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Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- At least 30 Iraqi children riding in a bus were among the 160 people killed in Sunday's twin car bombings in Baghdad, the Interior Ministry said Monday.

At least 540 people were wounded in Sunday's attacks, the deadliest in the capital in more than two years, the ministry said.

One of the bombs exploded outside Baghdad's governorate building, the other outside the Justice Ministry. The bombs detonated in quick succession about 10:30 a.m., officials said.

The children were packed in a mini bus that was outside the Justice Ministry building, a ministry official said.

The vehicle carrying the explosives that detonated outside the ministry building was a stolen white pick-up from Falluja, Baghdad Gov. Salah Abdul Razzaq told CNN during his inspection of the bomb site. Images from the time of the attack showed the truck, linked to the Department of Water, pull up to the side of the building and blow up, he said.

Plumes of smoke billowed from the sites as victims fled, some with blood streaming down their faces. The streets were strewn with debris, including charred cars and chunks of concrete. Some government buildings and others in the area were heavily damaged.

Among the wounded were three American security contractors, the U.S. Embassy said, declining to provide further details. The area struck is close to the heavily guarded "Green Zone," which houses the embassy.

The blasts sparked questions about Iraq's security and national elections planned for January.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who visited the scene shortly after the explosions, said holding the elections as scheduled would send a strong message to the attackers.

"The cowardly attack ... should not affect the determination of the Iraqi people from continuing their battle against the deposed regime and the gangs of criminal Baath party, and the terrorist al Qaeda organization,'" al-Maliki said in a written statement.

U.S. President Barack Obama called the attacks an attempt to derail progress in Iraq, and pledged to work closely with the country as it prepares for elections. Obama spoke with the prime minister and President Jalal Talabani to express his condolences and reiterate U.S. support.

In August, more than 100 people were killed in a series of bombings that led to tightened security in Baghdad. Blast walls were installed across the city and checkpoints were added.

Two years earlier, three truck bombings killed hundreds in Qahtaniya, in northern Iraq. Sunday's attacks were the deadliest on Iraqi civilians since those blasts in August 2007.

A day before Sunday's explosions, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, visited Iraq for the first time. During her trip, she made a condolence stop at the Foreign Ministry, one of six sites attacked in August.

Iraqis are supposed to go to the polls January 16, but parliament has not passed key election legislation, putting the balloting in limbo.

The president, prime minister and other top officials are scheduled to meet Monday to discuss the elections law and security concerns.

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

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CAIRO, Egypt (CNN)  -- There's more to wearing the "niqab" -- the austere, all-covering veil favored by ultra-religious Muslim women -- than meets the eye.

Cairo University students wearing niqab stand outside a university dormitory on Oct. 7 unable to enter due to the new rules preventing admission to niqab wearers.

A recent declaration by a leading Egyptian cleric that women will not be allowed to wear the niqab in university areas frequented only by women has sparked demonstrations by female students in Cairo determined to wear the all-encompassing veil wherever they go.

Egypt's Al-Azhar university, the highest seat of Sunni Islam, recently convened an all-male committee to rule on what women can wear at Egypt's public universities.

The Shaikh of Al-Azhar, Shaikh Tantawi, announced after the meeting that a ban on the niqab, also known as the burqa, would apply to such university areas as female dormitories and all-women classes. Do you think Muslim women should wear the niqab? Tell us below in the SoundOff box

Even though that was a step down from a statement he made earlier that the niqab would be banned in all public universities, his ruling sparked controversy with the growing number of women in the country who choose to stay covered.

The initiative from Al-Azhar is seen by many in Egypt as an attempt to counter the growing appeal of the strictest interpretations of Islam. An increasing number of young women in Egypt are turning to the niqab.

The niqab is worn by many Muslim women throughout the Arab world and beyond and is most common in the countries of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates. It is also commonly worn in Pakistan.

"The niqab should be worn under two circumstances," a cleaning lady who works at Al-Azhar, told CNN recently. "A very beautiful woman should wear it to prevent men from fighting over her, and an ugly woman should wear it to hide her face."

There is no consensus among Muslim scholars regarding the wearing of the niqab, the piece of cloth that covers a Muslim woman's face. Women who wear it usually also cover their hands.

It is widely believed to be a tradition that comes from the Arabian peninsula, introduced to more liberal countries like Egypt by people who have lived and worked in ultra-conservative countries like Saudi Arabia.

There's not much about it in the Koran, Muslim's holy book.

The Koranic verse that applies to female head covering translates loosely as:  "O Prophet! Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks all over their bodies."

And so consequently, there are plenty of interpretations. And all sorts of opinions in the Egyptian parliament.

The opposition-led Muslim Brotherhood opposes the niqab ban.

"It's unacceptable that the niqab is treated as something bad that needs to be suppressed," Brotherhood member of parliament Muhamed Baltagi told CNN. "It's unacceptable to violate private matters in this way." In Baltagi's opinion, it's a matter of personal choice and should not be dictated by the shaikh of Al-Azhar.

Appointed by the president of Egypt, the shaikh of Al-Azhar is viewed as little more than an appendage of the authoritarian Egyptian government, and thus scorned as a state puppet by both religious and secular critics of the regime. Since the 1960s the shaikh of Al-Azhar has been appointed by the Egyptian president.

In Europe, wearing the niqab has become a controversial issue too. Recently, French President Nicolas Sarkozy banned it from French classrooms. And British Justice Minister Jack Straw also recently asked women to remove them in his consituency office.

In Cairo's main shopping district, the message on the niqab is decidedly mixed. The few niqabs on display are vastly outnumbered by far more risque outfits, including no shortage of mannequins sporting evening dressings with plunging necklines and naked arms.

There are a few niqabs on display, but lots of less conservative clothing is on the shelves too.

Outside Cairo University, some women go without any head covering at all. Most wear headscarves -- usually quite colorful ones.

Those who choose to wear the niqab say the religious scholars should have asked a woman what she thought of the ban first.

"He should have taken at least one woman's opinion," said student Muna Abdel Fatah. "Because the decision will impact on her."

Daniela Deane contributed to this story.

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(CNN) -- Sebastian Vettel became Formula One's youngest world champion in a five-way shootout at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in November 2010, and the German needs just one point in Japan this weekend to seal a second world crown.

Vettel's dominant form in 2011 has led him to victory in nine of 14 races so far, and the 24-year-old is on the brink of becoming the ninth driver to secure back-to-back titles in the championship's 61-year history.

If he does so, the celebrations will come with four races to go -- putting Vettel narrowly behind his legendary compatriot Michael Schumacher, who set the standard in 2002 when he clinched the fifth of his record seven world titles with six of the 17 races remaining.

Vettel will also become the youngest double world champion, beating the 25-year-old Fernando Alonso's feat with Renault in 2005-06.

Latest F1 standings after Singapore GP

Former Toro Rosso driver Vettel needs to earn a 10th-place finish, or higher, in one of the season's five remaining grands prix to complete his triumph.

McLaren's 2009 world champion Jenson Button, second in the drivers' standings, is the only driver who still has a mathematical chance of preventing Red Bull celebrations on Sunday.

British racer Button would need the unlikely combination of Vettel to score no further world championship points, while also winning the year's five remaining races.

Despite Vettel knowing he could win the title with an uncharacteristically low finish -- he has finished outside of the top two in just one race this year -- the one-time Sauber driver insisted he is fully focused on claiming another maximum 25-point haul.

"Obviously there's still a chance for Jenson to win the title and for me not to win the title," Vettel told Formula One's official website. "Even if it's only one point.

"The moment you decide to fly, sooner or later there's a moment when you will come down as well. You have to, nothing flies for ever. I think it would be wrong to think like that at this stage, the target going into this weekend is not to get one point, in a way it's not to win the championship, the target is to do our best.

"Yes, there would be reason to celebrate, even if we finish tenth, but it wouldn't be the same so we try to race as usual and we try to get the best out of ourselves."

When asked what the secret behind his success was, Vettel's answer was simple: "Probably a word that is not at first sight that fancy, consistency. And in this respect we have had a terrific year so far and I hope it will not desert us for the final races."

The climax to the 2011 season is in stark contrast to last year's finale, when Vettel leaped from third position heading into the final race at the Yas Marina Circuit to overhaul teammate Mark Webber and Ferrari's two-time world champion Fernando Alonso to claim glory.

"Going into the last race and being some points behind is a completely different situation to leading the standings by a gap of 124 points," said Vettel, who was 15 points adrift of first-place Alonso heading into November's final race in the gulf kingdom.

"What I try to do is not to listen to all these statistics and simply focus on this race, as I always do with every single race -- which has served me well. I have learned from the mistakes that I made in the past and it would be foolish to make them again, so don't wait to see them here.

"It is not embarrassing making mistakes if you learn from them, but it would be embarrassing making the same mistakes all over again. "

Button signs new multi-year deal with McLaren

Button was cautiously optimistic regarding his chances in Suzuka, but admitted the circuit is one which would suit Red Bull's RB7 car.

"I think it will be a great race for everyone," said Button, who recently signed a new deal with English-based McLaren. "In the last few races, I think we've shown that we have extremely good pace and that we've been the team most able to take the fight to Red Bull.

"On paper, I think it's a circuit that will suit the Red Bulls, particularly in the high-speed sweeps that make up the first sector of the track, but I certainly don't think people should under-estimate our package.

"We showed at Spa that we have a car that's very effective in high-speed corners. We've also improved our straight-line speed and we have a more efficient rear wing for qualifying, so I think we're feeling positive about the weekend."

If Vettel fails to clinch the championship this weekend, the title race would roll on to the Korean Grand Prix on October 16.

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(CNN) -- Last August, then-Republican presidential nominee John McCain introduced to the nation his surprise pick for vice president, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has a strong base of supporters, as well as a steady supply of vocal critics.

At the time, little was known about the fresh-faced, first-term governor, but within days, Palin's face was on newspapers, magazines and tabloids.

Since then, Palin has become a polarizing figure in the Republican Party. Her passionate supporters are countered with equally fervent critics.

And even though it's been nearly a year since she ventured onto the national stage and more than eight months since the Republican ticket lost the election, as Palin prepares to leave office, the public's interest in her has yet to wane. Palin explains why she's stepping down

"She's kind of a shooting star that caught fire and kept burning," said Lorenzo Benet, an assistant editor for People magazine and author of "Trailblazer: An Intimate Biography of Sarah Palin."

"When she walks into a room, she definitely commands attention and she gets more than most. She's definitely a star," said Benet, who was the only national journalist to have spent much time with Palin in the weeks before she was announced as McCain's running mate.

Palin, a mother of five, "caught the imagination" of the public because there is no one else like her, Benet said. "Particularly for conservative America, there hasn't been a rallying figure of this type," he noted.

In the days leading up to Palin's debut speech at the Republican National Convention last September, Palin revealed that her 17-year-old daughter Bristol was pregnant. The announcement followed Internet rumors that Sarah Palin's 4-month-old baby was actually Bristol's.

The instant fascination with Palin and her family was just a glimpse of what was to come. The public wanted to know everything it could about the Alaska governor, whose resume also included beauty queen, high school basketball star, TV sportcaster and mayor of the small Alaska town of Wasilla.

Amid all the rumors and negative press, Palin showed herself to be a fierce attack dog and came out throwing punches in her speech at the RNC.

The self-described "hockey mom" tore into then-candidate Barack Obama as two-faced, inexperienced and intoxicated by the sound of his own voice. Even her critics recognized the spirit she brought to the GOP.

Palin continued to throw flames on the campaign trail, energizing her supporters and outraging her adversaries.

"She yelled fire in a crowded theater. She really did, in some of her speeches --'palling around' with terrorists and some of the other slurs she was hurling in the way of Obama and the Democrats," said Larry Persily, a former Palin staffer and Alaskan journalist.

"That turned off an equally big chunk of the American public that found it distasteful, destructive, divisive, mean and ignorant. Whereas others said, 'Way to go girl. You stick it to them," he said.

But Palin hasn't always been such a divisive figure. Before entering the national scene, Palin, who knocked out incumbent Republican Frank Murkowski in the gubernatorial primary, was touted as one of the most popular governors in the country, with approval ratings nearing 90 percent. She was seen as a champion of ethics, determined to root out corruption and challenge the status quo.

For those in Alaska, Palin's Reaganesque appeal was nothing new. She secured her role as a local hero back in 1982 when she led Wasilla High School's basketball team to a state championship. And in a small community like Wasilla, that was a big deal.

Alaskans liked her "combativeness and feistiness," Benet said, and resurrected her nickname of "Barracuda" during her successful 1996 campaign to be Wasilla's mayor.

But when Palin's "Barracuda" side hit the national stage, it was met with mixed reactions. Evangelia Souris, the president of Optimum International Center for Image Management, says Palin's potential is the driving force behind the public's love-hate relationship with her.

"That's what people are drawn to, and that's what actually threatens others. She definitely has the power to shake up a lot of old-school institutions." said Souris, who has advised politicians.

Furthermore, Souris said, "I just don't think people were ready for somebody so attractive and so fashionable and so hip to actually be campaigning. She falls out of the norm," Souris added.

But despite grumblings from some that they're sick of hearing about her, stories about her continue to get a lot of attention. Benet said People magazine follows two politicians: "One is Obama, and one is Sarah Palin -- and then there's everybody else."

From being dogged by ethics complaints, to her public fight with Levi Johnston (the father of her grandson and ex-fiance of her daughter), to her recent announcement that she's resigning this week as governor, Palin has maintained a steady presence in the public eye since stepping off the campaign trail.

Michael Carey, a columnist with the Anchorage Daily News, says Palin stirs excitement -- and hostility -- because "people want to see her even if they don't like her." He likens the public's interest with her to "drinking on the sly." People say, "I don't want to do this, I know I shouldn't, but I do it anyway," he said.

Some people love Palin, Persily said, because they can relate to her. "I think much of America said, 'Oh gee look at her, she's just like us. Kind of dumb on some things, kind of smart on others. Imperfect. And not at all embarrassed to show all of her imperfections.'"

But others saw her imperfections as inadequacies. "She's simplistic. Some people love the simplistic approach to problems. Others shake their heads and say, 'My God, you don't get it.'" Persily added.

Opponents have been quick to question Palin's intellectual chops, pointing to her spotty college career. Palin attended five colleges, graduating from the University of Idaho with a communications degree in 1987. A series of botched national interviews didn't do much to disprove their point.

But even Palin's critics admire her ability to connect with the people, Benet said.

"I don't think I've ever really met anyone like that, except maybe Bill Clinton, that will have that interpersonal eye contact with you and will remember your name and your kids' names, and make small talk with you and be really sincere about it," he said.

Benet predicted that while Palin might take a short break to recoup once she hands off power on Sunday, "she'll be back in the public eye."

"I do see her turning this to her advantage," he said, noting that she's made a similar move before.

In 2004, Palin stepped down as chair of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission after less than a year on the job, amid controversy over ethics allegations against another committee member. She turned that move around and used it as a launchpad to run for governor, because she went after the corruption going on in Alaska at the time.

"For me, I think she's just catching her breath. She's just too young to retire," he added. "She did say 10 years ago she wanted to be president some day. She hasn't backed off from that."

In Carey's opinion, Palin's career as an elected official is over, but he doesn't expect Palin to be leaving the headlines anytime soon.

"She's gone from being our governor or a public figure in Alaska to being a national celebrity," he said.

"It's clear that her days of governor -- there are just a few of them left, but she's really only at the beginning of her career as a celebrity."

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text: then

text: Palin

text: has

text: become

text: a

text: polarizing

text: figure

text: in

text: the

text: Republican

text: Party

text: Her

text: passionate

text: supporters

text: are

text: countered

text: with

text: equally

text: fervent

text: critics

text: And

text: even

text: though

text: it

text: 's

text: been

text: nearly

text: a

text: year

text: since

text: she

text: ventured

text: onto

text: the

text: national

text: stage

text: and

text: more

text: than

text: eight

text: months

text: since

text: the

text: Republican

text: ticket

text: lost

text: the

text: election

text: as

text: Palin

text: prepares

text: to

text: leave

text: office

text: the

text: public

text: 's

text: interest

text: in

text: her

text: has

text: yet

text: to

text: wane

text: Palin

text: explains

text: why

text: she

text: 's

text: stepping

text: down

text: She

text: 's

text: kind

text: of

text: a

text: shooting

text: star

text: that

text: caught

text: fire

text: and

text: kept

text: burning

text: said

text: Lorenzo

text: Benet

text: an

text: assistant

text: editor

text: for

text: People

text: magazine

text: and

text: author

text: of

text: Trailblazer

text: An

text: Intimate

text: Biography

text: of

text: Sarah

text: Palin

text: When

text: she

text: walks

text: into

text: a

text: room

text: she

text: definitely

text: commands

text: attention

text: and

text: she

text: gets

text: more

text: than

text: most

text: She

text: 's

text: definitely

text: a

text: star

text: said

text: Benet

text: who

text: was

text: the

text: only

text: national

text: journalist

text: to

text: have

text: spent

text: much

text: time

text: with

text: Palin

text: in

text: the

text: weeks

text: before

text: she

text: was

text: announced

text: as

text: McCain

text: 's

text: running

text: mate

text: Palin

text: a

text: mother

text: of

text: five

text: caught

text: the

text: imagination

text: of

text: the

text: public

text: because

text: there

text: is

text: no

text: one

text: else

text: like

text: her

text: Benet

text: said

text: Particularly

text: for

text: conservative

text: America

text: there

text: has

text: n't

text: been

text: a

text: rallying

text: figure

text: of

text: this

text: type

text: he

text: noted

text: In

text: the

text: days

text: leading

text: up

text: to

text: Palin

text: 's

text: debut

text: speech

text: at

text: the

text: Republican

text: National

text: Convention

text: last

text: September

text: Palin

text: revealed

text: that

text: her

text: old

text: daughter

text: Bristol

text: was

text: pregnant

text: The

text: announcement

text: followed

text: Internet

text: rumors

text: that

text: Sarah

text: Palin

text: 's

text: old

text: baby

text: was

text: actually

text: Bristol

text: 's

text: The

text: instant

text: fascination

text: with

text: Palin

text: and

text: her

text: family

text: was

text: just

text: a

text: glimpse

text: of

text: what

text: was

text: to

text: come

text: The

text: public

text: wanted

text: to

text: know

text: everything

text: it

text: could

text: about

text: the

text: Alaska

text: governor

text: whose

text: resume

text: also

text: included

text: beauty

text: queen

text: high

text: school

text: basketball

text: star

text: TV

text: sportcaster

text: and

text: mayor

text: of

text: the

text: small

text: Alaska

text: town

text: of

text: Wasilla

text: Amid

text: all

text: the

text: rumors

text: and

text: negative

text: press

text: Palin

text: showed

text: herself

text: to

text: be

text: a

text: fierce

text: attack

text: dog

text: and

text: came

text: out

text: throwing

text: punches

text: in

text: her

text: speech

text: at

text: the

text: RNC

text: The

text: self

text: described

text: hockey

text: mom

text: tore

text: into

text: then

text: candidate

text: Barack

text: Obama

text: as

text: two

text: faced

text: inexperienced

text: and

text: intoxicated

text: by

text: the

text: sound

text: of

text: his

text: own

text: voice

text: Even

text: her

text: critics

text: recognized

text: the

text: spirit

text: she

text: brought

text: to

text: the

text: GOP

text: Palin

text: continued

text: to

text: throw

text: flames

text: on

text: the

text: campaign

text: trail

text: energizing

text: her

text: supporters

text: and

text: outraging

text: her

text: adversaries

text: She

text: yelled

text: fire

text: in

text: a

text: crowded

text: theater

text: She

text: really

text: did

text: in

text: some

text: of

text: her

text: speeches

text: --'palling

text: around

text: with

text: terrorists

text: and

text: some

text: of

text: the

text: other

text: slurs

text: she

text: was

text: hurling

text: in

text: the

text: way

text: of

text: Obama

text: and

text: the

text: Democrats

text: said

text: Larry

text: Persily

text: a

text: former

text: Palin

text: staffer

text: and

text: Alaskan

text: journalist

text: That

text: turned

text: off

text: an

text: equally

text: big

text: chunk

text: of

text: the

text: American

text: public

text: that

text: found

text: it

text: distasteful

text: destructive

text: divisive

text: mean

text: and

text: ignorant

text: Whereas

text: others

text: said

text: Way

text: to

text: go

text: girl

text: You

text: stick

text: it

text: to

text: them

text: he

text: said

text: But

text: Palin

text: has

text: n't

text: always

text: been

text: such

text: a

text: divisive

text: figure

text: Before

text: entering

text: the

text: national

text: scene

text: Palin

text: who

text: knocked

text: out

text: incumbent

text: Republican

text: Frank

text: Murkowski

text: in

text: the

text: gubernatorial

text: primary

text: was

text: touted

text: as

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: most

text: popular

text: governors

text: in

text: the

text: country

text: with

text: approval

text: ratings

text: nearing

text: percent

text: She

text: was

text: seen

text: as

text: a

text: champion

text: of

text: ethics

text: determined

text: to

text: root

text: out

text: corruption

text: and

text: challenge

text: the

text: status

text: quo

text: For

text: those

text: in

text: Alaska

text: Palin

text: 's

text: Reaganesque

text: appeal

text: was

text: nothing

text: new

text: She

text: secured

text: her

text: role

text: as

text: a

text: local

text: hero

text: back

text: in

text: when

text: she

text: led

text: Wasilla

text: High

text: School

text: 's

text: basketball

text: team

text: to

text: a

text: state

text: championship

text: And

text: in

text: a

text: small

text: community

text: like

text: Wasilla

text: that

text: was

text: a

text: big

text: deal

text: Alaskans

text: liked

text: her

text: combativeness

text: and

text: feistiness

text: Benet

text: said

text: and

text: resurrected

text: her

text: nickname

text: of

text: Barracuda

text: during

text: her

text: successful

text: campaign

text: to

text: be

text: Wasilla

text: 's

text: mayor

text: But

text: when

text: Palin

text: 's

text: Barracuda

text: side

text: hit

text: the

text: national

text: stage

text: it

text: was

text: met

text: with

text: mixed

text: reactions

text: Evangelia

text: Souris

text: the

text: president

text: of

text: Optimum

text: International

text: Center

text: for

text: Image

text: Management

text: says

text: Palin

text: 's

text: potential

text: is

text: the

text: driving

text: force

text: behind

text: the

text: public

text: 's

text: love

text: hate

text: relationship

text: with

text: her

text: That

text: 's

text: what

text: people

text: are

text: drawn

text: to

text: and

text: that

text: 's

text: what

text: actually

text: threatens

text: others

text: She

text: definitely

text: has

text: the

text: power

text: to

text: shake

text: up

text: a

text: lot

text: of

text: old

text: school

text: institutions

text: said

text: Souris

text: who

text: has

text: advised

text: politicians

text: Furthermore

text: Souris

text: said

text: I

text: just

text: do

text: n't

text: think

text: people

text: were

text: ready

text: for

text: somebody

text: so

text: attractive

text: and

text: so

text: fashionable

text: and

text: so

text: hip

text: to

text: actually

text: be

text: campaigning

text: She

text: falls

text: out

text: of

text: the

text: norm

text: Souris

text: added

text: But

text: despite

text: grumblings

text: from

text: some

text: that

text: they

text: 're

text: sick

text: of

text: hearing

text: about

text: her

text: stories

text: about

text: her

text: continue

text: to

text: get

text: a

text: lot

text: of

text: attention

text: Benet

text: said

text: People

text: magazine

text: follows

text: two

text: politicians

text: One

text: is

text: Obama

text: and

text: one

text: is

text: Sarah

text: Palin

text: and

text: then

text: there

text: 's

text: everybody

text: else

text: From

text: being

text: dogged

text: by

text: ethics

text: complaints

text: to

text: her

text: public

text: fight

text: with

text: Levi

text: Johnston

text: the

text: father

text: of

text: her

text: grandson

text: and

text: ex

text: fiance

text: of

text: her

text: daughter

text: to

text: her

text: recent

text: announcement

text: that

text: she

text: 's

text: resigning

text: this

text: week

text: as

text: governor

text: Palin

text: has

text: maintained

text: a

text: steady

text: presence

text: in

text: the

text: public

text: eye

text: since

text: stepping

text: off

text: the

text: campaign

text: trail

text: Michael

text: Carey

text: a

text: columnist

text: with

text: the

text: Anchorage

text: Daily

text: News

text: says

text: Palin

text: stirs

text: excitement

text: and

text: hostility

text: because

text: people

text: want

text: to

text: see

text: her

text: even

text: if

text: they

text: do

text: n't

text: like

text: her

text: He

text: likens

text: the

text: public

text: 's

text: interest

text: with

text: her

text: to

text: drinking

text: on

text: the

text: sly

text: People

text: say

text: I

text: do

text: n't

text: want

text: to

text: do

text: this

text: I

text: know

text: I

text: should

text: n't

text: but

text: I

text: do

text: it

text: anyway

text: he

text: said

text: Some

text: people

text: love

text: Palin

text: Persily

text: said

text: because

text: they

text: can

text: relate

text: to

text: her

text: I

text: think

text: much

text: of

text: America

text: said

text: Oh

text: gee

text: look

text: at

text: her

text: she

text: 's

text: just

text: like

text: us

text: Kind

text: of

text: dumb

text: on

text: some

text: things

text: kind

text: of

text: smart

text: on

text: others

text: Imperfect

text: And

text: not

text: at

text: all

text: embarrassed

text: to

text: show

text: all

text: of

text: her

text: imperfections

text: But

text: others

text: saw

text: her

text: imperfections

text: as

text: inadequacies

text: She

text: 's

text: simplistic

text: Some

text: people

text: love

text: the

text: simplistic

text: approach

text: to

text: problems

text: Others

text: shake

text: their

text: heads

text: and

text: say

text: My

text: God

text: you

text: do

text: n't

text: get

text: it

text: Persily

text: added

text: Opponents

text: have

text: been

text: quick

text: to

text: question

text: Palin

text: 's

text: intellectual

text: chops

text: pointing

text: to

text: her

text: spotty

text: college

text: career

text: Palin

text: attended

text: five

text: colleges

text: graduating

text: from

text: the

text: University

text: of

text: Idaho

text: with

text: a

text: communications

text: degree

text: in

text: A

text: series

text: of

text: botched

text: national

text: interviews

text: did

text: n't

text: do

text: much

text: to

text: disprove

text: their

text: point

text: But

text: even

text: Palin

text: 's

text: critics

text: admire

text: her

text: ability

text: to

text: connect

text: with

text: the

text: people

text: Benet

text: said

text: I

text: do

text: n't

text: think

text: I

text: 've

text: ever

text: really

text: met

text: anyone

text: like

text: that

text: except

text: maybe

text: Bill

text: Clinton

text: that

text: will

text: have

text: that

text: interpersonal

text: eye

text: contact

text: with

text: you

text: and

text: will

text: remember

text: your

text: name

text: and

text: your

text: kids

text: names

text: and

text: make

text: small

text: talk

text: with

text: you

text: and

text: be

text: really

text: sincere

text: about

text: it

text: he

text: said

text: Benet

text: predicted

text: that

text: while

text: Palin

text: might

text: take

text: a

text: short

text: break

text: to

text: recoup

text: once

text: she

text: hands

text: off

text: power

text: on

text: Sunday

text: she

text: 'll

text: be

text: back

text: in

text: the

text: public

text: eye

text: I

text: do

text: see

text: her

text: turning

text: this

text: to

text: her

text: advantage

text: he

text: said

text: noting

text: that

text: she

text: 's

text: made

text: a

text: similar

text: move

text: before

text: In

text: Palin

text: stepped

text: down

text: as

text: chair

text: of

text: the

text: Alaska

text: Oil

text: and

text: Gas

text: Conservation

text: Commission

text: after

text: less

text: than

text: a

text: year

text: on

text: the

text: job

text: amid

text: controversy

text: over

text: ethics

text: allegations

text: against

text: another

text: committee

text: member

text: She

text: turned

text: that

text: move

text: around

text: and

text: used

text: it

text: as

text: a

text: launchpad

text: to

text: run

text: for

text: governor

text: because

text: she

text: went

text: after

text: the

text: corruption

text: going

text: on

text: in

text: Alaska

text: at

text: the

text: time

text: For

text: me

text: I

text: think

text: she

text: 's

text: just

text: catching

text: her

text: breath

text: She

text: 's

text: just

text: too

text: young

text: to

text: retire

text: he

text: added

text: She

text: did

text: say

text: years

text: ago

text: she

text: wanted

text: to

text: be

text: president

text: some

text: day

text: She

text: has

text: n't

text: backed

text: off

text: from

text: that

text: In

text: Carey

text: 's

text: opinion

text: Palin

text: 's

text: career

text: as

text: an

text: elected

text: official

text: is

text: over

text: but

text: he

text: does

text: n't

text: expect

text: Palin

text: to

text: be

text: leaving

text: the

text: headlines

text: anytime

text: soon

text: She

text: 's

text: gone

text: from

text: being

text: our

text: governor

text: or

text: a

text: public

text: figure

text: in

text: Alaska

text: to

text: being

text: a

text: national

text: celebrity

text: he

text: said

text: It

text: 's

text: clear

text: that

text: her

text: days

text: of

text: governor

text: there

text: are

text: just

text: a

text: few

text: of

text: them

text: left

text: but

text: she

text: 's

text: really

text: only

text: at

text: the

text: beginning

text: of

text: her

text: career

text: as

text: a

text: celebrity

question: What is the name of the Alaska Gov?

answer: Sarah Palin.

text: Sarah Palin.

question: Who is Alaska's governor?

answer: Sarah Palin.

text: Sarah Palin.

question: Who will be stepping down from office on Sunday?

answer: Gov. Sarah Palin

text: Gov. Sarah Palin

question: Who is stepping down from office on Sunday?

answer: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin

text: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin

question: What did Michael Carey say about Palin?

answer: stirs excitement

text: stirs excitement

question: What did Sarah Palin become since her national debut?

answer: a polarizing figure in the Republican Party.

text: a polarizing figure in the Republican Party.

question: Who said Palin is beginning her career as a national celebrity?

answer: Michael Carey,

text: Michael Carey,

question: What are people drawn to and threatened by Sarah Palin?

answer: "Barracuda" side

text: "Barracuda" side

question: What are people drawn to?

answer: Evangelia Souris, the president of Optimum International Center for Image Management, says Palin's potential is the driving force behind the public's love-hate relationship with her.

text: Evangelia Souris, the president of Optimum International Center for Image Management, says Palin's potential is the driving force behind the public's love-hate relationship with her.


text:
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN)  -- An Iraqi report on last month's shootings involving security contractor Blackwater USA called the incident "pre-meditated murder" and is calling for $8 million in compensation for each of the 17 Iraqis who died, a senior Iraqi government official said Monday.

Lawyer Hassan Jabbar lies in a hospital after being injured in a shooting involving Blackwater contractors.

The results of the Iraqi investigation into the shootings is complete and will be presented to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government for review, the official said.

The report calls for the payments to go to the families of each of those killed in the shootings, he said.

Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said Sunday that the Iraqi commission investigating the shootings has accused the company's guards of firing indiscriminately and without provocation on citizens and violating the rights of Iraqis.

Blackwater said its contractors "acted lawfully and appropriately in response to a hostile attack," and "the civilians reportedly fired upon by Blackwater professionals were, in fact, armed enemies, and Blackwater personnel returned defensive fire."

The September 16 shooting also left 27 other people wounded, al-Dabbagh said.

Seven vehicles were also destroyed in the incident, which occurred around Nusoor Square in western Baghdad.

Al-Dabbagh said the commission, formed September 22, determined there was no evidence the Blackwater convoy was under direct or indirect fire.

"Not even a stone was thrown at them," al-Dabbagh said.

He added the contractors violated the rules of conduct and regulations for private security firms operating in Iraq.

"They must be held accountable according to the law," he said.

However, security contractors have immunity from Iraqi law under a provision put into place in the early days of the U.S.-led occupation.  Watch how supervision has been tightened on contractors Â»

Blackwater security contractors were guarding a State Department convoy. The company is one of a number of private security contractors in Iraq.

Last month's shooting has sparked fury in both countries and led to a series of new steps reviewing the role of U.S. contractors in Iraq.

The Iraqi-American joint committee met for the first time Sunday to begin reviewing security operations. It plans to issue a report offering recommendations to the Iraqi and U.S. governments.

Border crossings reopen

Five border crossings between Iran and Iraq's Kurdish region have been reopened, an Iraqi Kurdish regional government spokesman said.

Iran closed its border with the Iraqi region nearly two weeks ago to protest the U.S. military's incarceration of an Iranian arrested September 20 in Sulaimaniya.

The U.S. military maintains that Mahmoud Farhadi was posing as a businessman with a trade delegation and was in charge of Zafar Command, one of three units of the Ramazan Corps of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force.

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani blasted the United States for the arrest, saying Farhadi is an Iranian civil servant who was on an official trade mission in the region.

The U.S. military has long accused Quds Force agents of training and equipping Iraqi insurgents, an allegation Iran vehemently denies.

Other developments

CNN's Jomana Karadsheh contributed to this report.

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NEW YORK (CNN) -- A nude photograph of pop singer Madonna was sold for $37,500 Thursday afternoon at a Christie's Art House auction.

Christie's auctioned this nude photo of Madonna (partially shown) taken by Lee Friedlander for $37,500.

The photo, originally expected to go for between $10,000 and $15,000, was purchased for more than double its original estimated selling price, a Christie's spokesperson confirmed. The 13-inch by 8 5/8-inch framed photograph was purchased by an anonymous bidder over the phone.

The full frontal photograph was one of several taken by American photographer Lee Friedlander in 1979. Madonna, then a cash-strapped student, received $25 for the entire photo shoot.

Most of the pictures from the shoot were ultimately featured in Playboy magazine in 1985.

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(CNN) -- Jurors spared the life of a former Canton, Ohio, police officer who killed his pregnant girlfriend and tearfully asked them for mercy. A judge then sentenced him Wednesday to 57 years to life in prison.

Bobby Lee Cutts Jr. stared straight ahead as the jury announced its recommendation to spare him.

Bobby Lee Cutts Jr., 30, will be 87 by the time he becomes eligible for parole.

He stared straight ahead as the jury of six men and six women recommended that his life be spared.

He and his lawyer teared up as the jurors were polled about their decision.  Watch Cutts react Â»

Judge Charles E. Brown added to the sentence, taking other counts into consideration after hearing victim impact statements from the parents and sisters of victim Jessie Marie Davis.

She was 26 and nine months pregnant when she disappeared last June. Her body, and that of her unborn child, were found 10 days later at a state park in northeastern Ohio.

Whitney Davis, Jessie's sister, directed her anger and grief at Cutts. "You got rid of someone that was an inconvenience. I hate you."  Watch Davis' family lash out at Cutts Â»

She continued: ""You used and manipulated her over and over and still you sit there and you are not crying. I don't believe that you are sorry for what you did. I believe that you are sorry that you got caught up in all your lies. I don't know that you would know the truth."Watch sister tell Cutts she hates him

Cutts took off his eyeglasses as Davis' father, Ned, addressed him: "Don't even look at me."

"Your honor he violently murdered her," the anguished father continued. "Five-foot-four, nine months pregnant, that baby could have been delivered."

And, tears rolled down Cutts' face as Davis' mother, Patricia Porter, spoke of her grief. "There are mornings I have to cover her picture up, when I can't get out of bed."

She continued, "I serve an amazing God, Bobby. A God that forgives and heals and restores people. And all I know today is that I do forgive you, and I know it is only through him that I am able to do that."

But she turned the other cheek: "I may not have family to go home to after this, but I pray that you make a way for him to get out of there and begin a new life, and to be able to hold his son."

Porter, who is raising Blake, told Cutts the child "knows what you did. You would not believe the stories he has told us."

When his time came, Cutts offered no statement, no testimonials to his character.

On February 15, the same jury found Cutts guilty of murdering Jessie Davis and their baby, who was to be named Chloe.

It was Chloe's death that made Cutts eligible for the death penalty. Jurors convicted him of two counts of aggravated murder -- for terminating a pregnancy and taking her life during the commission of a felony.

All the members of the jury are white, as was Davis. Cutts is black.

Cutts, who has maintained Davis' death was the result of an accidental elbow to the neck, asked the jury to spare his life and offered a tearful apology at his sentencing hearing Tuesday.  Watch Cutts' tearful plea Â»

"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm asking you to spare my life," he said. "To imagine that I was responsible for the death of Jessie, the mother of my children and my unborn daughter, is beyond any words that I can express," Cutts added, reading from a handwritten statement.

"Words cannot bring them back, nor can they erase the pain I've caused, but I want to apologize," he said.

Cutts' lawyer, Fernando Mack, had urged jurors to recommend  the lowest available penalty -- 25 years to life -- to allow him to play a limited role in his other children's lives.

Mack acknowledged that many of the jurors might still be angry with Cutts for leaving his 2Â½-year-old son, home alone for more than a day while his mother lay dead in a field.

But sentencing Cutts to death hurts Blake even more, he argued. "That is still Blake's father, like it or not. The prosecutor here wants you to kill Blake's father, so now he'll have no parents."

Stark County Assistant Prosecutor Dennis Barr attacked Cutts' character and his sincerity on the stand. A police officer should have known better, he said.

"Bobby Cutts took an oath to serve and protect," the prosecutor argued. "But on June 14, 2007, Bobby Cutts did not serve and protect. He destroyed."

According to testimony, Cutts rolled Davis' body in a comforter and dumped it in a park, leaving toddler son Blake in the house alone at the crime scene in a soiled diaper.

"Mommy's in the rug," Blake told police, according to testimony.

Prosecutors charged during the trial that Cutts buckled under the financial pressure of additional child support, killed Davis, and then created a cover story to try to get away with it.

After the sentencing, prosecutors -- no longer restricted in their comments by a gag order -- told reporters Cutts led authorities to Davis' body, but no deal was made in return.

Davis' father, Ned Davis, told reporters,  "Our family, in one sense, was fortunate that we had some legal resolution because I know along with this, there are families out there that don't ever get an answer. It doesn't make it any less painful, but at least this part of it is resolved."  E-mail to a friend

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question: Did he apologize for his wrongdoings?

answer: ut I want to apologize

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question: What did  Bobby Cutts Jr. asked from the jury?

answer: y to spare his lif

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question: Of what was Cutts convicted?

answer: f murdering Jessie Davis and their baby

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question: Who received maximum life sentence by judge?

answer: Bobby Lee Cutts Jr.

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question: What sentence did  Bobby Cutts Jr. receive?

answer: 57 years to life in prison.

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question: Who received the maximum life sentence?

answer: Bobby Lee Cutts Jr.

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question: What was recommended by the jury?

answer: his life be spared.

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