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DETROIT, Michigan (CNN) -- It's a stimulus plan on sneakers.

The NCAA men's Final Four at Detroit's Ford Field could generate $30 million to $50 million from visitors.

The NCAA men's basketball Final Four couldn't come at a better time for the city of Detroit -- the hard-hit capital of the U.S. auto industry at the center of the state of Michigan's economic woes.

The 12-percent unemployment rate here is the highest in the nation, and with the Big Three automakers all needing multibillion-dollar government bailouts in an attempt to stay afloat, the future isn't much brighter, some say.

"We need some help," said Detroit resident Mark Franklin, who took his 5-year-old son to Friday's Hershey's College All-Star Game at Ford Field. "There are too many people out of work already. Even if you have a job, you know someone who doesn't."

Enter the Final Four and a quartet of powerhouse college basketball teams -- all seeking NCAA brass. Connecticut, Michigan State, North Carolina and Villanova have won a combined nine NCAA championships and reached 31 Final Fours.

But more important to the city are the visitors -- and the wallets -- that college basketball's marquee weekend will bring to Detroit.

City leaders expect 100,000 fans to visit -- staying in hotel rooms, renting cars and spending an anticipated $30 million to $50 million.

The participation of Michigan State adds icing on the cake.

The school's campus sits just 90 miles away, in East Lansing, giving the Spartans a home-floor advantage as they give locals some added pride on a special weekend.

MSU helped things along mightily by advancing to the finals Saturday, defeating Connecticut 82-73. In the national championship game, the Spartans will play North Carolina, 83-69 victors over Villanova later Saturday.

More than half the Michigan State players are from in-state and many have felt the impact of the region's economic woes.

"I have family that are unemployed right now," said sophomore guard Durrell Summers, who starred at Detroit's Redford Covenant High School. "[For the Final Four] to bring that kind of money in, hopefully it can help open up jobs for my family and for other families because some people got laid off for no reason." Watch Elaine Quijano's report on a GM dealer's perspective

Detroit's first Final Four is the latest in a series of big sporting events for the city.

The Pistons have hosted a pair of NBA Finals in suburban Auburn Hills, while the NHL's Red Wings have won two Stanley Cups at downtown Joe Louis Arena.

Baseball's Tigers have played in a World Series and its home, Comerica Park, hosted an MLB All-Star game. This weekend's host venue, Ford Field, was the site of Super Bowl XL and Oakland Hills Country Club was home to the 2004 Ryder Cup and the PGA Championship last August in nearby Bloomfield Hills.

This is the first year of a new stadium configuration for the Final Four, requiring host domes to use all permanent seating to meet a 70,000-seat minimum.

"You see people driving up just to take a picture of the Final Four sign on (Ford Field). It's something to be proud of," Franklin said. "Now we need city leaders to take advantage of it."

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(CNN) -- In focus: The business of education

We talk to Pnina Rosenblum, the founder of the cosmetic company Pnina Rosenblum Lt.

With rising unemployment, the MENA countries are investing more into education than any other emerging region. And Western universities are cashing in. Over 40 prestigious schools have set up alliances and campuses in the Middle East. For the universities it means higher revenues. For the students, it means a premier education close to home.

Facetime: Pnina Rosenblum, Pnina Rosenblum Ltd

From a poor upbringing to a beauty queen, millionaire cosmetic mogul and member of the Knesset. Pnina Rosenblum has been an Israeli icon for decades. In 1989 Pnina launched a cosmetics company that generates $8 million a year. MME spent the day with Pnina to find out how she fought her way to fame and fortune.

Watch the show this week at the times (GMT) below:  Friday: 0815, 1945  Saturday: 0545  Sunday: 0715

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BARCELONA, Spain (CNN) -- Cell phone makers Tuesday pledged to end one of modern life's chief frustrations --- and introduce a universal charger for handsets by 2012.

An estimated 1.2 billion cell phones were sold in 2008, at least half of which were replacement handsets.

The GSMA (Groupe Speciale Mobile Association), which represents more than 750 of the world's cell phone operators, made the announcement at its annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Tuesday.

Under the scheme, phone makers have pledged that a majority of new handset models will include the universal charger by January 1 2012. The planned device will use a micro USB plug.

Aside from bringing relief to drawers stuffed full of redundant chargers, the GSMA stressed that the new device would reduce raw materials.

"The mobile industry has a pivotal role to play in tackling environmental issues and this programme is an important step that could lead to huge savings in resources, not to mention convenience for consumers," said Rob Conway, CEO and member of the board of the GSMA in a statement.

Last year an estimated 1.2 billion cell phones were sold, according to University of Southern Queensland data reported by the GSMA, of which handsets accounted for between 50 and 80 per cent. That equates to between 51,000 and 82,000 tonnes of chargers.

The GSMA hopes the initiative will slash the greenhouse gases that result from the manufacture and transport of chargers by 13.6 and 21.8 million tonnes each year.

"There is enormous potential in mobile to help people live and work in an eco-friendly way and with the backing of some or the biggest names in the industry, this initiative will lead the way," Conway added.

The GSMA says that companies which have signed up to the plan include 3 Group, AT&T, KTF, LG, mobilkom austria, Motorola, Nokia, Orange, Qualcomm, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Telecom Italia, TelefÃ³nica, Telenor, Telstra, T-Mobile and Vodafone.

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Obama administration has decided to rescind invitations to Iranian diplomats for July Fourth celebrations overseas because of violent crackdowns against protesters in Iran, the White House said Wednesday.

President Obama on Tuesday toughened his stance on Iran's crackdown on protesters.

"July Fourth allows us to celebrate the freedom and the liberty we enjoy: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom to assemble peacefully, freedom of the press," White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters. "Given the events of the past many days, those invitations will no longer be extended."

The administration had decided to invite Iranians to the celebrations at overseas posts as part of the president's policy of engaging the Iranian regime.

In late May the State Department sent a cable to its embassies and consulates worldwide informing them they "may invite representatives from the government of Iran" to their July Fourth celebrations.

But in a fresh cable sent to all embassies and consulates Wednesday evening, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ordered posts "to rescind all invitations that have been extended to Iranian diplomats for July Fourth events.

"Unfortunately the circumstances have changed and participation by Iranian diplomats would not be appropriate in light of the Iranian government's continued violent and unjust actions against its own people," said the cable, obtained by CNN.

"For invitations which have been extended, posts should make clear that Iranian participation is no longer appropriate in the current circumstances. For invitations which have not been extended, no further action is needed."

A senior administration official said Clinton made the decision, and then informed President Obama.

The U.S. receptions marking Independence Day usually feature symbols of Americana, such as hot dogs, red-white-and-blue decorations and remarks by U.S. officials about America's founding fathers.

One senior administration official said Wednesday the reconsideration of the July Fourth invitations is consistent with Obama's comments Tuesday, in which he said he was "shocked and appalled" at the violence against demonstrators.

"The president said yesterday how this plays out will affect what we do," the official said.

Obama said Tuesday, "If Iran chooses a path that abides by international norms and principles, then we are interested in healing some of the wounds of 30 years in terms of U.S.-Iranian relations." Watch Obama ramp up criticism of Iran Â»

On Tuesday, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Florida, the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said an invitation to Iranian diplomats would send the wrong message to Iranians "who are bravely standing up for the same rights and freedoms which Americans celebrate on this day."

"The Fourth of July is a day when we celebrate democracy and reflect on the gift of freedom which all Americans cherish," she said in a statement. "The Iranian people are no less worthy of freedom and self-governance than citizens of the United States."

Earlier this year, as part of the policy to engage Iran, Obama videotaped a message for the Iranian people on the Persian new year and U.S. officials have engaged members of the Iranian government.

In March, Richard Holbrooke, the Obama administration's special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, spoke briefly with Iran's deputy foreign minister, Mohammad Mehdi Akhondzadeh, at an Afghanistan conference in The Hague.

Administration officials believe the U.S. will engage Iran at some point to address issues of U.S. national security, including the nuclear issue, but the idea of bilateral engagement is in a holding pattern while the violence continues.

"I wouldn't say engagement is off the table, but it is certainly on ice," a senior administration official said this week.

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ACCRA, Ghana (CNN) -- President Bush sought Wednesday to dispel rumors that the U.S. plans to bring "all kinds of military to Africa," saying that is "simply not true."

President Bush shakes hands with Ghanian President John Kufuor in Accra, Ghana, on Wednesday.

He said the United States has no plans to add new bases in Africa but may open an office somewhere on the continent as part of its plans for Africom, a new U.S. military command that will focus on Africa.

The president did not elaborate on the size of such an office but took pains to say it would not be a military base in the traditional sense.

"The purpose of this is not to add military bases," Bush said. "I know there's rumors in Ghana -- 'all Bush is coming to do is try to convince you to put a big military base here.' That's baloney. Or as we say in Texas, that's bull."  Watch what gifts Bush brought to Ghana Â»

The president of Ghana, John Kufuor, said he welcomed Bush's comments.

"I am happy for the president's dispelling any notion that the United States of America is intending to build military bases on the continent of Africa," he said.

The U.S. military divides the world into regions and has a "command" for each region. The U.S. Central Command, for example, focuses on U.S. military concerns and activities in much of the Middle East and South Asia, while the U.S. Southern Command focuses on Latin America.

The new command established last year, Africom, will be based in Stuttgart, Germany "for the foreseeable future," the U.S. military says.

"Now, that doesn't mean we won't develop some kind of office somewhere in Africa. We haven't made our minds up," Bush said Wednesday. "I want to dispel the notion that all of a sudden America is, you know, bringing all kinds of military to Africa. It's just simply not true."

About 1,800 U.S. troops are stationed in Djibouti, a country in the Horn of Africa, as part of the U.S. fight against Islamic extremists.

Bush said Africom will "provide military assistance to African nations so African nations are more capable of dealing with Africa's conflicts, like peacekeeping training."

"The whole purpose of Africom is to help leaders deal with Africa's problems," he said in a joint news conference with Kufuor. E-mail to a friend

CNN's Ed Henry and Tim McCaughan contributed to this report.

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WASHINGTON (CNN)  -- In their first head-to-head debate, Sen. John McCain criticized Sen. Barack Obama as a candidate who "doesn't understand" the key issues the country faces, and Obama linked McCain to President Bush on several issues.

"I'm afraid Sen. Obama doesn't understand the difference between a tactic and a strategy," McCain said Friday as the two traded jabs over Iraq.

Obama shot back, "I absolutely understand the difference between tactics and strategy. And the strategic question that the president has to ask is not whether or not we are employing a particular approach in the country once we have made the decision to be there."

McCain drew from his experience overseas as he tried to portray himself as the more qualified candidate.

"Incredibly, incredibly Sen. Obama didn't go to Iraq for 900 days and never asked for a meeting with Gen. [David] Petraeus," he said.  Watch McCain, Obama talk about fighting in Iraq Â»

McCain slammed Obama for not supporting the surge, an increase of about 30,000 troops to Iraq in early 2007. Bush sent the additional troops as part of a campaign to pacify Baghdad and its surrounding provinces.

"John, you like to pretend like the war started in 2007," Obama shot back. "You talk about the surge. The war started in 2003, and at the time when the war started, you said it was going to be quick and easy. You said we knew where the weapons of mass destruction were. You were wrong." Watch entire debate:  Part 1 Â» |  Part 2 Â» |  Part 3 Â»

Obama repeatedly criticized the Bush administration and charged that McCain is an endorser of his policies.  See scenes from the debate Â»

In describing his tax plan, Obama said, "over time, that, I think, is going to be a better recipe for economic growth than the -- the policies of President Bush that John McCain wants to -- wants to follow."

Obama also said the economic crisis is the "final verdict on eight years of failed economic policies promoted by George Bush, supported by Sen. McCain."

Both candidates squeezed in a few cheap shots. Obama brought up McCain's jokingly singing a line about bombing Iran, and McCain jabbed Obama for his short-lived "presidential seal."

Immediately after the debate, both campaigns issued statements declaring their candidate the winner. Grade the candidates' performance in the debate

"This was a clear victory for Barack Obama on John McCain's home turf. Sen. McCain offered nothing but more of the same failed Bush policies, and Barack Obama made a forceful case for change in our economy and our foreign policy," said Obama-Biden campaign manager David Plouffe.

"John McCain needed a game-changer tonight, and by any measure, he didn't get it," he said. iReport.com: Who do you think won the debate?

McCain's campaign said "there was one man who was presidential tonight; that man was John McCain."

"There was another who was political; that was Barack Obama. John McCain won this debate and controlled the dialogue throughout, whether it was the economy, taxes, spending, Iraq or Iran. There was a leadership gap, a judgment gap and a boldness gap on display tonight, a fact Barack Obama acknowledged when he said John McCain was right at least five times," communications director Jill Hazelbaker said. Full coverage of the debates

During the first 30 minutes of the debate, the candidates focused on the economy, even though the debate was supposed to be centered on foreign policy.

For a while, it seemed like the debate might not even take place, because McCain said he would not show up unless Congress came to an agreement on the government's proposed $700 billion bailout plan.

McCain said Friday that enough progress has been made for him to attend the debate, even though Congress has not made a deal.

Here's a snapshot of what the candidates said.

On government spending:

McCain said he would consider a spending freeze on everything but defense, veterans affairs and entitlement programs in order to cut back on government spending.

Obama disagreed, saying, "The problem is, you're using a hatchet where you need a scalpel.

"There are some programs that are very important that are currently underfunded," Obama said.

He agreed that the government needs to cut spending in some areas, but he said other areas, such as early childhood education, need more funding.

McCain repeated his call to veto every bill with earmarks.  Watch the candidates spar over earmarks Â»

Obama said the country "absolutely" needs earmark reform but said, "the fact is, eliminating earmarks alone is not a recipe for how we are going to get the middle class back on track."

On the bailout proposal:

Obama said that the United States was facing its worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

McCain said he was encouraged that Republicans and Democrats were working together to solve the crisis.

Obama refused to be pinned down on whether he would support a $700 billion plan proposed by President Bush's top economic advisers, saying the final details of the proposal were not known.

McCain said he hoped to be able to vote for it.

On the likelihood of another terrorist attack:

McCain that another attack on the scale of the September 11 hijackings is "much less likely" now than it was the day after the terrorist attacks.

"America is safer now than it was on 9/11," he said, "But we have a long way to go before we can declare America safe."

Obama agreed that the United States is "safer in some ways" but said the country needed to focus more on issues such as nuclear non-proliferation and restoring America's image in the world.

On relations with Russia:

Obama called for a re-evaluation of the United States' approach to Russia in light of the country's recent military action in the Caucasus.

"You cannot be a 21st-century superpower and act like a 20th-century dictatorship," he said.

McCain accused Obama of responding naively to Russia's invasion of neighboring Georgia last month by calling on both sides to exercise restraint.

McCain said he would support the inclusion of Georgia and Ukraine in NATO.

On Iran:

McCain said Iranian nuclear weapons would be an "existential threat to the state of Israel" and would encourage other countries in the Middle East to seek nuclear weapons as well.

"We cannot allow another Holocaust," he said.

Obama agreed that the United States "cannot tolerate a nuclear Iran," calling for tougher sanctions from a range of countries including Russia and China.

McCain called for a new "league of democracies" to stand firm against Iran.

On Iraq:

McCain said the next president will have to decide when and how to leave Iraq and what the United States will leave behind.

The Republican candidate said that the war had been badly managed at the beginning but that the United States was now winning, thanks to a "great general and a strategy that succeeded."

"Sen. Obama refuses to acknowledge that we are winning in Iraq," McCain said.

Obama responded, "that's not true; that's not true."

He blasted McCain as having been wrong about the war at the start, saying McCain had failed to anticipate the uprising against U.S. forces and violence between rival religious groups in the country.  Watch Obama tell McCain he was 'wrong' Â»

"At the time when the war started, you said it was quick and easy. You said we knew where the weapons of mass destruction were," Obama said, citing the key White House policy justifying the 2003 invasion.

"You were wrong. You said that we were going to be greeted as liberators. You were wrong," he said.

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question: What did the candidates debate?

answer: key issues

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question: What did Obama say about McCain?

answer: "I absolutely understand the difference between tactics and strategy. And the strategic question that the president has to ask is not whether or not we are employing a particular approach in the country once we have made the decision to be there."

text: "I absolutely understand the difference between tactics and strategy. And the strategic question that the president has to ask is not whether or not we are employing a particular approach in the country once we have made the decision to be there."

question: Who accused Obama of failing to understand key issues?

answer: Sen. John McCain

text: Sen. John McCain

question: Who did McCain say doesn't understand?

answer: Sen. Barack Obama

text: Sen. Barack Obama

question: What did McCain say Obama doesn't understand?

answer: the difference between a tactic and a strategy,"

text: the difference between a tactic and a strategy,"

question: What did Obama say McCain was wrong about?

answer: You said we knew where the weapons of mass destruction were. You were wrong."

text: You said we knew where the weapons of mass destruction were. You were wrong."


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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistani government officials announced Monday an agreement with the Taliban to allow strict Islamic law, or sharia, to be implemented in parts of North West Frontier Province.

Delegation members of pro-Taliban leader Soofi Mohammad at a meeting in Peshawar Monday.

It marks a major concession by the Pakistani government in its attempt to hold off Taliban militants who have terrorized the region with beheadings, kidnappings, and the destruction of girls' schools.

The government will recognize sharia for the entire Malakand Division, which includes the Swat district -- a two-hour drive from Pakistan's capital, Islamabad -- the chief minister of North West Frontier Province Amir Haider Hoti announced Monday in a news conference. Islamic law is already being practiced in the area, where the Taliban have control.

Hoti said the people of the region want sharia which will fill the "vacuum" left by a lack of access to Pakistan's judicial system. He said he hoped it would bring peace to the region, where Pakistani forces have battled militants aligned with the Taliban.

"Those who chose to take the path of violence because of this decision, I appeal to all of them to work for the sake of peace now," Hoti said.

"There is no accounting for the sacrifice of all the people of Swat and the Malakand division. How many children have been orphaned? How many parents have lost their children? How many young people have been martyred? In my mind, I don't think that anyone can take this any more."  Watch Pakistan's foreign minister discuss negotiating with the Taliban ÃÂ»

He also stressed that the recognition of Islamic law in the region "isn't something that hasn't happened before." He said previous agreements have been made regarding sharia, but were never implemented. He also said that the Islamic law will not go against basic civil liberties, although he did not explain how the government would make sure that provision would be upheld.  Watch the implications of the concessions to the Taliban ÃÂ»

Sharia is defined as Islamic law but is interpreted with wide differences depending on the various sects of both Sunni and Shia Islam.

So far, the Pakistani Taliban's interpretation of sharia has included banning girls from school, forcing women inside and outlawing forms of entertainment.

The agreement comes amid negotiations between Pakistani provincial officials and Taliban representatives, led by Sufi Mohammed. The Taliban on Sunday declared a 10-day cease-fire in Swat Valley, which Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan said was a gesture of good will towards the government.

The Taliban's control of Swat is believed to be the deepest advance by militants into Pakistan's settled areas -- meaning areas outside its federally administered tribal region along the border with Afghanistan.

The negotiations in North West Frontier Province are the latest attempt by Pakistan's civilian government -- which took power last year -- to achieve peace through diplomacy in areas where Taliban and al Qaeda leaders are believed to have free rein.

But analysts as well as critics within the establishment have warned that Pakistan's previous dealings with the Taliban have only given the fundamentalist Islamic militia time to regroup and gain more ground.

Khadim Hussain, a professor Bahria University in Islamabad who studies Pakistani politics, said the government has effectively surrendered the areas to the Taliban, thereby setting the stage for two contradictory, parallel states in North West Frontier Province.

"If you leave them like that and you give ... a semblance of peace in a particular area, what does that mean?" Hussain said. "It means you're capitulating. It means you're surrendering the state to them. It means your submitting the state authority to them because they are running a parallel state."

He said the government's decision amounts to a marriage of convenience made under duress.

Swat has been overrun by forces loyal to Maulana Fazlullah's banned hardline Islamic group, Tehreek Nifaz-e-Shariat Mohammadi (TNSM) which has allied itself with Taliban fighters. TNSM was once led by Sufi Mohammed, Fazlullah's father-in-law who is leading the latest negotiations. Sufi Mohammed was released from jail last year by Pakistani authorities after he agreed to cooperate with the government. He was jailed in 2002 after recruiting thousands of fighters to battle U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

Fazlullah took over TNSM during Sufi Mohammed's jail stint and vowed to continue his fight to impose fundamentalist Islamic law in the region.

Last May, Pakistan's government announced it reached a peace deal with militants in Swat Valley. In the months that have followed, the Taliban have seized control of the region and carried out a violent campaign against government officials, including local politicians. The head of the Awami National Party -- which represents the region -- was forced to flee to Islamabad amid death threats from the Taliban.

Pakistan is under enormous pressure to control the militants within its borders, blamed for launching attacks in neighboring Afghanistan where U.S. and NATO forces are fighting militants.

The deal with the Taliban comes on the heels of a visit by U.S. special envoy Richard Holbrooke, who is now meeting with leaders in neighboring India. He said he is awaiting more details of Monday's agreement, but said it underlines the challenge of dealing with the rise of the Taliban.

The United States -- using unmanned drones -- has carried out several airstrikes inside Pakistan on suspected militant targets, including one on Monday that killed at least 15 people, Pakistani sources said. Such airstrikes, which sometimes result in civilian casualties, have aggravated tensions between the U.S. and Pakistan.

Pakistan's military operation in the region is unpopular among Pakistanis, but efforts to deal diplomatically with militants have not worked in the past.

Pakistan's previous leader, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, reached a cease-fire deal with militants in South Waziristan in 2006 which was widely blamed for giving al Qaeda and Taliban a stronger foothold in the region.

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text: 's

text: capital

text: Islamabad

text: the

text: chief

text: minister

text: of

text: North

text: West

text: Frontier

text: Province

text: Amir

text: Haider

text: Hoti

text: announced

text: Monday

text: in

text: a

text: news

text: conference

text: Islamic

text: law

text: is

text: already

text: being

text: practiced

text: in

text: the

text: area

text: where

text: the

text: Taliban

text: have

text: control

text: Hoti

text: said

text: the

text: people

text: of

text: the

text: region

text: want

text: sharia

text: which

text: will

text: fill

text: the

text: vacuum

text: left

text: by

text: a

text: lack

text: of

text: access

text: to

text: Pakistan

text: 's

text: judicial

text: system

text: He

text: said

text: he

text: hoped

text: it

text: would

text: bring

text: peace

text: to

text: the

text: region

text: where

text: Pakistani

text: forces

text: have

text: battled

text: militants

text: aligned

text: with

text: the

text: Taliban

text: Those

text: who

text: chose

text: to

text: take

text: the

text: path

text: of

text: violence

text: because

text: of

text: this

text: decision

text: I

text: appeal

text: to

text: all

text: of

text: them

text: to

text: work

text: for

text: the

text: sake

text: of

text: peace

text: now

text: Hoti

text: said

text: There

text: is

text: no

text: accounting

text: for

text: the

text: sacrifice

text: of

text: all

text: the

text: people

text: of

text: Swat

text: and

text: the

text: Malakand

text: division

text: How

text: many

text: children

text: have

text: been

text: orphaned

text: How

text: many

text: parents

text: have

text: lost

text: their

text: children

text: How

text: many

text: young

text: people

text: have

text: been

text: martyred

text: In

text: my

text: mind

text: I

text: do

text: n't

text: think

text: that

text: anyone

text: can

text: take

text: this

text: any

text: more

text: Watch

text: Pakistan

text: 's

text: foreign

text: minister

text: discuss

text: negotiating

text: with

text: the

text: Taliban

text: ÃÂ

text: He

text: also

text: stressed

text: that

text: the

text: recognition

text: of

text: Islamic

text: law

text: in

text: the

text: region

text: is

text: n't

text: something

text: that

text: has

text: n't

text: happened

text: before

text: He

text: said

text: previous

text: agreements

text: have

text: been

text: made

text: regarding

text: sharia

text: but

text: were

text: never

text: implemented

text: He

text: also

text: said

text: that

text: the

text: Islamic

text: law

text: will

text: not

text: go

text: against

text: basic

text: civil

text: liberties

text: although

text: he

text: did

text: not

text: explain

text: how

text: the

text: government

text: would

text: make

text: sure

text: that

text: provision

text: would

text: be

text: upheld

text: Watch

text: the

text: implications

text: of

text: the

text: concessions

text: to

text: the

text: Taliban

text: ÃÂ

text: Sharia

text: is

text: defined

text: as

text: Islamic

text: law

text: but

text: is

text: interpreted

text: with

text: wide

text: differences

text: depending

text: on

text: the

text: various

text: sects

text: of

text: both

text: Sunni

text: and

text: Shia

text: Islam

text: So

text: far

text: the

text: Pakistani

text: Taliban

text: 's

text: interpretation

text: of

text: sharia

text: has

text: included

text: banning

text: girls

text: from

text: school

text: forcing

text: women

text: inside

text: and

text: outlawing

text: forms

text: of

text: entertainment

text: The

text: agreement

text: comes

text: amid

text: negotiations

text: between

text: Pakistani

text: provincial

text: officials

text: and

text: Taliban

text: representatives

text: led

text: by

text: Sufi

text: Mohammed

text: The

text: Taliban

text: on

text: Sunday

text: declared

text: a

text: cease

text: fire

text: in

text: Swat

text: Valley

text: which

text: Taliban

text: spokesman

text: Muslim

text: Khan

text: said

text: was

text: a

text: gesture

text: of

text: good

text: will

text: towards

text: the

text: government

text: The

text: Taliban

text: 's

text: control

text: of

text: Swat

text: is

text: believed

text: to

text: be

text: the

text: deepest

text: advance

text: by

text: militants

text: into

text: Pakistan

text: 's

text: settled

text: areas

text: meaning

text: areas

text: outside

text: its

text: federally

text: administered

text: tribal

text: region

text: along

text: the

text: border

text: with

text: Afghanistan

text: The

text: negotiations

text: in

text: North

text: West

text: Frontier

text: Province

text: are

text: the

text: latest

text: attempt

text: by

text: Pakistan

text: 's

text: civilian

text: government

text: which

text: took

text: power

text: last

text: year

text: to

text: achieve

text: peace

text: through

text: diplomacy

text: in

text: areas

text: where

text: Taliban

text: and

text: al

text: Qaeda

text: leaders

text: are

text: believed

text: to

text: have

text: free

text: rein

text: But

text: analysts

text: as

text: well

text: as

text: critics

text: within

text: the

text: establishment

text: have

text: warned

text: that

text: Pakistan

text: 's

text: previous

text: dealings

text: with

text: the

text: Taliban

text: have

text: only

text: given

text: the

text: fundamentalist

text: Islamic

text: militia

text: time

text: to

text: regroup

text: and

text: gain

text: more

text: ground

text: Khadim

text: Hussain

text: a

text: professor

text: Bahria

text: University

text: in

text: Islamabad

text: who

text: studies

text: Pakistani

text: politics

text: said

text: the

text: government

text: has

text: effectively

text: surrendered

text: the

text: areas

text: to

text: the

text: Taliban

text: thereby

text: setting

text: the

text: stage

text: for

text: two

text: contradictory

text: parallel

text: states

text: in

text: North

text: West

text: Frontier

text: Province

text: If

text: you

text: leave

text: them

text: like

text: that

text: and

text: you

text: give

text: a

text: semblance

text: of

text: peace

text: in

text: a

text: particular

text: area

text: what

text: does

text: that

text: mean

text: Hussain

text: said

text: It

text: means

text: you

text: 're

text: capitulating

text: It

text: means

text: you

text: 're

text: surrendering

text: the

text: state

text: to

text: them

text: It

text: means

text: your

text: submitting

text: the

text: state

text: authority

text: to

text: them

text: because

text: they

text: are

text: running

text: a

text: parallel

text: state

text: He

text: said

text: the

text: government

text: 's

text: decision

text: amounts

text: to

text: a

text: marriage

text: of

text: convenience

text: made

text: under

text: duress

text: Swat

text: has

text: been

text: overrun

text: by

text: forces

text: loyal

text: to

text: Maulana

text: Fazlullah

text: 's

text: banned

text: hardline

text: Islamic

text: group

text: Tehreek

text: Nifaz

text: e

text: Shariat

text: Mohammadi

text: TNSM

text: which

text: has

text: allied

text: itself

text: with

text: Taliban

text: fighters

text: TNSM

text: was

text: once

text: led

text: by

text: Sufi

text: Mohammed

text: Fazlullah

text: 's

text: father

text: in

text: law

text: who

text: is

text: leading

text: the

text: latest

text: negotiations

text: Sufi

text: Mohammed

text: was

text: released

text: from

text: jail

text: last

text: year

text: by

text: Pakistani

text: authorities

text: after

text: he

text: agreed

text: to

text: cooperate

text: with

text: the

text: government

text: He

text: was

text: jailed

text: in

text: after

text: recruiting

text: thousands

text: of

text: fighters

text: to

text: battle

text: U.S.

text: forces

text: in

text: Afghanistan

text: Fazlullah

text: took

text: over

text: TNSM

text: during

text: Sufi

text: Mohammed

text: 's

text: jail

text: stint

text: and

text: vowed

text: to

text: continue

text: his

text: fight

text: to

text: impose

text: fundamentalist

text: Islamic

text: law

text: in

text: the

text: region

text: Last

text: May

text: Pakistan

text: 's

text: government

text: announced

text: it

text: reached

text: a

text: peace

text: deal

text: with

text: militants

text: in

text: Swat

text: Valley

text: In

text: the

text: months

text: that

text: have

text: followed

text: the

text: Taliban

text: have

text: seized

text: control

text: of

text: the

text: region

text: and

text: carried

text: out

text: a

text: violent

text: campaign

text: against

text: government

text: officials

text: including

text: local

text: politicians

text: The

text: head

text: of

text: the

text: Awami

text: National

text: Party

text: which

text: represents

text: the

text: region

text: was

text: forced

text: to

text: flee

text: to

text: Islamabad

text: amid

text: death

text: threats

text: from

text: the

text: Taliban

text: Pakistan

text: is

text: under

text: enormous

text: pressure

text: to

text: control

text: the

text: militants

text: within

text: its

text: borders

text: blamed

text: for

text: launching

text: attacks

text: in

text: neighboring

text: Afghanistan

text: where

text: U.S.

text: and

text: NATO

text: forces

text: are

text: fighting

text: militants

text: The

text: deal

text: with

text: the

text: Taliban

text: comes

text: on

text: the

text: heels

text: of

text: a

text: visit

text: by

text: U.S.

text: special

text: envoy

text: Richard

text: Holbrooke

text: who

text: is

text: now

text: meeting

text: with

text: leaders

text: in

text: neighboring

text: India

text: He

text: said

text: he

text: is

text: awaiting

text: more

text: details

text: of

text: Monday

text: 's

text: agreement

text: but

text: said

text: it

text: underlines

text: the

text: challenge

text: of

text: dealing

text: with

text: the

text: rise

text: of

text: the

text: Taliban

text: The

text: United

text: States

text: using

text: unmanned

text: drones

text: has

text: carried

text: out

text: several

text: airstrikes

text: inside

text: Pakistan

text: on

text: suspected

text: militant

text: targets

text: including

text: one

text: on

text: Monday

text: that

text: killed

text: at

text: least

text: people

text: Pakistani

text: sources

text: said

text: Such

text: airstrikes

text: which

text: sometimes

text: result

text: in

text: civilian

text: casualties

text: have

text: aggravated

text: tensions

text: between

text: the

text: U.S.

text: and

text: Pakistan

text: Pakistan

text: 's

text: military

text: operation

text: in

text: the

text: region

text: is

text: unpopular

text: among

text: Pakistanis

text: but

text: efforts

text: to

text: deal

text: diplomatically

text: with

text: militants

text: have

text: not

text: worked

text: in

text: the

text: past

text: Pakistan

text: 's

text: previous

text: leader

text: Gen.

text: Pervez

text: Musharraf

text: reached

text: a

text: cease

text: fire

text: deal

text: with

text: militants

text: in

text: South

text: Waziristan

text: in

text: which

text: was

text: widely

text: blamed

text: for

text: giving

text: al

text: Qaeda

text: and

text: Taliban

text: a

text: stronger

text: foothold

text: in

text: the

text: region

question: Where did the Taliban agree to a 10-day cease-fire?

answer: in Swat Vall

text: in Swat Vall

question: How long was the cease fire for?

answer: d a 10-

text: d a 10-

question: What did Critics says about previous dealings with the Taliban?

answer: ave warned that Pakistan's previous dealings with the Taliban have only given the fundamentalist Islamic militia time to regroup and gain more grou

text: ave warned that Pakistan's previous dealings with the Taliban have only given the fundamentalist Islamic militia time to regroup and gain more grou

question: What are girls banned from?

answer: rom scho

text: rom scho

question: What is the deal with the Taliban?

answer: to allow strict Islamic law, or sharia, to be implemented in parts of North West Frontier Province.

text: to allow strict Islamic law, or sharia, to be implemented in parts of North West Frontier Province.

question: Where is Swat Valley?

answer: a two-hour drive from Pakistan's capital, Islamabad

text: a two-hour drive from Pakistan's capital, Islamabad

question: What do critics warn against?

answer: hat Pakistan's previous dealings with the Taliban have only given the fundamentalist Islamic militia time to regroup and gain more grou

text: hat Pakistan's previous dealings with the Taliban have only given the fundamentalist Islamic militia time to regroup and gain more grou

question: What is sharia?

answer: strict Islamic law,

text: strict Islamic law,