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London, England (CNN) -- British Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth announced a public inquiry Wednesday into allegations that Iraqis were killed and abused after a firefight more than five years ago in the southern part of the country.

The allegations center around the aftermath of a fight in May 2004 at the so-called Danny Boy checkpoint in Maysan Province.

Former detainees and the family of a slain Iraqi contend at least 20 people were killed and others were abused at Camp Abu Naji after a fight between British soldiers and Iraqi insurgents.

That claim has been denied by the UK Ministry of Defence -- which says the 20 people died in battle and people detained were not mistreated.

The probe is called the Al Sweady inquiry -- named after the family of the dead Iraqi. Thayne Forbes -- who retired from the High Court Bench last year -- will chair the inquiry into allegations.

The inquiry will look into allegations of "unlawful killings" and the "ill-treatment of five Iraqi nationals detained at Camp Abu Naji." Even though the probe will focus on five detainees, attorneys claim nine people were detained and abused.

The defense ministry disputes those allegations.

"We have found no credible evidence that those detained, as a result of the attack on British troops and the prolonged firefight at Danny Boy checkpoint, were mistreated," the defense ministry said in a statement.

The release of a photo published in British media and obtained by CNN about the incident shows an armed soldier standing near four people face down on the ground with their hands bound behind their backs and their faces covered.

Attorneys for the men say they were beaten and evidence shows a breach of the Geneva Conventions prohibiting humiliating and degrading treatment of prisoners. But, the defence ministry disputes that.

"It is important to remember that our first priority at the end of such attacks is to protect our personnel from further threats," the ministry said.

CNN's Atika Shubert and Per Nyberg contributed to this report.

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MUMBAI, India (CNN)  -- In the U.S., the film "Slumdog Millionaire" barely escaped going straight to video before it caught the eye of moviegoers and critics alike, becoming a sleeper hit and best picture nominee. It's viewed by many observers as the film to beat at the 81st annual Academy Awards.

Danny Boyle, left, celebrates with actor Anil Kapoor, right, at the Mumbai premiere of "Slumdog Millionaire."

In the city where the movie was shot, Mumbai, India, the recognition came much quicker and more enthusiastically.

The Mumbai premiere had all the makings of a scene from a Bollywood blockbuster: Musicians banged on traditional Indian drums as the cast and crew broke into dance on the red carpet in recognition of the 10 Academy Award nominations the film received Thursday.

"It feels like a million nominations," said director Danny Boyle, who earned one of the nominations.  Watch scenes from the Mumbai premiere ÃÂ»

Bollywood legend Anil Kapoor, who stars as the host of the Indian version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" in the movie, said he was with Boyle when the nominations were announced. "Danny had tears in his eyes, and I couldn't control myself," Kapoor said.  Watch Kapoor rave about the film ÃÂ»

But not everyone was celebrating.

The film, about a Mumbai orphan seeking fame and love through the "Millionaire" game show, has stirred strong emotions among some Indian critics. They found the word "slumdog" in the title insulting and complained that the movie romanticizes poverty in India.

Film critic Meenakshi Shedde said she was disappointed with the movie. "What saddened me and annoyed me about the film is that it's a laundry list of India's miseries," she said. "The poverty, the child labor, the beggary, the prostitution, that part of it was just banal, I thought."

According to the Press Trust of India, Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan -- who once hosted the Indian version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" -- recently cleared the air with Boyle regarding Bachchan's reported criticism of the Golden Globe-winning film.

Such negativity was forgotten at the Mumbai premiere, which was attended by several Bollywood celebrities. They said the event marked a proud day for Indian cinema.

Loveleen Tandan, who was the film's casting director, said the entire cast was exhilarated by news of the Academy Award nominations.

As for her whether she believed "Slumdog Millionaire" had a chance at the Oscars, she expressed confidence.

"Now I can say it openly, I have high hopes," she said. "I am sure there's a statue waiting for A.R. Rahman [who composed the film's music and received three nominations] to bring home."

CNN's Mallika Kapur contributed to this report.

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(CNN)  -- The Cuban government, long the object of a U.S. economic blockade, is prepared to meet with the Obama administration, Cuba's leader said.

RaÃºl Castro says Cuba is willing "to discuss everything -- human rights, freedom of the press, political prisoners.''

"We've told the North American government, in private and in public, that we are prepared, wherever they want, to discuss everything -- human rights, freedom of the press, political prisoners -- everything, everything, everything that they want to discuss," Cuban President RaÃºl Castro said Thursday at a summit of leftist Latin American leaders in Venezuela.

The response came days after President Obama lifted all restrictions on the ability of American citizens to visit relatives in Cuba as well as to send them remittances. Travel restrictions for Americans of non-Cuban descent will remain in place.

This week's move represents a significant shift in a U.S. policy that had remained largely unchanged for nearly half a century. The U.S. government instituted the embargo three years after Fidel Castro came to power in 1959.

In Mexico City for meetings with Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Obama offered a carrot and a stick to Havana.

"What we're looking for is some signal that there are going to be changes in how Cuba operates that assures that political prisoners are released, that people can speak their minds freely, that they can travel, that they can write and attend church and do the things that people throughout the hemisphere can do and take for granted," he said.

"And if there is some sense of movement on those fronts in Cuba, then I think we can see a further thawing of relations and further changes."

Obama's gesture precedes a trip this week to Trinidad and Tobago for a key meeting of hemispheric powers -- the Summit of the Americas.  Watch how Obama likely will hear about Cuba at the summit Â»

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ROME, Italy (CNN) -- An Italian newspaper and magazine published excerpts of what they said were audio recordings of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi talking with an escort at the center of a corruption probe.

Veronica Lario, the wife of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, pictured, filed for divorce in May.

The daily La Repubblica and its sister magazine L'Espresso said the recordings posted on their Web sites Monday were of Berlusconi and Patrizia D'Addario. She has said that an Italian businessman hired her and other women to attend parties at Berlusconi's homes.

In June, D'Addario told CNN that she had turned the tapes over to a prosecutor in Bari, southern Italy. Through her attorney, she refused to comment on the authenticity of the excerpts released Monday.

But in a statement carried by the Italian news agency ANSA, Berlusconi lawyer Niccolo Ghedini said the prime minister is challenging the "truthfulness and legality" of the recordings.

"We can only regard the material as worthless, completely false and the result of invention," Ghedini said. "In any case, the act of its publication is an illegal act in itself, which will need to be pursued, and all legal actions will be taken against any body who publishes such material."

Berlusconi, the 72-year-old media mogul-turned-prime minister, has denied the allegations.

According to La Repubblica, the conversation between D'Addario and Berlusconi took place in October and November at the prime minister's house in Rome. It also published an excerpt of what it said was a conversation between D'Addario and Gianpaulo Tarantini, the businessman accused of hiring D'Addario and other escorts.

Prosecutors in Bari, in southern Italy, are investigating allegations that Tarantini bribed health officials to buy prosthetics and other medical supplies from a company he and his brother own. Tarantini has denied any wrongdoing and says he brought women to the parties to make a "beautiful impression."

"I have never paid money to those who accompanied me except for refunding their trip expenses," he said in a statement issued last month. "I exclude that the premier could have been aware of these reimbursements and I want to ask forgiveness for having involuntarily damaged him."

Berlusconi's private life has been in the spotlight since his wife of 19 years, Veronica Lario, filed for divorce in May. The split followed reports that Berlusconi went to the birthday party in Naples of an 18-year-old girl, with whom Berlusconi has denied having an inappropriate relationship. And the Spanish newspaper El Pais has published what it said were photos of racy parties at Berlusconi's villa on the island of Sardinia, including one picture that showed scantily clad women.

But despite the swirl of scandal, Berlusconi remains popular, consistently scoring approval ratings well over 50 percent.

CNN's Hada Messia contributed to this report.

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(CNN) -- As Apple enthusiasts speculate over why pancreatic cancer survivor Steve Jobs won't appear at Macworld Conference & Expo this year, the CEO asks them to think differently about his health.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs delivered keynote addresses in September 2008, left, and in October 2005, right.

Addressing the "Apple Community" in a statement, Jobs said his doctors think they have found the reason behind his weight loss: "a hormone imbalance that has been 'robbing' me of the proteins my body needs to be healthy. Sophisticated blood tests have confirmed this diagnosis."

But doctors unaffiliated with Jobs' care say this "hormone imbalance" could be a symptom of a slew of underlying conditions, including cancer or diabetes. However, any diagnosis based on this description and Jobs' cancer history is purely speculative, experts say.

Based on Jobs' history of gastrointestinal problems, it's possible his gastrointestinal system either isn't absorbing proteins or is losing proteins, said Dr. Kenneth Burman, director of Endocrinology at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, who is not involved in caring for Jobs.

"I suspect he's referring to his gastrointestinal system and some of the hormones related to that, rather than more classic endocrine hormones," which are associated with the thyroid, adrenal or pituitary glands, Burman said.

While abnormalities related to those hormones may also lead to weight loss, they are not necessarily associated with pancreatic disease, he said. There is not enough information available to say how severe a gastrointestinal hormonal problem would be, he said.

Others speculate the hormonal issue could relate to his cancer. Dr. Jeffrey Mechanick, clinical professor at Mount Sinai Medical Center, said a tumor in the pancreas would typically create an overproduction of hormones. Glucagon, a hormone produced in the pancreas, would lead to weight loss if produced in excess.

"In a patient whom a few years ago had pancreatic cancer, then progressive weight loss, then develops complications from the weight loss, it would be logical to associate his symptoms now with the previous cancer," he said.

But the weight loss is not necessarily cancer-related, and Jobs' statement suggests that it's not, said Dr. Andrew Lowy, chief of the division of surgical oncology at the University of California, San Diego's Moores Cancer Center. Plenty of hormonal conditions, as well as diabetes related to cancer treatment, could be the reason, he said.

Jobs, who co-founded Apple Inc., first learned he had pancreatic cancer in October 2003. He had been getting abdominal scans because of a history of intestinal problems, and a tumor appeared on one of them, Fortune reported last year.

The growth was an islet cell neuroendocrine tumor, a rare form of pancreatic cancer that is operable, Fortune reported.

While Jobs initially wanted to treat the tumor with a special diet and alternative therapies, he finally underwent a Whipple procedure, a painful but relatively safe operation, in July 2004, Fortune reported.

If Jobs had a recurrence of this tumor, and it was a functional neuroendocrine tumor, which produces problem-causing hormones, that would be one speculative explanation, Lowy said. But not enough information is available to say whether the tumor was the functional kind, he said.

"Is it possible that a cancer recurrence would result in weight loss? Of course. He's saying that's not what he has, and so, I have to take him at his word. None of us know the truth except his doctors," Lowy said.

Rumors about Jobs' declining health have been circulating for months, as his weight visibly dropped from one public appearance to the next.

While Jobs' keynote address at the Macworld Conference & Expo is usually the highlight of the Apple fan gathering, Apple announced in December Jobs would not appear this year and the company would no longer participate in the event after 2009.

CNN's Danielle Dellorto contributed to this report.

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answer: pancreatic cancer

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question: Where will Jobs not appear at?

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question: What is related to hormonal imbalance?

answer: "hormone imbalance" could be a symptom of a slew of underlying conditions, including cancer or diabetes.

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question: What does hormone imbalance refer to?

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question: What company is Jobs associated with?

answer: Apple Inc.,

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question: What did doctors say?

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question: Where will Jobs not appear?

answer: at Macworld Conference & Expo

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question: What could explain the weight loss?

answer: "a hormone imbalance

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question: How did Jobs choose to deal with his illness?

answer: a special diet and alternative therapies, he finally underwent a Whipple procedure, a painful but relatively safe operation, in July 2004,

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(CNN) -- Sen. John McCain on Monday called for a $300 million prize to whoever can develop a battery that will "leapfrog" the abilities of current hybrid and electric cars.

Sen. John McCain wants someone to develop a battery that can "leapfrog" those available in current electric cars.

Citing high oil prices, the Republican presidential candidate said he wants his offer to "deliver a power source at 30 percent of the current costs."

"[The prize would amount to] $1 for every man, woman and child in the U.S. -- a small price to pay for helping to break the back of our oil dependency," McCain said during a town hall-style meeting at California's Fresno State University.

McCain said the new automobile battery should have "the size, capacity, cost and power to leapfrog the commercially available plug-in hybrids or electric cars."  Watch more on McCain's $300 million reward Â»

"In the quest for alternatives to oil, our government has thrown around enough money subsidizing special interests and excusing failure," McCain said. "From now on, we will encourage heroic efforts in engineering, and we will reward the greatest success."

McCain also called Monday for a "Clean Car Challenge" for U.S. automakers, hoping to spur them to develop and sell vehicles with no carbon emissions. The challenge would allow $5,000 tax credits to buyers of such cars, making those vehicles more appealing to consumers and thus easier to sell.

"We're going to see technology for electric-powered cars that are going to be [made cheaper] with our incentives," McCain said.

McCain also spoke against policies that he said "prevent consumers from benefiting" from ethanol not made from corn. He cited the U.S. subsidies for corn-based ethanol and tariffs on sugar cane-based ethanol from Brazil.

"Instead of playing favorites, our government should level the playing field for all alcohol fuels that break the monopoly of gasoline, both lowering gasoline prices and carbon emissions," he said.

McCain's remarks came a day after his Democratic rival, Sen. Barack Obama, called for greater oversight for energy traders. Obama's campaign said many economists believe speculation could be adding between $20 and $50 to the price of a barrel of oil; the price per barrel closed near $135 on Friday.

On Monday, the Illinois Democrat turned to the subject of working women, criticizing McCain for opposing a bill that would have made it easier for people to sue over pay discrimination.  Watch Obama court working women Â»

The bill, dubbed the Fair Pay Restoration Act, would have rolled back a 2007 Supreme Court ruling that a person who claims pay discrimination must file a complaint within 180 days of that discrimination taking place.

Senate Republicans blocked the bill, which Obama co-sponsored, in April. Obama, in a speech to women at the Flying Star Cafe in Albuquerque, New Mexico, said McCain "thinks the Supreme Court got it right."

"He opposed the Fair Pay Restoration Act," Obama said. "He suggested that the reason women don't have equal pay isn't discrimination on the job -- it's because they need more education and training. That's just wrong."

Obama said that in the United States, women earn only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men. Obama claimed that McCain said the Fair Pay Restoration Act would have opened "us up to lawsuits for all kinds of problems."

"But I can't think of any problem more important than making sure that women are getting a square deal on the job. It's a matter of equality. It's a matter of fairness," Obama said. "I'll continue to stand up for equal pay as president. Sen. McCain won't, and that's a real difference in this election."

Meanwhile, monthly campaign finance reports filed in June show the candidates are nearly level in the amount of money they have available to spend before their parties' conventions.

According to a report filed with the Federal Election Commission, Obama had $43.1 million in the bank at the start of June. However, $9.8 million of that amount is designated for the general election, meaning only the remaining $33.3 million may be spent before the conventions.

McCain, according to his report filed with the FEC, began June with about $31.4 million available to spend before the conventions.

McCain had only $123,000 set aside for the general election. However, since indicating he will accept public financing for the general election, he has returned nearly all of the money he has raised for it.

Obama said last week he would not accept public financing. Republicans and outside analysts have said Obama found he could raise more money than public financing would allow him to spend.

The Democratic convention is scheduled for August 25-28 in Denver, Colorado. The GOP convention is set for September 1-4 in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota.

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(CNN) -- A woman convicted in the 2002 kidnapping of Utah teenager Elizabeth Smart pleaded guilty in the attempted kidnapping of Smart's cousin a month later, court officials said Monday.

In exchange for Wanda Barzee's plea of guilty but mentally ill to one count of conspiracy to commit aggravated kidnapping, prosecutors dropped state charges against her in Smart's abduction, said Nancy Volmer, spokeswoman for Utah state courts.

Barzee, 64, pleaded guilty in November to federal charges of kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor in connection with Smart's abduction. As part of that plea agreement, she agreed to cooperate with the state and federal cases against her husband, Brian David Mitchell, federal prosecutors have said.

Barzee and Mitchell were accused of abducting Smart, then 14, at knifepoint from her bedroom in her family's Salt Lake City home in June 2002. Smart was found nine months later, walking down a street in the Salt Lake City suburb of Sandy, Utah, in the company of Barzee and Mitchell, a drifter and self-described prophet who calls himself Emmanuel and had done some handyman work at the Smarts' home.

The month after Smart was kidnapped, prosecutors alleged, Barzee and Mitchell attempted to break into the home of her cousin, but were unsuccessful. The girl was 15 years old at the time, according to CNN affiliate KSL. She is not named in court documents.

"Mr. Mitchell's attempt was thwarted when the minor child awakened, which caused Mr. Mitchell to flee," the court documents said.

Following her arrest in 2003, Barzee told authorities that she and Mitchell went to the home in order to abduct the girl, and planned to hold her, along with Smart, in the couple's camp in the mountains, according to court documents.

Sentencing is set for May 21 on the state charge, Volmer said. Barzee faces between one and 15 years in prison, but prosecutors have agreed to allow that sentence to run concurrently with her federal sentence, according to court documents.

Federal prosecutors have recommended a sentence of 15 years in prison for her in exchange for her cooperation against Mitchell. Federal sentencing was set for May 19, but a spokeswoman for federal prosecutors has said a sentence would not be imposed until Barzee's cooperation against Mitchell is complete.

At the hearing in federal court, Barzee apologized to Smart, according to a transcript.

"I'm greatly humbled as I realize how much Elizabeth Smart has been victimized and the role I played in it," she said. "I'm so sorry, Elizabeth, for all the pain and suffering I have caused you and your family. It is my hope that you will be able to find it in your heart to forgive me one day."

Barzee had been housed at the Utah State Hospital while courts determined her competency as well as Mitchell's. After years of being declared incompetent, she recently was declared competent to stand trial, according to the Salt Lake Tribune newspaper. A state court had ruled she could be forcibly medicated, and that ruling led federal prosecutors to proceed with bringing a case against the couple, the Tribune said.

At a competency hearing for Mitchell in October, Smart, now 21, testified that she had been held captive in Utah and California. Just after her abduction, Mitchell took her to a wooded area behind her home and performed a mock marriage ceremony with her, she said. During the nine months of her captivity, Smart testified, no 24-hour period passed without her being raped by Mitchell.

U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball has not yet ruled on Mitchell's competency. State court proceedings are on hold pending the outcome of the federal case.

CNN's Ashley Hayes and Eliott McLaughlin contributed to this report.

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text: pain

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text: family

text: It

text: is

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text: hope

text: that

text: you

text: will

text: be

text: able

text: to

text: find

text: it

text: in

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text: heart

text: to

text: forgive

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text: day

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text: been

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text: Utah

text: State

text: Hospital

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text: was

text: declared

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text: Salt

text: Lake

text: Tribune

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text: state

text: court

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text: medicated

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text: that

text: ruling

text: led

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text: case

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text: couple

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text: Tribune

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text: months

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text: captivity

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text: period

text: passed

text: without

text: her

text: being

text: raped

text: by

text: Mitchell

text: U.S.

text: District

text: Judge

text: Dale

text: Kimball

text: has

text: not

text: yet

text: ruled

text: on

text: Mitchell

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text: competency

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text: court

text: proceedings

text: are

text: on

text: hold

text: pending

text: the

text: outcome

text: of

text: the

text: federal

text: case

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Ashley

text: Hayes

text: and

text: Eliott

text: McLaughlin

text: contributed

text: to

text: this

text: report

question: Who did Barzee, husband tried to kidnap month after taking Smart?

answer: cousin

text: cousin

question: Who abducted Smart?

answer: Wanda Barzee's

text: Wanda Barzee's

question: When was Smart abducted?

answer: June 2002.

text: June 2002.

question: Where did Barzee kidnapped Smart in 2002?

answer: her bedroom in

text: her bedroom in

question: What did Barzee plead?

answer: guilty but mentally ill

text: guilty but mentally ill

question: When did Barzee kidnapped Smart in Utah?

answer: June 2002.

text: June 2002.

question: Does Barzee face federal charges?

answer: to

text: to

question: What was in exchange for a plea?

answer: prosecutors dropped state charges against her in Smart's abduction,

text: prosecutors dropped state charges against her in Smart's abduction,


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(CNN) -- The machine used by the late Dr. Jack Kevorkian in more than 100 assisted suicides will be among the items up for sale later this month, the auctioneer and his estate announced.

The Michigan pathologist helped spur an international ethics debate by helping suffering patients die and pushing for this practice to be legalized. His conviction in one such case landed him in prison for eight years. He died in early June at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan, at the age of 83.

The auction will take place between 6 and 8 p.m. on October 28 at the New York Institute of Technology, according to a press release sent on behalf of both the late doctor's estate and the auctioneer. More than 100 pieces will be part of the sale, said Roger Neal, who is representing the two parties.

Besides the noted Thanatron machine, which Kevorkian built, other items to be auctioned include some of Kevorkian's correspondences and invention ideas, a pearl flute, his doctor's bag, a master lock from prison and his signature blue sweater. People can also purchase provocative paintings that he created, which come with brief descriptions from the artist himself, according to Neal.

The pieces are being kept under armed guard this week in Los Angeles, then will be shipped to New York. Neal said that the auction will be coordinated by David Streets, a Beverly Hills, California, fine art and celebrity memorabilia adviser, according to his website.

A portion of the auction proceeds will go toward the charity Kids Kicking Cancer at the request of the attorney for Kevorkian's estate and the late doctor's niece and sole living heir, according to Neal.

Kevorkian, dubbed "Dr. Death," made national headlines as a supporter of physician-assisted suicide and "right-to-die" legislation. He was charged with murder numerous times through the 1990s for helping terminally ill patients take their own lives.

He was convicted on second-degree murder charges in 1999 stemming from the death of a patient who suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly called Lou Gehrig's disease. He was paroled in 2007.

After his release, he said he would not help end any more lives.

In an interview with CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta last year, Kevorkian said he had no regrets about his work.

"No, no. It's your purpose (as a) physician. How can you regret helping a suffering patient?" he said.

CNN's Greg Botelho contributed to this report.

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text: Dr.

text: Sanjay

text: Gupta

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text: Kevorkian

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text: no

text: regrets

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text: work

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text: It

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text: purpose

text: as

text: a

text: physician

text: How

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text: regret

text: helping

text: a

text: suffering

text: patient

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text: 's

text: Greg

text: Botelho

text: contributed

text: to

text: this

text: report

question: How many assisted suicides was the machine included in?

answer: 100

question: what happened in october 28

answer: The auction

text: The auction

question: What did Dr. Jack Kevorkian advocate?

answer: assisted suicides

text: assisted suicides

question: Who died in June?

answer: Dr. Jack Kevorkian

text: Dr. Jack Kevorkian

question: Where will the auction take place?

answer: New York Institute of Technology,

text: New York Institute of Technology,

question: what he used in assisted suicides

answer: Thanatron machine,

text: Thanatron machine,

question: When did Dr. Jack Kevorkian die?

answer: early June

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(CNN) -- A Philippine government convoy was ambushed by gunmen Thursday in the same province that saw the bloody massacre of 57 people last month, a Philippine military spokesman said.

The convoy was on its way back from a raid on the compound of former governor Andal Ampatuan Sr. in Maguindanao province, Maj. Randolph Cabangbang said.

No one was injured in the attack, he said.

"They were about to take the evidence to General Santos City when they were ambushed in the same municipality (where) the massacre took place," Cabangbang said. "The convoy was able to return fire and the gunmen scampered," he added.

The attack occurred at 7:30 p.m. local time (6:30 a.m. ET) and Philippine military personnel were still in the area conducting search operations several hours later, he said.

"We surmise that these are men who are still loyal to the governor trying to recover what we took from the governor's compound," Cabangbang said.

Thousands of rounds of ammunition and several firearms were recovered from the compound, Cabangbang said.

Maguindanao province is the same place where 57 people, including 30 journalists, were massacred on November 23. That attack, authorities have said, was an apparent attempt to keep a political opponent of the Ampatuan clan from registering to run for governor.

Philippine police say that at least two people who were at the scene of the massacre have implicated a mayor as being involved in the killings, state media reported Thursday.

The two are among 161 suspects in the killings in the southern province.

Some of the suspects are in custody; others are being sought, the Philippines News Agency said.

Immediately after the killings, suspicion fell on Andal Ampatuan Jr., the mayor of Datu Unsay municipality and the son of the powerful governor of Maguindanao. Authorities have recommended that Ampatuan be charged with 25 counts of murder.

"We have two (witnesses). Because they were in the crime scene, these two have direct testimony linking the mayor to the crime," the country's National Police Director Raul Castaneda was quoted as saying by the news agency.

Also on Thursday, 75 civilians, including children, were kidnapped in the region where the massacre took place, authorities said.

Several rebel groups there are fighting for different causes.

Seventeen children and an adult were freed soon after, and negotiations continued to secure the release of the rest, said Army Capt. Enrico Ileto.

The abductions took place Thursday afternoon in Prosperidad, the capital of Agusan del Sur province.

The November 23 massacre took place on the other side of the island. There are no indications that the two incidents are related.

Alongside Muslim separatist groups that have been fighting for an independent Islamic state in the region, communist rebels are engaged in a 40-year insurgency there.

The Philippine Congress met Thursday for a second day in a joint session as lawmakers questioned President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's Cabinet members about a martial law that was imposed on the province Friday.

The martial law allows arrests without a warrant. The army has said it is necessary to impose peace following what has been called a politically motivated massacre. Critics contend that it sets a dangerous precedent.

Violence in the run-up to elections is not uncommon in the country. The Maguindanao massacre, however, is the worst politically motivated violence in recent Philippine history, according to state media.

The victims included the wife and sister of political candidate Ismael "Toto" Mangudadatu, who had sent the women to file paperwork allowing him to run for governor of Maguindanao.

He said he had received threats from allies of Gov. Andal Ampatuan Sr., the father of the accused mayor, saying he would be kidnapped if he filed the papers himself.

Maguindanao is part of an autonomous region in predominantly Muslim Mindanao, which was set up in the 1990s to quell armed uprisings by people seeking an independent Muslim homeland in the predominantly Christian Asian nation.

CNN's Nick Valencia, Joyce Joseph and Sarita Harilela contributed to this report.

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text: A

text: Philippine

text: government

text: convoy

text: was

text: ambushed

text: by

text: gunmen

text: Thursday

text: in

text: the

text: same

text: province

text: that

text: saw

text: the

text: bloody

text: massacre

text: of

text: people

text: last

text: month

text: a

text: Philippine

text: military

text: spokesman

text: said

text: The

text: convoy

text: was

text: on

text: its

text: way

text: back

text: from

text: a

text: raid

text: on

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text: compound

text: of

text: former

text: governor

text: Andal

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text: Maguindanao

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text: Maj

text: Randolph

text: Cabangbang

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text: attack

text: he

text: said

text: They

text: were

text: about

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text: municipality

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text: massacre

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text: place

text: Cabangbang

text: said

text: The

text: convoy

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text: able

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text: return

text: fire

text: and

text: the

text: gunmen

text: scampered

text: he

text: added

text: The

text: attack

text: occurred

text: at

text: p.m.

text: local

text: time

text: a.m.

text: ET

text: and

text: Philippine

text: military

text: personnel

text: were

text: still

text: in

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text: area

text: conducting

text: search

text: operations

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text: hours

text: later

text: he

text: said

text: We

text: surmise

text: that

text: these

text: are

text: men

text: who

text: are

text: still

text: loyal

text: to

text: the

text: governor

text: trying

text: to

text: recover

text: what

text: we

text: took

text: from

text: the

text: governor

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text: compound

text: Cabangbang

text: said

text: Thousands

text: of

text: rounds

text: of

text: ammunition

text: and

text: several

text: firearms

text: were

text: recovered

text: from

text: the

text: compound

text: Cabangbang

text: said

text: Maguindanao

text: province

text: is

text: the

text: same

text: place

text: where

text: people

text: including

text: journalists

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text: That

text: attack

text: authorities

text: have

text: said

text: was

text: an

text: apparent

text: attempt

text: to

text: keep

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text: political

text: opponent

text: of

text: the

text: Ampatuan

text: clan

text: from

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text: to

text: run

text: for

text: governor

text: Philippine

text: police

text: say

text: that

text: at

text: least

text: two

text: people

text: who

text: were

text: at

text: the

text: scene

text: of

text: the

text: massacre

text: have

text: implicated

text: a

text: mayor

text: as

text: being

text: involved

text: in

text: the

text: killings

text: state

text: media

text: reported

text: Thursday

text: The

text: two

text: are

text: among

text: suspects

text: in

text: the

text: killings

text: in

text: the

text: southern

text: province

text: Some

text: of

text: the

text: suspects

text: are

text: in

text: custody

text: others

text: are

text: being

text: sought

text: the

text: Philippines

text: News

text: Agency

text: said

text: Immediately

text: after

text: the

text: killings

text: suspicion

text: fell

text: on

text: Andal

text: Ampatuan

text: Jr.

text: the

text: mayor

text: of

text: Datu

text: Unsay

text: municipality

text: and

text: the

text: son

text: of

text: the

text: powerful

text: governor

text: of

text: Maguindanao

text: Authorities

text: have

text: recommended

text: that

text: Ampatuan

text: be

text: charged

text: with

text: counts

text: of

text: murder

text: We

text: have

text: two

text: witnesses

text: Because

text: they

text: were

text: in

text: the

text: crime

text: scene

text: these

text: two

text: have

text: direct

text: testimony

text: linking

text: the

text: mayor

text: to

text: the

text: crime

text: the

text: country

text: 's

text: National

text: Police

text: Director

text: Raul

text: Castaneda

text: was

text: quoted

text: as

text: saying

text: by

text: the

text: news

text: agency

text: Also

text: on

text: Thursday

text: civilians

text: including

text: children

text: were

text: kidnapped

text: in

text: the

text: region

text: where

text: the

text: massacre

text: took

text: place

text: authorities

text: said

text: Several

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text: groups

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text: are

text: fighting

text: for

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text: causes

text: Seventeen

text: children

text: and

text: an

text: adult

text: were

text: freed

text: soon

text: after

text: and

text: negotiations

text: continued

text: to

text: secure

text: the

text: release

text: of

text: the

text: rest

text: said

text: Army

text: Capt

text: Enrico

text: Ileto

text: The

text: abductions

text: took

text: place

text: Thursday

text: afternoon

text: in

text: Prosperidad

text: the

text: capital

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text: Agusan

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text: Sur

text: province

text: The

text: November

text: massacre

text: took

text: place

text: on

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text: other

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text: of

text: the

text: island

text: There

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text: no

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text: related

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text: groups

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text: for

text: an

text: independent

text: Islamic

text: state

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text: region

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text: rebels

text: are

text: engaged

text: in

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text: insurgency

text: there

text: The

text: Philippine

text: Congress

text: met

text: Thursday

text: for

text: a

text: second

text: day

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text: a

text: joint

text: session

text: as

text: lawmakers

text: questioned

text: President

text: Gloria

text: Macapagal

text: Arroyo

text: 's

text: Cabinet

text: members

text: about

text: a

text: martial

text: law

text: that

text: was

text: imposed

text: on

text: the

text: province

text: Friday

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text: martial

text: law

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text: without

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text: warrant

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text: army

text: has

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text: is

text: necessary

text: to

text: impose

text: peace

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text: has

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text: a

text: politically

text: motivated

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text: contend

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text: it

text: sets

text: a

text: dangerous

text: precedent

text: Violence

text: in

text: the

text: run

text: up

text: to

text: elections

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text: uncommon

text: in

text: the

text: country

text: The

text: Maguindanao

text: massacre

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text: is

text: the

text: worst

text: politically

text: motivated

text: violence

text: in

text: recent

text: Philippine

text: history

text: according

text: to

text: state

text: media

text: The

text: victims

text: included

text: the

text: wife

text: and

text: sister

text: of

text: political

text: candidate

text: Ismael

text: Toto

text: Mangudadatu

text: who

text: had

text: sent

text: the

text: women

text: to

text: file

text: paperwork

text: allowing

text: him

text: to

text: run

text: for

text: governor

text: of

text: Maguindanao

text: He

text: said

text: he

text: had

text: received

text: threats

text: from

text: allies

text: of

text: Gov.

text: Andal

text: Ampatuan

text: Sr

text: the

text: father

text: of

text: the

text: accused

text: mayor

text: saying

text: he

text: would

text: be

text: kidnapped

text: if

text: he

text: filed

text: the

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question: 57 people are killed where?

answer: Maguindanao province,

text: Maguindanao province,

question: Who is returning from raid on compound?

answer: Philippine government convoy

text: Philippine government convoy

question: Where were 75 civilians kidnapped from?

answer: the massacre took place,

text: the massacre took place,

question: The convoy was returning from where?

answer: raid on the compound of former governor Andal Ampatuan Sr. in Maguindanao province,

text: raid on the compound of former governor Andal Ampatuan Sr. in Maguindanao province,

question: What government convoy was ambushed in the same province as the massacre?

answer: Philippine

text: Philippine

question: How many people died in the attack?

answer: 57