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Paris, France (CNN) -- Former French President Jacques Chirac has been placed under investigation for allegations stemming from his time as mayor of Paris, his office said Friday.

A judge in Nanterre, near Paris, questioned Chirac Friday morning over the employment of seven people who were hired by the city of Paris in the early 1990s. The suspicion is that the employees were working for Chirac's right-wing political party, RPR, which no longer exists, while on the city payroll.

Chirac, 77, was mayor of Paris between 1977 and 1995, the year he became president.

The case in Nanterre is similar to but separate from another investigation in Paris, in which Chirac is accused of using 21 city employees to work on his presidential campaign.

In a statement released by his office Friday, Chirac pointed out that he had "already answered all the questions related to this investigation regarding the seven jobs in July 2007 and that no new facts have surfaced since then."

Chirac could face a five-year sentence and a fine of 75,000 euros ($107,500) if found guilty of using the employees to work for his party.

The former president denies the accusations.

"On the investigation itself, President Chirac repeats that no such 'system' has ever existed in the Paris city hall," the statement said. "He is determined to demonstrate this through the procedure which was started by being placed under investigation."

The former French head of state also said he "wishes the investigation to progress as quickly as possible to establish once and for all that he is beyond reproach."

Former French Prime Minister Alain Juppe was already sentenced in December 2004 for his role in the affair, but Chirac benefited from presidential immunity at the time. After Chirac left office in May 2007, he made it known he was available to answer any questions on the matter.

Current Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe had no comment about the investigation, according to officials with the city of Paris, which lodged the initial complaint against Chirac.

The former president remains popular in France. A survey released Thursday, conducted by the opinion research company IFOP for Paris Match magazine, showed that 78 percent of French people have a positive opinion of Chirac -- making him the highest-rated politician since the survey began in November 2003.

CNN's Luc Lacroix contributed to this report.

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LONDON, England (CNN)  -- He's the butt-kicking, karate-chopping, kung fu superstar who rose from nowhere to conquer Hollywood in a spectacularly visual style.

Action star Jackie Chan celebrates winning Best Actor at the 25th China Golden Rooster in 2005

With his compact but wiry 5-foot, 9-inch frame, Jackie Chan seems to pale into insignificance when compared with muscle-bound Hollywood tough guys such as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jean-Claude Van Damme.

But combining extraordinary athleticism and an acrobatic style, Chan could probably take them both on in a fight and emerge victorious.

Best known to western audiences as star of the Rush Hour trilogy, Chan is a prolific actor who has made more than 100 films spanning three decades.

But success did not come easy for Chan, who made a string of flops in the early 1970s in Asia.

He struggled for years to break out of the shadow of Bruce Lee, the undisputed kung fu king of the time -- even appearing as a stuntman in two of Lee's films.

But in 1978, Chan landed his first hit in Asia with "Snake in the Eagle's Shadow." This was quickly followed by "Drunken Master," which catapulted him to fame, and he suddenly became one of the highest-paid actors in the industry.

Chan is credited with creating a new film art form, with his comedic take on martial arts, reminiscent of Buster Keaton's slapstick style.

"He totally reinvented Hong Kong cinema," said Renee Witterstaetter, author of "Dying For Action: The Life and Films of Jackie Chan."

"He created a new film art form, mixing humor with martial arts," Witterstaetter said. "It was so different and unique."  Watch TalkAsia's exclusive interview inside Jackie Chan's den Â»

Although a household name in his native Hong Kong and most of Asia, Hollywood seemed largely oblivious to his talents.

It was not until 1994 when he made "Rumble in the Bronx," which grossed $10 million in its opening weekend and made it to number one at the U.S. box office, that Chan finally cracked Hollywood.

Soon big-budget hits such as the "Rush Hour" series and "Shanghai Noon," followed.

"Rush Hour" was Chan's first movie to break $100 million at the U.S. box office, earning $141 million, according to the box office tracking Web site, Box Office Mojo. "Rush Hour 2" made $226 million and "Rush Hour 3" has earned $137 million so far.

His current cinematic venture sees him paired with longtime friend Jet Li in "The Forbidden Kingdom" in their first movie collaboration. Set in a mythic, ancient China, it is described as "The Wizard of Oz with lots of martial arts."

The martial arts dream team have already seen "Kingdom" debut at No. 1 with $20.9 million in ticket sales last weekend, but Chan says the reason it took him so long to work with Jet Li is because he didn't like the Hollywood scripts they were initially offered.

Chan, 54, is also quite candid about the fact that he doesn't like most of the Hollywood films he has made. He revealed to CNN: "I didn't really like 'Rush Hour.' In America, everyone likes 'Rush Hour,' but in Asia nobody likes it.

"They like talking too much in America but in Asia they like to fight more in the films."

After the film wrapped in 1998, he wrote on his Web site: "When we finished filming, I was very disappointed because it was a movie I didn't appreciate and I did not like the action scenes involved.

"I felt the style of action was too Americanized and I didn't understand the American humor."

Chan has certainly come a long way from his impoverished childhood in Hong Kong, where the story has it that his parents were so poor, they nearly sold him to a British doctor for less than $100.

However, his parents instead enrolled him at the China Drama Academy, a talent school of hard knocks with a draconian regime that included training in music, acrobatics and martial arts that lasted 18 hours a day. Beatings were commonplace.

Children were made to perform headstands for hours on end and Chan describes being forced to run, arms outstretched, carrying two full cups of water, with strict instructions not to spill a drop. With his parents now living in Australia, Chan stayed at the school for ten years and was adopted by his Master.

Undoubtedly, the academy's grueling regime would later stand Chan in good stead, turning him into an incredibly driven and disciplined stuntman turned actor, who always choreographs and performs his own stunts.

As a consequence, no insurance company will underwrite Chan's productions, which are legendary for his death-defying super stunts. They include water-skiing barefoot behind a speeding hovercraft, jumping off a building and swinging from a hot air balloon.

Chan holds the Guinness World Record for "Most Stunts By A Living Actor."

He also holds the record for the most number of takes for a single shot in a film, having shot over 2900 retakes for a complex scene involving a badminton game in "Dragon Lord."

Unsurprisingly, Chan has suffered a litany of injuries in the course of his film career. Over the years, he has dislocated his pelvis and broken his fingers, toes, nose, both cheekbones, hips, sternum, neck and ribs on numerous occasions.

When filming "Police Story" in 1985, he suffered second-degree burns to his hands and palms after sliding 100 feet down a pole festooned in Christmas lights.

Many of the injuries have appeared, in eye-watering viewing, as outtakes or bloopers during the closing credits of his films.

But in 1986, he came close to death while filming "Armor of God," when he fell 45 feet from a tree and fractured his skull, leaving a permanent hole in his head.

Chan explained to CNN's TalkAsia host, Anjali Rao that he never insists on doing his own stunts. It's just the way things are done in Hong Kong.

"Making a film in Hong Kong in the old days was not like Hollywood," he says.

"We didn't have protection like elbow pads and we didn't have the knowledge about safety. I had to risk my life jumping from building to building."

Chan is a one-man movie-making machine. He has his own production and distribution company -- Jackie Chan Emperor Movies -- and controls all aspects of the movie-making process, from casting to directing, producing, screenwriting, choreographing and stunt coordinating. He even has his own stunt team and casting agency.

His director on the Rush Hour series, Brett Ratner told CNN's The Screening Room that Chan's versatility gives him the edge over other martial arts stars like Bruce Lee and Jet Li.

"Jackie is the most gifted actor of the three because he has the most range. Bruce Lee is a legendary performer and martial artist, but I don't think he is as funny as Jackie Chan.

"Jackie can be funny, he can be dramatic, he can do the action and the stunts, he can direct, edit, shoot. He is also a stunt coordinator so he is everything wrapped into one." E-mail to a friend

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question: Chan holds what record?

answer: "Most Stunts By A Living Actor."

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answer: "Most Stunts By A Living Actor."

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answer: "Most Stunts By A Living Actor."

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question: Jet Li and Jackie Chan paired up in what film?

answer: "The Forbidden Kingdom"

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question: What is Jackie Chan famed for?

answer: butt-kicking, karate-chopping, kung fu superstar

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question: What is Jackie Chan famous for ?

answer: He's the butt-kicking, karate-chopping, kung fu superstar

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question: What is his new film called?

answer: "The Forbidden Kingdom"

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Senate Wednesday approved a bill to put new rules in place for intelligence agency eavesdropping on suspected terrorists.

Communication technologies like mobile phones have made the 1978 FISA bill out of date, supporters say.

The bill also effectively protects telephone companies from being sued for cooperating with a government surveillance program launched in the wake of the 2001 attacks on New York and Washington. The White House pushed hard for the provision, with a threat to veto the bill if it did not contain protection for phone companies.

The vote was 69-28, with Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois voting in favor. Republican candidate Sen. John McCain of Arizona was not present for the vote.

President Bush said Wednesday afternoon he will sign the bill, calling it "vital" and "long overdue."  Watch Bush praise the new FISA bill Â»

The bill, formally known as the FISA Amendments Act, updates the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. It will:

Opponents argued that the provision creating a judicial review of cases against the telecommunication companies is a sham.

The bill essentially grants immunity to the telecommunication companies, the opponents said, because all of the telephone carriers received government certifications saying their participation in the program was legal.

Obama was criticized for backing away from his early opposition to the bill by liberal bloggers and individuals commenting on his campaign Web site.

Before voting for the bill, Obama voted for an amendment offered by Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Connecticut, that would have stripped the language granting immunity to telecommunications companies.

Civil liberties groups have vowed to fight the legislation in court.

"This fight is not over. We intend to challenge this bill as soon as President Bush signs it into law," Jameel Jaffer, director of the ACLU National Security Project, said in a statement issued minutes after the Senate approved the bill. "The bill allows the warrantless and dragnet surveillance of Americans' international telephone and e-mail communications. It plainly violates the Fourth Amendment."

President Bush acknowledged in 2005 that he ordered the secretive National Security Agency to intercept communications between U.S. residents and people overseas suspected of having ties to terrorism. The administration says the program was authorized when Congress approved military action against al Qaeda after the 2001 attacks.

CNN's Pam Benson contributed to this report.

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New Orleans (CNN) -- Two people were killed and more than 50 others injured Thursday in a 40-car pileup that shut down Interstate 10 in eastern New Orleans, authorities said.

Both eastbound and westbound lanes were closed following the crashes, which began about 4 a.m. local time (5 a.m. ET), said Garry Flot, New Orleans police spokesman. It was unknown how long the interstate would be closed, he said.

Twenty-two people were transported to hospitals with minor to critical injuries. Another 37 complained of minor injuries at the scene but refused medical care, Flot said.

One firefighter suffered a cut on his face while performing his duties at the scene, Flot said. He was taken to a local hospital for stitches.

The area was experiencing heavy fog at the time the crashes occurred, according to CNN meteorologists.

CNN's Sara Pratley contributed to this report.

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question: What were the driving conditions?

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question: What was shut down?

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(CNN) -- California's Silicon Valley has long dominated the internet industry. The world's largest dotcom companies operate from the valley, it attracts the industry's brightest minds and countless innovative ideas are generated out of the area. So, can Europe make headway in this ever-expanding industry?

Ilja Laurs, founder of Getjar -- the world's largest app store -- says there are labor, cultural and bureaucratic factors that make it very difficult for Europe to compete with Silicon Valley.

Laurs argues the talent pool across the continent for specialist services in Europe is too small. "While there are certain pockets of good people for particular niches, you maybe only able to find a hundred people in those specific areas."

That compares to the thousands available in Silicon Valley, putting Europe at a competitive disadvantage.

European startup enterprises face the same regulations that are applied to large corporations, Laurs says, putting an unfair burden on smaller companies.

Laurs says governments need to decide whether encouraging high-tech communities is something they want to focus on. He believes changes must be made to labor laws and capital gains tax for small organizations to be viable.

"The same set of rules that governs big corporations can be very damaging to small startups which operate in a very different environment," he says.

Cultural differences can also make it difficult for Europe to compete, Laurs says. He points to America's strong work ethic as an example, saying it gives Silicon Valley an edge. Facebook, for example, is not "working nine to five," he says. In Europe, by comparison, some government regulations dictate six weeks of vacation time.

He believes Europeans value other aspects of life, such as family, above work. "Americans are proud if they work and spend a hundred hours a week in the office. I'm not saying that it's good or bad, it's just the way it is and that's very incompatible with innovation."

But ultimately, Laurs says, innovation is "about trial and error."

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(CNN) -- Five young men died Saturday when the car they were in drove off the end of a private airstrip near Ocala, Florida, became airborne for 200 feet and slammed into an oak tree, authorities said.

The 2008 BMW was split in two in the violent wreck. All of the victims died at the scene.

"This had to be the worst vehicle crash that I have ever seen during my career," said Randy Robinson, a spokesman for the Emergency Medical Services Alliance with 27 years on the job.

The 2008 BMW was split in two in the wreck, which happened at 3:45 a.m., said Lt. Mike Burroughs, a spokesman for the Florida Highway Patrol Troop B.

He told CNN the victims -- 18 to 20 years old and all from the area -- were declared dead at the scene.

Burroughs said it was not clear how the car got onto the private Greystone community airstrip -- the same one actor John Travolta uses for his aircraft -- but the car was driving north on Runway 36, which is 1.5 miles long.

"It is evident that the driver of the vehicle saw he was approaching the end of the runway," Burroughs said. "He attempted a braking maneuver and the vehicle slid sideways off the end of the runway."

The car flew through the air for 200 feet, he said, and struck an oak tree 15 feet off the ground, splitting the vehicle in two.

Three of the occupants were ejected -- one landing 40 feet away, Burroughs said.

The engine block of the BMW was completely dislodged and wreckage from the car was found over a 200-square-foot area, the FHP spokesman said.

It was not known if the victims were wearing seat belts and the agency was awaiting the results of toxicology tests from the medical examiner's office to find out if alcohol or drugs played a role, Burroughs said.

The airstrip's private taxiways back up to homes in the Jumbolair and Greystone gated communities. E-mail to a friend

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(CNN)  -- A human rights group urged Burundi to reverse a law that makes homosexuality illegal, saying it risks worsening the harsh treatment of gays in the eastern Africa nation.

In March, people in Burundi demonstrate in favor of a measure banning homosexuality. It became law in April.

The new law makes "sexual relations with persons of the same sex" illegal and punishable by up to two years in prison, Human Rights Watch said in a recently released report.

It was enacted just as the gay, lesbian and transgender community had started to mobilize and call for equal treatment, according to the organization.

"The government needs to listen to these voices to understand the harm it is doing to Burundians with its state-sanctioned discrimination," said Georgette Gagnon, Africa director for Human Rights Watch. "The government should rescind this law and instead work to promote equality and understanding."

Before the law, which was passed in April, some gays and lesbians already faced significant discrimination in Burundi, according to the organization.

Some had lost their jobs, others were beaten by parents and local youths, and others were evicted, according to the Human Rights Watch report, which cited accounts by the victims.

Numerous attempts to reach government officials were unsuccessful.

Homosexuality is illegal in most countries in the region, including in nearby Kenya and Uganda, where sodomy laws were introduced during colonialism.

Most African nations have revised those laws to include consensual sex among gay and lesbian couples and made the punishments tougher, according to Human Rights Watch.

"Half the world's countries that criminalize homosexual conduct do so because they cling to Victorian morality and colonial laws," said Scott Long, director of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights program for Human Rights Watch. "Getting rid of these unjust remnants of the British empire is long overdue."

The role religion plays in Africa has a lot to do with the ban, others say.

"It is wrong from a biblical standpoint, and most African countries are governed based on religious beliefs," said Olatunde Ogunyemi, a professor in Grambling, Louisiana.

"Christianity and Islam are the dominant religions in the continent, and in some cases, constitutions are based on religion, which justifies making it illegal."

South Africa's post-apartheid constitution bans discrimination against gays -- the first in Africa to prohibit discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation.

Homosexuality is also illegal in other countries, including Ghana, Nigeria and Zimbabwe, according to Human Rights Watch.

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(CNN) -- 10:54 p.m. -- People looking for loved ones in Haiti are posting their pictures on CNN.com's iReport page dedicated to them. Likewise, people in Haiti are sending messages out to say they're OK.

Are you there? Send us images, video

10:45 p.m. -- CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta is the only doctor left at a makeshift hospital in Port-au-Prince after medical personnel were told by United Nations officials to leave the area. "There is concern about riots not far from here -- and this is part of the problem," Gupta said.

10:16 p.m. -- Officials caution that international aid teams arriving in Haiti need to be self-sufficient or they'll be putting pressure on services that are already strained: "If aid personnel arrive needing support in terms of transportation, lodging, food, and water, this just puts additional stress on services that are already constrained and needed by the Haitian population," said Dr. Jon Andrus, deputy director of the Pan American Health Organization.

10:07 p.m. -- Hundreds of people filled the pews of a Catholic church in Silver Spring, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C., Friday evening to offer prayers for members of the area's Haitian community in the wake of the earthquake in their homeland.

9:54 p.m. -- A general lack of resources in makeshift medical clinics means patients are undergoing amputations without anesthesia and staff are cleaning apparatus with soap and water, according to CNN Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen. "They're not even low-tech, they're no tech," she says. Read more

9:49 p.m. -- A top United Nations official acknowledges that the earthquake relief operation in Haiti is not progressing fast enough: "You can't snap your fingers and make it happen just by magic," U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes says. "We will do it, slowly and surely."

9:07 p.m. -- YÃ©le Haiti, the charity organization founded by musician Wyclef Jean, denies allegations that the organization is misusing donations: "Wyclef Jean, the founder of YÃ©le Haiti, has never profited from his organization. It's a shame that during this international emergency, we have had to divert resources away from our response efforts to address these allegations," says Hugh Locke, president of YÃ©le Haiti.

8:39 p.m. -- Aftershocks continue to rock Haiti's capital city of Port-au-Prince. Some are barely perceptable, others shake the ground, eliciting screams. One pair of overnight aftershocks were so strong they compelled a resting CNN crew to throw on their shoes and leave their rooms as a precaution.

8:09 p.m. -- Kids Alive International, an international orphan rescue group, is planning to bring 50 Haitian orphans to group homes in the Dominican Republic until new homes can be built for them in Haiti, the group said Friday.

7:51 p.m. -- Fire trucks and tanker trucks are sporadically driving around distributing drinkable water in a sign that food and water is slowly becoming available, according to CNN Radio's Steve Kastenbaum. At a U.N. distribution center guarded by Bolivian peacekeeping troops, thousands of plates of cooked rice and chicken were handed out to Haitians waiting in an orderly line.

7:30 p.m. -- The World Food Program gearing up to distribute ready-to-eat food rations to 2 million people in quake-stricken Haiti. WFP is part of the United Nations system and is voluntarily funded. Read more

7:25 p.m. -- The U.S. Postal Service is holding mail destined for Haiti, a spokeswoman said. Mail addressed to Haiti will still be accepted at post offices, but will be held until alternative transportation arrangements become available.

6:57 p.m. -- The deaths of three American citizens have been announced by their families or others. It is not known if they were among the five confirmed by The State Department. They are Jean Arnwine of Dallas, Texas; Molly Hightower, 22, of Port Orchard, Washington; and Benjamin Larson, 25, a student at Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa.

6:16 p.m. -- An 11-year-old girl who was rescued yesterday from a pile of rubble that was her home has died, CNN's Ivan Watson reports. Rescue workers struggled to extract the girl as she wailed in pain under the weight of the rubble, which had crushed her leg. Her family says she died an hour after she was rescued. Watch her story

6:06 p.m. -- Entertainer Lady Gaga will donate all the proceeds from her January 24 show in New York City to relief efforts, a representative for her label, Interscope, said. She will also donate proceeds from all merchandise purchased that day at the venue and on her Web site.

5:46 p.m. -- U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced Friday that she is designating a temporary protected status for Haitian nationals who were in the United States as of Tuesday. Napolitano said the temporary status allows an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 Haitian nationals in the nation illegally to stay in the United States for 18 months.

5:38 p.m. -- The State Department has launched a "Person Finder" tool on its site that helps people find and share information on missing loved ones in Haiti.

5:02 p.m. -- At least 100 bodies were discovered by a CNN crew in one open pit outside Port-au-Prince, along with several other pits half-filled or completely covered over with earth. In the capital city, bodies litter the streets, and barely functioning clinics are overwhelmed. There is still no confirmed death toll, but the Haitian consul general to the United Nations has estimated the toll could top 100,000. Watch (graphic content)

4:43 p.m. -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announces she will travel to Haiti tomorrow with U.S. Agency for International Development Director Rajiv Shah. Clinton, the first major U.S. official to travel to the quake-battered country, will meet with President Rene Preval and other members of the government. Watch

4:28 p.m. -- Philadelphia 76ers center and Haiti native Samuel Dalembert taped a public service announcement for UNICEF encouraging fans to contribute to relief efforts. UNICEF volunteers will also be available to collect donations from fans at tonight's home game at the Wachovia Center.

3:47 p.m. -- As of Friday afternoon, corporate America had pledged more than $40 million in donations to support earthquake relief efforts in Haiti, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Read more

3:20 p.m. -- A number of celebrities, including George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, are contributing to Haiti relief efforts, according to ABC News. Clooney and MTV are working on a telethon for Haiti later this month, ABC said.

2:04 p.m. -- Images from Google Earth illustrate the devastation wrought by Haiti's earthquake. Watch

1:47 p.m. -- President Obama confirmed Friday that he will team up with former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush to discuss how best to encourage a broad-based national volunteer relief effort for Haiti. The three leaders will meet Saturday at the White House.

1:30 p.m. -- The United Nations announced Friday that at least 37 of its personnel have died -- 36 with the U.N. mission and one with the World Food Programme. The number of unaccounted for U.N. people stands at 330 out of the 12,000 people working for U.N. organizations in Haiti before the earthquake.

1:12 p.m. -- "The entire world stands with the government and the people of Haiti," President Obama said at the White House. He said the United States bears a special responsibility to help Haiti, given the countries' close proximity.

12:55 p.m. -- Pop star Madonna announced she has donated $250,000 to Partners in Health, a health care provider in Haiti. "My prayers are with the people of Haiti," statement from the singer said. "I can't imagine the terrible pain and suffering they are experiencing. Sadly the depths of the tragedy are just becoming known and the need for our support grows more urgent with every passing moment."

12:10 p.m. -- Jimmy O, a well-known singer and songwriter in Haiti who also was active in hip-hop artist and philanthropist Wyclef Jean's charity, is dead. Jimmy O, 35, was crushed in a vehicle in downtown Port-au-Prince during the earthquake.

11:30 a.m. -- President Obama spoke with Haitian President Rene Preval for about 30 minutes Friday morning, according to the White House. Obama reiterated his pledge of help, and Preval asked him to pass a message to the American people: "From the bottom of my heart and on behalf of the Haitian people, thank you, thank you, thank you."

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11:25 a.m. -- A text-message and social network campaign has raised $8 million for the Red Cross' relief efforts in Haiti, according to a Twitter message from the White House that was reposted on the Red Cross account.

11:13 a.m. -- CNN's Anderson Cooper reports Port-au-Prince's prison is empty but for four decomposing bodies. Watch (graphic content)

10:43 a.m. -- Within four days, 700 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne will be in the quake zone. By Tuesday, three more U.S. Navy ships carrying 2,200 Marines and heavy equipment will join them. By Saturday, about 5,000 to 6,000 men and women dedicated to supporting the relief effort will be in Haiti, military officials say.

Watch CNN affiliate WRAL's report on the Marines' mission

10:39 a.m. -- Five more American deaths have been confirmed in Haiti, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said Friday, adding he expects the number to go up.

10:24 a.m. -- The USS Carl Vinson arrived off the coast of Haiti on Friday morning, Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen said.

9:22 a.m. -- U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne unit's Iraq and Afghanistan veterans welcome an opportunity to take part in a humanitarian mission. Watch CNN affiliate WTVD's report

8:15 a.m. -- Diesel fuel is selling on the black market in Port-au-Prince for $25 a gallon. It usually sells for $3 a gallon.

7:57 a.m. -- Cuba is allowing the United States to use its airspace to fly medical evacuation flights -- but no other relief flights -- from Haiti, White House spokesman Tommy Vietor said Friday. This agreement will allow the United States to fly earthquake victims directly from Haiti to the United States and reduce the flight time.

7:15 a.m. -- At least 12 American corporations have pledged donations of $1 million or more to the Haiti relief effort.

7:09 a.m. -- Aid agencies continue to struggle to get relief items from the Port-au-Prince airport, said Dave Toycen, a relief worker with the aid agency World Vision. "The issue is obviously logistics. It is problematic to get the streets clear," Toycen said. "There was a mile-long line to get gasoline. We are short the basics."

5:55 a.m. Friday, January 15, 2010 -- The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson is to arrive in Haiti on Friday, carrying 19 helicopters and 30 pallets of relief goods, Air Force Gen. Douglas Fraser said.

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text: CNN

text: 's

text: Chief

text: Medical

text: Correspondent

text: Sanjay

text: Gupta

text: is

text: the

text: only

text: doctor

text: left

text: at

text: a

text: makeshift

text: hospital

text: in

text: Port

text: au

text: Prince

text: after

text: medical

text: personnel

text: were

text: told

text: by

text: United

text: Nations

text: officials

text: to

text: leave

text: the

text: area

text: There

text: is

text: concern

text: about

text: riots

text: not

text: far

text: from

text: here

text: and

text: this

text: is

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: problem

text: Gupta

text: said

text: p.m.

text: Officials

text: caution

text: that

text: international

text: aid

text: teams

text: arriving

text: in

text: Haiti

text: need

text: to

text: be

text: self

text: sufficient

text: or

text: they

text: 'll

text: be

text: putting

text: pressure

text: on

text: services

text: that

text: are

text: already

text: strained

text: If

text: aid

text: personnel

text: arrive

text: needing

text: support

text: in

text: terms

text: of

text: transportation

text: lodging

text: food

text: and

text: water

text: this

text: just

text: puts

text: additional

text: stress

text: on

text: services

text: that

text: are

text: already

text: constrained

text: and

text: needed

text: by

text: the

text: Haitian

text: population

text: said

text: Dr.

text: Jon

text: Andrus

text: deputy

text: director

text: of

text: the

text: Pan

text: American

text: Health

text: Organization

text: p.m.

text: Hundreds

text: of

text: people

text: filled

text: the

text: pews

text: of

text: a

text: Catholic

text: church

text: in

text: Silver

text: Spring

text: Maryland

text: a

text: suburb

text: of

text: Washington

text: D.C.

text: Friday

text: evening

text: to

text: offer

text: prayers

text: for

text: members

text: of

text: the

text: area

text: 's

text: Haitian

text: community

text: in

text: the

text: wake

text: of

text: the

text: earthquake

text: in

text: their

text: homeland

text: p.m.

text: A

text: general

text: lack

text: of

text: resources

text: in

text: makeshift

text: medical

text: clinics

text: means

text: patients

text: are

text: undergoing

text: amputations

text: without

text: anesthesia

text: and

text: staff

text: are

text: cleaning

text: apparatus

text: with

text: soap

text: and

text: water

text: according

text: to

text: CNN

text: Medical

text: Correspondent

text: Elizabeth

text: Cohen

text: They

text: 're

text: not

text: even

text: low

text: tech

text: they

text: 're

text: no

text: tech

text: she

text: says

text: Read

text: more

text: p.m.

text: A

text: top

text: United

text: Nations

text: official

text: acknowledges

text: that

text: the

text: earthquake

text: relief

text: operation

text: in

text: Haiti

text: is

text: not

text: progressing

text: fast

text: enough

text: You

text: ca

text: n't

text: snap

text: your

text: fingers

text: and

text: make

text: it

text: happen

text: just

text: by

text: magic

text: U.N.

text: Emergency

text: Relief

text: Coordinator

text: John

text: Holmes

text: says

text: We

text: will

text: do

text: it

text: slowly

text: and

text: surely

text: p.m.

text: YÃ

text: le

text: Haiti

text: the

text: charity

text: organization

text: founded

text: by

text: musician

text: Wyclef

text: Jean

text: denies

text: allegations

text: that

text: the

text: organization

text: is

text: misusing

text: donations

text: Wyclef

text: Jean

text: the

text: founder

text: of

text: YÃ

text: le

text: Haiti

text: has

text: never

text: profited

text: from

text: his

text: organization

text: It

text: 's

text: a

text: shame

text: that

text: during

text: this

text: international

text: emergency

text: we

text: have

text: had

text: to

text: divert

text: resources

text: away

text: from

text: our

text: response

text: efforts

text: to

text: address

text: these

text: allegations

text: says

text: Hugh

text: Locke

text: president

text: of

text: YÃ

text: le

text: Haiti

text: p.m.

text: Aftershocks

text: continue

text: to

text: rock

text: Haiti

text: 's

text: capital

text: city

text: of

text: Port

text: au

text: Prince

text: Some

text: are

text: barely

text: perceptable

text: others

text: shake

text: the

text: ground

text: eliciting

text: screams

text: One

text: pair

text: of

text: overnight

text: aftershocks

text: were

text: so

text: strong

text: they

text: compelled

text: a

text: resting

text: CNN

text: crew

text: to

text: throw

text: on

text: their

text: shoes

text: and

text: leave

text: their

text: rooms

text: as

text: a

text: precaution

text: p.m.

text: Kids

text: Alive

text: International

text: an

text: international

text: orphan

text: rescue

text: group

text: is

text: planning

text: to

text: bring

text: Haitian

text: orphans

text: to

text: group

text: homes

text: in

text: the

text: Dominican

text: Republic

text: until

text: new

text: homes

text: can

text: be

text: built

text: for

text: them

text: in

text: Haiti

text: the

text: group

text: said

text: Friday

text: p.m.

text: Fire

text: trucks

text: and

text: tanker

text: trucks

text: are

text: sporadically

text: driving

text: around

text: distributing

text: drinkable

text: water

text: in

text: a

text: sign

text: that

text: food

text: and

text: water

text: is

text: slowly

text: becoming

text: available

text: according

text: to

text: CNN

text: Radio

text: 's

text: Steve

text: Kastenbaum

text: At

text: a

text: U.N.

text: distribution

text: center

text: guarded

text: by

text: Bolivian

text: peacekeeping

text: troops

text: thousands

text: of

text: plates

text: of

text: cooked

text: rice

text: and

text: chicken

text: were

text: handed

text: out

text: to

text: Haitians

text: waiting

text: in

text: an

text: orderly

text: line

text: p.m.

text: The

text: World

text: Food

text: Program

text: gearing

text: up

text: to

text: distribute

text: ready

text: to

text: eat

text: food

text: rations

text: to

text: million

text: people

text: in

text: quake

text: stricken

text: Haiti

text: WFP

text: is

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: United

text: Nations

text: system

text: and

text: is

text: voluntarily

text: funded

text: Read

text: more

text: p.m.

text: The

text: U.S.

text: Postal

text: Service

text: is

text: holding

text: mail

text: destined

text: for

text: Haiti

text: a

text: spokeswoman

text: said

text: Mail

text: addressed

text: to

text: Haiti

text: will

text: still

text: be

text: accepted

text: at

text: post

text: offices

text: but

text: will

text: be

text: held

text: until

text: alternative

text: transportation

text: arrangements

text: become

text: available

text: p.m.

text: The

text: deaths

text: of

text: three

text: American

text: citizens

text: have

text: been

text: announced

text: by

text: their

text: families

text: or

text: others

text: It

text: is

text: not

text: known

text: if

text: they

text: were

text: among

text: the

text: five

text: confirmed

text: by

text: The

text: State

text: Department

text: They

text: are

text: Jean

text: Arnwine

text: of

text: Dallas

text: Texas

text: Molly

text: Hightower

text: of

text: Port

text: Orchard

text: Washington

text: and

text: Benjamin

text: Larson

text: a

text: student

text: at

text: Wartburg

text: Theological

text: Seminary

text: in

text: Dubuque

text: Iowa

text: p.m.

text: An

text: old

text: girl

text: who

text: was

text: rescued

text: yesterday

text: from

text: a

text: pile

text: of

text: rubble

text: that

text: was

text: her

text: home

text: has

text: died

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Ivan

text: Watson

text: reports

text: Rescue

text: workers

text: struggled

text: to

text: extract

text: the

text: girl

text: as

text: she

text: wailed

text: in

text: pain

text: under

text: the

text: weight

text: of

text: the

text: rubble

text: which

text: had

text: crushed

text: her

text: leg

text: Her

text: family

text: says

text: she

text: died

text: an

text: hour

text: after

text: she

text: was

text: rescued

text: Watch

text: her

text: story

text: p.m.

text: Entertainer

text: Lady

text: Gaga

text: will

text: donate

text: all

text: the

text: proceeds

text: from

text: her

text: January

text: show

text: in

text: New

text: York

text: City

text: to

text: relief

text: efforts

text: a

text: representative

text: for

text: her

text: label

text: Interscope

text: said

text: She

text: will

text: also

text: donate

text: proceeds

text: from

text: all

text: merchandise

text: purchased

text: that

text: day

text: at

text: the

text: venue

text: and

text: on

text: her

text: Web

text: site

text: p.m.

text: U.S.

text: Homeland

text: Security

text: Secretary

text: Janet

text: Napolitano

text: announced

text: Friday

text: that

text: she

text: is

text: designating

text: a

text: temporary

text: protected

text: status

text: for

text: Haitian

text: nationals

text: who

text: were

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: as

text: of

text: Tuesday

text: Napolitano

text: said

text: the

text: temporary

text: status

text: allows

text: an

text: estimated

text: to

text: Haitian

text: nationals

text: in

text: the

text: nation

text: illegally

text: to

text: stay

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: for

text: months

text: p.m.

text: The

text: State

text: Department

text: has

text: launched

text: a

text: Person

text: Finder

text: tool

text: on

text: its

text: site

text: that

text: helps

text: people

text: find

text: and

text: share

text: information

text: on

text: missing

text: loved

text: ones

text: in

text: Haiti

text: p.m.

text: At

text: least

text: bodies

text: were

text: discovered

text: by

text: a

text: CNN

text: crew

text: in

text: one

text: open

text: pit

text: outside

text: Port

text: au

text: Prince

text: along

text: with

text: several

text: other

text: pits

text: half

text: filled

text: or

text: completely

text: covered

text: over

text: with

text: earth

text: In

text: the

text: capital

text: city

text: bodies

text: litter

text: the

text: streets

text: and

text: barely

text: functioning

text: clinics

text: are

text: overwhelmed

text: There

text: is

text: still

text: no

text: confirmed

text: death

text: toll

text: but

text: the

text: Haitian

text: consul

text: general

text: to

text: the

text: United

text: Nations

text: has

text: estimated

text: the

text: toll

text: could

text: top

text: Watch

text: graphic

text: content

text: p.m.

text: Secretary

text: of

text: State

text: Hillary

text: Clinton

text: announces

text: she

text: will

text: travel

text: to

text: Haiti

text: tomorrow

text: with

text: U.S.

text: Agency

text: for

text: International

text: Development

text: Director

text: Rajiv

text: Shah

text: Clinton

text: the

text: first

text: major

text: U.S.

text: official

text: to

text: travel

text: to

text: the

text: quake

text: battered

text: country

text: will

text: meet

text: with

text: President

text: Rene

text: Preval

text: and

text: other

text: members

text: of

text: the

text: government

text: Watch

text: p.m.

text: Philadelphia

text: center

text: and

text: Haiti

text: native

text: Samuel

text: Dalembert

text: taped

text: a

text: public

text: service

text: announcement

text: for

text: UNICEF

text: encouraging

text: fans

text: to

text: contribute

text: to

text: relief

text: efforts

text: UNICEF

text: volunteers

text: will

text: also

text: be

text: available

text: to

text: collect

text: donations

text: from

text: fans

text: at

text: tonight

text: 's

text: home

text: game

text: at

text: the

text: Wachovia

text: Center

text: p.m.

text: As

text: of

text: Friday

text: afternoon

text: corporate

text: America

text: had

text: pledged

text: more

text: than

text: million

text: in

text: donations

text: to

text: support

text: earthquake

text: relief

text: efforts

text: in

text: Haiti

text: according

text: to

text: the

text: U.S.

text: Chamber

text: of

text: Commerce

text: Read

text: more

text: p.m.

text: A

text: number

text: of

text: celebrities

text: including

text: George

text: Clooney

text: Brad

text: Pitt

text: and

text: Angelina

text: Jolie

text: are

text: contributing

text: to

text: Haiti

text: relief

text: efforts

text: according

text: to

text: ABC

text: News

text: Clooney

text: and

text: MTV

text: are

text: working

text: on

text: a

text: telethon

text: for

text: Haiti

text: later

text: this

text: month

text: ABC

text: said

text: p.m.

text: Images

text: from

text: Google

text: Earth

text: illustrate

text: the

text: devastation

text: wrought

text: by

text: Haiti

text: 's

text: earthquake

text: Watch

text: p.m.

text: President

text: Obama

text: confirmed

text: Friday

text: that

text: he

text: will

text: team

text: up

text: with

text: former

text: Presidents

text: Bill

text: Clinton

text: and

text: George

text: W.

text: Bush

text: to

text: discuss

text: how

text: best

text: to

text: encourage

text: a

text: broad

text: based

text: national

text: volunteer

text: relief

text: effort

text: for

text: Haiti

text: The

text: three

text: leaders

text: will

text: meet

text: Saturday

text: at

text: the

text: White

text: House

text: p.m.

text: The

text: United

text: Nations

text: announced

text: Friday

text: that

text: at

text: least

text: of

text: its

text: personnel

text: have

text: died

text: with

text: the

text: U.N.

text: mission

text: and

text: one

text: with

text: the

text: World

text: Food

text: Programme

text: The

text: number

text: of

text: unaccounted

text: for

text: U.N.

text: people

text: stands

text: at

text: out

text: of

text: the

text: people

text: working

text: for

text: U.N.

text: organizations

text: in

text: Haiti

text: before

text: the

text: earthquake

text: p.m.

text: The

text: entire

text: world

text: stands

text: with

text: the

text: government

text: and

text: the

text: people

text: of

text: Haiti

text: President

text: Obama

text: said

text: at

text: the

text: White

text: House

text: He

text: said

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: bears

text: a

text: special

text: responsibility

text: to

text: help

text: Haiti

text: given

text: the

text: countries

text: close

text: proximity

text: p.m.

text: Pop

text: star

text: Madonna

text: announced

text: she

text: has

text: donated

text: to

text: Partners

text: in

text: Health

text: a

text: health

text: care

text: provider

text: in

text: Haiti

text: My

text: prayers

text: are

text: with

text: the

text: people

text: of

text: Haiti

text: statement

text: from

text: the

text: singer

text: said

text: I

text: ca

text: n't

text: imagine

text: the

text: terrible

text: pain

text: and

text: suffering

text: they

text: are

text: experiencing

text: Sadly

text: the

text: depths

text: of

text: the

text: tragedy

text: are

text: just

text: becoming

text: known

text: and

text: the

text: need

text: for

text: our

text: support

text: grows

text: more

text: urgent

text: with

text: every

text: passing

text: moment

text: p.m.

text: Jimmy

text: O

text: a

text: well

text: known

text: singer

text: and

text: songwriter

text: in

text: Haiti

text: who

text: also

text: was

text: active

text: in

text: hip

text: hop

text: artist

text: and

text: philanthropist

text: Wyclef

text: Jean

text: 's

text: charity

text: is

text: dead

text: Jimmy

text: O

text: was

text: crushed

text: in

text: a

text: vehicle

text: in

text: downtown

text: Port

text: au

text: Prince

text: during

text: the

text: earthquake

text: a.m.

text: President

text: Obama

text: spoke

text: with

text: Haitian

text: President

text: Rene

text: Preval

text: for

text: about

text: minutes

text: Friday

text: morning

text: according

text: to

text: the

text: White

text: House

text: Obama

text: reiterated

text: his

text: pledge

text: of

text: help

text: and

text: Preval

text: asked

text: him

text: to

text: pass

text: a

text: message

text: to

text: the

text: American

text: people

text: From

text: the

text: bottom

text: of

text: my

text: heart

text: and

text: on

text: behalf

text: of

text: the

text: Haitian

text: people

text: thank

text: you

text: thank

text: you

text: thank

text: you

text: Follow

text: daily

text: developments

text: Tuesday

text: Wednesday

text: Thursday

text: a.m.

text: A

text: text

text: message

text: and

text: social

text: network

text: campaign

text: has

text: raised

text: million

text: for

text: the

text: Red

text: Cross

text: relief

text: efforts

text: in

text: Haiti

text: according

text: to

text: a

text: Twitter

text: message

text: from

text: the

text: White

text: House

text: that

text: was

text: reposted

text: on

text: the

text: Red

text: Cross

text: account

text: a.m.

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Anderson

text: Cooper

text: reports

text: Port

text: au

text: Prince

text: 's

text: prison

text: is

text: empty

text: but

text: for

text: four

text: decomposing

text: bodies

text: Watch

text: graphic

text: content

text: a.m.

text: Within

text: four

text: days

text: soldiers

text: from

text: the

text: Airborne

text: will

text: be

text: in

text: the

text: quake

text: zone

text: By

text: Tuesday

text: three

text: more

text: U.S.

text: Navy

text: ships

text: carrying

text: Marines

text: and

text: heavy

text: equipment

text: will

text: join

text: them

text: By

text: Saturday

text: about

text: to

text: men

text: and

text: women

text: dedicated

text: to

text: supporting

text: the

text: relief

text: effort

text: will

text: be

text: in

text: Haiti

text: military

text: officials

text: say

text: Watch

text: CNN

text: affiliate

text: WRAL

text: 's

text: report

text: on

text: the

text: Marines

text: mission

text: a.m.

text: Five

text: more

text: American

text: deaths

text: have

text: been

text: confirmed

text: in

text: Haiti

text: State

text: Department

text: spokesman

text: P.J.

text: Crowley

text: said

text: Friday

text: adding

text: he

text: expects

text: the

text: number

text: to

text: go

text: up

text: a.m.

text: The

text: USS

text: Carl

text: Vinson

text: arrived

text: off

text: the

text: coast

text: of

text: Haiti

text: on

text: Friday

text: morning

text: Joint

text: Chiefs

text: Chairman

text: Adm.

text: Mike

text: Mullen

text: said

text: a.m.

text: U.S.

text: Army

text: 's

text: Airborne

text: unit

text: 's

text: Iraq

text: and

text: Afghanistan

text: veterans

text: welcome

text: an

text: opportunity

text: to

text: take

text: part

text: in

text: a

text: humanitarian

text: mission

text: Watch

text: CNN

text: affiliate

text: WTVD

text: 's

text: report

text: a.m.

text: Diesel

text: fuel

text: is

text: selling

text: on

text: the

text: black

text: market

text: in

text: Port

text: au

text: Prince

text: for

text: a

text: gallon

text: It

text: usually

text: sells

text: for

text: a

text: gallon

text: a.m.

text: Cuba

text: is

text: allowing

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: to

text: use

text: its

text: airspace

text: to

text: fly

text: medical

text: evacuation

text: flights

text: but

text: no

text: other

text: relief

text: flights

text: from

text: Haiti

text: White

text: House

text: spokesman

text: Tommy

text: Vietor

text: said

text: Friday

text: This

text: agreement

text: will

text: allow

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: to

text: fly

text: earthquake

text: victims

text: directly

text: from

text: Haiti

text: to

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: and

text: reduce

text: the

text: flight

text: time

text: a.m.

text: At

text: least

text: American

text: corporations

text: have

text: pledged

text: donations

text: of

text: million

text: or

text: more

text: to

text: the

text: Haiti

text: relief

text: effort

text: a.m.

text: Aid

text: agencies

text: continue

text: to

text: struggle

text: to

text: get

text: relief

text: items

text: from

text: the

text: Port

text: au

text: Prince

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text: Toycen

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text: gasoline

text: We

text: are

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text: basics

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text: January

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text: helicopters

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text: pallets

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text: relief

text: goods

text: Air

text: Force

text: Gen.

text: Douglas

text: Fraser

text: said

question: When is Anderson Cooper going to report live from Haiti?

answer: 11:13 a.

text: 11:13 a.

question: what was happend in haiti

answer: earthquake

text: earthquake

question: Who will have a complete special coverage of the latest developments?

answer: (CNN)

text: (CNN)

question: What can you read to stay up to date with the latest in Haiti?

answer: iReport page

text: iReport page

question: Where is Anderson Cooper reporting live from?

answer: ts Port-au-Prince's pris

text: ts Port-au-Prince's pris

question: Which social media will have feeds on the latest in Haiti?

answer: a Twitt

text: a Twitt