Angeles the night of their rehearsal.

CNN: First of all, this is the screwiest collaboration I had ever heard of. How did this happen?

Robert Plant: It's just sheer luck, really. I never sang with anybody before, you know -- only once ever in my life, on "Led Zep IV" with Sandy Denny [the late English folk singer, in 1971]. So this is a whole new thing. I've also been coming to the United States for 40 years -- you wouldn't believe it looking at me -- and I've never worked with Americans! This is all brand new for me.

Alison Krauss: Were we both nervous? We both were. We thought, "What are we going to do in there?" We went into the studio originally saying, "We'll give it three days and see what it's like."

Plant: Alison's reputation is 24 karat, and I'm an old rock 'n' roll singer. Even the band was kind of going, "Oh wow, how is this going to work?" It was great when we kicked in together, and I could just feel the room -- I don't want to say it, but the room lifted!

CNN: Musically, you're polar opposites. How did you blend your different perspectives?

Plant: As we got started, it was Alison's world. She knew how she wanted to proceed, and we exchanged a lot of ideas musically. And then we both agreed that because we both produced records ourselves, that we needed an intermediary to guide -- somebody to separate us, or to make the journey more clear. And Alison knew T Bone Burnett from "O Brother, Where Art Thou," and he kindly enlisted for the gig, and he brought a lot of great songs to the show.

CNN: You challenged one another to sing in different ways than you're used to.

Plant: When she goes up for these wailing notes on stage, that's where I want her to go with this new project -- occasionally visit these places where she lets rip, and just lets it really come out.

Krauss (melodramatically): It's just reckless abandon! It's just crazy!

Plant: I don't know why I'm being so serious. She just kicks ass and nobody knew it!

CNN: Now this is all making sense. With Alison, it's letting go, and with you, Robert, it's kind of containing things.

Plant: I'm being bullied, basically. Pushed around.

CNN: But you like it. Admit it, you love it.

Plant: Oh, I do! I haven't even gotten off to being bullied enough yet.

CNN: Did you have this much fun working with Zeppelin?

Plant: I can't remember. Honestly, I haven't got a clue. I was a totally different guy then. It was 28 years ago. I didn't look as good as I do now, and I didn't share the couch with another Leo.

CNN: Alison, did you listen to Led Zeppelin growing up?

Krauss: We all have, yeah. (Plant is shaking his head and mouthing the word "No.") My brother was and is such a huge fan of the band, and I remember growing up and he would be in his bedroom yelling about the records and how great they were.

CNN: Robert, were you familiar with Alison's work?

Plant: Yeah, to some degree, but not as intensely as I became. And also, I didn't understand the history of where Alison's from [bluegrass], and has been since she was a child. In fact, both of us can sit there talking about music, and neither of us can recognize the artists we're referring to. It's amazing. I mean, all the rock 'n' roll, and black Mississippi and Chicago stuff that I go raving on about, she's going, "Hmm."

Krauss: I didn't grow up on that, yeah.

CNN: Has he made you listen to his music collection?

Plant: We share.

Krauss: I bring bluegrass. It's the same people. Same blue-collar people. Just one was south of the Delta, and one was Virginia and Tennessee and North Carolina. So we've got lots in common -- but it's the presentation and the whole musicality of it that's different.

CNN: Your collaboration has worked out so well that you're back in the studio in Nashville, working on a second album together.

Plant: We'd like to keep it going.

CNN: Do you think there's going to be an album No. 3, and an album No. 4?

Plant: I'd have to move to Nashville, wouldn't I?

CNN: Or she moves to England.

Plant (to Krauss): Could you stand the climate?

Krauss: I'll get a heating pad.

Plant: And a season ticket for Wolverhampton Wanderers football club. That's important.

CNN: You gained a lot of fans with this project, but there are those Led Zeppelin diehards who've been holding their breath for a reunion tour -- especially since you reunited for the Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert at Wembley in 2007.

Plant: Well, we had a really good night, and we had great rehearsals, and it was very emotional -- and if you like, quite elevating. But it was the right thing to do to do it that way. There's no bandwagon. We've already been around the world, and did what we did when we were young men.

CNN: That sounds like a man who's looking forward, and not back.

Plant: Only last week, I was being grilled again by Alison to get into shape and get it right. And that's fantastic! I really want that. I don't want to go around, everybody thinking, "That's what he did." Because this is what I do, and every day, it should be more interesting.

CNN: And in the meantime, you've been recognized by the Grammys.

Plant: We've already won by doing this. We've brought our gifts, and we've shared them, and the whole surrounding musically is so beautiful, that that's our reward. The fact that it worked. The fact that it wasn't some embarrassing moment of two people trying something out, and saying goodbye, and then meeting at a party years later and saying, "Oh, Christ, there's Alison Krauss! Oh, no!"

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text: clue

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text: Led

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text: is

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text: huge

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text: band

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text: bedroom

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text: records

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text: intensely

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text: a

text: child

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text: Chicago

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text: yeah

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text: made

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text: to

text: his

text: music

text: collection

text: Plant

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text: share

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text: I

text: bring

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text: It

text: 's

text: the

text: same

text: people

text: Same

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text: collar

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text: Delta

text: and

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text: and

text: Tennessee

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text: North

text: Carolina

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text: the

text: presentation

text: and

text: the

text: whole

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text: different

text: CNN

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text: collaboration

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text: back

text: in

text: the

text: studio

text: in

text: Nashville

text: working

text: on

text: a

text: second

text: album

text: together

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text: like

text: to

text: keep

text: it

text: going

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text: think

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text: 's

text: going

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text: heating

text: pad

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text: season

text: ticket

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text: Wanderers

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text: club

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text: important

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text: a

text: lot

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text: fans

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text: breath

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text: reunion

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text: Ertegun

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text: concert

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text: a

text: really

text: good

text: night

text: and

text: we

text: had

text: great

text: rehearsals

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text: man

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text: not

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text: grilled

text: again

text: by

text: Alison

text: to

text: get

text: into

text: shape

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text: get

text: it

text: right

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text: fantastic

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text: want

text: to

text: go

text: around

text: everybody

text: thinking

text: That

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text: what

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text: did

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text: is

text: what

text: I

text: do

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text: every

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text: more

text: interesting

text: CNN

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text: meantime

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text: recognized

text: by

text: the

text: Grammys

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text: won

text: by

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text: brought

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text: gifts

text: and

text: we

text: 've

text: shared

text: them

text: and

text: the

text: whole

text: surrounding

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text: our

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text: moment

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text: people

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text: out

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text: saying

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text: then

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text: party

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text: saying

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text: 's

text: Alison

text: Krauss

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question: What did Plant and Krauss collaborate on?

answer: "Raising Sand"

text: "Raising Sand"

question: Which show was emotional?

answer: Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert at Wembley in 2007.

text: Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert at Wembley in 2007.

question: What did the album win?

answer: five Grammys.

text: five Grammys.

question: What award did the duo win at the Grammys?

answer: album of the year

text: album of the year

question: Where was it performed?

answer: 51st annual Grammy Awards.

text: 51st annual Grammy Awards.

question: What did Robert Plant and Alison Krauss collaborate one?

answer: "Raising Sand"

text: "Raising Sand"


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LONDON, England (CNN) -- Two men accused of failed car bomb attacks in London and a car bombing at Glasgow International Airport last year went on trial Thursday.

Mohammed Asha, a doctor, is accused of conspiracy to murder and cause explosions.

Bilal Abdulla and Mohammed Asha, both doctors, are charged with conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause explosions. Their trial at London's Woolwich Crown Court is expected to last up to 12 weeks.

The case stems from the discovery in June 2007 of two explosives-filled Mercedes sedans in central London. One of the cars was parked across the street from a packed nightclub near Piccadilly Circus and the other was towed from an underground car park at Hyde Park.

An ambulance crew notified police about the first car after they saw smoke coming from it. The second car was towed for a parking offense but drew suspicion because it smelled of gasoline.

Officials said both cars cars were filled with fuel, gas canisters, and nails. Police managed to defuse them.

The following day, with attention still focused on the averted attacks in the capital, a Jeep sped through the barriers outside Glasgow International Airport and slammed head on into the terminal. The Jeep, filled with propane gas, burst into flames and created a fireball.

The driver and passenger jumped out of the car. One set himself on fire and later died in the hospital; the other was identified as Abdulla, an Iraqi doctor who had been practicing medicine in Scotland.

Later that day, police arrested Asha as he was driving with his wife on a highway in Cheshire, England. Police said Asha, a doctor of Palestinian descent who grew up in Jordan, conspired with Abdulla to carry out the explosions.

The incidents happened just days after British Prime Minister Gordon Brown took office.

A third man charged in the case, Sabeel Ahmed, pleaded guilty in April to failing to disclose information about an act of terrorism. He was ordered to be deported to India.

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text: case

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question: Where did the attacks occur?

answer: London

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question: What was the occupation of the men charged with conspiracy?

answer: doctors,

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question: What profession were the men?

answer: both doctors,

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question: WHo is charged with conspiracy to commit murder?

answer: Mohammed Asha,

text: Mohammed Asha,

question: What were the men accused of?

answer: conspiracy to murder and cause explosions.

text: conspiracy to murder and cause explosions.

question: Who is going on trial?

answer: Bilal Abdulla and Mohammed Asha,

text: Bilal Abdulla and Mohammed Asha,

question: What were they charged with?

answer: conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause explosions.

text: conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause explosions.

question: Who were charged with conspiracy to murder?

answer: Mohammed Asha,

text: Mohammed Asha,

question: When do the men go on trial for the failed attacks?

answer: Thursday.

text: Thursday.

question: What was their occupation?

answer: both doctors,

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text:
(CNN) -- Robert Pires is confident Villarreal -- nickname 'the Yellow Submarine' -- can torpedo the Champions League dreams of former club Arsenal in Tuesday's quarterfinal first leg clash in Spain.

Robert Pires made his final apearance for Arsenal in the 2006 Champions League final defeat against Barcelona.

"We can beat them, for sure," said the former French internationa\. "We would not come on the pitch if we were not convinced that we are good enough to go through.

"I would say that I expect a spectacular game between two teams that look like each other a lot. Hopefully we will see many goals."

The 35-year-old spent six successful seasons at Highbury, and made his last appearance for the Gunners in the 2006 Champions League final when he was substituted in an early tactical change following the sending off of goalkeeper Jens Lehmann.

Such an exit was not the way Pires wanted to bring the curtain down on an Arsenal career which had seen him help guide Arsene Wenger's side through an unbeaten Premier League campaign in 2003/2004.

"I have always had a tremendous relationship with the Arsenal fans and these games will be the occasion for me to say goodbye to them," Pires told www.setanta.com. "Not having been able to say goodbye to them is a pain to me.

"I wanted to have the chance to thank the Highbury public for their support, but I could not do it because my last game was the Champions League final with Barcelona.

"Then I announced my departure to Villarreal three days later and did not see them again. Sincerely, this draw is emotional to me, and fills me with nostalgia as well, that is for sure."

Pires was sent off in the 3-0 weekend defeat at Almeria that saw  midfielder Santi Cazorla break an ankle in a match that left Manuel Pellegrini's team in fourth place.

Spain international midfielder Marcos Senna is, though, expected to be fit to face the Gunners.

Arsenal striker Robin van Persie misses the trip to Spain with a groin injury, but Samir Nasri and Theo Walcott have been passed fit for the clash at El Madrigal after a virus and knee injury respectively.

Manager Arsene Wenger paid tribute to his players on arrival in Spain and maintained that he is "confident" of a positive outcome over the two legs.

Midfielder Andrey Arshavin is ineligible having played for Zenit St Petersburg during the group stages. Striker Eduardo (groin) and midfielder Abou Diaby (thigh) remain sidelined, while long-term absentee Tomas Rosicky continues his recovery.

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(CNN) -- Manny Pacquiao is aiming to deliver a knockout blow to Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the U.S. courts after filing a lawsuit against the American and his connections over claims he used performance-enhancing drugs.

The lawsuit, lodged in the Las Vegas district court on Wednesday, names Mayweather, his father Floyd senior, former boxing star Oscar De La Hoya and fellow Golden Boy Promotions executive Richard Schaefer.

"Calling a professional athlete a cheater is the most serious charge one can make," the lawsuit says, "and in today's world, accusing an athlete of using performance-enhancing drugs -- however baseless and lacking in evidence -- is toxic."

The Filipino fighter, who has won world titles at five different weights, was slated to fight Mayweather on March 13 next year in a money-spinning bout in Las Vegas.

But he was infuriated by the insistence of Mayweather's camp that he undergo Olympic-style pre-fight blood testing and the alleged implication that he had used illegal drugs.

Pacquiao posted a Christmas day message on his personal Web site, saying he would take legal action and has now followed through on the threat.

Top lawyer Daniel Petrocelli is representing him and outlined the substance of their case.

"Manny Pacquiao's achievements come from God-given talent and an indefatigable work ethic -- not steroids," he told gathered reporters.

"He cannot and will not allow others to deliberately misrepresent his years of hard work and tarnish his reputation."

The lawsuit seeks damages in excess of $75,000 dollars and also cites interviews given in various publications that appeared to question the fairness of Pacquiao's pre-fight preparation.

Mayweather's connections attempted to diffuse the situation in a statement issued earlier this weak on the Golden Boy Promotions Web site.

"Let it be very clear that nobody from Team Mayweather or Golden Boy Promotions is accusing Pacquiao of anything," it read.

"But the reality seems to be that for whatever reason Pacquiao does not want to participate in random blood testing, which has already been deemed a harmless procedure that many current athletes are subjected to prior to and during competition," it added.

Many viewed the war of words between the respective camps as a pre-fight war ploy to boost interest, but the row over dope testing may well have derailed one of the richest fights in boxing history, with huge pay-per-view revenues forecasted.

The Los Angeles Times reported on Wednesday that Pacquiao's promoter Bob Arum was pessimistic about a March showdown between the two fighters.

"This is only my opinion, but I don't see the fight happening now," he was quoted.

Positions are hardening ... Manny's fit to be tied. He's very angry."

Arum was also reported to have opened negotiations with World Boxing Association super welterweight champion Yuri Foreman to fight Pacquiao.

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question: What did Mayweather's camp want both boxers to submit to?

answer: that he undergo Olympic-style pre-fight blood testing

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question: Who did Manny Pacquiao file a lawsuit against?

answer: Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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question: what is the lawsuit about?

answer: claims he used performance-enhancing drugs.

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question: What does Mayweather's camp want both boxers to submit to?

answer: Olympic-style pre-fight blood testing

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(CNN) -- An agreement could be reached before week's end between Washington University students and an Illinois nightclub that allegedly barred six African-American students while admitting nearly 200 of their white classmates.

Fernando Cutz, senior class president at the university in Missouri, said the aggrieved students have been in contact with lawyers representing Original Mother's, a bar in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood.

The two sides expect a resolution to their dispute as early as Wednesday, Cutz said. He did not, however, say what the students were demanding or why he was optimistic that a deal could be struck.

The students complained to state and federal agencies after six African-American members from their senior class trip celebration were denied admission to the club on October 17.

Bar personnel cited dress code violations -- specifically baggy jeans -- in barring the African-American students, Cutz said.

A white student and a black student then exchanged jeans to see what would happen. The white student was admitted, while his classmate still was kept outside, Cutz said.

Calls from CNN to the nightclub were not immediately returned. The bar told the Chicago Tribune newspaper that it was investigating.

The celebration at Original Mother's was to top off a two-day senior class trip to Chicago, Cutz said. The party had been arranged with the bar in advance by the student class board, which includes two of the African-American students who were later denied entry, Cutz said.

He said he was already inside the bar with some 200 other students, none of whom are African-American, when the first group of African-American classmates arrived. Cutz said he quickly learned that the manager of the bar had denied the six students entry, and he said the manager told the students their baggy pants violated the bar's dress code.

Cutz, who is white, said he confronted the manager. "These six [students] were better dressed than I was," Cutz told CNN.

He told the students to "go back to the hotel and change." But the manager of the bar stepped in to say that he had made his decision and that the six men could not return to the bar even if they changed clothes, Cutz said.

The students became "more agitated" and "set up an experiment," Cutz said.

Class Treasurer Regis Murayi, who is black, exchanged jeans with a white student, Jordan Roberts, who -- being 3 inches shorter than Murayi -- looked "substantially baggy."

Roberts approached the same manager who had turned away the African-American students, paid the entry fee and was allowed in, Cutz said.

CNN's Susan Candiotti also contributed to this report.

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question: Where was the senior class celebrating?

answer: Original Mother's

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question: Which group of student were kept out of the bar?

answer: African-American

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question: Who did the bar let in?

answer: 200 of their white classmates.

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question: Did the bar answer CNN's call about the case?

answer: not immediately returned.

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question: What did they do at Chicago bar?

answer: personnel cited dress code violations -- specifically baggy jeans -- in barring the African-American students,

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